Xiao Xiong and Jiang Yongming looked at the dozen boats full of devils, and they quickly sailed towards the mouth of Poyang Lake along the current. Xiao Xiong hurriedly said to Jiang Yongming:

"Turn around and keep up with them."

Jiang Yongming quickly gave the order to turn the rudder, and the wooden sailboat quickly turned north and headed towards the mouth of the lake.

Due to the fast flow of the river and the southeast wind blowing on the lake, the wooden sailing boats could barely keep up with the devil's transport fleet.

When the devil's convoy left the mouth of Poyang Lake, it turned and headed upstream. By the time the wooden sailboat chased out of the lake, the devil's fleet had already gone away. It is impossible for the wooden sailing ship to catch up with the devil's fleet when it goes up the river. Xiao Xiong commanded Jiang Yongming and immediately drove the ship back to Caijiazhou.

Back in Caijiazhou, Xiao Xiong asked Bai Yu to send a report to Xiong Qiang in Jiujiang, asking them to closely monitor the movements of the devil's transport fleet.

Soon, Xiong Qiang called back, and the devil's fleet did not stop at Jiujiang, but continued to drive upstream. Moreover, on the Yangtze River, it was also found that from the downstream direction, there were constantly devil ships passing through the Jiujiang River and heading upstream.

Xiao Xiong instructed Li Ran and Bai Yu to immediately send a report to the Einsatzgruppen operation team in Ruichang to pay attention to the activities of the devils in Wharf Town.

Sure enough, in the evening, the Ruichang action team called to report that the devil's transport fleet docked in Dock Town, and there was about a brigade on board, and nearly a thousand devils went ashore. They did not stop in Ruichang, but got into the car directly and drove in the direction of Wuning.

Xiao Xiong instructed that he should do everything possible to reconnoiter the movements of the devils in the direction of Ruichang.

On September 18, the Ruichang Action Group called to inform them that the Devil's Reading Power stationed in Ruichang had been transferred from Ruichang to Yueyang on September 15 as an infantry brigade and a mountain artillery squadron of the Pingye Detachment of the 14th Brigade; On September 16, the 1st Infantry Brigade of the Jiangteng Detachment of the Reading Power Mixed Brigade also went from Ruichang to the vicinity of Linxiang. The mountain detachment belonging to the Reading Force Mixed Brigade had already left Ruichang as early as the 13th.

The telegram also informed that dozens of ships of the devils who came from the downstream did not stop at Ruichang, but drove directly upstream.

The situation has taken a turn for the better, and all the speculations that were clueless before are slowly getting some clues. Xiao Xiong believes that all indications show that the target of the so-called "plus operation" operation of the devils must be the Ninth War Zone, and the devils are secretly mobilizing a large number of troops in the northwest of Jiangxi and northern Hunan to prepare for a major battle. Xiao Xiong hurriedly reported the information he had immediately to the Ninth Theater Commander's Department. Now, the next important task for them is how to continue to find out the specific plan of the devil.

However, before Xiao Xiong and the others found out the specific plan of the devil's "plus operation", the Battle of Changsha was already in full swing.

On September 18, the devils mobilized more than 120,000 horses, and with the support of aircraft, tanks, and artillery, they concentrated their forces and launched a frantic attack on the [***] squadron in the direction of Changsha.

Because the operational plan issued by the Ninth Theater to all group armies and armies on 18 September had been deciphered by the special intelligence department of the Chinese army, the Chinese army had mastered the specific defensive situation of the squadron and adopted corresponding countermeasures against the defensive operations of the Ninth Theater, with the result that our army's actions were constrained everywhere and the battles were lost one after another. At this time, this operation has turned into an asymmetrical operation that is transparent to the enemy, and the situation of the squadron [***] is extremely unfavorable.

By the 20th, the defensive positions of our army were lost one after another under the fierce attack of the Japanese army. The battle plan originally drawn up by the Ninth Theater had become meaningless, and the Theater Command was forced to hastily retreat from Changsha to Leiyang.

The situation on the Changsha front has become very serious, and the Ninth Theater is facing an extremely difficult battle and a life-and-death test.

On 20 September, the Commander's Headquarters of the Ninth Theater forwarded the telegram order it had just received from the Supreme Military Council to all guerrilla units and various operational groups in the theater, and ordered them to immediately launch a military struggle in the enemy-occupied areas where they were located and to turn the enemy-occupied areas upside down at all costs. In addition, it is necessary to closely coordinate with the military operations of the Third and Fifth Theaters and take advantage of the situation to launch attacks on the enemy in front of them, especially to launch all-out attacks on the supply points, transit stations (ports, docks, stations, warehouses, etc.) and major land and water transportation routes that the enemy is transporting to the Changsha front, so as to cope with the frontal operations of the Ninth Theater and relieve as much as possible the unprecedented pressure on the Ninth Theater on the battlefield.

After receiving the order from the Theater Commander's Department, Xiao Xiong immediately convened an urgent meeting of senior officers to inform everyone of the current critical situation on the Changsha front.

Through the analysis of the existing information, they learned that the 34th Division of the Chinese Army was garrisoning Nanchang, Anyi, Tanxi, Wucheng, Tujiabu, Yangjialing, and other areas, and that they did not participate in the Battle of Changsha, but only carried out a small-scale sweep of the occupied area and the surrounding squadrons to consolidate the rear.

