Episode 142 Ah, Warship! (1)

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, the two drove a truck through Xiuyan County without danger. Originally, Xu Xiangde was ready to kill again, but in February in Mukden, it was already dark at four o'clock in the afternoon, and the Japanese sentries at the intersection of Xiuyan County were not military police, but ordinary soldiers, maybe two new soldiers. The two recruits just watched the military truck drive past. This can be regarded as saving his own life.

Just after Xiuyan County, less than a kilometer away, the two of them saw traces of troops walking on the road. Two ditches had been carved out of the deep snow, and it was obvious that many people were lining up to wade through the snow. There is also a wider snow ditch in the middle, and deep tire prints can be seen at the bottom of the ditch. This should be a vehicle in the queue, or artillery.

Moreover, there was a faint sound of sycophants neighing in front of me.

"Yes," Wu Yanbin said nervously, "there is a large Japanese army ahead!" ”

Xu Xiangde gritted his teeth and said:

"Not bad."

"What to do? Brother Xu, let's go back! ”

Xu Xiangde saw in the rearview mirror that the two sentries were still watching them at the checkpoint at the intersection behind him. He said in a deep voice:

"No, you have to be exposed when you go back! I see, we didn't check on us just now, and it was the two soldiers who treated us like part of the queue. Now that we've suddenly turned back, they're suspicious! ”

"Then let's kill them!"

"No, the team in front of us has just passed, and they can still hear the sound of horses, how can they not hear us when we shoot? That's really not going to run away! ”

Wu Yanbin was so anxious that beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, and whispered:

"Brother Xu, what should I do then?"

Xu Xiangde stared at the white snow curtain in front of him, licked his lips and said:

"Break through, just drive over so generously."

"Huh?!"

"Bet on your luck...... The larger the troops, the less nosy they are. Let's be more natural and pretend to be Japanese. ”

"Huh?!"

……

Sure enough, after only a few dozen meters of driving, the Japanese soldiers who walked at the end vaguely appeared in the vast snow curtain. Xu Xiangde and Wu Yanbin glanced at each other, and they both took a deep breath, their expressions as natural as possible. Xu Xiangde held the steering wheel steadily, stepped on the accelerator moderately, and drove into the marching column of the Japanese army in a big way.

The Japanese soldiers on both sides wore thick military coats, carrying bags, bayonets and rifles, and when the truck drove by, they looked up, and then still lowered their heads and marched hard against the heavy snow. The two of them were in the cab, and their hearts were about to jump out. They knew that the model of their car and the small flag on the front of the car were different from those of the Japanese army. If any soldier sees the flaw, it's over.

After driving for a while in the middle of the road, a motorized carriage appeared in front of me. It was a baggage truck, covered with canvas high on it, presumably carrying some logistical supplies. I don't know how many carriages there were, and only the last few could be seen in the snow. The road was not wide, and the wagon in the middle of the road was moving very slowly, a degree like the infantry, and the trucks were stuck behind.

At this time, the military vehicles of the two attracted the attention of the Japanese soldiers on both sides. The Japanese soldiers all looked curiously at the big truck that was slowly moving around them, and many of them noticed the small yellow flag in front of the military vehicle and began to talk. They all saw that this was not the small sun flag on the military vehicles in peacetime, but they didn't know what kind of flag it was and what unit it represented.

Xu Xiangde and Wu Yanbin sat in the cab, only daring to glance at the Japanese soldiers below with their spare eyes. The Japanese soldiers below were also looking up at the cab.

Even if it was Xu Xiangde, he was half nervous to death. He was now glad that it had been a bitterly cold weather. Because it's so cold outside, a layer of fog forms on the side glass of the cab. Before, they hated this fog, which affected the rearview mirror, and kept wiping it with gloves. And now, they want to let this layer of fog condense well, and it is better to grow ice flowers on the outside and turn the glass into frosted glass.

However, the effect of the current thin patch on the side glass may be just right. The Japanese soldiers below could barely see that the people inside were wearing military uniforms, wearing large-brimmed hats, and were officers. For those Japanese soldiers, "being an officer" was enough. The Japanese army is the most hierarchical army in the world, and even if some soldiers feel that the model is wrong and the small flag is wrong, as a soldier, they will never dare to stop the commander's car and ask questions.

