Section 26 First Brigade

The long river is connected to the snow lake in the east and north to the north of the Liuhu Lake, although it is not wide, but in this section of Ruichang, because of the reason for the moat city has been widened a lot, so the bridge deck on both sides of the river is erected in the east and west wings that deviate from Ruichang, there are two or three miles away from here, if you want to pass a large amount of grain and grass baggage, it is naturally more convenient to detour to cross the bridge, if it is only a pass soldier, in the case of a ferry, it is simple and light to cross the river directly, after all, it is five or six miles back and forth, and it is not short to say that it is short.

Today's river surface, busy abnormal, the north and south banks are brightly lit, ferries in the Japanese officers and soldiers in the call back and forth to transport a team of Japanese troops to the south bank, they are the soldiers of the first brigade of the seventh infantry wing, is preparing to rush to Jiangjiashan through the long river to the front line of support, because the Ruichang line battle has ended, they rarely rest here for a few days, now in the middle of the night was woken up to participate in the war, naturally one by one complained, fortunately at this time it is the height of summer, dress is simple and convenient, but also for them to save a lot of trouble.

In a wilderness on the south bank of the ferry, a dozen sentinels in front and behind separated an open area, and several officers stood in the darkness, looking at the busy river like rocks without saying anything.

I don't know how long I was silent, but a deep and hoarse voice sounded, and a sense of vicissitudes appeared in everyone's ears: "Ishihara-kun, what do you think of the situation in the third brigade?" ”

Ishihara Liao is a thirty-five or sixteen-year-old captain officer, with a mustache, deep-set eyes, deep eyes, although a little dry, but the longer they get along, the more people will have a sense of unfathomable profundity, if it weren't for his lack of decisive courage at a critical moment, I'm afraid he would have been qualified to lead a wing to fight, but it is undeniable that his understanding of the battlefield, the rich strategy and tactics contained in his head, not only benefited their first brigade a lot, Even the wing commander often inquired about related combat matters.

Listening to the captain's question, Ishihara Liao stretched out his hand and touched his beard, and said indifferently: "Sasa-kun and the third brigade are the most elite troops of our wing, and in terms of the ability to fight tough battles, the people of Ishikawa County are the first, and their kind of wooden character makes them fight to the last soldier no matter what the circumstances." With that, he looked at the captain.

The owner of the thick and hoarse voice is a short and round fat man, in his forties, with fair skin, a big belly that looks very rich, and a pair of glasses on his round face, which makes him quite a scholarly, but the rank of Shaozo on his shoulders makes him appear to have a sense of nobility among everyone, and it is the first brigade commander Xiangno Mu Taku.

Listening to Ishihara's words, Xiangye Muzhe couldn't help but ponder for a long time, and then said a little strangely: "Ishihara-kun's words are reasonable, with the combat strength of the third brigade, even if there is any danger, it is enough to hold out for a long time, we are indeed not in a hurry to rush over to avoid any accidents, but what puzzles me is that the line from Ruichang to Jiujiang has been controlled by the army of our empire, where will the army of China come out?" ”

Ishihara Liao's eyes fell into the darkness in the distance, and those deep eyes seemed to have suddenly seen through the heavy black fog and saw through all the disguises, and immediately said affirmatively: "It should be that mountainous area!" According to the information we have, this continuous mountain range is a hundred miles wide, and it is normal to hide some Chinese troops, but there are some things that I have not yet figured out. ”

"Oh?" Xiangye Mu Taku couldn't help but say strangely, as if he was quite surprised by his adjutant to say this, he looked at the troops who were crossing the river, and seeing that it would take some time to finish all the transportation, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Ishihara-kun, why don't you say it and listen to it?" ”

"It's up to Your Excellency to decide." Ishihara Liao obviously knows where his weaknesses lie, and he is deficient in judgment and decision-making, and he said without hesitation.

"According to the wounded of Fujita's squadron during the day, they were raided by about two or three hundred cavalry of the Chinese army in the area of Jiangjiashan, causing them heavy casualties, but with the bravery of Sasa-kun, two or three hundred cavalry obviously could not stop their advance, why would they ask for help?"

Seeing that the captain was silent, Ishihara Liao continued: "Why did Sasa-kun hide the military situation and only care about asking for help without clarifying the situation? Is there something in it that we can't know? ”

Xiangye Mu Zhe frowned, shook his head and said, "Could it be that the people of Zhina suddenly reinforced and the situation has changed?" Or maybe Sasa-kun sensed that something was wrong and took precautions in advance? The people of Ishikawa Prefecture are notoriously conservative and autistic, and it is possible to make such an arrangement out of caution. ”

Ishihara Liao shook his head, not knowing if he disagreed with the captain's opinion, or if he was distressed that some things still hadn't been figured out, he just sighed and said, "What worries me more is whether the people of China will hide more troops in the mountains, and the third brigade is not just a bait?" Even our entire brigade is counted in it? ”

Even Xiang Ye Mu Zhe was quite determined, and at this time he was taken aback by Ishihara Liao's crazy idea, but fortunately, he was used to seeing the wind and waves, and he quickly reacted and didn't make any mistakes, so he couldn't help but chuckle and shook his head, completely vetoing such an idea, this is really too absurd, the idea of beating their 6th brigade? How many troops did the people of China have? If the people of China really have this strength, Ruichang will not be lost, when the Taiwanese infantry brigade on the Eastern Front joins the battle, and the battle situation on the Nanxun Line becomes more and more fierce, where do the people of China still have the remaining strength?

