On the playground of the base, 42 soldiers are divided into seven vertical and six columns standing in a military posture, with a standard upright posture, chest up, abdomen tucked, and buttocks raised...... The feet are 60 degrees apart, the heels are close together, the middle finger is close to the seam of the pants on both sides of the thigh, and then there is a bowl on the head, which contains their lunch, if it is dropped, then the lunch is gone, and when others are eating, they have to run circles around the playground, a lap of 2000 meters, and run ten laps.

As a result, at noon on the first day, there were 39 people running on the playground, and only 3 people were able to eat lunch.

In the morning, he stood in a military posture, walked in the afternoon, and in the evening in the cultural class, Lu Qiang was the instructor (principal), and the rest of them, including monkeys and tigers, were all trained. Six people, each person should lead a team, be the captain, seven members of each team, the captain is not counted, a total of six teams.

"Rest in place for 5 minutes." After standing for two hours in a row, they finally heard Lu Qiang speak, and now this voice was the sound of heaven to them.

The week-long training of standing in a military posture and walking in a correct step gave them the most basic military appearance.

"Now that the week's basic training is over, I will rest for half a day this afternoon." As soon as Lu Qiang's words came out, the people in the crowd below were all happy, but they didn't dare to make a sound, there was any movement, after all, Lu Qiang's yin wei was there, who dared to talk nonsense, push-ups, frog jumps, pull-ups, cross-country, squats, all kinds of weird punishment methods, and it didn't hurt people, anyway, it was so tired that people couldn't get up, and the living examples were there.

"Also, gather tomorrow morning at half past six, bring all your equipment and equipment, and none of them will be left behind." Lu Qiang held the loudspeaker and said loudly. "Do you understand?"

"Got it!" Everyone roared, "If you don't roar, you can't do it, there are examples."

"Disbanded." After the two words were spoken, everyone followed their respective captains back to the dormitory, since the captain participated in the training, now they are with them every day, eating together, sleeping together, picking up soap together, no, taking a bath together.

In the afternoon, there was no training, so there was nothing to do, so some people went home to see, and the home was not far away, just outside the valley, after all, this was a military base, but it was not for them to live, so they found a relatively flat place outside, took local materials, and built a lot of wooden houses for people to live in.

Lu'an City.

"What do you say? Gu Ze Kazuo, isn't he encircling and suppressing the people who fled into Dabie Mountain and died? According to the captain of the brigade guarding Lu'an, Man Cangshan's right eyes stared at the devil who came to report.

"The other party spoke fluent Japanese, and he was holding a command knife issued only by the Imperial Army, and I asked him about Kazuo Tanizawa, and he was able to answer. It's just ......," the person said, and at the end, he was a little slurred.

"But what?" Mancang asked.

"That's it...... Your Excellency Shaozo, you better see for yourself! ”

"Then you call him."

"Hayi!"

Soon, he returned, with a man behind him.

"Whew!" Man Cangshanyou, who was drinking tea, almost didn't squirt out the tea in his mouth, but in the end, he swallowed it stiffly and looked at the visitor.

The most obvious thing is that his beggar outfit is almost like strips of cloth, and then there is mud, his hair and face are dirty, his chin is also covered with stubble, and his whole body is good with the boots and the command knife in his hand. "Are you Gu Zejun?" Man Cangshan looked at his somewhat familiar face and asked uncertainly.

"Hayi!" The other party replied excitedly.

"Smack, smack"

"How did you get this way? Still an Imperial soldier? As soon as the words changed, Mancang Shanyou's tone immediately became stern. Then he was slapped twice. "You go wash yourself first, and then tell me why."

"Hayi!" Gu Ze and a man answered, and immediately went down.

Ten minutes later......

"Do you mean to say that the other side is not a simple team, and there is a high probability that there will be a branch of the Great Powers behind it?" Mankura Yama listened to Tanizawa Kazuo's narration and guessed.

"This ...... The subordinates are not sure. Gu Ze said.

"Since there may be great powers behind them, then don't fight them for the time being, now the front line is about to attack Wuhan, you take your squadron to escort supplies and atone for your crimes." Mancang Mountain right road.

