In the hut of a Zhang family in Da'an South, Tianxing Town, Taixing County, Jiangsu Province, Fox Shisan and a man wearing the uniform of a captain of the Peace National Salvation Army were sitting together. The two were discussing something over a simple map.
"Are you sure it's the Thirteenth Division and the Sixteenth Division?" Fox Thirteen asked,
The captain's name is Xiang Shaoyong, and he is the leader of the Fox Tong Taixing Team. He nodded and said, "How about it? Can you do something about it?"
"Of course we have to plucking the geese. We just made a batch of earth-mines and mines some time ago, so we're here to test their power."
After Hu Shisan volunteered to return to his hometown to engage in guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, with the help of Xiang Shaoyong and others, he now has more than 2,000 people and more than 1,500 guns. Now Taixing and Jingjiang are due to the department's In fact, it has become a guerrilla base. The Wang Puppet mobilized heavy troops to encircle and suppress it again and again, but each time it was defeated and returned with a loss. Gradually, it became clear that it would no longer cause trouble.
After nightfall that day, Hu Shisan took a small boat with more than 500 elite guerrillas who gathered urgently to Jiangxinzhou, the border between Taixing and Yangzhong. They first established defenses on the reed beach, and then began to lay out earth and mines on the main route. ,
There are two types of so-called earth mines. One is a simple earth mine similar to a traditional mine, and the other is made on site from a sampan and a raft filled with explosives. The former type of mine is a passive contact type and is used. For dealing with Japanese ships with deeper drafts, the latter requires artificial blasting.
Each of the more than 500 guerrillas brought over by Fox Shisan had good water skills. They worked for three hours using sampans and small fishing boats, and finally fixed about a hundred earth and mines. He returned to Jiangxinzhou with more than fifty ropes and quietly waited for the Japanese to take the bait.
At eleven o'clock in the evening, a speedboat opened the way, followed by two three- to four-hundred-ton gunboats, and then more than ten motor boats. The leading troops of the Japanese Thirteenth Division appeared in Fox Thirteen's sight from a distance. ,
"Brothers, cheer up, the Japs are coming." Fox Shisan said, and opened the safety of a cloud-type heavy sniper in his hand.
The guerrillas perked up when they heard the sound, and they all opened the safety on their long guns. Several mortar gunners adjusted their calibration and fired at Zhu Yuan, while their eyes widened.
Nishio Juzo was in a hurry, and Shozo and the 16th Division commander Ishihara Kanji by the river had no choice but to give up the idea of fighting all the way in from southeastern Jiangxi, and instead took a boat along the Yangtze River to the East China Sea, preparing to land directly at Ningbo. To support the South China Corps,
It is necessary to focus on Kanji Ishihara here, because it was this person who proposed the term "Manchuria and Mongolia's lifeline" in the so-called "Theory of the Final War", which led to the occurrence of the "September 18th Incident" and later Manchuria The establishment of the United States and the declaration of war against the United States, almost every one of which has Ishihara's presence.
Just when Fox Shisan and others were preparing for an ambush and waiting for the forward troops of the 13th Division to enter the "earth and mine ambush circle", Ishihara was on a gunboat of about two thousand tons and had something to do with the river. "China Issue" is undergoing in-depth discussions,
As a well-known planner and theorist of the Japanese Army's aggressive strategy, Ishihara enjoys a certain prestige among senior Japanese military officers. For this reason, although Hebian is actually his senior in terms of seniority, Hebian is now regarded as a The person chatting with Ishihara in the posture of a listener,
Neither of them expected that there would be any force that could pose a threat to them deep in the occupied area, especially on the Yangtze River, so they acted unscrupulously and talked very passionately. Ishihara held a purple clay teapot and talked eloquently: "Tojo-kun, this Persistence once is right. Zhejiang must not be lost. If Zhejiang is lost, Nanjing and Shanghai will be in danger. The most important point is that the Xuebing Army will be able to use long-range bombers to carry out air strikes on the mainland. At that time, the empire will have to Deploying a considerable amount of land and sea power to strengthen local air defense will inevitably affect our army's strategy in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau..."
After evaluating Tojo Hideki's decision to support the South China Corps, Ishihara changed the topic and talked about the issue of the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Army", "The general strategy of 'using barbarians to control barbarians' is correct, but Mr. Okamura is pursuing this I made a principled mistake in my strategy. Facts have proved that the puppet army can only be used for defense and not for frontline operations. The empire's military strength is facing depletion. In this case, I thought we should adopt a mixed formation to completely defeat the puppet army. To be dispersed into the main forces of the imperial army, you need to pay attention to two points to do this well. First, give the puppet troops enough respect so that they feel that they are fighting for themselves..."
The talk made Ishihara feel dry in the mouth, so he took a sip from the teapot and was about to continue the topic. Suddenly, there was a violent explosion from the front of the fleet, and then a series of explosions. He and Hebian looked at each other and stood up and walked out of the cabin. The two of them walked to the door. Hebian's adjutant suddenly ran in and shouted: "Report, our forward troops were ambushed by unknown enemy forces. Captain Oka Sheng." Requesting support."
Hebian's face sank and he quickly walked out of the cabin. Soon, he saw a fire rising to the sky in the distance to the east, followed by a series of explosions that shook his eardrums. He frowned and shouted to the adjutant: "Tell Oka Sheng, let him Be sure to find out which force is attacking the enemy. Also, let Shinoda organize a landing and tell him that if he cannot completely annihilate this enemy force, he will have to commit suicide by committing suicide."
"Hai." The adjutant responded and ran to the telecommunications room.
Shi Yuan glanced at the river banks on both sides and said, "We have arrived at the Zhenjiang Waterway."
Hebian nodded: "Yes."
"Which guerrilla group should it be, but who could it be?"
"This is the territory of Wang Zhaoming's National Salvation and Peace Army. I will ask them to send a message to inquire."
"Hebianjun, forget it, those Chinese people from the Nanjing government, huh, if they are useful, Zhejiang won't need us to support them. Don't worry, since they are guerrillas, they lack heavy weapons and they will attack us again. How big of a threat is this? The Chinese people are doing this just to slow down our support for Zhejiang. Don’t get entangled with them and leave as soon as possible.”
"Do you want the Shinoda Alliance to give up the landing?"
"Well, if the Shinoda unit really landed for encirclement and suppression, it fell into the Chinese people's plan. The only thing I'm curious about is when did the Xue Bing Army's claws extend to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River? Mr. Hebian, this is worth worrying about. ah."
Hebian thought about it seriously and thought it made sense, so he said to the adjutant who had just ran out of the telecommunications room: "Send power to Shinoda and ask them not to land. Just defeat the Chinese people."
The adjutant said "Hai" and went back to change the order again.
Just as he walked into the telecommunications room again, a huge fireball suddenly erupted on the water surface in the distance in the east, and then an earth-shaking violent explosion came. Ishihara and Hebian couldn't help but were stunned. The latter said in confusion: "Ishihara." Jun, are you really a guerrilla? How could there be such a violent explosion?"