It is Kokang and Changchun

　"The crucial moment is about to come! I hope Hashimoto-san can live up to my expectations and not bring shame to the name Fuyutsuki!" Perhaps because of his name, Fuyutsuki was very concerned about the sailor uprising among his juniors with the same name.

　Xiang continued to improve and modify the part of the uprising plan that the ship girls were responsible for. The latest modification plan specifically took into account the cadets of the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Fourth Technical School and the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Maizuru Training School in the port area.

　Xiang believes that military academy students are the sun at eight or nine o'clock in the army. If we can take advantage of the high popularity of Kancolle among young people, and add to that the serious and intensified social contradictions today, it will be easy to make these young people who are not well-versed in the world turn to the side of progress and revolution.

　You should know that university students and other young people were the main force in Japan's left-wing movement in the 1950s and 1960s. There are many reasons for their failure, one of the most important being the lack of a mature vanguard organization and leadership.

　Xiang believes that compared with ordinary college students, military academy students are relatively more organized and disciplined, and are more likely to accept the leadership of a centralized organization. In addition, military academy students all have certain military qualities and are more valuable in armed struggle than ordinary people.

　According to Haruzuki's long-term survey data in the port area, among the two military academies in Maizuru Port Area, students from the Fourth Technical College are relatively easy to win over, while students from the Education Team School are relatively stubborn.

　After all, the latter are responsible for cultivating military ideological education and are not easily swayed, while the former are mainly focused on learning technology and are relatively lax in ideological and political work.

　Therefore, Xiang decided to increase the number of ship girls staying in Maizuru to 10, and give priority to ship girls with older models who stayed in the port area to carry out the uprising.

　However, this would reduce the number of shipgirls responsible for intercepting the Maizuru-Nantan line. Hibiki calculated that even if the number of shipgirls remaining in Maizuru increased to ten, it would still meet the minimum number of shipgirls required to control the Maizuru-Nantan line.

　Now, everything is ready for the Japanese ship girl.

　The soldiers of the Maritime Self-Defense Force were in high spirits, just waiting for the uprising - the 127mm main gun of the destroyer Fuyutsuki (DD-118) fired a shot.

　Chapter 289: Tomorrow’s prosperity, yesterday’s customs (1)

　After 11 o'clock in the evening, Captain Fujita and Corporal Hashimoto carried out the routine inspection. After confirming that the soldiers and officers on duty were in their positions, Hashimoto was invited to the captain's room for a tea party.

　"Here, this is good tea. This tea cake, the size of Dorayaki, costs more than 5000 yen." Captain Fujita introduced the preciousness of the tea with a smile, cut off a small piece with scissors, and placed it in a purple clay teapot filled with boiling water.

　Hashimoto watched a small piece of dried tea leaves unfold under the boiling water and said, "People in society have been starving for months. Isn't it a bit inappropriate to drink such a precious tea under such circumstances?"

　"Mr. Hashimoto, you're wrong. There are no expensive goods in this world, only people who can't afford them. As long as no one starves, that's all that matters." Fujita felt there was no need to worry. "They eat their rice, we drink our tea, and we don't interfere with each other."

　"Yeah, as long as no one starves to death..." Hashimoto suppressed his inner anger towards Fujita and pretended to deal with it.

　Fujita made a cup of tea for himself and Hashimoto, and changed the subject: "Let's not talk about that anymore. Let's have some tea. The taste of this tea is not comparable to the cheap tea you can find everywhere on the street."

　"I think all teas taste the same. They all taste the same." Hashimoto was indifferent to the small tea bowl pushed in front of him.

　"Mr. Hashimoto, do you really not understand tea?" Fujita's tone was slightly questioning. He was not very satisfied with Hashimoto's remarks that lacked tea knowledge.

　"It's not that I don't understand, it's that I don't want to understand." Hashimoto honestly confessed his inner thoughts: "I don't want to rank tea in terms of quality. It's just tea."

　Fujita chuckled, picked up the tea bowl, blew on it to cool it down, took a sip, and said, "But tea has different qualities and qualities, and price is the best measure of them."

　After watching Fujita drink the tea, Hashimoto took a sip from the tea bowl himself and said, "What is high? What is low? No matter what kind of tea, they all grow in nature. There is no distinction between high and low."

　"It seems that Mr. Hashimoto really doesn't understand, otherwise he would be able to tell the difference between good and bad teas." Fujita expressed regret for Hashimoto's ignorance in tea tasting.

　Hashimoto offered his own perspective: "You're right. In my opinion, the quality of tea isn't determined by the tea itself, but by the person who makes it. Different people have different choices, and I'm not willing to make that choice."

　"Oh why?"

　"What are you drinking tea for? It's your mood. Just drink it in a good mood. Is the quality of the tea so important?" Hashimoto said calmly.

