With the leadership of Yanagawa Jiro, it was naturally unimpeded all the way, and some Japanese soldiers on the dock, seeing Ye Feng and their combination, although they felt strange in their hearts, no one had the courage to come over and ask.

The highest rank of the Japanese officer in charge of the Shimonoseki dock was only Nakasa, one rank lower than Yanagawa Jiro, and after the Japanese occupied Nanjing, some Chinese who defected to the Japanese army often walked with the Japanese officers.

Ye Feng and the others were naturally regarded as traitors by everyone, a Chinese coolie who was carrying a bag, and when he saw Ye Feng and them, he even secretly spit out a mouthful of water, his eyes were full of disdain, and he must be scolding Ye Feng and others in his heart.

Ten minutes later, Yanagawa Jiro took Ye Feng and others to the boarding place of an American steamer, and the Star-Spangled flag hoisted on the ship told everyone that this was an American ship, and some blonde and blue-eyed Americans could be seen on board.

The American at the boarding gate was full of impatience when he saw Yanagawa Jiro, obviously, the Americans really did not have a good impression of the Japanese, and if it wasn't for the need to deal with the Japanese at Shimonoseki Pier, this American would definitely not meet Yanagawa Jiro here.

A few people said a few words at the boarding gate, and the American took Ye Feng and the others towards the ship, and Yanagawa Jiro watched Ye Feng and the others get on the boat at the boarding gate.

Not long after Ye Feng and the others got on the boat, Yanagawa Jiro was just about to leave, and a Japanese soldier Osa led a large group of Japanese military policemen and trotted all the way, and the target was Yanagawa Jiro.

"Liu Chuan-kun, go back with us and explain it well, who did you send away just now?" The Japanese army sneered.

"Osa Nakata. I am on the orders of Prince Hatohiko of the Asaka Palace, so do I have to explain to you? "Yanagawa Jiro is very calm and not afraid at all. Anyway, there is Prince Hatohiko of Asakanomiya as a solid backing in the back, what are you afraid of.

Yuichi Nakata was slightly stunned, it was actually on the order of Hatohiko of Asakamiya, but soon Yuichi Nakata laughed, Jiro Yanagawa was definitely not under the order of Hatohiko of Asakamiya, you must know that Hatohiko Asakanomiya is now far away in Japan.

"Yanagawa-kun, I hope you don't embarrass me. I've asked Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief Matsui to come with us. ”

Hearing this, Yanagawa Jiro spread his hands. Let's go, anyway, Ye Feng and the others have already boarded the ship, and Yuichi Nakata will definitely not clash with the Americans, and take Ye Feng and the others down by force.

Seeing that Yanagawa Jiro is so cooperative. Yuichi Nakata was slightly stunned again. However, with a wave of his hand, two gendarmes stood on both sides of Yanagawa Jiro, one on the left and one on the right, and walked side by side with Yanagawa Jiro towards the outside of the dock.

Even the Japanese military police, even on the orders of Matsui Ishone, these military policemen did not dare to forcibly tie up Yanagawa Jiro, after all, Yanagawa Jiro was a Japanese military commander. And has a close relationship with Hatohiko of Asakanomiya.

However, although there is nothing to do with Yanagawa Jiro. However, Yuichi Nakata didn't want to let go of Ye Feng and the others who had already boarded the ship, in Nakata's opinion, as long as Ye Feng and the others could be caught, there would naturally be evidence.

"Put me on board and search carefully." With a wave of his hand, Yuichi Nakata ordered the Japanese military police to forcibly board the ship for a search.

However, the Americans on the ship naturally would not let these Japanese military police go on board to search, and the Americans also wanted to save face, so how could they let people go on the ship to search at will.

Suddenly, many Americans blocked the boarding gate to prevent the Japanese military police from boarding the ship, and a man who looked like an American captain shouted in English: "Don't move, this is an American merchant ship, you can't get on board to inspect it." ”

Suddenly, the whole scene was tense.

Yanagawa Jiro, who hadn't gone far, immediately shouted loudly when he saw this: "Nakata, you stupid pig, do you want to let the two countries go to war?" ”

As a senior officer of the Japanese army, he also has access to some of the core documents of the Japanese army, and he probably knows the plans of some base camps, and at this stage, the Japanese side has absolutely no intention of starting a war with the United States, and even if it wants to go to war, it will be two or three years later.

Originally, Yuichi Nakata thought that if he forcibly sent people on the ship, the United States would not stop him, after all, this is the area controlled by the Japanese army, but he did not expect the Americans to be so tough.

To go up, or not to go up?

Yuichi Nakata was stunned, and after thinking for a long time, he waved his hand unwillingly and ordered the Japanese military police who were about to board the ship to retreat.

Seeing that the gendarmes had retreated, Yanagawa Jiro couldn't help but laugh.

As for what will happen after he goes back, Yanagawa Jiro doesn't need to worry at all, I believe that Matsui Ishine doesn't dare to do anything to himself, after all, Hatohiko Asaka Palace is the prince of Japan and the uncle of the emperor, and there is a saying in China that it is good to beat a dog, and you still need to see the owner to beat a dog.

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American merchant ships.

Ye Feng and the others were taken to several high-class warehouses, this was the result of Ye Feng spending a gold bar, the Americans originally arranged Ye Feng and others in the low-class warehouses, but money can make ghosts grind, not to mention the Americans who put money first.

