Chapter 775 Tuohe Night Voyage

Just when Wang Dahu and Wang Xinyun led the First Regiment to kill Lingbi County, Chen Jinxiu, the head of the Third Regiment of the First Brigade, led the Third Regiment and the artillery attached to it to rush to Wuhe County.

"Five rivers and five rivers, Huaihun and Tongtuo". This is the saying of the ancients, which means that there are five rivers in Wuhe County: Huai River, Huhe River, Tuo River, Chonghe River and Tong River, and they all converge in Wuhekou Town, and the name of Wuhe County also comes from this. However, by the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were only three rivers in Wuhe.

Due to the water transportation extending in all directions, Wuhe has become a grain distribution center in northeast Anhui before the Anti-Japanese War, and there are 70 large grain stores and 40 small grain stores on Shunhe Street in the county seat alone. These grain banks mainly purchase grain from northeastern Anhui and transport it to flour processing factories and oil mills in Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Tianjin. After the completion of the two flour mills in Bengbu Baoxing and Xinfeng, the grain store in Shunhe Street, Wuhe County, mainly supplied these two flour mills nearby. According to pre-war statistics, in 1937, the grain trade volume in Wuhe County reached 40,000 stones, about 6,000 tons. Wheat alone amounted to 30,000 stone and 5,100 tons.

Before the war, there were more than 10,000 fishing boats, cargo ships and other types of ships on the Huai River, and the goods transported were also varied, not only grain, but also moso bamboo, split wood, etc. Splitting wood is used to burn fire at home, and bamboo is mainly used to make bamboo utensils. The development of water transportation in the five rivers, coupled with the grain distribution center in northeast Anhui, has driven the prosperity of the entire county. For example, the "Yihe fishing shop" on Shunhe Street, with an annual output of more than 30 thousand fish hooks, has a variety of ground fishing, line hooks, white step hooks, hooks, sliding hooks, pickpocket hooks, shed hooks, etc., with a wide variety of types, high quality, exported to inside and outside the province, and has a great reputation. It is precisely for these reasons that before the war, outsiders called Wuhe County as Little Shanghai.

It's a pity that it all ended because of the damn little devils.

It was in January 1938 that the Japanese bombed the Five Rivers for the first time. By April, the Japanese army learned from the secret service lurking in Wuhe County that Wuhe County Magistrate Jin Biansan, who had two boatloads of munitions in his possession, began to bomb Wuhe County indiscriminately for seven consecutive days. On the first day, the Japanese bombed dozens of boats anchored in Shunheji, killing dozens of boaters and destroying all the boats. And the county magistrate Jin Biansan hid in the black school during the bombing of the Japanese plane, hugged a child and said: "The plane is coming!" Don't cry!" The next day, he was gone. So at that time, someone said: "The Japanese ghost occupied in the air, and Jin Changsan fled when he heard the wind." The next day, three Japanese planes bombed the county town of Wuhe again, dropping more than 20 bombs and incendiary bombs, destroying 2,000 houses and killing or injuring 600 or 700 innocent people. Five days later, Japanese planes bombed again. This time, the Japanese machine repeated its old tricks, dropping bombs and incendiary bombs, blowing up 4,000 houses and turning the county town of Wuhe into ruins. By September last year, Japanese planes had again begun bombing. At this time, most of the residents of the county town fled, and if they couldn't escape, they built a reed mat shed and struggled on the death line. Even on this day, he did not let go of the opportunity, throwing bombs and incendiary bombs at the reed mat shed.

At this time, the scum of four nationalities, including Zhao Lanjie and Song Guangsheng of Wuhe County, openly went to Bengbu and asked the Japanese puppet authorities in Bengbu to establish a Japanese puppet government in Wuhe County. On the way back, Zhao Lanjie was arrested by Wang Zanyu, the head of Wuhe District 1, and handed over to the county magistrate Li Dongyi to be shot.

This Li Dongyi was the magistrate of Wuhe County appointed by Sheng Zijin after he arrived in northeastern Anhui, and he insisted on resisting Japan. It's a pity that the little devil captured Wuhe, and Li Dongyi had to lead the county standing army to evacuate the county seat. What Li Dongyi didn't expect was that in May this year, the Anhui Provincial Government actually gave him a major demerit.

At this time, the territory of Wuhe was already full of Japanese puppet strongholds.

Chen Jinxiu himself didn't know that due to the appearance of Liu Yimin, his fate had changed greatly. You must know that he died last year in history, and his bones were blown up by Japanese artillery fire.

Chen Jinxiu: They were inserted into the five rivers between Lingbi and Suxian. When they arrived at the Tuohe River, they were just in time to catch up with the devils from Guzhen on the Jinpu Road to sweep the Tuohe River, and the boats were concentrated by the Japanese army on the south bank of the Tuohe River.

Tuohe River, also known as Jiaoshui in ancient times, originates from Chailu Lake in Suxian County, is a canal connecting the three major water systems of the Huang, Huai and Yangtze rivers dug in the first year of the great cause of Emperor Yang of Sui, and is also the traditional water transport route of the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and is also a major tributary of the Huai River. At this time, due to the disrepair of the waterway, the Tuohe River has long been without the grand occasion of "the year of the river, Huai, Lake, Zhejiang and the southeast of the township, a hundred things and treasures are incalculable", and only a few tons of wooden boats can pass.

The Japanese army was sweeping and concentrating the boats again, and the third regiment had to use its brains if it wanted to cross the river.

In the evening, the 2nd Special Operations Squadron, which cooperated with the 3rd Regiment to seize Wuhe, under the leadership of Zhao Yonggang, jumped into the Tuohe River with a gourd on its back, swam across the river with arms, and touched the camp of the Japanese army.

Zhao Yonggang was injured in a fierce battle with Tang Xiu'er near Jiagou, and then returned to the army after lying in the hospital for a few days. Due to the fact that it was far away from Wuhe County and the strength of the Third Regiment was limited, Gao Yuan and Cheng Cuilin assigned the Second Squadron to the Third Regiment, hoping to help the Third Regiment capture Wuhe by sneak attack.

After killing the Japanese sentries and touching the Japanese camp, Zhao Yonggang's eyes were about to erupt with fire. I saw that the Japanese army had set up a row of wooden stakes on the shore, and each stake had people tied to it, and the blood had coagulated, and it seemed that they were already dead. The Japanese camp was very noisy, and Zhao Yonggang looked inside, and there were more than a dozen wooden planks on the ground, and on each plank was a Chinese woman, whose hands and feet were tied to the planks with ropes, and the Japanese soldiers were venting on them. In front of each plank, there were still Japanese soldiers standing in line. I couldn't hear the women's cries, and I guess they all passed out. But those Japanese soldiers, giggling, even talking and gesturing, were very excited.

Zhao Yonggang, who was in his eyes, gave a sign language order, and the warriors of the Second Special Operations Squadron took advantage of the cover of night, carrying Bayi automatic rifles, carrying pistols with silencers, and short knives in their mouths, and pounced.

When the morning glory tactic was implemented last year, Liu Jianli once led the Second Teaching Brigade, the Luxi Garrison Brigade, and the Southwest Lu Garrison Brigade to fight on the Jinpu Road in the Guzhen area. However, it did not penetrate into the area on the south bank of the Tuo River in the east of Jinpu Road. There has never been an Eighth Route Army in this area!

The Japanese soldiers who were venting in the camp, where would they have thought that the Eighth Route Army would suddenly descend from the sky, and they couldn't run, and they watched the soldiers shoot revenge bullets into their hearts one by one.

This group of Japanese troops was not very numerous, and it was only a squadron. Therefore, Zhao Yonggang's second special operations squadron killed cleanly. After cleaning up the little devils and rescuing the captured boatmen, the third regiment began to cross the river.

