There is only one road from Yuncheng to Juancheng, the road condition is not very good, potholes, it is better to walk during the day, and it is not easy to walk at night. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Cheng Gang, the commander of the 371st Regiment, sat in the passenger seat of a truck, staggering and drowsy along the way, and his bones were about to fall apart.

If it weren't for the slight injury to his arm while fighting Juye, he would rather ride a horse than ride a car.

Crunch!

The truck in front suddenly stopped, and the truck driver behind hurriedly followed and applied the brakes!

The advancing team suddenly stopped, and some soldiers were caught off guard, walking forward with inertia, and there were not a few who fell to the ground.

"Tuanza, the sound of explosions, it seems to be in the direction of Juancheng!"

Cheng was just about to open his mouth to scold the driver for braking and didn't remind him, when he heard the report of Jiang Hai, a regimental staff officer who came from the car in front of him, he also recalled that just now he was in a daze when he heard an explosion, and he thought he was dreaming!

Could it be that it wasn't a dream?

Cheng Gang carefully recalled the explosion just now in his mind, because just now, his memory had not completely disappeared, so he closed his eyes and recalled.

He could hear that this was the explosion of a Japanese-style melon grenade, and there was some difference between the explosion sound of the wooden-handled grenade used by GJ, which had been trained by years of combat experience.

"Order the troops, march quickly, quickly!"

"Yes!"

Something must have happened, Cheng Gang's premonition was very strong.

After the order was issued, all the officers and men of the 371st Regiment threw off their backpacks one after another, handed them over to the baggage troops behind to put them away, took only weapons and ammunition and some dry food, and began to march quickly!

The speed of the troops' advance nearly doubled at once.

"Guard, bring my horse here!" Cheng Gang didn't want to sit on the car and bump around, he wanted to ride a horse, so that he could keep track of the situation of the troops at any time.

"Tuanza, your wounded ......"

"What a word, I can ride a horse with one hand, it's too underestimating me." Cheng Gang scolded, and the guards were helpless, so they led his war horse over and helped him onto the horse.

Across the ferry port.

"What's going on, how can there be an explosion, the action exposed?" Seeing the fire flashing on the embankment of the Yellow River on the opposite bank, followed by an explosion, the generals of the 14th Division of the Second Class of Tu Fei Yuan Ken all showed a trace of surprise.

"Report division leader, the Akiyama squad was discovered by the Chinese!"

"Yaga, didn't you tell them to be careful?" Yuanshan Dazuo said angrily.

"Hay!"

"Yuanshan-kun, it's useless to blame now, prepare to force the crossing!" Kenji Dohihara coldly ordered, in fact, as long as the person has already gone ashore, it will be found sooner or later.

On the other side, there is only one company of the middle GJ team in Dongkou Town, and its combat effectiveness is not strong, and the Akiyama team can completely defeat it.

"Report to the division commander, the other squads have successfully reached the opposite bank and are occupying the landing ground!"

"Roar!" Kenji Tohihara showed a smile, it seems that the vigilance of the Chinese is not high, only there is a fork on the side of the ferry in Dongkou Town.

"Division commander, is it possible to organize a landing, there is a regiment of troops on the Chinese side in Juancheng, and the combat effectiveness of the 22nd Division of the Third Army is still not weak."

"Hmph, can the combat effectiveness of the Chinese be compared with the Imperial Japanese Army?" The commander of the 28th Brigade, Takashi Sakai, snorted arrogantly and coldly.

"Since it has been exposed, then immediately organize a landing, occupy the front line of Dongkou, Wuji, and Jiucheng on the other side, and occupy Juancheng after establishing a solid front!" Kenji Tsuchihara ordered.

"Hay!"

In order to cross the river this time, the Japanese army had already secretly collected more than 100 boats, hid them at a nearby wharf, and sent people to block them to cover up the news.

A large group of Japanese troops, carrying a small number of heavy weapons, began to cross the river!

The sound of the explosion woke up the garrison in Dongkou Town, and the sound of a warning gong sounded.

The Japanese are here!

The sleeping town immediately became in a commotion.

From the ferry to the town, it is only a few hundred meters, and it takes a few minutes to run, and the Japanese Akiyama squad has already figured out the situation of the garrison in the town very clearly.

If it weren't for the loss of a few people on the river embankment, they would have quietly occupied Dongkou Town.

"Company commander, it's a little devil......"

"Panic what, fight!"

No one expected that this little devil had already rushed into the town, and even touched the station of their company, blocking them at the gate.

Suddenly the gunshots rang out!

The defenders of Juancheng heard it, and the 371st Regiment of the New 37th Brigade of the 1st Division of Honor, which was marching rapidly in the direction of Juancheng, also heard it.

The sound of the three-eight big cover!

This gun is only available to the Japanese, and it must have been a Japanese crossing the river!

Leng Feng hurriedly transferred the new 37th Brigade to Juancheng, the purpose of which was to stop the Japanese army from smuggling across the Yellow River.

"Quick, quick, everyone speed up, the little devil may have crossed the river......"

"Tuanzao, do you want to report to the brigade headquarters immediately?"

"Okay, I agree, but this can only be our inference, the specific situation is not clear now, there is our garrison in Juancheng, right?" Cheng Gang asked.

"There is a regiment, the 22nd Division, and the specific number is not clear."

"Immediately let the brigade headquarters contact the 22nd Division, they are closer than us, and they must rush to the location of the gunfire as quickly as possible!"

"Yes!"

On the road from Yuncheng to Juancheng, a huge team is moving westward at full speed.

