Happy Tycoon

The dirt road in front turned into an asphalt road, which surprised Yang Jing and the others. Howard explained with a smile: "There is a small peninsula in front of it, called Matupite, where there is also a settlement of residents. There are about nine hundred people, and this road leads to that settlement."

After a pause, fearing that Yang Jing and the others would not understand, Howard continued to explain: "The former Rabaul occupied the entire east coast of Simpsons Bay, counting from where we just turned, all the way to the southernmost tip of the peninsula. They are all the eastern city of Rabaul, and this is also the main city of Rabaul. My headquarters was also stationed here. Alas, do you see this flat area in front of you?"

　　 A piece of land that looked very flat appeared in front of him. The area was not small, which surprised Yang Jing and the others. Along the way, in addition to the mountain is the hardened volcanic ash, it is rare to see such a large but flat area.

　　 Chris hesitated slightly and said, "Mr. Howard, could this be an airport before?"

With one hand, Howard snapped a loud snap with the other hand and said: "Mr. Patton is still smart, yes, this was the Rabaul Airport before. During World War II, this was a field airport built by Japan, and later after the war. This became the Rabaul Airport. But the eruption of the volcano 20 years ago completely razed this airport to the ground."

　　 Yang Jing looked up at Taulu Volcano, which is less than two kilometers southeast of the airport, and felt that the Japanese devils of the year were a bit stupid. You said that you don't find a good place to repair the airport. You have to build the airport at the foot of an active volcano. Isn't this looking for death?

"If we don’t leave tomorrow, I can take you to the Rabaul War Memorial. There are many precious photos from World War II in that memorial. One of them is very interesting. The scene of the Japanese pilot of the fighter jet at the airport, and behind that pilot is the Taulu Volcano."

　　 Hearing this, Yang Jing couldn't help showing a strange look on his face. If the devil pilot knew that the volcano he had used as his background had directly destroyed 80% of Rabaul after fifty years, I don't know what he would think.

　　 Of course, if the volcano suddenly erupted at that time, presumably the US-Australian coalition forces would be able to take Rabaul directly!

　　 Along the way, Yang Jing finally understood why both the Germans and the Japanese built the main city on the east bank of Simpsons Bay. It is true that the wide and flat area here is much larger than the northern city. The widest distance from the coastline to the foot of the mountain in Beicheng District is only 500 meters, but in the east, the width of the narrowest place is about one kilometer, and the widest place is even more than two kilometers.

　　 It’s just that although the geographical conditions here are good, it’s a pity that the two active volcanoes are too close. A sneeze from these two active volcanoes can bring disaster to the city.

A group of five people rode their bicycles to the old airport site, Howard said: "Further south is the settlement, nothing to see. If you are interested, we can now climb the east side of Taulu Volcano. An extinct volcano, at that location, is the best observation point to appreciate the scenery around Rabaul. Every time I return to Rabaul, I will climb the Baai Mountain."

　　 Guo Xiaoxiang hesitated and asked: "Captain, can you be sure that the mountain is okay? In case, I mean if the volcano erupts, wouldn't we have all our lives?"

Yang Jing helplessly shook his head and said: "Fatty, you are not too old, how can you ask such low-level questions? Even if the volcano is going to erupt on a large scale, there will be various signs long in advance. Appeared. Before any volcano erupts, there will be extremely strong signs. Don’t expect a volcano that has been silent for many years. It will erupt before no signs of eruption show up. It’s impossible. matter."

　　 "Well, brother, you won, I was really brain-dead just now..."

　　 Yang Jing is right. Volcanic eruptions are different from earthquakes. It is difficult for humans to predict the eruption of an earthquake, but they can easily predict the eruption of a volcano. The reason is that before any active volcano erupts, there will be obvious or even strong signs of eruption. Such signs often appear several days or even dozens of days in advance. It seems to remind people that if you don’t want to die, hurry up. Stay away from me, buddies can't help but erupt...

　　 As for the two volcanoes in front of me, even if one of them has only erupted for 24 years, it is still quiet now, with no signs of eruption at all.

　　 But Howard's words have moved Yang Jing's mind.

　　 In addition to climbing a mountain in Mount Hagen a few days ago, these few days have either been floating on the sea or flying in the sky. To be honest, Yang Jing really wants to experience the magnificence of climbing and looking into the distance again.

