At 11:05 p.m., the U-38 started its engine and sailed away from Jinjitang at the bottom of Qinzhou Bay. The death of Su Jinghu, the chief engineer of the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info, made Li Kongrong have to promote Chen Ergong, the captain of the diesel engine who is not yet fully mature, he understands power, and he generally knows the boating skills, and Su Jinghu left a study and work note, with these things, Chen Ergong is barely qualified for this job, but he still lacks self-confidence and is afraid that he will smash it.

In addition to promoting Chen Ergong, Li Kongrong also promoted Lin Xiangguang and Liu Yongren, who will fill the void created by Gao Guangyou's departure. There is no problem with this, Lin Xiangguang did not mention it, because with Li Kongrong and Lin Xiangguang here, it was not difficult for Liu Yongren to take over. After that, in addition to asking Lu Ruping to immediately send a telegram to the outside world ordering various ministries at home and abroad to make immediate adjustments, Li Kongrong also held a small meeting with the aim of the Japanese shipwreck off the coast of Qinzhou Bay -- he wanted to send divers to look for the code book on the two sunken Japanese destroyers, especially the Japanese destroyer Chunfeng, which sank in the middle of a mine, and its sinking time was extremely short, and the radio officers on the ship may not have carried out the destruction work.

"I'm mainly worried about the oxygen ...... on the boat" Chen Ergong, the new chief engineer, was a little shy, he looked at the work form left by Su Jinghu, and then he has been immersed in the huge work of calculating the trim, fortunately, Su Jinghu has taught him these things before.

"Isn't there enough oxygen?" Li Kongrong looked at him with some surprise, he remembered that last time Su Jinghu said that there were still four to five days of oxygen.

"There are only two days left on the boat minus what needs to be reserved for the return trip,...... And it is best to float up or ventilate with a snorkel at night. Chen Ergong said, he spoke carefully, for fear of arousing everyone's dissatisfaction—the engine has always been conservative and opposed to any out-of-the-ordinary action.

"The water depth is only 30 meters, so two days is enough." Boatswain Xue Kuiguang said, "That's it...... Will the Japanese also send people to salvage? The water is so shallow, it is impossible for them not to salvage. ”

"It's okay to salvage, if you find the radio room and throw the people inside out, they won't find the codebook, they will definitely think that the positive electricity officer has fallen overboard with the codebook." Li Kongrong has thought about this problem, and in his opinion, it is not a difficult matter. "I'm afraid that the codebook is made of water-soluble ink, and the text on it is all gone, if so, then we will have to spend a lot of effort to restore it, whether the words are printed on it or written on it, there will always be some traces, and the previous message, cipher machine is also very useful."

"Okay, then we'll arrange people now, and we can fish out of Qinzhou Bay." Xue Kuiguang said, and began to think about how to fish for the code book.

"I didn't cut the telephone line when I left, and the deputy of the regiment wouldn't tell the 524 regiment all the dependences here, the head of the nest ......" Liu Yongren said another thing, the submarine had to go to sea through Longmen Port, which was guarded by the 524 regiment.

"I told him a few words before I left, the 524th Regiment is the Gui Army, not the Central Army. Even if there is an order from Chongqing, they may not carry it out. "Li Kongrong is not worried about Longmen Port at all, the Gui family can exist for so long, so it is naturally extremely smart." However, the military commanders must be careful, Dai Li's hands have a large number of dead soldiers, although they will not die with us with explosives, but assassination is inevitable, and I have already sent a telegram to all parts of the country and abroad to pay attention to the vigilance and adjustment. ”

As soon as Li Kongrong said that the military commander would pull everyone back to the reality beyond the U-38. The military commanders listened to Dai Li, and everyone knew very well who Dai Li listened to. Now that he has made an enmity with the military commanders, he is an enmity with the chairman and president of the Chongqing National People's Congress Committee.

Seeing that several people were silent, Li Kongrong said the telegram he had received a long time ago. "Don't think that we messed up, this incident is by no means isolated, in the United States, it is very likely that the one who assassinated Commander Chen was the military commander."

"How is this possible?!" Lin Xiangguang was the most surprised, everyone knew about the assassination in New York, but they all thought that the Japanese did it.

