Dayun Mountain lies across the border of Hunan and Hubei and has a dangerous terrain, and it is located a few kilometers north of the Xinqiang River, with an altitude of more than 960 meters, and is one of the important advance positions of the Ninth War Zone. It was our army that guarded the fortress of northern Hunan Province, and the army felt its threat and wanted to capture it for a long time.

The summit of Dayun Mountain was guarded by the 4th Army of [***], who built strong fortifications on the mountain to prevent enemy attacks.

In order to prepare for the implementation of the "plus operation" plan, cover the concentration of its main force to the north of the Xinqiang River, covertly deploy, and occupy a large river crossing area, the 11th Army of the 11th Army ordered the 6th Division, which had been garrisoned in the Yueyang area, to sweep Dayun Mountain and remove the threat from this flank.

At noon on September 6, the army suddenly launched an offensive and attacked our Nanshan, Yanling, and Jipoling positions in several ways.

In the early morning of September 7, the 13th Wing and the 45th Wing of the enemy's 6th Division also suddenly launched an attack on our forward position, all the way from Zhongfang to Nanchong through Nanshan Zhanjia Bridge; One route is from Xitang to Liujia in Jianshan and rushes to Babai City. At the same time, 10 enemy planes wantonly bombed Babai City and Yanglin Street.

From September 8 to 9, the main force of the 6th Division of the Yue Army continued to attack the east side of Dayun Mountain, although the defenders resisted hard, but because the army was superior in strength and firepower, the blockade was ineffective, and they abandoned Dayun Mountain.

On the 10th, the main force of the 6th Division believed that the sweeping task had been completed, withdrew from Dayun Mountain, and assembled in the direction of Taolin.

At the same time, the Chinese 58th Division regained the Dayun Mountain position. The 60th Division of the 27th Army, reinforced by Dayun Mountain, has also arrived on the battlefield. The 27th Army then ordered the newly formed 10th, 59th, and 60th Divisions to surround and annihilate the troops in front of them, and the attack was scheduled to begin at dawn the next day.

On the 11th, when these three divisions were fighting fiercely with the 13th Wing, the Chongsong Detachment of the 40th Division of the Yue Army, which was advancing westward from Xianning, rushed to Gantian and took the 13th Wing to withdraw to Straw Shoe Ridge.

From the 12th to the 14th, the [***] squadron continued to attack the Chongsong detachment, and the two sides fought each other in the narrow area of Gantian and Tuan Mountain slopes, and both sides suffered heavy casualties.

At this time, the Ninth Theater had not yet determined the intention of the Yue army to attack Changsha, and still believed that the Yue army's attack on Gantian north of Yanglin Street was a cover for its retreat.

Xue Yue, commander-in-chief of the Ninth Theater, sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek on the 14th, saying: "After sweeping our Dayun Mountain, the army crossed the Xinqiang River to the south and disturbed it. After judging that the enemy was on the high ground, the 33rd Division took the advance as a retreat."

On the 15th, the army was reinforced by the Araki detachment that had just arrived from northern Jiangxi, and the battle was extremely fierce. At this time, the Ninth Theater discovered that the troops of the Yue Army had more than four divisions and regiments gathered in northern Hunan and estimated that the Yue Army was showing signs of launching a large-scale attack on Changsha, so it immediately ordered the main force of the 27th Group Army to move to the south of the Xinqiang River in a hurry.

It was only then that the battle of Dayun Mountain ended. The army achieved the set campaign objectives, disrupted Xue Yue's plan, mobilized part of Xue Yue's main force, and changed the original deployment of the Ninth Theater. The devils are preparing to implement their "plus operation" plan and attack Changsha.

After the battle in Dayun Mountain came to an end, Xiao Xiong's train of thought was disrupted again. What is the devil's "plus operation" all about? Is it really just a sweeping battle in Dayun Mountain?

He also carefully analyzed the enemy situation that he had already known. According to the available information, the situation of the devil's garrison in Jiujiang and its vicinity is:

The 34th Division of the Chinese Army garrisoned Nanchang, Anyi, Tanxi, Wucheng, Yongxiu and other areas.

