Putting aside Xiao Xiong's return to Miaozhipu, how to celebrate the achievement, and how to plan the next move, let's talk about Jiang Yongming and his Jiangxin guerrillas first.

Jiang Yongming is a member of the Xingzi team. Because he was born as a fisherman and a local, coupled with his combat wit and bravery, Xiao Xiong had long taken a fancy to him, and as soon as he established the Jiangxin guerrillas, he immediately appointed him as a lieutenant captain.

The urgent task of the Jiangxin guerrillas at present is to establish footholds in Jiangxin Prefecture as soon as possible in the Jiujiang section of the Yangtze River, and then establish secret base areas. The mass base here is good, and most of the guerrillas come from water fishermen, who live on the water all year round, and their ancestors have lived on boats for generations. Poverty and hardship forced them to build a few houses made of thatch, reeds and mud on the rivers and lakes to escape the cold and snow of winter. They are well aware of the geography of the water and lakeshores in this area.

After the Yangtze River enters Jiangxi, due to the widening of the river surface, the river flow slows down, and the sediment brought from the upstream gradually silts down, so a lot of sandbanks are formed in the center of the river. As the accumulation becomes more and more active and higher over the years, the area of siltation is getting larger and larger. Later, weeds and reeds grew on it. On the Jiujiang area of Jiangxinzhou mainly have Shanjiazhou, Jiangjiazhou, Caijiazhou, Zhangjiazhou, Fujiazhou, Tongxingzhou, Tuanzhou, Jiuzhou, Xinzhou, Wangzhou, Muerzhou, etc., except for Shanjiazhou, Wangzhou, Muerzhou is relatively readable, far away from other continents, the rest of these sandbanks are close together. This piece of Shazhou covers a large area, dozens of square kilometers, and there are only some narrow waterways between the continents, and most of the continents are overgrown with reeds and grasses. As you can see from the name of these sandbanks, they were originally uninhabited sandbars, which were submerged in the water during the flood season and later became higher and higher. Those people on the water climbed these uninhabited sandbanks and built houses on them. Later, for convenience, everyone used the family that first climbed the sandbar to call and name. As there are more and more people in Shangzhou, the sandbar is becoming more and more lively. People began to raise the base of the house and build a polder, so that they were not afraid of flooding in normal years. In the dry season, they plant some crops, vegetables, etc. on a slightly higher ground to increase their income. Later, there were more people living on the continent, and there were more roads, and even small wooden bridges were built between states, making it easier to travel between them.

Fishing in the rivers and lakes has been a profession for generations. In addition to the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake, there are countless large and small lakes such as Qili Lake, Bali Lake, Saihu Lake, and Longgan Lake, so there are many fishermen who have made a living from fishing here for generations. Every household has a fishing boat and a small fish raft. They use a variety of methods such as hooking, netting, and wrenching, and some also use herons (i.e., ospreys) to catch fish.

Jiang Yongming's family was originally a fisherman fishing in the area of Poyang Lake, but because his grandfather was sick and owed usury to the local fisherman, his father had no choice but to sell the fishing boat to pay off the debt, and went ashore to become a tenant for others. In the year when the Anti-Japanese War broke out, Jiang Yongming joined the army and went to the 74th Army.

Unexpectedly, the 74th Army later participated in the Battle of Wanjialing, and he returned to his hometown with the troops. He was wounded in the attack on Zhang Gushan, and was later sent to Taohuajian, and then participated in the battle of Poyang Lake and other battles with Xiao Xiong. This time, he was entrusted with the important task of establishing a springboard on the Yangtze River, and was ordered to establish a secret base for the Einsatzgruppen. He is well aware of the great responsibility and the arduous task. But looking at the bronzed, agile, and skillful brothers around him, he was confident in completing the task.

Everyone rowed fishing boats across the Yangtze River, and came to Zhoutou one after another, and from here they began to enter the sandbar in the center of the river. Along the shallow waterway, they paddled all the way through the villages of Zhangjiazhou, Huaizhou, Caizhou, and Tuanzhou, and finally reached Fujiazhou, which was located downstream, and from there returned to Zhoutou Village. The whole Jiangxinzhou River is vertical and horizontal, the reeds are luxuriant, the terrain is extremely complicated, it is not a fisherman who lives here all the year round, ordinary people must be like entering a labyrinth when they come here, it is difficult to get out. It is indeed a natural fortress to establish a hidden base here and fight against the Yukou.

