Just when Li Qing, Chen Dayong, and Zhao Shan commanded the 3rd, 7th, and 8th Brigades to attack the third and second defenses of the Japanese army in Qingdao, Ren Chaoran, commander of the Eighth Route Army's engineering brigade, and Li Zengyu, political commissar, commanded the engineer brigade to begin erecting pontoon bridges at the Yellow River crossing in Lijin County. http://

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After Japanese planes appeared over the Yellow River at 11 a.m., Japanese patrol boats came from Jinan at noon and cruised along the river. At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, it may have been the arrival of the Japanese naval fleet, not only that there were more Japanese carrier-based planes over the Yellow River, but also that there were more Japanese patrol boats and steamboats tracing up the river from the mouth of the sea. Fortunately, the Yellow River in Jinan became wider and the water was shallow, and the Japanese warships could not drive in.

At this time, the Yellow River has not yet been cut off, from Zhengzhou to the estuary, the entire middle and lower reaches of the waterway can be navigated, and the whole territory of Shandong is navigable. However, it can only be used for sails, trough boats, sampans, rowing, etc. The sail travels more than 100 kilometers a day along the river, and more than 30 kilometers a day against the current, transporting the products of various counties along the way, probably peanuts, wheat, flour, yellow beans, black beans, millet, cotton, cloth, salt, coal, kerosene, paper cigarettes, eggs, stones, lime, wood, etc. The busiest time for navigation is from March to November every year, that is, when the Yellow River is not frozen.

It is not navigable on the Yellow River, but also on the Xiaoqing River, which is 224 kilometers long. The ship unties the cable from the Huangtai Wharf in Jinan, passes through Zhangqiu, Zouping, Huantai, Guangrao and other counties, and enters the sea in the sheep's horn ditch in Shouguang, which can drive directly to Yantai and Longkou. From Jinan to Yangjiaogou, there are about 8 corners per 100 catties of water feet, and the ticket is about 2 yuan per person. Before the war, there were more than 1,000 civilian boats on the Xiaoqing River, and when there was no wind, they sailed for 7 days and sailed for 4 days, and sailed downwind for 3 days and sailed for 2 days. In addition, the Xiaoqing River can also be used by steamboats.

After the little devils occupied Jinan, because the Yellow River was not allowed to pass through steamships, there were more devil patrol boats and motorboats on the Yellow River.

At this time, the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army fought fiercely in various places, and the original cargo ships traveling on the Yellow River were all suspended, except for the Japanese patrol boats and steamboats, the river was empty, and only the surging Yellow River was still rushing to the sea as always.

At half past five o'clock when it was dark, the Japanese patrol boats and steamboats patrolling the Yellow River turned on their lights, illuminated the river surface brightly, and occasionally strafed the west bank.

The artillery brigade and air defense brigade that had rushed to prepare fire support were setting up positions, and the artillery brigade commander Li Chang looked at the Japanese patrol boats and steamboats wandering in the Yellow River like ghost fire, smiled happily, rubbed his hands that were a little red from the cold, and said to the air defense brigade commander Han Qianqian: "Old Han, your air defense brigade has not made a fortune this time, have you run around with it!" How about it, the devil patrol boats and steamboats in this river will be handed over to you? Let the warriors have a good time! ”

Li Chang's words made the green tendons on Han Qian's angry neck jump, and he immediately wanted to quarrel with him.

Zhou Huan, the political commissar of the air defense brigade, stopped Han Qianjin and said to Li Chang: "Commander Li, this is what you said, the boats of the little devils on the Yellow River have been cleaned up by the air defense brigade. A gentleman is hard to chase after a horse! ”

Zhou Huan was a native of Dagushan, Andong County, Liaoning Province, and joined the Red Army in the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi base area in 1930 when he was studying in Shanghai.

The figure is thin, and he speaks like a button. This Zhou Huan is worthy of being the founding general in history.

Li Chang deliberately said angry remarks just now because he was using the artillery brigade artillery group to bombard the Japanese patrol boats and steamboats, and there were no antiaircraft machine guns and antiaircraft guns of the air defense brigade that fired horizontally. As everyone knows, the air defense brigade itself is an army that grew up in the bloody struggle with the Japanese invaders, and the first brigade commander Li Yimo was bloodstained on the battlefield in the competition with the Japanese army's aircraft group. Han Qianqian's fire did not eliminate Li Chang's fan, and Han Qianqian wanted to clean up the little devil.

