In the early morning of May 17, Qiantang River Wharf in Hangzhou.

On the roof of a building by the river in the distance, Jiang Anhua and Zhao Sheng held binoculars and looked at the situation at the dock, only to see a group of Japanese officers and generals boarding a large locomotive boat and two patrol boats to escort them.

"You see, there is a one-eyed dragon here, wearing the rank of lieutenant general, this must be the headquarters of the 13th Army, Shigeru Sawada, only this old devil meets these two conditions." Jiang Anhua said.

"The boss really has an unpredictable ability, this is the preface of the Japanese Thirteenth Army's command post move, an absolute military secret, how does he know that Sawada Shigeru is going to Linpu from the waterway, is it possible that our secret service also has an inside line in the Japanese army's headquarters?" Zhao Sheng's face was incredulous.

Shigeru Sawada is the commander of the 13th Army of the Japanese Army, and once served as the deputy chief of staff of the General Staff Headquarters of the Military Department.

"Don't talk so much nonsense, hurry up and let the telegraph operator send a telegram to Yiqiao, put down the mine quickly, and at the same time tell the boss, whether you can blow up this old thing or not, it depends on the ability of the minelaying team this time." Jiang Anhua said.

Yiqiao Town, Puyang Riverside.

The members of the special service team led by Bi Gaokui, and the minelaying team waited for the news from the Hangzhou wharf, and the Japanese army began to move on the 14th, and the headquarters issued an order, they were ready to lay mines at any time, not only mines, but also dozens of mines.

More than half a month in advance, these weapons were transported to Yiqiao and buried in a place by the river to be strictly guarded, and they were fortunate to avoid the enemy's martial law; after the Japanese army started fighting, checkpoints were set up on all roads to strictly search, there were patrol boats on the river, and only ships transporting food and supplies were allowed to move.

"Report, received a specific signal, the wind is blowing!" After receiving the message, the telegraph operator did not need to check the codebook at all, and said it without hesitation.

"Brother Xiao, the enemy is coming, we will bury the mines, as for whether you can sink Sawada Shigeru's ship this time, it depends on the ability of your minelaying team!" Bi Gaokui said to Xiao Wentang, the squad leader who was sitting on the shore full of aquatic weeds and smoking a cigarette.

"Brothers, it's work!" Xiao Wentang gave an order.

The mine-laying squad rowed out the two fishing boats that had been prepared in advance from the dense reeds, which were loaded with 10 mines, and there were more than 20 mines in the river, which were also dropped by the navy.

They also have experience, and the mines are all arranged in the water on the east bank, which is the location of Yiqiao Town, which is relatively prosperous and has many people.

As soon as the mine was completed and returned to Luweidang, a large group of Japanese cavalry arrived, after all, it was the commander who rushed to Linpu from the waterway, and the necessary vigilance work could not be neglected, and the Japanese cavalry saw that there were no ships and personnel on the riverside, and quickly left this place to continue patrolling.

The personnel scuttled the boat, covered up the traces of activities, and quickly evacuated Yiqiao Town, waiting for the results of this operation and the instructions of the headquarters, only Bi Gaokui and Xiao Wentang climbed to the canopy of an old tree in a forest hundreds of meters from the shore to observe.

More than an hour later, the telescope saw a large motorboat moving quickly toward a minefield under the protection of two patrol boats.

"How? The enemy is very cunning, two patrol boats, one in front and one behind, protect the aircraft in the middle, are you sure? Bi Gaokui asked.

"No problem, the tonnage of the locomotive boat has a large draft, the patrol boat has a light and shallow draft, and the position of the patrol boat is westward, there is a high probability that it will not encounter mines. Judging from the course, this large aircraft ship happened to enter the minefield, and as for whether or not it could blow up Shigeru Sawada, it would be a matter of luck. Xiao Wentang said very calmly.

A Japanese patrol boat in front of it sailed by, and the mine was not touched, but the motor boat followed to the minefield, and there were two huge explosions, and two waves of waves rose on the river.

In Bi Gaokui's view, in just a few tens of seconds, the machine boat quickly sank into the Puyang River, there were corpses floating on the river, two patrol boats were crazy, one quickly turned back, the other accelerated forward, and came to the minefield for rescue, this is the corps commander level of Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru!

The Japanese salvaged basically the corpses, and did not see the accelerated withdrawal, which meant that the people on the boat were all killed, and there were no wounded who needed to be treated.

"It's done! Let's withdraw! Hurry up and report to the boss! Bi Gaokui was overjoyed.

More than an hour later, more than a dozen patrol boats came to the vicinity of the incident site, and only dared to dock at the riverside, and it was Lieutenant General Hirabayashi Morito, commander of the 17th Division of the Japanese Army who remained behind, who heard the news and quickly took a boat to Yiqiao.

"The death of the current army commander is simply a shame for the empire, since the beginning of the establishment of our army, there has never been anything like it!" Hirabayashi looked at the body of Shigeru Sawada who was salvaged, and he held back a fire in his heart, but he didn't know how to vent.

The navy of the Yamashiro government often used mines to fight, and he also knew that there were traces of minelaying teams everywhere in the entire Yangtze River valley, and many Japanese transport ships had hit mines and suffered extremely heavy losses, which made the Japanese grit their teeth.

"Your Excellency the division commander, this should be a mine dropped by the naval minelaying team of the Yamashiro government a long time ago, there are no large ships to transport it in normal times, and the mine has not been triggered, but this time the commander's seat ship has a lot of people on board, and the hull is relatively heavy, so it caused the result of touching the mine." Ichiro Watanabe, the head of the secret service, said.

"I agree with the reason for the mine, the patrol boat did not have an accident when it crossed the minefield, and the large motor boat touched the mine, which is obviously the reason why it is too heavy, but the matter itself, I'm afraid it's not that simple, first survey the surrounding situation and then make a conclusion, I feel that this is not a coincidence." Keichi Sato said.

The spies quickly searched the shore, boom, boom, boom, the unlucky Japanese spies did not expect that there were mines buried on the shore, killing and wounding more than a dozen people on the spot.

"See, this is a premeditated operation, I judge, this must be a mine planted by the secret service of the Yamashiro government in the near future, otherwise it would be impossible for no one to hit the mine until now. Probably, the mines were also just laid. Keichi Sato said.

"How is this possible, it must be an operation by mistake by the other party, according to your logic, Commander Shigeru Sawada's itinerary was detected by the other party in advance, and it was the commander's decision to go to Linpu by boat, and I was only notified this morning, unless the enemy is advancing to command all the internal lines, this is the military headquarters, is your statement logical?" Ichiro Watanabe didn't believe it at all.

"Commander, I have no way to explain, there is an enemy internal line hidden in the army headquarters, this is absolutely impossible, before the operation, we have strengthened the means of inspection of the river and land routes, and the water surface even prevents ordinary ships from navigating during the operation, and it is very difficult to bring so many mines and mines over and evade the inspection of various roads." Keichi Sato said.

(End of chapter)