Chapter 159: Target: Japanese Third Fleet (1)
Honjo also knew that this battle did not play the level of the Kwantung Army at all, because from the beginning, the Kwantung Army was not prepared to fight with the Yan and Huang Army, so many places were full of chaos, and for a while to save people, and then changed his mind and did not save, and then he was ready to fight a decisive battle with the Yan and Huang Army, but thinking about it, he gave up again, and it was the failure to make up his mind again and again, which led to being in a passive position, coupled with the miscalculation of the situation in Heilongjiang and the complete ignorance of the local area, so that the army was in a state of sleepwalking. It was precisely this kind of thing that led to another unfavorable operation of the Kwantung Army.
When the news was spread by the Yan and Huang Army, the whole country was jubilant, and the people of Shanghai were even more so, who frantically marched and demonstrated in the concession area, so that these gringos could see that the victory of the Chinese [***] team was not by luck.
This time, the foreign soldiers and patrols in the concessions were not as arrogant as before, and only stopped the crowd within a certain range, and did not carry out excesses such as eviction and shooting, because China as a country has slowly begun to make them change their views.
The news of China was also transmitted back to Yuben at the first time, and the military department scolded Honjo for his incompetence and was ready to remove him from his post. The effective solidarity of the Yan and Huang Army in the Northeast also greatly increased the confidence of the 19th Route Army and strengthened its determination to resist the war.
The defeat of Heilongjiang, coupled with the stalemate in the battle in Shanghai, made him even more mad, and immediately and quickly transferred troops from China and Korea, and the army attacking Shanghai instantly increased to 70,000, which was far more than the defenders of Shanghai, and the pressure on the 19th Route Army doubled.
On February 13, the army had just lost the battle at Wusong, and the entire army of a wing was annihilated, and the attempt to occupy Wusong in one fell swoop failed.
Late at night, somewhere in Wusong, a group of black-clothed people gathered together silently, led by two people wearing black felt hats, a man and a woman, both of whom were not very old.
"Team leader, don't send it anymore, too many people will attract too much attention," suddenly said to the man in the felt hat.
The man was silent for a long time before he said solemnly: "Brothers, take care."
The group of black-clothed people did not speak, just nodded solemnly, and immediately disappeared into the night, heading straight to the bank of the Huangpu River.
"Team Leader Xu, I am sad for the sacrifice of my brothers, we must not only be ruthless to the enemy, but also to ourselves, if necessary in the future, I hope that Team Leader Xu can also send me to the front line, I am willing to make sacrifices for the Yan and Huang Army, I also believe that many brothers and sisters are willing", the woman wearing a felt hat said softly.
These two are Xu Wenqiang, the boss of the Yanhuang Army's Assassination Group, and Yang Meiting, the boss of the Yanhuang Intelligence Bureau, after this period of preparation, they finally started their actions tonight.
"Alas, the brothers may have very small surnames when they come back, and the feeling of personally sending them to death is really ......" Xu Wenqiang sighed, doing this line of work really made him feel a lot of pressure, and he would rather be a small soldier below and charge into battle, without worrying about this.
"I hope they can succeed, in this way, the sacrifice is worth it", looking at the Huangpu River in the distance, Yang Meiting sighed.
The two glanced at each other, turned around, and took their respective subordinates to the meeting in a low-key manner.
The people who went to the banks of the Huangpu River on this trip were all members of the Assassin Soul Group, a total of 37 people, they were divided into four groups, each group had a general person in charge and a deputy person in charge, familiar with the places they were going to, they were all riverside, these places were all rugged places, and a few people struggled to climb to their respective destinations, where there were already several fishing boats docked there.
Quietly, except for the sound of waves, it was the whirring cold wind, and the members of the Assassin Soul Team tidied up their clothes a little and quickly boarded the boat.
"Fast rowing ......" and other personnel all got on the boat, and the person in charge of each immediately ordered the members to start rowing, their goals were different, so it was impossible to go together, so the goal was much smaller.
Although their respective goals were different, they all traveled in the same direction, and they were all ships docked on the Huangpu River.
There is no moon tonight, and it is precisely because of this that the success rate of the operation will increase somewhat, but at the same time, due to the darkness of the night, for fear of being discovered by the army in advance, the members of the Assassin Soul Group did not dare to turn on the lights, but rushed towards the target with their familiarity with the environment.
Zhang Zijiang was the leader of a group, a group of ten people plus himself, their target was the Izumo cruiser of the Yue Army, they were not afraid of this behemoth, and what they relied on was the four torpedoes dragged behind the fishing boat. The sound of rowing was nothing on a cold night, and the eyes of the members of the Assassin Soul Team were lights in the night, locking on to the illuminated enemy ships in the distance.
The fishing boats are cleverly camouflaged, if you don't investigate carefully, you think it's a suspended object on the river, not to mention that in this dark night, Zhang Zijiang knows that a group of tasks are the heaviest, this Izumo cruiser is an important warship of the Yue Army, a flagship-like existence, it must be protected by other ships, so they have to pass through layers of protection, it is possible to approach it.
