"Bastard! It's a brigade! A reading brigade of more than 10,000 people! Hirohito roared loudly, throwing things in his bedchamber.

This is different from the fighting on the battlefield, more than 10,000 soldiers who have completed their equipment have not killed a single Chinese person, and they have all sunk to the bottom of the sea without robbing a penny. In addition, five warships and five troop carriers were boarded.

If we compare war to trading, it means that even the capital has been folded and it is a pure loss. The last time the troop carrier was sunk, it was only a wing, but this time more than 10,000 people died at once, how can this not make Hirohito angry?

"Someone has to be held accountable for this!" Hirohito kicked away the fragment of a Ming blue and white vase on the ground that had been transported from Nanjing, and squinted his eyes slightly. It happened and it is irreparable, but you can use the topic to play and reorganize the navy.

The navy is a technical service, they have received more Western education, and they are somewhat unimpressed by the apotheosis of imperial power. Many people did not have any special allegiance to Hirohito. Undoubtedly, the greatest responsibility for this troop carrier incident lies with the navy serving as the escort. Not only did they bring in a scapegoat, but that scapegoat had to be fat enough to satisfy the crowd. After clearing a group of people, the vacant seats can be adjusted again.

"Judge yourself!" Deputy Toyoda said calmly.

Kiarayo's face changed drastically.

"You have encountered a strong enemy, you have risked your life to fight out, and you have fought a bloody way back to report the news. Then you feel guilty that you did not serve the empire with your comrades-in-arms until the last moment, and you will sacrifice yourself after reporting the letter. The adjutant next to him recited fluently.

"Commander Kato gave an order to evacuate at that time!" Mu Huangdai couldn't wipe the cold sweat on his head and whispered. He had a good wife and three children. He didn't want to die in battle, and if he did, his family would be miserable. The empire has devoted all its resources to the war, and pensions have shrunk considerably. He was an orphan, without the burden of family, and after five years of living in England, he did not have that crazy desire for honor. He just wanted to live.

"Orders? Kato has always held out until the last moment of the fight. He never gave any orders. Those who disobey orders and go away are deserters. Deputy Takeshi Toyoda said lightly.

It's not too wrong to do what Daiichi Kiarai does in normal times, but in the storm that comes soon, they need the blindness of a hero, not the sanity of a deserter. A hero can save the prestige of the navy and be able to block cold arrows fired from elsewhere.

For this young man who became the acting captain with his true skills, Vice Takeshi Toyota usually admires it, but the little man can only accept the fate of the little man.

"I see!" Kiarayo is like a dead ash. At this point, there is no room for redemption.

"Please take care of my family more, please!" Kiarayo said with his head bowed.

"The bereaved family of the hero, we will take good care of it. Don't worry, I'll take good care of your wife and daughter. ”

...... "There is the latest news from the side of the Ayaben, and the Navy has announced that it will take revenge on us with all its might in the near future. Rat Er reported.

"Revenge? Although their warships come, how many they come, how many we sink. Meng Xiang said disapprerovingly. Although the navy of the vanguard army at this time was much worse than that of the Yue himself, with a large number of huge artillery, shore guns and aircraft, with the help of radar, the coastline had been built into an impregnable wall. I am not afraid of attacking me at all.

However, it is only a near-shore threat, and when it comes to the far sea, even if there are submarines, it will not work. Submarines are okay against the transport fleet, if it were not for the drag of the transport fleet, with the speed of the destroyers, they would not have been able to catch up. Moreover, he said that he has begun to install sonar on all types of ships of new models, and with more and more attention paid to submarine operations, there will be fewer and fewer opportunities for submarine sneak attacks.

This kind of passive beating made Meng Xiang a little depressed, but what made him even more depressed was that it was originally said that the future opponent of the Navy was the Americans, but at this time, with the strong rise of the vanguard army, it was the first to prevent the Americans from disaster.

"This can't be done, and this has gradually pulled the main force of the Navy. I have a base in hand with them, but I'm not afraid, but the future situation is not clear. Meng Xiang has thought about this more than once. originally wanted to reap the benefits of the fisherman, but instead became a fighter. Even if the vanguard wins in the end, it will miss the opportunity to reach out in Southeast Asia. As soon as the Anglo-Dutch weakened there, the Americans would inevitably reach out as well.

said that he had made a move earlier, but he was a wedding dress for the Americans. This time, Meng Xiang has always wanted to replace him. But he also needs a knife to cut through the international factors that stand in the way.

Even if the development of China wants to revive the traditional Chinese culture, it needs to draw nourishment from the Western world. If you blatantly take it directly, you will undoubtedly offend the entire Western world. When you don't lay a good foundation for Huaxia, it's not appropriate to turn your face too early. Just as the West is under the banner of Ming Cooking, and the Soviet Union and Russia are under the banner of liberation, the vanguard army also needs to have a name if it expands outward.

