Under the hazy night, on the upper deck of the stern of the whaler Nagatsuka Maru, more than twenty shirtless sailors wearing pig's trotters were also skillfully cooperating to remove the unfortunate one.
The fin whale was decomposed, and finally only a relatively complete head and a huge body skeleton were left lying across the stern of the ship near the winch, reminding that this was a prey caught by the captain himself.
It was precisely because of the existence of this whale that was filled with the smell of blood that the venue for this night's celebration was determined to be in the cabin restaurant. Although the space there was not large, it was enough for all the crew members to sit down.
In the corner of this equally busy restaurant, bottles of beer were buried in a large wooden barrel filled with ice. On the side of the barrel, there were five or six cases of beer and the same amount of sake.
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Just like the celebration on the harvest night before the decision to return, the main ingredient for this dinner was still whale meat - the meat of the fin whale.
But this time, Hugo and the others learned a lesson. In order not to affect their appetite, in the name of celebration, they volunteered to make some Australian-style meat pies for everyone to try.
Naturally, no one would refuse such a request. For this reason, the first mate who had been defeated by Wei Ran generously asked Wei Ran to take out enough beef for everyone from the warehouse, and gave extra portions to Hugo and the three of them.
Two English-speaking helpers.
As for Wei Ran, who was good at catching fish and being lazy, they sneaked back into their cabin and locked the door on the pretext of trying out the camera given by the captain.
After closing the curtains and turning on the dim lights, Wei Ran took off the American gas mask bag hanging on his shoulder, first took out the Nikon camera given by the captain and took a look at it.
This Nikon SP camera uses an extremely rare 50/1.1 large lens. There is no doubt that in dark light conditions, it is much clearer than the old military flag camera hanging around Wei Ran's neck.
In addition, a practical shutter button heightening accessory and a hard cowhide protective case to protect the body are also installed.
After some hesitation, Wei Ran loaded a tube of film into the camera - he had a hunch that there would be a lot worth taking pictures of tonight as a souvenir.
Putting the camera on the table, Wei Ran bent down and picked up the mosquito coil placed under the hammock. He extinguished the mosquito coil that was about to burn out and poured out the ashes, then stuffed it into his shoulder bag.
Putting the satchel on the table, he took off the hammock and folded it carefully, stuffing it into the sailor's bag along with the blanket. By the way, he also took out the Yinsaka 37 trench gun that had been disassembled in half and the
The two canvas ammunition pouches filled with copper-cased shotshells.
First, he assembled the shotgun and loaded the magazine and chamber with bullets. He also placed the gun and sailor bag on the table, and then took out the original hammock in the cabin from the cabinet and installed it.
By the way, I also cleared out my own space in the cabinet.
He put the sailor bag, satchel, trench gun and ammunition bag into the cabinet in sequence. After a brief hesitation, Wei Ran put the military flag camera in and locked the cabinet door. He turned around and hung the camera gifted by the captain.
On the neck.
Before opening the cabin door, he took out the Mauser bayonet, the anti-Japanese broadsword and the titanium alloy pistol and checked them one by one. Then he left the cabin and once again found Hugo and the other three who were still working in the kitchen.
"Changed the camera?" Hugo glanced at Wei Ran and asked casually.
"It's a gift from Captain Fernando," Weiran responded nonchalantly, "Is there anything you need me to do?"
"Let's go smoke a cigarette together on the deck."
As Hugo spoke, he had already taken off his apron, and beckoned Valoro and Karan to leave the hot kitchen and come to an area on the upper deck that was not illuminated by the lights.
In the flickering light of the fire, Valoro lit his pipe, and the three Weirans each lit a cigarette.
"Victor, just when you were visiting the captain's cabin, we discovered a secret when we went to the bathroom to take a shower." Hugo lowered his voice and said.
"What secret?" Wei Ran looked up at the three people.
"The sailors' belt buckles seem to have an oval metal plate on the left hand side."
Hugo frowned and said, "I'm sure that's the ID tag of soldiers recruiting for nuclear weapons during World War II."
"Identity tag?" Wei Ran raised his eyebrows.
"I'm sure I won't be wrong."
Hugo's tone became more and more certain, "I remember very clearly that when we were fighting on the Kokoda Trail, I collected a lot of those things. You must still remember those terrible shoes we wore at that time, right? I often put them
Those little metal pieces are nailed to the soles to increase traction."
"Every sailor has one?" Wei Ran asked with a frown.
"At least it was on the belts of the three chefs and two helpers who were taking a shower with us at the time." Karan rushed to answer, "I checked it myself. I was watching the first mate go in, so I wanted to follow him secretly.
