On the morning of March 18, the White Whale bomber landed at Saipan Airport in the near-frozen crew.

Before the bomber could stop, Wei Ran, who was almost frozen to death, struggled to put away the blankets, sailor bags and other items wrapped around him.

After these five hours of flight, his feet were almost unconscious.

Soon, the ground crew and the left-behind gunners opened the cabin and saw Wei Ran who was waving towards them with difficulty.

"Anthony..."

Wei Ran raised his hand and pointed to the direction of the tail turret, and then was lifted down by Grant and others.

"Leave the rest to us"

Grant gave a message in Wei Ran's ear, and the latter was directly carried onto a stretcher and sent into the ambulance waiting aside.

Soon, Brad and others were also sent up. Fortunately, they were not injured, but they were all trembling all the time.

"Anthony is dead" Navigator Bill trembled and repeated the news of his death that he had known for a long time.

"Anthony is dead," said Jonathan, a radio telegrapher.

"He's from Kansas," said the mechanic Philip.

"This is the fourth gunner lost by the White Whale," Captain Tom murmured to himself.

"But the war is not over yet," Deputy Captain Paul sighed, and the ambulance also pulled them towards the hospital.

"Victor, are you okay?" Brad asked.

"No...it's OK"

Wei Ran waved his hand. He was just too cold, but at this time, both the surface of Saipan and the ambulance that had been sunk for half a morning were warm enough.

"Is there still a bombing mission tonight?" Brad asked the second question.

"We may know later," said Captain Tom.

"We can continue to bomb," Brad said.

"Yes, we can continue to bomb." Mechanic Philip followed, "as long as the ground staff can fix the damaged parts quickly."

"They will repair it in time," said the deputy captain Paul, looking at the only lying Wei Ran, "Where are you? Arsonist, are you going to continue participating?"

"It's time for me to drop a bomb in the next game." Wei Ran indirectly expressed his attitude.

After a few short communication, the ambulance sent everyone to the hospital. After a simple and quick examination, the doctor also gave a straightforward treatment method - to drink a bowl of hot soup or take a hot bath.

Even though there was no hot soup or hot bath at this time, Wei Ran, who was in a relatively serious condition, had already recovered and everyone simply left the hospital together.

"Let's go and see if there is a bombing mission tonight"

Captain Tom said, "Brad, take the arsonist to eat and take a hot shower. Whether there is a task or not, I will ask Grant to inform you."

"See you later"

Brad said, and had already taken Wei Ran into a jeep driven by gunner George to the cafeteria station.

Although I haven't come for a few days, the black chefs obviously still remember Wei Ran who has a good attitude towards them, especially the black chef named Nick. After learning about Wei Ran's situation and experience, he immediately brought two bowls of kidney bean soup and two barbecue steaks with a spicy sauce as quickly as possible.

After a hot meal, Wei Ran, who was already sweating all over his body, completely dissipated the cold air on his body.

"I'm fine, go and see Anthony first."

Wei Ran waved his hand to thank the black man for helping the kitchen, and said while walking out.

"Go back and take a shower first," Brad said, "our bodies are full of burnt smell."

Knowing that the other party was taking care of him, Wei Ran didn't refuse and followed the other party back to the wooden house that he had allocated to them.

However, Grant was already waiting outside the door at this time.

"Why are you here so soon?" Brad asked, "You don't go to see Anthony..."

"There is still a bombing mission tonight," Grant said, "it's still Nagoya."

"Who is the tail gunner this time?" Wei Ran asked.

"It's Lewis"

Grant said, "It's not yet certain whether the White Whale can be fixed before the mission begins, but if you want to participate in the bombing, take a break as soon as possible."

"Anthony..."

"You join the bombing and throw the bombs into the demons' eyes as accurately as possible. I guess that's what Anthony wants to see." Grant paused, "I mean... the White Whale needs a bomb dropper now."

"We'll rush over later," Wei Ran said, turning around and crawling into the bathroom.

After they took a shower and changed into clean clothes one after another, they rushed to the tent specially prepared for them next to the White Whale.

