When the Xuebing Army, under the command of Ouyang Yun, was building a gallows for Okamura Neji outside the South Gate of Fengxin, a cavalry brigade belonging to the 10th Division of the 2nd Army of Nishio Juzo in Shirakawa Town on the north bank of Xiushui River The troops carefully crossed Xiushui, and then started a search in the area of Jiangshang Township with the squadron as a unit. Jiangshang Township is located in a very dangerous geographical location, with high mountains to the southwest and Xiushui to the northeast. If it were not for the freezing weather, , if the Japanese army wants to cross the river from now on, the Xuebing Army can hold it firmly with at most one brigade.
Heavy snow closed the mountains, and the commander of the 2nd Army's southward reinforcement joint headquarters and the division commander of the 10th Division, Lieutenant General Shinozuka Yoshio, was worried that the cadet army would take advantage of the terrain to set up an ambush, so he was extremely cautious in his command. The search lasted for twenty minutes. After confirming that there was no enemy ambush, the captain of the cavalry brigade, Major Hayakawa Naomizu, sent a communications soldier back to the north bank to report the situation to Yoshio Shinozuka. He then gathered his troops and headed along Xiushui. Drive east,
The sound of horse hoofbeats gradually faded away, but the ice surface of Xiushui River between Baicha Town and Jiangshang Township became lively. A tank brigade first drove onto the ice, and then two armored vehicles The brigade was followed by tens of thousands of infantry. The civilians in Shanshan Township had already retreated into their houses. They hid in their houses in fear, listening to the strange noises coming from the ice of the Xiushui River. They didn't know what was going on. What will it bring to myself?
On a hilly cliff about 1,500 meters away from Shanshan Township, just beside the few lines of footprints just made by the cavalry of Hayakawa's brigade, a piece of frozen snow opened up, and then, a man wearing a white cloth The helmet he was wearing was poked out. Under the helmet was a young, pale face. Two slightly dull eyes on the young face turned around, and a voice murmured to himself: "It's bad."
It was a wolf under Lu Zhibai's command. Earlier, Hayakawa Nasui climbed up the cliff and looked down the mountain. He almost stepped on him. "Head, little white face, come out." He shouted to the left,
Twenty or thirty meters away from him, two piles of snow were turned over. Two wolf fangs shook off the snow on their bodies and climbed up from the bottom of the cliff. One of them said: "These devils are very cautious, even in such a dangerous place." Dare to come here."
Another person said: "Young man, stop talking nonsense and check the walkie-talkie quickly."
The pretty boy was the correspondent in the trio. He knelt on the ground, took off the walkie-talkie behind him, turned on the machine, debugged it, and said, "No problem."
The "head" was a man in his mid-twenties. He ran over and said to the first Wolf Ya: "Wang Lin, what are you doing lying down? It's time to work."
Wang Lin smiled bitterly: "Head, my left foot seems to be frozen."
"What?" Tou said, running up to him: "Give me your hand." He took his hand and pulled him up. Then, he saw the open trousers and the blood and ice stuck to them. His expression changed, and he stretched out his hand to pinch the injured left calf. He asked Wang Lin, "Does it hurt?"
Wang Lin's expression changed instantly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "No response."
His head and body froze, and his brows furrowed: "When did you get injured?"
"Last night, it was the time when the little devils were shooting volleyball."
The task of monitoring the whereabouts of the 10th Division and the 108th Division was originally a matter for the local Fox Tong. After the Japanese troops landed, Lu Zhibai sent two Langya teams to track them at Ouyang Yun's request. They had another purpose. Yesterday About one o'clock later, because a Wolf Fang accidentally fell into a trap dug by locals to capture wild boars, the Japs fired with volley guns. As a result, Wang Lin, who was closer to the Japs camp, was shot in the left leg. Wang Lin took care of it at the time and thought it was no problem. However, when he was hiding, he bumped into a rock and pulled a big hole in his pants. After lurking for more than an hour, his legs were so cold that he lost consciousness.
"Wang Lin, you must stay here."
"I know, Tou, pretty boy, be careful."
The pretty boy came over, shook Wang Lin's hand vigorously, and said, "Brother, you must hold on."
Wang Lin smiled: "I'll be fine."
He patted his shoulder, then waved to the pretty boy, and the two of them ran towards the mountain. Five minutes later, the two of them found a snow nest about two hundred meters away from Wang Lin and lay down. , then, the pretty boy took out Huaimai and shouted in a low voice: "The snow wolf calls the avalanche, the snow wolf calls the avalanche."
In Guanmei Village, about fifteen kilometers away from them, a brigade of heavy artillery had already been deployed. Zhang Tianquan, commander of the Eighth Learning Division, was pacing anxiously between two self-propelled howitzers with his hands behind his back. He picked up the walkie-talkie and followed him with the microphone. He was already out of breath. Finally, Xu saw the fine beads of sweat on the forehead of the communication soldier. Zhang Tianquan stood and looked at his watch and asked: "Before, When is the call?”
The signal soldier looked at his watch and replied: "Seven thirty minutes."
"That is to say, an hour and half an hour have passed."
"yes."
"That's not right, the Japanese should have started crossing the river."
"Master, will the Japanese let the infantry cross the river first?"
"It's unlikely. The Japanese know that we have a large number of chariot troops, so they will definitely let the chariot troops cross the river first."
In the great victory of Nanchang, the 8th Xue Division played the most important role. It was precisely because they seized the opportunity to artillery and bombard the Japanese army twice when they crossed the Ganjiang River and Qianhu Lake, which severely damaged the West Route Army and East Route Army of the 11th Army. , not only reversed the gap in strength between the two sides at once, but also greatly damaged the morale of the Japanese army, thus setting the stage for victory in the following battle. It is said that no matter how brilliant the tactics are, they will not be effective after being used once. However, Now it seems that the Japanese army has not learned their lesson.
Zhang Tianquan was sure that the Japanese army would let the chariot troops cross the river first. After finishing his words, the microphone in the hands of the communications soldier rang: "Snow wolves call for avalanches, snow wolves call for avalanches."
The communications soldier said in surprise: "Master, here we come."
Zhang Tianquan grabbed the microphone, pressed the send button and almost shouted: "Xue Beng received it, Xue Beng received it, please report the latest position of the target."
"The target is crossing the river, the target is crossing the river, over."
"Xuebeng received it, it's over." After Zhang Tianquan finished speaking, he shouted to the communications soldier: "Quick, change the channel."
The communications soldier turned around, lowered his head, quickly changed the channel, and replied after a few seconds: "Okay."
Zhang Tianquan pressed the send button again and shouted: "I am Zhang Tianquan, I have everything, set the position, shoot."
"The position has been established, shoot." "The division commander has given the order, direction of Jiangshang Township, shoot." In each artillery carriage, the commander who received the order immediately shouted to the gunner behind him,
"Yes." The gunners replied loudly. After checking the scale with their eyes, they pressed the firing button.