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Shan Fifty-six did not want to die for the army, and he was not willing to take the responsibility of losing the French East Indies. Because after the death of Nagata Tetsuyama, if the navy could not hold up the government of Mitsumasa Yonechi, it would inevitably be dragged into the war against China by the army. Therefore, while waiting for the information on the departure of the Chinese Navy battleships, he ordered the Third Fleet stationed in Manila to blockade the mouth of the Mekong River and the Gulf of Siam, and at the same time ordered Inoue Narumi to immediately defeat the French Far East Fleet as soon as the army moved, seize the strategic point of Cam Ranh Bay, and block Beijing's southward route.

After receiving the order, Inoue Narumi immediately led three old battleships, Kawachi, Settsu, and Izumo, the heavy cruiser Kinugasa, the light cruiser Kuma, a mine ship, twelve destroyers, twelve submarines, and two seaplane carriers into the South China Sea. At the same time, he ordered the heavy cruiser Aoba and the light cruiser Nagara, which were in Siam, to cooperate with the Siamese Navy in the direction of Saigon and try to stop the French Far East Fleet.

At the same time, off the Zhongsha Islands, the 22nd Fleet of the Chinese Navy, composed of 25 warships, spewed billowing black smoke and cut the waves southward. On the navigation bridge of the flagship aircraft carrier Liaoning, Zhu Binhou, who was short and thin with the rank of lieutenant general on his shoulders, stood alone on the platform outside the island, looking from afar by the railing, his eyebrows full of anticipation.

Although the ultimate goal of the 22nd Fleet's trip was to find a way to go to the Indian Ocean for duty, as an important force of the Navy outside, before leaving the southwest Pacific, his mission was to cover Operation Typhoon and block the Japanese Third Fleet in Manila.

He didn't stand here worrying about the Third Fleet, because Inoue Narumi only had three old battleships Kawachi, Settsu, and Izumo, the heavy cruisers Aoba and Kinugasa, two light cruisers Nagara and Ballama, and two laying ships, one mine ship, twelve destroyers, twelve submarines, and two seaplane carriers. Relying on this little strength can't stop the 22nd fleet, and the two Anhai-class ships transferred from the first fleet alone are enough to wipe out most of them.

He's looking forward to it!

To be honest, no country's navy likes to wash its deck and bask in the sun every day, especially after the army and air forces fought in the northwest. Everyone in the Navy wants to go to war early. But out of the national strategy, the navy had to desperately restrain himself, so this time he came out hoping that Inoue Narumi would fire first and give himself an excuse to attack. "Bin Hou." The voice of his old partner Deng Haoqian came from behind: "The commander sent it." Shan Fifty-six didn't come back, so he should have been determined to fight Britain first. It's that Inoue Narumi has already come out, but he has three old battleships in his hands, so he can only guarantee an average speed of 18 knots. Also, the Military Intelligence Agency has confirmed that the Aoba Heavy Patrol and the Nagara Light Patrol are not in Manila but in Siam. And already with the Siamese Navy to Saigon. ”

"The Aoba in Siam?" Zhu Binhou frowned, although the Aoba is an old-fashioned treaty heavy cruiser, it is much stronger than the broken warships of the French Far East Fleet, can the French Navy block it? Deng Haoqian shook his head: "It's hard to say, Bolangier only has one light cruiser, two destroyers and seven or eight gunboats in his hands. The gross tonnage is 15,000 tons. There are also only 60 aircraft capable of fighting, and there are no torpedo machines yet. If there was no heavy cruiser Aoba, it might be able to defeat Siam, and the navy was also worried about this problem, so it had ordered the military intelligence to destroy the Japanese secret service in Saigon in advance, and also told the French the news so that they could be prepared. ”

"Do you know the specific location of Inoue Narumi?"

"I don't know yet, Huangshan Ma's maritime reconnaissance squadron is already searching."

