The choice between the two options must be judged based on the degree of damage to enemy ships by the 19th Route Army death squads. If possible, it is best to directly push the mine to attack the draft below the turret of the Izumo. Although Zhou Wen does not know the internal structural layout of the enemy ship, generally the enemy ship's ammunition depot may be located near the bottom of the turret. If the ammunition depot is too far away, it will not be conducive to the transportation and supply of ammunition.
In Zhou Wen's spare time in his previous life, he played a battleship game. There was a setting that hit the waterline below the battleship's turret, which had a certain chance of triggering a rapid explosion of the battleship. The prerequisite for the rapid explosion was to detonate the battleship's ammunition depot. .
If the battleship compartment can be entered from under the turret, then the remaining problem is how to open the compartment and enter the interior of the hull. The ammunition depot must be nearby.
There are only two ways to open the compartments. One is to enter through the safety door of each compartment, but the safety door may be locked from the inside after the enemy ship is damaged. The other method is to use explosive means to blow out a doorway in the partition wall that allows people to enter and exit, and then find the ammunition depot before the enemy can react and detonate it.
Therefore, Zhou Wencai contacted Uncle Wan in the afternoon through the private truck fleet traveling to and from the 19th Route Army headquarters and made a bold request to meet with Su Jixian.
To complete this plan, whether it is to infiltrate an enemy ship or evacuate safely, a diving suit is an essential piece of equipment.
And now, with the help of Joseph, an explosion expert, Zhou Wen decided that Joseph would make various explosives, both timed and detonated with detonators. The decision would be made based on the situation.
Even after returning to the temple, Zhou Wen did not tell anyone his plan. He just locked himself and Joseph in a private house on the edge of the town and started working all night long.
Zhou Wen and the others brought a lot of TNT explosives to the Songhu battlefield this time, and now they can finally be put to use.
Gao Xiaoshan was the only one in the entire mercenary group who realized Zhou Wen's anomaly. He asked many times but Zhou Wen used other excuses to deal with it. However, Gao Xiaoshan knew that something big was going to happen. The madness and stubbornness in the scholar's heart made him Worries are growing. And now there is no one in the temple who can restrain Zhou Wen. For the sake of air defense safety, Chief Zhang has withdrawn the Fifth Army headquarters to Dachang.
Of course, Zhou Wen cannot let his brothers know about his adventure plan. Not to mention Gao Xiaoshan and Meng Yuting, even Old Uncle Wu will not be able to pass this test. What's more, if Chief Zhang finds out, there is no need to think about it. .
In fact, Gao Xiaoshan knew that in the entire mercenary group, the person who could exert sufficient restraint on Zhou Wen was Miaohua. Even though Zhou Wen and Miaohua often joked and bickered, Zhou Wen always maintained a high respect and regard for Miaohua in his heart. When Zhou Wen was mentally unbalanced several times, it was Miaohua who stood up and woke Zhou Wen up in time.
However, Miaohua is still in a semi-conscious state, and Uncle Wan has sent a car to the hospital in the concession along with Zhang Xiaoping and Xu Dacheng. Even Feng Tianpei has followed. Zhou Wen is now a wild horse running wild, and it will be difficult to pull him back.
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At 9 o'clock in the night on February 24, a small fishing boat sailed on the Yangtze River in Baoshan County. Although the fishing boat was going downstream, the speed was not very fast because the tail of the boat was dragged with a thick hemp rope. Holding a ferocious-looking large iron ball-like object.
There are seven people in the boat. They are Zhou Wen in a diving suit and six suicide squad members from the 19th Route Army. There is also a familiar face to Zhou Wen in the team, that is Li Xiaohou, known as Monkey Boy.
When he saw Houzai at the starting point, Zhou Wen tried to persuade him to stay, not for any other reason than because Houzai was too young. He was not yet fifteen years old this year, and children of this age should not be allowed to stay. Appearing on the battlefield, let alone participating in such a mission with no return.
However, Zhou Wen's proposal was rejected by Hou Zai. His stubborn and sad face was full of hatred and anger towards the Japanese army.
It turned out that during the Battle of Miaohang, the 19th Route Army defending on the front line of Jiangwan repelled the heavy Japanese attack, but they also suffered heavy casualties. Captain Cai of the 3rd Regiment of the 156th Brigade was seriously injured. Zhong Shu, the commander of the 1st Battalion and 1st Company, died. Even the old squad leader who usually took good care of the monkey like an elder was killed on the spot. This left his brother without any relatives after his death. The monkey lost his last loved one in his heart.
After knowing these situations, Zhou Wen couldn't calm down for a long time. Behind the victory were the lives of countless Chinese soldiers. Although more than 5,000 Japanese troops were wiped out in a brigade this time, the Chinese army also paid the price of tens of thousands of casualties. But in the history of modern wars in which the Chinese army fought against foreign enemies, the victory with a casualty ratio of 2:1 can already be called a miracle.
After watching Hou Zai stubbornly and proudly say that he was the fisherman with the best water skills, Zhou Wen could no longer say any words to dissuade him. Aren't you the same as him? It is also the anger in his chest that makes him unable to get rid of his obsession.
There are things a man should do and things he should not do, and now is the time to do it.
He could only pat Houzai's thin shoulder and said softly: "Monkeyzai, you are already a real warrior."
When the flashing lights of the Japanese warships could be seen from a distance from the fishing boat, the seven people quietly got off the boat. The six death squads pushed the mines like tentacles and swam forward, and Zhou Wen was not far from them. Follow closely everywhere.
At this time, Zhou Wen's heart was very heavy. Looking at the six bodies in front of him swimming towards the Japanese warships without hesitation, Zhou Wen could only wish them good luck in his heart. At the same time, he also secretly made up his mind not to let down the opportunities created by the six warriors with their lives. , we must sink the Izumo today.
At this time, he recalled the situation when he told Gao Xiaoshan the truth before setting off. Looking at Gao Xiaoshan's surprised, reluctant and sad eyes, Zhou Wen felt even more guilty and heavy in his heart. This time I am really willful. If I never come back, I am not afraid of death. Anyway, I am a person who has died for a while. What's more, he died on the battlefield against the Japanese invaders. Compared with dying for money in his previous life, I don’t know how many times I have been honored, but I can still be considered a worthy death.
But what about the mercenary group? What should we do, brothers? We can only rely on Gao Xiaoshan and the brothers to fight on their own. Anyway, the War of Resistance Against Japan was victorious in the end. Anyway, Shanxi was not completely occupied by the Japanese. Anyway, war always kills people. If others can die, why can't you die? ?
Although Zhou Wen thought about many problems and consequences, he did not regret it. There was always one thought lingering in his mind: "The Japanese army was not painful enough, and he was not enough to relieve his hatred. The hatred of the senior fellow apprentices who were seriously injured could not wait for how long." It takes years to avenge the enemy, but I don’t want to wait, and this is the best chance to sink the Izumo.”
