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Republic 2782 (1941) May 10, 22 o'clock. The sea north of Henderson Island.

Located in the Pitcairn Islands in the South Pacific Ocean, Henderson Island is the largest of them and one of the most remote islands in the South Pacific. Henderson Island, with an area of 37.3 square kilometres, was originally an uninhabited island in the British Pitcairn Islands, which belonged to the British Overseas Territory before World War I.

After the United States received the islands from Britain, in order to monitor China's tentacles reaching out to South America and Chile, the strongest country in South America, the US military established a military base here in the Pitcairn Islands, which is based on the uninhabited island of Henderson Island. Patrol aircraft taking off from the island can monitor large areas of the ocean, including Easter Island.

"Oh, I love storms......" Major Hals, the base commander, said happily as he looked at the rainstorm outside.

It's so remote that it's far from the main waterway, and except for the monthly supply ships, fishing boats are rare to see in normal times, and serving here is like exile. And most of all, there is no fresh water on the island. Although the U.S. military has built a desalination plant here, the output is limited, and the machine often has problems, and the water that comes out has a faint smell of engine oil. As a result, rainwater became an important supply, and local officers and soldiers built several storage tanks on the island to store rainwater.

At this time, the communications non-commissioned officer came over with a telegram that he had just received: "Mr. Major, the headquarters telegram ......"

"Oh......" Hals took a look at it, asking if there had been any anomalies found here recently, especially the traces of Chinese planes and submarines. Finally, he was told by the way that tomorrow a fleet of Australian and New Zealand ships escorted by the US Navy would pass by, and they would be asked to closely monitor the surrounding sea and air at their Henderson Island base, and as soon as the weather permitted, they would send double the number of patrol planes.

"You answer like this, the last time we saw a Chinese plane was two weeks ago. Then there's the fact that a Chinese merchant ship passed through last week. We haven't even seen a Chinese rat these days. If the storm stops tomorrow, we'll double the number of planes on patrol......"

"Hmph, it's really nervous. How can there be a Chinese submarine in this hellish place......" Hals took out a can of coconut beer, a packet of spiced banana slices, and a packet of pickled pepper pork knuckles from the refrigerator. I opened the beer and drank it with spiced banana slices.

The food in his refrigerator was all Chinese, from Fiji and Tonga, and he and his men bought a lot of things when the Chinese merchant ship came over last week.

Yes, the Chinese merchant ship is specialized in this kind of business, this kind of merchant is called "Chinese traveling merchants in the Pacific", they do not run ocean transportation like ordinary merchant ships, they are a group of retailers, the main commodities are sugar, wine and food, books, newspapers and magazines, hardware and household appliances and all kinds of household goods, anyway, it is clothing, food, housing and transportation things, the main sales objects are the residents and garrisons on various islands, as well as temporarily docked merchant ships and fishing boats......

There are many islands in the South Pacific, and many of them are inconvenient to communicate with the outside world, so it is very inconvenient to buy something. Gone are the days of these sea travelers. Different islanders benefited, and even the garrisons on the various islands were wiped out. At least don't have to wait for a monthly supply.

In fact, this kind of maritime merchants did not appear in recent years, as early as after the establishment of New China, but at that time it was still governmental, mainly in the Sansha area such as Xisha and Dongsha, after China obtained Luzon and Indonesia, this kind of maritime merchants began to flourish, and the main operators also changed from the government-based, to the people-oriented. Of course, after so many years of development, these maritime travelers have long since changed their guns, from the original wooden sailing ships and motor sailboats, to the current metal internal combustion engine ships, and even some of them are still very new electric boats. For example, the traveling merchant ship that was sold to Henderson Island last week was a gas turbine electric ship, and the copper dragon and iron dragon batteries have been popularized in China, and there are many private uses.

Ears watched the latest fantasy fairy tale movie in the office, drank a little wine, and couldn't help but say to himself: "These Chinese are really good at business, and they can even think of this kind of idea......"

The TV sets and video recorders he is watching now are all made of Chinese goods, and even the CD of "The Legend of the Demon in Qingcheng" that is being shown was bought from the traveling merchant ship last week. Well, although Hals's Chinese proficiency is very touching, he can speak less than ten sentences, but the film has English subtitles. Moreover, now this kind of play is also popular in the United States, and they feel that this is the original.

Now China's new-school martial arts films and fantasy fairy films are particularly popular in Europe and the United States, creating a lot of fans, well, and helping Taoism create a lot of white-skinned believers. Hals is one of them, after he became a fan of Xianxia films, he converted to Taoism the year before last, that is, the "new Taoism" that Zhang Yuandu of the General Administration of Religion made up by them, the teachings are more in line with modern people's thinking, and the brainwashing ability is even more complete to those factions before the explosion. Now he has taken off the cross necklace around his neck and hung the Tai Chi Bagua necklace instead.

The background of "The Legend of the Demon in Qingcheng" is the dark Middle Ages, and the main content is the story of a cultivator who cultivates in Qingcheng and travels to Asia, Africa and Europe and destroys demons and monsters in various places. Although the plot in it is also very gripping, the most eye-catching thing is the various special effects inside, which are really all kinds of crazy and cool bombs.

At this time, the protagonist on the screen is fighting the vampire prince in Romania, and the effects of various spells and magic weapons are so cool that they are blinding.

