Zhejiang has eight famous rivers in Qiantang River, Oujiang River, Jiaojiang River, Yongjiang River, Tiaoxi, Canal, Feiyun River and Ao River, four major lakes of Dongqian Lake, West Lake, Jianhu Lake and Nanhu Lake, and five plain river networks of Hangjia Lake, Yaoci, Shaoyu, Wenrui and Taizhou, which can be described as a country of rivers and lakes.

Although the mountains in western Zhejiang are high and the forests are dense, there are still many rivers, only taking the surrounding area of Maoliangwu as an example, there is Fangcun Creek leading to Qujiang River, a tributary of Qiantang River in the south, Qilixiang Creek leading to Qujiang River below Xitai Mountain in the east, and Fenglin Port leading to Xin'an River in the north. The soldiers carefully selected by the New Second Division, the New Third Division, and the Guard Regiment will board ships at Fenglin Harbor, and after arriving in Chun'an, they will go upriver to Huizhou in southern Anhui to join the New Fourth Army.

At seven o'clock in the morning, 1,500 officers and soldiers selected from the whole army in the Phoenix Mountain camp shrouded in morning fog were nervously making preparations for the last expedition.

The three troops were quickly merged into one unit on the colonel's field, and although the size of the 1,500-strong contingent was not large, it was still dark and oppressive when they suddenly looked at it, and their resolute faces looked intently at the rostrum.

Long Shaogang came to the microphone and said loudly to the officers and soldiers in the audience:

"Brothers, the military seat did not come to see you off in person today, not because he didn't want to come, but because he wanted to see you return victoriously after the battle. In his heart, each and every one of you is his brother and his relatives. He told me that when you return, he will set up a feast and make a toast to each of the brothers himself. ”

The eyes of the officers and men were a little moist, and one person in the team was the first to applaud, and the others suddenly came to their senses, and the applause quickly spread.

Long Shaogang pressed his hand, and after the applause stopped, he continued:

"The military seat specially instructed me to make two requests to the brothers who went out on the expedition: first, go deep into the battlefield behind enemy lines, you will be in danger all the time, you must be vigilant and protect yourself, your family is the same as the military seat, waiting for you to return, and you must not take safety as a child's play at any time. The march and operation must be carefully considered, many difficulties must be taken into account in advance, and more should be learned from the officers and men of the New Fourth Commandment, after all, they have been fighting guerrilla warfare for three years under extremely difficult conditions, and this persistence and perseverance are not possessed by everyone. ”

"Second, you must abide by military regulations and military discipline, and you must not take a stitch from your fellow countrymen, let alone be a traitor and disgrace the face of our new Second Army. Although you are fighting in the occupied areas, the people there are innocent, and they are still our relatives. Please be sure to tell the local fellows that our new Second Army will definitely fight back and let the little devils pay for their blood debts. ”

"Blood debt and blood payment!"

One officer and soldier shouted loudly, followed by 1,500 officers and men shouting in unison: "Blood debt and blood payment!" The sound was heard far away, startling the birds of the nearby mountains, flapping their wings and flying into the sky.

Subsequently, the troops drove out of the Phoenix Mountain camp, along the bottom of Shishan, Hengshan, Songjiabu and other villages, and arrived at Fenglin Port at 4 p.m. on the same day, and boarded the boat at the ferry. The specially customized 50-ton flat-bottomed sand boat, squeezed into 150 people, plus the weapons and equipment carried with them, was full and there was not even a little gap. Fortunately, the diesel engine has good power, and with the fact that it goes downstream, it is not difficult to sail.

As the fleet moved away, Wu Ming walked out of the dense forest on the side of the ferry. Luo Yuming and the others were quite surprised when they saw Wu Ming: "Junzuo, why are you here?" ”

"I'm still not at ease!"

Wu Ming shook his head and smiled bitterly. Originally, Wu Ming was in the area of Songjiabu from Fengshuling to the south of Fenglin Port, and checked the fortifications built on the basis of Bamiao Mountain, Camel Ridge and Cave Ridge, but when he arrived at the ground, Wu Ming still came to the place where the soldiers went on the expedition.

Looking at the officers and soldiers who had gone away, Wu Ming sighed with emotion: The battlefield behind enemy lines was far more difficult than imagined, and he only needed to look at the photos of the officers and soldiers of the New Fourth who looked like savages when they went out of the mountains sent by the intelligence department to know how cruel the road was.

Packing up his mood, Wu Ming pulled Long Shaogang and the others and walked to the nearby forest, where the war horses had been prepared, and the generals turned over their horses and went south along the improvised road next to the stream.

In order to ensure the absolute safety of the hinterland of Qianligang with Maoliangwu as the center, Wu Ming mobilized sappers to build fortifications on both sides of several streams south of Fenglin Harbor according to the mountainous terrain.

When he came to Songjiabu, Wu Ming turned over and dismounted, picked up a telescope and carefully looked for traces of the permanent fortifications.

"I see, I see, there—"

Lu Kuiyuan pointed to a hidden bunker between the rocks on both sides of the stream, and then carefully observed the surrounding situation with a telescope, the color of the bunker was very similar to the nearby rocks, and suddenly, no one could notice it.

Luo Yuming turned the binoculars, looked at the other side of the canyon, and said in surprise: "Military seat, there is also a pillbox over there!" ”

"I saw it too...... It's built very discreetly! If you're not careful, you really can't find it. Yang Sixian said with a smile.

