"Mother, Xipi! This is blocking themselves and themselves! What a bunch of rubbish! Chairman Jiang couldn't help but scold indignantly.

"Take a seat! Although the 42nd Group Army was currently blocked by the Yellow River on the north bank, they also recovered the area of Qinyang in Xinxiang and annihilated more than 10,000 puppet troops. has achieved a brilliant record, and in general it is still meritorious. Therefore, it was suggested that the 42nd Group Army should be ordered to find a way to cross the Yellow River, attack Zhengzhou and Luoyang, threaten the rear flank of the army, and force its main force to return to help! In this way, the pressure on the third theater of operations will be much less! Chief Bai hurriedly said in a round field.

"Hmmm! Immediately send a telegram to Zhang Mingyu, ordering him to cross the Yellow River in the shortest possible time at all costs, and to put pressure on Yue himself, so as to ensure the progress of the battle of all units in our Third Theater of Operations! Chairman Jiang nodded coldly.

"Yes!" The colonel's chief of staff snapped to his feet, then turned sharply and strode away.

…

On the north bank of the Yellow River, Xinxiang County, the headquarters of the 42nd Group Army.

Zhang Mingyu was discussing the next battle plan with Peng Bo, Lai San and others around the giant sand table, which was made by Zhang Mingyu at the urging of the staff officers overnight, and the terrain in Henan was mainly displayed on it.

Among them, it mainly summarizes the area of Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, after all, Zhang Mingyu's next combat target is Zhengzhou, just when a few people fell into deep thought, at this time, a major staff officer walked in quickly with a telegram in his hand, and said with a smile: "General seat!" Call from the Military Commission! ”

"Read!" Zhang Mingyu was worried about how to cross the river, and he didn't raise his head and said angrily.

"Yes!" The staff officer of the major opened the telegram in his hand and read aloud: "The Military Commission urgently telegraphs!" I hereby order your troops to immediately try to cross the Yellow River south, march into Zhengzhou and Luoyang, and force the main force of the army to return to Zhengzhou, so as to support the counteroffensive battle in our third theater! This order is urgent, and it must be carried out immediately at all costs, September 28, the 30th year of the Republic of China, Jiang Zhongzheng of the National Military Commission! ”

"Got it!" After Zhang Mingyu listened, he said indifferently: "You go out first!" ”

"Yes!" The major staff officer snapped to his feet, and quickly turned to leave.

After the major left, Lai San scratched his head and said, "General seat, what does it mean to be in a seat, 100,000 urgent?" At all costs, there are nearly 30 infantry divisions and more than 300,000 troops in the Third War Zone, even if the more than 60,000 devils in Zhengzhou go south, it may not be able to cause much trouble to the Third War Zone, right? ”

"You are wrong, if the more than 60,000 devils in Zhengzhou really go south to Jiangsu, then the third war zone will definitely be defeated!" Zhang Mingyu said thoughtfully.

"Oh? What do you mean, is that the more than 300,000 horses in the Third War Zone can't defeat these 60,000 devil soldiers? Bloomberg was also puzzled.

"I'll give you a few simple examples, the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Xinkou, the Battle of Xuzhou, and the Battle of Wuhan, that time [***] didn't have an absolute advantage in terms of troops? Take the Battle of Songhu as an example, our third theater amassed more than 700,000 troops, which was twice as large as the Japanese army, but after holding out for three months, it still ended in failure. At that time, the 98th Division, the 88th Division, the 86th Division, and the Central Teaching Corps of the Third Theater were all the elite of Chairman Chiang's iron fight, and the current Third Theater was able to hold the existing territory if it really encountered the 60,000 troops led by Muto Zhang, let alone attack. After Zhang Mingyu finished speaking, he got up and paced back and forth with his hands behind his back.

After a while, Zhang Mingyu suddenly turned to Peng Bo and said, "Deputy Chief of Staff Peng, how is the work of raising ships going?" ”

"Back to the general seat, the people in the villages and towns along the river on the north bank almost do not have any wooden boats, I heard the villagers say that the wooden boats are all owned by the people on the south bank, because the wooden boats on the south bank have been collected by the devils, and we have blown them up, so far we have raised very few wooden boats." Bloomberg replied with a frown.

