"I didn't expect it to come on stage like this. "In the night, the U-38 was moving at full speed towards the Luzon Peninsula, and it was the Midyear Festival, and the moonlight was distinct, standing on the bridge of the ship, you could clearly see the waves stirred up by the waves breaking through the bow of the boat, and the Japanese passengers on the deck who were guarded by several gunmen, these people were different from other passengers, all clustered together, standing far away.www.biquge.info

Lin Jungon did not react to Li Kongrong's words - like the Ninghai, what the Navy did was not to break diplomatic relations, but to capture the cruise ship, so it was only natural that the U-38 would appear like this. "Don't kill these Japanese?" He asked as he spat hard.

"If you want to kill, you don't kill like this." Li Kongrong seemed to have forgotten about these people, and he only added one point just now: the Japanese could not enter the cabin. "I actually have a very tangled thing: now the Navy and the whole country are trying their best to enlist the Democrats in the United States to support our war of resistance, but the problem is that I don't like the Democrats at all, I like the Republican Party."

Li Kongrong said his heart, and he said: "So we have to act, pretend to be gentlemen, and follow the existing international law to break diplomatic relations, and we can't unscrupulously carry out unrestricted submarine warfare like the Germans. Fuck it! ”

"You, we ......" Compared with the inability to conduct unrestricted submarine warfare, Li Kongrong's entanglement was completely ignored by Lin Zhun, he stammered a little when he spoke, and when he came to his senses, he still said with extremely surprised words: "Are you saying that we will all board the ship for inspection in the future before we can sink the Japanese merchant ship?" ”

"There is no need to board and inspect ships, we only fight Japanese ships, regardless of military and civilian, not third-country merchant ships sailing to Japan." Li Kongrong corrected, "What we have to do is to float up and warn the Japanese merchant ships, settle the crew, and then sink them." He laughed again, "This 105mm deck gun is still very effective, it can fire fifteen shells a minute, the maximum range is fifteen kilometers, we have 110 shells and 22 torpedoes on each voyage." I just hit it really inaccurately. ”

"It's ...... to fight a war and abide by the law," Lin Zhun sighed helplessly.

"Crazy, huh?" Li Kongrong said with a smile, "This is a rule formulated by the British, the British themselves are against submarine warfare, and now we must abide by this rule when we stand on the side of Britain and the United States, so we must install snorkels, increase batteries, and contact gunnery, and we must knock out the radio antennas on merchant ships with one shot, so that they can't send telegrams and report our ......."

In the face of the Japanese Navy's more than one million ton warship, it is simply crazy that such a submarine must follow international law before it can be sunk after it has been raised to warn and properly resettle its crew. This was the first time that Li Kongrong had expressed the principle of operation, and not only Lin Zhun but also other officers who were listening on the bridge were also very worried about this.

"That's not what I meant!" Li Kongrong looked around and said, "Also, since there is only one submarine, we should not target civilian ships, but should target Japanese warships and Japanese aircraft carriers, and hit a few large ones." Alright, you guys go on. ”

After Li Kongrong finished speaking, he went down to the control cabin. There were so many passengers in the inner compartment of the submarine, and there were two ends of the control compartment, most of them white women and children, but also some older white men. They had just recovered from their shock and looked at the ship curiously, and when Li Kongrong walked to the console, a white man saluted and asked in English, "Mr. Colonel, do you really want to bring us to Manila?" ”

"Manila is too far away, Japanese warships are nearby, and you can only go to Luzon Island in the Philippines." Li Kongrong knew that these people had to be reassured, otherwise it would be difficult to control. If any of them escaped and were rescued by a merchant ship, the secret that the Scharnholt had not sunk could not be kept. "Listen, ladies and gentlemen, you're all safe, you're going to get all the way to land, and then there's going to be a boat to take you to Manila or wherever you want to go.

I myself have no intention of going to war, but this is a crazy war years, and in my country the brutal war has been going on for three years, and there is no hope of ending to it; In Europe, Germany would immediately attack Poland, followed by the declaration of war on Germany by Britain and France, which vouched for Poland, and the Second European War would officially begin.

