"I'm not kidding, I mean really." Zhao Liangyu looked serious.

"Okay, you say, I'd like to see what flowers you can name?" Liu Dakun waved his fingers, a little angry.

Zhao Liangyu pondered slightly, and said: The widest part of the Cagayan River is only more than 100 meters, and there has been no heavy rain in the past few days, and the water flow is not urgent, so I think that as long as we keep throwing logs into the river, the whole river will soon be crowded with big trees, and the logs weighing several tons and dozens of tons at will not be able to be opened by cannons and shells, and they are stronger than any bridge, so the soldiers will not be able to walk over the water? ”

"Ah......" Liu Dakun was dumbfounded, this brain hole was so open that he couldn't digest it a little, and it took a long time before he wondered: "Logs weighing several tons and dozens of tons, or wet wood that are cut now, won't it sink?" ”

"Giggle." Zhuang Yan laughed: "It's terrible to be uneducated, the weight of the tree is not directly related to whether it can float, but whether its density is lower than water, so as long as it is not pineapple wood, agarwood, these trees with a higher density than water, can basically float." ”

"Hey, hey."

Liu Dakun picked his head and smirked: "So this plan works?" ”

"Sure." Zhuang Yan replied first: "If each tree is hollowed out of a part of the tree, this can increase the buoyancy, and the part that is exposed to the water will be more, which can not only reduce the number of trees, but also allow soldiers to cross the river more smoothly and faster." ”

"Adjutant Zhuang is really smart, and he thinks more than me." Zhao Liangyu gave a thumbs up.

Liu Dakun said: "So, we don't need to deliberately choose the landing site at all, just choose a place where the area is relatively open, and it is convenient for us to mobilize troops and have logistical support?" ”

"Yes, we can choose to cross the river at the intersection of the road in the jungle at the original Cagayan River bridge, so that we can pull our heavy artillery division and tank division up, and with a swing on both sides, there is no need to think about suppressing firepower at all." Zhao Liangyu said.

……

In the afternoon, there was a ceasefire along the entire Cagayan River.

In the middle of the jungle, on both sides of the road, the soldiers of the national army began to enter a state of logging, slashing axes, hacksaws, and saws, and the big trees that could not be hugged by one person were cut down and holes were dug into branches, and everyone was busy in full swing.

Excavators, bulldozers, cranes and other machines have all been driven to the river, and earthwork is carried out with great fanfare.

At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, on a hill on the east bank of the Cagayan River, about two or three miles above the river, a group of senior generals of the island army were observing the situation on the opposite bank with binoculars.

The highest rank is a lieutenant general, with a short figure, a fat round face, a handful of gray human beards, and a pair of mung bean eyes that are extremely gloomy. This person is Lieutenant General Sadao Ushijima, commander of the 18th Division of the Island Army.

Ushijima Sadao, Xiong himself, born in 1876, graduated from the Army Non-commissioned Officer School and Army University of the island country, participated in the Russo-Japanese War, and then rose to prominence, retiring in 1935, when he retired as a lieutenant general.

After the outbreak of the war of aggression against China, he returned to active duty at the age of 60 and served as the commander of the 18th Division, leading his troops to land in Hangzhou Bay, attacking the Chinese army from behind, fighting from Guangde and Yicheng to Wuhu, cutting off the reinforcements in the upper reaches of Nanjing, and once inflicting heavy losses on the Chinese army.

After the battle, he stepped down as the commander of the 18th Division and has been serving as the commander of the Hangzhou garrison.

During the Singapore Campaign last year, the original headquarters of the 18th Division was sacked by the Snow Wolf Special Combat Team of the National Army in Pattani, and the new division commander Mutaguchi Ryoya and all the staff officers and generals of the headquarters were slaughtered, and only two wings of the 18th Division escaped from this battle.

In the words of Sadao Ushijima, the warriors of the 18th Division are the best soldiers, which can be called the first in the island country, and it is Mutaguchi Lian who spoils this elite division. Therefore, when the island country was preparing to reorganize the 18th Division, Ushijima Sadao took the initiative to ask for help, hoping to revive the 18th Division.

In the morning battle, the national army was defeated, the locust army won a complete victory, Ushijima Sadao made a lot of nonsense in the headquarters, saying that this is the real strength of the 18th Division, and only he Ushijima Sadao can make this army shine, with him Ushijima Sadao is there, and the army does not want to cross the Cagayan River in front of him.

Originally, I thought that after the battle in the morning, the national army would definitely have to stop for a while, but who knew that it was only a few hours, but they began to toss again, and Ushijima Sadao had to personally come from the headquarters more than ten miles behind to investigate on the spot.

They were also frightened by the bombing of the planes and heavy artillery of the national army, and the division and regimental headquarters were all built in the rear.

On the other side of the Cagayan River in front of me, the figures of the national soldiers were crowded, the machines were roaring, and the big trees were falling one after another, and they were in full swing.

There are also four huge brackets erected on the banks of the river, and the long skateboards stretch all the way to the surface of the river, and everything looks a little weird.

Putting down the binoculars, Ushijima Sadao frowned and muttered to himself, "What are the soldiers going to do, are they still going to let the soldiers cross the river on skateboards?" ”

This was originally a joke, but who knew that there were still people who seconded it, and a young officer replied flatteringly: "Your Excellency the general is like watching fire, it must be like this, and that person is poor in skills, and even uses this clumsy method." ”

"You think that person is like you, all pig brains." Ushijima Sadao looked at Shao Zuo with a look of disdain, and was so frightened that the turtle grandson hurriedly bowed his head, "Hai." ”

"I think they're preparing to build a ship, and the corner attack is not good, and they want to break through in a straight line." A large officer said in a deep voice.

"Hmm...... There is some truth in Koto-kun's words, let's talk about it, talk about your thoughts. Ushijima Sadao cast an approving glance at Officer Osa.

Kofusawa, chief of staff of the 18th Division of the Island Army, thought for a moment and said: "In the morning battle, the Zhina Army suffered a big loss in the bend, and it is normal to change to a straight-line attack, and the troops invested in the straight-line attack will definitely need to be larger, so this will be stepping up logging and shipbuilding, and the temporary shoddy ships must be very cumbersome, so they need a slipway to quickly put these ships on the water." ”

"So how do you think they're going to attack next?"

Xiao Fujisawa said: "If nothing else, their heavy artillery division must be placed somewhere on the opposite bank, it is nothing more than to suppress us with heavy firepower, and the large army will immediately come on board, they are going to attack." ”

"Do you think they'll succeed?"

Xiao Fujisawa hesitated for a few seconds and said: "Just now, Chi Tian Shaozuo still said something very reasonable, that is, that person is poor in skills, and this is indeed a very clumsy plan. No matter how strong their artillery fire is, it is impossible to completely cover our position, because the ring fortifications we have built are designed to deal with the intensive bombardment, as long as we have a machine gun in every ten meters of the area, and the fire points we build can completely cover the entire surface of the river, and, most importantly, the improvised shoddy boats are naturally extremely heavy and can't row fast there, so that they will have to cross the river for a long time, as long as we have enough bullets, They threw as many bodies into the river as they crossed. ”