Chapter 818: Under the City of Xinxiang (2)
"Yang Rui's speed is a little slow!"
Leng Feng snuffed out the cigarette butt in his hand, stretched out his hand to get the cigarette, and found that the cigarette box on the table had bottomed out, and the ashtray made of pottery bowls was full of cigarette butts. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
A whole pack of cigarettes is gone, and I can't smoke it anymore.
"Yes, such a heavy rain, although it is in the plains, it is not easy to march at night." Xie Jiyuan also had a trace of sadness between his eyebrows, although he had confidence in his former subordinates, after all, he had just arrived in an unfamiliar environment, even if he had a local guide, it was not easy to walk at night.
Lanfeng has been fighting for three days, the Japanese offensive is still very fierce, Xue Boling's first corps continues to consume the Japanese army's spirit, if the Japanese army can't break through, just wait to be strangled by Xue Boling.
Judging from the battle reports of the past two days, the battle situation on Lanfeng's side is very dangerous, Xue Boling somewhat overestimated the combat effectiveness of the troops under his command, these armies were all from the battle of Songhu and Nanjing, and most of the troops suffered heavy losses, especially the 71st and 74th armies of the troops that broke through in Nanjing, which survived less than two or three percent, and the rest and training time was too short, coupled with the lack of recruits and weapons, the combat effectiveness was better than that of the local security regiment.
This fight has been able to support it very well so far, and this is still the result of Leng Feng weakening the Tufeiyuan Division in Luxi.
Leng Feng was also worried that if he couldn't arrive on time and launch an attack, as soon as it dawned that day, Yang Rui and Liang Dong would not be able to hide their whereabouts, and the purpose of the raid would not be achieved.
It was already more than three o'clock in the morning, and beyond the agreed time, Leng Feng and Xie Jiyuan had not closed their eyes, and sat in the headquarters waiting for Yang Rui's telegram.
At this time, he could only wait, if he urged, it would increase the pressure on Yang Rui and them, Leng Feng just kept smoking to hide the anxiety in his heart.
Such a big action, related to the layout below, that person's heart is not hanging in the air.
"Is there anything to eat?"
"Yes, there are quite a few leftover noodles from last night."
"If you see enough, go and heat it up, everyone will put on a cushion, this night without sleeping, and then not eating something, I really can't stand it." Leng Feng commanded.
More than ten minutes later, the cooking team brought in a large plate of steaming noodles.
"One counts as one, one bowl per person, is there more."
"I'm really hungry, but it's still our military seat that is considerate."
"That's, follow the military seat, didn't say ......"
"Throne, your face." Long Yingqin deliberately went over and brought a bowl to Leng Feng.
"Thank you."
Xie Jiyuan himself went over and filled half a bowl of noodles and walked over: "Guoguang, why don't you eat it?" ”
"I'm wondering if the water level of the Yellow River will skyrocket after this rain, and if the embankment bursts, the consequences will be unimaginable." Leng Feng said slowly.
"It's not that serious, although the Yellow River basin has a big flood every year, but the big flood has not occurred for many years, although the rain is not small today, as long as it doesn't rain continuously, there will be no problem."
"That's right." Leng Feng was thinking about the "Huayuankou" bursting the embankment, according to the historical time, there are not a few days, but from the perspective of the battle situation, it is very different from the situation in history.
Maybe we can really avoid this man-made catastrophe.
However, it is also undeniable that the large area of the Yellow Flood caused by the bursting of the "Huayuankou" embankment also protected the western Henan Plain, and the Japanese army was blocked to the east of the Yellow Flood Area, which objectively also protected Guanzhong and Shaanxi, and cut off the strategic goal of the Japanese army to detour westward into Shu.
This also protected the safety of Sichuan, the rear area of the Anti-Japanese War, in disguise.
Although there were many criticisms of the "Huayuankou" embankment burst in later generations, objectively speaking, this decision was also a helpless move at that time, but it was not well considered, and finally led to the disappointment of the people.
Of course, there were many accidents in this, under the circumstances at that time, first, it was too late, second, they were afraid of leaks, and third, the people who made the decision did not expect that the disaster would be so huge, the death toll would be so huge, and they all died of hunger and disease after the disaster.
The government did not respond at all, and the disaster relief was ineffective, which ultimately led to the loss of people's morale, which can be said to be self-inflicted.
Who is right and who is wrong, and who has made meritorious deeds, future generations will not be able to tell.
Leng Feng really didn't want to take that step, and wanted to block the Japanese army east of Zhengzhou, and he didn't necessarily have to open the Yellow River and let the Yellow River destroy the land where thousands of people lived.
Of course, Leng Feng knew that it was not a momentary idea to use the method of "breaking the embankment" to block the Japanese soldiers, as early as 35 years, someone put forward this idea, and it was necessary to do so.
In fact, many people in China understand in their hearts that Japan's invasion of China is a matter of time, but it is only sooner or later, but there is not much time left for the Chinese to prepare, and the disparity between the national strength of China and Japan is already huge, and they can only use the terrain and geographical advantages to confront it.
Once the Japanese army can't be stopped and Kenji Dohihara occupies Lanfeng, then the "" may be put on the agenda, this is top secret, and the level of Leng Feng is afraid that it is difficult to reach now.
