Chapter 368 Warships on the Huangpu River
For many people who are concerned about the construction of the Chinese Navy, before the Sino-Japanese War, the Beiyang Navy had a huge scale of the number one in Asia and the ninth in the world. After the Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese Navy was in a slump and no longer had its former glory.
After the establishment of the Republic of China government, although some people proposed to build a powerful navy, for many people, they knew very well how time-consuming, laborious and expensive it would be to rebuild a powerful navy.
Before the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the total tonnage of the Navy in the Republic of China was only 60,000 tons, or even less than a fraction of the Navy of Fusang. Since the day the war began, the navy had almost no power to fight back, and the so-called coastal defense was useless.
What is even more sad and infuriating is that this navy, which has a small tonnage, finally chose a very tragic way to withdraw from the anti-Japanese war sequence. Many ships and civilian ships sank themselves in Jiangyin, thereby curbing the invasion of the Fusang fleet.
Hu Biao, who traveled through time, knew that the re-rise of the Chinese navy in later generations also took a long time. It is worthy of comfort that in the time and space when Hu Biao traveled through time, China already had the ability to produce aircraft carriers on its own.
Even in the navy's formation sequence, an aircraft carrier has entered the combat sequence, and a self-built aircraft carrier is undergoing sea trials. From the self-sinking of Jiangyin to the later navy's own aircraft carrier, the span is nearly a hundred years.
Perhaps this is why some people say that a century-old navy can be seen from this how difficult it is to build a strong navy. For Fusang, who has launched a full-scale war of aggression, the courage to invade is also due to their naval strength.
As the most powerful country in Asia's naval power, the Fusang government used their strong ships and cannons to continuously erode China's territory and interests. In the end, they even developed arrogance like snake swallowing elephants.
I heard a lot of people in the concession earlier. The Japanese fleet stationed in Shanghai, anchored on the Huangpu River, was also domineering on the Huangpu River. Not only did I kill and injured fishermen and fishing boats, I even often cooperated with the land forces and shelled the shore defense positions of the anti-Japanese war forces.
It was because of knowing that China did not have the naval strength to compete with that the Japanese were so arrogant. Since they were about to leave, Hu Biao didn't mind giving the Japanese some blood. Compared to building a new ship, Hu Biao felt that the bombing was faster.
If you have the opportunity to form your own air combat brigade in the future, Hu Biao will also organize an air combat brigade to raid the aircraft carrier formation along the coast of China. Or, buy more submarines and ambush Japanese ships in the offshore area.
If one more ship is blown up, the Japanese will lose one less. Even if the Japanese are currently building a new type of ship, every time they blow up and sink a ship, they will cut a piece of the Japanese meat. If the more meat they cut, the Japanese will always feel pain.
Like Hu Biao, many anti-Japanese patriots and even dead soldiers had thought of blowing up the ships that sink the Japanese ships roaming on the Huangpu River. Unfortunately, the Japanese did a good job of protecting ships, and it was difficult for the raiders to find opportunities to attack.
Although the National Army also used the Air Force to launch air strikes on the Japanese ships earlier, the Japanese still had a great advantage in air combat power. It is undoubtedly a matter of luck to successfully sank Japanese ships.
From the French Concession to Hu Biao on the Huangpu River, he knew that there were ships from other European and American countries near the dock where the Japanese ships were berthed. This area where warships were berthed is prohibited from approaching civilian ships. Once a ship approached, it would be hit.
In order to ensure the safety of warships, the Japanese also arranged multiple patrol boats on the nearby river surface. If you want to break through the blockade of these patrol ships, the chance of success is very small. It is also not easy to swim around at such a long distance.
Even if you can get on the ship alone, you must carry explosives and other supplies that can blow up the warships, right? If you bring less explosives, even if you can cause certain losses to the warships, the Japanese will bring the warship back to the country and it will not take long to repair them.
On the other hand, Hu Biao is different from other raiders. Even Hu Biao swam across the Huangpu River alone. However, Hu Biao, who has storage space, has prepared the explosives and other materials needed to operate tonight.
After explaining to Tian Tiezhu and others, Hu Biao took off his coat and wore only a tight fitting, and began to escape into the turbid Huangpu River. Fortunately, the water temperature in the Huangpu River was much warmer than the previous time.
Looking at Hu Biao who disappeared on the river, Tian Tiezhu, who was the personal guard, said nervously: "Decorate the cordon! Hide it well. Before the captain goes ashore safely, do not exchange fire with the Japanese or the police force. Just hide it."
"yes!"
The guards scattered around each found a hiding place. In fact, there were not many people coming to the Huangpu River at this time. In addition, there were so many chaos in the concession during the day, who would dare to wander around outside in the middle of the night?
In addition, the nights on the Huangpu River are quite chaotic, and ordinary people dare not come at night. Even some gang members will not run to the river in the middle of the night unless they have any special tasks at night.
Only the patrols responsible for the riverside patrols and the patrol teams dispatched by the Japanese army will patrol the riverside from time to time. Once suspicious people are found approaching, they will come forward to interrogate. Those who refuse to be interrogated will be shot and killed on the spot!
