That night, there was no wind, and thick clouds obscured the starry sky, which accumulated over the Strait of Malacca, and none of the navigation lights on both sides of the strait, which had been guiding ships to and fro, were lit up, including the side where the Americans controlled it.

Tang Qiuquan sneered and said to Xin Xiguo, chief of staff of the fleet: "It seems that the Americans are destined to make small moves, order the fleet, implement light control, turn on the navigation radar, there is no navigation light, we will still pass Malacca, and report this situation to the division headquarters." ”

Tang Qiuquan, who was very angry in his heart, didn't know that MacArthur was about to go crazy, and two telegrams that were also deterrent were spread out on the table, "Day" himself and Tang Qiuli were forced to force the palace at the same time, how do you make MacArthur decide, they are all plague gods who can't be provoked, that fist is harder than himself, MacArthur held his head that was about to explode, and thought about how to balance it again, neither annoying "Day" himself, nor offending Tang Qiuli, even the chief of staff, General Stilwell, came in, and he didn't notice it.

Stilwell saw the commander's posture, he knew that he had encountered a problem, after reading the two telegrams, the two sat together, the two heads studied for a long time, and did not have a good idea, seeing that it was time for the independent division fleet to enter the waters of Singapore, MacArthur finally made up his mind, the lesser of two evils, and the threat of the day himself was greater than that of Tang Qiuli.

At this moment, MacArthur's balance in his heart was inclined to the day himself, and he would rather offend Tang Qiuli than the day himself, in addition to ordering the turn off of the navigation lights, he also used secret channels to reveal the specific time when the independent division fleet passed through the Strait of Malacca to the day himself.

After doing all this, MacArthur was already prostrated and had no strength, and he knew that the risk of doing so was for the day himself. He thinks that he has done enough, and the specific time will be revealed to you, and it will not be good to fight again. Then it's not my MacArthur's problem, it's that you yourself are so incompetent, with such a wide channel and shore guns, not even a bird can fly over.

For Tang Qiuli, he also thought of an excuse, and the navigation lights were being overhauled. Although it is far-fetched, it is also an excuse, that Chinese person will not fight himself because of this little thing, right?

As for the time, it is better to explain that such a large fleet is not discovered by the day itself, so it is strange. It can only be said that you Chinese people have not done a good job in secrecy measures, so what do we Americans have to do? As long as the day itself doesn't shake things out. Tang Qiuli was kept in the dark and would never know the truth.

Stilwell watched MacArthur jump up and down and give orders one after another, and he didn't say a word, what could he say? What's more, what this old guy didn't want to listen to, the commander's approach was obviously playing with fire, and he himself would not be satisfied with the little thing he had sent, as Stilwell could see from Prince Zaihito's telegram. The Japanese themselves demanded that the US military take action and intercept the fleet of the Chinese people by force.

As for which side Tang Qiu leaves, all the practices can't hide the shrewd Chinese man, and from the fact that the navigation lights happen to be turned off, he can launch a lot of things behind the scenes. In Stilwell's opinion, Tang Qiuli was more terrible than the day himself, and if he were in charge, he would never be as stupid as MacArthur.

Indeed, after Emperor Hirohito received MacArthur's telegram, a sneer appeared on his gloomy face: "That treacherous and cunning American, think that you can handle things in this way?" The Imperial soldiers stationed in the Strait of Malacca, their eyes widened, and they also used you MacArthur to provide information, it seems that the Americans are unreliable. ”

At this moment, Emperor Hirohito killed the Americans, after Tang Qiuli received Tang Qiuquan's telegram, there was no obvious anger, and everything was expected, if he didn't do this, it wouldn't be MacArthur, but the contemptuous smile on the corner of his mouth became even stronger, "Okay, MacArthur started playing, but the price is something you Americans can't afford." ”

Colonel Seinfeld, captain of the aircraft carrier "Longxiang," which entered the channel of the fleet in Singapore's waters, stared closely at the navigation radar, for an aircraft carrier with a huge body and a deep draft, there is no navigation light to indicate, and it is very dangerous to sail in such a narrow channel at night, and he secretly cursed in his heart: "The Yankees are really not a thing, fortunately there is a navigation radar, otherwise, it would have hit the reef just now." ”

The fire flashed on the right bank, and then there was the whistling sound of the shells breaking through the air, and a large-caliber shell exploded at a distance of less than 500 meters from the aircraft carrier, stirring up a column of water that soared into the sky. As soon as the fleet entered the fairway, the shelling began? ”

He immediately picked up the intercom, "Headquarters, I'm Seinfeld, the Japanese army started shelling, however, the accuracy is a little worse, please instruct, does the carrier-based aircraft take off and shoot back?" Beat the little devil's shore cannon dumb? ”

Tang Qiuquan was also surprised, the fleet has not yet entered the narrowest channel, and the light control has been implemented, according to the normal situation, sailing at night, there is no moonlight and starlight, the Japanese shore artillery, it is impossible to visually detect the position of the fleet, how can it be as if it knew in advance?

