Chapter Seventy-Eight: We Are Chinese Too
A new day has arrived. The sun rises above the sea level, and the darkness is dispelled, and light shines on the sea.
China's working people have been known for their hard work since ancient times, and when the genius was bright, the three fathers and sons of the Xie family had already gone to sea. By dawn, they were already more than 50 kilometers away from the coast of Kaohsiung.
"Daddy, what do you think that's that?" The second son of the Xie family was getting off the net, and suddenly straightened up and pointed to a black spot in the distance and said to Xie Hanmin.
Xie Hanmin raised his head, put his hand on the pergola, looked at it, and said, "It seems to be a person." β
"It's the Overboard, isn't it?" Xie Changan, the eldest son who operated the boat in the back, said.
"It's a person," the second son Xie Luoyang said affirmatively: "I don't know if Lu Dao is dead?" "It's too far away from the island of Taiwan and the mainland on the other side, and if you fall into the water in this place, no matter how good the water is, you will not be able to escape death.
"Luoyang, put away the net first, let's go over and take a look, it's important to save people!" Xie Hanmin said, and began to shake the wheel to put away the fishing net that had just been put down.
Xie Chang'an drove the boat towards the person who fell into the water, and when he got closer, the clothes of the person who fell into the water clearly caught their eyes. Xie Luoyang's eyes suddenly widened, and he whispered, "Daddy, it seems to be Japanese, or two people." "The two people who fell into the water were lying on the template, and they were obviously wearing naval uniforms, thinking of the current situation in Taiwan, and the only naval officers and sailors who could fall into the water here could only be Japanese.
Xie Chang'an made a dozen directions, and the fishing boat deviated from the trajectory and headed to the left front. He didn't want to save the Japanese, he said, "Why wasn't the shark eaten by the dog?!" β
The contradiction between the colonized and the colonizer is irreconcilable, no matter how **** friendship the colonizer has, it is impossible for the colonized who still has a little flesh to be a good citizen.
Xie Hanmin frowned tightly, and it was not difficult to see from his expression that he was also very entangled at the moment. Seeing that Xie Changan was about to completely turn the bow of the boat, he suddenly shouted: "Save people!" β
"Daddy!" Xie Luoyang was anxious.
Xie Hanmin said resolutely: "Save people first!" β
Xie Luoyang still wanted to argue, but Xie Changan glanced at him. Xie Luoyang looked over and saw his brother's left hand making a gesture to wipe his neck, understood, and nodded.
Chen Long didn't know that he had been remembered by the Xie family brothers. After floating on the sea all night, although he strictly followed the precautions for swimming and had saved his physical strength as much as possible, he still felt powerless at the moment. The sun rising in the east dazzled his eyes, making him a little dizzy. His pale and swollen skin soaked in the sea water ached faintly, and he shook his head slightly, and his dry lips looked to the left first. Seeing that ** Zhi was still there, he breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at his tightly wrapped left forearm again, and wondered: Am I going to die? I've been holding on for so long, and I still can't escape death! Thinking like this, his hands relaxed, and he was almost slapped away by a slap on the bed.
As his name suggests, Chen Longren is like a dragon in the water - as the son of a fisherman who grew up by the sea and grew up by the sea, he naturally inherited his ancestors' ability to make water in the sea. In the gymnastics at the beginning of last month, he won the first place in diving by virtue of diving out of the river for more than 120 meters in one go, leaving the second place far behind. Chen Long was selected by Chen Yuanyang to join the Cantonese Navy five years ago, and Chen Yuanyang fell in love with him at that time, in addition to his excellent water skills, but also because he had studied in a private school for six years. Because of Chen Yuanyang's care and his own high understanding, he quickly stood out from the original recruits and was escorted to study at the Guangzhou Naval Academy. After studying in the academy for a year and a half, and after successfully completing the graduation examination, he officially became a lieutenant-level officer of the Guangdong Navy and served as the third officer on the gunboat "Yunshan". When the Cadet Army was stationed in Guangdong, all the Cantonese Navy were enrolled in the army, and he was promoted from lieutenant to captain, and his position was also promoted from third officer to second officer.
Last night's experience was an unprecedented nightmare for Chen Long, who was in the wheelhouse when the "Yunshan" was hit, witnessing the scene of the air raid bomb hitting the ship.
More than a dozen black bombs fell from the sky, and two of them hit the middle of the ship.
After more than a dozen loud noises, the skyrocketing Langhua surrounded the "Yunshan" entirely, and then, the "Yunshan" cabin on the port side was blown open with a big hole and began to enter the water, and then capsized to the left.
"Abandon ship!" Captain ** Zhi gave the order to abandon ship.
Because of well-known reasons, Chen Long decided to leave the ship last: "Captain, you go first!" β
Zhi pushed him: "Aaron, you guys go quickly." I'm the captain, and I must be the last one to leave! β
"No, Captainβ"
"Captain, if you don't go, we won't go!"
β¦β¦ Everyone was dragging and arguing, and suddenly there was a crisp "click", and everyone only felt a violent shaking, and then they were submerged by the cold sea water that was surging in.
The "Yunshan" could not withstand the strong force of seawater adsorption, and broke off at the waist. The "Yunshan" became two straight seabed plants, and almost no one was able to escape in time.
