While discussing the plan and significance of defending Qisha with the defenders, he asked Lu Ruping to send a report to Du Yuming, who asked Du Yuming to forward the brief battle plan to Bai Chongxi in Guilin. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Because of this telegram, Bai Chongxi, who had been asleep for a long time, was called up by the staff officer, and he felt that there was nothing wrong with reading the telegram - the resources invested were very small, at most about a division of troops and more than a dozen torpedoes. For the Army, those torpedoes are also kept, and there is no other point in not shooting them out in the sea. It's just that the matter is not something that he can order with a nod, the garrison of Qinzhou Bay is a major matter, which must be reported to the chief of staff Lin Wei, so he asked Lin Wei to invite him again.

Holding the telegram forwarded by the 88th Army Headquarters, Lin Wei looked up and spoke, "Brother Jiansheng, this Li Hansheng is a traitor." ”

Guilin is not warm at night in winter, and Lin Wei is a little unhappy when he tosses up in the middle of the night for a telegram sent by this submarine. Seeing this, Bai Chongxi smiled and said: "Treason is indeed treason, but the people have been guarding the sea off Qinzhou for a day and have sunk several Japanese ships. Now that the torpedo is gone, it is impossible to defend it any longer. Nanning happens to have torpedoes again, and Du Guangting, a distance of more than 90 kilometers, guarantees that it will be delivered tomorrow night, and if there are torpedoes, the submarine can hold on for another day or two, which is ......"

"Torpedoes aren't cheap." While Bai Chongxi was speaking, Lin Wei patiently swept the entire telegram, and finally spit out such a sentence. "One torpedo is said to cost 50,000 or 60,000 marks, and fifteen torpedoes is 8,900,000 marks, nearly 10 million national dollars." Lin Wei sighed that the price was expensive, and just when Bai Chongxi frowned and was about to refute, he said unexpectedly: "I have no opinion, what does Brother Jiansheng think?" ”

"If Wei Gong has no opinion, I will call the Coastal Defense Department." Bai Chongxi said politely, and at the same time as he spoke, he had already beckoned Wu Zutang to answer the switchboard, and as soon as the phone was connected, he said: "I am Bai Jiansheng...... yes." Please Director Xu transfer fifteen torpedoes to Qinzhou Bay, and if you transport them, ......, oh..., good, good. Please do so as soon as possible. ”

Bai Chongxi was worried that Xu Zushan didn't know the situation, but he didn't expect that the people of the 88th Army were already waiting at the coastal defense department. The person sent by Du Yuming was Hou Teng, he saw Xu Zushan hang up the phone, and handed him a cigarette with a smile, "It's hard work Director Xu." ”

"There's no hard work." Xu Zushan was suddenly appointed as the director of the Guangxi Coastal Defense Department, and he didn't care much about the following things, he said while receiving the cigarette from Hou Teng, "Sir Hou, I have a request, leave a place for me in the car, I want to go and see." ”

"Look," Hou Teng said. "What is Director Xu going to see?"

"Look at the submarine." Xu Zushan said with a smile, "All countries in the world take German submarines as the best, and this U-38 is the latest German submarine, I translated and edited a book on submarines more than 20 years ago, and I am really curious about submarines......

I didn't expect there to be a good mouthful, Hou Teng smiled, "That's no problem, please ask Director Xu to call the warehouse immediately." ”

"Don't call." Xu Zushan got up neatly: "Let's go to the warehouse now, pick up the goods and leave." ”

The combat readiness warehouse of the Coastal Defense Department is outside Nanning, and Du Baiqing, the driver who has been vacated to lead the team of the Coastal Defense Department, is waiting. After Songhu retired, she was inconvenient to drive a tank, so she had been working as a clerk in the military department and making a cameo appearance as Du Yuming's driver. It is not a trivial matter to transport torpedoes to Qinzhou Bay, but she can't see the road clearly at night, and it is bombed by Japanese planes during the day.

"Follow me and go load now." As soon as Hou Teng came out, he said hello to Du Baiqing, eight trucks, she was the head.

In the second half of the night, the moonlight became brighter and brighter, and at two o'clock in the middle of the night, all four torpedoes were hoisted out, and the machine gunners of the 524th Regiment also learned to change the barrel to adjust the rate of fire under the guidance of Lin Xiangguang, and also used up several boxes of bullets. Looking at the chain of fire with tracer bullets, the head of the regiment, Chao Wei, felt a little more comfortable - when Li Kongrong asked him to stick to Qisha for a day, he felt that he had fallen into the big trap of the Fujian Yankees.

Although he did not participate in the Battle of Songhu, he also knew what the tragic situation of the Luodian anti-landing was at the beginning, and under the Japanese naval artillery, the 524th Regiment was likely to be wiped out if it held to the death. Don't say ten machine guns, even twenty machine guns, he doesn't do this business, he feels sorry for the troops, and he is afraid that he can't do it. Fortunately, a telephone command that had just arrived gave him some hope: the division commander promised that the division's reserves and heavy firepower would be transferred to Qisha overnight.

