In the captain's cabin of the Xianning gunboat, the lights were very bright. Captain Chen Han was pouring himself a drink, the goblet in front of him was filled with black liquid, and a dark wine bottle was placed aside, obviously he was drinking colored wine. The navy of the Republic of China has always been foreign, and as the pride of the country, this atmosphere was formed in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. As a special branch of the navy, the navy is deeply influenced by Europe and the United States, and it can be said that every naval officer is deeply branded with the foreign school. The Navy, on the other hand, is treated much better than Army officers, so they are eligible for special treatment.

Chen Han, the captain of the gunboat Xianning, is about 40 years old with the rank of major. This gentleman graduated from the Fujian Naval School during the Beiyang period and has been serving in gunboats. As the captain of the first new shallow water gunboat made in China, there is nothing wrong with such an honor and pride. At present, in order to keep up with the pace of the world's navies, the navy of the Republic of China has formulated an ambitious shipbuilding plan, and the Admiralty plans to build 106 warships of various types.

However, the domestic war continues, and the situation is changing. Now that the Red Army has sprung up, the Nationalist Government's ambitious plan to develop the navy is not only the Marshall Plan, but I am afraid that it is a castle in the water, and everything is a floating cloud. At present, Chen Han's mood is in this state, and he is a little disheartened. The civil war continued, the people were struggling to make a living, the warlord melee had just ended, and Lao Chiang waved his troops to encircle and suppress the Red Army. The more the Red Army was encircled and suppressed, the greater the power, Chen Han couldn't understand why Lao Chiang was invincible in the Central Plains War, and why he was repeatedly defeated against the small Red Army.

Chen Han was depressed and poured himself a drink, and there was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside. At this time, it is the work and rest time of the sailors on the ship, who is walking around outside in violation of military discipline? Chen Han opened the door and stretched out his head to check, only to see several people wearing fancy clothes and holding pistols rushing over. Before Chen Han could see what was going on, a pistol was put on his head, "Don't move, we are the Red Army special combat team, you have been captured!" Chen Han's eyes widened in surprise, and his brain went blank. Soon, Chen Han was escorted to the "sailors' club" at the back of the gunboat, and saw that his subordinates were all wearing trousers, squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands, and surrounded by big men in fancy military uniforms with guns and high vigilance.

The first big man stepped forward and said: "Captain Chen, let me introduce myself, the contemptible person is Li Dabao, the captain of the water detachment of the Red Army's special combat team, and I solemnly announce that you and your subordinates have been captured." The policy of the Red Army was that as long as they did not resist and cooperate with us, they would treat the prisoners preferentially, otherwise they would be killed. "Chen Han came to his senses at this time and understood what was going on, to be exact, the Red Army special combat team had captured the Xianning battleship, and he and his subordinates had become prisoners of the special combat team." Sir, in that case we will not resist, but you must obey the rules and ensure the safety of our lives. Chen Han reluctantly made a request.

Li Dabao said with a smile: "Captain Chen, our words always count, please rest assured of this." Who is the engineer to stand up. More than a dozen engineers stood up in fear, "Don't be afraid, you must obey my command, and set sail at any time." "More than a dozen engineers obeyed, and were then escorted away by the team." The gunner stands out? A dozen gunners stepped forward, "You guys are all in place!" Stand by at any time," Li Dabao finished speaking, pulled out the flare gun and walked out of the cabin, and soon two red signal flares rose into the sky.

In the ambush area of the special combat team on the north side of the pier, a team member said happily: "Captain, look at the signal flare!" Mu Shixiong saw two red flares flying in the night sky, and habitually took out his pocket watch and took a look, the time was 22:30. Dabao did a good job, and I ordered the special combat team to attack immediately. The team quickly jumped up and scattered their lines to attack. The enemy soldiers who were on guard on the dock were confused by the signal flares rising from the deck of the gunboat, and they did not know what was happening, and they probably never dreamed that the gunboat had been captured by the Red Army.

