When the explosion occurred on the Huangpu River, Lucas was making out with his girlfriend on the bow of the ship.
Lucas was an ensign in the U.S. Navy, serving aboard the light cruiser USS Cincinnati.
Just yesterday, the cruiser USS Cincinnati came to Shanghai from the Philippines to rest. Almost as soon as it docked, the sailors on the ship ran away.
These American soldiers either went to Paramount, Big World, or MGM, and all of them went to vent their anger to the socialites in the dance hall. They were all young men in their twenties, and they had been holding back for a few years.
It’s been months, and it’s finally been a long time coming ashore. Why don’t you hurry up and clear out the inventory that has been accumulated for several months?
Since the founding of the United States, the virtues of American soldiers have not changed much.
However, Lucas took the initiative to ask to stay on the warship on duty, which made the captain overjoyed. However, the captain did not know that the reason why Lucas took the initiative to stay was because he had already agreed with his girlfriend that he would go on duty tonight.
, his girlfriend would quietly board the USS Cincinnati to have a tryst with him.
Speaking of Lucas's girlfriend, she is still a celebrity.
She is the Associated Press war correspondent in China, Helena.
A few days ago, Helena also wrote an article in support of the patrol camp, which triggered a large-scale demonstration. It was precisely because of that article that Helena, an unknown Associated Press reporter, suddenly became famous.
She became a celebrity, and almost all Western dignitaries, including President Roosevelt of the United States, remembered her name.
Helena is a very typical American girl, passionate, bold, and very romantic.
After tossing around with Lucas twice in the narrow cabin, Helena became interested and asked Lucas to take her to the bow. She wanted to stand on the bow of the light cruiser USS Cincinnati.
On the bow, holding on to the cable, looking at the deep Huangpu River under the night, Lucas launched an attack from behind.
When a series of explosions suddenly occurred on the Huangpu River, Lucas was holding Helena's waist and launching a fierce attack from behind.
At this time, a dazzling red light suddenly lit up under the originally dark night ahead. The next moment, a deafening explosion sound swept over. Stimulated by this sudden huge explosion, Lucas suddenly
He disarmed and Helena was also frightened and almost fell into the Huangpu River.
"God, oh God!" Helena stared blankly at the huge red light blooming continuously on the river in front of her, completely dumbfounded.
Helena didn't even notice that her perfect body had been exposed under the dazzling red light. Only a big American girl like Helena would run to the bow of the ship naked in such weather, facing the cold.
Jiang Feng had a fierce battle with her boyfriend. Most people would not be able to stand the cold air on the river.
"It seems to be a Japanese warship!" Lucas was also dumbfounded and even forgot to lift his pants.
The Huangpu River flowing close to Shanghai shows an inverse 7 shape. The piers along the river in the horizontal section are already under the control of the Japanese Navy, while the piers on the west bank of the Huangpu River in the vertical section are under the control of the American and British navies.
Under control, the light cruiser Cincinnati happened to be parked near the corner of this figure-7 shape, so it could clearly see the series of explosions that occurred on the Huangpu River across the stretch.
"God, was the Japanese Navy attacked? Was it the patrol battalion?" Only then did Helena finally feel a chill. She walked back to the main gun on the bow of the ship and grabbed the gun that was placed on it.
He put his coat on his body, then quickly grabbed the camera and returned to the bow of the ship, and began to press the camera's shutter continuously.
As expected of a reporter, she will never forget her job at any time and anywhere.
"Most likely." Lucas also felt a hint of coldness, and quickly put on his coat, then walked over and hugged Helena from behind and said, "Look at this explosion, at least seven or eight warships were attacked.
God, how did the patrol battalion get on board the Japanese warship? This is simply unbelievable."
Helena pressed the shutter continuously while saying: "The Japanese navy is in a terrible situation."
"There is no doubt." Lucas nodded and said, "This time, the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet stationed in Shanghai will definitely suffer unprecedented heavy damage, and it is possible that the entire army may be destroyed."
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Lucas was right, the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet was really going to be completely destroyed this time.
Leng Tiefeng's surprise attack plan was scheduled for midnight. Not long after Xu Rui, Leng Tiefeng and the others succeeded in attacking the Izumo cruiser, a dozen other combat groups also launched attacks.
Due to the excellent confidentiality work and the participation of the Wolf Fang Brigade, the attacks of more than a dozen combat groups started very smoothly. However, no matter how perfect the plan is, it may go astray during the execution.
There will inevitably be situations like this in the process, so there is still a little deviation.
Nine of these battle groups failed to control the target warship in the end. They were either detonated by the Japs and sunk on the spot, or the Japs destroyed all the boilers and were anchored in place unable to move.
