501 Military Council of Calcutta
419 immediately tightened the clockwork and began to operate, there is no need to discuss what kind of target value is a *, because it has been discussed for a long time, Kagesa Zhenzhao is the existence second only to the traverser, not only because of his human viciousness, but also because he is the most likely person to uncover the truth of 419.
Since 419 appeared in the East China Sea, he has been entangled with this person, and Ma Qiang was in Shanghai when he was arrested; He was present during the attack on the Army Headquarters, and he narrowly escaped during the attack on Izumo, all of which made him think about it and peek into the truth of the whole thing. Therefore, although 419 cannot be 100% confirmed, it is inevitable that Mahatma Gandhi will not be on this submarine (Lin Xiuxuan's probability of Gandhi being killed is judged to be eighty percent), which means that the loss of Gandhi and one * must be eliminated as soon as possible.
Of course, the drone easily confirmed which of the submarines the telegram was sent from, and there were significantly more people returning to this submarine than when they left, and the other one did not change, and if Kagesa got on the submarine, it must be on this one.
*The cabin received the order to load it immediately*, 419 followed carefully, the drone was still circling in the sky on its own, and it was estimated that within 3 hours, the task could be completed, and then it would be recovered.
Of course, sonar can distinguish two submarines of the same type by the voiceprint, in fact, there is a lot difference between the two I-types, the propeller wear is different, and the characteristics are almost completely identical. Cheng Dayang didn't want to waste one more * to attack an inconsequential submarine, in fact, he was not even willing to fight special aircraft carriers and battleships.
Before the 419 dived, the drone had already observed that two more sampans were heading towards the coast of India, and judged that there were some unimportant people who could not be taken with them, so the Japanese asked them to find a way for the British ship to figure it out themselves. Lin Xiuxuan didn't think that Ying Zuo Zhenzhao might be in this group of people.
Cheng Dayang did not launch an immediate attack, this place is still close to the coast, he must carry out a foolproof attack, and wait for the Japanese submarines to penetrate deeper into the Bay of Bengal before carrying out the attack.
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Two hours later, the first Japanese submarine surfaced, went on a surface ride and simultaneously recharged, which allowed it to increase its speed several times. The captain of the second boat saw the first boat floating through the periscope, but it remained underwater, because the boat was loaded with dignitaries, and the captain decided to be careful and let the first boat go on the road first, in case there was a British anti-submarine aircraft on the head? It's hard to say that there won't be planes taking off from bases near Kolkata to chase them by moonlight. His battery can last a while, so there's no rush. In this way, the two submarines gradually distanced themselves. Soon a distance of 10 nautical miles was reached.
The time was almost up, and Cheng Dayang gave the order to open fire. One* with a string of white foam, shoots out of the 419* tube, and then quietly pursues the target, which will use the seeker at the last minute.
The captain of the target submarine was careful, but his passengers inside the submarine had already been fully released and began to celebrate, and the majestic warship march was played in the boat, and the Japanese believed that even if there was an air threat, they could not hear the underwater movement.
In the back of the crowded submarine, everyone, including the Japanese and Indians, began to chant Banzai in Japanese, so loud that the 419 5 kilometers behind could be reproduced by sonar.
A strange sound drowned out the cheers inside the Japanese submarine, a cyclical cacophony that tingled the scalp with each sound, at first at long intervals and then shortened. This is, of course, because the scanning sound waves lock onto the target.
Finally someone realized that this sound did not come from inside the submarine, but from the outside. The captain quickly turned the periscope to look for a destroyer that might be emitting sound waves, but did not find it, so he ordered an emergency dive. Everyone in the rear compartment of the submarine just stood in place, dumbfounded, waiting for the sound to get closer and closer. The submarine began to enter the water, rushing to the bottom of the sea at a great angle, but this little maneuver was not enough to evade the tracking* of the submarine.
The last recorded movement of the enemy submarine by SCP-419 was a loud explosion, a random massive gas leak, almost breaking off at the waist, and then the submarine crashed to the bottom of the sea.
Cheng Dayang ordered to float, not to check whether there were survivors on the sea, but to recover the drone, from the time he traveled thousands of miles, from the South Pacific, to the coast of Sittwe, the two drones took turns to go to the sky, and it seems that they can take a break and maintain it at this time. Then he had to find a Japanese merchant ship to rob it. More than half of the food we got from the British warehouse last time was gone, so let's see if there are any Japanese merchant ships passing by to find supplies.
A week after the sinking of the Japanese submarine, Chu Tingchang's troops were still trudging through the forests of northern Burma, some of them suffering from malaria, but he had some horses to carry the sick, and his troops had not yet left a single man.
Wingate, who had retreated with him, had been secretly observing the legendary version of Chu Tingchang, watching how he marched through the jungle, how he cared for the wounded, how he looked for drop points, and how he boosted morale.
In his notes, he wrote: Chu was a true leader, not only in the use of armored vehicles, but also in the mountains, with good organizational skills and route intuition, and all the soldiers were willing to serve him. The army marched through the wildest forests in the world, but so far not a single person has died, the Japanese have been left far behind, and the most serious wounded have been well cared for.
