Chongqing called, the flood season is approaching, when will rapid-fire artillery return? If there are not enough people, send someone to pick it up!

On Tuesday, Gou immediately ordered Ke Hua to send another artillery battalion to meet him, and he also had to bring Li Jinglong's sailors. At the same time, arrange for Xiang Qingyun to make a response plan and arrange for the troops to respond.

The leading officer was Wang Huankai, the former deputy commander of the Fourth Infantry Brigade, who was also an artilleryman and was later transferred to Ke Hua's heavy artillery brigade.

After arriving in Chongqing, Chen Cheng and Dai Li arranged various matters: a large number of sailors who had lost their ships in the Admiralty were arranged to drive wooden platoons, but there was a shortage of artillery, and the arrival of Wang Huankai just made up for this shortcoming; The Wu brothers also brought 500 war horses sent by Ma Bufang, and more than 170 people gathered in Chongqing; Dai Lian sent four more radio teams for Li Jinglong's wooden platoon to communicate with the Wu brothers' cavalry, and then camouflaged the rapid-fire guns, inspected the equipment, reinforced the wooden platoons, and chained each of the four wooden platoons into a group. Dai Li also arranged for the Chongqing traffic and shipping control department to release several batches of normal platoon wooden platoons in order to hide people's eyes.

After that, the Wu brothers led the cavalry along the south bank of the Yangtze River, met with Li Jinglong's wooden platoon artillery on the Yangtze River, and sailed downstream to Yichang.

Li Jinglong led the wooden platoon through the Three Gorges before the flood of the Yangtze River arrived, and reached Yichang, where he met the Wu brothers again.

After Wang Huankai, Li Jinglong, and the Wu brothers completed the contact procedures with the Yichang defenders, they held a combat meeting together, and agreed that when the rainy season began, the rapid-fire artillery group of the Yangtze River would rise, and the Wu brothers would lead the cavalry troops to set off first and meet them on the periphery of Wuhan.

The Wu brothers also established radio contact with Xue Yue, commander of the Ninth Theater, and Li Zongren, commander of the Fifth Theater, informing them that the rapid-fire artillery group was about to set off to carry out a high-intensity attack on the devil warships on the Yangtze River, hoping that the troops along the river would make good use of the opportunity.

At this time, the Battle of Nanchang had ended with the loss of Nanchang, and the various units under Li Zongren and Xue Yue had recently repeatedly fought with the devils in the periphery of Wuhan and Nanchang, constantly attacking the devils' outlying strongholds and communication lines, and also suffered a lot of losses from the devil's gunboats, especially the devil's small and medium-sized gunboats, which quickly transported troops, provided fire support, and transported supplies, which greatly improved the devil's mobility ability. Therefore, Xue Yue proposed that his unit was responsible for containing the infantry units on the shore of the devils, and the rapid-fire artillery group was responsible for destroying the small and medium-sized gunboats and fortifications along the Yangtze River of the devils, and at the same time jointly launched a small-scale counterattack along the banks of the Yangtze River in conjunction with the Fifth Theater to destroy the strength of the Yangtze River along the Yangtze River.

As a result, the Ninth and Fifth Theaters of the Yangtze River will inform the rapid-fire artillery group of the movements of the warships along the Yangtze River, the layout of the devils along the coast, the prevention points, strike points, weak points, and response points, and the wooden platoon should inform the location at any time.

The Fifth Theater first attacked the devils and carried out a heavy artillery raid on the devil's fleet in the lower reaches of Wuhan, but due to the quality of the artillery, the power of the artillery and other reasons, it failed to achieve the tactical goal of blowing up the devil's warship, but was destroyed by the devil's carrier-based aircraft and naval artillery 9 heavy artillery pieces of more than 100mm, a heavy artillery regiment and two infantry regiments were surrounded, Li Zongren had to send 4 divisions to rescue, the devil wanted to surround the point to help, and did not want Li Zongren to come to the siege to save Zhao, plundered a large number of materials of the devil's garrison, and the devil had to withdraw from the siege in order to save himself Artillery regiment, the two sides are considered to be a draw.

