"You're thinking too simply." Xu Shijiu shook his head.

Again, the little Japanese garrison at each point is not much, but the mobile liliang they left is enough, except for southern Anhui, in the rest of the regions, the mobile liliang left by small Japan is enough to smash any resistance in the area, in southern Anhui, although the mobile liliang of small Japan is not enough to crush the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui, but it is not difficult to block the attack of the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui, because the Japanese-occupied area in southern Anhui is close to the Yangtze River waterway, and can get naval support.

The navy has always been the weakness of the Chinese and the biggest threat to the national army

"Look here." Xu Shijiu pointed to the map and said to Gao Shenxing, "Wuhu." ”

Gao Shenxing frowned and asked, "There doesn't seem to be much little Japan in Wuhu, right?" Unless reinforcements are sent from Nanjing. ”

Xu Shijiu shook his head again and said: "I'm afraid that the Japanese army in Nanjing will not come, although there are not many Japanese troops in Wuhu, but it is not difficult to transfer a few gunboats over, as long as two gunboats, it is enough to control the entire wharf, and it is absolutely impossible for the American and British Tobacco Company to deliver the materials to Zihan." ”

"Gunboats?" Gao Shenxing changed slightly, just now he fell into a fixed thinking, only thinking that if the Japanese army wanted to keep Tongling County, it must transfer infantry, but he didn't expect that Tongling County was next to the Yangtze River, and Little Japan only needed to dispatch one gunboat, which was enough to control the entire dock, in the final analysis, the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese Salvation Army did not have the firepower to deal with the small Japanese gunboats at all.

Although the calf brought two artillery batteries, even the 92 infantry guns could not threaten the gunboats, because the 92 infantry guns could only fire grenades, and it was difficult to penetrate the armor of the gunboat, and it was difficult to cause fatal damage if they could not penetrate the armor, while the machine guns and naval guns on the small Japanese gunboats could pose a fatal threat to the artillery on the cliff

In short, the level of firepower and armor cover on both sides is simply not above the same level.

"What then?" Gao Shen was in a hurry, and said, "Chizhou City seems to have a small Japanese navy, and it seems that there are several gunboats stationed all year round, as long as there are small Japanese gunboats, even if we attack Chizhou City, we can't control the dock, and the merchant ships of the American and British Tobacco Company still can't deliver materials to us, and we have been making trouble for a long time, this battle is not in vain?" ”

"Not necessarily." Xu Jiu smiled.

"Huh?" Gao Shenxing was surprised and said, "Old Xu, do you still have a back hand?" ”

"You." Xu Shijiu smiled and pointed at Gao Shenxing, and said, "I just overcame one fixed thinking, and I immediately fell into another fixed thinking, does the delivery of materials have to be at the dock?" If the materials had to be delivered at the wharf, how were the materials purchased by the military commanders from Shanghai delivered? ”

"Oh, look at me, I'm in a daze." Gao Shenxing also smiled.

Xu 19 said: "In this spring offensive, of course, it is good to be able to take the docks of Tongling or Chizhou, even if you can't take it, you must mobilize the entire small Japan in southern Anhui, especially the gunboats of the small Japanese navy, they must be dragged into the melee, so that the merchant ships of the American and British Tobacco Company have the opportunity to deliver the materials to us smoothly." ”

Shu Tongwen next to him added: "Lao Gao, the comrades of the Tongling and Chizhou county party committees have instructed the comrades of the Tongling and Chizhou county party committees to mobilize the people to collect hundreds of large and small ships in Liaojiawan. ”

Xu 19 said: "Of course, the smooth receipt of the materials consigned by the American and British Tobacco Company is the main purpose of this spring offensive, but if there is a chance, we still have to bite little Japan." ”

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The 56th Independent Infantry Brigade advanced slowly, but it continued to advance.

The battle situation in Tongling was also continuously sent to Haneda through telegrams, and the loss of the fortifications of Tongling County did not make Haneda's old devil too worried, because although the Tongling city wall was lost, the Japanese army in Tongling did not suffer too much loss, and relying on the strong compound where the gendarmerie was stationed, it could hold out for a while.

In addition, the naval team stationed in Wuhu had already set off and was rushing to Tongling overnight.

As long as the navy stationed in Wuhu can arrive in time, it will not be possible to recapture the county seat of Tongling, but it will not be difficult to control the Tongling wharf.

