On the evening of September 9, Zhang Wei looked at the telegrams sent by so many countries, feeling both happy and sad. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

I am glad that I have attacked Japan by myself, and that there are so many countries that support my actions, and it seems that my actions are in the interests of the majority of countries, and there is no external pressure and obstruction.

The United States hopes that it will lose both with Japan and reduce the threat to their Pacific region, and Germany hopes that it will make a mess of the situation in Asia and contain the energy of Britain, France, and other countries in Asia.

Being used shows that you are still valuable. It is time for the best interests of the kingdom to be pursued.

Li Zhaoshui felt that the land was progressing smoothly, and that the navy should be released to achieve better results, especially to take the Penghu Islands first, control the entire Taiwan Strait, capture all the Japanese merchant ships traveling to and from the Taiwan Strait, increase the kingdom's maritime transportation strength, and at the same time strike a blow to Japan's economic strength.

Zhang Wei asked: "Then how many ships are suitable to release now?" ”

Li Zhaoshui said: "Your Majesty, as long as you release 5 Lanfang-class destroyers and 10 Sea Lion-class torpedo boats, you can successfully take the Penghu Islands. ”

"Will the strength be too weak?"

"Your Majesty, just to capture the Penghu Islands, you don't need battleships, and besides, the speed of these two types of warships is fast, if you can't beat them, there is no problem in escaping."

"Okay, I'll release these warships tonight, and you choose a naval staff officer to serve as the chief of staff of the fleet, and command the fleet to attack the Penghu Islands, but you can't shoot it down, and after the Japanese army returns fire, you will retreat after firing at each other."

"Your Majesty, why don't you fight it down?"

"Show the enemy weakness, only then will Japan send reinforcements to Taiwan. However, you can attract his navy stationed in the Penghu Islands and sink them, if they don't come out, you will patrol the Taiwan Strait, capture Japanese merchant ships, and sink those who dare to resist. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

When enough merchant ships have been captured, they can use merchant ships to transport soldiers to the eastern part of the island of Taiwan, where there are still three county towns that have not been occupied, and it will be much more convenient to supply the Yaeyama Islands from Yilan County at that time.

In the staff room, army staff officers are busy checking the current locations of various units and marking them on the map. The 18th Division has already occupied Changhua County and Yunlin County, and is expected to occupy Chiayi County tomorrow morning and Tainan City the day after tomorrow. The 19th Division has already reached the Miaoli border, occupies Miaoli tomorrow, occupies Hsinchu the day after tomorrow, occupies Taoyuan the day after tomorrow, occupies one city every day, and puts strong psychological pressure on the Japanese army, and then gradually compresses the scope of the Japanese army's activities outside Taipei, and finally drives the Japanese army to Keelung Port to attract the Japanese army to send troops to support.

Zhao Xiaolong was quick to get started with the work of the provincial government, and yesterday he had already dispatched the county government and police units to Changhua County and Yunlin County, and each county had one battalion and 500 policemen, which was enough to maintain local law and order and assist the county government in carrying out its work. Today, the county government and police forces from Miaoli and Chiayi counties will be dispatched. Receive the occupied territory in time and free up the regular army to occupy more territory. In the afternoon of the same day, the parity grain store in Taichung City began to sell cheap rice, white flour and salt, and announced the abolition of the salt monopoly system.

Perhaps, for the special government personnel, it is too simple to deal with Taiwan's government affairs, compared with other places, the whole is the size of a city, which is equivalent to the affairs handled by a mayor, which is a bit condescending.

At this time, Li Zhaoshui selected a senior naval staff officer and prepared to be appointed chief of staff of the destroyer squad to conduct a drill on the Penghu Islands early tomorrow morning.

Zhang Wei took a look, the staff officer's name was Zhang Xiude, and Li Zhaoshui introduced that he had been working in the General Staff Headquarters for half a year and was fully competent for this work. Having a senior staff officer as the chief of staff of a small destroyer squad is certainly fully competent, but it is a bit condescending. Now there are many talents in the Lanfang Kingdom, and they are generally in a high allocation, which has raised the appetite of Zhang Wei and everyone, and they feel that they are not at ease if they are low.