"Let's go, let's go up and have a look!" Wu Ming proposed.

"Yes!"

Wu Ming and his entourage, escorted by the officers and soldiers of the guard regiment, climbed the stairs and soon came to the trench under the pillbox that Lu Kuiyuan had pointed out earlier.

"Throne, there's a trench over there, too?"

Lu Kuiyuan stood on the trench and pointed to the halfway up the mountain on the opposite side of the canyon and said. Luo Yuming and Yang Si first looked in the direction pointed by Lu Kuiyuan, and saw a narrow trench extending into the distance along the stretching mountain.

"These bunkers and strongholds are usually only garrisoned by a small number of people, and they are very well concealed. Once the Japanese army goes up the river from Xin'an and attacks from Chun'an and Sui'an, with these pillboxes and strongholds, we are not afraid of being copied by the Japanese! Of course, the most important fortification group is still on both sides of Fangcun Creek, after all, it is the closest area to the plain, there is mature road transportation, only there is suitable for large corps operations, and here is at most suitable for partial divisions! ”

Wu Ming clapped his hands and said, "Let's go, let's continue to the front and have a look!" ”

After walking for a while, everyone went up to the pillbox above, and the two officers and soldiers of the militia on duty respectfully saluted Wu Ming.

"Military seats, the pillboxes on both sides of the canyon only need to be equipped with a heavy machine gun to block the entire canyon, and it is too difficult for the Japanese army to rush in alive."

Through the lookout of the bunker, Yang Si first pointed to the trench halfway up the mountain, and then said: "The trench is well-built, connected by the traffic trench and the pillbox and the permanent fortification, the officers and soldiers can carry out a counter-charge against the Japanese army through the trench at any time, and a few submachine guns can eliminate the devils who can't be used!" ”

"You can't say enough!"

Long Shaogang was well acquainted with the fortifications in this mountainous area, and said with a smile: "There are also concealed fortifications specially built for artillery on the anti-slope, and the scales in all parts of the canyon have been carefully measured, so you can carry out precise strikes against the invading Japanese troops without aiming at all!" ”

Since the beginning of the year, after the initial completion of the defense system on both sides of Fangcun Creek, Wu Ming has carried out necessary repairs to some potential safety hazards in the north and east of the Qianligang Mountains, and the Maoliangwu Chamber of Commerce has requisitioned some miners to cooperate with the sappers of the New Second Army and the Maoliangwu militia to build fortifications on the key points of these canyons by blasting and excavation according to the terrain.

Wu Ming led everyone out of the bunker, came to the top of the bunker, overlooked the mountains, and felt something:

"The fierce battle in Xuzhou is in full swing, and once Xuzhou falls, Wuhan will be in danger. As long as Wuhan is lost, the Japanese army will definitely launch an offensive against central and western Zhejiang, in order to open up the Zhejiang-Jiangxi railway, and of course, the most important thing is to destroy our new second army. There is an old saying that the tree is a big move, and while we have made great achievements, we have also offended the Japanese miserably! At that time, the Japanese army will definitely launch an offensive against Quzhou, Changshan and other places, and the Qianligang Mountain area with Maoliangwu as the center will also become a fierce battlefield! I expect this time to be about a year, maybe even less. ”

"I'm not afraid to tell you that the amount of reward offered to me by the Japanese has already exceeded that of Chairman Chiang! Now my head is worth a lot! Ha Lu Ha ...... You can see how much the Japanese hate me! ”

"Throne!"

There was a shout in the distance.

Wu Ming raised his head, only to see a group of people walking out of the mountain ridge on the right, one of whom waved hard at Wu Ming.

Lu Kuiyuan's eyes were sharp, and he glanced at it and said, "Junzuo, that's my third uncle!" ”

Li Kun, the third master, is now the chief steward of the Maoliangwu Chamber of Commerce, and has been in contact with officialdom and business people all the year round, and has long developed a noble spirit. In the hurried pace, the fat on Li Kun's cheeks shook and wheezed.

Wu Ming hurriedly jumped off the top of the bunker, led people to meet him, and went to the nearest place to support Li Kun, who was standing unsteadily, and asked, "Three masters, are you looking for me so urgently?" ”

Li Kun wiped the sweat from his head, and then said, "Commander Wu, I'm afraid the artillery position can't be repaired!" ”

The artillery position is the center of this section of the defense system, and there are also anti-aircraft artillery air defense positions, and now that I heard that there was a problem with the artillery position, Wu Ming asked anxiously: "What's wrong?" Lack of people or lack of materials? ”

"Originally, we had already ordered materials from merchants in Yushan County, but the day before yesterday we were suddenly notified that they could no longer sell us materials such as reinforced concrete." Li Kun replied.

"The Gandong Chamber of Commerce is very familiar, this merchant is so untrustworthy, let's find another one!" Wu Ming said disapprehantly.

"We looked for three merchants in a row, but they didn't dare to sell anything to us." Li Kun shook his head bitterly.

"Hey, didn't we cooperate very happily with the Gandong Chamber of Commerce, why did they suddenly turn around?" Lu Kuiyuan was also a little curious.

"They are under pressure from above, and they are forced to do so!" Li Kun sighed.

"What the hell is going on?" Wu Ming frowned.

Li Kun snorted coldly: "The Jiangxi Provincial Government ordered that in order to fight against the overall situation of the Anti-Japanese War, in the future, all transactions of large quantities must be reported for approval before they can be carried out. ”