On the Johnston, which had shrunk countless times, everyone put all their important supplies into the thermal bucket, and each used a rope to connect their belts to the handle of the thermal bucket.

In order to keep the center of gravity of the boat even, the people in urgent need of warmth did not crowd together but spread out evenly. As a result, the only two blankets were only enough for three patients.

Wei Yan and Hawkes could only hide under the stretched canvas hammock and raincoat.

Fortunately, now that they were out of the sea, the two of them were finally able to put their pants back on - even though the pants were already soaked through.

There is no doubt that this condition is definitely not comfortable, but it is still much better than being soaked in water all the time.

Not only that, after waiting for more than ten minutes, although they were greeted by heavy rain again, the sea was still calm and did not cause too many waves. Therefore, the only thing they needed to do was to blow the wind.

Scoop out as much rainwater as possible from the cabin, and fill up your own water bottles.

"Sterling"

Wei Ran patted the nearest deputy captain, pointed to the body armor padded on the bottom of the ship and asked, "How come these things are also in the ship?"

"Squeeze the position!"

Sterling, who was hiding under the blanket with a condom on his head, replied loudly, "The wind and waves were too strong before. These body armors are heavy enough to prevent the boat from capsizing."

"Does it work?" Wei Ran shouted and asked, while not forgetting to use the shell shell to scoop out the water.

"It's better than nothing!" Sterling responded while scooping out the rainwater with the steel cup that matched the kettle.

Looking at the hammock that was less than ten centimeters above his head and serving as a rain shelter, Wei Ran, who was lying in the cabin, shook his head helplessly and continued to scoop water out. Now, he just hopes that the sea will continue to remain calm.

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Time flew by to nine o'clock in the evening. As the rain became weaker and weaker and finally stopped completely, Wei Ran and Hawks, who had been soaking in the water all day, got the first chance to rest.

Although the clothes on their bodies were wet, the canvas hammock used as a bedding, the blankets or raincoats were also wet, both Wei Ran, Hawks and Sailor Moose slept exceptionally soundly.

In the latter half of the night, even the two captains were wrapped in the same blanket and fell into a deep sleep next to each other.

On this endless sea, the boat drifting with the current is like a slowly rocking crib, and the rising and falling waves around it are like a lullaby.

When Wei Ran woke up from his nightmare, the skyline behind him had been dyed a beautiful blood red by the morning glow. Not far ahead, there was a huge frigate bird standing on the bow of the ship, using its hook at this time.

Big Mouth tried to steal the sea fish that Hawks tied to the bow of the boat with his shoelaces before going to bed last night.

Looking at the other people in the cabin, they were all curled up, snoring loudly, or shaking their heads, as if they were trapped in an unpleasant dream.

Upon seeing this, Wei Yan, who was leaning on the stern engine and using the hammock covering his body for cover, carefully took out his camera bag, took out the camera from it, and pointed it at the sailors on the ship and the frigate bird on the bow.

However, just when he was about to press the shutter, he was stunned. Then, he put down the camera and looked directly ahead at the bow of the ship.

It's a life raft! A red and white life raft with a white spinnaker in the middle!

After coming back to his senses, Wei Ran raised the camera again and took a photo that included the sleeping people in the cabin, the frigate bird on the bow, and the life raft in the distance, and then moved the camera as quickly as possible.

The wide-angle lens on the camera was replaced with a super-telephoto lens and it was once again focused on the brightly colored life raft.

With the help of this lens, he could clearly see that the life raft was quickly approaching him with the help of the small triangular sail. On top of the life raft, there were two other people wearing flight suits and

Life jacket, man with flying hat on his head.

One of them was paddling hard with something, while the other was lying in the middle of the life raft. His body seemed to be covered with a white cloth.

He could even vaguely see that there seemed to be a submachine gun pressed against the white cloth!

Wei Ran pressed the shutter button as fast as possible towards the other party, and then stuffed the camera into his camera bag.

After hesitating for a moment, he did not take out the pistol in the camera bag. Instead, after putting the camera bag back into the metal book, he immediately knocked on the boat to wake up everyone who was sleeping.

While the frigate bird was scared away, Wei Ran also shouted a reminder, "Towards the bow of the ship! There is a life raft! The other party may have weapons!"

As soon as this voice came out, the rest of the people on the boat woke up immediately. After seeing the approaching life raft, Hawks was the first to pull out the pistol on his chest and put the bullet in it, while Captain Sterling

He immediately rushed to the stern of the ship and started the engine, and then pulled out his 1911 pistol.

Captain Evans later pulled out his silver-white Colt revolver and handed it to Wei Ran, and then took out one from the telescope box on his waist with a little effort.

The heavy MK43 telescope was raised with the help of the injured hand and looked towards the opposite side.

With the roar of the engine, Evans sneezed first, and then shouted loudly, "Two people! The other party has a submachine gun! Pay attention! One of them has already picked up the submachine gun, and the other has also raised his pistol.

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"Hold on!" Captain Sterling shouted, and at the same time, he controlled the engine to make the ship run.

"Da da da!"

