After the closure of the Yunnan-Burma road, the Japanese army launched a new offensive on the Chinese battlefield.

It can be said that China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression is now in a difficult period. But through this period, the darkness before dawn, the outlook will become brighter and brighter.

In this way, faith is particularly crucial.

Moreover, if the news of the imminent alliance between Germany, Japan, and Italy had been disseminated earlier, the attitude of Britain and the United States might have changed as soon as possible.

For Shen Chen, it doesn't matter if he says this information or not. History will continue to move forward according to its original trajectory, and China will eventually win.

But for the people of the time, this was invaluable, even incalculable.

In domestic affairs, diplomacy, economy, and military, spies from various countries are eager to use a magnifying glass to look for subtle changes in the enemy country, and from this point of view, they will study and judge and decide on their own strategy.

In other words, this information that Shen Chen gave to Cao Yixin will not only be highly valued by China to maximize its impact; Britain and the United States and other countries were equally eager to decide on their policy in the Far East.

Therefore, it is difficult to estimate how much benefit this information will bring to Cao Yixin. Money? It's vulgar to just talk about money.

After Cao Yixin was pleasantly surprised, she slowly calmed down again. After all, this was unconfirmed information, and she had to be careful with her words when reporting to the higher-ups.

"If this information is revealed to the Americans, will they put pressure on the British to open the Yunnan-Burma road?" Cao Yixin also thought of getting another vote from the Yankees.

Shen Chen thought for a while, shook his head slightly, and said: "The time is not right, the United States is in the general election, and no presidential candidate will put war in the first place, and that will lose a lot of votes." ”

Cao Yixin thought so deeply and said: "In the short term, it may be so, after the election, the United States will definitely react to the alliance between Germany, Japan and Italy, right?" ”

"That's for sure." Shen Chen pursed his lips and said: "The attitude of the United States is very important, and the government still has to do more American work." I am afraid that the British, who harm others and do not benefit themselves, will only be able to make substantial changes if they get a clear statement from the United States. ”

That's exactly what happened in history. Japan's accession to the Triple Alliance and its military threats against Britain made the British angry and annoyed. However, before deciding to take a tough stance against Japan, Britain tried to obtain assurances of US support.

After the alliance of the three fascist countries, the United States and the whole world have deeply felt the threat of war.

Public opinion in the United States began to change, and calls for the government to support the anti-fascist struggle in various countries became increasingly loud and had an important impact on government decision-making.

Therefore, in response to the British inquiry, the United States promised that in the event of a conflict between Britain and Japan, the United States would use all possible means, especially economic means, to support Britain.

The U.S. statement reassured Britain that it would eventually reopen the Burma Highway and provide some aid to China.

Although Cao Yixin does not know what has not yet happened, the international situation has changed a lot, the former empire on which the sun never sets has declined, and the pivotal position of the United States has become obvious.

"I see." Cao Yixin felt that it was enough to just report it and add her own analysis and judgment.

Shen Chen didn't care how much she understood or what she understood, anyway, the information was there, and it didn't matter how she analyzed and judged him.

The two chatted for a while, and Shen Chen got up to leave.

"Don't leave tonight!" Cao Yixin took Shen Chen's arm and stayed overnight.

Shen Chen smiled, touched Cao Yixin's face, and said, "I can't always be with you, it's not that I'm afraid of others making irresponsible comments, but I'm afraid of bringing you danger." ”

Cao Yixin sighed softly, let go of her arm, and carefully sorted out Shen Chen's clothes.

"Good bodyguards." Before leaving, Shen Chen advised: "Be sure to bring it when you walk around outside, I have a bad premonition recently." ”

"You've got to be careful." Cao Yixin stepped forward and instructed with the same concern, "Japanese, No. 76, but I hate you to the bone." ”

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With Shen Chen's help, Cao Yixin was lucky; And this luck is not her alone, as well as Ma Mingyu.

When Chu Jiao handed him a black lump of coal, and explained the purpose, he immediately realized the opportunity to make a contribution.

Explosives disguised as lumps of coal, mixed with coal, who can see it, and who will inspect it?

Moreover, the stevedores on the wharf were all Chinese coolies, and it was not very difficult to transport the explosives and coal blocks.

Not oil-burning Japanese warships, but coal-burning Japanese transports. As soon as the boiler exploded, it was enough to paralyze a ship, or even explode and sink at sea.

Small risk, big reward, this is really a method that only the most intelligent people can come up with.

