Zhang Mingyu looked at Xu Wen and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, this guy was originally a polite college student, but now he has become a big old man full of foul language.

Xu Wen hung up and turned his head and said to Zhang Mingyu: "Boss, what should we do next?" Is it possible to keep it here? ”

"What's the hurry, how can it be a dead guard, don't worry, you are fighting some battles, don't give Lao Tzu stage fright when the time comes." Zhang Mingyu suddenly got up after speaking.

"Please rest assured! The guard regiment will live up to the name of the vanguard elite regiment, and our guard regiment will always be the iron fist of our 42nd Group Army! Xu Wenpai stood upright.

"Hmmm! Your guard regiment will be able to change its guard tomorrow, and another regiment will take over here! Zhang Mingyu nodded.

"Huh? Boss, do we have a new mission for the Guard Corps? Xu Wen asked in surprise.

"We'll talk about that then!" Zhang Mingyu patted Xu Wen on the shoulder, and then strode out of the headquarters.

…………

Changge County is located in the middle of Zhengzhou to Xuchang, the Pinghan Railway runs through the whole territory, due to the opening of the Pinghan Railway, the geographical location here has become particularly important.

Since the fall of Zhengzhou and Xuchang, the devils have deployed heavy troops along the Pinghan Railway, and important towns along the way, such as Changge County, are even more heavily guarded.

However, today's Changge county is a little different, because all the trains from Zhengzhou to Xuchang stopped at Changge Station, and a group of soldiers of the Yue army walked down from the car, and at the entrance of a first-class carriage, I saw a group of devil guards surrounded by several high-ranking generals and walked down.

These senior generals were Muto Zhang and others who set off from Zhengzhou, and the strange thing is that Muto Zhang did not go directly to Xuchang by plane, but took the train with the troops.

Half an hour later, the roar of the train started, the whistle sounded, and the smoke billowed in the direction of Xuchang.

However, the ghost soldiers who got off the train did not get on the train again, and if you look closely, it is not difficult to find that there is no one on the train that has just started, and every troop carrier is empty.

Late at night, the garrison headquarters of Changge County was brightly lit.

Except for Kobayashi Daisa, the commander of the garrison of the army in Changge County, all those present were with the rank of major general or above. I saw that the person sitting in the middle was Major General Muto Zhang, the commander-in-chief of the Zhengzhou army.

Muto Akira sat at the head and asked, "Guys, are the ministries ready?" ”

"Muto-kun, my 17th Division and 21st Division have all been prepared, and the 101st Division is expected to arrive in the early hours of tonight." Kawaji Nakajima replied.

"Yo Xi!" Muto Akira nodded and said, "The navy also sent a telegram today, they have rushed to the vicinity of the Yellow River Railway Bridge, and in the afternoon, the fierce artillery bombardment of the positions of the Chinese people caused the Chinese people to be forced to retreat one kilometer back. ”

"Yo Xi! Muto-kun, you really deserve to be a top student of the Emperor [***] School, if your plan can succeed, then it will be easy to annihilate the 42nd Group Army on the south bank of the Yellow River! Now I'm waiting for Zhang Mingyu to be fooled! Ha ha! Nakajima laughed.

"Nakajima-kun, it's hard to say for the time being, it depends on whether Zhang Mingyu will cross the river! I really hope that the leader of China, Jiang Mingyu, can issue a strict order to order the Fourth Twelfth Group Army to immediately cross the river and attack Zhengzhou! Muto Zhang said, as if he thought of something, and said: "Nakajima-kun, I think it is necessary to let the 15th Mixed Brigade of Xuchang flank the third theater of the Chinese Army, so as to create a false impression to the Chinese that our main force has gone south!" ”

"Hay!" Nakajima Kawaji suddenly bowed his head and said, "Muto-kun, please rest assured!" I'll go and send a telegram to the 15th Mixed Brigade right away. ”

………

Xinxiang, General Headquarters of the 42nd Group Army.

Zhang Mingyu and Lai San returned to Xinxiang with a company of guards before dark, and after returning to Xinxiang, Zhang Mingyu had a simple dinner, and then sat in the headquarters around the map and began to study the next battle plan.

In Zhang Mingyu's view, it is no longer a problem to smuggle across the Yellow River at present, the key is how to capture Zhengzhou and Luoyang and other places in the next step, although the Sixth Division has been greatly divided, but Zhengzhou, which is a strategic place, will leave at least one brigade and two infantry wings in the Sixth Division, and Kaifeng and Luoyang will each have at least one infantry wing.

