Twenty minutes later, Haruzama and Koizumi returned to the captain's room with the two Chinese scum, and the four of them looked at each other.

"Li Sang, how did you think about it?" Chunshan didn't have much time to waste, and seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the Mariana Islands, he was already waiting. As for what awaits him, he is the only one on the ship.

"Chunshan-kun, we have already discussed, from now on, we will look forward to you without two hearts." After saying this, the man surnamed Li seemed to let go of a heavy burden and felt a lot lighter.

Who said that there is no pressure to be a traitor, especially for China now, once it is confirmed that treason, the end will definitely be extremely tragic. Judging from the previous treatment of those traitors by the Chinese Empire, for those who committed treason, it has always been the strictest way to deal with them, and there is absolutely no mercy. Behind bars, servitude, golden beans.

"Very well, Li Sang and Wang Sang, from now on you are not only my friends of the Great Japanese Empire, but also my friends of Chunshan. In the future, you will also be glad for the wise choice you made today. Chunshan Ergou smiled slightly, stood up and said.

The man surnamed Li and the man surnamed Wang glanced at each other, not happy by what Haruyama Ergou said. However, the two still squeezed out a smile, which was in response to Chunshan's words. Making such a choice, in fact, the two can be said to be cornered, because they have already done the act of treason, and no matter how much they atone for their crimes, the laws of the Chinese Empire will not forgive them. It is better to take refuge in Japan from now on, not only will you have a lot of money, but you can continue to live freely.

Just when the two were about to speak again. When I was assuring my sincerity with words, there was a sound of dripping in the captain's room. And in front of the course of the freighter's advance, a beam of light pierced the night sky and shone on the freighter, making the bow of the ship illuminate as if it were day.

Seeing everything that suddenly appeared in front of him, except for Haruyama, everyone else was somewhat flustered.

"Still stunned for what to do, hurry up and reply." After Chunshan saw that the man surnamed Li was stunned, he said sharply.

"Yes, yes." The man, surnamed Li, walked quickly to the side of the radio station. Pick up the transmitter. Tick click.

On the sea in the distance, on the Taiyuan, a Chinese Navy standard city-class cruiser, on the control tower, the communications officer came behind the captain and reported: "Report to the captain." The other side is an Imperial cargo ship. There is an identification code for our Navy. ”

"Ask them. Why is it here. The captain spoke.

"Yes." It wasn't long before the communications officer came back and said, "Captain, they say it's a cargo ship bound for South America. Because the navigator was malfunctioning, they entered this sea area, and they also asked us to let us lead them out of here and back to the normal shipping lane. ”

Hearing this, the captain's brows furrowed, and he ordered: "Lean up and board the ship for inspection." ”

At this time, the deputy captain said puzzledly: "Captain, this seems to be a little inappropriate, after all, we are a regular navy, and the other party has an identification code, and we are suspected of overstepping the ship for boarding and inspection." ”

"How could I not know what you said, but don't you think the other party came here too suddenly? What else did you say about the navigation system malfunctioning, which is too coincidental! Let's not forget what we are here for, and we must not be negligent when the main fleet arrives. The captain said.

"I understand, then I'll take someone up there myself." The co-captain said.

"No, I'm going to go up in person, you're in charge of here, pay attention to my gestures." The captain said.

"Let's go, how can you leave the command post if you are the captain."

"I'm the captain of the ship, and the whole ship will listen to me."

Since the captain said so, the deputy captain no longer insisted, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Okay, but as long as you don't come back, I won't take any action." ”

"Let's talk about it!" The captain didn't care about this, and since it had already been decided, there was no need to delay it any longer. "Convey my order, come twenty soldiers, bring weapons, and board the ship with me for inspection."

And on the freighter, when the destroyer of the Chinese Navy wanted to board the ship for inspection, everyone's hearts jumped, and this time even Chunshan Ergou was no exception.

"Don't panic, as planned, the more panicked we are, the more dangerous we will be discovered." Haruhama knew that the more times like this, the more he had to calm down. Panicking and nervousness will only expose you more quickly.

Hearing Chunshan Ergou's words, the situation of the two Chinese people has improved a lot, at least their faces have gradually returned to normal. And next to him, Haruzan kept glancing at Koizumi stupidly, and the two were discussing something with their eyes.