　Fujita sat upright, staring at Hashimoto. "Oh? I never thought of that. From Hashimoto-san's perspective, there are so many people in this world. Isn't it true that there are no highs and lows?"

　“I think so,” Hashimoto replied.

　"Hehehe...where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and there are high and low. Hashimoto-san, you are very naive." Fujita laughed slowly, shook his head, and drank the tea in the small bowl.

　At this moment, while Fujita was sipping his tea and not paying attention, Hashimoto reached into his uniform coat and touched the grip of his pistol. He immediately unlocked the safety and took it out, pointing it at Fujita and excitedly said:

　"Based on what you just said, Japan is only getting worse because of idiots like you. People can't even afford to eat! How can Japan be improved if people like you continue to exist?!"

　Fujita was startled and immediately put down his tea bowl. All he could see was the black muzzle of a gun. Fujita stared at Hashimoto with a look of fear and tension, not daring to make any rash moves.

　Before Fujita came to Fuyutsuki to serve as captain, his superiors only said that Hashimoto had some ideological problems and sent him to monitor and educate Hashimoto. He never expected that Hashimoto could go to this extent.

　"What are you doing! Are you trying to rebel?!" Fujita shouted.

　"So what?! Is there any need for a government that lets its people go hungry?! Go to hell with your philosophy of life!" Hashimoto roared.

　Hashimoto naturally understood the truth that "characters die because they talk too much" in movies, TV shows and anime. After he made those harsh words, he pulled the trigger without hesitation.

　If fate is controlled by a goddess, then she really played a big joke on Hashimoto this time - the P220 pistol did not fire as expected.

　"Damn it! A dud?!"

　Hashimoto was startled and subconsciously pulled the trigger several times, but the pistol still did not respond.

　The unexpected mistake gave Fujita ample time to react, and he immediately stood up and tried to grab Hashimoto's pistol. Hashimoto was no fool, and the struggle between the two turned into a fierce scuffle.

　"You rebel!" The angry Fujita seized the opportunity to disarm Hashimoto's pistol, and the pistol slid to the side due to inertia.

　Without his gun, Hashimoto resorted to martial arts to subdue and strangle Fujita. The fierce fight left both men with varying degrees of injuries.

　"Hashimoto, let me be frank! Communism is impossible! It will always be an unattainable utopia, an illusory fantasy!" Fujita and Hashimoto were in a stalemate, and both spoke wildly about their lofty ideals.

　"Idiot!" Hashimoto remained in a stalemate and cursed: "How can a sparrow understand the ambition of a swan! Communism is the most noble aspiration of mankind.

　The ideal hometown that everyone longs for is not some illusory utopia! You are just a running dog of the Liberal Democratic Party reactionaries, you know nothing!

　After a few more rounds of fighting, Hashimoto strangled Fujita's neck, and Fujita also strangled Hashimoto's neck.

　"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!" Both men roared at the top of their lungs, one wanting to strangle the other out of his survival instinct, the other wanting to strangle the other with burning revolutionary rage.

　At this moment, the door of the room suddenly opened, and a non-commissioned officer came in. He was shocked when he saw Fujita and Hashimoto fighting in front of him.

　"Help..." Hashimoto, whose neck was being strangled, tried his best to make a hoarse voice and asked for help from the non-commissioned officer.

　The non-commissioned officer was with Hashimoto. Seeing this, he immediately picked up the fallen purple clay teapot and hit Captain Fujita's head with the bottom of the teapot with all his strength.

　"boom!"

　Captain Fujita was stunned by the sudden blow from behind, and his hand unconsciously loosened a little. It was this relaxation that gave Hashimoto the opportunity to counterattack.

　Hashimoto took advantage of Fujita's stiffness and made several counter-attacks, turning the situation around in an instant. Then, Hashimoto punched Fujita in the face again and again until Fujita's nose and face were bruised and bleeding.

　Looking at Fujita lying on the ground, struggling in pain and unable to resist, Hashimoto gasped for breath, trying to calm his breathing.

　He turned to look at the sergeant who had just saved him and thanked him, "Thank you for saving me... Why are you here?"

　The sergeant replied, "It's like this. When you were checking on me just now, I was with Fujita all the way. I was afraid of any accidents when we were about to revolt, so I came to check on you in the middle of my shift."

　"Well...you came just in time. If you had been a minute later, I would probably have died." Hashimoto said, then picked up the pistol again and ejected the suspected dud bullet.

　"What time is it until midnight?" Hashimoto asked.

　"Ten minutes left."

　"Well... cough cough!" Hashimoto coughed twice and continued, "Go find a rope to tie up this idiot (referring to Fujita) and tie him up tightly. I'll go to the bridge and inform everyone on the ship to prepare for an uprising immediately!"

