The expansion of the Japanese is very confusing. During the Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese used the banner of helping the Chinese to get rid of alien rule and attracted many Chinese to help the Japanese fight.
This skill was later learned by the Eight-Nation Allied Forces, so when the Eight-Nation Allied Forces invaded China, some people even helped the Eight-Nation Allied Forces transport artillery shells.
Facts have proven that it is very slim to place your hopes on others, and most of the time you will not be able to achieve your wishes.
This is especially true for a country like Japan, which lacks resources and relies heavily on plundering occupied areas to support war with war.
At night, Manila is like a sleeping monster. There are no lights in the neighborhoods around the port. The footsteps of Japanese patrols can be heard on the streets. After dark, Manila imposes a curfew. Even the Japanese cannot appear on the streets for no reason.
In the basement of an apartment about 200 meters away from the pier, Yang Hanlin and his companions were eating.
In terms of time, this should be dinner, but for Yang Hanlin, who was full of energy after sleeping all day, this should be breakfast.
The breakfast is very rich, including canned beef, sandwich biscuits, prosciutto, and chocolate. If you want to drink, there is also wine, and it is wine from southern Africa. However, Yang Hanlin and his companions are not in the mood to drink because they will need it later.
On a special mission...
In the port not far away, the most powerful battleship "Yamato" in the world is docked. Although in the propaganda of the Southern African military, the "Yamato" is disdainfully regarded, in fact it still takes it very seriously.
In December last year, the Italians launched a surprise attack on Alexandria, sinking the HMS Queen Elizabeth and the HMS Warrior, severely damaging the Mediterranean fleet.
Now Yang Hanlin and his companions hope to replicate this miracle.
"Eat more, maybe this will be our last meal." Thomas from Cyprus is cutting ham with a dagger. His technique is very good. The cut ham is as thin as a snail. Thomas likes to dip the ham into beef sauce and thinks that this kind of
The way to eat it is very creative.
Thomas and Yang Hanlin both came from the Special Operations Group directly under the Indian Ocean Theater Command. This force was established after the establishment of the Indian Ocean Theater. Members were carefully selected from the Marine Corps, and later received combat vehicle driving, skydiving,
With training in language, wilderness survival and other aspects, everyone has strong individual combat capabilities.
"Shut your stinky mouth, I still want to land in Japan and have a taste of what it's like to be the emperor in Japan!" Andre from Port Elizabeth was dissatisfied. His ideal was to marry a Japanese wife and hire a British housekeeper.
Hire another French cook.
In fact, Andre would rather marry a Chinese wife, but obviously most Chinese girls are not interested in Andre's thick body hair.
The Chinese chefs were also more skilled, but Andre couldn't afford to hire one, so he had to settle for the next best thing.
As for butlers, the British are indeed outstanding in this profession, but Andre enjoys the feeling of being served by the British even more.
Yang Hanlin didn't have so many bad tastes. He just wanted to complete the mission successfully and then return to his farm in Tanganyika. A month ago, Yang Hanlin's wife gave birth to a daughter, and Yang Hanlin didn't want to miss his daughter's growth.
The walls of the basement are pasted with pictures of all the battleships of the Combined Fleet, as well as structural drawings. Yang Hanlin and his companions sneaked into Manila three days ago and are already familiar with these pictures.
There was a gentle knock at the door, the familiar three short and one long sounds, full of rhythm.
Yang Hanlin opened the door, and Li Guoyun, whose clothes were soaked by the rain, walked in. He was a member of Bullard's office and came to Manila to live as a Japanese two years ago. Now this identity finally came into play.
"It's raining outside, which is a good opportunity for us to take action." Li Guoyun's role is as a guide, and he is also an excellent sniper.
Manila has a monsoon tropical rainforest climate, with high temperatures and rain, high humidity, and many typhoons. The average annual temperature is 27 degrees Celsius, and the annual precipitation is 2,000 to 3,000 mm.
"Have the Japanese strengthened their defenses?" Yang Hanlin hoped that the rainy night could lower the Japanese's vigilance.
"Nothing has changed. Even if we are there, we can still find a way to sneak into the port smoothly." Li Guoyun is confident that the Japanese are focused on the sea and are not very vigilant towards the direction of downtown Manila.
After the Italians attacked Alexandria, all navies strengthened their port defenses. Even if the Southern African navy has advanced "dolphin" submarines, it is not easy to send naval frogmen into Manila.