Xue Yue immediately acted, first sent surprise soldiers to attack the devil airfield in Jiujiang, blowing up 6 planes, and the other way of surprise soldiers blew up an arsenal on the outskirts of Nanchang, the commander of the devil's 11th army, Okamura Ningji, thought that ** was going to launch a counterattack on Nanchang again, and hurriedly dispatched troops, and the defense of the Jiujiang devil navy finally exposed its weakness, and two frigates were injured by a group of small boats filled with explosives sent by Xue Yue.

Okamura Ninji can't find the north anymore, and he doesn't know where the target of **'s attack is. Li Zongren of the Fifth Theater launched a multi-pronged counterattack along the Yangtze River. For a while, there were wars in Huangshi, Huanggang, Ruichang, and Xingzi, and Okamura Ningji was stunned and didn't know what the strategic intention of ** was. It happened that the rainy season came at the right time, and the attack of ** stopped, which made Okamura Ninji breathe a sigh of relief.

Wang Huankai led the wooden queue to set off. The devil's plane could not take off in rainy weather, the field of vision on the warship was greatly reduced, and the long-range, large-caliber naval guns became blind. Wang Huankai: They are really comfortable.

Under the guidance of Baiyi Daoist, Wang Huankai prepared a batch of "sea star fire", which mixed alcohol, gasoline, diesel, rosin, sulfur powder, saltpeter powder, and magnet powder into a thick liquid, and sprinkled it along ----the river after ignition.

The "Sea Starfire" flows down the river, and because of its magnetic force, it floats and sticks to the devil's warships and gunboats to indicate the target to the rapid-fire guns in the wooden line.

The wooden line went down the river, and the rapid-fire guns just fired indiscriminately at the firelight, and the devil's naval guns had a clear vision, so they could only fight back indiscriminately, with little effect.

In this way, the wooden platoon used rapid-fire artillery fire all the way to open the way, starting from the lower reaches of Yueyang to Wuhan, Huanggang, Ezhou, and Huangshi, and all the way to Jiujiang, destroying and damaging countless devil warships and gunboats along the river. The ** troops along the Yangtze River have long been ready to take advantage of the fire to loot, kill and injure a group of devils, and loot many materials.

The wooden queue stopped until the rain in Jiujiang, and the wooden queue was exposed to the vision of the devil's plane and naval guns. The wooden platoon had no choice but to turn on the engine, approach the devil warship, and fire at the devil ship's guns. At the end of the day, the wooden platoon lost 9 rapid-fire guns.

In the middle of the night, the Devil Warship implemented light control, and the wooden queue took advantage of the situation to rush into the anchorage of the Devil Warship and shoot at close range, causing heavy damage to the Devil Warship, and also suffered heavy losses of its own, losing another 7 rapid-fire guns.

It was dawn, and the wooden platoon and the devil warship were mixed up. The Devil warship has a high deck and its artillery cannot be used, so it can only rely on machine guns, grenades and ship collisions to engage with wooden platoons, and the rapid-fire guns on the wooden platoon shoot at close range, and the hit rate and lethality are greatly increased, but they are often both defeated, and the battle is extremely tragic.

Xue Yue took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack on Jiujiang, and at the same time loaded the 40 rapid-fire cannons given to him by Tuesday Dog on a bamboo raft and sailed into Poyang Lake, and at the same time swept the gunboats on the Devil Poyang Lake, he moved closer to the Devil Warship in Jiujiang.

Okamura Ningji did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly mobilized troops to reinforce Jiujiang, otherwise, Nanchang would become an isolated city and embattled.

The Wu brothers each led a cavalry, inserted into the Japanese defense area, and did not take the initiative to fight, mainly to change the devil's traffic signs, and by the way to eliminate the devil's supply depot, health center, and brigade headquarters, and the devil's reinforcements were "commanded".

At this time, the center of the battle was completely transferred to the ninth theater of operations. Wooden platoons and bamboo rafts against warships and gunboats, rapid-fire guns against machine guns and grenades, and infantry were in chaos. The Fifth Theater followed the devil troops who reinforced Jiujiang and reaped a lot of benefits.

The pouring rain raged again, Wang Huankai took advantage of the situation to withdraw his troops and drifted downstream, and both China and Japan lost their scorching points, and they also paid their own troops.

This large-scale scuffle was not small, and both sides suffered damage. The wooden queue lost 31 rapid-fire guns, Xue Yue lost 11 rapid-fire guns, and the remaining 29 also went down the river with the wooden queue; The Ninth War Zone and Okamura Ninji fought a draw, and the two sides exchanged a lot of territory, and both had to reorganize the front, but the Japanese army had few people, and when the front was organized, Xue Yue squeezed out a lot of strongholds; Originally, the devil navy had been helping in the second line of the war, but this time it became the main target and suffered the heaviest losses: 3 light cruisers and frigates were sunk and 8 were damaged, 79 small gunboats were sunk and 26 were damaged, and 29 carrier-based aircraft were lost; Only the Fifth Theater suffered small losses, and a lot of materials and equipment were captured.

Wang Huankai and others went downstream, while the cavalry of the Wu brothers had to bypass Poyang Lake, and the echo of the two teams inevitably produced a disconnection.

Fortunately, Xue Yue had a good relationship with the Wu brothers, sent troops, bamboo rafts, and boats, and took advantage of the heavy losses of the devil's gunboats to cross Poyang Lake in Xingzi County, where Poyang Lake was narrow.

Wang Huankai crossed the Jiujiang River, and the wooden platoon rushed through the predetermined assembly place Peng Ze due to the excessive water potential, and hurriedly ordered the radio station to contact the Wu brothers, and at the same time arranged for the wooden platoon to dock, while resting and waiting for the Wu brothers.

Xue Yue learned on the radio that Wang Huankai had rushed over and had exceeded his own defense area, so he hurriedly contacted Gu Zhutong of the Third War Zone and informed him to search along the river bank and line up to receive the wood.

The closest to Peng Ze is the **32nd Group Army, and the commander is Shangguan Yunxiang. Shangguan Yunxiang was quite happy this time, and soon responded to Wang Huankai's wooden queue, and arranged Wang Huankai and them in a safe place.

By the time the Wu brothers arrived, Wang Huankai, Li Jinglong and others had already rested for 4 days. Unfortunately, the devil's reconnaissance plane took advantage of the sunny weather to search for wooden lines along the Yangtze River.

Wu Zhen reacted immediately, and hurriedly invited the liaison officer of the 32nd Group Army, as well as Wang Huankai, Li Jinglong and others to summon him, and after arranging this, he fell asleep.

When the devil's bomber flew over and found that the river was covered with large and small "wooden platoons," the devil's pilot was overjoyed, and after a burst of indiscriminate bombing, he went back to report his merits.

Wu Zhen's idea was to mix a large number of flood control wood with more firewood and grass, tie a large number of fake wooden rafts in a short period of time, and float them on the riverbank, while the real wooden rafts were planted with a large number of reeds and seedlings to hide them, and finally escaped the catastrophe.

After the cavalry team of the Wu brothers rested for 10 days, Shangguan Yunxiang also personally came to offer condolences, and also replenished a batch of ammunition and supplies for everyone, and allocated 30 Czech light machine guns to the wooden queue. After all, Wu Zhen is the "No. 1 Colonel in the World" of Chairman Qin Zhun, and Shangguan Yunxiang, a lieutenant general, also has to give some face.

When the heavy rain came again and another wave of flooding arrived, the wooden queue set off again. The next pass is Anqing, an important city on the Yangtze River, which plays a pivotal role in connecting the Yangtze River front.

There is no major war near Anqing, so there are no heavy warships, only a few gunboats, most of which are supply transport ships, which were beaten by the rapid-fire guns of the wooden lineup, a large number of transport ships were sunk and destroyed, and a lot of materials drifted downstream, cheapening the people, guerrillas, and garrisons downstream.

When Shunroku Hata received the report, he was furious and contacted the navy in Nanjing, requesting that warships be sent up the river to intercept the wooden line.

Wang Huankai also received the information that the Nanjing devil warship was dispatched, and Wang Huankai was red-eyed at this time, and after counting the ammunition, he knew that there were more than 4,000 shells for each gun, a total of 250,000 shells. Wang Huankai shouted to all the wooden platoons: "The devil warship is coming, each wooden platoon prepares three shells with good fuses for me, and if I can't beat the warship, I'll hit the fuck!" ”

However, after passing through Chizhou and approaching Tongling, he did not see the Devil's warship, but he received information from the Ninth War Zone to the Third War Zone: The Devil set up a large number of artillery at the Yangtze River Huiwan, 50 kilometers downstream of Tongling.

Wang Huankai took out the map and saw 4 or 50 kilometers downstream of Tongling. The Yangtze River first turned south, then east, and then north to a "convex" bay, and the north bank of the Yangtze River is the favorable terrain where the devil's artillery can take into account the three channels of the Yangtze River.

Wang Huankai is a battle-hardened old fritter, and he immediately arranged countermeasures.

After breaking through Tongling, the wooden platoon saw the sharp turn of the Yangtze River, and Wang Huankai ordered the wooden platoon to start the engine, resist the turning river, and hit the east bank of the river, and at the same time fire at all suspicious terrain.

As soon as the devil's concealed artillery saw that the ambush defeated Lu, they immediately fired back with 24 Type 92 infantry guns and 12 75mm mountain guns. The fastest rate of fire of the infantry artillery and mountain artillery of the helpless devil is only 7 rounds per minute, while Wang Huankai's Soviet-made rapid-fire gun is 20 rounds per minute. The asymmetrical artillery battle that was not of the same level soon became clear, and the devil's one field artillery mountain artillery brigade and two infantry artillery squadrons were wiped out, and the wooden platoon retreated.

Wang Huankai was still directing rapid-fire artillery to cover the suspicious terrain until the lookout reported that the south bank of the Yangtze River saw an answering signal.

Wang Huankai braved the rain to climb the south bank of the Yangtze River, and the liaison officer opposite him was Tan Zhenlin, deputy commander of the third detachment of the New Fourth Army. He told Wang Huankai that the New Fourth Army had made all preparations for escorting, and asked Wang Huankai to abandon the platoon and land from here and return to Xishan by land.

Wang Huankai and the others were also exhausted at this time, so they had to agree. Tan Zhenlin immediately arranged for the troops to help the wooden platoon unload the rapid-fire guns and ammunition, and after sorting out the formation, they moved to the mountains.

The Wu brothers received a telegram from the enemy and rushed to the location designated by Wang Huankai for reinforcements. After arriving at the designated place, I saw that there were only a few empty wooden rafts left on the river. Wu Zhen received a report from the scouts and learned that Wang Huankai was "escorted" to the eastern mountains with artillery, and hurriedly commanded the cavalry to chase after him.

Seeing the rapid-fire cannon caught in the team in front of him, Wu Zhen confirmed that this was the team that "hijacked" Wang Huankai. As a result, Wu Zhen gave an order, and the remaining more than 80 people and more than 300 horses of the cavalry team quickly surrounded the troops in front.

After a firefight, Wang Huankai stopped Wu Zhen. However, the New Fourth Army had already lost 11 killed, 21 seriously wounded, and 37 lightly wounded, and the cavalry had 3 killed, 1 seriously wounded, and 3 lightly wounded.

Wang Huankai hurriedly introduced the Wu brothers and Tan Zhenlin, Tan Zhenlin nodded with a blue face and turned to leave.

Wu Zhen caused trouble, and followed Wang Huankai to the New Fourth Army garrison in frustration. Tan Zhenlin coldly arranged the wooden queue and cavalry team, and turned around and left without saying a word.

