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Volume 2: Under the Warlord Chapter 1,177: The rescue fleet sets sail for Japan

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    Lunch at noon was eaten by Wang Maoru, Deputy Minister of National Defense Zhang Zuolin, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of National Defense Wu Peifu and others on the plane. They had Chinese version of hamburger buns and pancakes rolled with green onions. Wu Peifu is a Shandong native who likes to eat pancakes rolled with green onions, while Zhang Zuolin likes to eat pancakes rolled with green onions.  When he was the Northwest King in the northwest, he also fell in love with the northwest's Roujiamo. Wang Maoru didn't mind eating anything.  It's just that this meal was a bit unpleasant, because next we have to face the Japanese Navy, which is the first in Asia and the third in the world.  This is a inevitable defeat, a fatal game, but it has to be stopped.

    After three and a half hours of flight, the plane finally arrived at Weihai seaport and landed successfully. Thousands of people in Weihai learned that the president had arrived in Weihai and ran to the temporary airport to pick him up.

    When several teenagers saw the rows of tall and strong National Defense Force soldiers protecting them, they couldn't help but sigh: "In the future, I will also become a military marshal." This immediately caused others to burst into laughter, saying that they were dreaming and that they were ordered by the emperor.  You are just little fish and shrimp at best, you should go back and move your ancestral graves, and may your family have an emperor who is a military marshal in the next few lives - Chinese people don't care who they are, president or prime minister, in their hearts, the one who speaks best is still  emperor.

    ??In the minds of ordinary people who don¡¯t know a single liter of Chinese characters, and who usually visit great places in counties, is there any difference between a president and an emperor?

    In order to welcome the arrival of the President, the Undersecretary of National Defense and the Chief of Staff, the magistrate of Weihai County had already prepared a residence for Wang Maoru and others. It was in the home of the largest wealthy man in Weihai.  A century-old house with beautiful scenery and clear water. It is said that this mansion has a scholar in its ancestors. It is really a first-class Feng Shui treasure.  But Wang Maoru refused the kind invitation from the county magistrate and gentry.  He ran to the crew quarters of the battleship Canopus to stay overnight.

    Of course, it would not be very comfortable to sleep here for a night, and how could the rest room in the cabin be better than the landlord's compound, but as the president, Wang Maoru shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers.  The more than 2,000 crew members and pilots involved in the rescue were deeply moved.  But this is just a hardship for Zhang Zuolin and Wu Peifu. Living on a boat instead of living in a good landlord's compound is really a suffering.  Fortunately, both of them are rough people, so they don't care much about it, especially Wu Peifu who has a tough temperament, while Zhang Zuolin is soft on the outside and strong on the inside.  Wang Maoru, who was ten years younger than them, could live in the boat, so they naturally persisted. It was only a one-night hardship.

    After arranging your accommodation.  In the evening, Wang Maoru and others held a meeting overnight. Beijing sent an urgent message saying that Japan warned China that if it sails into Japan's territorial waters without authorization, it will be surrounded and suppressed by the Japanese Navy's Fourth Fleet.  Wang Maoru turned to Li Ruyan and said, "Does your air force have any countermeasures?"

    Li Ruyan said: "Yes. Our Army Aviation Group has prepared twenty Kirin 2 bombers and twenty Suzaku 1 dual-purpose aircraft in Weihai. Their range can reach two hundred kilometers, so they are enough to escort our rescue fleet to Japanese territorial waters.  .¡±

    Wang Maoru sighed and said: "China's territorial waters are actually only twenty nautical miles away from the coastline, and twenty nautical miles away are Japan's territorial waters. The more I think about it, the angrier I get."

    Zhang Zuolin also shouted: "What a fucking fool, one day I have to give little Japan a good beating." He turned to Wang Maoru and said: "President, if one day comes, you will allow me to take command."

    Wang Maoru smiled and said: "Okay. I'm sure."

    Zhang Zuolin burst out laughing.

    Wang Maoru turned his head to Li Ruyan again. A plan had been brewing within Air Force.  There is a joint fleet plan to develop aircraft to fight Japan. It is because of this plan that Wang Maoru invested a lot of money in aircraft research and development.

    For example, gasoline incendiary bombs and white phosphorus incendiary bombs are now in use, as well as metal incendiary bombs that are being developed secretly. The metal incendiary bomb was proposed by a German chemist Strauss, because Germany is also restricted from developing large surface combatants.  , so China and Germany do have common needs.  There is no doubt that the target of the metal incendiary bomb is large surface ships. It is made of aluminum powder and iron trioxide, which is the thermite of later generations, but the effect is not very satisfactory.  The gasoline incendiary bombs are mainly used to affect the opponent's engineering fortifications, especially when facing Japan's wooden structure houses.  White phosphorus incendiary bombs are the most common because they not only bring inextinguishable flames but are also accompanied by highly toxic gases, making them the most effective weapon against the opponent's infantry.

    The cost of researching artillery shells is far lower than that of developing ships. Although the naval officers complained, they also knew that if they wanted to surpass the Japanese Navy, it would take thirty years of hard work and it would just be a fantasy.  Therefore, the use of aircraft to carry incendiary bombs has become a secret weapon against the Japanese navy.

    Are you going to use your trump card this time?  Wang Maoru also felt helpless. If the Japanese had not persecuted the Chinese in Japan, I am afraid that the secret of the bombers could still be kept, but now it must be revealed.

