At eight o'clock in the evening of 1 December, after being summoned back from the officers' club, Lao Wenchi, the chief officer of the "Taishan," went to the officer bridge with the detachment to listen to Lu Hai's briefing on his mission, and then went to the dock with excitement to prepare for his own job.

At 8:15 a.m., a convoy of five military off-road vehicles, four sidecar motorcycles, one hundred and fifty ten-wheeled trucks and one armored personnel carrier arrived at the pier through the sentry post. Under the command of two naval soldiers, the convoy was parked in an orderly manner in the storage area of the wharf.

Several strong men in black costumes stepped out of the off-road vehicle with their heads on their heads and looked around. Lao Wenchi knew that this was his goal, and walked forward quickly, and through the light on the pier, he could see that although those people were upright and not angry, they were looking left and right, with one hand on their waists, and they were very vigilant, obviously belonging to the Investigation Bureau, they were agents!

"Hello, may I ask who you are?" Lao Wenchi walked up to the front and back, and the person standing in the front walked out and answered Lao Wenchi simply: "The Operations Department of the Commercial Investigation Bureau, this is your certificate, please show your certificate!" ”

These agents are more of a killing machine than a soldier, and Lo understands the rudeness of these people, and there are many times in the navy when he deals with them, which is nothing.

After some complicated verification, the leader of the agent, who did not report his name, nodded, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "This is the material that needs to be handed over, and it will be handed over to you." In addition, please pay attention to safety when hoisting. ”

After Lao Wenchi sent the people from the Investigation Bureau away, he looked at the list of supplies, hehe, this is the long-awaited materials of Commander Lu Hai, incendiary bombs, this is to set Tokyo on fire!

During the precise period of the war against Japan, Lu Liang made a series of arrangements according to his own ideas. Among them was the plan to bombard Tokyo. Including the ammunition used, how to enter Tokyo Bay, the division of the shelling sites, the scale of the shelling, and so on, now it finally comes in handy.

Yes, the task of the First Squadron was to bombard Tokyo, and they received an order to depart from the port of Zhoushan at ten o'clock in the morning on December 4, to join the Third Squadron near the port of Kagoshima on the island of Kyushu, and to deliver ammunition to the Second Squadron by means of supply ships. Then regroup and sail to Tokyo Bay!

Most of the officers and soldiers were not workaholics like Lu Hai who didn't need to rest, and with some complaints, the officers and soldiers began preparations before departure in full swing. When dawn fell on the port of Zhoushan, all the officers and soldiers had already walked out of the carnival and entered the psychological state before the battle.

The extremely penetrating whistle spread throughout the military port, and the huge body of the "Taishan" moved slowly, and under the guidance of the guide ship, it sailed away from the military port, avoiding the dense mines and blocking nets under the seabed, and sailed into the vast East China Sea with the other ships of the detachment.

In winter, the sea off Zhoushan is slightly cold. The cold winds blowing from Siberia have not yet dissipated when they arrived. The fleet braved the strong sea breeze and cut through the huge waves, moving quickly and steadily in the turbulence. "Tarzan" is guarded by other ships like a star, as the crew of "Tarzan" is the proudest, in this world there is no kind of ship can resist the "Tarzan" cannon, no cannon can penetrate the armor of "Tarzan". The most popular topic on the "Tarzan" is that one Tarzan can defeat several British battleships, and the majority of people agree that there are five.

Of course, as the first mate, Lao Wenchi will stop this kind of discussion every time he encounters it. Then he grinned and participated in the discussion. The reason for stopping it is that the officers and soldiers cannot be too paralyzed, and because Lao Wenchi is also very interested in it. He once asked Commander Lu Hai about this question, and the answer he got was that if he asked such a stupid question again, he would replace his first mate!

The question is really stupid, even in this there is no air force, no dive bombers. In the era when there were no torpedo attack aircraft, the "Tarzan" lost the guard of friendly warships and was inevitably sunk. The upper echelons of the navy once organized staff officers to calculate the probability of the "Taishan" being sunk, and if it was alone on a single ship, it would be besieged by a large number of torpedo boats and destroyers. There is no chance that the "Tarzan" will survive. In addition, the threat of the seabed should not be underestimated, although submarines have not received much attention now, but there have been examples of submarine sneak attacks, and it is impossible for the Tarzan to be safe and sound after being attacked by heavy torpedoes.

Ants bite elephants to death, this is the weakness of the "Taishan", Lao Wenchi is clear about this, and has also explained to the crew, but it still can't stop the strong desire to discuss in his heart, who makes the "Taishan" the world's first ship, super battleship, as a star will receive public attention!