"Don't panic, everyone, don't rush out of the river first-" Chen Long is familiar with the nature of water, and knows that he must not go out against the current at this time, otherwise he may be sucked into the bottom of the sea by the whirlpool caused by the sinking of the ship, he reminded everyone loudly, before the words are finished, choke a few mouthfuls of salty seawater in his mouth, and drink two sips of "grunt", and he can't say anything.
In the daily training program of the Higashiyamabu Navy, there are specific measures and precautions for dealing with shipwrecks, but at this moment, there are very few people who can really treat them rationally. Some people have firmly remembered these rules, but they either fainted because of the sudden sinking or choked by the seawater, and Chen Long was the only one who was able to escape from the 76 crew members of the "Yunshan Ship".
Chen Longqiang held his breath until the water flow around him was no longer chaotic and strong, and then dragged ** Zhi out of the cab and surfaced.
"Captain, you're fine, are you?" After surfacing, Long Chen asked, holding the back of Zhi's neck.
**Shiba didn't respond for a long time. Chen Long touched his body, only to find that he no longer had a pulse, and he didn't know what had been cut on his neck, and he didn't bleed outward at this time - Zhi's heart had stopped beating, and the blood lost pressure and didn't flow outward.
** Zhi usually treats Chen Long like a big brother, and Chen Long's eyes immediately shed tears, and he shouted: "Captain! Captain! β
The "Yunshan" was sunk in the sea more than 10 kilometers away from the No. 1 pier, and it was still in the direction of the island of Taiwan. Even though he knew that ** Zhi was dead, Chen Long still refused to give up his body. After he finally found a bed board, he first tied ** Zhi to it, and then swam around this sea area for two rounds. Not a single person was found, and a body was floated in the cold waters, and he burst into tears again. The fact that he was the only one who survived the seventy-six brothers who got along with each other at dusk was too cruel. He silently shed tears, cursing the Japanese in the most vicious language in his heart, and only then did his mood calm down. Then he found out that his left forearm was actually injured. Bleeding at sea is a terrible thing, not only because of the corrosive nature of the sea, but also because the smell of blood can attract sharks. He couldn't care about being sad, so he quickly took care of the wound, and then pushed the bed board that bound ** Zhi and swam in the direction he had identified.
Originally, with Chen Long's experience, he could easily identify the direction of the coast, but when people always make mistakes, what Chen Long didn't know was that the direction he chose was wrong from the beginning, not towards the coast, but towards the depths of the sea. So coincidentally, he actually swam in the direction of the island of Taiwan, and was immediately carried by a current to his current place.
God made a joke with Long Chenβnot only did he not realize it, but the rest of the Dongshan Department didn't realize it either. Therefore, when he was lucky to be rescued by the Xie family's father and son, at the Dongshan base, his name had already been recorded in the death book of the Xuebing Army and became a glorious martyr.
The father and son of the Xie family dragged Chen Long and ** Zhi to the boat like a fishing net, and seeing the armbands on their shoulders, Xie Luoyang and Xie Changan exchanged glances, and quietly put down the sharp knife in their hands.
Chen Long lay on the board of the boat like a dead fish, without the slightest excitement after being rescued. Shiba lay beside him, his face a lifeless pale.
The father and son of the Xie family were well-informed and familiar with everything about the Japanese navy, and they were already able to conclude that it was not the Japanese who were rescued at this time. Xie Hanmin stretched out his hand and probed under Zhizhi's nose, sighed and said in Hokkien: "He is out of breath." Then he said to Long Chen, "Sir, take off your clothes." Luoyang, go pour a bowl of boiling water - well, put two slices of ginger aside. "Wearing wet clothes on your body is not only sad, but also deprives people of heat, so you have to take them off quickly.
Hearing the familiar and amiable Hokkien dialect, Chen Long took it for granted that it was a Fujian fisherman who rescued him, and he also whispered in Hokkien: "Thank you," and then sat up vigorously and began to undress.
Xie Luoyang saw the words on his epaulettes clearly before pouring water, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Xuebingjun, are you Xuebingjun?" β
The father and son of the Xie family immediately exchanged glances, and they were all secretly taken aback. Xie Hanmin asked, "Sir, how did you do this?" β
"I was blown up by a little devil," Chen Long did not doubt that he was there, and replied truthfully. He took off his coat with some difficulty, and then looked at ** Zhi, and his eyes were red and swollen again. He bit his lip, looked up at Xie Hanmin and asked, "Fellow, where is this?" β
"Taiwan."
"What?" Long Chen was startled and almost jumped up. He immediately became vigilant, and naturally took out the shark knife with his right hand, and asked, "Who are you?" β
His actions made Xie Changan and Xie Luoyang nervous, and Xie Hanmin behaved calmly, saying: "Sir, don't get excited, although this is Taiwan, we are also Chinese!" Hehe, you are amazing at learning the army, and you actually gave the combined fleet of little Japan to the shadow, there is a kind! β
Hearing him say this, Long Chen's tense nerves relaxed slightly, he thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "You won't hand me over to the Japanese, will you?" β
"Sir, you're out of sight. How can we say that we are also Chinese, if we don't help our own people, can we still help little Japan? Is that still human? We've been looking forward to seeing our army for a long time, but unfortunately, it seems like a distant thing......" Xie Hanmin said, tears welling up in the corners of his eyes.