Just as the enemy soldiers were confused, the attack of the special operations team began. In just a few seconds, the shooters of the machine-gun bunkers were accurately shot, and the vigilant sentries were knocked to the ground. The attack of the special combat team was quite sharp, and not to mention that the enemy army had a battalion of soldiers, and it was impossible to parry it at all. When the dense rain of bullets rang out, the enemy battalion commander rushed out of a room, and suddenly a rain of bullets was fired from the gunboat, and the enemy battalion commander was beaten to the point of almost jumping. More than ten minutes after the battle broke out, the enemy soldiers began to flee frantically into the city. At this time, the stevedores on the docks also scattered and hid.

Soon a detachment took control of the tugboat, and Mu Shixiong gave the order to move the heavy machine guns captured in the bunker to the tugboat, and the other team members simply cleaned up the battlefield. The workers on the docks, finding out that the attackers were Red Army units, naturally ceased to be afraid. Mu Shixiong had an idea and announced that they could take as many military supplies as they could on the ship. The porters let out cheers when they heard this. The commander of the enemy army in the city heard the sound of gunfire coming from the dock and immediately inquired about what was going on. Soon the fleeing soldiers reported the appearance of the Red Army on the pier. When the regimental commander heard this, he led his men to rush to the dock.

Suddenly, the naval guns intercepted, the machine guns opened fire, and then the heavy machine gun fire intercepted, and in just one round, the enemy was beaten to a dismay. "Report to the head of the regiment, the Xianning artillery fire is very fierce, isn't this the fucking flood that washed the Dragon King Temple? "The enemy does not think that the gunboat has changed hands, but it is difficult to judge whether it is a mistake. The main gun in front of the gunboat is 120 mm caliber, and the artillery currently equipped by the army is not at all such a large caliber, and such a terrifying blow frightens the enemy commander not to attack. An hour later, the tugboat hooked up to the barge parked on the lake, and Mu Shixiong took advantage of the night to board the gunboat Xianning.

Mu Shixiong didn't have time to greet Dabao, and immediately ordered the gunboat to set sail. With the roar of the motors, the gunboat turned its bow and the tugboat towed the barge towards the center of the lake. According to the plan, they seized the gunboat and sailed to a river in the north to hide. "Report to the captain, there is a radio on the gunboat." "Great, immediately send a report to the corps headquarters, our department successfully completed the plan to seize the ship, completely captured the Xianning gunboat, and asked for further instructions." After Mu Shixiong finished speaking, he walked into the cabin of the detained captain.

Ouyang Jian led the Red 13th and 15th Divisions into Jiangxi and withdrew to Yongxiu County. The troops were very tired from the continuous battle, and Ouyang Jian ordered the troops to temporarily rest in Yongxiu County for a few days. The next day, Ouyang prepared to return to Yunshui County to prepare for the ensuing anti-encirclement and suppression. Everyone was packing up and making preparations before departure, and an operational staff officer ran in excitedly and said: "Commander, great news, the special combat team has successfully captured the enemy gunboat Xianning at the dock in Xingzi County. In addition, one tugboat and six barges were captured. As planned, they were on their way to the hideout. ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately cheered and hugged and congratulated. However, Ouyang Jian seemed indifferent, and immediately opened the military map to check. "Commander, are you worried that the captured gunboats will not be able to hide?" "Yes, a gunboat has been captured, and the enemy is afraid that he will go crazy and must encircle and suppress it with all his might." Su Yu and Luo Ronghuan turned from joy to worry. Ouyang Jian frowned and said decisively: "Send a report to Mu Shixiong immediately, the original plan is canceled, just don't do it and take the opportunity to seize Sweetwater Island." I decided not to go back for the time being, but to stay by the radio station and personally direct the special combat team to fight. When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be shocked.

