At this time, Zhang Zunguang, the commander of the 721st Regiment, who received the news, hurried to the temporary command post set up by Bai Fei near Xihe Village with several people. Bai Fei saw him shocked, and said with a smile: "Why is Head Zhang so surprised?" ”

Zhang Zunguang asked excitedly: "I just heard from my subordinates that the artillery of the Japanese army on the opposite side has been completely destroyed by you?" ”

Bai Fei nodded and said, "Yes, about fifteen minutes ago." ”

After listening to this, Zhang Zunguang turned around with a telescope and ran out again, thinking that he was going outside to observe the situation. After a while, Zhang Zunguang ran back and said excitedly: "Great, really good!" These dogs, with their cannons, have made us deflated lately. Then he sighed: "I have long heard that your department has strong firepower and amazing combat effectiveness, and what I have seen today is indeed true. Immediately afterwards, Zhang Zunguang complained again: "Sir Bai, I was ordered to cooperate with you to guard Wucheng Town, you don't want to see outside, if you use my place, even if you open your mouth, I don't want to be an idler, my subordinates also want to actively participate in the battle with the Japanese army, so if you have any actions in the future, you must not forget us." ”

Bai Fei walked over and patted Zhang Zunguang on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhang, how could I forget you, I can't hide it, today is just a small fight, so I didn't alarm you, besides, aren't you in charge of the transfer of people in Wucheng Town, this is not an easy matter." ”

Zhang Zunguang smiled bitterly and did not speak.

Bai Fei said: "Don't think I'm perfunctory to you, to tell you the truth, Brother Zhang's previous defense in Wucheng was very good, Wucheng is located on Poyang Lake, if the Japanese army wants to advance south, they will definitely find ways to land in Wucheng, and you set up heavy troops in the north of Wucheng, you must have seen this." ”

Zhang Zunguang said: "That's right, it's just that Wucheng has dense waterways, complex terrain, and limited manpower under my subordinates, so we can't do everything, so we can only retreat and set up heavy troops in the north to prevent the Japanese army from taking advantage of the chaos to land." But now that Chief Bai has led his troops to defend the main defense, the combined strength of you and me is incomparable. ”

Bai Fei nodded and said: "In this case, then we will divide the troops into two routes, you will be responsible for the defense of the south bank of Benghu Lake and the front line of Xiushui, and I will be responsible for Jishan, Songmen Island, and the nearby waters." ”

Zhang Zunguang naturally had no opinion, and saluted: "Yes!" ”

Bai Fei waved his hand, signaling that he didn't need to be so polite, and said, "Okay, let's discuss it in detail." With that, he pulled Zhang Zunguang to sit down.

……

However, when Bai Fei and Zhang Zunguang were discussing joint defense, Duchang County, which was more than ten kilometers away from them across Poyang Lake, had already become a mess at this time.

A few days ago, Kotaro Fukunami, commander of the 157th Infantry Wing of the 101st Division of the Japanese Army, was ordered to set out from Xingzi with the 101st Wing of the Light Artillery of the Divisional Regimental Headquarters, crossed Poyang Lake, landed at Sushan and other places north of Duchang, and then went all the way south and occupied Duchang like a bamboo. Because the war was going too well, Kotaro Fukunami was complacent, and in just a few days, he connived at his subordinates to inflict thousands of bloody cases on the defenseless Chinese people in Duchang County, rape, adultery, kidnapping, plundering, brutal killing, and all kinds of evil.

The Japanese army was like a group of crazy beasts, raping and raping women everywhere, from a little girl of seven or eight years old to an old woman of sixty or seventy years old, who were not immune from the ravages of the Japanese army, and were no different from wild beasts, and their atrocities were outrageous. Everywhere they went, from gold and silver, jade jewelry, and historical relics, to pigs, cows, chickens, ducks, grain, cotton, clothes, etc., the Japanese army grabbed everything and carried it if it couldn't be moved, and burned and destroyed it if it didn't work.

After occupying Duchang and wreaking havoc in Duchang, Kotaro Fukunami transferred most of his soldiers to Xingzi in order to cater to the strategy of attacking Nanchang that the division was going to launch next, leaving only about 1,000 infantry and the 101st Wing of Light Artillery of the division and regimental headquarters, and placed the artillery wing on the mountain on the shore of Poyang Lake, staring at Wucheng Town on the opposite side, not only blocking the lake, but also causing a lot of deterrence to the Chinese army on the opposite bank.

For several days, the Chinese troops on the other side of the river were really bombed by Japanese artillery fire and did not dare to show their heads, and Kotaro Fukunami was even more proud when he learned of the situation. That night, Fukunami Kotaro as usual, after a singing and dancing banquet, he went to bed early, and slept until midnight, when he suddenly heard a violent explosion from the lake, at first he thought that this was his own artillery routine shelling the Chinese army on the opposite side, and after waking up, he turned over and fell asleep again, but after a while, a herald hurriedly came to report, and Fukunami Kotaro felt that something was wrong.

When he learned that the artillery position he had placed by the lake had been completely destroyed and the artillery unit had suffered heavy losses, Kotaro Fukunami suddenly came to his senses with a thrill, so he pulled out the troops in the city in a panic and prepared to go to Mt. Otsuyama and other places to check the situation.

When I arrived at the place, I saw that the artillery position was full of devastation, and the nearly 40 75 field guns that had been placed here were torn and damaged by the bombing, not to mention that the artillery personnel attached to them suffered heavy casualties, and the entire artillery wing of about 2,000 people was able to stand completely at this time, and the rest except for those who were killed on the spot, all had mutilated limbs and arms, injured their muscles and bones, and the whole position was full of miserable howls, which was extremely infiltrating.

Seeing everything in front of him, Kotaro Fukunami was drenched in cold sweat, staring at his blood-red eyes and gritting his teeth and scolding: "Baga Yalu! Bagaya Road! What the hell is going on, and can anyone give me a reasonable explanation? ”

A lieutenant of the 101st Artillery Wing, who was lightly wounded, stepped forward and reported: "It was a sudden blow, and in a very short time, thousands of shells fell, and we did not have time to react at all..."

Kotaro Fukunami was even more furious when he heard this, grabbed the lieutenant left and right and opened his bow, slapped him several times in a row, and scolded angrily: "Thousands of shells? Yaga! Your lies are full of mistakes, where did the Chinese army on the other side get thousands of cannons? ”

"Your Excellency!"

At this moment, the commander of the 101st Artillery Wing, Tian Hidenosuke, was helped out of the crowd, and one of his arms was not badly injured in the previous shelling, so he could only be supported by someone.

Seeing this, Kotaro Fukunami had no choice but to let go of the lieutenant, took two steps forward and asked, "Tian Xiujun, is your injury serious?" ”

Tian Xiunosuke said: "Thank you for your concern, the wound has been treated and is out of the way." ”

Tian Hidenosuke has the rank of Nakasa, and Kotaro is one level lower, but because the artillery wing belongs to the direct unit of the division and regiment, its importance is higher than that of the general wing, so Fukunami Kotaro cannot be too inferior in front of Tian Hidenosuke. Moreover, this time Tian Hidenosuke was only ordered to lead the 101st Artillery Wing to assist Kotaro Fukunami, and the two were in a cooperative relationship, not superiors and subordinates. After the occupation of Duchang, the artillery wing was supposed to be transferred to the division, but it was Kotaro Fukunami who took it upon himself to persuade the commander of the 101st Division, Saito Yauta, to stay in Duchang. The original plan was to take advantage of the small geographical advantage of the lake to deter the Chinese army on the other side and prevent it from hindering the future operations of the navy.