Chapter 607: More and More People Entering the Water
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Yang Qiu did not know that his old friend Blyukhel had returned to Asia, although he believed that the urgency of exporting revolution would be higher than that of parallel worlds when Moscow was completely surrounded and almost completely lost its access to the sea after the loss of China. But he didn't dare to pack the ticket, so he didn't tell anyone about it, only hoping that the navy would send weapons and ammunition to Java as soon as possible.
After leaving Natuna alone for the time being, the Royal Navy's Far East Fleet got rid of its shackles and made every effort to blockade the coast of the most important island of Java, especially near Borneo, where even the underwater wolves of the Chinese Navy did not dare to approach. But perhaps it was an oversight, perhaps the British did not expect that there would be support from the direction of the Indian Ocean, or perhaps Vice Admiral Livingston believed that the Chinese and Japanese fleets would no longer be able to enter the Indian Ocean from outside Malacca after he had blocked all sea lanes, and in short, when the underwater convoy of five Jiao-87 submarines and four sister ships arrived at the port of Chiraza west of Yogyakarta, not even a sampan was seen.
Jiao is the code name of the Navy submarine, 87 represents the naval number of the submarine, and another meaning is that before it, there have been 78 submarines (the Navy does not use the number of tail number 4) submarines have been put into service one after another. Of course, many of these first-generation submarines have been decommissioned, and several have been sunk or damaged in accidents. So far, submarines are still one of the most mysterious forces in the navy, and they are also considered to be the killer weapon against strong enemies, especially after the performance of the Qingdao Battle and the European War made the submarine be valued by various countries, Yang Qiu once provided a large number of information about the U-boat in World War II in one breath.
Jiao 87 also has the name of the ship, called Aconitus. It was the first large ocean-going submarine built specifically for performing special underwater tasks. 1080 tons on the surface and 1258 tons underwater. Using and absorbing the MAN diesel engine data obtained in the Rhineland plan, two Kunlun 2 marine low-speed diesel engines were copied and improved by Hanyang. The surface speed is 14 knots, the snorkel is 10 knots, the underwater 6 knots, the endurance is 6700 nautical miles/12 knots, the underwater diving is 40 nautical miles/4 knots, it has 5 550 mm launch tubes, and 10 bombs are reserved for the front 4 rear 1 layout.
The aconitum grade has been launched and delivered since the beginning of last year. A total of 6 ships. This submarine has a very special status within the Navy, because it is a submarine that performs special tasks, in addition to guaranteeing the most basic attack capabilities. An additional cargo compartment was added in the middle. It can accommodate up to 50 tons of cargo or 36 heavily armed commando soldiers, which not only reduces the torpedo capacity and cruising range, but also designs a special large ballast hatch that can pass through larger cargo. It is also because of this large ballast hatch. The maximum depth of the aconitum was only 110 meters, so it was stopped after the construction of 6 boats.
Ciraza is one of the larger cities on the southern coast of Java, and although it is currently under the control of the guerrillas, the navy does not dare to expose Jiao 87, but fortunately there are many deep gorges on the coastline that are sunken inward.
Yao Yuzhi was a member of the MIA operatives who arrived on Java with Xiao Jinyun, but he had already "died" with a dozen other brothers on the night of the uprising and became a member of the Nanyang pirate army. By the time he brought people to meet Jiao 87 as planned, all five submarines had entered the deep gorge of the dense forest, and the sailors were using rubber boats to transfer supplies.
Most of the grenades were shipped this time, totaling 40,000 grenades. There were also a few water rifles and more than a hundred boxes of ammunition. What surprised Yao Yuzhi the most was that. The Admiralty actually got 200 American Thompson submachine guns and 50 Browning M1918 light machine guns! No country in the Far East has a record of purchasing and equipping equipment, not even the American army in Luzon, and if it appears in the hands of the guerrillas, the British and Dutch governments will probably have a headache whether the United States is intervening.
