Chapter Eighty-Nine: Sending Strike Forces to the North

Eight 533 torpedo tubes, and the torpedoes are automatic sound-finding torpedoes that have just been developed. The main observation and communication equipment includes radar and radar reconnaissance aircraft, integrated sonar, communication sonar, reconnaissance sonar and periscope, gyrocompass, hydrologmeter, track self-plotter, and short-wave, long-wave, ultra-short-wave and other radio communication equipment and their antennas.

These devices have been difficult for Hu Wenkai, and the Electronics Research Institute is easy to assemble through the simple drawings drawn by Hu Wenkai, in fact, it is still thanks to the rapid development of the company's electron tube technology.

Instead of the cramped and narrow living space of the German submarine, the large tonnage allowed the officers on board to have a single room and a rest room for the crew of six. No supplies are required on the way, and you can go directly to the West Coast of the United States.

Jiang Qiuming asked in the command cabin of the submarine whether he could lurk near Japan and kill the Japanese warship, and the officer accompanying him shook his head and said that the submarine did not fight like this, and the submarine's role was mainly used to cut off the enemy's supply lines or participate in naval battles to attack its main warship by surprise, and if it was used alone to attack the enemy's warship, it would be easy to be discovered by the other side.

Hu Wenkai said while introducing the weapons and equipment on the submarine: "Now is not the time to wrestle with the Japanese, at least in a few years, the navy is not the army, and it needs the run-in of personnel and machines." ”

Liang Qichao listened to their conversation on the side, stroked the chart platform in the command cabin with his hand and asked, "Wen Kai, how big are you going to do with this navy?" ”

"Teacher, the size of this navy must depend on our financial situation, and we cannot use all kinds of military force, according to the current rate of development, I estimate that by 1925 we will have two aircraft carriers and ten such submarines, twenty destroyers of various types and forty frigates of small tonnage."

"I take into account that our economy is completely dependent on the sea for the transportation of raw materials, and as soon as the Japanese blockade the sea, the entire economy will immediately collapse."

Liang Qichao nodded and said: "The speed should be slower, and the temporary development of the navy can protect the transportation line, and you can't become a fat man by taking your time." ”

Hu Wenkai explained: "I will remember the teacher, the navy does not have much money for the time being, that is, the aircraft carrier under construction needs funds, and the rest of the ships are supported by the profits of the shipyard." ”

"When the financial and manpower resources are not as good as I need, I will only train naval officers to build some necessary warships."

The group shook hands with the officers and men of the navy and said goodbye, and Hu Wenkai specifically instructed them to form combat strength as soon as possible and not to be afraid of their hands and feet.

That night, the heavily armored regiment boarded the army column at Pukou after the last pre-war mobilization. Gao Jinchang, wearing a big cap of the Beiyang Army and a gray-blue Beiyang Army uniform, stood on the side of the spare lane not far from Pukou Station and reported to Li Manqiang that the troops had been loaded.

Li Manqiang repeatedly instructed him to put the safety of the soldiers first, never to deviate from the planned action plan, and to send regular reports every day to report the situation.

Tank crews sat in tanks, soldiers sat in armored assault vehicles and trucks, even Gao Jinchang sat in the cab of the truck, and none of the officers' sleepers reserved for the military column were empty.

Tanks and trucks are covered with tarpaulin, and it is difficult to see what is inside. The train pulled up a long whistle at nine o'clock and left on time, the rhythmic sound of the railroad track crashing made the soldiers quickly fall asleep, Gao Jinchang opened the door, jumped out of the car, lifted the canvas, sat on the board and lit a cigarette with the wind on his back.

In the darkness in the distance, the outline of the house flashed back quickly, and a man of science and engineering was sent to the artillery battalion of the Yanyang military camp after joining the Fujin Party, from an ignorant youth to the test of blood and fire, from a grassroots officer to the commander of China's first heavy armored unit. Gao Jinchang has experienced things that are difficult for others to experience in their lives in two years, and he is desperately loyal to Hu Wenkai, and he is not for anything else, just relying on the book "Building the Party for the Public, Governing for the People" to point out the direction of his struggle.

A voice sounded behind him, and Gao Jinchang touched the pistol on his waist and replied to the command in his mouth. Heaven bless China is the password agreed by the troops during the march, and the man in black came over and sat next to him and said, "It's Regiment Commander Gao, our special service members will be on night duty this night." ”

Wang Xiaojun, the captain of the special task force, sat down beside him, took his cigarette and smoked it.

