The rooms on the sixth floor of the Chater Daw Sihao Hotel in Central, Hong Kong are a bit of a mess, and the people are tidying up, and the sorted clothes, books, music scores, and children's toys have been put into rattan suitcases, carefully placed aside, just waiting to be moved downstairs when they leave. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Jiang Xiuyu, who had just come in, looked at everything in the room and said to Xu Peipei with a smile: "What, are you moving?" ”

"Well, I'll be gone in a few days." Xu Peipei, who waited for two months and didn't see her husband, was a little lonely, "I really didn't expect you to come." ”

"Miss Kong and Second Miss miss you, and they all miss you, and they said let me persuade you to go back." Jiang Xiuyu smiled, looked at Xu Peipei's expression carefully, and asked, "What, didn't you see him?" ”

"I saw ......" Xu Peipei was about to leave Hong Kong and return to Myanmar, Li Kongrong's relay was that it was too dangerous here, but she didn't realize where there was danger, but fortunately, she didn't doubt her husband's judgment and quickly bought a ticket.

"Didn't he say when you were going to get married?" There was no place to sit in the room, so Jiang Xiuyu had to lift the corner of the bed and sit down.

"It seems to be ......" Xu Peipei suddenly smiled, the two of them were just together, and they didn't say anything superfluous at all. There will come a time. How are you? Hong Kong newspapers published your photo twice in three days, saying that you had been commended by the national government, received by the chairman of the National People's Congress, and attended some ceremony......"

"So what?" Jiang Xiuyu's tone was both complacent and helpless, she neatly lit a high-end Velik cigarette, and took a long puff of cigarette before saying: "No matter how many people hold it, we are just a show, don't take yourself too seriously." It's you, you don't hold the wedding when you see someone, and if he meets a younger and more beautiful person in the future, he's worried that he will forget you. ”

"Hehe......" Jiang Xiuyu's tone was full of blame, but Xu Peipei, who could hear it, felt that she was concerned about herself, and she smiled after handing the black tea sent by her next person to Jiang Xiuyu: "There is no such thing." ”

"Nothing like that?" Jiang Xiuyu put the tea aside, "Why is there no such thing?" I don't know how many female students from the provinces have withdrawn to the rear, and they all want to marry the heroes of the Anti-Japanese War, especially the lieutenant generals and colonels. Your Hansheng is a colonel, and he is about to become a general, isn't he a hero?! The government said that he was a traitor, but in Chongqing, even the vendors who sold fried rice candy and boiled water knew that he was trying to fight the Oriental devils, and all the soldiers on that warship were heroes......"

The U-38 incident in April caused an uproar, first of all, Britain and France publicized the matter in the international community, and before the national government did not characterize the matter, the newspapers in the rear naturally spoke from the standpoint of the Chinese people, explaining that the navy drove a submarine back to fight the Japanese, and this view must have won the hearts of the people than the so-called 'treason', and Wuhan was lost to the country. The army rarely won a big victory, so the U-38 incident became everyone's talking point, and the vendors who fried rice sugar and boiled water had to mention the navy when talking about the Anti-Japanese War.

"Xiuyu, what are you doing in Hong Kong?" Xu Peipei quietly ignored Jiang Xiuyu's advice, only curious about why she suddenly came to Hong Kong.

"I'll come to ......" Jiang Xiuyu thought 'I said I came to Hong Kong to see you', but the good sisters didn't hide so much, she put out the cigarette in her hand and said: "When I was in Beiping, I had a man and a child, but then I ......."

"Ahh Although Jiang Xiuyu's past Xu Peipei had never explored, Xu Peipei was still shocked when she revealed the past so bluntly. "Then you ...... come to Hong Kong?"

"He was also in Hong Kong, and when he saw that I was famous, he telegraphed me, and then I came to ......, and I wanted to meet the child." Jiang Xiuyu didn't seem to be answering, but muttered to herself. She wanted to order another Torik but accidentally knocked over the teacup.

"It's okay, it's okay." The sheets were all wet, and Xu Peipei hurriedly snatched out the things under the sheets.

"Oh, what is this?" Jiang Xiuyu was attracted by the thing in her hand, it seemed to be a flag embroidered with a dragon, but it didn't look like it.

"This is ......" Xu Peipei suddenly blushed, and she said: "Hansheng said that when he was in the Baltic Sea, he had a dream that a big snake took him out to sea, and then he drew a snake and said that he wanted to make a flag. ”

"Haha, a snake?" As if to drive away the bad memories, Jiang Xiuyu snatched the flag in Xu Peipei's hand and unfolded: there was indeed a cyan snake embroidered on the bright yellow thin silk. It leaned sideways, spitting out the bifurcated snake letter to the left with its head held high, and the most striking thing about its eyes was not an animal at all, but a slight downward like a ruler, majestically and proudly defiant of everything.

