"Is there any news of him?" Zao Shen said angrily, "He hid in the headquarters all day, how did you see him?" ”

"Need to wait a little longer!" Hong Jiu fiddled with a rag doll in his hand and laughed softly.

"What are you waiting for? Let's just go straight to that kid's headquarters and slaughter him!" Zao Shen glared.

"In the vicinity of that headquarters, 89 bodies fell within half a year, of which 17 were from the emperor's [***] department." Hong Jiu glanced at him and smiled, "You think you can outrun the bullets?" ”

"Hmph, as long as I get within ten meters of him, I can safely break his neck. A ,...... with fine skin and tender flesh like you," Zao Shen squinted and looked at Hong Jiu again.

"Baby, I accidentally hurt you again. I'll sew it up for you. At some point, Hong Jiu twisted up an embroidery needle in his hand and began to sew it on the body of the rag doll that was scattered into more than a dozen pieces at once in front of everyone. If it weren't for his lunar crater-like face, but judging from the back and the women's clothes he was wearing, most people would think that he was a good wife and mother who was becoming a female celebrity.

Zao Shen's face, which was still irritable just now, was already full of vigilance, his body tensed, and he put on a defensive posture.

"Enough! You still don't have the appearance of a ninja. Mimoritoichi, who was sitting at the top, said in a deep voice. He stopped wiping the katana in his hand, glanced at the few people below, and continued, "Keep waiting!" If the time is not right, we can't just make a move, so as not to startle the snake. ”

"They're coming?" At this time, in the headquarters of the Vanguard Army, which was less than a thousand meters away from them, Meng Xiang read the list on the intelligence in his hand and gently turned it upside down, "You want to kill me?" How can this be enough? ”

Sometimes, decapitation programs are the most effective. He didn't know that they had really grasped the weakest point of the vanguard army. As long as Meng Xiang fell, the base also stopped functioning, and the vanguard army absolutely fell apart. Meng Xiang naturally will not expose his shortcoming. Under normal circumstances, he will not go out, and he does not need to go out, but just sits firmly in the military tent and directs the dispatch.

Although he has two stand-ins, he has no habit of using them. He didn't want to face the people who were looking forward to his arrival with that false appearance.

"If only there was the protection of the Iron Curtain!" Meng Xiang was still looking forward to the function of the Iron Curtain that Xiaohua said could withstand the rain of bullets. But at this time, it was not time to upgrade, Meng Xiang could only continue to wait.

Recently, the city has been conquered again and again, the territory in his hands is getting bigger and bigger, coupled with the development of the economy and the accumulation of military merits on the battlefield, Meng Xiang's merit value has met 80% of the upgrade requirements. However, it is better to solve the matter in front of you step by step, if you are not careful, a bullet can bury all Meng Xiang's dreams.

"I didn't expect that I was still very tolerant, and I had been preparing for so long." Meng Xiang said with emotion, saying that he handled these details very well. In order to assassinate Meng Xiang, a lot of foreshadowing was done before, and it had been nearly half a year of preparation before it began to be revealed. But it was unfortunate to run into the twelve.

"They never had a chance." Rat Er said with a flat face. Meng Xiang also knew that this was also related to the handling of the second-class intelligence agencies.

"Let's leave some illusions for myself first, it's not suitable to deal with those people now." Meng Xiang also learned a little at this time, not to look at one thing in isolation. The same plot only needs to have the right time and place, plus some supporting characters, then it can become a classic. For the same things, as long as the arrangement is reasonable, you can use your strength again.

"Again, I have to continue to investigate, and it is impossible for me to have no backhand. These people may just be a disguise to be exposed. Meng Xiang believes that he will definitely see that the defense beside him is tight, and if he wants to assassinate, it is not enough to rely on these few people, and he is not a decision-maker on the other side, and he may not know some situations.

"Yes!" Rat Er replied cleanly.

"Come and don't be rude. They send assassins, and we have 'assassins' too! Tell the Assassin formations to prepare for Plan L. Meng Xiang stood up, looked at the sky outside the window, and said lightly.

The same sky, above the sea, was gloomy and a little black.

"Attention units, the storm is coming." Although Jiang Dacheng was already a squadron leader at this time, he still liked to personally command submarine operations.

