Chapter 3: Godzilla
Stewed bear bones with potatoes, fried bear meat with onions, braised bear paws, steamed bear lungs, fresh fish and bear bone soup, ......, the food can indeed be regarded as combat effectiveness. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoAfter another bear hunt on Hope Island, the bear feast began on the submarine again. In order to prevent the telegraph office from informing the Germans, the U-38 sailed south from Svalbard, only to cruise alone on the merchant shipping routes for fear of violent weather in the Atlantic. Fortunately, the location is a little further south, and the temperature outside the boat is around zero degrees when there is a sun, and it is still below zero when there is no sun.
Seven days after the telegram was sent, the telegraph bell that had not been moving for 10,000 years finally rang again, and with the sound of the telegraph key, the radio waves from an unknown ship were picked up by the submarine receiver. The telegram was sent in clear code, and Li Kongrong only read the beginning of the telegram, then raised the telegram and shouted loudly: "It's a supply ship!" ”
"Ahh The submarine was crazy, and everyone shouted, and the sound drowned out the rumbling diesel engine.
"Quiet! Be quiet! Li Kongrong said after everyone cheered, "Time is pressing, the time to do now is to meet her immediately, and rush to North America immediately after the meeting." ”
Of course the convergence should, but go to north america, a cadre looked at li kongrong a little puzzled, as a lieutenant colonel, wang. Rong Ying asked, "Brother Hansheng, aren't we returning to China?" ”
"Of course I have to go back to my country." Li Kongrong said. "But there are a lot of places for submarines to refit. Let's think about it, if the submarine can be charged underwater, how can we have so hard work when we go out of the North Sea? You all want your wife and children, I also want your wife and children, everyone's wives and children are in Yunnan, we don't want to see each other once, we have to see each other every time in the future. Therefore, the submarine first went to the American shipyard for refit, which is related to our future operations. ”
"Hansheng, are you going to install a snorkel?" Lin Huiping was the first to guess the content of the modification and asked.
"Yes. With a snorkel, the submarine can be recharged underwater, and even underwater in good sea conditions. "Don't worry about the snorkel, the submarine's captain Captain Lieber recorded in the logbook that the wind and waves in the Baltic Sea were as high as force 7, and the U-29 broke the snorkel and had to float in this sea condition, and finally collided with the U-38." With the snorkel, it will be convenient for us in the future, and the probability of being beaten by the Japanese is greatly reduced. In addition, I promise that you will see your wife and children in September. ”
It's June soon, and when I heard that I could return home in September, I was a little disappointed that the crew finally had a smile on their faces. Li Kongrong gave the order to converge in a loud voice: "Sail to 096, and move forward at full speed." The listening room keeps an eye out for nearby merchant ships. ”
"Heading to zero ninety-six. Double front speed. The order was immediately repeated, and the U-38 reversed course and headed for the predetermined location to search for the merchant ship.
"Has the telegram been sent?" On a Norwegian fishing boat of more than 200 tons, Wei Ru was a little restless. With the necessary supplies for the U-38, he rushed to Tromsø as fast as he could, and then stayed in Tromsø for another three days before taking the ship to the intended place. The sea was white, some were just waves and biting cold, and even if he sent a communication message, he was still worried that the submarine would not find him.
"Sent out." Lu Mocheng, who came with him, replied that the two were in the wheelhouse of the fishing boat at this time, and Lu Mocheng was holding a telescope and looking at the white sea full of waves.
"Can they receive it?" Wei Ru was still worried. He was more anxious than when he received the telegram. "Do you want to send it again?"
"I can't send it again, at least not right away." Lu Mocheng kept Hua Luogeng's reminder in mind, knowing that radio communication was not safe, and if the submarine was damaged due to his own negligence, this kind of consequence was not something he and Wei Ru could afford.
"Hey!" Wei Ruyi sat on the chair in the cab, in addition to saving people, he also had a lot of things to report to Li Kongrong, so that he could pay attention. But the sea is vast, and he doesn't know where to find someone, so he can only wait on the boat.
"Boss, I'll find them." Seeing that Wei Ru was restless, Isat, a foreign employee of the Swiss company Xinzhong, offered words of consolation. He had thought that his boss had come to Norway for tourism, but when he got on board, he realized that he was looking for the submarine that had been stolen by Germany last month. He was Swiss, but his home was in the Czech Republic, and he was happy to see the Germans lose a ship.
The boat went back and forth on the route, and Brown, the owner at the helm, was not tired of it—Isat gave him $5,000 to charter the boat, promising to pay another $5,000 when the matter was done. There is such a good thing in the world, and he is naturally willing to obey his fate. Many times he would also offer his own pertinent advice to help the people find the boat they were looking for.