Almost before and after, the opponent also fired a series of bursts, and a series of splashes gradually appeared at least ten meters away from Wei Ran and others. Immediately afterwards, the opponent fired a series of bursts again, but this time the opponent aimed

, but it’s the top of the head.

It was obvious that in addition to threatening them, the other party was also showing a very low level of goodwill.

"Can we talk?!" the man holding a submachine gun shouted in English with a strong nuclear radiation accent.

"Great Chief, I can swim through the water!"

As he spoke, Hawkes had already pulled out the underwater breathing apparatus he had modified with a gas mask, "I'm sure I can break their life raft."

"calm!"

Captain Evans did not put down the telescope he had been holding at all. "That life raft is more important than our traffic boat. The other party wants to cooperate with us, otherwise he would have hit us just now."

"Then I will kill..."

"The other guy had a grenade in his hand."

Captain Evans paused for a moment and then continued, "The things covering its body are stained red. I guess it must have been injured."

After saying that, Captain Evans put down the telescope, turned around and looked at everyone on the ship and said, "Now we are all survivors of the shipwreck, and we can only survive by helping each other. If we lose that life raft, we will only rely on our transport boats.

Maybe next time there is a wave, we will sink into the sea."

"Can..."

"Unless you can find a way to get rid of the grenade in the opponent's hand," Captain Sterling said, "without damaging the life raft."

"Everyone is ready to shoot at any time, Hawks, you will hide in the water later."

Captain Evans gave the final order, "Let's row over and talk to each other. If they are ready to seize our ship, shoot immediately. If we fail, Hawkes, you will be responsible for killing them."

they."

Seeing everyone looking at him, Hawks silently put on his gas mask and flipped into the water. He held up the bellows and hid behind the engine at the rear of the ship.

"You use this"

As Wei Ran spoke, he handed the Colt revolver in his hand to Sailor Moose, who seemed a little sluggish, while he opened the thermal bucket and took out a flare and signal transmitter from the pilot's survival bag.

Of course he remembered that the return mission required no killing after the 25th, so this signal flare was the best weapon for him. Not only could it easily kill people, but it could also easily burn the opponent's broken raft. In this vast sea

, being without a raft is almost the same as being dead.

When everything was ready, everyone took an oar, dragged Hawks who was hiding under the water, and slowly approached each other.

At the same time, the red and white inflatable life raft also lowered its white spinnaker, and the two people each lay on one side of the rubber raft, stretching out their arms and paddling with something unknown.

Gradually, the distance between the two sides has shortened to about 20 meters. This distance is not only within the range of the pistol, but also enough for both sides to see each other's situation clearly and hear each other's shouts clearly.

"Are you the ones who sent out the flare?"

In the life raft, which seemed to be able to hold at least four or five people, the pilot with a submachine gun in his hand asked an obvious question in accented English, "We have been looking for you all night."

"Just say what you want to say," Captain Sterling responded loudly. He was too lazy to be polite to the other party.

"We need medicine"

The man holding the submachine gun said nervously, "My companion is injured. We need some medicine. Can you help us?"

"There seems to be no reason for us to help you."

Captain Stirling, who was only in his mid-twenties, pointed to the ship, "Thanks to you, we are now like this."

"We are willing to use materials in exchange!"

The Japanese pilot holding a submachine gun continued, "How about a parachute? We are willing to trade one parachute for your medicine."

"Two parachutes," Sterling shouted while making a scissor hand gesture.

"No problem!" The pilot with a submachine gun on the raft readily agreed to the deal, even with deep gratitude in his tone.

"Farke!" Sterling muttered in frustration, "I offered a low price."

"Then make a new deal"

After Evans finished speaking, he cleared his throat and asked loudly in English, "Maybe we can reach a new deal."

"What deal?" the man on the raft opposite shouted in response.

"We have a medical soldier with superb medical skills"

Evans glanced at Wei Ran, who was holding the signal transmitter in his hand, and said loudly before he could express his position, "If you are willing to cooperate with us and return to land, our medical soldiers may be willing to help your friends."

"How do you want to cooperate?" asked the wounded man who had not spoken a word from beginning to end. At the same time, he also clenched the grenade in his hand.

"Let him help you heal your wounds. In exchange, how about we escape to land together?"

Captain Evans raised the oar in his hand and shook it, "If we use oars to tie our traffic boat and your life raft together, we can more safely withstand the wind and waves on this sea."

"Where do you want to go?" the pilot, who seemed injured, shouted.

"Land, of course," Captain Sterling replied.

"We are going to Palau in the east." The pilot holding a submachine gun gave an unexpected answer.

"Palau?!"

Sterling's eyes widened, "Are you crazy?! This is at least 500 nautical miles away from Palau! Do you know how far that is?"

“We are going to Palau”

The Japanese pilot holding a submachine gun said stubbornly, "It seems that we are not traveling together. Please give us the medicine, and I will throw the parachute to the sea."

"We agree to go with you to Palau, 500 nautical miles away." Captain Evans unexpectedly agreed with the other party's decision.
To be continued...