It is undoubtedly the best excuse for Huaxia to stretch out his hand in the future.

"Even if I'm a cow, I can turn you over. Makes you run south! Meng Xiang said confidently, "Besides, I am also a bully and afraid of the hard, and its little national strength can't withstand the toss." They will stop when they are strong. Otherwise, it would not have turned to Soviet Russia after hitting a wall. In the same way, after they keep hitting the wall, will they go in the opposite direction? ”

March has passed, and the Russian bear has woken up from hibernation. The Trans-Siberian Railway is also beginning to prepare for the normal opening of the entire line in late spring. The Kwantung Army, which had relaxed before, had begun to get nervous, and it was not very active in attacking the vanguard army. In one winter, more than 20,000 people were lost, but they did not even touch the walls of the Great Wall, and they did not approach a single step in the vanguard army.

Such a situation had to make him reconsider his relationship with the vanguard army. After repeated failures in the general assault on the Vanguard, even the hardliners had to admit that the Vanguard was strong.

At this time, he is still facing such an opponent, will he still be brain-dead to tease Soviet Russia? Can the Battle of Nomenkan still break out?

Even Meng Xiang knew that this was impossible, unless it was a truce between the vanguard army and Yue himself to eliminate their worries. But those lost territories have not yet been recovered, and the vanguard army can say an armistice? I'm afraid that Meng Xiang will be accused of being a big Han as soon as he exits. Therefore, several messengers who came by himself were chased out by Meng Xiang in full view, and clearly expressed his determination to fight to the end.

"There is no reconciliation, then there is only fighting. The way to ease up with Yue himself has been blocked, and he can only consume himself to death, so that he can think of another way. Meng Xiang said categorically.

The consumption of the army is not mentioned for the time being, there is only the share of the vanguard army beating himself.

The navy is temporarily incapacitated by the enemy, and the submarine's harassment tactics are a good way to reduce the enemy's own strength. In particular, Meng Xiang narrowed the attack to the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, which will greatly reduce the resources that he plundered from the northeast.

The puppet Manchuria has always been called a lifeline by the extremely resource-scarce Yu himself.

At this time, the Northeast produced about 20 million tons of grain per year, and the grain produced was given priority to the supply of military rations, immigrants from the Republic of Korea and the DPRK, and was responsible for exporting to the country. In 37 years, the puppet Manchurians began to implement the grain control law, and forcibly purchased 100 yuan per ton from the peasants, while the cost price per ton was an average of 120 yuan, and a loss of 20 yuan per ton. The annual purchase of grain is 200 million yuan based on 10 million tons. If you add all kinds of land taxes, as the emperor, he will get more benefits from it.

A large amount of grain was plundered, leaving little food left for the people except the seeds of the coming year.

Soon after, the food rationing system was even more extreme, and even high-ranking Chinese officials and their families who were puppet Manchurians were only able to distribute 1 to 3 kilograms of rice per month. Ordinary Chinese people are not allowed to eat rice and white noodles. The rest of the grain is used to subsidize the local area, due to the rapid expansion of the labor force decreased, making food even more scarce, and the outbreak of World War II made food shortage, said that he can only rely more on the food in the northeast.

Under the sabotage of the Central Army and the Red Party guerrillas, the grain collected in the Guannai was not enough for large-scale export. After all, there are already many people in the Kannai area, and even just maintaining rations is almost consumed. In addition, in order to maintain stability and harmony, the suppression of the occupied areas was not as complete as that of the puppet Manchurians, so the grain transported from the occupied areas to the mainland was not the main thing.

At this time, North China was occupied by the vanguard army, and the land of the two lakes was still in a stalemate. Only Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Guangdong have insufficient grain at all. There is no need to get stuck, as long as I reduce my grain transportation in the Northeast, and when World War II and food prices rise, my consumption will be even greater. When the time comes, I will not be for oil, but for the sake of food, and I will have to be even hotter, and this is Southeast Asia, which is the largest grain sales area.

Myanmar alone was able to export 3 million tons of rice a year at this time, accounting for 40% of the world's total grain trade at that time. In addition, Thailand exported 1 million tons and Vietnam exported 1 million tons. It can be said that Southeast Asia is the world's largest granary at this time. The area of cultivated land is extremely scarce, and I naturally have been hot for a long time. It's just that when the Pacific War was launched, there was a granary supply from Huaxia, so the appearance was not very obvious.

If this lifeline is no longer stable and cannot be handled for a while, I will naturally look for another one.

In addition, timber, coal, pig iron, steel and other materials are also plundered in large quantities.

