In the afternoon, the U-38 made four emergency dives to avoid the passing Luftwaffe reconnaissance planes, and it was not until dark that the submarine slowly approached the southern side of the port of Gothenburg on the eastern side of the strait, where the islands were intertwined and the reefs were dense, much like a porcelain plate that had fallen on the concrete floor and was completely shattered. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 It was only at this point that several of the leading officers understood why Lee Kong Rong attached great importance to his relationship with the British, who had provided the routes and sailed in the dark on charts without running aground, thanks to the accurate charts of the British Royal Navy.

"The British dominate the world, and her greatest reliance is on these things." When the submarine entered a ten-nautical-mile channel, Li Kongrong said with emotion to the chart. "They also recorded in detail the people's feelings, beliefs, habits, and grievances in various places, and with these things, she was able to colonize them with the smallest investment......

Li Kongrong was also quite shocked by the British knowledge of the world's hydrology, but unfortunately, except for the vicinity of the Travi River, the British provided shipping routes rather than detailed charts. But this was enough, at least it was difficult for the Germans to follow, even if the draft of the destroyer was smaller than that of the submarine.

"Hansheng, where are we going to charge?" Su Jinghu asked. His eyes have been staring at the chart on the table, the submarine is now double the battery pack, naturally it needs double the charging time, and most of the batteries are empty, according to the calculation of the generator power, it will take six to seven hours to fully charge, if you don't charge it early, I'm afraid that the power will be bright before it is full.

"Bridge, report on the direction of the wind?" After Su Jinghu asked, Li Kongrong asked to the bridge.

"Southwest wind, fifteen knots." Lin Zhun on duty on the command tower reported.

"Here it is." Li Kongrong pointed to a bay north of the Gothenburg route, "Now the waves are loud and noisy, and the noise is even louder near the coast, so let's choose here." ”

The location chosen by Lee is in a bay northeast of the intersection of the submarine route and the sea route in and out of the port of Gothenburg, above the island of Björk, on the Nordre River. lv) near the mouth of the sea. Because of the islands on all sides, it was difficult for the Germans to get in unless they followed the merchant shipping routes.

After Li Kongrong confirmed the location, Su Jinghu looked at Liu Yongren again, Liu Yongren gestured at this position a few times, scratched his head and said, "Sir, can you leave this narrow mouth and go north." It was so late that the Germans were about to blockade the area. ”

"Nope." Li Kongrong and Su Jinghu spoke almost in unison. Li Kongrong said: "There is no island screen to leave here, directly facing the strait, and now the wind direction is unfavorable, maybe the sound of the diesel engine will be blown by the wind." ”

The route passed through the island of Björk, with the island to the west and land to the east, but leaving Nordley, the submarine was about to sail into the strait, no longer covered by islands as before. After Li Kongrong finished speaking, Su Jinghu also said: "It is less than eight hours before dawn, and if it is late, it will be fully charged at dawn." ”

Both officers decided to recharge their batteries at the mouth of the Nordley sea, and Liu Yongren had to retract his proposal. Soon, the submarine passed through Björk Island in the middle of the island, and then dropped anchor near the mouth of the Nordre Sea, where two diesel engines totaling 4,400 horsepower began to charge the generators in full force.

"Captain on the bridge." Li Kongrong grabbed the escalator and was just about to go to the bridge, when the trainee next to him immediately reported to the top, and the officer on duty above immediately gave way when he heard the sound - this is still the rule of surface ships.

"Everything is normal?" Li Kongrong didn't care about those rules, he just wanted to come up and see the situation.

"Everything works." Lin Zhun replied. There was no moon on this night, not even the stars. If memory serves, today should be the first day of the Lunar New Year.

"It's good to be black." The waves outside were loud, but they weren't from the waters, but from the islands that protected the waters. Compared to there, the sea at your feet is calm, with only a thin white line on the shore. It was the spray of the sea as it crashed against the rocks.

"Can't you hear this sound on the shore?" Standing on the bridge and hearing the dull roar of the diesel engine, Lin Zhun was immersed in the scene, and he didn't know how far this sound could travel, so he was very worried.

