"up to you"

Hugo said indifferently, "I've had enough of being the first mate for you, a stubborn old guy. I've told you not to use Brazilian sailors, they will only cause trouble on the ship. Okay, let's do this.

Let’s go pack our bags and find someone to send our wages over later.”

After saying that, Hugo directly changed the topic to which bar to go to for fun, and the extremely proficient Australian English that came out of Valoro's mouth also made Wei Ran give up the idea of ​​talking to this Aboriginal man.

There is a problem of communication gaps between partners.

Talking and laughing all the way back to the cabin, Hugo closed the cabin door and said, "Okay, everyone, pack your things, Karan, let Victor bandage your wounds, it's time for us to leave here."

Before he finished speaking, Karan had already opened the door on the left side of the cabinet next to the sanitary berth. Valoro and Hugo also opened the two cabinet doors of the opposite cabinet.

Seeing this, Wei Ran rummaged in his pocket, pulled out a bunch of keys, and opened the door of the last cabinet.

There are not many things in this cabinet. There are only a few optional clothes and a hard cowhide medicine box. There are also sailor bags that have been removed from the elements related to the destroyer Johnston and also obtained from Johns.

Dunhao’s gas mask shoulder bag!

Taking out the sailor bag and opening it, Wei Ran discovered that in addition to the original canopy, hammock and blanket, there was also an Insaka 37 trench gun that had been disassembled into two parts and rolled up by a blanket.

Without taking it out to take a closer look, Wei Ran subconsciously turned his head to look at the things the others had brought out.

What Hugo took out was an old-fashioned suitcase that Wei Ran was very familiar with. The first thing Karan took out seemed to be a violin case. What Valoro took out was a soldier issued by the British army in the late World War II.

Green P44 rucksack.

After some observation, Wei Ran discovered that the remaining three were indeed carrying weapons!

At the bottom of Hugo's suitcase is a disassembled Owen submachine gun. In Karan's violin case, in addition to a Yinsaka 37 shotgun that has also been disassembled into two parts, there are two specialized

World War II American canvas ammunition pouch containing 12-gauge shotshells.

As for Valoro, he took out a Browning Hi-Power pistol fixed in a hard leather holster and several spare magazines filled with bullets directly from the bag.

Although it was just a glance, Wei Ran had already guessed that this gun was most likely from back then, no, back then, this pistol was most likely the sidearm that Hugo lent to Valoro.

"Where do we go next?"

While Karan was asking, he had already stuffed several rolls of banknotes into the violin case and closed the lid with a "snap" sound.

“There’s always somewhere to go.”

As Hugo spoke, he had already covered the decomposed Owen submachine gun in the suitcase with folded clothes, "I have an old friend in Sydney, Victor, you must still remember him, right? We were there back then.

You even borrowed his camera during the battle on the Kokoda Trail."

"That Sydney Morning News war correspondent Brody?" Wei Ran asked subconsciously.

"Yes, that's him."

As he spoke, Hugo put a few more personal belongings worth taking away into the suitcase, "He is now the editor of that newspaper."

"Shall we go find him?"

While Valoro asked, he also stuffed some of his personal belongings worth taking away, including the unread erotic magazine into his backpack, and put the Browning high-power pistol he had just taken out together with

The machete that was originally fixed to the waist with a belt was placed in the most accessible accessory bag on both sides of the backpack, and then the metal buckle on the lid was fastened.

"No, of course not."

As he spoke, Hugo closed his suitcase and explained, "I often ask him to place advertisements in newspapers looking for Brother Karan. In other words, I keep in touch with him. After we settle down first, I will give him a call."

That's enough, he will definitely help us find a good job. All job advertisements must be reviewed by him before they are published in newspapers."

"That's great news, but before that, come here and let me treat your wounds, especially you, Karan."

While Wei Ran was talking, he had already taken off the white copper mosquito coil box with a canvas bag hanging on the bedside, extinguished the half-burned mosquito coil inside, shook off the ash inside, and stuffed it into his bag.

Put it in the gas mask bag beside the bed.

After Karan sat down beside the bed, Wei Ran took out the cowhide medical bag from the iron cabinet and used it. It contained a relatively complete set of medicines and medical equipment. He looked like he was only 24 or 25 years old, so he had a youthful air.

Sheng Karan treated the wounds on his face, hands and arms.

While he was finishing his work, the young man who had come over to inform them of the fight also knocked on the door, handed two sealed envelopes to Wei Ran and Hugo with a guilty look on his face, and said slightly uneasily,

"First Mate Hugo, Dad Damon said that he needs to deduct the salary of Karan and Valoro to compensate those bastards who were beaten. In addition, he also asked me to give this to you."

As he spoke, the young man took out a similarly sealed envelope from his pocket and handed it to Hugo.

"Thank you Captain Damon for me"

Hugo stopped Karan, who looked dissatisfied and was about to say something, with his eyes. He took the second envelope and stood up with his suitcase, "We're leaving now."

