Chief of Staff Peng told the comrades of the cadre to lie down and rest, but he himself could not lie down, and he asked him with concern about the situation on the road next to Lao Wang, the boss of the ship, and how far he was going, and he would go up to the top to look at the sailors, look at the guards who had put the lookout posts, and see if the people in the front cabin were resting for a while, and as soon as Brigadier Tian got on the boat, he became seasick and could not move, and he lay down in the head compartment, and asked Chief of Staff Peng from time to time about the navigation

All the cadres and guards on the ship carried short guns, and only Wu Ruiqing brought a horse rifle used to pretend to be a devil, and there was no armed escort, and besides, most of the comrades had never seen the sea, and it was the first time to take a sea boat, and many people were seasick and vomited

Wu Ruiqing didn't get seasick, and out of curiosity, he walked from the cabin to the surface of the boat The white seagulls flew around, as if to pay tribute to and welcome the cadres of our New Fourth Army Wu Ruiqing couldn't help whispering: "It would be great if we could have the wings of a seagull Fly directly to Yan'an to meet **, Political Commissar Liu, Vice Chairman Zhou, Commander-in-Chief Zhu and other responsible comrades of the Central Committee."

Wu Ruiqing walked to the stern of the ship as he spoke, and saw Boss Wang holding the helm as steadily as a commander who had experienced a hundred battles, and a sailor threw the lead ball at the bottom of the sea from time to time and lifted it up again to observe the depth of the water, and reported to the boss where the ship had arrived and how far it had gone

According to the situation he reported, the captain of the ship looked at the compass and from time to time issued an order to the sailors: "To the left...... To the right, to the height...... Low ......"

Twenty-six sailors, accustomed to singing the trumpet of labor, and the long shouts of the boss combined into a rhythmic symphony that almost swallowed up the roar of the waves

Life at sea gave Wu Ruiqing a lot of fun, but as a soldier, thinking more about possible unexpected battles, Ruiqing picked up a telescope and looked in all directions

Seeing Wu Ruiqing observing carefully, Boss Wang smiled and asked loudly: "Minister Wu, are you a person who often runs on the sea?"

"It's the first time"

"You, it's amazing, I've been drifting on the sea for fifty years, and there aren't many people like you," a question and answer, and the two of them got together, and Boss Wang counted with great interest the adventures on the sea in the past fifty years

Night was falling, the sea was dark, the bow and stern of the ship were vigilantly patrolling the surroundings, the cabin was quiet, most of the comrades fell asleep, and from time to time there was a slight snoring The voyage of the night was smooth

At dawn, the wind is getting smaller and smaller, and the boat is going slower and slower, Wu Ruiqing asked Boss Wang: "Why is the wind light?"

Boss Wang looked at the sky and said, "It doesn't matter, the wind won't be there," but his face was serious and his mood was not calm

Wu Ruiqing went down to get his horse rifle

The ship was still quiet, and there was a soft snoring sound from time to time in the cabin, and life at sea was the first time for everyone, and everyone felt completely fresh, and although people were lying down, they were awake, and Comrade Cheng Shiqing, director of the political office of the first regiment, who was sitting in the second cabin, couldn't close his eyes at all, and went up to greet the sentry of the ship's boss and the guards

Chief of Staff Peng didn't get seasick at all, and he talked to the captain of the ship, and he took out the dry food and cakes, and he smiled and said, "You guys eat this dry food, and you're full of good work."

"You're welcome, please eat first, let's eat our own."

Everyone was eating and chatting

The white waves that rushed against the side of the ship slowly descended; The sound of the rushing waves gradually subsided, the waves went down, the boat stabilized, and the night fog was heavy, and the sea was only small waves

Sailor Xiao Zhang also hurriedly ran to the cabin and said with a nervous expression: "Chief of Staff Peng, the wind has stopped!"

Brigade Commander Tian immediately sat up, and he asked the old man at the helm, "What should I do?"

The attention of the people on the boat was focused on the old king, and the old king slowly swallowed, squinted his eyes, looked at the vast sea, wiped his beard, and said with confidence: "It doesn't matter, the wind hasn't stopped, but it's a little smaller, and there will be wind for a while."

After listening to him, they received a kind of reassurance, and settled down, and the boat walked slowly, and after a short time, it stopped completely, and the sails were deflated, and their stomachs were deflated

The boat was parked

Everyone was anxiously looking forward to the wind Chief of Staff Peng was looking at his watch all the time It was already night Half an hour had passed No wind An hour had passed No wind Two hours had passed Still no wind How hard the time was But there was no wind Suddenly the little pennant on the mast moved The boat was gone The wind brought cheers from all over the ship

However, before he could walk a few miles, the wind stopped again, and this time the old Wang who was at the helm lost his steady, and he also fell into anxiety, and he told Peng, chief of staff, and Brigade Commander Hetian: "The wind is completely gone, and there will be no wind in a short time."

"What should I do?" asked Tian Shouyao

"There's nothing I can do," Boss Wang replied helplessly

Brigade Commander Tian asked again: "Captain of the ship, where are we now, have we bypassed Lianyungang?"

"Lianyungang is bypassed," Wang Lao said loudly, everyone was relieved when they heard this, and then they were aroused by his next sentence: "But there is still an Oriental devil's mouth ahead, and the devil's ship often comes out."

What's the solution, there wasn't a hint of wind, and the ship came to rest on the surface of the sea as if it had dropped anchor

The dark night gradually faded into the east A ray of white light slowly expanded The endless sea water shone before the eyes Shining brightly Three seagulls spread their snow-white wings Silently swept the green ripples Flew freely to the far side of the sea, but the ship was still parked On the other side of the smoky sea, I could not see anything

"Where are we now," Chief of Staff Peng asked the ship boss

The boss of the boat looked at the coast: "Not good" He pointed to the misty coast in the distance, and said with a heavy heart, "That is Grandma Mountain (Qinshan Island) and then north is Lanshantou, which is very close to Lianyungang, and is still forty or fifty miles away from Zhewangkou."

Peng and Tian Shou immediately told the boss to try to return the boat to the depths of the sea, and the boss and the sailors took a lot of effort to turn the direction of the boat and retreat to the depths of the sea.

Wu Ruiqing observed with a telescope for a while, and then went down to sleep

"Isn't Lanshantou the enemy's stronghold?" Brigade Commander Tian came up and said, Lao Wang nodded, and Brigade Commander Tian asked again, "Can you get around the boat a little bit, it's dawn, don't let the enemy find the target."

Lao Wang shook his head helplessly: "There is no wind, I can't move anymore, and no one can do anything now."

Suddenly, there was a buzzing sound from the other side of the sea, and everyone thought that there was a plane, but when they looked up, they looked up into the sky, but they couldn't see a plane, and Zhang Chimin took the telescope of Brigade Commander Tian, and he went up to look at it

In the direction of the coast, I couldn't see anything, it was like the sound of an airplane, but it was still ringing, and after a while, in the blue sea, I found a small black spot, and he called people to see it, and everybody's attention was focused on the little black spot, and the black dot was getting bigger, and when I got closer, I saw a round cylinder, protruding from the sea, and this was a chimney, and the boss at the helm couldn't help but exclaim, "That's an enemy patrol boat, it's terrible."

When Chief of Staff Peng saw that some of the people under the boat stood up and told them not to move, they should be hidden, and he said, "Don't panic, let's talk about it."

Director Zhang crouched on the side of the boat and looked at it, muttering to himself: "I see, I see, it's a patrol boat with a Japanese flag on it, but it's not necessarily coming from us."