The reason why Xiao Xiong wanted to set up a special Jiangxin guerrilla unit was because the headquarters called to inform him that in January 1939, the Chinese Navy formally established a mine-laying guerrilla corps, which was mainly active in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. They divided the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River into three mine-laying guerrilla zones, the first mine-laying guerrilla zone from Jianli to Huanglingji; the second mine-laying guerrilla zone from Echeng to Jiujiang; The third mine-laying guerrilla zone stretched from Hukou to Wuhu and later expanded to Jiangyin. Jiujiang is located between the second and third mine-laying guerrilla zones, so its position is extremely important.

In order to block the army's military operations on the Yangtze River, and our army has no navy to fight against it, it can only carry out mine warfare on the Yangtze River, delay the enemy's attack, and wait for an opportunity to destroy the enemy's vital forces.

Laying mines is a difficult and dangerous process. The Navy often divides minelaying squadrons into minelaying teams of three or five men each. The soldiers first had to collect the mines from the rear, transport them covertly to the Yangtze River by means of shoulder-carrying vehicles, and then lay down the water in places where the enemy's control was weak. The work of transporting mines was extremely dangerous, during which they had to pass through enemy blockades, walk day and night behind enemy lines, endure hunger, and often fight against the enemy they encountered. During the journey, many [***] fighters were captured, brutally killed, or died heroically in battle with the enemy.

In view of the imminent start of the Nanchang counterattack, the headquarters ordered the immediate establishment of an anti-enemy stronghold on the Yangtze River, which served as a springboard for the heart of the Yangtze River and as the forward position of the mine-laying guerrillas, and fought and fought with the enemy on the Yangtze River. Therefore, after Xiao Xiong received the order, he would send Jiang Yongming here so urgently.

Jiang Yongming led the team members to inspect all the large and small sandbanks, and they had a bottom in their hearts. Huaizhou, Caizhou, Tuanzhou, and Liuzhou are located in the center of Jiangxinzhou, where the rivers are dense, there are many lakes and ponds, and the waterways are shallow, which is not conducive to the passage of large ships such as devils' motorboats, and the guerrilla camps can be set up there. Zhoutou Village and Fujiazhou are located in the upper and lower reaches of Jiangxinzhou respectively, and can be used as a position to meet and advance. In this way, the entire Jiangxinzhou can be used as a relatively perfect base area, that is, a very convenient and concealed combat platform has been established for the mine-laying guerrillas.

Without further ado, do it when you think about it. So Jiang Yongming divided the team into four teams, each with more than 10 members. Fortunately, there are many players in the team who are on the continent, and under their leadership, the four teams are stationed on the four continents of Huaizhou, Caizhou, Tuanzhou and Liuzhou. The radio team is located in Tuanzhou, so it is convenient for the team to act and echo each other. In addition, liaison points have been set up in Zhoutou and Fujiazhou to facilitate communication with the troops on the shore and the mine-laying guerrillas. At the same time, team members familiar with the situation were dispatched to the upper reaches of Danjiazhou, the lower reaches of Wangzhou, Muerzhou, and Pengze's Mianchuan Continent to conduct reconnaissance and contact, and do a good job of establishing base areas as soon as possible. In particular, Pengze's Cotton Boat Island has a large area, an important geographical location, and a large number of fishermen on the island, so it is necessary to quickly carry out work there and establish a base area.

When everything was ready, Jiang Yongming reported the situation here to Commander Xiao Xiong through the radio station that had just been set up. Xiao Xiong has just received an order from the headquarters, and the Nanchang counterattack will start tomorrow. The General Headquarters ordered the Northern Jiangxi Anti-Enemy Einsatzgruppen to take over the troops of the Second Mine-laying Guerrilla Zone, cooperate with them in carrying out mine-laying operations along the Yangtze River, and strive to temporarily block the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake Estuary in the Jiujiang and Poyang Lake estuaries areas, so as to delay the enemy's reinforcements in the direction of Nanchang. Wait for the opportunity to launch more operations, disrupt the enemy's rear, and disrupt the enemy's deployment.

On April 21, Luo Zhuoying ordered the troops of the Ninth Theater to start the operation first. The 1st Army attacked Fengxin with the 60th Division of the 184th Army and the new 10th Division of the 58th Army; The main force of the 74th Army attacked Gao'an, and the 74th Army and the 49th Army each crossed the Jinjiang River to the north and attacked Dacheng and Shengmi Street. After fierce fighting until the 26th, the army retreated to Fengxin, Qiuling, and Wanshou Palace. The 19th Army conquered Daecheng, Gaoan, Shengmi Street and other strongholds.

The 32nd Army of the Third Theater crossed the Fuhe River on 23 April with the 16th Division, the 79th Division, the 5th Reserve Division and a part of the 10th Reserve Division of the 29th Army and began to attack Nanchang. On the 26th, it was said that the southeast city of Nanchang was regained and the street was approaching Nanchang.

The Nanchang counterattack has started in an all-round way. The two sides dispatched troops and began another life-and-death decisive battle on the land of Jiangxi.

On the morning of 21 July, Xiao Xiong received an urgent order to respond to and cooperate with the mine-laying guerrilla brigade to lay mines as soon as possible on the line from the Yangtze River to Pengze, and try to cut off the enemy's water transportation channels and block the enemy's reinforcements from the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake to the Nanchang Theater. Xiao Xiong immediately ordered the special guerrillas on the water and the Jiangxin guerrillas to prepare for battle.

Wang Yantai grew up on the sea since he was a child, and he has developed a strong water skill, because he has been at sea for a long time in the army, his skin has been blown by the sea wind, and the sun has become dark and swarthy, and he is nicknamed "black stripe in the waves" by everyone.

On the morning of 21 July, Wang Yantai led a special guerrilla unit on the water to pick up the mine-laying guerrilla brigade that had just arrived in Danjiazhou. The ship of the mine-laying brigade encountered the enemy on the river upstream of Shanjiazhou last night, and the boat they were riding in was blown up and sunk by the patrol boat of the devils, but they still escaped by jumping into the water and swam to Shanjiazhou. After that, they immediately reported to the Second Guerrilla Zone Command by radio, so they contacted the Jiangxin guerrillas on the continent last night, and under the cover of Jiang Yongming's troops, they hid on the continent. Then, Xiao Xiong ordered Wang Yantai to take the minelaying brigade safely to the base area of Jiangxinzhou.

Wang Yantai sat on a wooden sailboat. It was a transport boat that traveled to and from the river crossing, and a plaster flag of the devil was hung on the mast. Every morning, the ship will depart from the passenger terminal in Jiujiang, first go to the upstream Jiujiang dock to pick up passengers, and then go down the river to Meijiazhou, Fujiazhou, and then upstream back to Jiujiang. Exactly the whole day. The guys of this boat are the guerrillas, and the boss of the boat is a person who is enthusiastic about resisting, so today this boat is actually a special boat for special guerrillas on the water.

The boat soon came to the Danjiazhou wharf, from the wharf came up more than a dozen people dressed as fishermen, some carrying burdens, some carrying bamboo baskets, in which were fish, shrimp, snails, etc., caught by fishermen, and some carried a large bag of lotus pods. Wang Yantai came to the man with the lotus canopy on his back and asked:

"How do you sell lotus pods?" The man glanced at Wang Yantai and said, "It's not for sale, it's for the girls of Wanhualou on Sanma Road, so that they can set it." ”

"Oh, forget it, I want to buy some for my son, he wants to eat it."

"Then take a few, lest the child be greedy." The one carrying the lotus pod put down the bag, grabbed a few lotus pods from it and handed them to Wang Yantai. Wang Yantai said a few thanks. He took out a dry tobacco pouch and put a pot of tobacco shredded, lit it, and handed it to the man: "Big brother, take a sip." The man was not polite, took the cigarette gun and smoked it beautifully. Wang Yantai put his head close to the man and said, "The boat doesn't stop Jiujiang, go directly to Jiangxinzhou." Be prepared, afraid of the devil checking the ship. He took the man's return pen, slammed it on the side of the ship, reloaded it, lit it, inhaled hard, and slowly let the cigarette come out of his nose. The man glanced at a few fishermen who had boarded the boat, and those people hurriedly put together the bamboo baskets and baskets, and were very busy.

The boat is almost on the Jiujiang River. Suddenly, a devil's motorboat drove quickly from the dock on the shore, and the people on the boat shouted to this side: "Hurry up and drop the sails, stop the boat for inspection." ”

The captain of the boat hurriedly asked the man to lower the sails, and the wooden boat immediately slowed down. The devil's motorboat came up, and a few devils and a few members of the security team came from the boat. After they came up, they asked everyone on the boat to take out the "safety certificates" and check them one by one, and also checked all the baskets, fish baskets and bags, and then turned the ship almost upside down. Seeing that he didn't find anything, he got on the motorboat and left.

Wang Yantai really sweated, where did they put Dongzang Province?

It turned out that after Wang Yantai connected with the captain of the mine-laying guerrillas, he immediately asked everyone to put their weapons and mines into a waterproof bag, and one of the team members took the opportunity to go to the back to relieve their hands and sank the bag into the water, tied it with only a nylon wire, and tied it to the rudder. In this way, the devil can't see it at all.

The boat finally came to the dock of Zhoutou Village without danger, everyone got off the boat, said goodbye to the boat boss, and the sailboat continued to sail downstream. Jiang Yongming and the members of the Jiangxin guerrillas picked up the visitors to a few fishing boats, and they quickly rowed the fishing boats along the river in the middle of the continent towards the center of the island.

Everyone came to Tuanzhou and hugged happily. Captain Xu of the minelaying team said to Wang Yantai and Jiang Yongming very happily: "With you brothers, we will have a foundation in the future, and we will no longer have to hide in the east and province." Now, we can let it go. Everyone gathered together and had a good conversation. The two telegraphers quickly informed Xiao Xiong and the Second Division Headquarters of the news.

The sunset disappeared, and the river was foggy, only the river wind blew the reeds and made a rattling sound. Captain Xu discussed with Wang and Jiang, the two captains, and divided the members of the three teams of the minelaying team, the water special guerrilla team, and the Jiangxin guerrilla team into six groups, with nine people in each group. Each group of three people sits on a fishing boat, and each boat has at least one minelayer to lay mines. Act after dark.

The night was dark, the river wind was howling, and the turbid waves were rolling. Eighteen fishing boats sailed out of Jiangxinzhou and rowed to the surface of the river. Fishing boats quietly move forward on the vast river. The waves crashed against the cabin, and the chill was overwhelming. Wang Yantai sat at the bow of the boat, facing the river breeze, and his alert eyes scanned ahead through the night.

He led two groups of team members to lay mines in the area around the wharf of the Jiujiang devils. The devils in this area are very vigilant, and I saw the lampposts of the searchlights of the devils on the shore sweeping across the river from time to time. Suddenly, the sound of an engine sounded upstream, and a beam of searchlight shot over and stopped on top of the two fishing boats.

"What for?" It was the devil's patrol boat, and the people from the water security team on the boat shouted.

"We're fishermen, boss." A team member hurriedly replied, because Wang Yantai was not a local, in order to avoid trouble, he agreed in advance to let one of his local team members answer.

"Come here, let's check."

"Okay."

The hook of the man on the motorboat hooked the fishing boat.

"What's on the fishing boat?" The security guard asked.

"There are fish. Just caught. Wang Yantai, who was collecting the net on the boat, and the team members hurriedly handed the fish basket to the people on the motorboat. There are a lot of crucian carp and carp in the basket, and they are still alive and kicking in it.

When the devil on the motorboat saw the live fish, he grinned happily and kept saying, "Yo Xi, Yo Xi, Missy." ”

They poured out the fish and threw the basket back to the boat. To Wang Yantai, they said:

"Let's go, the fish will honor Taijun." After saying that, he put down the hook and drove away "suddenly".

Everyone's hearts relaxed, and they hurriedly rowed the boat to the shore, and quietly lowered a few mines on the channel where the devil must pass. The swarthy mine slid silently to the bottom of the river.

At noon, all the team members returned to Jiangxinzhou. Captain Xu finished the mine-laying mission and was about to return, he said goodbye to Wang Yantai and Jiang Yongming, and thanked them for their assistance. Because this operation was perfect, not a single member of the team was killed or injured, and the previous operations had failed and suffered large losses. Before leaving, Captain Xu asked them for a few fishing boats and team members, and asked them to meet them in the Wuxue area of Hubei Province, near Jiujiang, so that they could carry out the next mine-laying operation as soon as possible.

A few days later, one of the troop carriers of the devils near the Jiujiang wharf was bombed, and a squad of devils on board sank to the bottom of the river. Immediately afterwards, from Jiujiang to Pengze, news of the bombing of the devil's motorboat and boat came from time to time. The devils suffered heavy losses, so they controlled the river more tightly.

With the cooperation of Xiao Xiong's special water guerrillas and the Jiangxin guerrillas, the units of the Navy's No. 2 and No. 3 Minelaying Guerrilla Zones laid more than 100 mines, sank more than 10 enemy ships, damaged more than 20 ships, and killed and wounded hundreds of devils. Their team was further strengthened.