Chapter 45: The Yellow Mire
Except for the roar of the diesel engine, except for the roar of the diesel engine, everything is quiet. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Taking advantage of this gap, Li Kongrong spoke to all the crew in the radio room, and he did not directly criticize anything, as if he was reminiscing about the past.
“…… When I was in Neustadt, I said that I don't want soldiers to defend my country, I want warlike warriors! Soldiers only have their family and country in their hearts, and they have no bravery. If they can not be soldiers, they will not be soldiers, if they can not fight, they will not fight, and if they can not fight, they will not die in battle. Fighting is just a duty, a job.
I'm not looking for someone like that! I want militants, warriors who value honor more than their lives. The reason why we can't beat the Japanese is because there are too few people like us, especially those dignitaries, who can be called brave? If they were really brave, the First Wu would have collapsed for a thousand miles, and Port Arthur would fall within a day? If they were really brave, would 918 not let go of a single shot and throw away the entire Northeast? If they are really brave, will the Battle of Songhu last until November and wait for the League of Nations to mediate? Everyone wants to protect themselves, compromise, and seek peace. Mom is a bunch of boneless soft eggs!
I don't want this kind of person, either in this submarine or in the aircraft carrier fleet in the future. Because of the existence of such people, self-preservation, compromise, and even peace will become everyone's consensus. Why, then, did we go to such lengths to steal this submarine from Germany? Why should we salvage centuries-old treasures from the depths of the ocean and rebuild our fleet? Why don't we take some gold and I divide some ancient porcelain, divide the tens of millions of dollars, and then go home and become a rich man?
The reason why we are like this is not so much that we are defending our homeland and country, and that we were once the navy of the Republic of China, but that it is our nature. Have you ever wondered why there are so many Fujianese in Nanyang and the Philippines? If it is forced by poverty, isn't Guangxi even poorer? The fact that Fujian people are all over the South Seas proves that our ancestors longed for the sea, and our ancestors crossed the ocean to Taiwan, to Manila, and to Nanyang.
The Hakka people opened the port, the Cantonese people prospered, and the Fujian people occupied the port. This is not what I said, this is the consensus of all overseas Chinese in Nanyang. What does this mean? This means that the Hakka people who are willing to work hard can turn the barren land into a town port; And the Cantonese people will do business, and wherever they go, business will prosper; With the opening of the port, there was a boom in trading and commerce, and naturally we needed shipping, so the Fujian Yan came, and we controlled the trade through shipping, and over time, the entire port became our private property.
Dominating the oceans and controlling trade, that's what we should do! Not only now, but even hundreds of years ago, in Zheng Chenggong's time, merchant ships throughout East Asia had to buy flags from us, including foreign merchant ships. This is the Ming Dynasty, and a few hundred years ago in the Song and Yuan dynasties, Quanzhou was the largest port in East Asia; In the pre-Qin period, the Yue Jue book said that the Yue people 'traveled by water and in the mountains, took the boat as the car, and the pole as the horse, and it was difficult to follow if the wind was blowing, and it was difficult to follow', which shows that our ancestors were good at navigation more than 2,000 years ago.
It's our nature, we weren't born to be on land, we were born to be buried in the ocean. When our ancestors dominated the seas of East Asia and controlled East Asian trade, the Japanese were still seasick; When our ancestors sacked Jiangnan and plundered coastal towns, the Japanese were only our retainers and thugs. I'm talking about the Wako, and it doesn't matter if you understand some of the words, what is the Wako? At the beginning, the Japanese were mercenaries of the maritime merchants of Fujian and Zhejiang.
Will you bow down to your own subordinates? You won't, normal people won't. Just like when you see rats and cockroaches going up to trample on them and shoot them flat, every Fujian person in the real sense wants to kill the Japanese, especially the Japanese Navy, it's as simple as that, it's nature. But the vast majority of us have forgotten the glory and bravery of our ancestors, and they have shrunk into the graves they have dug for themselves, thinking of self-preservation, of compromise, of their wives and children, and I will never tolerate this! Here I can guarantee that the rebuilt fleet will not be an existing fleet, let alone a pension fleet, but a fleet that will fight in the face of the enemy.
It's still the same as before. On this return voyage to Manila, please think about whether you can overcome your own cowardice, whether you can reproduce the bravery of your ancestors, and if not, please leave this submarine......"
Because of Gao Guangyou, Li Kongrong has some words that are not unhappy, he doesn't care about Su Jinghu's so-called unity or affection, what he wants is to express his heart directly and make his position clear. If this position is not stated, the new fleet will certainly be no different from the old navy. To this end, he had Lu Ruping record his speech thoroughly, and then send it to the United States and Hong Kong at the right time - when the fleet was rebuilt, he had to mentally distance himself from the old navy elements who had passed by.
