"Shirono" is a light destroyer with a displacement of more than a thousand tons. At about 6 o'clock in the morning, under the command of Captain Miyamoto Shota, the "Jono" sailed out of the military port in Tainan and began a one-day patrol on duty.

The "Sunken" operation planned by Ouyang Yun not only dealt a heavy blow to the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy, but also dealt a serious blow to the arrogance of the Japanese Navy. Since the sinking of the "Akagi" and other two aircraft carriers in the Taiwan Strait, the Japanese Navy, starting with the "Big Three" and down to the grass-roots officers and men below, have all been carrying their tails between their legs, while the Taiwan fleet, which is on the weaker side, has cautiously reduced the cruising distance on duty. However, the fleet participating in the "Zhao's Orphans" operation was still discovered by the little devils.

In the current situation where the Japanese Navy is dominant in the South China Sea and even in the South Pacific, the Japanese Navy is not at all worried about encountering hostile ships, so although the Japanese Navy has already clamped its tail and acted as a man because of the sinking of the "Akagi," all the Japanese Navy officers and men on the "Jono" are still in a very relaxed mood at the moment.

"It's a sunny day today, and the snow must have begun to fall on Mt. Fuji at this moment, right?" Captain Shota Miyamoto was standing in front of the transparent and spacious side window of the captain's room looking at the rising red sun in the east, when suddenly the voice of a lookout post came from the microphone on his command platform: "Report, a large number of ships have been found in the northwest direction, about thirty nautical miles away from me, according to observation, they are fishing boats." ”

"Fishing boats, the people of Shina are really industrious," Miyamoto thought and said, "Then continue to observe!" ”

A quarter of an hour or so passed, and as the human warships gradually caught up with the fleet, new news came from the lookout: "Your Excellency, Captain, the warship has been discovered, and there are indeed warships in the fishing fleet of the Chinese people. ”

"Warship? Have you read carefully? ”

"Hello."

The fleet of the Chinese people, the warships, but their direction, is it our own warships, what mission is the Navy Ministry performing? Thinking so, Miyamoto picked up the high-powered telescope, and soon, he found the shadow of the warship in the group of fishing boats. What is certain is that the warship is definitely not the standard of the Japanese Navy, and the tonnage is too small, at best it has a displacement of about 500 tons. "Catch up," Miyamoto ordered, and doubts arose in his mind, the direction of these ships was obviously leaving from here in Taiwan, but, the warships of the Chinese people, how could they appear here in such a state?

The Japanese navy advanced at full speed, and it only took about half an hour for them to appear in the field of view of the convoy.

Chen Yuanyang was on one of the gunboats, and when the first fishing boat to discover the Japanese ship reported the situation, he felt a pang in his heart, knowing that what he was most worried about had happened.

"There is only one warship, with a tonnage of about a thousand tons, which is very fast, it should be around twenty-two knots. Commander, what to do? After Xu Haiquan, the captain of the gunboat, personally went to the lookout post to observe the enemy ships, he asked Chen Yuanyang.

Chen Yuanyang frowned, thought for a while, and decisively ordered: "Order, all gunboats immediately slow down and prepare to meet the enemy, in addition, all fishing boats and logistics ships immediately return at full speed." ”

After the Dongshan Fleet was attacked by the Japanese, it suffered heavy losses, and there were only four ships intact, among them, the torpedo boats could not undertake the transportation task at all, so this time only three gunboats participated in the operation, among them, the Dongshan 121, which served as the command ship, was the largest.

The total tonnage of the three gunboats of the Cadet Corps was about 1,300 tons, and the tonnage of the Japanese destroyer was 1,100. The warship of Qianyi is considered a very small level, but at this moment, compared to Dongshan 121, it is an adult compared to a child.

"Disperse, prepare for battle," Chen Yuanyang ordered, and the three gunboats dispersed, quietly waiting for the arrival of the Japanese ships in a zigzag shape. Compared with the Japanese ships, the Navy of the Cadet Army is not inferior to the Japanese army in other aspects, except for a slight deficiency in tonnage and caliber, and in terms of means of communication, it is far ahead of the Japanese army. Of course, considering that the Japanese were only one destroyer, this advantage did not seem to be much comparable.

The fishing boats began to speed away, and the warships made preparations for battle, and in the face of the three ships, Miyamoto couldn't help but hesitate to fight. It's a good thing to win, but what if you lose or even sink? It's not that Miyamoto is afraid of death, but he thinks of a question, what is the real purpose of this Chinese fleet. "Transporting people or goods, or armed reconnaissance? No, do the people of China want to use force against Taiwan? He was puzzled, and the more he did this, the more he did not dare to move, because he was very worried that if his ship was sunk and he could not report the situation to the upper authorities, then the possible consequences would be irreparable.

