Off the coast of Songhu, on the armored cruiser Izumo, the flagship of the Navy's Third Fleet.

Vice Admiral Kiyoshi Kawatani, the current commander of the Third Fleet of the Navy, walked into the ward he had specially arranged for Matsui Ishine, because Matsui Ishine's condition suddenly worsened, so Kawatani Kiyoshi and others sent him to a small ship and transferred him to his own flagship, and found his own military medical officer to treat Matsui Ishine together with the military medical officer brought out of Shanghai by Matsui Ishine.

Seeing Kawatani Kiyoshi walking in, several military medical officers who had just finished examining Matsui Shigen immediately hurriedly stood up and said, "Your Excellency Commander." ”

"Hmm." Kiyoshi Kawatani nodded lightly and asked in a deep voice, "How is Commander Matsui's condition?" ”

"Returning to Your Excellency Commander, General Matsui is too worried about the old illness caused by his impatience, and it cannot be cured with our current medical methods, so I am afraid that he needs to be sent back to the mainland for treatment." A middle-aged devil military medic replied with a sincere bow.

"Well, this matter needs to be reported to the base camp, you guys should retreat first, and I'll discuss something with Commander Matsui." Kawatani Kiyoshi nodded and waved his hand.

"Hay." Several devil army medic officers immediately bowed their heads suddenly, and then turned around and left.

After seeing several military medical officers leave, Kawatani Kiyoshi turned around and walked to Matsui Ishine's bed, at this time Matsui Ishine had woken up slowly, and when he saw Kawatani Kiyoshi, he waved his hand at Kawasani Kiyoshi tiredly and said, "Kakitani-kun, you are here." ”

"Matsui-kun, are you alright?" Kiyoshi Kawatani asked with a pretended concern.

Matsui Shigen shook his head lightly with a pale face, and then asked, "Kawatani-kun, how is the situation in Shanghai now?" ”

"I have ordered the Third Fleet and its aviation units to carry out heavy artillery bombardment and bombardment of the engagement area according to your request, as for the current situation, we have to wait for news from the front!" Kawatani replied without humility or arrogance.

Just as his voice fell, a rush of footsteps sounded behind him, and Kawatani Kiyoshi turned around suddenly, only to see Major General Chief of Staff Tsukada Tsukashi walking in in a hurry.

Tsukada strode to Matsui Ishone's bed, suddenly retracted his feet, and saluted Matsui Ishone and Kawatani clearly: "Your Excellency General, according to reconnaissance, the Shina Army that pursued the Imperial Army has now withdrawn. ”

"Evacuated?" Matsui Ishine asked in surprise, "What about the casualties of the Imperial Army now?" ”

"Yes, they suffered heavy losses under the double fire of the Imperial Navy and the Aviation, and they had to evacuate in a hurry!" Tsukada suddenly bowed his head and said: "The indiscriminate shelling and bombardment not only caused heavy casualties to the Chinese people, but also caused great losses to the imperial army, and at present, there are less than 2,000 imperial warriors left in the Hangzhou Garrison Brigade and the Fifth Infantry Brigade of Reading Force. ”

"What? There are less than two thousand left? Matsui Ishine was excited again when he heard this, and his originally pale face suddenly became even more bloodless.

"Yes." Tsukada Tsukasa bowed his head again and replied, in fact, Tsukada was afraid that Matsui Ishine would not be able to accept it, and he had not yet told the real situation, that is, the two thousand imperial troops also included nearly half of the light and serious wounded.

Seeing Matsui Ishone's miserable face, Tsukada turned his head to look at Kawatani Kiyoshi on the side, and then said: "General, now we have two paths, the first is to withdraw the surviving 2,000 imperial troops from Shanghai, and the second is to order them to hold on to Shanghai and wait for reinforcements to arrive." ”

Matsui Ishine didn't answer and asked, "Tsukada-kun, Kawatani-kun, what do you think?" ”

"General Hui, I think that since the people of China have retreated, it means that they are afraid of burning with the imperial army, then we can order the troops to stand in place and wait for reinforcements, and if the people of China attack again, then please also ask the naval fleet and aviation to continue to carry out indiscriminate shelling and bombing, so that if the people of China do not want to die with the imperial army, they can only stop the attack." Tsukada took the lead in speaking.

"Kawatani-kun, what do you think?" Matsui Ishine nodded, and asked Kawasani Kiyoshi again.

"I have no opinion, as long as Commander Matsui needs it, whether it is to retreat or hold on, the Third Fleet is willing to fully cooperate." Kawatani Kiyoshi replied extremely intelligently, in this way, he will not be at fault whether he succeeds or not, and if the Imperial Army wins in the end, the battle merits will be less than the Third Fleet of the Navy.

Hearing Kawatani Kiyoshi's words, Matsui Shigen was relieved, with the full cooperation of the navy, he had no worries, and immediately nodded happily to Tsukada and ordered: "Tsukada-kun, order all troops to stay on the spot and wait for reinforcements!" ”

"Hay!" Tsukada suddenly bowed his head again, and then strode away with his saber

Zhabei, the temporary headquarters of the Huben Brigade.

In the confidential room of the communications company, Qiao Anbang was standing solemnly in front of the door and smoking silently, and in the confidential room, Yali was sitting in front of a high-power radio station, listening intently to the radio signals of the army.