"I can't hear it." Li Kongrong knows more than him. "When charging, the speed of the host is low, the sound is not far away, and the southwest wind is blowing, which is blowing to the sea. Not only is the sea far away, but there are also waves, and they cannot be heard. We're actually outside of the noise now, and the wind has long since blown the sound to the west. ”

Li Kongrong is also worried that the sound of the diesel engine will expose the target, but this is the best place. As if to confirm his point of view, as soon as Li Kongrong finished speaking, the cabin reported that there was a situation and asked him to go down. It was Lu Ruping in the radio room, who this time did not receive a telegram from Dönitz, but heard the sound of the water.

Taking the headphones, Lu Ruping said: "It's a strange sound, bursts and bursts, like thunder." ”

"It's not thunder, it's a diving bomb." Li Kongrong took off his headphones and handed them to him, "If the Germans don't find something, they're crazy." They were throwing depth charges into the strait with all their might. It seems that the Germans did not want to hide this matter. ”

As soon as Li Kongrong said this, he began to imagine Hitler's hysterical anger. He stole his submarine, will he chase him to Hebei Province? Hehe, Hebei Province is now occupied by the Japanese, and he can't find a submarine when he comes.

Thinking of that 'Führer's anger', Li Kongrong couldn't help laughing, and the others were very puzzled when they saw him laughing: the Germans threw depth charges everywhere, what did the chief laugh at?

Li Kongrong's conjecture was not entirely correct, and the Germans did not want to hide it, but they couldn't hide it. Tan Boyu and Xu Bozhou, the Counselors stationed in Germany, who were rescued by the Gestapo from the basement of the Spandau naval quarters, immediately declared to reporters that the incident had nothing to do with the Chinese Government and that Li Kongrong and other naval cadets were anti-government elements.

Tan Boyu and Xu Bozhou's statements were only one of them, and the intelligence agencies of various countries that had listened to and received Dönitz's explicit warning telegram were also constantly speculating about this, and in the afternoon, several Luftwaffe reconnaissance planes went to the Baltic Sea to reconnoitre.

Following the annexation of the Sudetenland last year, Germany annexed the rest of the Czech Republic earlier this year. Such undisguised arrogance has made all the neighbors of Western Europe fearful. Now the Germans were deflated, and everyone was happy, but on the surface the countries still expressed their willingness to assist the German Navy in the search for the submarine, but Foreign Minister Ribbentrop completely denied this.

The depression of the political situation in Europe seemed relaxed because of this incident, but in Chongqing, where the fog was deep, President Chang scolded Wang Chonghui and others of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and then slapped Dai Li several times. A civilian official like Tan Boyu was tied up and tied up, but the Military Attache Department is also a subordinate organ of the Military Statistics Bureau, and those people didn't find out about Li Kongrong's conspiracy, this is a dereliction of duty, so what Xu Bozhou deserves to die. The German side did not watch the people, and the Chongqing side did not find out about the disappearance of the people, until the next day, the spies installed in the South Hot Spring Villa reported that Xu Peipei's mother and daughter had not returned overnight and were suspected of having left Chongqing.

Dai Li's cheeks were flushed by Chang Kaishen, but his subordinates did make him speechless. Xu Bozhou and the South Hot Spring Pavilion are really derelict in their duties, and there is another thing he did not report, that is, until now he still does not know how Xu Peipei left Chongqing - check the flight records of various airports in Chongqing that day, there is no name of Xu Peipei on it at all, and after several investigations, it was found that the name used was not a pseudonym, because the woman on it did not carry a child of one or two years old.

"Darlene, it's useless to be angry. These people take advantage of the trust of the state, and they are unintentional and unintentional, and no matter how much they prevent it, they cannot prevent it. "Song Meiling, who spoke, came to comfort when she heard Chang Kaishen's roar." Since the Germans took the initiative to ease relations with us last year, then this time the matter will pass without incident, didn't we order two submarines? Just pay them one. ”

Although some of Soong Meiling's ideas are naïve, the example she gave last year is very convincing: since the withdrawal of German military advisers last year, Sino-German relations have fallen to a freezing point, but at the end of the year, German representatives have returned, because the economic interests of Germany in the Japanese occupation zone have not been guaranteed, and they have to re-ease relations with the Nationalist Government in Nanjing and sign a new trade agreement. Due to the obstacles of Japan, arms products are no longer sold, but industrial products and industrial raw materials used in the military are not within the scope of the restriction.