As the freighter and the destroyer slowly approached, the two ships slowly approached each other. Although the long and narrow destroyer looks smaller than the fat body of the freighter, the twin 105 main guns and the close-in anti-aircraft phalanx on the destroyer have brought a lot of pressure to everyone on the freighter.

The captain of the destroyer Taiyuan, who had prepared it, led 20 heavily armed sailors to board the freighter as soon as the two ships approached.

"The four of you come with me, and the others scour every corner of the ship, searching the whole ship inside and out as little as possible without destroying the cargo. If you notice anything suspicious, report it immediately. ”

With four sailors, the captain had just walked a few steps when he saw a man surnamed Li coming up.

"Comrades are fortunate, the contemptible person is the captain of the Guangde, surnamed Li, I don't know why the comrades have to board the ship for inspection, all the documents on our ship are complete, the customs duties are also paid in sufficient quantities, and there is absolutely no goods on the ship that are not coming from the right way." The man surnamed Li immediately spoke as soon as he approached the captain and the others.

"Mr. Li, hello, I am the captain of the destroyer Taiyuan, Liu Changsheng, this boarding inspection is a routine matter, I hope you can cooperate well." Captain Liu Changsheng said: "Can we prepare all the crew's documents and all the ship's documents, we will also check it later." ”

"There is no problem with this, but I also ask your comrades to be merciful, the cargo on board is more valuable. I'm afraid I won't be able to explain it to the cargo owner. The man surnamed Li glanced at the sailors who were inspecting the boat, especially when he saw the weapons on the sailors, and his heart couldn't help but tremble, but fortunately the sky was still very dark, and the shadows formed by the unnatural light did not notice his appearance.

This is a relatively old-fashioned Chinese self-built cargo ship, full of the flavor of China's construction pattern. Without the captain's guidance, Liu Changsheng, the captain of the Taiyuan destroyer, came directly to the wheelhouse of the cargo ship, and at this time, the three pilots were manipulating the freighter.

Liu Changsheng came to the navigator with a familiar car, indeed. The compass on the navigation in front of me is spinning rapidly. The basic pointing function has been lost.

"Why did the pointer break down and continue to go to sea?" This is Liu Changsheng's question after seeing the navigator.

"Captain Liu, you are fine before going to sea. But I don't know why. Just arrived on the high seas. This thing just doesn't work. We can't do it well, so we deviate from the normal course. The man surnamed Li replied.

"Don't you have a compass on board? Even without this instrument, relying on the compass would not have deviated so much from the course. Don't you know? It's a time of war. The Pacific Ocean is full of Japanese and American submarines, and you are bold enough. Dare to go on the road alone without traveling in a group, taking advantage of the protection given by the Empire? ”

A series of questions asked, this is the reason why Liu Changsheng planned to go on board to inspect, if it was peacetime, there was nothing strange about a single cargo ship sailing on the ocean, but now that the war has broken out, no one can tell how many submarines are in the Pacific Ocean. Without escort anti-submarine destroyers and escort carriers, there is absolutely no way for such a freighter to travel alone.

China's submarine forces, Japan's submarine forces of the United States, and the submarines of the three countries are all over the ocean, and as long as the ships of the empire walk on the ocean without the protection of destroyers, most of them are a dead end. Don't think it's enough to change the flag, you know, there are submarines on opposite sides of the ocean. It would be a tragedy if it was destroyed by a submarine of your own country because of the change of the flag of the enemy country.

Moreover, whether it is the Chinese fleet or the US and Japanese fleets, there are basically a large number of anti-submarine destroyers escorting them. This is an example for all countries to break the war in the Atlantic, especially Japan, which has built a large number of destroyers to escort its own fleet, and the island nation is destined to be so during the war.

Compared with such large ones as battleships and aircraft carriers, destroyers of one or two thousand tons, even Japan, can build a large number in a short period of time. Therefore, while the number of submarines on the ocean is gradually increasing, the destroyers of various countries are also becoming more and more numerous.

