The oil pipes on the Red Cossack, which began to deliver fuel directly to the Meteor tanks, were designed to be too small to solve only half of the problem. The rest needs to be loaded and unloaded oil drums, depending on Chu Aiyun's speed. The special team quickly connected the fire hose and began to wash the blood stains on the deck, all the dead bodies of the Japanese soldiers were tied to heavy objects and thrown into the river, of course, Lu Qingshan did not forget to leave two military police uniforms and armbands, although they were stained with blood, but there were no holes. They worked quickly and did not communicate with the Soviet crews, who hid to the side, watching in horror, who knows if these people will kill people in the end? The ship had less than 30 crew members, and it wasn't difficult to do that.

Everything began to work in an orderly manner, and Lin found the captain again, who was sitting on the side of the ship, smoking his pipe, silent.

The captain is still cooperating, he must feel that he is being coerced, Lin knows that he can't send a few sought-after permanent ships on the ship, so he must find a way to stabilize him, it is best to let him turn back immediately, don't go to Shell's dock and delay for another day or two, then it will be easy to go wrong.

"Captain Zakharov, I hope this doesn't put you in danger."

This time he suddenly spoke in Russian, which took the captain by surprise.

"Didn't expect you to speak Russian?"

"Yes, I've been to Russia, but at that time, Russia wasn't called the Soviet Union." He looked up at the red flag on the mast.

The captain looked at Lin Xiuxuan suspiciously, if what he said was true, he must have gone to Russia at a very young age.

"I'm sorry to involve you and your crew in the war between us and the Japanese. We have no ill intentions, we are only fighting for the liberation of our country. ”

"I can understand that," said the captain, nodding leisurely, "in fact, it makes me feel that this voyage is meaningful, far from our war-torn homeland." However, my ship's current situation ...... I'm worried that the Japanese won't give up. ”

"It depends on how many pieces your boat can get away. Our guerrillas are all over Shanghai, constantly attacking the Japanese, and they are going missing 5 to 10 people every week, so we don't have to carry out a special investigation because a military cao is missing, but after 2 or 3 days there is no guarantee. I don't want to hide my thoughts, but if you and your crew can leave as soon as possible, it's good for everyone. ”

"You want me to break the contract? No, no, it's absolutely not going to work. Our 4000-ton contract with Shell represents the commercial credibility of the country, and the USSR cannot offend its allies at the moment. Besides, it is only a few nautical miles away from the oil depot in Pudong. As long as I can restrain my crew, I can keep this secret, and I think it will be okay to delay for 1 more day. ”

"If you choose to continue with the contract, can you guarantee that your crew will not leave the ship?"

"Well, it's a bit of a hassle. There are some things you don't know yet, after the German invasion, the Ukrainians on board had some heated disagreements with other crew members, they did not agree to go to Vladivostok, they wanted to find a nearby port to leave. About a week ago, I made a pact with them that allowed them to stay or leave at the next port. This is what I vouched for with the honor of captain. ”

The captain scratched his head, he seemed to have been thinking more about the credibility of the country and the honor of the individual, which made Lin Xiuxuan very surprised.

"Unless you can guarantee that you won't let any of the crew leave, your next step will be viable. What will happen to the Japanese once a certain informant goes ashore? They will detain the ship, do things the Japanese way of doing things, and maybe by the end of the war, you and your crew will still be tortured in Japanese prisons. ”

"yes, you're getting me into a lot of trouble."

Captain Zakharov looked into the distance from the railing, leaning on the railing and looking into the distance, a strange man who valued principles and was very numb to potential dangers. Lin had a hunch that if the captain continued to cling to the contract with the Soviet government and Shell, he would definitely harm the ship and himself, and the 419 plan would be affected, and he would have to find some way to convince him.

"Comrade Captain, if you insist on going to Shell's docks, I won't stop you, I have some dollars here, maybe it will help you to convince the crew to stay on board."

"I can only try, and maybe convince most people. But the second deputy Sergei, Semenov is a scourge, he is a guy who hates the Soviets extremely and can cause trouble. ”

Lin remembered hearing the name since he got on the boat, and he remembered being a small man with a mustache.