"Commander Gao, your regiment is the boss's baby, I was still thinking about what Zhang Zuolin's troops could use to resist your attack."

"No one can pack tickets on the battlefield, but I'm thinking why the boss doesn't use our regiment to sweep Anhui and Zhejiang all the way."

"Haha, head Gao, don't think nonsense, you and I can't figure out the boss's thoughts, but the boss is extremely correct every time he decides afterwards. In Haimen and Nantong, the boss is regarded as a god by the locals, and if you question the boss, you can drown in saliva. ”

"Nonsense, who questioned the boss, you two counties are blessed, and anyone will be grateful to the boss. You know, when we captured Xuzhou, the people of Xuzhou set off firecrackers to celebrate their inclusion in the boss's territory. ”

"Commander Gao, you also know how much Jiangsu has changed in the past two years, the roads alone extend in all directions, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, as long as they are willing to work, they will have a happy life. My two younger brothers entered the school, and my father entered the construction team, and the family is getting better and better day by day, and I am not afraid that you will laugh at it, before my family couldn't even wear clothes, and whoever went out would wear clothes for whom. In two years, the tiled house was built, and the family still had savings. ”

"My family is from Hunan, and we are not as blessed as you to meet the boss, so I always hope that the boss will sweep Anhui and Jiangxi and include Hunan in the jurisdiction, so that my family's life will be better."

"Who are the family members over there?"

"Only my mother and two younger brothers live on some of my military salaries, which is a hundred times worse than in Jiangsu. I wrote to my mother asking her to come to Jiangsu, but she was reluctant to give up a few acres of thin fields at home. ”

Gao Jinchang got up and patted his military uniform: "Captain Wang won't say anything, I'll go back to sleep for a while, Brother Lao will be on guard." ”

The train moved forward at its usual pace, and the heavily armored regiment secretly entered the vicinity of the villages near Cangzhou as planned.

The army stopped on the alternate track outside Cangzhou, and Wu Peifu's cavalry regiment had already set up this belt. Gao Jinchang's heavily armored regiment marched to a remote village under the guidance of Wu Peifu's cavalry.

This is Wu Peifu's guard regiment, Wu Peifu ordered the cavalry regiment not to ask or pass on the fact that after the end of this mission, it should be treated as if it had not happened, and whoever showed a word of military law dealt with.

At night, the heavy armored regiment quietly stationed in the deserted village, and Gao Jinchang set up a radio station to report the successful arrival, and then arranged for soldiers to level the field and install an aircraft guidance signal station. The cavalry regiment left a platoon of soldiers to serve as perimeter guards and left. The chariots were covered with camouflage cloth and scattered around the village.

Recently, the Shanghai Concession has been prevalent in the atmosphere of entertaining the American girl Carrotta, and more than a dozen invitations have been pressed on Carrotta's desk, involving seven or eight consulates and Shanghai celebrities. She knew that these invitations only happened because Hu Wenkai occupied the whole of Jiangsu, and wrote replies one by one, saying that she was too busy with work and regretted not being able to participate.

Hu Wenkai has been gone for more than ten days, today is the weekend, Carrotta made up her mind to take a plane to the Dragon King Temple to find Hu Wenkai after work.

Lao Yi spent almost all of his time in the espionage center in the factory on Yatian South Road, and since Hu Wenkai deciphered the Japanese telegrams, the Japanese telegrams were as clear as a room with a door opened.

The Japanese government did not attach importance to the failure of Shandong's annihilation of the Republic of Korea's training base, but was very annoyed by the complete destruction of Qi Xiewon's forces, and sent three secret telegrams in succession, asking the spies stationed in Shanghai to find out the detailed armed forces of the Fujin Party, and instructed Meixiang to assassinate Liang Qichao if necessary.

Apleev in the Far East, through his son Apleev Jr., asked Lao Yi if he could lead the remnants to Jiangsu to establish a government-in-exile.

The Soviet Union sent a special envoy to meet with the leadership of the Restoration Party and submitted a procurement plan of more than $5 million, mainly covering the steel, machine tools, weapons, tractors, and shipbuilding industries.

Carl and Dewey called every day to ask Hu Wenkai when he would return to Shanghai, and Lao Yi, as Hu Wenkai's general manager of external relations, was forced to answer the phone.

