50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 294 One Pot
Soon, Sun Zhiwei returned to the ship, and he immediately went to the captain's cabin to find Captain Huo and told him about the news he had just heard.

Captain Huo frowned upon hearing the news about Sun Zhiwei.

“If it were a normal port call, we could depart immediately in this situation and not give them a chance to cause trouble.”

"But now..." Captain Huo looked out the window at the gloomy sky and the churning waves in the distance.

Then, Captain Huo looked at Sun Zhiwei and said, "Mr. Sun, Mr. Huo instructed me that all issues during the journey should be based on your opinion. Do you have any ideas on how to handle this matter?"

Sun Zhiwei looked at Captain Huo and then asked seriously, "Captain Huo, I want to confirm two things with you."

"Mr. Sun, please speak. I will answer all your questions."

"First, is it absolutely necessary for us to resupply here?"

"I'm pretty sure about that; it would be best to resupply here."

"We consumed a lot of fuel while fighting the storm;"

"Much of the food in the cabin had been soaked in seawater and was no longer edible; it would soon rot and spoil."

"Okay, I understand. So, the second point is, can you have complete control over the sailors on this ship?"

"Mr. Sun, what do you mean by complete control?" Captain Huo didn't understand what Sun Zhiwei wanted to ask.
"The question is whether they are trustworthy. If asked to take action against the Bald Eagle's soldiers, would they dare?"

"Mr. Sun, are you saying we should strike first?" Taking action against the soldiers of the Bald Eagle was something Captain Huo had never even considered.

The common people don't fight against officials; this is the most basic view in the minds of ordinary people. Captain Huo was just an ordinary captain.

"Answer my question first." Sun Zhiwei wasn't going to explain anything to him.

"Among this group of sailors, the one who has been with me for the shortest time has been ten years. There are no newcomers. Their families also make a living from Mr. Huo's businesses."

Captain Huo's answer seemed irrelevant, but it did provide a clear answer.

"Okay, I see."

"So, my plan is that I'll take care of those soldiers, and then this base will be ours for the time being. We can move whatever we need ourselves."

"As for the sailors, they can just make up some excuse to fool me. I don't need them to take any action directly; they can just pretend they don't know anything."

"Is there a problem with this?"

“That’s absolutely no problem. I can guarantee it 100%. I’ll stake my life on it.”

"Alright, then you don't need to worry about the rest. Just keep an eye on the sailors and wait for my message."

Afterwards, Sun Zhiwei left the captain's cabin, went to the port side to go back into the water, and soon returned to the barracks.

By this time, all the soldiers in the barracks had assembled.

They were dressed in neat camouflage uniforms, carrying old-fashioned weapons from World War II, and lined up in two rows in the sunlight.

They brought along a second lieutenant, making a total of 26 people, including two squads of 12 each, plus the second lieutenant platoon leader and the platoon leader's communications officer.

This is an understaffed Marine Corps platoon. A full-strength platoon should have three squads and four people at the platoon headquarters.

At this moment, the lieutenant was giving a speech, and Sun Zhiwei didn't have time to waste with them. After confirming that everyone had arrived, he quickly approached the assembly point from behind the house.

Only when the space was large enough to completely cover all the soldiers did he use the storage function to store all 26 people into the space.

Before long, the group of people were completely disintegrated by the space and vanished into nothingness, increasing the side length of the space by another 2.6 meters. After waiting for a while, Sun Zhiwei returned to the dock via the main road.

On the ship, Captain Huo had already gathered all the crew members together, and the weapons hidden in the safe had been taken out. All the crew members began to divide up their tasks and guard various parts of the ship.

When the captain saw Sun Zhiwei walk out of the military camp, he understood that the enemy had been dealt with.

After that, Sun Zhiwei was no longer involved. He would never admit to killing the soldiers in the base, nor would he write an operation report.

Afterwards, Captain Huo tacitly disembarked alone and went to the barracks.

When he returned, he told the sailors that the soldiers had already been paid, but they would have to carry all the supplies themselves.

The sailors complained that the Bald Eagle soldiers were greedy and lazy, and reluctantly followed the captain off the ship.

The captain led the sailors to the base's logistics warehouse, where they filled the refrigerators, water tanks, and fuel tanks in the ship's hold.

Three days later, the storm had weakened significantly, and the radio received a signal from the 'Tide' station, which issued a storm warning for the Pacific region.

Warning information indicates that the storm center of Typhoon Louise, the nineteenth typhoon of this year, has moved northeastward, and the people there are now safe.

At noon that day, the Eastern Angel departed Midway Island and headed in a direction 11.25 degrees west of north.

The next destination, Yokohama Port, is 4100 kilometers ahead.

Perhaps the storm blew away all the bad luck, and everything went smoothly from then on. Ten days later, the Oriental Angel safely docked at Yokohama Port.

The ship made its final resupply here and set off for Hong Kong Island the next day.

After the ship set sail, Sun Zhiwei sent a radio telegram back to China from the ship, specifying the route and time of the Oriental Angel.

On the fifth day of the voyage, the ship entered the strait, and a frigate appeared not far ahead of it.

The escort ship sailed alongside the Oriental Angel, signaling with its horn. Sun Zhiwei knew that their people had arrived to pick them up.

He greeted the captain, then borrowed a lifeboat from the ship and took Professor Meng and his family away from the cargo ship.

Soon, the frigate picked them up and took them aboard.

A day later, Professor Meng and his family landed safely at Beijing Airport with Sun Zhiwei.

At the airport, Professor Meng and his family were picked up on the spot by a special car from the research unit, while Sun Zhiwei returned to No. 225 Chaoyangmen Inner Street alone.

In Xu Yimin's office, Sun Zhiwei came to hand over the task. Xu Yimin had just hung up the phone; the call was from his superior in the Second Division.

"Zhiwei, you did a great job on this mission. They just called to praise you."

"So, what are your thoughts on this kind of rescue mission?"

"My biggest takeaway is that the FBI has tremendous power in their country. We almost got caught this time."

"Furthermore, the technological blockade imposed on us by the United States has not eased in the slightest."

"The intensity of their arrest of Professor Meng shows that they are sparing no effort to weaken our technological level."

"Yes, although the Bald Eagle is currently being suppressed by the Bear and can hardly breathe, it is still many times stronger than us."

"The higher-ups are developing a plan, hoping to reach a reconciliation with the bald eagle as soon as possible. We cannot fight on two fronts; we must make some choices."

(End of this chapter)