　"Hi!"

　Hashimoto ran all the way, reviewing the fight as he ran, and complained in his heart: "If there is a next time, I must change to a revolver!"

　When they arrived at the bridge, the officers and soldiers on duty saw that Hashimoto looked a little embarrassed and came forward to greet him.

　"It's okay, I just had a fight with that idiot Fujita. He's been subdued." Hashimoto said, "Hurry up and prepare for the uprising!"

　As Hashimoto spoke, he glanced down at his watch, picked up the microphone, and announced to the entire ship, "Attention everyone! This is Corporal Hashimoto of the destroyer Fuyutsuki (DD-118). We have less than two minutes until the uprising. Proceed according to the predetermined plan!"

　As time ticked by, with only ten seconds left to go, Hashimoto gave the order: "Rotate the main gun 90 degrees, aim at the Myoko's main turret, and reload high-explosive shells!"

　The main gun of the Fuyutsuki then began to load under the gunner's telex control. The automatic shell hoist began to load, and the movement of the steering and elevation machines aimed the muzzle at the main turret of the Myoko.

　当主炮刚刚对准不到一公里外的妙高号炮塔时，时间刚好来到5月1日0时0分0秒。

　"For the New Japan! Fire!"

　At Hashimoto's command, the sound of 127mm gunfire pierced the quiet night of Maizuru Naval Port and even the entire Maizuru City. The high-explosive shells symbolizing revolution accurately hit the main turret of Myoko, followed by several consecutive hits of 127mm guns.

　Shooting at a stationary target less than one kilometer away is completely accurate for modern naval guns. The Myoko's main gun was damaged by three 127mm high-explosive shells in succession within five seconds.

　According to the uprising plan, after the main gun opened fire, the destroyer Fuyutsuki immediately opened the communication and publicly sent the short sentence "明日ハレの日、ケの聞いかった (tomorrow's prosperity, yesterday's customs)" to all channels.

　"Tomorrow is the day of yesterday." This short sentence is the code name for the uprising agreed upon by the rebellious sailors from all over the country and the vast majority of Japanese ship girls from all over the country.

　When this message was sent, it meant that the first uprising had begun in the place where the message was sent. Those sailors and shipgirls who received the message and were waiting to revolt in other places would immediately start the uprising in their own places.

　This codeword may not make sense if translated literally, but if translated literally, the two halves of the sentence together mean "The monotonous life of the past will turn into happy days tomorrow."

　This translation can be said to be full of hope and faith for the future. If you think about it, it is very consistent with the ultimate goal of the Maizuru Uprising. Aren't the efforts of the ship girls and sailors to overthrow the LDP government and for the joy and happiness of the Japanese people tomorrow?

　Chapter 290: Tomorrow’s prosperity, yesterday’s customs (2)

　After hearing the gunfire from the Fuyutsuki (DD-118), the mutinous sailors in Maizuru Port responded according to the predetermined plan.

　The mutinous sailors on the Asagiri took action upon hearing the noise. Since the enemy and our side on the ship were evenly matched, the two groups soon engaged in a fight in the cabin.

　The crew members of the Falcon-class missile boats and other auxiliary boats immediately jumped out of their beds in the dormitory after hearing the sound of artillery fire. Taking advantage of the chaos, they ran all the way from the dormitory building to the boats moored at the dock under the pretext of suppressing the rebellion.

　The crew of the Myoko, who were attacked by the rapid-fire guns of Fuyutsuki (DD-118), were all awakened from their sleep by the noise. Sailors and officers on the ship hurriedly ran to their respective combat positions.

　"Report! The main gun's elevation mechanism and breech block are damaged! Unable to return fire!" The gunner of the Myoko brought the bad news. The Myoko wanted to return fire with its main gun, but found that its main gun had been destroyed by the Fuyutsuki's.

　"Kuso!" the Myoko captain cursed. "Then use torpedoes! Take care of those mutineers!"

　The distance was too close for anti-ship missiles to be used, so the Myoko could only use torpedoes to try to sink the Fuyutsuki.

　Just as the captain of the Myoko finished speaking, a dull and huge explosion was heard outside the warship. The entire warship shook violently due to the shock wave of the explosion, and alarms indicating that the hull was damaged were also heard inside the warship.

　"Damn it! What's going on?!"

　"The enemy ship's dense fire and missile attack caused the torpedo tube to explode!" A sailor who was answering the ship's radio in another part of the bridge brought the sad news.

　The captain of the Myoko finally remembered the mention of the Phalanx and ordered, "Return fire with the Phalanx! Quick! Strafe Fuyutsuki's bridge!"

　Myoko's two Phalanx guns quickly turned and aimed at Fuyutsuki. The observer on the Fuyutsuki's bridge noticed the Myoko's Phalanx guns were turning and shouted in alarm, "Enemy Phalanx! Get down!"