Ma Mingyu was excited about this, and immediately went back to make explosives and coals, and arranged for his men to go to the dock to find the target.

And the action was not very difficult, and it was quickly implemented.

Shanghai has become an important and fast transit port occupied by the Japanese army, and a large number of transport ships are responsible for transporting ammunition and materials and transporting troops by sea or on the Yangtze River.

Ma Mingyu has his eye on several transport ships that are about to depart, and although his men have already found an opportunity to enter the dock, it is obviously too late, and the only feasible measure is to find personnel from the existing dock stevedores.

Zhang Xiaoquan was unlucky, but also lucky, he was selected by Ma Mingyu, and under some threats and temptations, he agreed to bring the "explosive coal" into the dock and wait for the opportunity to load it onto the Japanese transport ship.

New technologies, new weapons, often come into play for the first time, or when the enemy is completely defenseless.

Explosives and coals were no exception, although the Japanese were heavily guarded on the docks, and stevedores were subjected to strict body searches every time they entered.

But the secret in the shovel handle was not discovered, so that Zhang Xiaoquan became more and more skilled and daring, and loaded several transport ships with explosives and coal one after another.

Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men, this sentence can be said to have been well confirmed.

Although the explosive coal block is cleverly concealed, the destruction time is uncontrollable. The key is the ship's stoker, if he can develop into his own people, he can solve this problem.

But as soon as the boiler blew up, he also had to risk his life, and it was easy to expose, so he could basically do it once.

In this way, the uncertainty of time increases the concealment of the destruction, and it is difficult for the devil to figure out what is going on.

Anyway, it's the devil's ship, when it will be blown up, that will also be the result of the battle, as for how much damage will be caused, then it depends on the arrangement of God

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Although the flaming sun has not yet shone directly, the heat is already full of air, and the power of midsummer is exerted everywhere.

Zhang Xiaoquan straightened his waist, wiped the sweat on his head with the black towel around his neck, and looked at the surrounding situation by the way, and this slight pause was immediately reprimanded by the foreman.

He gritted his teeth, had to lower his head, continued to grab the shovel, shovel the coal, and struggle to load it into the coal hold on the ship.

The foreman walked away, Zhang Xiaoquan saw this situation with the peripheral vision of his eyes, he squatted down as if he was tying his shoes, twisted the handle of the shovel, and took off his hand.

He tilted a little, and three black pieces fell out of the hollow of the shovel handle. Zhang Xiaoquan quickly put his handle on the handle, stood up, and threw the three black things and the coal into the coal bunker with a spade.

relaxed, a smile involuntarily appeared on Zhang Xiaoquan's face.

It's as simple as that, this is the third time, thirty dollars at a time, and if you do it five times, it's one hundred and fifty dollars, and you don't have to stay on this dock to sell coolies anymore.

Do a good calculation, what can you do with one hundred and fifty yuan, you can buy a rickshaw of your own, and you can still have dozens of oceans left to buy things.

Think about it, your own car, your own life, are in your own hands, senior coachman, this is by no means an easy task.

He has rented a foreign car and knows how difficult it is to earn a car, one year, two years, at least three or four years.

One drop of sweat, two drops of sweat, I don't know how many thousands of drops of sweat, from the gritting of teeth in the wind and rain, from the self-suffering in the rice and tea, can earn that car.

When he rented someone's car, he went from morning to night, from east to west, from south to north, like a spinning top being pulled by others, he didn't have himself.

But now, the rickshaw seemed to be beckoning to him. With a car, he can be free and independent.

With his own car, he can no longer be angry with the car dealership, and he does not need to perfunctory others; With your own strength and foreign cars, you can have food when you open your eyes.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaoquan was full of strength, and the initial panic had disappeared with the beautiful vision.

The stranger's threat was no longer terrifying, all he thought of was the vast amount of money buried in his shack.

Yes, keep working, and earn all the money today, no matter how tired you are, it's the last day of work.

Although Zhang Xiaoquan does not know the specific role of this thing, he also knows that it is definitely a little devil, as long as it is a real Chinese, there is no one who does not hate Japanese devils.

Killing the dwarf files raised by these dogs and wolves, Zhang Xiaoquan remembered that he had been slapped a few times, and the butt of the gun smashed on his back. Lao Tzu is rich, so I won't serve you turtle grandsons.

"Let's go, get off the ship, come and load the next boat at one o'clock in the afternoon." The foreman wore an open imitation silk coat and shook a fan, urging the stevedores to disembark.

