653 Attack on Sittwe Harbor
Lin Xiuxuan sat in the rubber boat, unable to pay attention to the retreat, and his thoughts kept returning to the endless loop of whether it was possible for Lu Qingshan to escape. At this moment, the second drone flew into the air to take over, and the first drone that ran out of fuel also needed to return to Bohai Bay before dawn to complete the recovery. In this way, 419 only needs to stretch out an electronic mast on the surface of the sea to see the situation in this area during the day, of course, there is no real countermeasure ability. After the loss of one member of the earth-shaking turmoil in and out of Tianjin, it is indeed necessary to withdraw all the people first and assess the situation.
Lin Xiuxuan and the three of them still did not get out of danger in the end, because they had wasted too much time waiting for Lu Qingshan to return, and now they had to race against time to enter the Bohai Sea before the sun came out, you must know that the Haihe River and Tanggu Port are the places where the heavy Japanese troops are located, although there are no naval combat ships, but there are many army patrol ships, and there are still great uncertainties whether they can evacuate.
The boatswain was forced to use night vision devices and rampage through narrow, unclear waterways, like a racing boat. Normally, he avoids driving too fast to make too much noise to alarm the people around him or to run aground on the beach. Fortunately, it is now September, which is still at the end of the flood season of the northern rivers, and the water level is high, so he can drive a little bolder.
Thirty minutes before sunrise, they passed through the military grain city and entered the main channel of the Haihe River. The high-altitude vision of the drone can be seen that the Japanese motorboat in front of it turned on its searchlights and formed an interception network. I don't know why the enemy reacted so quickly, this is definitely unusual, the only possibility is that Kagesa Zhenzhao is in command. Having experienced the battle last July when the last members of the task force retreated, Kagesa knew that the task force would run into the sea with the help of a rural river, where the country river was so large that it had to be stopped. If another officer were to be replaced, he would concentrate his forces to the west and block the river to Baiyangdian, and he would never think of the sea.
"Team leader, there are enemy ships in front of you."
Qin Xiaosu shook Lin Xiuxuan, who was still in a daze. Lin Xiuxuan turned around at this time, Qin Xiaosu stuffed a monitor into his hand, and he could see that in the field of vision of the drone, the enemy motorboat was converging around the two large patrol boats, and only the soldiers on the motorboat had flashlights, but on those two large ships, there were searchlights with 360° rotation.
"Damn, it must be the old dog day commander of Shadow Zuo." Lin immediately came to the judgment that these boats were not scattered throughout the river and sea to patrol, but gathered together to form an interception net, and in any case, the net would be broken today.
Lin Xiuxuan knew very well that there was no longer any cover between him and Shadow Zuo Zhenzhao, this was the most intuitive information that Lu Qingshan got from interrogating Asano just now, Shadow Zuo may not have convinced other Japanese commanders, but he already knew the existence of 419 and the way 419 acted, since this is the case, then fight it.
Lin Xiuxuan leaned on the bow of the boat and set up an anti-materiel gun. Soon you can see the swaying pillar of light in front of you. When the beam of light rotates, it interferes with the night vision device. He simply pushed the night vision device away and aimed directly at the cluster of light. He motioned to the boatswain to slow down the ship and reduce the undulations. He shot at the ship as it was in the waves, surging to a high point, and one shot hit the searchlight. Then he turned to the nearby devil motorboat, and with a few clean shots, he knocked out three of them. Their rubber boats were able to escape through the gap in the enemy's blockade line and enter the Bohai Bay in one go.
After the 419 recovered the drone, it had traveled to a place where the coastline could almost be seen, to briefly the distance traveled by the group. This is a dangerous step for Cheng Dayang. If he doesn't have time to dive at sunrise, it's not just the special team that will be exposed, but the devil on the shore can also see the submarine, but he will have to take a risk.
Qin Xiaosu was in charge of navigation, constantly reminding the boatswain to turn to avoid the track of the patrol ships in the enemy's harbor, and at the same time approaching 419 with the shortest course when they rushed to the side of 419. The horizon has been exposed to the white belly of the fish. The deck team was prepared and immediately began the recovery of the dinghy and the equipment crew.
After everyone entered the submarine, Cheng Dayang gave the order to dive urgently. When the sun jumps out of the sea level, only the periscope is left on the surface of the sea. In the end, even the periscope was gone.
In the middle of the gendarmerie on Duolun Road in Tianjin, Ying Zuo Zhenzhao had been waiting for the news of the Haihe River blockade of the boats, although he did not have any hope of blocking the group, but he hoped to create some more trouble for them in this round of struggle. He had already guessed what the approximate outcome would be if he intercepted him, and sure enough, the phone called, the searchlight of the patrol gunboat was broken, and only a few sounds were heard on the scene, like a small cannon.
One of the senior officers on the patrol boat happened to have operated a 20-mm anti-tank gun in the Kwantung Army, so he could accurately distinguish the muffled sound from the sound of a 10-13 mm machine gun firing.