Especially the extinct volcano called Baai, described by Howard, is located on the coast. Although the height is only 500 meters, it is conceivable that once you can reach the top, you will definitely see the spectacular scenery of the sea and the sky. of.

　　 Without paying attention to Guo Xiaoxiang, Yang Jing asked Chris and Adrian: "How about? Shall we just climb?"

　　 Chris spread his hands and smiled and said, "Boss, I don't have any problems. The mountain is not high in the counter-shock. You can climb up in half an hour at most."

　　 Adrian: "You are the boss, I will listen to your arrangements."

　　 Yang Jing waved his big hand excitedly: "Go, let's go over and climb this extinct volcano."

Everyone rode to the southeast along the flat airport, and saw a fairly flat dirt road halfway through. After walking along this dirt road not far, they saw the culprit who destroyed Rabaul 24 years ago. Taulu volcano.

　　 This active volcano has no temper at all now, and it's quiet like a little girl. It's just that although the mountain is less than two hundred meters high, and the crater on it is missing a large piece, no one dares to look down upon this volcano.

　　 As long as it is an active volcano, it is one of the scariest things on the planet. This thing does not erupt and is quieter than anything, but once it erupts, it is more grumpy than anything, absolutely no one can afford it.

And although this volcano is now quieter than the quietest girl, compared with the surrounding mountains, the vegetation on this mountain is sparse, especially near the crater, even with a tree. I can't even see it, the bald one has a fight with Ge You.

You must know that this is a serious tropical area. More than 500 kilometers north of this mountain is the equator, but there is no vegetation on this mountain, and the surrounding two extinct volcanoes are full of lush greenery There is a sharp contrast, which is enough to explain the horror of this mountain.

　　 This dirt road rounded the foot of Taulu Volcano, turned a big bend and continued forward.

　　 A few people quietly watched this terrifying volcano at the foot of Mount Taulu for a while, before moving on, and quickly came to a relatively flat grassland along the dirt road.

　　 This grassland is located at the foot of Mount Baai and is very flat. There are some wooden houses and some tents on the grass. Obviously, this place has become a gathering point for tourists and locals.

"After the Taulu volcano completely calmed down more than ten years ago, some people who came to travel, with the cooperation of the locals, established a small tourist gathering point here. Whether it is to appreciate Taulu Visitors to the volcano or Mount Baai will rest here for a while before continuing on their journey. We can put the car here and go up from here, but there is no way to ride the bicycle."

　　 Led by Howard, they came to a large wooden house on the edge of the grass. A man in his fifties walked out of the house. He knew that this man was a local by looking at his skin color.

　　 The local was very happy after seeing Captain Howard. After a warm hug with Howard, he began to talk with Howard enthusiastically in the local language.

　　 After the two exchanged for a while, Howard came back and explained: "This is my neighbor when I was a kid~www.readwn.com~ We can put the car here and he will take care of it."

　　 After everyone put the car in, they greeted the local man again, and then under the leadership of Howard, they began to climb the mountain.

　　 Although the Baai Mountain is the second highest height on the halfway of Gazelle after the extinct volcano to the north, it is not that difficult to climb. The hillside is very soothing, and several trails have been stepped on by tourists. Several of them took a west stick and walked up the trail. They only need to pay attention to the snakes that appear from time to time and some insects. There is no difficulty.

　　 Howard collected some unknown wild flowers from the side of the road as he walked. When he reached the top of the mountain for more than twenty minutes, he already had a large bouquet of wild flowers in his hand.

"My grandfather's tomb has long been buried by volcanic ash, and now I can’t find a specific location. So every time I go back to Rabaul these years, I climb this mountain to pay homage to my grandfather, and at the same time I am buried. Fallen Rabaul, here are too many memories of my childhood."

　　 Then everyone understood why Howard was collecting these wildflowers on the road.

　　 The top of the mountain was soon stepped on by everyone. It's just that the top of the Baai Mountain is not big, only more than 100 meters long and 70 meters wide, and the center of the top is slightly sunken down, and the peripheral edge is slightly higher than the center.

　　 Obviously, this is also a volcano, but I don’t know how many years it has been silent, and the original crater is almost filled with ash.

　　 After Howard reached the top of the mountain, he went to the northwest corner of the mountain alone, where he could overlook the entire Rabaul.

　　 But Yang Jing and the others did not follow, but walked towards the southeast edge of the top of the mountain.