This section of the river is the north of Baguazhou, the south is the river bank, and its upstream is the famous Yanziji. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe black Citroen sedan came at a high speed, drove into the anchorage and stopped at the dock, the first to get off was Chen Shaokuan, then Chen Xunyong and Lu Deyuan.

"Gao Xianshen (Chen Hongtai) has met with ministers, deputy ministers, and division chiefs." Standing next to Chen Jiliang, commander of the 1st Fleet, were Colonel Gao Xianshen and Colonel Chen Hongtai. Gao Xianshen is a native of Changle, Fujian, and he is the first and third captain of the Ninghai; Chen Hongtai is the current captain of the Ninghai, but he only took office in March this year, so Gao Xianshen was appointed as the principal and he was the deputy on this voyage.

"No need to be polite." With Citroen's unextinguished headlights, Chen Shaokuan saw that Gao Xianshen's face was calm, while the current captain next to him, Colonel Chen Hongtai, was a little nervous. His gaze swept over Chen Hongtai, and then he looked at the Ninghai in the distance -- the whole ship had been put under light control, and standing by the river, he could only see the silhouette of the warship's might.

"The chairman of the committee has approved the plan." The headlights suddenly turned off, and under the starlight, Chen Shaokuan spoke in a deep voice with the sound of waves hitting the river embankment, "He is pleased that the navy can have such determination." It's just that the country is in temporary difficulty, and only half of the 100,000 pounds of temporary fees for the application have been allocated, but this is only the first stage, and the subsequent funds will be provided through the embassies of various countries......"

It's already August, the situation in Shanghai is getting tense day by day, and the Ninghai won't be able to get out if it doesn't go out, so Chen Shaokuan didn't say much, he briefly explained Chang Kaishen's instructions and said to Gao Xianshen: "Youzhi follow me here, you get on the boat first." ”

In order to prepare for the Ninghai to go to sea, some important posts of the Ninghai have been changed back to experienced old men, and at this moment, time is tight, and Chen Shaokuan has some things that must be explained to the captain Gao Xianshen. So when the others boarded the ship, he and Gao Xianshen walked slowly on the river embankment. Chen Shaokuan asked: "What does Youzhi think of this overseas breakdown?" ”

"Report to the minister, the lower officials think that it will be difficult to have many big results with the Ninghai." As one of the captains who took the lead in the past, Gao Xianshen told the truth. Two and a half years of experience as a captain had given him complete familiarity with the Ninghai and knew that the Ninghai could do nothing but serve as a naval training cruiser. But you know, now that the military order has come down, he has to obey the order.

"Hmm." Chen Shaokuan said quietly. "Say what you think, even if you don't want to be the captain and lead the ship to the sea, you can say it."

"I'm alone, and I only hope that the minister can give me full powers." Gao Xianshen said.

"Do you want to ......" Although he couldn't see Gao Xianshen's expression, Chen Shaokuan still tried hard to see his face clearly, but his efforts were in vain, in the dark night, even if Gao Xianshen stood very close, his face was black.

"I just want to sail into a third-country port when I have to." Gao Xianshen said bluntly, and he did not hide his thoughts just because Chen Shaokuan was the Minister of the Navy. "With the speed and firepower of the Ninghai, any Japanese destroyer can quickly sink it. The soldiers are all human beings, and many of them have family members, and I really can't bear to see them die in a meaningless battle in the ocean. ”

"You don't have to worry too much." Chen Shaokuan suddenly remembered some of Li Kongrong's words at this time, and he felt that this time the selection seemed to be wrong. "Actually, the Ninghai didn't really break the relationship."

"It's not a broken relationship?" Gao Xianshen raised his head sharply and asked in surprise: "Then what task is Ninghai going to perform?" ”

"What mission Ninghai is performing, there will be another secret message from the Admiralty at that time." Chen Shaokuan's purpose in calling Gao Xianshen over was to tell him the real mission of the Ninghai, which showed that he pitied the lives of the officers and men on the ship, and also asked for emergency disposal rights. He said. "Your biggest task now is to get the ship out and get out of the way of the Japanese so that it can be used by him."

"Xiaguan understands." Gao Xianshen was full of doubts, but he knew that since Chen Shaokuan said that there was another secret message, he could only wait for his secret message.

With the sound of the ship's whistle, Chen Shaokuan boarded Ninghai, first he summoned the officers to give a lecture, and then in the captain's room through the microphone to the sailors. Colonel Gao Xianshen, who had been thinking about the real mission of the Ninghai, looked a little dazed, and he felt that he had said the wrong thing just now, so that Chen Shaokuan did not fully tell him about the mission.

He was in a trance, but Chen Shaokuan was speaking to the officers and men of the ship: "...... The strength of our navy is very weak, and our responsibilities are very heavy, and if we cannot unite as one, we will certainly not be able to accomplish our mission. During the Shanghai War five years ago, the navy was unable to participate in the war for many reasons, and the admiralty was criticized by all walks of life for this, and some people even said that they would disband the navy, sell their warships, and buy some small boats for coastal defense.

