"No. 2 and No. 3 water tank drainage."

"Speed 5 knots, course northwest, expected to rise to periscope depth in a minute."

"Left rudder 10 degrees, ready to raise the periscope."

"The periscope is ready."

"Periscope depth has been reached."

"Alright, raise the periscope."

Just when the Yangtze River estuary was in a scuffle, the No. 001 submarine under the command of Major Jiang Mosan had already sneaked under the water and slipped through the guard ring of Japanese destroyers and light cruisers. When Jiang Mosan, who looked excited, held the armrest of the periscope and put his eyes on the lens, he found that his submarine seemed to have fallen behind the 002 boat.

An oil tanker was on fire and sinking on the sea, and the bow of a huge battleship was scorched black and slightly sinking, it seemed that it had been torpedoed! It seems to be a Nagato-class battleship in the middle of the mine, but it is still running fast, and the distance is too far to reach it. Jiang Mosan, who was slightly disappointed, turned the periscope to look for his target again, and soon found an armored cruiser (first-class coastal defense ship) that was turning, which was also a big guy of nearly 10,000 tons, and sinking it was not in vain.

"At a distance of 4000 meters, one enemy armored cruiser with a speed of 15 knots is turning!"

"Right rudder 5 degrees, adjust the angle of occurrence."

"Torpedo compartment debriefing."

"The torpedo is ready."

"Rapid-fire torpedoes, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4...... Launch! ”

"Torpedo fired!"

Bang bang four trembling sounds came, and Jiang Mosan had already seen it. Four fan-shaped white waves swept swiftly under the water and swooped down on the Japanese warship that was turning in the distance.

"Put down the periscope! All tanks are filled with water and dived. Immediately after diving, turning, we get out of here. Before he could see the torpedo hit the target, Jiang Mosan saw a Japanese destroyer approaching quickly! It is estimated that it was brought to it by the attack of 002 just now.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Just as the submarine was diving, three muffled sounds suddenly came from a distance. "Hit!" There was jubilation inside the submarine. An old armored cruiser of 10,000 tons suffered only one fate after being hit by three torpedoes, that is, it sank, and this trip was not in vain.

"Tap! It's all light, and there are Japanese destroyers on it! Jiang Mo hurriedly waved his hand. He commanded again: "Dive, sit at the bottom, let's stay down for a while, and then float up when the limelight is over...... There are four more torpedoes that have to sink something, right? That's a bonus! ”

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"Help! Help me! "Soroku Suzuki couldn't believe he was screaming for help! As a samurai of His Majesty the Emperor, how could the lieutenant general commander of the invincible Third Army of the Imperial Army shout for help? But if he didn't shout for help, he could only be drowned alive, because he was now soaking in the sea water at the mouth of the Yangtze River. And his hands and feet are weak, and he can't use any strength, if he hadn't worn a life jacket, he would probably have become a god now, and I don't know if the drowned Yasukuni Shrine will be accepted?

As for what he fell into the water, he didn't fully understand it himself. I just remember that a second ago he was watching the battle from the terrace of the bridge of the Izumo 1st class coastal defense ship. It was to watch the troops of the 1st Guards Division under his own command being slaughtered by the Chinese with large-caliber artillery! And then I don't know how. It flew up, then it fell into the sea with a pop, and then it started shouting for help...... What a shame!

Just when the lieutenant general decided not to shout for help and drown like a samurai, he suddenly felt that his life jacket was caught by something. I want to turn my head to see but I can't see it. While he was in a hurry, his uniform was grabbed by two large hands that did not know how to reach out from their place. Then the whole person was carried out of the water like a chicken and gently placed in a cabin that was probably a small sampan. Then I heard someone say in Japanese, "It's a lieutenant general!" The one who shouted for help just now was a lieutenant general...... It seems to be the commander of the Third Army, Suzuki. ”

Hearing this, the roots of Suzuki's neck were red. It's terrible to be recognized...... I guess it won't be long before I'll be called "Suzuki who shouts for help" behind my back, right? What a shame! No, you have to pretend to be seppuku to save face, but ...... What about katanas? Where did the knives go? Did you get it in the water? Oh, my God! The dignified lieutenant general and samurai, not only shouted for help on the battlefield, but even lost the family heirloom sword on the battlefield, how can he see people in the future?

