Huang Zheng and his brothers hadn't slept for a long time. His eyes were bloodshot now, his eyes were swollen and uncomfortable, and he didn't want to open them again when he closed them.

At the beginning of the battle, he led the paratrooper regiment under his command, and with the help of He Chunsheng's underground anti-Japanese organizations, he occupied Muzhen at once and completed the interception of the Nanjing-Shanghai railway, thus achieving an important strategic goal.

At present, the entire Airborne Army, together with the armed forces of the underground anti-Japanese organizations, has more than 20,000 airborne troops and more than 10,000 local armed forces on the front line of Suzhou and Kunshan alone.

The number and scale of such battles have long ceased to be the skirmishes that preceded them. Their target is Suzhou, and after taking Suzhou, Shanghai will follow.

He Chunsheng, the captain of the underground anti-Japanese organization, has been extremely excited recently, after the last capture of Muzhen, the guys in his hands have changed, the original old-fashioned 38-style rifle has been replaced by a new portable machine gun, and a pair of Japanese army-turned high-top shoes have been kicked on his feet, and even the armed belts on his body are exclusively provided by paratroopers.

Not only did He Chunsheng's own equipment change, but the hundreds of brothers under his command all received new equipment, some of which were captured by the Japanese army, and some were supplied by the airborne troops. Now they have no uniforms on their bodies, and the team is no different from the regular army, which is also quite spectacular.

With the new guys, He Chunsheng and the brothers of these underground anti-Japanese organizations naturally couldn't hold back the excitement in their hearts, and shouted all day long that they wanted to take down Suzhou and Shanghai.

Of course, these are just shouting, after all, these anti-Japanese organizations are not real combat troops, they have not undergone systematic military training, their combat capability is still lacking a lot, most of the time, the armed anti-Japanese organizations are used as a temporary maintenance of local order, the Japanese have run away, the new government has not been established, the police and other departments have not been established, local order needs to be maintained, these tasks are naturally carried up by these anti-Japanese organizations.

With the help of the paratrooper regiments, anti-Japanese organizations formed a number of temporary government agencies. Everything is starting to go back to normal.

Muzhen is an important material transfer station of the Nanjing-Shanghai Railway, after laying here, Huang Zheng feels like he has dug up a big treasure, not only has a huge ammunition supply warehouse, but most importantly, there is a large granary, rice is piled up, it is exciting to watch.

Huang Zheng immediately reported to the higher command of the Airborne Forces. Army Commander Liao Xiangdong was also very happy after hearing this, food is one of the most important things now, the troops on the front line, the people in the rear are lacking this thing, sometimes the front line ammunition can be in short supply for a period of time, but it just can't be without food, the stomach can't be filled, who still has the strength to fight?

Liao Xiangdong immediately instructed Huang Zheng to send these grains to take care of them, as well as well-arranged anti-aircraft firepower to avoid being destroyed by Japanese air raids.

Huang Zheng didn't dare to slack off after hearing this, and immediately arranged troops to take care of it.

In the evening, He Chunsheng found Huang Zheng. He said there was something important to report.

Huang Zheng invited him in and asked him what was wrong.

He Chunsheng said with a big grin: "It's nothing, it's just that I caught some traitors, I don't know if it's handed over to the superiors or how to deal with it?" ”

Huang Zheng also hated traitors, and said without thinking too much: "You don't have to hand it over to the top, you can lock it up first." Let's wait until we get back to the government. ”

He Chunsheng was a little embarrassed after hearing this, he scratched his head and said: "That's it, the number of this traitor is too much, there is only a small warehouse held by the Japanese army in Muzhen, and it is not even a prison, I am afraid that these people can't be locked up, and besides, the detention still needs a lot of manpower to watch, and we are also nervous......

At this time, Zhu Fucai came in to report on his work, Huang Zheng was a little busy, so he said to Zhu Fucai: "That, Captain He, you can decide these things yourself, if the house is not enough, for some subjective people who did not deliberately go to the day, and the plot is relatively minor, you will not deal with it for the time being." ”

"Okay." He Chunsheng said.

"Also, Captain He, you've always been too polite. We're not your parent organization, and you don't have to discuss everything with me. Huang Ke said, took out a cigarette and handed it to He Chunsheng, originally thinking about giving one, but after thinking about it, he gave him another pack.

He Chunsheng stood up and said with a simple smile: "Okay, thank you to Captain Zhao." ”

After He Chunsheng left, Zhu Fu came in and began to report the matter.

"Fucai is here, how is it? Have you carried out the matter of training you with the militia and the resistance groups? As Huang Zheng spoke, he handed him a cigarette. Although they are superiors, Huang Zheng has no quarrel on weekdays, and they are all referred to as brothers.

"I sent a few brothers over and trained a platoon by myself. It's going on now. Zhu Fucai lit a flue.

"That's good, the militia must be trained quickly. Tell the brothers not to be polite to them, and to do whatever they want, otherwise it will be difficult for them to form combat effectiveness after our large army has driven away. Huang Zheng continued.