This is actually the helplessness of the Navy. Those who do not know the navy often use the First Sino-Japanese War to obliterate the general spirit of the navy, and they do not know that before the war, the Chinese navy had a very important influence in society in the past, and before the First Sino-Japanese War, our navy had many glorious deeds that can be sung and cried. 'The navy is no longer working,' this is just a superficial sigh of people who have no common sense after the first afternoon. At the same time, because very few people have volunteered to study the Chinese Navy before the First Sino-Japanese War, even the Chinese Navy thousands of years ago, the above sentence alone has been completely denied.

This is not only a misfortune for the Chinese Navy, but also a loss for the entire Chinese nation, ....... In the case of the First Sino-Japanese War, if it is considered to be the failure of the navy, it is better to say that it is the failure of the entire army and navy; If it is considered a military disadvantage, it is better to say that it is a political collapse. In us, of course, we cannot but ask for introspection. However, did the people who blamed the navy understand the difficulties of the navy's situation at that time, did they know the loyalty and courage of the general operations at that time, and did they face up to the historical materials of the First Sino-Japanese War?

The above points may be too far away, but when Ninghai sailed today, I can't help but think of those dusty old things. I want to tell you that today our enemy is still Japan, and we were defeated in the First Sino-Japanese War, but this time we can only sink! Through this war, we must reshape the spirit of the Navy and change the perception of ordinary people, all of which require us to have the spirit of sacrifice, the quality of solidarity, and the determination to succeed......

Chen Shaokuan's speech was not long, but his expectations for the navy made the blood of all the sailors on the ship boil. The fall of Peking was four days ago, and the fall of Tianjin was the day before yesterday. Overnight, North China became Manchuria, and everyone resented it. Now that the minister has personally come aboard the ship to deliver a speech, there is nothing more morale-boosting than this. Therefore, when Chen Shaokuan finished speaking, there was applause everywhere on the ship. At 8:14 p.m. that night, the Ninghai lifted anchor, sailed away from the Doosan anchorage, and headed for Shanghai.

"Another one!" Chen Jiliang stared at the shadow of the Ninghai ship on the Yangtze River, only to be dark and couldn't see anything.

"There will be a large group of people coming back in the future." Chen Shaokuan smiled, and then emphasized: "The aircraft carrier is also in it." ”

"Hehe......" Chen Jiliang also smiled, he felt that Chen Shaokuan was really confused by that Li Kongrong this time, the plan he proposed was too complicated and huge, so huge that it was unbelievable, but Chen Shaokuan believed in it more and more, and asked him to believe it together. He didn't say anything after all, and stood by the river with Chen Shaokuan for a while, and the two went back.

It was more than 340 kilometers from Nanjing to Shanghai, and it took nearly 20 hours for the Ninghai to reach Shanghai. Unlike the sailors who were extremely impassioned in a few words, the other officers on the ship, except for the officer on duty, were all called to a meeting by Gao Xianshen.

"There are 351 officers and men on our ship, ammunition, fuel, and supplies are sufficient, and before leaving, the minister will pay 50,000 pounds and 30,000 US dollars, the former is the appropriation from the Ministry of Military Affairs, and the latter is the surplus expenses of the minister's trip to Europe......" The voice reported to Lieutenant Chen Hui, the quartermaster, who was in charge of all the materials on the ship, which was equivalent to statistics.

50,000 pounds is about 250,000 US dollars, compared to more than 800,000 national dollars, plus another 30,000 US dollars, this is 900,000 national dollars. Such a large sum of money is indeed a lot -- everyone knows that the mission of Ninghai's current voyage is to break diplomatic relations, and since it is a break of diplomatic relations, there is no need to think much about the problem of ammunition supply, and it is useless to encounter Japanese warships with ammunition, and the best way is to 'temporarily evacuate' the ports of third countries until the end of the war.

"That's all the money, and it's probably gone." Captain Gao Xianshen, the captain of the ship, who understood the style of the party-state, couldn't help but start pouring cold water on everyone when he saw everyone snickering. "If you still want money, you must have a record, and the record must be bigger than one time, otherwise the Ministry of Military Affairs will not allocate money. They have all stayed in Ninghai, and everyone knows very well what the situation in Ninghai is, I am afraid that if we encounter a Japanese ship, we will have to sink it......" he said and sighed again, "I don't know who came up with a way to break diplomatic relations, and we also want us to take the German Earl Spee's fleet as an example, the Spee fleet can sink the British ship, and our Ninghai will not sink anything except merchant ships." ”

Gao Xianshen poured cold water on everyone, sitting in danger, full of solemnity, seeing this, he said again: "Since the party-state has an order, then our generation of soldiers should act according to the order." It is still 300 kilometers away from Shanghai, and the Japanese Third Fleet is at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and if the news of Ninghai's voyage leaks, the Japanese ships will certainly follow, and I order that our side should be on strict alert within 24 hours from now on. ”

"Understood!" Captain Yao Fahua, chief engineer, Major Gan Lijing, chief gunner, Lieutenant Lin Renji, chief navigator, Major Lin Baozhe, torpedo chief, Captain Zheng Wenqi, chief electrical officer, Lieutenant Chen Hui, quartermaster, and Yu Weixin, military medical officer, all agreed in unison.

