Chapter 993 Tobacco Party(1/2)
As the sun completely jumped out of the sea level, the chill on everyone's bodies was gradually dissipated by the increasingly warm sunshine. On the sparkling sea, a dark blue traffic boat and a red and white inflatable life raft were gradually set up.
Three rafter frames.
These three rafters, which are nearly six meters long, are all made by tying pairs of paddles with paracords. The two ends of these three rafters are tied to the compartment beams of the traffic boat and the life raft respectively.
On the other hand, the two boats are combined into one, becoming a catamaran boat with stronger resistance to sea wind and waves.
Not only that, using the parachutes and remaining oars obtained from the exchange, as well as the spinnaker that came with the life raft, Weiyan and Hawks also made use of the parachutes and remaining oars obtained from the exchange, under the leadership of Captain Sterling and Captain Evans.
A sail was built which was not too big but could barely rotate. At the same time, everyone took off their soaked clothes and tied them tightly with ropes to the top of the sail.
"Let me explain how sailing against the wind works."
On the bow of the traffic boat, Captain Evans took the notepad and pencil that Hawkes took out from the pilot's survival bag, simply drew a few arrows and then explained, "We want to use the sail to sail against the wind.
The bow of the boat should be pointed diagonally toward the direction of the wind, and the angle of the sail should be adjusted so that the wind blows on the sail and produces diagonal forward thrust.
In this way, the boat can move forward diagonally. After traveling for a certain distance, turn the bow of the boat so that the other side of the boat and sail are facing the wind direction, and our boat will tilt in the other direction.
Drive forward."
"So when the wind is against us, our boat is actually moving along a zigzag trajectory?" Wei Ran was the first to understand the principle of sailing against the wind.
"That's right... Ah Zhi! That's right!"
Evans rubbed his nose, and then pinched the corners of his eyes, "Victor, if you were in the age of sailing, you would definitely be an excellent sailor."
"Thank you for the compliment"
Wei Ran had already pulled some of the remaining parachute cloth over as he spoke and wrapped it around Captain Evans. While changing the dressing on his injured left hand, he said, "But you seem to have caught a cold now, and we don't have any in our first aid kit."
Cold medicine, so you'd better wrap yourself up tight."
"I'll pay attention"
Captain Evans said rather nonchalantly, "We'd better use these umbrella cloths to build an awning as soon as possible before the sun rises completely. Sunburn is what we need to consider more than catching a cold."
"We still have enough umbrella cloth and enough time"
Captain Sterling pointed to the sleeping sailor moose as he spoke, "Victor, let's take a look at the moose's condition first. His forehead is very hot."
Hearing this, Wei Ran, who had just changed the captain's medicine, immediately carried the mask bag containing all the first-aid medicines to Moose's body, stretched out his hand to touch the other's forehead, and the hot temperature transmitted from his palm immediately made his heart burn.
A sinking.
After thinking for a moment, Wei Ran took off the mask around the other person's neck, wet it in the sea water, and applied it to his forehead. Then he untied the gauze on his body to expose the large burns to the sun, and applied extra wipes on the other person's face.
I applied burn ointment and fed him a tablet of sulfamethamine found in the survival bag.
"Hawkes, of the medicine in this box, give him and the two captains to take one pill every four hours until they are all taken."
Wei Ran said, and handed the watch on his wrist and the waterproof bag containing sulfamethamine to Hawks. At the same time, he did not forget to tell him, "The interval must be at least four hours. If you take too much of this medicine,
There will be serious side effects."
"Don't worry, leave it to me!"
Hawks said, having already taken the medicine bag from Wei Ran, and at the same time shook the Japanese aviation watch hanging around his neck and said, "I have already obtained a watch from the injured prisoner.
By the way, doesn’t it need to take this kind of medicine?”
Is it that Japanese pilot’s watch?
Wei Ran murmured to himself, and after putting on his watch again, he replied, "I gave him food just now, and I'll check on his condition later in the evening.
Hawks, we don't have much medicine. All the medicines found in the first aid kit combined, and now there are only 18 antibiotic pills left."
"I understand, I will save my medication."
Hawks immediately understood Wei Ran's hint, and quickly put the waterproof bag containing the medicine into the iron box, then stuffed it into the small pocket originally used to hold the flares, and hung it around his neck.
Finally, some medicine was changed for the wound on Deputy Captain Sterling's head. Everyone seized the time and used the remaining umbrella cloth to create an awning for the traffic boat and the inflatable life raft, which blocked the burning heat.
of sunshine.
"Hawkes, please take inventory of our supplies." Vice Captain Sterling said as he unscrewed the kettle filled with rainwater last night and took a sip.
"Except for the two prisoners, each of us now has two water bottles, and our helmets are filled with fresh water, so we have enough water for the time being. Of course, there is no shortage of food, except what we can find in the survival bag
In addition to the few cans, the prisoners also provided several cans.”
