Chapter 213 The Story of Six Donkeys and One Speedboat
The southern front troops of the South China Front abandoned Chengxian and took Ruian, Pingyang, and Cangnan to directly attack Fuding. The guerrilla columns in these towns gave up resistance and fled to Chengxian and Jingning. They assembled local superior forces in these two places and took advantage of the terrain.
The dangerous position not only preserved its own strength, but also frequently attacked the Japanese supply lines, causing great trouble to the Japanese logistics troops. Tobi Matsui Iwane originally planned to gather troops for clearing after capturing Fuding and Longquan, but now, with the south
The front line troops were completely defeated. Let alone clearing them out, he now had to worry about the other party's harassment.
Matsui Iwane's worries were not unreasonable. He had just breathed a sigh of relief because of the departure of the Cadet Army Air Force. Major Okubo Harukawa, the captain of the cavalry brigade that was opening the way, sent someone to report that the simple engineer bridge above the Ao River had been blown up.
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The Aojiang River originates at the southern foot of Wudi Mountain in the South Yandang Mountains, and its northern main stream flows through Xiaojiang Town. At that time, there were no bridges on the main stream of the Aojiang River, and local residents relied on ferries to travel to both sides. The South China Front Army's Southern Front Troops
When attacking Cangnan, a simple pontoon bridge was built on the river section where the Huangdu Ferry was used by local residents to facilitate transportation, and a brigade was stationed for defense.
There are currently three guerrilla columns assembled in Chengxian County: Cangnan, Ruiping, and Cheng. These three guerrilla columns are under the unified command of Tian Feng, the former captain of the third brigade of the Xinghuo Brigade. When the Japanese army first started to build a bridge over the Aojiang River, Tian Feng
He sent people to keep an eye on him. When Hisao Tani launched the first attack of the New Year's Day last night, he also sent the Ruiping (Ruian, Pingyang) guerrilla column to sneak attack Huangdu Ferry and killed more than a dozen Japanese. At ten o'clock in the morning
At around o'clock, after he received Jiang Guangnai's order to harass and snipe the Japanese troops fleeing eastward, he immediately thought of this pontoon bridge. When the war was stalemate, the significance of this pontoon bridge was not that important, but now it determines whether the Japanese troops can escape.
At this time, because the Meixi brigade of the Ruiping guerrilla column closest to the pontoon bridge was also in Meixi Township nine kilometers away, it would be too late to rush over. In desperation, he had no choice but to kill the three guerrilla columns.
The column leader asked them what they could do. He said to the three column leaders: "The Huangdu Floating Bridge must be blown up! Once the Huangdu Floating Bridge is blown up, the Japanese army's escape route to the east will be cut off! But Mei, which is closest to the Huangdu Floating Bridge,
It will take two hours for the Xi Brigade to get there, so let’s think about what we can do.”
Everyone was thinking hard about countermeasures, and just when they felt that they couldn't win in time, Chen Yao, the captain of the Taoyuan Guerrilla Brigade of the Ruiping Guerrilla Column, who was squatting at the door, said: "If there is a fast horse, I have a way!"
Everyone looked over, and his immediate superior, Huang Ma, the column leader of the Ruiping Guerrilla Column, said: "Don't be so pretentious, tell me what you can do."
Chen Yao stood up and said: "Didn't we hide a speedboat in Taoyuan? If there is a fast horse that can rush there within twenty minutes, bring some explosives and load the speedboat down the river to blow up the pontoon, it will definitely be in time."
This method is feasible, but another problem is posed in front of everyone - where to get the horse? Moreover, one horse is definitely not enough. Because explosives need to be brought, and handling speedboats and explosives requires professional people, so at least three people are needed
horse.
When everyone was scratching their heads and unable to do anything, Gu Baofu, the commander of the Cangnan Guerrilla Column, suddenly had an idea and said: "Without horses, how can a donkey survive? Don't we have several donkeys in our logistics department?"
There was really no choice but to use donkeys if there were no horses. So, Chen Yao led the team with four guerrillas and six donkeys, four of which carried people, one was loaded with explosives, and the other was loaded with gasoline.
, and set off on the road under the earnest gaze of Tian Feng and others.
Tian Feng and others all realized the importance of the Huangdu Floating Bridge to the Japanese army, and Matsui Iwane would not be unaware of it. This is why he asked Okubo Harukawa's cavalry brigade to rush to the Huangdu Floating Bridge before the larger troops. However, Okubo Harukawa
In the end, Sichuan was still a step late. When Chen Yao and others lit the explosive fuse and jumped into the gasping Aojiang River, the Japs from the Okubo Cavalry Brigade had just arrived to the west of the Huangdu Floating Bridge. During this rush, Okubo and others
He was also very tired. He stood up straight and moved his almost numb buttocks. He heard one of his subordinates shouting: "What is that?" He hurriedly followed the sound, and then his face changed. "No!" The little devil shouted urgently.
Said - It was too late. The speedboat hit the pontoon and was pinched. A few seconds later, a row of huge waves rose into the sky. With a "rumbling" explosion, a gap of more than ten meters was opened between the pontoons. Immediately,
The pontoon bridge that was broken into two parts swayed downstream under the impact of the river water, and then was slowly pulled apart. Amid the exclamations of the Japanese, it seemed like two strings of duckweed clinging to the shore...
"Bah..." The Japs guarding the pontoon finally reacted and started shooting towards the river. However, the gunfire sounded more like naked irony to Okubo. The Japs were furious and rode up to the commander Kimura Ichiro who was defending the pontoon.
In front of the major, he picked up the whip and whipped it down, cursing as he whipped it: "Ba Ge! It's over, it's over! Ichiro Kimura, the pontoon was bombed, you have to take full responsibility! You bastard, what responsibility can you bear...
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When Hisao Tani took the people of Cangnan hostage and launched the third attack of the New Year's Strategy, neither Iwane Matsui nor Ichiro Okuichi, including Hisao Tani himself, did not expect that the Xuebing Army would reverse course and take advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack. Therefore, Huangdu Floating Bridge's response to their
Meaning, it is just a floating bridge.
Liu Yuqing, Pang Deya and Jiang Guangnai did not expect the fight to end like this, so they did not realize the significance of this floating bridge.
Therefore, the bombing of the Huangdu Floating Bridge actually had a strong sense of drama. Who would have thought that six donkeys and a speedboat would change the outcome of a battle?
Tian Feng, the initiator of the bridge bombing, did not realize that his decision would have such a huge impact. When Okubo Harukawa was frantically whipping Kimura Ichiro, who was at the same level as him, with a riding crop, he was leading the main force of three guerrilla columns.
Running quickly on the mountain road of Nanyandang Mountain.
Perhaps just because the horse was replaced by a donkey, Tian Feng did not have enough confidence to blow up the pontoon bridge before the main force of the Japanese army arrived. He led his team down the mountain to Pingyang and Ruian, just to resolutely implement Jiang Guangnai's order. He was worried that he would not be able to catch up.
Taking the opportunity to beat the drowned dog, the guerrillas were running wildly on the mountain road. At this time, Matsui Iwane was vomiting his heart's blood again because he received Okubo's urgent military intelligence report. "Ba Ge! Kimura, this stupid ass!" The old devil is really
He was filled with worry and anger. He cursed with trembling lips and his legs became weak, frightening the Japanese officers around him.