Go in and see if you can help Brother Valoro steal the necklace, but unfortunately, it didn't take off the necklace."
"If you don't believe it, you can go to the bathroom and take a shower."
Valoro raised his pipe toward the sailors on the far deck who had slaughtered the whales and cleaned the deck. "They seem to be going to take a shower soon."
The butt of the cigarette that he had only taken two puffs flew away, and Wei Ran took off the camera from his neck and handed it to Karan, "Hold it for me, I'll be back soon."
"We'll wait for you here," Hugo said before Karan could speak.
Hearing this, Wei Ran nodded slightly and deliberately lagged behind the sailors for a while. After passing the time for a while, he got into the bathroom filled with laughter and laughter.
Picking up a pair of trousers with a belt at random, Wei Ran immediately noticed that, just as the three of them said, the left side of the belt buckle had an extra strong sewn leather strap. On the left side of the belt buckle,
On the inside, this leather ring is really wearing a polished oval metal piece.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Wei Ran knows that this small copper piece with personal information written on it existed before World War II. It also has an official name called "knowledge ticket" or "knowledge card"
". Of course, at least during World War II, this thing was worn with a rope and hung diagonally under the arm. Only some officers would hang it on the waist.
I changed my pants and looked at it. I saw that the belt of these pants also wore a leather ring near the belt buckle. There was also a metal piece fixed on the leather ring. The copper piece had "Fukuyama Hideaki" written vertically in three columns.
, Warrant Officer, Artillery Six".
I continued to check the metal piece on the waistband of the third pair of trousers, but it said the words "He Lai Zhaozhi, Ji Yi, Guang 4458".
Without continuing to look, Wei Ran quietly left the bathroom, quickened his pace and joined Hugo and others who were still waiting for him in the shadow of the deck.
"Did you see it?" Karan asked first.
"I saw it." Wei Ran nodded, took the camera handed to him, and at the same time looked at Hugo.
"The first mate once killed an indigenous soldier from the Waroro tribe"
Hugo considered and said, "What about the other sailors? If they were all former nuclear soldiers, why do they all say that they are Japanese who immigrated to Brazil before the war? What are they hiding?"
"What do you want to do?" Wei Ran asked as he lowered his head and fiddled with the camera in his hand.
"Don't drink tonight"
Hugo responded nonchalantly, "When they get drunk, let's find a way to get the necklace first."
"How far is it from the land?" Valoro asked abruptly.
"Absolutely less than 40 kilometers," Hugo replied firmly, "otherwise we would not be able to see the lights of the land, and we would not be able to see the land at all during the day."
"So we can get back to land with this boat?" Valoro asked, pointing to the traffic boat hanging on the deck guardrail not far away.
This traffic boat, which is less than 10 meters long, has an outboard motor at the stern, and there are some first aid supplies and some life jackets in the cabin.
“nice weather tonight”
Hugo looked up at the stars in the sky, and still gave an answer that was not what he asked. Then he looked back at Valoro and asked, "What do you want to do?"
"I want to kill the first mate," Valoro said bluntly. Obviously, he still didn't give up.
"Let's see if they have a chance after they drink too much."
Hugo gave an ambiguous response, "Let's go, we should go back to the kitchen and continue working."
"Are we really going to kill someone?" Karan asked in a panic.
"You also killed someone," Hugo whispered. "Varolo helped us dispose of the body, so we have to help him too."
"I'm not afraid!" Karan retorted dissatisfied.
Following the three people into the cabin, Wei Ran did not enter the kitchen. Instead, he entered the dining room. With the new camera hanging around his neck, he took a photo full of smiling faces of the sailors who were decorating the dining room.
After two hours of preparation, all the Japanese sailors, including Captain Fernando, put on Japanese kimonos and clattering clogs, and hung up the lanterns in the corner of the restaurant.
At the beginning of the year, cheerful Japanese songs began to play on the record players.
In contrast, the four Weirans were still wearing hard-wearing jeans and wrinkled shirts - they didn't bring much luggage when they boarded the ship, and they didn't expect to have the chance to attend the party.
Fortunately, at this time, most of the sailors were focused on Captain Fernando's display of the photo of the whale being killed and the photo of the whale jumping out of the water that was taken by the satellite. They did not pay any attention at all.
We met four temporary workers who were not from the same group as them, especially those with different skin colors.
In this slightly neglected atmosphere, the atmosphere in the restaurant is becoming more and more lively, and the smell of alcohol, food and second-hand smoke in the air is getting stronger.
"It's about to start and it's about to end..."
Wei Ran picked up a piece of meat pie and took a big bite. While chewing, he murmured something incomprehensible. His eyes, which were even crazier than when he was drunk, also revealed something far better than the filthy air.