"Hayi!" Gu Ze nodded, turned around and left......

Early morning!

"Beep~~Beep~~Beep~~~" After the three whistles, the entire camp immediately boiled.

"Quick, get up, get up, quick, quick." As the captain of the squad, Tiger Strong, Monkey, Bobcat, Leopard, Little Seven Ants, and Six People, it is their responsibility to call those who have not yet gotten up.

"Twelve minutes," Lu Qiang looked at his watch expressionlessly, glancing at the team that had already assembled, "Let you bring all the equipment, and you will give me twelve minutes?" Do you know that if this is on the battlefield, you don't know how many times you have died. Lu Qiang glared angrily, and saliva flew all over his mouth. Today is the first day, so I won't pursue it, and from tomorrow, if you can't complete the assembly within 5 minutes, then ...... Hehe, I won't say more. As he spoke, he showed two shiny front teeth, but the group of people in front of him trembled in unison. Attention!! Look to the right~~ Qi! Look ahead~~! ”

"Brush!"

After the team was tidy, Lu Qiang shouted again: "Turn to the right~~, run~~ go!" As he spoke, he took the lead in the front, and the teams behind him followed one after another, gradually running out of the base range.

"Boss, where is this going?" The bobcat, who was following behind, asked.

"It's armed off-road." After speaking, Lu Qiang was silent.

A lap back and forth about 10 kilometers, ten minutes to eat breakfast, and then start training in the morning, the training is relatively simple at the beginning, because they are all recruits, too difficult or large training is easy to strain muscles, the morning is first 3000 meters run, then push-ups, sit-ups, one-legged squats to stand up, and finally continue to stand in a military posture, the whole team. In the afternoon, continue to run 3000 meters, then pull-ups, arm support, roll up, and finally practice marksmanship, put a row of bullets on the gun, and then hold the gun and do not move, drop a piece of meat, drop three buckles a dish, drop five grains, eat a few meals, drop seven grains, that is, all of them are dropped, and dinner is 1 steamed bun, or leftover in the morning. In the evening, it is also a cultural class, learning to read and write.

Lu Qiang was stepping up training on his side, and on the other side, known as the biggest battle in the Anti-Japanese War, the "Battle of Wuhan" also broke out. The length of the battle, the number of troops, and the scale of the battle were incomparable to any other battle in the entire War of Resistance Against Japan.

In the air battle on the eve of the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese army relied on its air superiority to frequently carry out air raids and bombings on Wuhan before it was unable to launch a ground attack. In order to defend Wuhan from attacks and bombing, the young Chinese Air Force took off many times to fight against the air. The air battle became a prelude to the full-scale start of the Battle of Wuhan.

On February 18, 1938, the Japanese army dispatched 26 fighters and 12 bombers from Nanjing, Wuhu and other places to attack Wuhan along the Yangtze River. After hearing the news, 11 E-15 fighters of the 22nd team of the 4th Group and 10 E-16 fighters of the 21st team quickly took off from the Wangjiadun Airport in Hankou to meet them. Subsequently, 8 E-15 fighters of the 23rd team also took off from Xiaogan Airport and entered the battle. After 12 minutes of fierce fighting, Chinese fighters shot down 14 Japanese planes, and the rest of the Japanese planes fled in confusion and failed to enter the city of Wuhan to drop bombs. The Chinese Air Force lost 4 aircraft. The "218 Air Battle" became the first air victory during the Wuhan Anti-Japanese War.

