"What, you didn't completely wipe out the Japanese army, and hundreds of people ran away, I said Ji Liancai, what are you doing to eat, the brigade seat handed over such an important task to you, and you actually fired the Japanese army......" Zhu Yaming, the commander of the 382nd regiment, scolded on the phone.

As long as the Japanese army is let go and the battle is won, it is not a merit.

"Tuanza, we killed ...... later" Ji Liancai's eager defense voice came from the other end of the phone.

"I don't care, you can't do it if you don't wipe out all the little devils!"

"Zhu Yaming, what are you talking about?"

"Luza, you, why are you here, I'm not talking to Ji Liancai's kid on the phone, you sit down first, guard, so blind, quickly pour tea for Luza."

"It's Dailuza, I knew that your kid knew the news, and he was going to scold his mother, so I came over to take a look." Luo Yufeng walked into the temporary regiment headquarters of the 382nd Regiment, and he knew the virtues of his subordinates best.

"Isn't it sooner or later, Ji Liancai, this kid is a wreck, you said that such a good opportunity, why did you let little Japan go." Zhu Yaming said with a look of hatred that iron is not made of steel.

"You kid, if you get cheap and sell well, that's five hundred elite Japanese soldiers, how many people are in your three battalions, can you eat it?" Luo Yufeng scolded with a smile, he really thought that after a few victories, his tail would rise to the sky.

"Isn't there a reconnaissance battalion directly under the brigade headquarters?"

"The reconnaissance battalion is iron-clad, they just fought a big battle with the Japanese army at the dock, and it is already very good that the battle can be fought like this, and the chief of staff and I are very satisfied." Luo Yufeng scolded.

"Hehe...... Zhu Yaming smiled, a little embarrassed.

"Call me!"

"Yes!" Zhu Yaming respectfully handed over the phone.

"Is it the third battalion commander Ji Liancai?"

"Yes, Brigade!"

"The battle of Tangjiagou. You guys played well. Strike decisively. Very timely, you stopped the strength of nearly two squadrons of the Japanese army with the strength of one battalion, wiped out most of them, and killed the Japanese commander, which is very good. ”

"Brigade seat, don't say that, if it weren't for Lao Cao this time, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to hold the position." Ji Liancai didn't dare to take all the credit for himself. That's unkind.

The Japanese captain was killed by a sharpshooter from the reconnaissance battalion.

"Well, yes, this battle is a good fight between the two of you, good cooperation, Chief Leng has called, I want to reward you."

"Really?"

"Am I kidding?"

"Thank you, Chief Leng, thank you!" The excited voice on the other end of the phone came that the grassroots cadres of the 38th Brigade were all from the Second Regiment, and although Leng Feng's regimental seat was only short-sighted, the officers and men of the Second Regiment had reverence for Leng Feng. That's increasing day by day.

"Okay, the Japanese army probably won't attack from your side for the time being. Let Cao Xingyang lead the team back, you can lay mines at the landing site of the Japanese army, they have been exposed anyway. ”

"Ji Lian only understood!"

"Your second regiment fought well, Chief Leng personally sent a telegram from Pukou to praise you, but don't your tail, there is still a fight in this battle." Luo Yufeng put down the phone and said to Zhu Yaming, the head of the regiment.

"Please rest assured, we promise not to be proud!"

"I promise not to be proud, look at your face, all smiles, okay, I won't drink the tea, go back first."

After Leng Feng learned that the new 38th Brigade had thwarted the Japanese army's conspiracy to attack and land in Tangjiagou, he was very happy, once the Japanese army grabbed an advance position, it would be a steady stream of troops, and then it would be difficult to defend Yuxikou.

However, the next battle will be even more brutal, because with such a fight, the Japanese army will definitely not make the mistake of underestimating the enemy again.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Leng Feng to receive a battle report from Luo Yufeng from Yuxi Town, and six Japanese planes flew over Yuxikou, bombed by air raids, and dropped at least forty aerial bombs.

The entire Yuxikou was bathed in flames, and the civilian and property losses were uncountable.

At the same time, under the cover of Japanese bombing, the Japanese army once again launched a landing operation, and two battalions of the 381st Regiment held the dock position, suffering 200 casualties in just one hour.

And the Japanese also paid the price of more than 300 casualties.

This time, Ushijima saw clearly that it was not a security regiment fighting with them on the shore, but a blue-gray ****, and what made him even more angry was that the opponents were all Japanese weapons.

With such a familiar method of warfare, how could Mitsuru Ushijima forget!

Separate new 38 brigade!

How could they appear here, this is completely impossible, Ushijima is almost hysterical, if he knew that the new 38th Brigade was in Yuxikou, he would not have fought like that.

Except for a reinforced squadron that was deceived ashore for the first time, in half a day's effort, his troops suffered a thousand casualties.

Damn the intelligence agency, he now wants to catch the intelligence officers who are investigating Yuxikou in front of him, chop them into mashed meat, and throw them into the Yangtze River to feed the fish.

The battle lasted until the evening, seeing that it was dark, the Japanese army could not break through the dock position at all, Ushijima could only order a retreat, and thousands of Japanese troops could only return to Wuhu first.

Ushijima's troops suffered a major setback at Yuxikou, and the news soon spread throughout the Central China Front, some people were suspicious, and some people were sad, and they didn't like Ushijima's arrogant nature, and when they saw him suffer a defeat, they were naturally indignant on the surface, and gloated behind their backs, but some people knew the reason for Ushijima's defeat.

They can't laugh at all, such as Shunroku Hatata, such as the two division commanders of the 3rd and 9th Divisions, and the top boss of Mitsuru Ushijima, Lieutenant General Shiro Inaba, the commander of the 6th Division.

