Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal
Chapter 200 Raid on Merchant Ships
Although Nomura Kichisaburo showed such courage, he certainly did not really intend to go to war with France. He was just adopting the strategy of advancing in order to retreat.
At this time, Japan's strategic focus was on China, and the specific plans for going north, south, and even west had not yet been discussed. It was impossible for Japan to rashly go to war with France.
The same is true for France. Due to the economic crisis and the vigilance of the two old European powers, Britain and Germany, how could they mobilize a large number of warships of their home corps to fight a useless war of attrition in order to strike the enemy in the Far East?
There was no way the two sides would fight each other. Knowing this, Yoshisaburo Nomura was too lazy to get entangled with the white pigs. He wanted to use his precious time on strategic deployment.
"Guards, throw this bastard out. Oh, by the way, let him take away the garbage on the ground. Humph, he wants to blackmail the Empire of Japan by making up some fake materials. What a fool!"
Nomura Yoshisaburo called the guards at the door in, and two Japanese soldiers immediately grabbed Consul Senior and dragged him out. As he was dragged away, Consul Senior was still shouting "start a war, start a war" or something like that, but there was no longer the arrogance in his words, just like the last wail of a dog with a broken spine.
After Consul Senior was dragged away, Nomura Yoshisaburo immediately returned to the headquarters. He had wasted enough time and had to complete the arrangements before the end of the armistice.
In order to increase the chances of successfully breaking the 19th Route Army's defense line, the mainland specially dispatched the army. Nomura Yoshisaburo knew that if he did not take Shanghai as soon as possible, his fate would be the same as that of Shiozawa Yukichi, and this time, he would be replaced by the army generals.
The consequences of failure were disastrous. Even though he had served in the army for many years, Yoshisaburo Nomura was still nervous. He yelled at his officers in the command center, asking them to quickly convey his orders. In the process, he also swore a lot of foul language, which made his officers feel under great pressure.
Seeing his murderous look, an officer holding a telegram in his hand hesitated whether to show it to him.
When Yoshisaburo Nomura saw an officer standing motionless in the command center, he became furious as he was already a little mentally disturbed by the pressure.
"Asshole, don't you have anything to do?! What are you standing there for! If your job is so easy that you can just stand there and stare blankly, then take off this officer's uniform immediately and go to the front line as a death squad!"
The officer was frightened and he trembled reflexively, then his whole body began to shake violently.
This was too abnormal, and it aroused Nomura Yoshisaburo's suspicion. He stood up and wanted to slap the timid guy twice, but when he saw the telegram in his hand, he felt something was wrong. What was written on it? Why did an officer dare not report to him?
He snatched the telegram and read it quickly. Then he roared angrily and tore the telegram into pieces.
The content of the telegram that made Yoshisaburo Nomura so angry was as follows: After 1 a.m. on January 29, the destroyer Kikuzuki, which was sent to drive away the American merchant ship, lost contact for 5 hours.
Let's go back to the beginning of the January 2th Incident. On the American merchant ship, Captain Joel ordered that the two merchant ships should circle in place and wait until dawn the next day. He had already notified the American consul in Shanghai by telegram to see if he could get through to the Japanese side and have them dock the merchant ship to unload the goods.
If it is still impossible to land after 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, Captain Joel will drive the ship to other ports for landing.
At around 1 a.m., fierce fighting broke out in the dark in downtown Shanghai, and a large number of soldiers and civilians were displaced. However, only 50 nautical miles away, there was harmony on the American merchant ship, and the crew members slept in their beds without any worries.
Li Ruinian opened his eyes and climbed up from the bed. He glanced at his watch and a strange smile flashed across his face. The next moment, a portal opened in front of him and a team of clones wearing the uniforms of the Japanese Marine Corps walked out of the cabin.
"Follow the plan."
Li Ruinian said.
Several Japanese soldiers nodded at him, rushed out of the cabin, and ran quickly in the passage of the cargo ship.
The running noise was so loud that a crew member who was a light sleeper was woken up. He opened his sleepy eyes, cursed "Fuck", pushed open the cabin door and yelled outside.
"It's damn night now! The noise you bitches are making is like me chasing the dark forces with Winterster back home in the South!"
He just got up from the bed, a little dazed, and regained some clarity after shouting this sentence. Then he saw a group of people in blue uniforms running in the corridor with long rifles with bayonets in their hands. He woke up instantly, not knowing where these people came from.
His insults made a clone stop at his door. Without saying a word, the clone stabbed him with a bayonet. The bayonet, which was more than 40 cm long, stabbed the crew member to the core.