"How is this impossible?" Li Kongrong asked rhetorically, calm but not angry. "There are many people who think of Chang Kaishen too well, what kind of national savior and leader of the Anti-Japanese War, this is just wishful thinking flattery by brainless people. No matter what Chang Kaishen does, what he will never forget is to suppress and divide dissidents, before the Anti-Japanese War, there were the Hunan Army, the Sichuan Army, the Northwest Army, the Yunnan Army, and the Guangdong Army, and after the Anti-Japanese War, there will never be these troops, they are all consumed in the Anti-Japanese War. ”

"But he's also for this country." Lin Xiangguang sighed, and then explained. "I'm not in favor of what he's doing, I'm just ...... Standing in his shoes, it was natural to do so. ”

"Whose country?" Li Kongrong was not angry, he knew that Lin Xiangguang and Gao Guangyou were not the same. "Yours? It's mine? Target? Isn't the Central Army Chang Kaishen's private army? Not the *** party army? Is it reasonable and commendable to kill dissidents for the sake of one's own selfishness? Will he often hand over power to the state? Give it to that bullshit Congress? Don't dream, he will only give these to his son Chang Jingguo, and Chang Jingguo will only give these to his son Chang Xiaowen. The Father dies and the Son succeeds, and that's it. ”

Li Kongrong talked about history without any sighs. "I don't care about anything else, whoever wants to be our enemy will fight back. And all we have to do is trample the Japanese, especially the Japanese Navy. Chang Kaishen doesn't want us to rebuild the fleet, for fear that it will be difficult for us to clean up after we get bigger, so we must fight back, and if we don't fight back, we will never come out, this is my reason.

Let's stop sailing back to Manila for a while. We need to clean up internally, and some people who are timid, blinded by lies, and don't stand with us must be cleaned up. Those who have been determined to stand with me should also be sorted out, at least a personal file should be established, and everyone's past experience and interpersonal relationships should be sorted out. It is necessary to do this: first, you can strictly guard against bandits, and second, since you are all brothers, your family is everyone's family, and your relationship is everyone's relationship, and if you want to take care of it, you must know who is behind you......"

Li Kongrong thought so far away that several people were surprised. Chen Yongren said: "What if there is *** in the family? My Lord Taishan is********* then you or your Lord Taishan will have to make a choice. Or, your Lord Tarzan is on our side; Or, if you go to your side of Lord Taishan, it is better not to bet on both ends and hedge the risk of speculation. Li Kongrong said. I think it's best for your Lord Taishan to be on our side, and deal with other outsiders in Chongqing. ”

"Does that really mean it?" Lin Xiangguang's face was solemn, "How can the fleet be rebuilt in this way?" Minister, they may not agree. ”

"It has to be like this!" Li Kongrong emphasized: "What complex background and social relations can the sailors underneath have? Joining us as a family will only flock to them, but some officers, especially senior officers, have a hard time dealing with this issue, like you said minister. This is nothing, a rule can be set, officers above the rank of rear admiral do not need to do so, but they are not qualified to participate in the actual management of the fleet if they do not take a stand; Colonels and officers below the rank of colonel must thoroughly make their stance clear, and make a final decision with the previous relationship; if not, then leave the fleet, and not only will the military salary be suspended, but they should not think about the distribution of shares in the defense of the new China in the future. ”

As soon as Li Kongrong mentioned the distribution of shares, several people could hardly hide their surprise. Most of them had been to the United States, and they privately knew how much money the New China Defense Department had, and they had vaguely heard that the money was basically in Li Kongrong's name.

"The defense of Singapore and China belongs to everyone, and the fleet belongs to everyone. As long as you become one of them, you can naturally get a share according to your official rank and years of service, which is private property and can be passed down from generation to generation. Now all our assets add up to about 100 million dollars, and I think there will be more after the war, because we can loot Japan, occupy Japan and collect occupation fees. ”

"And what about the Marines?" Chen Ergong's brain was hot as soon as he talked about money, and he asked about the Marine Corps in front of Lin Xiangguang. 100 million US dollars and 10,000 people is 10,000 US dollars, which is average, and according to his rank, he has at least 100,000 US dollars, which is a big windfall.

"Will we agree to occupy Japan?" Lin Xiangguang's intelligence and vision were better than those of the mechanic, and he was very worried about his status after the war.

"What if he doesn't agree?" Li Kongrong said with a smile. "The War of Resistance was followed by a civil war, and he would definitely ask us to help him fight the Communist Party; This is domestic, foreign countries have taken out the Axis powers, and the next step is definitely to deal with the Soviet Union, which is the Anglo-American choice. When we fight the Japanese, we can first reach an agreement with Britain and the United States, at least sign a memorandum: we will conquer the territory of Japan or other Axis powers, such as those entrusted islands in the Pacific, which will be all owned by us, and will be under our actual jurisdiction if not owned by us. These are all Japanese Italian things, what reason does he have for Chang Kaishen to interfere? Did he interfere?