On September 9, the 21st day of the seventh lunar month, the moon will rise in the second half of the night, Zhang Wei and Li Zhaoshui decided to set off early tomorrow morning, go to the beach to release destroyers and torpedo boats, let them go to the Penghu Islands, shell Japanese batteries or barracks, and then capture Japanese merchant ships.

The Penghu Islands, located in the middle of the Taiwan Strait, 50 kilometers away from the island of Taiwan, have a total area of about 128 square kilometers and are composed of 90 large and small islands. It is the natural dividing line between the East China Sea and the South China Sea, and it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, and it is known as the "key to the southeast".

On the Penghu Islands were stationed a squadron of the Japanese Army and an artillery squadron, with more than 400 people.

There was also an old cruiser with a speed of 22 knots and 8 76mm guns; The remaining few torpedo boats, don't even need to think about it, the speed is not even as good as the destroyers of the Lanfang Kingdom, and they are not a threat to the destroyers at all.

Zhang Xiude asked the destroyer to circle around the island and found that there were more than 20 fortress guns of different calibers on the island, which would be very dangerous if they were attacked. Therefore, let the torpedo boats patrol the surroundings, 2 destroyers at the north exit of Penghu Bay, 3 destroyers at the south exit of Penghu Bay, just blocking the 2 exits where the Japanese warships might escape, but do not dare to get too close to the island, there are batteries on Magong Island, Xiyu and Baisha Island, and you must be careful.

The Japanese army on the island received an order yesterday to enter a wartime state and be on guard against the navy of the Lanfang Kingdom coming to attack at any time.

The Japanese military camp is southeast of Magong City,

Zhang Xiude felt that such a blockade was not a way, and it was necessary to lure out the opponent's navy, so he ordered the three destroyers to go east, let go of the exit, avoid the fortress guns on Magong Island, go around to the southeast of the island, and then open fire on the Japanese barracks.

12 rapid-fire naval guns of 100mm caliber fired together, the shells flew to the Japanese military camp in Magong Town with a whistling sound, the huge explosion made the people on the entire island feel the shock, 3 minutes later, the military camp was in a sea of fire, close to 300 shells, the small military camp was blown up without an intact building, and a small team of Japanese soldiers died in the fire before they could react.

The Japanese officers and soldiers on the nearby fort began to fire shells in the direction of the warship, but because the direction was wrong, and the warship was outside the range of the fortress guns, the Japanese could only do it in a hurry, losing a squad of soldiers in vain, so that the defense force on the island weakened a lot, if the Lanfang Kingdom sent troops to land, it would be difficult for them to hold the island.

Fortunately, the Japanese squadron leader who was guarding the island had already moved the radio station to the fortress, otherwise he would have lost contact with his superiors.

After firing at each other for a while, Zhang Xiude felt that the range was too short to hit the fort, so he ordered two destroyers to continue to monitor the Japanese troops on the Penghu Islands, and the remaining warships went out to patrol and prepare to capture the Japanese merchant ships.

The navy of the Lanfang Kingdom chose to give up the attack, so that the Japanese troops on the island had a feeling of the aftermath of the catastrophe, if the opponent's naval guns got closer, they would all be buried under the fire of the Lanfang Kingdom. However, the navy of the Lanfang Kingdom has not withdrawn and has been patrolling the surroundings, keeping them in fear at all times.

In the morning, four Japanese merchant ships passing through the Penghu area were intercepted by the navy of the Lanfang Kingdom, and the Japanese officers saw very clearly from the binoculars that three Japanese merchant ships that obeyed the order of the Lanfang Kingdom Navy to stop ships were escorted away, and one merchant ship that tried to enter Penghu Bay was sunk.

Sun Xiude ordered two torpedo boats to escort the three Japanese merchant ships back to Taichung City.

The squadron leader immediately reported the battle on the island to the brigade commander of the 30th Brigade, hoping to send the navy to send warships to wipe out or drive away the navy of the Lanfang Kingdom, otherwise all Japanese merchant ships passing through the Taiwan Strait would either be sunk, hijacked, and escorted; And especially noted the strength of the navy of the Lanfang Kingdom, with only 5 destroyers and more than 10 torpedo boats. (To be continued.) )