Glorious Mission 1937

() Tianjin port, dozens of large ocean-going ships moored quietly in the port.Thousands of officers and soldiers of the 61st Army on the shore nervously observed the movement around them. Dozens of coastal defense guns and hundreds of anti-aircraft machine guns were all loaded and ready to fire at any time.

Seeing the tense look of the 61st Army, Chen Shaokuan and others were quite puzzled. It stands to reason that the Japanese Army around Tianjin has been wiped out by the 61st Army. Hasn't the only 30th Brigade that has formed a system already retreated? Why is the army still so nervous.

"Mr. Chen, I saw your army so nervous along the way. Why is this? Is there any Japanese puppet army nearby that can pose a threat to your army?".Chen Shaokuan said.

"There are not many Japanese and puppet troops nearby, and there are only some stragglers, who do not pose any threat to our army. However, the aviation units of the Japanese army have been harassing Tianjin in the past few days, and more than 40 bombers were dispatched yesterday. Bombing. Although the Japanese army was beaten up by our army on land, we can't do anything to them in the sky!" Chen Feng said with a sigh.

Commander Chen thought for a while and said: "The Japanese army only has four airports in North China. Now Beiping's Nanyuan Airport, Tianjin's Dongjuzi Airport, and Zhangjiakou Airport have all been captured by your 61st Army. Now there is only one Baoding Airport left. In this way, it happens that Captain Gao will lead the fourth brigade to escort us this time, and let them go to Baoding on the return trip to take good care of the little devil's airport, which may relieve a lot of pressure on you."

"Okay, little devil, this is not reconciled to these ships falling into our hands, so I would rather sink them all. Fortunately, our army was well prepared. Although the Japanese army sank a few small ships in yesterday's bombing ships, but our army shot down six fighter planes, and the rest fled in panic." Chen Feng said. < When I was young, I heard that the 6st Army was powerful in combat, but I didn't expect it to be so powerful. Commander Chen is very good at running the army! "

"Where, it's all brothers' lives. Otherwise, our army would have been wiped out by the little devils. As for me, Mr. Chen, my head would have been chopped off by the little devils and sent to Peiping." Chen Feng said.

The handover of the ships went smoothly, and the temporary air force of the Japanese Army did not come to make trouble.It took less than half an hour for the people brought by Chen Shaokuan to board the boat.The navy crew then ignited the ship's boilers.Seeing the three warships slowly sailing out of Tianjin Port, all the soldiers on the coast suddenly cheered.

"Thank you, thank you. Xiao Chen, the Party Congress will remember you. You are heroes," General Chen Shaokuan said excitedly.

Chen Feng smiled and replied: "It doesn't matter if the party and the state remember us or not. It doesn't matter if you are a hero or not. As long as the Chinese navy remembers us and the Chinese people remember us, that's fine."

Chen Shaokuan looked at Chen Feng meaningfully and said, "Little Chen, don't worry. Everything you have done for the country and the nation will be engraved on the historical monument, and no one can obliterate it."

"I hope!" Chen Feng said with a smile.

When he learned that the remaining 61 7-ton freighters, 11 patrol boats, and [-] gunboats of the [-]st Army Company were all sent to the navy, Chen Shaokuan was ecstatic and embarrassed to find that the manpower he brought was far from enough. , It is simply impossible to carry so many ships at once.

They went north to Tianjin this time, and only a total of more than 150 people came.Originally, according to Chen Shaokuan's idea, it would be considered good if one of the three warships captured by the 61st Army could start. There are not many soldiers under his jurisdiction, and Tianjin is so far away from Chongqing, Wuhan, and the transportation is inconvenient, so Chen Shaokuan only brought more than 150 people in this area.

The navy was originally raised by a stepmother, and since the Revolution of 1000, he has seldom bought property. In addition, Chen Shaokuan almost lost his trousers in the first battle of Jiangyin. Now he finally got three good ships. In desperation, Chen Shaokuan had no choice but to ask Chen Feng for help, hoping that Chen Feng could lend him [-] soldiers. After these warships arrived in Guangzhou, he would send someone to send the [-] soldiers back to the north.

