For the choice of the route of the march, Xu Ming and the officers conducted a detailed study and sent detectives in advance.

If you look at the distance in a straight line, it is less than 5 kilometers to cross the river directly from Yannan Town to Wanli Airport, but this is not possible, because the opposite side of the river is already controlled by the Japanese army.

From the upper reaches of Wuhu, Wuwei crossed the river, and from Huolonggang and Qingshui to Wanli, it was obviously not possible to consider, this was the direction of the feint arranged by Luo Zhuoying, the two divisions of the Sichuan Army have been tug-of-war with the Japanese army here, and the Japanese army's defense is also very strong.

If you cross the river from Tongling, and then take a big detour in Jing County, it is obvious that the route is too long, and if the time is long, it is easy to have long nights and dreams.

Xu Ming chose the crossing point as a river surface in Dangtu, downstream of Ma'anshan. In this area, there are many Jiangxinzhou, and the terrain is complex, although it is within the scope of the Japanese garrison, it cannot be effectively controlled.

On the night of February 11, when the cold wind was blowing and the moon was scarce, Xu Ming's troops quietly crossed the Yangtze River.

Each soldier carried a 15-day ration and 300 rounds of ammunition, and the troops were all lightly armed. In order to fight easily, Xu Ming selected all the elite, 800 people were selected out of more than 1,200 people, plus Xie Jinyuan's troops, after the fearless 1,000 warriors went ashore, they went straight to the flank of Wuhu along Xinqiao and Taibai.

Because they were concealed during the day and hurried at night, it was not until February 16 that Xu Ming's troops rushed to Fenghuang Mountain, which was only more than 20 kilometers away from Wanli, and the troops stopped for a short time to recuperate and wait for the latest intelligence news.

In a tent at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, the officers present took turns reading a piece of information, which was the deployment of the Japanese army's troops in Wuhu and the topography map of the bay that Yin Zhengge had exchanged for his life.

Liu Zhiqian first gave a briefing on the enemy situation.

"The 6th Division is responsible for the defense of the Wuhu area, the 36th Brigade is responsible for the front line of Xuancheng in Ningguo, and the 11th Brigade is responsible for the front line of Wuhu, Fanchang and Nanling."

"According to intelligence, although the Japanese army has nearly 10,000 people in Wuhu County and its vicinity, the main force is in Fanchang and Nanling, the Japanese army in Wuhu County is the 13th Wing, Wing Commander Okamoto Hoyuki Osa, about 3,000 people, this force is about 50 kilometers away from Wanli, once our army attacks Wanli, if it is not blocked, the Japanese army will arrive within 12 hours."

"The Japanese army at Wanli Airport is divided into 2 divisions, and the 2nd Brigade of the 13th Wing, Kawazuki Horen Nakasa, has about 530 people, who are responsible for the Jinwan defense line and are stationed in the east of the airport. Inside the airport, there is a force of about 300 people, between 330 and 350 people, and the commander is Wakamatsu Kiyokashi Shosa, who is responsible for the security inside the airport. The airport has a total of 17 guard towers with three lines of defense. ”

It should be said that the defensive deployment of the Japanese army was quite good, Fanchang and Ningguo focused on deployment, in order to prevent the squadron from making trouble at the airport, the Japanese army took the attack as the defense, directly in the south of the bay, and set up defensive lines in various parts of the north of the river. And this wing in Wuhu County should be regarded as a reserve force, ready to respond to all directions.

But no matter how good the arming is, once it is known by the opponent, it is full of loopholes. The biggest advantage of this kind of arming is that the frontal defense capability is very strong, but the interior is very weak. Especially in the important area of Wanli, there are only more than 800 Japanese troops.

The biggest disadvantage of the Japanese army is the lack of troops, which has been shown, the Japanese army does not want to strengthen its strength, but it can't do it, a sixth division is responsible for the defense of tens of thousands of kilometers in a radius, it is impossible to be without weaknesses, the inside of the turtle shell with a tough front, is a soft stamen.

