The night of the second day of October was pitch black, with only sparse stars and a half-obscured crescent moon. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoLieutenant General Chen Jiliang was standing on the ridge, and near the No. 1 battery was installing the last few barrels. In the night, the workers invited from the Huangpu River wharf and the strong men carefully selected by the 62nd Division were carrying the barrels of the guns amid the roar of diesel engines. These people trembled, their spines crooked, their breaths were bellows-like, and every step was extremely difficult, not enough for the dock trumpet they shouted, but the people who listened to it mixed up.

"Hey, hey, hey."

"Yo hee ha haha."

"I can't carry it."

"Oh, hey, hey."

"I can't move it."

"Oops, hey, hey, hey, hey, ......"

The one who received the number was actually Colonel Ouyang Ji, the captain of the Hairong, and he also learned to shout the trumpet with Lifu after installing the fort for more than a month. Listen to him shout, and everyone will answer. Chen Jiliang wanted to laugh when he heard what he couldn't carry' and 'couldn't carry', and after a shallow smile, he said to Captain Yan Chuanjing, the adjutant next to him: "These are the last three cannon tubes, right?" ”

"Report to the sir, it's the last three barrels." Captain Yan Chuanjing replied. The corners of Captain Ouyang's mouth bubbled anxiously, and he could sleep peacefully tonight. Commander, are the Japanese sure to come tomorrow? ”

As soon as Yan Chuanjing asked this question, several people turned their heads to look at Chen Jiliang in the dark night. The navy endured hardships in Jinshanwei for three months, and at the same time, up and down, from the captain to the sailors, they all held their breath and wanted to avenge Jiangyin's arrow.

"It's coming, and the biggest possibility is tomorrow night." Chen Jiliang said unabashedly. There are all their own people here, even if they are hired dock workers, they can't leave until they finish the battle.

"Commander. Will our guns be able to penetrate the broadside armor of the Japanese? Captain Han Tingfeng asked, this is what he and everyone are worried about: that is, whether his six-inch main gun can sink the Japanese warship.

"I can sink it! It's sure to sink it! Chen Jiliang hesitated for a moment before speaking firmly. At that time, the Japanese will most likely be trapped in a minefield and unable to move, leaving us to fight. Just a few kilometers away, our armor-piercing shells will definitely be able to break through their side armor and hit the boiler room, the ammunition depot, and the bridge. I'm not worried about whether I can wear it, I'm worried about not being able to hit it. ”

"I'm sure I'll be able to get it right!" Han Tingfeng immediately shouted. "If I can't hit, I'll pull out my eyeballs!"

"It's good to have that determination." Chen Jiliang replied. "The eyeballs still have to be kept, and our navy still needs to be rebuilt, who will drive the ship without you?"

"The Navy is going to be rebuilt?!" This is not Han Tingfeng and a few people, the sailors on the side of the fort, and Ouyang Ji, who shouted just now, all came over. Ouyang Ji said: "Commander, when will the navy be rebuilt?" Finished beating the Japanese? ”

"What to beat the Japanese!" The big war is imminent, and Chen Jiliang feels that it is time to cheer up. He took two steps back and forth on the field, and finally said to the dark shadows surrounding him: "After fighting the Japanese navy and rebuilding it, then who will we fight?" Wherever you fall, you get up. On the first day of the First Day and this time in Jiangyin, our navy has been wiped out twice. This revenge cannot be avenged, and the brothers who died are watching us from heaven. It is very likely that this war with Japan will take seven or eight years, and we will start to rebuild the navy within three years, otherwise how will we fight the Japanese? Do you want to wait for the Japanese to surrender and then fight the Japanese?

Let me tell you! At the beginning of the war, the minister had an arrangement, which included how to rebuild the navy and how to fight the Japanese with the rebuilt navy. Isn't it the minister's pre-war arrangement that the Ninghai went out to break the diplomatic relationship? At that time, no one knew that the situation would come to this point, but the minister and the directors had already expected it today. Originally, Pinghai was also going to be sent out, but Pinghai's speed was too slow, and going out together with the two ships would definitely alert the Japanese, which left ......"

Chen Jiliang talked eloquently, saying that his subordinates were gearing up and full of confidence, and when the last cannon barrel was hoisted on the fort in the middle of the night, countless people cheered in unison. However, at this time, Chen Jiliang was already in the Wanshou Temple of the Jinshan Acropolis, where the commanders of the naval and land armies were sitting. The navy is: Major General Lin Bingzhou, commander of the 1st Brigade of the Marine Corps, and the commanders of the four batteries: Colonel Ouyang Ji, Colonel Fang Ying, Colonel Lin Jinghuan, and Colonel Zhang Fengren; Lieutenant Colonel Zeng Guosheng, head of the minefield; Lieutenant Commander Qi Cuiying, captain of the Jiankang of the torpedo fleet, Captain Nie Xiyu, captain of the Huyu, captain Gao Pengju, captain of the Huying, Captain Chen Kongkai, captain of the Huying, and Captain Liang Xuzhao, captain of the Haipeng with mines and no ships.

