Post by dandare on Mar 16, 2017 14:16:08 GMT
Awaiting the arrival of the warlord troops, the gang take cover in a barn. It proves a fairly routine task to relieve the Chinese of one of their trucks . Wei Mei looses off a 10 round burst from his Mauser (Von W had nicked the other one). One round goes the petrol tank of the other lorry. Of which more later..........
The party set off pursued by the other truck. Sadly , Von S (driving) and Wei Mei start squabbling over the remaining Mauser. Von S, going Psychotic, shoots the hapless Chinaman, having carefully stopped the truck first. ignoring the pursuit.......
Luckily,Jakey lobs a grenade into the cab of the enemy truck,setting off the fuel leak as well. This ends the pursuit! Wei Mei and Adair swop places .
eventually the gang reach a town, and and storm into the aerodrome . Hurrah Aircraft! Oops- there are only 2 Camels.
Discovering that they are only a hundred miles north of the New Territories, they set off, Adair and Jakey flying top cover to deter pursuit.
Next Week: Hong Kong Phooey
At last the party are safe on British Territory, and reap the rewards for returning the scientists. £1000 each. Adair promoted to Major.
The big question is, how many grenades will Von S buy with his reward?
Next adventure when I have "rested" for a while Smile
T
The beast stirs in it's slumber.............
I hope the gang have enjoyed their break in the fleshpots of Hong Kong, because the break will be over soon!
How many grenades to the £?
"A night at the cinema"
The RAF at Kai Tak sort the boys out, and Adair runs into an old pal, "Dizzy" Digswell, who invites them to a mess night in a couple of days.
The party are escorted to their hotel, the "Empress of India" overlooking Victoria harbour, where they are cleaned up, and provided with suits by a grateful government, while being debriefed by Whittinghame- Smythe of the diplomatic service. There is much coming and going at the hotel, as it appears that the Portuguese Governor General of Macau is staying - he is conferring with his British counterpart, as it appears that the french are trying to get their hands on the Portuguese colony.
There is a long and boozy dinner in the hotel, the Portugese party being a few tables away. Port and cigars are circulating, when Jakie and Mick spot a group approaching the Portuguese table from behind. There is a scuffle and two men grab the Governor General and his wife. Two more dinner suited toughs step between the table and our heroes, and draw guns. Von W and VonS have had too much Schnapps, and are unconcious.
Jakie responds to this by headbutting one of the gunmen, Whai Mei wuns after the kidnappers, wuildly flailing at the gunmen as he goes past. Adair lashes out inneffectively. The surviving gunman empties his pistol at JAkie, to very little effect, and eventually suns off, only to be arrested outside.
Meanwhile, the kidnappers have stolen a Rolls Royce and are hurtling off down the street, pursued by HK police and Why Me. A bullet pings a tyre, and the roller hits a lamp post. One of the assailants drags the Governor General's wife from the wrecked car and runs into a movie theatre.
There is much screaming as the audience streams from the exits. Why Me checks the car and finds one of the attackers dead, head through the windscreen. The GG is OK but groggy. Adair and Jakie arrive on the scene, having armed themselves, and the HK Police cordon off the cinema.
Why Me goes inside, and is in time to spot the baddie heading up to the projection room with his victim., Jakie follows, while outside, Adair climbs up the fire escape ladder with the help of a pyramid of HK police, and discovers a glass dome- the glass is frosted and reinforced with chicken wire. Inside, there is a gantry which runs from the projection room round the inside of the dome. The attacker ventures onto this with the GG's wife, and shoots Adair through the glass. Adair then decides to get off the roof via a door (which leads onto the gantry). He shoots the lock, despite all of the previous experience, and hits himself in the leg with the ricochet.
There follows a species of Mexican standoff, which is resolved with some gunplay.
It transpires that the attackers are French, members of the Partie Coloniale , who were intending to force the GG to hand Macau over to France.
The grateful Portuguese award Adair, Jakie and Why Me with the Order of Santarem , Second Class
At the squadron mess night, Dizzy takes Adair aside, and shows him an old silver coin, with the face of a bearded king on it, and odd, middle eastern writing.
He explains that he has a proposition:- he's leaving the RAF in a couple of weeks, and he is suggesting a hunt for the rest of the coin hoard. It transpires that he was based at Aden, when he had to bale out due to engine failure. When he landed, he found a cave with pots of treasure. He has no money to finance a trip, so is suggesting a syndicate.
He's had the coin IDed at the British Museum, and they reckon that it might be from Ophir, where the queen of Sheba came from.
" A Passage to India"
Remembering that they still have a Vicker Vimy in a hangar at Croydon, they conclude that it's time to say farewell to the fleshpots of the east.
The gang depart by steamer for Madras- Adair wheelchair bound and drinking heavily. As they queue to go down the gangplank, Dizzy spots a face he's seen before, while having the coin examined at the British Museum. Realising that he has been spotted, the character sidles off down an alleyway and is lost in the crowd.
The train takes them across India to Bombay, where they install themselves in a luxurious hotel while they wit for the Imperial Airways flight back to Blighty. Adair, still drinking heavily. Nobody knows if he will walk again. Mainly cos he's too pissed to try.
Von Widdler decides to hire an Indian manservant, and about a dozen applicants turn up. all but 2 fail the first testing question- can you fire a gun?. Of the remaining 2, Von W selects Banjarmassin Gupta, ex of Princess Louise' Own Gurkha Rifles. Banjarmassin assures Von W that he harbours no ill feeling over the "late unpleasantness with Germany" in which he served on the western front. Some of the Germans he met still have both their ears.........
The gang hatch a cunning plan- there has to be a first time for everything! Dizzy, Von S and Gupta will walk down through the town to see if the mystery man from Madras shows up. Von S, Jakey and Why Me follow on, "surruptitiously" . My arse. Von S drops a grenade out of his trouser leg and has to retrieve it from the gutter.
As they promenade alon the front, Von W is nearly knocked down by a gharri which flies out of a side street. Dizzy recognises the passenger as the man from Madras and the British Museum. There follows an exciting chase as our heroes hire their own gharris to pursue. Their target manages to get aboard a fancy steam yacht, which sails off just as they get in pistol range.
Enquiries at the Harbourmaster's office indicate that the "Sheba" is the name of the yacht, and it is registered in Masssawa, flagged as Abyssinian, and owned by a Mr Majoli.
The party then continue on to London, returning to an overjoyed Mrs Hudson in Mount St.
Von S immediately starts muttering about handgrenades, although the others make a more practical list of items required for a desert expedition.
Next Week:-
Will Von S really take a grenade vest rather than a water bottle?
Will Adair fill his with whisky?
Will Gupta carry von W's water bottle?
By the way team, you will need a tame magistrate!
Check out the Firearms Act 1920.
Basically, to get a licence you must demonstrate that you're sane and of good character. Frankly, I detect a problem already............
I've yet to find the "Grenades Act", but I'm working on it!
The party set off pursued by the other truck. Sadly , Von S (driving) and Wei Mei start squabbling over the remaining Mauser. Von S, going Psychotic, shoots the hapless Chinaman, having carefully stopped the truck first. ignoring the pursuit.......
Luckily,Jakey lobs a grenade into the cab of the enemy truck,setting off the fuel leak as well. This ends the pursuit! Wei Mei and Adair swop places .
eventually the gang reach a town, and and storm into the aerodrome . Hurrah Aircraft! Oops- there are only 2 Camels.
Discovering that they are only a hundred miles north of the New Territories, they set off, Adair and Jakey flying top cover to deter pursuit.
Next Week: Hong Kong Phooey
At last the party are safe on British Territory, and reap the rewards for returning the scientists. £1000 each. Adair promoted to Major.
The big question is, how many grenades will Von S buy with his reward?
Next adventure when I have "rested" for a while Smile
T
The beast stirs in it's slumber.............
I hope the gang have enjoyed their break in the fleshpots of Hong Kong, because the break will be over soon!
How many grenades to the £?
"A night at the cinema"
The RAF at Kai Tak sort the boys out, and Adair runs into an old pal, "Dizzy" Digswell, who invites them to a mess night in a couple of days.
The party are escorted to their hotel, the "Empress of India" overlooking Victoria harbour, where they are cleaned up, and provided with suits by a grateful government, while being debriefed by Whittinghame- Smythe of the diplomatic service. There is much coming and going at the hotel, as it appears that the Portuguese Governor General of Macau is staying - he is conferring with his British counterpart, as it appears that the french are trying to get their hands on the Portuguese colony.
There is a long and boozy dinner in the hotel, the Portugese party being a few tables away. Port and cigars are circulating, when Jakie and Mick spot a group approaching the Portuguese table from behind. There is a scuffle and two men grab the Governor General and his wife. Two more dinner suited toughs step between the table and our heroes, and draw guns. Von W and VonS have had too much Schnapps, and are unconcious.