"Don't go into the center of the storm, just on the edge, let those recruits get a closer look at what Poseidon's Wrath is!" The corners of Jiang Dacheng's mouth curled, this is just one of the training subjects of the Pioneer Army's submarine force. A navy that has not experienced strong winds and waves is not a real navy. Even the submarine forces are no exception. Of course, they are not perverted to be like themselves, and they have to break into the center of the storm to challenge the power of nature.

"Captain, telegraph!" A signalman came over and gave him a cipher.

After the codebook was revealed, there were only a few words on it: L Plan Begins.

"Those little devils are too careful and don't relax for a moment. He said that his navy is indeed very powerful. Qian Chao praised while watching the escort fleet in the distance from the periscope.

He said that his local reinforcements were constantly being transported to China.

Knowing that the vanguard army has a submarine team, he naturally will not be careless. This time, he said that he had taken 120,000 precautions, and every time the troop carrier was surrounded by a very tight guard. Even if the vanguard army was reequipped with new submarines, there would not be much chance of attack. Maybe you can sink one or two with torpedoes in the case of a sneak attack, but the great depth of the submarine is useless at that time. The submarine does not mean that it sinks to a safe area, and this time is enough time for me to rush over and drop depth charges.

In addition, in order to prevent a sneak attack by the vanguard army, at least two reconnaissance planes patrolled around the troop carrier. Under their constant watchful eye, the submarine has nowhere to hide.

During this time, the submarine team of the Vanguard Army only intercepted some of their own merchant ships, but there was not much they could do about troop carriers. Meng Xiang will not use his submarine team to suicidally exchange his own ships. Besides, he didn't care about his own reinforcements, and on land, the vanguard army was already a lot higher than himself. The meat grinding positions on the Henan side have been set up and are waiting for them to go.

However, the tracking of these submarines has not been abandoned. One is that they can exercise the team, and the other is to wait for the time when they are negligent. However, more than a month later, there are still no big loopholes in his own defense, but one of the submarines in the submarine unit was discovered and injured by Yue himself.

"Captain, telegraph!" The signalman came over and handed him a copy of the code.

"I see!" Qian Chao quickly read this, and immediately said, "Continue to track and report the location of the enemy fleet at any time." ”

The radio waves came out one after another. He said that his course was very clear, that is, to land in Shanghai.

"The Army guys are getting more and more incompetent. There are so many of them that they can't even clean up a small local warlord. Toyoda Shuzo glanced disdainfully at the army soldiers on the troop carrier who were crawling on the railing and vomiting.

"It can't be said that the vanguard army is more powerful than the central army in China, even our imperial navy has suffered a big loss. This vanguard army should not be underestimated! Qingtian Yulu sighed.

"Those who only shrink back on the defensive, their cannons and planes may be powerful, but when it comes to the navy, where are they the opponents of our imperial navy. The Imperial Navy just chose the wrong place, and if it was in the deep sea, how many of their ships would have been sunk by us, and the Mutsu was a bit of a pity. Shuzo Toyoda shook his head and sighed.

"Don't be a pity, our empire already has a new Nagato level." Qingtian Yulu said with a smile.

"Didn't you hear that the empire has created a new Nagato-class?" Toyoda Shuzo asked, and at the same time, he was also jealous that Aota Yulu had a good uncle who could get first-hand information.

"This was purchased by the Empire!" Qingtian said with a smile.

"Purchased? There are so many shipyards in the Empire, why should you buy those Westerners' ships? I also have to leak secrets such as Nagato-level drawings. It must be those traitors who always take the hard-earned money of our people and sell them to the Westerners. Only when we support our domestic products can the empire prosper. "Toyoda Shuzo has embarked on the road of ascension by virtue of these remarks on the revitalization of his own nation, and as soon as he speaks at this time, he comes casually.

"The Empire's shipyard has another mission!" Qingtian Yulu said helplessly.

"Isn't that a good excuse, so many shipyards, so many workers, can't there be a place?" Shuzo Toyoda shook his head.

"Time! We need to equip these battleships as soon as possible, we don't have any more time to wait. Besides, the ones we bought were cheaper than the ones we built, and we bought three Nagato at once. After some modifications, it won't be long before they are in service. Qingtian explained.

"Three?" Toyota Shuzo was a little shocked, which country's production is so strong? He vaguely thought of the rumors of the arms dealer. The umbrella company is limited to dealing directly with various countries and organizations, and the people below do not know about it. Even Shuzo Toyoda only knows some rumors.

"If only I could be the captain of a battleship Nagato!" Shuzo Toyoda licked his dry lips and said in his heart. This is just one of his dreams, and he wants to climb all the way up until one day he can stand on the highest place.