Deng Haoqian's words. Zhu Binhou had already walked to the chart table, and said while drawing: "Inoue Narumi must know that we are heading south, his strength is not enough, and he has no air power. Will definitely find a way to avoid it. You see, according to the current course, our meeting point should be Taiping Island. But here are our reconnaissance planes, and he does not dare to risk them. The best way to do this is to enter the Sulu Sea and walk through the Balabac Strait to the north of Palawan. Kota Kinabalu has Japanese Army Air Force. So that he could get aircraft protection to cross the South China Sea. At this point, he threw away his pen. After glancing at the navigation clock, he decisively ordered: "Send two light cruisers to protect the supply ships to break away from the formation, and then send destroyers to search underwater in the southeast and southeast directions." The rest of the ships were raised to 28 knots, and after holding for 6 hours they slowed down to 22 knots, and we went to Spratly Island to wait for him. ”

"Hopefully he'll fire first." Deng Haoqian said expectantly.

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When the sea was about to erupt, the horn was already sounded in advance in Saigon. In the teahouse diagonally opposite the Black Dragon Warrior Pavilion, Li Zhenzhong sat in a private room with a wide-brimmed top hat, holding a teacup with a breezy face. After a while, Lin Huaibu, who was dressed in a flower shirt and bulging around his waist, walked up from downstairs, pushed open the door and immediately saluted when he saw him: "Boss." ”

"Sit down."

Li Zhenzhong picked up a clean teacup and slowly poured the tea: "Come and taste, although the tea in Saigon is not as delicious as in China, it is also a different taste to taste slowly." Lin Huaibu smiled bitterly, ignored the teacup in front of him, absentmindedly put the two Minyuan-style pistols on the table, unloaded the magazine, lit a cigarette first, and then picked up the silk cloth and wiped it while saying: "Boss, you came all the way to Saigon, just to drink tea?" Hehe, if you like it, I'll send someone to bring one hundred and eighty pounds back. ”

"Huh, what? Our Lu Baiyi is the second, and his hands are itchy? ”

"Don't, it's all nonsense outside, I can't compare to Lu Baiyi." Lin Huaibu waved his hand again and again. He was the Operational Leader of the Field Service Group in French India of the Military Intelligence Agency. Don't look at the age of the young man, but he has made a good marksmanship, and he has never missed a hundred shots since his debut, and he has relied on marksmanship to fight a piece of the sky in this area where there are many factions and mixed arms, and even the French colonists called him "the second in Lu Baiyi".

Li Zhenzhong smiled slightly, Lin Huaibu was the elite of the field team under him, and he had completed many tasks since he was sent to the French East Indies. So there was nothing to hide, so he walked to the window and looked at the two sunrons who were scolding the hawkers, and said, "The fleet has departed, and we will deliver it immediately." ”

"Now?" Lin Huaibu's fingers stiffened, and he slowly put down the pistol.

"Hmm." Li Zhenzhong hummed in a low voice, took out a cigarette from the Hademen cigarette case on the table and slowly lit it: "I just received information that the Siam fleet has set sail and is expected to arrive tomorrow morning." So tonight, Takeo Imai is going to organize death squads to attack the governor's palace at Norodom Palace, preparing to kidnap the governor and force the French army to surrender. ”

"Wouldn't that be great? Just let them do it. It's messed up that we're going to accept it. ”

"Yes, but I just got the news that Inoue Narumi has ordered the heavy cruiser Aoba in Siam to cooperate with the Siamese Navy, and his own main force is also coming from Luzon. The above feared that after their success, they would cooperate internally and externally, and that the French governor would quickly surrender, and that if we did it again, it would be tantamount to declaring war on Japan. So let us act at once, both to give the Japanese an excuse for attacking, but not to let the French army collapse and drag it out until our navy arrives. ”