Ashamed for a while, Suzuki Soroku looked around for his ship, the Izumo, only to see that the entire sea was in chaos, with bombs and shells falling from time to time in the sky, and Japanese warships on the water also firing into the sky. There are still quite a few ships that are on fire, and the rest are heading for the open sea...... But where is the Izumo?

"Hey," Suzuki shouted as he looked at a few Marines who were fishing in the sea with small sampans. "Where is the Izumo? Why didn't I see the Izumo?

"Your Excellency, the Izumo has sunk!" One of the Japanese soldiers, who had tanned skin and spoke with a Satsuma accent, replied. "We were sent to search for survivors...... Your Excellency, you are really lucky! ”

"Shen ...... Sunk! How could it be ......" Soroku Suzuki couldn't believe his ears, and he was still looking around, trying to find the trace of the Izumo from the sea. That first-class coastal defense ship had the headquarters of its own Third Army and a communications brigade of several hundred officers and men of the army, and many of them were elite staff officers of the army. Moreover, today is only the first day of the landing of the army in Shanghai! It would be a miracle that the entire military headquarters was lost on the first day, and that such a battle could be won.

……

"Torpedo machine! The torpedo planes of the China Army are attacking! ”

Yamamoto's shouts rang out on the bridge of the battleship Nagato. Pulled everyone out of the grief that had just lost the Izumo and the command of the Army's Third Army. Now is the real life and death situation, if the Chinese torpedo strike is close to the Nagato, then the Shanghai operation will end here.

"Attention, attention. The enemy torpedo planes had already lowered their altitude and were preparing to enter attack positions. All anti-aircraft artillery (there are only four in total) are doing their best to block the attack route of enemy aircraft! The gunners of the Nagato picked up the phone and gave the order loudly.

At the same time, the other 12 battleships and battle cruisers of the Japanese army, as well as a dozen destroyers and light cruisers that were hurrying closer, also raised their anti-aircraft guns, and all the gunners were staring at the Chinese torpedo attack planes, as if they were waiting for these aerial demons who had sunk the Kurama to come and fight to the death!

"All torpedo machines, six-six formations, rush with me!" Major Zhang Yulong has now been upgraded to the commander-in-chief of 120 torpedo attack aircraft! The order he shouted loudly was heard by the bombardier behind him. Then two small blue flags turned into a series of flags. The 120 torpedo planes that were hovering at low altitude quickly formed 20 attack squads, forming a long line in the air. The attack team led by Zhang Yulong is located in the position of the dragon head, and the target of the attack will also be determined by him later.

"Target, enemy transport!" Zhang Yulong then shouted the second command. The bombardier behind him was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Sir, is it a transport ship?" ”

"That's right, it's a transport!" A mocking smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Yulong's mouth. The formation of the Japanese was completely disorganized. Destroyers and light cruisers, which had been on the outermost periphery, were moving closer to the capital ships and aircraft carriers at the core. It turned out that the transport ship in the middle of the formation was exposed to the outermost periphery, who else could they fight if they didn't fight these thin-skinned guys? Go and hit the Nagato number inside? Hehe, my life is precious, this is called staying in the green mountains, not afraid of no ship bombing! Thinking of this, he pushed the joystick and flew the plane towards a freighter of about seven or eight thousand tons.

The freighter was loaded with Japanese soldiers. See the Chinese torpedo machine towards it

Rushing over on his side, a boatload of small Japan was so anxious that they screamed, and a few of them even picked up the Type 38 rifles in their hands and beat them indiscriminately, but where could they fight. Before the six Chinese torpedo planes flew into the range of the Type 38 rifles, six long stick-like torpedoes crackled and fell into the water! Then I saw six white waves rushing towards the transport.

