Chapter 742: Chapter 502: Sending Off a Comrade in Arms! _2
"Chief of Staff Ding, this is my spouse Han Xiangning. We are a sa-surna couple, both surnad Han."
"Comrade Xiao Han, hello, sorry to trouble you."
Han Xiangning recovered and quickly smiled: "No trouble at all, our Port Supervision Departnt should indeed escort you."
Han Yu has always been proud of his schoolmate, even when she insisted on buying a house that made the whole family miserable. Proudly, Han Yu added, "Chief of Staff Ding, Director Yang, my spouse is the chief of Linghai Port Supervision Office. Not only does she hold more power on the river than we do in the police, but her administrative level is also higher than mine."
"So it’s Chief Han, my apologies."
"Chief Han, we will surely trouble you more in the future, please take good care of us."
"It’s nothing, it’s all part of our duties."
Han Xiangning, leaning on the cabin door, looked back at the newly enlisted Binjiang Police 002 and then smiled, "Two commanders, our Linghai Port Supervision Office has also ordered a law enforcent boat from Hanwu Shipyard, the model and equipnt are the sa as the 002."
Chief of Staff Ding smiled and asked, "Is that so?"
"Indeed, it will be delivered by next May at the latest. If next May you guys have submarines entering or leaving the Yangtze River, we can escort you just like this ti."
"Thank you so much, with both of you assisting us, having submarines enter or exit the Yangtze River won’t be a worry anymore."
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The formation reached the waters of Bailong Port, and the 001 sped up to approach the passenger terminal’s dunship.
Chen Zikun and Zhang Ping had been waiting for a long ti, standing on the dunship saluting the escort formation, Han Yu and the two Navy officers quickly saluted back.
For Xiao Gong, this signified coming ho, and his excitent was imasurable.
Xu Mingyuan and Zhang Lan had also been waiting for a long ti, assisting the master’s wife aboard the 001, while Director Ge and Old Qian followed with a bamboo basket full of food and wine.
Due to Qingming Festival, because they had to assist with the crackdown on illegal eel fry fishing, they couldn’t visit the master as planned.
Today, with two submarines to escort to sea, Han Yu naturally wouldn’t miss this opportunity.
During the journey from Sanhe to Bailong Port, Han Yu and Han Xiangning had already explained to the two Navy colonels, who expressed understanding and were even very moved.
The formation traveled east for about five kiloters, entering the waters under jurisdiction of the East Sea Sea Supervision Bureau, and the Supervisor 39 sounded its horn and turned back.
The formation reached the Longyong Ferry where police of Longyong Police Station lined up to welco.
Rather than saying they were here to welco, it was more to see the new boats of the Water Police Station and Changhang Bureau.
The two Navy colonels and the sailors aboard the two submarines, misunderstanding the situation, promptly saluted in gratitude.
The formation arrived in the waters of Dongqi Port, and Changhang Bureau’s Dongqi Port Police Station Chief Li Xiaoliang had police and auxiliary police welcoming on the dock’s dunship and had prepared warm als as previously inford.
The Navy officers and sailors were surprised and moved by such a reception.
After a brief stop, they continued sailing.
When about five kiloters away from the true seaport, a patrol boat from Wusong Naval Base arrived.
Han Yu sent the two Navy colonels onto the naval patrol boat, then imdiately returned to the pilothouse of 001, picked up the walkie-talkie: "001 calling 002, 110, 111, respond if received."
"002 received, Director Yu speaking."
"110 received, 001 please speak!"
"111 received, over!"
"Except for the pilot, all personnel line up on the starboard side to bid farewell to our naval brothers!"
Han Yu put down the walkie-talkie, picked up the loudspeaker’s handset, and looking down at the two submarines departing from the escort formation, shouted: "Naval brothers, though we part ways after a thousand miles, it’s ti for a farewell. May you cut through the waves and set sail towards the deep seas and oceans!"
Four police law enforcent boats lined up side by side on the river, all police facing the setting sun, watching the naval fleet depart.
The naval flag fluttered on the vessels, and the river wind brought the Binjiang Water Police’s blessings.
Chief of Staff Ding, snapping out of it, imdiately ordered all crew who could be on deck to line up.
"Brothers of the Binjiang Police, thank you for seeing us off all this way. Like you love the Yangtze, we will love our ships, islands, and the ocean! We shall fulfill the Party and the people’s trust, gallop across the oceans, head for the deep blue, and safeguard our mariti boundaries!"
"Naval brothers, the people of Binjiang thank you, the people of the whole nation thank you, we need to learn from you, we salute you! All present, salute to the People’s Navy!"