Li Chang laughed: "Commander Han, Political Commissar Zhou, you see, the devil patrol boats and steamboats on the Yellow River are wandering up and down, the purpose is to monitor our army, deter our army, and let us know that they have already known that our army has arrived at the Jilu border and wants to cross the river and return eastward." In fact, as long as our army does not eliminate the wooden boat ferry, the little devils will not pose any threat to us at all. I think so, just use your anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns to shoot flat fire and beat these lost little devils. The artillery group of the artillery brigade is ready to fight, and if the large warships of the little devils dare to drive over, the artillery groups will be on them, and the old men will also have an addiction to fighting the devil warships. ”

To tell the truth, fortunately, the Yellow River is shallow, and the warships of the little devils can't get in, otherwise, with such powerful artillery fire from the artillery brigade, the warships of the little devils will come in and die.

Ren Chaoran, the commander of the engineer brigade, couldn't wait, his engineer brigade had already arrived here last night, and the soldiers' hands and feet were stiff from the cold by the Yellow River. Moreover, the last time we crossed the river to eliminate the 10th Division of the Japanese Army in Binxian County, the two pontoon bridges that could be built by the Sixth Brigade that could be sunk in the water had long been blown up by the Japanese army.

Ren Chaoran urged Li Chang and Han Qianqian: "I said two commanders, my sappers have been waiting for a long time, you two don't grind there, hurry up and open fire, shoot the patrol boats and steamboats of the lost devils, and we will start work." First of all, my sappers are the weakest when they are working, and you two have to make sure that you don't let the Japanese shells and bullets hit the construction site. ”

Han Qianjin wanted to quarrel with Li Chang just now, but as soon as he heard Li Chang's later words, he knew that this ghost guy was providing him with a fighter plane in disguise!

Han Qianjin lowered his head and looked at his watch with a flashlight, raised his head and said to Ren Chaoran and Li Zengyu: "It will start in ten minutes, but Lao Tzu wants to fish, and the time may be a little longer, you have to be patient and wait for a while." ”

These brigade commanders of the Eighth Route Army are all the backbone generals of our army, and each of them has a unique valley in their stomachs. Han Qianqian's commander of the air defense command and commander of the air defense brigade has now changed to patrol boats and steamboats to fight devils, and his style of fighting is also different from others.

There were many patrol boats and steamboats from Jinan and Luokou, plus more than 30 from the Japanese fleet at sea. However, the little devils' patrol boats and steamboats are swimming, running up and down the Yellow River, so they have to think about gathering them together, right?

Han Qianjian's style of play was unusual, he first used a few machine guns to hit the two devil patrol boats that were wandering on the river in front of the ferry, forcing the little devils to reinforce them, and then concentrated his firepower to slaughter the little devils.

The Eighth Route Army opened fire, and several anti-aircraft machine guns roared and swung fire whips at the two devil patrol boats that were patrolling the middle of the river.

The two devil patrol boats that were cruising on the river were instantly enveloped in the net of anti-aircraft machine gun fire, and the bullets hit the hull of the boat, creating a spark and ping-pong.

The Eighth Route Army only fired anti-aircraft machine guns, and the little devils were not afraid, and soon began to return fire, and the machine guns and small guns on the ship were fired at the shore.

As soon as the gunshots rang out, it was tantamount to discovering the enemy's situation. The patrol boats and steamboats patrolling the Yellow River began to rush to reinforcements.

The Eighth Route Army on the shore was also very cooperative, with light and heavy machine guns, rifles, and mortars all firing. However, it seems that it is the vanguard of the Eighth Route Army that has just arrived, and there is no heavy artillery. In fact, it was the army of the engineer brigade that was cooperating with the air defense brigade to lure the enemy.

Until 7 o'clock in the evening, more than 30 patrol boats and steamboats of the little devils gathered on the surface of the river about two or three kilometers long, and fired wildly at the west bank of the Yellow River to suppress the firepower of the Eighth Route Army.

At this time, Han Qianjin shook off his lost coat and gave the order to open fire.

Suddenly, signal flares rose from the positions of the Eighth Route Army on the west bank of the Yellow River, and the antiaircraft guns and antiaircraft machine guns of the three air defense regiments of the Eighth Route Army's air defense brigade all condescended to each other and opened fire on the little devil patrol boats and motorboats in the river in a flat manner.

The little devil's patrol boats and motorboats were used to rampage in the Yellow River, and they were all stunned when they thought that they would encounter a catastrophe tonight. However, the little devil was also very shrewd, and immediately realized that he had encountered a powerful heavy firepower army of the Eighth Route Army, either the Eighth Route Army set a trap for them to jump, or the main force of the Eighth Route Army caught up and wanted to cross the river here, using medium firepower to clean them up. It's just that the little devil wants to owe Heng, what kind of cannon is the Eighth Route Army using, and it can shoot flat. Could it be that the Imperial Army's air defense army only has a high-level dual-purpose gun?

