readx; Cheng Gufei replied: "I mean not only to take down the Jiangyin fortress, but also to take down the Zhenjiang fortress, so that the army must first clear the two fortresses before it can continue to advance, as long as we lay dozens of mines in the main channel of the Yangtze River, we can drag the enemy for several days without artillery, so as to successfully complete the task." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Lao Hei thought for a while and said, "The method is good, but Zhenjiang is too close to Nanjing, and it is difficult to hold on." In addition, these two fortresses are all on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and the retreat of the troops will also be a problem at that time! ”

Lei Ting squinted his eyes and thought for a while, and proposed: "Just do this, after the fortress is built, destroy the cannons on it as quickly as possible, and then lay mines on the position, and at the same time use fishing boats to lay mines on the river, forcing the army to spend a lot of time to clear the mines, and the troops can use this time to calmly retreat to Jiangbei." ”

Perhaps inspired by him, Xie Yi said: "We can divide our troops to build fortifications in Gushan in the north of the Yangtze River, so that even if the Huangshan fortress is recaptured by the Yue army, it can still threaten the waterway, although small-caliber artillery cannot threaten battleships and destroyers, but it is different when it hits transport ships!" ”

Lao Hei concluded: "Our troops are divided into three routes: all the way to attack Zhenjiang, all the way to Jiangyin, and all the way to build fortifications in the Gushan area in the north of the river. It's good to plan, but how to get through the areas controlled by the Yue Army, the New Fourth Army, and Han Deqin? ”

Rongguang smiled and said, "Tuanza, you are really worried!" As long as we cross the lake of Gaoyou, we will be able to avoid my own ears and eyes; Han Deqin: As long as the headquarters coordinates in the name of the Fourth Theater Command; It's easier with the New Fourth Army. Just find a way to let them send troops to help."

Lao Hei patted his head: "Look at Lao Tzu's surname." There is a man named Lu Zhengxiao who is the captain of a detachment of the New Fourth Army, and he has sent people to send intelligence several times before, so he should still be able to talk about this friendship! ”

After a simple consultation, the Jiangbei Corps left two detachments to protect the base area and rear organs, and the remaining four detachments went east in three ways: the first and second detachments crossed the river at [***] and went straight to the Zhenjiang fortress; The third and fourth detachments crossed Gaoyou Lake and went south through the guerrilla zone of the New Fourth Army, the third detachment turned east in Jiangbei and passed through the Han Deqin guerrilla zone to Gushan to set up defenses, and the fourth detachment crossed the river near Taixing and went south to the Jiangyin fortress

"Tooth extraction! Balls! Lu Zhengxiao gave a thumbs up at the thunder and said admiringly: "The person I admire the most is your Ninth Army Commander Gao Fei, every time he does something that others dare not do!" However, your army is not bad, if my army was as powerful as the Ninth Army, it would definitely go to fight with the little devils a long time ago, where is there still time to rub against this old guy Han Deqin. ”

Lei Ting had already received a positive answer from Lu Zhengxiao's tone, knowing that borrowing the road should not be a big problem, so he relaxed and chatted with Lu Zhengxiao: "I have long heard that your ministry and Han Deqin often have friction, what is it for?" ”

Lu Zhengxiao laughed and replied unabashedly: "When the little devil hit here, the magistrate and the security regiment ran away with the regular army, and then the little devil felt that there was not much value, so he took the initiative to give up, and the northern and central Jiangsu regions fell into a state of no political axe, so we and Han Deqin came over to develop anti-Japanese armed forces." ”

Lei Ting asked puzzledly: "In this case, it is even more necessary to work together, after all, they are all under the unified leadership of the national political axe!" ”

Lu Zhengxiao looked at the thunder and said in a mocking tone: "A full man doesn't know that a hungry man is hungry!" Your Jiangbei Army has a steady stream of supplies from the rear from Fujian, how can you understand our difficulties: Although Han Deqin can get some supplies from the national political axe from time to time, it is far from being able to meet its own needs, and our army is completely self-raised, and the little devils have left such a large space here, everyone wants to develop, how can there be no conflict? ”