The more than 10,000 Anglo-Dutch troops were not enough on their own, but fortunately, the Ministry of Intelligence had prepared for it. Two munitions ships were dispatched early to disguise themselves as ore ships to the manganese mine on Groot Island, Australia, and after learning that the British navy's defense was not very tight, they simply drove to a closer place and relied on five transport submarines to connect with them to transport arms to Chiraza.
Yao Yuzhi led the group to hide their weapons in a nearby cave and swaggered to contact the Islamic guerrillas.
According to Xiao Jinyun's plan, Sukarno withdrew the main force from Batavia to Bandung to avoid the edge, but avoiding it did not mean success. Especially the weapons gave him more headaches. Because the contacts sent to China and Japan have been blocked, this makes him secretly anxious whether the two countries will not intervene? If both of the most likely foreign aid are lost, the failure of the uprising will be inevitable. Xiao Jinyun is not surprised, such a blatant request to buy arms, someone will agree to hell, Zhongying has not yet reached the point of tearing his face. He is now worried about how the navy will bring in the arms, after all, the British navy is not a vegetarian, and it is no problem for the empty evacuation ships to come in, and if he brings a few more guns, it will definitely be a sinking discussion.
Fortunately, not long after this torture, the guerrillas occupying Chiraza received news that someone was willing to sell arms.
Sukarno took Xiao Jinyun and immediately set off for Chiraza overnight, and when he arrived, Yao Yuzhi's list made him ecstatic. 20,000 rifles, 200 Thompson submachine guns, 50 Browning M1918 light machine guns, 700,000 rounds of various cartridges, 250,000 grenades and tons of explosives. The happiest thing is that there are also 5 Soviet-made mortars and a somewhat damaged Soviet-made 122 howitzer! The only pity is that there are too few shells, only 20 mortars each, and a total of 110 howitzers.
Facing the guerrillas with red eyes, Yao Yuzhi, who wore makeup, vividly learned the greedy character of the pirates: "A fixed price, 9 million US dollars, can be used in yuan, gold, and silver." ”
Don't look at the outrageous price, but Xiao Jinyun knows that Sukarno has no choice now. What's more, after the uprising began, the Islamic League and the GC League all reaped the benefits, and there were tens of millions of Chinese property looted alone, not to mention that there were so many wealthy foreigners, and hundreds of kilograms of gold and silver were copied from the Governor's Palace alone.
Sure enough, although Sukarno was in pain, he also knew the priorities, not only did he not bargain, but also took the initiative to pull Yao Yuzhi in the hope of buying more weapons and ammunition, especially the 122mm heavy gun. Yao Yuzhi wants to sell it, but the question is whether any of you will use it? The light submachine guns, light machine guns, and these broken guns were deliberately added to fool the British. Let Britain think that both the Soviet Union and the United States are meddling.
The deal was not complicated, and the Islamic League quickly scraped together $9 million, but because they only accepted the renjin and US dollars, and the pounds and guilders were not recognized, they had to grit their teeth and take out some silver and gold to offset it.
When the weapons were in hand, the Anglo-Dutch forces were also assembled and began to attack. To Lieutenant General Livingston's expectations, the offensive went extremely smoothly, with 10,000 allied troops recapturing Batavia in just two days. Let the British troops who came from afar breathe a sigh of relief. But the good times did not last long, and when the British army landed in Surabaya, a group of MIA operatives led Islamic guerrillas to ambush the British landing force using the cover of urban buildings. Despite the lack of heavy firepower, the thin-skinned Soviet-made grenades were powerful in the narrow streets, and the dense rain of grenades blew up the British troops, killing 47 British soldiers in less than two hours. More than a hundred people were wounded.
In any case, the rapid recapture of Batavia and Surabaya pleased the British and Dutch, and even European newspapers shouted victory in sight.
But the sound was cut off seven days after the start of the war, when 200 British and Dutch merchants and expatriates who had been taken hostage by the guerrillas during the riot were brutally executed in retaliation for the Anglo-Dutch attack, and their bodies were publicly dumped at the edge of the rainforest. When these photos were taken by reporters and sent back to Europe, Britain and the Netherlands were so angry that they vomited blood, and the people were filled with cries of revenge and massacre.
