Kimono lay alone on the bed, and Li Kongrong stayed awake all night. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info In the early morning of the next day, when Lin Xiangguang, the second officer, reported to him that the submarine had approached Qinzhou Bay and was looking for a suitable place to anchor, he suddenly jumped out of bed. Walking to the control room, he asked, "Where are you now?"

There was only one navigation officer on the submarine, Liu Yongren, so there would be no mistakes when formulating the voyage. At this time, Liu Yongren had already rested, and after turning on the lamp on the table, Lin Xiangguang pointed to the chart and said, "I have arrived at the sea outside Fangcheng, it should be in this position." ”

"Here?" Li Kongrong directly picked up the compass and made a comparison. It is said that it is the sea outside the city, but in fact, the current location is in the sea outside Mong Cai, which is still more than 40 nautical miles away from the destination Qinzhou Bay. Qinzhou Bay is the northernmost part of Beibu Gulf, where there is a 15-nautical-mile narrow waterway leading to Qinzhou City, which is large at both ends and narrow in the middle, and the narrowest point is only more than two kilometers.

On the west side of the entrance of the waterway is Fangchenggang, which is connected to Qinzhou by Qinfang Highway. Historically, the Japanese army went ashore at Longmen Port on the west side of the narrowest part of this waterway, which was equivalent to a slash between Shifang City and Qinzhou, and then went straight to Qinzhou along the Qinfang Highway, and then went 90 kilometers north to attack Nanning after occupying Qinzhou.

"Call Liu Yongren up." Li Kongrong put down the compass and said to the humanity in the control room.

"Yes." I don't know what Li Kongrong is going to do, Liu Chunxun, who is at the helm, can only call the sleepy-eyed Liu Yongren.

"Our destination has changed, and we will no longer go to Qinzhou Bay." Li Kongrong split his head. He pointed to the location on the west side of the Qiongzhou Strait and said, "If you want to go here now, you should immediately make a new voyage plan, the key is to find a suitable hiding place, and try not to sink into the sea during the day to consume oxygen." ”

The voyage plan is not something that can be adjusted, and Liu Yongren did not say much, he needs to take the time to re-reference the hydrological data of the Beibu Gulf to design a new route. The U-38 took advantage of the unfinished night to anchor in a remote sea off Mong Cai, because the hydrology of this place was not known, the submarine did not dare to get too close to the coast, but fortunately, this strait was intertwined, and the camouflage rock on the top of the snorkel was not abrupt. The only thing they worry about is that there are fishing boats nearby, and maybe they remember the reef distribution in this area.

In order to prevent accidents, the diesel engine also made every effort to replenish the power lost by the battery pack before dawn, and after dawn, the diesel engine stopped running, and the submarine shrank into the water like a turtle, with only one head poking out. Major Gao Guangyou, who had just taken over, heard that the combat destination had changed, and couldn't help but find Li Kongrong to ask the reason.

"To go to Qinzhou Bay is to deal with the army, and to the west of Haikou is to deal with the navy." Li Kongrong was having breakfast, and he explained the reason for his change of destination. "When the Japanese army lands in Qinzhou Bay, there will definitely be aircraft support. According to intelligence, the Japanese aircraft carrier Long Xiang often appeared in the waters of South China, and Long Xiang also participated in the Shantou landing operation five months ago. This time, I may come to Nanning. ”

"The Dragon?!" Gao Guangyou was taken aback. After the sinking of the Ninghai, the Longxiang was the sworn enemy of the Chinese Navy, and the target was written as the Longxiang during the US torpedo test. "Will it really show up?"

"See for yourself, I think it's possible." Li Kongrong pushed the information in his hand to him. The first is the information of the Japanese army's Shantou operation, the Japanese army dispatched the 5th fleet, according to the naval intelligence personnel to compare the ship types confirmed, there are 15 Sentai Squadron, the 3rd Combined Air Force Kamui, Kahisa Maru, Kamigawa Maru three ships; There are also Noto Lu and Kinugasamaru of the 4th United Air Force. In addition, some people say that there was a large aircraft carrier off the coast of Shantou at that time, and it should be Longxiang in terms of ship type.

The second is information from the port of Yulin in Sanya, Hainan, where the Japanese army occupied Yulin in Sanya at the beginning of the year and declared Hainan to be Japanese territory from now on. In terms of facts, Hainan is extremely important for balancing the entire South China Sea region, and the navy believes that 'the army has Manchuria, and the navy should have Hainan'. As a result, many warships were stationed in this Yulin port, in addition to Longxiang, Akagi also appeared on the coast of Guangdong, and Kaga also appeared last year.