"Brother Chao, I'll leave it to you." Standing on the bridge of the submarine, Li Kongrong pointed at Jiang Jing, Liu Chunxun, and telegraph operator Chen Yiliang and spoke loudly. Jiang Jing and Liu Chunxun were tasked with observing the Japanese navy from shore, while Chen Yiliang, a subordinate of Lu Ruping, was responsible for transmitting the situation to U-38 with a backup radio.

"Brother Hansheng, please rest assured," Chao Wei, who was standing on the shore, looked at the three young people beside him, "they must be foolproof." ”

"See you tomorrow night." After Li Kongrong saluted, he began to order: "Hang the anchor, prepare the ......; Shuangqi retreated slightly......"

Under Li Kongrong's order, the U-38's iron anchor, which had been on the ground for a long time, was put away with a bang, and the body of more than 70 meters long came to life again under the action of the motor. The silent retreat of a warship that smoked and could retreat again shocked those who watched it, and in a surprised gaze, the submarine withdrew from the yellow mud, and after a ninety-degree turn, it disappeared into the night.

Although he knew that the submarine would come back tomorrow night, Jiang Jing, who could get off the boat, looked at the submarine and seemed to be lost; The soldiers, who had watched the play all night, returned to the garrison under the orders of the officers and began preparations for battle during the day tomorrow. Li Kongrong also thought that during the day, after the submarine crossed the thin layer of mines, he began to search for the minelaying site six nautical miles off the coast of Qisha.

The sea under the moonlight rises and falls like a boundless mat, and the whole sea is pitch black in the distance, and white in the distance. In the periodic sound of the tide, he quickly found the minelayer that was laying mines, and in the darkness someone waved at the submarine, so he slowly leaned over.

"How's it going?" Li Kongrong said to the shadow, he felt that this should be Li Yuxi.

"Report sir, two-thirds of the way through." It was Xiao Changjun's voice, and then Liu Yongren. "Report sir, it will take about an hour, and it is expected to be set up before dawn."

"Why is it so slow?" Li Kongrong was a little puzzled, in his opinion, laying mines is the same as throwing depth charges, only need to set the fixed depth, the only thing to pay attention to is that the positions should be spaced apart when throwing, too big will not work, too small to waste mines.

"Sir, the original chain was not long enough." Liu Yongren replied, "We have no choice but to find a thicker hemp rope to tie it, and there is no way to tie the thunder chain if it is not durable." ”

"Length ......" Li Kongrong suddenly realized. The water depth here is not the same as that near the mouth of Qinzhou Bay. The difference between a mine and a deep bomb is that the mine needs to be fixed, and a longer chain is required for a deeper place. "How long does the rope last?" Although Li Kongrong was not afraid that the mines that had lost his ties would float all over the sea, he was also worried that the thunderstorm would not last for two days and then disperse.

"Report to the chief, the old fisherman said that there is no problem with this rope being soaked for more than ten days, but after a long time, I don't know." Xiao Changjun said loudly, and with his voice, a mine was thrown down, causing a splash.

"Ten days is enough." Li Kongrong looked at the minelaying ships on the sea again, they had already formed a big phalanx, and the position of a mine was moved dozens of meters, and after ordering the diesel main engine to start charging, he handed over the bridge to Gao Guangyou on duty, and drilled down to make up for sleep. It was a little past three o'clock in the morning, and he thought that the Japanese army should be coming at dawn, but he was woken up less than an hour after sleeping.

"What's going on?" The submarine has been dived, the diesel engine has been turned off, and the control compartment is in a combat position.

"I ...... The sound of airplanes was heard. Although he was criticized, Gao Guangyou was still on duty according to the duty schedule, and he ordered the submarine to dive.

"Are you sure it's a plane?" Li Kongrong didn't believe Gao Guangyou's report, but wondered what the Japanese were playing.

"It's the sound of an airplane engine," Gao Guangyou affirmed, "and I'll dive right away from the west." ”

Although there was a 20mm anti-aircraft gun on the Winter Garden platform behind the bridge, Li Kongrong did not think that he could fight the plane by relying on it. He nodded, "You're doing the right thing." Then he pinched his sweat again: "Fortunately, the plane didn't come when we were in the Yellow Mud......." By the way, what about Liu Yongren? Seeing that there was no one at the chart table, he immediately remembered that his navigator was still outside.

"Still laying mines." Su Jinghu was also called up while sleeping, "What now?" ”

"Sir, the explosion ......" Lin Lianfan rushed out to speak, and he heard the explosion of a bomb in his headphones.

