Lin took the intercom and prepared to talk to 419 to see what they had observed. While waiting for the call, you can see that on the horizon in the direction of Pudong, there are continuous violent flashes, which is the scene of bombers dropping bombs horizontally, the explosions extend from south to north, a total of eight times, after about nine to ten seconds, the sound of this rolling explosion arrives, from the direction and distance to estimate that the bombing target is in the Nanhui or Fengxian area.

"Heilong, I found that there is an air force bombing the southeast of Pudong."

"Weasel, we overheard the air call, it was a bomber of the Eighth Brigade of the Kuomintang Air Force, taking off from the Taipingsi Airport in Sichuan, judging from the long plane call, the original target of the attack was Nanjing Daxiaochang Airport, the pilot mistake was a bit big, and the target was missed, the second target was the Japanese Third Fleet on the Huangpu River, but it came too late, I couldn't see the lights of the fleet, and I was afraid of throwing it into the concession, maybe I saw the light of the Japanese Navy's night exercise at Luchao Port, so I dropped the bomb."

"Sichuan takes off, can you fly here?"

"yes, we also wondered how it could be so magical. The footage captured by the drone shows a total of three Soviet-made DB3 bombers. Only one bomb was dropped from a height of 3500 meters, which deviated from the target at a significant distance. It is curious that there were 2 more planes that did not drop bombs. It cannot be ruled out that the bombs were deliberately dropped to lure the enemy fleet and the Hongkou Army to turn on the air defense searchlights before launching a second attack. ”

"The national army has such tactical literacy?"

"It's not just the national army, it's the Russian language. At least one of the planes had people from the Soviet Volunteer Air Force on board. ”

"The Germans have all occupied Minsk, and they haven't gone back yet?"

"You ask me? Where do I know where to go. ”

Chu Aiyun next to him seemed to know what was going on, and he was eager to answer, when he heard a shrill whistling sound outside the window, completely overshadowing the sound of the Japanese air defense siren.

"Damn, air strikes, all get down."

Lin Xiuxuan shouted, all the participants hurriedly lay on the ground, Chu Aiyun stood for 2 seconds in a huff, and the last one lay down, he was indeed a little angry, within a minute, he wanted to express his views twice, or show off his partial knowledge, but was interrupted by the bombing.

* landed near the Japanese berth along the river, very close to the shipyard, and the latest * shrapnel even flew over, crashing into a glass window on the east side of the dormitory.

Violent explosions came and went, but it seemed that they did not hit the warship. Of course, night air raids can avoid the threat of enemy fighters to the greatest extent, but the effect of bombing is also greatly reduced, and they are basically thrown at the shining place, probably really worried about blowing up the concession, and the landing point is much more northeast.

The anti-aircraft guns deployed by the Japanese on the ground suddenly began to fire, just like the Japanese air defense exercises that Lin Xiuxuan and Ma Qiang collided with a few days ago, their reaction speed was very fast, judging from the sound of the artillery, it was mainly some double-barreled or single-barreled 37-mm anti-aircraft guns.

Lin got up from the ground, leaned on the windowsill and looked up, and when the searchlight column swept across the sky, he could faintly see the planes several kilometers away, and he couldn't see whether it was the enemy's bomber reflection or his own drone. However, the Japanese lacked a good firing command instrument and a proximity fuse, and most of the anti-aircraft artillery shells could not keep up with the movement of the aircraft and were far away.

Lin took the opportunity to use his telescope to observe the Japanese headquarters in the direction of Disway Road, where all six anti-aircraft guns were firing happily, changing every 10 seconds*, and basically not accurate. He looked at his watch, the time was 4:30 a.m., and he was impressed by the speed of the enemy's reaction, but the weakness of the anti-aircraft fire.

The last scream fell *, happened to fall into the Yangshupu power plant 2 kilometers away from the Mahler shipyard, the moment of the explosion, about half of the Japanese searchlights went out instantly, Lin noticed that the searchlights of the Japanese headquarters were also extinguished, he silently counted 20, the power was restored, but the searchlights could no longer find the planes in the sky, it seems that the enemy base has some backup generators, and the reaction time is about 20 seconds.

The rumble of the air engine gradually faded to the north. The pale spots of searchlight of the Japanese, still streaking weakly across the sky, could not catch up. According to his calculations, the second bomb dropped about 12 to 16 bombs*, which in terms of power should have been less than 100 kilograms*. The tactical effect of this accidental bombing was basically negligible, basically not a single one*, thrown on the head of the enemy's warship, and perhaps killed some civilians, but it was a good opportunity to test the vigilance of the enemy army in Hongkou, Lin took the opportunity to grasp some information, at least he now knew that in the next operation, the speed of the enemy's reaction, absolutely careful.