History is like that, and we, as little people, cannot change its trajectory. All we can do is - me, like me, as a soldier I have to fight until the last moment of my life; And you are lucky to be able to save yourself and your family's lives, so don't complain, at least you are now safely on a ship that will take you to land. ”

Li Kongrong spoke into the microphone, and his voice was not only transmitted to the boat, but also to the outside of the boat. He spoke in English, and Lu Ruping, next to him, translated the words into German. As on the cruise ship, the dozens of passengers were stunned by the news of the imminent German attack on Poland and the official start of World War II in Europe.

"Mr. Colonel, is Germany really going to attack Poland?" Li Kongrong, the white man who had just questioned, immediately asked after speaking, his bright forehead was already sweating, and he spoke German this time. A German.

"You'll find out when you get ashore." Li Kongrong did not want to talk too much with the passengers after speaking, and he also ordered the crew not to talk to the passengers. After sending these people away, he asked Liang Xuzhao, "What's wrong?" ”

"I ......" Liang Xuzhao's face changed a few times abnormally, and he said uneasily: "Sir, I forgot to report, I ...... just now"

"What the hell is going on?" Li Kongrong was not satisfied with his procrastination. "Say."

"I asked the telegraph operator to send a telegram saying that the fault was solved and that we could sail to the port of Manila." With so many people stuffed into the submarine, it looked stuffy, and Liang Xuzhao wiped a handful of sweat before he made things clear. "There's no search or rescue anymore."

"You kid!" It was he who said that the ship was sunk, and it was he who said that the fault was rejected, Li Kongrong was very dissatisfied with his panic, and he suppressed his displeasure and asked again: "Then what is the situation now?" ”

"The two merchant ships said they would no longer come to the rescue, Hong Kong, Manila, Taiwan, and Hainan all sent telegrams, and the Japanese navy said that if the ship could not sail, they could send tugboats to ......" Liang Xuzhao said about the situation on the radio, and the merchant ships, the British, and the Americans all coped with it, but because it was a German mail ship, the Japanese were unusually enthusiastic.

"And what happened to you?" Li Kongrong thought that if there were not so many passengers on board, he could induce the Japanese navy to come and sink a few.

"I said the situation was under control and that they would be able to sail to Manila for repairs so that they didn't have to come." Liang Xuzhao said.

"Is it possible for them to go to Manila to find out?" Thinking of the Japanese dead axis temperament, Li Kongrong had a headache.

"Sir, that was two days later." Navigation officer Liu Yongren knew what Li Kongrong was worried about, "If the Scharnhott does not reach Manila in two days, they should think that the ship has broken down again, and then they will search this sea area, and the delay of these few days is enough time for the cruise ship to run out of the control of the Japanese Navy." ”

"How's the Jiankang going? Was there any success? If the Japanese really delayed like this, the safety of the Scharnhott would be worry-free, and Li Kongrong turned to ask about the situation in Europe.

"Telegrams have not yet been received from the European side." Liang Xuzhao shook his head, and he said: "The Germans can't even completely control the North Sea, so the Jiankang should be easy to escape, right?" ”

"Not necessarily!" Li Kongrong originally wanted to light a cigarette, but he still held back. He was actually very worried about the actions in Europe. Not that he was worried that the Jiankang would not be able to escape the German navy after capturing the ship, but that she would not be able to capture the Gneizenau at all - according to history, Hitler's planned attack on Poland was not at 0:00 on September 1, but on August 25, and he cared about the attitudes of three countries: the Soviet Union, Great Britain, and Italy.

The Soviet Union and Germany signed a secret treaty on August 23, at this time the Soviet army in the Far East was engaged in a war with the Japanese Kwantung Army, because of the relationship between Li Kongrong, the scale of the war was much larger than history, and the Soviet army losses without Japanese intelligence were also far greater than history, and this situation had evolved into the illusion that Germany and Japan were flanking the Soviet Union; The British Chamberlain no longer agreed to Hitler's demands because he had been deceived before; Mussolini, on the other hand, refused to fulfill his promises, declaring that he was not ready for war at all, and prescribed a list of 'enough aid to infuriate a cow, if the cow could read'. Hitler had the intention of abandoning the operation on the 25th, but on the 26th he made up his mind to attack Poland because he sensed the bluff of Britain and France.