From 32 to 44 years, he plundered 223 million tons of coal, 11 million tons of pig iron, and 5.8 million tons of steel from the northeast. In contrast, China's steel production in 44 years was only more than 10,000 tons.

It can be said that without the blood transfusion in the Northeast, the book would never have survived, and it would have collapsed early.

The submarine battle launched by Meng Xiang at this time was for this.

At this time, the submarine force of the Vanguard Army had grown to more than a hundred, of which more than 50 were cows, and the rest were combat submarines. There are aircraft cover in the air and search for targets, and radar stations on the ground cover the entire Bohai Strait. It is impossible for my merchant ship to sneak through here.

In the Bohai Sea, the navy of the Vanguard Army still had an absolute advantage, not only submarines were dispatched, but even those Scott destroyers joined in the robbery.

The cannons they erected were more threatening and more affordable than torpedoes.

"The little gunboat is also here to show its might!" Cheng Dalong sneered, but he didn't delay giving the order.

The three cargo ships were flanked by two gunboats of more than 300 tons, running forward and running behind to follow the escort. They had already heard of the unrest in the Bohai Strait area, and at this time they set sail from Dalian, but as soon as they went more than 100 kilometers to the southeast, they were intercepted by two submarines and two Scott destroyers. To deal with such cargo ships and gunboats, it was too wasteful to use torpedoes, and the two Scotts each raised five 120-mm naval guns and bombarded them directly.

The 57-mm guns on both gunboats fired only twice, and they were hit and sunk into the water.

"Lay down your arms and surrender immediately. After surrendering, ensure your personal safety, check that there are no mistakes, and let you go! The loudspeaker installed on Cheng Dalong's Bohai-class destroyer began to play these words repeatedly.

Since it is a robbery, it is natural to have professionalism. As long as it's not an emergency, looting won't be empty-handed. Those merchant ships that are laden with cargo can be pulled directly back to the war zone. Especially food, Meng Xiang has never too much. Other steel and coal can also be used directly. It was precisely because I was afraid that I would be excited and not move the jade shatter, so I had these shouts.

After sweeping a burst of machine guns across the destroyer, the three ships had to stop and raise the white flag to allow the Marines on board the Scott destroyer to board and take control.

These merchant ships were generally civilian ships, and the resistance was not very fierce, but some were armed to resist, but under the strafing of machine guns, they were basically annihilated in the end. Some people even opened the sea valve directly and sank themselves, and they didn't let the vanguard get it.

The vanguard army was also not polite to these and killed those who resisted directly. Those followers were taken back to work as laborers. Only those who were obedient at first, after the vanguard received them, kept their promises, gave them lifeboats and food, etc., and sent them away, or they were directly brought back to send them away. Such different treatments were also preached among the merchant ships. After a few first-hand experiences, those who said that they also knew the policy of the vanguard army.

That's why these three ships will obediently stop and do not resist. They are just civilian crews, and they can't afford to take their lives for these goods. Even if it is said that it is the same myself.

"This harvest was good, it was all rice. Two 2,000-ton and one 4,000-ton one, this time they made a fortune! Chen Dachun, the company commander of the Marine Corps on this mission, grinned. Each time the goods looted, there will be a commission reward according to the amount. This can be regarded as an incentive, and the emperor is not short of starving soldiers. Without relevant interests, it is impossible to count on the officers and men to feel that it is impossible for a long time. The temptation of self-interest is the formation of a modern navy. At that time, Britain and other naval powers all started with pirates.

The navy needs to have the ability to attack outward, and no matter how righteous it is, it can't resist the temptation of Chiguoguo's interests.

Now, the sailors are very enthusiastic about the sortie mission and are more active in training.

Of course, the opposite must be true. Meng Xiang will not cultivate a group of modern pirates. Discipline is the dividing line between the army and the robbers. Some can be grabbed, and some can't be touched at all.

At this time, Cheng Dalong also remembered this article, and the day before yesterday, a Bohai-class destroyer robbed a ship of goods transported, including private goods carried by merchant ships. More than a dozen soldiers deliberated and hid some of their belongings. As a result, on the same day, these dozen or so people were sentenced together, and the two serious ones were directly tried by shooting. All family members no longer enjoy the generous military martyrs' subsistence allowance, and have been reduced to the lowest level of protection.

The captain was dismissed, and all other officers were punished, and there was naturally this responsibility for lax management.

Meng Xiang is holding the radish of interest and honor in one hand, and the stick in the other hand and starting to clean up the mountains of the navy.

Cheng Dalong did not belong to any party, he kept in mind what Meng Xiang said, even the Fifth Fleet of the Vanguard Army also belonged to Huaxia. Soldiers should fight for the country and for China. The Navy is no exception.