"Ishihara-kun, let's go to the Jiangjiashan area to observe on the spot before making a conclusion, although we don't need to be too hasty, but we can't be too slow, otherwise if we delay the fighter, it will be difficult to explain in front of Iza Kazuo, you must know that Zuo Zuo-kun is a cronie of His Excellency Iza who pulled it up, and the third team is the trump card of the wing, but there is no room for any mistakes."

Ishihara Liao nodded expressionlessly, although there were all kinds of worries in his heart, but he seemed to know that the weaknesses he knew were sometimes too much to gain and lose, since there was a commander on the side to give orders, he was naturally happy not to worry about these things.

It took about half an hour for the first brigade to cross the river, in addition to the personnel and weapons, there were nearly 200 war horses crossing the river together, and the full configuration of a reconnaissance squadron, the reason for this arrangement was also because of the news that the people of China had cavalry during the day, so that they could not help but send a reconnaissance squadron, so as not to fall into the passivity of the overall situation, and after crossing the river, this cavalry squadron galloped all the way under the command of the officers, and took the lead in finding out the situation along the way, the entire infantry brigade, Then act in a hurry, and hug a ball as much as possible to prevent accidents.

It took about half an hour, when the main force of the 1st Brigade of the 7th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army was preparing to pass through Zhoujiadi, the scout cavalry who went to reconnoiter brought a news that shocked both Muzhe and Ishihara Liao, the Chinese army was attacking Liu Wendou and Yujia Village, and the troops they sent out to reconnoiter were also intercepted by the Chinese cavalry, with heavy casualties, these Chinese horsemen were very exquisite, with the infantry hidden everywhere, almost all the roads to the east were blocked, except for entering the mountains, There was no way for them to get around it at all, but after entering the mountain, the trouble was even greater, the war horses were inconvenient, and the time spent was surprising when there were still twenty or thirty miles away from Jiangjiashan.

Listening to the scout's report, the country felt a little incredible, the heavy troops of the people of China blocked their eastward march and instead hit two villages along the way, and they couldn't even rush through the cavalry, when did their opponent have such a powerful cavalry force? Have you never heard of any news or intelligence about this?

However, it is naturally not a mediocre thing for Xiangye Mu Zhe to be able to sit on the captain, but after being stunned for a moment, his face immediately changed and said: "Ishihara-kun, it's not good, we may have been tricked, the strength of the Chinese army is much more than we imagined, and Zuo Zuojun's third brigade may already be very dangerous!" As he spoke, he rubbed his hands, came back and paced a few steps, obviously a little restless, and kept saying: "The people of China are attacking the front line of Changshan, which means that they want to cut off our reinforcement line in order to delay more time, what are the people of China doing to gain time?" The third brigade has not heard since the afternoon, it seems that there is no situation, but something is serious, the line to Ruichang is obviously cut off by the Zhina, who want to cut off our grain and grass supply. ”

Ishihara Liao just frowned, maybe it was because he didn't need to take the responsibility of making decisions, which allowed him to think about some things more indifferently, and after Xiangye Mu Zhe finished speaking, he asked the scout on the side: "How many cavalry are there in the Shina?" How many enemies are there attacking Liu Wendou and Yujia Village? ”

The scout's face turned red, and he immediately bowed his head and said: "We can't break through the blockade of the Chinese people, the enemy has too many cavalry, and the strength is not weaker than ours." ”

"Two hundred rides?" Ishihara Liao muttered, couldn't help but reach out and touch his mustache, and then said strangely: "Xiangye-kun, why didn't the people of China put this cavalry into a frontal attack, but instead attacked such a far place as Changshan?" There's something strange about this, could it be that the goal of the people of China is us? But this can't be said, we have just come out of Ruichang, and the people of China don't know our movements at all, do they really have the ability to tell fortunes? ”

Xiang Ye Mu Zhe couldn't cry or laugh in the face of such an adjutant, where could he hear these things, and immediately said: "The third brigade is very dangerous now, we must immediately open the supply line to Jiujiang, otherwise the entire brigade will be in trouble, Ishihara-kun, you immediately send someone to contact Your Excellency Izuo, the situation is even worse than we imagined, our brigade may not be able to solve the trouble here, we need reinforcements." ”