What puzzled Zhang Mingyu was that the smuggling point he chose was not far from the suburbs of Zhengzhou, and the other side of the smuggling site was a famous place in history, Huayuankou.

Later historians have also had a fierce debate about Huayuankou's rejection, whether it is worth delaying the offensive of the Yue army for half a month with the tragic death of hundreds of thousands of people and the displacement of nearly 10 million people, I am afraid that only later generations can comment on it.

Due to the arrival of Zhang Mingyu, the excavation of Huayuankou did not occur, so that tens of millions of people in the lower reaches of the Yellow River were saved from the disaster, which is really a blessing.

Just when Zhang Mingyu frowned and fell into contemplation, Deputy Chief of Staff Peng Bo strode in, stood up and said: "General seat, after a day of collection, nearly 10,000 gourds have been collected. I don't know if it's enough! ”

"Enough! Enough is enough. Deputy Chief of Staff, come and see, this is the Tianjiawan Dam, and the width of the water surface from here to the Huayuankou on the opposite side is only more than 700 meters, and we can completely rely on rafts and smugglers to get there. Zhang Mingyu pointed to the map.

"That's the main seat! What's the use of you asking me to prepare these gourds? Bloomberg asked, puzzled.

"The gourd is used to cross the river!" Zhang Mingyu said with a strange smile.

"Isn't it on a raft?" Bloomberg was even more puzzled.

Zhang Mingyu said meaningfully: "Deputy Chief of Staff Peng, the art of war is cloudy, virtual and real, real and false, as the so-called soldiers are not tired of deceit, we will cross the Yellow River head-on!" Let the little devils fly the dogs and jump! ”

"Frontal crossing?" Peng Bo nodded a little incomprehensibly and said, "Boss, what do you need me to do now?" ”

"Deputy Chief of Staff, you immediately organize people to tie a steel helmet on top of each gourd overnight, and tie a pack of red paint under the steel helmet. Be sure to prepare all the gourds by tomorrow evening, and listen to my orders at any time! Zhang Mingyu waved his hand.

"Yes!" This time, Bloomberg understood a thing or two, and hurriedly stood up and happily took the order.

"Oh! That's right! Deputy Chief of Staff Peng, you are arranging for the brothers to make 300 rafts overnight to cross the river! Zhang Mingyu hurriedly stopped him again.

"Okay!"

That night, the whole Xinxiang city was brightly lit, nearly 1,000 sappers worked all night, and finally at noon on the next day, all the gourds were tied with steel helmets, and red paint was prepared!

At ten o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Mingyu took Lai San, Ling Tianbao, Wang Hanshan and others to visit these gourd soldiers, and there were about 8,000 remaining gourds after removing the damage.

Seeing the gourds and steel helmets in the big yard, Lai San was puzzled and said, "Boss, what are you doing with so many gourds?" ”

"Yes! Could it be that the general seat is planning to take these gourds to cross the river? Wang Tiehan looked at the gourds wearing steel helmets all over the yard, and he was also extremely puzzled.

"Iron Man, you're right! It is to use the gourd to cross the river! And it's a forced crossing of the Yellow River, this time I'm going to give the little devil a hard time! Let these little devils taste the power of my 8,000 "gourd soldiers"! Zhang Mingyu said with an awe-inspiring expression.

Although everyone didn't understand what Zhang Mingyu meant, they still believed in Zhang Mingyu's words, since the general seat said that he could force the crossing, he could force the crossing!

Zhang Mingyu paused and looked around at everyone: "Now, I order, Wang Tiehan, you lead the Fourth Division to stay in Xinxiang and Qinyang, and be ready to meet my river-crossing troops at any time!" Lai San, Ling Tianbao led the second and third divisions to immediately enter a state of combat readiness, ready to cross the river at any time! I will personally lead the guard regiment to cross the river first! Seize the beachhead on the south bank of the Yellow River. Okay, there's nothing to do, let's go and prepare! ”

"Yes!" Everyone agreed, and immediately turned around and strode away.

After Zhang Mingyu saw everyone leave, he said to Sun Xiucheng, the commander of the motorized infantry company of the guard regiment next to him: "Get ready to go!" "Sun Xiucheng was brought by Zhang Mingyu from Laotianan Station in the afternoon.

