Code Name: Flame

Chapter 63

When Chen Jia woke up from his lethargy, he turned on the flashlight and checked the time. It was already past four o'clock in the afternoon.

The ballast tank has a lot of space, but the engine room is next door, and there are five large living people breathing here, so after a few hours, the air in the entire cabin is a bit cloudy, and people start to feel a little dizzy.

Chen Jia climbed up the ladder, opened the cabin door and listened carefully. Except for the huge roar of the steam engine, there was no other sound.

After conflicting for a while, I decided to expose such a gap to let the air flow a little. After 10 minutes, close the hatch and return to the bulkhead.

A member of the team came over and asked, "Mr. Li, are you on time at five o'clock?"

"Yes, five o'clock is their meal time, and they happened to gather in the dining room, which is our chance to catch them all. You should also hurry up and eat something. At five quarter past, we will clean up the lower cabin first, so that no one will be killed."

"Yes."

The team members took out dry food and water from the bags and devoured them hungrily under the light of the flashlights.After killing the two steamed buns in a few bites and drinking a few sips of water, everyone packed their backpacks and waited quietly for the time to attack.

At a quarter past five, Chen Jia took the lead to climb out of the ballast tank, and there was no one on the deck.

At this time, the ship had reached the sea, and besides Benimaru, there was only a freighter far away.

A few people stooped to the stairs, peeking around, but there was still no one there.Chen Jia knew that at this moment, the crew members were all on duty except the cockpit and the engineers on duty, and the marine sentry on the ship was on the direct deck on the top floor, and everyone else should be in the dining room.

According to the plan, the two of Song Keqin set out from the emergency cabin to attack the sentinel and the driver's cab on the top floor, the two went to attack the engine crew on the bottom floor, and Chen Jia and the other two attacked the dining room.

The three of Chen Jia and the others were lying in ambush at the entrance of the restaurant, and they heard the voices of many people chattering inside.The other two went down the gangway to deal with the engine room men.

"boom blah blah"

When gunshots rang out from the upper floor, Chen Jia immediately opened the hatch of the dining room, and the two team members threw four grenades inside.A few seconds later, the grenade exploded, sending out a wave of heat.

"Da da da, da da da."

The submachine gun spewed flames, and the crying in the restaurant gradually died down.Chen Jia rushed into the restaurant with a gun in hand, and the inside was already in a mess. There were crew members and Japanese marines among the dead.

A few of them hid in the corner and were lucky enough to survive, their brains probably still buzzing, but Chen Jia and the others were shot down by another metal storm, killing them all.

In order to ensure their death, they shot each corpse in the head, and then they went out of the cabin door, ready to go upstairs to help Song Keqin and the others.

After going up to the floor, they realized that something was wrong. Song Keqin and another team member were pinned down on the passage and could not move.

"what's the situation?"

Song Keqin looked back and saw that it was Chen Jia, and couldn't help but said anxiously: "These grandsons actually left four people in the first cabin. We killed two sentries and were about to attack the cab, but we were attacked by the people in the first cabin from behind."

Chen Jia knew it was broken as soon as he heard it.

Between the first cabin and the main cabin is the cargo hold, and all the goods are piled up in the cargo hold.If the soldiers in the first cabin are not killed, the things in this cargo hold will not be able to move at all.

It is useless to put sentries in the first cabin. The reason is that the main building of the driver's cab has a high floor and can be seen far away, so it is fine to arrange the sentries here in the main building.It's all right now, people's superfluous actions have just caused Chen Jia and the others' current predicament.

It's not impossible to shoot at the enemy, but Chen Jia only brought two submachine guns, and the others are short guns. Obviously, the rifles against the sentries are a bit out of reach.

Four rifles blocked the passage tightly, making it impossible to rush through.

At this time, the two team members who intercepted the engine room also climbed up, "They are all killed, a total of six people."

Well now, the seven of them were blocked in the passage, and now they lost their chance to attack the cockpit.As long as people lock the hatch, two pistols can seal the entrance.

Chen Jia thought for a while, but couldn't think of a solution.The four sentries plus the people in the driver's cab had the same numbers and weapons as Chen Jia and the others. In fact, the raid had turned into a stalemate.

He is not a procrastination person, since there is nothing he can do, he should act decisively.

