It is said that the Japanese army launched a huge fleet to transport the Murai detachment all the way south, and the first thing to bear the brunt of it was the waters near Jishan in the east of Kure Town.

Although the waters here are relatively wide, and the fleet can still be opened, but further on, the water surface will become narrower and narrower, and on both sides of this narrow waterway, Duchang on the east side and Wucheng on the west side, the situation can be described as very precipitous.

Seeing this, the captain of the fleet, Yoshiji Shimauchi, ordered the fleet to stop. The head of the Murai detachment, Izumi Murai, and a senior general were all standing at the bow of the main ship of the Hira, using binoculars to reconnoiter ahead, left and right. Jiji said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the terrain ahead is narrow, and both sides of the strait are in the hands of the Chinese army, so we can't go forward rashly, otherwise we are likely to be attacked." ”

Murai Izumi nodded his head in understanding, and he held the binoculars and observed for a while and said, "Wucheng and Duchang are so close to each other, and the two places are interdependent, if we want to attack one, we will inevitably incur another siege from the side. Therefore, I want to divide the fleet into two and conduct landing operations in two places at the same time, I wonder what you think? ”

Captain Shimauchi Yoshiji said: "This time my task is to cooperate with you in landing operations and provide long-range fire support, as for how to fight, it is all up to the detachment leader, I have no opinion." ”

Unexpectedly, Matsui Guan, the commander of the 103rd Wing standing behind him, frowned and said: "Murai-kun, in this way, our forces are bound to be dispersed, and this time our combat target is the regiment directly under the Chinese military police, and the combat effectiveness of this unit is very terrifying, so we must not be careless..."

"Snort~" Izumi Murai sneered contemptuously, didn't even look back, continued to reconnoiter the lake with a telescope, and said mockingly: "Matsui-kun, haven't you been coming to China to fight for a long time, and you're starting to be afraid of death, right?" If that's the case, why don't you end this campaign, and I will submit a resignation to the headquarters on your behalf, and send you back to Japan to reunite with your family..."

"You..." Matsui was furious when he heard this, and pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword, eager to rush up and duel with Izumi Murai.

It turned out that Takashi Matsui had served as the co-captain of the 103rd Wing for a long time, and he was a veritable old qualification. And although Izumi Murai's military rank is lower than Matsui's, he is only a Nakasa, but his age is much younger than him. And because Izumi Murai has a background in Japan, he has improved very quickly. Previously, Izunichi Murai was transferred from China to the 101st Division as a staff officer of the division headquarters, and because he was young and vigorous, with a strong background, he was inevitably a little arrogant in his actions, so he was very unpopular with people who had accumulated military exploits, including Matsui Takashi. And Matsui Gui, and like to put on the old qualifications to pretend to be a chief, relying on the old and selling the old, he has taught Murai Izunichi orally in private more than once, and of course Murai Izunichi is not the kind of person who listens carefully, so the two of them are concluded.

It just so happened that the Murai detachment was formed this time, and Matsui Takashi's 103 Wing was incorporated into it, and the leader of the detachment was Izumi Murai, who he didn't like to see very much, so you can imagine how depressed Matsui Gui's mood was. But Izumi Murai was very happy, and he could be called a turned serf singing. On the way to Wucheng, Izumi Murai has been thinking about how to humiliate Matsui Takashi, but the hateful thing is that Matsui Takashi has been silent all the way and has always kept his distance from him, and Izunichi Murai has never found a chance before. Unexpectedly, after waiting for a long time, he finally waited for Matsui Gui to speak, so Izumi Murai went back mercilessly.

Although the captain of the fleet Shimauchi Yoshiji who was standing on the side didn't understand the grievances between the two, he saw that Matsui Gui was annoyed and angry, and seemed to have the intention of drawing a knife, so he hurriedly grabbed him and persuaded him a few words, and Matsui Gui let go of his hand hatefully.