Frankly speaking, Ushijima's failure is not much responsibility for him, his command, his tactics are not wrong, and another person may not do better than him.

His defeat was because of intelligence.

First, Inaba Shiro easily believed the news that Liu Hongyu took the initiative to take refuge, and as a result, the opponent easily deceived a reinforced squadron of soldiers ashore, and second, the intelligence department actually did not detect the information that the new 38th Brigade of the Chinese Army had actually arrived at Yuxikou in Jiangbei, and as for how they did it, they were even more at a loss. Without the slightest clue.

Could it be that it flew from the sky?

If there is no Yangtze River natural insurance. And it can be done. However, the waters of the Yangtze River from Hukou and Madang to Wuhu were all under the control of the Japanese Navy.

If the new 38th Brigade makes a detour to the north, it will not be able to catch up within three days, and the airlift will be even more unrealistic, the empire will not be able to do it, and the poor China, which even needs to be aided by plane, will not be able to do it.

The only explanation is that the new 38th Brigade crossed the river from their defense area to the north, but how did they do it, thousands of people. There wasn't a bit of movement, it was incredible.

Of course, some people refute Ushijima Man, believing that the Zhina Army at Yuxikou on the other side is by no means the independent new 38th Brigade that fought with the Sixth Division in Xuancheng, but another elite unit of ****, and may even be the elite Seventh Army under Li Deling in Guangxi.

Because the Japanese intelligence department had discovered that the Wuhan side was already preparing to transfer Liao Lei's 21st Group, which was attached to the Third War Zone, to the Fifth War Zone and put it under the command of Li Delin.

The 21st Group Army is the elite of Guangxi's Gui system, so it is entirely possible that the elite Chinese army that appeared in Yuxikou is this unit in Guangxi.

This judgment was quickly recognized within the Japanese army. Thinking that this is common sense, even Shiro Inaba, the commander of the 6th Division, agrees with this judgment. He wrote a report and presented it to Shunroku Hata in Nanjing.

But Ushijima Mitsuru was very opposed to this judgment, he decided that the opponent was the independent new 38th Brigade that had fought with him, and he insisted that he would not admit his mistake.

But Ushijima said that there were only so many people, and if the Sixth Division quietly let go of an elite Chinese army in its own defense area, how derelict would it be?

Can Shiro Inaba trust Mitsuru Ushijima's judgment?

If he believed Ushijima, he would be charged with failure to investigate and dereliction of duty, and an elite Chinese army quietly crossed the border from the territory under his control, and since he did not notice it at all, this was simply a collaboration with the enemy.

However, Inaba Shiro's report made Shunroku Hata feel a little bad premonition, and the Wuhan side increased the fifth theater of operations, especially the southern line of Jinpu Road, which was not good news.

We must quickly get rid of the 'Honorary First Division' of the Chinese Army in Pukou, otherwise, the 13th Division will be in danger.

Muto, deputy chief of general staff, who had just arrived in Yangzhou to take command, was still out of breath when he received a telegram from Shunroku Hata, asking him to immediately organize troops to advance westward, squeeze the living space of the Honorable First Division, and never give the other side a chance to take advantage of it.

At this time, a unit mainly composed of the 101st Brigade and the 101st Wing of the 101st Division had been stationed in Yangzhou, and the commander was Iizuka Kunigoro Osa.

Muto Akira immediately removed two infantry brigades, a cavalry squadron and a mountain artillery squadron from the Tiangu Brigade and handed them over to the command of Iizuka Kunigoro Daisa, forming a mixed detachment with a total strength of about 4,000 people.

At the same time, there were also movements of Japanese troops in Chuxian and Dingyuan, while the attack power of the Japanese troops in Bengbu, Fengyang, Linhuaiguan and Mingguang decreased significantly.

A large amount of information was successively collected to the headquarters of the 1st Division of Honor.

Leng Feng comforted the wounded in Jiangpu Town, and then took time to go to Tangquan Town, where he was honored with the 1st Division's firearms repair shop and a temporary bullet reloading factory.

Leng Feng spent a lot of money on the machines purchased by the military commander in Shanghai, mainly some German second-hand or even three-hand mobile phones, but there was also a bullet production line.

Then bribed the British to help cover it up and transported it to Nanjing, in fact, as long as the machines arrived in Nanjing, whether the Japanese found them or not, these machines would eventually fall into his hands.

But it's not easy to buy these things, and it's not easy to learn how to use them, and you need technicians, engineers, and skilled workers.

These didn't come out of nowhere, so the establishment of the gun repair shop and the bullet factory was very slow, and if Leng Feng hadn't secretly recruited some talents who knew how to do it while waiting for the machine, I am afraid that it would be difficult to even reload the bullets.

Lao Ning, as the person in charge of the gun repair shop and the bullet factory, has a lot of gray hair these days, and every day he not only has to bring technicians, but also teach workers to solve technical problems.

Later, he was equipped with a few young workers who knew how to pass on the machinery, which also reduced Lao Ning's workload and slowly liberated him from heavy work.

In addition to the gun repair shop and the bullet factory, there is also an ammunition factory, this factory naturally can't let Lao Ning be in charge, the person in charge of the ammunition factory is Zhou Xue, isn't he an engineer plus an explosives expert?

Engaging in ammunition is also considered a chemical industry, and it can be regarded as her side business, which is relatively much simpler, what firecracker shop apprentice, pharmacy apprentice, as long as you can pinch and calculate, bold and careful, you can be competent for this job, but you need to pay attention to safety.

This is just a small workshop, the output is not large, it is enough to keep up with the ammunition production of the bullet factory, and there are not too high requirements at this stage, and the rice has to be eaten bite by bite.

(To be continued.) )

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