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At two o'clock in the afternoon, Jiangbei Jianghai estuary. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Two low-bottomed iron ships with gasoline engines and converted inshore transport ships leaned one after the other on the muddy improvised docks, and a machine gun placed in the bow and stern of the ships vigilantly pointed at the shore where weeds and bushes were overgrown, and two Japanese squads of more than 50 people, under the command of a lieutenant officer, jumped off two transport ships more than 10 meters long, opened up the distance, and cautiously advanced in a search formation to the northwest.

At the foot of the rocky hill more than 800 meters ahead, Colonel Zong Xingzhen, the commander of the teaching regiment and the leader of the special brigade, was half-kneeling in the grass, motionless, and carefully observed.

This high ground is only one kilometer away from the river bank, the transport ship moored on the shore and the seven Japanese soldiers on board who stayed on guard are clearly visible in the telescope, and another transport ship carrying eight officers and soldiers of the 6th Squad slowly sailed away from the estuary, along the river, slowly searching, judging from the demeanor and degree of the enemy troops who acted separately in two groups, it is obvious that this search team of more than 100 people are experienced and well-trained Zong Xingzhen muttered for a while, put down the binoculars, retreated to the grass more than three meters below, and whispered orders to the two commanders of the teaching regiment:

"A company of two platoons bypassed the dry stream to the west, plunged into the river, and when the boat that went up the river to search for the guard returned, they used snipers and machine guns to pick him up, and the company on board drove a total of only eleven enemies, and it could be done in a minute, and then they managed to get the boat, drove it to the mouth of the Liuhe River on the other side of the river, and handed it over to the brothers in the logistics department of the headquarters, who were short of this kind of inland river transport boat.

"Yes!"

The squad leader with a face covered in ashes was ordered to bend over and leave.

Zong Xingzhen took the hand of the fourth company commander and ordered in a low voice: "You go to the engineer regiment to meet the commander of the regiment now, stay and assist him when you get there, and ask him to send a platoon of brothers from the infantry company of the engineer regiment to quietly touch the wharf at the mouth of the river, their construction point is the closest from there, and they are more familiar with the terrain than us after working for a few days in a row, don't rush to act when you get to the place, pay attention to concealment, and when the guns sound on our side, let them take the seven Japanese soldiers on the boat and the seven Japanese soldiers on guard under the boat to clean up, immediately grab the ship, and never let go of an enemy." ”

"Yes!"

"The rest of the platoons went with me to ambush around the crash site...... By the way, did the little Japanese pilot get it? Zong Xingzhen asked.

"I got it, and I put it next to the wings of the half-cut plane as bait, and I hung the parachute on a small tree for him." Repeated whispered reports.

Before the special brigade did not return, Zong Xingzhen could only lead two companies of brothers in the teaching regiment to carry out the mission, although the tiger ben of the special brigade is more suitable for carrying out this kind of operation, but against only a hundred or ten Japanese troops, Zong Xingzhen still feels that these brothers in the teaching regiment are enough, because the officers and soldiers of the teaching regiment are the best elite in the whole division, almost all of them have been tempered by one or two major battles, and then carefully trained, the combat effectiveness is only slightly inferior to that of the special brigade, but it is by no means comparable to ordinary opponents.

After a burst of excited reports, the enemy lieutenant hurriedly issued a series of orders, and more than 60 Japanese troops immediately divided into two teams to outflank the crash site, and the Japanese lieutenant led more than 20 people and two light machine guns to advance cautiously from the middle road, and it took about 15 minutes to arrive at the crash site in a mess.

The lieutenant, who was more than 10 meters away, looked at the parachute on the treetops in front of him, and then looked at the pilots who were more than 20 meters away from the treetops and the wreckage of the plane in the distance, and suddenly his face changed greatly) raised his gun and shouted = "Not good") The word "11111" was still out, and he heard a crisp gunfire not far away.

"Bang 11 "Da Da 11 11 Da Da 11 11"

The lieutenant, who had been shot in the eyebrows, twitched all over, and the pistol raised high fell to the ground with a loud sound, and then fell to the ground with a few convulsions. Before the surrounding Japanese officers and soldiers could react, a dense rain of bullets had already flew, and in the blink of an eye, more than 40 Japanese soldiers were killed.