However, the speculation of these two pieces of information was refuted by other information that Li Kongrong did not show - Kaga, Akagi, and even Long Xiang did not come to the South China Sea in Japan. Li Kongrong presented these two pieces of information, first, because this is the most recent, and secondly, because he hopes that Gao Guangyou feels that he has made the right decision, and in his own opinion, an aircraft carrier is an aircraft carrier after all, and its maneuverability is not comparable to other types of ships. There will definitely be.

"Okay, then let's take out a Japanese aircraft carrier!" Gao Guangyou's eyes became resolute, and while exchanging the information to Li Kongrong, he said, "You say, Hansheng, what are we going to do?" ”

"Is Xiangguang asleep, Liu Yongren also called over, Jinghu and Er Gong also came over, everyone discussed how to beat him." Li Kongrong didn't sleep all night, but his spirit was surprisingly uplifted. He was going to work together to make a foolproof plan, and it was breakfast time, and soon everyone came.

"My judgment is that every time Japan lands, there are aircraft carriers to help in the war, the current situation is unclear, no matter what happens in the future, one bird in hand is better than two birds in the forest, and one can sink one." Li Kongrong's words were said to the officers present, but in fact he said to himself, no matter what Pearl Harbor is or not, if the opportunity is in front of him, then sink one ship first. "We will no longer go to Qinzhou Bay to ambush the troop carrier group, we will hit the enemy's aircraft carrier first. Now we know two things: one, aircraft carriers will come; Second, as of yesterday, there were no aircraft carriers in Yulin Port, Guangzhou, and other places, and this was confirmed by intelligence, which means that the aircraft carriers must come from the east.

According to the habit of aircraft carrier operations, the normal radius of carrier-based aircraft is about 200 to 250 nautical miles, and judging from this itinerary, aircraft carriers are likely to operate in the sea areas west of the Leizhou Peninsula, north of Hainan, and east of the center line of the Beibu Gulf. If it is coming from the direction of Sanya, then the route should also be close to the Hainan side and not the Annam side. Li Kongrong first stated his opinion on the chart, and then asked, "What do you all think?" ”

Li Kongrong held a meeting to seek advice, and what puzzled him was that after he asked, everyone did not respond at all, so he had to say again: "If you have any ideas, you can say it now, and this is the opportunity, and I am afraid that you will not be able to find it after you run away." ”

After he said this, everyone still didn't react, and after he looked at Su Jinghu, Su Jinghu said: "Brother Hansheng, we don't understand aircraft carriers." If you think what will happen to the Japanese, then let's do what we do. ”

"Yes." Gao Guangyou also said. "We all listen to you."

"Listen to me?" Li Kongrong smiled, and he said: "It's just my guess, it's not necessarily right." ”

"Better than ours, right?" Liu Yongren also interjected. "In my opinion, the Japanese army must have come together, and it is unlikely that they will divide their troops. I don't know if I can wait outside Yulin Port......"

Liu Yongren just mentioned it in passing, but Li Kongrong's heart jumped. Yes, why wait in Haikou? Wouldn't it be better to go directly to the outside of Yulin Port and wait? He knocked the table and said, "Then let's go to Yulin Port!" Go now! ”

"Now?" Unexpectedly, Liu Yongren's reminder that the battle plan had changed again, Gao Guangyou was originally extremely firm, but now he hesitated.

"Yes. The aircraft carrier must be escorted by a destroyer, and since it is an escort, then there will be no troop carrier all the way to the aircraft carrier, so it will waste twice as much fuel to divide into two teams, so I think the Japanese must have been an aircraft carrier and a ship group to go together. Yesterday, Sanya said that there is no aircraft carrier in Yulin, so there is only one possibility, and the aircraft carrier is still on the way to Sanya. If we wait outside the port, we will have at least two chances, one is for the aircraft carrier to enter the port, and the other is for the aircraft carrier to leave the port. ”

The pencil in Li Kongrong's hand hit the position of Yulin Port heavily, fortunately there was a layer of things on it, otherwise the chart would have stabbed him.

"Let's go to Yulin Port now?" Gao Guangyou still had some doubts. After all, the submarine had only just dropped anchor and camouflaged, and the current position was more than 200 nautical miles from Yulin Port, and even if it was 12 knots, it would take 20 hours to travel.

"Yes, go now!" Li Kongrong can't wait. He seemed to have a premonition that the Japanese aircraft carrier was on its way to Sanya at this time. "What's the weather like today?" He asked Lin Xiangguang, who had just introduced the post.

"It started to rain at dawn, and the wind was not very fast." Lin Xiangguang said. "It is advisable to sail in a snorkel position, which will maintain a speed of about six knots. It is possible to sail up and down after dark, but beware of the patrol boats of the Japanese and French armies, which they encountered twice last night, but fortunately there were no problems. ”

"What else do you have to say?" Li Kongrong asked the others again.

