"Really? Americans are so generous? ”

"Of course it's true, there will be Sherman tanks in the future, which are much stronger than those Japanese tanks."

"Better than Soviet tanks?"

"Of course, stronger than all German tanks."

Watching Zhou Youfu leave happily, Chu Aiyun rubbed his eyes. Walk towards Major Cruise.

"Stop acting, let's go, the Japanese are not far away."

"You're just acting. This is a documentary, do you understand the documentary? Major Brooke retorted.

"Yes, I've seen this thing grow since I was a child."

The soldiers stuffed the poorly trained tank hull with them that they couldn't take away, and then ran away with the fuse. With a few bangs, a couple of tanks were blown up, although there were no parts that could not be repaired, and how could it not be cheaper for the Japanese. They would retreat towards Ringanqiang, where the remnants of the British army would organize defenses and hold the land and sea routes back to India, while on the eastern front, several large armies of the Chinese army had basically arrived, but due to the Japanese occupation of Rangoon, the logistical problems were solved at once, and the generals of the national army were not very willing to fight until the intelligence units received information about the enemy.

As a result, the Nationalist army retreated from the confrontation area and leveled the battle line with the British army to prevent the Japanese from outflanking them.

On the map of the Joint Staff, the battle line was maintained on the line from humble to Donghu, of course, this was only the battle line drawn by the Allies themselves on the map, and the next step was to see whether this front could withstand the test of the Japanese army. Judging from the lessons of the previous battles, it was impossible to stop the Japanese army by the defensive line, and their powerful army could attack at any time, break through one of them, and collapse it. The key to offensive defense is whether there can be a strong mobile force on standby on the second line to thwart the second step of the Japanese army's weak mobility.

Du Yuming had already seen this, and he began to use the plan of the battle with Gu as a bait to ask Stilwell for military aid, and he made a long list of everything from artillery, tanks, ammunition to trucks. The United States promised to airlift some of the arms landed in India to Mandalay to supply the expeditionary force. In his report to the president, Stilwell confessed that the Chinese army was the only one that had mastered the skills of fighting the Japanese army, and that arming the Chinese army was far more valuable than arming the Indian army that the British had conquered from India. But Churchill, with his clever words, convinced Roosevelt that Indian soldiers were better suited to the battlefields of South Asia, or at least they were not afraid of malaria.

Both sides boasted of their own victory in the battle that had just passed, and when the artillery fire on the front line had not yet subsided, the propaganda departments of both sides rolled up their sleeves and went on the field, and the Japanese side organized a large-scale military parade conducted by Indian soldiers who surrendered to Chengcheng. In the queue, even more than a dozen British tanks were driven. Dressed in military uniform, Bose stood side by side with the Japanese generals and inspected his ranks. The puppet regimes in Manchuria and Nanjing in Thailand both sent congratulatory telegrams to congratulate the victory; On the part of the allies, it can only be emphasized that General Alexander once again performed a miracle and saved the flame of victory. Iida was advised by the base camp to set his sights on Lashio. It took several years for the Southern Agency to detect a secret passage deep into the Shan Mountains, a total length of 150 kilometers from Mochi to Mumai, which, if successful, could penetrate deep into the eastern flank of the Chinese army and cut off its retreat. This coincides with his original vision. He now has a 56th Division that has just come ashore and has just set a record for marching on foot in the Philippines, just in time for such a plan.

The sea off Yingkou. Cheng Dayang raised the periscope to observe.

In the command module, everyone paid attention to the image on the frequency screen, which changed as the electronic mast turned. Coming to this place makes them feel like they are at home, and the place where this submarine was made is right in the west of Huludao. But everything was like a world away, and the brightly lit harbor was gone, leaving only the dilapidated harbor and a few Japanese warships.

Kyushu Maru anchored at Yingkou, where it waited for the Kwantung Army's hoarded ammunition to be loaded and unloaded. Judging from the tracker, the warhead is still steadily transmitting signals, indicating that it is somewhere on the ship. The Japanese should not have had time to unload it on their home soil for research; From one point of view, it also shows that they really don't understand what it is and don't know its importance.

Judging from the situation detected by the drone, there is loading and unloading equipment in the port, which can completely lift the nuclear bomb, but it is almost impossible to send two people ashore to steal the nuclear bomb. It is still unknown whether the ship will go to the mainland to unload the warhead after leaving port, and there have been some changes in the movement of Japanese troops. But there is no other option but to implement the second option. Once the ship is filled with Japanese troops, then even the second option will not be implemented.

Radar detection of 419 showed that there were Japanese patrol ships on duty in the harbor, but the cycle was very long, and the defense would naturally be negligent in such a long-term operation. Considering that Shuping was not trained in diving, the plan was to approach in an inflatable boat, which also helped him bring some equipment.

The scheduled time was the second half of the night, when the crew on duty on the ship should have been very sleepy and very conducive to movement. As for how to climb the ship, Shu Ping couldn't climb up from the freeboard deck, so he could only take the gangway or soft ladder laid by the enemy, in short, Lu Qingshan had to go up first.

At 11 o'clock, a Japanese Zhanshou-class patrol ship slowly sailed along the coast, looking at the track in the direction of Dalian, according to the circular route of the patrol ship detected earlier, it had to take four hours in a circle, enough for small groups to act.