I don't know how long it took, but the sky was gradually darkening, and Qiao Anbang was already full of cigarette butts under his feet, and he was still anxiously waiting, if he wanted to implement a battle plan he had come up with on a whim, he had to figure out the specific location of the Izumo, the flagship of the Third Fleet of the Chinese Front Army, and other ships.

This can only be known by detecting the radio waves between the various ships of the devils, and there is no other way. Although there are flying machines, after all, it is impossible to find them one by one, and it is not safe.

Just when Qiao Anbang was about to wait impatiently, Yali, who had been sitting in front of the radio station with all her attention, suddenly took off her headphones and said to those standing outside the door very happily: "Brigade, the task has been completed." ”

"Got it all?" Qiao Anbang turned around and asked happily when he heard this.

"Yes, it's all done, I have just confirmed and locked on to the Izumo, the flagship of the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy, through the aircraft." Yari nodded in reply.

"And locked the Izumo?" Qiao Anbang was overjoyed, and his battle plan was actually to use an aircraft to airlift a small detachment to raid the Izumo, the flagship of the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy, and destroy the command hub of the Devil Navy, so as to force the Devil Navy, which was leaderless and mysteriously attacked, to evacuate Shanghai.

Without the threat of the Devil Navy, Qiao Anbang would be able to eat the Devil Army on the beach in one bite.

"Yes, it's already locked, thanks to a command message from the army." Yali nodded and continued to reply: "Through decipherment, I know that the content of this command message sent from the armored cruiser Izumo is to order the only remaining 2,000 Japanese troops in Shanghai to stand in place and wait for reinforcements. ”

"So, the little devil didn't take the opportunity to evacuate?" Joan Bang said.

"Yes." Yali nodded again.

"Wait, you just said that this telegram was sent from the cruiser Devil Izumo?" Qiao Anbang suddenly remembered something.

Yali looked at Qiao Anbang with some doubts, nodded and replied: "Well, this telegram was sent from the cruiser Izumo, and the power was sent by the Central China Dispatch Command. ”

After hearing this, Qiao Anbang was immediately ecstatic in his heart, and said excitedly: "So, the headquarters of the Central China Dispatch Army is also on the Izumo cruiser now?" ”

"Yes." Yali nodded again.

"Haha, that's great." Qiao Anbang couldn't help but laugh excitedly and said, "This time I'm going to kill two birds with one stone." "Originally, Qiao Anbang wanted to raid the Izumo, the flagship of the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy, with the purpose of destroying the command hub of the Devil Navy, but now it's okay, Matsui Ishone's headquarters has also moved to the Izumo cruiser without a book, so how unhappy is Qiao Anbang, how not excited.

Speaking of this Izumo cruiser, in the recent Battle of Shanghai on August 13, it was out of the limelight, when it lined the Huangpu River, unscrupulously bombarded the [***] positions and local people's residential buildings, causing great losses to our army and civilians.

The authorities decided to sink this enemy ship, which had a heavy blood debt, for which the Navy and Air Force of the National Revolutionary Army did almost all their best, but for various reasons repeatedly missed, and in the end only suffered heavy damage to it, but failed to sink it.

This cruiser, which participated in World War I and served as the Imperial Throne Ship, was not sunk because it was hit by numerous torpedoes by the Chinese Navy and Air Force.

If it can be sunk, it will not only be able to deal a severe blow to the arrogance of the devil navy, but also boost the morale and morale of the [***] army, and improve the confidence of the Chinese people to persist in the war of resistance.

After making up his mind, Qiao Anbang immediately turned his head to Yali and said, "Yali, you go and prepare four of the most advanced and powerful torpedoes on the earth at this time, and then wait for my instructions at any time." ”

"Hmm." Yali nodded in agreement.

After instructing Yali, Qiao Anbang immediately turned around and walked out of the confidential room, and shouted loudly into the courtyard: "Wang Gensheng! ”

"Yes!" Wang Gensheng, the commander of the guard company, who was chatting with several guard soldiers on the side, hurriedly ran over, stood up and saluted: "Brigade seat, what are your instructions?" ”

"Go, bring me Zhao Gengyuan." Qiao Anbang waved his hand.

"Yes!" Wang Gensheng suddenly agreed, and immediately turned around quickly to take the order.

It didn't take long for Wang Gensheng to walk in from outside with Zhao Gengyuan, the deputy head of the regiment, and when he arrived, Zhao Gengyuan hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Luzao, you are looking for me." ”

"Hmm." Qiao Anbang nodded, and then ordered: "Deputy Head Zhao, there is a task that is very dangerous now, it is very likely that it will be nine deaths, do you dare to accept it?" ”

"How dare you! Please make it clear! Zhao Gengyuan looked at each other awe-inspiringly.

"Raid the Izumo, the flagship of the navy, and sink him, as long as the Izumo is killed, it will be equivalent to killing the command hub of the devils, and the leaderless devil navy will definitely evacuate Shanghai, and then we will be able to wipe out the remnants of the devils in Shanghai in one fell swoop!" Qiao Anbang said bluntly.

"Raid on the Devil Navy Flagship?" Zhao Gengyuan was very surprised and said: "But, Brigade, how can we get close to the devil's flagship without a ship?" ”

"You don't need to ask about this, I have my own way, you just need to tell me if you have the guts to take on this task, if not, I'll change someone else." Qiao Anbang asked deliberately provocatively.

"Absolutely! As long as the brigade has a way to send us up, the lowly will dare to guarantee with his surname that he will complete the task! Zhao Gengyuan immediately patted his chest anxiously and said.

(To be continued)