Ouyang Yun's order to let the elite sword regiment deal with surface ships was once deeply questioned by Shan Renxiong, Li Hanhun and others. Although Langya's training and combat concepts are modern products of Ouyang Yun's village from later generations, But even an open-minded thinker like Shan Renxiong cannot fully understand it. To put it into perspective, it has been two years since Langya was established. Although surface combat training is one of the fixed items, there is only one real surface combat. , and gave up halfway, that is, only half of the beheading operation against Kenji Doihara was carried out in the Battle of Wen'an,
Ouyang Yun explained to them this way: After the battle at Jiangyin Fortress, the Japanese Third Fleet lost almost all its ships. It is foreseeable that there will not be many gunboats that can be sent to Xiaguan for surface combat. This gives As long as we can destroy one or two of our opportunities for special operations, the Japanese Navy will definitely have some scruples. As long as they are not allowed to bombard the ships crossing the river wantonly, we will succeed.
The establishment of the Langya Special Forces Brigade is that a team consists of seven people, and a squadron has six squadrons. According to Ouyang Yun's arrangement, this squadron will be divided into two water ghost groups, which will launch from the north and south banks of the Xiaguan water surface, and then Target the two gunboats closest to the shore and blast or occupy them.
Considering that the Broadsword Regiment had never carried out a similar mission before and the risk factor was too high, Ouyang Yun was not prepared to let a single hero participate. However, the latter also felt uneasy if he did not personally participate in the battle for this reason. Therefore, in the end, he still served as the team leader of the South Bank Group.
After Matsui Iwane discovered China's intention to retreat, he ordered the besieging troops to seize the opportunity to attack the city, and at the same time sent naval gunboats to attack the ships crossing the river. At the same time, he dispatched aviation from time to time to bomb the evacuated soldiers and civilians wantonly in an attempt to delay China's retreat. , Matsui Iwane had a great appetite and wanted to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Central Army in Nanjing. Therefore, even though he knew that the evacuation force in Nanjing was quite large, he still ordered the 18th Division that originally attacked Wuhu to attack Jiangpu instead, in an attempt to capture the Jinpu Railway. Pukou Station, thereby cutting off the retreat artery of the Chinese army,
After the Xuebing Army withdrew from Pukou, Chiang Kai-shek hoarded heavy troops in Jiangpu. He was afraid that the Japanese army would have such thoughts.
When the commander of the 18th Division, Ushijima Sadao, received the order from Matsui Iwane, he had already led his troops on a rapid march to the Dangtu area. His original plan was to attack Wuhu that night. At this time, he had to change the combat order and instead He crossed the river from the Dangtu area and captured Hexian County the next day, followed by the Wujiang River, and then had a fierce battle with the Central Army's troops stationed in Jiangpu.
If the national army wanted to safely evacuate from Nanjing, Jiangpu must not be lost. This time, the Central Army's troops stationed in Jiangpu did not make any stupid mistakes again and faced the battle with heavy troops. The two sides fought fiercely for a day and night, and the 18th Division suffered more than a thousand casualties. Next, knowing that Pukou could not be taken by force, he turned towards Chuxian County in an attempt to capture Chuxian County and cut off the main artery of Jinpu Railway in Chuxian County.
It was precisely because of this change that Chiang Kai-shek was worried about being surrounded, so he accelerated the retreat of the Central Army and deployed heavy troops to Chu County. This made the defensive power of Jiangpu, especially the water surface of Xiaguan, weaker, and Ouyang Yun had to find another way to reduce the threat of Japanese gunboats as much as possible.
The first time the Water Ghosts played was at 3:30 in the evening.
The Japanese surface force has a total of four large and small gunboats under its control. These four gunboats have never left since they arrived on the water in Xiaguan last night. No less than a hundred Chinese ships were destroyed by them, and Chinese soldiers and civilians died in their hands. More than two thousand people,
Before going to war, Ouyang Yun specifically mentioned this situation. He said: "Brothers, you have all seen that our people are struggling on the water because of the raging Japanese gunboats. They are counting on someone to rescue them, hoping that someone can do something for them. For revenge, who can they count on? We are the only ones, because we are soldiers. Brothers, this is your first time to perform such a mission. Many people must be very frightened. Let me tell you, I am also frightened because I don’t know myself. Whether this decision is right or wrong, but I will not regret it. The purpose of our Xuebing Army is to fight the Japanese and prevent our countrymen from becoming slaves to the country's subjugation. Therefore, even if the front is a mountain of knives or a sea of fire, we must persevere. …”
Ouyang Yun was full of emotion when he said these words, because not far in front of him, several wooden boats were burning on the river, and on the river next to the burning wreckage of wooden boats, there were more than a hundred people. Struggling in the waves, there were soldiers among them, but most of them were ordinary people. Their helpless cries for help and their wailings stimulated his heart like needles, making him almost breathless in pain.
