After hearing that Liu Tianshu had considered the entire river crossing operation very thoroughly, Jiang Jinyong was a little relieved, but he knew that it would definitely not be an easy task for a force of 7,000 people plus weapons and ammunition to cross the Yangtze River, and the Jiangbei guerrilla column had only raised 30 wooden boats this time, and one boat could carry about 100 people at a time, and even if it went well, it would take three round-trips, and one round-trip would take at least two hours. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Fortunately, Liu Tianshu said that he had asked the artillery regiment to test the erection of the 82 mortar on the wooden ship, and once the devil patrol ship came to make trouble, it could use artillery fire to block it.

The fighters of the seventh detachment are basically southerners, and they are also good in water, and even if they fight the enemy on the river, they have a certain combat effectiveness.

After the three discussed all the details in the command post, Liu Tianshu ran to visit Song Yujie's medical team again.

Most of the field hospitals set up by Liu Tianshu in the base area remained in the base area, and only one-third of the medical personnel followed the detachment's actions, and all of these people were assigned to the newly established field hospital.

After accompanying Song Yujie to talk for a while, Liu Tianshu returned to the headquarters.

The next night, the seventh detachment quietly left Banqiaoji and quickly rushed to the Yangtze River, and the scattered strongholds of devils along the way had long been closely monitored. The next morning, the troops arrived at the Yangtze River, and under the arrangement of the Jiangbei guerrilla column, they all hid in a ravine in the north of the Yangtze River.

Of course, the surrounding area is thirty miles, and it is all tightly controlled by Zhou Aiguo's people.

Where they were, there was a small river that flowed into the Yangtze River, and a river bay was formed here, and the wooden boats prepared by the Jiangbei guerrilla column were hidden in this mountain bay.

In order to give early warning to the patrol ships of the devils on the river, Zhou Aiguo sent a small detachment to the upper and lower reaches of the river-crossing area, and with the cooperation of the Jiangbei guerrilla column, he lurked in two positions with a radio station and monitored the 40-kilometer-long river.

The day passed in anxious waiting, and as soon as it got dark, the first regiment of the seventh detachment and two companies of the mortar battalion of the artillery regiment quickly boarded the wooden boats, and the four wooden boats responsible for covering, the artillery squatting in the bow of the boat, ready to shell at any time.

After confirming the safety of the river, with Liu Tianshu's action, Tong Guijie solemnly saluted Liu Tianshu and Jiang Jinyong, and quietly sailed towards the center of the river with the fleet.

The main task of the Jiangbei guerrilla column was to maintain contact between southern Anhui and Jiangbei, and these boatmen were all experienced veterans, and as soon as the fleet was formed, it immediately sailed south at full speed.

An hour later, Tong Guijie sent a telegram saying that the regiment had successfully crossed the Yangtze River, had joined up with the troops who had come to meet it, and was setting up positions on the south bank to prepare for it.

As soon as the fleet returning north arrived in the center of the river, it received a telegram from the vigilance group downstream, saying that two Japanese patrol boats were heading upstream.

The flotilla returning north finally sailed into the river bay under the nervous gaze of Liu Tianshu, Jiang Jinyong and others, and as soon as the fleet was hidden in the river bay, the two patrol boats of the devil sailed past the river, and their gloomy lights scanned back and forth on the river surface, and finally found nothing unusual, and continued to sail upstream.

However, for the sake of caution, Liu Tianshu asked the Second Regiment, the detachment, and the field hospital to wait for the ship, until the upstream guard post sent a telegram saying that the two patrol boats of the devil had passed the guard post, and then ordered the fleet to set sail quickly.

The Japanese patrol boats had passed the alert position, and even if they returned immediately, it would have taken an hour to arrive at their speed, and by an hour, the flotilla should have crossed the river.

However, after the fleet set sail, Xie Pingcai still ordered the soldiers to help row the boat and speed up with all their might.

Liu Tianshu and Song Yujie stood together, looking at the river under the moonlight, blowing the cold wind, and there was an inexplicable warmth in their hearts.

He didn't expect that Song Yujie would be transferred from Shandong by the organization, and when he thought that the two would be together in the future, his heart was full of indescribable happiness.

Listening to the sound of the water on the side of the boat, Liu Tianshu suddenly felt a soft palm, and when he looked back, he saw Song Yujie's quiet smiling face, and couldn't help but hold the little hand in the palm of his hand.

In less than an hour, the flotilla was on the shore, and the soldiers of the 2nd Regiment and the troops directly under the detachment, the 92nd Infantry Battalion of the Artillery Regiment, and the field hospital jumped off the ship one after another.

Liu Tianshu saw Wu Zhongping constantly commanding, his eyes inadvertently swept to a flat ground five hundred meters upstream, and called Wu Zhongping with a move in his heart: "Commander Wu, if you put the infantry cannon in that position, are you sure that you will hit the devil patrol boat in the heart of the river?" ”

Wu Zhongping glanced at the position that Liu Tianshu said, and said silently in his heart: "Detachment leader, as long as the devil's patrol boat is not too far away from Jiangxin, I am sure to smash it." ”

"That's good, put two infantry guns there." Liu Tianshu immediately ordered.