Colonel Gao Xianshen's heart was furious, he was afraid that the news would leak out, but he was really afraid of something, when the Ninghai went east, it kept encountering the Yangtze River gunboats belonging to the 3rd Fleet, and when it reached Wusongkou, it happened to run into the Japanese destroyer Ruozhu. In order not to arouse the suspicion of the Japanese army, whenever they encountered a Japanese ship, Ninghai sounded their horns and saluted, and the gunboats in the Yangtze River were fine before, but Ruozhu saw that Ninghai did not enter the Huangpu River but went out of the mouth of the Yangtze River, so he immediately turned the bow and followed.

Ruozhu is a second-class destroyer, with a displacement of 820 tons, three 120mm single-mounted guns, and four 533mm twin-mounted torpedo tubes, which pose little threat to the Ninghai, and the key is that the opponent's maximum speed exceeds 33 knots. If the Ninghai can beat her, she is worried that Ruozhu will call other ships to come for reinforcements, which will be different.

The Japanese ship was behind him, and the sailors who were no longer excited immediately rushed to the gun position, and Gao Xianshen, who learned of this, immediately ordered not to be nervous, and then ordered the flag bearer to ask the other party's intentions, and after a while, the other party's reply of 'this is an international shipping lane' made everyone even more nervous.

"Caught up so quickly?" Deputy Captain Chen Hongtai said.

"It's just a temptation." Gao Xianshen also had no bottom in his heart, and in the past 20 hours or so, he has not received the news that China and Japan are about to start a war in Shanghai. "We will arrive in Zhoushan in a while, we can enter the port, it is impossible to stare at it all day and night."

The sun was setting and the sun was shining all over the sky, and the Ninghai at the mouth of the Yangtze River sailed to the Zhoushan Islands at a speed of 18 knots. The disappearance of the Japanese ship made all the officers and men on the ship breathe a sigh of relief, and Gao Xianshen asked Ninghai to open for another while, and when it was completely dark, he ordered Ninghai to turn to the east and sail towards the vast Pacific Ocean.

Three days later, Berlin.

"Ning Hai is out." Zhou Yingcong, who was the last to leave, told Li Kongrong about the Ninghai, his face was full of excitement.

"Just get out." Li Kongrong's mouth was full of bubbles, and his voice was a little hoarse. Hearing that Ning Hai had also gone out, a hint of joy finally flashed on his dull face. "You're leaving in the afternoon?" He asked.

"Yes. The minister wants me to rush back to China by the 14th, and there is still something to do with you. Zhou Yingcong didn't want to say anything else, he wanted to know what Ning Hai would do next. Once Shanghai goes to war, will Ninghai break diplomatic relations at sea? ”

"It's not." Li Kongrong shook his head. "Ning Hai's speed is too slow, and it will be difficult to escape once she is discovered, so she must see it before attacking. Otherwise, just sink a few merchant ships, what else will it break? ”

"But ......" When Chen Shaokuan was leaving, Li Kongrong talked with him alone for a whole day, Zhou Yingcong didn't know what they talked about, but from then on, whether it was the minister or Li Kongrong, they all seemed extremely heavy. If there is no record, the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Supervisory Yuan will attack the navy again. He said helplessly.

"Isn't there a Jin Shanwei?" Li Kongrong was anxious when he thought of Jin Shanwei. He had no interest in sinking the Izumo, the flagship of the Third Fleet, and only hoped that the sacrifice of the navy, the sacrifice of the 67th Army, and his own intelligence would restore the tragedy that had occurred - almost as many soldiers were lost in the retreat as there were in Shanghai, and then the troops could not be defended, the Japanese army drove straight in, and between the hesitation of Nanjing and not to defend it, there was another rout.

"Jin Shanwei fought well, and public opinion and the government naturally didn't dare to say anything more about the navy." Li Kongrong said.

"Hey! Why do you believe what you say? Zhou Yingcong sighed.

"That's proven by facts." Li Kongrong didn't smile, "Many times I wish I didn't know anything!" ”

"Well, what else do you have to explain?" Zhou Yingcong asked. "What letter do you want to bring to you...... Is it? ”

"No need." Li Kongrong shook his head. "She's my woman, she naturally understands my choice, there's nothing to say." He said, "It's you, take care of yourself when you go back." ”

"Understood." Zhou Yingcong was a little gloomy, and in a sigh, he patted Li Kongrong's arm and said, "Take care too!" ”