In the battle between the U-38 and the 5th Fleet, the 6th Army on the shore was a bystander throughout. 2 Because of Du Yuming's call to inquire about the location of the Japanese fleet at sea, the regimental commander Chao Weicai personally walked out of the field bunker of Qisha and stood on a high place to observe the situation of the enemy forces at sea.www.biquge.info This is a standard Gui officer: thirty or forty years old, a neat khaki uniform, a brown shoulder belt, and a British Tony steel helmet. He held the binoculars with a stern face and looked at the sea: the sun was unusually warm at noon in November, and the Japanese merchant ships in the telescope were clustered together, and under the fluttering plaster flags, the black smoke from the chimneys was stretched by the sea breeze, obliquely across the landscape of blue sky and blue sea.

The picture was originally static, but it can be seen from the explosion and sinking of a Japanese warship, and the sea suddenly becomes chaotic. The Japanese kept throwing bombs into the sea, blowing up jets of water one after another, and then the Japanese merchant ships clustered together burst into fierce flames - because of the limited viewing angle, Chao Wei did not see the two merchant ships sinking in mines, he only saw fire, splashes and black smoke.

"Well played!" Although Chao Wei didn't understand naval warfare, he could also judge that this was a friendly attack, but unfortunately he searched the entire sea area and couldn't find the friendly warship mentioned on the phone.

"Where is the warship?" Like the regiment commander, regimental deputy Li Minchang was also looking for naval warships, but after watching for a long time, the sea was full of Japanese ships flying the flag of the rising sun, and the friendly warships were nowhere to be seen.

"I don't know...... Chao Wei couldn't say that he might have been sunk by the Japanese army, he put down the binoculars and prepared to go back to the command post to report to the division headquarters, and when he retreated down the hillside, he ordered: "You guys continue to observe, and report to me immediately if there is any trouble." ”

More than 10 minutes later, the phone rang in the headquarters of the 88th Army in Nanning, and it was Lieutenant General Feng Huang, commander of the 175th Division, who was calling. Hearing Division Commander Feng say that there were only Japanese ships on the sea and no friendly warships, Du Yuming immediately smiled and said: "Division Commander Feng, there may be a misunderstanding, that warship is a submarine and can be sunk in the water to fight." ”

Du Yuming's explanation made Feng Huang embarrassed, but fortunately, Du Yuming then said a few polite words, and the phone hung up.

"What a hit!" Feng Huang's smiling face changed color the moment he hung up the phone, and he consciously lost a big face, but this is also to blame the friendly warship for being too evil: it can actually sink into the water to fight.

"What do you say over there in Nanning?" Chief of Staff Liu Weikai asked, he was worried about any new assignments from above.

"Didn't say anything." Feng Huang smiled, "That ship can sink in the water to fight, no wonder there is nothing to see on the Qisha side." You call the 524th Regiment and ask them to continue to observe the movements of the Japanese army, if the Japanese really want to come up, then ......"

Feng Huang was originally studying at the 6th National Congress in Guizhou, but was called back by Bai Chongxi because the Japanese army was going to be in Guinandeng6, and when Xia Wei, commander of the 16th Group Army, convened a meeting of various departments last month, he said to him: "The War of Resistance against Japan is quite long-term, and the 'capital' should not be gambled off" [Note 68: "Guangdong, Guizhou, Guizhou and Yunnan War of Resistance", p192. ]。 The implication is to preserve the strength as much as possible, and the Qisha deployed by the 524th Regiment is the forefront, and it is necessary for the division headquarters to remind it again.

The high-level has plans to preserve their strength, but Chao Wei, the commander of the 524th Regiment, hopes to fight a good battle with the Japanese army, even if he wants to withdraw, he must first give the Japanese army a dismount, but the Japanese army has been throwing bombs at sea and not going ashore, which makes him very anxious. He also knew now that the friendly forces were piloting a warship that could dive, and that the Japanese were throwing bombs to bomb the friendly warship. The sun was gradually setting in the west, and seeing that the day was about to pass, he immediately called the commanders of the two main battalions.

"The Japanese don't come to 6 during the day, but maybe they will come at night. You have been called here to be a reminder, especially tonight. "Military meetings are not exquisite, and meetings are held while eating in the humble field fortifications by taking advantage of the brilliant sunset.