"Old Song, you watch the passage, don't let them rush over. You two go to the bilge to release water, blow up the boiler, and sink the ship. The others follow me to release the lifeboat. Remember, I will send out the red signal flare, and you will Jump into the sea and swim to the lifeboat."

"Mr. Li, do you mean that the goods are no longer available?"

Chen Jia patted Song Keqin on the back, "There are four people in the first cabin, and the operation has failed. Let's act quickly. If the people in the cockpit wake up and attack from both sides, we will lose all chances of escape."

depressed?of course!After working so hard to prepare for so long, it was completely ruined by a useless arrangement by the devil at the end.Now I can only run away quickly and sink the ship, at least I can't die here.

The two men who went to blow up the cabin gathered the German grenades on everyone and tied them with rope.

Chen Jia pulled them back and told them, "Blow up the turbine first and then release the water. When you come out, dive with Song Keqin and the others. Be careful."

The team members nodded: "Don't worry, Mr. Li."

Chen Jiazhong patted them again, signaled them to go quickly, then ran to the lifeboat with two team members, and began to lower the lifeboat.

The two team members were working, and Chen Jia pointed his guns at the hatch of the cockpit upstairs for cover. If the people in the cockpit rushed out at this moment, the lifeboat would not be able to launch.

There is a saying that what to be afraid of, what to do, the people in the cockpit saw them launching the lifeboat, and immediately knew their intentions, and they opened the hatch to stop it.

As soon as the first person opened the hatch and was about to rush out, he was shot in the head by Chen Jia.The people behind were obviously frightened, and hurried back, and the cabin door was also closed.

The life raft was slowly lowered, one crew member sat in, and the other lowered the boat with a noose.The people in the cockpit tried to rush out several times, but they were all repulsed by Chen Jia.

There was a muffled "boom", the ship trembled violently, and the noise from the steam engine stopped abruptly.Except for the gunshots of Song Keqin and the Japanese soldiers in the first cabin shooting each other, and the creaking sound of the noose of the life raft, the whole world was quiet.

After a while, two team members ran over, "Mr. Li, the turbine blown up, and the water inlet valve was also opened."

"Launch the lifeboat, hurry up."

The two team members hurried up to release another lifeboat. After a few minutes, the two lifeboats had been lowered, and a team member was sitting on each boat.

"You two go to support Lao Song, tell Lao Song, hold on for a while, wait for my signal before withdrawing."

At this time, the ship had already begun to tilt, and because the stern water inlet valve was opened, the bow of the ship slowly began to rise.The hull was rattling, as if it was about to break in the next moment.

The people in the cockpit were obviously aware of it, and they rushed out several times, two of them were killed by Chen Jia, and one of them jumped over the railing and landed beside Chen Jia because he rushed too hard.

The gunshots became more and more urgent, and the bow of the ship was obviously tilted up by [-] degrees. At this time, Chen Jia sent out the signal flare.

A red flare rose into the sky, drawing a red light in the gray sky.Slowly rising, slowly falling, accompanied by a long sharp whistle.

Song Keqin and the others rushed over, and one of them seemed to be injured.

"Jump down and swim to the lifeboat."

Under Chen Jia's order, the four of them took off their steel vests and jumped down one after another. After the injured one entered the water, a large area of ​​the water was stained red.Fortunately, with the help of teammates, the four quickly climbed onto the life raft.

Chen Jia heard the sound of footsteps, and knew that it was the four ghosts at the bow who were chasing them. He rushed to the passage in a few strides, and without looking at them, two Colts fired into the passage.

The sound of footsteps stopped suddenly, and when I looked around, there were two corpses lying in the passage, and two more were dodging to the side.

The hull rattled again, and it sounded terribly frightening.Chen Jia didn't hesitate anymore. After taking off his vest, he turned around and jumped into the sea, and climbed into the lifeboat with the help of his team members.Benimaru suddenly made a loud noise behind him, and the entire bow of the ship was raised high.

"Row fast, row fast, the boat is going to sink, don't be dragged in by it."

Chen Jia was impatient. He didn't expect the Hongmaru to sink so fast. The boat was too close at this moment, and it might be dragged into the water by the eddy caused by the sinking ship. That would be terrible.

Song Keqin and his boat had rowed far away, and Chen Jia and another team member were still very close to this boat, so the two began to paddle desperately, but the vortex brought by the slowly sinking Hongmaru kept pulling the boat, No matter how you row, you can't row away.

(End of this chapter)