The crew member screamed, and then was pushed into the cabin and hit the wall by the other party.
The crewman's face was full of disbelief. He gripped the blade of the bayonet with both hands, as if trying to save himself, but his strength was rapidly draining away.
When he was dying of excessive blood loss, he heard the man who killed him say in a funny tone: "No meat~ My dear Southerner, you must hate Lincoln to death. This damn Yankee destroyed your dream of becoming a plantation owner!"
After saying this he drew out his bayonet, and the crewman breathed his last.
The clone smiled and was about to clean another cabin. Just as he turned around, he suddenly felt a strong wind coming from behind him. He subconsciously lowered his head, and a baseball bat swung towards the position where his head had just been, hitting the deck wall with a duang sound.
The clone was shocked. He had just checked and there was only one crew member in the cabin. How come there was someone else?
He immediately turned around and raised his gun, and saw a guy wearing only a pair of shorts and covered in black yelling at him: "Damn you, you killed Franky, wow! Why did you do this! His dream of becoming a plantation owner hasn't come true yet, bitch!"
When the clone saw that the other party was a black force and was only wearing a pair of shorts, he immediately understood. No wonder he didn't see this guy just now. The people in the cabin with the lights off had a protective color.
The black force raised the baseball bat and was about to hit him again, but the clone simply emptied the damper magazine and knocked him down.
Gunshots were heard, and the American crew members on the merchant ship were awakened, but it was too late. The clones had already taken control of important locations such as the cargo hold, Cambridge, and the engine room.
They opened fire and shot at anyone they saw, killing all the crew members they could see. These Americans were completely unprepared and had no guns or bullets on them. They were suddenly attacked and had no ability to resist.
The gunshots rang from the bow to the stern, from the deck to the bottom of the cabin, and from one ship to another. Ten minutes later, Captain Joel, Li Ruinian, and an avatar who served as Li Ruinian's attendant were dragged onto the deck by the "devils". They were the only survivors.
The devils surrounded the three men and pointed their blood-stained bayonets at them.
There was a red and swollen spot on Captain Joel's forehead. He tried to resist with his revolver, but was hit by the Japanese with the butt of the revolver. By the time he finally recovered, he had lost the ability to resist and was dragged onto the deck by the Japanese.
"You bastards, you damned Japanese bandits! Do you know what you have done? Do you know the consequences of doing this? Do you want war?"
Captain Joel still hasn't figured out how these Japanese Marines got on board the ship?
Captain Joel was, after all, a high-level talent, and he knew many bigwigs in the American military. Naturally, he knew that the guys in blue uniforms in front of him were the Japanese Marines. That was why he was so shocked. The army of one country attacking the merchant ships of another country was no less than a declaration of war!
A Japanese captain walked up, his expression cruel and obscene. He slapped Joel twice, then grabbed his hair and slammed his forehead hard on the deck.
Then the Japanese captain grabbed Joel's hair tightly, put his mouth close to his ear, and said in somewhat stiff English: "Mr. Joel Perry, the captain asked me to say hello to the Perry family."
Joel felt dizzy from the blow, but when he heard these words, his pupils shrank instantly.
"You! Is this what you did all this for?"
His face was full of disbelief, and as he recalled his foul-mouthed behavior in the morning, his eyes unconsciously turned towards the destroyer Kikuzuki that was following them two nautical miles away.
This makes sense. If the other party lowered the speedboat, quickly approached the freighter, and sent out Marines to climb with a grappling hook, then they could indeed board the ship.
But he just said something foul-mouthed this morning! They actually wanted to kill two ships of people because of this kind of thing!
"You son of a bitch! Butcher! You actually killed so many people for such a small matter. Do you know the consequences of doing so? Do you know how many people will die because of this?!"
After hearing what he said, the Japanese captain burst into laughter, and the other Japanese soldiers surrounding them also laughed, leaving him confused as to what was so funny.
At this time, the clone who was captured with him and served as Li Ruinian's attendant shouted: "Mr. Joel! These damn bastards want to kill people to silence them!"
Joel was shocked and fear began to spread in his heart. After the servant's clone reminded Captain Joel, he turned to look at the Japanese captain and spat in his face.
"You bastards, you invaded my country, you will not have a good death, our people will definitely defeat you damn invaders!"
The Japanese captain took a few steps back, wiped the saliva off his face, and suddenly became furious.
"Baga! He's dead!"
He drew the samurai sword from his waist, and two Japanese soldiers rushed up, held down the servant's clone, and stuck his head out.
"Good God! What are you savages doing?"
