Looking at the sudden increase in weapons and ammunition, the newly promoted Battalion Commanders were instantly filled with pride.
He Fan calmly watched everyone collect their weapons and equipment. When he thought of the fact that the Japanese had already arrived at Nanjing, He Fan was extremely confused and did not know how to deal with the current situation.
Pu Wuhao suddenly walked behind He Fan and patted his shoulder." Master, what are you thinking about? Now that we have people and guns, we should be happy!”
"Take your binoculars to the west and take a look. There are two Japanese gunboats on Taihu Lake. Then look at General Tang Shengzhi's declaration to his compatriots that he vowed to live and die with Nanjing. The Japanese have already arrived in Nanjing!”，He Fan handed over the binoculars and telegram, his face full of worry.
Pu Wuhao was also worried." The telegram said that the Japanese captured Jiangyin Fortress on December 1st. The Japanese 10th Army deployed the 114th Division to attack the south of Nanjing along the Liyang and Lishui roads. The 6th Division followed the Guangde and Honglanbu roads, and after the 114th Division, they also attacked the south of Nanking. Guoqi detachment along Guangde, Langxi highway into Taiping, and then crossed the river detour to Pukou near, cut off the Nanjing garrison north retreat road; The 18th Division attacked Wuhu through Xuancheng, cutting off the retreat of the Nanjing garrison. It seemed like the Japanese wanted to devour the 150,000 soldiers in Nanjing!”
"We have to do something! Chen Yongxin and the others had been training for more than half a month. They were told to attack and kill the arrogant Japanese gunboats in Taihu Lake. Also, these 9,000 new recruits would be trained by the original 1,000 veterans. Machine Gunners, Artillery, and Tank Soldiers would be trained in groups!”He Fan ordered.
At this time, Fang Wentian also ran over to watch the show." Old Brother He, can you recruit so many soldiers?”
"Brother Fang, why don't you recruit troops?”He Fan changed the topic.
Fang Wentian looked ashamed." Brother He, we are short of food and guns now. How can we have extra money and food to recruit soldiers? On the other hand, you guys have expanded into a division in half a month. You're really rich!"”
In Taihu Lake, a few gunshots suddenly rang out. The Japanese's Birdfeather-class river gunboat fired. The Birdfeather-class river gunboat was a standard inland river gunboat. It was designed to have an extremely shallow draft (0.79 meters) and was relatively weak. Due to the limited internal space of the ship, it was impossible to arrange a crew living area. The Toba class had a long and large upper structure like the freighter, and its maximum speed was 15 knots. On November 7, 1911, Toba was launched. During the First World War, due to China's initial neutrality, the ship was temporarily disarmed to respect international law. In 1937, when the war between China and Japan broke out, the Toba damaged the Torpedo Speedboat Wen 93 of the Lightning School's speedboat brigade at the mouth of the lake. "Water displacement: 250 tons. Main dimensions: 54.86m (length)/8.23m (width)/0.79m (draft), Power: 2 reciprocation steam engines, 2 ship-based coal fired boiler; 1400 horsepower, Speed: 15 knots, Firepower: 2 single-mounted Type 41 76mm cannons, 5 machine guns, crew: 80 people.
The two gunboats were running amok on Taihu Lake.”，The 76mm cannon exploded the defenseless fishing boat in the lake. Before a fisherman could beg for mercy, the boat turned into pieces of wood. The old fisherman's body was also smashed by the cannon, leaving only a bloody mist that dyed the lake red.
The Japanese were even more unscrupulous. They simply opened the safety of the machine gun on the ship and fired at the fishing boats that were fleeing in the distance."Yuxi, looking at the frightened look of the Chinese pig, I feel the pleasure of controlling life and death.”
The captain of the gunboat, Toba, saw the smug look on Lieutenant Colonel's face." Don't waste your ammunition. Charge forward and sink them!”
Soon, the two gunboats were playing on Taihu Lake to their heart's content. They were playing with the fishing boats in the lake. From time to time, they would throw one or two grenades at the fishermen who fell into the water. With a dull explosion, the surroundings of the fishermen who fell into the water began to turn red. Some of them struggled twice and sank into the lake due to excessive blood loss.
"Lieutenant, we have already killed nearly a hundred fishing ships. They feel like they are our playthings. Lieutenant, do you want to continue killing our playthings?”，a soldier asked.
"No, no, no. If we kill all the toys at once, we'll be bored in the future. Order, chase after the fishing boat and don't sink it for the time being!”，Bird Feather said after seeing the order.
Chen Yongxin drove the advanced Shark-class submarine into Taihu Lake. The submarine was produced by North Korea in the 1980s, which was nearly 50 years more advanced than it was now. Moreover, the submarine had a radar, which also had an advantage. It did not need to use a periscope, only a radar to detect the position.
In the submarine, due to the small space, there were no torpedoes other than the two torpedoes in the launcher tube. There were 15 crew members on the submarine, and everyone kept their mouths shut, afraid that they would make any noise and be discovered by the enemy.
"Captain, the radar shows that there are two gunboats 800 meters away from us in the waters ahead. The water depth is about 0.7 meters, so if we want to sink the enemy ship, we have to completely float up and fire torpedoes.”，A radar soldier who had just learned how to use radar said.
"Rise five meters and observe with a periscope before making a decision!" Chen Yongxin ordered.”
"Surge five meters, stop sailing, and immediately surface. Prepare to launch the torpedoes at any time!”，the messenger ordered.
Chen Yongxin observed through the periscope and saw that the Japanese did not care about the water at all. After all, most of the navy of the Republic of China sank at the mouth of the Yangtze River to prevent the Japanese navy from entering the Yangtze River. However, the Japanese warships with shallow drafts like the gunboats still easily entered the Yangtze River.
On Lake Tai, Toriba no longer cared about the underwater threat. After all, in his mind, the Republic Navy was finished. Seeing the gunboats chasing the fishermen, Toriba laughed and said,""The people of a weak country are worse than pigs and dogs. They are just grass that we can kill whenever we want. I heard that Commander Matsui has already marched into Nanjing and will soon destroy the Chinese Empire.”
Chen Yongxin ordered," Prepare the torpedoes. Remember to fire immediately after surfacing. Regardless of whether you hit it or not, you must dive quickly and find an opportunity to attack another gunboat!”
"Float complete!" " Torpedo loading complete!" " Prepare to launch torpedoes."" Target at 12:02, 750 meters away! Fire!"
" Puff!" The torpedoes shot towards the gunboat at an increasing speed like a long fish. The Japanese were only paying attention to the panicked fishermen in front of them and did not care about the situation behind them.
" Boom!" In less than two minutes, the torpedoes exploded at the rear of the gunboat. Meanwhile, Chen Yongxin and the others had already dove down five meters, preparing to launch an attack on the other gunboat.
With a loud bang, a large ball of fire with black smoke appeared on Taihu Lake. With a violent shake, Toya realized that he had been attacked." Ba-ah, it's the Chinese Army. It's a torpedoes. Everyone, observe the surroundings and see if there are Chinese Army torpedoes!"”
As soon as he finished speaking, the ship creaked. Water kept pouring in from the hole, and the gunboat began to tilt. Bird Feather and the others immediately moved to another gunboat." Ba-ah, we haven't even seen the enemy yet, and we've already lost a gunboat. This is a great humiliation! No, the enemy was not on the surface of the water, so it was underwater. It was a submarine!”，Although he couldn't figure out why a submarine would appear in the lake, his years in the navy convinced him that it must have been attacked by a submarine.
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