The deep sky, reflected by the stars in the sky, shows a quiet blue color. The waning moon in the sky shines softly, and the gauze-like floating clouds slowly float, making the quiet star-moon night even more beautiful.
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At five o'clock in the morning, the silky morning light rises from the depths of the waves in the far east, and the shy morning glow slowly follows like a bride stepping out of her boudoir. The crescent moon in the sky has already wandered to the horizon, and the sky is filled with stars at the moment of the arrival of the morning light.
Faintly falling into a deep sleep, two stars, one blue and one red, slowly crossed the beautiful sky from east to west.
Two stars, one blue and one red, extinguished in the sky dozens of kilometers away from the hazy Babutin Islands. A silver airplane without any markings appeared and disappeared in the floating clouds, with broad wings.
And the huge fuselage has been dyed with the golden glow of the rising sun.
In the cabin, two men in brown flight suits stared intently ahead. Following the instructions given by the navigator behind them, they steadily and calmly controlled the aircraft, adjusted its course, and gradually lowered its altitude.
When the white waves rising from the end of the vast sea below came into view, the pilot on the left's eyes flashed with excitement, his closed lips suddenly opened, and finally he uttered a slightly trembling sentence: "Enter the target area
, everyone is ready!”
The pilot turned around excitedly and shouted to the rear. The six men in the cabin moved upon hearing the sound and took their positions. The aircraft once again lowered its altitude and slowed down. Ten minutes later, they finally saw the outline of a familiar oil tanker riding the wind and waves on the sea below.
"Target found, please confirm!"
"Yes, the bridge is at the rear, and the special shape on the top of the control room is unique and easy to identify. It is indeed the 'Dingshan Maru'!"
"Get ready to drop the bomb——"
"Get ready to drop the bomb!"
On the sea, the 148-meter-long and 19-meter-wide Japanese oil tanker "Kyoyama Maru" was heading northeast at a speed of 12 knots. Its huge body, fully loaded with 12,000 tons of fuel, broke through the undulating waves.
On the sea surface, a long white water line is drawn behind you.
On the bridge, two crew members who had finished their shift rubbed their sore eyes, slowed down, and walked around behind the first mate who got up early every morning to go to work. Suddenly they heard the first mate's questioning words and stopped immediately.
He walked to the first mate's side in a few steps and looked at the sky ahead.
"Eh!? Plane? Where did the plane come from?"
"Is it an American training plane on a nearby island? Why is it so big..."
"I have never seen an airplane like this before. It flies so low and the noise is really harsh... Yeah, it seems like the altitude has dropped again..."
The first mate suddenly exclaimed: "No! They are rushing towards us..."
There were screams and chaos on the bridge, and all emergency measures were too late. The large bomber without any markings flew lower and lower, getting closer and closer. The four propellers on the wings were clearly visible, unique to high-horsepower aero engines.
The roaring sound was ear-piercing.
More than ten seconds later, the large plane that was about to fly over the tanker opened its dark belly. A string of black dots fell in the sky with a huge roar, making a sharp whistling sound, and crashed into the tanker on the sea.
Earth-shaking explosions resounded loudly. The 10,000-ton oil tanker "Dingshan Maru" was hit by a bullet on the front deck, and suddenly tilted up in the water column. A stream of flames rose into the sky amidst the explosions, straight into the sky, and tilted high.
The bow of the ship made a huge tearing sound and hit the rolling sea again. The entire hull trembled violently in the curtain of water and tilted helplessly on the boiling sea.
The bomber that succeeded in one hit circled in a circle, turned back again, and after flying twice around the burning sea, turned around and flew west. In the blink of an eye, it flew higher and smaller, and finally disappeared into the hazy sky.
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7:40 a.m., Baoding Camp.
An Yi, who had not slept all night, washed his face and came back. He took the cigarette from Huang Yingwu and lit it. He took a deep breath, raised his wrist and looked at his watch. He walked again to the map of Nanyang marked with various dense symbols, without lowering his head.
, I heard a burst of rapid footsteps.
Liu Qing, with a face full of joy, ran to An Yi: "Commander, there is a call from southern Yunnan. After repeated confirmation, the 'Flying Dragon Project' has been a complete success! Plane No. 0 has flown over the sea off Saigon and returned according to the scheduled route."
When An Yi heard this, he punched the table excitedly and praised loudly: "Okay! Okay! I want to reward the soldiers of the Kongliu Regiment heavily...record it now!"
"yes!"
The new confidential secretary Wei Changjie was shocked.
An Yi excitedly ordered: "Give the Air Force 6th Regiment first-class collective merit and a heavy reward of two million yuan! Promote the Air Force 6th Regiment to the rank of colonel and major general Liu Songling, and concurrently serve as deputy chief of staff of the Southern Yunnan Joint Logistics Command; directly involved in the mission
The personnel are promoted to the first level and awarded the Flying Fox Medal, our army's highest honor!"
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At 11:30 in the morning, Chairman Luoyang set out for camp.
"What did you say?" Chiang Kai-shek stopped in mid-air with the brush in his hand, his expression extremely solemn.
Chen Bulei put down the secret message and explained in a low voice: "Dai Yunong's secret message said that it has been confirmed repeatedly. Today's morning newspaper in the Shanghai Concession was published an hour and a half later than usual. It was not published until an hour ago. It clearly reported this in a prominent position on the front page.
