Chapter 774: Full of pride
Lang Jing. The sea conditions are very good, sailing on the surface of the sea, almost not touching the goods and making Zhen Liu
A Chinese Navy ocean-going attack submarine is breaking through the waves on the calm sea, with a diesel engine running at full speed, propelling the submarine forward and charging the battery in the bilge.
The captain of the boat, Zhang Guangyang, stood on the top of the submarine's conning tower enclosure, holding a German-made binoculars and looking out at the sea antenna in the distance, vigilantly monitoring any suspicious targets in the distance.
It is impossible not to be vigilant, because this is the Taiwan Strait, although now Japan has declared a ceasefire. China has also accepted Japan's proposal for a joint ceasefire between the two sides, but given the complexity of the situation in the theater, the necessary vigilance is indispensable. After all, this is a submarine, not an armored cruiser. It's not a big deal to take a few shots, for a submarine, even a shell fired by a medium-caliber naval gun will cause serious damage to the hull, and Zhang Guangyang doesn't want to feed the sharks in such a mess. Although his current nickname is "Shark"
Zhang Guangyang sailed separately from the destroyer fleet yesterday, and the destroyer received an order to return to Guangdong to rest and recuperate, while Zhang Guangyang and his submarine were ordered to sail to the central waters of the Taiwan Strait, and their destination was the Penghu Islands.
Like the island of Taiwan, the current Penghu Islands are also under Japanese colonial rule, but because the local natural conditions are far less than the rich Taiwan Island, therefore, the current Penghu Islands still have no industry, the main economy depends on the support of the slag industry, and the local residents are often forced to go to the island of Taiwan to make a living. As for the Penghu Islands, which are still a wilderness, the Japanese navy likes to work there to provide for the Japanese plantations and factories, and also serves as a strategic outpost to monitor the coast of Fujian.
After the outbreak of war, Japan strengthened its vigilance on the Penghu Islands, but with the attack of the Chinese attack fleet on the sea routes between Taiwan Island and the Ryukyu Islands, the Japanese Navy had to transfer warships from the Penghu Islands to the waters east of the Taiwan Islands to carry out escort and antisubmarine missions. It was under these circumstances that Zhang Guangyang and his submarine were ordered to come to the Penghu Islands, where they were to carry out a special mission.
This task was directly handed down by the commander-in-chief, and the order was transferred by the Admiralty, using a special code, and only the captains of the submarines had a codebook, and it was precisely for this reason that among the officers and men of the entire submarine at present, except for Zhang Guangyang, no one else knew what their mission was to the Penghu Islands, and even the telegraph operator did not know it, because the telegram was personally discussed by Zhang Guangyang, and the content was known only to Zhang Guangyang.
In fact, the task is not complicated, that is, to transport a batch of guns and ammunition, which was brought by the destroyer fleet from Guangdong and was transported to the submarine yesterday, mainly 500 Japanese-made Type 38 rifles and a large amount of ammunition.
These weapons are intended to be handed over to the Taiwanese resistance groups, and according to the arrangement of the Military Intelligence Agency, they will receive the guns and ammunition off the coast of the Penghu Islands. Zhang Guangyang went to Penghu to look for the ships of the resistance group.
Since the Japanese occupation of the island of Taiwan. The wanton oppression of the local islanders and the enslavement of education by the Japanese colonial authorities gave rise to a backlash, both indigenous and Han Chinese. Although the Japanese colonial authorities relied on advanced weapons and advanced organizational systems to brutally suppress these rebellions, which made the resistance movement of the local islanders depressed for a while, in fact, since the Japanese occupation of the island of Taiwan was abolished, the resistance movement on the island has not really stopped, but because the rebels lack a unified and strong leadership, they cannot really exert their fighting strength.
The island of Taiwan is not only mountainous, but also located in the subtropical seas, close to the tropics, densely forested, very suitable for guerrilla warfare, and it is precisely for this reason that since two years ago, the central government has relied on the military intelligence bureau to carry out a series of organizational activities on the island, first uniting those scattered resistance groups, and hiding their strength and waiting for the opportunity. The second is the constant smuggling of weapons, ammunition, and communications equipment to the resistance organizations on the island through various channels, and in this campaign to accumulate resistance forces, non-governmental organizations in Fujian and Taiwan have played an important role.
Zhang Guangyang's submarine now has two Fujian officers, one from Yuenan and the other from Yuenan. Coming from Yuebei, they were transferred from the destroyer fleet to the submarine, and they were ready to act as intermediaries for the boat if needed.
However, the two Fujian officers did not know what the mission was, and they did not even know what was in those wooden boxes, which were not standard military wooden boxes, but a kind of wooden boxes used by foreign merchants to smuggle Ming soil, and even the wooden boxes were painted with the insignia of foreign foreign companies, and if they did not open the boxes, they would not know that they were actually loaded with rifles and bullets.
The reason why the Japanese-made Type 38 rifle was chosen was because this rifle was the Japanese army..."Ogawa type equipment. It is convenient for the guerrillas to make up for the long-term Youhong, ten submachine guns and bombs, but there are some, but they are not the protagonists, the protagonists are still rifles.