After the violent explosion, the smoke of gunpowder had not yet dissipated, and more than 100 officers and men of the teaching regiment had already rushed out, one gun after another against the heads of the remaining Japanese soldiers, and the rest of them rushed forward quickly, grabbed the dying Japanese soldiers and untied their belts and trouser belts, and quickly tied them up.

Zong Xingzhen looked at the Japanese lieutenant who was unwilling to die with his eyes wide open, and secretly screamed that it was dangerous, and it was really unexpected that someone could analyze the abnormality of the situation from some clues. Fortunately, the enemy was still a little late, and coupled with the timely and rapid strikes of the instructors' officers and men, the task was finally completed without danger.

At this time, fierce gunfire rang out on the dock, Zong Xingzhen identified the direction of the wind, put down a big stone in his heart, and continued to scan the battlefield, and came over with his head drooped one after another, reporting that he didn't know which kid didn't pay attention when he dropped the bomb, and the head of the Japanese pilot was gone.

Zong Xingzhen shook his head, did not criticize anyone, and ordered the deputy of the first company to lead a platoon of brothers to rush to the river to help, and then ordered the brothers under his command to escort all the thirteen captured surviving Japanese soldiers back to the division headquarters in the west, and the others stayed to clean up the battlefield, and took away all the clothes, shoes and hats on the corpses of the Japanese soldiers, and left the corpses to the brothers in the engineering regiment to dispose of.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the command of the 6th Sentai of the Japanese Army received a report that the two squads that had gone upstream to search for the crashed pilot had not returned, and there was no news so far, and there was no sign of fighting along the river from Changxing Island.

The command of the 6th Sentai did not dare to slack off, and immediately reported this abnormal situation to the headquarters of the Japanese army stationed in Shanghai, Commander Nomura was not in the mood to care about such a trivial matter, and Hiroshi Ishikawa, who had been promoted to deputy chief of the combat section of the headquarters, immediately walked up to the person who came when he heard the news, asked carefully, and then rushed to the map to carefully measure and calculate.

"What's up with Ishikawa-kun?" Tanaka asked in a low voice.

Ishikawa frowned, and pointed to the area of Bei'an in the north of the Yangtze River: "This place is only a few kilometers away from Chongming Island, no matter whether our warships and ships travel from the south or the north waters, they must pass through this section of the river mouth west of Chongming Island, if I don't make a mistake, it is very likely that An Yi has already deployed heavy troops and even artillery positions again, and will strike at our warships and troop carriers at any time, things are tricky!" ”

Tanaka was taken aback, studied the map closely, and said solemnly after a while: "If this is the case, then the Liuhedeng 6 operation in our next plan will be attacked by the enemy in the north and south at the same time, and there will be a lack of sufficient obstacles!" There is also the retaliatory action that the navy is planning to bombard the river and other places, and if there is no infantry support and vigilance on the shore, it will only become a live target for the enemy's coastal strikes, and the situation is very bad! This An Yi is looking at three steps at a time, how can he see so far? ”

Ishikawa smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Didn't you see An Yi's remarks published in the Shanghai newspapers?" He called our powerful naval ships drifting coffins, and the Chinese Air Force's successful sneak attack and bombing of the 'Qiuyun\& ' also sounded the alarm bell to us, An Yi is not the kind of person who talks about it, and his words are often hidden and evocative, so I suggest to Tanaka-kun that this important information be submitted to the general in the form of a report immediately, and ...... Please look at this, if An Yi's army is already hiding in the Da'an area on the north coast, the vast Chongming Island will also have their small combat troops, if the enemy's small combat troops are active on Chongming Island, it will bring a lot of trouble to our army's war.

"Small combat units? You're talking about the special forces in the squadron? Is it hard to cope? Tanaka asked, puzzled.

Ishikawa nodded solemnly: "At the first level of the squadron ** division, there is usually a special service company composed of elite officers and soldiers, usually about one hundred and thirty people, and each division under the command of An Yu is a special service battalion, and the number of officers and soldiers is as high as five hundred, which is equivalent to half of the main force of our army.

