Chapter 696: Night Crossing

Tang Qiuquan led the special operations team to arrive in time to rescue Meiling who was facing a desperate situation, and the soldiers in the cave, hearing the shouts outside, felt a burst of ecstasy in their hearts, what kind of feeling of escaping from death, made them think that they were in a dream, and they were stunned and did not answer, until Qiuquan shouted again, and the people inside came back to their senses.

The name of Tang Qiuquan, the commander of the special operations detachment, who was in Dingbian and the independent division, did not know, and hurriedly replied: "Captain Tang, we are the cadet brigade of the Dingbian Military Academy, and we are assigned to the command of the first regiment and one battalion of the second brigade of the Yellow River Defense Corps," Qiuquan was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "Is it that platoon in Meiling?" Is Meiling there? ”

All the soldiers were stunned, the famous Tang detachment leader, he was a general, he could know that Mei Ling, the little lieutenant, did not wait for an answer, Tang Qiuquan, who was full of murderous aura, had already walked into the cave, and saw Mei Ling lying on the stretcher at a glance, and hurriedly rushed to his side, Mei Ling smiled reluctantly and said, "Brother Qiu Quan, you are here," the relaxation after the tension, he could no longer gather his spirit, his eyes were dark, and he passed out.

received a telegram from Qiuquan, knowing that Meiling was still alive, a big stone in Tang Qiu's centrifugal finally fell to the ground, although he was seriously injured, it was good to be able to save his life, this kid was also big enough, he was shot twice, he was fine, his heart was relaxed, and the whole person was sunny, looking at his obvious changes, although the Mei sisters didn't know what was going on, they were also happy for him.

Okamura Ninji had already secretly moved most of the troops at the Liulin Ferry to the Yongheguan Ferry, preparing to use it as a breakthrough, in order to cover the actions of the Yongheguan troops, the remaining Japanese troops at the Liulin Ferry, contrary to the norm, with the size of the wing, regardless of casualties, constantly launched river-crossing operations, were repulsed once, retreated to the shore, and then came again, leaving hundreds of corpses each time.

Looking at the Japanese army's move to cover up, Tang Qiuli smiled secretly, it's okay, as long as you can kill the little devil, you can come no matter what, at this time at Liulin Ferry, the Japanese army is only a division, and Okamura Ningji used to assault the Yongheguan Ferry, about 40,000 people, looking at the battle reports sent by Liulin Ferry every day, Okamura Ningji secretly proud, this is called "Ming Xiu Plank Road Secret Crossing Chencang", Tang Qiuli never dreamed that he would choose the Yongheguan Ferry, which is the most unqualified for the large corps to cross the river, as the breakthrough point.

According to his plan, on the west bank of Yonghe Pass, at least more than 20,000 Japanese troops should be annihilated, and he had already secretly moved the main force of five infantry brigades and two artillery brigades to the line of Yanchuan and Jiaokou, which was about 15 kilometers away from Yonghe Pass, where to lay a big pocket for Okamura Ningji, and put all the Japanese troops crossing the river into it at once.

If you want Okamura Ningji to think that he has a plan, Wubao also has to fake and sing here, leaving a main brigade, with 45,000 people belonging to the Dingbian civilian armed forces, to deal with the Japanese army at the Liulin Ferry here, and also to show an all-out defensive posture, to play the momentum of the main force, Tang Qiuli left them two artillery brigades plus an artillery regiment of heavy firepower, tell them, don't be stingy with shells, as long as the Japanese army crosses the river, use artillery to bombard, and consume half of the remaining Japanese troops at the Liulin Ferry, you are a great achievement.

The more fierce the artillery fire at the Wubao ferry, Okamura Ningji was happy, Tang Qiuli was also happy, the commanders of both the enemy and us were mobilizing troops according to their own plans, but Okamura Ningji did not expect that his plan to conceal and surprise attack the Yongheguan ferry had been mastered by Tang Qiuli, and what was waiting for him would be doomed to failure.

This time it's not that Okamura Ningji is stupid or incompetent, he has eaten Tang Qiuli's Shaanxi section of the Yellow River defense line, there is no main force of the independent division, and this is indeed the case, in addition to Sun Zhenbang's river defense corps, the second line of troops, the rest is the civilian armed forces from Dingbian, Okamura Ningji believes that as long as the Yellow River defense line is broken a little, these temporary patchwork of armed forces will shake the whole line and collapse, and it is okay to fire artillery across the river, and the imperial army can fight face to face, not even the regular troops of the Central Army, Not to mention these rabble, which is one of the main reasons why he decided to cross the Yellow River west and attack Shaanxi.

When Meiling woke up again, he was already in the special care ward of Dingbian General Hospital, it took him a while to adapt to the environment in the house, the snow-white walls were dazzling, so quiet that he was a little uncomfortable, the spring sunshine shining in, made him feel very warm, and turned his head laboriously, and saw his father and mother waiting by the bedside, his father's eyes, never had love and appreciation, and his mother's eyes were red, obviously he had just cried.

