On the dirt road leading from Guangrao County to Linhai Town, Qiao Youhua was rushing to Linhai Town with nearly 10,000 dragon tooth soldiers, because he was worried that Wu Ming would have an accident when he received the transport, so it was not long after Wu Ming took the lead in setting off.

Leaving Ma Biao to lead part of his troops to defend Guangrao County, to ensure the retreat, and contacted the cavalry battalion, a regiment and the rear of Shimen.

Qiao Youhua set off with the main force of the troops.

While he was marching with the troops, Liu Ruhan, who had been with the army, caught up with Qiao Youhua in a little anxious, saluted him and reported: "Commander, the commander of the third regiment sent an urgent telegram, saying that a Japanese naval warship suddenly appeared in the sea area of Linhai Town, and the situation was very critical, please hurry up for reinforcements." ”

Qiao Youhua was shocked when he heard this, took the telegram from her hand and hurriedly read it, and immediately instructed Zheng Yunshan beside him: "Yunshan, immediately upload my order, all troops will advance to Linhai Town at full speed, and no matter what, the equipment and equipment must be transported back to the base area safely!" ”

When Zheng Yunshan heard the urgency of the situation, he immediately happily accepted the order and turned to leave.

Qiao Youhua said to Liu Ruhan again: "Ruhan, you call Wu Ming back and tell him that at any cost, you must block the Japanese warships, even if all the 3,000 people under his command are exhausted, you must keep this batch of military equipment for me and transport it back!" "The troops are gone, and they can still be recruited.

However, these military equipment and equipment were all transported through great painstaking efforts, across the ocean, and tens of thousands of miles, and they were extremely important to the future development of the Longya Anti-Japanese Base Area and even the entire Eighth Route Army in North China, and they absolutely cannot be missed.

Because, once the devil finds out this time, it will not be so easy to let the Germans or the British smuggle equipment in the future.

Unless, there is a big change in the domestic anti-Japanese form shì! That is, the Chinese anti-Japanese army was able to recover at least one or two coastal cities.

The premise was that China's anti-Japanese armed forces had to have their own naval forces, which the Nationalist Government had now lost to the insignificant in several large-scale frontal battles.

The surface forces of the anti-Japanese armed navy in various parts of China are almost equal to zero, and they want to rebuild a maritime force that can defend China's sovereignty and compete with the Japanese navy.

That requires a lot of manpower, material resources and painstaking efforts, and it cannot be accomplished overnight.

However, Qiao Youhua is still confident in the formation of the navy, and the development of armed forces and equipment will naturally take it step by step.

At present, the most urgent task is to first set up a complete production line for army equipment and military industry to enhance the strength of the army, and then to look forward to the development of the air force and navy.

Qiao Youhua led the troops to advance at full speed, and Wu Ming on the Linhai Town side also selected more than 300 elite soldiers, equipped with artillery, general-purpose machine guns, submachine guns and other advanced equipment as much as possible, and he personally led them to board the seven thousand-ton German merchant ships prepared for them by Adru.

Before they boarded the ship, the German sailors on board the merchant ship were informed in advance to remove and destroy all German-related markings and flags on board.

Wu Ming was fully armed, with a submachine gun on his chest, and was the last to board the ship, and after getting on the deck of a merchant ship, he turned back to several battalion company commanders and Yadru and others who saw him off: "If we fail to stop the little devil's warship, you must hold on no matter what, and cover the materials to go ashore at any cost and transport them away safely!" Remember? ”

"Yes! Please rest assured, we will go all out, even if we work hard, we will complete this transportation task! Several battalion and company commanders were a little sad and said in unison.

None of them understood that taking a boat to meet the Japanese warship would be absolutely life-threatening, and Wu Ming, as the commander of the regiment, did not send any of them to lead the team and went out in person.

Almost left the chance of life to them, and faced the most dangerous battles by themselves, which made them both moved and admired!

Yadru was also impressed by Wu Ming's determination and courage to regard death as home, and directly stood up and saluted him and the dragon's tooth warriors on the boat behind him with a standard military salute.

The Germans are strong-willed and have a high respect for the true brave.

Regarding Adru's move, Wu Ming smiled and said, "Mr. Adru, goodbye!" ”

Yadru seemed to feel something and showed a somewhat bitter smile and said, "Captain Wu, I'm waiting for you to return safely, and let's get drunk and rest together!" ”

Wu Ming smiled: "Okay, if we can come back alive, when we return to the base area, we will definitely have a good drink!" ”

After speaking, Wu Ming turned around and waved his hand: "Let's go!" ”

The seven merchant ships that had already started suddenly began to move one after another, slowly leaving the still busy dock, and sailing towards the vast sea in the wind and waves.

The Japanese navy that was ordered to come this time was subordinate to the 1st Fleet of the Japanese Navy invading China, because the senior generals of the 1st Fleet Command believed that there were no important harbors and military targets in Guangrao's generation.

Therefore, after receiving a request telegram from the North China Front Headquarters, they only symbolically sent a light cruiser weighing more than 4,500 tons and five gunboats of about 1,000 tons for patrol and vigilance to form a reconnaissance detachment.

Aircraft carriers, battleships, heavy cruisers, destroyers, frigates, submarines and other naval forces did not come, which is also a blessing in misfortune.

Otherwise, the devils only need to come to an aircraft carrier and take off one or two carrier-based reconnaissance planes to carry out aerial reconnaissance in the area around Linhai Town.

The whereabouts and purpose of the Dragon's Tooth Column will be exposed, and then the 1st Fleet of the Japanese Navy will definitely carry out a devastating fire strike on the pier of Linhai Town.

At that time, even if Qiao Youhua arrived with the main force, it would be useless without strong fortifications to rely on.

Because, the balance of forces between the navy and the army is not on the same level at all, even if it is a cruiser, a volley of firepower is enough for an infantry battalion in this era.

In the coastal area, if you want to deal with the navy, only the air force and navy, or the army is equipped with land-based missiles, obviously the army of this era cannot have such a weapon of mass destruction.

The commander of this Japanese naval reconnaissance detachment was a naval officer named Yambian Shigeyama. His command room was on the light cruiser named Wuliang, and using a cruiser as the flagship was still in a very refreshing mood for Kangbian Shigeyama.

At least a little diluted, in his opinion, the frustration of the 1st Fleet Command's boring order to let himself lead his troops to patrol this sea area where birds don't.

In the command room, Kang Bian Chongshan smoked a cigarette and stared at the increasingly calm sea ahead, and said, "How long will it take to complete the patrol?" ”

A navy lieutenant behind him hurriedly replied: "Report to the chief, fifteen nautical miles ahead is the sea area of Linhai Town, as long as we patrol everywhere and there is no abnormality, we can return home." ”

Since the naval ships of this era were not equipped with radar, they could not carry out over-the-horizon detection, reconnaissance and operations.

Kang Bian Chongshan nodded, and snorted coldly: "I really don't know what those high-ranking officials in the headquarters think, what abnormal situation can there be in such a remote navy?" Could it be that the Empire's oil resources are so abundant that they can be wasted at will? What a boring order! ”