The 419 submarine sailed less than 400 meters from the Kyushu Maru and quietly surfaced the sail cover. Lu Qingshan wore a diving suit and jumped into the water to swim over there. A few minutes later, he was in the stern. Grabbed the rope of the mooring boat under the stern and quietly climbed up.

Only the wheelhouse was lit with lights on, and no other posts on the ship were observed, after all, it was a ship requisitioned by a civilian company, and it was normal for the guards to be lax, but 200 meters behind him, a Japanese destroyer parked was a nuisance, because several searchlights on it were constantly turning.

He jumped into the side of the ship with ease, quickly crouched down, and when the searchlight behind him arrived, he brushed his scalp past. He calculated, searchlight cycle, Shu Ping would not have time to get on the ship in any way, so he had to come up from the place of the bow anchor chain, where there was a dead end, but if Shu Ping was clumsy, he might be seen by the people in the cockpit. So he went to the front cockpit first and dealt with the Japanese there. He crept to the cockpit door, and heard a commotion inside, and it turned out that a first mate on duty was listening to the radio.

When he reached the hatch and looked carefully, only one of the crew members on duty had his back to him, and the radio was playing a song by an unknown female singer. He glanced at the watch at the door, which he had been on until 8 a.m. He tilted his head and asked 419 for help.

The drone, which remained in the air all the time, sent a slight disturbance to the ship. The intercom on the bridge rang suddenly.

"Port Authority lookout, see signs of fire in the port. Request confirmation. Complete. ”

"I'm Kyushu Maru, I'll go and take a look." The first officer on duty grabbed the simplex communication equipment and said.

Immediately, the fat guy got up and went out to watch with a telescope, Lu Qingshan quietly got in and dripped a few drops of liquid in his teacup, of course he would not die, but he would soon fall asleep.

The guy came back swearing, grabbing the intercom.

"No open flames were seen. There must be a mistake. ”

After sitting down, the first mate took a sip of the cup, Lu Qingshan looked at his watch, and he was ready to act in a few minutes.

Sure enough, after 3 minutes, the snoring gradually started, and he walked into the utility room behind the cockpit, the standard equipment on the ship, there must be something he wanted. In a few moments he came out with a bundle of rope ladders. Putting the rope ladder aside, he walked around the boat by himself. He carried night vision devices and could see the target in advance, but did not detect other officers on duty on the ship.

The boatswain's dinghy had reached the bottom of the Kyushu Maru, which was in the blind spot of the searchlights on the Japanese shore and on the destroyers. Throwing down the rope ladder above, Shu Ping carried a large bag, grabbed the ladder hard, and slowly climbed up.

At the same time, the Tokyo Army General Staff was brightly lit, and a new general war strategy was being drawn up all night long, and all the recruits were asked to begin assembling reservists. In order for Tojo to expand his army several times, he had to keep up with the production of various munitions.

In the conference room, a group of arrogant and domineering military leaders were excitedly discussing the division of the world. New Guinea and Burma, let alone India and Australia, were not the focus of the staff's original plan, but unlike in the past, the poor performance of the Allies greatly stimulated the appetite of the military and even the civilian population. They are now beginning to discuss India and Australia with ferventness, and of course there is no lack of credit for Asano and Masanobu Tsuji's persuasion.

"The latest view of the General Staff is that the combat effectiveness of the British and US forces is far lower than we imagined, and if we do not occupy more places at this time, we will definitely regret it later." The old god Tojo said on the ground, "As for assuring Your Majesty last year that after the victory in Nanyang, the army will be reduced, I will explain it to Your Majesty again." ”

"In New Guinea, the Australian soldiers have shown some fighting power." Chief of Staff Sugiyama said

"The descendants of prisoners and coolies are naturally more barbaric. So we must not give them a chance to be armed, and I looked at the next phase of the General Staff Operational Guidelines, and I think it's good that young people can think long-term. We, old men, should also dare to think and dare to do it. ”

"Hmm." The bottom one nodded his head. There was no objection at all.

"In India, you can still rely on strategy, but you are not in a hurry. But Australia must not delay, because it is all white and naturally hostile to us. Tojo feigned composure.

"Thirteen divisions have laid down 4.5 million square kilometers of land, if there are more men and horses, what is there that cannot be defeated," Tsukada Teng, who had just returned from a survey in China, interjected, "I suggest that some troops be transferred from China to immediately launch an attack on Australia, and then fill the gap in the Chinese battlefield with reserve forces." As for the Soviet Union, there is no need to worry too much, although it escaped the catastrophe by winter, the Germans will soon launch a spring offensive to deal a devastating blow. ”

"Yes, I would like to draw four or five more divisions from China and Manchuria and the mainland into the fight in New Guinea. The 1st Division was also transferred, and they were allowed to atone for their crimes. ”

In a nod of approval, Tojo's idea, which was actually also Masanobu Tsuji's idea, was easily approved. With Tojo's current prestige, I am afraid that no one dares to challenge the ideas he proposed, not to mention that the people have already been jubilant, and after the people found out that Britain and the United States were originally paper tigers, the only voice of criticism was that it was too late to start a war.