On April 29, the Japanese army dispatched 39 planes to Wuhan in order to pay tribute to the Tianchang Festival with a "great victory in the air". Since the Chinese Air Force had obtained relevant information from a downed Japanese reconnaissance plane in advance, it was ready for battle, dispatched 67 fighters from two groups to intercept the attack, and made tactical arrangements in advance. After the Chinese fleet took off, the E-15 fighters were used to induce the Japanese fighters to break away from the bomber group, and the E-16 fighters were used to annihilate the Japanese bombers. For a time, "from Wuchang to Huanggang, the sky was full of fireworks, all of which belonged to the wreckage of the enemy's heavy bomber that was shot down by us, "Wuhan Yesterday's Magnificent Air Battle, I Shot Down Twenty-One Enemy Planes," Xin*Hua*Daily, April 30, 1938, page 2. ”。 After half an hour of fierce fighting, the Chinese Air Force shot down 21 Japanese planes, including 11 fighters and 10 bombers. The Chinese Air Force lost 12 aircraft. The "429 Air Battle" was not only during the Wuhan War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, but also the most fierce air battle during the eight-year War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in the whole country.

On 31 May, the Japanese army dispatched 36 fighters and 18 bombers to attack Wuhan, and the Chinese Air Force sent a powerful fighter group to intercept the Japanese planes in the sky north of Hankou. It was for the "May 31 Air Battle".

In addition to the air battle at Wuhan, the Chinese Air Force successfully conducted an expedition to the Japanese mainland.

On 19 May, Xu Huansheng, captain of the 14th squadron of the Chinese Air Force, and Tong Yanbo, deputy captain of the 19th squadron, flew two bombers carrying several tons of leaflets carrying the "Letter to the Japanese Workers," "The Letter to the Japanese Party and Government Figures," the "Letter to the Japanese People," and the "Letter to the Japanese Small and Medium-sized Industrialists and Businessmen" from Hankou. In the early morning of the 20th, leaflets were scattered over Nagasaki, Fukuoka, Kurume, Saga, and other cities in Kyushu, and the situation of Japanese military ports and airfields was reconnoitred. The Chinese plane's expedition to Japan caused "a nationwide commotion and horror," and it was considered "an unprecedented miracle in Japan's history of foreign planes entering its territory."

The air battle on the eve of the Battle of Wuhan aroused deep concern from all walks of life throughout the country and won unanimous praise at home and abroad. After every air battle, people celebrated warmly and cordially expressed their condolences to the triumphant officers and men of the Air Force. After the "218 Air Battle," all walks of life in Wuhan held a grand celebration meeting. When the Chinese planes returned from their expedition to Japan, Kong Xiangxi, He Yingqin, Qian Dajun, and other military and political dignitaries personally greeted them at the airport. In order to commemorate the air force officers and men who died in the air battle, all walks of life in Wuhan held two solemn public memorial ceremonies, and Jiang Guangtou, Chen Cheng, and other military and political leaders came to pay their respects. Foreign public opinion generally praised China's most outstanding troops as Ouyang Zhiliang and Chen Fangguo of the Air Force.

Operations along the middle reaches of the Yangtze River: Battle of Wuhan, operations along the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, which began with the Japanese attack on Anqing.

In late May 1938, the Japanese base camp decided: "Capture Anqing and use it as a base for the Hankow operation." On May 29, the War Department of the Base Camp ordered that "the commander of the Central China Dispatch Army should occupy the vicinity of Anqing with a force"; The Admiralty of the base camp ordered that "the commander of the fleet on the Chinese side should assist the army in occupying the vicinity of Anqing". It is intended that the army and navy will work together to capture Anqing in one fell swoop.

On June 1, the 6th Division of the Japanese Army moved south from Hefei, entered Fengtai on the 3rd, occupied Zhengyangguan on the 4th, and trapped Shucheng on the 9th, and attacked the back of Anqing. At the same time, under the escort and guidance of the navy, the Japanese Botian detachment set out from the vicinity of Wuhu on June 10 and began to trace the westward march westward, and the next day, anchored 20 kilometers downstream of Anqing. From 3 o'clock on the 12th, the Botian detachment landed on a raft, occupied the General Temple, and marched towards Anqing through Xinhekou and Dawang Temple. The Japanese Marines occupied the Upper Cellar Fort on the south bank. Immediately, a number of Japanese ships arrived at Dadukou on the south bank and bombarded Anqing City fiercely. Due to the unsuccessful plan of the 26th and 27th Group Armies of the Chinese Army to flank the Japanese troops moving south from Shucheng and unable to help the Anqing garrison, the 872nd Regiment and the Security Regiment of the 146th Division of the 21st Army of the Anqing Garrison Army resisted hard, but finally withdrew that night due to heavy casualties, and the Japanese occupied the whole city. The loss of Anqing opened a gap in Wuhan's Jiangfang periphery.