Calculating the time, tomorrow morning the merchant ships of the United States and British Tobacco Company should almost arrive in Tongling, and if the Yankees want to hand over the materials to the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army in southern Anhui at the Tongling wharf, it is wishful thinking Obviously, the old devil Haneda has also fallen into a fixed thinking, thinking that the delivery of materials must be carried out on the wharf.

Haneda was not worried about the battle situation in Tongling, but he was very worried about the situation in Chizhou

Fearing that Chizhou would be attacked, Haneda did not even ask the navy stationed in Chizhou to send gunboats to Tongling.

Haneda looked back at the dark nightmen in front of him, turned back and asked the adjutant, "Inoue-san, is there anything unusual in Chizhou?" ”

Adjutant Inoue Jun shook his head and said, "Your Excellency, there is nothing abnormal in Chizhou, at least not so far. ”

"Yes." Haneda frowned, but the uneasiness in his heart became even stronger.

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"Hurry, hurry, you hurry." Wei Guoqiang suppressed his voice and beckoned the team members behind him to follow.

After nightfall, the city of Chizhou is under martial law, and now the streets are full of Japanese puppet army sentry posts, and there are patrols of the Japanese puppet army on each street.

As the captain of the Chizhou Biedong team, Wei Guoqiang has enough knowledge of the subtlety of the upper echelons of the military command.

The relationship between the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army and the Nationalist Government was very bad, and Chairman Chiang and Gu Zhutong, commander-in-chief of the Third Theater of Operations, regarded Xu Shijiu, commander of the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, as a hater, and logically speaking, the military commander Biedong team in Chizhou should not cooperate with the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army to fight Chizhou, even if Ye Ruxue gave the order in the capacity of the commander of the military command stationed in Longkou, Wei Guoqiang also had enough reasons to refuse.

However, if this order was issued by the Shanghai Station of the Military Command, then it is a different matter, obviously, in this, there is also the inside story that Wei Guoqiang does not know, in short, just half an hour ago, Wei Guoqiang received an order from the Shanghai Station of the Military Command, ordering the Chizhou Biedong team to cooperate with the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army to take Chizhou City.

The order that Ye Ruxue gave to the Biedong team was to cooperate with the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui to attack the south gate.

Although there are only more than 20 people in the Chizhou Biedong team, the equipment is not bad, in addition to a flower mechanism per person, each person also has eight state-made grenades, in unexpected situations, for example, when the city wall fortifications at the south gate of Chizhou are attacked, such an assault Liliang suddenly kills from behind, it is still very threatening.

When they approached the south gate, the sentry posts of the Japanese puppet army became more and more dense.

Wei Guoqiang took more than 20 team members into a deep alley, the military commander has several strongholds in Chizhou City, one of the secret strongholds is hidden in the depths of this alley, about 50 meters deep into the alley, Old Man Tang came out of a house and introduced Wei Guoqiang and more than 20 team members into the house.

In that mansion, Wei Guoqiang saw Ye Ruxue who was fully armed.

In addition to Ye Ruxue, Wei Guoqiang also saw Li Mu and his 5th Brigade.

Although Wei Guoqiang did not stay in Longkou for a long time, he was like thunder for Li Mu and his 5th Brigade, like the 5th Brigade, an elite unit that made small Japan fearful, it was impossible for the military commander not to pay attention to it, in fact, Li Mu's resume had already been placed on the desk of Dai Li, director of the Military Command Bureau.

There were even rumors that Dai Li was already thinking about buying Li Mu and the 5th Brigade.

However, Wei Guoqiang knew very well that Dai Li's attempt to buy Li Mu and the 5th Brigade was doomed to be in vain.

When Wei Guoqiang looked at Li Mu, Li Mu also looked Wei Guoqiang up and down unscrupulously, to be honest, Li Mu did not put Wei Guoqiang and his Biedong team in his eyes, although the equipment of the Biedong team is good, but the equipment of Haode depends on who is in the hands, if it is replaced by the 5th brigade, even if it is armed with a dagger, no one dares to take it lightly.

Ye Ruxue looked at her watch and asked, "Captain of the guard, weishenme has only arrived now?" ”

Wei Guoqiang smiled bitterly and explained in a low voice: "The streets are full of small Japanese sentry posts, as well as patrols, and it is very inconvenient to move. ”

"Captain Wei, I want to remind you, this time you are a full fifteen minutes late, forget it this time, don't take it as an example" Ye Ruxue looked at Wei Guoqiang with sharp eyes, and then turned back to Li Mu and said, "Xiao Mu, the Biedong team will be under your full command, and anyone on the battlefield who refuses to obey the order will be dealt with according to the discipline of your 5th brigade." ”