Just like China, it is the original first-generation city-class anti-submarine destroyer, because of the price, it is still under construction as an escort force for large ocean-going fleets. In particular, those large fleets that are formed into formations, as long as the cargo transported is important enough, can apply to the Admiralty for large cruisers or escort aircraft carriers to accompany destroyers to escort the fleet. What's more, it can even be applied to the extent that an aircraft carrier battle group can escort it.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the value of the cargo, for example, the average oil transportation team, the default practice of China is one cruiser and two destroyers. A large fleet of 100,000-ton tankers or even 150,000-ton tankers will inevitably be accompanied by escort aircraft carriers, to which will be added cruiser and destroyer air defense and anti-submarine formations. If the tanker fleet is larger, it can be escorted by an aircraft carrier battle group, or by a nearby naval fleet.

Such a scene is not common in the Pacific, but in the Indian Ocean, while the Chinese Indian Ocean Fleet is looking for the Japanese fleet of Nagumo Tadachi, I have been escorting the tanker fleet to and from the Middle East to prevent Japanese submarines or Nagumo Tadachi's fleet from taking advantage of it.

Why did the Taiyuan come straight to this freighter, which was discovered by the submarine and handed over to the nearest destroyer. Because of the opening of the road, the Taiyuan is the closest to here, so it rushed here. And behind the Taiyuan, a large naval formation is heading here. Around this naval formation, there are 12 destroyers like the Taiyuan, and there are more than a dozen concealed submarines. All for the provision of anti-submarine protection for this naval formation.

It was precisely because of the arduous task that Liu Changsheng had to increase his vigilance. Everything that is unreasonable needs to be confirmed again and again.

Faced with Liu Changsheng's question, the man surnamed Li did not panic, because Chunshan had already explained everything to him before, and these problems did not stump him.

"Back to Captain Liu's words. The compass is there, but the effect of the dark one is not very good on the vast sea, so this is the mistake of this time. In addition, we are self-employed, and it is not so easy to apply for the protection of a large fleet, and even if the application is approved, it will take a unified time to travel. This time the owner of the goods asked for a hurry, and now it is a time of war. To make some money, you always need to take risks. So we went on our own. It's impossible to let the Imperial Navy escort us alone! When the man surnamed Li said, he showed a look of embarrassment.

"I'll leave it at that, but there's one piece of advice I want you to remember. Don't do anything for money, don't forget your loved ones at home. Sometimes peace is more important than anything else. Especially to you merchants who are adrift at sea. During the war, he often went home to spend time with his family. It's hard to buy reunion. Liu Changsheng said thoughtfully.

The other party's explanation dispelled Liu Changsheng's doubts, anything could happen at sea. And the situation that the man surnamed Li said. Liu Changsheng has seen a lot, and many of them choose to venture out on the road alone in order to make a little more money. In order to get the goods earlier, cargo owners usually increase the price, and waiting for the fleet to assemble will definitely waste a certain amount of time, which is why they take the risk on the road.

This is a very common thing in China, sometimes these boaters who work hard for life, Liu Changsheng is helpless and at the same time admires the end of their hard work. At this time, it is obvious that Liu Changsheng has been regarded as that kind of person by the man surnamed Li. So, there was no intention to embarrass them too much.

"Contemptible people understand, while they can still move, how can they not make more money." The man surnamed Li also had some hope, and when he heard Liu Changsheng talk about his family, his heart was inexplicably filled with sadness.

"Take out all the documents you have prepared, and we'll take a look." At this moment, the sailors inspecting the cargo were gathering at the bow of the ship, and they gestured to Liu Changsheng that they did not find any problems.

"Yes." turned around and took a stack of small notebooks from the crew and handed them to Liu Changsheng. The latter looked through it carefully and did not find any problems. Then he handed these small notebooks back to the man surnamed Li.

"So be it! It's not safe here, we're slowing down, you're following us, we're going to take you to a safe lane, and we're going to contact the fleet and let you get in. You're going to South America, and according to the itinerary, there happens to be a fleet going to South America, and you're going with them when the time comes. Looking at it, he didn't find anything wrong, Liu Changsheng spoke: "Remember, it's best to follow behind the destroyer, otherwise, if it is attacked, it is not a joke." ”

"Then it's going to trouble Captain Liu." The man surnamed Li quickly took out a pack of cigarettes and handed it to Liu Changsheng, but was refused.