After the Japanese occupied Anqing, on June 18, the Japanese Central China Dispatch Army "ordered the Hata Detachment to cooperate with the Navy to continue the operation of tracing the Yangtze River from the Yangtze River to occupy the Hukou and Jiujiang areas." However, between Anqing, Hukou and Jiujiang, there were horses blocking the line of arch guards, so the war first started in horses.

In order to defend the horses, in addition to building a large-scale blocking line, the Chinese army also deployed heavy garrisons. Among them, the core area is the Madao Fortress, which is garrisoned by the Second Corps of the Jiangfang Fortress Garrison, the first battalion of the 26th Division of the 43rd Army, the first and second battalions of the garrison, and one of the eighth regiment, the forty-first regiment and the forty-second regiment of the artillery; The outer outline area is the Yellow Mountain, Xiangshan, Zangshan Rock and the lower Yuban, Huanglishu and Malukou in the lower reaches of the Madao Mountain, which are garrisoned by the 53rd Division and the 167th Division of the 16th Army of the Jiangfang Army. In addition, one of the 21st and 27th Group Armies and the Tang Style of the 23rd Group Army guarded Huaining in the north of the Yangtze River and the east in the south of the Yangtze River in order to respond at any time.

From June 18, the Japanese army focused on clearing mines between the eastward flow and the horse to open up a shipping lane, but due to the participation of the Chinese air force, by the 23rd, the Japanese army could not break through the minefield. As a result, the Japanese army changed to a sneak attack on Xiangshan, which is called the lip of the horse mount 16 kilometers downstream of the Mata Mountain. All the officers and men of the 53rd Division and the 167th Division of the Chinese defenders in Xiangshan were determined to live and die with the position, and waged a fierce struggle with the Japanese army. On the 24th, the Japanese army used poison gas bombs to break through the Xiangshan position. On the 29th, the Japanese follow-up marines forcibly broke through the blockade line on the river by armored motorboat, and landed at Pengze behind the fortress of Madao from Dabai Lake, causing the Chinese defenders of Madao to suffer from the enemy. In addition, due to the high rise of the river, the water level was higher than that of the same period of the previous year, so that the blocking line of the horse was not able to play the expected effect. Under these conditions, the Chinese defenders were forced to abandon the fortress. On June 29, the Japanese occupied Madao.

After the Japanese occupied Madao, they immediately marched west along the highway with the 106th Division, while the Potian detachment went west in batches by ships and attacked Hukou together. On 4 July, the Japanese 106th Division advanced to Laodashan and Zoumaban, which were only 10 kilometers away from Hukou City, while the Hatian detachment landed at Zheji, northeast of Hukou City, and jointly attacked the main position at Hukou. The 26th Division of the 43rd Army of the Chinese defenders resisted stubbornly until repeated hand-to-hand combat, and finally retreated one after another because the ammunition ran out, the reinforcements did not arrive in time, and the Japanese army used poison * gas again. On the morning of the 5th, the Japanese army occupied Hukou.

After the Japanese army occupied Hukou, they took advantage of the situation to attack Jiujiang. On the night of July 22, the Potian detachment of the first line of the Japanese army landed at Gutang, 22 kilometers east of the Jiujiang River, and stormed the positions of the 11th Reserve Division of the Chinese defenders. As soon as the Japanese approached the landing site, the 11th Reserve Division fired and threw grenades at the Japanese from the cliff. The Japanese army attacked repeatedly, breaking through several positions built on the steep mountain ground north of Lushan. On the 24th, the 106th Division of the Japanese Army's second line entered the left side of the Hatian detachment and launched a general attack on the Chinese defenders with the Potian detachment that night. The 3rd Division of the 8th Army, the 2nd Division of the 52nd Army, and the 15th Division of the 13th Army of the Chinese defenders resisted stubbornly, and finally abandoned their positions on the night of the 25th due to heavy casualties. On the 26th, the Japanese army occupied Jiujiang.

