Chapter 340: Hump Route

At the beginning of this year, when Du Lang was returning to China to do business, he overheard someone mention Uncle Li's "big name", and at first he thought that we must be liars, thinking that it was simply impossible!

But just a few days ago, he suddenly met his best friend Shao Jianhua at Yale University in China, and the two of them talked about Uncle Li helping him find his ancestral grave when they were reminiscing, which made Du Lang, a half-foreign devil who doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, think that he might as well try it with us to fulfill his mother's long-cherished wish for many years......

As soon as I heard that it was Shao Jianhua who introduced it, I immediately understood why Uncle Li said that he didn't want his follow-up expenses before, this old thing is very thief! I think his Shao Jianhua's friends and classmates must be similar to him, as long as he introduces two of them casually, then we won't make a profit!

I know a little about the Hump route back then, which was a "death route" jointly carried out by China, the United States, the United Kingdom, and India to transport materials in order to hit Japan. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It was called the "Death Course" because it was an unprecedented test in the history of flight at the time, both in terms of aircraft performance and pilot experience.

This route is too high in altitude and has a bad climate, and it will cross the Himalayas, Gaoligong Mountains, Hengduan Mountains, Salween River, Nu River, Lancang River, and Jinsha River to the east...... With a total length of 500 miles and a maximum altitude of 7,000 meters, it is these rolling mountains that give it a more vivid name - the "Hump Route"

It can be said that there are countless Chinese and American pilots who died on this route back then, and hundreds of planes alone disappeared or crashed on this route.

So I told Uncle Li my thoughts, but he told me that we don't have to worry about the cost, our remuneration is funded by Du Lang, and the price he thinks is quite satisfactory.

As for all the expenses and equipment along the way, it was provided by an international organization, and we just need to give them first-hand information about what we have gained along the way!

"What is this international organization? Provided by Dulang?" I asked, a little confused.

Uncle Li nodded and said: "Yes, he contacted him, and he said that this international organization is actually a foundation in the United States to search for the remains of World War II veterans, and the source of funds is provided by living World War II veterans and their families or descendants." ”

As soon as I heard it, I knew that it would definitely not be just a wave of us going this time, not to mention whether there were local guides, and it was estimated that this international organization would also send people to go with us......

In fact, I don't like this kind of joint action the most, because once something happens, there are too many unpredictable factors, which greatly increases the difficulty and risk of our search for the body, which is what I don't advocate the most.

But Uncle Li said that the people had already contributed money, so how could they not follow the staff and go with us? This year, it is the uncle who pays the money, and we have no choice...... It's really not easy to do anything!

A week later, Du Lang personally visited Uncle Li and brought some of the items necessary for the search for the corpse that Uncle Li had mentioned earlier......

It was an army-green tin box, which Dulang said was an ammunition box from his grandfather's previous use, which had been used to hold bullets for Browning's pistol. Later, he used this tin box to pack some more memorable things and gave them to his wife Yuan Ru.

Uncle Li opened it and took a look, and then pushed it directly to me, I took it and took a look, and found that in addition to some old photos, there were a few military medals. Although these military medals are decades old, they still look very shiny and have no rust, which proves that the current owner cherishes them very much and must take them out and wipe them often.

I first picked up those black and white photos and looked at them, most of these photos are single photos of a man, and it is not difficult to see from his dress and background that this man is Du Xinguo. Du Lang's appearance inherited from his grandfather, and his eyes and nose were seven points similar to Du Xinguo.

Looking at this battle hero of the year, I can't help but feel a sense of admiration in my heart, and I believe that there must be a special existence among these items that can bring me back to those war-torn years......

I didn't rush to pick them up one by one, but frowned and analyzed, what is it? Could it be this double photo? This photo was taken by Du Xinguo and a woman with a graceful figure.

She should be Du Lang's grandmother, the woman who has waited for Du Xinguo all her life. In the photo, she is standing next to Du Xinguo in a floral cheongsam, but she combs a student's hair, and she looks like a progressive young woman.

Du Lang saw that I was staring at this photo for a long time, and said to me that this was the only photo of his grandparents and the wedding photo of that year. His grandmother was a Chinese teacher, and after his disappearance, she had been hoping to find his remains, but unfortunately she could not do so until her death.

This is a beautiful, kind, and willing woman who is willing to stick to love, which should not be a minority back then. I really don't know how many such wives there were, in those days, they were at home every day looking forward to their husbands returning safely, but in the end, they waited for an obituary......

It's a pity that I didn't feel anything in this photo, so I gave another military medal next to it, on which in addition to the symbol of the blue sky and white sun, there was a photo of Chiang Kai-shek.

This should have been a very important military medal at that time, although I don't know how Du Xinguo got it. But the moment I picked up this military medal, some messy and broken images appeared in my mind.

When a bunch of dashboards appeared in front of me, I knew that Du Xinguo should be in the cockpit of an airplane at that time, and for some reason, the glass in front of him was all frost, so that he couldn't see the outside scene clearly.

But judging from the shaking degree of the picture, the plane should be moving, Du Xinguo's hands are already a little frozen, but he doesn't care about these things, just listen to him keep holding the walkie-talkie and calling something? Finally, after he said a coordinate position, all the pictures disappeared.

I didn't know anything about the flight terminology he was talking about, and the only thing I remembered was the coordinates he mentioned, which was probably where his plane was at the time.

Du Lang heard from his mother that his grandfather, Du Xinguo, had departed from the Indian state of Assam and that the plane was loaded with much-needed war materials at home.