"This man has been hiding deeply. At the seamen's school, he was a member of the Komsomol and an active member of various voluntary labor. It was revealed only a few days ago, when he heard that Minsk had fallen, a man hiding in the toilet and cheering "Liberation of Ukraine" and "Long live Hitler", which happened to be heard by the most alert cook on board, Comrade Fiodot. You know that old Sasha was the most vigilant party member on the ship, and although everyone always had opinions about the taste of his food and his hygienic habits, and on a few occasions his negligence caused many people to have diarrhea, but in terms of loyalty to the party alone, and vigilance against all kinds of saboteurs, he was impeccable, and on weekdays, he had long consciously watched for those wavering elements who had inadvertently exposed suspicious deeds. Originally, I wanted to lock up this dog mongrel, but he used lies to bewitch several fellows in key positions on the ship, trying to confront me, and for the time being I can't do anything about him, but he should know very well that as soon as he re-sets foot on Soviet territory, the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs will arrest him. ”

"So he should be desperate to escape from this ship, this kind of person is a hidden danger, if you can't do it, let me do you a favor."

"No, I absolutely do not agree with executions without trial. Also, what if there are sympathizers who wreak havoc? ”

The captain shook his head vigorously and continued to smoke his cigarette, obviously he didn't have many options now, as Lin said, once this Ukrainian came ashore, the whole ship would be implicated, but he was probably worried that he would be brutal and the Ukrainians would rebel at sea later.

Around noon, the final loading and unloading was nearing completion. Chu Aiyun manipulated the boom to load and unload the huge hanging net containing the last 20 barrels of diesel fuel onto the deck of the Meteor, and the shipment of all 200 tons of fuel was finally completed, and until this time, Adams was still not present.

During this time, the captain and Lin Xiuxuan had a secret discussion for several hours, but the captain still did not agree to kill his crew and insisted on going to the Shell oil depot in Pudong.

In the end, Lin had to compromise, and he had to pay for the crew to buy them from going ashore, and then they summoned all 26 crew members to a meeting in the ship's restaurant, which Lin Xiuxuan attended as the customer who caused the trouble.

At the meeting, Zakharov proposed that there would be some changes in the plan due to coercion from both the partisans and the Japanese. They will go directly to the Shell oil depot in Pudong to unload the cargo, and then leave Shanghai without a stop and go to Vladivostok, where the previous agreement with the crew will be nullified. As compensation for this "accident", everyone except him can get an additional $200. He does not want to act arbitrarily on this matter, but will launch a vote on this proposal and decide whether to pass it according to the principle of the minority obeying the majority, of course, if it is not passed, it cannot be ruled out that these Chinese on board will be "unhappy".

Even if Zakharov hates the copper stench of his sense of mission, he must admit that only money can work to break up the union of Ukrainians on board, which is why he insists that he does not take a penny.

When the crew heard this decision, they immediately cheered, this extra bonus was not a small amount, enough to make them forget the trouble that Lin Xiuxuan had caused them after he got on the ship or the agreement between his fellow villagers. Judging from the situation on the spot, the voting has become meaningless, and the offensive and defensive alliance between the Ukrainian villagers has also collapsed. Of course, Lin also noticed that the expression on the face of someone sitting on the side of the second row was a little weird. He knew who this man was, this man was the only one on the ship who was afraid to go back to the USSR, and now this guy is isolated.

When the cheers of the crew paused, the captain added that to make sure that he would not pay out the bonus until after he left Shanghai. As a guarantee, Lin personally took out a thick envelope, showed the thick stack of dollars in front of the entire crew, and then handed the envelope to the captain, who locked the money in the safe in front of everyone.

According to the plan negotiated between Lin and the captain, the ship would leave Shanghai within a day or two, during which time everyone was forbidden to leave the ship, and the crew had to keep their mouths shut if Shell personnel were on board. However, Lin knew that no one could guarantee that no one would jump ship and escape after the ship docked, and he could not let Zakharov's naivety and willfulness overdraw his own security redundancy, so he was bound to use some tricks.