Of course, in the eyes of the Japanese commander, the Japanese army, with more than 800 regiments of the 6th Division, was absolutely capable of dealing with any unit that could be attacked by surprise. And, in their opinion, as long as they could hold out for 12 hours, an infantry wing from Wuhu County could arrive.

Next, Lin Heng, an air force pilot, introduced the situation and key points of the buildings at Wanli Airport.

As early as 1934, the Nationalist Government used migrant workers from 7 counties to build the airport as an important supplement to the Nanjing Airport.

Lin Heng and others took off and landed here last year and are very familiar with the bay. Lin Heng's group of pilots were stranded in Nanjing because of various things, and after the rescue in Nanjing, Xu Ming brought them over. The reason why Xu Ming dared to raid Wuhu was because of these dozen "leading the way and the party" was a very important reason.

"Guys, let's see what we have to say." After Lin Heng introduced the fortifications and defenses of the airport, Xu Ming asked.

Chen Huizhi, the acting head of the regiment, was an impatient, and immediately stood up, picked up a stick, and pointed on the map: "This is the west, this is Xiaoge, we pass through the middle, launch the main attack on the northeast side of the weakest defense of the airport, and one bypass Jinwan to block the garrison there, as long as we attack suddenly, we can break through the airport in a short time, and then bombard it with mortars." ”

This plan is almost a copy of Wang Yaowu, Song Xilian and others, and the advantage is that it can be executed extremely high, and it will almost certainly succeed. If Xu Ming was not so clear about the internal intelligence of the Japanese army, he would have chosen this plan, but now, Xu Ming has a higher pursuit.

Qin Lieping, the deputy head of the regiment, disagreed, and asked rhetorically: "What about the more than 1,000 prisoners of war." ”

"This, this is not the goal of this battle, besides, we can't set the combat goal too high." Chen Huizhi distinguished.

When the Japanese captured Wuhu, they captured more than 1,500 ** prisoners of war, but after more than a month of torture, only more than 1,100 people remained. The prisoners of war were held in the deepest part of the airport.

Everyone also knew that the Japanese army had also made a plan for the attack on the airport, and the core was a guerrilla force and the prisoners should cooperate with each other. It can be seen that the Japanese army could not imagine that a large army would come to carry out a sneak attack.

Qin Lieping went on to talk about his plan: "Use a company of troops to block the Chuanyue brigade, focusing on the southwest side of the airport, which is where the prisoners of war are held. As for the planes on the airfield, they can also be bombarded with mortars. ”

This plan did not cause as much damage to the airfield as the former, but it was more certain to rescue prisoners of war.

At present, it seems that most people support Qin Lieping's point of view, the reason is very simple, rescuing prisoners of war is not a military matter, but an emotional matter, and no one wants their brother to suffer.

Xu Ming "en" for a moment, the discussion stopped, Xu Ming turned his head and said to Xie Jinyuan: "Commander Xie, you have been fighting with the Japanese army for a few months, you can see which of the two of them has a better plan." ”

Originally, this operation was not intended to take Xie Jinyuan, his troops had just been rescued in the Shanghai Concession, and they had returned after hard work, and they needed to rest well. But Xie Jinyuan tried his best to ask to join the war. Xu Ming couldn't help it, and selected more than 200 elite people in his unit to participate in the raid.

Xie Jinyuan was a little hesitant, because he did not approve of either plan.

Xu Ming also saw it, "Head Xie, if you have anything, just say it." ”

Xie Jinyuan stood up and said, "Judging from the deployment of the Japanese Invaders, I didn't expect to encounter a large-scale attack at all. Judging from the composition of the troops, the Devil's Chuanyue Brigade has only more than 500 people, and it is only half of the full strength just now, and it is still resting; Although there are more than 300 people inside the airport, most of them are not combat troops, mainly engineers, military police, and other personnel, and their combat effectiveness is even worse. ”

"I thank someone for fighting with the devil for several months, and I haven't encountered a better fighter than this, so I advocate that the goal of this operation is to strive for the maximum, and I advocate the total annihilation of the Japanese in the bay and the complete destruction of the airport!"

