After the rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River, the water level of Poyang Lake continued to rise. The vast blue water of the lake is rippling, and if you stand by the lake at night, you seem to be able to appreciate the artistic conception of the sea. In a small fish village about 20 kilometers north of Xingzi County, a private house is lit up. In the dim light, Dabao was sweating profusely and gobbling up food. More than half of the one-foot-long fish on the plate had been eaten, only the head remained, and the brown rice in the bowl had bottomed out. Mu Shixiong, the captain of the special combat team, looked at Dabao eating and drinking strangely, with a concerned expression on his face.

Dabao sent Xiang Ying and his entourage safely to Jiujiang County, and quickly rushed back to Xingzi County. Dabao's face was dark, his beard was unkempt, and he was covered in dust, obviously just returned. Seeing that Dabao finished the last bite of rice and drank half a bowl of fish soup in one go, Mu Shixiong opened the conversation box and said, "Look at your eating appearance, it seems that you haven't eaten for eight hundred years." Now that you've eaten and drunk enough, let's talk about the situation! Dabao wiped his mouth and said, "Captain, after we sent Secretary Xiang and his entourage to the base area safely, the corps commander has already led his troops to the expedition. The political commissar asked me to tell you to act on the occasion and continue to maintain the silence on the radio. ”

"That's it?" "Yes, that's it!" Mu Shixiong said excitedly: "This is what the corps commander means, let's let go of our hands and feet to find fighters." Don't let us use the radio to communicate without permission, I don't know anything about the situation over there, but it's suffocating me. The enemy's frequent transportation of military supplies indicates that the enemy has dispatched heavy troops in the second major encirclement and suppression. At present, a regiment of the 24th Division is stationed in Xingzi County, and a convoy of transport ships arrives every day. Especially when I saw the enemy gunboats flaunting their might, my hands were already itching. ”

"Captain, how do you say how to fight, the brothers have been screaming for a long time!" Hu Liang, the captain of the Poyang Lake water guerrilla team, said excitedly. "Yes, you can give the order!" Captain Li of the Panlong Mountain guerrillas was also impatient. "You partisans have no combat mission! Captain Hu, the task of your water guerrilla team is to transport the good things we have captured to the shore, and Captain Li is responsible for transporting the good things to Panlong Village. Lao Jiang sent us so many good things, so there is a gift of not smiling. There was a laugh from below.

"In order to cooperate with the anti-encirclement and suppression operations in the base areas, we must paralyze the enemy's water transportation lines. It is necessary not only to paralyze the enemy's water transportation lines, but also to make a big profit, and to display the prestige of our special combat team. In order to strengthen the combat strength of the water special operations detachment, I decided to transfer 10 members with good water skills from the first, second, and third special operations detachments to join the water special operations detachment, and appointed Li Dabao as the leader of the water special operations detachment. ”

Mu Shixiong took a breath and continued: "The operation in the lake is mainly handled by the water special operations team, and the first, second, and third special operations teams are assisting on the shore, and the captain of the first team, you can tell me about the situation." ”

A capable man stood up and said, "According to repeated reconnaissance in the early stage, we have figured out the rules of the enemy's water transport team. Four enemy gunboats escorted the water transport convoy to and fro. Each convoy had a steam tug, towing 12 barges, escorted by a shallow gunboat. The four gunboats of the enemy navy were: Xianning, Chongning, Changning, and Weining. These four gunboats repeatedly belonged to the 2nd Fleet of the enemy Navy and operated mainly on the Yangtze River. The pattern of the enemy's transport fleet is to carry out a round-trip mission from Jiujiang to the wharf of Xingzi County every three days. ”

Mu Shixiong took out a notebook and said: "Regarding these four shallow-water gunboats, the commander of the Ouyang Corps explained them in detail before the special combat team set out, and I wrote them down in the notebook." Now let me talk about the situation of these four gunboats: taking the Xianning as an example, this gunboat was the first shallow water gunboat built at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai in 27 years, with a displacement of 411 tons, a length of 54, 6 meters, a width of 7, 32 meters, a draft of 1, 83 meters, and a speed of 16, 8 knots per hour. The maximum number of officers and 77 sailors is 15. "The crowd listened attentively, and the briefing was too detailed.

Mu Shixiong continued: "The gunboat has two steam boilers with a power of 2248 horsepower. The gunboat's firepower configuration was: 1 forward main gun 120 meters, 1 88 mm anti-aircraft gun, 1 57 mm rapid-fire gun, 2 20 mm machine guns, in addition to 4 Maxim heavy machine guns. It can be seen that the gunboat has very strong firepower, and it is impossible to capture the gunboat in the lake, so the enemy gunboat can only make a decision after it has landed. Now the situation is very clear, and my battle plan is ・・・・・・. ”

One night a few days later, the docks of Xingzi County were brightly lit, and the light of gas lamps was shining everywhere. The lake is also brightly lit, a fleet of transport ships has just arrived, due to the limited berths at the dock, the steam tugboat can only tow 6 tugboats to dock at the dock, and the remaining 6 barges are anchored on the lake. The gunboat that served as an escort that night happened to be the gunboat Xianning, and at this time the gunboat anchored in the middle of the lake, about 100 meters from the pier. There was about a battalion of guards on the pier, and on the south side there were two bunkers made of sandbags, each with two Maxim heavy machine guns.

