readx;? In the early morning of the third day, the three wooden boats left the Jingxian wharf after camouflaging and sailed down the river towards Wuhu City. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoTwo wooden boats with engines dragged the ordinary wooden boat and moved forward together. Along the way, only when they passed outside Wuhu County, Wei Changxing and the others were nervous, and the waterways elsewhere were unimpeded.

At noon, the three boats arrived at the river at the mouth of the military beach, Wei Changxing was ready to personally take a boat to attack the Japanese military dock in Bujiadian, but the team leaders did not agree to Wei Changxing to go in person, after a dispute, Wei Changxing did not fight with his subordinates, he could only stay at the mouth of the military beach to command the ambush battle, and a team leader led two combat teams and a motorized wooden boat used to attack the military dock to continue to move forward.

When the motorized wooden boat came to a distance of 1,500 meters from the military dock, the team leader ordered the ship to stop, and then used a telescope to observe the military dock. In the telescope, the team leader saw that although the dock was not very large, it also had a freight yard and a lot of materials piled up. Not only the gunboat was parked on the dock, but also two large cargo ships were parked there, and the Japanese puppet army was carrying goods down from the cargo ship.

The maximum firing range of the 82 mortar can reach 3,000 meters, so the four 82 mortars on board can completely put the entire dock and cargo yard into the range of shelling. Considering that the purpose of this visit was not to deal with the dock, the team leader used four 82 mortars separately, one for the freight yard, two for the dock, and one specifically for the gunboats.

After the gunner locked onto the target through the scope on the mortar, the team leader said: "I don't shout to stop, don't stop every gun, fire now." The gunner put the prepared shells into the muzzle, and with four sounds, four shells flew to the target. Almost simultaneously, there were fires on the docks, in the freight yards, and on the gunboats, and explosions were heard.

The sudden shelling blew up the docks, and the Japanese troops were scurrying around. At this time, the second round of shells arrived, and after several rounds of artillery in succession, the attacking wooden boat was discovered by the Japanese army, but the distance of 1,500 meters made the Japanese army a little helpless, and then the Japanese army remembered the patrol gunboat, and desperately rushed across the dock to rush onto the gunboat.

As soon as the team leader saw that the Japanese troops had rushed onto the gunboat, he ordered: "Retreat after firing three more shells per gun." Just as he gave the order, a shell that flew onto the gunboat and exploded, I don't know if it hit the ammunition depot on the gunboat, and there was a loud explosion on the gunboat, and then the whole gunboat burst into flames.

The team leader looked at it with a telescope and said, "Now it's a big profit, brothers, don't be in a hurry to leave, continue to shell the docks, blow up the loan yard and the barracks, and don't let go of the two cargo ships." "The soldiers made up their minds to shell as if they didn't want money, and they beckoned to the dock one by one, and included everything they could see in the target of the shelling.

Ten minutes later, the team leader saw two Japanese gunboats appear on the river in the distance through the telescope, and he couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly ordered to stop the shelling, and turned his head and retreated. As soon as the motorized wooden boat had started, the two gunboats had already reached the vicinity of the dock, and they pursued the wooden boat at full speed, regardless of what was happening on the dock.

After only five minutes, the gunboat in front of the boat was less than a thousand meters away from the wooden boat, and the rapid-fire gun on the bow also opened fire, and the shells fell on the water around the wooden boat, splashing water columns one after another, and one shell hit the side of the ship, making a big gap in the side of the ship.

The wooden boat dodged the artillery fire from the Japanese gunboats while rushing forward with all its might, and finally the front was the river bay, and the team leader only breathed a sigh of relief after the wooden boat had turned the river bay, and ordered the ship to turn and aim the Japanese gunboat with the Gaoping dual-purpose twin heavy machine gun on the bow. The Japanese gunboats also saw the river in front of them, and they couldn't help but start slowing down and turning.

Just as the first gunboat had just turned a corner, two Gaoping dual-purpose twin heavy machine guns from the bow of the two wooden boats that had been waiting in ambush on the riverside for a long time opened fire. At a distance of less than a hundred meters, the 14.5 caliber bullets of this machine gun pierced through the thin iron sheets of the gunboat. And at the same time as the Gaoping heavy machine gun fired, the six or seven heavy machine guns, light machine guns, and rocket launchers also fired at the gunboat.

Before the Japanese troops on the gunboat could react, they had already suffered heavy casualties under this blow, and the rapid-fire gun in the bow of the ship had not had time to turn the muzzle of the gun, and three rockets were fired at the same time, all three of which were armor-piercing shells. The armor-piercing shell easily penetrated the shield of the rapid-fire gun and exploded in the gun emplacement, and several Japanese gunners on the gun emplacement were sent back to their hometown at the same time, and the most threatening rapid-fire gun on the gunboat was destroyed, Wei Changxing couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

Just when Wei Changxing was relieved, the second gunboat suddenly turned around the river, and suddenly the rapid-fire gun on the gunboat swept towards the two wooden boats. Wei Changxing was shocked and shouted: "Get down, get down!" The soldiers on the boat reacted quickly and fell down, and there were still a few people who were a little slower to react and fell into the river screaming.

