What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 177: Staying Up (2400 monthly tickets plus more)

11 month 6 day.

Marino opened his bloodshot eyes and subconsciously glanced at the time.

It was 5:58 in the morning, and he should have been sleeping soundly before that.

However, he now has PTSD and wakes up almost before the scheduled time.

On the night of November 11 and the early morning of November 4, Ding Yidu faithfully carried out Tang Wen's request and "bathed" every hour.

This ordeal kept Marino and his men awake all night, and the next day was exactly the same as before. The Friendship did nothing but greet with water cannons.

Fortunately, the Sierra Madre was a warship, the glass was very strong and it did not break due to the distance, otherwise it would not be safe in the cabin.

Later, perhaps realizing that flushing the deck was useless, the Friendship changed its strategy:
It changes from regular to irregular, with no pattern at all.

Marino couldn't stand the suffocation in the cabin in the middle of the night, so he tiptoed to the bridge to smoke a cigarette. As a result, foam rained down after a few seconds, and he was forced to choke on a lot of sea water mixed with laundry detergent.

It's not that he didn't think about protesting, but no matter what he said, the Friendship would respond with a water cannon to clean his face, and in the end even the crew gave up the desire to communicate.

What’s even more bizarre is that the headquarters found out about this and then said the ship wasn’t strong enough?
Insufficient boat power?!
Marino knew what they were afraid of. It would be useless if the small boat came, and if the big ship came and was hit at full speed of 45 knots, the loss would be even more painful.

Anyway, there is no real danger for the Sierra Madre, and the crew can get through it after a little hardship.

What's worse is that the radar and communication antenna on the bow of the ship were blown off last night. Although the radio can still be used, it is intermittent and very unreliable. They dare not go up to repair it for fear of being blown into the sea.

This hawk-like harassment lasted for a day and two nights. Marino was completely numb and filled his cabin with tarpaulins and soft materials he could find to reduce the vibration and noise caused by the water cannon.

On the Friendship not far away, Wang Wu asked while holding a bowl of noodles:

“When do you put those things out?”

Ding Yiduo: "They are already exhausted, but we still need to wait until everyone dares not to leave the cabin easily."

Wang Wu nodded, returned to the lifeboat in the middle of the ship, and then went down to the cabin inside.

Four or five sailors in amphibious suits were playing cards. When they saw him stand up, they subconsciously raised their hands:

"Company... First Mate!"

"Ahem, is everything ready?"

Wang Wu looked at the cages covered with black cloth in the corner. When he opened them, he saw a group of happy little lives squeaking. There were hundreds of them in each cage.

One of the frogmen said, "Why don't you release scorpions and snakes? Rats aren't powerful enough."

Wang Wu glared at him and said, "Which ship would have scorpions and snakes? Watch out, don't let them get to us."

I still need to sleep in the afternoon and prepare for action at night!"

"Yes!"

……

northeast.

Huang Lin walked towards the airport with his helmet in hand. Today was the day of his assessment. He was thinking about what he would do as he walked.

After passing this assessment, he will be upgraded from a "tractor driver" to a "rookie", and then someone will come to select people and assign them tasks based on their performance.

The students’ favorite aircraft used to be the J-7 or J-8II, but after the Su-27 was introduced, the epoch-making third-generation aircraft became the target of their envy.

However, there are only a few dozen Su-27s in China now, and only elite pilots can be selected. Most rookies will still be assigned to fly the J-7, and some places even have the J-6...

Of course, there are also many positions for H-6 or transport aircraft pilots, and they are usually flown by the rookies at the bottom of the list.

As for the newly formed carrier-based aircraft unit? Forget it.

Huang Lin was lost in thought when, upon reaching the runway, the oncoming ground crew noticed him and gave him a series of winks. An unfamiliar instructor passed by him, paused as if discovering something new, then smiled and walked away without a word.

Huang Lin looked down at his pants and pulled them up.

The shaving foam has been shaved off, so what's so strange about that?

When he arrived at the assembly point, a group of students immediately surrounded him:
"Hey, isn't this the male protagonist Joe~?"

"Old Huang, when did you go to film a movie?"

"The leading actress is pretty good. Bring her over to see me sometime."

"..."

Huang Lin's expression froze. Isn't "Tora Tiger Tiger" an advertisement for the local TV station? How did they know about it?

"Wait, I don't understand what you are saying!"

"Still pretending, still pretending!"

My best friend said with envy:

"Your name is in the credits behind the scenes. Can we have the same name if we look alike? Weren't you out a while ago? It seems you're the main character behind our backs."

"How do you know? Isn't that an advertisement?"

Several students laughed:
"Last night, you went on a date with Xiao Zhao, and we organized a study session by watching an air combat movie. I didn't expect that the protagonist would be you."

It turned out that after the film "Tora Tiger Tiger" became a hit in the province, the Guangdong Provincial Radio and Television Station immediately promoted it to the surrounding areas. As a result, it caught the attention of CCTV, which was quite surprised by this "commercial film" and then played it once at 22 pm late at night.

An instructor at the aviation school happened to see it and thought that the air combat part was very realistic and deeply restored the historical state, so he tried to get a CD to play. Coincidentally, a classmate who knew Huang Lin went to watch it.

This matter spread quickly, and even the leaders were surprised to hear about it, only then did they realize that there was a movie actor among this group of students.

"The instructor is here!"

A group of students immediately stood still and quieted down, looking straight ahead.

Nie Qiang walked up to the students and immediately felt that there was something different in their gazes.

After all, he is one of the leading actors and has become a real star like Huang Lin.

After glancing around and seeing that many people were losing their composure, Nie Qiang said with a stern face:
"If you want to ask, just ask. Don't suffocate yourself."

The students immediately started talking, and all they asked was questions about the two of them going to make a movie.

Nie Qiang admitted it frankly, and then said that it was just to help the local area shoot a promotional video and it could not be considered a movie.

The students immediately started to make a fuss, and then asked questions such as whether the plane was real and whether the explosion scene was real.

When they heard that there was a real plane, the students immediately became excited, and then complained that Nie Qiang was giving Huang Lin special treatment.

After all, the performance of the CJ-4 is not as good as the Zero-type water reconnaissance aircraft, and its difficulty cannot be compared with the F25F, B, and SBD. Isn't this extra trouble?
"Instructor Nie, I haven't had my leave yet either!"

"There's still a while after the assignment, I'm always free."

"I want to try the F4F's hand-cranked landing gear!"

Nie Qiang frowned, but suddenly remembered what Tang Wen said before leaving. After thinking for a while, he said:
"How about this? I'm quite familiar with the boss there. He said there are a few planes left that aren't being flown, and students can go and fly for free... I'll give a free ticket to each of the top three performers in today's assessment!"

"OHHHH!"

Accompanied by cheers, Nie Qiang finally sent these students away.

Just as I was about to start the test, I saw the chief instructor approaching me.
"Nie Qiang, come here."

(End of this chapter)