"Just like the robbery now, it can be regarded as a fight for the country." He couldn't help but sigh that the Germans were already famous for breaking the war during World War I.

"A cruiser and a destroyer came in the distance!" Just as his thoughts were spinning, his subordinates reported. Reconnaissance aircraft and radar stations had already detected them in advance and informed them in time.

"Cruisers?" He couldn't help but be surprised. I said that I came quickly this time.

In fact, after three days of robbery, he already had a plan for a quick attack.

"It's a Kuma-class cruiser, probably the Kitakami." The staff officer said with a quick judgment.

If it is a destroyer that comes, the Scott-class who was born as a destroyer, that is, the current Bohai class, is not afraid at all, and more than 2,000 tons can be called the king, but the ball mill-class cruiser has more than 5,000 tons, 7 140 mm guns, and thick armor, it is not something that Scott can deal with. Even if it is two Scotts, there are many new recruits, and it is difficult to win.

"Cover the evacuation of merchant ships!" He said decisively. At this time, the sailors on the merchant ship who said that they themselves and the puppet Manchurians had been controlled. It was the sailors of the Navy who were the merchant ships. In order to train new recruits, there are all kinds of personnel on board, and driving a merchant ship is a breeze.

By the time the Beishang discovered the target and led a Bailu-class destroyer over quickly, Cheng Dalong and the others had already begun to evacuate. The distance is too far, and one can only hope that the merchant ships will be slow and catch up quickly.

"Boom!" When it was more than ten kilometers away, the Kitakami opened fire first. Even if the distance is too far to hit, there is a chance that it will have some effect on them. In particular, the three cargo ships would rather be sunk than obtained by the vanguard.

"Boom!" An even louder bang exploded near the Kitakami, and the water column above the chimney rose into the sky.

"Cannon!" The crews of the Kitakami all changed their faces, it was something that even a Kongo-class battleship could sink.

"Boom!" Not long after, another cannon rang out.

"Withdraw!" Matsui commanded helplessly. He knew that not only did they have two huge cannons, but the submarine of the Vanguard was still cruising around, and there was no good fruit to eat if they were too close to the territory of the Vanguard.

There was also a successful plunder.

For a whole week, day and night, the submarine units of the vanguard army successively robbed more than 100 merchant ships of more than 1,000 tons in the Bohai Sea and in the waters at the junction of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, and more than 300 ships of less than 1,000 tons. A large amount of supplies were directly captured, and of course, because of the resistance and the timely arrival of devil reinforcements, a third was also sunk.

"Now I should have a headache. Southeast Asia is the fragrant flatbread. Go and nibble on it! The results of a week's looting also made Meng Xiang smile from ear to ear.

As for the Kwantung Army's retaliation, he was not afraid, and the strength of the vanguard army was no problem at this time.

He no longer expected the Russians to reduce the strength of the Kwantung Army, but the Vanguard Army's Nagato-class battleship was traded to the Russians, which made the attention of his navy begin to focus on the Pacific Fleet of Soviet Russia.

At this time, the Pacific Fleet of Soviet Russia also put out two Nagato-class ships to patrol around the Whale Sea from time to time, shocking his own actions. In the past, because of the strength of the navy, all Soviet Russia could do was to defend. With the help of the defense around Vladivostok and the strength of the Soviet Russian army, he dispelled the idea of attacking. At this time, with the addition of two sharp weapons, it will naturally show the "indomitability of the Soviet Russians".

In this regard, he also directly sent the two newly received Nagato to this area known as the Sea of Songs. They knew better about the power of the Nagato, and no one dared to say that they had thoroughly understood Stalin's ideas, and no one dared to guarantee that the Russians would not quarrel there. You must know that half of Sakhalin Island is still in the hands of the person.

As a symbol of the Nagato Navy, it is generally not going out. Last time, if they hadn't felt that the vanguard army was easy to bully, they wouldn't have sent it out.

The other took the place of the Mutsu, and from time to time began to patrol the territory to the southeast. After World War I, he took over the German archipelago colonies in the Pacific, although it was an escrow, but it was more than ten years, basically the same as his own territory.

This also makes the waters of the western Pacific Ocean, and his own ships are rampant. Even if the ships of the British and Dutch were huddled near the harbor, not to mention others. This is one of the reasons why I have always been fascinated by Southeast Asia. The only thing they have to worry about is the Americans, and this cowboy with the slogan of Ming Cook will be very enthusiastic to take advantage of the geographical conditions of Hawaii, Guam and other places to come over and get a piece of the pie.

Within the Navy, although the call for going south was relatively unified, there were many differences over whether to occupy only part of it for exclusivity. The raids of the vanguard changed this divide.