Obviously, he was also worried about this matter, because he had an army of 100,000 troops, and even if he crossed the river in batches, he would have to be able to cross the strength of one regiment at least one time, otherwise it would not be enough to seize and consolidate the beachhead.

However, if it wants to cross a regiment at a time, it will take at least 300 ships, but at present the 42nd Army has not even raised 30 more wooden boats.

"It seems that the trick of raising wooden boats will not work." Zhang Mingyu seemed to be muttering to himself, and then asked: "Deputy Chief of Staff, is the current Yellow River in Zhengzhou urgent?" ”

"At this time, it is the rainy season in September. The water level of the Yellow River is rising, and the water flow is very fast! Peng Bo asked a little puzzled: "Boss, you don't want the troops to swim across, do you?" That's definitely not going to work, the water is so fast, people will be gone as soon as they go. ”

"Swimming? That's a good idea! Zhang Mingyu suddenly realized, just now he just subconsciously asked, not really wanted to swim across the river, but Peng Bo's words woke him up.

Zhang Mingyu sounded a classic battle in later generations, the location was also in the Yellow River, Deng Gongqiao used 3,000 gourd soldiers to cross the river and annihilate [***] six regular divisions.

Of course, Deng Gong's 3,000 gourd soldiers were not real soldiers, but 3,000 gourds wore steel helmets with red paint tied underneath.

Thinking of this, Zhang Mingyu suddenly asked: "Chief of Staff, you immediately go to collect gourds within a radius of fifty miles, the more the better!" I have reuse! Lai San, you come with me! ”

"Yes!" Although he couldn't figure out what Zhang Mingyu wanted so many gourds for, Peng Bo still stood upright.

Immediately, Zhang Mingyu took Lai San out of the headquarters and came to the courtyard, Zhang Mingyu said to Lai San: "Get in the car, I'll drive today!" ”

"Yes!" Lai Sanlang responded, and immediately walked quickly to the car, opened the door and sat down. Zhang Mingyu sat in the driver's seat, started the car, and then stepped on the accelerator in gear, and the jeep suddenly rushed out like an arrow.

The soldiers of an infantry company of the guard battalion of the third division also boarded the car one after another, following closely in addition to the compound.

After Zhang Mingyu drove out of Xinxiang County, he drove straight towards Laotianan Station, but after more than ten minutes of bumps, after arriving outside Laotianan Station, Zhang Mingyu turned eastward.

Lai San sat in the passenger seat, looking at the scenery whistling by the side of the road, and only felt a strong east wind ringing in his ears. Seeing that Zhang Mingyu hadn't stopped yet, Lai San couldn't help asking, "Boss, where are we?" ”

"Don't ask so much! You'll know when you get there! Whether you can cross the Yellow River depends on this trip. Saying that, Zhang Mingyu had already driven the jeep to the edge of the Yellow River.

Seeing that there was a village not far in front of him, Zhang Mingyu immediately stepped on the accelerator, and the car accelerated forward quickly.

After coming to the village, Zhang Mingyu said to Lai San: "You go down, go to the village and ask a fellow villager to come out and help us lead the way!" Remember not to scare people! ”

"Yes! Humble duty will definitely invite people! Lai got up and got out of the car with a bang, and disappeared into the village in front of him in three steps and five steps.

Just when Zhang Mingyu was waiting a little impatiently, Lai San came over with a middle-aged man about thirty or forty years old, and Zhang Mingyu immediately waved his hand at the two and said, "Hurry up and get in the car!" ”

Okay, Lai San and the middle-aged man couldn't help but speed up their pace, and immediately walked quickly into the car. After getting in the car, through conversation, Zhang Mingyu learned that the middle-aged man's name was Zhang Hanquan, and he was the son of the village chief in this village.

Knowing that this person still has the same surname as himself, Zhang Mingyu couldn't help but quip: "Big brother, how is this year's harvest?" ”

"This year's harvest is good! It's much stronger than in previous years, mainly because you beat the little devils away, or the food that the villagers have worked so hard to grow will have to be robbed by these beasts! The old and young masters of the village have not had a full meal for three years. When there was no food, everyone went hunting, fishing, and making do with it.

