In the early morning of 12 November, in Cihu Town, Yang Shuai's independent regiment had just planted the banner of the independent regiment that had been made overnight all around Cihu Town.

On the outskirts of Nanjing, at the temporary command post of the Japanese army, Senior General Matsui Ishine had just received a report from a squad of the Guoqi detachment that had fled from Cihu Town last night, and shouted in surprise:

"What, the Guoqi detachment was almost completely wiped out in Cihu Town? How is it possible, they have 5,000 men and horses, even 100,000 Chinese troops want to destroy them in such a short time. ”

"Report to the general, the Guoqi detachment has been ambushed in Cihu Town, and the entire dock of Cihu Town has been planted by the enemy in a minefield, and their soldiers happened to gather in the minefield set up by the enemy last night.

Then, when their vanguard rushed to the chain bridge of the ferry, the defenders on the opposite side suddenly attacked, and hundreds of machine guns frantically strafed our soldiers who were advancing on the bridge.

At the same time, the enemy fired thousands of mortar shells at the location of the Guoqi detachment, and not only that, but they also detonated a mine array planted around the ferry crossing in Cihu Town.

In just one hour, more than 4,000 of the 5,000 men and horses of our Qi detachment were killed and more than 1,000 were wounded. And these wounded soldiers, it is simply impossible to stop, the Chinese soldiers who have a large number of machine guns and charge at night.

Therefore, after the battle last night, the entire Guoqi detachment, including Guoqi Deng himself, all the senior generals were killed, and only a small team of less than 100 soldiers who remained in Cihu Town escaped safely under the leadership of the captain.

It can be said that the entire Guoqi detachment has been removed from the army sequence of the empire. The staff officer next to him reported back.

"What kind of force can have such a powerful attack? When did China have such a troubled army? Matsui Ishone couldn't help but question.

"Report to the general, as far as we know, the other party has already shown his number, saying that he is a member of the independent regiment of the Hainan Escort Army. I have already found someone to verify that in the last few days of the battle in Shanghai, they inflicted heavy losses on the territory of Huaxing Industry and the 3rd and 11th Divisions.

However, when the Battle of Shanghai ended, they all disappeared after detonating the Huaxing supermarket. Now our staff officers analyze that they are likely to have escaped from Shanghai through the underground passage of Huaxing supermarket.

Then he traveled all the way day and night, and finally arrived in the mountains near Cihu Town and hid. It wasn't until last night that they suddenly appeared near Cihu Town to attack the Guoqi detachment, and we learned of their whereabouts again.

From the time they detonated the Huaxing supermarket to the time they detonated the minefield at the ferry port in Cihu Town. The techniques are so similar, and the power is so great, it's safe to believe that they are the same team, and this team is very good at explosives.

Your Excellency, Commander, are we going to continue to use troops against Cihu Town? Destroy this independent regiment that has inflicted heavy casualties on us. If we are to destroy them, how many troops should we send to accomplish this task?

Judging from the fact that they were able to wipe out the entire Guoqi detachment of 5,000 imperial soldiers overnight, their combat effectiveness was very strong, and their firepower should be sufficient.

At the very least, with hundreds of mortars and countless mines, they know that they are far more difficult to deal with than the troops of a Chinese army. I really don't understand what kind of regiment they are, and they have such a strong strength. The staff officer suggested.

"Of course, it is necessary to increase the number of troops, and cross the Yangtze River from Cihu Town to outflank the back road of the Nanjing defenders, which is the fastest and most effective tactical means to defeat the Nanjing defenders.

At the beginning, our Guoqi detachment was ambushed without knowing the existence of an independent regiment, which led to the annihilation of the entire army. Now that the hidden enemy has jumped out, are we still afraid of the Imperial Japanese Army?

As for how many troops to send to defeat them, no matter how many of them there were, I sent two wings to defeat them, and crossed the Yangtze River to continue the great unfinished task of the Guoqi detachment. ”

Matsui Ishine immediately came to the enemy-friend situation map and found that only the 13th and 47th Wings of the 11th Brigade, which was attacking Yuhuatai, were closest to Cihu Town.

So he immediately ordered the two wings to be dispatched to attack the Hainan Independent Regiment in Cihu Town, and ordered the planes that were bombing Nanjing to immediately turn around and bomb Cihu Town.

He immediately dispatched a reconnaissance detachment to Cihu Town as fast as possible to find out how many heavy weapons and soldiers this Hainan Independent Regiment had. ”

At the same time, in the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters, Tang Shengzhi and other generals suddenly received a report from the Yuhuatai position on the front line, and the two Japanese wings opposite them suddenly withdrew.

At the same time, the lookout officers in Nanjing who were in charge of watching out for enemy planes also sent a report saying that more than a dozen planes that had just reached the skies over Nanjing had not dropped any bombs and suddenly turned around and flew southwest.

Tang Shengzhi led all the generals to the defense map of Nanjing immediately, and found that there were no Chinese defenders within 30 miles to the southwest. At this moment, a local division commander in Nanjing next to him suddenly exclaimed: "It's not good, Cihu Town." ”

The generals present gasped when they saw Cihu Town, which was next to the Yangtze River, and there was only one company of soldiers guarding both ends of the Yangtze River ferry in Cihu Town, and their task was to burn the wooden planks on the iron bridge as soon as they discovered the Japanese attack, and even blow up the chain bridge as a last resort to prevent the Japanese army from crossing the river.