The 14th Reading Brigade garrisoned the areas around De'an, Xingzi, Jiujiang, and Ruichang.

At present, the only way to discern the target of the enemy's movement is to know the specific movements of their troops.

He came to the front of the self-made sand table and made further analysis and reflection on the situation in northern Jiangxi and the surrounding areas. He felt that what he could know at present was the movement of the devil's garrison and the transportation information through the Yangtze River wharf and the Nanxun railway. Only by clearly observing these circumstances can we know whether the "plus operation" of some devils is related to the Ninth War Zone.

Therefore, he circled several important places in front of the sand table from north to south: Ruichang, the Yangtze River Wharf in Jiujiang, Hukou, Mahuiling Airport, Yongxiu Yangjialing on the Nanxun Line, Qiujin on the Nanchang-Jiujiang Highway, and other places. He believes that if the devil is carrying out large-scale military operations, some unusual clues can definitely be detected in the above places. He decided to go to the nearest Shizhong Mountain early tomorrow morning to investigate.

Hukou Shizhong Mountain, the first mountain in China. She is like a delicate natural beauty towering in Shuangzhong Town, Hukou County, Jiujiang City, where Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River meet. It is bordered by Kuanglu in the south, the Yangtze River in the north, overlooking Poyang Lake, and the smoke and waves are vast; Looking at the Yangtze River, the white waves are surging, the rivers and lakes converge, the water is two colors, the natural convergence has formed a magnificent and wonderful Jingwei map, such as in the moonlight night, it can be said that "the lake light and shadow jade wall, the long sky and the moon sky", the heavenly creation, breathtaking.

It is more than 60 meters above sea level and about 40 meters above sea level, so the area is not large. It is named because there are many gaps in the mountains and stones, the water and stones fight each other, and the sound of striking is like a bell. Su Shi, a master of the Northern Song Dynasty, once stayed at the foot of the mountain at night and wrote the world-famous "Shizhong Mountain Chronicle" to make it known to the world.

Because of its dangerous terrain, steep and rugged, because of the control of the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake, condescending, can be attacked, retreat can be defended, known as the "key to the rivers and lakes", it has been a military fortress since ancient times, and has become a place where soldiers must fight.

On the morning of September 15, Xiao Xiong left Caijiazhou with Bai Yu on a wooden sailboat driven by Wang Yantai and came to Shizhong Mountain, which was not far away.

The group got off the boat and was about to walk up the mountain. I saw that at the intersection of the mountain, the devil had set up a checkpoint, and Shizhong Mountain had been occupied by the devil and set up as a military forbidden area, and the devil strictly prohibited anyone from entering.

Xiao Xiong and the others had no choice but to return to the dock and get on the boat and slowly row down the mountain.

The boat left the dock and clung to the side of the steep cliff and went upstream. The current was fast, and the lake was lapping against the bow of the boat.

"Bai Yu, do you still remember Scholar Su's "The Story of Shizhong Mountain"?" Looking up at the victory that looked like a big bell, Xiao Xiong asked Bai Yu with a smile.

"How could you not remember? I will never forget it. ”

Bai Yu, who was standing next to Xiao Xiong, gently held his hand, she clearly remembered that Xiao Xiong taught her to recite this article back then. Bai Yu took Xiao Xiong's hand, and the two stood at the bow of the boat and chanted loudly:

"The "Book of Water" clouds: 'There is a stone bell mountain in the mouth of Peng Li.'" Li Yuan thought that he was facing the deep pool, the breeze was blowing waves, the water and stones were fighting, and the sound was like a bell. ……

