That night, Bai Fei led his troops to board six large cargo ships, half of the special combat team boarded the ship, and the other half was divided into 10 teams under the leadership of captain Li Hu.

As soon as the bell rang at 12 o'clock, Bai Fei gave the order to set off, and the fleet calmly sailed away from the quicksand harbor west of Xu Wen. In order to avoid the Japanese patrol in the waters near the left of Haikou, Bai Fei took Li Hu's suggestion after reconnaissance, and the fleet first headed west, about 60 kilometers away, and then began to turn the rudder and sail southward, heading towards Lingao County on the northwest side of Hainan Island.

In order to make sure that in case, Bai Fei ordered everyone on the ship to prohibit smoking, lighting open fires, and speaking loudly, so except for the sound of the ship's motor, the group remained silent along the way.

The whole fleet drove quietly on the sea for more than three hours, and at this time, the night had begun to change from deep black to gray, and there were signs of light in the sky. Bai Fei looked at his watch and asked a guide beside him anxiously how long it would take to arrive at Lingao.

The guide's surname is Xu, and he is an old sea wolf with rich experience in sailing in Xuwen, who Bai Fei found in Xuwen, and he said: "If you drive in a straight line, you will arrive more than an hour ago." It's just that we were traveling around the sea before, and the speed of the ship was limited, and we were sailing at night, so there was no reference, so it is difficult to estimate. But in my experience, maybe in less than an hour, we will be able to reach Lingao. ”

Bai Fei nodded, so he had no choice but to give up.

After another ten minutes, the sky became brighter.

Bai Fei was bored, he raised his binoculars and looked to the east from the cockpit window, only to see that a piece of fish belly white had faintly appeared in the eastern sky.

Everyone knows that at sea, because there is no shade, as soon as the sun is a little above the horizon, the whole sea will immediately brighten. And once dawn, Bai Fei's plan to use the night to cover the ship will fail, and at that time, they can be seen at a glance on the unobstructed sea, within a range of dozens of miles, which will greatly increase the chance of them being discovered by the Japanese army.

Bai Fei was inexplicably a little uneasy, and thought silently in his heart, but don't have an accident at this time.

However, whatever you are afraid of comes.

Before he could put down his thoughts, the radio in the cockpit suddenly sounded, Bai Fei took the microphone, and Li Hu's anxious voice came from inside: "Tuanzao, in our southeast, there is the sound of a steamship motor, and it seems that the sound is approaching us..."

Bai Fei was taken aback, and immediately picked up the telescope to observe the sea to the east, but because the sky was not completely brightened at this time, and there was some morning fog, he couldn't see far at all, and he didn't find anything abnormal.

Of course, he would not think that Li Hu was lying about the military situation, so he immediately informed the other ships of the news and ordered the fleet to move at full speed, and there was no need to avoid the problem of excessive movement of the fleet caused by excessive speed. At the same time, he said to Li Hu: "Continue to keep a close observation, and if you find a sea guard ship that is confirmed to be a devil, report it immediately!" ”

"Yes!"

After hanging up the phone, Bai Fei ran to the deck and continued to look east to observe.

On the foredeck, Wu Dazhong, the commander of the artillery battalion, and most of the brothers in the artillery battalion were napping and resting back to back on it, and only a small number of seasick people fell asleep in the cabin.

Seeing Bai Fei hurriedly running out of the cockpit, Wu Dazhong immediately got up and said, "Tuanzao, what's wrong?" Isn't it a little devil chasing after you? ”

"Quite possibly!" Bai Fei observed the movement of the sea with a solemn face, and said quickly: "Quick! Immediately get the brothers moving and load me with shells on all the 107s on the aft deck! ”

At this time, most of the people on the deck woke up, and when they heard that the situation had changed, they immediately quickly got up and ran to the rear deck, where eight 107 rocket launchers were placed.

Since the ship Bai Fei was on was the largest in the fleet, the artillery battalion carrying heavy weapons was naturally arranged on this ship, and most of the artillery was loaded into the cabin, and the eight rocket launchers in the stern were specially prepared by Bai Fei in order to deal with emergencies at sea, just in case.