There is no need to worry about this year, the grain is harvested, enough for the villagers to eat until the beginning of spring next year! Saying that, Zhang Hanquan showed a satisfied smile on his face.

Zhang Mingyu couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, the people's requirements were not high enough, they just wanted to be able to have three meals and no worries about food and clothing as a family, but due to the invasion of the Kou, the country was shattered, and it was the ordinary people who suffered.

Thinking of this, Zhang Mingyu said to Zhang Hanquan with emotion: "Brother Zhang, you can live a down-to-earth life, there will never be a little devil to rob our food in the future, and our China will never be bullied by foreign countries again, and those who dare to offend our Chinese will be punished even if they are far away!" ”

"Those who dare to offend my Chinese will be punished even if they are far away!" Zhang Hanquan read silently in his mouth, although he didn't understand the meaning of this sentence very much, but this sentence still deeply shocked him.

He nodded firmly.

At this time, the jeep had already traveled several miles along the Yellow River, and Zhang Mingyu asked while driving: "Brother Zhang, let me ask you something, do you know where the water surface of the Yellow River is relatively narrow and easier to cross?" ”

"Narrower river?" Zhang Hanquan silently recited two sentences, and then said as if he remembered something: "I remember, there is really such a place, the year before last, a group of [***] was chased by devils to the edge of the Yellow River, and they were almost cornered, where did they cross the river from." The narrowest part of the place is only more than 700 meters, and the water depth is relatively shallow, because it is a gentle beach, so the current is not very fast, as long as you can cross the river with the help of wooden boats and large trees! I used to cross the river on a raft made of reeds and bamboo. ”

"Oh?" Zhang Mingyu's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Great, where is it?" ”

"Twenty miles ahead, Tianjiawan Dam! Where is the narrowest part of the Yellow River within a radius of 200 kilometers, as long as it is not a heavy rainstorm that causes the water level to rise sharply, people can cross the river with the help of floating objects. Zhang Hanquan pointed to the front.

"Okay! Let's check it out! Zhang Mingyu couldn't help but speed up the car as he spoke, and with a slight force on the soles of his feet, the jeep roared and drove forward quickly.

Twenty miles is not enough, and it takes more than an hour to go to the army, but for jeeps and trucks, twenty minutes is enough.

If it weren't for the rough road, Zhang Mingyu and they could have driven the car faster.

After arriving at the destination, Zhang Mingyu and others got out of the car in turn, and under the leadership of Zhang Hanquan, Zhang Mingyu and others came to the edge of the Tianjiawan Dam through the dense reeds.

Sure enough, as Zhang Hanquan said, the water surface here is not so fast, it seems that the formation of the gentle beach here should be related to the topography here, and the sediment washed down from the upper reaches of the Yellow River has accumulated all year round to form this Wangjiawan Dam.

Zhang Mingyu visually observed that the width of the water surface should indeed be only about six or seven or eight meters wide, and the water flow here is very slow, if you really use a raft to cross the river, it may not be impossible.

After observing for a while, Zhang Mingyu was about to leave with everyone when suddenly a roar of a motor sounded from the river in the east.

Zhang Mingyu immediately took the telescope from Lai San's hand, and through the telescope, he vaguely saw that there were about two not too big ships on the not too wide river surface that were going upstream.

Zhang Mingyu immediately sensed that something was wrong, it stands to reason that the navy of the national political axe has already been wiped out, how can there be warships here? Could it be a devil's warship?

Sure enough, let Zhang Mingyu guess correctly, when he picked up the telescope again and looked forward, the two ships had already sailed within a distance of five hundred meters, Zhang Mingyu saw clearly this time, and it was indeed a little devil's plaster flag hanging on the bow of the ship.

Zhang Mingyu immediately turned around and shouted in a low voice: "Quick, all into the reeds!" With that, Zhang Mingyu turned around and took the lead towards the reeds behind him.

The guards who accompanied him, a company of nearly two hundred soldiers, also turned around and plunged into the dense reeds. Lost in an instant.