When Li Kongrong spoke, the old man on the U-38 was silent, but the young man listened attentively and enthusiastically. It is true that history is often forgotten, but if we turn the pages of history and roughly connect the historical narratives with the main line of 'dominating the oceans and controlling trade', we will get a dumbfounded answer: that is, before the arrival of Europeans, Fujian was indeed the king of the seas in East Asia.
It doesn't matter whether this reasoning is rigorous or not, it doesn't matter if there are many historical sources to support it, the key is whether his subordinates believe it or not. letter, then you can build a new navy with a new look and defeat Japan; If you don't believe it, you will be like the First Sino-Japanese War, One Twenty-Eight, and Nine Twenty-Three, which exist for the sake of existence, and then be completely annihilated in existence.
While Li Kongrong was speaking on the submarine, activists Liu Chunxun and Jiang Jing were swimming to the coast with all their might. Swimming is a compulsory subject at Maweihai School, and there are swimming competitions every semester. After the two men got out of the submarine from the torpedo tube, they did not rush to the surface, but slowly rose with oxygen and carried the load, and then determined the direction and rowed towards the dark shore. There was no danger at sea, but not far from the shore, the two were knocked down by the defenders' secret outpost.
"My own people, let go of the ......" Liu Chunxun knew a little bit of vernacular, and immediately announced his identity, who thought that he would hit the butt of the gun as soon as he said it, and then a person said: "Big guy, caught a traitor!" ”
Liu Chunxun was half stunned by this rifle butt, but Jiang Jing said in Chinese: "We are the navy, I want to see you Commander Feng!" ”
"Navy?" The moon was dim in the clouds, and Deng Chongfu on the other side was half-convinced, he stopped Huang Aquan, who was still beating people, and asked in broken Chinese: "How did you come?" What proof is there? ”
"I have papers in my pocket." Jiang Jing breathed a sigh of relief when she saw him ask. "Our ship is in the sea, and we are afraid of mines when we want to dock, so we ......"
As soon as Jiang Jing mentioned the mine, Deng Chongfu's suspicion immediately increased, but fortunately, he still asked people to search Jiang Jing, in addition to an M1935 Browning high-power pistol, there was also a military ID. The pistol was immediately inserted into his waist by Deng Chongfu, and it was useless for Jiang Jing to object. It was the documents, and several soldiers dragged him and Liu Chunxun to a dark place to scrape matches to take a closer look, and the documents were indeed genuine, but no one had ever seen the navy documents, so they couldn't distinguish the real from the fake.
"Our ship has already sent a telegram to your superiors, it is estimated that your division commander Feng is calling Qisha, you can just send the two of us to the command post." Liu Chunxun's face was half swollen, and he felt pain when he spoke.
"You're really a navy?" Deng Chongfu put away the two military ID cards, still suspicious. "What are you doing with our leader?"
"Our warships don't have much ammunition, and if we want to take out the ammunition, we must find a safe haven in case the Japanese ships raid." Jiang Jing said the truth in a big way. After he finished speaking, he said: "Our commander said, when the matter is done, I will send you forty Thomson submachine guns and tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition. If you want a machine gun, it's up to you to see if you can use it. ”
"Forty Thomson ......" Deng Chongfu was completely moved, he who had reconnoitred the Japanese airfield on Weiyou Island was not like Huang Aquan, a private without a little knowledge, he forced a smile and said: "Ah Quan, let go, the navy, your own people." He then pulled out another cigarette, but there was only one in it.
"Smoke my ......" Jiang Jing took out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter from her pocket, which was a position that Huang Aquan didn't touch just now. Take us to meet your regimental commander, and your regimental commander will definitely give you credit. ”
Jiang Jing said that he wanted to see the regiment commander, and Chao Wei, the headquarters of the 524th regiment, had just hung up the phone call from the division headquarters, and the division commander said on the phone that the navy's warships would dock and that he would replenish a batch of munitions, which was equivalent to a good thing for the world to drop gold ingots, so he hung up and sent heralds to the front line. An hour later, he met Jiang Jing and Liu Chunxun.
"The two brothers have worked hard." Chao Wei was full of smiles, he had just reprimanded Deng Chongfu. "How do you want us to cooperate?"
"It's very simple." Jiang Jing unfolded the map. "Just find someone to bring the submarine to this bay." Jiang Jing pointed to the Yellow Mudpool, a kilometer south of Qisha Town, a narrow bay running east-west with its mouth facing east. "It takes about three hours to remove the ammunition, and these three hours are absolutely safe. It is likely that the Japanese will land tomorrow at dawn, and we will be able to ...... with ammunition"
"I understand!" Jiang Jing raised his hand without finishing speaking, "Orderly, immediately bring the people from the minelaying team......