While the Japanese Botian Detachment and the 106th Division occupied various places on the south bank of the Yangtze River, the 6th Division of the Japanese Army in Jiangbei focused on attacking Qianshan, Taihu, Susong, and Huangmei to echo the Japanese army south of the Yangtze River.

On June 16, the forward troops of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army set out from Tongcheng, broke through the Anhui River, and entered the city of Qianshan. On the 17th, the Japanese army attacked Qianshan City, and the 131st Division of the 31st Army of the Chinese defenders fought the enemy with the help of the market trenches, inflicting heavy losses on the Japanese army. However, due to the continuous reinforcement of the follow-up troops of the Japanese army, the Chinese defenders were unable to support it, and they withdrew from the hidden mountain that day and night. The Japanese Sixth Division captured Qianshan and rested for a while, and then attacked Taihu Lake in the west on July 24. On the 26th, the Japanese army dispatched planes to bombard Taihu City, and then broke into the city through the east gate. The 131st Division of the 31st Army of the Chinese defenders resisted stubbornly, but the terrain was unfavorable and there was no danger to defend, so they were forced to withdraw. The Japanese army occupied the entire city of Taihu Lake that night. After the Japanese Sixth Division occupied Taihu Lake, it immediately divided its troops to attack Susong and Huangmei in the west. In order to garrison Susong, the 31st Army of the Chinese defenders fought fiercely with the Japanese on the banks of the Pavilion River and the nearby mountains, so that the Japanese troops did not enter Susong until August 1. In order to prevent the Japanese army from occupying Huangmei, the 1st Division of the 68th Army of the Chinese defenders and the 135th Division of the 31st Army fought fiercely with the Japanese army in Hualiangting, Erlang River, Jieling Line and Shuanghekou, Linpu, Crossing-River Bridge, Dushan Town and other places in the northeast of Huangmei. On August 2, the Japanese army dispatched more than 20 bombers to bomb Huangmeida 11 times, and the county town was in ruins. That night, the Japanese army poured in from the north gate and occupied the county seat of Huangmei. After the Japanese army occupied Huangmei County, the fighting along the Yangtze River entered Hubei.

After the Japanese army entered the territory of Hubei and rested for a while, they vigorously attacked the fortress of Tianjiazhen, the eastern gateway of Wuhan, and the battle for the fortress of Tianjiazhen began.

Tianjia Town is located in Guangji County on the north bank of the Yangtze River, with hills on its back and the Yangtze River in the south. Behind the hills, there are yellow mud, Makou two lakes are side by side, and Yazhang Mountain stands in the middle. The river is narrow, only about half a kilometer, and the current is fast. The opposite bank is half of the mountain, the cliff is near the river, and it is very dangerous. The east of half of the mountain is the rich pond mouth that is rich in water and enters the mouth of the Yangtze River, and there is a military mountain towering on the back of the rich pond mouth. The three mountains stand across the river, forming horns with each other, constituting the natural fortress of the Yangtze River. During the Qing Xianfeng period, three forts in the south, north and middle were built here, the south was in Banbi Mountain, the middle was in Wuwang Temple, and the north was in Fengjiashan, collectively known as Tianjiazhen Fortress. Before the Battle of Wuhan, it had been comprehensively rebuilt and repaired, becoming the key to the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and the gateway to Wuhan.

The Military Commission of the Nationalist Government attached great importance to the defensive role of the Tianjiazhen Fortress. On August 6, 1938, Chiang Kai-shek sent a telegram to Li Yannian, commander of the Tianbei Fortress, pointing out: "The Tian and Fu Fortresses are the keys to our main positions in Dabie Mountain and northern Jiangxi, the pivot of the battles in the Fifth and Ninth Theaters, and the barrier of Wuhan. To this end, the Chinese army deployed the 2nd, 54th, and 73rd armies in the northern, southern, and peripheral positions of the fortress, and later with the development of the war, the 26th, 55th, 75th, 84th, and 86th armies were transferred to various places in Guangji and Qichun.

