Just when the commanders of the First Brigade of the Third Brigade of the First Division were speculating on the progress of Xu Zhibu's war, Xu Zhibu had not yet arrived at the battlefield. In Makou Town, Yongxiu County, many villagers watched a team stretching for more than two miles. Running at full speed, they connected it with the sound of gunfire coming from the direction of Nanjin Kiln, and immediately guessed that this was a "national army" rushing to the front line. "There was a war going on at Nanjin Kiln, and the Japanese came back again. They They should have rushed over to provide support." "I know, I know, this is the cadet army from Guangdong." "Look at the official, he is actually riding a donkey." "Our Chinese army is poor, and the Japanese are officials. They all ride on big horses.”…
The tentacles of the Xuebing Army guerrillas have not yet reached Yongxiu County, so the local villagers only know a little about them.
At this moment, the "official" riding on the stove was Xu Zhi. His orderly bought the donkey from the locals for two yuan. Whether Xu Zhicheng admitted it or not, since he became the commander of the First Division, his body has improved. My quality has dropped greatly. Now I can no longer walk as fast as I did when I was in Yingya Mountain, and I can no longer run for several kilometers without losing breath.
Xu Zhi was closely followed by Chen Hao, the communication staff officer of the First Division. Xu Zhi roared loudly: "Tell Boss Tie that he must hold on for half an hour." Chen Hao followed with a walkie-talkie on his back. Behind Xu Zhi, he pinched the messenger and shouted: "Captain Jiang, please hold on for another half hour, at most half an hour, and we will arrive."
After shouting, he sent the message to the commander. Suddenly, Jiang Tietou's thunderous roar came from the message: "Please tell Commander Xu, I can't say that the reconnaissance battalion will be able to hold on for half an hour, but we promise to fight until the last man." Just as his roar ended, there was a "boom" and an explosion came from the microphone.
Chen Hao was about to report Jiang Tietou's words to Xu Zhi when he heard Xu Zhi look around at the running team and shout: "Brothers, run, run, as long as you can get to Nanjin Kiln before the little devil, that's victory." ." It turned out that he had already heard Jiang Tietou's words.
"Mom, what are you doing with all these grenades? Throw them away, throw them away. Each person can bring up to two grenades. Mom, what are you talking about? Your words are falling on deaf ears, right?" Xu Zhi suddenly discovered a " "Old Bandit" secret in the backpack, dropped the donkey's head, rushed up to a branch, and then cursed, in his roar, many students threw the excess load on the ground, a few minutes later, the troops marched The speed immediately increased again,
If Xu Zhibu could arrive at the Nanjin kiln before the little devil, Jiang Tietou would have made a great contribution this time.
After Jiang Tietou returned the information that the Japanese troops were marching from De'an to Yongxiu, he retreated to the other side of Xiushui, and then assembled his team, preparing to make a sneak attack while the Japs were crossing Xiushui, and destroy the morale of the Japs.
The Japanese army in question was the 53rd Infantry Regiment affiliated with the 17th Division. It was personally led by Major General Suzuki Harumatsu, the commander of the 17th Brigade. Yokoyama Isamu gave Suzuki an order, requiring him to advance lightly and quickly, and he must be ahead of the 33rd Infantry Regiment. The division captured Nanchang in front of them, so the Japs gave up the field artillery unit assigned to a squadron assigned to them, and with only mortars and a number of Type 92 heavy machine guns and grenades, they went directly from Jiujiang to De'an. , leaving a squadron of Japanese soldiers in De'an to supervise the pseudo-security group in the city, Suzuki took the remaining nearly 3,000 Japanese soldiers and rushed directly to Xiushui.
The 17th Division stole the show at the beginning of the Battle of Changsha. This made the Japanese soldiers in the division who had just been transferred from reserve to active service look arrogant, as if they were already veterans. The Japanese soldiers in this division did not even send reconnaissance troops, and they were so arrogant. He went straight to Neijiang Village, Yongxing Township, on the north bank of Xiushui. After arriving there, Suzuki Chunsong pretended to pick up a telescope and looked at the Nanjin Kiln on the south bank for a while, and then ordered the nearby fishing boats to be commandeered. Fifty minutes later, the Japanese More than thirty fishing boats of various sizes were recruited. Then, Suzuki gave an order, and a squadron of Japanese soldiers got on the boat, pointed their guns at the forcibly recruited fishermen, and started the first wave of crossing the river.
Because it was January, the riverbanks on both sides of Xiushui that were supposed to be covered with reeds were now bare. This greatly paralyzed Suzuki. After observing with a telescope, Suzuki found nothing unusual, so he did not doubt that he was there. But he didn't know that because the ones who ambushed them were the scouts who were the best at camouflage and concealment, so even if he walked closer, Jiang Tietou and the others would have a way to prevent him from discovering him even if he was scanning through the Xiushui River with binoculars.
The average width of Xiushui is about 350 meters, while the width of Neijiang Ferry is only less than 250 meters.
There were only a few Japs in a squadron who knew how to swim. They had no idea that there were nearly two hundred cadets waiting for them on the opposite side. There were more than three hundred Japs, with an average of about ten people per boat. In each boat, except for those few The Japs pointed their guns at the fishermen, and the others were huddled in the middle of the cabin fearing they would fall into the water.
The 53rd Regiment spent fifty minutes on the north bank but collected more than thirty fishing boats. On the south bank, within the sight of the Suzuki telescope, there were still twenty or thirty fishing boats moored. The first wave of Japanese soldiers began to cross the river. At that time, Suzuki was making calculations. If he could recruit those fishing boats, then two squadrons could be crossed at once. Then he would be able to cross them all with just five trips back and forth. He opened the map and looked at Focusing on it, I began to think: "I hope the 33rd Division will encounter a sniper attack. Nanchang has been occupied by the cadet army. They will definitely rely on the danger of the Ganjiang River to resist. In that case, I will come from Qiaoshe If we launch a surprise attack in the township, we will definitely be able to cross the Gan River without anyone noticing, and then launch a surprise attack from the north towards Nanchang, and we will definitely be able to capture Nanchang before the 33rd Division." He was thinking this way, feeling a little complacent, and suddenly Hearing the sound of gunfire, and then the soldiers around him exclaimed, he looked up and couldn't help but feel stupid.
The south bank, which had been bare just now, suddenly erupted with hundreds of tongues of fire. A dozen figures stood up, threw out grenades, and rushed around the front fishing boat, exploding water columns into the sky. Then, only a burst of Japanese characteristics was heard. "Mommy!" screamed, and soldiers fell into the water on several fishing boats one after another.
Although he felt very embarrassed, he had to admit that the Chinese people's hiding methods were so superb. If the flames hadn't exposed their hiding place, he wouldn't have known that there were people hiding on the bare river beach. I was fooled, "Ba Ge." He cursed bitterly, turned around and called to the soldiers on standby on the north bank: "Heavy machine guns, mortars, suppress fire immediately."
"Hai." Immediately, the Japanese agreed loudly and took action. However, when the "Duh" sound of the Type 92 heavy machine gun began to sound, one of the five fishing boats near the south shore had been bombed and sunk, and the other four had been sunk. There were also boats full of corpses, and the water on the river near those boats was dyed red with blood.
The ambush planned by Jiang Tietou got off to a good start.