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In a state of imminent battle, the officers and men of the Independent Division, the 16th Division, and the 44th Division, except for the division commanders, all thought that the big battle was about to take place, and all of them entered into intense pre-war preparations. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

An Yi, who returned to the lobby on the first floor from the top of the bell tower, was a little apologetic in his heart, and in the face of several telephone inquiries from the generals of the 19th Route Army, he said that he did not know anything but apologized, and the fewer people who knew about such a confidential operation, the better.

"Commander, do you want to transfer immediately?" The Director of Political Training Zhan inquired.

An Yi nodded: "Okay, take advantage of this night to move immediately, settle down before dawn, and resume telephone contact with various departments, after the bombing of enemy planes yesterday afternoon, our former enemy command was also exposed."

"Don't worry, commander, the new site is more concealed and safe, the command vehicle can drive into the temporary bunker, even the concealed position of the anti-aircraft gun truck has been built, Colonel Fang Pengxiang's special service regiment and Colonel Guo Sizheng's guard regiment have been stationed in the surrounding area, only three miles away from the new site of the 19th Route Army Headquarters, and it is very convenient to contact." Director of Intelligence Liu Qing reported.

An Yi nodded, walked out of the door with Ye Cheng, and Ye Cheng asked in a low voice: "Do you think all walks of life in Shanghai will conform to the public opinion of our province?" ”

"It is estimated that there is not much of a problem, although the explosion site is in the public concession, but the center of the explosion is in the military camp in the Japanese-occupied area, and in the past few days, the Japanese army has been transporting weapons and ammunition through the territory of various countries, and the great powers have long been angry, and they have made great accusations, so to a large extent, they will think that the Japanese army itself accidentally caused the arms explosion, and in addition, our special task force did a clean and neat job, without any trace, and no matter how much the Japanese shouted, there was no evidence to frame either side." An Yi replied.

Ye Cheng was worried: "Judging from the tyranny of the Japanese, they will not give up."

"That's for sure, it's just that we don't know where they will retaliate, with the current strength of the Japanese army, they can't shake us at all, and I'm afraid it will take two days to retaliate, and they will only be able to do anything after their fleet and reinforcements arrive, so we can be vigilant at any time."

An Yi never thought that the Japanese army's retaliation would start soon, and the huge impact of the retaliation and the humiliation it brought to the Chinese people were so huge.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, the Japanese ships "Tsushima" and "Tenryu," which sailed from the waters of Zhenjiang to the Xiaguan River in Nanjing, opened fire eight times into the city, causing chaos in the city of Nanjing.

When the news broke, there was an uproar at home and abroad, and the extremely humiliated soldiers and civilians of China and other parts of the country rushed into the streets, setting off a huge anti-Japanese guerrilla and anti-Japanese war petitions. The departments left behind by the central government immediately announced to the world that they were determined to start armed self-defense and counter the barbaric acts of the Japanese army.

Extremely shocked, European and American countries have expressed their protest and accusation statements against the Japanese government and military; Sun Ke and others, who were living in Shanghai, also went out of their homes one after another, organized their own offices of the Central Committee members in Shanghai, angrily condemned the atrocities of the Japanese army, called on the whole people to rise up to resist, and criticized the new government's cowardly and cowardly action to move the capital.

Seeing that the situation had expanded and that reinforcements had not yet arrived, the Japanese immediately dispatched the Japanese consul general in Shanghai, Murai Kuramatsu, to explain to Britain and the United States, and very sincerely asked Britain and the United States to come forward again to mediate and make positive efforts for an armistice.

Who knew that after the negotiation meeting held at the British Consulate, Koichi Shiozawa, commander of the Japanese First Fleet, was unreasonable and did not mention anything about the armistice and peace, but instead made wanton accusations and threats against Wu Tiecheng, commander of the Shanghai Command, and Ou Shounian, commander of the 78th Division of the 19th Route Army, and demanded that the 19th Route Army take responsibility for the huge explosion in the Japanese concession at midnight yesterday, killing more than 200 Japanese soldiers and civilians, injuring many people, and destroying the barracks and more than 150 civilian houses.

