When the counteroffensive on Nanjing's side officially began, the airborne troops also launched an attack on the Nanjing-Shanghai railway line in the rear of the Japanese-occupied area, that is, on the line between Suzhou and Kunshan, according to the predetermined plan.

Ji Xingwen led the 4th and 7th Regiments of paratroopers to land on the Kunshan line, while Huang Zheng led his troops to land in the area west of Suzhou. The two troops are separated by a Suzhou, but they can be horns against each other in the battle, and at the same time, they can guide the subsequent airborne troops to continue to carry out landing operations.

After landing that night, Huang Zheng took Zhu Fucai and * and hurried to the meeting point. Along the way, they kept pressing the annunciator to contact the others. This kind of attraction was like a snowball, and when they arrived at the meeting point at dawn, they had gathered a huge team of more than 200 people.

Of course, along the way, he also encountered several Japanese troops searching and pursuing, but Huang Zheng did not fall in love with the battle, and generally left the battlefield after handing over fire.

By the time they arrived at the assembly point, nearly 1,000 people had already sent a telegraph signal to return to the building, and they had also made contact with other troops.

This is a good result, according to the previous estimates, the assembly can reach more than eighty percent is considered relatively successful. The personnel have almost been assembled, so according to the next plan, they should attack Muzhen west of Suzhou.

Located in the west of Suzhou, Muzhen is not a small town, with a population of less than 10,000 when it was prosperous, but after the opening of the Nanjing-Shanghai Railway a few years ago, it became an important transit station of the Nanjing-Shanghai Railway, which also attracted a large number of people.

The increase in population and economic development have also made great strides in the modernization of Muzhen. A small town began to build a lot of high-rise buildings, and asphalt roads were built on the city floor. In the early 30s, Huang Ke visited the area and asked for a complete sewer pipe to be built here, so it is now a modern town.

Of course, after the Japanese army occupied Suzhou, it became an important advance point for the Japanese army. A large amount of supplies and soldiers brought from the Japanese mainland had to be disembarked from Shanghai and then transported to the frontline battlefield via the Nanjing-Shanghai railway.

Similarly, many of the seriously wounded on the Japanese front line were also transported back to Shanghai or mainland Japan through this route.

The soldiers and horses did not move, and the grain and grass went first. The importance of logistics support and transportation mobility in modern warfare has also created the importance of the strategic position here.

Of course, the Japanese army naturally noticed this. For this reason, the Japanese army stationed a small group here, which was indeed a difficult problem for the airborne troops who did not have heavy weapons to attack the fortifications.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the airborne troops had their first breakfast. After a night of running around without a decent meal, fortunately there are many residents here, borrowing their pots to cook rice can not only hide the smoke, but also be able to eat a hot mouthful.

It's nice to be able to eat something hot at this time. Therefore, after breakfast was ready, the tired airborne troops gathered together to eat in threes, fives, and fives with iron cylinders. Huang Zheng was also preparing to meet with several battalion commanders during dinner, and was ready to start deploying the battle plan for attacking Muzhen.

However, the people of the third battalion have not yet returned to the establishment, and when they were contacted by telegram before, they said that there were still dozens of minutes to arrive, so everyone had to wait for a while before making plans.

In addition to the officers of the Airborne Forces, they also got in touch with the underground anti-Japanese organization in Suzhou in the morning.

Wu Chunsheng, the head of the anti-Japanese organization, also rushed over early in the morning to join them.

Wu Chunsheng, who is in his Chinese New Year's Eve, was originally a railway worker in the Muzhen area of the Ninghu Line, but at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, he was developed into an intelligence officer by the pre-cadre department, and when Suzhou fell, he was sent to Suzhou to lead the underground anti-Japanese work.

This resistance group numbered in the hundreds, some of whom were officers and soldiers who had not had time to evacuate during the Battle of Suzhou, and of course, many more ordinary people of the city.

After the fall of Suzhou, the underground resistance organizations have always relied on the assistance of the Reserve Cadre Division of the Ministry of National Defense, and of course, in terms of the relationship between leaders and subordinates, they also belong to the direct leadership of the Reserve Cadre Department.

The officers of the Airborne Forces are generally relatively young, so the atmosphere is more lively than that of other troops, and everyone is talking about the rare things they encountered on the road yesterday, and a burst of laughter comes from time to time.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Yang Qing, the commander of the third battalion, walked in.

"Your kid is finally back, let's start quickly, everyone is waiting for your meeting." Li Yongsheng, the commander of the first battalion, said with a smile.

"If you haven't eaten, let the brothers go and serve a bowl of hot food, and go and call the cooking class, and let them get some more rice to go in." Huang was yelling at the cooking class outside.

Everyone sucked the hot porridge in their hands and discussed something with a smile.

