Chapter 64: The Return to Japan
"What? Reluctance to leave? Smoking a cigarette alone on the side of the ship, Zhuo Fei turned around and prepared to return to the cabin, but saw Zhuo Yan also leaning on the side of the ship with a resentful look in the direction of Bremerhaven. Zhuo Fei knew that Zhuo Yan was doing this for the little girl named Margaret, Angela didn't take the little girl with her when she went to Myanmar, Zhuo Yan took the little girl around all day a few days ago, and suddenly Zhuo Yan was a little difficult to adapt to for a while.
"The conditions in China are not as good as here, with Vivien taking care of her, Margaret should live well, and when we have a solid foothold, Vivien will bring her to us." Zhuo Fei's words finally made the worried Zhuo Yan feel better, in Zhuo Yan's simple thinking space, Margaret is the closest person to him besides Zhuo Fei.
Sailing on the sea was boring, but the heavy equipment in the cabin gave the Czech technicians the best place to go in their spare time, and even in the state of seasickness, the Czech technicians did not stop redesigning the heavy equipment. Zhuo Fei also put forward his own opinions to these Czech technicians according to some theories and designs in later generations, relying on the memory of decades ahead of this era, Zhuo Fei's suggestions all made these Czech technicians like treasures.
Time passed day by day, until the fleet entered the Indian Ocean, and Zhuo Fei, who was anxious, gradually settled down, especially after the fleet entered the Bay of Bengal, Zhuo Fei's complexion also looked calm day by day. Entering the Burma Sea meant that the fleet was about to reach the Burmese coast, the focus of the voyage, and the captain of Zhuo Fei's ship also confirmed this, and the Czechs and Jews who heard the news couldn't help but cheer in unison, and the half-month sea voyage was finally coming to an end.
Unlike the tense situation in Europe, Yangon Port is still a leisurely scene, with ships full of cargo waiting to leave the port, and ships like Zhuo Fei and others waiting to enter the port, making Yangon Port look very busy and lively. Zhuo Fei's Neptune was not the first to enter the port, just as the other ships in the fleet were lining up to enter the port, the Neptune suddenly lowered a small boat, and with the help of the Neptune's sideways hull as cover, the small boat rowed in the wind quickly approached an American freighter that had just left the port.
Grabbing the thick rope hanging from the side of the ship, Zhuo Fei and Zhuo Yan on the dinghy were quickly pulled up by the crew of the freighter, the two ships staggered, and Zhuo Fei and Zhuo Yan were already missing from the small boat that the Sea Star put down. "Come with me, you two, the captain is waiting for you." Pulled onto the side of the ship by the crew of the Poseidon, Zhuo Fei and Zhuo Yan, who had not yet gained a firm footing, were taken to the cabin by the first mate of the Poseidon.
The Poseidon that had just left the port of Yangon was loaded with a shipload of rice, and the destination was Osaka Port in Japan, and no one would know that the Poseidon was only on this voyage to facilitate Zhuo Fei's movements. Merit points can be used to unlock weapons and exchange idle, or they can be used to exchange for weapons that Zhuo Fei needs, but Zhuo Fei's remaining merit points are less than four figures, and this merit point is not enough to unlock weapons, so Zhuo Fei plans to go to Japan again for a walk and get some merit points for himself.
When the fleet crossed Cape Town into the Indian Ocean, Zhuo Fei sent a telegram to Angela on the radio on the Starfish, and Angela, who had been preparing early, immediately instructed the Poseidon stranded in Yangon Harbor to start loading rice. Zhuo Fei's fleet rushed to Yangon Harbor, and the Poseidon took anchor and left the port, and when it intersected with the Starfish, Zhuo Fei had already quietly transferred to the Poseidon with Zhuo Yan.
Zhuo Fei didn't have to worry about someone on the Poseidon leaking his news, this ship, from the captain to the sailors, were all Jews who fled from Europe to Burma, and they were too late to be grateful to Zhuo Fei, so how could they leak Zhuo Fei's whereabouts. "Mr. Zhuo, welcome aboard the Poseidon, I am Marbury, the captain of the Poseidon, and I am ordered to hand this over to you." The captain of the Poseidon didn't talk to Zhuo Fei too much, but after briefly introducing himself, he handed Zhuo Fei a document bag with a wax seal.
The wax seal had a badge designed by Angela herself, and after carefully checking that the badge was not damaged or tampered with, Zhuo Fei broke the wax seal and opened the file bag. Inside the document bag were several carefully forged identity documents, all of which were photos of Zhuo Fei and Zhuo Yan, with these identity certificates, Zhuo Fei and Zhuo Yan were already authentic Japanese. Zhuo Fei originally only wanted to go to Japan alone, but Zhuo Yan insisted on following, Zhuo Fei had no choice but to agree to take Zhuo Yan, but he asked Zhuo Yan to pretend to be a dumb all the way.
