: Piaokong

The third update will be presented today at 23:00.

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After paying a deposit of $50, Lynn bid farewell to Del Verin, a folk hot air balloon enthusiast in the United States of America. Hughes, a young man who is less than 21 years old, always feels that conducting intelligence reconnaissance like this is dramatic, frivolous, funny and even a little childish. However, from the opposite perspective, the US side attaches great importance to the good nuclear project facilities and the vigilance and defense must be very strict. But now that the European war has ended, the whole country is enjoying victory while hoping that the Pacific War, which has been determined, will end as soon as possible. In the situation is very good, their vigilance will be a little relaxed. Even if someone is found to use hot air balloons in violation of the ban, they may not adopt the most extreme defense method. Even if they are caught by the military, they can use their identity certificates to exchange letters of recommendation for explanations.

Back at the Pamarot home, Lynn and Tanze, Tchimel briefly discussed it. Next, Lynn followed Hughes on a hot air balloon to "sightseeing" in the desert area. The two of them stayed in Abuqueki, the largest city in New Mexico, and tried to collect information from all aspects while tutoring English. If there was no news of their own in three weeks, then take a bus back to Boston, where they met with other personnel, and accept Brewer's actual command.

In order to avoid being eye-catching when going out, it can also save unnecessary trouble for the kind-hearted Pamarot family. Lynn and his family stayed in the house all day long and listened to the radio and read newspapers. The battles of Okinawa and Iwo Jima just ended, and almost all American newspapers and magazines were promoting the tenacious fighting spirit and tenacious character shown by the US military in these two battles in a long and long way. The reports from the battlefield really made people feel the tragic and cruelty of these two battles. When the war was mobilized and the local decisive battle was announced, the stubborn enemy must be completely defeated by conventional means. The next hard battle was still there. Therefore, only a few scientists who opposed attacking the *** with nuclear weapons were probably the few scientists standing at the height of humanity. What ordinary military and civilians hoped was to end the war early with the avoidance of casualties as much as possible.

In addition to the still-going Pacific War, another hot topic in American newspapers and broadcasts at this time was that Germany had already been defeated and surrendered, setting up concentration camps, persecuted Jews, brutal prisoners of war, and the various dark sides of the Third Reich became the content of the war journalists' in-depth digging, as well as those trophys that can be disclosed, including weapons and facilities discovered and seized by the US military, secret fortifications and Nazi treasures, etc. What is curious is that the Soviet Union, another powerful ally in the victory over Germany, was rarely involved in these American newspapers, and there were also mentions that allies were mentioned.

The giants are about to hold a victorious rally in Europe to discuss how to divide the spoils and urge *** to surrender. It seems that the allies have not taken the security work of the summit lightly. You can imagine the tight guard of five steps, one post, three steps, one whistle around the meeting location. Lynn does not know how the raids planned by General Laurenz Bach were arranged, but from the current standpoint, he hopes to see an unexpected success and see the historical trend change from here so that his life and life will take a new trajectory.

After dinner, Lynn took Tanze and Tchimel to the Pamarot family. Mr. Palmol did not try to keep him, but said lightly, "Wish good luck." This was the first time that Lynn had been in contact with an American family so close. The calmness and calmness they showed in their daily lives also made the cold soldiers from the surviving empire miss the ordinary life they used to, but they could never go back.

After staying in a secluded hotel for two days, Lynn came to Hughes's house as promised. As soon as the old Hughes left, Xiao Hughes loaded the hot air balloon kit onto his friend's truck, and the young truck named Johns sent them to an open area more than 20 kilometers away. After measuring the wind direction, Xiao Hughes quickly asked Johns and Lynn to help him spread the hot air balloon. The efficiency of the burner using kerosene was obviously much worse than that of using natural gas flames. After rushing for more than two hours, the wind direction suddenly became more intense.

However, there was a change. After a while, Hughes was not busy sorting out the objects, adding two sandbags outside the hanging basket, and carefully checking fresh water, food and blankets for keeping cold. Although it was the hot summer in July, Hughes explained to Lynn that the temperature difference between day and night in the desert can make people experience the changes from wearing a vest to wrapping a blanket in just a few hours. Moreover, if the balloon is seriously malfunctioning, the blanket can also be placed under the buttock to relieve some pain.