"Alas!" Yang Qing, the commander of the third battalion, took off the steel helmet on his head and sighed when he sat on the ground: "I met devils on the road in a row, and let the family kill fourteen brothers. ”

As soon as these words came out, the room fell silent for a moment.

It turned out that a company under the third battalion had exchanged fire with the devils this morning, and Japanese planes also strafed them, resulting in the death of more than a dozen brothers and the wounding of eight others.

Everyone knows the cruelty of war, but when these things are really spoken, I believe that no one is not in a heavy mood.

"Okay, let's talk about how to fight next." Huang Zheng saw that everyone's mood was a little low, so he diverted the topic and started the meeting.

Several battalion commanders were also ready to take out pen and paper and prepare for a simple note-take.

"Without further ado, let Wu Chunsheng of the underground anti-Japanese organization introduce to you the geographical characteristics of Muzhen and some information they have obtained." Huang Zheng also directly introduced Wu Chunsheng to everyone.

Wu Chunsheng paused and said, "I don't need to introduce the geography of Muzhen, it's similar to what is marked on the map in your hand. The terrain was flat, a railway passed from east to west, and I marked the surrounding machine-gun pillboxes and firing points. The Sato Brigade of the Kimura Brigade of the Devil is stationed here, but it is not fully staffed, and there are more than 600 people; In addition to these devils, there is also a puppet army of an infantry regiment and a small number of police and security guards. That's more than 2,000 people. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone gasped, the enemy not only had the advantage of time and place, but also surpassed them by hundreds in terms of troops, how could people not worry?

"By the way, the devils also deployed anti-aircraft guns at these points. In order to prevent our planes from bombing, they have arranged a lot of anti-aircraft guns, and I will mark them all for you. After Wu Chunsheng finished speaking, he picked up the pen and marked it on the map.

They are all too familiar with anti-aircraft guns, one of the least favorite things of the Airborne Forces. The most infuriating thing is that they are not only able to hit the plane in the sky, but it is definitely a large-caliber machine gun after leveling. If any stronghold sits on one of these things, let alone flesh and blood, even armored vehicles and tanks may not be able to withstand it.

The crowd began to stop talking, and this battle was not as difficult as it seemed.

After listening to Wu Chunsheng, Huang Zheng asked in a relaxed tone: "Don't worry, the paratroopers are here to gnaw hard bones." ”

The deputy head of the regiment looked at the firepower points marked on the map and said, "But this little devil's arrangement in Muzhen also has weaknesses. They mainly defended the air along and around the railway, but they didn't fence the wooden town as if it were a city. This gives us the opportunity to do something, I think we will divide our forces into two parts, and attack the defense lines on the east and west lines separately. A small number of troops on the eastern front feint to attack, and the western front increased its forces to attack the main attack. ”

Everyone had no objection after listening to the deployment of the deputy head of the regiment, and at this time Huang Zheng frowned and asked Wu Chunsheng: "I just saw that there is a drainage system for underground drainage here, which means that the underground pipe network here is very developed?" ”

Wu Chunsheng patted his thigh and said, "Yes, I also repaired the sewer pipes here back then." At that time, it was built when Commander Huang was engaged in large-scale industrial construction, and a wide place could walk a few people side by side. ”

When several professional soldiers heard this, they naturally understood Huang Ke's purpose. Almost all of them set their sights on Huang Zheng.

"Head, what do you mean?" Yang Qing asked.

Huang Zheng nodded: "That's right." Until we are replenished with heavy weapons, it is our weakness to confront them head-on. However, we are equipped with a lot of automatic weapons, and we also have a lot of combat training for special operations teams, so let's just play to our strengths and avoid our weaknesses. If we can use a single assault team to take out their headquarters, we can basically make up for all of our disadvantages. ”

The deputy regiment commander continued: "Then I think it is better for us to retreat back first, and free up time to wait until it gets dark at night before attacking. The offensive of the ground forces proceeded as usual, and after attracting the fire of the Japanese troops, at the same time the special operations detachment was quietly dispatched. ”

"That's a good idea! Hey, it's still your regular army that is amazing, we've been fighting with his mother in Suzhou for so long, and I really didn't expect these ideas from you! ”

Huang Zheng smiled: "Captain Wu, how many people did your brothers bring here?" ”

"Brother 300 is on standby." Wu Chunsheng blurted out.

"Well, before the attack, you have your brethren split into two parts and destroy their railroad tracks on the east and west lines of Muzhen to prevent Japanese reinforcements. Also, find a few brothers who are familiar with us to serve as guides for our assault team. ”

"Okay! When the guide doesn't use anyone else, I'm most familiar with this. Wu Chunsheng patted his chest and said.

"Good!" Huang Zheng carried out the distribution of troops, he asked the commander of the first battalion to lead his troops to bypass the enemy's rear to carry out the main attack from the east, and the third and second battalions led the feint attack from the west, and he planned to personally take the commando team to take the old nest of the Sato brigade, but was stopped by the deputy commander and his party.