Jiang Xiuyu was looking at the snake's eyes, but Xu Peipei was a little cramped, she said, "Is it good-looking?" Snake ......"

Xu Peipei's embroidery is outstanding, and the embroidery is natural and beautiful, especially the majesty and pride of the snake that she embroidered. After all, she is a confidant, Jiang Xiuyu knows what she is worried about, she said: "Does Pei Pei know how to write Min characters?" ”

"Min characters? Of course I do. A door, a worm inside. Xu Peipei smiled, not knowing what she was going to say.

"It is said in the text of the text: 'Fujian, Southeast Vietnam, snake species.' The worm in this Min is not a worm, but a long worm, that is, a snake. I heard that many places in Fujian still worship snakes, snakes are not bad in their eyes, besides, do you dare to hang a dragon embroidery? Jiang Xiuyu's face changed several times when she mentioned Wen Jiezi, and then handed the flag back to Xu Peipei, she said: "Get married early, otherwise he will be snatched away by other women sooner or later." ”

"Thirty meters from sonic inspection." As soon as a quarter past six o'clock, the U-38 was ready to float. The red light in the control cabin turned on, and Gao Guangyou stood beside Li Kongrong, and he repeated Li Kongrong's order: "Thirty meters away for sound wave inspection." ”

"There is nothing unusual on the sea." Lu Ru listened calmly for a while, and then reported back to the control cabin.

"Float to periscope depth." Li Kongrong pressed the periscope button, and the periscope slowly rose in the sound of the motor. He quickly glanced at the surface of the sea, and after making sure that there was nothing abnormal, he lowered the periscope and finally said, "Float up." ”

The sun went down at six o'clock, and it was already dark outside, and on November 8, it was the twenty-seventh day of the lunar calendar, and the moon was nowhere to be seen. The rain on the sea has stopped, but the wind speed is more rapid, and the turbulent waves are constantly surging one after another. The U-38 slowly rose to the surface of the sea from this churning wave, and the moment it jumped out of the sea, the deck and the conning tower brought up the sea water to overflow like a waterfall, and the white waves splashed in all directions, although the hull swayed, but the muzzles of the deck guns moved forward.

When the watertight door slammed open, salty sea water splashed into the cabin, accompanied by a fan that blew down the surface air. Including Li Kongrong, who was about to board the bridge, everyone took a deep breath of fresh air and was able to breathe freely.

"I can't see the moon." As soon as Li Kongrong, who walked on the bridge, came up, he found that there was no moon or stars in the sky, and after searching the entire sea to make sure that there were no Japanese ships, he ordered: "The main engine is started, the course is 170, and the two men are moving forward at full speed." ”

With twelve hours to go, the submarine will travel at full speed for an hour before diving to the bottom of the sea, and then recharge it with a snorkel at a standstill. After the order was given, the two 2,200-horsepower diesel engines emitted a familiar roar, the sharp bow cut through the waves, sailing in this turbulent sea, and the waves continued to lap on the steel body of the U-38, and some big waves also rushed to the bridge in anger, but the waves passed, the towering bridge remained the same, only the broken waves turned into large strands of seawater splashed into the control cabin.

In the midst of this shaking, the radio in the radio room was ticking, the radio was also FM to pick up the news, and at six o'clock the central station was playing Peking Opera, and there was a 'Ahhh......h The voice of 'Qiang, Qiang, Qiang' came from the radio, and whether they understood it or not, everyone listened to it with relish.

Li Kongrong, who was blowing enough sea breeze on the bridge, went down to the control cabin, and Lu Ruping handed over the first telegram he received, and he said, "Sir, the intelligence department reports that the Canglong has sunk. ”

"Good!" Li Kongrong, who was drenched, was full of excitement, although he had already guessed that the Canglong had sunk, but it still made him happy to get the confirmation. He personally ran the radio room, and after pausing the radio, he said: "Everyone, the telegram confirms that the Canglong has been sunk by us. ”

"Good! Sata. Mom, the Japs! Everyone was cheering, especially the front and rear torpedo compartments, which were the most excited, and they cursed loudly.

"Quiet!" Li Kongrong gave everyone a few seconds to cheer, and then he said: "We are now less than thirty nautical miles away from Yulin Port, and the Japanese are nearby. They couldn't find us, but they were careful. Complete. ”

The Peking Opera on the radio sounded again, and Li Kongrong returned to the captain's room and began to record the log, but he did not expect that the outside world did not know that it was the Japanese aircraft carrier that was sunk. But it doesn't matter anymore, aren't all Japanese aircraft carriers going to be sunk.

"It seems like the snorkel is a little ...... Issue. "Su Jinghu also went to the bridge just now to check the damage of the depth charge.