He knew that it was because he came to the afterlife, and he couldn't tell anyone, so he could only hold it in his heart.
A bowl of noodles went down, and there was a lot of heat in his body, Leng Feng raised his hand and looked at his watch, it was four o'clock in the morning, and it would be dawn in less than an hour and a half.
"Throne, the rain is light."
"Small?" Leng Feng's spirit was shocked, the rain is light, it is a good thing for the march, and the next thing is to fight, and it is much more difficult to fight in the rain.
Leng Feng also did not want the main force of the Honor First Division to enter northern Henan, and the first key battle was fought in the rain.
Leng Feng stood up and walked out, standing under the eaves, the rain hitting the tiles, making a crisp sound, it was indeed much smaller than just now.
If this trend continues, it is estimated that the rain may stop after dawn.
Yang Rui, you must arrive on time, once this raid plan is successful, the benefits are too great, and you can't go wrong halfway.
"A cloud-piercing arrow!"
"Thousands of troops are coming to meet each other!"
"Comrade, you've finally arrived."
"Comrade?" Yang Rui was stunned, why is this title a bit blunt, but this is nothing, the title of "comrade" is not unfamiliar, now the anti-Japanese united front, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are not all comrades who cooperate to resist Japan?
"Hello chief, I'm ......"
"Hello, Yang Rui, head of the Special Service Regiment of the New 1st Army of the National Revolutionary Army, Captain Wang, you can call Commander Yang." Yang Rui returned a military salute.
This ruined temple is really hard to find, if it weren't for a fellow who is familiar with the terrain as a guide, this dark and rainy night, if he wants to follow the map, I'm afraid he won't be able to find it.
"You're GMD's troops?" The Captain Wang was taken aback.
"Why, didn't your superiors tell you?" Yang Rui smiled, this Captain Wang obviously didn't figure out the real situation.
"We just received an order from our superiors to let us wait for you here and cooperate with your actions, but we didn't say anything specific." Captain Wang smiled, as long as the code is correct, it means that he is his own person.
"Tang Pingzi, what time is it?"
"A quarter past four."
"An hour after the scheduled time, we immediately set up a radio station and sent a telegram to the military headquarters, telling the military seat that we had thrown away all our baggage, marched lightly, and had arrived at the designated place to join the comrades of the local guerrillas."
"Yes!"
"Captain Yang, can you ask, how many of you came?"
"Eight hundred!" Yang Rui smiled, the full strength of the special service group is 800 people, this time Leng Feng took out some veterans from other units to add to the special service group, and made up the number for him, it can be said that the entire honor of the first division, the best weapons and equipment, the strongest combat effectiveness of the regiment is the special service regiment.
"What task?" Captain Wang took a breath, eight hundred people, that is a big task, and couldn't help but ask curiously, what is it to go deep into the enemy-occupied area on a rainy night.
"Regain Xinxiang!"
"What, you want to occupy Xinxiang?" Captain Wang's face changed dramatically.
"What, doubt our strength?"
"Commander Yang, with all due respect, there are only eight hundred of you, the number is too small, if there are eight thousand, maybe there is still a chance." Captain Wang said.
"Look at what weapons my men are equipped with, and look outside!" Yang Rui smiled and reminded him.
Captain Wang looked at the people around Yang Rui carefully, he didn't know if he didn't see it, he was startled when he saw it, except for the long . In addition to the guns, he also saw several flower machines, and then looked at the weapons pulled in outside for inspection, mortars, heavy machine guns, light machine guns, and grenadiers, as well as two Type 92 infantry guns and two mountain guns......
"What's the matter, Captain Wang, do we still have no strength?"
"Your regiment is well-equipped, however, this little devil has a garrison in Xinxiang, which is roughly the same as the strength of your regiment, and there is also a puppet army security brigade, although it is newly formed, it has little combat effectiveness, and there are two or three thousand people...... "Captain Wang is a local, so he naturally understands the situation of the Japanese garrison in Xinxiang.
"Don't worry, our new army will not fight an unprepared battle, and when the time comes, Captain Wang will send people to cooperate with our actions." The action did not start, and Yang Rui did not say much.
"Okay, as long as it's a devil, none of our Guguzhai anti-Japanese guerrillas are afraid of death!"
"Inform the battalion and company commanders to come over for a meeting and deploy the mission." Yang Rui ordered the signal soldiers.
"Yes!"
In the north of Xinxiang and Jishui Town, Liang Dong led the cavalry regiment to surround the town one step earlier, cut off the town's external communication, and with the help of the town's police office, quickly eliminated the Japanese puppet traitors in the town.
It took less than half an hour to completely control the entire town, and at this time, most of the people were still asleep.
Then all external communication was restored, but now all the key departments in the town were under the control of the cavalry regiment.
In the process of re-control, it is inevitable that the guns will be misfired, and the Japanese garrison stationed in Xinxiang soon called to ask what was going on after the communication was smooth.
This is not difficult for Liang Dong, he did not fight in the Japanese-occupied area for a day or two, and it was easy to find a reason for a "guerrilla sneak attack" to prevaricate in the past, even if the Japanese army was suspicious, they would have to come to check it after dawn.
After dawn, it is uncertain whether the Japanese army will be able to come out of Xinxiang. (To be continued.) )