"Yes!" Sun Xiucheng snapped upright, and immediately turned around and walked away quickly.

After a while, all the officers and men of the motorized infantry company were all ready, and the current motorized infantry company was fully mechanized, with 15 trucks and 12 improved versions of the Bian Sandou. Extremely powerful mobility!

However, after the smuggling of the Yellow River this time, these mechanized vehicles will have to be left behind, and the guard regiment will be transformed back into an all-infantry infantry regiment.

Zhang Mingyu strode out of the general headquarters, the officers and soldiers of the motorized infantry company outside the courtyard had all been prepared, and seeing Zhang Mingyu striding out, Sun Xiucheng opened his throat and said loudly: "General seat!" All the personnel of the motorcycle company have been prepared! Please instruct! ”

"Let's go!" Zhang Mingyu waved his hand, strode to a truck, after getting into the car, the drivers began to start the car, and soon the twelve side three buckets and six around the ten trucks drove towards the outside of Xinxiang City.

After more than ten minutes of rapid driving, Zhang Mingyu took the motorcycle company to Laotian Nunnery, and before the arrival of the motorcycle company, the second regiment of the fourth division had already arrived in advance and completed the alternation of the guard regiment.

The Second Regiment of the Fourth Division also brought the 8,000 gourd soldiers, and as soon as Zhang Mingyu got off the train, he saw that the 3,000 officers and men of the Guard Regiment were all ready to go, and they lined up on the plain outside the station.

Seeing Zhang Mingyu coming, Xu Wen suddenly stepped forward and said loudly: "General seat!" The Guards Regiment is all ready! You're ready to go! ”

"Good!" Zhang Mingyu praised it, strode to the front of the guard team, looking at the fresh and young faces and the neat queue, Zhang Mingyu couldn't help but say arrogantly: "Brothers, the guard regiment was originally Lao Tzu's personal guard regiment, the most elite unit of my 42nd Group Army, and the sharp knife unit!" I'm honored to lead you in battle! This time we will go deep into the tiger's den, full of dangers, life and death are uncertain, but I firmly believe that there is no one in the guard regiment! As the saying goes, if you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger! For the sake of hundreds of thousands of Paize brothers in my third war zone, and for my tens of millions of fathers and villagers in Central China! We must get through the Yellow River! Even if we know it's death, we have to live! ”

"That's right! Cross the river and kill those dogs! ”

"There is a general seat, we are not afraid of going up the knife mountain and going down the sea of fire!"

"Boss, you can give the order! At your command, the brothers will set off at once! Everyone roared in a heroic rage.

Zhang Mingyu looked at some watches, and then said: "It's six o'clock in the evening, it's almost time, let's go immediately!" ”

"Yes!" Everyone immediately agreed, and immediately the officers of each battalion and company began to pull out the Tianjiawan Dam.

Due to this crossing of the river, cars could not cross the river, so all the trucks were left in Laotian'an, including Zhang Mingyu, who also followed the troops on foot and marched rapidly.

On the way, Zhang Mingyu was marching side by side with Xu Wen, and Xu Wen suddenly asked: "General seat, will we hit Zhengzhou first or open the seal this time?" ”

"Hit Zhengzhou! After all, we are close to Zhengzhou! If we divide our troops to open the seal, we are likely to fall short, and if we don't get it right, we will be cut off by the little devils! Zhang Mingyu replied as he walked.

After an hour of intense marching, the guard regiment was led by Zhang Mingyu to Tianjiawan Dam, and at this time, the second and third divisions had also left the city from the east gate and south gate of Xinxiang respectively and headed towards Tianjiawan Dam.

After learning that [***] was going to cross the river to fight devils, Zhang Hanquan took the whole village to spontaneously rush to help the guard regiment cross the river, and said that the landlubbers of the water kung fu guard regiment were really no match for these ordinary people.

They live on the edge of the Yellow River all year round, and almost all men, women, and children in the village are familiar with the surname Shui, and some have even bathed in the Yellow River.

Soon, with the help of the people, the rafts brought by the guard regiment were put into the water and fixed to the shore with ropes, since each raft could only carry a maximum of five people and equipment, so the guard regiment had to cross the river with three infantry battalions and one machine gun battalion at least.