At this time, the Gaoping dual-purpose heavy machine gun in the bow of the two wooden boats was facing the first gunboat, and if you want to turn the muzzle of the gun to Huai, the second gunboat must first move the ship. Under the pressure of the rapid-fire guns and heavy machine guns of the second gunboat, everyone was crushed in the cabin and unable to look up, let alone move the wooden ship.

Seeing that the soldiers on the two wooden boats were about to suffer heavy casualties, suddenly the unique sound of "da, da, da" of the Gaoping dual-purpose twin heavy machine guns rang out, and at the same time, the sound of the six or seven heavy machine guns also rang out.

The team leader hurriedly ordered an attack on the second gunboat, and the power of Gao Pinger's heavy machine gun was vividly displayed at such a close distance. The rapid-fire guns and heavy machine guns on the second gunboat were dumbfounded, and without the suppression of these two weapons, the soldiers on the two ambushed wooden boats leaned out half of their bodies and fired four rockets at the second gunboat in one breath.

The battle had lasted only five minutes since the first gunboat was attacked. After the two gunboats lost their resistance, Wei Changxing commanded the wooden boats to dock the two gunboats. When Wei Changxing climbed onto the gunboat with the soldiers, the deck inside the gunboat was already stained red with blood, and the corpses of Japanese soldiers were lying on the ship, and occasionally a dying Japanese soldier was also shot by the soldiers.

After counting the forty-two Japanese soldiers on each of the two gunboats, cleaning the battlefield, and loading all the weapons and supplies that could be used onto the wooden boats, Wei Changxing ordered people to put explosives on the bottom of the boats. Not long after the three wooden boats left Jiangwan, with two loud bangs, the two Japanese gunboats sank into the Qingyi River.

In this battle, Wei Changxing's men also sacrificed four soldiers, two were seriously wounded, and three were lightly wounded. However, the sacrifice was worth the cost of killing three Japanese gunboats at once. Wei Changxing and the others returned to Jing County and reported the battle to Wang Haitao, who praised Wei Changxing and others.

Two days later, the scouts reported that the Japanese had lost three gunboats at once, and that the remaining one only dared to patrol the river during the day, and that they had returned to the area early in the evening and did not dare to come out. Only then was Wang Haitao able to get through all the contacts between Jing County and the outside world, and Wang Haitao told the county magistrate Wang Daoyuan the news within a few days, and the goods outside quickly entered Jing County, which made Wang Daoyuan County feel relaxed.

According to the scout's report, the Japanese army was increasing troops in Wuhu City, and the number should be the 101st Division of the Japanese Army that was fighting on the front line. Wang Haitao understands that he has hurt little Japan, so that little Japan has to pay attention to himself, so he will draw troops from the front line to solve his own big trouble.

The 101st Division of the Japanese Army had already appeared in Wuhu City, so according to the time calculation, soon after returning to Jing County, the Japanese army began to transfer troops. Although the 101st Division is not a standing division of Japan, it is also a type B division, and the number of the whole division is 24,000 when it is full, but I don't know how many troops there are now, but the soldiers of this division are all composed of reserves, and they are still very effective from the Battle of Shanghai to the present.

On the other hand, when its own independent brigade first arrived in Jing County, there were only more than 4,000 people, and now the number of conscripts has reached more than 6,000 people, but those who can fight are still the original veterans, and these recruits are still a little worse than fighting such vicious and tough battles. Now that they have the advantage of having a favorable terrain and well-equipped, they are far superior to the Japanese army, and it seems that these recruits will also be replaced with new weapons to increase their combat effectiveness.

Thinking of this, Wang Haitao immediately called Tang Xiaoshan and asked Tang Xiaoshan to strengthen reconnaissance in the direction of Wuhu, as soon as there were signs of assembly of the Japanese 101st Division, he would report immediately. Then he called Deng Fei, commander of the newly established fourth battalion of the Independent Regiment, and Liu Jun, commander of the fifth battalion, and Wei Changhai, director of the logistics department, to ask Wei Changhai to change the equipment of the recruits, and asked the two battalion commanders to strengthen the training of the recruits who had changed their equipment, and asked these recruits to become familiar with the new weapons as soon as possible and increase their combat effectiveness.

After arranging the task, Wang Haitao asked the first battalion of the independent regiment to assemble, and transferred several armored vehicles and armored trucks to Nanling County together. When Wang Haitao saw Li Yuanhong in Nanling County, as soon as he sat down, Wang Haitao said to Li Yuanhong: "Old Li, according to the report of the reconnaissance regiment, the Japanese army has transferred the 101st Division from the front line back to Wuhu, and the purpose should be our Jingxian Independent Regiment. This time, I'm afraid we're going to have a tough and vicious battle. ”

Li Yuanhong brought a military map and spread it on the table, and looked at it with Wang Haitao. After looking at it for a while, Li Yuanhong said: "Military seat, the Japanese army is attacking us from Wuhu, and the most likely direction of attack here in Nanling County is the direction of Fanchang County. It is a regular highway from Wuhu to Fanchang, and it is only 40 kilometers from Fanchang County to Nanling County through Jiafa Town, and there are highways to communicate with each other. Another road directly from Wuhu County not only has a large water network, but is also a small road, which is not suitable for the movement of large troops and heavy artillery. ”