"What's the problem?" Li Kongrong remembers the depth charge that exploded nearby, when the bridge seemed to have been hit by its shrapnel or the rocks on the bottom of the sea. "It can't be used, right?"

"Of course it can be used, but it was smashed flat, and I don't know the situation inside." Su Jinghu smiled and laughed. "Where's next?"

"Go to the North Reef first, and then go to Qinzhou Bay when the Japanese are tired." Li Kongrong said his plan. "No problem, right?"

"Nope." Su Jinghu shook his head, and when he got the news that the Canglong had been sunk, the morale of the whole boat was high.

"Enemy ships spotted!" It was the voice on the bridge, but Gao Guangyou, who was in charge, did not press the electric bell for the emergency dive. Li Kongrongsan ran up without taking two steps, and at this time he saw that the sky in the west suddenly brightened, which was a flare fired by a Japanese ship. As I watched, the light slowly dimmed after a while. "How far is it?" Li Kongrong asked.

"The flares are hanging in the sky, it should be more than thirty nautical miles." Gao Guangyou estimated it, and after he finished speaking, he said: "The night is indeed our best cover. No one dared to turn on the lights, no one could see or see anyone, and playing a flare was equivalent to saying that I was coming. ”

"That's because there's no radar." Li Kongrong put down the binoculars. "Actually, you should bring some mines, and put a few in the harbor when you leave, maybe they will think that we are still there."

Li Kongrong always had something new in his mind, and Gao Guangyou asked: "The tail or No. 4 torpedo tube can be loaded with mines and released after the torpedo is launched, but unfortunately there are fewer torpedoes in this way." ”

"Yes. Twenty-two is still too little. Li Kongrong nodded in the dark. Now the submarine has used up six, there are sixteen left, the trouble is that only six are in the cabin, and the other ten are in the storage room between the cabin and the deck. To take it out, it is necessary to drop anchor, pull it out with a winch and then hoist it into the bow torpedo compartment, and it takes at least one morning to take out six torpedoes, during which it is not possible to dive.

"Closer!" After about half an hour, the flares on the west side came back on, this time noticeably closer.

"Dive?" Gao Guangyou asked.

"How far?" Li Kongrong also saw the light under the clouds, and it seemed that Japanese destroyers were patrolling this sea area.

"It's closer than just now, and the other party should be cruising at high speed." Gao Guangyou judged the distance again.

"Stop the two and turn off the host." Li Kongrong also sensed the danger, although the Japanese did not have night vision equipment, but soon he would be in the other party's line of sight.

"Stop the two and turn off the host." Su Jinghu repeated the command to the power compartment. At the same time as the diesel engine stopped, the snorkel that lay flat on the hull was slowly erected under the drive of the motor, the watertight door was closed, and the submarine went deep into the seabed at a depth of 30 meters. Below the surface of the sea was naturally quieter than on the surface, and although it was impossible to look, the stopped submarine had turned its bow to the west, and the passive sonar array was aimed at the approaching Japanese destroyer.

The clear sound of high-speed propellers came from far and near, and the depth of thirty meters could be heard without hydrophones. There were no depth charges, the destroyer just cruised on the sea in a zigzag, firing flares. After the previous depth charge attack, the crew did not panic except to look up. On the contrary, Li Kongrong was repeatedly making a trade-off in his heart: should he take advantage of the fact that this destroyer was left alone? His only worry was that the destroyer would send a telegram to summon other destroyers before it sank, and the submarine was now running low on power, and if it was really blocked by the Japanese, Qinzhou Bay would not be able to go.

"Sir, it's gone." Listener reports. The destroyer was very fast, passing over the head of the submarine in a few minutes and then moving away.

"Float right away." Li Kongrong felt some regret in his heart, and he walked to the chart table again to look at Liu Yongren's voyage: first rest at the North Reef in the Paracels, then off the coast of Vietnam, and then hoist the torpedoes from storage tanks near Haiphong -- the U-38 is simply blessed with activities in the South China Sea, Hong Kong to the north is the territory of the British, the Philippines to the east is the territory of the Americans, and Vietnam to the west is the territory of the French.

The Japanese naval occupation of Hainan Island made tensions in the South China Sea tense, and Britain, the United States, and France did not want the Japanese Fifth Fleet to be stationed there, and Britain and France regarded Germany as their enemy. Even if the French found the U-38, they would hide it, and the Japanese, because of the French, could not cross the center line of the North Gulf and patrol near the coastal waters of Vietnam, which may be the reason why most of the Japanese warships searched westward during the day.

"Start the main engine, head to 170, and move forward at full speed." Li Kongrong gave the order to advance, and with the roar of diesel engines, the U-38 cleaved the waves and sailed to the Xisha Islands. (To be continued.) )