Looking at Lei Ting's thoughtful expression, Lu Zhengxiao hurriedly said: "You don't have to worry about these things, don't worry about these things, don't worry about how to fight with the devil!" He turned to the chief of staff standing beside him and asked, "How many troops can we gather before dark?" ”

The chief of staff thought for a moment and replied: "One battalion at most." ”

Lu Zhengxiao scratched his head embarrassedly and said to Lei Ting: "Because of the difficulty in supply, my troops are usually scattered in various places, so it is difficult to gather more troops to support you in a short period of time, I'm really embarrassed!" ”

Only then did Lei Ting understand what he meant, and waved his hand again and again, signaling Lu Zhengxiao not to be so polite: "I just came here to borrow a road, I have no other meaning, besides, this battle is also what our Ninth Legion wants to fight by itself, and it has nothing to do with others, you don't have to get involved." ”

Lu Zhengxiao waved his hand and said, "How can it have nothing to do with us?" Your Ninth Army is always the army of China, and you are always the enemy of the Chinese nation, in front of the common enemy of the country and the nation, even Han Deqin will not stand idly by, so let's send the little devils of Jiangyin Fortress to the Yangtze River to feed the fish! ”

Then he commanded loudly: "Blow the assembly trumpets!" Order the troops to assemble before six o'clock, and set off with the Jiangbei Army on time at seven o'clock! ”

The fishing boat, laden with soldiers, quickly crossed the narrow river and stopped on the sandbar on the south bank, and the troops quickly disappeared into the low bushes above the beach, and the fishing boat quickly left the south bank and returned to the north of the river to begin another journey.

The fifth detachment led by Lei Ting and a battalion led by Lu Zhengxiao, with the help of five fishing boats, finally crossed the Yangtze River safely at half past twelve at midnight, and completed the encirclement of Jiangyin at two o'clock in the morning.

After a brief discussion with Lu Zhengxiao, he decisively decided to put two battalions into the first attack, striving to break through the enemy's defense line with an overwhelming advantage, and then press the whole army to annihilate the Yue army in one fell swoop.

The 75-mm infantry guns were pushed less than 200 meters away from the city gates, and they bombarded them with a direct attack, blasting the city gates with only three shells, followed by mortar and light and heavy machine gun fire at the same time, covering the infantry to attack the city.

The defenders were dazed by the sudden blow, and by the time they regained their senses, the four gates had all been broken through by the [***] team, and finally they could only gather in an area less than five hundred meters long and wide from the center of the original county government axe to fight the trapped beasts. The army first sealed the entrances of several streets with sandbags, arranged machine-gun fire points on them, and then set fire to all the wooden houses on both sides of the streets in front of the fortifications to prevent the other side from approaching with fire, and finally ordered the troops stationed on the Huangshan fortress to support with artillery fire.

The deployment of the army was very safe, but unfortunately the opponent encountered was a hundred battle divisions that fought all the way from the street battles in Nanjing.

After seeing the deployment of the Yue army, Thunder immediately let Lu Zhengxiao's troops shoot at the Yue army in the front to attract its attention, and the main force of the fourth detachment simply approached the county government axe from all directions.

With a loud bang, huge holes appeared in the solid walls, and the slightly unsturdy ones collapsed with a bang, and the soldiers with semi-automatic rifles with bayonets passed through the courtyards and streets, and quickly appeared behind the soldiers.

After losing all the outlying strongholds, the remnants of the Japanese army hurriedly retreated into a deep mansion compound with an area of several hundred meters, and used the strong high walls and gatehouses to resist desperately.

Thunder ordered the infantry to pause the attack, and the artillery company immediately pushed the infantry guns and mortars up. Dozens of shells turned the entire compound over in just a few minutes, turning the newly imposing building into a pile of rubble, and the soldiers of the Ninth Legion rushed forward with bayonets to destroy the escaped soldiers one by one.

Immediately afterwards, the squadron rushed towards the position of the Huangshan fortress, preparing to completely eliminate the army in one go.