The combat effectiveness of these combat units carrying mortars and automatic weapons is very amazing, and the top level of the squadron calls it a special operations force, and there are very few people who understand the formation, training, combat methods, and political education of this special force, and some local armies do not even know that such elite troops exist, and so far, only the two divisions of the 24th Army under An Yi, the Hu Jialin Independent Division, the First Division of Hu Zongnan of the Central Army, and the Second Division of Huang Jie have such a small and elite combat unit.

However, the formation of such a unit is a great luxury, and the basic quality and training requirements of officers and men are very high, and usually all the consumption of such a unit to form and train a battalion is equivalent to a brigade of a regular army, and it also requires a group of very professional instructors to provide guidance, so few Chinese Bo troops can be formed. ”

Tanaka nodded with relief: "Understood!" I immediately reported to the general, this hidden danger is not eliminated, it is indeed a great disaster for our army! ”

Ishikawa stopped Tanaka Osa who was about to turn around: "Tanaka-kun, although the terrain of Chongming Island is relatively flat, it is luxuriant, overgrown with wild grasses, reeds and trees are endless, and an area of nearly 1,000 square kilometers is needed, how many troops do you need to sweep?" The enemy's elite troops can set up large and small caliber mortars along these 60 kilometers of the coast to surprise our warships and the 6 combat units on board, and even attack our warships anchored in the direction of Changxing Island, and sabotage the emergency airfield that our army is rushing to repair in the southeast corner of Chongming Island. At present, the Cabinet is making many accusations against our military department, hoping that we will use the battle of Shanghai to divert international attention and win an opportunity for the establishment of Manchukuo, so it is difficult to agree to us taking the initiative to expand the area of engagement.

Now that we are struggling to open up the battlefield in Shanghai, if we want to open up a battlefield on the front line in Jiangbei, we need to transfer at least two or three additional divisions from the country. ”

Tanaka's face changed sharply when he stood in place, and it took a long time before he shook his head and sighed, and said helplessly: "Ishikawa-kun is wise! Although you and I can't control the situation, but we should do our best, I will summarize your and my opinions and report, as for how the general decides, that is the general's rights and obligations, we only need to put forward our own selling, go all out to fight tonight's key battle, what is the next step...... I can only resign myself to fate......"

At the same time, there was a lot of laughter and laughter in the headquarters of the 19th Route Army, and Gu Zhutong, chairman of Jiangsu Province, led the military officials under his command to send 100 tons of grain to the 19th Route Army and 300 slaughtered big fat pigs to An Yi to show respect and support for the officers and men of the 19th Route Army and the divisions under An Yi.

After the generals met and greeted, they sat together and chatted for more than half an hour, seeing that the time was not early, Gu Zhutong apologized to the busy Jiang Guangding and Cai Tingkai and others, and then took An Yi's hand under the pretext of visiting An Yi's headquarters, and walked side by side to the grove, "Sir, why don't you learn from the people around Shanghai, beat gongs and drums when you send them, and then put big red flowers on three hundred big fat pigs?" An Yile asked happily.

Gu Zhutong glanced at An Yi: "Where do I have that idle time...... You don't know how much energy it took me to get these 300 big fat pigs, and I begged my grandfather to worship my grandmother to get them, but if it weren't for my brothers' quick hands and feet, I wouldn't have been able to send them to you today. ”

"The dignified chairman of Jiangsu Province, a big member of one party, would have a headache for just 300 pigs, who would believe it?" An Yi looked at Gu Zhutong in great surprise.

