Got their wish and sent the "Kaga" aircraft carrier to the bottom of the sea, and sank a heavy patrol and a frigate with them, Xu Kai and they were very excited. Xu Kai ordered to immediately dive away from the tracking of the Japanese ship, and at the same time listened to the beautiful sound of the sinking of the Japanese ship through the sonar, and said with an intoxicated expression: "The commander-in-chief said that the submarine is the assassin in the ocean, and now, I completely understand the meaning of this sentence." Hey, Assassin! The little devil will have a big head in the future! ”

In Yangon, the new commander-in-chief of the British forces in India, Wavell, has been silent for a long time since he received a telegram from Percival last night that the "Singapore Retreat" had failed. This morning, however, after he received a telegram from his subordinates about the communication between the various units of the Japanese Western Expeditionary Fleet, which had been deciphered by eavesdropping, his whole person suddenly became refreshed. He personally drafted a telegram for the adjutant to send immediately to Somerville, the commander of the Royal Navy's Eastern Fleet.

The failure of the "Singapore Retreat" was a painful blow to Wavell, because it would not only mean that Singapore would soon fall, but more importantly, more than 60,000 British troops in Singapore would be killed or become prisoners of war by the Japanese. However, through the deciphered Japanese telegrams, after learning that the heavy aircraft carrier "Kaga" of the Japanese expeditionary fleet had been severely damaged by a sneak attack by a submarine on the Japanese side, he suddenly realized a possibility - if the Royal Navy could blockade the Strait of Malacca with submarine forces, it would be able to completely cut off the only sea route for the Japanese expeditionary fleet to enter the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. In that case, he could calmly mobilize his forces and take advantage of the narrow terrain of the southern provinces of Thailand to snipe at the Japanese army.

After the telegram had been sent, he said to his adjutant, "Perhaps, I have found a way to deter the Japanese from attacking Thailand." ”

It was a full hour and a half before Lieutenant General Somerville called back. The Royal Navy's Eastern Fleet has a total of three submarines, two of which are non-combat transports. These three submarines are currently in the Mergui military port in Burma, so after Somerville received the "good news relayed" by Wavell, he was naturally confused. "Could it be that the base camp has sent reinforcements without me?" Thinking of this possibility, he sent a secret telegram to the British army headquarters to ask Marshal Mountbatten about the matter. When Mountbatten first heard the news, he was also quite excited, and he even wondered if someone in his submarine force had taken the initiative to send reinforcements to the Far East, so he inquired. The query naturally yielded no results, and at this time, he couldn't help but be curious.

"Could it be that the Americans did it in our name in order to ensure the success of the evacuation operation?" Gradually, both Mountbatten and Somerville came up with such thoughts. It is only natural that they would think so, because in their opinion, who else but the Americans have the ability and reason to do so? It can't be German, right?

Somerville telegraphed the results of this speculation to Wavell and reiterated it; In view of the unclear attitude of the US government, the opinion of the base camp is not to make a disclosure for the time being. At the end of the telegram, he added that with the strength of the Eastern Fleet, it was not enough to block the Strait of Malacca with submarines, but that he would contact the US Pacific Fleet as soon as possible to see if he could borrow the two submarines from them, and affirmed that this was the opinion of the base camp.

Not to mention that the British were still elated after carrying the black pot for the student army, just talk about the evacuation of the overseas Chinese fleet.

The evacuation fleet sailed at a speed of nearly 40 kilometers per hour toward Puerto Princesa, Palawan, and at about 5 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, it sailed out of Puerto Princesa for nearly 400 kilometers in one go. At this point, whether it is Grant, Mitterrand, Chen Jiageng, Zhang Liangfeng, they finally breathed a sigh of relief, and their hanging hearts also fell back into their stomachs.

"Let's let everyone come out to breathe, it's not good to be stuffy in the cabin for a long time!" Lin Jiangshi suggested to Zhang Liangfeng.

Because of the time constraints, the ships of the Cadet Corps were only made a few rudimentary modifications on the way. Fortunately, the cruise passenger ship was originally manned, but it was just a little crowded. The conditions for carrying passengers on those merchant ships are so bad that to put it mildly, they are just stuffy cans.

Because he felt that the Japanese ships would not be able to catch up no matter what, and it was almost night, and it was impossible for the Japanese to send planes to bomb, Zhang Liangfeng looked at the sea and found that the wind was not strong, so he agreed.

When the order was delivered, the Singaporean and Malaysian Chinese were overjoyed. Is there anything more joyful than this in the aftermath of the catastrophe? Come out and take in the ocean views, breathe in the fresh air, and then have a hearty dinner, if not for the previous experience, it would be a trip. The crowd poured out of the hold, and soon the decks of the ships were filled with people. A few minutes passed, and as they got used to the environment on the deck, the sharp-eyed people spotted the acquaintances on the neighboring ships and immediately greeted them warmly.

"Hey, who's that, I'm here!"

"So-and-so, I saw you!"

"Is the whole family okay?"

"Okay, okay, what about sister-in-law and nephew?"

"It's all there—"

…… The whole family escaped from the devil's cave in Singapore, which is a great blessing. There are those who are lucky and those who are unlucky. Those who had relatives who had lost their lives at the hands of the British suddenly saw their relatives on the neighboring ship, and tears immediately fell: "Second uncle, it's me!" My dad was killed by the British! ”

"Ahh Well, don't cry, if only you could escape! ”

…… Those who are orphaned or who have lost all their loved ones and are left alone are the focus of everyone's care. Chefs and sailors dressed as soldiers, they held the orphans in their arms, took candy out of their pockets and peeled them for them to eat, or carried them to the captain's room, taught them to use walkie-talkies, and played songs to them......

The Americans also came out to join in the fun. Although there are some people with dual citizenship of Britain and the United States who look at the Chinese in Singapore and Malaysia coldly and even curse in a low voice, the vast majority of them look at it with a smile and empathize with the joy of the rest of their lives.

Mitterrand and Grant were naturally the focus of the Americans, standing side by side on the escape deck outside the captain's room, smiling at the jubilant Singaporean-Malaysian Chinese in the distance or not far away, the former saying to the latter, "Grant, we have done a great thing." ”

Grant nodded with a smile and said, "Yes! It was difficult, but we withstood the pressure and succeeded, which is a great victory for me personally and a profound life experience that I will never forget. ”

Mitterrand looked up at the sky and said with emotion: "The evening view on the endless ocean is so beautiful! As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the sky behind the fleet. The next moment, his body froze, and then exclaimed, "Plane! ”

Grant followed the prestige and saw an airplane in the sky southwest of the fleet. He frowned slightly, and said, "Aren't the Japanese still giving up?" ”

At this time, Zhang Liangfeng and the others had also seen this fighter. "Japanese planes!" Someone immediately shouted in panic.

"Be quiet, it's not a big deal," Mr. Zhang said, "don't cause a commotion." It's nothing if it's seen by the little devils. ”

Cui Lin responded: "Yes! We've all run so far. It's going to be night soon, and what can the little devil do if he finds us? Hehe, I'm really looking forward to the expression of this old devil Yamamoto Fifty-six when he hears the report! ”

"Will he vomit blood in anger?" Xiao Yi quipped.

Cui Lin thought about it for a while, and said seriously: "It's hard to say! ”

"Ha Luha-" Hu Tiejun was amused by them.