"Comrade Chu Aiyun, do you remember the example of the national army's air raid on Shanghai in 41 years in history?"

"I don't remember anything like that, maybe the ripples caused by our intrusion have begun to expand? In addition, the DB3 has a range of nearly 4,000 kilometers, and does have the ability to take off from Sichuan and attack all Japanese-occupied areas at night. The last group of pilots of the Soviet Volunteer Air Corps left China in 1942 and basically had a seamless handover with the Flying Tigers. In short, God bless China, during the entire Anti-Japanese War, the Republic of China used the power of the great powers to always get the air superiority of the aircraft against the Japanese. ”

"Harnessing the power of the powers? The Republic of China is really evil. Shu Ping was unusual, and suddenly interjected a strange sentence.

"The timing of his bombing is wrong, it's dawn soon, and the enemy fighters are taking off now, and most of them can catch up with them."

At the same time, 419 also observed that three Japanese Navy Type 96 fighters on duty at Longhua Airport took off and chased in the general direction. The Japanese planes were not capable of fighting at night, and there was no radar guidance on the ground, but this month, it dawned early, and they still had a good chance of catching up with the slow bombers after sunrise. However, these bombers seem to be prepared and have at the moment split into three directions to escape.

This episode passed, fortunately, * did not fall in the factory, otherwise maybe the Japanese would have come to inspect it. Lin Xiuxuan handed over the attack plan to Lu Qingshan and reminded him to be lenient with the enemy.

He explained to Lu the main idea, but the time of the attack was not decided. In principle, Shu Ping's view is not unreasonable, impulsive and emotional, will not increase the success rate of things, on the contrary, it is easy to do bad things. Now, he can only ask 419 to lower the height of the drone first, and try to confirm that Ma Qiang is there when the wind is released at the army headquarters.

At 7 a.m., Lin observed that nearby Japanese expatriates and sailors got up early to fill the craters. He went out for a walk and felt the situation, and after a few hours, Wang's fake newspaper had already gone out and began to severely accuse Chongqing of sending planes to bomb civilian areas, and fabricating figures for hundreds of people killed without any statistics.

After 7 o'clock, the factory opened, Zhang Guangcai came to work listlessly, in the past, he would come to the factory 20 minutes in advance, but today he didn't, and he didn't ask about the absenteeism of Brother Ma or other workers, he pretended to be deaf and dumb, which really made Lin Xiuxuan very unaccustomed. So Boss Lin took the initiative to come out to say hello, and asked if the bulk carrier could be launched today, and got a very positive answer, since even the paint can be saved, the glass does not need to be installed, and the kitchen equipment is also free, in fact, when to launch is a very random thing.

Lin suddenly realized that until now, he had not even known the name of the ship's registration, and only when he asked Zhang Guang did he know that Mahler had given the ship a speed of 10 knots the name of the "Meteor", which was the name of one of his former racehorses.

If the Pacific Flying Shears flight had been on time, at this point, Mahler would have been somewhere on the Pacific route, maybe the Philippines, maybe Wake Island. In Lin's history, the shipyard was confiscated after liberation, and the legal dispute over its ownership dragged on until around the time of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, ending with symbolic compensation from the Chinese side. However, in the new history, there will be no more such controversy, because he has Mahler's transfer contract in his hands.

He looked out the window, and a painter was scribbling the name of the ship in white paint on a wooden board that had been lowered from the bow, and it looked like it would be finished in a few hours.

He and Zhang Guangcai put on hard hats, went out of the office together, and went on the boat for a visit.

This 1,000-ton ship, parked next to the nearly 4,000-ton Yubari destroyer on one side, looks very inconspicuous. In the evening, under the nose of the Japanese, he would drive the boat up the Shuojiang River to Takahashi, 10 kilometers away. The draft of this ship is not deep, but it is full of fuel, and it is still unable to pass through the small river on the south side of Shanghai, so it must go out of Wusongkou to bypass the East China Sea, and then enter Hangzhou Bay to find 419. According to Zhang Guangcai, there is an inspection fleet of Wang's puppet government outside Wusongkou, which may cause trouble, which is also a problem that has not been considered before, but it does not seem to be serious, and it is a big deal to lure Wang's puppet sailors to the ship to kill them, and the enemy will think that it is the action of guerrillas on the islands near Zhoushan.