After entering the reeds, Lai San looked at the devil ship that had sailed over and asked, "Boss, just these two small boats, let's beat him up?" ”

"Punch the ass! This is just the devil's vanguard ship, there must be big ships behind, you must know that those big ships are equipped with large-caliber heavy artillery, if the little devils find us, one shot down, it is estimated that our entire company will have to make planes. After Zhang Mingyu finished speaking, he waved his hand and said, "Retreat back again to prevent the devil's reconnaissance firepower." ”

As soon as Zhang Mingyu's voice fell, he and the guards continued to retreat backwards in a row, until they retreated 500 meters away, and everyone lay down on a hollow.

Sure enough, as Zhang Mingyu expected, just as they lay down, the ship-based machine guns on the two warships in the vanguard had already begun to fire fiercely at the reeds on both sides of the Yellow River.

The dark red tongue of fire suddenly shook the reeds in their hiding place from side to side, and some of the reeds were directly hit, and the whole reed flew up.

Zhang Mingyu and the others couldn't help but secretly rejoice, if they had withdrawn one minute late just now, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Soon, after the two ships finished strafing, they continued to move forward, and the strong power of the motor left a ** water mark in the water.

As soon as a soldier wanted to stand up, he was pressed down by Zhang Mingyu, who scolded: "Look for death!" ”

"I—I'm urgent!" The warrior said with a smothered face.

"Hold on!" Zhang Mingyu roared in a low voice: "The devil's big ship is still behind, and this is the big head of the rat and the wood behind." It's all for Lao Tzu to lie down honestly! No one is allowed to move without my orders, even if they, they have to be pulled in the crotch of Lao Tzu. ”

Instead of responding, everyone lay down on their stomachs, when the heavy roar of the motor sounded again from the river to the east.

Soon, he saw large and medium-sized ships sailing past the river in groups, Zhang Mingyu was shocked in his eyes, if the devil's fleet arrived earlier, it would be difficult for the guard regiment to hold Laotian'an. However, at this time, the main force of the army has already moved south, so what is the point of the devil's fleet coming again? Could it be that you want to stop my 42nd Army from crossing the river?

Thinking of this, Zhang Mingyu was also relieved, although the main force of the devils went south, he was still afraid that the 42nd Group Army would take the opportunity to cross the Yellow River and threaten the safety of Zhengzhou and other places.

It seems that the transfer of the naval fleet was used to defend against its own 42nd Army. However, the only fortunate thing is that this is the Yellow River, not the East China Sea, and the aircraft carriers of the Third Fleet of the Third Fleet of the Chinese Army cannot reach it, otherwise this Third Fleet alone is enough to bomb Xinxiang and other places into ruins, and when the 42nd Group Army goes south, I am afraid that self-protection will become a problem.

It seems that he has started the affairs of the navy as soon as possible, and even if he cannot build ships, he will have to borrow some U-boats from Hitler, a war maniac, first, and you can imagine how much damage the U-boats can cause to the fleets of the little devils if they appear in the Pacific Ocean.

After all the devils' fleets passed, Zhang Mingyu stood up and said to everyone: "Go!" Get back! ”

After returning to Laotian'an, as soon as he walked outside the regiment headquarters, he heard Xu Wen calling: "Hey! I'm Xu Wen! What the? Shelled? Fight back immediately! What the? Is it a ship? I don't care, give it to Lao Tzu! You must not give Lao Tzu an unauthorized retreat! Whoever wants to retreat Lao Tzu kills him! ”

After Zhang Mingyu listened, he immediately strode in, Xu Wen just hung up the phone, saw Zhang Mingyu coming, and hurriedly stood up and said: "Boss, you are here!" ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Mingyu nodded slightly and said, "What's wrong?" ”

"The first battalion reported that the positions of a company of the front were shelled by the ships of the devils! Xu Wen replied.

"Order a battalion and a company to retreat immediately! Evacuate to safety and stay in place! Zhang Mingyu sat down and waved his hand.

"What? Retreat? Why, the little devil just fired a few shots, why did we retreat? Xu Wen asked puzzled.

"There's no why, just because the little devil's naval guns are extremely powerful, we don't need to be beaten anywhere!" Zhang Mingyu said awe-inspiringly.

"Yes!" Xu Wen snapped upright, immediately turned around and shook the telephone pole, and shouted into the microphone: "Hey, a battalion?" I order, the first company immediately retreats to a safe place and garrisons! Yes, right away! After speaking, Xu Wen hung up the phone!

(To be continued)