"Everyone present, salute to the Binjiang Police, salute to Binjiang Police!"
"All present, send off our comrade, ready, start!"
Under Han Yu’s command, all personnel aboard the four police law enforcent boats imdiately began to shout at the top of their lungs,
Sending comrades, embarking on a journey, silently shedding tears, with the sound of cal bells ringing in their ears.
The road is long and foggy, farewells are common in the revolutionary career, the sa departure yields different emotions.
Comrade, oh, comrade.
My dear brothers.
Beware of the cold north wind in the middle of the night.
Take great care along the way...
The song echoed over the river, and Chief of Staff Ding, Captain Liu, and other navy personnel, moved to tears, couldn’t help but join in and sing along, frantically waving goodbye to the Binjiang Police.
Old Ge had never experienced such a striking scene, and it wasn’t until the fleet of navy ships slowly faded away that he ca to his senses, hurriedly opened his bottle of liquor and poured it over the railings into the river.
"Sanye, Ming Yuan, Salted Fish, Zhang Lan, and Ningning are here to see you. Look, your apprentice hasn’t let you down, there used to be only Patrol Boat 001 on the river, but now there are several patrol boats, even escorting the navy. What you didn’t accomplish, your apprentice has achieved!"
"Old Wei ca too, Old Wei and the children ca to see you. I know you care about Old Wei, don’t worry, I’ll take care of Old Wei. How many years have we known each other, what relationship do we have, no more words needed, everything is in the liquor!"
Old Ge continued his incessant talk, crouching by the ship’s rail.
The master’s wife leaned against the railing, her face streaming with tears.
Old Qian, while dumping the prepared food into the river, choked up: "Director Xu, Xiao Yu works at Hanwu Shipyard now, and also supervises the building of new ships for several units in Binjiang; he really couldn’t co back, so I ca on his behalf. Supervising shipbuilding is important, I know you wouldn’t bla him..."
Before coming, Han Yu had a lot to say to his master.
But once there, he couldn’t utter a word.
So did Xu Mingyuan, who simply pulled out his pistol, disengaged the safety, and fired several shots into the sky.
"Master, I know you loved shooting guns, loved hearing gunshots. Sadly, today it was rushed and I only had a few bullets, next ti I’ll bring more, shoot a few extra rounds to make you happy."
"Sanye, did you see that? The children are doing well, Haoran and Xiao Qin are also very sensible, you can rest assured about ho, and... I’m fine too, the children respect us, and Director Ge has been very good to ."
The master’s wife couldn’t continue speaking, she turned around signaling Han Yu to head back.
On the return trip, after calming his emotions, Han Yu, clutching Xu Mingyuan, asked: "Big brother, who let you fire the gun?"
"The master liked shooting."
"I know, but I an it’s not the sa as before, you can’t just fire the gun whenever you want."
"You are the Director, you have a higher rank than , if seniors really wanted to hold soone accountable, they would hold you accountable, not ."
"..."
Xu Mingyuan peered outside, then whispered in his ear: "It’s just firing a few shots, not shooting people, what’s the big deal? Besides, we’re resigning next year, what’s there to fear!"
Han Yu was montarily stunned but realized there really wasn’t anything to fear.
Since they were going to resign eventually to run ships for money and pay off loans, why not take advantage of their authority now and make the master happy?
Returning to Bailong Port, it was already past midnight.
Yangtze Police 110 was moored at the passenger terminal, and as per the deploynt agreent between Changhang Bureau and the Water Police Station, Patrol Boat 110 would be equipped to Bailong Port Police Station, responsible for security from Bailong Port to Dongqi Port waters.
Han Yu, Han Xiangning, and their family mbers disembarked together; Ma Jintao took over Boat 001, leading Binjiang Police 002 and Yangtze Police 111 boats back.
Patrol Boat 001 would continue to be docked at Dunship in Sanhe waters, responsible for the security between Sanhe and Bailong Port waters.
Binjiang Police 002 would be moored at Yingchuan Port Supervision Bureau Rescue Center dock, responsible for the security of the developnt zone and Changzhou waters.
Yangtze Police 111 would be docked at the small dock of Changhang Bureau, responsible for the security of a ten-kiloter water area around the city.
Once the other patrol boats currently under construction at Hanwu are delivered, they will be deployed upstream, aiming to have a police patrol boat every thirty kiloters by next August.
This way, no matter which water area encounters an ergency, the water forces of both the Water Police Station and the Changhang Bureau can respond and have ships on the scene in the shortest possible ti.
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PS: The Chapter numbering in the last two Chapters was wrong, I’ll ask the editor to correct it tomorrow.
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