At the time when the Japanese civil and military officials were making a fuss and making a big deal of power, more than 4,000 Japanese reinforcements quickly landed at the Yangshupu Wharf and marched into the battlefield of confrontation between the two armies with great vigour.

In the underground command room made of thick logs, An Yi received an urgent call, was furious, cracked the table with one palm, and roared at the dozens of generals around him:

"*** Mu recalls, what does he eat? Yes?! Why didn't you give me a fucking shot when the Japanese ships shelled Nanjing? **Who is the star officer on duty at the guard post on the riverbank of Daying? Shot! Shoot me right now! Bastard...... Tell Mu Remember, who is secretly stationed in the ** battalion, the 6th Brigade and the garrison regiment of the Independent Division: You must beat me up before dark, or you won't see me in this life! There is also a light ...... What are you standing for? Immediately report to the rear departments, convey my orders, and do it on all fronts, and never tolerate it! ”

At 12 o'clock at noon, Nanjing ** camp.

"Snap one by one:

Outside the division headquarters, the gunshots of the execution of the officers on duty at the Jiang'an outpost came, and more than ten generals and colonels in the room were shocked, and Major General Mu Nianyi, who was covered with sweat, and Lieutenant Colonel Song Zhihong, the commander of the garrison, and other officers surrounded the sand table with sad and angry faces, and discussed nervously.

With the continuous telegrams from the reconnaissance team along the river in the east, the staff officers moved the two triangular plaster flags again to the section of the river five kilometers upstream of the Zhenjiang River.

Mu Zhaiyi raised his head and looked at Lin Hai, the commander of the 6th Brigade of the Marine Police Division under his command: "Lin Hai, it seems that the two Japanese ships don't care about their evil deeds at all, and they also despise our determination and combat strength, it is estimated that they will not leave the waters of Zhenjiang and go east." I order you to personally lead your machine gun battalion, together with the special service company directly under the brigade headquarters, to carry as many mortars, explosives packs, and light machine guns as possible, rush downstream, covertly approach the Japanese ships, carry out resolute strikes with dense mortar fire from the shore, and cooperate with the assault troops to forcibly board the ship...... Don't ask Lao Tzu about any difficulties, no matter what method Lao Tzu uses, even if you use your head to hit it, you have to sink these two gunboats for me, otherwise, we really have no face to live! ”

6 Lin Hai, a native of Lianping, Guangdong, graduated from the Huangpu Branch, and was transferred with An Yi all the way out in the middle of the Northern Expedition with Mu Chaiyi, and served as the commander of the first brigade of the 6th War Brigade until now.

"Brother 6, Lao Tzu personally led the transportation company to drive for you, *** little Japan, he actually shelled me under our noses, and I ...... his ancestors"

Song Zhihong, the head of the garrison, whose eyes were red with shameful anger, roared out a string of Cangzhou words.

"Good! Go out! ”

At 1:20 p.m., Jiujiang Wharf.

The 800-ton freighter "Shimokiku Maru," which was urgently loading money and goods and preparing to carry the last group of Japanese overseas Chinese to flee eastward, had already started its engine, and the 200-ton gunboat "Toyohashi" was cruising slowly and cautiously about 500 meters above the river ahead, and was strictly guarded.

Two 40-ton wooden river sailing boats, covered with tight canopies, went down the river, began to adjust their course 150 meters upstream, and drifted toward the warship.

On the Japanese gunboats, most of the Japanese naval officers and men, who were heavily armed or unarmed, gathered on the side of the ship facing the Jiujiang wharf and watched, talking in a low voice, wondering when they would be able to kill back Jiujiang, where thousands of expatriates had lived for a long time. Suddenly, the sound of gunfire came from behind him, and the screams stopped abruptly, and the sentry on the mast fell headlong and smashed on the solid deck with a "bang", and the shattered skull shot out two bloody brains, and the deformed limbs were still trembling and twitching.