    Li RuyanHe smiled and said: "I am reporting to Your Excellency the President that we have installed three types of bombs on a total of forty Kirin 2 bombers and Zhuque 1 dual-purpose aircraft in Weihai, one is an ordinary bomb and the other is a white phosphorus incendiary bomb.  , one is a powerful bomb. But as far as I know, the battleship Kashima, the battleship of the Japanese Fourth Fleet, weighs 16,000 tons. Even if all the bombs of our twenty aircraft were dropped, the Kashima would not be able to sink.  Battleship." His face was full of helplessness, and he added: "So our air force can only harass, but it cannot play a substantial role."

    Wang Maoru said: "You don't need to be brilliant, but I do ask you to inflict heavy losses on the Japanese when they fire."

    Liu Guanxiong said: "President, all the main ships of our navy have gone to sea. If they are captured by Japan, China will no longer have a warship."

    Wang Maoru said: "I know you are suffering and in danger, but we must not have a naval battle with them. The total tonnage of our fleet is only half of Japan's Fourth Fleet. If we can't win, we don't want to lose everything."

    "What if they capture us?"

    "Suicide." Wang Maoru felt a twinge in his heart, the sorrow of a weak country and the most helpless choice for a weak country.

    All the officers mourned and fell silent. The conference room was filled with waves of death.  At this time, Zhang Kui'an hurriedly walked in and said in Wang Maoru's ear: "Agent No. 1 sent a secret message that the Japanese Imperial Cabinet has called the Japanese Navy Headquarters, requesting them to allow the Chinese rescue ship to dock outside the Nagasaki Military Port after arriving in Japan, and the Japanese will  The Chinese were transported to the ships. But the Japanese Navy did not reply to the Japanese Imperial Cabinet."

    "Is there any more?"

    "No more, only this piece of information." Zhang Kui'an said.

    Wang Maoru frowned. The Japanese Imperial Cabinet decided to allow Chinese ships to enter Japan, but the Japanese Navy did not reply. In other words, the Japanese Navy¡¯s Fourth Fleet was preparing to conduct an armed test against Chinese ships in the East China Sea!  Just like the Kwantung Army launched the September 18th Incident, once the Chinese did not resist, the Japanese immediately entered in large numbers.  If the Chinese navy does not resist, Japan's Fourth Fleet will definitely capture all Chinese ships.  Internationally, at most the commander of Japan's Fourth Fleet should resign and have a disembowelment to apologize for something!

    Little Japan, it¡¯s the same thing again.

    After learning about this emergency situation, Wang Maoru immediately decided: "Everyone, I have a piece of major intelligence. The Japanese Fourth Fleet is preparing to carry out an armed attack on my rescue ship at sea."

    "Ah!" The officers immediately screamed.

    Wang Maoru said: "Coastal Police Department, are you carrying weapons and shells this time?"

    "Bring it," Liu Guanxiong, chief of the Coast Guard, immediately shouted loudly, "It's fully loaded with shells."

    "Okay." Wang Maoru's face was ashen. "Once we engage in battle with the Japanese, send a telegram to Weihai Naval Base. All pilots of the Army Air Force bombers are in the cabin, ready to go to fight at any time. Weapons are ready." He stood up and said  : "This is top secret information. Remember, the Japanese will test it first. If we don't resist, the Japanese will sink all our warships and rescue ships. Canopus and Revenge battleships, your mission is very heavy.  Chief Liu, this time you, the old Beiyang man, will personally lead the team and bring out the spirit of the old Beiyang navy."

    "Yes." Everyone said in awe.

    Wang Maoru sighed and said: "It seems that I thought of little Japan too kindly." But he said in his heart: "How did I learn from Mr. Jiang and take the Japanese ambitions so lightly? This is my mistake.  What a mistake. The Japanese are the type of gamblers who will take risks if they don't succeed, and they will never settle down."

    At four o'clock in the morning on March 16, the sea in Weihai had already become lively. In addition to the more than 800 boats participating in the rescue, nearly a thousand small fishing boats from the surrounding areas also arrived, and many people from Shandong also came.  Arrive at Weihai and send the rescue fleet off to sea.  At this time, the clear sky suddenly turned gray. When everyone looked up, they were shocked to see the airship floating in the sky, blocking out the sun.  More than three hundred airships were prepared, and the scene was as scary as the end of the world.

    Several Shandong fellows were so shocked that they immediately knelt on the ground and shouted that the gods had appeared, the gods had appeared.

    Even Wang Maoru was stunned. The three hundred airships in the sky were really spectacular, as if they were endless. He turned back to Zhang Zuolin and said, "Seventh brother, how are you?"

    "What a f*ck, I scared the little Japanese to death." Zhang Zuolin grinned in surprise.

    Wang Maoru laughed, and then President Wang Maoru personally announced: "Go to Japan to save our compatriots and start immediately."

    The joint sea and air rescue team immediately weighed anchor and set off, targeting the Nagasaki military port in Japan.

    In the battle line of two battleships of the China Coast Guard,Under the leadership of the Canopus Avenger, a large number of civilian ships were preparing to sail to Japan.  In the sky, hundreds of reporters witnessed and photographed this magnificent scene, especially the airships in the sky, which seemed to envelope the entire sky. Nearly a thousand fishing boats, led by seventeen warships, did not make a single sound.  sound.

    "Woo woo woo" (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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