After a short pause, Hawkes took out a plastic box from the opened pilot's survival bag, and then took out a tin can from Vice Captain Sterling's sailor bag and said, "In addition, we also have two sets of fishing gear, and
There are meat cut from the pilot's feet as bait, although it sounds a little disgusting, but I guarantee that I can catch enough fish to fill my stomach."
"Hawkes, you are so disgusting."
Sterling said with a grin, and then took the tin can handed over by Hawks, weighed it, and said very happily, "Fortunately, when I was in Hawaii, I stuffed a fishing gear can into it.
I’m going to take it to the beach to fish.”
"It would be better if it was a can of beef," joked Captain Evans, who was wrapped in an umbrella cloth. "Hawkes, I don't want to be a man-eating Wendigo."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "I promise, I will replace those disgusting baits with the first fish I catch." As Hawkes spoke, he pointed
There are those rotten shell casings.
Evans stretched out a corner of the umbrella cloth outside the boat to feel the wind speed, and then said regretfully, "There is no wind, otherwise the sail we worked so hard to make would be of use."
“The next step is medicine.”
Wei Ran took over the topic and said, "Hawkes has all the oral antibiotics, 18 tablets in total. You must take the medicine on time. In addition, the sulfa powder is enough to change the dressings of all the wounded, including the prisoners, for about a week."
.
But there are only 4 tablets of morphine left, but the good news is that we found about 50 tablets of morphine substitutes from the prisoners. Considering that these things are extremely addictive, I will keep them for the time being.
In addition, the scalding cream is only enough for the moose to apply it up to three times, but we also have a box of sunscreen, and I plan to leave the sunscreen to the moose as a substitute for the scalding cream, so everyone must pay attention to sun protection.”
“In the end it’s weapons and other things.”
Sterling followed up and said, "We have two 1911s and a Colt revolver, as well as a submachine gun and a nuke pistol that is not easy to use. If you encounter a shark, these are very good
self-defense weapons.
In addition, we also have three steel helmets, three pieces of body armor, and two dinner plates that the moose fixed in the body armor to use as bulletproof plates."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone immediately smiled. Apparently, only the sailor Moose who worked on the deck had done this kind of thing.
"Axe," Captain Evans reminded with his own axe, "Captain Sterling, there is my axe, it is also a useful weapon."
"In that case, there are also my sailor knife, machete and folding knife in my survival bag." Hawkes also added.
"Yes, there is also Mr. Captain's axe." Sterling nodded with a smile, "and Mr. Little Chief's various props."
"I'm not a little chief." Hawks quickly waved his hand.
Little Chief, this is the latest nickname he got this morning, and this nickname was personally proposed by Big Chief Evans and approved by everyone.
"Speaking of the axe, I still have some personal belongings."
As Wei Ran spoke, he rummaged through the thermal bucket filled with supplies, and finally took out a can bottle with a medical bag on the outside and a layer of sleeves on the inside. The contents of this can bottle were naturally stolen.
of tobacco!
"Tobacco?! Where did you get so much tobacco?" Evans asked in surprise.
"I picked it up after it fell into the water," Wei Yankong said with white teeth. "I thought it could provide some buoyancy, so I never lost it."
"Don't mind me..."
"Of course I don't mind." Wei Ran nodded happily before the other party finished speaking.
Captain Sterling also didn't wait for Wei Ran to finish speaking, then he pulled off the condom and unscrewed the lid of the can, and took out a pack of Bull Durham brand tobacco and a stack of accompanying cigarette papers.
"Why does this can look so familiar to me?"
While Captain Evans was speaking, he had already pulled out the ax from his waist, "I haven't smoked with this pipe ax for a long time."
"Looks familiar to me too"
Captain Sterling took out the roll of banknotes in the middle of the can and looked at it, then took out a photo of a beautiful woman from the middle and took a look at it, and then said with certainty, "No wonder! This is the can of our gunnery chief Hagen!"
Look! This beauty is his girlfriend! I saw him showing off her."
"I think I've seen this photo before!"
Captain Evans patted his forehead, "Yes, that young man has been smoking cheap hand-rolled cigarettes. He said he wanted to save money to buy a car."
"His girlfriend is waiting for him in Hawaii." As Sterling spoke, he stuffed the roll of banknotes and the photo back into the can.
"I don't know if he survived."
Captain Evans sighed, sucked the cigarette holder at the end of the ax handle, held the ax between his knees, then picked up a handful of tobacco with his uninjured right hand and stuffed it in.
Seeing this, Wei Ran also took out the small incense pipe he found on the prisoner and shook it together with the matching leather goods. "I found this on the prisoner. Which one of you wants to use it?"
"Why is it so small?" Hawkes took it, opened the leather tobacco package, smelled it, and then returned it to Wei Ran without interest, "This is not the tobacco flavor I am used to."
"Let its owner take a sip too."
After speaking, Captain Evans looked at the two prisoners tied to the bow and stern of the ship, "Gentlemen, whose smoking utensil is this?"
"mine"
To be continued...