Battle of the Third Reich

Qinzhou Bay is now the lifeblood of the Japanese Army’s Fifth Division. Once something happens, the entire division may be over, so the Japanese army and navy stationed heavy soldiers there, defending like copper walls and iron walls, at least the Japanese themselves watch. △↗,

The Fifth Division is now in an embarrassing situation. It can't move backwards, it can only guard a large area of ​​wild mountains and wild mountains, and Nanning City, which is gradually lacking in materials.

The Imperial Japanese Army had now dispelled the idea of ​​annexing French Indochina with fake Daofa. The tricks of the young men in the staff headquarters had been completely bankrupt after the arrival of the French fleet. French Indochina has been unable to become a rear base and an important springboard for the southward plan. On the contrary, it has gradually become a serious obstacle for the Japanese army to march to Southeast Asia.

At present, the number of French garrisons in the colony has exceeded the total strength of the Japanese South Detachment. If you want to make a breakthrough from here, no matter the timing or your own strength, it has become impossible.

The Army Staff Headquarters could only revise the strategy, so the Fifth Division’s presence in Nanning turned into a tasteless taste. It was a pity to abandon it, but it was tasteless.

The location and environment of the Fifth Division is very bad, but it is currently the largest city in the area controlled by the Japanese army into French Indochina. The Japanese army must hold this place and turn it into a blockade of French India. An important base for the connection between China and the southwest of the state.

The problem is that the Japanese military finally realized that this highly strategic mission could never be accomplished by a division alone. However, due to the poor road system in Guangxi, the existing transportation capacity is barely enough to maintain the basic supply of a division.

The Fifth Division needed to increase its strength to complete its mission, but the addition of soldiers could no longer maintain basic supplies. At that time, let alone combat, survival would be a problem. In terms of the current capabilities of the Japanese army, it is simply unsolvable in a short time. Dilemma.

In order to reverse this embarrassing situation, the Japanese were forced to start building roads in Congshan, Guangxi. They transferred a large number of strong soldiers and labor from the Chinese occupied area and various pseudo-government-controlled areas to the Guangxi, a land of grassy jungles. These people will build a high-grade military road from Qinzhou Port to Nanning for the Japanese army, and the Japanese army also plans to build on this main line to eventually build a large transportation network centering on Nanning and radiating the entire surrounding area.

Also built along with the road are various large and small defensive strongholds along the road, including large masonry watchtowers and resting water soldier stations. The Japanese army lacked modern construction equipment and construction machinery, and workers could only rely on the original pickaxe, shovel, and hammer to work with human power.

Due to the dangerous construction environment and the lack of food and medical care, the Japanese army is almost unable to eat. How can it consume precious food to feed these Chinese workers who are regarded as "human-type livestock, inferior animals", and they have just said Less than half a month after the start of work, the number of casualties among the Chinese workers ahead has already exceeded 2,000.

Qinzhou Port now not only has to undertake the logistics supply task of the Japanese Army and Navy Garrison, but also has to shoulder the responsibility of supplementing the materials to support the entire road network project. Every day, several transport ships come from all parts of China's coast and even Japan, unloading thousands of tons of various materials on the pier. After warehousing records are classified, the transport vehicles dispatched from the country are finally distributed to various demand units. .

At present, the infrastructure of this port is overloaded every day. The order of the port area and the entire city is rapidly breaking down. Several accidents occur almost every hour. The casualties are not only Chinese citizens, but also include Quite a few Japanese soldiers, but in order to complete the planned plan, the military's senior officials insisted on turning a blind eye to everything that happened here.

"Empty the deck and clean the bridge!" Captain Paul gave the diving instructions.

The sailors had already buckled the muzzle on the deck guns and locked the steering mechanisms. They climbed up the towering control tower with their feet on the enclosure, and then followed one by one, swiftly following the vertical escalator, and quickly slid into the submarine cabin.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry all back to your respective positions! Where are you going, kid? Go to the bow cabin, which is the direction! Hurry, all run, good, you are good. "The first officer stood in the cabin shouting loudly.

"The deck is cleared!" The second-level officer on the command tower reported to Paul and then slid down the escalator.

