readx;? After Wang Haitao returned to the command headquarters, he immediately called Li Yuanhong, Tangshan Leopard and Tang Xiaoshan to the command room. www.biquge.info Due to the inconvenience of land transportation, the bulk goods of merchants enter and exit Jing County by the Qingyi River waterway, but since the Japanese army strengthened the blockade of Jing County, the Qingyi River has been blocked by the patrol motorboats on the Japanese river in the Wuhu section, not only the merchant ships cannot pass, but the merchants have also suffered losses recently.

If we want to gain a foothold in Jing County and develop and grow, the only way to break the blockade of Jing County by the Japanese army is to break it. The blockade on the land route is easy to break, but it will be much more difficult to break the blockade on the river. ”

As soon as Wang Haitao's words were finished, Tang Xiaoshan took it over and said: "Junzuo, our reconnaissance group has discovered that it can go directly to the county seat of Jingxian County from Wuhu City through the Qingyi River, so shortly after the military seat left Jingxian County, it chose a dangerous place on the side of the Qingyi River in Xitan Town, north of Jing County, and set up a blocking position, which has four 120 heavy mortars on the hills on both sides of the Qingyi River, and arranged light and heavy machine guns.

And further afield, in Wenchang Town, I also arranged a riverside inn to monitor the Japanese motorboats on the river. However, according to the scouts' report, the Japanese army only had motorboats patrolling the river in Wuhu County, and the riverside checkpoint in Xihe Town was the closest checkpoint to Jing County, and the daily patrol of the Japanese motorboats also reached Xihe Town, and did not go south. ”

Tang Xiaoshan's words made Wang Haitao nod, and then Wang Haitao said: "Tang Xiaoshan, you immediately send people to the north along the Qingyi River, and find out how many motorboats the Japanese army patrols on the Qingyi River, how many Japanese troops are on each motorboat under normal circumstances, and what is the firepower allocation." Report back to me as soon as you find out. In addition, it is necessary to find out where the Japanese troops are, which roads have set up checkpoints or strongholds, how many enemy troops there are in these strongholds or checkpoints, and the firepower equipment. ”

Tang Xiaoshan responded: "It's a military seat, and I will send someone to reconnoiter immediately." After Tang Xiaoshan left, Wang Haitao said to Li Yuanhong and Tangshan Leopard: "After you go back, you must pay close attention to training new recruits and prepare for battle, and after Tang Xiaoshan reports the situation that has been reconnoitred, we will make an all-out attack, and we will break the Japanese army's blockade of Jing County in one fell swoop, so that the Japanese army will know the strength of our independent brigade." ”

In the days that followed, the soldiers of the unit knew that they might have to have a combat mission, and they trained even more vigorously, as if they were two newly formed battalions of the independent regiment, which were mostly new recruits, and were trained very hard under the guidance and supervision of officers and veterans. Five days later, Tang Xiaoshan sent the scout's report.

After Wang Haitao took the report, he read it seriously, first of all, the report on the Japanese patrol motorboat on the Qingyi River. The report said: The Japanese army patrolled the Qingyi River in two sections. The first section is the south of Wuhu County, starting from Xihe Town, along the Qingyi River to the north to Yitai Town, with a total length of about 40 kilometers. The water in this section of the river is relatively shallow, so the patrol boats are four flat-bottomed wooden boats with a petrol engine driven.

There were six Japanese soldiers and eight puppet soldiers on board, equipped with two light machine guns and a heavy machine gun in the bow. The rest of the soldiers were rifles. On this section of the river, there is a boat from Yitai Town and Xihe Town in the morning and afternoon respectively, and a patrol boat from Yitai Town from time to time at night, and there are two searchlights on the boat at night, which can be rotated.

The second section is about 10 kilometers from Bian Jiadian on the outskirts of Wuhu to Baotagen at the mouth of the Yangtze River, which is not only wide but also very deep, so four gunboats patrol the river. During the day, two gunboats generally travel opposite each other. This kind of gunboat has a squad of 12 Japanese soldiers and 6 puppet soldiers, as well as 8 Japanese soldiers who operate gunboats.

The gunboat was about 20 meters long, with a rapid-fire gun fixed in the front and rear, and two heavy machine guns on each side. The Japanese soldiers on the ship were also equipped with two light machine guns during the patrol. Attacking the gunboat during the day would attract the attention of the Japanese troops along the river, and support ships would soon arrive. The reconnaissance report of the Japanese patrol boat on the Qingyi River was followed by the reconnaissance report on the Japanese strongholds on several major roads around Jing County.

The report shows that there are newly built strongholds of the Japanese army on the roads from Jing County to Nanling County, Xuancheng County, and Jingde County. The stronghold of Sungai Town in the direction of Xuancheng has been repaired and strengthened since it was last breached. In the direction of Nanling County, the Japanese army built a stronghold outside Shipu Town, which had two artillery towers, one large and one small, and stationed 72 people from a reinforced squad of the Japanese army and 120 people from a squadron of the puppet army. It is equipped with six 92 infantry guns, eight mortars and light and heavy machine guns.

The direction of Jingde County was also set up by the Japanese army at the fork in Caijiaqiao Town. The stronghold has a turret, stationed a Japanese squad and a puppet squad of 120 people, equipped with four 92 infantry guns, four mortars and light and heavy machine guns. In addition, there are also Japanese outposts set up on several mountain roads leading from Jing County to Qingyang County, Ningguo County and Huizhou Prefecture, most of these checkpoints are garrisoned by a squad of Japanese troops and more than 20 puppet soldiers, and there is only one heavy machine gun, two light machine guns and two grenadiers in terms of firepower.