In place, control of these warships also fell into the hands of Broadway Building.
Then, Xu Rui can find tugboats to drag these powerless warships to Wusongkou and then blow them up. This will block the waterway. Then, it will be impossible for the Japanese warships to enter the Huangpu River, and it will also be impossible to escape from the Huangpu River.
Fire support was provided to the Japanese army on the Huangpu River.
It is a pity that there are still fewer naval veterans like Du Wanlin. If there were enough naval veterans, this situation would not occur. If there were enough naval veterans, the Songhu Military Division might even be able to form a navy.
, if this is the case, the history of our party's naval development will be pushed forward ten years.
It is a pity that there are only more than 300 naval veterans, and most of them are just ordinary sailors.
Fortunately, there are still six combat groups like Xu Rui's group that successfully controlled the target ship!
The only regret is that among the target ships controlled by these six battle groups, three are gunboats and there are only two light cruisers, namely the Tianlong light cruiser and the Kuma light cruiser. Even so, this surprise attack can still
It was said to be a great success, because the Songhu Military Division suddenly had three cruisers!
After controlling three cruisers, you can start the second phase of combat operations!
Yes, that's right, the entire action plan drawn up by Leng Tiefeng is divided into two steps. The first step is to attack the Japanese naval fleet anchored on the Huangpu River, strive to control one or two light cruisers, and then drive these two
The light cruiser goes to the sea off Wusong and kills the Japanese aircraft carrier anchored off Wusong!
From the beginning, Leng Tiefeng's goal was to kill the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet!
From the very beginning, Leng Tiefeng's goal was to destroy Japan's entire Third Fleet!
Now, the results of the first phase are unexpectedly good, and Xu Rui and Leng Tiefeng have no reason to let go of the Japanese aircraft carrier anchored off the coast of Wusong!
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Off the coast of Wusong, the bridge of the USS Kaga aircraft carrier.
Sanami Teizo hurried into the command room and saw Seiichiro Fujimori had already arrived. He immediately asked: "Fujimori-kun, what was the explosion just now?"
A series of explosions occurred on more than a dozen Japanese warships on the Huangpu River. Nine of the warships or gunboats were even sunk. Such a large-scale explosion could not be missed by the Kaga aircraft carrier anchored off the coast of Wusong. After hearing the explosion
After the sound, Seiichiro Fujimori came to the bridge immediately.
Fujimori Seiichiro is the captain of the Kaga aircraft carrier, and Misami Teizo is the commander of the flight team on the Kaga aircraft carrier. They are the two highest officers of the Kaga aircraft carrier.
"I don't know." Faced with Sanami Teizo's question, Fujimori Seiichiro could only shake his head.
Sanami Teizo frowned and asked again: "Did you call Izumo? What did the Admiral say?"
"I called just now, but there was no response." Seiichiro Fujimori shook his head again.
Sanami Teizo's face immediately darkened. He called the Izumo but got no response. This is definitely not good news. Could it be that the big explosion just now has something to do with the Imperial Navy? Or maybe it was an explosion on an Imperial Navy warship.
?But how is this possible? The Imperial Navy has no rival in Shanghai!
Sanami Teizo really couldn't imagine that any other country's navy could threaten them in Shanghai? Just the British light cruiser Duke of Windsor? Or the USS Cincinnati cruiser? It's not that Sanami Teizo is arrogant.
Just these two light cruisers, the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet was able to sink them in minutes.
After thinking for a while, Sanami Teizo said: "Fujimori-kun, how about sending a reconnaissance plane to take a look?"
There were no infrared instruments in this era, and flying at night was extremely dangerous. Night reconnaissance was even more difficult because flares had to be thrown. But when the flares lit up, didn't they expose their whereabouts? Fortunately, Shanghai was already a Japanese-occupied area.
, there is no need to worry about the threat of anti-aircraft guns, so it is still feasible to send reconnaissance planes to conduct reconnaissance.
Just when Seiichiro Fujimori was about to nod, the pager on the podium suddenly made a rustling sound.
Seiichiro Fujimori quickly grabbed the pager and said urgently: "Mashi Mashi, this is Kaga!"
"Fujimori-kun, this is Kiyoshi Hasegawa." A familiar voice sounded on the pager. Fujimori Seiichiro recognized that it was indeed Hasegawa Kiyoshi's voice and quickly nodded.
After saying "Hai", Seiichiro Fujimori asked: "General, what happened to the explosion just now?"
"The patrol battalion carried out a sneak attack. Two gunboats were bombed and a light cruiser was injured, but the problem is not serious." Hasegawa Kiyoshi said calmly on the pager, "You don't need to be nervous."
"Hai!" Seiichiro Fujimori breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
