A violent explosion occurred between the lightning and flint, and a thick layer of oil on the river surface was suddenly ignited, and with a "boom", the entire river immediately burst into flames.

In the fierce burning, the first to be unlucky were the Japanese soldiers who rode in wooden boats, because they were so close to the surface of the water that the raging flames on the river could easily burn to the boats. In order to avoid the fire, the devils crowded and trampled on the boats, and some people continued to fall into the river and were burned to charcoal. Soon, the wooden boat was also ignited, and the air on the river became thinner in the fire, and the fear of suffocation made the Japanese soldiers on board completely crazy, and they jumped into the river to find life, but they were soon engulfed in the fire.

The two warships and three large troop transport merchant ships in front of the team were of course not spared, under the concentrated blow of RPG rockets, the hull was blown out of several huge holes, the river water with grease poured into the cabin along the holes, the fire immediately began to spread and burn inside the hull, and the hull was tilting at a rapid speed, it seemed that it was a matter of time before it capsized.

When Hakata Shige, he saw that the Yura he was riding was tilting, and he was so frightened that he immediately grabbed a cable to fix his center of gravity. Suddenly, an earth-shattering explosion was heard in front of me, but it was another warship "Shimakaze" walking in front of the "Yura" because the fire ignited the ammunition and oil loaded on the ship inside the hull, and the explosion occurred.

The explosion of the warship was not trivial, and when the martyrdom broke out, the "Island Wind" was blown apart, and several speedboats around it were immediately affected, either overturned by the shock wave and huge waves, or detonated and caught fire.

When Hakata Shigeichi saw this, his heart was like ashes for a while. At this time, the "Yura" was already tilted very much, and the entire river was a sea of fire, and there was no way to enter the heavens and the earth. Just as he was about to close his eyes and wait for death, he heard the staff officer shouting behind him: "Your Excellency the detachment leader, jump quickly!" ”

As he spoke, he shoved Harata Shigeichi and immediately pushed him off the "Yura".

It turned out that a speedboat passed by under the boat at this time, and when he saw that Shigeichi Harata and others were at the bow of the boat, he immediately came to meet him. After the two jumped overboard, they landed on the deck of the speedboat. The speedboat is about 10 meters long and has a steel structure, so the fire in the water does not pose much of a threat to it for the time being.

Shigeichi Habata fell off the boat, ignoring the pain all over his body, and immediately shouted to start the boat, and the speedboat immediately increased its horsepower and crossed out in the sea of fire.

At the same time, Bai Fei stood on the river bank, looked at the Japanese soldiers of the Hatian detachment who were struggling and screaming in the flames, and sighed and said: "It is born from the same root, and good people don't do it, they have to be dogs, alas!" ”

Li Shuyang said: "Tuanza, are you soft-hearted, this group of traitors who have forgotten their ancestors deserve this fate." ”

Bai Fei said: "I'm not soft-hearted, but I just have some feelings." ”

Li Hu said with a smile on the side: "If you want me to say, the cremation we arranged for them is cheap, since this group of Taiwanese dare to take refuge in the Japanese and help the abuse, if it falls into the hands of our special combat brothers, we will ensure that there are more interesting ways to deal with them." Tuanza, do you want me to send someone to set up a machine gun and sweep him into the river again? ”

Bai Fei shook his head and said, "No need, immediately inform the brothers to retreat, the Japanese army still has dozens of warships behind, if they react and fire artillery on this side, it will be a big deal." I'll leave the rest to the artillery battalion. ”

"Yes!"

The order was issued, and the special combat team and Li Shuyang's 2nd battalion immediately withdrew from the combat area. Not long after leaving, there was a sudden explosion behind him, and the sound was the large-caliber shipborne guns on the Japanese warship.

Li Hu was shocked into a cold sweat, this will take a few shots, and it is estimated that the special combat team will be finished with this little bit of people.

Bai Fei took the opportunity to educate him: "No matter what you do, you must understand the truth that you will accept it when you see it." The Japanese warships are not vegetarians, and if they can succeed in a sneak attack, it is already good, our goal is to block the river and force the Japanese troops to the shore, as long as this goal is achieved, it is enough. I have nothing to say about your bravery, but I prefer to be greedy for merit, and this must be corrected! ”

Li Hu immediately stood up straight and said, "Yes!" ”

After chatting for a while, I saw a team of cars dragging 107 rocket launchers over. When he arrived, Wu Dazhong jumped down from the car and said excitedly: "Tuanza, fortunately, I have not been dishonored, just now I carried out three covering shelling of enemy ships in the river at three points, and sank a Japanese warship and two troop transport merchant ships, and another warship was hit by fire, and the damage to the rest of the ships and personnel is not counted. ”

Bai Fei calculated that 3 shells and nearly 1,000 107mm caliber shells were enough for the Japanese army to drink a good pot.

Bai Fei nodded and said, "Very good." I estimate that the Japanese ships we sank tonight are enough to block the river, but just in case, Li Hu, you can lay the three mines we brought on the river near Laowan Township. ”

Li Hu straightened his waist and said, "Yes!" ”

These three mines were exchanged by Bai Fei with the system a few days ago, and they happened to be used at this time.

Just as the special combat team was laying mines in the middle of the river in a small boat, Shigeichi Hata, who had narrowly escaped with his life, stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the monstrous fire on the river and the soldiers struggling and screaming in the fire, and his heart was filled with grief and indignation and wanted to cry without tears.

The chief of staff reminded on the side: "Your Excellency the detachment commander, do you need to report the situation here to the headquarters?" ”

Hakuda Shigeichi gritted his teeth, thinking that he had failed to succeed in his division, but suffered a fiasco, and the most hateful thing was that he didn't even see the shadow of the enemy, which had to be said to be a great shame. It's ridiculous that he was full of confidence before, ready to be ashamed of the Taiwan army, but now he has become the biggest laughing stock.

He had the intention to hide the fiasco, but he also knew that this kind of thing could not be concealed at all. So he had no choice but to wave his hand and said, "Send a telegram to His Excellency Okamura Ninji immediately and ask for tactical guidance." ”

Soon, the headquarters of the Japanese 11th Army in Nanjing received a telegram that the westward advance troops had been attacked. Chief of Staff Yoshimoto Sanichi hurriedly came to Okamura Ninji's office and said: "Your Excellency Commander, Hakata Shigeichi has sent a telegram that his troops and the accompanying fleet encountered a fierce attack by the Shina Army in the upper reaches of the Tongling River, and four warships, including "Yura" and "Shimakaze", three of which were sunk and one was burned, and five large merchant ships transporting the Hata detachment were also sunk, and the Shina Army also dumped a large amount of oil into the river, causing a fire that burned nearly 100 wooden troop transport boats and boats of the Hata detachment, and more than half of the soldiers were killed or wounded..."

"Nani?" Okamura Ninji was shocked, snatched the telegram and looked at it carefully. After reading the telegram, Okamura was silent for a moment.

The staff officer said: "Your Excellency, Commander, now that the river has been blocked by sunken ships, I am afraid that we will not be able to send the fleet to the west in the short term. ”