Chapter 136: Only Three Boats Were Sunk
"Report to the military seat, the barrage embankment on the Qujiang River has also been completed!" Cao Bao reported another good news to Gao Quan.
"Good! We're just waiting for the devils to cross the river now! Gao Quan rubbed his hands, looked at the heavy rain that still showed no signs of abating, and secretly wondered in his heart, hoping that the devil would not be frightened by the heavy rain. Doesn't the devil advocate the spirit of bushido? Braving the heavy rain to cross the river in the rapids is the embodiment of the spirit of bushido! The little devil hurry across the river, hurry up and cross the river!
It seemed that the call in Gao Quan's heart had taken effect, and just when a group of people were staring at the half of the embankment and pondering, the voice of the communication soldier interrupted the silence, "The devil has begun to cross the river!" ”
"Oh? The devil began to cross the river? How did they live? How many people are there? Gao Quan's repeated questions revealed the anxiety in his heart. Liu Qi, Cao Bao and the others also stared at the communication soldier who reported the news without blinking.
Scouts reported that the Japanese were crossing the river three kilometers downstream from the barrage in more than 100 rubber boats. According to the visual observation of the scouts, the Japanese troops who crossed the river at the same time were probably about 1,000 people! ”
Thousands? That number seems a bit small! Gao Quan originally thought that the devil would organize three or four thousand people to cross the river together at the same time, but who knew that there were only 1,000 people, and it was only a brigade, and the number of people didn't seem to be too much.
"At the same time, there are devils in Qujiang who are preparing to cross the river, and it is observed that the scale is slightly larger than that of the devils on this side of the Wuxi River."
"Order the 67th Division to immediately rush to the bank of the Wuxi River to meet the Japanese troops crossing the river! Order the Qujiang dam construction troops, wait until the Japanese army has crossed about 1,000 people, and blow up the dam to release the flood! Order the commander of the 500th Division, Wang, to quickly send a powerful force to the place where the Japanese army crossed the Qujiang River to intercept it! Gao Quan gave several orders in a row, all of which were based on the follow-up countermeasures made by the flooded Japanese army after the dam was blown up, "Cao Bao, you take care of it carefully, as long as the first batch of devils cross the river, you will be ready, and when the second batch of devils all arrive in the river, you will immediately blow up the dam and lift the second batch of devils and all the people and boats into the river to feed Wang Ba!" It's up to you how many devils you can kill this time! Gao Quan patted Cao Bao's shoulder hard.
Look at mine? Then it depends on the devil, right? If the devil has less people crossing the river in the second batch, what can I do? Cao Bao muttered to himself in his heart. Of course, this possibility does not exist, since one group of devils has crossed the river, the second group will only have more people than the first batch, and when the devils see that it is safe, of course they will send more people to this side of the river, and if they want to occupy Quzhou, they must cross the river!
"Sixi, how are you there? How much of the airport supplies have been brought into the city? Gao Quan always remembered the planes and gasoline at Quzhou Airport, and as soon as he was empty, he would ask Qian Sixi about his progress.
"More than half of it has been transported in, and I have also transported those few planes that can't fly into the city, and now it has reached the final stage, and it will all be completed this afternoon!" Qian Sixi's excited voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Good! Sixi, you have to hurry up over there. I'm a little understaffed here, so you can send Lao Jin over. "The airport is close to here, and it is much closer to draw people from Qian Sixi's side than from Wang Dazhu, and Gao Quan can't manage so much, so let's ask people to come over first.
"Yes! I asked Lao Jin to run over with a five-and-one group! Qian Sixi didn't ask why at all, Gao Quan must have his reasons if he wanted to transfer people, he Qian Sixi just did what he was ordered.
There is an extra five-and-one-group group, Gao Quan's heart is immediately full of confidence, not to mention a thousand devils, even if it is a devil team, he has the confidence to beat the devils all over the street! Now we are waiting for the devil to cross the river, and Jin Feilong's troops are in place!
The first batch of devils of the 15th Division went down the river in an inflatable boat, and Yamauchi Masafumi touched his mustache and squinted his eyes, with a murderous look on his face. The two commanders, Shigeru Sawada and Shunroku Hatata, are really generous, as soon as they said they wanted rubber boats here, more than a hundred of them were immediately airdropped over there! You must know that it is still raining in the sky now, especially just now, there was thunder and lightning, and this kind of weather is simply self-defeating! In this kind of weather, for the sake of the 15th Division and Yamauchi Masafumi, His Excellency the Commander insisted on catching up with the transport planes into the sky, and in order to transport these rubber boats to Lieutenant General Yamauchi and the 15th Division, the two commanders gave away all the precious planes!
The commander sent not only transport planes, but also a dozen bombers to help in the war. Especially when the lightning flashed just now, Lieutenant General Yamauchi saw with his own eyes that after a bomber was struck by lightning, it flashed into flames, emitted black smoke, and exploded on a stone stone by the river! Although the bomber squadron returned with the transport plane, and did not play any special role in this river-crossing operation, however, with the care of the two commanders for Lieutenant General Yamauchi, and the heroic sacrifice of the bomber pilot, Yamauchi Masafumi also felt that he must make some achievements in the Battle of Quzhou this time!
Although the number of Chinese troops shooting on the other side of the river was small, the accuracy of their shooting was very high! One, two, and one over there, and in the blink of an eye, three rubber boats were hit and leaked! The Japanese soldiers on the three boats were in a hurry for a while, and finally fell into the river in desperate screams. Seeing the tragedy of those soldiers popping their heads on the surface of the river for a while, and then quickly being swallowed up by the river, Lieutenant General Yamanuchi's heart was sour. Fortunately, the number of rubber boats crossing the river this time is enough, and the loss of more than 100 and three is not inconspicuous!
The rest of the rubber boats flew to the opposite shore, and Vice Admiral Yamanuchi's heart was suspended in mid-air with these rubber boats! The Japanese soldiers on the boat were rowing while shooting at the opposite shore, perhaps because the opponent's bullets were limited, or it was possible that the powerful firepower of the Japanese soldiers completely suppressed the other party, in short, the remaining hundred or so rubber boats finally landed on the opposite shore smoothly! Lieutenant General Yamauchi's heart is finally relieved, thank you God for your blessing!
"Ready, next batch." As soon as the lieutenant general said half a sentence, the gunfire on the other side of the river suddenly became loud, and you could see it across the Wuxi River, and the smoke of gunpowder on the opposite bank floated into the sky, it was the Chinese army! Sure enough, the cunning Chinese! Take advantage of the opponent's half-crossing to attack it! A genius military strategist named Sun Bin in ancient China mentioned this tactic in his military book!
"Quick! Hurry up and get ready for the next batch, and one more squadron will go up! "Originally, there was a brigade crossing at one time, more than 100 rubber boats, and each boat was basically ten people, which was a relatively reasonable number of people to cross. However, now that the Japanese troops who crossed the river have been attacked by the Chinese army, His Excellency the Lieutenant General must of course speed up the speed of the troops crossing the river, and every time one more person can be crossed, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army on the other side will be stronger! Lieutenant General Yamauchi, as a high-ranking officer in the Japanese army, couldn't help but violate the wartime river crossing safety regulations when facing victory and loss, and added an extra squadron, and his rubber boats were overloaded with each one!
After the rubber boat unloaded the Japanese soldiers to the other side of the river, there were two devils left on each boat and rowed the boats back, so that the number of Japanese soldiers who crossed to the other side in the first wave was less than 1,000! Seeing that the empty rubber boat was getting closer and closer, the northern Bangxiong Dasa of the 60th Wing began to organize his troops to stand on the riverside.