Chapter 57: Riverside Distress
Tang Cong and Jia Aiguo drove the car to the highlands west of the city. This airport was an important training ground for soldiers when the Qing Dynasty was still around. Great visibility and good swooping space. As long as the glider can be used normally, it will not be long before it can fly out of the city of Hankow.
Jia Aiguo used big scissors to cut the chain on the door. "Captain, how do you know about this place?"
"In those years, the Northern Army and the Southern Army trained here, and the Northern Army established this airfield, using gliders imported from Germany during the small station training period. A total of three were bought at that time! Tang Cong explained.
Jia Aiguo counted the planes in the warehouse, "Why are there only two left now?" ”
"There was also a company that fell during the exercise and smashed directly on the position of the Northern Army. In the end, the southern army led by Li Fatzi won the victory, and that battle Li Fatzi was famous all over China! Later, Yuan Datou began to introduce engine aircraft for military use! Naturally, this airport was abandoned! Tang Congfeng said lightly.
"Well, wouldn't we be nine deaths in that case?" Jia Aiguo touched the wings of the plane, looked at the tattered equipment in the cockpit and shook his head.
Tang Cong picked up a handkerchief and threw it into the sky, "See, Wuhan is a typical subtropical monsoon season, this season is mostly accompanied by strong winds, do you see the direction the runway is facing, which direction?" Tang Cong asked.
"Northeast!" Jia Aiguo replied.
"That's right, it's a southwest wind blowing at this time, we just need to wait for the wind to come!"
Jia Aiguo was still a little worried, "This plane has been in place for a decade or two!" Can it hold up? Jia Aiguo tapped the wings of the plane with his hand.
"Don't worry, these countries in the West are the most real Germans, and the things they produce are very durable, not to mention one or twenty years, even fifty years... Tang Cong slapped the wings of the plane heavily as he spoke, and the wings fell freely and scattered on the ground.
Tang Cong looked embarrassed, "Well, it's been too long, I can't remember it clearly, maybe it was imported from the UK, and the British guys don't pay much attention to the quality of this product!" ”
"Captain, I don't think I'm going to be involved in this flight! I'm not afraid of you letting me fight the enemy with real swords and guns, and now you let me go with you to death! It's not worth it if it's going to crash! ”
"How can you tell Boss Dai the same! I told him that our spy team should have some modern weapons and could consider assembling some aircraft, but he just didn't listen, saying that he was afraid of heights, what reason was this? We don't even have the consciousness of Lilinthal when we are revolutionaries? Tang Cong rubbed his chest with his hand and kept sighing!
"Lilinthal? Is it Manchu? Jia Aiguo was at a loss when he heard these four words!
Tang Cong patted his forehead helplessly, "Lilinthal is a German, he is the father of gliders!" When I was in my early 20s, I was very fond of studying aerodynamics, observing birds every day, and seeking inspiration for building flying machines from their flights! He is one of the scientists I admire the most, and he said that everything you do must be sacrificed! ”
Jia Aiguo nodded, "Captain, I usually see that you are proficient in eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, but I didn't expect to hear such constructive words from your mouth, I Jia Aiguo is convinced!" I was a little timid, I really shouldn't. Isn't what we revolutionaries want to do in this great China as painful and dangerous as building gliders? You have to make sacrifices to do everything, that's a good saying, when did he say it? Jia Aiguo asked.
Tang Cong nodded, "Ao, he fell to his death when he was trying to fly the glider in a strong wind, this sentence was said before he died." ”
"Captain, I think I'm still swimming out of Hankou from the Yangtze River!" Jia Aiguo waved his hand!
Wu Jingya and Yingzi pulled the coffin to the river, and several boatmen were eating around an iron pot. There is a small bag next to the iron box, which contains duck intestines, chicken feet, duck hearts, and chicken gizzards. The middle of the pot is divided into three grids, spicy, white water, and tomato, which are fragrant. This is the most nutritious and economical food for these coolies.
"Boat family, let's go to Pingchuan Cemetery!" Wu Jingya shouted.
The men were still eating with their heads down.
Wu Jingya shouted again.
The boss of the boat didn't reply, and said in a dialect, "The river is turbulent, don't you see that our boats are all on the shore?" The captain of the boat took half of the food from the pot and put it in his bowl, and no one dared to say anything to the people next to him.
"I'll add money!" Wu Jingya said discussed.
"We don't pull the money, it's really fucking bad luck today, I met the funeral!" The boat boss spat to the side.
"What should I do?" Yingzi wiped the sweat on Wu Jingya's head with his hands, Wu Jingya put the cart down and walked to him in two steps. "Don't add money, don't want extra life!" Wu Jingya took out a pistol and put it on the head of the boat boss.
At this time, several patrol officers came over with the wanted map of the revolutionary party. Wu Jingya saw that there were more people, so he quickly covered the gun with his body and turned his head to the Jiangxin area.
"You guys, have you ever seen anyone in the painting?" The patrol officer pointed to Wu Jingya's portrait and asked the boat boss.
The boat boss looked at Wu Jingya and shook his head, "There is no boss." Not a single person who crossed the river today! ”
The patrol officer looked at Yingzi, and her sister was hiding behind Yingzi. "What are you guys doing?"
Yingzi said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "My father-in-law is dead, and I want to rent a boat to bury him!" ”
The patrolman took the portrait and compared it with the appearance of several other boatmen, and he saw that the man next to the boat boss was on his back! Shouted, "Hey, you, turn your head!" ”
Seeing that the patrol was coming, the boat boss broke free of Wu Jingya, Wu Jingya was about to shoot with a gun, but saw the boat boss pick up the material bowl on the table and give it to the patrol officer. "The bosses have worked hard, the delicious food that has just come out of the pot, come to the brothers to greet the chief to eat."
After a few boatmen understood, they enthusiastically dragged the patrol officer around the pot.
The leading patrol officer was unmoved, "We're on a mission, don't mess around!" ”
A patrol brother shouted to him, "Chief, there are duck intestines!" ”
"Where? Where? When the patrol heard the sound, he quickly sat down on the side of the pot and used chopsticks to find duck intestines.
The boat boss whispered to Wu Jingya, "You guys stand by the river, don't look back!" ”
It seems that this man is not an enemy! Wu Jingya thought in his heart. He pulled Yingzi and stood by the river. At this time, the river is not as turbulent as it was just now. A few small fish jump out of the water from time to time and play! Yingzi leaned against Wu Jingya's side, "Why is this person helping us?" ”
Wu Jingya shook his head, and one of his hands rested on his sister's head.
"Well, yes, you guys will be really happy!" The patrolman wiped his mouth and stood up slowly, "Remember, if the person on the wanted portrait is the first to tell me in the past few days, there is a reward of fifty yuan!" After speaking, the patrol officer withdrew with a few of his men.
The captain said to the brothers, "Go, help them load the coffins on the ship!" The brothers got to work without asking why!
The boat boss pulled out a cigarette and handed it to Wu Jingya, blocking the wind with his hand and lighting it for him. "Come on brother, smoke a cigarette!"
Wu Jingya looked at the boat boss suspiciously, "Why are you helping me!" He picked up his cigarette and smoked it!
"Because the wanted picture says Revolutionary Party!" The boat boss smiled.