Looking at the more comfortable first-class warehouse, Ye Feng felt much better, and he could even see the river outside through the porthole, it was afternoon, and it would be dark in about two hours.

"Brigade, little Japan seems to have discovered us just now, and they want to come on board to search." Zhao Long said.

Ye Feng pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "Just like Little Japan, if they dare to come up and search, they will scare these Americans, but the Americans are not scared, they have a very strong sense of territory and sovereignty, and they will not let Little Japan come up if they die." ”

Ye Feng and Zhao Long chatted for a few words, and an American knocked on the door and came in, and said in proficient English: "Hello sir, we originally planned to leave the boat at five o'clock in the afternoon today, but we are very sorry that the departure time will be postponed to ten o'clock in the evening." ”

Ye Feng listened to a rough idea and couldn't help asking, "What are you doing?" ”

The Americans explained for a long time, and Ye Feng roughly understood, it turned out that just now the Japanese were about to board the ship and forcibly search, and the Americans were very angry, and the American captain took a few people to the US Embassy in Nanjing to lodge a serious protest to the Japanese side.

Yuichi Nakata, who led the team to prepare to forcibly board the ship to search, never imagined that such a simple incident would almost cause a diplomatic incident.

Soon, Matsui Ishine knew about this matter, and the angry Matsui Ishine scolded Yuichi Nakata fiercely, and the scolding was bloody.

It was very boring to stay on the ship, and it was impossible for Ye Feng to get off the ship, but there were a lot of Japanese soldiers on the dock, so it was better to stay on the ship.

The sky gradually got dark, and after eating dinner early on the boat, Ye Feng took Zhao Long and Chen Ruoyun to the deck, looking at the sparkling river, looking at the starry lights, Ye Feng thought in his heart, Nanjing, which is very good, has fallen into the hands of the Japanese, and Lao Tzu will definitely wipe out the Japanese and recover Nanjing.

"Brigade, look at the distance, such a big warship, it can't be a cruiser of Little Japan." Zhao Long suddenly saw a steamer coming from the river in the distance, and couldn't help but say to Ye Feng.

Ye Feng raised his eyes and saw that on the river in the distance was obviously a small Japanese fleet, consisting of a light cruiser of about five or six thousand tons and three destroyers, in addition, several auxiliary cruisers converted from merchant ships and several gunboats.

Cruisers were divided into light cruisers and heavy cruisers. Both concepts were defined in different arms limitation treaties after the First World War.

In the Washington Treaty, it was stipulated that the main guns of heavy cruisers should not be larger than 8 inches (203mm), no more than 10 main guns, a displacement of no more than 10000 tons, and a speed of no more than 35 knots; The main guns of the light cruisers were no larger than 6.1 inches (155 mm), the main guns did not exceed 19, the displacement of the whole ship did not exceed 10,000 tons, and the speed did not exceed 35 knots.

In the actual implementation process, Britain and the United States complied with this regulation relatively well, Germany played a sideline game, designed and built the so-called German-class pocket battleships (in fact, they can be regarded as heavy cruisers), and Japan broke through the restrictions of this treaty to a large extent, and built the Myo-class, Kaohsiung-class, and top-class heavy cruisers, all with a displacement of about 1.2-15,000 tons, and the only thing that met the requirements was the caliber and number of main guns.

In addition to light and heavy cruisers, there was a smaller type of cruiser that was auxiliary cruisers, which were actually merchant ships that were quickly equipped with artillery after the outbreak of war. These ships were used to provide protection for other merchant ships, but they were practically useless due to their slow speed, weak firepower, and weak armor.

This small Japanese fleet in the distance obviously had the light cruiser as the flagship, and then three destroyers, several auxiliary cruisers and small gunboats.

I didn't expect to see a fleet of the Japanese army, Ye Feng pondered in his heart, the current Yangtze River basin, especially the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, has basically been controlled by the Japanese army, and the Japanese warships often appear in the Yangtze River, if you can mess with him, it would be very cool.

Before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in 1937, the Chinese Navy had nine cruisers, namely "Haiqi", "Haichen", "Hairong", "Haichou", "Pinghai", "Ninghai", "Yixian", "Yingrui" and "Zhaohe".

However, on 25 September, four old cruisers, including "Haiqi", "Haichen", "Hairong", and "Haichou", were sunk behind the main blocking line and acted as an auxiliary blockade line. These 4 cruisers will sink without a fight! Almost at the same time, in a fierce battle with Japanese aircraft at the same location, the three cruisers "Pinghai", "Ninghai", and "Yatsen" were also sunk one after another.

On 23 October, the cruiser "Yingrui", which had retreated from Jiangyin to Quarshiji in Anhui Province, was also sunk by Japanese planes. In late September of the same year, another cruiser, the Zhaohe, was sunk by Japanese planes in a fierce battle at the Humen fortress in Guangdong. At this point, all the cruisers of the Chinese Navy were gone, and they were martyred underwater.

Because the Chinese navy basically exists in name only, if the Japanese warships in the Yangtze River are blatantly routed, especially in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, if they can teach the warships of the little Japanese a lesson, they may be able to restrain a little.

Ye Feng looked at these Japanese warships for a long time, and gradually had a plan in his heart, Ye Feng decided that he must get these Japanese warships. (To be continued......)