Don't worry about the future, we have a fleet, an army and dollars, and we will definitely not suffer after the war. The most important thing is to pull up the fleet, grab the territory when it fights, and naturally live a good life in the future. Don't worry about the east and the west, what's the use of thinking too much? Our goal must also be realistic, what kind of country and what responsibility does Gao Fumin say, bullshit! He doesn't look at whose country it is. In the future, we will only consider the fleet itself, including the relatives and children of each member, whether the others are good or bad, dead or alive, what does it have to do with us? Who do we owe?

As for the ...... of the Marine Corps" Li Kongrong looked at Chen Ergong and said: "People are fighting with you, you obviously can't say that you don't treat others as brothers, this is not the kind of cooperation between us and the 524th Regiment, the fleet and the Marine Corps must be a whole, otherwise there is no way to fight." The assignment only depends on military rank and the number of years of service -- the number of years of service I mentioned includes the time I used to be in the navy, and the Marine Corps has not yet been established, so we have been in military service for more than ten or twenty years, and the last one is to look at the merits of war. What we have, what we have been defeated, all the spoils of war are distributed according to these three standards, and as old men, we will definitely not suffer. ”

Internal rectification involves internal management, which is indeed a big mess, but this is not something that can be said in a few words. After the meeting was dismissed, Li Kongrong returned to the captain's office to write a journal first, and then began to draft a rectification plan -- every member of the fleet must take an oath, and before joining the fleet, he must also explain his or her background, family situation, and social relations, whether it is family and friendship, he must make his position clear after joining, otherwise he will be cleared out of the team.

Thinking about this, he felt that it was a benevolent thing to let Gao Guangyou leave just now, he knew a lot of things, especially about the situation of U-38, if this kind of person left, he would be executed according to normal. That is to say, the members who know the secrets of the fleet must be executed if they quit halfway, otherwise they will be irresponsible to the entire fleet, thinking of this, Li Kongrong suddenly felt that he needed a person who specialized in wet and dry guys, who? Jiang Jing?

Thinking about this question, his face looked diagonally across from Gao Guangyou's bed, where a man in an army uniform sat trembling.

"Come over for a hot coffee?" Li Kongrong beckoned to the man and said, this is Du Baiqing, she obviously can't go back. Seeing Li Kongrong beckoning to her, she was cramped at first, hesitated a few times before getting up and walked over.

"It's hot." Li Kongrong brought the coffee to her, he knew that he was able to escape this time because Du Baiqing reported the news, and he was sincerely grateful to her. "Are you cold?"

"I... It's not cold, it's just a little scared," Du Baiqing, who was holding coffee, glanced at Li Kongrong a few times, with curiosity.

"What are you afraid of?" Li Kongrong also poured himself a cup of coffee and found some candy. "Afraid that Du Guangting will trouble you? Don't worry about this, since you saved me, then I will definitely guarantee your safety, as well as the safety of your family. ”

"I, there's that thing...... Du Baiqing's reason for being scared was completely different from what Li Kongrong thought - Su Jinghu brought it in and placed it on his bed, just wrapped it in a German body bag, which was to be taken back to Manila for burial.

"Oh." Li Kongrong restrained his smile when he thought of Su Jinghu, and he said, "There's nothing to be afraid of." He is a good man, he has three children at home, he never goes to the brothel of the Qinglou, does not drink and rarely smokes, saves up and sends it to his home after the military salary, and when he is idle, he will use scraps to make toys for his son; He is also the chief engineer, in charge of the whole ship, any battle plan must be approved by him, otherwise the Japanese will be finished before they fight. ”

After introducing Su Jinghu a little numbly, Li Kongrong looked at Du Baiqing and said, "I heard that Miss Du is from Shanghai, how did she get to the 88th Army?" What do you think about the future? ”

"Yes. My home is in Shanghai, but I can't go back. Du Baiqing lowered his head and drank coffee, "I went to the 88th Army because I helped the Waiting Commander pull things during the Battle of Songhu, and I was from the Boy Scout Service Corps." ”

"Pulling something?" Li Kongrong didn't quite understand how a girl could pull things.

"Yes, pull it by car. This time I brought the torpedo with someone. Du Baiqing glanced at Li Kongrong and lowered his head, and then raised again, "Colonel Li, you ...... Why kill those two people? Maybe they ......"

Du Baiqing was just kind-hearted, and he didn't know what he did tonight or what the consequences would be. She didn't want to see Li Kongrong being arrested by military commanders like this, and she didn't want to see Xu Guangying and the two killed.

"You're still young, you'll understand later." Li Kongrong glanced at her carefully and said. (To be continued.) )