However, against the men and horses of their two companies, it was obvious that two Japanese wings and a dozen planes would not be needed. It was clear that something must have happened in Cihu Town that they didn't know yet.

So Tang Shengzhi personally called Cihu Town, and after a long wait, there was a noisy voice on the phone, only to hear a faint voice on the phone: "Yue Xiaofei, you pick up the phone and you are talking?" ”

"How do I know what to say? In what capacity should I speak? I don't think I'm a member of the National Army anymore. ”

"You idiot, I'll come." Then, there was a tearing sound, and then, a loud northeasterner voice came.

"Who are you? If you have something to say, let it go, if you have a fart, is Lao Tzu busy? ”

Tang Shengzhi was also a little stunned when he heard the Northeast dialect at first glance, this is not the voice of the defenders he left in Cihu Town, the defenders there are authentic Jiangsu local dialects.

Fortunately, a general from the Northeast Army immediately took the phone:

"This is the General Headquarters of the Nanjing Front, and I ask you on behalf of the Commander-in-Chief, General Tang Shengzhi. Who are you? Which troops? What's really going on in Cihu Town?

The enemy has just sent two wings and a dozen planes to you. As soon as the general finished speaking, he heard a shout in a northeastern tone immediately come from the phone:

"Yue Xiaofei, the Japanese army sent two wings of soldiers to send them to death, you guys quickly prepare for an ambush, and immediately notify the anti-aircraft artillery battalion, the Japanese sent more than a dozen planes, show me the right shot, if you don't beat down ten or eight planes, I will skin them."

Then there was a movement on the phone again, and then the voice of the Northeast soldier came from the phone: "Oh, fellow, it turned out to be the phone number of the Nanjing General Headquarters, that, we are from the Independent Regiment of the Hainan Guard Army."

After resisting the Japanese attack for ten days at the Huaxing supermarket in Shanghai a few days ago, we escaped from Shanghai through the sewers of Shanghai, and then went all the way to the mountains near Cihu Town and hid ourselves.

It wasn't until a week ago that we received a telegram from Chairman Wang Yaqiao, asking us to quietly occupy Cihu Town and set up an ambush here, and we received an order to kill all the Japanese troops who came to Cihu Town, and to defend Cihu Town for more than ten days, so as to protect the rear of Nanjing from being broken by the Japanese army.

Oops, I heard the movement of the plane, I'm sorry, I'll hang up first, I have to command the battle, wait until I'm done. I'll report back to you again. By the way, I'm Yang Shuai, the head of the Independent Regiment, you have to remember. After saying that, there was a blind voice on the phone.

Listening to this endless phone call, Tang Shengzhi and the generals looked at each other, and no one in the entire Nanjing generals thought of setting up an ambush in Cihu Town.

Look at Wang Yaqiao of Hainan, before anyone came to Nanjing, they had already thought of setting up an ambush in Cihu Town to defend the west side of Nanjing.

The generals here put all their minds on the defense of Nanjing City, and they did not think of the importance of the Cihu Array at all.

If it weren't for the fact that the Hainan Independent Regiment had just protected Cihu Town, once the enemy crossed the north bank of the Yangtze River, it would only take half a day to reach Pukou. Then their defenders of Nanjing will really become a turtle in an urn.

However, when they learned that the Japanese army had two more wings and more than a dozen planes, they did not think about defending on the spot, but instead thought about taking the initiative to attack.

This courage alone was much stronger than most of the defenders of Nanjing. But listen to them, they still have anti-aircraft artillery battalions, where did they get all this equipment from?

And this Wang Yaqiao is too troubled, he actually calculated what was going to happen here in Nanjing in ten days. How did he do it?

In fact, who would have thought that these preparations made in advance were not Wang Yaqiao's credit at all, but Li Tie arranged them in advance based on the experience of his previous life. Including in the mountains of Cihu Town, a battalion of anti-aircraft guns, dozens of artillery pieces and countless mines and other heavy weapons were hidden.

Tang Shengzhi immediately called Commander Jiang who was far away in Wuhan and reported the matter here to Commander Jiang, hoping to contact Wang Yaqiao in Shanghai South and communicate with him about what was going on with the independent regiment in Cihu Town.

As a result, Tang Shengzhi was scolded by Commander Jiang: "As a military official, don't you even know who supported Wang Yaqiao in Hainan?" Ask the people around you and everything will be clear. Then he hung up.

Tang Shengzhi, who was scolded inexplicably, helplessly asked the generals seated: "Who supported Wang Yaqiao?" Who among you knows? ”

Not to mention that there are really many people who know, but they didn't speak, but pointed behind Tang Shengzhi, and as soon as Tang Shengzhi turned around, he saw Li Tiezheng, who had just entered the command headquarters, looking at him with a smile.

I saw Li Tie smile and said, "Yes, Wang Yaqiao is my support." ”