What's the spirit, you bastard can earn a hundred yuan a day?

Phew! Zhang Xiaoquan pursed his lips secretly, mixed in with the stevedores, walked across the gangplank, and stepped on the land of the dock.

Behind him, the steamer whistled, pulled off the gangplank, and set sail slowly.

Ma Mingyu, who had been dressed up, soon came to Zhang Xiaoquan's shack, he patted Zhang Xiaoquan's shoulder, teased and said, "Count clearly?" ”

Hehe, Zhang Dali smiled and nodded again and again, and he couldn't even speak.

Ma Mingyu paid happily, stopped when he turned to leave, and kindly instructed, "I'm leaving, you should also hurry up and change places to live!" ”

Zhang Xiaoquan nodded hurriedly and said, "I'm going to the concession to help the brothers take care of it." ”

Hey, this guy is still a helper.

Ma Mingyu nodded with a smile, turned around and walked out of the dilapidated shack.

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The gray sky was overcast, and the vast sea seemed to be overwhelmed, and let out a terrible moan.

Kawaguchi stood straight on the deck, his hands firmly gripping the railing, his eyes staring at the distant sea.

As a unit that went to Guangzhou to change guards, Squadron Leader Hashimoto's mood was urgent.

As a young officer, it is normal to make achievements as a goal in life. He couldn't wait to get to the front line right away and join the bloody battle.

The Great Japanese Empire was invincible, the Imperial Army was invincible, and Kawaguchi clenched his fists.

In the boiler room of the transport ship, the stoker added a few shovels of coal to the hearth, put down the shovel, yawned, stepped aside, picked up the kettle, and took a few sips of it.

The environment here is very bad, not only dirty, but also very hot, steamy, not to mention work, even if you stand for a while, you have to sweat.

Boom There was a sudden explosion in the hearth, louder than the sound of a grenade, and the flames rushed through the crack in the door, and the wave of air almost pushed the door open.

The stoker was startled and didn't know what was going on.

At this point, a large amount of hot steam has leaked out of the ruptured pipes, and the temperature of the boiler compartment has risen suddenly.

When the strength in the boiler and the furnace is insufficient and the saturated steam and water suddenly rupture, the saturated steam and water rush out of the rupture and expand rapidly in an instant.

At the same time, this physical process will release a large amount of heat energy, which is equivalent to the process of adiabatic expansion to do work, and a large amount of steam and water due to the high speed, most of the energy is converted into a huge shock wave.

For example, the explosion of a boiler with an evaporation capacity of 10t/h and 1.3Mpa is equivalent to the explosion energy of 100kg of TNT. A large boiler such as a transport ship can explode as much as a medium bomb.

Kawaguchi left the railing and walked across the deck to return to the rest cabin.

A small explosion in the boiler room caused him to stop, suspiciously looking for the location of the explosion, and then walked over.

The explosion of the explosive coals that filled the furnace quickly created a chain reaction that made the remedy of the boiler room crew useless.

With a loud bang, the boiler exploded, and the energy generated by the explosion tore through the boiler steel plate and the various pipes connected to it, and converted into a huge shock wave that swept around.

The violent explosion caused the hull to jump, and Kawaguchi lost his footing and fell to the deck.

The hull of the 2,000-ton "Tamagawa Maru" shook violently, and then it leaned to the left, and the electric lights on the ship suddenly went out. With an emergency whistle, the hull began to sink.

The accident happened so suddenly, due to the explosion in the rear of the hull, the stern quickly sank, and the cabin quickly flooded.

As soon as the lights on the ship went out, the sea rushed in.

Most of the Japanese soldiers in the cabin were still sleeping, waking up in a panic, huddled together in the dark, squeezing over as the hull tilted, screaming and crying.

At this time, the fleet was sailing off the coast of China.

The raging sea poured in from the breach, and in just three or four minutes, almost the entire Tamagawa Maru sank, leaving only the chimney, the mast, and the lifeboats hanging on the sides still exposed.

"Amaterasu, what's going on?" Kawaguchi's blood was boiling just now, but at this time he poured cold water.

He climbed to the four squares of the steamer, stepped on a canvas tent tied to the ends of the ship, with the middle part floating on the edge of the ship, and watched in amazement at the sudden catastrophe that had befallen him.

His soldiers, his dreams of great achievement, sank into the bottomless abyss as the ship sank.

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