According to the regulations of the German Navy Submarine Force, if the captain is on the control tower, then he must be the last person to enter the cabin, if the captain is not, then the other responsible officers can be deduced by analogy. Captain Paul last checked, and after confirming that there were no people left outside, he climbed down the escalator, confirming that the water pressure hatch on the top of the command tower was locked and locked.

"Start diving!" Paul stood firm on the command deck and immediately issued a diving order to the officers and men in the cabin.

"Observe, sir! Dive, dive, dive!" The deputy captain and the maritime commander called back loudly.

With the command of the captain, the roaring diesel engine was turned off in the power cabin, and the electric motor was started. Finally, the air inlet of the diesel engine was closed. At this time, the submarine was truly completely isolated from the outside world.

"Two-thirds of the two cars at full speed!" The captain ordered and the pointer on the bell of the tower immediately responded.

At this time, all the relevant crew members started to get busy, the ballast tank began to be filled with water, followed by the negative buoyancy tank, and the submarine's dive speed gradually increased. The submersible rudder at the front of the bow was slowly extended to both sides under the drive of a hydraulic pump. The helmsman began to adjust the submarine's pitch angle according to the command of the voyage. Under the drive of two high-power electric motors, the submarine began to press down the bow of the submarine. Dive under the sea.

The "five meters and seven meters" deputy captain reported the reading on the depth gauge.

"Negative buoyancy cabin blown out." The maritime commander ordered.

"The negative buoyancy chamber has been blown out." The sailor reported.

"13.7 meters, sir." The deputy captain turned to look at the captain.

"Close the inlet valve!" Paul ordered.

"The hull is flattened, two-thirds of the speed. Mr. Hanson, raise the periscope." Captain Paul took off the white soft-top combat cap and turned it back on the head again.

The periscope slowly rose along the vertical shaft, and Paul stepped forward to hold the handle, and put his eyes on the eyepiece.

"The sea is calm." Paul turned the periscope around the shaft. Today the weather is fine and the vision is good. No abnormal conditions have been found for the time being.

"Let's take a look, Gao." Paul turned his head to Gao Rufeng standing in the corner.

"Observe, sir." Gao Rufeng quickly stepped forward, holding the periscope excitedly and began to observe the sea.

"It took us three minutes to dive this time, which is a bit less than I originally expected, but I still have to admit that you all performed very well, and now everyone is in the combat position." Paul pulled the button of the broadcast in the cabin , Holding a microphone to inform the crew.

"Lower the periscope, Gao Lieutenant, Hansen, come here." Paul turned off the switch of the intercom, and said to Gao Rufeng and the deputy captain.

"We can now reach this line, about ten nautical miles from the inner harbor. If we get closer, we will enter the shallow water area. This seabed terrain is very complicated, and even the French can't figure it out, they only draw a piece. The safe navigation area has an average water depth of 18 meters, but within two nautical miles of the coast, there are many reefs and submarine gullies." The deputy captain used a red crayon to draw a circle on the map's waterproof membrane.

"We won’t enter the inner harbor, it’s not necessary, and the Japanese ships can’t get in. There are too many shoals. The average depth of this area is only five meters, and the Japanese large transport ships can only dock at the wharf of the outer harbor. Only small vessels can enter the inner harbor and park." Paul explained.

"Captain, what is the purpose of this operation? Sorry, I don't quite understand it." Gao Rufeng frowned at the chart.

"We want to test the anti-submarine defense capabilities of the Japanese Navy and get first-hand information about their port's anti-submarine deployment and common tactics." Paul replied with a smile.

"Are you saying that it is easy to raid Japanese ports in the future?" Gao Rufeng's face showed a surprised expression.

"Look at his expression, I know what he's thinking." Paul turned to the deputy captain with a smile.

"This is just a reconnaissance activity. Any country will collect some intelligence on various hypothetical or potential enemies. This is normal." Hansen, the deputy captain, said Gao Rufeng with a straight face.

"If we are unfortunately discovered by the Japanese, I will directly float up and reveal my identity." Paul held the compass and began to measure the measurement route on the map.

"If they want to go on board for inspection, if my men and I are exposed." Gao Rufeng began to worry.

"This is just a hypothesis. First they must be able to discover us, and secondly they have the courage to challenge the dignity of the Great German Empire again." The deputy captain replied solemnly.

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thank you all. (To be continued.)