Chapter 528: 528
One day later, Okinawa, Naha .
Xia Lei and Long Bing checked-in to a beach resort .
They did not have the same disguises as they had in Tokyo . Xia Lei had changed their masks . Long Bing and himself had been a older in Tokyo, but here in Okinawa, they were in their early twenties, much younger than their original ages . It looked like they were two university students deeply in love, and that they had sneaked out for a holiday .
The military base was close to the beach resort . The tall barbed fences, American fighter jets parked in the hangar, and the air defence missile launch towers gave one the overall impression of an imposing coldness .
An F22 stealth fighter took off from the runway, heading south . It was quick, and soon disappeared from their sight, leaving a trail of white .
Long Bing clung on to Xia Lei . “This sort of plane was newly assigned to the Okinawa base . It’s to boost their Asia-Pacific position . ”
Xia Lei did not keep track of political affairs, and was not interested . However, this still made him uncomfortable . “When I was a student, I was quite weak and was often bullied . It’s probably the same between countries too . The weaker ones get bullied, and the stronger ones will be arrogant and not reason with the weaker ones, all for profit . ”
Long Bing sighed . “What else can be done? This plane is currently the most advanced fighter on Earth . None of our fighter planes can measure up to it . I think this is why the higher-ups are treating the Alloy X project so importantly . If that alloy’s used on our planes, we’ll be able to build excellent planes too . If we have planes like the F22 or the F35, no other country will be able to stand in the way of China . ”
It was a very complicated matter to build a fighter plane, and all the science that went into its construction was also quite deep, but the most fundamental of all was the materials . If they did not have good materials, then the scientists of China would not be able to make planes better than the F22 and the F35 . Without good materials, they could only make things which were passable, but could not be compared to the European or American fighter planes .
“The Chinese Dream… Ah, if we are to realise the Chinese Dream, then the strengthening of the China military is not to be left out . I can’t build planes, but I will put in my best effort, and make the Alloy X project a success . I will let our new fighter planes fly,” said Xia Lei .
“You can’t make planes but you can make guns . The XL2500 and Gust have made an international impact . The nation has also awarded you the title of ‘Father of Rifles’, the highest honour . You know what’s most attractive about you to me?” said Long Bing .
Xia Lei looked surreptitiously down at his little soldier .
Long Bing punched him lightly in his chest and said sheepishly, “What are you thinking about?”
Xia Lei laughed . “What is it then? I don’t know . ”
“It’s when you hold a gun and kill the enemy,” said Long Bing . She smiled . “It’s very sexy . Every time I see you kill an enemy, I get a little…”
“A little…?”
Long Bing rolled her eyes at Xia Lei . “Excited . You HAD to make me say it . ”
Xia Lei looked at her . “There’s still some time before our mission starts . How about we…”
Before he could finish, Long Bing pounced on him and stopped him from talking with her lips and tongue .
She wanted love, she got love . She wanted to do it, and she did it . This was Long Bing’s style .
The curtains were drawn, and the room filled with the small sounds of lovemaking .
Xia Lei and Long Bing walked out of the hotel after dinner . Both of them were carrying backpacks, and SLR cameras, walking along a small road behind the beach .
The weather in Okinawa was quite special, reaching over 20 degree even though it was winter time . This warmth, and this beautiful scenery made one become unwilling to just sit in the room as watch the telly . The roads and beaches were filled with people at play . There were also several young people like Xia Lei and Long Bing, carrying backpacks and taking pictures with their cameras . This served as a sort of cover for Xia Lei and Long Bing too .
Xia Lei moved his backpack to his front after walking for a bit . He opened the zipper as he walked, watching the compass as went, and going where it pointed .
After ten minutes of walking, there were fewer and fewer tourists, and they were getting closer to the Naha military base . A few hundred metres away, Xia Lei could see the huge soldiers standing at the gate to the American base . They were armed and dangerous .
Long Bing could not see the soldiers clearly like Xia Lei did, but she knew where he was looking . She wrinkled her brows . “It can’t actually be in the base, could it? How are we going to dig for the treasure if it’s there?”
Xia Lei had a headache too . “I hope it’s not in there . I wouldn’t know what to do either if it were . ”
The American military base in Okinawa was actually a sort of safeguard against the rise of China, and their rigour in maintaining this safeguard could not be underestimated . Trying to dig for treasure in the American base would be like going to dig a grave in front of the White House for your own corpse .
They walked on for a bit more, and the compass suddenly pointed in another direction – to the sea .
This change made Xia Lei let out a breath of relief . He pulled Long Bing hand, leading her away from the road which went to the military base, and to the beach .
Long Bing saw the change in direction on the compass too, and she let out a silent breath of relief . “Is it leading us into the sea?”
“I don’t know,” said Xia Lei . “But even if it’s in the sea, it’s still better than being in the military base . It’s much simpler if it’s in the sea . We can just rent a boat and some diving equipment . There won’t be anyone to disturb us either . ”
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