Looking at the burning ships in the bay, the minds of the officers and soldiers of the army standing on the dock went blank. Kamio Mitsutomi, who had just gotten up from the bed, turned even pale.

"This ......... What the hell is going on...", his lips trembled slightly, and Kamio Mitsutomi muttered almost like a moan.

However, although there were many people standing beside him at this moment, not even one of them could explain this matter for His Excellency the Lieutenant General, because almost everyone was like him at this time, completely unaware of what was going on...

At this time, in addition to the Japanese troops who were confronting the Wehrmacht on the front line of Linglong Town, there were at least 50,000 or 60,000 troops who had just disembarked in Longkou Town resting. Therefore, the scene that just happened was seen by almost all the army officers and soldiers in the town, and the navy was so badly damaged that the whole thing hit morale so hard can be imagined that some soldiers even sat on the ground in a distracted way when they saw this scene.

It is not surprising that no matter how big the contradictions between the army and navy are, they are, after all, within the same army. Now seeing that the so-called invincible naval fleet has been hit so badly, it is obviously unrealistic to say that they have not been hit at all.

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Just when Kamio Mitsutomi was standing on the dock with a pale face and looking at Yiqiqi in the bay, not knowing what he was thinking, an army officer suddenly ran over quickly, stood beside Kamio Mitsutomi and said softly.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency Kato has just called and said that quite a few people from the Navy are trapped at the bottom of the ship. They don't have enough people, and I hope we can send some people over to help..."

"Help..."Kamio Mitsutomi came back to his senses and said hurriedly. No problem. Order the 24th Brigade and the 29th Brigade to follow the orders of Lieutenant General Kato. ”

"Yes!"

Just as the officer turned around and wanted to leave, Kamio Mitsutomi suddenly stretched out his hand and stopped him. "By the way, Lieutenant General Kato is fine, right?"

"No," the officer shook his head. I don't know much about the specifics, but Vice Admiral Kato's ship didn't seem to have been attacked during the attack just now, so there wasn't much damage..."

"That's good..."Seeing the scene in front of him, Kamio Mitsutomi didn't have the heart to continue fighting with the army people.

Not much. The 24th and 29th Brigades were concentrated, and at the same time, Yuzaburo Kato sent a naval officer who looked like a wolf bèi over to take charge of the coordination between the army and the navy.

Of course. The officer did not forget to explain the situation to Mitsutomi Kamio, for example, Yuzaburo Kato speculated that the attack was most likely caused by a submarine, as well as the casualties...

In this attack, the navy was dealt a heavy blow. The casualties were significant. Many capital ships were hit by several torpedoes at once. Now it's either sunk to the bottom of the bay, or it's been blown in two.

However, there are still some that are either still floating on the water or half-sinking because of the small blows they have received and the survivability and resistance to blows are strong.

Generally speaking, the ships of the First Fleet in the bay this time, except for those warships such as the 'Settsu' that have not been attacked, can be divided into two categories, one is that it can no longer be saved. The other category is still salvageable. But even in the former category, considering the large number of crew members trapped inside the ship. As the commander of the First Fleet and this naval operation, Yuzaburo Kato is unlikely to abandon them.

It's just that with the current manpower of the navy, even if it is not enough to fight fires and control ships into the water, where can they spare manpower to save people, so Yuzaburo Kato will hit the idea on the army.

At this time, although many people were confronting the Wehrmacht on the front line of Linglong Town, there were still tens of thousands of people in the town, and these were exactly the human resources that the navy needed most at the moment.

Because of the explosion and the attack, almost all the troops in the town ran to the dock at this time, so it was very light, and the officers on the dock had already gathered the 24th and 29th brigades. After seeing the scene in front of them, these army men did not seem to have the heart to be angry with the navy, and after receiving the order to rescue, they quickly took off the military uniform they were wearing, and then followed the officer to the ship that was needed.

In fact, before Kamio Mitsutomi gave the order, many army personnel had already taken off their clothes and ran to help, so although there were only two brigades of people who helped this time, the army actually in the port was even more than 10,000 people, just because they didn't think that this kind of thing would happen, in fact, this kind of thing had never happened in the past few thousand years, so although the army and navy temporarily put down their frustration, but in the absence of tools, the rescue work was not particularly smooth...

At the same time, after learning that the port had been attacked, Kato Dingyoshi, who was leading some cruisers and destroyers to patrol in the nearby waters, hurriedly rushed back with the fleet, but after returning to Longkou Bay, looking at the scene in the bay, Kato Dingyoshi could hardly believe his eyes...

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After completing the attack on the Japanese army in Longkou Bay, Gong Rang and others secretly left from Longkou Bay.

The whole operation went very smoothly, except for the aimless shelling of Yuzaburo Kato at the end, which caused several submarines to suffer not very severe damage, and some crew members were injured, the whole operation hardly suffered any casualties, and the results they caused were unimaginable.

Standing in the submarine, although the periscope has been retracted, Gong Rang can still imagine the scene in the bay at this moment, and at the same time, many submarine officers and soldiers in the surrounding boats are also congratulating Gong Rang.

