At the end of the meeting, the drone detected it, and another white steamboat approached, this time the ship was very large, and there was the word Asia Fire Oil on the roof, and it seemed that the threat could be lifted. Adams didn't show up until the afternoon, presumably to make things stalemate, so that he could take the initiative as a mediator and try to extort a sum of money from Lin by taking advantage of the various contradictions between the two sides.

Seeing Adams' ship approaching, Lin beckoned Lu Qingshan to him, and he told Lu Qingshan to keep an eye on the guy in the crowd with a mustache on his forehead, and don't let him have a chance to get close to Adams. In addition, if there is a chance to avoid the eyes and ears of the other people on the ship, take the opportunity to kill this person immediately, and do not leave any traces. Lu Qingshan understood and secretly prepared to go, Lin himself couldn't do this kind of dirty work, but Lu was an all-round scout, Ma Qiang was not there, he could make up for most of the vacancy.

Fat Adams, struggling to climb aboard a Soviet tanker, was astonished to find that the loading and unloading had been completed, and he thought that there would be nothing to be done but a big fight before he brought in skilled workers and translators. He was originally convinced that this tricky Chinese and the Russian drunkard captain could not pee together at all, and had to come forward to solve the problem by themselves, but at this time, they stood on the deck together, waiting for him. Adams had operated such smuggling operations many times and knew all the essentials, but this time he really saw it off.

He smiled and walked across the foredeck and stretched out his hand to Lin, if he had known that four Japanese soldiers had fallen here a few hours ago, he would probably have had a heart attack on the spot.

Except for Lin Jiu and Zakharov standing in front, all the crew members hid far away, although it was a little weird, but things were finally going well, although the plan to squeeze more profits from Lin was obviously a failure.

Adams, who was sweating profusely, walked over to greet Lin Xiuxuan and the Soviet captain, and then they stood under the scorching sun and began to talk about the weather.

Lu Qingshan stood on the side and monitored the target, most of the Soviet crew were scattered on the side of the ship, not close, for fear of saying something wrong, resulting in 200 dollars in the soup, and they also knew that the Chinese on the ship had guns, and they were easy to be unhappy.

Only the mustache, several times tried to get close to Adams, and if he got too close, he might pass on some message in a sentence or two. Lu walked over from behind, slammed him on the shoulder, and the second mate retreated playfully. Now, he should really feel threatened, and he must speed up his escape plan.

Under the scorching sun, Adams wiped his sweat and reminded the captain to go to the Pudong oil depot in time to complete the rest of the contract; Then reluctantly walked into the stuffy oil storage tank, very sloppily spot check the quality of crude oil and refined oil, in fact, the inspection is redundant, the quality of Soviet oil is better than Sumatra crude oil, but there is a lack of sales channels, under the operation of oil giants, the price has not been high.

After the inspection was completed, Adams climbed down the rope ladder and, in his canopy cabin, counted Lin's last money. Since Lin paid mainly in gold, and there were no bank markings, the acceptance process was a bit long, long enough for some anxious people on the ship to move their minds.

Lu Qingshan has been secretly following the sneaky Semenov. This guy has no experience in counter-reconnaissance and doesn't realize that he should be in a crowded place at the moment.

Lu watched him unsettled, wandering around the huge ship, as if looking for an opportunity to escape. He followed closely and saw the guy sneak up to the side of the lifeboat and look around, then take out a package and wrap it around his stomach. It seems that this guy has been prepared for a long time, and this should be a personal item that he has hidden in advance.

The second mate ran to the loading port at the stern, which was the lowest point from the water, and he lowered a rope, perhaps he wanted to sneak into the water, and climb onto Adams' motorboat.

There were no idle people waiting around, and the opportunity to make a move had been reached, Lu Qingshan loaded the pistol and quietly approached from behind.

The second mate, who was looking down, suddenly noticed something, he turned his face and saw Lu Qingshan staring at him with a pistol in his hand, he knew that something was wrong.

"Wait, I have something to say......"