Since Hitler had plans to attack on August 25, the German merchant ships in European waters would receive a telegram to return home, so Qi Cuiying was very mysterious, and it was very likely that he would not be able to wait for the cruise ship Gneizenau to go to sea. If the Gneizenau really does not go to sea, then there will be one less aircraft carrier in the plan, but there is a more difficult question than this, that is, will the captured cruise ships be confiscated by the British and American navies, even if they are not flying the German flag?

No one person can control such a complex situation, and before the aircraft carrier is launched and before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Chinese Navy has no ability to protect itself, so it can only take advantage of some international laws and exploit some loopholes, but there is great uncertainty in this approach. This situation made Li Kongrong very uneasy, he hated everything that was out of control, but at the moment everything was out of control except for the Xinzhong Defense Company, the U-38, the Jiankang and those scattered camouflaged supply merchant ships.

The submarine sailed towards the Luzon Peninsula on a moonlit night, and because it deviated from the course, it did not see the nocturnal mast lights of any ships, and did not see the local fishing boats until after dawn near the coast of the Philippines. The fishermen did not show any difference at the submarine full of passengers, and the two sides simply crossed shoulders. At about 7 o'clock in the morning, all the passengers were sent to Fuga Island in rubber boats, except for the Japanese, Li Kongrong also ordered the crew to distribute four cans to each of the other passengers, and told these people not to run around, the boat that came to pick them up had already departed last night, and if they did not come tomorrow, they would be picked up the day after tomorrow at the latest.

Fuga Island is very beautiful, the beach is white, but it is almost a desert island, the passengers of the mail boat watched the submarine go away, not only lost, but also many people waved, it seems that after a night of shelter, Stockholm syndrome has attacked.

"Sir, a Japanese ship!" Soon after leaving Fuga Island, the loud exclamation of the officer on the bridge moved everyone on the submarine, except for the captain Li Kongrong, who did not even raise his head and said, "Give up!" Dive in now. ”

The electric bell rang for the rapid dive, the sentry officer quickly entered the boat and closed the watertight hatch, the diesel engine was also immediately closed, the vent was closed, and all the crew members concentrated on the bow. Of the order to close a piece, only the main tank was open, and with the infusion of seawater, the submarine quickly dived to the bottom of the sea.

"Forty-five seconds." Li Kongrong looked at his watch after the submarine was completely dived, "It's not bad." He commented.

"Why...... Why not sink? Su Jinghu's mouth opened a few times before he spoke, and like everyone else, he hoped to declare battle immediately and sink all the Japanese ships he encountered, including merchant ships.

"Our target is the Japanese army." Li Kongrong said that he did not elaborate on the Battle of Guinan, which will take place in November.

It may be another landing operation with Japanese characteristics, and after the failure of the Jinshanwei landing and the Daya Bay landing, the Japanese Navy is likely to quietly land without artillery preparations, as before. Li Kongrong's target was the Japanese Army's ship regiment, which, if history has not changed, was the Japanese 5th Division. There is no more efficient way to destroy the Japanese than to sink a troop carrier regiment, and it is not too difficult to destroy a wing or half a division with a submarine.

"So where are we going now?" Su Jinghu asked. "Are you going to Hong Kong?"

"If we don't go to Hong Kong, we will first enter the Taiwan Strait and go to the supply base for about half a month of rest, and then come out to ambush the Japanese after resting, I promise that we will kill enough Japanese this time......

"Sir, telegraph." Liang Xuzhao came from the wireless telegraph room with joy that could not be concealed. "Because we only received half of the messages from the dive, but the European side also succeeded."

"Success?" Li Kongrong was surprised, he didn't expect the European side to succeed. He snatched the telegram and looked closely, only to find that there was only one line of pre-agreed code: 'Phoenix is flying to the New World......

With this telegram, Li Kongrong personally called the radio room, Lu Ruping was wearing a hydrophone headset, and he said, "Has the ship passed?" When can I go up? ”

"Sir, there's one more." Lu Ruping handed the headphones to Li Kongrong, but Li Kongrong didn't answer them. "There's another ship up there, and it's probably a warship, at 270, about four or five miles away."

At this time, the submarine was close to the international shipping lane of the Bashi Strait, and it was possible to meet merchant ships and warships, and Li Kongrong did not want to stay here for a long time, so he ordered the submarine to advance toward the Taiwan Strait at a speed of four knots. (To be continued.) )