The Japanese army also has frogmen. Even if the "Yamato" is docked at the berth, there will definitely be frogmen patrolling the surrounding waters. This reflects the importance of weapons. In order to carry out this mission, Yang Hanlin and the others prepared many new weapons, including
Amphibious rifle that can be used underwater.
Amphibious rifles are special warfare weapons that can be used underwater. The bullets used are specially made. The effective range of arrow-shaped warheads underwater is 20 meters.
This is enough. Britain and the United States dare not say that. At least the Japanese army certainly does not have thermal weapons that can be used underwater.
The explosives used by Yang Hanlin and others are also newly developed high-performance explosives, and they can use delay devices, which is more conducive to Yang Hanlin and others' smooth retreat after the mission is completed.
Of course, there are still problems. Originally, the Indian Ocean Theater hoped to sink the "Yamato", or at least make the "Yamato" lose its combat effectiveness.
After studying the structural diagram of the "Yamato", the staff who formulated the combat plan found that even if Yang Hanlin and others used all the explosives they carried on the "Yamato", it would be difficult to achieve their goals.
Then settle for the next best thing and target aircraft carriers that are more likely to be sunk. In order to have a decisive battle with the Indian Ocean Fleet, the Combined Fleet also sent out all its elites this time. The fleet sent included seven battleships and four aircraft carriers.
and nearly 30 other combat ships.
The seven battleships of the combined fleet include the most advanced "Yamato" of the Japanese army, as well as the "Nagato" and "Mutsu". The aircraft carriers are all the main heavy-duty aircraft carriers of the Japanese army, including the "Kaga" converted from a battleship.
"Akagi", and Japan's latest "Soryu".
After the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty, Japan converted the Amagi-class battlecruisers "Amagi" and "Akagi" into aircraft carriers.
When the Great Kanto Earthquake occurred in Japan in 1923, the "Amagi" in the shipyard was scrapped due to its twisted keel. Japan then replaced the "Amagi" with the smaller battleship "Kaga", which was originally scheduled to be discontinued and destroyed, and transformed it into
aircraft carrier.
"Soryu" is Japan's first self-designed and built medium-sized aircraft carrier. In the earliest design version, "Soryu" needed to be equipped with naval guns. Later, it was discovered that it was meaningless to install naval guns on an aircraft carrier, so "Soryu" became Japan's first medium-sized aircraft carrier.
The first full-time aircraft carrier.
When Japan built the "Soryu", it targeted the "Elizabeth" class aircraft carrier in southern Africa. Later, the Japanese discovered that it was simply not feasible with their technology at the time.
The performance of the "Canglong" is pretty good. Its full load displacement of 20,000 tons can carry 75 combat aircraft.
However, in terms of the performance of combat aircraft, there is a huge gap between Japan and southern Africa, which has been verified in previous naval battles.
This is also the reason why the Japanese army has not dispatched the combined fleet until now.
In terms of battleships, the Japanese army is confident that it will not lose to any country in the world.
In terms of the air force, it is far behind. Now the air force is not an independent combat unit in Japan. Japan spends almost all its resources on developing surface combatants. The air force and the army are not taken seriously.
They know their own business. Since there is a huge gap between Japan and southern Africa in terms of air power, the Japanese government places its hope on the army. It hopes that the 25th Group Army led by Yamashita Tomoe can occupy Changi Naval Base through land operations.
The Fifth Division was annihilated and the Guards Division and the 18th Division were surrounded, which fully proved that the attempt to occupy Changi Naval Base through land operations had completely failed.
The Japanese army could not bear the price of annihilation of the Guards Division and the 18th Division, which meant that the Japanese army would completely lose its mobile force in Southeast Asia, and the Combined Fleet had to dispatch to try to fight the main force of the Indian Ocean Fleet.
After the Philippine campaign ended, the Japanese base camp had transferred the 14th Army, which was responsible for the Philippine campaign in the previous stage, to fight in Malaya, hoping to maintain the Japanese defense line on the Malay Peninsula.
This is the last effort made by the Japanese army to save the Guards Division and the 18th Division. If the Japanese army fails, the Japanese army's operations in Southeast Asia will shift from the offensive phase to the defensive phase, which also means that the Japanese army will lose its operations in Southeast Asia.
initiative.
Yang Hanlin's main target was the four Japanese aircraft carriers.
