Chapter 68 Set Sail
About a week later, Josie bid farewell to Margot, and with Linden and six bodyguards, took a group of Yingying Yanyan in the company, including Whitney and Angela, and embarked on a journey to Europe.
They didn't take a boat, but a plane.
Of course it is definitely not DC-3. Although DC3 is good, its range is only over 1,000 kilometers, and it is still powerless in the face of the vast Atlantic Ocean.
They were traveling on a large passenger plane named Boeing-314, which was also one of the largest planes of this era. It was bigger than the famous B-29 bomber, only slightly inferior in height, but this is also normal, because this It is a biplane seaplane.
is a pre-war Pan Am custom-made aircraft at Boeing, specially used for transatlantic flights.
This is also the first transatlantic flight in history, with a total of 12 produced, which can carry 74 people for short-distance travel and 40 for long-distance sleepers.
However, after the United States entered the war, 3 of these 12 aircraft were given to the United Kingdom because of the Lend-Lease Act, and the rest were all requisitioned by the U.S. military to serve as cargo or transport officers and soldiers.
Josie and the others are also able to take this plane because they are going to the front line to give condolences.
Of course there are boats, and taking a boat is far more comfortable than flying.
In fact, most of the actors and singers from other companies who went to participate in the condolences basically chose to take the boat.
But Josie would never choose to take a boat.
Although it has been 44 years, the empire is nearing its end, especially in this world, which has been stabbed in the back by the Red Skull.
But that doesn't mean the ghosts of the Atlantic are completely missing.
In the original world, more than 200 ships of various types were still sunk throughout the 44 years.
More importantly, the German submarines in this period have basically gone crazy. No matter what type of ship you are, once it is sunk, it will float up and sweep it with machine guns, leaving no one alive.
Josie doesn't want to block this probability.
In contrast, the air is much safer.
During this period, it was completely impossible for German fighter jets to appear over the Atlantic Ocean.
And this kind of seaplane has a high safety factor. Even if one or two of the 4 engines are broken, it can still fly. In addition, the flying altitude is not high and the speed is relatively slow, so it is easy to make a forced landing.
Even if something really happened to the unlucky ones, forced landing or parachute landing in the Atlantic Ocean, Josie can easily live well by relying on the plane trader.
Because Josie and his party only have about 20 people, the military will naturally not waste capacity and let them enjoy the capacity of this plane exclusively.
So there are some officers in the same company.
Of course, the military ranks are not high, just some low-level officers, and the highest is just a captain.
These officers couldn't close their eyes when they saw Josie and Linden boarding the plane with such a group of beautiful girls.
Although none of them are well-known, but those who can be signed by the film company, naturally there will be no crooked melons.
And when they knew that these girls were going to the front line to condolences, they were all very excited, let alone the famous movie star Whitney.
The plane just took off, and a lieutenant officer couldn't wait to strike up a conversation with these girls.
But before he approached them, he was blocked by Vito.
"Of course! Mr. Kahn!"
"If anyone does that, we can't spare him!"
Hearing that Josie agreed with them to get close to the girls, the officers immediately became happy and applauded Josie. "This voyage is not short, and I just brought a little extra gift to share with everyone, Vito, bring the box here!" Josie raised his hand, temporarily interrupting the cheers of these officers, and then said to Vito winked.
Vito met immediately, pulled out two boxes placed under the bed, and opened them.
One box contains a dozen bottles of wine, and the other contains cigarettes.
Flights in this era do not have any ban on smoking and alcohol, and even the security check is very casual, so it is easy to bring such things on the plane.
"A little grape juice brewed in my own estate. Although it is not a famous wine, it tastes good. I hope you like it!" Josie raised an eyebrow, then picked up a bottle, and threw it to the officer who was the first to stand up just now .
The other party caught it in a hurry.
And the other officers couldn't help being even more excited when they saw that there was wine.
Josie threw bottles of wine to them, and they were so enthusiastic about Josie that they almost came up to call Josie their brothers and sisters.
As for the smoke, they didn't care too much.
Because cigarettes are a military supply, if you save some smoking, even a soldier will not be short of it, but alcohol is not easy to deal with, it is expensive and rare.
Besides, alcohol is prohibited in the army.
However, in most cases, the military turns a blind eye to soldiers drinking alcohol. As long as you don’t drink and cause accidents or drink in front of officers and military police, no one will care.
That's why Josie said grape juice, not wine.
Although it belongs to talking nonsense with open eyes, but in many cases, what is needed is this kind of tacit understanding.
What Josie did can only be said to be too in line with the appetite of this group of grassroots officers.
Look, there are cigarettes, alcohol, and beauties. It's that simple to build a good relationship with these soldiers.
As for Josie, as a rich man, the reason why he would make friends with these low-level military officers is also very simple.
Regardless of the low positions of these people, the most well-informed in the army are often these grassroots officers who can mingle with soldiers.
And in many cases, the role that these company-level officers can play may not be lower than those of senior generals.
Josie will probably stay in Europe for half a year when he goes this time.
So it is definitely not a bad thing to know more officers and get acquainted with each other.
Maybe when Josie needs their help.
"Mr. Kahn, you are different from the rich men I have seen. I, Aldo, have made up your friend!" Aldo was the first officer who stood up and prepared to strike up a conversation with the girls, but now he Seems more interested in Josie.
With him, there is also a more gentle and elegant officer.
"Dick Winters, 101st Airborne Division!" The officer introduced himself.
Josie's eyes lit up when he heard this.
Looking for a monthly pass...
(end of this chapter)