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According to the normal voyage, Lieutenant General Fu 7 of Okawa Nei went to sea on the 18th and arrived in Ceylon on the 22nd. However, the voyage of Lieutenant General Fu Qi Okawauchi, who was appointed as a new official, was full of difficulties.

As early as 11 July, the seaplane carrier PJP of the Maritime Resistance Force had begun a gleeful ablaze in the waters off the island of Sumatra.

Colonel Zhang Qianwen has always led the PJP, and the main tasks are support and reconnaissance missions. Although this time it is still not a battle, it is the real starring role of PJP.

The island of Sumatra is more than 500 kilometers wide from north to south, which is already beyond the combat radius of the Gray Bird seaplane. This required Zhang Qianwen to venture close to the southern coastline of Sumatra, or else he would not be able to ignite the tropical jungle along the Strait of Malacca.

The PJP approached Sumatra in the early hours of the morning every morning to release fighter planes, and there was no need to find a clear target for setting fire to Sumatra, Sumatra was full of jungles, and a random napalm could set a fire on fire. The fighter set fire in the night, and before dawn it had already returned, and the morning sun was born, and the PJP recovered the fighter and then fled.

The arson for three consecutive days did not attract the attention of the Japanese army at all. Setting fire does not require technical content, just find a roughly lush jungle. The so-called lush jungle is full of barren mountains and mountains, and it is not a strategic and economic center at all. During the three days from the 11th to the 13th, the Japanese army did not even receive a report of arson from the Naval Resistance Army.

On the 14th, the little devil finally felt that something was wrong. But there was no reason to find the fire by the Naval Resistance Army. There is no environmental awareness these days, and it is a big deal to catch fire in the deep mountains and old forests.

Besides, Sumatra is hot and rainy all year round. It doesn't take a human effort to extinguish a fire, it will be extinguished when it rains. Therefore, the command of the Japanese Army, to put it mildly, threw aside the following report.

Arson is a contagious disease. This is Colonel Zhang Qianwen's summary of this battle.

You know, in addition to the city dwellers, there is a little bit of civilization here in Indonesia. In other areas, the indigenous people are similar to the primitive people, and when they saw the fire, these indigenous people thought that some tribes had started to set fire to the mountains in advance and clear the land for farming. You know, Indonesians have this custom in the 21st century, often making smoke billowing from the Strait of Malacca, affecting ships. Now, Zhang Qianwen's pilot. Inadvertently ignited the enthusiasm of Indonesia's indigenous people to set fires.

Primitive people also have a sense of competition. If others have a variety of land, they will naturally farm less. These monkey-like natives don't count, and they don't know how big Sumatra is, how populous it is, and whether there is enough land. They only know. Others burn the mountain, and start work yourself.

Rare. Indonesia's indigenous people are industrious. They also began to set fires. For a time, like a contagious disease, the whole island of Sumatra was set on fire, and thick smoke billowed out, more spectacular than the smog of a certain dynasty in the 21st century.

The world's first artificial weather warfare began.

The island of Sumatra, which covers more than 400,000 square kilometers, is about the same size as Madagascar. It wasn't just a few napalm bombs that could have made it so powerful.

In the plan of the Navy, it was only hoped that the forest fire would cause some smoke along the coast of Malacca, stop the Japanese fleet, and also provide mine-laying cover for the submarine force in Jeon Yonghai.

No one. Li Guang never imagined that it would cause a nationwide arson like an infectious disease.

Zhang Qianwen, the initiator, could not figure out what the reason was. The PJP was planned to be set on fire for at least a month, almost to affect the shipping lanes of the Strait of Malacca. After all, the Gray Bird water reconnaissance plane can only carry 250 kilograms of bombs, and 12 planes can only drop about three tons of napalm in a single sortie, which is not enough to affect the entire island of Sumatra.

However, seven days after Zhang Qianwen set the fire, the whole of Sumatra was already billowed with smoke. Even the Gray Bird reconnaissance plane of the Naval Resistance Army could not see the ground clearly, and it did not require any precision to set fire anyway, so they began to drop incendiary bombs casually. This greatly increased efficiency, and sometimes an aircraft could make three sorties in a row in a single day.

As if ignited by the enthusiasm of the natives to set fires, the infectious disease reacted to the naval resistance army, and the pilots were also enthusiastic, setting fires every day, and returning with great interest.

One day, a napalm exploded in a Japanese military camp, killing and injuring dozens of people. Only then did the little devil realize that even if he wanted to find the arsonist, he couldn't do it. All the fighters of the Japanese army could only take off in the smoke, and after taking off, there was a vast smoke, and there was nowhere to look for the fighters of the Naval Resistance Army. When I landed, I found that I couldn't find the airport under the smoke, and a few planes crashed, so it was no longer in vain.

Another day, a napalm bomb hit an oil refinery in Palembang, and the little devil worked hard for half a year to finally repair the Palembang oil refinery.

By the time Zhang Qianwen had squandered 100 tons of napalm, Sumatra had become an island of smoke.

So why didn't the Japanese army send a fleet to pursue Zhang Qianwen? First, Zhang Qianwen did not inflict many direct casualties on the Japanese army. And all are casualties of the Army. Hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops never imagined that setting fire to the mountain could be so powerful.

Secondly: the Japanese Navy and Army have always been at odds, and in order to hunt down a thief who set fire to the fleet, is the Imperial Japanese Navy so worthless? The army of the earth buns really instructed that the naval uncles could not move. Therefore, during the nearly one-month arson operation, Zhang Qianwen was unscathed.

The fire lasted for more than half a year, and the damage caused is incalculable. Historically known as the Sumatra Fire.

