On a stormy night, on the west side of the Hughri River estuary, at the Ganti landing ground of the Chinese army, Lieutenant General Yu Dalong, the commander of the 1st Marine Army wearing a pullover raincoat, was stepping on the mud without his boots, and returned to his military headquarters - an iron-beam warehouse built on the high ground on the east side of the town.

"I'm your grandmother...... What is this called bullshit weather forecast......"

Complaining uncleanly, one foot as heavy as a foot, finally approached the door of the warehouse, but no one greeted him, but the ping pong on the roof kept ringing.

Yu Dalong was annoyed, crossed his waist and scolded even more fiercely: "What the is this? The little king's eight lambs are all going to demolish the house! ”

The two soaking wet guards jumped down from the eaves like monkeys, and hurriedly saluted Yu Dalong: "Report to the army commander, the place where the roof was shot has collapsed, and the chief of staff is directing everyone to cover it with canvas......

Yu Dalong snorted angrily and raised his hand to wipe his face: "Change into dry clothes and come back to stand, remember, next time, the thunder will not move, get out-"

As soon as I entered the door, a strong fishy smell came to my face, and I saw a layer of gray-gray and yellow sewage accumulated on the concrete floor, and the swelling dried fish floated sporadically on it, and the rain fell like beads from the ceiling that had penetrated the sky for several cracks, hitting a large bulging canvas in the middle of the warehouse, and the fluffy clattering sound was non-stop.

"Yo, it's a flood, it's good, the Marines just have to be soaked in the water to fight."

Yu Dalong, who was angry, lifted his hood, stepped on the water, strode to the pile of canvases, and opened it to see that the telephone, radio transceiver, map documents and stationery were all spread on a few thin grass-green folding tables, but they were not much wet.

In the huge space, there was no one at first glance. On the roof, it is full of excitement.

"Brother Sha, are you here to be my chief of staff, or are you here to help me repair my house?"

Yu Dalong raised his voice and shouted, and a response immediately came from the top of his head: "Report to the commander, give me five more minutes, and it will ......be fine immediately."

". If I don't come down, I'll ...... I'm leaving! ”

Obviously, this is more effective, and two minutes later, stepping on a long ladder temporarily erected in the corner of the warehouse, Brigadier General Sha He, the chief of staff of the underground army, finally landed safely...... Hit the ground.

Throw a half-wet towel in front of you.

"I've been out of the country for a while, what's the good news?" Yu Dalong asked as he lifted the canvas covering the tabletop, and randomly pulled out a few messages to look at.

Shah, who covered his head with a towel and rubbed it indiscriminately, reluctantly kicked the stagnant water on the ground: "After you leave in the afternoon." The report said that three more landing craft were overturned, and the flotilla refused to continue, and only completed less than 20% of the original unloading during the day. ”

Yu Dalong was angry in his nose, turned his hand and slapped the message on the table: "What did Commander Ma say?" ”

"I said that there is another forecast, and the weather may improve after tomorrow, and I will try to make up for the progress at that time."

"Forecast? So what bullshit forecasting is going to be useful, can we still be stuck here? You can't enter, you can't retreat, just wait for people to come up and make dumplings. Yu Dalong got up with his hands behind his back angrily and started to sand in the stagnant water.

Shah saw that Yu Dalong was so irritable. Hurriedly swivel the chair comfortingly: "It's not completely without good news, as it was getting dark, Scott reported that the coastal batteries along the way to the port of Hortia had been cleaned up, and that he wanted to give him one reinforcement of chariots, artillery, and one infantry, and that he wanted to take advantage of the situation to capture the port of Hortia so that the fleet could be transferred there to unload." ”

Brigadier General Scotter, who rose to prominence in the Hawaii landings, this time took his 12th Marine Mechanized Infantry Brigade with him as one of the first senior commanders of the 1st Marine Corps to land on the shore. He led his troops to enter the town of Ganti first, and then was ordered to move north along the river bank with his own troops, sweeping the coastal batteries and shore-based torpedo launch sites in all parts of the estuary, and it was obvious that he had completed the task beautifully well before the stipulated time limit.

When Yu Dalong heard this, he became even more angry: "Self-righteous! The batteries on the west bank have been wiped out, but the batteries on the east bank have not moved, but what about the mines in the river? With me, I want soldiers, guns, and cars? It's all on the ship, you have the ability to let God stop making trouble, you have everything-"

Shah shut up in amusement. When Yu Dalong was tired of dripping water there, he moved a chair and sat down to catch his breath, so he cautiously leaned over, handed a cigarette, took out a lighter and lit it.

"Commander, let him try it with the troops in his hand, how about it? Most. Meaning meaning. Throw one or two tank companies, artillery companies past, he can shoot the best. Don't force it if you can't beat it, if you can contain some of the enemy, it's good to buy us some time......"

Yu Dalong crooked his neck and thought about it, reluctantly said "en", got up and walked to the folding table where the map was placed, waved his sleeve to brush away the water droplets on the map, and raised his hand to signal Shah to come and see.

"Since we say that we want to buy time, we can't just count on Scott's way, in addition to the 11th Brigade, by dawn tomorrow, what other troops can we draw out to attack?"

Shah's eyes lit up - there was a door, and he quickly responded: "I can prepare Lu tonight, there is Huang Zhifeng's armored 1st brigade headquarters and 3 tank battalions under its jurisdiction, and there is a temporary shortage of logistics and infantry artillery units. Those who can be prepared by tomorrow morning include most of Lin Taiping's 11th Infantry Brigade, Shi Guanghua's 2nd Brigade Headquarters, two tank battalions and another tank company under his command, plus the 1st Independent Amphibious Artillery Battalion. ”

"What about the mixed infantry regiment? None available? Yu Dalong frowned slightly.

Shah hugged his arms and twisted his neck for a while, and finally made up his mind: "At most, you can draw up to 4 companies, otherwise even basic vigilance cannot be guaranteed......"

Yu Dalong nodded in understanding, and his finger took Gandhi as the center of the circle on the map, and drew an arc inland: the starting point is the small city of Balasol southwest of Gandhi Province, passing through the railway junction in the northwest of Gandhi Klegpur, and the end point is Calcutta, the second largest city in India on the east bank of the Hooger River and the seat of the former British Indian Viceroyalty. It is an important coal port downstream of Kolkata.

"Push to this line and we'll be safe – theoretically, we don't have that strength right now, but ...... If you don't give it a try, how do you know that there is no chance for the road? ”

Shah followed and clapped his hands: "The commander is so right, how about it, early tomorrow morning, let's surprise those Baotou soldiers, Balasol, Klegpur, plus Hortia Port, attack in three ways, and catch them off guard!" ”

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