Holding the telescope and looking at the bomber in the distance that was undergoing emergency repairs, Wei Ran lay on the folding bed and closed his eyes.

Now there is no time to mourn Anthony, and it is important to let yourself rest as soon as possible to participate in the new round of bombing.

No matter what level he was, Wei Ran was considered a veteran, so he fell asleep soon after, but Brad, who was lying on the other bed, tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. His hands were touching the collar from time to time, but moved away again and again.

When Wei Ran was woken up, the White Whale gunners and ground crewmen outside the tent were busy hanging cluster incendiary bombs into the bomb bay. Obviously, the plane had been repaired in the busyness of ground crew members.

"It's time for us to set out, bomb Nagoya, Victor, no, arsonist, are you going to be the bomber?"

Brad urged that at this time, he was still holding a thick B3 flight jacket in his hand.

"certainly"

Wei Ran said as he had already climbed up, and said while walking out, "You don't need to bring this thick jacket, we won't be knocked down."

After hesitating for a moment, Brad threw the jacket in his hand on the bed and followed Wei Ran to the White Whale not far away.

After taking the chalk handed over by Grant, the two left the same greetings as the rest of the crew members on the cluster incendiary bombs - this time for Anthony.

Watching all the cluster incendiary bombs be sent into the bomb bay, Captain Tom also handed several streamers to Wei Ran, Brad and others, "Old rule, we will all come back alive."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! "Please take a photo," Wei Ran suggested while taking the streamer.

"Then take a photo"

Tom nodded, greeted everyone and asked the ground crew to help take a group photo, including Wei Ran, with the White Whale behind him as the background.

Without further delay, Wei Ran followed the captain and others to climb into the cockpit in the front section, while Brad and gunner Lewis crawled towards the waist, abdomen and tail of the aircraft.

Sitting back in the position of the bomber, Wei Ran put the eighth streamer he obtained on the large keychain, then raised the camera and pressed the shutter to the ground crew outside and several gunners including Grant.

"I got a message"

While waiting for the takeoff, Captain Tom said, "Our inventory of incendiary bombs may not be large, and maybe we will get a few days off after this time."

“Don’t worry about these”

In the internal communication, Brad said confidently, "The big cigar will help us find enough bombs. If the incendiary bomb is gone, he will let us throw high-explosive bombs and use up all the high-explosive bombs. I guess he doesn't even mind letting us hang the jeep in the bomb bay and throw it over."

"You really know him," said Lewis of the tail turret.

“I’ve worked for him for many years,” Brad said, “I even took photos with him.”

"I heard Grant say you have his signature cigar?" Lewis continued, "How about we come back and show me?"

"Of course," Brad agreed indifferently.

During the chat of internal communications, the White Whale began to slid and took off. This time, they ranked in the top batch.

"Did we forget to bring seasoning this time?" asked mechanic Philip and other bombers after they stabilized.

"I really forgot, I didn't have time to take a look at Anthony." said deputy captain Paul.

"I didn't have time," Tom said, "When we go back, maybe his body has been sent away."

"Gentlemen, I suddenly had an idea."

Navigator Bill said, "After the war is over, I plan to go to Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka.

Of course, there is Kobe last night, and I plan to go there to see it, at least see how our bombing is doing.”

"This proposal is good," said Jonathan, a wireless telegrapher. "We can go together at that time."

“I will definitely go there at that time.”

Brad said in an internal communication, "Where are you? Will you go?"

"Of course, I will definitely go if I have the chance." Wei Ran said with a smile, "I will take my camera."

"We can take a few more photos in those places then," mechanic Philip came up with a good idea.

"If I say that, I'm going to go, too." Tom said, "I'm the captain."

“I will go, too”

Deputy Captain Paul said, "Lewis, you are going too, you, George, Val, Ann... Grant, you are going all."

“We will go”

The tail gunner Lewis responded, and like everyone else, he skipped the name that the deputy captain accidentally almost said.

But it is inevitable that the internal communication also fell into silence, as if everyone didn't know how to proceed with this topic.

During the long silence, the bomber flew over Nagoya again.
To be continued...