Originally, Colonel Zhang Qianwen was able to complete the task in one month, which could be regarded as a success. But it's too early to succeed. Therefore, the task of laying mines on submarines in Jeon Yonghai is somewhat difficult.

The four submarines and a small supply ship led by Quan Yonghai arrived at the entrance to the Strait of Malacca on the 11th. According to the plan, the supply ship found a deserted island and reef, covered it with some camouflage, and the submarine headed straight for Singapore.

The Strait of Malacca is thousands of kilometers long, and it takes a submarine three or four days to sail. The first voyage was safe. It's also smooth. The four submarines were not threatened except for a few fishing boats and a few merchant ships.

However, after sailing for more than two days, Jeon Yonghae's itinerary was hindered.

The obstacle did not come from the Japanese army, but from Zhang Qianwen's meteorological weapon - smoke.

It is not easy for submarines to sail in smoke, and the submarine units of the Maritime Resistance Force have all trained in blind navigation technology, but they can still do it by sailing thirty or fifty miles with sonar. Hundreds of kilometers will be gone. If you sail in the smoke for a long time, you can be considered a master without getting lost, and it is impossible to locate accurately.

Bree is a technical job, not just a place to throw away. First, mines should be placed on suitable shipping lanes. Second. All of the all-young kelp are anchor mines, and the water depth needs to be measured. Third. You need to know the exact bearing. Marked on the chart. Otherwise, if you forget the location, the next time you lay mines, your own submarine will collide, and it will be a big trouble.

As soon as Quan Yonghai saw it, he simply stopped diving, and the smoke filled the Strait of Malacca. I couldn't see anything from three or five hundred meters away, and I didn't worry about either the Japanese warships or the planes in the air. Although the submarine has been sailing on the surface, the speed is still not raised in practice.

No one could have imagined that Zhang Qianwen would have such power when he set the fire. Quan Yonghai has been muttering for a long time. But his imagination was still lacking. Little did he know, this was the beginning, and a few months later, when the fire reached its climax, it was a spectacular sight.

On the 18th, Quan Yonghai finally saw the sky. A strong wind blew by, and the sun was shining. The navigator hurriedly determined the position of the submarine with a sextant. Quan Yonghai was surprised to find that the submarine was already very close to Singapore.

Singapore holds the Pacific outlet of the Straits of Malacca. There are many islands here, forming several waterways between Singapore and Sumatra. In reality, however, the only way for large ships to navigate is the 30-kilometre-wide waterway between Singapore and the island of Bleu. Also known as the Singapore Strait.

By laying mines here, it is easy to block the westward route of the Japanese army in Singapore.

When the smoke obscured the sea again, in broad daylight, Jeon Yonghai did not hide and began to work. Just laid out the mines carried on the submarine. I heard the roar of the ship.

This is exactly the fleet led by Vice Admiral Fu 7 Okawauchi of the Japanese army. In the past few days, Lieutenant General Okawa has only been busy getting acquainted with his subordinates. When the fleet sailed out of Singapore, I found that there was something strange.

The Strait of Malacca was shrouded in smoke and visibility was extremely low. The fleet doesn't even dare to run at a speed of five knots, let alone ten knots. For fear that one of them accidentally hit the reef, or two ships collided.

Vice Admiral Okawa did not expect a submarine ambush, let alone a mine. The Japanese army is very familiar with this section of the route, and neither the submarine of the Naval Resistance Army nor the submarine of the US Army will easily attack here for half a year. The strait is almost a dead place for submarines, and for submarine operations, such an environment is the most inappropriate.

Quan Yonghai could only quietly approach the shore at this time and lurk. For the submarine led by Jeon Yonghae, the danger is self-evident. Straits like Malacca, especially those like Malacca, are really not a submarine paradise.

The strait is not wide, and the section where large ships can pass is narrower. But no matter how narrow it is, it is a few kilometers, and it cannot be blocked by just 12 mines. In the plan, Quan Yonghai was going to place all 48 torpedoes carried by the four submarines here to form a blockade line.

Then he began to calmly arrange the second and third lanes, and even countless blockades.

It had only just laid twelve mines, and the little devil dispatched the warship. This place is where the devil's lair is, once the devil really finds it, several ships will be blocked at both ends, and the submarine will have nowhere to escape. Jeon Yonghai can only choose to take the risk and sit aside and sink to the bottom of the sea.

Suddenly, there was a tremor underwater. The sonar soldier reported: "There is an explosion in the rear. ”

As soon as the words fell, an even more powerful vibration was heard again.

Jeon Yonghae's excitement was uncontrollable, and he won the jackpot. This is simply a singing opera encountering a jackpot, twelve mines have just been laid, and two of them have hit.

Although I don't know what kind of ship was hit, judging by experience, the gain will not be small. In particular, the second explosion was definitely not the power of a mine, and it may have been detonated by a bomb on a ship.

In this way, as soon as the Japanese reinforcement fleet went out, it lost a patrol boat, a cruiser. Lieutenant General Fu 7 Okawauchi had to return home.

He sailed back, but Quan Yonghai still had a task, and laid mines that night, evacuated the Strait of Malacca, and prepared to carry mines again.

On the 19th, Lieutenant General Nishimura Takuma was already crying for reinforcements. Unable to wait to clear the mines in the strait, Vice Admiral Fu Qi had no choice but to lead the fleet and take a long detour to the Indian Ocean from the Sunda Strait.

Some things are easier said than done. Lieutenant General Fu Qi Okawauchi, this detour is more than 2,000 kilometers, and most of the range was originally within the radiation range of the Japanese fighters, but now most of the range is outside the combat radius of the Japanese fighters, and it is difficult to say what impact it will have on the future war situation. (To be continued......)