"Captain, please give the order to open fire, the Shina ship is already in range." One of the officers below gave the order to open fire, and at this moment, a huge flame suddenly erupted from a gunboat on the opposite side, and the other party was the first to bubble. The Higashiyama 121 has a total of five guns, one 150 mm main gun, two 75 mm secondary guns and two 30 mm machine guns. At the same time, the whole ship is equipped with four anti-aircraft machine guns. At this time, the artillery skills of the Cadet Army were already slightly ahead of the world, because the steel produced was very good, and its artillery diameter ratio was larger than that of other countries in the same period, so it could fight farther in range.

The Japanese ship had a total of eleven guns on it, of which three were the main guns, two in the front and three in the rear, with a gun diameter of 204 mm.

The main gun of Higashiyama 121 was the first to fire, and the first calibrated shell exploded at a distance of about 50 meters from the Japanese ship, and then the second shell fell on the sea behind it and exploded, and the violent explosion shook the Japanese ship more than once, and at this moment, Miyamoto immediately realized that although the tonnage of the enemy ship was small, the firepower intensity was not much worse than his own. His mind was spinning quickly, and after thinking about it, he felt that it was impossible to bargain, so he resolutely ordered to withdraw.

The Japanese ships did not even turn around and leave without even demonstrative shelling, and the officers and men of the three gunboats of the Cadet Corps burst into thunderous cheers.

"Ha, these little devils are useless, they ran away without fighting, commander, it seems that the combat strength of our army is still there!" Xu Haiquan said to Chen Yuanyang with a smile.

Chen Yuanyang had a worried face, and he first ordered to return immediately. Then he said to Xu Haiquan: "Do you think the little devils don't dare to fight, I think, they guessed the intentions of our army." Immediately send a telegram to Division Commander Jiang, telling him that the Japanese may have sensed our actions and told him to move towards the main island of Taiwan as soon as possible. ”

"Yes."

The original plan for the follow-up of the "Zhao orphans" was that after the successful landing, they would use the night to transport the troops to the island of Taiwan in batches, and all the personnel would be divided into three groups to go to the island of Taiwan, of which the first regiment would go to the mountains and forests south of Taipei, then the second regiment would go to Taichung, and then the third regiment would take the triangular area of Kaohsiung County, Pingtung County, and Taitung County as the activity area. As for Ryukyu Island, only one or two people will eventually be left lurking. When he received the telegram from Chen Yuanyang, Jiang Dahe immediately told everyone the latest information, and decided to start crossing the sea that night, and once the Japanese army found it, it would be a battle at any cost. Among them, the three main regiments will be responsible for the main combat mission, while the people of Wolf Tooth and Fox Pupil will be responsible for protecting the people of the Satellite Fire Brigade to sneak to the island of Taiwan, and even if the main force is exhausted, it is necessary to ensure that the Star Fire Brigade can take root on the island of Taiwan.

After the deployment of the combat operation, Jiang Dahe Zhengse said: "Comrades, prepare for battle, we must be prepared to shed blood and sacrifice as liberators now." Comrades, I know that many people do not understand the general headquarters' intentions for this operation, and feel that sending troops to Taiwan at this time is not doing their job properly and is arrogant. But I would like to say that the General Headquarters is right to do this, because only when we take root in Taiwan can Taiwan, an unsinkable aircraft carrier, not be able to wantonly attack the coast of Minyueqiong. Only in this way can the combat strength of our student army become a solid barrier to prevent the Japanese army from destroying our country. Comrades, think about our mothers. She will protect us as sons at all times, even if they are old and healthy, and if there is anything good to eat, the first thing that comes to mind is us. China, on the other hand, is the mother of Taiwan. We are here on behalf of the mother, and we want to give hope and care to this son in Taiwan...... Fight, comrades! ”

The Japanese reacted very quickly, and as soon as Kobayashi received Miyamoto's report, he immediately realized the strangeness and danger of the incident, and immediately sent a circular to all military ports in Taiwan, asking them to organize troops to inspect the coastal areas.

Five hours later, a motorboat from Kaohsiung Harbor landed on the fishing dock on Ryukyu Island, and a small group of devils descended from it, and they divided into two groups, one way to the town, and the other along the beach to start patrolling.

Ryukyu Island is too small, only about seven square kilometers in size, and the island is rocky and rocky, it is impossible to hide 5,000 people. Therefore, when the special forces in charge of chatting with the patrol had just reported the news of the discovery of this motorboat to Jiang Dahe, he made a decision: completely destroy this team of devils, seize its motorboat, capture its leading officer, and then use this officer to find a way to fool the Japanese army.

"This is the best solution, otherwise if the Japanese find out, they will be able to wipe out our regiment just by dispatching aviation," unlike when the meeting encouraged the officers below to fight to the death, when he privately discussed the handling method with Jiang Chuanjun and others, Jiang Dahe had already set the tone to outwit it.

On the day when the "Zhao's orphans" operation officially began, three squadrons of attack planes were dispatched from Baiyunshan Airport to stop at a civilian airfield closest to Dongshan, ready to support Ryukyu Island at any time.

-- The first battle for landing on Taiwan may start at any time.