Lu raised his hand and a shot hit him in the face, and the second mate let go of his hand and fell out of the loading and unloading port, fell to the rudder, and then turned over and fell into the water, hanging on the propeller, which slowly rotated and pressed him into the water. He was too close to the surface of the water for the fall to cause much movement, and no one in the entire ship heard him fall.

Adams laboriously finished counting the gold, started the ship and left. Twenty minutes after he left, Zakharov ordered the car to be prepared and ready to set sail, and his next stop would be Shell's oil pools in Pudong, where he assumed that he would be able to unload all the fuel in a day and complete the final leg of the journey. But before the rumbling diesel engine was turning, someone reported that the second officer was missing. He ordered a search of the whole ship, but it was still not found, but it was reported that a rope was found at the stern.

Lin Xiuxuan knew that the second mate had been stirred into the mud at the bottom of the river by the propeller at this moment, but now was not the time to tell the truth.

When he walked to the wheelhouse, Zakharov was fidgeting, waiting for the crew to search for the next news of the ship, expecting that the second mate was actually a cat somewhere on the ship.

"It seems that the second deputy comrade said goodbye without saying goodbye?"

"Well, there is such a possibility, I was too careless, and I actually ...... Maybe he got on Adams' boat. Or swim to a nearby shore. ”

"One hundred thousand in a hurry, Comrade Captain," Lin asked, feigning concern.

"I'm still sending someone to look for it, I'm afraid it's not good."

"If I were you, I wouldn't waste a day and continue to complete the Shell contract, that traitor may have gone ashore by this time, he will soon find the Japanese, do you think what he would say to the Japanese?"

"But ......"

"Think about it, your country is facing a war, and fuel is very useful. Why buy precious oil cheaply to these profit-seeking capitalists? ”

Seeing that the captain was silent, Lin found that there was a door and continued the next step of his ideological work.

"Comrade Captain, the fascist bandits are launching a frenzied offensive, it is said that they have sent out most of the armies of Europe and are attacking on a frontal distance of 500 kilometers, which is probably the largest war in the history of mankind. Now that Minsk has fallen, the enemy is not far from Moscow, what does it mean? ”

The captain looked at Lin in horror and was speechless.

"Soon the troops in the Far East will be marching to defend Moscow, and the oil will be sent to Vladivostok far more than it will be for Shell. A mere 4,000 tons of oil could not shake the relationship between the Soviet Union and Britain, these old imperialist countries are very shrewd, they need you the Soviet Union to hold back the fascist army, far more than the Soviet Union needs them. ”

"This ......"

"Don't hesitate, your homeland needs you to hurry back...... By the way, do you have any family members who served in the military? ”

"Of course, my youngest son served on the cruiser Molotov, and the British broadcast said that the Germans attacked the Red Ukraine, which was parked in Odessa, but the main forces of the Black Sea Fleet remained in the Crimea; As for my eldest son......" the captain choked up suddenly, "his condition may not be good, before the war he was the deputy commander of the artillery company of the Orlov Red Banner Division of the Western Front, stationed in the fortified area across the Bug River. ”

"So, it's the Brest Race?"

"Yes, the Brest Fortress. I don't know where he is now, only that the Germans have crossed the border and even conquered Minsk. I hope he's alive and fighting. ”

"Trust me, he should still be fighting."

"It's just comforting words."

"Perhaps, but you must know that this war is destined to be unprecedentedly cruel, not only the oil, but also this ship, and every crew member on board, will play a valuable role. Your responsibility now is to return these, safely back to the USSR. Don't think about contracts. With the efficiency of the Japanese, in a day or two, the general facts will be figured out, and the head of the Shell will soon be found. It's not just a safe escape from Shanghai, you have to take into account the Japanese navy's control in Northeast Asia, and I calculated the speed of the ship, which needs to be at least 2 to 3 days faster than the Japanese to be safe, and now I can't delay even a minute. ”

Lin's words were logical, and even calculated the time for the captain, which seemed very convincing, and now the ship is staying at Wusongkou, as long as it lifts anchor, it can go north. If you wait 1 more day, God knows what Sergei Semyonov will say to the Japanese, and it will not be easy to get out at that time.