But the man in the turret didn't mean to fire, he just took out a flashlight and signaled himself. He knew that the other party had something to say, maybe he wanted to scold himself with Morse code? He kept watching while turning on the station.

"I'm a panda, call the old man. I'm a panda. ”

The panda was the call sign of the 2nd Squadron of the Aviation Volunteer Corps, and he called it several times, and the radio rattled, and then finally there was an echo.

“…… This is the command. ”

"There is a large Japanese plane flying towards you, about 900 kilometers from Kunming. I guess it's a Type 97 seaplane...... But somewhat strangely, it had a broken rear machine-gun tower and a body full of bullet holes. All I saw was a guy with a bandage on his head maneuvering the plane, and another member of the crew who kept signaling me for help. ”

"Are you sure you read that wrong?"

"I can swear by my ex-wife's reputation that he's signaling to me, maybe to surrender to me? They seem willing to fly with me? I can take it to Kunming Lake. ”

"You can't let the plane get close to Kunming, that would let too many people see it, it's a strange thing, maybe it needs to be kept secret. You take them to a place where there are fewer people...... Well, go to Erhai and land, you can find it on the map. I called Chongqing and asked them to transfer local troops to block the scene. ”

"Claire, what is the clause in our contract about the capture of enemy aircraft?"

"There is no such clause. If the enemy is willing to surrender, the Chongqing government will reward them, not you. Still, if this plane lands safely, I can consider rewarding you with a case of beer. ”

"That is, in any other case, except for shooting down, there will be no 500 dollars?"

"Yes, if you knock it down, that's within the bonus range."

"Okay. Son of a bitch contract. ”

The captain hated that he had come to China because he had lost a divorce lawsuit and was in debt, and that he would probably need to shoot down 20 Japanese planes to settle the matter. Of course, not everyone in the volunteer air corps harbors the same vulgar purposes as themselves.

Over there, Chu Aiyun was still repeatedly signaling, the captain was not good at Morse code, but he still read some meanings, one of the words was "lake", obviously the two Japanese who stole the plane, planning to find a piece of water to land.

The captain gave Chu Aiyun a thumbs up, and then made a gesture to follow him. He already had a plan in his belly, and since the old man was so stingy, he couldn't be blamed for doing it himself. He makes a tumble and then goes southwest. Fuck Erhai Lake, he plans to fly directly to Kunming Lake.

Chu Aiyun was lucky again, Captain Boynton knew the deployment of anti-aircraft guns on the ground, and he took this seaplane with him and circled the lake from the west, so as not to let the nervous guys on the ground beat him up and let his beer go to waste.

The co-captain ran to the cockpit to help Ouyang Shou control the plane. Since takeoff, Ouyang Shou has held out for 6 hours, and for a person who has been shot, he has reached the limit of his physical strength.

"These must be foreigners invited by the chairman to help in the war, look at that fancy fighter, it must be stronger than the Japanese Zero."

Ouyang Shou became excited.

"Really?"

The deputy captain pretended to know nothing, he hoped to arouse Ouyang Shou's emotions and make him forget the pain somewhat.

"Do you know how powerful these P40s are? They use Allison's liquid-cooled engines, which are certainly faster than the Zero. The firepower was also strong, with large-caliber machine guns. ”

"I hope so."

Chu Aiyun replied ambiguously, of course he knew that P40 was not better, and it might not be stronger than Zero.

"You don't know how to fly, and it's useless to tell you. These planes were much stronger than those of the Soviet Union. ”

"Well, it's much stronger."

Chu Aiyun was not as emotional as Ouyang Shou, and he learned not long ago through an intercepted Japanese telegram that the Japanese had planned to intercept a cargo ship carrying planes and personnel from the United States to Yangon, Burma. To this end, the United States sent three heavy cruisers to escort the escort, and to some extent, the appearance of the volunteer air force was a prelude to the political showdown between Japan and the United States. It's just that he didn't expect that these planes would appear in the skies over China so soon.

"The Americans also promised us B25 bombers. Originally, after this mission, the team leader and I would go to Myanmar for training, but unfortunately...... By the way, how did you just establish communication with this plane? ”

"Morse code?"

"Hehe, I don't see how much you're going to do. It seems to be providential. ”

"Why providence?"

"I originally thought that there were no more than 20 people in the entire Loyal National Salvation Army who knew Morse code, but as far as I know, only about a dozen people went to the Loyal Salvation Army in the radio training class in Guangde. I didn't expect you to know how to do this craft. ”

"Big brother, I think we're about to enter Yunnan."

Chu Aiyun diverted the topic, he made up his own identity, and was able to find rationality for these strange skills hidden in the depths.

"Yes, Yunnan is too high, eventful and mountainous, and there are not many freshwater lakes, so I hope to find it before the fuel runs out."