What's more, this military vehicle drove so arrogantly in the marching army column, which also made none of the Japanese soldiers on both sides think about the "Ming Kingdom".

Xu Xiangde looked at the baggage carriage in front of him walking so slowly, and felt that this was not the way. First, the time is urgent, we must rush to Zhuanghe before dark, and secondly, I have a car, and I am stuck behind by the carriage in front of me, and I don't say anything, and it will make people suspicious after a long time.

The Japanese soldiers on the last carriage in front of them were also looking back at the military vehicle frequently, looking a little uneasy.

Xu Xiangde made up his mind and honked the horn.

Wu Yanbin was taken aback:

"Brother Xu, you ......"

Xu Xiangde honked the horn twice, showing an extremely impatient look, and then asked in a low voice:

"Do you speak Japanese?"

"No, it won't."

"Damn, it's not as good as me. I'm going to say a few more words. ”

"Oh, a few words, Brother Xu, I will too."

"Okay, what do you say 'hurry up'?"

Wu Yanbin thought for a moment and said:

"It looks like 'Hayakul.'"

"Are you sure?"

"OK...... bar. ”

"***," Xu Xiangde scolded, "Don't bring 'it', you'd better be sure." Otherwise, we'll be sure to explain it here. ”

As he spoke, he took off the brimmed hat from his head, rolled out the window, stuck out half of his head, and shouted as he honked his horn:

"Hayakul! Hayakku! ”

This trick was really used, and the Japanese soldiers on the baggage cart in front of him hurriedly turned around, bowed their heads in fear, and said a few words loudly, which should be an apology and an explanation.

Xu Xiangde knew this, and took the risk of stretching out his arm, waving his arm at the Japanese infantry on the side of the road, and ordered:

"Hey, Hayakul! Hayakku! ”

The Japanese soldiers marching on the side of the road did not dare to complain, and immediately avoided them, giving way to the cars that they barely passed.

"Yo Xi!"

Xu Xiangde retracted his head, shook the glass, let out a long breath, slowly turned the steering wheel, increased the throttle, and let the military vehicle pass the baggage convoy in the center of the road and move forward faster.

While driving, he honked his horn and urged the Japanese infantry in front of him to get out of the way. And the infantry queue in front of them really kept giving way, at most complaining a few words, and no one dared to stop this strange military vehicle of a strange model and a strange flag for interrogation.

Wu Yanbin was also very glad that there was so much snow in the sky, and the small flag in front of the car was half covered in ice and snow, and the ordinary Japanese soldiers couldn't see what kind of flag it was, and they weren't sure which unit it was. If it was a sunny day, a little wind, and the two small national flags of the Ming Dynasty were waving in the wind, then they would have been stopped a long time ago.

……

In this way, dozens of baggage wagons were driven. There were no cars left for some distance, only marching columns on either side. Xu Xiangde was a little relieved, drove the car into the middle of the road, and sped up.

But after only a few kilometers, in the distance, there were cars in the middle of the road ahead.

This time it's a car, and it's not just a car, there is a cannon towed behind the car. Those guns were not large, only half a man high, wrapped in gun jackets, and the caliber and model could not be seen.

"Artillery units." Xu Xiangde said, "This should be a large unit, and the baggage queue alone is already more than ten kilometers." Now there is artillery again. This could be a division. The Japanese army was called a division. If it is really a division, then the queue is long, and it will not be possible to do it for dozens of kilometers. ”

Wu Yanbin guessed:

"The Japanese army is probably marching to southern Liaoning?"

Xu Xiangde nodded:

"Possibly. If you can't figure it out, Zhuanghe has become a front line. Xiao Wu, I'll park here, you hurry to the back and get the radio, and we'll get in touch with the fleet. I can't go to Zhuanghe. ”

"Parking here?" Wu Yanbin was startled, and looked back, "There are Japanese soldiers in front and behind, but we are wearing Ming military uniforms, and we will be exposed as soon as we get out of the car!" ”

Xu Xiangde also looked back and said:

"It's okay, hurry up. It's just right here, the artillery in front is still tens of meters, and the infantry in the rear is also dozens of meters, and the snow is so heavy...... You move quickly, you should be fine. ”

"That'...... The cab is empty. ”

"Put the machine gun in the back compartment. There are large troops in front and behind, and they are really revealed, and it is useless to hold machine guns. ”

As he spoke, Xu Xiangde stopped the car and leaned on the side of the road. Wu Yanbin gritted his teeth, pushed the car door, jumped out of the car with a light machine gun, and quickly ran to the back compartment and got into it. He was so nervous that he watched the Japanese infantry behind him get closer and closer, quickly put down his machine gun, picked up the radio, and jumped out quickly and ran back to the wheelhouse.

"Hurry up."

He gasped and leaned back in his seat. Xu Xiangde didn't need to say a word, immediately stepped on the accelerator and continued to move forward.

There was a big wolf dog sitting in the middle, and the radio couldn't be put down, so it could only be held on his lap. Wu Yanbin put the radio on his lap, pulled out the antenna, and began to call the Dongjiang fleet.

……

At this time, the Dongjiang Fleet was also contacting them, and they immediately answered. According to the latest intelligence, the Japanese army had already sent a division yesterday afternoon and was marching towards southern Liaoning. It is estimated that Xiuyan County has passed by noon today. Now they should be running into it. According to Nanjing's analysis, the goal of this division is very likely to be Lushun, and the purpose is to capture the Qing warships in the Lushun military port.

Although Fengtian had been assigned to the Ming Dynasty, the two sides had not reached a conclusion on the ownership of the existing fleet in the Qing army's Port Arthur - two heavy cruisers, one light cruiser, and eight destroyers. Both Japan and the Ming wanted these warships.

According to the Japanese saying, I worked hard to conquer Mukden Province, but I want to hand over my hands to you Mingguo. The entire Mukden Province has been given to you, why can't I leave a few warships myself?

But according to the Ming Dynasty, since the entire Fengtian has been included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, everything in the territory of Fengtian is naturally the Ming Dynasty. Also including, naturally, warships.

Japan's navy was already stronger than the Ming navy, so the Ming was very reluctant for the Japanese to get these three cruisers. And Japan also knew that although the Ming navy was weaker than itself, it was not much weaker. Now every time the Ming Navy adds a warship, even if it is a cruiser or a destroyer, it will greatly flatten the tonnage gap between the two sides. The Ming occupation of Shandong had already obtained three heavy patrols and one light patrol in the two military ports of Qingdao and Weihai. But it was in Shandong, and the Japanese army could not touch it, so they could only look at the ship and sigh. And Lushun is in Mukden, but it is the Japanese army that uses troops in Mukden, and Japan no longer wants the Ming Dynasty to get Lushun's warships.

Now the Japanese navy has firmly controlled the Yellow Sea and completely blocked the shipping routes of the Northern Qing navy. Now the Qing warships in Lushun have been blocked in the harbor, and it is impossible to sail back to Tianjin. Now there are only two fates for the Lushun warships: either they fall into the hands of Japan or they fall into the hands of Nanming.

In fact, Japan is not too anxious, anyway, the sea has been blockaded strictly, and Mukden is the scope of its troops, and it is only a matter of time before it hits southern Liaoning. Japan already regarded the three cruisers and eight destroyers in Port Arthur as meat in its mouth.

But Daming has been in a hurry these days, and has constantly sent people to do work for the upper echelons of the Lushun fleet, knowing it with reason, moving it with affection, plus rewarding and making wishes, and doing everything possible to persuade the Lushun fleet to go south to surrender to Daming.

But several leading figures of the Qing army's Lushun fleet have their own thoughts. They want to wait for the price to sell, and maneuver between tomorrow and Japan to see who can increase the weight. If you want to talk about the price, it must be the high of Daming. Because the sea had been blockaded by Japan, it was not easy for the Lushun fleet to surrender to the Southern Ming, and it was necessary to risk being buried in the sea. On the contrary, it was easy to surrender Japan.

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