Mei Ling felt a burst of blood churning in his heart, his nose was sore, his eyes were red, and he suddenly thought that he was already a soldier, and took back the tears that were about to flow, after he saw Qiuquan in a coma in the cave, he didn't remember the rest of the things, smiled slightly, the childishness revealed at that moment, saw that Mei's father's heart was hot, and Mei's mother shed tears again.

When Meiling was sent to Dingbian General Hospital, he had been unconscious, and Chu Tian, who was in charge of escorting him all the way, was greatly relieved and hesitant to see Meiling being pushed into the operating room, he had already guessed Meiling's identity, and he didn't know if he should tell Meiling's parents in Dingbian, he couldn't make up his mind, he sent a telegram to Qiuquan for instructions, Qiuquan called back, and immediately notified his relatives.

Mei's father and Mei's mother, who received the call, were panicked, the two daughters and sons were in the army, but the youngest son was injured, and I don't know how the injury was, when I rushed to the hospital, Meiling's operation was not over, although the warhead was not left in the body, but because the delay was too long, the wound had been infected, and it was quite difficult.

The doctor who operated on Meiling secretly shouted that if it was delayed for two more days, Meiling's thigh would not be saved, and it was difficult to say whether he could save his life, the lights in the operating room had not been extinguished, Old Man Mei and Mei's mother were anxious, footsteps came from the corridor, Tang Qiuli's parents also rushed to hear the news, and the two old ladies couldn't help shedding tears when they met, and the four old men waited outside the operating room for an afternoon.

Knowing that Meiling was out of danger, Tang Qiuli's parents said goodbye and left, Mei's father and Mei's mother waited in the hospital all night, only to see their youngest son wake up, so they were completely relieved, and according to the old lady's intentions, they sent a telegram to the two daughters on the front line, telling the news that Meiling was injured, but was stopped by Old Man Mei, after all, he was a person who had seen the world, and after asking Chutian a few words, he concluded that Tang Qiuli already knew the news of Meiling's injury.

Otherwise, he would not let a major general detachment leader personally go to reinforce him, my uncle was afraid that his two daughters would worry, this heart, we can't live up to it, Meiling's qiē, Tang Qiuli has mastered it, and the director of Dingbian General Hospital has already reported Meiling's injuries and surgeries, and he is very relieved and pays attention to the Japanese army.

At 4:30 a.m. on 28 May, Okamura Ninji issued an operational order to the troops to raid the Yongheguan Ferry, and in order to achieve the effect of the surprise attack, Okamura Ninji went against the norm and broke with the practice of the Japanese army not fighting at night.

The dark and dreary night, only a few stars flickered, the gentle night breeze, bringing the earthy smell of the river, the surrounding silence was extremely quiet, tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers, quietly waiting on the shore, the slightly whistling river, with a palpitating coercion, as the rubber boat turned into a small black dot on the river, and disappeared into the night, Okamura Ningji's heart tightened a little.

Inexplicable nervousness and fear, let him breathless, success or failure in one move, in order to achieve the plan of crossing the Yellow River in the west, attacking Shaanxi, spent too much effort, used too many brains, just here after starting to cross the river, he at the same time ordered the troops at Fenglingdu and Liulin Ferry, immediately launched a river-crossing battle, at the same time, mobilized nearly 90,000 troops, in three locations nearly thousands of miles apart, at the same time in the night to launch a river-crossing operation, this should be the first time in the history of the imperial army's operations, right?

As long as there is a little success in crossing the river, Shaanxi is the next Shanxi, Tang Qiuli's Yellow River defense line will face a total collapse, fighting with Tang Qiuli's main force, less than 100,000 troops, Okamura Ningci is not so arrogant, but he has to face Shaanxi, which has no main force of independent divisions, Okamura Ningci is still very sure, he doesn't know that what he is going to face is by no means the rabble he imagined, it is the 280,000 hot-blooded young people who were trained by Tang Qiuli to be a group of fierce tigers, not to mention, There is also a big pocket prepared for him by Tang Qiuli.

Okamura Ninji was anxiously pacing back and forth on the shore, looking at his watch from time to time, he felt that time had passed for a long time, and there was no news yet, just when he was waiting to go crazy, there were suddenly sporadic gunshots on the other side, and he hurriedly raised his binoculars, and he couldn't see anything except the dark red tail of the tracer bullet in the night.

A staff officer hurriedly ran over, "Report to Your Excellency Commander, the commander of the Akita Division has called, our army has landed on the west bank and is consolidating the beachhead," Okamura Ninji snatched the telegram, "Your Excellency Commander, when our division landed on the shore, it encountered weak resistance from the enemy, and now it has been routed, and it has fled to the area of Yanchuan and Jiaokou. ”

After reading Akita's telegram, Okamura Ningji was weak, sweat soaked his shirt, and a wave of exhaustion hit his heart, the emperor blessed, it was successful, and the Yongheguan ferry was not a key defense area for Tang Qiuli, "Order, the second echelon will start crossing the river immediately, and the Akita division will slow down the pursuit, and after meeting the second echelon, go straight to Dingbian, and be sure to occupy Dingbian before noon tomorrow." ”

By about 9 o'clock in the morning of 28 May, the strength of the Japanese troops crossing the Yellow River had reached about 35,000, which greatly exceeded Tang Qiuli's expectations.

(To be continued)