Two minutes later, Liu Changsheng and the others returned to the destroyer, and when the destroyer turned around, the cargo ship followed behind the destroyer and slowly returned to the way it came.

On the freighter, seeing Liu Changsheng and others leaving, the man surnamed Li sat directly in the cockpit, panting heavily. He had almost been frightened by those questions before, but luckily he didn't show any signs of it. At this moment, he was terrified.

Chunshan, who had been staying here quietly before, spoke: "Mr. Li, are you okay?" After speaking, he stepped forward and helped the man surnamed Li up, and said: "Why are you so careless, you will fall here, I will help you go back to rest." ”

Hearing Chunshan's words, the man surnamed Li felt the puzzled expressions of the crew in the wheelhouse at this time, and in a panic, fortunately, because of Chunshan's actions, the crew's doubts were dispelled.

"Then I'm sorry for you."

The two of them soon returned to the captain's room, and at this time, Koizumi and the man surnamed Wang were both staying here with a worried face, and after seeing the two of them return, their faces became normal.

"It's all right now, don't go out if you three are fine, stay here quietly for me." As he spoke, Haruyama vaguely gestured to Koizumi with a carefully guarded look. As soon as he finished speaking, before the man surnamed Li could speak, he walked out.

"Koizumi-kun, what are Haruyama-kun going out to do at this time?" Chunshan left the captain's room, and the man surnamed Li could only helplessly ask the small spring next to him.

"I don't know about this, please Wang Sang and Li Sang stay here safely, as long as this matter is completed, the reward that the royal family said will definitely be honored."

Speaking of rewards, the faces of the two people suddenly turned red, which was an expression of excitement. It's not for the sake of those yellow and white things. Immediately threw all his doubts to the sky, but chatted with Koizumi stupidly with an excited face. Even the questions that were going to be asked were swallowed.

On the other side, Haruzama Ergou, who walked out of the captain's room, did not stop. Walk directly towards the highest part of the cargo ship, the upper deck of the cockpit. He had been following the surname Li before, and he had already done a good job as long as the other party dared to reveal a word, he would immediately resolve him, and then fight to the death with the Chinese sailors. Of course, this result is the best, and the acquaintance surnamed Li not only gave him a lot of help, but also avoided the miscarriage of this mission.

Coming to the highest point of the freighter, Haruzan Ergou did not pay attention to the destroyer leading in front, but took out a shimmering telescope and lay on the deck. Searching for something on the surface of the sea.

This is two hours. Even after two hours had passed, Harayama Ergou did not give up on continuing to observe because of his somewhat stiff body, but kept paying attention. This is a major event related to his future, and it is also about Japan's participation in this war. Whether or not to gain the initiative in the war more quickly is a very crucial plan. He couldn't afford to fail. Don't dare to fail.

The winter sea breeze howled, and the biting cold wind mixed with the wet and heavy mist constantly invaded his body, but this weather did not really affect him. The stiff body was still lying firmly on the deck.

The sun slowly comes alive from the sea level, dispelling the coldness of the night, and the humidity and fog gradually dissipate in the sun. Although the sun does not have much warmth in winter, a ray of sunlight can bring infinite warmth in winter.

After two hours of hard work, Harayama Ergou also looked forward to what he had been looking forward to. At this moment, the sky has gradually brightened, and in the distance, the morning sun hangs behind him, and in his telescope, on the sea level, several masts and slender antennas suddenly appeared. These masts and antennas also become clearer as the cargo ship advances.

After staying up late, Harayama Ergou was also afraid that he would be wrong, so he put down the binoculars, rubbed his eyes a few times, picked up the binoculars again, and stared at the direction where he had just discovered the situation. The result was the same, at sea level, several masts did appear, and these masts were moving in the opposite direction of the freighter.

A few minutes later, two cruisers were formed on the sea in the distance, and then some ships appeared from time to time.

Haruyama Ergou was extremely excited at the moment, and this was what he was looking forward to. At the same time, he was also very glad that the telescope in his hand was a high-end product bought from the United States at a high price, otherwise it would be difficult to spot the warships on the sea level in the distance, let alone those masts.

In fact, at this moment, this freighter was at least twenty nautical miles away from the Chinese Navy formation moving in the distance, and if it weren't for Chunshan staying at the highest point of the freighter, he would not have been able to see the surrounding escort ships of the Chinese Navy formation in the distance.