The bodies tied to the stakes were all lowered, and the women tied to the planks were rescued. Zhao Yonggang asked the villagers to bury the bodies of the people killed by the devils and let the women go home. What Zhao Yonggang didn't expect was that the rescued women picked up the bayonets of the Japanese soldiers and began to cut off the heads of the Japanese soldiers one by one, cutting beyond recognition. In the end, two young girls couldn't think of it and committed suicide with bayonets in their hands. Zhao Yonggang asked the soldiers to take the bayonets from the women's hands and let them go home.

Except for the two who committed suicide, there were a total of 11 women, none of whom went home, because there was no home, and they could only follow the Eighth Route Army to take revenge. Therefore, Zhao Yonggang asked them to go home twice, but they didn't move, but began to help the Eighth Route Army clean up the battlefield.

After the large army crossed the river, Zhao Yonggang suggested to Chen Jinxiu that the troops should be divided into two routes, and Zhao Yonggang would lead the third special operations squadron and a battalion, change into Japanese military uniforms, and go straight down to Wuhe by boat to attack Wuhe County. Chen Jinxiu commanded the main force to move south along the main road and clean up the Japanese puppet strongholds along the way.

At this time, the moon is bright and the wind is clear, and the Tuohe River is like the Milky Way hanging upside down in the sky, shining with silver light waves, winding down to the southeast.

Chen Jinxiu thought for a while, agreed to Zhao Yonggang's suggestion, and ordered the Seventh Battalion to follow Zhao Yonggang first. He led the 8th and 9th Battalions and the artillery battalion under his command to advance to Wuhe County at a rapid marching speed, serving as a backup for the 2nd Special Operations Squadron and the 1st Battalion.

Chen Jinxiu took Zhao Yonggang's hand and said: "After dividing the troops, you must move quickly, and you must rush to Wuhe before dawn, otherwise you may lose your fighters." If there is difficulty in the sneak attack, don't take risks, and wait for the main force to arrive and then find a way to transfer the little devils of Wuhe out of the county seat to eliminate them. ”

Zhao Yonggang smiled: "Commander Chen, you still don't know enough about the special combat team. Alright, let's go, see you in Rivers City. ”

After speaking, Zhao Yonggang and Chen Jinxiu saluted goodbye, jumped on the boat, and began to march southeast.

At this time, everything was silent, and Yue'er and Xing'er all blinked their eyes at the wooden sailing boats sailing at night on the Tuo River. The cool breeze stirred the sails, carrying the warriors of the Eighth Route Army towards the five rivers.

Sailing at night on the Tuohe River, for the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, it was also the first time in their lives. Wang Daojin, the commander of the seventh battalion, was not sleepy at all, and pulled Zhao Yonggang to chatter.

This Wang Daojin was a native of Xingguo, Jiangxi, and joined the Red Army in 1930. He is a veteran of the Red Eighteenth Regiment, and now he has become the commander of the Seventh Battalion of the First Brigade and the Third Regiment.

In that year, more than 100 descendants in Wang Daojin's village participated in the Red Army, and after the Battle of Xiangjiang, there was not one out of ten. Now, he and Zhao Yonggang are talking about Wuhe. Because before setting off, the troops compiled and printed a book of small knowledge about northeast Anhui according to the reconnaissance situation, Wang Daojin had a certain understanding of the situation in Wuhe.

According to Wang Daojin, after occupying Wuhe, he must take advantage of the situation to move westward to capture Linhuai Pass. Gokawa has now been bombed beyond recognition by the Japanese army, and there is nothing good left. The Linhuai Pass in Fengyang is a famous market town on the Huai River, and there are many good things. Maybe you can also row a boat to fish on the Huai River, so that the soldiers can fight and sacrifice to open meat.

Zhao Yonggang didn't smile on weekdays, and when he saw Wang Daojin's expression, his mind was a little lively, so he thought that Linhuai Pass was now a big stronghold of the Japanese army, controlling the navigation of the Huai River, and there must be a lot of supplies. If the Linhuai Pass is taken, the Japanese army in Bengbu will definitely reinforce it, and then there will be an ambush. Hehe, the little devil is going to be unlucky again.

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