Xie Jinyuan walked to the map and said: "With a feint attack in the northeast, concentrate all the forces to set up an ambush in Jinwan, and first defeat the main garrison of the Japanese army, as long as we kill the five hundred people in Chuanyue, the airport will not be able to stop us." ”

This plan is ruthless enough, it is possible to form a tough battle, and besides, with 800 to encircle and annihilate 500, it will take a short time to solve the battle, which is very risky, and everyone began to talk about it.

Xu Ming is unpredictable, and the benefits and risks are relative. In the end, Xu Ming made up his mind, since he came, he would do a big deal.

"I've decided, just follow Captain Xie's plan."

"Liu Junsheng is in a company, along the ......"

Wakamatsu Kiyoge hurriedly walked out of the basement, and the northeast side of the airport was already in flames.

"Hey! Hey...", the signal soldier roared hoarsely, but there was no response from the other end.

Wakamatsu was next to him, his face pale, and after the phone line was cut, he knew that something was wrong. Now that he had lost contact with the Kawazuki troops, he ordered the heralds: "Tell all the troops to defend with all their might, and in addition, strengthen the vigilance of the Chinese prisoners of war to prevent the Chinese people from attacking the west."

At this time, Ruosong thought that the Chinese were here to save the prisoners of war, but he did not expect that there was a person named Xu Ming who would have such a big appetite.

"Hit, hit me hard." As soon as Liu Junsheng's words fell, a watchtower of the Japanese army had already flown into the sky. The explosives of the squadron showed their might.

Yin Zhengge's intelligence shows that this kind of masonry fortification cannot withstand 5 kilograms of TN and T, but unfortunately, he can no longer see his argument with his own eyes.

Two fortifications not far away were also smoking, and Liu Junsheng's troops began to break through the barbed wire defense line, behind the barbed wire, and then through a trench and 2 watchtowers, it was the Japanese army's airfield oil depot!

Even if it's a feint, it hurts him.

"Bastard, haven't the troops been assembled yet? What about the artillery team? Where is it? "Kawazuki was so angry that he went crazy. Who said that the elite units of the Japanese army would be able to cope with such a sudden event. His troops are now in a hurry, especially the artillery team, 2 infantry guns, one of which was taken to the ordnance repair station in Wuhu County for repair, and the other is still being assembled in a hurry, and the rest of the artillery crew members are hurriedly installing the bottom, fire and fuse on the shells.

"Bastard, don't wait for the artillery team." Chuan Yue was anxious, and the remaining more than 400 people had already completed the assembly.

"Your Excellency Nakasa, do you want to enter the interior of the airport to defend it?" There is a small road for the Chuanyue Brigade in Jinwan to enter the airport, and if Chuanyue Baoren listens to this opinion, Xu Ming and Xie Jinyuan are estimated to be so depressed that they vomit blood, which means that a thousand squadrons will carry out a tough battle against more than 800 Japanese troops.

Fortunately, the inherent sense of honor of the Japanese soldiers changed all this, and as the strongest field division in Japan, Kawazuki would never tolerate the provocation of others. A few people dared to attack the airport! This is the Kumamoto samurai of the 6th Division, and if he doesn't take Kawazuki in his eyes, he will never nest in the airport to defend!

"All troops, turn to the northeast." More than 400 Japanese troops immediately advanced to the northeast in a running motion, aiming directly at the flank of the squadron attacking the airfield.

Chuan Yue led his men and horses to pass on the road, every plot, every trench, every dirt bag here is very clear, he can imagine with his eyes closed, in order to ensure the maximum safety of the airport, all the buildings including trees and villages around the airport by the Japanese army have been destroyed. Not far away, there should be a slightly higher gentle slope.

Suddenly, Kawazuki noticed that the gentle slope there seemed to be higher than usual, and Kawatsuki suddenly felt a murderous aura.

Sure enough, the ground of that hillside was lifted, as if the earth had been peeled away. Countless flares rose from that hillside and landed above Kawatsuki's troops, and when the flares fell, it was Kawatsuki Hohito's terrified face.