Lynn couldn't say he was adapting to this American joke. He leaned on the hanging basket and opened the map over and over and discussed with Hughes the best route for this "sightseeing trip". When he could be intercepted by the military at any time, the choice of route was related to whether this adventure could achieve ideal results.

As noon approached, Johns drove his broken truck away, and only Lynn and Hughes were left in the barren suburbs. Although Lynn did not carry weapons in a foreign land, the training he received in the commando and base gave him confidence to deal with two or three ordinary civilians, not to mention that he had changed from a repairman to a hot air balloon flyer. The American young man next to him seemed to have changed his personal opinion. Not only was he very serious, but he even smoked cigarettes.

After waiting in the blazing sunlight for another two hours, Lynn drank half a bottle of water and put two urine. It was still hot and dry that day, but when the hot air balloon had already swelled up, the open wasteland was simply the best indicator, and even people who were more than ten kilometers away could see it. If it was stopped before it even took off, Lynn's planning and waiting these days would be wasted.

Once again, raising his saliva-soaked fingers, Hughes squinted his eyes and looked into the distance: "Hey, man, it's time to go!"

With this sentence, most of the depression caused by waiting swept away. He raised his hand and looked at the watch. The Russian watch that he exchanged on the Koenigsburg black market had been trying to find someone to replace it before coming to the United States, and replaced it with Greene, made in the United States, so as not to foolishly reveal his flaws in these small details.

"At 3 o'clock... it should be dark when it flies!" Lin En complained dissatisfiedly, but he had arrived early, but he didn't expect that he would spend more than half a day on the ground in a blink of an eye.

Hughes didn't seem to be afraid of this employer, who was only a few years older than him. While untiing the cable tied to a large stone, he said calmly: "Early morning and evening are the best time for hot air balloons to take off. Because the airflow is stable, those who study physics should have a professional understanding of this aspect!"

Lin En was little-stricken and had to mutter, "I am a molecular physics student. Besides, don't you go to everything early or late? What else can you see when it gets dark?"

Hughes intentionally ignored his father's incident and argued: "Hey, it's better to be dark. At first glance, isn't there any artificial facilities in the dark desert where there are lights?"

Lin Neng is not unmoved, but is worried that the US side will also take this into consideration and use simple concealment such as a shading cloth. In this way, even if you fly over the secret test base at night, it will be difficult for the naked eye to discover it.

Any military operation has accidental factors, and Lynn can only pray that the confidentiality work of the United States will not be leaked. Because he fully considered the possibility of being intercepted and reviewed by the US party, he did not bring a small camera this time, nor did he bring knives and firearms, but only brought clothes, certificate documents, the most basic daily necessities, and more than 200 US dollars in banknotes, as well as the small telescope that Bach gave him. In order to conceal his goal, the marks and notes made by the pencil on the travel map were carefully wiped off.

Unlocking all the ropes, Hughes quickly climbed into the hanging basket, twisted the knob on the kerosene stove, and the fire became prosperous, and there was even a slight whistle. It was midsummer, and after most of the day of heating, the airbag of the hot air balloon was already filled with hot air suitable for flight. It quickly left the ground, so that Lynn, who was riding the hot air balloon for the first time, felt as if it had been out of control and would rise to nine days of clouds. Hughes quickly reduced the firepower of the kerosene stove, and reached an altitude of about four or five hundred meters. Its rise rate significantly slowed down, and gradually drifted away from the takeoff site as the breeze blew. Lynn quickly saw Roslunas. From the air, it was indeed an inconspicuous small town. It was adjacent to a north-south railway line, and vehicles moving in the city could count the number of vehicles with the naked eye.

Realizing that the hot air balloon was floating towards the sun setting, Lynn asked in surprise: "Are we flying west?"

The feeling of talking in the open hanging basket of a hot air balloon is completely different from riding on an ordinary plane. It is high above and the voice drifts away with the wind.

"Don't worry!" said Hughes, "Everything is under control."

Lin En calmed down and thought about it. The direction of airflow at different altitudes seemed to be different. It seemed that people who do not have solid knowledge of physics could easily expose their worries on small problems. So he tried to avoid talking as much as possible, but focused on observing the situation on the ground, and made corresponding marks on the map according to the direction and time of flight. Whether it was travel or spy intelligence, these data for measuring key directions must be obtained.
Chapter completed!