The troops stationed in the fortress were already prepared, and lined up four heavy machine guns, more than 20 light machine guns, and four grenadiers in the trenches, waiting for the [***] team to attack.

Lei Ting looked at the more than a dozen barbed wire fences crisscrossing the front of the army's position, and his eyebrows suddenly twisted into a Sichuan character: When the Ministry of Defense was building the outer fortifications of the fortress, it obviously carefully considered the protection of the firepower points, because the machine guns of the army were all hidden in the half-open shelter, and it was difficult to destroy, but if you wanted to cut the barbed wire before destroying the enemy's machine gun position, it would be tantamount to sending you to death!

Seeing that he was at a loss, Lu Zhengxiao said with a smile: "Riesling, just wait for your troops to be ready to charge, and leave these barbed wire fences to me!" ”

Lei Ting looked at him full of confidence, not like a joke, and he really didn't come up with a proper way, so he had to personally select the commando team and hand over the barbed wire to Lu Zhengxiao.

More than 20 minutes later, light and heavy machine guns, mortars, and infantry guns at the foot of the mountain opened fire at the same time, setting off bursts of explosions and gunpowder smoke on the positions of the Yue army.

Thunder carefully looked at those shadows through the light of the explosion, and only then did he realize that it was a soldier of the New Fourth Army with a thick quilt soaked in water! Dense machine-gun bullets kept hitting the quilt and making a splash, but it couldn't stop the dirt tanks from continuing to approach the barbed wire. The top quilt was spread on top of the barbed wire at the first time, and the earth tank quickly climbed over and continued the second barbed wire to approach.

Looking at the invulnerable monster on the opposite side, the army fired fiercely with heavy machine guns and bombarded with grenades in a vain attempt to block them on the periphery of the position. The machine guns of the army were very tricky, the muzzles of the guns were almost close to the ground, and the bullets kept a distance of less than ten centimeters from the ground and sprayed towards the feet of the earth tanks, knocking rocks and weeds all over the sky. Two earthen tanks fell on the hillside, and the soldiers inside were crushed behind the quilts by the fire of the Japanese army, and could no longer move half of them.

Thunder resolutely gave the order to attack, and the commando team equipped with grenades, submachine guns, and semi-automatic rifles quickly rushed forward, and while advancing along the road paved by the soldiers of the New Fourth Army, they suppressed the Japanese army. As the distance gradually decreased, the power of the grenade was gradually revealed, and the solid machine-gun fire point was bombarded by the miniature grenade, and soon collapsed, and a gap appeared in the machine-gun fire net. The army hurriedly shifted the focus of the attack and gave priority to the rapidly approaching assault group, thus giving the Turkish tanks a chance to continue advancing.

At the beginning, the army saw the commandos fall under the dense machine gun bullets, and the excitement was overwhelming, so they chased the commandos with machine guns even more vigorously, however, what the army did not expect was that most of the commandos who fell to the ground did not die, they lay directly on the ground, and suppressed the other party with accurate and continuous shooting.

By the time the army discovered this problem and was about to focus its attack on the lower body of the commandos, the New Fourth Army's native tanks had already paved more than a dozen roads above the barbed wire!

Thunder did not hesitate to give the order for a general attack, and nearly 2,000 soldiers launched a simultaneous charge from three directions and hundreds of meters of battle front, rushing up to the fortress position held by the army like a tide, first crossing the barbed wire like a spring, and then turning into a surging tide, quickly submerging the position of the army.

Seeing that the general situation had gone, the fierce Yue army did not flee backwards, but jumped out of the trench under the leadership of the two squadron leaders, and rushed towards the central [***] team with bright bayonets, in a vain attempt to rely on excellent stabbing skills to save the defeat.

The automatic weapons jumped happily, and the bullets sprayed out from the muzzle one after another, turning the incomparably hideous Yue soldiers into corpses, which fell limply on the edge of the trench - all the 145 Yue soldiers who participated in the charge were killed, and the fastest one lay more than ten meters away from the Chinese soldiers! At this distance, the Chinese soldiers could easily kill him ten more times!