Although according to common sense, as long as the devil patrol boat passes the position of the downstream guard post, it will immediately turn around and come back, and it is unlikely that it will intercept the fleet, but that is under the condition that the fleet is moving normally, but no one can guarantee that everything will go according to schedule.

When Wu Zhongping heard this, he immediately called two infantry artillery groups and carried the artillery to that position to set up the artillery.

Jiang Jinyong, as the political commissar of the detachment, took the initiative to ask to go last, and Liu Tianshu had no choice.

Standing in the woods by the river, I saw the patrol boats of the devils sailing downstream one after the other, and those boatmen, under the command of the soldiers of the Jiangbei guerrilla column, began to prepare for the return to the north.

After receiving the telegram from the downstream, the fleet immediately returned to the north, and Liu Tianshu ordered the second regiment to quickly advance to the southeast, while he stood by the river with Su Lan and Song Yujie and waited for Political Commissar Jiang.

The three regiments of the seventh detachment and the logistics department left in Jiangbei quickly boarded the ship, and after receiving a telegram from the downstream confirming that the devil's patrol boat was not heading north, the fleet quickly sailed south.

Unbeknownst to him, less than 20 minutes after the flotilla drove to the center of the river, Liu Tianshu suddenly received an urgent telegram from the upstream guard post, saying that a Japanese patrol boat had escaped the surveillance of the guard post by taking advantage of the moonlight and had not turned on its lights, and was heading downstream.

When Liu Tianshu saw the message, his face immediately turned pale, he secretly blamed himself in his heart, he was too careless, the moon was so bright tonight, the devil's patrol boat could come and drift downstream, and sail downstream quietly.

Fortunately, the guard posts sent upstream were temporarily divided into two groups, otherwise, I am afraid that the patrol boat of the devil would not have known about the approaching fleet.

"Staff Officer Sun, send a telegram to the political commissar, a patrol boat is coming from the upstream, let them speed up, order Wu Zhongping, and prepare for the shelling." Liu Tianshu gave an order with a calm face.

According to calculations, it is impossible for the flotilla to reach the south bank before the Devil patrol boats arrive, and the best outcome is for the fleet to pick up speed, rush across the center line before the Devil patrol boats, and then force the river under the cover of artillery.

In the anxious waiting of Liu Tianshu and others, the black fleet appeared in the center of the river, and at this time, a point of light suddenly appeared on the river far upstream.

At this time, all the people on the shore felt sorry for their comrades on the ship, and they wished that they could run over and help push the boat.

Jiang Jinyong received a telegram on the boat, knowing that a patrol boat was heading downstream, and immediately ordered two wooden boats with mortars to go on the right side, and the soldiers on the other boats used everything they could to help row the boat.

The soldiers of the third regiment knew that the patrol boat of the devil was approaching, so they naturally rowed hard, and the speed of the fleet suddenly increased.

The flotilla rushed across the center of the river and rushed towards the shore, at this time, the devil patrol boat that was going down the river had approached within five miles, probably sensing something unusual, and the searchlight on the patrol boat suddenly scanned the river surface rapidly.

Wu Zhongping saw that the devil's light was shining on the fleet, and immediately ordered the artillery to fire at the devil's patrol boat, and the shells flew towards the Japanese patrol boat in the river with a long whistling sound, and several pillars of fire rose on the river.

The devil patrol boat patrolling in the river suddenly found a large number of wooden boats in the river, and where they did not know that the Chinese had a big operation, they naturally made an urgent report to the top while preparing to use artillery fire to bombard.

Unfortunately, before the Japanese could open fire, they heard several shells flying from the shore, which landed on the path of the patrol boat, and the rising water covered the vision.

The Japanese troops on the ship did not know that at this time, the infantry guns placed on the shore by Wu Zhongping could not hit themselves, and their commander noticed that there were shells flying out of the shore, and immediately turned his attention to the shore and slowed down at the same time.

After a while, the Japanese commander heard the sound of the 92 infantry guns produced by the Empire, and after estimating the distance in his heart, he immediately asked the patrol boat to approach the north shore, preparing to go around the back of the flotilla to carry out artillery bombardment.

Jiang Jinyong heard the artillery fire on the shore, and his eyes were fixed on the movement of the devil patrol boat on the river.

The commander of the second platoon of the second mortar company saw the devil's patrol boat detour to the north, and immediately asked the boatman to slow down, and at the same time asked the fighters to turn the gun port and prepare for the battle with the devil's patrol boat.

This roundabout decision of the commander of the devil patrol boat gave the fleet precious time, and the ten wooden boats in front of it quickly sailed to the shore, but before they could dock, the soldiers on board jumped into the water one after another under the command of the company and battalion commander and ran quickly to the shore.

Wu Zhongping saw that the devil's patrol boat was out of the range of his infantry guns, so he had to order the infantry guns to transfer.

He didn't know the range of the artillery fire on the devil's patrol boat, so naturally he didn't dare to stay where he was.

After the devil's patrol boat made a detour to the north, it quickly caught up, and saw that the fleet was rushing towards the river, and immediately fired at the fleet, and with the sound of a huge explosion, countless water columns rose in the river, and the stern of a wooden boat was hit, and the fragments immediately scattered and flew out, and at the same time several figures fell into the river. (To be continued.) )