In the army, Lieutenant General Tao Guang, commander of the 28th Army, and Colonel Feng Daoping, chief of staff. Lieutenant General Tao Liu, commander of the 62nd Division, Lieutenant Colonel Shao Wu, chief of staff, Major General Xie Long and Major General Liu Jianwen, commanders of the 184th and 186th Brigades, and four regiment commanders: Colonel Zhang Kongyi of the 367th Regiment, Colonel Xie Mingqiang of the 368th Regiment, Colonel Zhu Zhengzheng of the 371st Regiment, and Colonel Yuan Yachao of the 372nd Regiment. The 62nd Division is here, and the 63rd Division is naturally there, Lieutenant General Chen Guang, commander of the 63rd Division, Major General Li Bojiao, commander of the 187th Brigade, Major General Chen Qi, commander of the 189th Brigade, Colonel Tang Honghuai of the 373rd Regiment, Colonel He Zhaoji of the 374th Regiment, Colonel Zhu Weiwen of the 377th Regiment [Note 41], and Colonel Liang Quan of the 378th Regiment

The Buddha hall is brightly lit, and the conference table is a large round table for the flowing water banquet, these round tables are arranged in the shape of sugar gourd strings, and the officers of the navy and army sit on both sides, and Chen Jiliang, who is dressed in military uniform, and Tao Guang, the commander of the 28th Army, sit on the top seat.

"Let me give you a brief account of the operation." It was Lieutenant Colonel Dai Xijing, a staff officer of the 1st Fleet, who was now hanging a map of 1/50,000 of the entire defense area under the Buddha statue, and he pointed to the easternmost area of Jinshanwei and the westernmost Quangong Pavilion and said, "To avoid the coast east of the reef, and at the same time to stay away from the Zhapu Battery, the most likely place for the Japanese army to land is this section." Two batteries were set up in the navy, the first and the second. The No. 1 battery was in charge of Captain Ouyang Ji, the captain of the Hairong, and the No. 2 battery was in charge of Colonel Fang Ying, the commander of the Pinghai ship, and in order to protect the forward battery, which was only two kilometers from the coast, the No. 3 and No. 4 batteries were added, the No. 3 battery was in charge of Colonel Lin Jinghuan, the captain of the Haichou ship, and the No. 4 battery was commanded by Colonel Zhang Fengren, the commander of the Haichen.

In fact, the Jinshanwei coast is not suitable for landing, its water is shallow and deep, and the river on the shore is dense. However, the Japanese troops in Shanghai were almost unable to fight, and the chairman of the NPC National Committee instructed us: As soon as the meeting of the Nine-Power Pact in Brussels opened yesterday, Japan refused to attend the meeting because it was worried about the sanctions imposed by various countries, and hoped to occupy Shanghai as soon as possible and create a fait accompli in order to deal with international sanctions. For this reason, our army and navy must hold out at Jinshanwei and the entire northern part of Hangzhou Bay for three weeks until the end of the Brussels Conference. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Dai Xijing didn't mention the chairman, but when he mentioned the chairman, Chen Ji's conscience was slightly bitter, the chairman's phone had already been able to reach his headquarters in Zhangyan, and along the telephone line of the headquarters, he could naturally reach the four batteries, as well as the torpedo boat fleet, the military headquarters of the 28th Army, and the headquarters of the 62nd and 63rd divisions.

Everyone was naturally flattered by the chairman's concern for this, but rumors from the army said that the chairman would sometimes call below to directly transfer a regiment from the army or division.

Chen Jiliang was worried that Chang Kaishen had overstepped his command, and Tao Guang, commander of the 28th Army, was also unhappy; he also received a call from Chairman Chang today, so he was naturally worried that the divisions and regiments below him would suddenly disappear while fighting. The two commanders were like this, but the two division commanders, four brigade commanders, and eight regiment commanders below all held their heads high when they heard the chairman, especially Chen Guangzhong, the commander of the 63rd Division, and his eyes were even more eager -- the 63rd Division had a bloody feud with the Red Army a few years ago, and he could only take refuge in the chairman in this life.

“…… In order to overcome the difficulties of shallow water and shorten the distance to wade ashore, the Japanese troops could only land at high tide tomorrow, so as not to be massively killed or injured by our troops during the landing. It is expected that the Japanese landing force in the early stage will be three to four wings," Lieutenant Colonel Dai Xijing glanced at the army before continuing: "But these wings are definitely not completely ashore, or there are no heavy weapons ashore." After the start of the operation, the No. 3 and No. 4 batteries will carry out firepower covering fire on the landing Japanese troops, and the pressure on the 62nd and 63rd divisions is not great.

The real worry was that the Japanese naval guns bombarded the positions of the two divisions with firepower, and even ordinary eight-inch shells had a killing diameter of 80 meters, and shrapnel had a greater killing distance for unprotected personnel. At the moment we do construct fortifications several meters deep near the fort, but the local groundwater is abundant, and if the diesel generators are damaged by artillery fire and the pumping machines stop working, the fortifications will soon be flooded. At this time, we can only use the small hiding hole in the defensive line as a cover, as long as we are not directly hit by shells, we should be safe. ”

If the fortifications really cannot be used, the army can only come up and be artillery, and it is a bad fate to hit it, and it is luck to miss it. Dai Xijing, who knew this, immediately skipped this point, and said: "My No. 1 and No. 2 batteries will also fight back fiercely." The Hupeng torpedo team deployed on Jinshan Island fired torpedoes at the right time, but the enemy ships had to withdraw from this sea area because of the minefield.