Lao Yi was angry in the spy center, and two young spy agents stood at their desks with their heads down.

"What's the matter with you two? Going to the telephone bureau to eavesdrop on the Japanese can make the target of the eavesdropping mistaken. ”

"There is a reason for the director, the two of us are Japanese level two knives, we heard the other party call the head of the department, I thought it was the head of the Japanese intelligence department living in Shanghai, who knew that it was the head of the Japanese trading company after listening to it all day."

Lao Yi yelled angrily: "It's a shame that the two of you have been working in the spy center for a year, and the one who is engaged in espionage will call each other for his position on the phone?" Hurry back to the telegraph office and make sure it's clear. ”

Lao Yi called his deputy, Cao Zhiwen, a highly talented student in the mathematics department, rolled up the sleeves of his sweater, picked up the tea jar, and blew the floating tea leaves with his mouth and took a sip.

"Sit down and talk about Zhiwen, how is your group's analysis of the Japanese troops?"

"Director Yi, we have analyzed what we know about the entry and exit of ships in Japanese ports and the purchase of food by the Japanese army on Chinese territory, and the exchange of telegrams has temporarily concluded that the Japanese will not send troops to help Zhang Zuolin."

Lao Yi shook his head and said, "This is not like the character of the Japanese, damn they are just a group of yellow-skinned monkeys who can't afford to make a profit." ”

Cao Zhiwen continued: "We analyzed that the Japanese did not intervene for the time being because they thought Zhang Zuolin could win. If Zhang Zuolin loses, they will use the excuse of protecting the security of the surrounding area to send troops to help the war. ”

"This makes sense, you can't stop analyzing Japan's movements, and the next step is to analyze and judge where they can transfer troops from and roughly how many troops can be adjusted."

Cao Zhiwen nodded and agreed, and then took the door and walked out, Lao Yi found two female spies and asked them to dress up carefully and go with him to meet someone on North Sichuan Road.

Although the second secretary of the British Consulate is a talented student in Oxford, he is also an out-and-out gambler and pervert, after Huang Jinrong handed over this guy's IOU to Lao Yi, Lao Yi personally made an appointment with this gambler.

In a teahouse on North Sichuan Road, the British second secretary in a suit, soft blonde hair, and a handsome face waited for his creditor with his thighs crossed. Bad gambling and good prostitution left him in debt of two thousand pounds. He didn't care if he owed some money as a high-class person on the beach, Huang Jinrong told him that the debtor would ask him to meet, and he wanted to take the opportunity to borrow another 500 pounds to alleviate the financial crisis.

Seeing Lao Yi push the door in, he was a little flustered, how could the debt be transferred to this person, Lao Yi, he knew that the director of the Board of Directors was a figure calling for wind and rain on the beach.

"Director Yin, why are you here?" The guy stood up graciously.

Lao Yi sat down with a grin, and the two female subordinates stood on each side.

"Why aren't you welcome to come to you to collect debts?"

"Brother, I have a tight hand, and when I have enough money, I will pay it back immediately." This guy is accompanied by a smiling face.

"I didn't give you a week of money, otherwise I would have gone directly to your consul or the ambassador in Beijing. How much are you going to borrow this time? ”

The guy hesitated to borrow another 500 pounds, and Lao Yi counted five hundred pounds and handed it to the two women next to him and said, "Let my men trade with you, I have to leave beforehand." ”

Two young women dressed like staff sat down with smiles on their faces and began to talk to him in fluent English.

Lao Yi waited on the street corner for two female spies to get into the car and asked, "How is it?" ”

"Director Yin, this person is a pervert and three indiscriminate, he agreed without much trouble, and asked us to go to the bar."

"Let's talk about what Britain thinks about the Fujin Party and Tianfen."

"The British are not sure about the relationship between the Fujin Party and the United States and France, but they are very impressed, and most of the energy of the Shanghai Consulate is used to collect information on the Fujin Party and Tianfen industry, and the British also think that the head of the Fujin Party is Liang Qichao."

"This thread is handed over to you, don't look at the boy's beautiful face, but it's a scoundrel, don't trap yourself in."

"Director Yi, how could we possibly take a fancy to such goods."

"Haha, you're not going to take a fancy to the boss, are you?" Lao Yi laughed wildly.

"Director Yi won't tell you, you like to make this kind of joke."