After the "Huashan" underwent sea trials, a number of officers and men were transferred from the "Taishan" to serve as veterans as the backbone of the "Huashan." After replenishing a group of new recruits, the "Taishan's" combat effectiveness will inevitably decline, and this can only be compensated for in this way.

What is gratifying is that through the Haifeng Naval Academy and the Navy's internal training courses, a relatively perfect training mechanism for officers and men has been established, and a steady stream of naval officers and sailors can make the Chinese Navy expand its scale without worry. For Lu Hai, what he is most proud of is not the entry into service of the super battleship, but the maturity of naval talents. Without qualified talents, even if there are more super battleships, they are just targets.

After arriving near the port of Kagoshima, the supply ships entered the relatively gentle harbor to hoist supplies for the 2nd Squadron and replenish the 1st Squadron with fuel. At the same time as the logistical operation, the commander of the Second Detachment boarded the "Taishan" in a motorboat and listened to the order issued by Lu Hai.

Three hours later, the replenishment was completed, and the 1st and 2nd Squadrons were integrated into the Pacific Fleet and set off for Tokyo Bay. Shortly after departure, according to the plan made in advance, Lu Hai informed the fleet of the task through the battleship radio.

"I am Lu Hai, Commander of the Navy, Commander of the Pacific Fleet, and Captain of the 'Taishan'." Wearing multiple hats is due to Lu Hai's strong request, and this high-level genetic person seems to have a strong desire to fight, and is unwilling to stay in the rear to listen to the report.

"Now the combat duty of the Pacific Fleet is announced. Our mission was personally given by His Excellency the President, the destination, Tokyo Bay, Japan, the specific mission, to bombard Tokyo! His Excellency the President specifically instructed that 'without mercy, the capital of Japan will be razed to the ground and the will of the Japanese will to resist will be completely broken!' ’”

Lu Hai continued to play the characteristics of genetics to be concise and concise, and a few short words came out, but it caused a sensation in the entire fleet! This task is not only Lu Liang's wish, but also the ultimate task pursued by all officers and men, and it is also the greatest honor for the officers and men of the navy. Bombarding the capital of a country, it makes people's blood boil when they think about it, let alone the capital of Little Japan!

"What's the matter? What's up? A crew member who was on duty in the kitchen to planing potatoes ran to the dining room and asked the officers and soldiers who had suspended their meals and cheered loudly.

"Bombard Tokyo, bombard Tokyo! Raze to the ground without mercy! One soldier summed up the mission in pithy terms, but that was telling.

"I'm a %...... ￥……%！ "The soldier on duty in the kitchen threw the potatoes in his hands high to the ceiling, not with joy, but with anger. According to the assignment, he will be on duty in the kitchen for five days, starting today, doesn't this mean that the bombardment of Tokyo has no share of his own? At the beginning of the shelling, I could only stay in the kitchen and shave potatoes!

The weak succumb to the strong, the Japanese give full play to this, in this world, the strongest is the sun never sets in the UK, so the national policy of the Japanese is to hug the thighs of the British and never relax. Constant defeats on the battlefield, blockade of sea routes, occupation of Kyushu, and even the assassination of the prime minister did not completely shake the resolve of the Japanese to resist, because the British had always supported them. On the battlefield, the smuggling fleets organized by the British penetrated through the blockade of the Chinese navy and entered the Japanese mainland.

Therefore, Takaaki Kato of San Francisco was so arrogant that there was reason to believe that the Japanese would not give up their hostility to China until China's influence and national strength surpassed that of Britain. Therefore, the determination of the Japanese to resist must be dealt with with the most drastic means, so that their masters, the British, felt that there was no point in continuing to resist, in order to make progress in the San Francisco negotiations.

At 11:15 a.m. on December 3, the Pacific Fleet passed through Izu Shichishima and arrived off the coast of Tokyo Bay.

Lu Hai was not worried about being discovered, this operation was not a sneak attack, but an open artillery bombardment, and the maximum deterrence of Japan was the fundamental goal, the more Japanese people knew, the more advantageous, therefore, the Japanese fishing boats and small transport ship fleets found along the way did not destroy it.

In contrast, how to smoothly enter Tokyo Bay, destroy nearby shore fortifications, dodge the dense network of mines under Tokyo Bay, find safe waterways, and complete the task of shelling Tokyo are the most important considerations now. (To be continued.) )