Section 109 Counterattack on Gao'an IV

On April 20, Pengjia Ferry on the south bank of the Jinjiang River.

It was early in the morning, not long before dawn, and it was the darkest time before dawn. This is also the time when a person is most tired every day, and it is usually at this time when he is sleeping very sweetly. However, in the pitch-black world, there are bursts of clanging and colliding sounds from time to time, and there are faint stumbling sounds, as if there is some wild beast hidden in the dark night, which makes people feel chilled. Whenever this happens, however, a deliberately muffled voice in a dark corner says, "Be careful not to make a noise." After shouting, the surroundings will be quiet, and only some hurried footsteps can be heard occasionally, until some uncontrollable collisions, falls, and friction sounds can be heard inadvertently.

Although the night shrouded everything, but from the sound can roughly judge that there is a force rushing in the night, if you pay close attention, faintly, you can even see a continuous stream of figures advancing, and even a war horse is mixed in, but there is no sound, think about the horse is covered with a cage on the mouth, and the horse's hooves are also wrapped.

From time to time, there was the sound of insects, one after another, cheerful and brisk. The air is mixed with the smell of dampness, cold and refreshing. In this kind of weather, marching in the dark at night is not a special taste, especially when I think of the upcoming battle, I can't help but be excited, and before I know it, even the pace of progress is much brisker.

In a small grove next to Pengjia Ferry, Shi Shi and a few other people were squatting in a clearing in the forest, with a thick blanket on their heads and an oil lamp in their hands, and they were gesturing something against the map spread on the ground. However, they couldn't stand it for a while, and they didn't know if it was because they were too tired from squatting, or because they were isolated from the cool air around them after being covered with blankets, and several people were sweating profusely, but they didn't react at all, and at the moment their eyes were staring at the map below, as if they didn't realize the dense beads of sweat on their foreheads.

"Lao Zhang, did the brothers in the reconnaissance company find any devil scouts?" Shi lowered his voice and asked Zhang Donkey on the other side.

In the dim light, Zhang Donkey looked a little old, his brows were slightly locked, and the wrinkles on his forehead were very deep, obviously only in his early thirties, and he looked like he was fifty or sixty years old. Hearing Shishi's question, he didn't rush to speak, and after thinking about it, he said slowly: "From the beginning of the army's operation to the present, the brothers sent out by our company to guard have not found anything abnormal, and everything is going well. ”

Wu Zihuai on the side interjected and said: "Tuanza, there should be no problem with this operation, during this time, the military department sent a large number of scouts to the south bank of the Jinjiang River to intercept the enemy, although the devil occupies Gao'an, but the ships that can be called in a short period of time are limited, it is difficult to stand on the south bank to the root, even if there are several waves of fish that slip through the net, but here is more than 30 miles away from Gao'an, with the manpower and strength of the devil will definitely not be able to detect." ”

Seeing that the stone was silent, Lin Xiufeng, attached to the regiment, also said: "Tuanzuo, according to the battle plan, the main force of the army is gathering at the ferry in the southeast direction of Gao'an at the moment, even if the devil has a sentry on the south bank, he will definitely be attracted to the area of Wujiashan, with the strength of the military department and the momentum that can be created, the Japanese army around Gao'an is probably preparing for war, and Xiangfuguan was attacked by the main force of our army from the Fangcun ferry last time, and most of them will also pay attention to Fangcundu and Longwandu, and there will definitely be no troops to take into account our direction." ”

The words of the two seemed to move the stones, and I saw him nod slowly and said: "The military department has been preparing for this attack for a long time, and all aspects have been considered. After crossing the river from Pengjia, we are in the middle of Xiangfuguan and Dacheng, generally speaking, it should be at the junction of the enemy's army, and it is really unlikely that the devils will garrison heavy troops here, but in order to hide the direction of our attack, in order not to expose our target as much as possible, this time our regiment will take the lead in crossing the river, that is to say, the early battle will be borne by our 302nd regiment alone, so that if we can't make a breakthrough before the main army arrives and hold the counterattack of the devils, this attack will become a strong attack. Speaking of this, Shi looked at everyone and said with a serious expression: "What is the combat effectiveness of the devil, everyone knows how sure the strong attack is, I am afraid that no one has the bottom in their hearts, the most important thing is that this battle is a joint operation of our 9th theater and the 3rd theater, the main force of the two theaters is the two fists of people, two fists to fight people, it will be difficult for people to parry, but if there is only one fist left, the other party will have space to block." ”

Wu Zihuai smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Tuanzao, to be honest, this battle should not have been fought by our regiment in the first place, since we arrived in Gao'an, which battle did not involve us?" Although the devils have been severely injured after several breaks, our own losses are also very staggering, although some time ago we made up the establishment, but we have not gone through the whole training, it is really hard to say how much combat power these brothers can have. On the contrary, if I am not mistaken, the 301st Regiment has not fought any major battles since the Battle of Wanjialing, and after resting for such a long time and recuperating for so long, it is time for them to take on heavy responsibilities. ”

