The Pixiu has a range of more than 16,000 nautical miles. If this distance is calculated, let alone reaching the southern tip of China, it is no longer a problem to run back and forth to the northeast sea. But in reality, it simply cannot be done in battle. Because that is the theoretical value of a submarine sailing at an economic speed on the surface of the sea. And chasing and finding enemies in battle is a curve that consumes a lot of diesel.

Therefore, if it is to fight, the time that the Pixiu can stay after reaching the waters of the Beibu Gulf is very limited. Therefore, a supply ship is needed, and it is quite important to play the ship PJP to respond. And this time the PJP also had the task of carrying five or six hundred tons of explosives.

With the PJP number as the backing, Li Guang naturally has a lot more courage. Fighting in the South China Sea is much better than the waters of the Pacific. First of all, the Gui department provided Li Guang with a lot of routes for the activities of cargo ships and warships, as well as military ports and army garrisons. Although it is not guaranteed to be absolutely accurate, it gives Li Guang a good reference.

The Pixiu basically went to sea according to the standard configuration this time, there were only sixty-five people in total, and the extra one was naturally Qin Zhan, the leader of the guard squad that Li Guang wanted to punish.

With the start of the construction of Pixiu II, more than 30 fighters who went to sea together last time are now all involved in the construction process. There are great benefits to this approach. These people are relatively clear about the structure of the submarine, and more importantly, the Pixiu 2 is obviously built for them, and the attention to the quality of construction is definitely not something that ordinary people can catch up with. During the construction period of up to half a year, these fighters became familiar with the submarine while working, and in fact the effect was similar to that of training, and the understanding was even more profound than normal training.

Li Guang was busy with things, and there was no way to follow the submarine all the time. As the leader of this small force, he also had another purpose in going to sea this time, to investigate the candidate for the captain of the submarine.

At present, there are several officers on the Pixiu, and there are four people who are qualified to serve as submarine captains, Ren Tianyang is the first mate, Quan Yonghai is the torpedo chief, and Ji Keliang is the sonar. Vice-torpedo long columns.

There is another reserve candidate, that is, Huang Zhonghua, the captain of the JPJ. In just over a year, Huang Zhonghua's level has improved by leaps and bounds. Now he is one of the most counted captains in the Maritime Resistance Army. In terms of navigation, I am afraid that the level of navigation is only below Zheng Xuechang, and the JPJ, as a supply ship, is equipped with six field guns, and its usual training is comparable to that of the pickup.

Huang Zhonghua is different from Zheng Xuechang, Zheng Xuechang has the thinking of a cannon giant ship in his bones, and one of the most important reasons why he did not get on the Pixiu submarine is that he is staring at the Baxia gunboat under construction.

After Huang Zhonghua learned that he would build a submarine again, he immediately became interested and asked several times that he would rather be a worker now than fight on a submarine in the future. To put it bluntly, it's staring at the position of the captain of Pixiu No. 2.

But it is obvious that among the five people now, the most competitive is Ren Tianyang. The second candidate is called Li Guang, who has a bit of a headache, but it is the sonar Ji Keliang who has relative potential.

Although Ji Kelian studied the romance of music, he did not match the battlefield of blood and fire. But after such a long period of contact, Li Guang found that Ji Keliang was not only good at hearing. In fact, hearing is useful in sonar jobs, but it is definitely not comparable to the progress of technology, and Li Guang has arranged for people to purchase some equipment from the United States to improve the surname ability of the listening device. However, distinguishing some useful signals in the midst of a chaotic sound requires brain analysis. Ji Kelian's ability to do such a good job in sonar is inseparable from his analytical ability. And since the first meeting with Ji Keliang, the two cooperated to kill a few little devils in Shanghai, Li Guang found that Ji Keliang's psychological quality was excellent, calm and resolute. This is a quality that a submarine commander must have.

Ji Keliang also learned combat skills very quickly, and the current submarine combat manual was written by Ji Keliang, and he looked at the problem even more deeply than Ren Tianyang. Ren Tianyang's relatively comprehensive understanding of naval warfare is more comprehensive. In addition, Ji Keliang can sing, and he is good at communicating with the fighters, and his prestige is still very good.

Even if there is this, that merit. Li Guang still decided to test Ji Keliang. After the Pixiu entered the South China Sea, the command of the submarine was handed over to Ji Keliang. Ren Tianyang still served as the first mate, and Li Guang began to write and draw in the captain's room, thinking about the next development plan of the Naval Resistance Army.

The forces around the South China Sea are now mainly controlled by a few countries. Among them, France took control of Indochina, that is, Vietnam.

The British took control of Burma. The United States controls the Philippines, which in turn controls the eastern outlet of the South China Sea basin.

However, the Netherlands, a small European country, controls the largest area, the gateway of the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean, and the island of Sumatra is controlled by him, which also controls the Strait of Malacca. It is equivalent to controlling the western gate of the South China Sea.

Not only that, but the southern islands such as Kalimantan (Indonesia) and Java are mostly under its control. It is equivalent to saying that the southern exit of the South China Sea is all under its control.