　In an instant, with a burst of cloth-tearing sound, two Phalanx guns of the Myoko fired a barrage of 20mm armor-piercing shells, shattering the glass of the bridge portholes. The banging sound of the armor-piercing shells of the close-in weapon system piercing through the metal of the bridge seemed extremely harsh and terrifying at this moment.

　In order to avoid the enemy's close-in defense gun firing line, Hashimoto stuck to the ground and crawled little by little behind the various equipment on the bridge, using them as cover to save his life.

　About ten seconds later, the Myoko stopped strafing. Hashimoto recovered from his suppressed state and shouted, "Are there any injured? If you're still alive, please make a sound!"

　He leaned over and slowly peered out, examining the situation inside the bridge. He was horrified. The steel wall, riddled with holes from the close-in weapon system, was relatively unscathed. But the scene on the ground was horrific—several sailors torn in half by the powerful kinetic energy of the 20mm shells, others with limbs severed, their blood staining vast swathes of the steel floor.

　"Aa... it hurts... help me..." The sailors with broken limbs on the ground kept wailing in pain and calling for help.

　Seeing this, Hashimoto quickly grabbed the phone on the wall and shouted, "Infirmary, the bridge needs emergency care! More people, quick!"

　……

　While the Fuyutsuki was fighting a bloody battle with the Myoko, the captains of the Hayabusa-class missile boats and other auxiliary ships joined the battle. They took advantage of the flexibility of their boats and attacked the Myoko with the machine guns and cannons on their boats while running.

　During the attack, some torpedo boat captains did not forget to threaten the Myoko with torpedoes and shouted in the communication that the Myoko should surrender quickly.

　On the Hyuga helicopter carrier side, they also wanted to help Myoko attack Fuyutsuki (DD-118), but because Fuyutsuki was anchored too close to them and in the same straight line, and because aircraft carriers generally have high hulls, most of Fuyutsuki's hull was in the blind spot of the Hyuga's close-in defense guns.

　The Fuyutsuki could not be hit, but the missile boats and auxiliary ships of the rebel sailors could still be hit. The crew on the Hyuga began to operate the close-in defense guns to prepare to attack the torpedo boats and missile boats of the rebel sailors.

　The rebellious sailors of Fuyutsuki (DD-118) noticed movement from the Hyuga's close-in weapon system and immediately contacted the captains of those ships.

　However, it was still a step too late. Just as the sailors were about to send a communication to report the enemy situation, the close-in defense guns on the Hyuga had already opened fire.

　The firing of the Hyuga's close-in defense gun startled a number of small boats. The captains ordered their boats to turn around quickly in the direction of the Hyuga, while firing back and hiding in the Hyuga's blind spot.

　Although the small boats reacted quickly, the Hyuga's close-in defense guns still blew up three torpedo boats and damaged the Hayabusa-class missile boat.

　The ship girls were also working intensively. After the gunfire of Fuyutsuki (DD-118) was fired, Lei and Dian went straight to the ammunition depot and weapons depot. After controlling the sailors on duty in and outside the depot, they stationed at the two depots to prevent the enemy from taking away supplies or causing damage.

　They occupied the ammunition depot in order to cut off the enemy's supplies and leave enough weapons and ammunition for the rebels and other ship girls.

　Xiao followed the previously planned plan and led a platoon of sailors to attack the headquarters directly to capture the fleet commander and other officers alive. The headquarters' guard company was quickly defeated by Xiao's sudden attack.

　Akatsuki and the rebellious sailors broke into the headquarters building. The sailors were responsible for blocking the corridors and the back door, while Akatsuki broke through the walls one by one along the way, walking in a straight line to catch the fleet commander and other officers who were about to escape.

　"Xiao Sang, don't hit the load-bearing wall!" The rebel sailors kindly reminded Xiao before breaking through the wall.

　Xiao responded without turning around, "Don't worry, I can still tell which are the load-bearing walls and which are the partition walls."

　As she spoke, she raised her hands, crossed her arms in front of her, and rushed forward, slamming hard into the wall in front of her.

　With a loud "boom!", the partition wall cracked into an irregular hole slightly smaller than a household door. The broken brick fragments scattered everywhere, making a "clattering" sound.

　The huge noises made by Akatsuki as they broke through the walls one after another made the rebellious sailors inside and outside the headquarters feel very uneasy.

　Someone in the defense corridor of the port area headquarters

　Yishui Bing said to his comrade next to him, "Brother, are you sure you want to marry someone who can demolish buildings? His strength is too terrifying..."

　"A beautiful girl with a great figure, very good looks and great strength, so cute, right? What old-fashioned ideas, do you know what the second dimension is?" The comrade retorted slightly.

　……