The flames of war are raging, and the flesh is flowing!

There was once again a surprising scene on the battlefield in China.

On the Guangxi side, the Chinese army, which was supposed to be holding on to the death, chose to take the initiative; On the Shanxi side, the Japanese army, which was obviously not superior, also chose to take the initiative!

Many people do not understand this battlefield, and some even believe that the Chinese and Japanese generals made mistakes at the same time, and this mistake was fatal for both China and Japan...... However, whether it was a mistake or not, and whether it would be fatal, can only be known by the Chinese and Japanese soldiers who actually participated in the war.

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"Captain Miyako, haven't you arrived yet?"

Hyakutake Haruyoshi, the commander of the Japanese 18th Division, participated in the war to conquer Vladivostok under Umezu Mijiro. Terauchi Shouichi had previously transferred his division and the 12th Division to Guangdong, and he wanted to use them to launch the Second Battle of Guinan, but he did not expect that the battle had just begun, and the Zero fighter group used as a killer weapon lost nearly half of it under the attack of the Chinese Air Force's "Hellcat", and had to flee in panic. Not only that, but the bomber formation of the Chinese Air Force also took advantage of their negligence to blow up and sink two battleships and five destroyers of the Japanese Navy in one fell swoop. This battle shook the world, especially the loss of two battleships, which shocked and grieved the whole of Japan. However, due to the air superiority of the Chinese army, the original plan for the Second Battle of Guinan had to be delayed, which made Hyakutake Hakushi Haruyoshi, who was bent on making meritorious contributions in Guinan, very dissatisfied, but he did not dare to say anything nonsense. After all, the Chinese Air Force was almost the two battleships that were sunk right under his nose, and the shock at that time has always stirred in his heart.

Without solving the Chinese Air Force, the situation on the Chinese battlefield cannot be opened. This has become the consensus of almost all the top leaders of the Japanese army at present, including Hyakutake Harumishi.

But now, although there is no way to "solve" the Chinese Air Force, Hyakutake Harukichi is trying to "bypass" it, from the sea.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander. We have just passed Nightingale Island, and we are still seventy or eighty nautical miles from the Guangxi border. At our speed, it will take at least three hours to reach our destination. "Jean Miyako is the captain of a Japanese cargo ship, the Kasuga Maru, which belongs to the Mitsui Foundation. This time, it was requisitioned by the Chinese army and used as a troop carrier...... This is also one of Terauchi Shouichi's schemes, he does not plan to use the navy, so as not to attract the attention of some people with great intelligence ability. At the same time, Miyako's cargo ship was not under the flag of its own country, and after loading Baiwu Haruyoshi and some soldiers of the 18th Division in Fujian, it crossed Dongsha Island. It was changed to an American flag...... As for its purpose, it was to transport Hyakutake Haruyoshi and the two combat wings of the 18th Division led by Hyakutake Harumichi and his two combat wings to the southern border of Guangxi, raid Nanning, an important city in Guangxi, and repeat the original landing of Guzhuang Ganlang in Daya Bay. The story of taking Guangzhou.

I have to say that the arrival of Kojo Kanro gave Shouichi Terauchi a lot of inspiration. It's a pity that this benevolent brother is really not treated by Shouichi in the temple.

"Is there more than three hours left?"

Hear Miyako Jean's return to people. Hyakutake Haruyoshi couldn't help but feel a little anxious. This time it was different from him taking a boat from Vladivostok to Guangzhou. There was hardly any danger that time, but this time they were fighting for their lives...... Once the Chinese Air Force discovers their traces, the three cargo ships and an entire brigade of men will be buried in the sea. Because they are merchant ships, they are powerless in the face of the attack of the air force. Ever since the Japanese army took over French Indochina, the Chinese Air Force's reconnaissance planes have frequently launched reconnaissance and search operations over the Beibu Gulf. These reconnaissance planes were extremely arrogant, and on several occasions they encountered patrol ships of the Japanese Navy, and immediately attracted bombers and fighters...... If it weren't for the small width of the Gulf of Tonkin and the fact that the navy would have bases to take refuge in Vietnam and Hainan. Maybe they're going to lose a lot of warships.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, you don't have to worry." Miyako Jean looked at Hyakutake Haruyoshi and smiled, "Our ships are camouflaged, and it is in such a dark night, and as far as I know, the reconnaissance planes of the Chinese Air Force generally do not appear at night...... They won't find out about us. ”

"You're very calm." Hyakutake Haruyoshi glanced at this guy in surprise, "What did you do before?" ”

"I used to be a major in the navy." Miyako replied casually.

"Shaozo? No wonder ......" Hyakutake Haruyoshi couldn't help but be surprised, and couldn't help but look at the calm captain, "I really can't see it." We tried every possible way to avoid the navy, but we didn't expect to get involved with the navy in the end. Now that the empire is at war, you, the former Shaozo, are captaining a merchant ship? ”

"There is no shortage of people in the navy, Your Excellency the division commander." Miyako smiled wryly, "And what if I re-enlist?" Fighting a war is almost always the business of your army, and our navy is almost useless. Even now you don't even want to use the navy to transport troops...... Where do you let me go to get merit? ”

"This time. Just ......"