Although they were at the same latitude and longitude, the distance between the two sides was likely to be more than a few dozen nautical miles due to the difference in compass, but fortunately, the U-38 dived into the sea from time to time to search for merchant ships with hydrophones, and three hours later, Brown, the owner of the fishing boat's wheelhouse, saw the lights from the U-38 control tower.
"Ah, it's them, it's them!" Isat pointed to the flash on the port side and shouted at Wei Ru.
"Gentlemen, who are they?" Brown, the owner, read the lights, "How do we answer them?" ”
"Just say it, just say China!" Wei Ru looked at the light and was so excited that he stammered and only spit out the word China. After the fishing boat replied, in the distance, a boat that did not fly any flag and was almost close to the surface of the sea drove by: the submarine U-38.
Li Kongrong, wearing a bearskin coat, stood on the conning tower, and he saw Wei Ru standing on the deck of the fishing boat through the binoculars, and as for Lu Mocheng and the others, he didn't know any of them.
"Oh my God." Brown, the owner of the submarine, was startled at the sight of the deck gun, and he was happy for his employer.
"Don't worry, they're the bravest knights." Isat comforted her, smiling as she watched the submarine and the fishing boat come together.
No matter how small the fishing boat is, it is higher than the deck of the submarine, Li Kongrong took Lin Zhun and a few people to step on the deck of the fishing boat along the rope, and he and Wei Ru's hands were tightly clasped together. "Brother Ziba, don't come unharmed?" He smiled, he saw that Wei Ru, the fat man, was getting cuter and cuter, not only could he take care of the company, but he could also find someone to save people.
"Hansheng ......" Wei Ru grabbed Li Kongrong's hand and couldn't speak, including Li Kongrong, although the soldiers who went to the deck were in good spirits, but they couldn't say bitter between their eyebrows, not to mention that they went to a submarine with their own lives, this is not for the country and the nation, but for what? The government condemned these people to 'treason', which is really a great injustice.
"Mr. Hansheng, it's windy outside, please come into the cabin and talk." Lu Mocheng looked at Li Kongrong, at this time Li Kongrong was no longer white-faced, but had a scruffy beard and was sour, but the more he was like this, the more he looked like a soldier who fought the battlefield.
"No, time is limited, we need to start resupplying first, and I'll talk to you when we resupply." Li Kongrong said that he didn't want to stay here too much, but felt that the sooner he left, the better.
"Okay, okay, I understand, I understand." Lu Mocheng immediately agreed, he said: "There are 80 tons of diesel oil, 5 tons of engine oil, 15 tons of fresh water, 5 tons of rice, vegetables, bacon and other materials on the ship, as well as two boxes of regeneration tablets and 30 bottles of oxygen, but this is directly bought from the hospital, I don't know if it is suitable for ......"
Speaking of regeneration pills and oxygen, Lu Mocheng was a little bitter, it was these two things that were holding him back, otherwise the two of them could have come a few days earlier. And when Li Kongrong heard these things, especially the regeneration pills and oxygen cylinders, he immediately nodded with satisfaction, the oxygen on the submarine was about to run out, this was really timely rain. Once again, he decided that he was not looking for the wrong person, in other words, the average person had no idea that the submarine needed to use oxygen, and that it could be bought in such a quick time.
"The oxygen in the hospital is also oxygen, and the boat is about to run out. You've worked hard. Li Kongrong said gratefully, and then he said to Lin Zhun and the others, "It is not advisable to stay here for a long time, you should arrange the shipment immediately, the oxygen and food will be loaded first, and the diesel fuel will be pumped directly." If you have time, you can load fresh water, and if you don't have time, you can use the original ......."
Hastily made arrangements to Lin Zhun Gao Guangyou and others, Li Kongrong and Wei Ru went to the cabin, after a short polite exchange, Wei Ru talked about the impact of the theft of the boat, he said: "German Chancellor Hitler is annoyed and angry, our military cadets in Germany have been sent back to China, many overseas Chinese, especially those in Hamburg, have also been driven back to China, the students are better, but the life is not very good, fortunately, the two countries have not broken off diplomatic relations, it is said that the chairman of the Standing Committee sent Zhu Liuxian as ambassador to Germany, He went to Berlin to make a formal apology and promised to compensate the Germans for all their losses. Domestic words......"