From time to time, the P40 dangled in front of them, sometimes rolling, sometimes flying upside down, feeling that the Americans in the plane were idle and had some ADHD. His route was first south, then westward. Ouyang Shou would never have thought that he would finally need a foreigner who had just arrived in China for a few days to lead the way, and of course he would not know that it was an ace pilot who would dominate the Pacific Ocean in the future who would lead the way. Of course, all of this is thanks to the co-pilot seat, and without the huge chaos he stirred up, nothing would have happened in front of him, including the shot in the foot.

After a long flight, I finally saw a wave of light in front of me. The P40 climbed onto the seaplane in a somersault at 6 o'clock, preparing for the Japanese plane to give him a shot if it suddenly turned to the city of Kunming to drop a bomb (the only option was to hit one side of the engine)

Ouyang Shou lowered his altitude and began to slow down. He had never flown a seaplane before, but landing on such a vast stretch of water didn't seem too difficult. He controlled the attitude of the plane, flattened it as much as possible, closed the throttle and lowered the flaps, and the altitude dropped a little fast, but after all, he was not trained and did not know the correct number, maybe this is how the seaplane landed? He thought it would be better to hit the water with his belly than to hit it on hard ground.

The plane fell sharply, fell heavily into the water, then bounced up, and fell again. Chu Aiyun forgot to fasten his seat belt, and was suddenly bumped into the dashboard with his head. He felt that after the third fall, the plane tilted to one side, as if it had the possibility of flipping, but the overturning trend immediately stopped, and tilted hard to the other side, and the squeaking sound of the left wing could be heard, as if it was about to break, which was undoubtedly the pontoon under one wing resisted the huge inertia. Ouyang Shou's landing was obviously not too successful, and his poor control appeared in every direction. Thankfully, the plane is no longer bouncing on the water, but the speed has not yet been able to come down.

Ouyang Shou hurriedly turned off one side of the engine, he originally only planned to reduce the throttle to maintain the ability to drive on the water, but he made a mistake in the busyness, the plane began to spin on the water, sliding on the water with a huge slope, he quickly turned off the engine on the other side, and did not let one side of the wing disintegrate. Fortunately, they landed on the largest freshwater lake in Yunnan, and the place was too small for him to toss. Eventually they almost stopped in the middle of the lake.

Tokyo, the Imperial Palace of Japan.

The Guards Division stood at the gate of the palace on both sides. I saw one after another luxury cars rushing in from the door.

The average person can see the license plates on the back of these Rolls-Royce or Mercedes cars from a distance, which are usually very small numbers. The Navy license plates with the iron anchor painted are 001 and 002, which means that the Minister of the Navy and the Minister of Military Orders are seated in the car. Behind the white five-star are 002 and 003, which are the cars of the Minister of War and the Chief of the General Staff. Even those who lack common sense about politics can guess that when so many big people enter the palace, there will inevitably be an imperial meeting, but no one knows that this meeting will decide the fate of Japan.

In the past, the Imperial Council was just a formality, in which the ministers and military leaders sat respectfully and read the agreements reached at the previous five-minister meeting or the base camp liaison meeting in front of the emperor, and the emperor himself probably did not say a word. But today the situation was different, and the Konoe Cabinet was completely caught off guard by the influx of U.S. sanctions and the Atlantic Charter for more than a month.

The Cabinet was unable to reach a consensus on how to deal with these serious incidents, which means that they brought these difficult problems directly to the Imperial Council. Wait for the final "holy break".

The bigwigs waited in the lounge, killing the last of their time, and they gathered in twos and threes, and exchanged a few words of greeting from time to time. Most of the people looked uneasy, and it was unreasonable to blame the emperor for the problem, which also indicated that the Third Konoe Cabinet had disintegrated.

Konoe Fumi, who has a beard of Ren Dan, sits alone and smokes a cigarette, seemingly isolated. His private secretary had just been taken away by the Special High School, which had found a large number of left-wing books, codebooks, and radio stations that had been transferred to specific channels in Weiqi's residence, waiting to receive Soviet radio, but had not yet found a transmitter, indicating that there was another line. Someone will seize this opportunity and continue to chase and fight, but it is not entirely a bad thing for the guard, and this troubled water does not want to continue to flow, since the Chinese incident, he has been dealing with the trouble that the War Department has given him, but the trouble that the War Department will cause this time is no longer something he can handle.

War Minister Hideki Tojo, who wore black-rimmed glasses and looked particularly excited, walked around the lounge, occasionally raising his voice to talk about his views.

"The freezing of Japanese assets is the most obvious declaration of war, but it is not signed on paper. If they do not resist, Britain and the United States will have to move forward and strangle Japan step by step, and those who do not recognize this will not be able to lead Japan out of the current predicament. ”

Konoe noticed that the counterbalancing forces had disappeared, as the Minister of the Navy, Kazukawa, and the Minister of Military Command, Nagano, kept nodding their heads in agreement.

"What His Excellency the Minister of War said is very true, but our navy pays more attention to oil, the navy needs to consume 500 tons of oil every day, and our oil reserves can only last for a year. Unless all the transfer and training of ships is stopped immediately, and the construction of new ships is stopped. I think that's exactly what Britain and the United States want to achieve. ”