"Oh, that's so handsome!" said Hals, who watched intently, and let out a strange cry from time to time.

"Knock knock...... Knock knock knock ...... "It was, and a sharp knock on the door brought him back to his senses from the cool picture.

"Shet! what's going on......" Hals pressed the timeout in disappointment.

As soon as the door opened, the communications non-commissioned officer rushed in, holding a telegram in his hand: "Mr. Major! Mr. Major! The fleet has been attacked! The ANZ fleet has been attacked by submarines!"

"What?" said Hals, taken aback. He took a look, and sure enough, it was an urgent telegram from the escort fleet, and they said that they had encountered a large number of Chinese submarine attacks, and asked all the troops that could be dispatched nearby to hurry over to help.

Hals frowned and said, "We only have six patrol planes here, how can we dispatch them in this weather?"

"What are we going to do?"

"What to do?" said Hals, spreading his hands, "Now we can only pray for them, and if the weather permits, we will take off and see, hapless Australians, ......" In his opinion, it is very stupid for the US government to work so hard to help Australians and New Zealanders. It's not worth it to have a bad relationship with China for the sake of two British brothers.

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By this time, the southbound ANZ convoy had fallen into hell, and the sea was full of burning ships, and the flames and smoke could not even suppress the storm. The sea was full of overboard crew and soldiers, who, like ants overboard, scrambled for lifeboats and anything that could float while shouting for help to the American warship.

Looking at the sinking and sinking Australian and New Zealand merchant ships, as well as the US warships in a chaotic mess searching for submarines, Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, commander of the escort fleet, only felt that his eyes were black and his vest was cold.

"Damn! Damn! Where did these Chinese submarines come from?" Rear Admiral Fletcher had cold hands and feet, he himself was very cautious, taking advantage of the storm to change the course, but he didn't expect to encounter the wolf pack tactics of the Chinese submarines.

"The gathering of wolves requires the advance of the route, and the submarine's self-sustaining power and speed are limited, so it is impossible to set up an ambush on the vast sea for too long. We temporarily changed the course, how can we run into so many submarines, now there are at least 30, or even 40 submarines...... How did they know about my impromptu change of course, it's not scientific! It's not scientific!" Major General Fletcher clenched his fists and let out an angry roar.

Rear Admiral Fletcher has extensive experience in anti-submarine escort operations, having served on numerous Atlantic escort missions during World War I, and was awarded the Navy Cross for the sinking of three German submarines on the destroyer USS Gridley. Unexpectedly, it was useless for him to use all his strength this time, so he still planted a big heel.

Of course, this cannot be blamed for his tactical mistakes, in fact, if it is replaced by submarines of other countries, his means of temporarily changing direction can be completely bypassed. Because the underwater speed of the submarines of other countries is very slow, even if they use the snorkel to course, they can only be within 8 knots, even if the other party finds out that he has changed course, it is impossible to catch up with their fleet at this speed, let alone set up an ambush.

But these Chinese submarines are different, they are extremely fast, even those conventional submarines can easily soar to 27 to 28 knots under water, not to mention nuclear submarines, which are faster than their destroyers. In addition, there are satellites and unmanned patrol airships, and even if they change their course, they will be the first to be discovered. Naturally, you can't hide from it.

It took a few moments for Major General Fletcher to calm down and ask, "What about our own losses?"

The chief of staff said with a strange expression: "Mr. Rear Admiral, our own warships have not been attacked, and all the merchant ships attacked by submarines this time are Australian and New Zealand...... Sir, I think this is very abnormal, how do the Chinese distinguish between warships and merchant ships at night? Even if they eat tadpoles like the Japanese, they will not be able to distinguish the signals of merchant ships and warships in this visibility. ”

"I remember that their radar was very advanced, can their radar be able to distinguish? and night vision devices, I remember that this thing was also invented by Chinese......" Major General Fletcher thought for a moment, and finally attributed the reason to radar and night vision devices.

In fact, he was only half right, those torpedoes did not hit the US warship, most of them were the work of the torpedoes, and the guided torpedoes used by China now can distinguish the voiceprint characteristics. For so many years before that, China's nuclear submarines were roaming around the world, and their main task was to collect voiceprint data from ships of various countries. Before the Chinese submarine attacked, the attack range of the torpedoes was set to Australian and New Zealand merchant ships, and these torpedoes naturally would not attack US warships.

In addition, in order to protect Australian and New Zealand merchant ships, the United States arranged them all in the inner circle, and the warships were in the outer circle, separated by several kilometers on both sides. And these torpedoes also have satellite navigation systems. As soon as the torpedoes are launched, spy satellites in low orbit are constantly correcting their course and alerting targets. This ensures that the torpedo will not hit the wrong target while having a very high hit rate.

At this time, at a depth of 200 meters underwater, the Chinese wolves were evacuating the scene at full speed. Now it is a storm, the sonar resolution of the United States is even lower, and the noise of Chinese submarines is already small, but now it is even more unscrupulous to run at full speed.

In the command cabin of the "Nine Infants", Brigadier General Chen Zhuo was reporting to his superiors: "Report, the mission is complete, I have ordered all boats to retreat, and it can be determined that 108 ships have been sunk, 2 ships have been damaged, and the fleet has ......been wiped out."

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