Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

"Brother Ye, your plan is too crazy. If it fails, or the devils call for support, the consequences will be disastrous!"

When Ma Ping'an heard Duanwu's battle plan, he was shocked.

On the contrary, Duanwu was calm at this time: "Old Pan, just don't worry, I have experience in this kind of thing. However,"

The only thing that troubled Duanwu at this time was that he lacked sailors.

A warship like this cannot be taken away easily. It requires a large number of experienced sailors.

And it is very likely that fighting will be needed, but I'm afraid no one in the guerrillas will be able to operate naval guns or anything like that.

So Duanwu looked at Ma Pingan and asked, "Old Pan, can you drive a boat?"

Ma Ping'an's mouth twitched, and he thought, "Are you really going to rob the Japanese warship?"

But Ma Pingan still replied: "I've driven a cruise ship before, so it should be similar to a warship. But I can't drive it alone, I need a sailor."

Duanwu smiled and said, “There are many talented people in this guerrilla team. Go and ask how many people can mobilize the boat, and then let them help you.”

"・・・"

Ma Ping'an was speechless again, thinking: "Is this possible? Even if there are so many talented people, there can't be a sailor who understands the Japanese ship, right?"

But since Brother Ye said so, he could only give it a try. What if it worked?

After sending Ma Pingan away, Duanwu went to see Tang Jiujiu. He had to report this to his wife. Otherwise, if Tang Jiujiu knew that he had kept it a secret from her, it would be difficult for Duanwu to do anything in the future.

This is also the cleverness of Duanwu, reporting in advance if there is something wrong, taking precautions. Then it will be easier for him to do anything in the future.

Of course, Tang Jiujiu would definitely be worried about such a dangerous thing.

But even though she was worried, Tang Jiujiu was not an unreasonable person. Moreover, before she married Duanwu, she knew that her man had been doing the most dangerous things.

Fortunately, Duanwu always came back safely as he promised, so even though he was worried, Tang Jiujiu would support Duanwu.

Now that I have no worries during the Dragon Boat Festival, I am ready to set off.

The sun had already set at this time, and Duanwu picked out two of the best Mauser pistols from the entire guerrilla force, which were genuine German products.

Twenty magazines, totaling more than three hundred rounds of bullets.

A cold weapon bayonet and two black blades. These were all the weapons and equipment that Duanwu had.

A boatman is needed for the Dragon Boat Festival, and there are actually some guerrillas who can row a boat.

Ma Sanpao also found a small fishing boat, which is a near-shore fishing boat. It is about four or five meters long and about one and a half meters wide.

There is a reason why this kind of small boat is chosen for the Dragon Boat Festival.

The boat is light, so the paddling sound is small, and the target is also small, which is perfect for quietly approaching the Japanese warships.

Otherwise, if it were a large ship, they would probably have been exposed before they even got close to the Japanese warships.

Everything was ready except for the east wind. However, Duanwu was not in a hurry to start. He did not go into the water until eight o'clock in the evening.

The days are long in summer, and at half past seven it is not completely dark yet.

Therefore, Duanwu had to wait until it was completely dark before taking action, to ensure that he could approach the Japanese warships without the Japanese noticing.

Otherwise, he would be discovered by the Japanese before he even got close to the warship, and Duanwu would become a living target of the Japanese naval guns on the sea.

So, under the watchful eyes of Ma Pingan, Tang Jiujiu, Long Qianyan, Ma Sanpao and others, Duanwu went into the water with a soldier who used to live by the sea.

They gradually disappeared into the night and moved towards the Japanese warships.

The Japanese warships were brightly lit, and searchlights were constantly sweeping the sea. However, they were not worried about someone attacking their warships, but were on guard against the guerrillas slipping away along the coastline.

General Takeda had long anticipated that the guerrillas would most likely take the water route.

Moreover, water transportation is not only safer than land transportation, but also the distance is much shorter and there are more options.

If the guerrillas succeeded in breaking through by water, they wouldn't even have a chance to intercept them.

Because the coastline for landing was too long and the troops he had were insufficient.

Although there were at least 800,000 Japanese troops stationed in the three northeastern provinces, most of them were wary of the Soviet Union.

In addition, the Battle of Xuzhou was in a stalemate and victory was nowhere in sight.

Therefore, Takeda had even fewer troops to mobilize.

So General Takeda had to dispatch four destroyers from the garrison fleet to guard against the guerrillas taking the waterway.

Of course, he probably would never have dreamed that Duanwu would actually set his sights on his warship.

Although the Japanese destroyers are relatively small, they have a permanent force of about 150 people.

In addition, this time the mission was a special one, so the number of people on the warship increased to two hundred.

Of course, these two hundred people are not all combatants. Nearly eighty of them are ordinary sailors who operate and maintain the ship.

The remaining 120 or so people are the captain and combatants.

Therefore, the Japanese were not afraid of the guerrilla attacks at all. What's more, they believed that the guerrillas would not dare to take the risk to attack them.

Because once they were discovered, the guerrillas would be sitting ducks on the open sea.

So only a small number of these Japanese soldiers were standing on the side of the ship scanning the sea with searchlights, while the rest of the Japanese were either sleeping or playing cards.

They dared not drink alcohol, as they would be punished if they did so during wartime.

But they had nothing to do on the boat all day, and playing cards became their only entertainment.

A few or a dozen of them hid in a dormitory, smoking, playing cards, and having a great time.

Of course, some devils were different and sang folk songs from their hometowns in the cabin.

But they didn't know that death was approaching quietly.

The Dragon Boat Festival came, and it made a big turn on the sea and quietly approached from the south side of the Japanese ship, which was the side where the Japanese had no searchlights.

In order to monitor the northern coastline, the Japanese moved all the searchlights to the north, leaving the south a vacuum zone.

Duanwu seized this loophole of the Japanese and quietly moved his boat under the Japanese ship.

The soldier rowing the boat looked up at the side of the boat, which was at least four or five meters high, and asked in a low voice, "Leader Ye, it's so high, how are you going to get up there?"

Duanwu smiled slightly: "In China, there is a kind of Kung Fu called Qinggong. My master can jump four or five meters high without any problem."

The soldier was surprised, but immediately asked back: "What about you, Leader Ye?"

Duanwu scratched his head and said, "Four meters should be about the right distance. Hey, don't worry, I should be able to get up there if I try."

Duanwu had tried to reach a height of four or five meters before, but the success rate was not high. In addition, the boat was not strong enough on the sea, so Duanwu was even less confident.

However, there was no turning back at this point. Only by capturing this warship would they have a chance to continue heading north.

If they fail to capture it, not only will they expose themselves, but it will also be extremely difficult for them to continue to break out to the north! (End of this chapter)