After saying that, Hugo carried the suitcase with one hand and dragged Karan with the other to leave the cabin first.

Following closely behind, Wei Ran also left the cabin, carrying a gas mask bag and sailor bag, and Valoro, who was carrying a World War II British Army backpack and had a pipe in his mouth.

After bidding farewell to the sailors who were obviously reluctant to leave and those who were whistling and gloating about their misfortune, the group of four people boarded the dock and blended in with the crowd under the helpless and regretful gaze of the white-haired old captain.

It wasn't until the cargo ship behind him was completely blocked by the building that Karan said dissatisfiedly, "Brother Hugo, why are you so scared in the end? That old guy is deducting our salary! We should give him some color!"

"I think I should give you some brains first."

Hugo stopped, lit a cigarette and said helplessly, "Dad Damon is helping us, otherwise we would have been taken away by the police at this time. We just lost some salary, and I'm afraid that little money is not enough."

Compensate the medical expenses of those bastards."

"Hugo was right"

Valoro took a sip from his pipe and said in a puff of smoke, "Ever since those old Brazilians got on the ship, they have been trying to get Hugo to give up his position as first mate. Karan, I think they are just deliberately trying to cause trouble for you.

Came to lure Hugo out."

"What did you say?" Karan's eyes widened, obviously he didn't expect this to happen, and a look of guilt appeared on his young face full of wounds again.

"You don't have to feel guilty"

Wei Ran took the cigarette handed by Hugo, and after receiving the other party's glance, he pretended to be careless and said, "They are deliberately looking for trouble for you. You can't escape at all, and Hugo can't escape either. If he even

If you can't protect him, you're even less qualified to be the first mate. The same goes for Valoro and I. If we don't stand by Hugo's side, the other sailors won't help Hugo either."

"so..."

"So Valoro broke that bastard's hand"

Hugo said with a look of gloating, "Since he can no longer work, he will be fired by Damon's father soon, and the people under him will not be able to survive on that ship.

But that old guy Damon will definitely help us keep them for a while. We just need to find a suitable job before then. Then Damon will fire them and tell our ridiculous things to people he knows in Sydney Harbor.

All captains."

"So who are our friends?" Karan asked with a confused look on his face.

"Of course Dad Damon"

Hugo and Valoro answered in unison, with the former adding additionally, "I came back from Singapore more than ten years ago to marry Miranda on the same warship he served on. We are old friends."

"How come I've never heard you mention this?" Karan looked deceived and hurt.

"young man"

Hugo, who was holding a cigarette in his mouth, patted Karan on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Sailors on a ship should have some secret friends, so that we can know everything. You see, everyone knows

Dad Damon and I had disagreements about hiring sailors, and there were many sailors with ideas who were willing to share some secrets with me or my best friend Valoro."

"Then those dangerous elements, especially those bastards who want to sneak across the border, will be fired by Damon's father for other reasons." After Valoro said, he blew out a perfect smoke ring, accurately covering Karan's dull face.

Face.

"Okay, let's find a hotel to stay in first."

As he spoke, Hugo flicked the cigarette butt away, hummed an unknown tune, and strode toward a hotel not far away.

With Hugo's familiarity, he easily opened two rooms on the third floor. Hugo threw his luggage to Karan and said, "You and I share a room. After you put down your luggage, let Valoro follow."

You go to Haili and ask her not to come to the pier to look for you recently, and also ask her to pay attention to her safety.

Victor, how about you stay in the same room as Valoro and keep an eye on our luggage? I'll call Brody and maybe I can meet him."

"No problem" Wei Ran happily agreed to Hugo's arrangement.

Seeing this, Hugo turned around and left the hotel alone. Valoro and Karan also sent the three people's luggage to the third floor, said goodbye to Wei Ran and went downstairs to leave.

After opening the door and moving everyone's luggage into the room, Wei Ran locked the door and immediately tried to put the sailor bag and satchel into a metal book.

After trying to no avail, he simply opened Karan's violin case and examined the disassembled shotgun from inside.

At this time, the trench shotgun was almost exactly the same as what he saw in later generations. Not only was it replaced with a 5-round magazine connected to the bayonet holder, but also a 6-round copper bullet was fixed on the right side of the receiver.

Metal ammunition clips for shotshells.

The difference is that the butt of this gun is also tightly wrapped with a very well-made cowhide bushing. The right side of the cowhide bushing is like tying shoelaces, and is firmly tied with a rope.

It was tied to the butt of the gun, and 6 copper-cased shotguns were also fixed with a leather ring on the left side of the butt.

I have to admit that although this cowhide bushing that only adds weight is not practical at all, it does make the gun look much more beautiful. At the same time, it also increases the risk of scratching the cheeks from the spare ammunition on the butt.

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After closing the violin case, Wei Ran opened Hugo's suitcase again without any mental barriers and checked the Owen submachine gun.

He could be sure that this gun was the same one he saw in later generations. The only difference was that the magazine bag fixed in this suitcase was still the standard 7-pack submachine gun magazine of the British Army during World War II.
To be continued...