Shan Renxiong was originally a staunch opponent, but it is the duty of a soldier to obey orders, so once he received the order, he put aside his personal thoughts and implemented it wholeheartedly. When Ouyang Yun finished speaking, he left Go to the front of the team, stand at attention and shout loudly: "Everyone is here, turn back."
With a "click" sound, everyone turned around neatly, and then they saw the scene Ouyang Yun had just seen. Soon, everyone's eyes were filled with blazing anger.
Shan Renxiong didn't say anything more. A few minutes later, he shouted: "Check the equipment and let's go."
The water ghost team was divided into two teams, each got on a military truck,
The truck started. The single hero rolled down the window and glanced at Ouyang Yun. Ouyang Yun waved to him. The next moment, the two trucks drove out and quickly disappeared from Ouyang Yun's sight.
A quarter of an hour later, Dan Renxiong found a beach that was convenient for launching. It was about seven or eight kilometers away from Zhongshan Pier. Just where they launched, four Japanese gunboats were wandering on the water, occasionally firing their guns.
After agreeing on the time for action, Dan Xiong led three teams of sword warriors, each holding a special plastic hose in his mouth, and swam towards the opposite side, while the remaining three teams were led by Xiao Yi. After they made preparations for launching into the water, they lurked in the reeds and waited quietly.
The target of the solo hero's water ghost team is a gunboat only 300 meters away from the other side, while the target of Xiao Yi's water ghost team is a relatively large gunboat about 500 meters away from where they launched.
The time that Shan Renxiong and Xiao Yi agreed to take action was half an hour later. When ten minutes passed, Xiao Yi took everyone in his water ghost team into the water. They dived into the water and only exposed their breathing tubes to the water. They swam towards the target. A quarter of an hour later, they approached the gunboat.
In the waves about ten centimeters high, Xiao Yi was the first to show his head. He quickly observed the enemy situation on the gunboat. Feeling that he had not been discovered by the little devil, he dived into the water again and swam towards the gunboat. Soon, under his leadership, they Everyone in this group got close to one side of the Japanese gunboat.
The Japanese gunboat is called "Arima" and is about 80 meters long. The deck is five meters above the water. Among them, there are two main guns and four secondary guns in the front, and only two secondary guns in the back. Everyone After everyone came out of the water, Xiao Yi gave everyone orders with frequent gestures. Then, he took out the climbing hook from the backpack on his back, and took advantage of the gunboat's opportunity to fire its guns, which was very skillful. With a flick, the hook rope hooked the side of the ship. At almost the same time, the other three soldiers also threw the hook rope. The four hook ropes firmly caught the side of the ship. The next moment, four agile figures followed the hook. Suo climbed up quickly,
On the front deck of the "Arima", after firing a cannon, a group of Japanese soldiers looked at a wooden ship that was blown to pieces by the cannon. They were dancing and laughing: "吆西." No one noticed. The enemy has already touched upon him, and death is before his eyes.
In just three minutes, everyone in Xiao Yi's group got on the boat. They clung to the cabin wall and held their weapons tightly with both hands.
Xiao Yi was the first to come up. Because he felt that the infiltration was too smooth, he decided to occupy the gunboat instead of blowing it up.
After everyone came up, he issued an order with hand gestures, asking the first team to be in charge of the cab, the second team to be in charge of the rear deck, and the third team to follow him to deal with the Japanese on the front deck. After issuing the order, he waved his right hand and stood up. The gun trotted towards the foredeck,
At this time, on the front deck, two Japanese soldiers were loading cannonballs, while other Japanese soldiers were watching with interest the fireworks on the river and the dying people.
Xiao Yi trotted to the corner close to the front deck. With a wave of his hand, the soldiers behind him immediately stopped in unison. He slowly looked around and saw clearly the number and location of the Japanese. He retracted and gave the order with gestures. : The enemy is not alert, so they will rush out together later and strive for a quick victory. In addition, because there are shells everywhere on the front deck, be careful to aim accurately.
Everyone gave him a clear gesture. The next moment, he waved his right hand violently and jumped out.
"Tat-tat-tat", gunshots suddenly rang out without warning, and more than ten Japanese soldiers on the front deck were all knocked down before they could react. Among them, the two bomb loaders were killed without even seeing the enemy's shadow. Thrown down on the deck,
At the same time, gunfire also rang out on the rear deck. As for the cab, because there were only three Japs inside, the second team captured them all without firing a single shot.
One blow was successful and his whereabouts had been exposed. Now it was a race against time. Xiao Yi refilled the gun for the Japanese who fell on the ground and shouted loudly: "Wang Chun and Chang Fulai stay here. The others quickly go down below." Engine room, hurry, hurry, hurry." Then, he raised his head and shouted towards the cab: "Jiang Ping, leave two people in the cab, the others go to the cabin quickly, there must be Japanese in there, remember, leave no one behind. .”