In the end, this arduous war between China and Japan will take 3 years and 8 months, but this is history; What will be the variables caused by sinking the Dragon's Horn? It is possible that the Japanese base camp will re-examine the plan to move south or even attack Pearl Harbor, which will not only have unpredictable consequences for the situation on this side of the Pacific, but will even drag down the distant European theater. At this moment, the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are still in isolationist slumber; China, the Soviet Union, and Britain are suffering a series of major defeats, and there is no hope of victory at all. Perhaps the most reasonable option is to wait five months for Japan* to fall at Pearl Harbor after five months. Presumably, Ryuichi Sato crossed over desperately, and it was precisely to use the information of the Daqing Oilfield to prevent the occurrence of this sneak attack.

"Director Lin, maybe you have a point this time, but we still have to face many challenges in the future, and if you keep interfering with my command, I'm afraid it will be difficult to cooperate."

"On this point, in fact, the commander specifically mentioned the authority between you and me, when setting sail, this order is under the special control of the political commissar, and it must wait until this situation to be unsealed by the three of you and my political commissar together."

"Yes, there is indeed an order, and with me, I will go and take it."

As soon as political commissar Pan Chunhua was reminded, he immediately remembered that when he was offshore, the headquarters did deliver an order specifying that when contact was lost and the situation was serious, three people needed to be present at the same time to open the seal. He immediately turned to leave, and after a while, he really took a copy of the official document of the headquarters. When Cheng Dayang took the envelope, he suddenly had an ominous premonition, he glanced at Lin Xiuxuan, who was confident, he seemed to know the content of the order.

The captain slowly opened the envelope, and then read silently as ordered:

All the chief officers of the Project 419 nuclear submarine. You dismantle this order to indicate that the submarine has fallen into extreme danger and has lost contact with the command. Lieutenant Colonel Cheng Dayang, the military commander, Lieutenant Colonel Pan Chunhua, the political officer, and Colonel Lin Xiuxuan of the Intelligence Department, were specially appointed by the headquarters to form a temporary command group.

Cheng Dayang glanced at the commander of the fleet below and the political commissar of the big seal, and breathed a sigh of relief, this restriction measure is obviously to restrict Lin Xiuxuan, who has a higher military rank, and he will definitely not suffer, because the political commissar will definitely be on his side.

"Very good, since there is an order from the superior, I will do what I order. Then you might as well talk about the next step, and the political commissar and I might as well participate in the discussion. ”

"First of all, I want to ask, how long can we keep our fuel?"

"The voyage is just a small head, and the power consumed by the cooling pump cannot be interrupted, and the preliminary estimate is that it can last 20 days in the case of docking. So it must be replenished as soon as possible. If we need to restart the nuclear reactor, the diesel generators are not enough power, probably another 1.5 megawatts of electricity, so it is better to have external generators, otherwise it will be very risky to do it reluctantly. ”

"What about the rest of the losses?"

"The pipes, electrical parts need to be repaired, the fused cables need to be replaced, and there is * launch control," Cheng Dayang took off his hat and wiped his sweat, and his head was big when he talked about the fault, "All these parts that need to be repaired are being evaluated, we have some self-repair capabilities on the boat, but there will definitely be parts that cannot be solved, and it is best to have a high-precision lathe." ”

"Then we'll have to go here first." Lin Xiuxuan walked to the track self-plotter and pointed to a place near the Chinese coastline.

"To Shanghai?"

"Yes, if you have enough fuel, you can go to Hong Kong, but that doesn't work now. If you want to get diesel and generators nearby, you can only go there. ”

"Director Lin, have you figured out the situation? It was July 1941, and it was a Japanese-occupied area. ”

"Yes, it is indeed a Japanese-occupied area, but at the moment, all the coastal areas have fallen to the enemy, only the concession of Shanghai still has five months of isolated island period, and there are a number of modern factories on the banks of the Huangpu River, which are very suitable for us to find fuel and all kinds of professional equipment."

"Enter the Huangpu River from Wusongkou? It was too dangerous, the channel was too narrow, and we couldn't dive. Cheng Dayang shook his head again and again.

"Do you still want to drive along the Bund to the gate of the International Foreign Company?" Lin Xiuxuan let out a long laugh, "Of course we can't go like this, let's go to Hangzhou Bay first, where the bay has a wider opening and a larger water depth, and there are several uninhabited islands in the bay, which can be temporarily used for us to hide." At the same time, the coasts of Jinshan and Fengxian are not far from the downtown area of Shanghai, and the inland rivers can not only drive flat-bottomed boats, but also avoid enemy patrol boats on the sea, which is beneficial for us to transport back the necessary fuel and relatively large equipment from Shanghai. ”

Lin Xiuxuan's thinking was obviously more far-reaching than Cheng Dayang, and what he said was actually very organized.

"Are you sure you can buy diesel?"