"You go to the highest observation post to have a look, and pay attention to the submarine of the Vanguard Army." Captain Nagakua Miki's order interrupted his reverie.

"Hey!"

The view from the top is much wider, and the wind is much colder.

"It's been so long, and I haven't seen the submarines of the vanguard army come to fight, and the weak navy can't get out of the inland sea. Two or three submarines, what's so scary? Shuzo Toyoda muttered.

But what he didn't know was that just ten kilometers ahead of him, a large pocket was being formed, and plan l began.

"The best way for wolves to attack is to attack in packs! Only the attack of a pack of wolves can make the opponent unbearable and appear a hole in defense. The tactics of our submarine formations are to use this wolf pack tactic. Lu Xingzhou kept explaining. The surrounding audience was Meng Xiang and other bigwigs in the headquarters.

In fact, Meng Xiang didn't need him to say it, he already knew it. Because this wolf pack tactic is what he came up with.

The mention of submarines inevitably conjures up images of wolf pack tactics. Meng Xiang also remembered it deeply, but after all, he was not a professional, he just proposed this idea, and the rest was handled and perfected by people from the Navy Staff. In the previous submarine attacks, the coordination was not up to the standard of the wolf pack.

This was the first large-scale coordination of wolf pack tactics, and a collective dispatch by the Assassins. Although it is not the original wolf pack tactic, submarines, steel killing machines lurking under the sea, are a huge threat once they become large.

Meng Xiang sent eighteen VIIC submarines instead of two or three of the three mouths of the Toyota Xiu.

"This time, the escort fleet is led by one Nagara-class light cruiser, two Asahio-class destroyers, and three Shiraro-class destroyers. The escort was the 12th Brigade of the Reading Mixed Formation, which was formed at Zentsuji Temple. Five troop carriers. Lu Xingzhou continued to explain.

In previous contacts, I judged that the Vanguard Army might have six to eight combat submarines. During the long escort operation, the vanguard army only saw two or three submarines, and they were always active in the near sea, which made them careless. Even though they prudently arranged a receiving force in the coastal area, these ships were the only ones for a large part of the voyage in the East China Sea. In their opinion, these are already quite a few.

And by this time, this transport fleet had already entered the submarine ambush circle of the Vanguard Army.

"Start attacking!" The commander-in-chief of the submarine, Ryusi, gave the order to attack.

Toyoda Shushu yawned heavily. As long as there is no bad weather, the sea at night is beautiful. However, he was accustomed to seeing the scene on the sea, and he didn't care about this, no matter how beautiful and delicate it was, it was only boring.

After staring at his eyelids for a long time, all he saw was seawater, and he didn't feel a little tired.

If it is daytime, it is better to use visual vision, but if it is night, the distance that can be seen is not large, and it is the most dangerous. The role of sonar is the main one. But unfortunately, not all of my sonar systems are installed on all ships, and my surname is not very good. However, even if the surname is a little worse, when the submarine of the Vanguard Army begins to enter the attack procedure, it can still detect abnormal signals.

"Huh? The underwater hearing machine finds a suspicious signal! "Sonar Jiro Matsuno had heard the abnormal signals at this point, but it was too late. The submarine that has been lurking for so long is already approaching, and when it is close to the wolves, there is no chance to escape.

"Torpedo!" Toyoda Shuzo shouted loudly after his head went blank for a moment. More than a dozen white marks on the sea surface, how to dodge?

The success of a sneak attack depends largely on how effective it is in the first place. 18 submarines, each of the six torpedoes fired by three submarines were aimed at one frigate ship. The six escort ships were destroyed first, and the remaining troop carriers were left to be slaughtered.

"Boom, boom!" A series of explosions rang out, and the firelight began to light up the sea under the night sky.

The firepower net woven by more than 30 white marks drove those ships to death.

In addition to strength, there is also luck in naval battles. Shuzo Toyoda and their Arshio actually dodged the torpedo attack, and the torpedo that crossed through the hull hit a troop carrier directly on the internal test.

The troop carrier began to sink with a wail, and this thin-skinned civilian ship could not withstand the bombardment of large-caliber torpedoes. Also sinking were four more destroyers. Under the first round of saturation attacks, except for the Onifury, which was torpedoed, and the lucky Arshio, the other four destroyers were hit.