As soon as he said this, Lin Xiufeng also agreed: "Brother Wu is right, it's the turn of the 301st regiment, some time ago, Li Tianxia acted as the division commander, and it was obvious that he wanted to push us into the fire pit, and now that the division seat is back, there is no reason for us to carry it hard, right?" ”

Although it is not the first time to talk about this, Shi still replied tirelessly: "The combat effectiveness of the troops is not something that can be trained by training alone. It is true to say that the 301st regiment has a long break, but it is impossible to say that their combat effectiveness can be compared with ours. ”

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other and smile bitterly when they heard this, what the stone said was naturally true, but it can't be because our regiment can fight, let us fight any battle! If this fight continues, how many old brothers in the 302nd regiment can survive? Without these veterans of a hundred battles, how can the 302nd Regiment survive?

Shi Shi didn't seem to think about it at all, his eyes were fixed on the map, and after a deep sigh, he said, "How long will it take for all the troops to reach the ferry?" ”

Wu Zihuai responded: "At least a quarter of an hour." The march in the dark this night was not fast at all, and it was necessary to make as little noise as possible, for if it were not for the guidance of a brother who was familiar with the place, I am afraid that I would have lost it on the way. But this is also a matter of no choice, if you don't rush at night, you can't escape the detection of the devil at all, if you can solve the devil's plane at any time, this battle will be much easier. ”

Shi waved his hand, as if he didn't want to talk about these unrealistic things, he pointed to the map and said: "Before dawn, we have to cross the river anyway, and we will attack as soon as dawn, after crossing the river, we are almost more than twenty miles away from the Xiangfu Temple, whether we can attack before the devil reacts is directly related to the success or failure of our battle." ”

Lin Xiufeng said with some concern: "Tuanzuo, there is another very important question, how many devils are there in Xiangfuguan, if the devils are stationed there, we are moving fast enough, I'm afraid it is also very hanging, after all, the battle in this area has been fought for so long, Xiangfuguan as an important place connecting Nanchang, the fortifications must be very solid, once it falls into a stalemate, I am afraid this battle will be a bit hanging." ”

Shi nodded and agreed with Lin Xiufeng's opinion, but now that the arrow had to be sent on the string, they had no choice.

In fact, Shi Shi had already secretly regretted it at the moment, when Zhou Zhidao had to listen to his thoughts on Gao An's battle, he had already felt great pressure during the meeting, and he didn't dare to make more trouble for himself. But how could Zhou Zhidao let him go like this? didn't let him go at all, the stone really couldn't get rid of it, and in desperation, he couldn't help but say a few words.

If you want to fight Gao'an, you have to take Chazi Mountain first, you have to take Chazi Mountain, either take Neihuang first, or take Xiangfuguan first, and hold these two "seven inches", Gao'an may be surrounded at any time, even if Gao'an's defense line is firm, the devil can't hold out for long, this matter is not complicated, but the most critical point is to know the terrain around Gao'an, but also to be able to see the battle situation clearly from the overall situation, these two points are naturally not difficult for stones.

Zhou Zhidao was overjoyed after hearing this, and then told Wang Yaowu the idea of the stone truthfully, and he did not take credit, and truthfully said that it was the idea of the stone.

Because this battle is very important, and other people are really unfamiliar with the Gao'an area, since the stone can hit the devil here three times and twice, he obviously has his unique understanding and ideas, after some thought, Wang Yaowu also agreed with the idea of the stone, and worked out a general attack strategy with the chief of staff and other officers and submitted it to the military department.

The 74th Army now has the 51st Division, the 57th Division and the 58th Division, the 58th Division is the starting capital of the army commander Yu Jishi, and its strength is naturally strong, but in the past few years, the 51st Division has won one battle after another, and it is even more unambiguous to fight tough battles, and the strength has been stronger than the 58th Division, as for the 57th Division, the time for being assigned to the 74th Army is still short, and there is no right to speak. The combat plan presented to the military headquarters by Wang Yaowu, commander of the 51st Division, was naturally not trivial, and the officers and commanders of the military department carefully studied it and found that it was indeed a good method, in any case, it was much stronger than attacking Gao'an, so they implemented it after making some supplements.

Of course, as the 51st Division, which proposed this combat strategy, naturally had to undertake the most important part of the combat mission, and the problem was naturally handed over to Wang Yaowu, Wang Yaowu thought about it, yes, he had to find stones, how to fight this battle was what he came up with, this most complicated and difficult work, naturally he did the most suitable work, and the combat power of the 302nd Regiment was the best in the whole army, and he was naturally more relieved.

Thinking of this, the stone was extremely depressed, but who can blame this? If you want to blame yourself, you can blame yourself for being soft-hearted at the beginning, if you keep your mouth shut and don't say anything, obviously there won't be so many things.

A moment later, the stone hurried to the ferry under the leadership of Zhang Donkey.