After a short period of missing ÷, the Japanese officers and men on the side of the ship shouted, all of them scattered in formation, picked up their weapons and rushed to the other side of the gunwale, I don't know who shouted something, more than 20 Japanese officers and soldiers had not yet reacted, more than a dozen grenades had exploded overhead and on the front and rear decks of the gunboat, and the dense light machine gun and machine gun bullets rained down, and the chairs were torn apart by the stubborn Japanese soldiers and the cabin glass.

The gunfire did not stop, the smoke of gunpowder did not disperse, more than a dozen hooks connected to the ropes flew onto the side of the ship, and one by one the orthodox figures wearing camouflage combat uniforms quickly climbed onto the boat, picked up machine guns, and fired wildly at all objects that could be moved.

At the same time as the sudden attack on the river began, the coolies and idle people on the wide pier suddenly took off their robes and coats, revealing their tight-fitting camouflage combat uniforms, drew their pistols and machine guns, rushed to the cargo ship that was about to put away the gangplank, and shot mercilessly at all those who dared to stop them. The other person was hit in the neck by three bullets at the same time, and the heavy head that was broken half of the neck and could not support it was strangely folded and thrown back one hundred and eighty degrees, and the headless body was still walking a few steps before falling to the ground.

In less than a minute, Huang Yaotong, commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 6th Combat Brigade, appeared on the dock, coldly looked at the more than 300 Japanese expatriates who had been driven off the ship, and ordered to speed up and drive the freighter into Poyang Lake. At this time, four speedboats appeared around the captured Japanese gunboats, and the brothers of the Marine Garrison Brigade climbed onto the bloodstained and smoke-filled deck, and soon sounded the whistle and drove the gunboats to the lake downstream at two o'clock in the afternoon, the headquarters of the Marine Police Division at the mouth of the lake.

Cheng Guang, who received the good news, breathed a sigh of relief and ordered in a low voice: "Call the commander: The middle route operation has been carried out smoothly, the 'Toyohashi, the gunboat and the 'Shimokiku Maru', the 800-ton freighter, 37 enemy navy killed, 21 enemy navy captured, more than 370 of its expatriates detained, materials and property have not yet been counted, and they will be reported separately."

"Yes!"

The intelligence staff strode away.

Yuan Shutang, deputy commander of the Marine Police Headquarters, asked worriedly: "Commander, will it make a big deal?" ”

Cheng Guang coldly glared at the deputy who was transferred from Ningbo, who was transferred in by Commander-in-Chief Jiang: "Deputy Commander Yuan, didn't you listen to the radio?" The central government has called on us to rise up and resist, and the enemy dares to shell our capital and harm our innocent civilians, can we not strike at his warships that flaunt their might and do all kinds of evil, and detain them to deprive and loot the people and property of the country?

You as a ...... Lao Yuan, there are some things I haven't been able to tell you, since the establishment of our department, you have always wanted to be respected and accepted by the soldiers, and you have always wanted to deepen your relationship with your junior brother, General An Yi, the creator of our Marine Police Force. And how do you get General An Yi close to you?

Feelings aside, looking at the whole country, how many people do you see who have the bloody nature and patriotism of General An Yi? Why are the officers and men of the 19th Route Army supported and loved by the people of the whole country, and why are they respected and admired by Chinese and foreign countries? You should understand! Lao Yuan, it's time to wake up! ”

Yuan Shutang had beads of sweat on his head, lowered his head in shame, and bowed to Cheng Guang: "Little brother has been taught!" From now on, only Brother Ma is Zhan, and Senior Brother Ma is Zhan, and he will never spend his life in a daze again! ”