After the Shanghai War, the Navy never stopped to bomb Shanghai, but the Chinese defenders had no way to take these sea things, so they were even more fearless, and reinforced everywhere on the sea around Shanghai, and even the aircraft carrier Nengdenglu was parked on the Huangpu River to facilitate the bombing of carrier-based aircraft, which was obviously bullying the Chinese Navy, but Yang Meiting didn't believe in this evil, but first aimed at the navy that the army thought was the most unlikely to be gnawed, after discussing with Xu Wenqiang, A detailed plan for attacking the ship was drawn up, and this plan was to be implemented tonight.
I am afraid that the Ben Navy could never have dreamed that in China, there will be people who will take them as prey, if they learn at this time, they will definitely laugh at the ignorance of the Chinese, this is simply an egg hitting a hammer, even if you Chinese are allowed to blow up, what can you do with the Da Ben Navy?
The leader of the second group is Zhang Haichang, a total of nine people, their task and the remaining two groups are simpler than one group, only responsible for bombing a few warships on the periphery of the Third Fleet, but at the moment, this seems incredible, after all, they are not using planes, let alone submarines, warships and the like, but poor fishing boats, what is the difference between this and a child taking a knife to fight an adult with a gun, but they have no turning back, even if this trip is buried in the belly of the fish, but also let the arrogant Yue himself know that there is no Chinese who do not dare to challenge, Even if it is death, it will scare them.
Far away, Zhang Haichang finally found the goal of his trip, rubbed his frozen face vigorously with both hands, and in his eyes, there was only the ship left, this guy like a shark in the sea, was targeted by him.
"Brothers, work hard". Zhang Haichang shouted in a low voice.
"Try to lower your body as much as possible, don't let the devil find out first, otherwise you will lose all your efforts, and you may expose the other groups."
It's closer, it's closer, Zhang Haichang's eyes shot out blood-devouring light, how cool it would be if he blew up this big guy, even if he died, it was worth it.
Zhang Haichang is not nervous at this time, but excited and excited, if this move is successful, tomorrow, he Zhang Haichang, will be the hero of the whole of China, will be the Yan Huang Army to publicize it, and recorded in the book, forever passed on, so that future generations will remember that there was once an ordinary-looking, miserable, uneducated rural youth, in a quiet night in Shanghai, made a shocking move.
The fishing boat was like an arrow off the string, and it shot towards the ship at a high speed, and the four torpedoes dragged behind it were like four large sharks with their bloody mouths open.
"Stop" When there was still some distance away from the enemy ship, Zhang Haichang shouted to stop, because the searchlight on the enemy ship swept across the river from time to time, and if he continued to row like this, it was very likely that he would be discovered and the operation would fail.
"Get off the boat", Zhang Haichang decisively gave an order, put on a life jacket, and jumped off the boat first, suddenly, the biting river water invaded the clothes, cold and biting, fortunately at the end of last year, the team members have been conducting winter outing training, now I think about it, the top has already been so arranged, but I don't know who seems to be able to count today's move.
Putting aside the distracting thoughts in his mind, Zhang Haichang urged the team members who went into the water to quickly overturn the fishing boat, and then a group of nine people carefully pushed the boat forward in the cold water, so that the target was much smaller, but the speed would be much slower, and the damage to the team members' bodies would increase a lot.
The team members marched hard in the biting water, they felt as if their souls were about to be frozen, nearly half an hour passed, they carefully traveled a lot of distances, but the temperature of their bodies was rapidly draining, and several team members were almost unable to hold on.
"Brothers, come on, it's almost here, get a little closer, and we can drop the torpedo", although his body was almost numb, Zhang Haichang still kept cheering up the players.
The team members all clenched their teeth, regardless of their purple lips, and fought with their last strength, paddling quickly.
The searchlights on the ship swept from time to time, and every time they encountered this, the team members quickly shrank their heads into the water, and after a few breaths, they stretched out again, and then continued to row forward, finally avoiding exposure again and again.
After another ** minute of marching, one of the team members slowly let go of his hand, and his body slowly sank into the river, and Zhang Haichang saw that he reached out and pulled a handful.
"Pillar".
"Team Leader...... Leave me alone...... I can't make it...... Go and speed up the action...... Don't let the operation fail for me...... I don't want to be a sinner."
After speaking, the pillar used the last trace of strength to push Zhang Haichang away, so that the body sank into the river, Zhang Haichang stretched out his hand and silently saluted a military salute, and the rest of the team members also gave a quick salute to their comrades, and then wiped away their tears, hatred made their blood boil a little, as if there was more energy in the body, everyone was silent, and continued to row forward.
After all, a person's potential is limited, and Zhang Haichang found that several team members were dying, and after persisting for nearly ten minutes, he probably calculated it.
"Stop ......," Zhang Haichang snorted.
Immediately, the fishing boat and the team members stopped, although everyone could barely see each other's faces, but presumably in this cold water, it would not look very good.
"Brothers, with our current situation, it may be difficult to go back alive, are you afraid", Zhang Haichang glanced at everyone and asked solemnly.
(To be continued)