"Yes." Li Yuhui, the commander of the first battalion, had no intention of eating, and he kept in mind the regiment commander's explanation. Xiong Zhongwu, the commander of the second battalion, also nodded, "When we go back, we will convene a meeting of the company commanders, and if Japan really wants to come up at night, we will fight according to the method we discussed last time." ”

"Beware of the Japanese artillery." Chao Wei reminded, "There are also plainclothes teams. When they were in Songhu, the Japanese liked to use plainclothes teams the most. ”

"The head of the regiment will make a password." Li Yuhui said, "I can't see clearly at night, and if you have a password, you will know if it's your own person." ”

"The password ......," Chao Wei thought for a while, and finally his eyes fell on the bowl of radish in front of him, and he smiled: "Haha, I think tonight's password is called radish, no matter how much Japan thinks about it, it may not think of this password." ”

The people on the shore laughed around a bowl of turnips and came up with a password, and the U-38 captain's room at the bottom of the sea was full of good dishes but did not smile. Gao Guangyou didn't come for dinner, only Li Kongrong, Su Jinghu, and Lin Xiangguang ate. Because they were fighting, the food was first-class, but except for Li Kongrong, the other two seemed to be unable to eat.

The deep bomb overhead rumbled, and if it fell close, it would still cause poor contact with the electrical circuits in the boat, and the lights were bright and dim but not alarming. What really made Su Jinghu and Lin Xiangguang lose their appetite was Li Kongrong's dissatisfaction with Gao Guangyou. Among them, Su Jinghu was worried that being so strict would hinder the friendship of his colleagues, and he was worried; Lin Xiangguang, like Gao Guangyou, belonged to the halfway boat personnel, he was afraid that Li Kongrong would be dissatisfied with himself that day, he was worried. Only the party Li Kongrong ate and drank unknowingly, and ate all the good dishes on the table, and after eating, he went to the water listening room.

The U-38 was hiding in a really good position, and not many bombs fell nearby, and even if they landed nearby, the lethality was limited because of the terrain. Only a deep bomb falling on the side of the submarine could achieve the effect of damage and destruction, but the Japanese did not have such luck. The ocean is too big, there are too few deep bombs, and the Japanese-style method of throwing deep bombs is not right - the Royal Navy throws five diamond-shaped bombs, and the interval between the deep bombs is 50 meters, while the Japanese Navy has concluded from these observations that they habitually throw seven to eight deep bombs at a time to form a rectangle more than 200 meters long and 200 meters wide, with three or four deep bombs in the middle and the remaining four on both sides, so that the gap between deep bombs and deep bombs is more than 60 or 70 meters.

It's just that in order to hit the U-38, the interval between the deep bombs was finally greatly reduced, and the width changed from 200 meters to 100 meters, which was the method of throwing the deep bombs on the destroyers when they ran out and the three cruisers. By this time, the Japanese ships had already dropped more than 300 deep bombs, and when the cruiser came, the sea was already cloudy, and no one knew where the submarine was.

Lin Lianfan was eating, and when he saw Li Kongrong coming, he immediately stood up and said: "Report to the captain: Four hundred and fifteen, and the cast is getting more and more biased, more and more to the sea." ”

"Hmm." Li Kongrong nodded, he knew that this level had passed again. "Let's wait until it's dark, we'll float up and recharge when it's dark, and don't forget that we still have two torpedoes......"

There are many people in the control compartment of "Hehe......", sinking enemy ships one after another under the water, and this feeling makes them very addicted. After Li Kongrong finished speaking, someone added: "Sir, can you take out the four cans?" ”

"In a jar?" Li Kongrong thought of the four torpedoes left in the storage tank, shook his head and said: "Don't think about it in the tank, this is the battlefield, not coastal defense, the submarine can't dive when the mine is taken, and the others are not afraid, just afraid that the Japanese army will shoot flares." ”

"Sir, aren't we in Qinzhou Bay? Can't you go to the bay and take the mines out? Liu Chunxun, who has always been a helmsman, asked.

"Qinzhou Bay is full of mines." Before Li Kongrong could speak, boatswain Xue Kuiguang objected. "What should I do if I can't get into a mine? Who knows how the mines are arranged? ”

"Sir, the 6th Army must know how the mines are laid, and I am willing to go ashore to ask the 6th Army for help." Liu Chunxun said, his face looked immature under the light. After he finished speaking, the activist Jiang Jing also said: "Yes, we can ask the 6th Army for help, and I am also willing to go ashore." ”

"Ashore... Looking for the 6th Army? A group of young people wanted to kill the enemy and wanted to go crazy, Li Kongrong began to think about it.

"Sir, let's go ashore and find the 6th Army." Jiang Jing took a few steps forward, "If we find the 6th Army, we can enter the minefield, and in the minefield, we can take out the four torpedoes, and replace one ship with one mine, which can sink four enemy ships." ”

"Yes, we are also willing to go ashore ......" a few more voices echoed, it was the young officer who came on board later.

"It's not impossible to go ashore, it's just ......" Although the U-38 has sonar, in a narrow bay, the sonar is not completely insured, and it can only be insured by the difference in draft. But the further you go into the bay, the shallower the water will definitely become, and the submarines too close to the bay cannot find cover and cannot safely take out the torpedoes. Tempted by four torpedoes, Li Kongrong finally nodded. "Which of you is going?"