Now that the submarine has sailed to the offshore waters of the Penghu Islands, Zhang Guangyang has to be extra cautious, personally standing on the shell of the control tower to observe the movement on the sea surface, and once any suspicious ship appears, the submarine will immediately dive.
Fortunately, there were no suspicious ships on the sea, and occasionally one or two fishing boats passed by, and when they saw this strange-looking warship, they would immediately turn around and leave. And Zhang Guangyang is not worried about revealing his whereabouts, as long as the arms are handed over, he will immediately lead the submarine to sail westward, sail straight to Fujian, and hide in the Minjiang River to rest.
Finally, an island appeared in the lens of the telescope, according to the nautical chart Zhang Guangyang had at hand, that island was Huayu, and the joint point given in the telegram was here.
Half an hour later, the Chinese Navy's ocean-going attack submarine approached the waters of Huayu. Just in the southwestern waters of the island, Zhang Chanyang appeared on the fishing boat with a special signal.
It was an ordinary Chinese-style sailing ship, and judging by the number on the bow, this sailing ship belonged to Changhua Province, Taiwan, and was an offshore fishing vessel, with a small tonnage and a bit of dilapidation.
Zhang Guangyang couldn't help but be a little worried about whether this scum ship could return to Taiwan Island smoothly, but since the other party dared to dispatch such a means of transportation. Then maybe they have relevant arrangements, maybe this Wang ship is the ship that receives the cargo, and there are other ships that actually return to the island of Taiwan.
Seeing the submarine sailing over, the fishing boat quickly raised a new signal flag, and Zhang Guangyang gave an order, and the submarine sailed over. However, just in case, Zhang Guangyang also ordered the sailors to be ready for battle, and the deck guns were also on duty, ready to fire at any time.
Soon, the submarine and the fishing boat got closer, and when the cable was fixed by the sailors on the submarine, several men jumped off the fishing boat and greeted Zhang Guangyang warmly.
Zhang Guangyang called the two Fujian officers to his side, exchanged a few words with the comer, and confirmed the identity of the other party, so he didn't say anything wordy and gave an order. The sailors were ordered to move the wooden crates full of rifles and bullets to the deck and then transfer them to the fishing boats.
Originally, Zhang Guangyang still wanted to inquire about the exhibition of those anti-Japanese resistance organizations on the island of Taiwan, but he soon realized that the other party's contacts were very cautious, so he immediately gave up this idea. After a few words of explanation to the two Fujian officers, they returned to the command cabin and instructed the sailors to carry out the maintenance of the submarine.
It took almost an hour to carry the munitions, after which the Wang boat quickly set sail and sailed slowly to the east, and it was only then that Zhang Guangyang realized that the fishing boat was actually planning to cross the strait directly and return to the island of Taiwan. Zhang Guangyang knows very well that there is a sea tide in the Taiwan Strait, which runs from north to south, and it is the existence of this tide that makes it very difficult to sail between Taiwan Island and Fujian Province, especially for those sailing ships that can only rely on wind power to sail, this tide is an obstacle to the advancement, and in ancient times, the inconvenience of cross-strait transportation was mostly due to this.
Admiration is admiration, Zhang Guangyang did not plan to use the submarine to escort the sailing ship, he still has a task, he must return to Fujian as soon as possible, command the submarine to sail into the Yuejiang River, fighting in the ocean for so long, the crew is very tired, the submarine also needs to be maintained, and now that China and Japan have planned to negotiate, this sea raid can also be temporarily stopped.
So, with an order, Zhang Guangyang led the submarine on the way home.
When Zhang Guangyang led the ocean-going attack submarine into the mouth of the Minjiang River, he saw a British gunboat, and the British gunboat also saw him and his submarine.
Several whistles sounded, this is the British captain saluting Zhang Guangyang, in this Sino-Japanese battle. The outstanding exploits of China's submarines have attracted great attention from the European naval powers, and the deeds of Zhang Guangyang, the "ace captain", have also become widely known with the special report of the newspaper. These three words have almost become a legend.
Zhang Guangyang himself is not very clear about all this, he only knows that he is now somewhat famous in the international naval circles.
Standing on the shell of the submarine's conning tower, Zhang Guangyang looked at the British gunboat that passed by the submarine, with an imperceptible sneer on the corner of his mouth. True, this time, the Chinese Navy fought the Japanese Navy with submarines without any defense. However, this is only the first step of all the officers and men of the Chinese Navy, and the next step is to expel all foreign naval forces that endanger China's national interests, and the British Navy is also on Zhang Guangyang's list of expulsions.
Now, the warships of the British Navy can sail on China's inland waters, but in the near future, this privilege of theirs will be abolished, and this privilege of all the great powers will be abolished, not only as a result of the diplomatic efforts of the central government of China, but also as the result of the bloody struggle of Zhang Guangyang and his comrades.
Again, self-esteem comes from self-improvement. The dignity of the country comes from the sacrifice of its soldiers.
This mystery, Zhang Guangyang is full of pride.