Long before leaving Bremerhaven, Zhuo Fei had already vacated all his personal compartments, and now his portable compartments, except for the assault rifles and bullets that he and Zhuo Yan were going to use, were all explosives and incendiary bombs, and of course, a Browning large-caliber heavy machine gun and a mortar that fired incendiary grenades. Zhuo Fei remembered Zhuo Fei very well the last time he overturned the river and the sea in the city of Tokyo, and he did not think that using Japanese civilians as a target would make him feel guilty, and compared to the murder committed by the Japanese troops in China, Zhuo Fei thought that he could be regarded as a gentleman.
Zhuo Fei will not care about the so-called retaliation of the Japanese army, there will always be deaths in war, and most of the dead will be innocent. Zhuo Fei never thought of being a saint who cared about the world, but he hated the Japanese to the core, if it was just the destruction of the Japanese that could be exchanged for the lives of some ordinary people, Zhuo Fei thought that this exchange was still worth it. There was not a lot of rice loaded on the Poseidon, so the Poseidon sailed very fast, and after the ship entered the East China Sea, Zhuo Fei also began to deduce the actions in his mind over and over again.
Zhuo Fei never felt that action deduction was a very cumbersome thing, on the contrary, Zhuo Fei thought that action deduction was very necessary, at least so that the commander of the operation could have a clear understanding of the entire operation first. This time, only Zhuo Fei and Zhuo Yan went deep into Japan, and everyone on the Poseidon must have nothing to do with this operation, otherwise it will cause unnecessary trouble to Zhuo Fei's next plan, which is unacceptable to Zhuo Fei.
Apparently not the first time that the Poseidon has traveled back and forth between Myanmar and Japan, the Poseidon slowly sailed into the port of Osaka under the guidance of a small pilot vessel. Zhuo Fei and Zhuo Yan both hid in the secret cabin of the Poseidon, and after the port staff checked the Poseidon, Zhuo Fei and Zhuo Yan continued to hide in the cabin, and only when it was dark did the two of them have the opportunity and possibility to leave the Poseidon.
As usual, the Chinese personnel in the port checked the hold of the Poseidon and checked the manifest of the Poseidon to make sure that only a few crew members remained on the Poseidon, and Captain Marbury took most of the crew off the ship and went straight to the tavern on the pier, which has become a practice every time the Poseidon comes to Osaka Port. "Damn white-skinned ghost beasts, every time." The envious port staff secretly spat at Marbury, they also wanted to go to the tavern, but it was not yet time to get off work.
According to the usual practice, the Poseidon will stay at Osaka Port for at least two nights and one day, and tomorrow is the time for the Poseidon to unload its cargo, so the berth arranged by the port staff for the Poseidon is the outermost position. The night slowly fell as time passed, and Zhuo Fei and Zhuo Yan, who had been hiding in the secret compartment of the cabin, were finally released by the crew who stayed behind, and quietly rowed into the water along the anchor chain of the Poseidon, and after simply identifying the direction, Zhuo Fei and the two quietly swam towards the outer edge of the dock.
After several expansions, the Port of Osaka was connected to the nearby ports of Kobe, Amagasaki Nishinomiya Ashiya, and Sakai Izumikita, and was collectively called Hanshin Port, and the port area spanned a large area, including the coastal parts of Osaka City's Ihona Ward, Minato Ward, Taisho Ward, and Suminoe Ward. The place where Zhuo Fei and Zhuo Yan went ashore was the shore where this flower area belonged, and under the cover of night, the two changed into dry clothes tightly wrapped in oilcloth, and then carried their respective assault rifles across the coast and moved towards the city.
The Hanshin Industrial Circle, where Osaka is located, occupies one-fifth of Japan's industry, and the machine-building and chemical industries are particularly prosperous. Zhuo Fei did not have ships to use for attack, and there were few planes, so there was no way to come to the Japanese mainland to attack and destroy the industrial base of the Japanese. If you want to weaken the strength of the Japanese army, it is far from enough to kill and injure their soldiers on the battlefield, and only by really hurting their roots can you curb the expansion of the Japanese army to some extent.
Personally going to the Japanese mainland to carry out sabotage operations, for Zhuo Fei, it is simply a cannon to fight mosquitoes, but for Zhuo Fei, who is in urgent need of merit points, such sabotage is just piggybacking. Faintly discovering that there was a light in front of him, Zhuo Fei immediately became more cautious, and signaled Zhuo Yan to follow him closely. This is an in-depth operation, and there are only two of them, there is no backup and no intelligence and fire support, Zhuo Fei, who doesn't want to lose his life here, can only become more and more careful.
After walking a short distance towards the light, Zhuo Fei and the others saw a village that was not very large, and the light came from the outermost courtyard of the village. Zhuo Yan was about to take a step forward, but was stopped by Zhuo Fei stretching out his hand, such a village generally has dogs, and rashly entering the village will inevitably cause the dog to bark, and the whereabouts of the two of them will not be hidden.
Bypassing this small village, Zhuo Fei followed the map provided by Angela and traveled all the way to the city. Zhuo Fei's original intention was to destroy as many facilities in the Japanese mainland as possible, and at the same time kill the Japanese as much as possible, so as to get enough merit points for himself, compared to this kind of villages on the outskirts of the city, the densely populated urban area is his goal.