"My idea is naturally I'll go." Liu Chunxun took the lead, he then looked at the others, and said quite wittily: "They have not experienced escape training, and it is not safe to go out." ”

Except for the trainees studying in Germany, the new crew did not have escape training - the submarine escaped from the torpedo tube after the accident, because of the water pressure, the escape personnel need to float to the surface little by little, if the float is too fast, the internal air pressure is higher than the external pressure, and a bad eyeball will erupt out of the eye socket. However, after dark, the submarine will be charged at the depth of the snorkel, and the water depth of more than ten meters does not need to float according to the requirements of escape training.

"Not alone." Li Kongrong said, "It's just you and ...... Jiang Jing, go for two, don't bring a gun. ”

As soon as Li Kongrong announced his candidacy, the two were overjoyed and the others were disappointed. At this time, Su Jinghu happened to come over, and he had already heard what the task was, and he said, "How can you come back when you go up?" The 6th Army wouldn't think they were Japanese, right? ”

"The 6th Army should know that we are nearby, and if we don't have a gun, we are not afraid of misunderstanding, and I am worried that I will not find anyone." After staying at sea for so long, Li Kongrong also wanted to go up and have a look, but he couldn't leave. "When we came back, we threw firecrackers into the water, and we could hear them." He looked at the ship's bell again, and it was about to get dark.

"What if the Japanese also take advantage of the night to climb 6?" Su Jinghu asked again. Since noon, the antenna of the submarine has been receiving messages from the 6, but in order to conceal their whereabouts, it has not been reported to the public, and the last telegram received shows that the Japanese troops have not boarded the 6, and the water listening room believes that the merchant ships have left their original positions and their whereabouts are unknown.

"It is unlikely that the Japanese will be able to climb 6 at night." Li Kongrong judged, "They don't know how many torpedoes we have, and they can't be sure whether we have been sunk or not. If I were Japanese, I would leave Qinzhou Bay at night and come back during the day. ”

Li Kongrong said his guess, but his eyes looked at the ship's bell. When the clock pointed to six o'clock, the sea was quiet, and the sound of deep bomb explosions and propellers could no longer be heard, and he waited another half an hour before he said: "Prepare to float, thirty meters sonic inspection." ”

"The main tank drains and floats up to thirty meters." Su Jinghu commanded the high-pressure air pump operator. Under his gaze, the high-pressure air pump turned on, and with a long snort, the gas instantly poured into the main water tank. The submarine shook slightly at first, and then suddenly under its feet, and the submarine began to float slowly.

There was a slight pause at 30 meters, and when Lu Ruping Lin Lianfan signaled that there was no abnormality on the sea, the light in the control cabin suddenly turned red, and the submarine continued to float to 15 meters, and the periscope also buzzed up. Li Kongrong had already put on a light-proof goggle, and when Su Jinghu reported that he had risen to the depth of the periscope, he took off the goggle and opened the handle of the periscope to inspect the sea.

The sun sets at 6:04, and in winter it gets dark quickly, and after more than ten minutes the night covers the land. The waves were still very strong, but the rain seemed to have stopped, and Li Kongrong finally saw the moon.

"Raise the snorkel." His eyes did not leave the periscope, and he was still alert to possible danger.

"Raise the snorkel." Su Jinghu signaled to his subordinates, and under the drive of the motor, the horizontal snorkel was erected, and then, the fan in the tube poured in the fresh air with the smell of the sea outside the boat, and everyone was refreshed.

Start the host. Li Kongrong made sure that there was no danger in the vicinity, and gave another order. "Both of them are moving forward, heading for three or four zeros."

Start Host...... Heading three-four-zero. The command went all the way to the power compartment, and the two diesel engines soon roared.

After handing over the periscope to Lin Xiangguang, Li Kongrong walked to the chart table, "Still can't be sure where we are?" ”

"There's no way to know for sure." Liu Yongren shook his head helplessly, "Unless you can see the coast." ”

"There is a moon at night." It was no longer raining on the sea, and the moonlight was unclear or dark, and Li Kongrong scratched his head a little.

"If you get too close to the coast, you might run into a mine." Liu Yongren reminded. "Can't you let the 6th Army bring Bretu over?"

"We're not even sure where we are, so what's the use of coming?" Li Kongrong was also helpless, he then said to Su Jinghu, "Don't go any further, stop charging first, let them go ashore and have a look." ”

Jiang Jing and Liu Chunxun had already returned to the cabin and prepared everything, and now when they heard Li Kongrong say that they wanted to let themselves go, the two of them were immediately overjoyed. Looking at their pride, Li Kongrong warned: "Be careful, don't be embarrassed by Guangxi Yankees!" (To be continued.) )