If possible, Yang Hanlin and others hope to sink all four Japanese aircraft carriers, which will create an unprecedented miracle in human military history.
At 12 o'clock at midnight, the rain not only did not decrease, but became heavier and heavier. No one could be seen ten meters away, and water had begun to accumulate on the streets. Spain and the United States had colonized the Philippines for hundreds of years, and even the sewers in Manila were covered with water.
Can't be repaired.
The heavy rain gave Yang Hanlin and his party the greatest convenience. At 12:30, Yang Hanlin and his party left the basement of the apartment and headed for the pier not far away.
Like most Southeast Asian cities, Manila has almost no urban planning at all. Around the port is Manila's most prosperous commercial district. Super-large freight yards can be seen everywhere. The buildings along the streets are full of European style. Behind the bright streets are chaotic slums.
The combat team traveled through the slums. The residents here had been moved to other places by the Japanese. Now there was no man's land within a radius of ten kilometers. If Filipinos dared to risk breaking in, they would be shot dead by the Japanese army.
Yang Hanlin carried three guns, one was an amphibious rifle that could be used underwater, one was a fully automatic submachine gun with a silencer, and a pistol was used as an auxiliary weapon.
In fact, these guns do not have many opportunities to use. Once the gunshots sound, it means that the plan is exposed. No matter how strong their individual combat capabilities are, Yang Hanlin and others will not be able to plant bombs on the Japanese army under the heavy protection of tens of thousands of Japanese troops.
on the aircraft carrier.
The Japanese were not careless. Their main attention was on the sea to guard against the invasion of the "Dolphin" submarine. There were not many guards in the port. After all, the Japanese army had never encountered special operations before.
Human memory is sometimes similar to that of fish.
Alexandria is not the first time that the Royal Navy has been attacked. On January 20 last year, a German submarine took advantage of the Royal Navy's defense loopholes and sneaked into the Royal Navy's naval base in Scapa Flow.
The battleship "Royal Oak" was sunk, but the German submarine was able to escape unscathed in the end.
The sinking of the "Royal Oak" did not sound the alarm for the British. It was not until after the attack on Alexandria that the Royal Navy raised the port's defense level to the highest level.
The Japanese Navy imitated the Royal Navy when it was first established, and the same level of slow response and arrogance. Otherwise, Japan would not have had the courage to build the "Yamato" when all countries began to pay attention to aircraft carriers.
Now that the "Yamato" has been built and the "Musashi" has been launched, the "Yamato" cannot even enter the port of Manila and can only be parked on the sea outside Manila.
Li Guoyun's intelligence work was very sufficient. The combat team avoided three Japanese military posts and successfully sneaked into the Manila military port.
At this time, the combat team was less than a hundred meters away from the pier. All buildings within this distance had been demolished by the Japanese army. Although it was raining heavily, the Japanese soldiers still stayed at their posts. There was also a car parked not far away.
Needless to say, the "Alligator" armored vehicle was captured by the Japanese army from the US-Philippine coalition forces.
In the previous stage of the battle, the Japanese army seized a lot of trophies from the British and Indian troops, as well as the US-Philippine coalition forces, including tanks, armored vehicles, heavy artillery and other heavy combat equipment.
"What should we do?" Yang Hanlin was a little worried. These 100 meters were the key to the success of the mission.
Li Guoyun didn't say anything. He squatted under the water on the roadside and groped for a while before opening a sewer manhole cover.
It seems that this is not a good choice. Now the entire sewer has been flooded with water, and the situation in the sewer is complicated. Without professional equipment, no one can enter the dock through the sewer.
It is for this reason that there must be no Japanese sentries in the sewers.
Yang Hanlin and the others have not only goggles, but also oxygen bottles specially used for diving.
The oxygen bottle, like the underwater sightseeing submarine, is also an "accidental" invention of the Nikolai Research Institute. It was originally invented by a researcher because he liked to observe fish. The Nikolai Research Institute is a treasure, and it is a habit.
Flowers are not alive, and willows and willows are planted unintentionally to create shade.
It is said that the Nikola Institute's large-scale long-range intelligent unmanned bomber project has been established for more than ten years and has spent more than 50 million rand. This project has not been successful yet.
However, because of this project, there have been many other "unexpected" gains, and Rock now has no hope for this project.
Of course, the funds that should be given should still be given. The researchers at the Nicholas Institute are still very talented in not doing their job properly.