"Let's try it, the branches of major oil companies in Europe and the United States in the Far East are basically in Shanghai, and I think there is a good opportunity. I planned to take advantage of the night to dock the boat next to the uninhabited island in Hangzhou Bay for proper camouflage, and then I personally took one or two people to land from Jinshanwei in a small boat, where there were dozens of miles of reeds to hide the rubber boat. And then...... After reconnoitring and confirming the route, he passed through the area controlled by the Japanese puppet and entered the concession. ”

Lin Xiuxuan's plan can be described as whimsical, he actually wants to hide the damaged submarine under the nose of the Japanese, of course, this is also a helpless move, the current situation of No. 419, if it hides in the area east of Shengsi, too far away from Shanghai, fuel supply is bound to be very difficult.

"It's really a stupid plan full of loopholes," Cheng Dayang shook his head with a wry smile, "but it doesn't seem to have a choice." ”

"You see, Tanhu Island in the middle of the bay is far away from the north and south coasts of Hangzhou Bay on both sides, and it is the most suitable for us to stop temporarily. According to the hydrographic survey records of 1960, the water depth is very large, and it should be possible to dock submarines, and even dive up and down to periscope depth on the edge of the island. ”

"What if someone sees it?"

"We can set up a lookout post on the commanding heights of the island as a guard, and the rest will not be so much. The typhoon season is coming soon, and I don't think the fishermen who operate the unpowered fishing boats will go too far out to sea this year, and even if they are really seen by the fishermen, they will not worry, they will mistake us for Japanese and hide far away so as not to report the Japanese. ”

"Even if you can hide the submarine, but the coast of Shanghai, there are Japanese eyeliner everywhere, and when they see that you are dressed strangely, they will arrest you to the gendarmerie or the special high-tech or something."

"I don't think it's that serious, the Japanese army is preparing for the Pacific War, and their strength in these so-called "security areas" in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is shrinking, and these areas should mainly rely on the local armor protection forces of Wang Puppet, as well as the maintenance of the local ruffians and hooligans, and will not be very tight; As for the accent, I'm from Shanghai, I've investigated the origins of the members on your boat, and Boatswain Lu Dacheng is a native of Jinshan, so you can let him go with me, so that the language problem can be solved. ”

Lin Xiuxuan really came prepared, and even investigated these details.

"What about the documents in the Japanese Counterfeit Zone? Good citizen certificate, household registration book or something, you won't also prepare it, right? ”

"Of course I don't have this, I can only act on the opportunity. If I can get one, my equipment on the submarine will be able to be faked. ”

"But we don't have the money, how can we buy fuel?" The political commissar on the side suddenly remembered something important.

"I want to ...... Can you go to the turbine and dismantle some precious metals? Lin Xiuxuan seems to know everything about the crew, and he also knows very well where to find valuable things, and there are indeed some areas in the engine room that need to be absolutely corrosion-resistant, using gold parts.

"What are you kidding, don't even think about it." Cheng Dayang immediately vetoed Lin Xiuxuan's proposal.

"Okay, then I'll go ashore and figure it out myself."

"Report, the enemy aircraft carrier passed on the port side of me, at a distance of 27 km."

While they were pondering, the watchman reported the latest movements of the aircraft carrier. The three of them immediately turned their heads to look at the monitor, and sure enough, they saw a vague glowing silhouette driving southeast at high speed. A bright spot in the air slowly moves closer to it from behind, and then merges into one.

"Sure enough, night take-off and landing training is being carried out, and it seems that preparations for war have not been relaxed." The commissar said.

"Or just a feint, hoping to let the American and British spies on the coast see its shadow, do you think, why is the "Longxiang" so close to the coast of Zhoushan? Lin Xiuxuan said, "As far as I know, this small aircraft carrier does not have much combat value, but it often performs such a deceptive mission." ”

"Director Lin, I hope that one day we will not regret our decision today. This kind of thing of letting the tiger return to the mountain always has to leave trouble. ”

"In less than two years, it will be sent to the bottom of the sea by the US military*, so why rush? Now you sink him in the sea off Zhoushan, they are pouring out of the nest, how can we gain a foothold in Hangzhou Bay. ”

"Hehe, it's just that you have a lot of crooked reasoning. You remember, if the war hadn't broken out on December 7, I wouldn't have been so constrained, and I would have had to ...... the combined fleet of the dog day along with the Japanese ports."

"Then you'll have to fix your *shot control system first, won't you?"

"I know this, and I need you to remind me!" Cheng Dayang was very dissatisfied with Lin Xiuxuan's constant mention of this stubble; Of course, he knew that the first ten launch canisters of No. 419 with strategic * could not be opened, and only No. 11 and No. 12 launchers could be used, but those were only two small satellites that had value in the context of nuclear war, and at present, No. 419 could only maintain about 5% of its original combat effectiveness, and it was impossible to challenge the Japanese Navy.