It was clear what this action was about. Captain Joel couldn't believe it. Wasn't Japan already a civilized society? Why was it still doing this?
Just as he thought, the Japanese captain came to the attendant's clone with a samurai sword in hand. The attendant's clone still refused to surrender and stared at the Japanese captain fiercely.
"Come on, you bastard! Even though I have a big scar on my head, I am still a brave man 18 years later! I will join the army by then! I will fight the devils! Drive you invaders out of my country! I will never surrender, and neither will the people!"
"idiot!!!"
This statement of refusing to surrender even in death angered the Japanese captain. He shouted with a distorted expression, and the samurai sword he had raised high finally fell down fiercely. Blood splattered and a headless body fell to the ground.
"Oh my God! This poor kid is not even 20 years old, you devils! What have you done!"
Joel was shocked by what the young man said before he died. This brave child never gave in even in the face of death. At the same time, he was horrified by the cruelty of the Japanese.
He used to live a rich life and he never cared about the Far East or the war in this region. But now he was involved in this war and saw such a horrific scene, which completely refreshed his three views.
It’s like a high school student who doesn’t usually watch the news. After leaving the campus, he uses his mobile phone a lot and is surprised to find that there are so many wars and so many deaths in the world. The sudden contrast with the current peaceful situation will definitely shock him!
Captain Joel was both terrified and angry at this moment. He shouted at the Japanese captain: "You damn anti-human elements! You will not have a good end! I have contacted the American ambassador in Shanghai this morning. He knows we are coming. When we cannot reach the port for a long time, the US government will start to investigate. What you have done will be revealed. Just wait, you will face the revenge of the strongest industrial country!"
After shouting this, the Japanese captain's movements froze noticeably, a look of worry flashed across his face, and then he looked at Joel with extremely vicious eyes.
"If that's the case, then you should die. If you die, we can drive the boat to the reef area and sink it, and no one will find out!"
As he said this, he pulled out the Nambu 14 pistol from his waist and was about to shoot Joel to death. I don't know if Joel, the old white man, was inspired by the servant's clone, but he actually straightened his chest and looked like he was going to die bravely.
But today is not the day he dies.
Li Ruinian, who had been kneeling silently beside the Japanese captain, suddenly jumped up. He rushed over, grabbed the captain's pistol and started fighting with him.
As he grabbed the gun, he turned back and yelled at Joel, "Mr. Joel, run!"
Joel was stunned when he saw this sudden change.
"Mr. Joel, run! Quickly..."
Bang bang bang bang! ! !
The Japanese captain pulled the trigger, aiming the gun at Li Ruinian's chest. Several bullets penetrated his chest, and several blood flowers burst out on his back.
Joel looked at this scene in disbelief. Li Ruinian, who was shot, fell down, but his hand was still tightly holding the Japanese captain's pistol.
"Joel... take my share and live on..."
Li Ruinian said this as if he was leaving his last words. Joel, who was standing there in a daze, trembled all over, howled, turned around and ran away with tears in his eyes.
He pushed away the two Japanese soldiers blocking his back and jumped into the sea.
Upon seeing this, the Japanese immediately started firing at the sea along the side of the ship. Joel deliberately sank for a distance before swimming away. The Japanese became so angry that they uttered a few insults and had to give up shooting.
A Japanese soldier turned to look at the captain and made an OK gesture.
The Japanese captain patted Li Ruinian on the shoulder, and Li Ruinian let go of Nanbu 14's hand.
The servant's clone, whose body was separated from his own, also stood up. He patted the ketchup on his body, walked aside to ask the devil for a cigarette, and on the ground, a portal so small that only the head could enter was slowly closing.
The Japanese captain and Li Ruinian walked to the edge of the boat together. The captain took out a box of French fries from his arms and poked the ketchup on Li Ruinian's back.
"Can you eat it?"
He handed the French fries dipped in ketchup to Li Ruinian, but Li Ruinian didn't take it. Instead, he snatched the box of French fries and stuffed a handful into his mouth.
"Where did you get the fries?"
The captain said, "Longlong Store's new product, French fries, tastes really good with ketchup."
Li Ruinian rolled his eyes at him.
"This blood bag on my body was exploded by explosives. The ketchup smells like gunpowder. You are really awesome. You can even eat this!"
The captain said he didn't care, took a French fry from the box and continued to poke the ketchup on Li Ruinian's back. Li Ruinian's eyes suddenly bulged, and he opened his hand and cursed: "Don't fucking eat it! The old white man is sinking!"
(Unconsciously 200 chapters, please give me a free love generator)
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