There is a lake about 5 miles north of the pier, and the lake makes a slight noise. In the darkness, a group of figures appeared on the shore of the lake. Not long after the figures arrived on the shore and stayed, several dark shadows came to the south. "Report to the captain, the situation at the dock has been reconnoitred clearly, and the enemy gunboat Xianning ・・・・・・." In the dark, Mu Shixiong said decisively: "Comrades! The situation at the dock was clearly figured out, and the battle to seize the gunboats and capture the dock was to test the results of the training of the special combat detachment on the water, and in addition to shaking the enemy and paralyzing the enemy's water transportation lines. ”

"Li Dabao!" "Here!" "This is where your water special operations team launches and swims to the docks to capture the warship. Remember to shoot two red flares after capturing the warship! We'll do it right at the dock. "It's about resolutely completing the task." After Dabao finished speaking, he said to his subordinates: "Check your weapons!" "At present, the strength of the special combat team is 40 people for the water special operations detachment, and 35 people for each detachment of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd special combat teams, with 105 people. Mu Shixiong and 4 newspaper operators totaled 150 people.

"Report to the squad leader, the weapon inspection is complete!" A subordinate reported. The water special operations detachment is each equipped with a military dagger. The armament is 10 people equipped with sniper rifles, 10 people are equipped with point four or five pistols, and the other 20 people are equipped with submachine guns. "Report, weapons checked!" "10 minutes to prepare!" The soldiers quickly took off their clothes and left only the trousers, then wrapped their clothes and shoes in tarpaulin and put them in the backpack behind them, which was also specially made with a tarpaulin inside. Seeing that his subordinates were all cleaned up, Dabao was the first to enter the lake with a wave of his hand.

The team members walked into the lake one after another and soon disappeared into the waves. Mu Shixiong saw that the water detachment was gone, so he waved his hand and led the special combat team to touch the dock of Xingzi County. The special combat personnel are well-trained and walk like flying. There has been no combat mission for a long time, and the special combat personnel are like being beaten with chicken blood, and the desire to fight in their hearts is vividly expressed. Soon the troops moved about a kilometer north of the pier and lurked in an offensive skirmish. Mu Shixiong held a telescope to carefully inspect the situation on the dock and further investigate the deployment of the enemy army.

At this time, the dock workers are unloading cargo from the barge. The barge and the dock were connected by a gangplank, and the workers carried it completely on their shoulders, stacking military supplies on the docks. Mu Shixiong waved his hand, and the three team leaders came over. "After Li Dabao succeeds, he will fire two red flares, and then attract the attention of the enemy, and we will take the opportunity to attack the docks. The first detachment dealt with the enemy's machine-gun positions, the second detachment was responsible for seizing the tugboat, and the third detachment was responsible for dealing with the enemy guarded soldiers. After Dabao captures the gunboat, he will use the gunboat's fire to support us, understand? "Understood!"

At about 21 o'clock, half of the military supplies on the barge were unloaded, and the dock workers had to work all night at least to finish unloading the barge. The docks seemed to be operating in order, and the enemy soldiers were lax in their vigilance, and they did not realize that danger was approaching step by step.

After an hour and a half of chopping waves, Li Dabao led the team to finally see the brightly lit pier. After the team members have undergone severe training, such a long distance, there is no fatigue, and everyone is still alive in the water at this time. From a distance, the "huge" gunboat Xianning was parked in the middle of the lake, the deck was dimly lit, and there were a few swimming sentinels wandering, and the guard was very lax. It is not difficult to see that the sailors on the gunboats are at rest. In the water, Li Dabao said to the deputy detachment leader beside him: "I will lead a group to deal with the swimming sentinels in the front of the gunboat. ”

"You lead 2 groups of swam sentinels in the rear, remember not to make a sound." "My subordinates understand!" Soon, the team approached the Xianning gunboat, and the deputy detachment leader led two groups of team members to go around the left side of the stern detour. Li Dabao led 1 group to swim to the foredeck, and the two team members quickly approached the gunboat. There were two swimming sentinels on the foredeck, and I saw two team members climbing up quickly along the iron anchor chains, and soon the two of them went to the deck and quickly hid near the iron anchor winch. A few minutes later, a signal was given from above, and two team members succeeded.

Dabao waved his hand, and the team members quickly threw their hooks at the railing on the side of the ship. In less than ten minutes, the crew climbed onto the deck and quickly blocked the entrance and exit of the gunboat. Li Dabao boarded the deck, and the deputy detachment leader sent someone to report that their group had also succeeded in the stern of the ship, and the entrance and exit on the left side were blocked. In the darkness, a member of the team shakes a stunner awake from a stunned sailor. "Don't shout, or I'll ask for your name!" Dabao scolded in a low voice, "A good man spares his life, a good man spares his life." "The sailor who was stunned in a daze was so frightened that Suo Suo trembled."

Li Dabao said: "We are the Red Army's special combat team, not lake bandits, don't be afraid." "The sailor was much better when he heard this." Do you want to answer my questions truthfully? The sailor nodded mechanically. Explain the situation in the cabin and where the officers, sailors, and engineers are located. "Sir, I said, this kung fu officer and sailors and engineers are resting." "You lead the way into the cabin!" The captured sailors said yes. The Kung Fu special operators had changed into camouflage uniforms and were guided into the cabin by the captured sailors. In the dark, the captured sailors saw the strange uniforms and frightening equipment of the special combat soldiers, and were convinced that they were the special operations team of the Red Army.

At this time, the deputy detachment commander led his troops to escort a captured sailor into the cabin through the stern entrance. The enemy was unaware, the operation was proceeding quietly, and the battle to capture the warships was basically without suspense. The seizure of warships has never appeared in the history of warfare in the Republic of China. However, the fact that there has never been an unthinkable example does not mean that it will not happen.