Since the enemy launched the first large-scale encirclement and suppression, the Admiralty ordered the 2nd Fleet to dispatch 4 gunboats and more than 10 patrol gunboats to Poyang Lake in order to cooperate with its actions, so as to ensure the safety of the Poyang Lake water transportation line. So the enemy captured Sweetwater Island, and the water guerrillas were forced to retreat to the shore. Sweetwaters Island is located in the middle of the lake, so the enemy used it as a supply depot, mainly to refuel tugboats and gunboats, so the enemy stored a large amount of coal on the island, in addition to a company of soldiers stationed on the island, accompanied by four patrol gunboats to patrol the duty.

At this time, Mu Shixiong chatted with the captain Chen Han, and Mu Shixiong wanted to persuade Chen Han to join the Red Army as part of the plan. Of course, Mu Shixiong can't be impatient, as the saying goes, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, this kind of thing can't be urgent, and the main thing at the moment is to know each other well. For Chen Han's ignorance and resistance, he showed an obvious appearance. Mu Shixiong didn't seem to care, and he was talking about nothing. "Report to the captain, the legion commander is calling!" Seeing Chen Han pricking up his ears, his subordinates hurriedly stopped. "Haha, Captain Chen is not an outsider now, it's okay to say it!"

"Captain, the legion commander has called, the original plan has been canceled, and we are ordered to take the opportunity to seize Sweetwater Island!" When Mu Shixiong heard that the stakes were high, he immediately stood up and said, "Captain Chen, I'm sorry I can't talk to you, I'm out of company!" Under Chen Han's stunned gaze, Mu Shixiong quickly left. The chief engineer who was captured in the cab was piloting the battleship, and the expression on his face was both apprehensive and cautious. "Dabao, notify a few squad leaders to come to the meeting!" Soon, several detachment leaders walked in one after another. Everyone looked at the captain suspiciously, not knowing what was going on.

"Comrades! The Legion Commander telegraphed the cancellation of the original plan and ordered us to take the opportunity to seize Sweetwater Island. According to what we have, there is currently a company of defensive troops stationed on Sweetwaters Island, with four patrol gunboats. Let's study how to capture the ・・・・・・ Sweetwaters Island. "Everyone is gossiping, and soon the plan to outwit Sweetwater Island is introduced. After the battle plan was finalized, Mu Shixiong ordered a report to be sent to the Panlong Shanshui guerrillas, telling them to rush to Tianshui Island tomorrow morning.

Calculating the range, the gunboat arrived at Sweetwater Island at about noon. According to the proposed battle plan, Mu Shixiong ordered everyone to change into the clothes of sailors and skillfully camouflage. The gunboat cleaved the waves and sailed towards Sweetwater Island, which seemed to be very comfortable, and Mu Shixiong stood at the bow of the ship in contemplation, with a solemn expression on his face. "Isn't the captain worried that the enemy army on Sweetwater Island understands the situation, according to convention, there should be no radio station on Sweetwater Island, let alone a company of enemy troops, even if it is a battalion of enemy troops, it is impossible to have a radio station, and there is no point in arranging a radio station on Sweetwater Island!" Dabao carefully analyzed.

Mu Shixiong said with a smile: "Dabao, you are much more mature now, and the head of analysis is the Tao." But we also need to be prepared to attack. You command the water special operations team to take charge of the enemy's gunboats, and I command the special operations team to seize Sweetwater Island, I hope the enemy does not know the situation. The corps commander telegraphed and ordered him to keep in touch with the radio and report the situation at any time. "The corps commander is a big deal, and he wants to muddy the water of Poyang Lake, maybe the corps commander has a bigger plan in the next step." "Think about what's in front of you first, and then take Sweetwater Island!"

A red sun rises from the east, and ten thousand rays of light shine on the surface of the lake, like a huge mirror. In the distance, the vague shadow of Sweetwater Island appeared in the sky. White spray in the distance. I saw two patrol gunboats approaching at high speed.