"It's over", Li Kongrong flashed this thought when he heard this, and at the same time his heart was empty, it must be that the Japanese planes took advantage of the moonlight to search for him on the sea, Gao Guangyou was alert and dived, but those minelayers could not dive. Thinking that Liu Yongren was still on the sea, he bit it and said, "Float up immediately, call Lin Xiangguang up, and prepare 20 cannons." ”

Unexpectedly, Li Kongrong would float, Su Jinghu stared at him before turning his head and ordering: "The main water tank drains and floats." ”

In order not to touch the nearby mines, the U-38 could only float straight and slowly, but at this time the sea was already hell. Several Japanese planes were circling overhead, most of the minelayers capsized, and those who did not capsize also abandoned their ships and jumped into the water. Under the moonlight, these vultures sank the unresisting minelayers one by one, and then began to strafe the minelayer soldiers on the sea.

The fragments of the minelayer floating on the surface of the sea caught fire and burned, and the soldiers who could not avoid it were screaming from the machine guns, and at this time the U-38 rushed out of the sea and suddenly floated up. After the watertight door was opened, Lin Xiangguang and Xue Kuiguang, who were the first to get out of the cabin, immediately rushed to the platform behind the bridge to load the 20 guns, and after a while, the 20 guns fired the first fire chain into the air, and then Li Kongrong, who came up, stood on the bridge and shouted: "Liu Yongren!" Liu Yongren ......"

The moonlight is bright, the starry sky is brilliant, with this background, a plane that has no time to dodge or does not want to dodge was hit by a tracer bullet, with the thin skin nature of a Japanese aircraft, the plane quickly caught fire and exploded in mid-air, and finally fell with a rain of fire, at this time Liu Yongren's voice sounded, "I'm here!" I am here! ”

"Heading three, four, zero, full speed!" Li Kongrong quickly ordered to the cabin, and then shouted behind him: "Stop them, don't drop bombs!" No bombing! ”

"Yes, sir!" Boatswain Xue Kuiguang operated the cannon, and orange rifled flames erupted from the muzzle, and chains of fire with tracer bullets shot out of the flames, rolling towards the planes hovering under the vast starry sky.

"Sa Youne!" During the high-speed voyage, Li Kongrong gave himself a punch, and he felt at this time that not fighting with the plane did not mean that he could not install a few more 20 cannons on the submarine, and if he could have two more cannons, the probability of being hit by a bomb would be greatly reduced. However, it was useless to think about anything at this time, but fortunately, Liu Yongren's position in the water was not far away, and in a few minutes, he climbed onto the deck.

"Get in! Get in!! Li Kongrong waved his hand and shouted, not only Liu Yongren came up, but the other soldiers who fell into the water also climbed onto the deck after hesitating.

'Woo——! The overhead engine howled, and finally one of the planes was forced into a dive. Li Kongrong felt that his scalp was exploding, and he tore his throat and shouted at the microphone: "Left full rudder!" Immediately left full rudder! ”

The plane was diving, the submarine was turning, and the submarine was turning very quickly at high speed, and I don't know whether the Japanese planes missed the bomb or there was no bullet to drop, and Li Kongrong finally only heard the sound of machine gun bullets hitting the deck. At this time, he didn't have time to think about these things, he pulled Liu Yongren into the bridge and said, "Prepare to dive!" Get ready to dive!! ”

Liu Yongren was the first to slide down, followed by Lin Xiangguang and Xue Kuiguang, who threw the cannon there directly, even if the bullet was not finished and the muzzle was not covered with a waterproof plug. Finally, when Li Kongrong was about to enter the cabin, a hand reached in from outside the shell, and there were some incomprehensible shouts. He was about to pull this man into the bridge, but after a series of 'dang dang' bullets, this hand immediately retracted, and seeing this, he entered the cabin without hesitation and quickly closed the watertight door.

Captain Su Jinghu was giving orders to the high-pressure air pump, while the others were full of horror. Smelling a hint of blood, Li Kongrong twisted his brows and asked, "Who was shot?" ”

"Xiang... Xiangguang was shot. Gao Guangyou said, he wanted to go up just now, but Li Kongrong didn't allow it - the reason was that the three commanders wanted to keep one.

"Seriously?" Li Kongrong's face changed abruptly, from Germany to the present, this is the first wounded.

"It's not very serious, it's just that I was shot as soon as I went up, and I have shed a lot of blood until now, and the military doctor said that I might be disabled." Xue Kuiguang, who was still wiping his sweat, told the reason, they were the first to get out of the cabin, and a plane happened to pass by.

"It's not going to be crippled, we have penicillin." Li Kongrong breathed a sigh of relief, he said and looked at Liu Yongren, who was soaking wet, and said again: "Even if we are disabled, we have rescued Yongren." ”

"Long... The official ...... "Liu Yongren was really scared this time, not only trembling but also hiccuping when he spoke, and even leaving tears. "Above... Adversity! …… Still... Yes... A lot... Adversity! …… A lot... Brother ......"

"They're not our brothers, you're the ones." Li Kongrong's face was silent, he took two steps forward, took off his military hat, and put it on the chart table. Under the cold light, he finally said: "We will be distressed when you die, and we will only regret when they die." Got it? (To be continued.) )