His notes were sent back via radio in the form of secret telegrams, but unfortunately Chu Tingchang would not know so many beautiful words, because there were no more drones to eavesdrop on all kinds of private conversations for him.
The Savage Mountain that the synthetic regiment needs to face is much simpler than that of the 5th Army in history, although the impermeable tropical jungle will still make the soldiers afraid, but he can mark his location from the map at any time The supply of two hot meals a day gives everyone a strong psychological hint - they will definitely be able to go out.
Wingate further discovered that the Chinese commander's ability to locate in the forest was also unavoidable, and he relied on the sun to accurately determine his position during the day, and climbed a large tree after nightfall to determine the position with a sextant; In this dimension, the Big Dipper is already very close to the horizon and is usually not easy to miss, but Chu Tingchang knows when to spot them and then locates them with a sextant. No one knew why Chu Tingchang carried a sextant with him, and it seemed that he could use these naval equipment very skillfully.
Chu Tingchang was very afraid of a Japanese sneak attack, and he carefully deployed his rear guard troops, usually concentrating automatic weapons on the rearguard, and having two groups of men and horses alternately cover to avoid being bitten by the Japanese when one group retreated, although this never happened. Once or twice a day, he predicted the possible route of the Japanese army's sneak attack, and then set up an ambush. There were never Japanese pursuers, but he took the trouble to make similar deployments.
These circumstances were not experienced in the first few days of the retreat, the initial retreat, without any rearguard troops at all, seemed to confirm the rumor that Chu Tingchang could predict the enemy's movements through supernatural powers, but later events showed that the truth was far from what the legend said, he was actually a cautious commander, and he just pretended to be able to pinch and calculate.
Wingate's report, which almost relieved the siege of Chu Tingchang, made the Allied high-ranking officials look up at him a few times when they considered the high-ranking generals who needed to rely on for the next plan, and it seemed that this person was not fighting by superstition and luck, pretending to be a ghost, perhaps more to improve morale. Of course, Wingate could not have known that Chief Chu returned to the role of a serious commander only because of the loss of intelligence support from drones.
The troops helped each other all the way, and did not fall behind along the way, only a few people were bitten to death by fierce beasts while camping, and they almost did not go the wrong way, and when they approached Xin Binh Duong, although they were already in tatters, their morale was still good, and it was obvious that among the entire Indian allies, they were most likely to be immediately put into battle.
The U.S. Corps of Engineers and a medical team arrived in New Binh Duong two days early, where they mapped roads, built hospitals, and leveled a meadow for liaison planes to land.
With the robbery of the Kolkata prison, the Allies found that the Japanese army came and went freely along the coast of India, and the possibility of landing could not be ruled out, so several excellent generals were needed to participate in a decision-making. That is, he was the first to consider a possible landing of the enemy when the Allied forces were still in chaos.
Chu Tingchang was eager to hurry to the Allied headquarters to report, he knew that the Americans had hoarded about two divisions of equipment in Calcutta, and they were going to equip the British army first, but the main force of the British army had been pulled out to the Middle East, and it seemed that it could only be given to the Chinese army, and his troops were currently located in the northernmost part, which seemed to be very unfavorable, and they had to get ahead of Sun Liren and Liao Yaoxiang and establish a little personal relationship with the American generals.
He analyzed the current situation of personnel struggle, Sun Liren's Virginia military academy background is not comparable to him, and the Americans must look up to him; But Liao Yaoxiang's background is average, and his record is mediocre, so at least he has to overwhelm him, and he needs to get some more things.
He asked Tao Mingzhang and Zhou Youfu to settle the troops, took the L4 liaison plane to Tingjiang, and then transferred a DC3 to Kolkata.
He was accompanied by an American officer, Colonel Jennings, the commander of the Engineer Corps, who was responsible for building the road to China, which would be known as the Stilwell Highway in the future, and which played a smaller role in China's resistance against the Japanese (than the Hump route) and more in the recovery of northern Burma.
Jennings was in good spirits and communicated with Chu Tingchang all the way, but he was not optimistic about the prospects of the mission, his unit was made up of blacks, and while training in the homeland, there was a clash between black soldiers and white officers, when the gendarmes arrived and shot more than 30 blacks indiscriminately. When this happened, the army judged that the troops were no longer reliable, and originally planned to disband the troops and reorganize them into a number of transport battalions, but the war was urgent, and they had to be sent to India to replace the British army. The colonel was worried that if he and the Japanese came in, he and the other white officers would be shot in the back for no apparent reason. Because Chu Tingchang can count the reputation of the meeting, the colonel is also a little suspicious, and asks him to calculate his fate.
Chu Tingchang asked the other party eight characters, the other party's four pillars can say three pillars, the time pillar is unknown (the time of birth), said that it was born in the year of Ren Yin, belonging to the tiger; He made some calculations, and then told the other party that although there were ups and downs in his life, his career was not smooth for 29 years, and his marriage broke down (he knew about it), but after middle age, everything went well, his children were filial, his neighbors were harmonious, and he would never encounter a rebellion from his subordinates. Of course, he looked back on history and couldn't remember the rebellion of the black regiment in World War II, so he said a few words of comfort.