The 14th Reading Brigade of the Devil was originally to garrison the areas around De'an, Xingzi, Jiujiang, and Ruichang, but because three of the brigades were transferred, its strength was somewhat weak, so the 11th Army ordered the 34th Division to take over its defense in De'an and Xingzi. It can be said that the current situation is the best time for the Einsatzgruppen to launch an attack.

Since the army had been planning for a long time before the Battle of Changsha began, and they had secretly prepared a lot of strategic materials on the front line before the battle, the Theater Commander's Department and Xiao Xiong were not aware of these movements of the enemy. After the start of the "Operation Plus" operation, the supplies of the troops transferred from the western direction of Jiangxi had to be replenished from the bases where they were originally stationed, so the important wharves and stations in northern Jiangxi, which were originally deserted, became extremely busy, and there was a constant stream of ships and vehicles entering and leaving. The devils are constantly transporting ammunition and other supplies that are urgently needed on the battlefield.

Xiao Xiong believes that now it is necessary to choose a more favorable place and stab the devil in the back, so as to hurt him and make him uncomfortable. Only in this way can we prepare for the battle against the Japanese invaders in the war zone.

Everyone gathered in front of the sand table made by Xiao Xiong, and searched along the Yangtze River, Poyang Lake, Nanxun Railway, and several major highways in northern Jiangxi.

Xiong Qiang's gaze stopped at a point on the sand table, his eyes lit up, he pointed to the place with his finger, and said:

"This is it, Yang Jialing of Yongxiu!"

"Yang Jialing? Just such a small place? ”

Everyone couldn't help but ask in confusion.

Xiong Qiang inserted a small bamboo stick on Yangjialing, and inserted bamboo sticks in Nanchang, Jiujiang, Wuning, Xiushui and other places, and then used bamboo sticks to draw Nanchang and Jiujiang on the sand table two arrows pointing to Yangjialing, and then drew Yangjialing's arrows pointing to Wuning.

When everyone looked at it, it suddenly dawned on them, I see. So, Xiong Qiang gave a detailed introduction to the situation in Yangjialing.

It turned out that Yangjialing was originally just a small village located in the north of Yongxiu County, and it was only a few miles away from Aicheng, the seat of the county seat. It is almost at the midpoint of the Nanxun railway line, and it is the starting point of the Yongxiu to Wuning highway, and the intersection of the highway from Qiujin to Jiujiang to Nanchang. Therefore, the geographical location is very important.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, in a short period of two or three years, in order to ensure his colonial rule in northern and northwest Jiangxi, Yuekou built a small Yangjialing village, which was not famous, into a large-scale material storage and transportation yard and transit station for the Yuejun. The supporting facilities in the station are complete, and there are about 200 people stationed in a brigade headquarters of devils and at least one reinforced squadron. Not far from here, Tujiabu, Aicheng, Qiujin, Sanxiqiao and other places are also stationed with large armies of devils.

After the Battle of Changsha began, it became a transit place for the supplies and supplies of the devils in the northwest of Jiangxi. Most of the materials transported from Nanchang and Jiujiang were transported here through the Nanxun Railway, and then transported by car to Wuning, Xiushui, and the troops of the devils on the front lines such as northwest Jiangxi and northern Hunan by car.

Wang Xiaofei, who was in charge of the armed struggle in Yongxiu, went on to add:

"Not far from the station, there is a Yangliujin Railway Bridge, which spans a tributary of the Xiu River, and this tributary is called the Yangliujin River by the locals, also known as the Hou River. We've blown it up before. However, it was repaired quickly. Now, sentry boxes and several pillboxes have been built on the north and south sides of the Yangliujin Railway Bridge, and because the bridge is in a plain area, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Moreover, Yangjialing is not far from the county seat, and there are commuter cars coming and going from the station to the county seat every day, and they have to go to Aicheng to purchase daily necessities to ensure the normal life of the station devils. Not far to the west more than 10 miles, is Qiujin Town, 8 miles away from the town of Zhanggongdu is the intersection of the highway from Nanchang to Jiujiang and the highway from Yongxiu to Wuning.

More than 10 miles south from here is Tujiabu, where we have been before. It is also a very prosperous town, which is the intersection of Xiuhe, Luhe and Nanxun railways, and its geographical location is very important. During the retreat, there were several big battles there, and the Tujiabu railway bridge was blown up. Tujiabu to Aicheng is mainly by water, and there is no highway so far. ”

The introduction of Xiong Qiang and Wang Xiaofei dispelled everyone's doubts. Everyone looked at Commander Xiao Xiong to see what decision he made.

Xiao Xiong looked at everyone and said:

"The situation is so urgent that the military council would not have given an order to assist in the war. So if we want to fight, we have to beat the devil, and beat him all over the ground to find his teeth. Even if it is to fight our Einsatzgruppen out, we have to bite the devil hard. ”

Xiao Xiong pointed to Yang Jialing in the sand table and said:

"We will concentrate our forces on it, no matter how hard it is. It is necessary to completely blow up the transit station set up by the devils here and burn all the supplies there. Cut off all supplies from here for the devils. Is there confidence? ”

"Yes!"