Chapter 1744
4th, Friday, sunny.At around nine o'clock in the morning, Guo Kui was sleeping soundly, when suddenly there was a sound of beeps, and he immediately opened his eyes and sat up, startling the telegrapher beside him.

Soldiers and soldiers have never been afraid of sacrifice, but there is a question of whether it is worth it or not.Therefore, when he learned that the seven large ships controlled by Qi Minghao and the others had almost no combat power, Guo Kui went straight into the telecommunications room of the "Richelieu" and could not come out.

At this moment, he stared at the second lieutenant and asked, "Telegram?"

"Yes."

"Where is it?"

"Hanoi."

"Quick translation!"

"Yes."

While the second lieutenant was translating, Guo Kui lay beside him watching.About 3 minutes later, he read: "The main force of the Japanese warship appeared in the area around Labuan Island—" There was no concept of Labuan Island in his mind, so he immediately ran out to find Qi Minghao.Qi Minghao had just changed shifts, and he immediately understood when he asked where Labuan Island was. His eyes lit up and he asked, "Has the main force of the Devil Fleet gone to Labuan Island?"

Seeing his expression, Guo Kui knew it in his heart, and his heartstrings that had been tense all of a sudden loosened. He took out a cigarette and handed it to Qi Minghao, saying, "If you answered correctly, I will reward you with a cigarette."

"I don't know how to smoke!"

"Smoking cigarettes, as a student soldier, I don't know how to smoke, and I am not afraid of being laughed at when I say it? How far is this Labuan Island from Singapore?"

"More than 1000 kilometers."

"Haha! Xu Kai and the others succeeded?"

"It's not considered a success. It needs to be able to hold the devil fleet there for at least a day and a night."

Guo Kui understood the relationship as soon as he thought about it. He lit the cigarette and took a deep breath: "I believe he has this ability!" A giant like the 'Kaga' can be sunk, and that small sampan can sink Are 'Feng Xiang' and 'Long Xiang' still on the table?"

Qi Minghao smiled wryly: "Commander, it's not this kind of algorithm. Let's put it this way, a submarine is an assassin in the sea. It can only rely on sneak attacks if it wants to make achievements, but now the Japanese army is prepared. So it's very difficult."

"It doesn't matter, anyway, the main fleet of the little devil is not in Singapore now!"

"The time difference is not good, but it seems that it can only be so."

The second lieutenant had already translated all the telegrams at this time, and he came up and handed the complete telegrams to Qi Minghao, asking him if he wanted to notify the British so that they could advance faster.

Out of respect for the lives of the captured soldiers, Phillips personally commanded the operations of the mixed fleet.Qi Minghao thought for a while and said, "Let's send a telegram. Phillips was on the night shift yesterday and should be still sleeping at the moment. Remember not to mention anything else."

The second lieutenant should have stepped back. Five minutes later, Qi Minghao and Guo Kui were discussing what Xu Kai and the others should do to attract the devils' attention while keeping themselves safe. Phillips' voice was heard from the left side of Qi Minghao's front for communicating with the entire fleet. : "Attention all ships, I am Phillips. I am now ordering all ships to maintain the original formation and advance at a speed of 5 knots, over!"

Phillips got up fast enough, a little surprised, Qi Minghao grabbed the microphone and replied: "The 'Richelieu' received it!" Then he issued a series of orders to the ship's students.

A few minutes later, Qi Minghao was about to say something to Guo Kui, when the voice of Phillips came out from the microphone on the right side in front of him: "I'm Phillips, please call Commander Qi."

"I'm Qi Minghao, Commander Phillips, please speak."

"Commander Qi, I have received the telegram. Excuse me, is the main force of the Japanese Western Expedition Fleet attracted by your army?"

Qi Minghao and Guo Kui looked at each other with the same meaning: this British guy has a way.

Qi Minghao: "Sorry, I don't know about this matter."

Phillips was silent for a while and said: "Commander Qi, you must be aware that the main force of the Japanese expedition to the West is the biggest threat to our operation. The main force of the Japanese fleet has been transferred out of the waters of Singapore. We have already succeeded in half of this operation. If it can be dragged to Labuan Island, our chances of success in this operation will be greatly increased. I suggest you communicate with Commander-in-Chief Ouyang about this matter!"

Guo Kui: "Damn it, what a keen sense of smell—he must have sensed something!"

Qi Minghao waved his hand at him, pressed the send button and said, "Yes."

"God bless you, thank you!" replied Phillips.

Putting down the microphone, Qi Minghao responded to Guo Kui's words just now: "As expected of the man who claims to be the most powerful navy in the world, this Phillips is a character."

Guo Kui did not continue this topic, but asked, "How long will it take to reach the target sea area if we advance at a speed of [-] knots?"

Qi Minghao looked at the chart and said, "If there are no accidents, we can arrive at around three o'clock tomorrow morning."

Guo Kui looked at his watch: "Does that mean there are still fifteen hours at most?"

"Yes."

"Then I have to go to rest. Xiao Qi, you'd better go to sleep for a while."

"I've just woken up, and I'm in good spirits now."

Time went back six hours, at about three o'clock in the morning, on the west side of Labuan Island, Xu Kai was commanding the Song-class ship that had made great achievements the night before, playing a game of hide-and-seek with the little devil.

Guo Kui and Qi Minghao thought that it would be difficult for them to continue to attract the attention of Japanese ships surrounded by many Japanese ships. In fact, they achieved it very easily.By sending active sonar to a frigate, it happened that the aircraft carrier Ryujo was on the inside of the frigate. After the painful lesson of the "Kaga" aircraft carrier being attacked and sunk by a torpedo, the Japanese commander of the Ryujo aircraft carrier fleet did not dare With the slightest carelessness, the entire fleet was immediately ordered to carry out anti-submarine warfare.But the Song class was too slippery, and the Japanese dispatched all the anti-submarine ships of the fleet, but they couldn't surround it, so the Fengxiang aircraft carrier fleet also joined the siege and chase.

The cat-and-mouse game between the two sides lasted for more than four hours, which is why Xu Kai and the others discovered the enemy's main battleship Qi Minghao at three o'clock in the morning and they did not receive a telegram until nine o'clock in the morning. The Ming class returned to the Haikou base first).

When it was dawn, the upturned merchant ship pierced the eyes of the commander of the Longxiang aircraft carrier very conspicuously, and the little devil remembered that his responsibility was to take the transport fleet back to Singapore.The little devil also had good intentions. He didn't want to waste the equipment of that ship when the empire was facing resource difficulties, so he ordered the ship to be towed back.Well, the speed of the Ryujo was not fast at first, and the speed of the entire fleet was slow due to its drag. Now that there is such a burden, the overall speed of the fleet has dropped by more than half. Almost at the speed of a snail.Then, the tragic thing came—when the Japanese army in Singapore suddenly discovered the huge fleet of the British and French allied forces, and Koizumi ordered them to return quickly, they were still more than 800 kilometers away from Singapore.

Because of this special situation, although the rescue operation actually started three hours later than Qi Minghao estimated, it was still enough for the officers and soldiers of the Jungle Special Forces Brigade to do their best.

(End of this chapter)

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