He immediately ordered: "Seinfeld, the carrier-based aircraft are ready to attack, don't return fire first, the Japanese are conducting reconnaissance test firing" Immediately, he gave the order: "The fleet enters a combat state and waits for orders from the headquarters." ”

As long as the carrier-based aircraft takes off and takes off, other warships can turn off all the lights, but the aircraft carrier can't, and taking off and landing at night is inherently very dangerous, and if the deck runway indicator lights are not turned on to take off and land the plane, it can only be the result of the plane being destroyed and people killed, but once the lights are turned on, the two aircraft carriers will be exposed to the Japanese artillery fire and become a live target, and the naval guns will not take advantage of the shore guns.

In addition, he also wanted to see if the Japanese shelling was blind shooting, but he was wrong, not long after the first shell fell, the direction of Singapore on the right bank, like a salute, flew countless shells, the dark night sky, was pierced by the trajectory of the shells dragging the tail flame, one after another, although it did not pose a substantial threat to the fleet, but on the sea, the column of water rushed to the sky, and the formation was terrifying enough.

Tang Qiuquan understood that this was a purposeful artillery bombardment carried out by the Japanese shore artillery position, and it was not a big problem now, because the firing range of the Japanese shore artillery could not reach the position where the fleet was, and in another hour or so, it would enter the narrowest channel area, and the shells would fall on every warship like raindrops, and judging from the intensity of the Japanese artillery bombardment, there were no less than 1,000 artillery pieces.

Akizumi had a question in his heart, why did the Japanese have such an accurate grasp of the fleet's time, and they could enter the range of the shore artillery and start shelling, could it be that they learned the news in advance?

Qiu Quan is not an impulsive person, the current situation is very unfavorable to the fleet, continue to sail, it is equivalent to sending the fleet to the Japanese gun, the current position, you can also return the same way" order, all ships anchor on the spot, keep in combat condition, no order not to fire back fire! ”

One warship after another stopped advancing, like a dark beast, quietly moored on the sea, all the warships' front and rear main guns, starboard guns, raised a thick muzzle, the shells have been loaded, silently aimed at the right bank, the gunners sit on the gun position, just waiting for an order, shoot the shells to the position of the little devil.

With a 240 mm caliber naval gun, a single shell can blow up a large piece of rock and shoot at it, not afraid of his *** little devil "Longxiang" aircraft carrier, Tang Yunfei sat quietly in the fighter plane, looking at the meteor-like shells in the sky, constantly flying, looking at the artillery fire reflecting half of the sky of Singapore City.

The aircraft carrier flew at night and took off and landed without an indicator light, Tang Yunfei had practiced, it can be said that he was very skilled, not only did he master this high-risk technology, when he was the squadron leader, the six fighter-bombers in the squadron had mastered this technology, and originally, after he served as the captain of the group, he would promote it throughout the group.

Later, Vice Admiral Tang Qiuquan, the commander of the fleet, found out, immediately stopped, and gave Yun Fei a hard beating, Qiuquan was afraid, these boys were playing with their lives! The fleet is already thin, and if he loses more pilots, how can he afford it?

Qiu Quan was very anxious, the fleet was blocked in the Strait of Malacca, and the delay would affect the final plan of capturing the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy, but in the current form, he could only anchor on the spot, if he broke through, with the firepower of the fleet, he could break through, but the next losses would be immeasurable, even if all the Japanese shore artillery was destroyed, what could he do?

The goal of the fleet is the Third Fleet, except for this goal, nothing else is important, less than seven hours before dawn, after dawn, the fleet is completely exposed to the sight of the Japanese army, the difficulty will be even greater, the fleet headquarters, the atmosphere is so solemn that people breathless.

Qiu Quan thought for a while and said to Chief of Staff Xin Xiguo: "Chief of Staff, immediately report the situation to the division and point out that our fleet was blocked by the Japanese shore artillery unit at 21:50 when it entered the waters of Singapore. In addition, on the left bank of the Strait of Malacca, all navigation lights in the area controlled by the US military have been turned off, and I have ordered the fleet to drop anchor on the spot and wait for the next order from the division command. ”

Northwest of Yangon, in the small town of Yangdong, the Yangon Front Headquarters of the Independent Division, after Tang Qiuli received the telegram from the fleet, his face was pale, and he roared in a low voice, "Despicable!" The cold light flashed in his eyes, and he punched on the table, and everyone in the command headquarters looked up in surprise, the division commander who was on the verge of going berserk had seen such a fury from the division commander since he entered the Indochina Peninsula Theater of Operations.