Because the guard regiment not only has more than 3,000 people, but the weight of those heavy machine guns and artillery is much heavier than that of people, and there are also a large number of ammunition and supplies.

Soon the first batch of soldiers to cross the river has been prepared, the first batch of officers and soldiers to cross the river is the first battalion of the guard regiment, deputy commander Shen Jun personally led a battalion of more than 1,000 soldiers to start crossing the river, more than 300 rafts and bamboo rafts began to slowly sail to the shore, under the skillful steering of the people, slowly sailing towards the opposite bank.

Zhang Mingyu stood on the edge of the river, looking at the raft team that had almost reached the center of the river, and suddenly became a little nervous, after all, the water in the center of the river was much more rapid than the water on the bank! If you are not careful, you may capsize the boat and die.

But the experienced people were clearly prepared, and when they reached the center of the river, the rowers on each raft untied a bundle of hemp rope from their backs, and threw the hemp rope vigorously onto the raft next to it, which in turn threw its own hemp rope to the other raft.

In this way, more than 300 rafts threw ropes at each other, and soon connected into a rope fleet, which made Zhang Mingyu look a little surprised, these people were too smart, they didn't think that they would be connected with ropes, and then at the same time the Yellow River, so that the stability of the surname should be greatly increased, even if some rafts are entangled in the gasping current, they are not afraid, and other rafts can work together to help it tide over the difficulties.

Sure enough, with the help of the chain ropes, all the rafts and bamboo rafts crossed the Yellow River safely and smoothly, and began to land.

Soon the chain raft rowed back again, Zhang Mingyu waved his hand, and the machine gun battalion that had already been prepared began to cross the river, and the reason why the machine gun battalion was allowed to cross the river was just in case, after all, after the first battalion passed, it was necessary to build temporary field fortifications on the spot.

In the event of an accident, the fire assistance of the cannon battalion is indispensable.

In addition to artillery, there are also a lot of people in the machine gun battalion, and the total number of logistics personnel is also about 1,000, but this time, Zhang Mingyu asked the artillerymen and machine gunners to cross the river first with artillery, light and heavy machine guns, and some ammunition, and the logistics personnel were left behind.

About two hours later, all the officers and men and equipment of the guard regiment crossed the Yellow River, and at this time, Lai San and Ling Tianbao also arrived with the third division.

After Zhang Mingyu briefly told the two of them a few words, he crossed the Yellow River with the guard regiment, after all, the task of the guard regiment was to first take the town of Huayuankou not far away, and first grab a foothold for the army to station.

At the same time, in order to cover the main force of the second and third divisions crossing the river, Wang Tiehan, the commander of the fourth division, personally ordered the 8,000 gourd soldiers to be put into the water from the north bank in accordance with Zhang Mingyu's order. Of course, when it is released, it is placed in the upper reaches of the west, so that it can float diagonally to the devil's position on the south bank and the fleet along the current.

Two reinforced squadrons and one machine-gun squadron of the 6th Division were stationed at the station on the south bank, while the ships of the 3rd Fleet were docked on the shore not far from the Yellow River Bridge.

On a warship codenamed Ju, a sentry was standing on the deck urinating in the river, and he was humming a little song to pee comfortably, when he was suddenly surprised to find that something seemed to be moving on the surface of the river. It seems to be a human head.

The sentry hurriedly ran back to his post and turned on the searchlight, and in the snow-white light of the searchlight, the sentry was surprised to find that the black shadow on the river was actually a steel helmet.

He immediately sounded the siren next to him, and suddenly a shrill and sharp siren sounded throughout the night sky.

The navy of devil soldiers who were sleeping immediately came out of the cabin and entered their designated positions. At this time, a large officer strode over with a saber on his shoulder and asked, "What is the situation?" ”

"Returning to Your Excellency! The people of China are smuggling! The sentry pointed to the river.

Da Zuo did see through the searchlight that the black pressure on the river was full of steel helmets, and he immediately opened his throat and shouted: "Baga Yalu! Damn the Shina people want to smuggle in! Attention ships open fire immediately! Fire now! ”

Suddenly, all kinds of powerful weapons spit out dazzling tongues of fire, and the dense rain of bullets hit the river and immediately killed those smuggled "Chinese soldiers", only to see a cloud of blood rising under the smashed helmets one after another, and the entire Yellow River was stained red with blood everywhere.

(To be continued)