Apparently the interception failed again, Kagesa sat down on the chair, thinking back to every link in his fishing plan, he knew that he was taking a wrong step and being passive step by step, but he didn't know where he made the first mistake?
Maybe something went wrong with Makino's assumptions, he thought? Judging from the current situation, their opponents, not just Makino's assumptions, know almost everything by eavesdropping on the radio to understand their actions, and seize the opportunity everywhere. To put it simply, it's like glasses in the sky.
Kagezo suddenly woke up, could it be that they had a heavenly reconnaissance method? Makino once said that a lot of unmanned weapons will be invested in future wars, including the use of unmanned aircraft, but Makino also denied the possibility that the enemy may carry drones, and he said that submarines will not carry drones.
But if they just rely on eavesdropping on the radio, how can they follow so closely so closely?
Another suspicion is that the * that exploded next to Kawashima, the surviving gendarmerie personnel said that a leather bag thrown by Lin Jiu detonated it, but people who saw the explosion site said that the * may have been 100 kilograms. The drone threw * at the armored car, avoiding blowing up a crater in the ground that could be judged in yield, however, the explosion still overturned several cars in the vicinity, which a few kilograms * could not do.
Someone knocked on the door, interrupting his train of thought, and he walked over and opened the door.
With a bandage on his face, Kawashima, who was in a wheelchair, was pushed in, Kawashima was not killed, but he was blinded in one eye and broke a leg by the explosion, and he was still playing morphine, and he also had to smoke a lot of cigarettes to relieve pain. She waved her hand and pushed her soldier back outside.
"Kawashima-kun, you're here."
"yes, I heard that His Excellency Asano died?"
"Before it was determined, a body was found at the scene, and the head bullet was unrecognizable. I asked Yoshikawa-kun to confirm, you know that Asano has a very naïve tattoo that can confirm the identity. ”
"Do you think there's a chance he'll survive?"
"Is this it?" Kagezo paused and smiled wryly, "I don't think so. That guy won't miss. Actually, today I was fortunate enough to see one of them with my own eyes, and it was in the firelight......"
"Oh? What does he look like? Kawashima's only eye sparkled, showing curiosity.
"He was dressed like sharkskin, dressed in a very compact outfit, with a short* in his hand, and the sound of the gun firing was much quieter than the silence* of the Stern* we had captured, and he had a strange telescope on his head. That's what I saw in full, I didn't shoot at him...... I'll admit I was a little timid. But I could see his face clearly, it wasn't Ma Qiang or Lin Jiu. There was a peculiar look on his face at the time - confident, excited, and cruel. Kagesa said, shaking his head vigorously, trying to shake the terrifying image out of his brain.
"I believe your claim that someone is from the future...... "One-eyed Ryukawashima said in frustration.
"Are you sure it's Lin Jiu who appeared today?"
"That's foolproof, what I want to say is that that * is definitely not in the bag that Lin Jiu threw over. I think I'm the only one who can see the bag, it looks light, almost empty. Before the explosion, I heard the kind of whistling sound that * was falling. I believe that everyone who heard this sound was killed, and I was the only one who survived. The rest of the people were too far away to hear clearly. ”
"Now that you have paid the price and know the truth, are you still willing to join our team and fight against the established fate?" Kagesa Zhenzhao solemnly extended the invitation.
"Of course, whoever makes me break my appearance, I will definitely not spare him." Kawashima gritted his teeth.
Kagesa originally thought that Kawashima would say something that he knew he couldn't do and wanted to do it, or for the sake of Manchukuo, but he didn't expect that her mind was full of personal hatred.
"Oh, since you're going to Tokyo to treat your leg injury, let's go to Nobusuke Kishi's house, and take my letter with you by the way, all communications can be eavesdropped on by them, and only letters are reliable. I think Makino must have been there at this point in a meeting with nuclear physicists. You can meet him. ”
"Well, I hope that the doctors at Imperial University Medical College can rejuvenate me, at least make me feel like a person."
In northern Burma, at the Chu Tingchang camp, he and American paratrooper officers are discussing the next plan of action. Chu Tingchang used his face among the Kachin people, plus the gold airdropped by the US military, to mobilize 5,000 locals to build a pontoon bridge for him. A miracle happened, the pontoon bridge, which was expected to be completed in 10 days after the American sappers pushed back and forth, was completed this morning. Now his forces are coming in a steady stream.
Another surprise was that the commander of the Burmese Front, Hyotaro Kimura, seemed to be dazed, presumably expecting the Allies to besiege Sittwe by land and sea, and Xu Chong's reconnaissance north of Sittwe indicated that the enemy was retreating.
If the Allies were able to pick up this deep-water port, it would mean that heavy equipment would not have to cross the mountains and rivers of northern Myanmar to reach the front line, but would instead be able to travel directly on the west coast of Myanmar, which would be roughly ten times more efficient. Chu Tingchang and Stilwell both saw an opportunity for Myanmar to turn the tables earlier, and now he is planning a new plan with Captain Zinke to seize Sitthe through bluffing.