At this moment, there was no need for him to look any further, and he quietly climbed down the top deck, ignoring the paralyzing sensation that came from everywhere on his body. Quickly returned to the captain's room, and in the puzzled eyes of the other three, he took out a pen and paper and drew something.

A minute later, Chunshan said with a smile on his face: "The mission is complete, and now according to the requirements of the Chinese destroyers, we will generously join their fleet and go to South American countries together." Expenses along the way, I treat you. ”

The other three also had excited looks on their faces, they didn't know what the so-called mission was, but as long as there was Chunshan, they knew that they were really safe at the moment, which was the most important thing.

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In the Pacific Ocean east of the Mariana Islands, a large fleet of islands is quietly advancing towards the Mariana Islands at a speed of ten knots a few hundred nautical miles east of Saipan, the easternmost island.

This is the Japanese Combined Fleet, which disappeared in the eyes of China, and did not go to the coastal areas of the United States to avoid the advance of the Chinese navy, as China predicted, but went the opposite way and boldly approached the Chinese waters and appeared near the Mariana Islands.

As for why it is here, the reason is simple, because the Mariana Islands are still in the hands of Japan at the moment. Even if the Combined Fleet is discovered by China, the land-based airfields above it are still sound, and the Japanese army aviation can still provide some protection for the fleet.

This bold decision can be described as extremely risky, and no one dares to make such a decision without a certain amount of courage. Because it is not very far from Taiwan, China, it is completely within the limit strike range of the Chinese Army fighters.

It just so happened that such an intention was the decision of Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, and Hideki Tojo also agreed to such a decision. In addition to Hirohito, only a few people in the intelligence department Mei Agency knew about it.

In fact, there is no way to do this, China's attack on the Philippines is like a steel knife slashing at Japan's throat, cutting off the connection between the Japanese mainland and the Southeast Asian occupation zone, and China's offensive edge began to disperse, gradually occupying the Philippine Islands, cutting off the direct line between Japan and the Southeast Asian occupation zone.

Once China completely occupies the Philippines, Japan will have to bypass Australia and get in touch with the occupied territories in Southeast Asia. This greatly increased the supply burden on the Japanese side, and as long as the route was long, any problems would arise, and there would be many long nights and dreams.

In addition, at this moment, China has begun a fierce attack on Chiang Mai, Thailand, the sky in Southeast Asia has been filled with China's air force, and Japan's air force has lost the soil for survival in Southeast Asia. Even the Japanese air force airfield in Indonesia was under attack by the Chinese strategic bomber forces. A large number of Chinese air forces continued to bomb the southern Japanese sphere of influence to strike at Japan's war capability.

Southeast Asia is too close to China proper, and China is entering the war for the first time, and the momentum is booming, and the Japanese Army is simply unable to stop China's wanton and indiscriminate bombing. Of course, there is also an advantage to this, that is, China's air force has been transferred to the southwest in large numbers. As a result, the standing strength of the Chinese Air Force in this area has been reduced, especially those with long ranges, which are already rare here.

Taking advantage of such an opportunity to open as much as possible the passage to the occupied zone of Southeast Asia was the top priority facing the Japanese Navy. However, even without these factors, the Japanese Navy had no intention of backing down.

Hiding on the east coast of the United States is a good means of security, but there are many things that Japan has to face. For example, China's navy directly attacked the Japanese mainland. More importantly, Japan wants its allies to see the naval combat effectiveness of Japan's military. Obtain more material support, so that the United States can send more military materials or finished products to Japan.

This is an all-encompassing operation, and Japan is playing such a contrarian mindset.

On the battleship Yamato, the flagship of the Combined Fleet, Yamamoto Isoroku stood quietly on the bridge, waiting for news from a person for whom he had been waiting for more than ten hours. At this moment, his heart is like a rough sea, rising and falling.

Just like the attack on Pearl Harbor in the United States, the mood of this operation is exactly the same as it was at the beginning. He no longer dared to think about failure, as long as he succeeded, then the Japanese navy could appear in this sea area openly. Because the scales of power will begin to tilt in favor of Japan, Japan will no longer have any fear of the Chinese Navy. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )