Chapter Forty-Nine: The Little Prince's Disguise

The place where the "Airmotor" hovers is, strictly speaking, part of Saudi waters.

This time to participate in the Doha Airship Competition, the airspace where the players practiced was very casual. Because the airship is completely inflated, this design scheme limits the use of the airship, and the air wave impact caused by shooting on the airship will affect the stability of the airship, so the airship is recognized as completely non-aggressive. In addition, there are many novices participating in this competition, so in order to let the competitors practice well, the countries on the Saudi Peninsula simply turn a blind eye to the behavior of the airship and let them practice flying freely in the airspace of their choice.

The operating space of the airship is very large, and although the speed is as slow as a cow crawling compared to an airplane, compared to a car or train, its speed is very terrifying, with a speed of hundreds of kilometers per hour, which is its starting speed. Targets within visual range, airships can approach with just one turn...... As the saying goes, "looking at the mountain and running a dead horse", it is common for the eyes to see the target clearly at high altitude, and the distance between the two is a hundred miles.

In this competition, at least 300 airships will participate. Each of the 300 airships occupies more than 100 square kilometers of airspace for practice, and 300 airships are 300,000 square kilometers. Iran on the other side of the Persian Gulf is not easy to mess with, and everyone can only get as close to the Saudi Peninsula as possible, so it is understandable that the freshmen will sail the airship into the depths of the Saudi desert. It is understandable that the trainees set up their training ground in the sea thousands of kilometers away from Doha - in front of them, in the airspace that stretches into Doha, there are only a dozen trainees.

The airship operated by An Feng took off from the depths of the desert, and no matter how fast he was, the flight distance in a day was 1,000 kilometers, and it just left the waters of Kuwait and arrived near the Safaniyah Island and reef belonging to Saudi Arabia. This place is closer to Kuwait, less than 300 miles in a straight line, and at least more than 1,000 kilometers from Doha.

A jet ski is a small glider, and because the engine roars like a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, people often like to call this small plane "airmobile". It has a small payload capacity and can only lift two people into the air, plus hundreds of kilograms of pesticides and oil. Because of its compact size, the wings can be folded and stored at any time, and the operation is extremely simple, so it is very popular with European farmers, who use this airplane as a home-cooked agricultural tool, and usually use it to inspect farms, spray pesticides, and sow seeds.

But the flight distance of this kind of aircraft is very short, and the speed of seventy or eighty kilometers per hour is already its limit, and the fuel it carries can allow it to fly for two or three hours in a row - that's all.

And the Safaniye Island and Reef, which is at least a hundred kilometers from the coastline.

Sure enough, this "airmobile" flew here and ran out of fuel, its engine sound became lower and lower, in the blink of an eye, the engine let out a few dull coughs, immediately silent, the wings of the airmobile shook, with the help of the wind in the air for a while, and finally fell into the sea unwillingly......

In the distance, several airships hovering in the air saw this situation, and hurriedly prepared to come to the rescue, and a fast airship suddenly turned around when it saw that it was approaching the place of the accident, because the people on the airship found that the person driving the "airmobile" had climbed out, and it seemed that it was an adult and a child, and the two climbed onto the glider, and the young child turned over and sat on it, crossed his legs, shaking all over, and seemed to be laughing.

Not far away, a small cargo ship was quickly approaching here, and on the airship's public channel, an airship pilot was calling for help: "The accident site is in the east longitude ......, north latitude ......, call for help, call for rescue." ”

A voice sounded on the public channel: "I saw it, I saw them, this is the Panamanian freighter Lulu, I was approaching the accident site, I saw the crash, two people, an adult and a child, there should be no other victims, I am about to start the rescue." ”

The Lulu is a small freighter with a deadweight of about 200 tons. The ship travels mainly between Iran and Kuwait, buying fresh vegetables and other agricultural products from Iran and selling them to Kuwait or Bahrain, and occasionally it brings some Western electrical appliances from Kuwait to Iran, but this kind of work is not much, because there is not much market demand for this commodity in Iran, so the ship goes to Iran, often half-empty.