From September 15, the Japanese Botian Detachment and the 9th Division and Regiment on the South Bank began to attack the Fuchikou position in the southern area of the Tianjiazhen Fortress. At that time, the Japanese Botian Detachment first took Wuxue Town on the north bank and cleared the waterway obstacles, and then successively attacked the peripheral positions of Fuchikou on the south bank, such as Liu Xiangshan, Zhulintang, Bodhi Temple, and Jilong Mountain, so that the Chinese army's defense area along the river was reduced and pressure was exerted on the Fuchikou position. Immediately, the Japanese army launched a fierce attack on the line of Zhupo Mountain, Liyu Mountain, and Zhoujiashan, and the 18th Division of the 54th Army of the Chinese defenders suffered heavy casualties. On the 24th, the Japanese Botian detachment attacked the central position, and the 18th Division of the Chinese defenders resisted stubbornly with natural hazards and fortifications, but the Japanese army fired poison gas bombs again, and the Chinese defenders were forced to withdraw from the central position of Fuchikou, cross the Fushui River, and retreat to Banbi Mountain.

At a time when the Japanese Pota Detachment, the 9th Division and the 54th Army of the Chinese defenders were fighting the Fuchikou position, the 6th Division of the Japanese Army on the north bank began to attack the position in the northern area of the Tianjiazhen fortress from September 18. From September 18 to 20, the Japanese army launched a series of offensives against the positions in the northern area of Tianjia Town, but was stubbornly resisted by the 26th and 86th armies of the Chinese defenders, and suffered heavy losses. On the 21st, the Japanese army dispatched 30 planes to bomb the central position of Tianjia Town indiscriminately, dropping more than 5,000 bombs. Subsequently, poison gas bombs were launched and a fierce attack was launched, and the Chinese defenders suffered heavy casualties, but they still fought a bloody battle, and the central position of Tianjia Town remained unmoved. On the 28th, the Japanese army again dispatched 78 planes and concentrated more than 100 heavy artillery pieces to saturate and indiscriminately bomb the central position of Tianjia Town, destroying all the fortifications of the position, and the Chinese defenders Longziyu Regiment did not retreat and all of them were killed. At night, the main forces of the 57th Division of the defending 2nd Army were forced to withdraw from their positions. On the 29th, the central position of Tianjia Town finally fell into the hands of the enemy.

After the central position of Tianjia Town on the north bank was lost, the Japanese troops on the south bank stepped up to capture the Banbishan position. On October 4, the Japanese army first dispatched more than 80 planes to bomb the Banbishan position, which was completely scorched and all the fortifications were destroyed. Subsequently, the Japanese army took 60 or 70 motorboats and forcibly landed at Shangshuikou, Liujiadun, and Banbishan, and the officers and men of the 1124th Regiment of the 193rd Division of the 98th Army of the Chinese defenders bravely resisted, and all but 60 people survived, and all the others were killed, and Banbishan was lost.

At this point, all the fortresses of Tianjiazhen fell.

After the fall of the fortress of Tianjiazhen, Wuhan lost the most important barrier between the east and the west, and the battle along the Yangtze River quickly approached Wuhan.

Sure enough, after the Japanese army on the north bank captured Tianjia Town, the troops marched towards Hankou in two ways. Among them, the Japanese army advancing west along the west occupied Qichun on the 10th, trapped Maoshan on the 16th, occupied Tuanfeng on the 20th, and occupied Huanggang and Yangluo on the 22nd. The Japanese army advancing westward along the Guangzhou-Ji-Xishui line occupied Xishui on the 21st, entered Xinzhou on the 23rd, and fell into Huangpi on the 24th, reaching the northeastern suburbs of Hankou. After the Japanese army on the south bank captured Banbishan, they captured Longgang on the 11th, Yangxin on the 18th, Daye and Echeng on the 19th, Huangshigang on the 20th, and Gedian on the 24th, and arrived in the eastern suburbs of Wuchang.

At this point, the battle of Wuhan along the Yangtze River came to an end.