"What? Not going to declare war? Lin Huaibu frowned. He has been dealing with the Japanese secret services here for several years. I know very well the depth of Japan's penetration here, so I have long hoped that the domestic army will come in as soon as possible to find out everything. Li Zhenzhong knew the thoughts of these grassroots intelligence officers, and patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "It's not that you don't declare war, it's not time." The president is still waiting for the attitude of Britain and the United States, too early and day to find out. The pressure will only come to us. There is no need to be afraid of the day, but you can't get cheaper foreigners because of the day. ”

Lin Huaibu didn't care much about the competition between countries, and since he was going to do it above, he quickly loaded the gun and reinserted it into his shirt. "What do you want us to do?" Li Zhenzhong took out a long large rattan box from under the table, opened it and an 84mm recoilless cannon and three cannons popped out in front of Lin Huaibu: "Give you an hour to prepare, and then give me all this martial arts hall!" Remember, it's best to catch Takeo Imai alive. He's a member of the Shadow Society, and if you knock him open, you can sweep away the Japanese secret services here. ”

"Okay, you can drink tea and watch the play here with peace of mind. In an hour, I promise to send Takeo Imai here to fight and kill. Lin Huaibu laughed. I closed the lid and walked out the door.

When Li Zhenzhong picked up the teacup again, the Black Dragon Martial Arts Hall was also busy. Boxes full of bullets and grenades passed from one to the other among hundreds of samurai and intelligence officers, and packets of explosives were stuffed into their backpacks, each with fierce eyes. After a few days of planning. Takeo Imai and Kotamoro decided to transfer all the French forces to Siem Reap and Champasak tonight. Saigon had no chance to directly seize the most important Governor's Palace of Norodom Palace in Saigon, kidnap the Governor and coerce him to surrender, so that when the navy arrived tomorrow, he could occupy the entire French East Indies without much effort before China could make a move.

Takeo Imai clapped his hands, and the courtesan, who was kept in captivity in the samurai hall, walked into the courtyard from the side with rice wine. The light song and dance rice wine is mellow, which stimulates the fanatical atmosphere even more. Just as a few ronins were hugging the courtesans with alcohol and trying to misbehave, a loud noise suddenly came from outside. "Boom!" The military attaché's gate, which had been hit by an 84-mm recoilless shell, was torn apart in the explosion, and the whole of Saigon was disrupted by the explosion, and the streets were filled with people fleeing in terror and shouting. Before the Japanese samurai inside could react, the second grenade had already passed through the wooden door and hit the wall of the middle door.

After three shells in a row exploded the door of the Black Dragon Society's martial arts hall, Lin Huaibu took a cigarette in his mouth, pulled out his pistol and rushed in the explosion. Dozens of field team members behind him rushed up, and the American-made Thomson submachine gun in his hand suddenly spewed out a dense rain of bullets, constantly sweeping the Japanese samurai who rushed out of it to death. Hundreds of Saigon Japanese agents and samurai were torn apart in the rain of bullets, and Takeo Imai's dream of quickly seizing Saigon and the entire French East Indies was shattered in the strafing fire before it began.

After two dozen or fifty rounds of drums from two or two submachine guns, the samurai hall was already covered with blood, and the walls of the house were densely filled with holes, and even most of the roof had been torn off. The minced meat of the samurai and the courtesans were squeezed into a heap, and it was no longer possible to distinguish who from whom. When Lin Huaibu walked in, the pile of corpses in the corner suddenly moved, and Takeo Imai raised his pistol with red eyes.

"Smack!" After Lin Huai's subordinates subconsciously shot off his pistol, the butts of the two team members had already smashed it hard. After controlling the situation, Lin Huaibu slowly pulled out the photo from his arms: "Imai Takeo Osayuki." ”

"China? You're a Shina person?! Speaking Chinese clearly, Takeo Imai shuddered involuntarily.

Lin Huaibu smiled coldly, and after hearing the shrill siren outside, he knocked Imai Takeo unconscious with his backhand: "Tell the boss that the gift is gone." ”