Zhu Fucai nodded: "I know, I will ask the brothers to be stricter, and whoever is disobedient will come directly according to the rules of our airborne troops." ”

"You kid!" Huang Zheng smiled.

Zhu Fucai finished smoking a cigarette, took out another cigarette from Huang Zheng's cigarette case, and lit it very unceremoniously.

At this time, there was a sound of anxious footsteps outside the door, and a guard ran in quickly and said, "Regiment commander, someone is surrounding the granary." ”

"Granary? Who did it? Zhu Fucai stood up in surprise, he was in charge of the granary security work, and this kind of thing happened just after he came out, so he naturally didn't dare to slack off.

"It's not Japanese, it's local people. I don't know where the news leaked out, but now there are hundreds of people, and people are still pouring in. The guard said incoherently.

"Don't say more, let's go and see. Inform the guard platoon at the regimental headquarters to assemble and bring equipment. Huang Zheng was also very nervous, and the two quickly grabbed the military hats on the table, put them on neatly and ran out.

……

The great counterattack has begun, and the hundreds of thousands of Japanese elites on the front line in Nanjing are also too busy to take care of themselves at this time. Since the airborne troops launched an airborne landing on the front line in Suzhou, their supply lines have been completely cut off.

King Hatohiko misjudged the situation, he was not aware of this new method of warfare, and thought that the airborne troops were only small and lightly armed units, which were not enough to pose a threat, and that the defense troops stationed in Suzhou could completely eliminate them.

However, the development of events was beyond his expectations, and the airborne troops that landed in Suzhou were not only not wiped out by the Japanese army, but continued to expand their scale, and they successively occupied a series of important towns such as Kunshan and Muzhen, and the main supply lines of the Japanese army on the front line were cut off.

This cut off does not matter, the number of men of the hundreds of thousands of troops eating horses is not a small number, and coupled with the continuous fierceness of the fighting, the ammunition and food that I originally thought could last half a month have bottomed out in less than 10 days. Although he gave the order to collect military rations on the spot, and the Japanese troops obtained the food by burning, killing and looting the people in the occupied areas, the ammunition could not be snatched from the common people, right? What if they don't have it?

King Hatohiko had a headache about this, and Matsui Ishine was at a loss. The brows of both of them were twisted into the word "Chuan".

"In my opinion, it is better to send troops back to help. The front line is important, but without logistical supply lines, we are nothing. Matsui Ishine said helplessly.

King Hatohiko was still hesitating, he paced back and forth, thought for a moment, and then asked, "There is a telegram from Shanghai saying that Wang Jingwei has sent their elite troops to Suzhou......"

"The combat effectiveness of those armies is very poor, not to mention that many of their officers and soldiers are farmers who have been temporarily recruited, how to fight against the elite China Airborne Army. Your Highness, don't hesitate any longer, if we lose the supply line, we don't need to attack the army, and the troops will be scattered. "Matsui recognizes the seriousness of the problem.

"Alright, let's send a wing back to help." There was no way, he had to send a wing back to Suzhou.

"Okay, the strength of one wing should be able to lift the siege of Suzhou." Matsui Ishone muttered.

……

"What if the Japanese send reinforcements?" At a military meeting before the general attack on Suzhou, Ji Xingwen raised this issue.

Army Commander Liao Xiangdong smiled and said, "The Japanese have already sent reinforcements. According to the intelligence from our front, the Japanese Takeuchi Wing has begun to withdraw from the defensive line, and this wing has a strong fighting style and combat effectiveness that should not be underestimated. They were suddenly transferred from the state of being at the front line, and I guess it was to reinforce Suzhou. It will take them three days to reach Suzhou from the front line, but before that, we must first occupy the town of Guxi in Suzhou, and then take Suzhou, and the next plan is the two airports of Jianqiao and Changxing. ”

"Occupy the airport?" Ji Xingwen and the others were all surprised. The current task of the offensive is to capture Suzhou, why do you suddenly want to occupy the airport?

Liao Xiangdong said with a serious expression: "You all know our situation very well, although there is an airborne army here, we lack heavy weapons. The seizure of the nearby airfield was carried out for the follow-up troop transport. ”

"Follow-up troops? Could it be that the central government has made another big move? Ji Xingwen is very sensitive, and there is obviously a reason for seizing two airports at once, not to mention the plan that has been put on the agenda.

Liao Xiangdong did not deny or affirm, he said with a smile: "The task of attacking Guxi Town was originally handed over to Zhao Zheng and his regiment, but now their troops have to take care of the ammunition depot and granary, and the Ministry of Defense has ordered us to protect these material warehouses in Muzhen, so your regiment will take over this task." There are a small number of Japanese troops and puppet troops stationed in this town, and it should not be difficult to attack the fortifications, but you should not take it lightly. ”

"Yes!" Ji Xingwen nodded.