Jakie responds to this by headbutting one of the gunmen, Whai Mei wuns after the kidnappers, wuildly flailing at the gunmen as he goes past. Adair lashes out inneffectively. The surviving gunman empties his pistol at JAkie, to very little effect, and eventually suns off, only to be arrested outside.
Meanwhile, the kidnappers have stolen a Rolls Royce and are hurtling off down the street, pursued by HK police and Why Me. A bullet pings a tyre, and the roller hits a lamp post. One of the assailants drags the Governor General's wife from the wrecked car and runs into a movie theatre.
There is much screaming as the audience streams from the exits. Why Me checks the car and finds one of the attackers dead, head through the windscreen. The GG is OK but groggy. Adair and Jakie arrive on the scene, having armed themselves, and the HK Police cordon off the cinema.
Why Me goes inside, and is in time to spot the baddie heading up to the projection room with his victim., Jakie follows, while outside, Adair climbs up the fire escape ladder with the help of a pyramid of HK police, and discovers a glass dome- the glass is frosted and reinforced with chicken wire. Inside, there is a gantry which runs from the projection room round the inside of the dome. The attacker ventures onto this with the GG's wife, and shoots Adair through the glass. Adair then decides to get off the roof via a door (which leads onto the gantry). He shoots the lock, despite all of the previous experience, and hits himself in the leg with the ricochet.
There follows a species of Mexican standoff, which is resolved with some gunplay.
It transpires that the attackers are French, members of the Partie Coloniale , who were intending to force the GG to hand Macau over to France.
The grateful Portuguese award Adair, Jakie and Why Me with the Order of Santarem , Second Class
At the squadron mess night, Dizzy takes Adair aside, and shows him an old silver coin, with the face of a bearded king on it, and odd, middle eastern writing.
He explains that he has a proposition:- he's leaving the RAF in a couple of weeks, and he is suggesting a hunt for the rest of the coin hoard. It transpires that he was based at Aden, when he had to bale out due to engine failure. When he landed, he found a cave with pots of treasure. He has no money to finance a trip, so is suggesting a syndicate.
He's had the coin IDed at the British Museum, and they reckon that it might be from Ophir, where the queen of Sheba came from.
" A Passage to India"
Remembering that they still have a Vicker Vimy in a hangar at Croydon, they conclude that it's time to say farewell to the fleshpots of the east.
The gang depart by steamer for Madras- Adair wheelchair bound and drinking heavily. As they queue to go down the gangplank, Dizzy spots a face he's seen before, while having the coin examined at the British Museum. Realising that he has been spotted, the character sidles off down an alleyway and is lost in the crowd.
The train takes them across India to Bombay, where they install themselves in a luxurious hotel while they wit for the Imperial Airways flight back to Blighty. Adair, still drinking heavily. Nobody knows if he will walk again. Mainly cos he's too pissed to try.
Von Widdler decides to hire an Indian manservant, and about a dozen applicants turn up. all but 2 fail the first testing question- can you fire a gun?. Of the remaining 2, Von W selects Banjarmassin Gupta, ex of Princess Louise' Own Gurkha Rifles. Banjarmassin assures Von W that he harbours no ill feeling over the "late unpleasantness with Germany" in which he served on the western front. Some of the Germans he met still have both their ears.........
The gang hatch a cunning plan- there has to be a first time for everything! Dizzy, Von S and Gupta will walk down through the town to see if the mystery man from Madras shows up. Von S, Jakey and Why Me follow on, "surruptitiously" . My arse. Von S drops a grenade out of his trouser leg and has to retrieve it from the gutter.
As they promenade alon the front, Von W is nearly knocked down by a gharri which flies out of a side street. Dizzy recognises the passenger as the man from Madras and the British Museum. There follows an exciting chase as our heroes hire their own gharris to pursue. Their target manages to get aboard a fancy steam yacht, which sails off just as they get in pistol range.
Enquiries at the Harbourmaster's office indicate that the "Sheba" is the name of the yacht, and it is registered in Masssawa, flagged as Abyssinian, and owned by a Mr Majoli.
The party then continue on to London, returning to an overjoyed Mrs Hudson in Mount St.
Von S immediately starts muttering about handgrenades, although the others make a more practical list of items required for a desert expedition.
Next Week:-
Will Von S really take a grenade vest rather than a water bottle?
Will Adair fill his with whisky?
Will Gupta carry von W's water bottle?
By the way team, you will need a tame magistrate!
Check out the Firearms Act 1920.
Basically, to get a licence you must demonstrate that you're sane and of good character. Frankly, I detect a problem already............
I've yet to find the "Grenades Act", but I'm working on it!