For Chen Shaokuan's request, Chen Feng almost agreed without thinking about it, but Chen Feng also has conditions, people can lend you, but there is no need to rush to return them after they are used up. Trained to become qualified naval officers and soldiers, if one day he Chen someone needs these people, you Commander Chen will send them back.

Chen Shaokuan agreed after thinking about it. The navy was far more difficult than people imagined. In addition to being unable to purchase additional ships due to the limitation of national power, due to his personal influence, the navy was simply a latecomer in the establishment of the National Revolutionary Army. For the mother-in-law, not only the food and salary cannot be paid in full, but even the soldiers cannot be guaranteed.

At this time, in the Navy, He Yingqin, the immediate boss, deliberately suppressed it, Lao Jiang's confidant Ouyang Ge was controlling the elbow, the Minister of National Defense Chen Cheng was restraining, and the Japanese army was eyeing the outside, so the situation was difficult.The quarrel between Chen Shaokuan and He Yingqin began with the expansion of the Jiangnan Shipyard. The Jiangnan Shipyard was originally a workshop of the Shanghai Manufacturing Bureau in the late Qing Dynasty. du li's shipbuilding enterprise.

After Chen Shaokuan became the Minister of the Navy and the director of Jiangnan Shipbuilding Institute, he wanted to expand the factory building and build a naval hospital at the empty two forts in the manufacturing bureau.This matter was discussed with the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs, and official documents were sent back and forth several times, but no consent was obtained.Chen sent Wang Xuehai, the chief of the section (who was studying in Germany, torpedoes, and most of the middle-level officials of the Military and Political Department were his classmates studying in Germany) to dredge, but he was not allowed.Therefore, Chen reprimanded He Yingqin for controlling the public land and tried his best to argue with him. Although he got his wish in the end, he offended He Yingqin.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Ministry of the Navy reduced its establishment and renamed it the General Command of the Navy, which was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs. He Yingqin happened to be the immediate boss.At that time, the navy was in urgent need of explosives to manufacture sea mines. The Ministry of Military and Political Affairs had explosives stored in a warehouse in Hankou.As for the appropriation of funds for mines, they were also made things difficult.The Naval Headquarters is constrained by the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs in terms of funding and supplies. It can be said that it is too much! In addition, Chen Shaokuan is not good at eloquence, and he always attends large meetings held by the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs or the Military Commission.Discussing the issue of the navy, he felt a little uncomfortable, so he walked out of the meeting with his leather bag in his arms to express his protest.This kind of action aroused the resentment of officials of the Military Commission and the Military and Political Department, and also made the relationship between Chen and He even more tense.Although Chen Shaokuan refuses to show weakness, but he is in a position of inferiority, there is nothing he can do about it!

In addition to being at odds with He Yingqin, the immediate boss of the Navy Command, Chen Shaokuan also had deep conflicts with Chen Cheng.But this is not the most troublesome thing for Chen Shaokuan. The most troublesome thing for Chen Shaokuan is Ouyang Ge from the navy.

Who the hell is this Ouyang Ge, who actually gave Chen Shaokuan such a headache.Although this Ouyangge is not well-known.But the background is not small.This person is a high-level navy promoted by Lao Jiang himself. It can be said that Ouyang Ge is Lao Jiang's spokesperson in the navy.

Although the old man is not very good at fighting, he is jokingly called the material of an infantry battalion commander at most, but the old man's political skills are very good.The navy is not a direct army built by the old man.So there is a natural distrust for the old man of the navy.Hence for complete control of the navy.Cultivate your own lineage.Not only did the old man deliberately preserve the Bohai Fleet of the Qingdao Department to oppose the Fujian Navy, but he also ordered his confidant Ouyang Ge to establish the Naval Lightning School in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu in 1932, with Ouyang Ge as the principal.