"Hum—"

Hyakutake Haruyoshi wanted to cheer up Miyako, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he heard a sudden "buzzing" roar in the silent sky. Suddenly, all his interest was interrupted, and his heart suddenly rose to his throat, and at the same time glared at Miyako Jean:

"Didn't you say that there would be no reconnaissance planes?"

"Probably by chance." In just a moment, Miyako Jean was already sweating profusely, and his words could not hide his horror...... As a former member of the Japanese Navy, he certainly knew what would happen to his three cargo ships when they were discovered by Chinese reconnaissance planes. They are not naval vessels, they are fast and heavily armoured, and they can escape back to the port base to be protected by the Chinese Air Force. As for their three old cargo ships, the fastest speed is 20 knots, and the "skin" is thin, if it is discovered by the Chinese Air Force, there is no time to escape. But even though he was so nervous and scared, he was still comforting Hyakutake Haruyoshi.

"What coincidence? Against the Chinese Air Force, there is no accident! You navies really can't be trusted. Hyakutake Haruyoshi looked at the night sky outside the window angrily, and in the dark sky in the distance, the fast-moving and approaching little lights were so frightening at this moment: "Turn off the lights immediately, turn off all the power on the ship!"

"Don't turn off the lights!" Miyako suddenly shouted, "The reconnaissance plane has already discovered us, if the power is turned off at this time, we will immediately be recognized as enemies, and we will really be dead at that time...... Your Excellency, Division Commander, we are now an 'American merchant ship'! ”

"This is just a measure to prevent being detected before reaching the Gulf of Tonkin! American merchant ships? Since the empire took over Vietnam, when have American merchant ships come to the Gulf of Tonkin to come? Hyakutake Haruyoshi snorted coldly, "I order you to turn off all power immediately." ”

"You can't turn off the lights!" Miyako yelled, "As soon as the lights are turned off, we're really finished." ”

"Boom!"

Hyakutake Haruyoshi glared angrily at Miyako, but he didn't shout anymore to turn off the power...... He was just overly nervous just now, but now he understands. As Miyako Jean said, turning off the lights now is just killing yourself. But even if the lights are not turned off, the closer the reconnaissance planes will decide that they are not enemies?

"Amaterasu bless!" Miyako muttered to himself, sweating as he watched the approaching reconnaissance plane.

"Idiot, it's night, where can I go to find Amaterasu?" Hyakutake Haruyoshi couldn't help but scold.

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"Buzz ......"

The reconnaissance plane finally arrived over the "Kasuga Maru," and first circled above the cargo ship, but as if seeing that there was no movement, it lowered its altitude and circled again.

"Send a signal that we're an American merchant ship!" When the matter came, Miyako Jean was not worried, seeing that the reconnaissance plane kept hovering above his head, relying on the intention of not leaving, after thinking about it, he gave an order to the first officer beside him.

"What good can this be? Do you think they'll believe it? Hyakutake Haruyoshi snorted coldly.

"Without identification, they will only be more suspicious." Miyako glanced at him, turned his head and continued to order the first mate: "Keep the speed and course of the ship unchanged, and no one on board must show any hostility." ”

"If you knew that this was the case, you should have hired a few white men on the boat!" Hyakutake Haruyoshi said suddenly.

"Good idea......

Unfortunately, there is no possibility. Miyako glanced at the division commander angrily...... Hire a few white people? Not to mention whether there are any whites willing to work on their Japanese merchant ships now, even if there is, such a secret military operation, even he, the captain, only knew that Lu Dao was a military mission this time after the soldiers got on the ship, and only after Hainan Island did he know that Lu Dao Guangxi was the real destination, how could he think of hiring a few white men to prevent enemy reconnaissance first? But he also knew the mood of Hyakutake Haruyoshi at this moment, so although he wanted to refute it, he still held back his words and continued to observe the reconnaissance plane in the sky intently.

"Buzz ......"

Perhaps understanding the signal from the ship's searchlights, the reconnaissance plane, after circling the sky twice more, finally gave up observation and flew away.

"Great, it's heading south...... It doesn't see us as enemies. Looking at the direction in which the reconnaissance plane left, Miyako was overjoyed...... They were heading north, and if the reconnaissance planes had decided that they were the enemy, they would have been following them, but now they were flying away, and they were heading towards their rear...... This shows that the reconnaissance aircraft are continuing to carry out their tasks and do not take them to heart.

"We're just two cargo ships after all!" Extreme nervousness was followed by relaxed exhaustion, Miyako wiped the sweat from his forehead, and smiled at Hyakutake Haruyoshi again: "Your Excellency the division commander, congratulations, your mission this time has been at least half successful." The Chinese are not very vigilant. ”

"Do you think I'm as stupid as you are?" Looking at the joyful look on Miyako's face, Hyakku Haruyoshi's face was very unsightly, he walked to the window, poked his head out of the window, and stared closely at the light of the reconnaissance plane that was gradually moving away for a while: "Turn around immediately...... We can't go to Guangxi anymore. (To be continued......)