"However, it's really disappointing," one of the officers shook his head in disappointment. I thought that those Japanese were very powerful, and we were still sneaky when we acted, but who would have thought that they would be so vulnerable and so smooth that we would succeed in a sneak attack..."

Hearing Zhang Yang's words, the other officers also agreed with each other.

This time, in order to be able to act smoothly, they can be said to be very cautious. Except for the fact that they would secretly send a submarine to the bay to check on the location of the Japanese fleet, they were almost always hiding in a secret port nearby.

When diving into the bay, the fleet was also careful to avoid the Japanese fleet cruising in the nearby waters. And because no one has ever done that before. So they're always worried about failure in the course of their actions, who would have thought...

It was so easy to succeed...

"If we take the fleet with us this time, maybe the harvest will be even greater..."

Thinking of a few ships that were missed due to the angle during the attack just now, Zhang Yang said with some regret.

"It's a bit of a pity, but we were able to succeed this time, and the Japanese didn't expect us to attack, which is one of the reasons..."Gong Rang shook his head. Besides, we didn't expect it to be so easy before we acted. In the event of failure, if we really let the people of the fleet come with us, then our losses will be too great. What's more, it is also a very important reason for the Japanese to be so careless, and the fact that the people of the fleet have been staying there in Shanghai and Fuzhou..."

Miyano will not become arrogant because of a small victory. He knew very well that the reason for this success was that they had been training for the past few days. But there is also a very important reason for this, which is the last few thousand years. No one has ever tried to do that.

There is a fleet patrolling the nearby waters, and there are also people on duty on ships in the bay. No matter how you look at it, there is nothing wrong with the Japanese. There was only one reason why such an accident happened this time, and that was that they did not expect an attack from underwater, but it was not their fault, because in this day and age, I am afraid that no one would have thought that such a thing would happen.

Even Tokichi Kato, who was patrolling the nearby seas, could not have imagined that it was under their boat. There will be a large school of black fish swimming into the bay...

Coupled with the general lack of vigilance against underwater threats in this era, and the absence of sonar or anything. It is not surprising that there will be such a result―――――― you must know that even 2 or 30 years later, in that era when the threat of submarines was already understood, the British were successfully attacked by the Germans, not to mention that this submarine was still a new branch of the military.

In fact, in order to be able to achieve this victory, the navy has sent out all the submarines with combat effectiveness, and most of them have not even been able to complete the sea trials, to be able to obtain such a great result, to be honest, whether it is Gong Rangyi or Yan Shao and Sa Zhenbing who are far away in Beijing, they are very surprised, and the blow caused by the 16 submarines is undoubtedly devastating to the Japanese fleet in the bay. If there is another wave, it can even make the Japanese Navy a historical name in a short period of time.

But...

With this time, if you still want to succeed like this, I'm afraid you won't have a chance.

After all, the Japanese are not stupid, they will not be involved twice in the same matter, and even other countries may be more vigilant because of this action. But in the short term, I am afraid this will not have much to do with China...

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In Shanghai, although it is only 6 o'clock, the streets are already full of pedestrians.

It is not surprising that, after all, this is the most prosperous city in China, and there are naturally more people than other cities, of course, there are also more pressures in life, so the residents of the city have already gotten up from bed early.

But just when the pedestrians on the street were about to do as usual, on the street, a few newsboys were there waving newspapers in their hands and shouting in the street.

"Good news! Good news! The Longkou Bay Navy returned victorious, and the submarine force shocked the world!! ”

"The submarine force sank and damaged nearly 30 enemy ships, and our troops did not suffer any casualties..."

Waving the newspaper in their hands, the newsboys ran through the crowd.

Hearing this shocking news, many pedestrians widened their eyes in disbelief. Almost in the blink of an eye, many adults had gathered around and bought the newspaper from the newsboy. And the passers-by next to him also came up to see if the news was true or false, or if it was just an April Fool's joke―――――― even though April Fool's Day had passed four or five months by this time.

It was just over 6 a.m. on August 30, just over an hour after the attack. News about Longkou Bay has spread throughout the country. It can spread so fast, and naturally there is a national and social government to contribute to it, otherwise. No matter how powerful the uncrowned kings were, they wouldn't have learned more than an hour after the attack.

While the news spread throughout the country, the ministers in the concession area hurriedly sent people to verify it while being incredulous, and naturally, they did not forget to send the news back to China.

In the British Legation in Dongjiaomin Lane, after seeing that someone had already run to the communications office. Jim walked over to Jurdian's side with a look of disbelief on his face. "Mr. Minister, do you think this news will be true?"

Apparently. Jim still couldn't believe the news that had just been communicated to them by the National Government, after all, it was indeed a bit shocking.

"I don't know." Zhu Erdian shook his head. "But at least one thing I know is that these Chinese will never joke about this, at least not the man named Yan Shao..." But Zhu Erdian was still a little hard to believe.

"That..."

"Let's go to the presidential palace. Let's see if we can get any more reliable news...", taking the coat from the subordinate, Jurdian said to Jim as he put it on.

