Chapter 45 4. Panama red mud ghost

The dredging boats in the river are holding high the steam-driven dredging shovels, reminiscent of the magnificent scene when the canal was dug in the past.But it is only a trial run now, because most of the workers are infected with yellow fever from the "death sentinel". In order to prevent poisonous mosquito bites, he could only apply thick sunscreen oil at work, but the pores could not dissipate heat and caused heat stroke instead.Anti-mosquito masks and anti-mosquito gloves are useless at all, and the poisonous mosquitoes that carry germs are almost pervasive.Today the town of Taboca is as lifeless as a dying patient.

"Someone came to spray mosquito repellant just now, can you help me open the window, it's so airtight, people are almost suffocated." Sanchez, a native from the French Malu Chenico Island in the West Indies, lay on the bed On the bed, he said weakly in a hoarse voice. Laborers engaged in civil engineering spend most of their time working in mud and water, so nine out of ten they will suffer from severe fever.And the talking native suffered from a rubber disease called "Barbados' feet" and couldn't get out of bed. "Is it hard?" Zhe Zhu got up and asked.He settled on the construction site as a pensai.Others thought he was sick and stupid, so they didn't let him go to work.

Three o'clock is the period when tropical fatigue reaches its limit.For these geoworkers, the period between 12:00 noon and 5:00 pm is like hell.At the moment when work started, hundreds of shovels fell to the ground one after another, and the workers no longer had the strength to shovel an inch of mud. "No, it's not hard..." Sanchez felt a little embarrassed to bother others, so he quickly changed his words. "Don't talk about me, you are pitiful for sleeping in the same room with a sick and dead ghost like me. Alas, I was tricked by the foreman, who said that digging platinum can make a fortune, but who knew that I came to dig canals. "

Americans boasted how advanced the sanitation facilities of the Panama Canal were, but after seeing it with their own eyes, they realized that it was a big lie.Workers' discontent has grown so high that work has recently come to a standstill.And Zhezhu, who tried so hard to enter the hinterland of the Atrato River, entered the construction site and could no longer get out. It's a pity that I finally got important information, but I couldn't put it into action.As long as the truth of the "red mud ghost" can be exposed, Zong Er can be set free.The Achilles heel of the Panama Canal must be in the "Death Sentinel".In this way, Zhezhu spent a period of time restless.

On a rainy night, the opportunity finally came.A man walked into the shed and said to Zhezhu, "Peng Sai, someone is waiting for you at the gate." A kerosene lamp hung over the gate, and a man in a raincoat stood in the shadows waiting to fold bamboo.The visitor was an intelligent black man in his thirties, wearing leather leggings, he looked like a technical intellectual.Zhezhu was very strange, because he didn't know this person at all. "You are Pensey. I am the driver of the crane, and my name is Paedras." "Oh, what do you want from me?" "I have something to tell you...Actually, I have something to ask for your help."

Paedras took the bamboo to the side of the steam winch. "Mr. Zhezhu, I know you." "Zhe..." Zhezhu was startled, and quickly put on a posture.If the visitor was unkind, he was ready to kill him. Anyway, in this kind of place, one more person or one less will not cause trouble.As he thought so, Paedras smiled. "Mr. Zhezhu, you don't have to be so nervous. You and I are both of different races, and I won't make things difficult for you. Actually, I'm here to ask you for help, and I want you to save five thousand black brothers. I'm 'Nya biniy' members of the organization."

"Nya biniy" is a black secret society founded in New York. "Nya biniy" means "white death", and the nature of this organization can be known from the name.Blacks risked their own lives to build the United States of America, but they were not treated fairly. Today, the black problem has become a disease that the United States cannot heal itself.And as a member of the organization, what can Paedras ask for Zhezhu's help? "Now there are about 5,000 black earthworkers, and most of them are cheated or bought by the foreman. If it is a regular project, you can quit if you say no. But this is a secret excavation operation, and the management is like a prison. The earthworkers will never be allowed to go home until the project is completed. But you see, the current sanitary conditions are simply to let them die here. Everyone is God's people, why can those white people be tyrannical, and Yellow people and black people are going to die? So I want to save those 5,000 black brothers and expose their inhumane deeds to the world."

Paedras' blood was boiling.At this time, he was a madman controlled by anger and resistance.Zhezhu was well aware of the miserable situation of the black earthworkers, he held Paedras's hands tightly, almost screaming with excitement. "There is an airplane on the construction site, but the pilot also fell down with yellow fever, so no one is there to take care of it. Mr. Oritake, can you fly the airplane?" "of course can!" "That's great, I'm going to share the photos I took on the construction site with the world, but first I have to find a way to escape from here."

It just so happened that Zhezhu had studied aerial piloting in Kaches for a year.Ok!Let me, an "old bird", help Paedras escape!Get him to safety in the West Indies first, and then I'll fly the plane back to Demonland.correct!Then it's time to parachute into the "Death Sentinel".No matter what the poisonous mosquito magic land or the source of yellow fever, as long as I can come back alive, this little stimulation is nothing!For the country, for Souji, for Maya... Oreitake made this bold decision. The next day, the Cessna·C34 light airliner left the ground before the morning fog cleared.Zhezhu looked out through the window, and not far away was a tropical jungle with intertwined vines, but the sky above was blue.He intended to fly low to experience how terrifying the legendary "Poisonous Mosquito Demon Realm" was, so he pressed down on the joystick and flew straight towards the "Death Sentinel".

Zhezhu began to hover over the "Death Sentinel" and sprayed mosquito repellent mist with a tube.No matter how powerful the mosquitoes are, they cannot resist the power of chemicals.But what made Zhezhu dumbfounded was that the mosquitoes regrouped like a whirlwind after being scattered.God? !This whirlwind of poisonous mosquitoes was even more terrifying than he had imagined. The gray insect cloud was scattered by the propeller and then enveloped the fuselage. "No way! Skydiving in a place like this is tantamount to death." At this time, he had already broken through the demon realm, but he didn't know what to do next.Suddenly, hope rekindled in Zhezhu's heart, which made him exclaim three times with joy. The hinterland of "Death Sentinel" is indeed adjacent to the canal. Not only that, but the strong airflow generated by spraying mosquito repellent blew away the leaves on the top of the tree, revealing a fiery red trunk!

Since the trunk is red, the leaves should also be red.Maybe it was too high to see clearly, Zhe Zhu lowered the flying height again.what!Not only the forest, but even the lake water in the forest is red!That is red water full of iron!Even the dry things that fell by the lake turned red because they absorbed water. "This is the red mud ghost that threatens the canal!" The astonishing discovery made Zhezhu roar with excitement.There must be volcanic tunnels under the surface of a volcanic hill like Panama.And there must be two tunnels at the bottom of the "Red Lake", one of which is connected to the storage tank of the Pedro Miguel lock, while the other is connected to Gatun Lake.When the rainy season comes and the floodgates are opened to release the flood, when the water level drops, the difference in water level between the two lakes sucks up the red mud from the bottom of the lake.Understood!There are no red mud ghosts at all, it's just a natural phenomenon... Zhezhu said to Piedras: "Can you announce the secret of the canal to the outside world in a week? Then share the photos you took with me, I will be useful. " Oreitake intends to use these photos to threaten the U.S. government to release Souji.The weather was clear, and cirrus clouds like soap bubbles drifted slowly into the distance.The white cloud was like a smiling Masaki, and the black rain cloud was like a Rivamore weeping.