Thundered......

A huge fireball rose from the sea. This Japanese transport ship of seven or eight thousand tons seemed to jump on the surface of the sea, and then it broke into two and quickly began to sink! The Japanese soldiers on the ship were so frightened that they shouted wildly. Either it will be swallowed up by the sea in an instant, or it will jump into the sea like a dumpling. All the other transport ships also panicked when they saw this scene, and they all scurried around like headless flies, and a few of them actually drove in the direction of Hengsha and Chongming Island, probably trying to run aground on it, right?

"Transport ship...... Eight squares! The target of the Shina torpedo attack aircraft was the transport ship! Quick, go to the rescue! Isamu Takeshita fell into a complete panic. Before this war, he would never have imagined that planes and submarines would have such power! Even if they can't sink a battleship with strong armor, they can target the weak points in the fleet! Moreover, the tactics of breaking diplomatic relations of the Chinese Navy are also very difficult to deal with, and the current losses are also related to it...... In order to deal with the activities of Chinese submarines and shipbreakers, a large number of destroyers and light cruisers in the Japanese combined fleet were sent out to carry out tasks, so this time there were fewer destroyers and light cruisers accompanying them, and they actually could not protect the entire fleet, allowing Chinese planes and submarines to take advantage of the loopholes!

Boom......

"Another ......" There was another exclamation from the bridge of the Nagato, and everyone except the helmsman seemed to be directed to the task at hand, huddled on the side of the bridge to watch the Chinese group of torpedo attack planes attack the Japanese transport. As for the rescue or something, it's all empty talk, and the battleship is not an airplane, where is it so easy to turn around? Now I can only watch as the transport ships on my side are sunk by Chinese torpedo planes one by one!

By the time the Chinese torpedo bombers left contentedly with their wings and finished the slaughter. The Japanese found out that in a short battle of less than an hour at sea and in the air, they lost fourteen transport ships (two of which were sunk by submarines and one by heavy howitzers) and one coastal defense ship of the first rank! The total tonnage is as high as more than 76,000 tons. The Japanese army lost more than 5,000 people under the chief of staff of the Third Army, Yamada Otozo, and also lost a large amount of supplies, including a shipload of ammunition and a shipload of fuel. The losses of the Chinese Air Force and Naval Aviation consisted only of three Fokker D.18s (shot down during a dive bombing) and six Min-12 torpedo bombers, in addition to one Min-12 torpedo plane crashed on the way back. A total of seventeen aviation warriors died honorably.

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"Good news! Good news! Chairman. The Navy and Air Force have another good news! At noon today, 228 fighters and two submarines of the Chinese Navy and Air Force attacked the main force of the Japanese fleet in the waters off the mouth of the Yangtze River. After more than an hour of fierce fighting, he sank fifteen Japanese ships (one more than the actual result), and also damaged the battleship Nagato, the flagship of the Japanese Navy! Chang Ruiqing's adjutant Lieutenant Colonel Chen Cheng ran to Chang Ruiqing's side with a happy face and reported loudly, and behind him stood Lieutenant General Han Deqin, who had gauze wrapped around his head and arms, who was also overjoyed.

This is a newly established refugee camp outside the city of Ningbo, and a temporary field hospital. The camp is filled with refugees who have just been evacuated from Zhenhai, and the hospital is filled with haggard-looking wounded people dressed as civilians. All the refugees and wounded were carrying some food, clothing, and Chinese dollars in their hands. These are all difficult materials raised by the Zhejiang Provincial Government in the shortest possible time. The tents in the camp, as well as the doctors and nurses in the field hospital and the medicines they use, were all provided by the 17th Army stationed in Zhejiang. It's hard to do that, but it's timely...... It is estimated that it has something to do with the socialist constitutionalism that will start in 1926, and if you do it well now, you will always be able to cheat a little more votes in the future! Lu Yongxiang's chairman of Zhejiang Province is not enough!