Unexpectedly, Izunichi Murai did not restrain himself, glared at Matsui Gui contemptuously and continued: "Matsui-kun, do you have any dissatisfaction? Don't forget, I'm your commander now, and my decisions are orders, and you must obey them! ”

Matsui Gui's old face was flushed, and he almost had a cerebral hemorrhage, and after a long time, like a defeated rooster, he suddenly lowered his head and said with both feet: "Hey! ”

"Yo Xi!" Seeing this, Izumi Murai nodded with satisfaction and continued: "Now I order you to divide the 103rd Wing into two, you take half of the men to attack Wucheng, and the rest are led by me to capture Duchang!" ”

"Hey!" Matsui lost his temper completely, and after saluting, he hurriedly left with his tail between his legs and arranged for the landing of the troops.

When Izumi Murai saw this, he was as proud and excited as if he had won a battle. But after a while, Izumi Murai put away his smile, and it turned out that he hadn't forgotten that he still had business to do. He said to the captain of the fleet, Shimauchi Yoshiji: "Shimauchi-kun, the next fire support, please leave it to you." ”

Yoshiji Shimauchi nodded in agreement, and immediately passed the order to the ships.

Soon, in addition to a few main ships, the rest of the Japanese ships, such as gunboats, gunboats, destroyers, and other ships, lined up one after another, and the troops approached Duchang on the east bank of Poyang Lake and Wucheng Town on the west bank of Poyang Lake in two directions, and successively covered the landing areas on the beaches on both sides of the river.

A series of violent explosions were heard, and the Japanese landing operation began...

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Not to mention how fierce the battle was when the Japanese soldiers attacked Duchang and Wucheng in two ways, it is only said that Bai Fei led a battalion from Duchang out of the city all the way to the north, bypassing Furong Mountain, and coming to Duanfu Village, Niulantang and other places in Wangdun Township. When I was about to walk forward, I saw two small hills not far ahead, although the mountains were not too high, but they stood on both sides of the road like a door god, and it was quite dangerous.

So Bai Fei found a local fellow and learned that there were two big mountains in front of him, and the west one was called Tiger Mountain, because Poyang Lake has a water area about two kilometers wide and about 10 kilometers deep to the east, which just separates Wangdun Township from Zuoli Town, and this Tiger Mountain is just next to the eastern end of this water; And the mountain in the east that echoes it from afar, called Shiling, is similar in height to Tiger Mountain, and there is a passage about one kilometer wide between the two mountains.

According to the villager, according to legend, the two mountains used to be connected as one, but in ancient times, it was difficult for people to go out on the road, and over time, the local villagers slowly dug and split the two mountains into a road. If you don't pass through here, you either take the waterway by boat from the west, or you need to go around to the east Shichiling and other places, and you need to walk more than 20 kilometers around a big circle.

Seeing this, Bai Fei was quite happy, and felt that this was really an excellent place for an ambush, so when he ordered the troops to stop advancing, he decided to wait here for work, and he was caught off guard by the devil.

He was about to call Liu Zhen, the commander of the first battalion, over to discuss, but saw that Liu Zhen had already run towards him.

The commander of the first battalion of the directly subordinate regiment used to be Wang Weiguo, and later Wang Weiguo became the deputy commander, so he recommended this named Liu Zhen to serve as the commander of the first battalion.

Liu Zhen ran to Bai Fei and saluted: "Report to the group, the brother who went to the front to inquire about the news has just reported by radio that the Japanese troops who landed in Zuoli have now entered the Hejiazui area, according to which it is about 6 kilometers, if we continue to move forward, we are likely to encounter them head-on." ”

Bai Fei said: "I was about to tell you, let's not leave, just fight devils here." "I immediately gave my thoughts.

Liu Zhen said: "Since this is the case, then we have to arrange it as soon as possible..."

Bai Fei nodded and ordered, "Not bad." Immediately arrange three companies of your first battalion, one company each in Hushan in the west and Shiling in the east, and the remaining three companies are ambushed on both sides of the road in the south of Hushan and Shiling, as for the ten 107 rocket launchers transferred from the artillery battalion, they are also placed in the back together with the third company, and we will give the little devil a hard blow here. ”

"Yes!" After Liu Zhen, the commander of the first battalion, saluted, he immediately ran to arrange the deployment.

Soon, the reports of the various ministries have been arranged separately.

Bai Fei looked at his watch, and in less than ten minutes, the speed was quite fast.