The firepower of the Eighth Route Army was too fierce, and as soon as it came up, it hit the little devils coldly, and as long as those motorboats and patrol boats were hit by anti-aircraft guns, they would immediately finish the game, some were overturned, and some were punched out of the hull by anti-aircraft shells, and some were directly blown into two. The remaining patrol boats and motorboats that were not hit were in a mess and were busy turning and fleeing.

At this time, it was a little too late to escape, the range of anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns was so long, and the patrol boats and steamboats of the little devils were all covered in the fire net. Want to escape? There are no doors!

Li Chang said in particular: As soon as he heard the sound of artillery, his hands itched, the air defense brigade opened fire, the Yellow River was red by artillery fire, and there was no reinforcement of Japanese warships outside the mouth of the Yellow River. At this time, he could not sit still, and immediately ordered the medium mortar regiment and rocket artillery battalion of the artillery brigade, which had already established a position, to open fire, and cooperate with the air defense brigade to gather and destroy the patrol boats and motorboats of the devils.

Following Li Chang's order, the medium mortar regiment and the rocket artillery battalion roared. Now it is lively, the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns of the air defense brigade are fired horizontally, the shells of the medium mortar regiment are falling from the sky, and the patrol boats and motorboats of the little devils are not good for getting home!

The most brilliant is the rocket artillery battalion of the artillery brigade, three 12-barrel rocket launchers fired in one salvo, and a sea of fire was formed on the surface of the Yellow River, and the devil patrol boats and steamboats in the sea of fire were swallowed up in an instant, and the little devils who tried to jump into the river to escape became burning people one by one.

The battle did not last long, and none of the more than 30 devil patrol boats and motorboats were able to escape, and all of them were destroyed by the Eighth Route Army.

At this time, fierce gunfire rang out on the other side of the river. As soon as the radio station made contact, it was the self-reliance battalion of the Yongan Town Reclamation District of the Qinghe Military Region who rushed to meet the main force to cross the river, and the little devils who rushed from Boxing to fortify the fire were fired.

After reading the telegram, Li Chang immediately ordered the self-reliance battalion of the reclamation area to lead the little devils to the Yellow River, indicate the targets for the artillery, and let the artillery destroy the little devils.

After the little devil's patrol boat and motorboat were destroyed, since the infantry had not yet arrived, Ren Chaoran immediately ordered the first engineer regiment to use the boats controlled last night to organize a rush to cross, occupy the beachhead on the opposite bank, support the self-support battalion in the reclamation area, and cover the erection of the pontoon bridge.

Engineer is a special branch of the army in each ** team, and it is generally not used for ground attack troops. Only the engineer army of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army is not only a special branch of the army, but also the main army, and every major war is indispensable. Cutting-edge technology and being able to fight and build -- this is the guiding ideology of the Engineer Brigade of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army.

More than 20 wooden boats were pushed out of the withered yellow reeds by the Yellow River, and a regiment of engineers, a battalion, and a company boarded the boats and rowed to the opposite bank.

Immediately afterwards, the soldiers of the 1st Engineer Regiment rushed down the bank of the Yellow River with pieces of wooden planks and rafters with car tires and gasoline drums fixed underneath, and tied the planks and rafters with wires and ropes by the river, made them into the shape of wooden rafts, and released them into the river. The soldiers boarded the new wooden rafts, made pulp with the wooden shovels they got from the villagers' houses, shouted the trumpet of one, two, three, and rowed towards the opposite bank.

Li Chang and Han Qianjin stood on the artillery position on the west bank, staring at the opposite bank, without blinking. They were afraid that the self-reliant battalion in the reclamation area would not have signal flares and should not give the artillery an indication of the purpose. Fortunately, the battalion commanders and instructors of the self-reliant battalion of the SAR are all cadres sent by the Third Brigade and know how to give instructions to the artillery on the purpose of the mark. Not only did they report the shelling parameters on the radio, but they also put a red cloth on the flashlight door to indicate the direction of the shelling. At this moment, on the position of the artillery brigade, the gunners immediately began to test fire, and then the artillery group that had corrected the shelling parameters let out an angry roar, and the swarm of shells flew across the night sky towards the target on the opposite bank. With just two salvos, the self-reliance battalion in the reclamation area sent a signal to stop the shelling, and the charge horn sounded immediately.

Forty minutes later, the 1st Engineer Regiment reached the opposite bank of the Yellow River, and two battalions immediately landed to support the self-support regiment in the reclamation area.

At one o'clock in the evening, when Liu Yimin led the main force to the Yellow River, the engineer brigade had already built three pontoon bridges over the Yellow River, and the cavalry brigade, the medium mortar regiment of the artillery brigade, and the flying thunder artillery regiment had already crossed the river, completely controlling the positions on the other side of the Yellow River. The Engineer Brigade is building pontoon bridges for cars, tanks, armoured vehicles and artillery trucks to cross the river with boat bridge equipment.