In the bustling Shanghai, there are too many unknown dark sides hidden under the night. Even if many people in gangs know that the words their boss is best at saying are "Tie a stone and sink into the Huangpu River."
Hu Biao did not care too much about these things. For Hu Biao, he was a passerby and a witness in this time and space. From beginning to end, he did not forget the decision he made when he came through time, which was to cause trouble for the Japanese as much as possible.
If you can kill one more Japanese soldier, you may save a few innocent and kind people later. If you blow up one more warship, you may save more people. As a butterfly that travels through time, Hu Biao also wants to vibrate his small wings more.
Hu Biao, who was swimming in the Huangpu River, observed the navigation location of the Japanese patrol boats from time to time. Every time the patrol boat passed by, Hu Biao would inhale and sink into the water, waiting for the patrol boat to pass overhead, and then continue to dive into the waters where the warships were located.
When Hu Biao successfully approached the first warship and looked at the undulating warship, Hu Biao knew that this warship was the largest tonnage among the group of Fusang flags. If nothing unexpected happens, it should be a flagship.
After reconnaissing along the warship, Hu Biao sneered: "Let's just take action first!"
Generally speaking, Japanese warships anchored on the Huangpu River will not go out at will without a mission. For the Japanese army occupying Shanghai, they need these warships to stop here to deter warships sent by other countries.
Perhaps for the Japanese army, they felt that as long as these warships were there, they could attack and retreat or defend, and they would always take the initiative in the battlefield. Every time they saw these warships parked in the port, they felt more at ease when they stayed in Shanghai.
Although it is uncertain whether the Japanese arranged a sentry on the warship. When they swam to the position of the head of the ship, Hu Biao took out a homemade simple projection gun from the storage space and drove the triangle rake and rope to the position of the head of the ship.
As the triangular rake pulls the rope to the head of the ship, Hu Biao tried to pull it. After confirming that the rope was fixed, he began to climb up quickly along the rope. When he was about to reach the top, Hu Biao carefully visited it.
It seemed that there were no alert personnel on the warship. Hu Biao turned over and entered the deck area of the warship and quickly closed the ropes. This was also to ensure that when he placed the explosive device, he would not let the patrol boats find abnormalities.
Putting the rope at the head of the ship, Hu Biao bent down and began to fumble forward to the position of the warship tower. Looking at the locked tower and the cabin door, Hu Biao took out the wire to unlock the lock. Hu Biao was still very good at this small skill.
After successfully opening the warship cabin door, Hu Biao did not forget to take out a triangular stent and hold it in his heart, and walked along the cabin aisle inside the warship. Every time he approached a cabin, Hu Biao would carefully reconnaissance and confirm that there was no one in the room.
Until he arrived at the power cabin of the warship safely, Hu Biao began to take out time bombs made in advance from the storage space and place them in important parts of the warship. Hu Biao would also focus on taking care of the cabin of the fuel storage.
Looking at the hidden time bombs placed one by one, Hu Biao sneered: "Unless the Japanese will start a large-scale investigation as soon as they boarded the ship. Otherwise, the Japanese will not be able to find them at all. Where will I place the explosives?
Once these explosives are started, even if the warship does not sink immediately, there is no possibility of restarting. Such a living coffin floats on the sea, which should be loved by those who have been injured by warships!”
After leaving the cabin, Hu Biao did not conduct a strict search of the warships. There were several warships next to him, waiting for Hu Biao to visit. If searching these cabins, it would inevitably delay time and would easily attract attention.
If the Japanese who were on the shore resting on the ship early tomorrow morning and found that their cabin items were lost or moved, the Japanese would definitely know that someone had boarded the warship. At that time, the explosion effect would be greatly reduced.
Compared to searching for valuable materials from warships, Hu Biao felt that completely destroying this warship was the result he most wanted to see. Moreover, I believe that the officers and soldiers on the ship would not stay on the ship if they were truly valuable!
According to the law, Hu Biao began to board the ship repeatedly, install explosive devices, and disembark to confirm that all warships were visited. Seeing that it was already late, Hu Biao finally started to set off and return to the shore.
Arriving at the shore, changing into the clothes he had taken off before, and confirming that there was no danger nearby, Hu Biao whistled. Hearing the whistle, Tian Tiezhu and others who had been hiding nearby walked out of the secret.
Looking at Hu Biao who returned safely, he said happily: "Captain, are you back? Is it done?"
"It's done! It's just those big firecrackers, and you have to spend some time waiting. Now, go home and rest, and you'll have to hurry up tomorrow!"
After explaining with a smile, Hu Biao took Tian Tiezhu and others to return to the small western-style building where he lived earlier. The team members who were staying near the small western-style building seemed relieved to see Hu Biao and his party returning safely.
Although they didn't know what Hu Biao was going to do, they could still guess that it was worth Hu Biao's actions. I believe that the movement caused was less than that. What was going on, I'll know if I wanted to come tomorrow!
Chapter completed!