After assisting Lei Ting in seizing the Jiangyin fortress, Lu Zhengxiao immediately led his troops back to Jiangbei and built fortifications on Gushan with the third detachment of the Jiangbei Army Corps, preparing to meet the counterattack of the Yueben Navy, while the fourth detachment sent a small detachment to lay mines on the river while seizing the time to repair the fortifications.

Nanjing used to be the capital of China, and it is said that the political axe attached great importance to it, not only stationed a brigade of troops, but also set up the headquarters of the Chinese dispatch force here, and in addition, the Navy's Third Fleet also maintained a considerable number of ships here to maintain the safety of the shipping lanes. Under the heavy defense of the Yue army, the Chinese guerrilla forces rarely dared to operate around Nanjing, which led to the laxity of the defense of the Yue army, and only three squadrons of puppet troops and one squadron of Yue troops were sent to defend the Zhenjiang fortress close at hand.

At the same time that Lei Ting led his troops to storm the Jiangyin fortress, the two detachments of the Jiangbei Army quickly defeated the resistance of the Zhenjiang garrison with a thunderous force, and all the three squadrons of puppet troops were taken prisoner, and one of the small squadrons of the army did not stay to report to the emperor.

In order to cope with the counterattack of the Yue army, the third detachment built fortifications in Zhenjiang, and the fourth detachment set out overnight to destroy all the bridges from Nanjing to Zhenjiang, and then divided the troops into more than a dozen small detachments, selected favorable terrain and ambushed them, and prepared to block the Yue army.

The Chinese army stationed in the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou triangle has always regarded the squadron operating in Jiangbei as a carbuncle, but they did not expect that they would dare to pull out their teeth and attack Jiangyin and Zhenjiang under their noses.

At noon on the second day after the Jiangyin fortress was conquered by the Jiangbei Army, a mixed fleet of three destroyers, four frigates and two transport ships appeared in the waters of the lower reaches of Huangshan Mountain, rushing towards the fortress with great momentum!

However, when they were five or six kilometers away from the fortress, the lookout on the ship found that the river directly ahead was covered with mines, densely packed, filling up the water less than three kilometers wide, forming a minefield several hundred meters long.

Looking at the thousands of mines on the water, the fleet commander suddenly wondered - how could the Jiangbei Army have so many mines? According to the information they have, the Jiangbei Army only has a very rudimentary arsenal and cannot do anything except repair guns and produce a small number of bullets.

For the sake of prudence, the commander of the fleet nevertheless ordered the warships to stop advancing and sent several motorboats to check the authenticity of the mines.

As soon as the motorboat approached the minefield, there was a sudden burst of smoke on the river, which drifted downstream in the breeze, and the smoke had a faint yellow color and a spicy smell in it.

"Gas!" This terrible word immediately appeared in the minds of the Yue Jun, as if to confirm their thoughts, the first steamboat surrounded by thick smoke came out violently one after another, and the soldiers gathered on the deck squirted tears and snot together, and a few soldiers who couldn't bear it simply jumped directly from the deck into the Yangtze River, and then swam back in the direction of the fleet.

Lost in the smoke, the steamboat scurried around, and a few minutes later, a violent explosion sounded, and a motorboat leaped high from the smoke screen, holding its bow straight into the air, and then quickly sank downward, disappearing again in a few seconds on the foggy river. Several other motorboats were frightened, hurriedly accelerated back, and finally returned to the front of the fleet after ten minutes, fortunately, without touching a single mine.

Seeing that the smoke on the opposite side did not seem to be fading, the fleet commander ordered the warships to retreat, find a suitable spot downstream for the Marines to land, and then call in the air force to send reconnaissance planes and bombers to support.

More than a dozen motorboats loaded with soldiers sped towards the shore, stopping at a distance of more than ten meters from land, and the marines hurriedly jumped into the waist-deep river, and then waded into the water with heavy machine guns and advanced to the shore.

The soldiers in front had just landed on the beach, and before they had time to establish a beachhead, the sound of light machine guns and semi-automatic rifles sounded from above the embankment!

(To be continued)