The thousand-ton destroyer could not withstand the enormous power of large-caliber torpedoes, and two destroyers with two torpedoes sank in less than two minutes. The other two ships were fired, and although they were still surviving, they were not far from sinking.

The sound of explosions, falling water, shouting and howling, the grinding of metal twisted all mingled to cut through the serenity of the sea.

"Full speed out!" The commanders of the fleet, Kato and Shiro, shouted loudly, ignoring the blood on their heads. Faced with the attack of multiple submarines at this time, the only way to survive is to use the speed of the destroyer to get rid of them.

The two destroyers that were still struggling could no longer run, and Kato and Shiro also knew that the speed of those troop carriers might not be able to escape the submarines, but at this time they were under siege, and only by standing out could they find more opportunities.

"Boom!" The two destroyers were hit again, and the obvious live target was sent directly to the bottom of the sea by four torpedoes. They were accompanied by a troop carrier with two torpedoes.

The Devil Fury was hit by two more torpedoes. It's not that it's not dodging fast enough, it's that there are too many torpedoes attacking, and eight torpedoes block its dodge at the same time.

With only 5,170 tons, it could no longer support it, and at this time it also screamed and began to sink. But its sinking gave life to the Arashio, and the Arashio was the first to escape from the encirclement with the torpedo rift on its body, but the two troop carriers behind it were sinking, and the cries from above pierced far across the sea.

"Go back, or stay?" The acting captain of the Arshio, Ki Arayoichi, hesitated for a moment, but when the last struggling troop carrier over there also began to sink, he decisively ordered: "Evacuate at full speed!" ”

This is the order of the commander of the fleet, the captain of the Onifuro, Kato and Shiro, and it is also necessary to inform the country of the detailed situation. It didn't do much for him to go back, he couldn't save the soldiers who fell into the water, and he could only give those submarines new credit. Kiarayo couldn't help but excuse himself in his heart.

The Wild Tide soared to a speed of more than thirty knots, and those VIIC submarines could only sigh. At that time, in order to better annihilate the escort fleet, submarines were relatively concentrated. In order to maintain space for attack, a part of the defensive area was ceded, allowing the Wild Tide to escape without any problems. Other ships, including troop carriers, gave it a cover and were also key.

But even so, the vanguard army has gained a lot this time, in a sneak attack battle of less than an hour, five warships, five troop carriers, plus the reading power above mixed into the 12th brigade, it is already a good record. When my rescue boat arrived, there was only a floating corpse left in the icy sea of winter. After lifeboats and the like were also sunk by submarines, none of the devils survived.

"It's so easy!" Meng Xiang felt a little surprised, he was worried about the strength of the devil's escort ships, so he dispatched eighteen submarines to attack, who knew that the devil's escort fleet could not help fighting.

In fact, Meng Xiang was wrong, saying that he studied under Britain and advocated big ships and cannons. Neither the tactics of submarines nor anti-submarine tactics have been paid much attention. The inexperience of these fleets in anti-submarine warfare led to the fact that they were easily pushed in front of the submarines of the Vanguard. Coupled with the fact that the vanguard army fought more and fought less, it was naturally easy to win.

Of course, the torpedoes of the submarine forces also worked. The price of torpedoes in World War II was very high, and it was necessary to pay great attention to saving in peacetime training and actual combat attacks, and only the vanguard army had a cheap supply of bases, and an attack was to spill a large area of torpedoes, so how did those thin-skinned ships dodge? How can you resist it? In the end, he could only sigh and sink to the bottom of the sea.

"It's okay to escape one, we've already achieved our goal. In the future, I will be more careful in transporting personnel and materials, and I must dispatch a large-scale escort formation. After a long time, it will consume those little devils. Meng Xiang smiled slightly. The anti-submarine system requires a large number of ships, and even if I have a huge navy, I cannot afford such long-term operation. Meng Xiang already has a concept of the warship he raises, not to mention anything else, but the oil is enough to give him a headache.

"If the escort formation is large, we will avoid it for the time being, and if the scale is small, we will organize an attack again! In the end, the little devil can't transport one person, and he can't transport a grain of rice! Meng Xiang said proudly. But he also knew that it was impossible at this stage, and that his navy would soon have a big upgrade with the completion of the construction of new ships, and it would be easy to disturb the devil's transportation line, but it would be difficult to completely block it.

But this does not prevent Meng Xiang from setting a goal for the future, his assassin army is constantly expanding, and with the cooperation of fighters in the sky, this goal will definitely be achieved in the near future.