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第35章 耀世之刃

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正面迎向阳光的刹那,夏树视线一片光亮,他突然感觉自己像是置身于天堂门口,在俗世苦苦挣扎的灵魂得到了难以言喻的净化,大脑运转陡然提速,那些曾让自己感到矛盾和纠结的问题不复存在,人生的目标似乎也变得清晰无比。龙腾小说网ltxs520.com

来不及回味这奇妙的瞬间,夏树的视觉已然恢复正常,波涛粼粼的平静海面被“海妖”搅得水沫横飞,万马奔腾状的赛艇群还在很远的海面,近处仅有一艘孤零零的“尼尔德”号,由此可以想象去年英王杯一骑绝尘的竞赛场面。尽管优势明显,夏树平心静气地回转方向盘,一面踩踏油门恢复航速,一面以自身的平衡感官判断快艇的状态变化,令“海妖”在最短的时间内完成了这次一百八十度的转向。

对于飞速靠近的“尼尔德”号和艇上的瑞典王子,夏树觉得没有必要摆出同情姿态,遂腾出右手贴近舱盖,做了一个竖拇指的手势。错身相交的瞬间,他似乎看到古斯塔夫在礼貌地朝自己点头。

无暇理会预赛成绩第一的美国大贝壳状况如何,夏树专心驾驶,节速表指针渐渐回到了红色区域。“海妖”的航行位置距离海岸约有一千五百米,观众们以肉眼或简易望远镜即能观赏到它近乎妖魅的极速姿态,夏树虽然看不到也听不见,但他完全可以感受到那些人的惊讶和唏嘘。

目睹这泾渭鲜明的竞赛场面,英国公众想必对德国人又多了一分敬畏这些崇尚武力的家伙不仅像东方民族一样勤奋务实,如瑞士钟表般严谨守时,在机械创造更有着惊人的天赋。克虏伯的大炮畅销全球,蔡司的光镜质量一流,如今就连德国建造的舰船也成了颇具竞争力的产品,令规模和声誉位居世界第一的英国造船业面临强劲挑战。长久以来,英国人本能地对每一个威胁其霸权地位的竞争者持敌视态度,而今他们不得不承认,这个有着不逊于盎格鲁-撒克逊人优良品格民族已经成为有史以来最具威胁的对手。

随着其余赛艇以由或远或近的距离对向驶过,响亮的呜呼嘶鸣声不断传入夏树耳中,他仿佛看到了一张张惊诧而绝望的面孔,胜利对这些几分钟前还满怀憧憬的人来说已是渺茫的空望。不论他们对这笔巨额奖励有多么的渴望和迫切,也不管他们的初衷有多么伟大或悲戚,这就是竞赛,这就是成王败寇的自然法则。

不多会儿,船艇高速相错的呼啸渐渐减少,前方海面重新变得空旷清爽,夏树看了看发动机转速计,上面的指针长时间处于顶点位置,担心发动机过热导致机械故障,他略松油门,发动机的轰鸣声也随之降低了分贝。就在这时,后方海面传来一声嘭响,从声势推测,这要么是哪艘不走运的赛艇发生了爆缸,要么有赛艇在调头转向时发生了激烈碰撞。秉着近乎冷酷的漠然,夏树连头也没有偏转一下,以大约55节的航速行驶了一段距离,他再度踩紧油门,一边聆听着戴姆勒发动机声嘶力竭的吼叫,一边享受着属于胜利者的孤傲……

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历时四个多月的筹备,轰动全城的开幕仪式,持续两天的分组预赛,一小时又二十分钟的正赛延迟,所有的悬念都将在短短十来分钟的角逐中揭晓。在比赛的起始点即终点位置,远去的轰鸣声又重新归来,岸边的观众们不分年龄、性别和一切外观特征,纷纷朝东北方海面翘首观望。

最终的冠军归属不仅仅关系到英国政府和造船企业联合赞助的十万英镑巨奖,也不光是国家荣誉的问题,它决定着每一个手握赌票者的切身利益英王杯竞速赛的主办方虽未采取赛马的商业运作模式,但激烈的赛事和相对公正的裁定不失为开盘设局的大好资源。预赛之后,排名前列的赛艇都有了“市场公允”的夺冠赔率,伦敦本地人,前来观赛的其他英国人、外国人,乃至参赛队伍的投资者、赛艇手、机械技师,几乎人人都有下注,最热门的几家博彩机构所募彩金皆达百万英镑。可以说,十万英镑的冠军奖励撬动了数十倍的资本,给快艇行业带来的后续影响更是难以估量。

多数赛艇仍在视线尽头激浪扬波,佼佼者已驭风而至。在设有白色搭棚的观礼台上,由英国王室成员担纲的贵宾观众依然保持着从容高雅的镇定姿态,但他们的注意力莫不放在即将揭晓的竞速赛上。在肉眼能够辨认出领先者的身份之前,一名侍从已促步移至观礼台前排,谦卑地向位列正中者低声耳语。

这正中位置坐着一对青春已过、老态未及的夫妇,他们衣着光鲜华丽、气质高贵出众。听了侍从的报告,身穿皇家军礼服、佩绶带勋章的中年男士微微皱起眉头,而他那端庄美丽、高贵大方的女伴则以手掩口、目露惊讶。

在前排靠右位置,一位梳着小波浪卷发的女孩脸蛋微微涨红,她那大大的双眼皮和高挺纤巧的鼻梁属于霍亨索伦家族的优良基因,弯月形状的眼睛给人善良温润的感觉,的白连衣长裙采用上好的棉纺面料,手工花边繁杂而精致,裙摆曳地,宫廷气息十足。她身旁空了一张座椅,上面用金色的硬质卡片写着“普鲁士王国-约阿希姆王子”,而女孩的一双紧攥的粉拳正伴随口中的加油声小幅舞动:“胜利!胜利!约亨!胜利!”

女孩后排坐着两位身材魁梧的英国海军将官和一对漂亮的母女,年轻母亲的表情与身旁的丈夫一样冷静平淡,气质冷艳的女孩却对现场赛况表现出极大的惊讶,一双水汪汪的眼睛望着碧波荡漾的海面。

转念之间,领先的浅灰色快艇以一骑绝尘之姿进抵前方。眼尖之人迅速认出了它的身份,消息一出,观赛的人群中顿时一阵骚动。赛前押注美国大贝壳和上届冠军“尼尔德”的人最多,看好英国本土赛艇的也不少,其余赛艇则相对受到冷落,位列预赛第六的德国“海妖”仅被开出了1赔17的冠军赔率。

眼下的赛况意味着绝大多数投注者将要血本无归!

浅灰色快艇最终毫无悬念地冲过了终点,人群中顿时响起一阵失望的哗然声。这时候,一位油光粉面的中年男子带着难堪的尴尬穿过次排过道,在前排正中位置的那对夫妇后面停住脚步,谦卑地弯下腰,用冗长的语句向高鼻碧眼的中年男子请示着什么。

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