As for the dictator himself, of course, he is also putting on a show. is holding the hand of an old woman who lost her only son in the Japanese shelling, her face is full of concern, and she is pretending to promise the old woman to support her in front of a vote of domestic and foreign reporters...... The well-informed reporter and Gao Xiaowen, Chang Ruiqing's newly acquired personal secretary, were moved to tears.

Listen to Chen Cheng's words. Chang Ruiqing held the old woman's hand tightly again, and said loudly in stiff Zhejiang dialect: "Grandma, our army has taught the Japanese invaders a hard lesson at the mouth of the Yangtze River!" Sink fifteen of their warships! What a victory! ”

The old woman blinked, a look of surprise on her face. "Defeat the foreign devils? Has our army defeated the foreign devils and avenged my son? ”

"Yes! Revenge! ”

"Woooooooooo......oo My son, Chairman Chang has already taken revenge on you and returned my pension money. You can look at it, woo-woo-woo......"

At this time, the refugees at the bottom already knew the news of the victory at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and cheers and applause rang out, and some people shouted the slogan "Long live the Standing Chairman." Seeing that the scene was enthusiastic, Chang Ruiqing seemed to have momentum. The old woman let go of her dry hands, stood on a chair, and waved at the crowd. Motioned for everyone to be quiet.

"People of Zhenhai, I know that you were attacked by the brutal Japanese imperialists on the night of the 18th and the morning of the 19th! This is a crime against the entire Republic of China and the Chinese nation! It is an unforgivable atrocity! However, our Nationalist Government did not make any protests to the Japanese in the international arena! Because we are world powers! The strong do not need to protest, only the weak ones protest endlessly...... A strong country uses guns to seek justice! Now that they have killed tens of thousands of our compatriots, we will use the guns of the Wehrmacht to exterminate the Japanese ten times and 100 times that number! Only in this way will Japan, and the whole world, know that China is already a world power! Whoever dares to challenge us will pay the heaviest price! The victory at Zhenhai on the 19th, the victory at the mouth of the Yangtze River today, and the series of victories of the Wehrmacht in the Far East and in Korea are just the beginning! Japan will pay an even heavier price! If they don't throw in the towel before September 1st! What awaits them will be the most terrifying ruined miè! ”

Most of the people below are refugees who lost their homes or families in the shelling of Jinhae, and they are naturally full of hatred for Japan, and they do not think about the nature of the war. Just cheering. Chang Ruiqing is now another heroic figure who has gradually become a myth, and now he is leading the country to defeat Japan, a vicious neighbor who has been riding on China's neck since the First Sino-Japanese War, and has almost become an idol of the whole people. Some of the young students now only remember chanting his name and not even hearing what he was saying. A few reporters who were a little older and had some experience looked at the scene in front of them with complicated expressions. This Chang Ruiqing's prestige and power are really getting bigger and bigger, and when this war is won, China will probably have a real god, right? But what will become of the democratic constitutionalism that begins in three years?

Chang Ruiqing took a breath, and his face was still full of righteous indignation. "Here, on behalf of the National Government, on behalf of the Wehrmacht, I would like to declare! If Japan wants to sue for peace and end the war, they must hand over the murderer of the civilians of Jinhae - Crown Prince Hirohito! It doesn't matter if it's alive or dead! As the government and military of a world power, we must not allow thugs with the blood of the Chinese people to go unpunished, never! With that, he swung his right arm vigorously, and a louder cheer rang out from below. The reporter's spotlight also flashed, and Chang Ruiqing's speech here today will soon be published in major newspapers in China and even in the world, including Japanese newspapers!

Of course, the content of Chang Ruiqing's speech published in Japanese newspapers has been edited and revised to a certain extent. For example, any references to China's victory were withheld, and the content of Chang Ruiqing's request to harm Crown Prince Hirohito was also emphasized, and the final "surrender date" of September 1 was also highlighted......