In retaliation for the guerrillas, Lord Decor, who had returned to Batavia, was unceremoniously arrested more than 2,000 suspected GC elements and extremists on the same day. More than 800 of them were then publicly shot. This kind of massacre and massacre could not be stopped once it was started, especially the Dutch colonial army aroused the hatred of the people of the whole East Indies, and even Borneo and Sumatra, which had almost subsided, once again heard the sound of armed uprisings, and Sukarno also took the opportunity to vow in Bandung to fight the colonial army to the end.
This attitude made his popularity soar, even surpassing that of the GC League. In addition, he incorporated 200 Thompson submachine guns and 50 light machine guns into his "Indonesian Youth Army" for public and private purposes, and also asked Xiao Jinyun, who has rich experience in actual combat, to guide this unit, which became the most powerful unit in the Javanese guerrillas for a time.
Xiao Jinyun also "lived up to expectations", taking advantage of the rainforest and urban clutter, repeatedly ambushed the Anglo-Dutch colonial troops who had penetrated deeply, killing and wounding hundreds of them, forcing the Anglo-Dutch troops to hide in Badawi and Surabaya and not dare to go deeper.
When the island of Java was in full swing, Yang Qiu had already returned to Zhanjiang. Originally, he wanted to go to West Borneo. However, considering the level of security and sensitivity, it is not recommended to continue to provoke the UK at home and in the navy.
After arriving in Zhanjiang, he not only met Yue Peng, who came here to pick him up, but also met Lu Bicheng. Among the three wives, Miao Luo is very busy because of her identity and participation in feminist education activities, and Rui Yao was found to be pregnant at the end of last year, so now Miss Lu San has completely become the economic manager of the whole family. The trip was to inspect the Zhanjiang Shipyard project, which was jointly invested and built by Jiangnan and Qinzhou. Because Yang Qiu is the largest shareholder in Jiangnan and Qinzhou at the same time, the new shipyard is rightly considered by her to be the economic focus of the Yang family.
Zhanjiang Shipyard is a strategic shipbuilding base project in the third five-year plan of the Republic of China, with a planned shipbuilding capacity of 300,000 tons per year, equivalent to half of Japan's national shipbuilding capacity. In the future, it will work with Qinzhou and Guangzhou to achieve an annual million-ton manufacturing capacity. To this end, when the state-owned Shuicheng Iron and Steel Plant was about to be completed, Jiangnan and Qinzhou simply joined forces to build a steel plant in Zhanjiang. In addition to the two provinces, the source of iron ore is mainly imported from Hainan and Nanyang, which can not only meet the steel demand of southwest construction, but also greatly reduce the dependence of shipyards on inland steel plants and reduce costs.
Speaking from the heart, Yang Qiu didn't know how much money he had, and there were more than a dozen companies that had been sold over the years. However, with the continuous expansion of several major consortia under its name, there are two "cash cows" of Huachen and Gulf Oil, which are not super-rich but also big capitalists.
As an eldest woman, Miao Luo took the initiative to pull Lu Bicheng to ask for warmth, and threw Yang Qiu aside. Seeing this, Yue Peng deliberately blinked his eyes before saying, "Moscow has reacted!" Five days ago, Stalin assigned Blyukhel to arrive on a Japanese cargo ship, accompanied by more than 300 volunteer veterans. The Soviet Union also issued a proclamation yesterday declaring its support for the East Indian Revolution and calling on proletarian fighters from all over the world to support it. Chen Haohui: They expect that a large number of volunteers from all over the world will travel to the East Indies in the near future, and China has already found that some people are involved. ”
"Great."
When the Soviet Union finally intervened, Yang Qiu was also greatly relieved. Yue Peng also seemed to be about to overwhelm the good news to the end, and only after he breathed a sigh of relief did he lower his voice: "There is another thing, someone from India is here!" ”…… (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )