The two Japanese frigates did not have any anti-submarine devices, and they could not help in the dark sea. What's more, shortly after the attack began, the two frigates were also attacked, one quickly sank to the bottom of the sea, and the other increased its power and escaped from the current battlefield.

After the frigate fled, the threat of submarines ceased to exist. They later abandoned the periscope altogether, surfaced and attacked the merchant ships.

One by one* dragged the ripples of the waves, accurately hitting the chaotic fleet around them, the soaring water columns and billowing smoke continued to stir up, one after another Japanese ships capsized in despair, and the Japanese officers and soldiers on board were either suffocated to death in the cabin, or jumped into the sea and did not know where to swim......

After four hours of all-night fighting, 11 of the 12 Japanese troop carriers were sunk, two frigates were also sunk and damaged, and almost all of the more than 10,000 Japanese army officers and men on the troop carriers were buried at the bottom of the sea.

After the end of this fight, these submarines immediately dived underwater and returned to the Guangzhou Military Port, and after making appropriate supplies, they will reappear in the depths of the ocean, of course, these are all later words.

The news of a large-scale attack by an unidentified submarine on a Japanese caravan was first issued by Tokyo. The next day, the Tokyo base camp published a comment on the U.S. attack on their caravan through the Tokyo Daily Shimbun, accusing the attack on the merchant ship of being a "despicable act without humanitarianism" and threatening the U.S. Navy and their merchant fleet in the Pacific Ocean "to be met with a stormy retaliation by the Imperial Army."

After being subjected to shrew-style abuse from Tokyo, the performance of the American side is in a state of confusion. Fearing retaliatory attacks by the Japanese, civilian merchant marine organizations approached the Federal State Department and asked them to send warships to escort merchant ships.

Secretary of State Cordell Hull wants to take the issue to the White House, but the White House doesn't know.

The intelligence had to be reported to President Roosevelt, and after reading it, he laughed and said, "Haha, that's what you should do, kick those Japanese monkeys in the ass." Quickly find out to me, whose young man did it? I want to reward them! ”

The president's aides went to the Ministry of Defense to inquire, but to no avail. So, the assistant to the president had to call Army Commander Marshall and ask him if he knew which unit was involved in the operation?

Marshall scratched his head and said that he didn't know, he looked at the ambush location and said, "I really don't know anything about this, I think you should ask Chester." This is an area that should be in charge of him. ”

So, the assistant called General Nimitz of the Navy again, and General Nimitz, who was on the Pacific front, said to the assistant to the president: "I have heard about this matter, and I am also inquiring. Unfortunately, at present, we have not deployed such combat operations, and in fact, none of our submarines have been active in that area recently. Well, God forbid, it's good news anyway. ”

After several turnarounds, I finally learned from the department in charge of the handover of naval submarines that not long ago, they delivered five Catshark-class submarines to China, and according to the officers who delivered them, shortly after the delivery, the young men of the Chinese Navy drove all these submarines out.

"I think you should contact Nanjing, maybe you will have an unexpected gain." Dönitz said to the presidential assistant.

To contact Nanjing, a diplomatic department is needed, not to mention that this is a military operation related to the allies, and it is probably not enough to rely on the diplomatic department alone, and a higher level of communication is required.

In this regard, the presidential assistant cannot call the shots. He had no choice but to report the situation to President Roosevelt.

Roosevelt, who was in a wheelchair, couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, "It turned out that those young men in China did it?" Haha, they're really good. As I said, the Chinese are very good at dealing with the Japanese. Well, can you help me get through to Nanjing? I would like to have a phone call with Chairman Huang Ke. ”

After liaison with the diplomatic department, the two heads of state finally spoke on the phone that afternoon.

The hotline between the two heads of state is not as simple as an ordinary telephone, which requires not only a large number of translators and recorders, but also personnel from diplomatic departments and intelligence anti-eavesdropping, but this is not the first time that Roosevelt and Huang Ke have made a phone call, and the hotline between the two sides has long been suggested and established when Huang Ke visited the United States, and it is easy to use.

President Roosevelt was very talkative, and after greeting Huang Ke about the weather in Nanking and greeting him a little, he cut to the chase and asked: "My generals told me that some Japanese ships have been sunk in the waters of Okinawa in the Pacific Ocean. Did your boys do it? ”

After hearing this, Huang Ke smiled heartily: "Yes, this is also thanks to the submarines that your country sold us. Of course, these lads are indeed very brave. ”

"Great, that's really good news. You know? Mr. Chairman, you are always able to surprise people. Roosevelt also laughed on the other end of the phone.

After a small talk between the two men, Roosevelt mentioned the upcoming meeting of the heads of state of China, the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union. "We want to establish an international organization to maintain stability and peace after the war. China, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, or a few more countries to serve as permanent members of this organization. ”

Huang Ke naturally agreed and appreciated his proposal, and then the two heads of state discussed the current situation in detail, and President Roosevelt hoped that after the end of the war at home, the Chinese army would be able to participate in the war on the home field against Japan.

"Your best officers and men in the Army, I hope we can enter Tokyo together." Roosevelt said.

Huang Ke wanted to reject this proposal, because attacking the Japanese mainland would mean huge casualties, and China had just finished its own war, just like an old boxer, it needed to recuperate. However, considering the development of the post-war pattern and these aspects of domestic national feelings, he readily agreed.

"There is no problem with this, after the end of the war against Japan on our homeland, we will continue to attack the Japanese forces on the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, the Malay Peninsula and the Japanese mainland, and our boys will join forces with the American army to attack Tokyo."

"It's worth looking forward to!" President Roosevelt said briskly.

After a phone call of more than an hour, the two heads of state ended this pleasant phone call.

As soon as he walked out of the room where he was talking, Chen Liewen came over and whispered a few words to Huang Ke, Huang Ke frowned and said, "Isn't he in Tianjin?" How did you get to the Northeast? ”

"At the beginning of the North China Campaign, Tianjin was attacked by the Japanese army, and then most of it fell. It was at that time that Pu Yi disappeared. Chen Liewen had reported the news to Huang Ke before, Huang Ke might have forgotten it, so he had to repeat it again.

Huang Ke rubbed his temples and said, "I remember, you said it." By the way, the Japanese plundered him to the Northeast, why hasn't there been any movement? ”

Chen Liewen said: "After the defeat of the Japanese army in the Northeast Incident, they gave up the idea of planning to establish a puppet Manchukuo. However, there are still people in the Kwantung Army who plan to keep this chess piece, so Pu Yi can be said to have been under house arrest by the Japanese for so many years. ”

Huang Ke lifted the military hat on the pitch, thought about it and said, "Send it to Nanjing, let him keep it alive." ”

"Yes!" Chen Liewen said.

……

At this time, in Changchun, northeast, the sound of artillery fire outside was still ringing, and Pu Yi was looking at Lin Zuoda, commander of the Northeast Front Army, in the building of the headquarters of the Japanese Kwantung Army.

Both of them are emaciated, but Pu Yi looks thinner. Commander Lin was wearing a thin khaki military uniform, a cowhide armed belt around his waist, and a pair of American-made high-top boots on his feet.

Pu Yi is wearing a much more delicate look, his upper body is a fine British suit, a diamond pin is inserted in his tie, a diamond cufflink is on his sleeve, a diamond ring is on his hand, he is holding a "civilization stick", and he wears a pair of German Zeiss glasses on his face.

"Sit down." Commander Lin beckoned, and motioned for someone to serve tea.

After Pu Yi hesitated for a moment, he still sat down, but he didn't sit down completely, and his butt only occupied less than half of the chair.

"You've been suffering here these days, are you still used to it?" Commander Lin leaned over and asked.

Pu Yi nodded, "It's customary." Today, I also went out for a walk, after this little Japan left, the people of Northeast China have lived a lot of peace. ”

He spoke very authentically in a mouthful of Beijing films, but at this time, he tried his best to avoid those particularly colloquial words, so as not to be incomprehensible to the other party.

Commander Lin also nodded, "It's good to get used to it." The troops are going to continue eastward, and I can't keep you any longer. ”

As soon as these words fell, Pu Yi shook the teacup in his hand violently.

"There's a telegram from Nanjing, saying that someone will send you there. If you have anything to clean up here, tell me and I'll send someone to pull it for you. Commander Lin said as if he were an old friend.

For them, Pu Yi has not done anything bad, and more often, he himself cannot control his own fate, but is at the mercy of various powerful forces, like a puppet embodied.

Pu Yi did not answer his question, but asked tentatively: "When I go to Nanjing, will I be locked up?" ”

"I really can't answer you about that." After Commander Lin finished speaking, he picked up the military hat on the table and was about to go out, but as soon as he stood up, he paused and said: "Don't worry, you haven't done anything to harm the interests of the country, and Nanjing will not be fine." ”

"Thank you, thank you." Pu Yi also stood up and said with a half-hunched waist.

Commander Lin shook his hand, "Then we have a chance to meet again." ”