"No comment." The thought of not hitting a transport ship and an aircraft carrier, everyone seemed very happy.

"Then follow this plan and make a plan for the voyage immediately. Disband. Li Kongrong waved his hand to disperse, and at this time he felt a little sleepy, but in the roar of the diesel engine, he began to look at the hydrological data of Yulin Port again.

After all, it is not the territory of the Fujian system, Li Kongrong has very little information about Yulin Port, except for the map, what he knows is that the harbor is divided into two ports: the inner harbor refers to the waters around Yulin, Anyou, and Hongsha, which runs from north to south, with an average width of 800 meters and a length of about four kilometers. To the north, the Red River flows into the bay, and the flow is not large. The depth of the water in the inner harbour is roughly between 5 and 10 meters, although there are also waters that are less than 5 meters, but less than half. The water surface of the outer harbor is wide, the west side of the opening is Luhuitoujiao, that is, the Baishiling Peninsula, the altitude is more than 380 meters, and the east is the nose of the warbler. The water depth in the outer harbour is not detailed, but is generally between 10 and 15 metres. The tide situation is also not clear, only vaguely recorded the average tidal range of 0.84 meters, the maximum tidal range of 2.11 meters, although there is a table, but it is full of patchwork, at a glance it is done by manipulating it.

Since the Republic of China, the navy has been abandoned for a long time, and although there have been calls for the construction of Yulin Port, there has been no practical action. U-38 can go to Qinzhou Bay can not care much about hydrology, it only needs to ambush the ship group a few nautical miles away in the bay, but Yulin Port is different, if possible, take advantage of the tide, one blow to retreat will be the best way, even the ambush must also find the right position, but this information ......

As soon as the sky darkened, the Hong Kong Entertainment Cinema was already brightly lit. This is a place where celebrities gather, and Zeng Guosheng, who is dressed in a suit, looks unnaturally at the Indian guards standing in the hall. But this is something that can't be helped, it is said that there is a big man coming today, just as he was looking for the retired Royal Navy major named Charles Dredge, a black Les-Royce sedan stopped at the entrance of the theater, after the door opened, a slightly chubby old gentleman got out of the car, and the people present immediately applauded, this is the Governor of Hong Kong, Luo Fuguo.

"Mister?" An Englishman in his thirties looked at Mr. Tsang, both with a copy of The Times under their right arm, the fourth page of the newspaper facing outward.

"Mister... Dredge ...... "Shaking hands, Zeng Guosheng shouted an unfamiliar name.

"Yes, it's me. Please follow me. "Dredge was extremely familiar with the Grand Theater, and he took Zeng Guosheng to the side passage in three steps and two steps, and went upstairs to a room that had been prepared." Mr. Zeng, I'm glad you can contact me. Dredge smiled, "Colonel Russell is looking for Lee all over the world, and of course, the Japanese are looking for him too." ”

After receiving Li Kongrong's telegram for help from the submarine, Zeng Guosheng felt that he had stepped into a strange world. Fortunately, the Englishman on the opposite side met the requirements of the telegraph, and the other party was a white man, and his intuition told him that this could not be a Japanese accomplice.

"Colonel Lee, he ...... He's busy. Zeng Guosheng didn't know what words to describe Li Kongrong's actions now, "And he's in trouble right now and needs some help." ”

"Of course, we're here to help." Drech smiled, "But my boss, Colonel Russell, needs to be able to get in touch with him as soon as possible." ”

"Mr. Dredge, I'll bring his contact information. But he needs some useful information, that is, ......" Zeng Guosheng pondered his words for a while before he said: "Sir, we need hydrological data from Yulin Port, I think you should have it." ”

"Yulin Port?" Drech was unimpressed at first, but when he thought of the harbor where the Japanese naval fleet was stationed, he blurted out, "God, you ......, where is Lee?" Did he want to attack the Japanese fleet? ”

"He really wanted to attack the Japanese fleet there, but he wasn't ready, so he needed hydrographic data there. He also hopes that you will give him some advice and provide real-time intelligence on the Japanese Navy, which he believes is not difficult for you because the military aircraft in Hong Kong can detect the movements of the Japanese, but it is extremely important to him. Zeng Guosheng said the explanation in the telegram, he didn't know why Li Kongrong thought the British would help, but he still came hard.

"I can offer that help, but Colonel Russell hopes to meet with him soon." Drech is the head of MI6 in Hong Kong, and London has informed him that 007 will go to Hong Kong and asks him to help as much as he can, provided that he does not provoke the Japanese. 007 did come, but he seemed to leave Asia after capturing a German cruise ship, which left him at a loss for what to do with the telegram from London. (To be continued.) )