However, just when everyone was busy carrying and loading the shells, there were suddenly several cannon sounds in the eastern sea, followed by the sound of the shells falling into the water and exploding, Bai Fei was startled, and immediately ran to the cockpit, ready to turn on the radio to ask Li Hu about the situation, who knew that as soon as he entered the cabin, the phone rang, and after connecting, Li Hu's anxious shouting came from inside: "Tuanza!" See clearly, it's the Japanese gunboats! There are three of them, a light destroyer and two Coast Guard gunboats, they have already spotted us and are firing at us, please instruct, please instruct..."

Bai Fei's heart sank, and he immediately asked, "Do you have any casualties?" ”

Li Hu said: "There were no casualties, because the Japanese ships were far away, and there were no casualties for the time being!" ”

Bai Fei breathed a sigh of relief and said: "You immediately approach the fleet, I will pick you up, remember, don't fire with it, your weapons and equipment are not far enough, you can't beat them at sea..."

"Yes! It's getting closer! ”

Bai Fei hung up the phone, connected with Wang Weiguo, Xu Changsheng and others who were sitting on other ships, gave a brief report on the situation, and instructed them to continue to lead the fleet to sail quickly southward, while he himself ordered the boat to leave the fleet and prepare to pick up the speedboat that Li Kuan and others were riding.

After Wang Weiguo and the others learned of the situation, although they were also very anxious, they were all on cargo ships, and there were no weapons on board that could be used for long-range attacks, so in order not to lag behind, they could only grit their teeth and continue to move forward desperately.

At this time, there were continuous roaring shelling explosions in the eastern sea, and the more Bai Fei listened, the more anxious he became, for fear that the special combat team he had worked so hard to train would be damaged, so he ordered the captain of the ship to increase his horsepower and drive towards the east desperately.

About 5 minutes later, the big boat finally joined Li Hu and others, at this time the light in the sky became more and more abundant, although it was not bright, but within two or three kilometers of the sea, it could barely be seen clearly.

Bai Fei ran to the side of the boat and looked down, only to see that on the slightly rippling sea, five or six speedboats were rapidly approaching in the chopping waves, and they were getting closer, and Bai Fei saw that everyone's clothes on the speedboat were soaked, and he didn't know whether they were wet by the morning fog or the waves.

Li Hu stood at the bow of a speedboat, waved his hand anxiously and shouted: "Tuanza!" Make a U-turn and head south! The Japanese ships were about to catch up. ”

Before the words fell, only a --- sound was heard, and a cannonball shot from the eastern mist fell on the sea near the left side of the cargo ship, and the waves set off by the explosion jumped dozens of meters high, almost rushing Bai Fei to his head.

Bai Fei broke out in a cold sweat, and immediately ordered the ship to turn around, and ordered the 107 in the stern of the ship to fire to the east.

Wu Dazhong looked puzzled: "Tuanzao, now the sea is not clear, and I can't even see the shadow of the devil's ship, how can I fight this?" ”

Bai Fei shouted: "How to fight? If you can't see it, give me a blind type! Anyway, you just give me a desperate shot to the east! ”

"Yes!"

A moment later, the 8 107 rocket launchers arranged on the rear deck of the freighter began to exert their power, only to see a swishing sound, dozens of rockets instantly flew into the morning fog before dawn, a few seconds later, there was a violent explosion in the eastern sea, after the explosion, followed by another explosion, but different from before, like what caused the explosion.

It turned out that it was the blind fire of the 107 rocket launcher, and the blind cat ran into a dead mouse and accidentally hit a Japanese coast guard gunboat chasing the front.

When Bai Fei heard the sound, he knew that a devil's ship had been hit, and he was relieved in his heart, and he was about to praise Wu Dazhong a few words, but suddenly he heard a few "booms" in the air, and the sound caused by the cannonballs rubbing the air was approaching.