It is quite possible that the battle will last only one day, or even one morning. The Japanese troops who landed were gone, and the Japanese warships would not come again, and the time to really grit their teeth and resist it was one day. In addition, if the landed Japanese army is dispersed, the defenders of the No. 1 and No. 2 batteries do not have to pursue, and the rear defense line will be blocked, and the 79th Division, the 26th Division, and the 107th and 108th Divisions of the 67th Army will intercept the Japanese army in Fengjing and Songjiang, and the 55th Division and the new 34th Division will assist in defending the area east of the shortage and the other will be stationed in Haiyan, which will basically block all the Japanese troops. The failure of the Japanese landing will certainly try to find a way in other directions, but this is no longer the scope of discussion at this meeting, when our army will take the opportunity to act. ”

A picture is worth a thousand words, and the officers present here know how to fight this battle after reading the map, and Dai Xijing just mentioned the idea of combat. After he finished speaking, Chen Jiliang continued: "It is a brotherly honor for the navy to be able to fight jointly with Sanxiang Jian'er this time. This time, the navy only wanted to sink the enemy ships at sea, and the Japanese troops who went ashore were handed over to Commander Tao. ”

"Commander Chen is polite." Tao Guang saw that Chen Jiliang showed favor and division of credit, and his heart was happy, the Japanese troops who went ashore were naturally killed by artillery, and the army was just guarding the fort, which was equivalent to picking up the results in vain. "Please also rest assured that Commander Chen and my colleagues in the navy are here to fight the Japanese when they leave Hunan Province, and this time they will definitely make the fort as safe as Mount Tai."

Tao Guang subconsciously looked at the army commanders at all levels as he spoke, and his nephew, Tao Liu, the commander of the 62nd Division, immediately understood, his head stood up, and he waved his hand urgently: "The 62nd Division is in the position, even if it is all gone, it will not retreat a step!" ”

"The 63rd Division will never retreat a single step, and it will die on the position!" Chen Guangzhong, the commander of the 63rd Division, who was full of fierce faces, was different from Tao Guang and Tao Liu of Si Swenwen, he was a rough man, and his wine was good, but he was also a rough man when he fought and dared to go to the front line. After he finished saying this, he said: "Tomorrow's war, can you eat better at noon?" ”

The Jinshan Acropolis is now a flowing water banquet held by the court in October, bribing the villagers to paralyze the enemy. The 63rd Division had just moved to the west of Jinshanwei, and it was very hungry when it heard that there was a banquet in the city.

Tao Guang was immediately displeased, but Chen Jiliang said: "This is natural, the brothers must eat enough before fighting." After that, he asked, "Has Senior Commander Chen seen the fortifications of the No. 2 Battery?" ”

"I've seen it. It's too good to be true! Chen Guangzhong laughed, "I'm afraid the national defense line can't compare to this, the shells of the Orientals are thick, and no matter how thick they are, they can't hit it." ”

The fortifications were changed by the navy with reference to the Jiangyin Fort, and a lot of steel, cement, and wood were used, and troops like the 63rd Division, who had never stayed in the trenches, were naturally full of praise for the fortifications. Chen Jiliang saw that he was satisfied, so he naturally couldn't say that this fortification couldn't prevent the 410mm main gun of the Nagato-class battleship, so he only smiled and said: "Then please ask Senior Commander Chen to kill more Oriental devils." He then said: "Everyone, the specific battle plan is in the draft, please take a look at it first, and we will discuss it in thirty minutes." ”

Chen Jiliang did not have many conversations, and everyone only discussed the details of the battle according to the plan written in the document and the map of the theater of operations. However, after this discussion, this document will be withdrawn and another document will be issued in the interest of confidentiality. The 28th Army was born in the Hunan Army, and there were not many elegant generals, like Chen Guangzhong, who were not proficient in writing and ink, so this battle plan could only be shown to their staff officers. Fortunately, this battle is only a defense on the spot, although the theater of operations is unfamiliar but not complicated, and the movement of troops will not get lost.

Thirty minutes is long enough, and the Navy has something to discuss other than the documents for the Army to see. With Zeng Guosheng and a few people from the fort, Chen Jiliang walked to the backyard of Wanshou Temple.

"Commander, is there no news from the Japanese Navy, will the Izumo come this time?" Colonel Ouyang Ji, who was in charge of the No. 1 battery, was always worried about the lack of power of the 150mm Krupp gun. The Izumo didn't seem to be able to sink at all, and he wanted to come to the Izumo, but he was worried about the Izumo.

"I don't know yet." Chen Jiliang shook his head. "The intelligence says that the Japanese have formed a separate 4th Fleet, and in that case, it is unlikely that the flagship will be the Izumo. Fight well, and kill the transport ship as the first priority. ”