Song Meiling comforted Chang Kaishen warmly, and handed him the new glass that the servant had put on. Chang Kaishen immediately sat down and drank a few sips of boiled water, but he still said angrily: "Lawlessness is even more shameful than a traitor!" Now we are fighting for the country, but some people are still clinging to their own shortcomings, ignoring the overall situation for their own selfish interests, disrespecting the orders of the central authorities, and treating the party and the state as nothing. If the people of the country are not united and the soldiers are not disciplined, how can the front line be smooth! ”

There are no longer a few warlords in various places who sabotage the War of Resistance and refuse to obey the orders of the central government, but as a leader, even in the face of his wife and confidant students, he cannot say some words. Chang Kaishen could only sit there sulking until He Yingqin Kong Xiangxi came to visit.

"President," He Yingqin suggested as soon as he came in: "Li Kongrong and others must be severely punished, otherwise the anger of the Germans will not be calmed, and the international outlook will not be good for me, and what country will dare to accept our military cadets in the future?" I think the Supreme Military Court should immediately hold a trial in absentia and impose capital punishment in order to set the record straight. The Navy Command should also be completely abolished, and the Navy's minelaying teams should be placed under the command of the various theaters......"

He Yingqin came with two suggestions, the first one was fine, and the latter one interjected before Kong Xiangxi finished speaking, he said: "The Navy Command has revoked the ......, I think this is in the hands of the Fujian people, our side will abolish the Navy General Headquarters, and the New York side will immediately rebuild the Navy General Headquarters, which is not beneficial at all." ”

"Brother Yong, is there really no way on the American side?" Chang Kaishen mentioned that New York was another headache, and the expulsion of Lin Xianxin and others from the military did not stop the trend of rebuilding the navy, and those people became more and more happy.

"There's no way for the time being. Lin Xianxin and others changed their ordinary passports last year, and they didn't change their photos until two years later. Kong Xiangxi said that passports are one of the common means used by the government to control people going abroad, and some disobedient people will not be issued with passports directly. The new China Defense Company also investigated, it is a subsidiary of the Swiss company, and the Swiss side found that the company's main shareholder is a foreigner. So we can't freeze the company's bank accounts through government negotiations. ”

"They're very thoughtful." Song Meiling interjected, she didn't have any ill feelings towards the navy, but this time the navy planned so carefully for reconstruction, which couldn't help but move her.

"This should be Li Hansheng's idea." Kong Xiangxi smiled bitterly. Looking back on his interactions with Li Kongrong in the past two years, what disappointed him was that he did not prevent Chang Kaishen from starting a war in Shanghai, and since then, the exchanges between the two sides have never been able to find a feeling of complete heart-to-heart.

"That Li Hansheng has gone to such great lengths, what does he want to do?" Song Meiling asked. He Yingqin was on the side, she shouldn't have interjected, but for Li Kongrong, who had never met, her curiosity began with Xu Peipei.

"He wants to rebuild the navy, and he wants to fight Japan, or even land in Tokyo." Kong Xiangxi is talking about Li Kongrong's ideals, almost talking about dreams, but the facts are moving in this direction step by step.

"It's their lie." Chang Kaishen stood up and waved his hand, "It's fake to fight the Japanese invaders, but it's true to take the opportunity to become bigger and preserve your strength." Just look at Fujian, if it weren't for the army driving Lin Guogeng away, Xiamen might have been removed from the puppet country.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Navy still kept the drops. Don't do a reduction in the preparation of birds. Li Kongrong and those people will not only be expelled from the military, but the Supreme Military Court will also try them immediately. Considering that his actions have caused hostility between China and Germany and harmed the party-state, it is not an exaggeration to call him treason. ”

"Yes, President." He Yingqin stood up and agreed. Kong Xiangxi on the side said: "What about the two submarines?" Is it to pay the Germans and then use the rest for the purchase of munitions? ”

"The submarine is long overdue for its cancellation." Speaking of this, Chang Kaishen's eyes flashed past Kong Xiangxi, although many people protested against the cancellation of the contract last year, the key is that Kong Xiangxi thought that it was better not to cancel, so he gave up.

Kong Xiangxi also noticed Chang Kaishen's gaze, and he said that the reason why he didn't cancel it was because if it was canceled, the Germans would deduct most of the money, and the gains outweighed the losses. It's just that it also has the meaning of repaying Li Kongrong - Li Kongrong suddenly told the people he sent about the Japanese fiat currency, and the Japanese printed fiat currency and repaid it, and he has always kept this matter in mind. (To be continued.) )