Wang Huankai, Li Jinglong, and the Wu brothers sat together and looked at each other, all embarrassed and embarrassed. Suddenly, the guards came in to report that the garrison was surrounded by the New Fourth Army!

The crowd was shocked, grabbed their weapons and rushed to the courtyard and climbed onto the roof. I saw that the New Fourth Army had 5 or 600 people surrounding the village, while the soldiers of the Wumu Army were guarding the key terrain and rapid-fire guns such as the entrance and roof of the village, and at the same time disarming the soldiers of the New Fourth Army in the village and confronting the New Fourth Army.

Tan Zhenlin rode a horse and shouted at the entrance of the village: "Let your chief come out and answer!" ”

Wang Huankai stood up, saluted Tan Zhenlin, and then asked, "Deputy Commander Tan, why do you see each other with swords and guns?" ”

"Our New Fourth Army supports you wholeheartedly, but you will take revenge, kill my soldiers, and destroy my position, I want you to give an explanation!" Tan Zhenlin's eyes were cracking.

"Accidental injuries on the battlefield are inevitable, aren't we discussing how to negotiate with your army?" Wang Huankai knew that the cavalry had injured many people in the New Fourth Army just now, and he was a little lacking in confidence.

"What? I also injured more than 200 of you by mistake, and then discuss with your army how to negotiate?! Tan Zhenlin raised his gun.

"Wait!" Wu Zhen stood up, "It's me who hurt you, and we are also injured, if you don't get angry, I'll give you my life!" Wu Zhen threw down his gun and strode into the ranks of the New Fourth Army.

"Wait!" A group of people who looked like cadres of the New Fourth Army came running.

"Tan Zhenlin! Take away your troops! An older officer ordered.

"Yes!" Tan Zhenlin was unwilling to take the team away and withdraw.

"Brothers of Wu Mujun, I am Zhang Yunyi, commander of the third detachment of the New Fourth Army, there was a misunderstanding just now, we need to make it clear! Who is in charge of your army? ”

"I am Wang Huankai, the commander of the artillery battalion of the Wumu Army, and I am very grateful to your army for helping the Wumu Army, if there is any misunderstanding, please let Commander Zhang make it clear!" When Wang Huankai calmed down, he still spoke more decently.

"Alright, let's go inside and talk!" After Zhang Yunyi finished speaking, he walked into Wang Huankai's room without hesitation.

Zhang Yunyi got straight to the point: "That's the case, we just received information that the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army in Jiangbei of our army was killed and wounded by your army's firepower when it attacked the devil's artillery position, and Deputy Commander Tan was also killed and injured by your cavalry 70 people, so Deputy Commander Tan is a little impulsive, please understand!" ”

As soon as they heard that more than 300 friendly soldiers were injured by mistake, Wang Huankai, Li Jinglong, and the Wu brothers' faces changed greatly, and cold sweat broke out on their heads.

Zhang Yunyi continued to clarify his point: "In a war, accidental injuries are inevitable, but after all, it is a matter of two troops, and the two sides must negotiate and solve it!" Our army does not want to embarrass friendly forces, but I just ask you to report to your commander and solve the aftermath. ”

"So is Commander Zhang going to detain us?" This is the issue that Wang Huankai is most concerned about.

"No!" Zhang Yunyi replied very simply, "As long as the two sides can solve the problem, I heard that our Chen Yi troops and your army cooperate very tacitly, so we are friendly troops, this is the main premise, the accidental injury incident is an internal dispute, just discuss and solve it." ”

"That's good, we have to rely on your army to help us when we return to Xishan, please ask Commander Zhang to send us a troop, when we pass through Xuancheng, we will capture a batch of devil equipment, first apologize to your army, as for how you and our Commander Zhou talk, we can't be the master, but our Wu Mujun is not an ungrateful person!" Wu Zhen was full of guilt and was eager to compensate the New Fourth Army.

"It's okay, I'll pay a visit to you Commander Zhou and Commander-in-Chief Zhao as the chief of staff of the New Fourth Army! You rest for a few days, and then we'll hit the road together. ”

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