In between, some islands were occupied by the Sayben (Truk Island is now the base of the Tsubato Navy). In the First World War, although he was pitted by Europe and the United States and did not get too many benefits, he took over the control of Germany, a defeated country in World War I, on the islands in the South Seas, which was a small gain. However, most of the islands under his control are relatively poor and lack resources, which makes him very dissatisfied, and now he does not want to occupy these areas immediately. Rather, it was taken from the power of the United States, Great Britain and France, and did not dare to act rashly. Otherwise, a small Netherlands, with a weak military, would have been driven out of South Asia by himself.

He has long coveted the Pacific islands, and according to his strategy, there are two places that he values the most. One is French Indochina, where there is grain and rubber. One is the Dutch East Indies, where there is oil.

It is said that Ben needs about 5 million tons of oil in 39 years, and 90% of it needs to be imported. The oil production of the Dutch East Indies is now 8 million tons, which means that as long as it is taken here, it will be self-sufficient in oil consumption. For Yamato, oil is more scarce than steel.

To put it bluntly, it is a resource-poor country. Originally, after the 918 Incident, he took the northeast of China. A large amount of resources have been provided for its domestic resources. However, after the July 7 Incident, Yuben was not prepared for a full-scale war at all, and as a result, the preparation was insufficient.

In this case, Yue Ben couldn't hold back his greed and was ready to move, wanting to include all parts of Nanyang in his pocket. Only by obtaining resources can it maintain the war situation in China.

Now he put pressure on France, and France's policy of appeasement has fueled his arrogance, and he even agreed to send personnel to Vietnam to supervise the shipment of goods to China through Haiphong. As a result, it is more difficult for China to obtain external arms supplies. In this area, the company bought rubber, oil and other strategic materials.

Li Guang was powerless to change the international situation, and under such circumstances, Li Guang was very clear about the combat mission of the Pixiu, which was to strike at the transportation line of the Pixiu. You can't let the little devil live in peace and transport strategic materials.

The Netherlands, Europe and the United States, for the sake of their own interests, disregarded the lives of the Chinese people and sold a large amount of materials to the capital.

Li Guang was furious, and one day they would taste the bitter fruits of their own suffering.

However, Li Guang is not yet able to attack the merchant ships of these countries, and it is difficult to say what kind of turmoil it will cause in that case. It may even be counterproductive to China's war of resistance.

Although the United States is pretending to support China's $25 million loan, it is supporting it after all. Li Guang did not dare to make the international situation even more unfavorable to China for the sake of his anger.

However, there is absolutely no problem in attacking the merchant ships of the country, and the countries of Europe and the United States are even happy to see such a situation. The little devil is deflated, and both the British and the Americans are happy to see it.

Within half a month of entering the South China Sea, under the command of Ji Keliang, he won three battles and three victories, not only sinking six merchant ships, but also capturing a 2,000-ton cargo ship.

Most of the ships sailing in the South China Sea are not of much tonnage, ranging from a few hundred tons to several thousand tons. The total displacement of these six merchant ships was only 10,000 tons, but it made the country nervous again.

The sea area chosen by Tikrian was very special, he did not choose the route along the coastline of Vietnam, but boldly set the location of the attack in the waters between Luzon and the island of Taiwan.

This sea area was the route through which Ben obtained supplies from the Dutch East Indies. The routes here are not too busy, but there is a great benefit to raiding here. It can attract the attention of the Hainan Island army, which is more than 1,000 kilometers away from here, and as long as the Pixiu escapes eastward, it is the vast Pacific Ocean, and the tired little devil can't catch it.

The reason for the three attacks was mainly that the torpedoes on the Pixiu were too powerful. At the time of the first attack, the merchant ships were only a few cargo ships of several hundred tons, and a single torpedo was completely blown to pieces, and the devils did not even have time to send a telegram.

In the second attack, Ji Kelian deliberately controlled the rhythm of the attack. After killing the first merchant ship, it took more than half an hour to attack the second one. Unexpectedly, after catching a prisoner, I learned that the radio station on the little devil's ship was damaged, and no distress telegram was sent at all. (Actually, the first Devil's freighter sent a telegram.) ）

Ji Keliang was so angry, he deliberately leaked the news to the devil, but he couldn't get it out. I had to continue to wait. In the third attack, Tikryan did not dare to use torpedoes again, fearing that it would be too sharp. Simply use deck guns to shoot at the merchant ships.

The battle process was lackluster, and in the face of the huge power of the 88mm guns, the range and accuracy of the 37mm guns and 75mm guns on the Devil freighter were seriously insufficient, and they were in a state of abuse. Eventually sink one and capture one alive.

In order to ensure that the devil sent a telegram, after capturing the merchant ship alive, Ji Keliang used a gun to force the telegraph operator of the merchant ship to send the telegram, and he sent it dozens of times in a row.

The seizures were not very rich, a thousand tons of rubber, only a few hundred tons of wood. Li Guang later learned that 1,000 tons of rubber was not cheap in this era, and it was sold for 500,000 US dollars.

Even so, the Pixiu wandered around for a few days and did not see the appearance of the warship, which really made Ji Keliang, who served as the commander for the first time, a little depressed. The grass startled the snake, but unfortunately the grass was beaten, but the snake did not appear at all.

The main reason is that this trick is just to startle the snake, not to lure the snake out of the hole. Therefore, Ji Kelian could only continue to be depressed. But for Li Guang, Ji Keliang's performance was basically passable.

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