Just when the commanders of the first brigade of the first division and the third brigade were speculating about how the battle was going for Xu Zhibu, Xu Zhibu had not yet been able to reach the battlefield. In Makou Town, Yongxiu County, many villagers saw a team stretching for more than two miles rushing, and they connected it with the sound of guns and cannons coming from the direction of Nanjin kiln, and immediately guessed that this was a "national army" that was rushing to the front line. "There is a war going on there in Nanjin Kiln, and the Japanese are back to kill, they should rush over to support!" "I know the way, I know the way, this is the student army in Guangdong." "Look at the official, actually riding a donkey!" "Our Chinese army is poor, and the Japanese officers are all riding high-headed horses." ……

The tentacles of the student army guerrillas had not yet reached Yongxiu County, so the local villagers only knew a little about them.

At this moment, the "official" riding on the stove is Xu Zhi. This donkey was bought by his orderlies for two oceans from the locals - whether Xu Zhicheng admits it or not, since he became the commander of the First Division, his physical fitness has greatly declined, and he can no longer walk as fast as he did when he was in Eagle Cliff Mountain, and run for several kilometers without panting.

Xu Zhi's side was closely followed by Chen Hao, the communications staff officer of the First Division. Xu Zhi roared loudly: "Tell Boss Tie that he must hold on for half an hour." Chen Hao carried a walkie-talkie on his back and followed behind Xu Zhi, he pinched down and shouted: "Camp Commander Jiang, please hold on for another half an hour, at most half an hour, we can arrive." ”

After shouting, he sent a message to Jian, and when he boarded, Jiang Tietou's thunderous roar came from the Mai: "Please tell Division Commander Xu that the reconnaissance battalion does not dare to say that it will be able to hold out for half an hour, but it is guaranteed to fight to the last one!" His roar had just ended, and with a "boom", an explosion came from the microphone.

Chen Hao was about to report Jiang Tietou's words to Xu Zhi, but he heard Xu Zhi's eyes wide open and look around at the running team and shout: "Brothers, run, run, as long as you can run to Nanjin Kiln before the little devil, it will be a victory!" It turned out that Jiang Tietou's words had already been heard.

"Damn, what are you doing with these grenades? Throw away, throw away, each with a maximum of two grenades! Mother, when Lao Tzu's words are the wind in his ears, isn't it! Xu Zhi suddenly discovered the secret in the backpack of an "old bandit", dropped the donkey's head, rushed up to a branch, and then scolded. At the sound of his roar, many of the cadets threw their excess loads on the ground, and after a few minutes, the speed of the troops increased again.

If Xu Zhibu can reach Nanjin Kiln before the little devil, then Jiang Tietou will have made a great contribution this time.

After Jiang Tietou sent back the information that the Japanese army was marching from De'an to Yongxiu, he retreated to the other side of Xiushui, and then gathered his team, preparing to take advantage of the little devil's crossing Xiushui to sneak attack and extinguish the morale of the devils in the department.

The Japanese army was the 53rd Infantry Wing, which was part of the 17th Division, and was personally led by Major General Haramatsu Suzuki, commander of the 17th Brigade. Isamu Yokoyama gave Suzuki an order to advance lightly and be sure to capture Nanchang in front of the 33rd Division. Therefore, the devils of the unit gave up the field artillery unit of a squadron that was lost to them, and only took mortars and a number of Type 92 heavy machine guns and grenadiers to kill directly from Jiujiang to De'an. Leaving a squadron of devils in De'an to supervise the puppet security regiment in the city, Suzuki rushed directly to Xiushui with the remaining nearly 3,000 devils.

The 17th Division was in the limelight at the beginning of the Battle of Changsha, which made the devil soldiers of the division who had just been transferred from reserve to active duty look at them one by one, as if they were already veterans. The devils of this department did not even send reconnaissance troops, and swaggered straight to Neijiang Village, Yongxing Township, on the north bank of Xiushui, and after arriving there, Suzuki Harunmatsu pretended to pick up a telescope and looked at the Nanjin kiln on the south bank for a while, and then ordered to forcibly requisition fishing boats nearby. Fifty minutes later, the devils collected more than 30 fishing boats of various sizes. Then, at Suzuki's order, a squadron of devils got on the boat, pointed guns at the forcibly recruited fishermen, and began the first wave of river crossings.

Because it was January, the river beaches on both sides of Shusui that were supposed to be full of reeds were bare at this time, which greatly paralyzed Suzuki. After Suzuki observed it with a telescope, he didn't find anything unusual, so he didn't suspect him. He didn't know what to do, because the scouts who ambushed them were the ones who were good at camouflage and concealment, so not to mention that he scanned with a telescope through Xiushui, even if he approached, Jiang Tietou and they also had a way not to let him find out.

The average width of Xiushui is about 350 meters, while the width of Neijiang Ferry is less than 250 meters.

There are not many devils in a squadron, and they don't know that there are nearly 200 apprentices waiting for them on the opposite side, more than 300 devils, an average of about 10 people on each boat. On every boat, except for those devils who pointed guns at fishermen, everyone else was trembling and huddled in the middle of the cabin, afraid of falling into the water.

The 53rd Wing spent fifty minutes on the north shore collecting more than thirty fishing boats, while on the south shore there were twenty or thirty fishing boats moored as far as the Suzuki telescope could see. When the first wave of devils began to cross the river, Suzuki was calculating that if he could collect those fishing boats, he would be able to pass two squadrons at once, and then he would be able to cross everyone with only five round-trips. He opened the map, focused his eyes and attention, and began to think: "I hope that the 33rd Division will be attacked by snipers - Nanchang has been occupied by the Cadet Army, and they will definitely rely on the danger of the Ganjiang River to resist stubbornly, right?" In that case, if I launch a surprise attack from Qiaoshe Township, I will definitely be able to cross the Gan River without realizing it, and then launch a surprise attack on Nanchang from the north, and I will definitely be able to capture Nanchang in front of the 33rd Division-" He thought so, and was a little smug, when he suddenly heard the sound of gunfire, and then the soldiers around him exclaimed, and he looked up and couldn't help but be stupid.

The south bank, which was still bare just a moment ago, suddenly erupted hundreds of tongues of fire, and more than a dozen figures stood up, threw grenades, and exploded into the sky-high column of water around the fishing boat in front. Then, only the screams of "Mamma Mia" with Japanese characteristics were heard, and soldiers fell into the water one after another on several fishing boats.

Although he felt very embarrassed, he had to admit that the hiding methods of the people of China were too superb, if it weren't for those tongues of fire that exposed their hiding place, he didn't know that there were people hiding on the bare river beach of Ludao. Fooled! "Eight grids!" He scolded hatefully, turned around and beckoned to the soldiers on standby on the north bank: "Heavy machine gun!" Mortar! Suppress the fire immediately! ”

"Hay!" Immediately, a devil said yes loudly and took action. However, when the "aggressive" sound of the Type 92 heavy machine gun began to sound, one of the five fishing boats near the south bank had been sunk, and the other four were also covered with corpses—the river near those boats was stained red with blood.

The ambush planned by Jiang Tietou got off to a good start.