Under the guidance of the minelaying team, the U-38 slowly sailed towards the shore and entered the Yellow Mudpool, a small bay with an opening of 300 meters and a length of 1.8 kilometers. Chao Wei, the commander of the 524th Regiment, took the regimental headquarters and the officers and soldiers of the first battalion stationed here to wait here, and the first thing they saw under the moonlight was a vague black shadow, and when they walked into it, it was a low warship, and several figures stood at the highest point in the middle of the warship, methodically directing the warship to enter the bay and dock.
"Drop anchor." Li Kongrong is no longer the rookie captain who sails backwards out of the Travi River, and he is becoming more and more comfortable with the command of the car. As the submarine broke down and threw the cable, a long log was temporarily found and put on the upper deck of the submarine. When Li Kongrong walked to the shore, Chao Wei and the others first saluted and then shook hands: "Brother Hansheng......"
"Hard work...... Captain Cao. Jiang Jing whispered in Li Kongrong's ear and introduced the visitor. We have four torpedoes to take out, and some minor bugs to fix, and we'll leave before dawn. ”
"You're welcome." Chao Wei spoke in official language. "It's all devils, as long as you can help, just say it."
Chao Wei's attitude made Li Kongrong feel very comfortable, he looked behind him, the two crew members had already carried a box of cigarettes over, and he said: "The first time we met, it was not a respect, this box of American cigarettes should be smoked by the brothers." There are still a lot of weapons on the submarine, and if Commander Cao's people can do it, they can take some away. ”
The American cigarette nest didn't care, and a big reason why he came in person was because of the forty Thomson submachine guns. "I'll be blunt with my brother, what treasures do Brother Hansheng have on the warship?"
"MG34 universal machine gun." Li Kongrong said, "The whole gun weighs 12 kilograms, uses 7.92mm Mauser rifle cartridges, and has a rate of fire of 800 rounds per minute, and the actual rate of fire can exceed 1,000 rounds, with an effective range of 1,000 meters." Because it is air-cooled, the barrel needs to be replaced after a period of time. ”
For infantry, in addition to artillery, the most powerful weapon is the machine gun. Before Li Kongrong could finish speaking, Li Yuhui, the commander of the first battalion, coughed a few times -- he had never dreamed of such a machine gun.
"I definitely don't have too many weapons, brother, I'm worried that they won't be enough. Frankly, we can't make this machine gun, but we can learn it, can we? Chao Wei looked behind him, and all the officers nodded like chickens pecking rice. How many such machine guns does Brother Hansheng have, if there are too many of them, I can buy them, brothers. ”
"You don't have to buy it." Li Kongrong knew what he said politely, and if he really wanted to sell him, he would definitely have an IOU. "I'll give you ten MG34s, plus 100,000 rounds of ammunition......" Li Kongrong's generosity made Chao Wei gasp a few times, so that he almost didn't remember what he said later, "...... You'd better get a few Heavy over there, though, and my guys can teach them for a few hours. Besides, these things are all devils, you don't want to waste it. ”
"Where's the word!" Chao Wei wanted to pat his chest and promise to kill the Japanese criminal, but he was not very good at words, and he choked immediately when he wanted to express his determination.
"Sir, vegetable ......" machine guns and submachine guns are a lot on the submarine, and they are placed under the captain's room and there are torpedo storage tanks. Lin Xiangguang, the second mate who went ashore together, did not feel sorry for the firearms, he remembered that the kitchen said that he wanted to get some vegetables when he went ashore, and the vegetables he had eaten earlier.
"Oh, there's one more thing." Only then did Li Kongrong think of the provisions, "Are there vegetables and eggs sold in the town?" We stayed at sea for a long time, and we ran out of fresh food. ”
"When I heard that there was going to be a war, all the people in the town ran out." Chao Wei smiled, "Brother Hansheng, don't worry about these little things, I don't have eggs, but if you want as many dishes, I'll have someone send them over immediately." ”
"Thank you very much." Li Kongrong turned to look at the submarine moored in the bay. While he was talking, a wooden tripod had been erected on the deck, and Su Jinghu quickly commanded the sailors to hoist the first torpedo. The 21-inch torpedo was more than seven meters long, and it was hazy under the moonlight, and even if they saw only a shadow, the curious onlookers were startled -- they heard that the navy warship was going to stop at the Yellow Mudpool to get shells, but they did not expect that the shells were thicker than their waists and longer than four people in a fortified area.
"What kind of shell is this?" Chao Wei was also startled, but at this time Li Kongrong had returned to the bridge, and only Lin Xiangguang, the second officer in charge of teaching the MG34 machine gun, was still on the shore.
"It's not a shell, it's a torpedo." Lin Xiangguang felt a sense of pride when he saw that he was surprised. "As long as it is not a warship of more than five thousand tons, one torpedo can be sunk. In the past few days, we have fired 16 torpedoes, except for the aircraft carrier that sank in Sanya, we sank at least 10 Japanese ships last night and during the day today, and if they land tomorrow, we will definitely let them sink a few more ships. (To be continued.) )
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