When the Lulu freighter approached the wreckage site, it turned out that the perpetrators of the accident were two children, and the tall, very strong and sturdy big man was actually a child, but he was just tall. The airship pilots were probably mistaken because they were too far away...... In this way, the accident is better understood: two children did not know the severity of the accident, stole an adult's airbike to play, and did not know until they ran out of fuel, and as a result, they crashed into the sea.

As the ship drew closer, the crew could already see the faces of the two children. The big guy was of black descent and had a coffee-colored complexion, and the kid sitting cross-legged on the wing was a little ...... It's a bit like a little sheikh somewhere in Arabia, well, the more I look at it, the more I look at it, the two children, like some little sheikh who sneaked out of the tribe, and brought a tall and strong playmate with him. And this kind of playmate is actually a bodyguard and servant. For example, the tall man looked at the child, full of humility and obedience, and would rather run in the water himself than hold the glider and let the little chief, who was younger than him, sit on it......

Sure enough, the child of the two spoke first, he sat on the glider that was half-cut into the sea, proudly sitting in his own palace, his tone was full of condescending majesty, and his accent was in pure Arabic tribal language: "I am Fayyad Fahd, who are you, who are the chiefs, and report his name?" ”

The captain choked...... Well, the captain was actually Iraqi and now considered himself just a Kuwaiti.

A year ago, after the invasion of the Iraqi army, all the Kuwaiti public archives were burned, and after the collapse of the Iraqi army, the soldiers retreated in their own way. Some of the Iraqi soldiers are smart, claiming to be locals as soon as they take off their uniforms. It is said that the population of Kuwait increased by 30 per cent after the war, and most of this increase was impersonated by Iraqi soldiers.

Miraculously, however, the existence of these people was subsequently recognized by the Kuwaiti government. Just kidding, the Kuwaiti government has been thinking about expanding the population of its own tribe for hundreds of years, and it is absolutely unexpected that such a large number of people have surrendered, so the Kuwaiti government has counted one and recognized them as belonging to the Kuwaiti tribe.

However, the Kuwaiti government does not intend to be fools, although the official acknowledges their belonging on the surface, but does not give them the "national treatment" they deserve, they cannot lie in bed like normal Kuwaiti citizens, waiting for the government to pay benefits, they have to go to earn their own living expenses, and they must pay Kuwait taxes for a number of years...... So although they are also "proud Kuwaitis" in the Persian Gulf, they are a group of "Kuwaitis" who must work.

Nowadays, on the sea, those who go to the sea to fish, run for transportation, and sleep in the open are all similar "Kuwaiti laborers", and the real Kuwaitis do not need to work, they only spend money.

It had only been a year since the end of the war, and the reputation of "Kuwaiti laborers" had not yet become a household name, so the captain thought about it and decided to hide the truth, and he stepped forward and replied: "I am the captain, I am Kuwaiti so-and-so, Your Highness the Little Chief, welcome to my freighter." ”

Fahd is a large surname, and among the Arab tribes, people with this surname are not required to work.

The child sitting on the glider acquiesced to the title of "little chief" - the title "little chief" is translated as "prince" in China - and he raised his chin and said arrogantly: "I bought your boat, will you make a price?" ”

"This ......" The captain wanted to say, "I don't sell", but he had a thought in his heart: it is not a good thing to offend a little prince, although this little prince may not be able to control himself, but the other party is so loud that a little thing leaks between his fingers, but he can greatly benefit himself. Offending him may cause trouble, but pleasing her will benefit immensely, and anyone can settle such an account.

"As you wish...... "The captain immediately offered a high price—three times the price. The child on the other side agreed without blinking: "Tell me your account number, and I will allocate funds to you when I go to land." ”

The captain's attitude became more respectful: "Your Royal Highness, Little Chief, thank you very much for taking a fancy to my broken ship, and I beg you to deign to come to me...... Now it's your ship, I'm your captain on this trip, please lean a little bit, and the lifeboat will sail to you right away. ”

The drenched little chief stepped onto the Lulu freighter, and the big bodyguard next to him followed him closely, his expression as if he were strolling through his own palace - in fact, he looked sluggish and expressionless. The crew took clean water to help the little chief wash the seawater off his body, and after draping a towel quilt, the little chief stood on the side of the boat, pointed to the place where he fell into the water, and said arrogantly: "Help me salvage the engine, you guys, from now on I will hire you, and tell you what your salary expects." ”

The crew of this ship, some of whom were "pseudo-Kuwaitis" like the captain, and some of them were hired foreign shipwrights, most of whom were accustomed to the hierarchy, to the princes and nobles in front of him, and to the wealth of the local tycoons, and the little chief decided to hire them in a big tone...... What obstacles lie to this.

