Chapter 345 The Terrifying Frogman
The Japanese planes approached and launched a fierce bombing.
The dense forest was blasted down to bare tree stumps.
Liu Zhengxiong was so angry that he yelled: "What a cruel little devil!"
Xiang Chu smiled and said, "It's great to throw bombs randomly, go back quickly."
Liu Zhengxiong asked in confusion: "You saved the artillery battalion, but you don't want to take credit for it?"
"If I take credit for it, it will get the artillery battalion commander and the reporter killed."
Xiang Chu smiled bitterly, and seeing that he was puzzled, he explained,
"These two people have a poor sense of confidentiality. It was an unintentional mistake."
Liu Zhengxiong praised: "You really have a heart of a bodhisattva."
Xiang Chu shook his head and said, "No! It depends on who you are dealing with."
The two chatted as they moved forward, passing through the 51st Division's defense zone.
A handsome colonel is organizing a cross-country run for the troops.
Liu Zhengxiong whispered, "Boy! He also has several wives. It is said that he killed a cheating wife and was sentenced to ten years in prison. He was just rescued by his commander."
"Keep your voice down!"
Xiang Chu scolded and ordered loudly,
"Brothers! Learn from the 305th Regiment's 5km cross-country trip."
After saying that, he rushed out first, faster than a zebra.
The supervision team followed like the wind, making the officers and soldiers of the 305th Regiment feel ashamed.
Xiang Chu ran all the way and returned to Shuiji Primary School first.
More than 500 army and one hundred navy soldiers gathered at the gate.
The captain of the 201st Brigade who had fought side by side in Luodian stepped forward to salute and reported loudly:
"Director Xiang! Liu Xiong leads 201 brothers from the 120st Brigade to join the supervision team."
Xiang Chu returned the greeting and nodded, "Okay! Warmly welcome brothers to join us."
A naval captain stepped forward, saluted, and reported loudly: "Director Xiang! Under the order of the superiors, Yang Dajiang will bring 150 marines to join the supervision team."
Xiang Chu returned the greeting and said happily: "Great! Welcome to join the Marine Corps."
The officers leading each team came forward one after another to salute Xiang Chu. They were all elite troops.
Xiang Chu divided the supervision team into five groups. The first three groups remained unchanged, Liu Xiong was the leader of group four, and Yang Dajiang was the leader of group five.
With the Marines, the idea of sinking the Japanese naval warships popped up in his mind like mushrooms after rain.
Two days later, a dirty recruit, no more than 16 years old, came to his office.
The new recruit saluted and reported with tears in his eyes: "Sir! I am Ma Fugui, the messenger of the 98rd Battalion of the 583rd Regiment of the 3th Division. I would like to join your supervision team."
Xiang Chu asked in surprise: "Ma Fugui! Where are the other members of your 3rd Battalion?"
Ma Fugui cried, "All gone! Our battalion fought the Japs for two days and two nights, killing more than 300 Japs, but we were unable to stop their planes and artillery.
Finally, Captain Yao forced me to withdraw with everyone's suicide note and let me follow you to continue fighting the Japanese. "Woo woo!"
After he finished speaking, he took out a thick stack of suicide notes from his backpack.
Xiang Chu took the bloodstained suicide notes, flipped through Yao Ziqing's "Letter to My Wife", and couldn't help but burst into tears.
After a long while, he said in a choked voice: "Good brother! From now on, you will follow me to fight the Japanese. I have told Captain Yao that I want to sink the warship, and I will avenge him tonight."
That night, Xiang Chu summoned the Marines and called 20 people who were good at swimming, including Yang Dajiang, to his office.
He pointed to the 10 bundles of TNT time bombs on the ground and said:
"Brothers! A month ago, I led the brothers to sink a small Japanese warship. Today, I will lead you to sink a large Japanese warship. Do you dare?"
"Of course I dare!"
20 passionate men shouted in unison.
Yang Dajiang said firmly: "Director! Our naval commander sent the Marines here because he knew you had the ability. All our warships were sunk directly or indirectly by the Japanese warships. We want to avenge this. Please give the order."
Xiang Chu waved his hand and said in a deep and powerful voice: "Okay! Let's go!"
The Battle of Shanghai lasted for more than a month, and the Japanese claim of "destroying China in three months" had become a laughing stock.
The Japanese invaders frantically increased their troops in Shanghai, and the total number of troops in the army and navy reached an unprecedented 25.
The central army suffered heavy losses, and local troops were rushing towards Shanghai day and night.
Now the war is at a stalemate, and both China and Japan are blood-thirsty.
The war no longer distinguishes between day and night, and the fighting continues all the time.
It was a rainy night, without moon or stars.
Xiang Chu took 20 marines and went into the water nearby, heading towards the five Japanese warships outside the Wusongkou.
Because China no longer had any naval ships to compete with them, the Japanese warships became extremely rampant, getting closer and closer to the shore, frantically harvesting the lives of Chinese soldiers.
Xiang Chu formed his own group and divided the other 20 people into ten groups, with each group having a bundle of magnet-attached time bombs.
The bomb was placed in a sealed bag, and the two men took turns diving forward with it.
The Japanese navy has never been a vegetarian, and searchlights swept across the water from time to time.
Needless to say, this was a suicide mission.
Xiang Chu, carrying a bundle of explosives on his back, swam hundreds of meters in one breath. After taking a breath with a hollow bamboo pole, he swam forward again and groped towards a Japanese destroyer.
The Japanese warships were not far from the shore. After taking three breaths, he approached the destroyer.
He attached the magnetic suction bomb to the propeller and quickly started the timer.
Then he quickly left the Japanese destroyer and sneaked towards the shore.
When Xiang Chu swam to the shore where they had agreed to meet in advance, no one came yet. The bomb was about to explode, and he couldn't help but feel anxious.
As soon as the explosion sounded, all the Japanese warships were in chaos.
At this time, a Marine was accidentally discovered by the Japanese searchlight.
The alarm sounded on the Japanese warship, all the lights on the ship were turned on, and the Japanese sailors ran onto the deck and began shooting frantically into the water.
Some Marines were hit by bullets and the time bomb sank to the bottom of the water.
When Xiang Chu was extremely anxious, Yang Dajiang and others swam to the shore one after another.
"Boom! Boom!"
A series of explosions were heard at sea.
A Japanese warship capsized on the spot, and hysterical wails were heard.
Immediately, all the Japanese warships were in an uproar.
All the lights on the Japanese warships were lit up and the ship's guns were turning towards the coast.
Yang Dajiang said anxiously: "Director! Maybe half of our brothers won't come back."
"We have achieved our goal, let's go!"
Xiang Chu nodded, and rushed to the shore like the wind with the 10 people who had reached the shore.
The Japanese warships raised their anchors and set sail one after another. Their propellers were all blown up and they could not move, so they had to continue to drop anchor.
"Boom! Boom!"
The Japanese naval guns fired wildly at the coast, venting their tremendous anger.
On an aircraft carrier offshore, the Japanese Navy Commander Hasegawa Ao was sleeping soundly in the luxurious cabin.
His deputy, Shiro Yamamoto, rushed in, crying out in tears:
"Commander! One of our warships outside the Wusongkou was sunk by the terrifying Chinese frogmen, and many were damaged. All of them can't move."
"what?!"
Hasegawa Ao roared wildly and asked loudly,
"Which Chinese army did this?"
Yamamoto Shiro said bitterly: "It's still Xiang Chu's team!"