When Wang Haitao read these reports, all the officers above the brigade and battalion level got the news and came to the command post, but except for Deputy Brigade Commander Li Yuanhong, Chief of Staff Wu Jianzhou, and Guard Regiment Commander Tang Shanbao entered the command room, even Tang Shanhu, the commander of the Heavy Artillery Regiment, did not dare to enter the command room. After reading the thick report, Wang Haitao found these people standing outside the command room and command.

Wang Haitao was very clear about the intentions of these officers, and it just so happened that Wang Haitao also wanted to discuss with them a battle plan and arrange combat missions, because the sooner the Japanese blockade line was broken, the better. Thinking of this, Wang Haitao smiled and said to Li Yuanhong: "Since everyone is here, let's all come in, let's have a meeting to study the matter of breaking through the Japanese blockade." ”

Li Yuanhong heard Wang Haitao say this, hurriedly took a few steps to the door of the command room, and said to these people outside: "The military seat let you all come in." These people rushed into the command room and filled it. Wang Haitao glanced at everyone and said, "Why, I haven't fought for more than two months, and my hands are itching again?" Okay, as long as you want to fight, there will be a war for you." ”

Wang Haitao's words made everyone laugh. At this time, Wang Haitao said again: "Go and personally invite Director Wei of the logistics department." Find yourselves and sit down first. After a while, Wei Changhai also arrived, and Wang Haitao said: "Everyone also knows that in order to break the blockade of our Jing County area by the Japanese army, I decided to attack the several strongholds just built by the Japanese army around Jing County and the checkpoints on the mountain roads.

This time, we must be quick and ruthless, not only to completely annihilate the Japanese puppet army in the strongholds, but also to empty these strongholds, and then destroy the fortifications such as the turrets. The attack on the three strongholds of the Japanese army in Shuangxi Town, Shipu Town, and Caijiaqiao Town will be the main attack by the Brigade Independent Regiment, with the assistance of the Guard Regiment and the Armored Regiment.

The stronghold of Sungai Town was attacked by us not long ago, and it has not been repaired yet, so there will not be many Japanese puppet troops stationed here, so we only need to send a company here to kill the few Japanese puppet troops, release the people who were forcibly requisitioned to repair the fortifications of the turret, and then completely destroy the half-built fortifications. The difficulty is not great, the key is to prevent reinforcements from Xuancheng. The specific combat tasks were assigned by Deputy Brigade Commander Lai.

Caijiaqiao Town has a small squad of the Japanese army and a puppet army totaling about 120 people, and there are artillery and other heavy weapons, I think there is a company of the independent regiment and a company of the guard regiment for the attack here, and then two light tanks and three armored trucks of the armored regiment as auxiliary forces, it should be able to take it smoothly. This company of the guard regiment had to carry 82 recoilless guns and 40 rocket launchers to prepare for the attack.

The most important thing to pay attention to is the stronghold of Shipu Town. Not to mention that this stronghold has nearly 200 Japanese puppet troops, and there are more than a dozen artillery pieces, and the terrain is also easy to defend and difficult to attack. Just the fact that this Shipu Town stronghold is only five kilometers away from Nanling County is a troublesome matter. Five kilometers, with the speed of the Japanese army, it only takes half an hour, or maybe even shorter, to send reinforcements to arrive, but how can we destroy the stronghold garrisoned by more than 200 puppet troops in such a short time? ”

In fact, Wang Haitao already had an idea in his heart about how to attack the stronghold of Shipu Town, and the reason why he didn't say it right away was because he wanted these battalion-level officers to use their brains too, not just listen to the mechanical execution of the orders from above. At this time, the battalion commanders below all started to talk about it. Wang Haitao looked at the map spread out on the table without saying a word, and only after a while did he raise his head and ask, "Who has an idea, tell me about it." ”

Tang Weichu, the commander of the third battalion of the Independent Regiment, got up and said: "Military seat, I think that the strength of one battalion should be used to attack this stronghold, and the tanks of the armored regiment should be used to cooperate with the infantry of the two companies of the independent regiment to attack the stronghold, and the infantry of the first company of the independent regiment will be used to block the attack between Nanling County and Shipu Town, and then retreat together after the main force has defeated the stronghold. ”

Wang Haitao asked: "There are only five kilometers from Nanling County to Shipu Town, and the Japanese artillery can directly hit Shipu Town from the city wall of Nanling City, and you can block the attack between the two places with the strength of a company, so I ask you how long can the officers and men of this company support the attack of Japanese artillery and infantry, and what kind of casualties will they pay?"

Faced with Wang Haitao's rhetorical question, Tang Weichu couldn't deal with it, so he could only sit down with a red face. Wang Haitao looked at everyone again, and then Wei Changxing, the commander of the first battalion of the reconnaissance regiment, stood up and said, "Military seat, I have an idea for my humble position. According to the report of the subordinates of the humble post after reconnaissance, the garrison in Nanling County was increased to one squadron of the Japanese army and one brigade of the puppet army before January.

After sending the Japanese puppet army stationed in Shipu Town, the number of Japanese puppet troops in Nanling County is not large, can we find a way to make the Japanese puppet army in Nanling County not dare to go out of the city to reinforce Shipu Town easily?" Wei Changxing's words made everyone talk again, and Wang Haitao was eyes lit up and said: "Then tell me, what can be done to make the Japanese puppet army in Nanling City dare not go out of the city to support Shipu Town?"