Liu Yimin immediately ordered the 1st Brigade, the New 4th Brigade, the 8th Brigade, and the Heavy Brigade to all be placed under the command of Chaoran and Li Zengyu, and concentrate all their efforts on building the pontoon bridge. Then he asked Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong to cross the river with the new 1st Brigade, the new 4th Brigade, and the New 8th Brigade to command, and he led the 1st Brigade, the Artillery Brigade, and the Air Defense Brigade to look forward to crossing the river.

The 2nd Brigade did not cross east with the main force, and Liu Yimin ordered Liu Jianjian to advance to the south, seek an opportunity to break through the Japanese defense, and return to Luxi.

It was night, there was no Japanese harassment, and the Japanese troops who came to fortify on the other side of the river were not large, and they had been repulsed by our troops, and the troops could cross the river freely.

Seeing a group of soldiers crossing the river on a pontoon bridge with torches, Gao Yuan, who was standing beside Liu Yimin, suddenly remembered the scene when the Red Eighteenth Regiment was formed to cross the Xiangjiang River at night, and immediately became arrogant and said to Liu Yimin: "Commander, as long as my army crosses the river, I estimate that tomorrow the little devils will have to stop the crazy sweep of the mountainous areas of central and southern Shandong." ”

Liu Yimin looked at the army that was crossing the river and the engineer army who were building the pontoon bridge, and replied: "In a little while, Li Qing and Chen Dayong will attack Qingdao." Tada, I'm afraid I can't sleep now. Plateau, let the soldiers gather the fire and bake the fire to keep warm, it looks like it will take a while! ”

Since Tang Xingying came back, she has only had the opportunity to talk to Liu Yimin for a while.

The two of them sat down by the Yellow River, Liu Yimin took off his coat, wrapped Tang Xingying tightly, and listened to her about what she had seen and heard about going to the Soviet Union.

Tang Xingying's identity has changed, and she is unwilling to be too intimate with Liu Yimin in front of her comrades, when Liu Yimin took off her coat and draped it on her, a pair of beautiful eyes quickly glanced around, and saw that the guards and soldiers were in a circle around Liu Yimin, with their backs to them, so they put on their coats, wrapped them tightly, and sat down to talk about what they had seen and heard about the Soviet Union.

Tang Xingying said that this time she went to the Soviet Union with Sister Cai and Sister He, in fact, the main reason was that Sister Cai and Sister He were going to the Soviet Union to see a doctor, and to visit the comrades and those children who were studying and working in the Soviet Union. What I felt most in the Soviet Union was the high level of industrialization, the Soviet Union was able to produce airplanes, warships, trains, tanks, automobiles, and so on. The whole Soviet Union has a population of 170,000,000, and the urban population accounts for a large proportion, which is almost industrialized and urbanized. They went to visit their comrades who were studying in the Soviet Union, and their standard of living was not low, and they could not compare with their comrades in China. However, the Soviet Union was indeed intensifying its preparations for war, and many factories were moving forward.

Tang Xingying said this, Liu Yimin suddenly remembered that the situation in Europe had been turbulent during this time, and the Soviet-Finnish war in history was about to break out. Looking at it now, the trend of history will not be reversed, and the first half of next year will be very lively, with the Soviet-Finnish War and Germany's capture of France, scene after scene, and the great dramas of World War II will start one after another.

Tang Xingying didn't know what Liu Yimin was thinking, and was still talking in a low voice about his visit to the Soviet Union. She said that the schools in the Soviet Union were very regular, and the supply of kindergartens was also very good, and she really wanted to stay in the Soviet Union to find a job and not come back, so she sent He'er and Ping'er to study in the Soviet school, I don't know why Liu Yimin had to let her come back, is the school in Xi'an better than the school in the Soviet Union?

The two of them still had to talk, and Ren Chaoran said that the pontoon bridge had been built, and the first brigade, artillery brigade, and air defense brigade could cross the river.

Liu Yimin looked at his watch, and at three o'clock in the night, he nodded his head and said to Ren Chaoran: "After the army crosses the river, quickly dismantle the pontoon bridge, and don't cause the loss of boat and bridge equipment, which is the necessary equipment for our heavy equipment army to cross the river. ”

After Ren Chaoran raised his hand and saluted, he ran to command the army to cross the river.

As soon as Ren Chaoran left, Feng, the deputy director of the advisory office who followed Liu Yimin's action, said that he had received a good report from the Qingdao front line that our army had captured Qingdao!

Liu Yimin laughed, pulled up Tang Xingying, and walked towards the pontoon!

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