The Japanese navy, which arrived at Madang Fortress, first tried to open a passage from the river, but there were too many mines, shipwrecks, and artificial reefs, and the minesweepers could not clear mines under the fire of the defenders.

Since surface warfare was not feasible, the Botian detachment switched to a roundabout attack by land, and the defenders near Madang Fortress were the 53rd Division of Li Yunheng's 16th Army, that is, the army under the Jiangcheng Garrison General Headquarters.

Just two weeks ago, Li Yunheng, who had been appointed as the commander of the army, did not know which tendon was wrong, and at the moment of the great enemy, he even transferred middle- and lower-ranking officers from two regiments of the 53rd Division to run a training class for armor protection in a locality.

In the early morning of the 24th, the Botian detachment successfully landed in Baishiji, the defensive area of the 16th Army, and then successfully captured Xiangshan and Xiangkou, which were neither prepared nor commanded by the commander. Xiangshan was a commanding height, and it was possible to bombard Madang Fortress from a high position, and the Japanese army immediately set up artillery positions at the foot of the mountain.

After receiving a call from the monitoring team, Han Lin found Chen Xi again and told him about the situation.

"I'm Chen Zhen, what about Li Yunheng?" Chen Ji picked up the phone and called the military headquarters of the 16th Army, which was also the main force defending Madang Fortress.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, the army commander is holding the closing ceremony of the training course, and at this time he is not at the military headquarters." Said the staff officer on duty.

"What do you say? Didn't I specifically inform him the day before yesterday that the Japanese army was about to attack, what kind of training course did he actually conduct, is he crazy? Let Li Hengheng give me time to hurry up and roll to the position of the 53rd Division to recapture Xiangshan, the Japanese army is attacking, if the fighter plane is delayed, resulting in the loss of Madang Fortress, I want his head! Just go! Chen Wei jumped like thunder.

At 8 o'clock on the morning of the 24th, when the Japanese army was still attacking, Li Hengheng held a grand graduation ceremony in a lavish manner, inviting officers at all levels of the 16th Army and local gentry to attend, which was tantamount to commanders at all levels leaving their command posts and creating opportunities for the Japanese army.

The unit defending the core position of Madang Fortress in Changshan was the Second Jiangfang Corps under the Naval Headquarters of the Jiangcheng Garrison General Headquarters, which had three infantry brigades under its command, eight heavy machine-gun bunkers built of reinforced concrete, and the second brigade of the Marine Detachment, which had eight Japanese-made 75-millimeter field guns.

Under the command of Bao Changyi, the commander of the brigade, the officers and men of the 2nd Brigade and the 2nd Brigade resisted stubbornly, relying on the strong defensive positions of Madang Fortress, and repelled three large-scale group charges of the Botian detachment.

Li Yunheng, who returned to the headquarters, was stupid and lost the Xiangshan and Xiangkou positions, how could he explain to the commission and Chen Zhen? But when things came to this point, he still made a phone call to Chen Zhen.

"Li Hengheng, if you lose your position, take your troops to recapture it for me, this time you left your post without permission, resulting in the easy fall of the Xiangshan position, if Madang Fortress is lost again, you will not escape the blame!" Chen Zhen almost dropped the phone, trembling with anger.

"Commander-in-chief, near Madang Fortress, the nearest unit is Peng Ze's 167th Division, you can transfer this force to march along the road, about 30 miles, you can arrive in a few hours, you must be reminded to take the road, give him a time limit." Han Lin said.

In the war room, as a confidential staff officer, he is in charge of the station, number, and personnel establishment of all units under the garrison headquarters.

In history, the commander of the 167th Division received an order from Li Hengheng to take a small road to support Madang Fortress, but he got lost and took more than two days to reach Madang Fortress, and at this time the fortress had been lost.

History did not repeat itself, Chen Wei did not hesitate to listen to Han Lin's suggestion, directly called the headquarters of the 167th Division stationed in Pengze, and issued a death order to the division commander, limiting him to six hours to rush to Madang Fortress along the road to support, otherwise he would be subject to military law.

The 2nd Marine Corps Brigade was isolated and helpless, and when it was about to be overwhelmed by the heavy casualties, the 167th Division rushed to the position and finally held up the battle.

It is a matter of time before the loss is lost, and the Japanese army condescendingly shelled Madang Fortress, with the support of naval guns, no one knows how long Madang Fortress can be delayed.

The Japanese Army's Special High Division Advisory Department in Shanghai is stationed.

"The members of the advance special intelligence group I sent to Jiangcheng who remained in Hankou were all killed and publicly shot, and the remaining two hiding sites are still safe. The Central China Dispatch Army Command was very annoyed by the operational plan and troop deployment we provided, and according to the reaction of the attacking troops, there were mistakes in many places. ”

"But this is top-secret information sent at the beginning of the month, and it is obviously impossible to make such a big adjustment in a short period of time, the problem must be with the special intelligence team, and what they got may not be the real core secret." Kiyoshi Takeda said.

"Do you mean that when they arrived in Hankow, they were discovered by the spies of the Second Division, and then they went through the vine to spy on them, and gave them a false information, and we were fooled by the other party?" Liao Yaquan held the teacup and knelt on the tatami mat, his expression did not fluctuate in the slightest.

She is only responsible for providing intelligence channels to the special intelligence group, and how to operate after the specific connection is a matter for Sasaki Guard, and what went wrong has nothing to do with her.

"The fact is undeniable that their visit to Hankou this time was a top-secret operation, and there were only three people who knew about it, so it was not so coincidental that they were detected by the spies of the second department. Your internal line was ostracized after the establishment of the General Garrison Command, but the deputy head of the Secretariat, who may not know the real top secret, I mean, this may be an alternative to the General Staff Office. ”

"The staff officers of the Dispatch Corps Headquarters have also done a lot of research on the battle plan and troop deployment, and this is indeed a well-planned combat plan, and it is by no means a random fabrication; before being arrested, they also contacted the radio station of the headquarters, and from the speed and frequency of transmission, and the fingering of the buttons, it was proved that they were safe, or in other words, they were not aware of the arrest of the second place at all." Kiyoshi Takeda said.

According to the information we have received, the Jinling government actually wants to expand its power in the first and second divisions separately, and the second division is about to become the Military Command Bureau, with a higher status, more abundant rights and resources than before, and it is becoming more and more difficult to deal with." Liao Yaquan gritted his teeth with hatred when he mentioned the two.

"Han Lin, you should be very familiar with this person, he is highly valued by the Ministry of Intelligence, his development momentum is very strong, not only the police chief of the Central Military Police Command, but also the chief of the inspection department of the garrison headquarters when he arrived in Shancheng, and he also served as Chen Xuan's confidential staff officer at the Jiangcheng Garrison General Headquarters, and recently served as a senior military judge of the Military Law Enforcement Directorate, there are really enough part-time jobs." Kiyoshi Takeda said.

(End of chapter)