There is no doubt that the small cargo ship immediately dropped anchor on the surface of the sea, and when questioned by the maritime search and rescue department, they replied: salvage the wreckage of the wrecked plane.

This is normal, and after all the victims have been rescued, the salvage of the wreckage is also an additional operation. After a few brief inquiries from the search and rescue department, they immediately left behind this small accident without any casualties, and from beginning to end, they did not even go to the scene, only exchanged a few words with the rescue ship through radio.

As soon as the Lulu stopped, a small airship swayed in the air in the distance, it was the airship that practiced in this sea area a few days ago, and the airship operator in the air couldn't help but laugh when he saw the clumsy movements of this little airship: "This guy's IQ is really a problem, he has been practicing for three days, and there is another day of official competition, and this guy hasn't learned how to operate yet." ”

Unbeknownst to them, the pilot of the airship had already been replaced. The original airship pilot is now standing on the Lulu freighter, leisurely looking at the small airship that appears in the sky. Now the airship is a real novice, he was hired by An Feng, arrived at the border between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait at the appointed time, boarded the empty airship, and then drove the airship to compete. "Participation" is the purpose for which the person is employed, and it is not in the conditions of employment as to whether he or she is not ranked. Because of the good pay, this man boarded the airship without hesitation - according to the agreement, today is his practice time, and the practice place is this sea area.

When this person boarded the airship, An Feng and Argyle hid not far away, observing each other with binoculars. This novice is really young, the airship he controlled did not go in a straight line, and An Feng began to assemble the "air motorcycle" after waiting for people to fly away, but he didn't expect it to be the last to come to this sea area.

Well, now that all the disguises are complete, all that remains is to coax the group to salvage things out of the Persian Gulf, and in this way, it's all right.

The reason why it is necessary to salvage the container immediately is because the Persian Gulf is a busy route, and if a ship stops somewhere for several days and does not leave, no matter what reason he has, it will arouse people's curiosity, and on the Persian Gulf, it is not easy to find a reason for salvage, and if there is a reason, it cannot be let go.

The second reason is that if the container put into the sea is equipped with a tracking locator, the radio signal emitted by the tracking locator will be received by others, which will lead to a treasure hunt frenzy. The box that An Feng loaded with was a special food box for submarines. This type of box can absorb the submarine sonar, and if it is not equipped with a locator, it is difficult to find such a box on the bottom of the sea......

The installation and salvage work lasted for three days, and for three consecutive nights, An Feng went into battle in person without telling the crew, repositioning the boxes one by one, and guiding the crew to salvage the next day...... Fortunately, the gold is heavier, and it is not easy to be swept away by the tide after falling into the sea, so it took three days for 24 submarine boxes to be salvaged, during which the captain and crew were surprised that there was something else at the sea site, but An Feng always looked calm and resolute and arrogant, as if his original intention was to salvage these things - this is the truth.

People in high positions often have difficulty communicating, and sometimes people in high positions don't want you to understand the truth at all, they just want you to do things. An Feng never evaluated the salvage once...... Because An Feng's promised remuneration was generous, and it could be cashed in when it was filed, the crew endured it. On the fourth day, when An Feng announced that the salvage was over, the crew cheered, and they excitedly pulled anchor and set sail for Doha, which is not far away......

Now the problem is: An Feng has no money.

All his money was spent on the previous actions, and now he is empty-handed, with only a few dollars left in his account, and hundreds of thousands of cash wrapped in waterproof paper in his bag. But this hundred thousand cash is obviously not enough to pay for the crew......