The curriculum of the Naval Lightning School is exactly the same as that of the Naval School.The blueprints of the water torpedo facilities were all copied from Chen Shaokuan's naval construction plan, and water torpedo speedboats were purchased from Germany and the United Kingdom, and the scale of the school continued to expand day by day.Ouyang Ge said to the students at the opening ceremony of the Dianlei School: "We are the Whampoa School of the Navy." So far, the Fujian Department, the Qingdao Department, and the Dianlei Department stand together, and Chiang Kai-shek has achieved the goal of dividing the Navy and unifying Chen Shaokuan. The ideal of the navy is completely shattered.

Apart from this, the conflict between Chen Shaokuan and Ouyang Ge has long existed.As early as when the National Government founded its capital in Nanjing, a large-scale award ceremony was held. The old man awarded Chen Shaokuan the first-class medal of the National Government for his outstanding achievements in attacking Sun Chuanfang at the Battle of Longtan.Ouyang Ge believed that before joining the National Revolutionary Army, when Chen served as the commander of the Second Fleet and led a ship in Nanjing, he had a hot relationship with Sun Chuanfang, and sent ships to assist Sun Chuanfang in attacking Jiangxi's Northern Expedition Army, so there should be no such reward.

After the old man left the meeting, Ouyang Ge accused Chen Shaokuan on the spot that he deserved it, and Chen Shaokuan was very angry when he heard it.After the old man learned of this, he reprimanded Ouyang Ge.Afterwards, Ouyangge was treated coldly by Chen Shaokuan again, so he felt resentment towards Chen Han, and he opposed Chen Shaokuan many times since then.Ouyang Ge even recruited the students in the engineering class who had been defeated by Chen Kaige at the Mawei Naval Academy into the Dianlei School. After graduation, he was sent to Germany to learn water torpedoes, so as to cultivate the backbone and gather forces against Chen.The naval generals who were dissatisfied with Chen Shaokuan also tried their best to win over and buy them, in an attempt to divide and disintegrate the Fujian naval forces.For people close to Chen Shaokuan, Ouyangge found faults and slandered and framed them.

Especially in the Jiangyin sea battle not long ago, Chen Shaokuan's confidant Chen Jiliang commanded the "Ninghai", "Pinghai", "Yingrui" and "Yixian" ships on the front line of Jiangyin. When the flagship was sunk or damaged, Chen Jiliang changed another flagship and insisted on flying the command flag.Some people advised against flying the commander's flag to avoid bombing by enemy planes, but they were reprimanded.These four warships were finally blown up by enemy planes.When "Ninghai" and "Pinghai" were bombed and laid on the shoal, Ouyangge sent troops to dismantle the anti-aircraft guns on the ship after hearing the news.

Chen Jiliang was wounded by the bombing, and the Navy Department sent Zeng Yiding as the commander of Jiangfang of the navy to replace Chen Jiliang, and ordered Chen to retreat to the rear for medical treatment.Ouyangge actually lied to Chiang Kai-shek that Chen Jiliang had fled.Jiang immediately ordered: "Shoot on the spot."

When Chen Shaokuan received the instructions, he was very annoyed, and immediately reported to Jiang the situation of Chen Jiliang's command in Jiangyin. Jiang said angrily: "Hey! You go and find out and deal with it." Watching the sea and air battles from the Jiangyin Fort, he said in a telegram to Jiang: "This is the most intense battle of the navy and air force that I have seen after the First World War." Tell Chen by phone: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, comfort Chen Jiliang for me."

Due to the tense relationship between Chen Shaokuan and the top leaders of the Kuomintang government, the navy is struggling. In addition, the strength of the Chinese and Japanese navies is very different, and they are always passive.From the beginning of the war to the present, the navy has not only lost almost all large ships, but also lost a large number of soldiers.

However, these lost soldiers could not be replenished in time, which made the already weak navy even weaker.Now that the navy has been replenished with so many ships at once, Chen Shaokuan is happy, but at the same time he is worried about the naval personnel. According to the approved personnel of these three large warships and a large number of gunboats and patrol boats, the minimum number is about 2000. .

Chen Shaokuan knew that if he applied through the normal route of the Military and Political Department, he would probably be suppressed even before the Military and Political Department came out. Now that Chen Feng offered to let the navy train the navy on his behalf, there was no reason why he was unwilling. (to be continued...)