News. In addition, officials from the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai frequently visited the consuls of the United States, Britain, and France. Intelligence agents stationed by the Military Command in the French Consulate also promptly reported the news that the oil tanker "Dingshan Maru" was bombed and sunk by an unknown aircraft.
Arrived at Shanghai Station.”
Chiang Kai-shek was so shocked that he put down his brush and whispered: "Mother Xipi! He did it, he really dared to do it..."
"The commission said..."
Chen Brai looked at Chiang Kai-shek in surprise.
Chiang Kai-shek came to his senses and asked angrily: "Has there been a telegram from An Yi?"
Chen Bulei understood immediately: "Ah! Ah... No, Commissioner, you mean that this was done by General An Yi's fighter planes?"
Chiang Kai-shek nodded heavily, stood up and whispered: "It's him, it must be him! The Xufu Aircraft Factory developed a new type of bomber last year. There are only three such large aircraft equipped with four thousand-horsepower engines.
The most advanced large bomber in the world, only two newly developed large transport aircraft from the United States and Germany can rival it. One of them crashed into a mountain at the border of Yunnan and Sichuan a few months ago, killing six pilots and two
An American engineer, I just learned about this. I thought that this kind of aircraft would be grounded just like what An Yi said in his report. I didn't expect that he would dare to make a desperate move.
"Alas! This An Yi is a little too courageous! If he accidentally triggers a conflict between China and Japan or even triggers disputes between countries, all our plans will be deeply affected, and the consequences will be disastrous! Although he succeeded by chance this time
, but the chaos that is about to arise is really difficult to predict, and the Japanese are likely to doubt An Yi, because among our three aircraft manufacturing plants, only An Yi's Xufu plant has the ability to design and manufacture aircraft."
Chen Brei asked in disbelief: "Isn't it possible? If it was really General An who did it, his plane could only take off from Xufu or South Yunnan Airport. The secret would certainly not be kept at other airports, but South Yunnan and Xufu are so far apart
The straight-line distance in the air to the straits north of the Philippines is at least two to three thousand kilometers. This is already the limit of the range of all current aircraft. Even if General An's aircraft can fly there and bomb, it will not be able to come back!
"My subordinates wonder if this was done by the British, American and French troops stationed in Nanyang? Because Japan has occupied the fuel market in North China and Shandong for more than a year, Britain, the United States, France, the Netherlands and other countries have suffered huge losses. They have long been filled with worry and anger, and have frequently lodged protests.
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"No! Bray, although you are very knowledgeable, your understanding of aircraft is still poor. Do you remember the special plane that An Yi gave me? It is not an ordinary An5 type on the surface, but an improved version of the An5 type aircraft.
The installed engine is more powerful and consumes less fuel. It is more advanced than the current special plane used by Anyi. It has a range of more than 3,000 kilometers with a full tank of fuel. Also, the large transport aircraft newly developed by the American Douglas Company has a one-way
It has been more than 3,600 kilometers, and this is only a transport aircraft with two engines, so I am sure that it must have been An Yi."
When Chiang Kai-shek said this, he took a deep breath: "Furthermore, the secret action plan submitted by An Yi some time ago included the content of attacking Japan's ocean transportation lines... Don't be too surprised. Over the years, An Yi and him
My father-in-law, Mr. Ou Yaoting, is constantly sending domestic disaster victims to various parts of Southeast Asia to make a living. Most of them have entered rubber plantations, farms and factories in various parts of Southeast Asia. They have also established ocean fishing and ocean transportation companies, and their canned fish are now being produced.
Ship by ship, they are transported to strategic warehouses in southern Yunnan for storage.
"From the private security forces formed by Mr. Ou Yaoting and others, I am very suspicious that An Yi has placed his own intelligence personnel among immigrants from various parts of Southeast Asia to secretly engage in intelligence activities to protect his father-in-law's business group. Otherwise,
How can he have the confidence to attack the Japanese strategic transportation lines in the Nanyang region?"
Chen Brai was extremely shocked. Chiang Kai-shek had never told him these secrets, and he had never thought that An Yi would stretch his hand so long. In Chen Brai's impression, An Yi was far-sighted and cunning enough, but he did not expect that An Yi would stretch his hand so far.
So cunning to such an extent that he laid such a big trap in advance.
Chiang Kai-shek saw Chen Brai lowering his head in thought, shook his head slightly, sighed, and whispered: "Bray, don't think about it anymore. Slowly you will understand more about An Yi and Sichuan South. This time, since An Yi is interested
If he pretends to be stupid, we won't ask him anymore. It's best if we can hide it.
"In this case, later you ask the staff team to send a telegram to An Yi in my name, asking him to come to see me immediately after assisting Song Zheyuan's troops in completing the exercise. Also, call Chen Lifu and He Zhonghan. From now on
Since then, we have collected a large number of reports and public opinions from the Japanese puppets and European and American countries, and we must not let the Japanese doubt us.
"Instruct Dai Li to closely monitor the consulates of various countries in Beijing and Shanghai. The Japanese have suffered such a big loss and must understand that their ocean transportation lines have been seriously threatened, so they will never give up and will probably be suspicious.
Most of the targets are European and American countries.
"Only you and I know about this matter. It is classified as top secret. If anything unusual happens, report it to me immediately."