Gu Zhutong shook his head again and again: "You think I'm you?" is rich in the world, and the generals under his command are like clouds, so naturally everything will be done for you in one sentence, alas...... Sister, I still envy your more than a dozen counties in southern Sichuan, although you are poor now, but the future is bright, brother, you talk there, you respond to the egg, and live a comfortable life! ”

An Yi smiled: "There are so many strange things these years!" Brother, you don't want to be the commander of the first army, and then you were transferred to control the guard army, and by the way you exercised the power of the commander of the nine gates, you are still not satisfied, and you resigned from such an important position, and you are willing to go to the rich Jiangsu to be the provincial chairman who is in charge of the power, and now you have just become a bitter person, and you are still envious of the little brother's poor and white wilderness, which is too ...... Could it be that my brother wants to be the president of the country? ”

Gu Zhutong gave An Yi a kick: "Schadenfreude, right?" You don't open your eyes to see how things are changing...... Lao Tzu left the guard army before the principal went down to the field in December last year, and hurriedly ran to Jiangsu to serve as the chairman of this province, originally I was counting on the glory to return to his hometown (Gu Zhutong is a native of Andong (now Lianshui) in Jiangsu Province) A handful of scenery, who knows that the chairman of this province is so difficult to be in office, not to mention poverty or wealth, just to say that the Jiangsu chaebol and many famous families and the central ministries are inextricably linked, Lao Tzu, the provincial chairman, should be a nest, now there is an order, there is a ban, full of ambition suddenly turned into iceBitter!

I want to be a J! , led the divisions under his command to point where to fight, extremely happy, but now he is helpless against a group of old celebrities who do not enter the oil and salt, and the yang and yin are violating, and the lungs are about to explode! ”

"No, with my brother's talent, and I occupy the high position of the chairman of the provincial government, forgive my little brother for saying something ugly, in the face of the rich land of fish and rice, you can scavenge tens of millions of dollars with your eyes closed, my brother won't be a transsexual and suddenly eat fasting and chanting Buddha, right?" An Yi asked puzzled.

Gu Zhutong sighed again: "I have also been trying to find ways to increase income, expand people's livelihood and increase tax sources, in order to make some achievements, who knows that just came up with a set of methods, the Japanese called, you say this...... The war is all together, people's hearts are fluctuating, shops are closed, fields are lost, the originally prosperous street market is now withered, and life is not guaranteed, who still does business with you, how can you go to collect taxes? Lao Tzu, the chairman of the province, did not serve as J1 for two months, and did not get any benefits, but made a lot of troublesome things.

Ten days ago, the principal gave an order, let me collect 100,000 tons of grain for war preparedness anyway, Lao Tzu ran three times and four legs thin, barely managed to get together 40,000 tons, and 60,000 tons did not know where to rob it, fortunately, brother, you transported tens of thousands of tons of food and various materials from Nanchang, so that the 19th Route Army and the three brothers under your command are well fed and warmly clothed, otherwise I have to be scolded by all walks of life, even if the principal is not angry, there will be doubts about my ability in my heart, you talk about it, can Lao Tzu feel good? If you are willing, Lao Tzu will immediately change positions with you, I will come to Shanghai to command the war, and you kid will be the chairman of this angry province.

An Yi sighed and stopped: "In fact, the little brother can understand the difficulties of the instructor, after years of war, Jiangsu is no longer a rich place, especially in northern Jiangsu, the flood has displaced millions of people, and the famous and wealthy families are all holding together to protect themselves, turning a blind eye to this, in this case, you will feel good!"

Listen to what the younger brother said, brother, come back when you have almost played, with the prestige of the elder brother in the army and the contacts accumulated over the years, it is like a joke to be a deputy military and political minister or the commander of a group army, why do you want to go to the place to suffer such a bird crime? Don't look at Chief Liu Jingfu who seems to be majestic, he is also the director of the camp and the provincial chairman, but he was forced to almost hang himself by Minister Song because of millions of taxes. In the next few years or even ten or twenty years, this war will not stop, rather than spending time in this filthy officialdom and being angry everywhere, it is better to return to the army to stand alone and be happy with enmity, do you say? ”

Gu Zhutong nodded, held An Yi's shoulders and continued to walk: "To be honest, I regret it now, when I finish this battle and complete my responsibilities as the logistics minister, I will find a way to transfer back to the army, alas...... By the way, how's the battle going? If you want me to help you with something, just say it, as long as I can do it, An Yi said gratefully: "The big war is coming, not tonight, but tomorrow, my little brother really needs your help." Suzhou Airport is the airport where the younger brother air force is stationed, and the elder brother can take care of it as much as possible, especially the fuel, which is in short supply! ”

"Okay! I'll go back tomorrow and see if there's anything you want them to ......."