Speaking of the domestic Wei Ru, it was a little difficult to speak, Li Kongrong smiled: "It's okay for Brother Ziba to say it directly. ”
"Domestically, the military court has already tried in absentia, and you and several people around you have been sentenced to death." Wei Ru coughed before confiding in this sentence, "I think it's because Germany has too much pressure on the national government and has to do this." ”
"It's fine." Li Kongrong lit a cigarette, he already knew that his move was treason, which is why he did not lower the blue sky and white sun flag when he left the Spandau naval quarters and took it away.
All he cares about is the extent to which this move will affect Sino-German diplomatic relations, and the situation is not the worst now. Zhu Jiahua is a well-known pro-German faction, and Chang Kaishen's sending him to Germany is conducive to the easing of Sino-German relations. And three months later, the Second World War broke out, and at that time Germany needed Chinese minerals even more - someone once said that the time of Germany's defeat was the time when her storage of non-ferrous and rare metals was exhausted, this is not far-fetched, the war is a general war, but also a war of attrition, and non-ferrous metals are very important.
Hearing Li Kongrong say that it was okay without care, Wei Ru said again: "The domestic people are also ...... about this I don't understand it either, and there are a lot of insults and attacks. However, Xinhua Daily thinks that your move is for the War of Resistance, which is excusable and unspeakable. ”
Xinhua Daily actually said good things about himself, and Li Kongrong smiled and said: "The Bolsheviks and the Nazis are natural enemies, and the loss of Germany is the victory of the Soviet Union, no matter who brought this loss." It is normal for Yan'an and Moscow to unify their voices. After speaking, he asked, "What other measures does the government have?" Is the command of the Navy still there? Are there any cancellations? ”
"No, but I heard that the personnel of the Admiralty were ordered not to leave Chongqing at will." Wei Ru knew very limited things, and only Li Kongrong stole the boat and he paid more attention to the news. "By the way, this time we brought the radio station and the codebook, you can contact New York directly."
Lu Mocheng had talked about the radio station before, and Li Kongrong said with a smile, "I will contact New York." What's going on over there in Switzerland? Has the government been in trouble with you again? ”
"No, no." Wei Ru hurriedly waved his hand, "Since you invited General Henry Gisan to visit the research institute, we don't have any trouble anymore. General Gisan also wanted us to hire the veterans he recommended as guards for the institute, and we had already recruited more than a hundred people after we agreed. They did not discriminate against us, but wanted us to set up a factory in Switzerland as soon as possible, especially helicopters, and he wanted us to produce such aircraft in Switzerland as well, and he could provide all the conveniences, including bank loans. ”
According to previous reports, radar research has yielded results, Buzz bombs have begun to fly test, and bazooka has solved the problem of flight instability with the help of external engineers. Although Switzerland was a neutral country, there were lessons to be learned from Austria and the Czech Republic, and the Swiss were well aware of Hitler's ambitions. In the face of the potential anti-Chinese sentiment in Switzerland, Li Kongrong only invited General Guisan, who later became famous in Switzerland, to visit the institute for half a day, so that the defense of New China could completely gain a firm foothold in Switzerland. It's just that the Swiss side needs the new Chinese defense to resist a possible German invasion, so the current situation is that the Swiss are in a hurry, and they hope that the things of the institute can be mass-produced earlier.
"You told him that the performance of the helicopters in the United States is very unstable, and the model is not suitable, and the helicopters in the future can carry a squad of soldiers to fight, so the Swiss helicopter factory should be built slowly." Li Kongrong thought about the Swiss arrangement, he had already given up Brazil, and only planned to set up production bases in the United States and Switzerland.
"What about loans?" Wei Ru asked, in his opinion, this is a big deal, and the new China defense has been short of money.
"Yes, as long as they are willing to take out loans, but they can't ban our products from being sold, except for Swiss enemies, such as Germany and Italy." Li Kongrong said. "The electron tube factory for radar is going to start work immediately, and then there is a buzz bomb, and a batch can be trial-produced after it is finalized; Bazooka must take a step slowly, although this thing is simple, it can have too much impact. ”
Li Kongrong said about the weapon, Wei Ru kept nodding, and he said, "I understand." ”
"Any news on penicillin?" After talking about the cooperation with the Swiss military, Li Kongrong asked about penicillin again.
"It's still the same, and the maximum number of strains sent from all over the country is no more than 500 units." At the beginning, he had the same confidence in penicillin Wei Ru and Li Kongrong, but the laboratory has no results so far, he is completely discouraged, and Sabentie and others, who study penicillin, are also a little discouraged in the research institute.
"I suggest giving Godzilla a try." The submarine was bored every day, and Li Kongrong, who was facing the sea when he was on duty, thought of the myth of Northern Austria and the underwater monster Godzilla. (To be continued.) )