"Xie Deputy Brigade Seat, the 371st Regiment is in an emergency!"

Xie Chengrui, who was sitting on the jeep, signaled to stop on the side of the road, got out of the car, and the guard next to him hurriedly sent a flashlight.

"Report the news to the division headquarters immediately and bring me the map!"

"Yes!"

The map is spread out on the hood.

"Old Han, come and see, Cheng Gang's telegram said that the gunshots came from the west of Juancheng, this location, Dongkou, I judge that if it is really the Japanese army smuggling, we can be regarded as catching up." Xie Chengrui said, "Cheng Gang and they are marching to Juancheng in a hurry, and now the situation is still unclear, and I don't know if the defenders of Juancheng can hold on, we must do a good job of coping with the strategy!" ”

"Well, agreed!"

"Kenji Dohihara's 14th Division is a Japanese standing field division, with a high degree of mechanization, if he wants to cross the river, he must build a pontoon bridge over the Yellow River, it is definitely not possible to rely on boats alone, the Yellow River is not the Yangtze River, and the warships of the little devils can't enter, so we still have time, there are many rivers in the Yuncheng area, and the Japanese army's mechanized corps can't be opened, we can completely deal with the little devils here, but it's better to block the little devils on the side of the Yellow River!" Xie Chengrui pointed to the map and said.

"I think if the Japanese army wants to cross the river, it should not choose a point, such a long river shoreline, they can choose more places to cross the river, a large army to cross the river, the efficiency is also faster, with the resources and river crossing equipment in the hands of the Japanese army is completely able to do it."

"The chief of staff's analysis is reasonable, it seems that we can't just stare at Dongkou, we have to look upstream and downstream." Xie Chengrui nodded.

"In this way, the first regiment has rushed to the direction of Dongkou, the second regiment has gone to the old city, the third regiment has gone to Wuji, where has the reconnaissance battalion directly under the brigade headquarters arrived?"

"They should still be in front of a group, and it is estimated that they have arrived in Juancheng at this moment!"

"Call Guan Shuhong immediately and report the situation and directions!"

"Yes!"

Didi ......

"Vice-brigade, no response!"

"Woohoo!"

"Yes!"

"Deputy brigade, what do we do now?"

"Go ahead and send out a search force, you must be careful, the Japanese army is very likely to cross the river in full tonight!" Xie Chengrui gritted his teeth and ordered.

When the situation has not yet been clarified, it is very risky to give such an order.

The cold front is just on. A few minutes after the bed rest, he was urgently called by Guo Weiquan, and the telegram was sent by the old regiment commander, suspected of being the news that the Japanese army had smuggled across the Yellow River.

Leng Feng suddenly became sleepy, because there was no specific explanation, and the old regiment commander was not sure whether it was really the Japanese army who smuggled across the Yellow River at night, maybe it might be a false alarm.

But Leng Feng knew that this was by no means a false alarm, counting the time, it should be the 14th Division of the Japanese Army in the Puyang area.

Time, place, exactly the same.

Finally came, Leng Feng was also relieved, since Tu Feiyuan finally made a move, then it would be easy to do it below, and Tu Feiyuan's move, the Japanese could no longer cover up their intentions.

"Wei Quan, immediately report this information to Commander-in-Chief Sun and ask him to take strict precautions."

"Yes!"

"At the same time, the order was given to the 17th Artillery Regiment to open overnight, and the destination was Juancheng, which was under the command of the new 37th Brigade." Leng Feng calmly ordered.

"Yes!"

Now he can only be ready to fight with Tu Feiyuan, before the situation is completely clear, he can only say "wait", I believe that this time will not be too long, and everything will be clear after dawn.

Dongkou Town.

In the face of the prepared Japanese army, the defenders only held out for less than ten minutes before they were attacked into the barracks, and the defender company commander was afraid of death, so he left his subordinates and fled directly.

As soon as the officers fled, the soldiers lost their backbone and fled!

The Japanese soon occupied the town of Dongkou and cut off the town's only telephone line of contact with Juancheng.

At this time, the defenders of Juancheng had already determined that the Japanese army had killed them from across the river, and the news was reported layer by layer, the 22nd Division, the Third Army, and the headquarters of the Luxi Corps.

The reconnaissance battalion directly under the 37th Brigade was a little late, and by the time they felt Dongkou Town, the Japanese army had completely occupied Dongkou Town, and the follow-up troops continued to come ashore.

The reconnaissance battalion had a fierce exchange of fire with the Qiushan squad occupying Dongkou Town, and the Japanese occupied the original position of GJ in Dongkou Town, and the reconnaissance battalion did not carry heavy weapons and was defeated by the Japanese army, so it could only temporarily retreat.

It was almost two or three o'clock in the morning.

The 371st Regiment also rushed to Juancheng and joined up with the retreating reconnaissance battalion.

The defenders of Juancheng were the 22nd Regiment of the 66th Brigade of the 131st Division, and the regiment commander was named Xue Mingming.

It's just that when the situation was unclear, he didn't dare to easily send troops to reinforce Dongkou, and chose to stick to Juancheng and wait for orders or rescues.

It's a stupid idea, but it's also the best way.

The Japanese army did not discover the existence of the 1st Division of Honor at this time, although the reconnaissance battalion directly under the 37th Brigade gave the Akiyama squad a lot of surprise in the short exchange of fire at Dongkou, but this did not arouse the vigilance of the Japanese army.

On the contrary, after the Japanese army occupied Dongkou, it quickly marched towards Juancheng, which was a good opportunity to take Juancheng.

(To be continued.) )