…… To the moon in the night, take a boat alone and Mai, to the bottom of the cliff. The big stone stands on the side for thousands of feet, like a fierce beast and a strange ghost, and the forest wants to fight people, and the falcon on the mountain is also startled when it hears the sound of people, and it is in the sky; There are also those who are old and laughing in the valley, or this stork and crane are also. Yu Fang's heart was moved to return, and the loud sound was on the water, and the sound was like a bell and drum. …… Slowly and observing, then the mountain is full of stone caves, I don't know its shallow depth, microwave into the Yan, the light surging and for this reason. The boat returns to the two mountains, will enter the port, there is a big stone in the middle stream, can sit a hundred people, the air and many tricks, and the feng shui swallow each other, there is the sound of the boredom, and the person who is squeezing to the corresponding one, such as the joy of doing it. ……”

Wang Yantai and the accompanying team members all looked at the immortal couple with reverence, listening to their chanting of Qingyue with the sound of water, and for a while it seemed to be in a wonderful holy realm.

After chanting, Xiao Xiong turned his head and asked the team members who were looking at the two of them blankly, and asked:

"Do you know the origin of Shizhong Mountain?"

Everyone shook their heads. Xiao Xiong pointed to this small but famous mountain and introduced it to everyone carefully.

The "bell" of Shizhong Mountain, which comes from the sound of nature, has been flowing for many years, and the water and stones are ringing. Sometimes fresh, sometimes distant, sometimes agitated, sometimes bright, empty into charm, this "bell" and the sound of the waves constitute a three-dimensional picture of sound and color, even musicians are difficult to simulate, poets and writers can not describe. Therefore, in the end, this divine comedy-like main picture has become a mystery for the ages, attracting people with insight and lofty ideals to explore.

So why is it called Shizhong Mountain? There are many opinions. Folklore believes that the mountain resembles a big bell, so it is named after its shape; The literati mostly named themselves by their voices, believing that the sound under the mountain all year round is like a big bell ringing constantly. But there is also disagreement on how the sound came out.

Li Daoyuan's "Notes on the Book of Water" of the Northern Wei Dynasty believes that Shizhong Mountain "descends to a deep pool, the breeze blows waves, the water and stones catch each other, and the ringing is like a bell"; Li Bo, the assassin of Jiangzhou in the Tang Dynasty, "suddenly encountered two stones on the mountain", "detained and listened, the south sound Han Hu, the north sound Qingyue, suppressed the sound", and thought that the sound was made because of the stone.

And Su Shi, a master in the Song Dynasty, one year because he sent his eldest son Su Mai to Dexing County, Jiangxi Province, passing through Hukou, he decided to go to investigate in person. So on a moonlit night, he took Su Mai on a small boat, haunted between the cliffs and deep pools, and conducted a serious field investigation. He finally found that under the cliff, there were many gaps in the mountain, and between the water waves entering and leaving, the surging impact made a sound. He thought that he had solved the thousand-year-old mystery and found the real reason for the "bell" of Shizhong Mountain, so he wrote "The Story of Shizhong Mountain".

It wasn't until the Ming Dynasty that Luo Hongxian and Peng Xueqin, in order to find out the truth about Zhong Ming, they carefully explored up and down the mountain, only to find that Su Shi was also tricked by nature at that time, and his understanding was also wrong. It turned out that Su Dongpo went to the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake during the flood period, while Luo and Peng went to the dry period when the water of the river and lake fell in winter and spring. They tread the mountains to find the real reason for the "bell".

It turned out that due to the erosion of the lake for thousands of years, Shizhong Mountain was completely empty, and the water waves hit the cave before it made a sound like a bell. At this point, Shi Zhongshan will make the sound of heaven all year round.

After listening to Xiao Xiong's passionate introduction, and carefully watching the thousand-year-old holy realm, carefully listening to the loud and distant bells that have not stopped for thousands of years, they can't help but have a heroic passion in their hearts, and at the same time add more hatred for this beautiful place to be trampled and ravaged by Yuekou.

Suddenly, Jiang Yongming pointed to the lake not far in front of him and whispered:

"Commander, you see, there's the devil's brigade transport ship."

Xiao Xiong looked up, and sure enough, not far ahead, a tug of the devil was towing more than a dozen large barges heading towards the mouth of Poyang Lake, and the barge was full of devils. Immediately behind the tugboat were three large motorboats of the devils, which were also full of devils.