Spy war in the Republic of China, peak undercover

The glaring sunlight shone through the porthole onto Lu Yang's face, waking him from his sleep. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and yawned. The aftereffects of last night's sake were quite strong, and he still had a headache.

He stood up and walked onto the deck, greedily breathing in the fresh air. The blue sky was endless, and the sea breeze, with a hint of salt and moisture, was refreshing.

"Old Lu, are you awake?" Zhou Qing came to Lu Yang's side without him noticing and handed him a cup of strong green tea. "Come, have some tea to sober you up."

Lu Yang took the teacup and drank it all in one gulp. The bitter tea made him instantly sober up.

"How is it? Where are we now?" Lu Yang asked. He looked around and saw only the vast ocean with no end in sight. He couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"We have just passed the Ryukyu Islands and Taiping Island is almost here!" Zhou Qing said, pointing to the sea chart.

Lu Yang frowned slightly. Taiping Island was the only way for the Xingyu to reach the Jiaodong Peninsula, and it was also a huge threat. If they couldn't pass through smoothly, their goal would be in vain.

"Where is Qiushan?" Lu Yang asked. He remembered that he got Qiushan drunk last night. This guy should not be awake yet, right?

"In the cockpit! Up so early in the morning, like nothing happened." Zhou Qing said with a sour tone, "This guy can hold his liquor really well!"

Lu Yang smiled, said nothing, and walked straight to the cockpit with Zhou Qing.

……

"General, are you awake?" When Qiu Shanliang saw Lu Yang coming in, he quickly put down the nautical chart in his hand and stood up to salute.

Lu Yang nodded, walked straight to the nautical chart, pointed to a red dot marked "Taiping Island", and asked, "Qiu Shanjun, how long will it take us to arrive here?"

"General, we have approximately... two hours left!" Akiyama Ryo replied. "Should we... change our course and go around Taiping Island?"

Lu Yang glanced at him, with a barely perceptible smile on his lips. He knew that Qiu Shanliang was testing him, wanting to see how capable this "fake general" was.

"A detour?" Lu Yang asked in feigned surprise. "Why a detour?"

"General, you may not know that there are American troops stationed on Taiping Island. Their radar is very powerful. If they discover us..."

Lu Yang waved his hand, interrupting him, "What are you afraid of? We are warships of the 'Great Japanese Empire'. Do they dare to attack us?"

At this time, there was no Pearl Harbor and the United States and Japan had not yet torn their relations.

"But... General," Qiu Shanliang wanted to say something, but Lu Yang gave him a cold look. "What? Are you... questioning my decision?"

Qiu Shanliang was frightened by Lu Yang's eyes and quickly lowered his head, "I dare not! I dare not!"

Lu Yang snorted coldly, said nothing more, turned and walked to the window, looking at the magnificent sea in the distance, wondering what he was thinking.

Akiyama Ryo stood aside, not daring to breathe. He knew in his heart that what he had just said had caused dissatisfaction from this "General Inoue".

He knew that General Inoue was no pushover! He was ruthless and decisive, having personally killed several of his subordinates who had "disobeyed orders"!

……

Time passed by minute by minute, and in the blink of an eye, two hours had passed. The Xingyu was getting closer and closer to Taiping Island. Akiyama Ryo's heart became more and more uneasy, because he found that the route of the Xingyu had not changed at all, and it was still heading towards Taiping Island... straight ahead!

"General..." He finally couldn't help but remind him again, "We are about to enter the radar detection range of Taiping Island. Should we...?"

He wanted to ask whether they should change the route to avoid Taiping Island, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Lu Yang.

"Qiu Shanjun..." Lu Yang turned around and looked at Qiu Shanliang with sharp eyes, as if he could see through his heart, "Are you... very scared?"

"No...no..." Akiyama Ryo stammered with sweat on his forehead.

"That's good!" Lu Yang sneered, "Don't worry, everything is under my control!"

As he spoke, he pulled out a telegram from his pocket and handed it to Akiyama Ryo, "Look at this!"

Akiyama Ryo took the telegram tremblingly and read it carefully. It read:

"General Inoue, we are sending the warship Xingyu to Xiangcheng to carry out a top-secret mission. General Inoue is fully responsible for all matters along the way. No one is allowed to interfere! Any disobedience will be dealt with by military law! - Headquarters"

After reading the telegram, Akiyama Ryo was stunned. He never expected that the Xingyu... actually had such a "special mission"?

He secretly glanced at Lu Yang, only to see that Lu Yang's face was calm and there was no sign of anything wrong. He thought to himself, "It seems... this General Inoue is really... not simple..."

How could he know that this telegram... was actually fake?! Was it "made up" by Lu Yang himself using a captured Japanese code book?!

"What? Now... do you have anything else... to say?" Lu Yang looked at Qiu Shanliang and asked with a smile.

"No...no more!" Akiyama Ryo quickly lowered his head and said respectfully, "Everything...will be subject to the General's arrangements!"

"Yoshi! That's right!" Lu Yang patted Qiu Shanliang's shoulder. "We are currently carrying out a top-secret mission. Do you understand?"

Akiyama Ryo nodded repeatedly, "I understand, I understand, I understand!"

"Okay!" Lu Yang said with satisfaction, "Then let's continue on our journey and not waste any more time!"

Akiyama Ryo nodded and didn't dare to say anything else. He returned to his seat and continued to control the warship. However, he no longer felt the ease and confidence he had just felt in his heart. Instead, there was a lingering... uneasiness.

Lu Yang stood behind him, looking at the receding sea outside the window, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a barely perceptible sneer.

"Hehehe... little Jap devils, just wait... take it!"

……

Taiping Island Naval Base.

"Report, an unidentified ship has been spotted, heading towards us!"

"position?"

"15 nautical miles due north!"

"Speed, how long will it take us to get there?"

"Speed ​​25 knots, we'll arrive in an hour and a half!"

"Contact them immediately, make them identify themselves, and stop them from advancing! Otherwise we will open fire!"

"Beep, beep, beep..." A series of rapid alarms sounded in the cockpit of the Xingyu.

"Report to the captain, we...we have been discovered! Taiping Island base...let us...identify ourselves..." A Japanese soldier ran in hurriedly to report.

"Baka!" Akiyama Ryo's face changed drastically. "What happened? Why is this happening?"

Lu Yang looked calm. "Why panic? Since they asked, let's go!"

Qiu Shanliang looked at Lu Yang in confusion and asked, "General, are we...are we really going to...Taiping Island?"

"Of course we have to go. If we don't go, it would be disrespectful to them. I guess it's just a routine inspection. Besides, we're running low on supplies!" Lu Yang glanced at his watch and said, "Let's go!"

"Hai!"

……

An hour later, the Xingyu slowly docked at the dock of Taiping Island.