Soon the two left the legation and got into a car to go to the presidential palace.

In fact, it's not just him, at this moment, almost all the foreign embassies in Dongjiaomin Lane are busy, just to find out whether this matter is as the Kuomintang government said, the sudden attack on Tongguò caused heavy damage to the Japanese fleet, and even made the fleet completely incapacitated...

It's just Yan Shao's place. Although it has been confirmed, it is still hard for them to believe it. Under the blows of a number of underwater submarines, the Japanese fleet, with ten battleships and two battle cruisers, was actually hit hard and, as a result, completely lost its combat capability.

For Zhu Erdian and others, at least some photos are needed to confirm the correctness of this news. For this requirement, Yan Shao is completely helpless.

The reason is simple...

At this time, it has only been more than an hour since the incident, how did you ask him to get the photos back from Shandong? In such a little time, I am afraid that it is not enough to even develop the photos―――――― since the operation has been formulated, Yan Shao naturally did not forget to let people get some photos back, so at 5 o'clock, that is, when the submarine force launched an attack, the army's aviation unit sent a number of planes to fly over Longkou Bay to take pictures of the situation there.

At that time, the Japanese were in a hurry by the attack, and obviously did not care about these uninvited guests on their heads. Therefore, the pilots' aerial photography work was carried out very smoothly.

And then, that's the question just now, fly back to the airport from Longkou Bay, and then do this and that, it's only six o'clock and less than seven o'clock, so even if you develop the photos, this time may not be enough, at this time there is no computer, the Internet, and even the ability to fax photos, how do you ask him to let people send photos back to Beijing from Shandong in more than an hour.

So Yan Shao is really powerless in this regard.

However, in fact, Yan Shao, Cai Yi and Bu Zigao had considered launching an attack at 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning or 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning. Because that time is one of the most tired and lax times for people, and the dark night can also make the actions of the submarine force more stealthy and undetectable, and the success rate will be higher.

As for how to see the target...

When the attack is launched, there will be air forces flying to Longkou Bay to cooperate with the firing of flares in the bay.

Flares can illuminate the bay for a short period of time, and submarine forces can take advantage of this opportunity to launch attacks on ships in the bay. An airplane can carry a large number of flares, and warships in the bay can also illuminate a considerable distance of space after they burn up, so there is no need to worry about brightness.

But the brightness of the flares is still a little worse than the real sunlight, and the hum of the plane's engines is not to mention in the daytime. At night, it can be heard from a long distance, and it is easy to wake up the Japanese troops in Longkou Bay.

Although even if they wake up, they may not know that the attack is coming from underwater, but this will cause some obstacles to the attack. The preparation made in advance may also cause some casualties due to the Japanese counterattack (that is, firing indiscriminately at the water in the bay), which is why Yan Shao and others finally vetoed this plan and changed the time to 5 o'clock...

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Although Jurdian did not get the picture from Yan Shao, he later got confirmation ―――――― from London.

No matter how controversial the war between China and Japan was, Japan was a member of the Entente after all, and it was logical that Britain and France were supposed to send observers to the Japanese army, and in fact they did.

In Longkou Town, there were almost 20 British and French observers, who had planned to go to the front in a few days. After all, as observers, they always have to go to the front line to see the real situation, who would have thought that they would actually see the scene that happened in Longkou Bay.

And through them, London and Paris also learned about the whole thing. After learning that this incident was actually true, even London and Paris were very shocked, after all, according to the description of the observation mission, this time the Japanese fleet sank at least five or six battleships alone, and some were heavily damaged, and very few other capital ships survived, but it is a submarine that neither Britain nor France has cared about in the past...

If Britain and France were only shocked, then the reaction of the Japanese after receiving the news was much more crazy, as the main responsible person, Kato Dingyoshi committed suicide by disembowelment because he did not find the submarine force that had infiltrated Longkou Bay, followed by many generals of the Second Fleet.

Although the responsibility of Yuzaburo Kato and the other generals of the First Fleet was a little smaller, the losses of the navy this time were so great, and Shigenobu Okuma and others did not have the leisure to reason with him, so although it did not reach the point of disembowelment, Yuzaburo Kato and the others were still punished very heavily...

At the same time, in order to save face and retaliate, the Ministry of War (referring to the Ministry of the Army, the Ministry of the Navy, the Army General Staff, the Military Order, and the Military Administration) also asked Mitsutomi Kamio to launch a frontal offensive against the National Defense Forces within three days.

However, when the Japanese were still angry about the loss of Longkou Bay, after learning the news of the victory in Longkou Bay, the whole country was jubilant, and even Yan Shao held a celebratory reception in the banquet hall of the presidential palace, inviting domestic military and political dignitaries, social orders, and diplomatic envoys such as Zhu Erdian to celebrate together.

At the same time, in order to show goodwill (malicious?) Yan Shao also sent people to the Japanese legation to invite the Japanese minister to come over and celebrate together. But of course, Ri Zhiyi did not accept Yan Shao's invitation full of kindness (malice), and even tore the invitation card with a distorted expression in front of the visitor. (To be continued......)