Chapter 131: The ingenious construction of skillful hands
Chapter 1310: Magical craftsmanship and skillful hands
Wuhu is located in the southeast of Anhui Province, on the south bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, leaning against the Wannan Mountains to the south and facing the Jianghuai Plain to the north. The mighty Yangtze River flows slowly from southwest to northeast, and the Qingyi River merges into the Yangtze River from southeast to northwest.
Wuhu has mountains, lakes, and rivers. It has beautiful scenery. The terrain is high in the south and low in the north. There are plains and hills. The terrain is in an irregular strip shape. It has the reputation of "looking at the trees when the clouds are opening, listening to the sound of the tide in the quiet river"
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In a land temple next to Yuanbaotang in Matang Town, south of Wuhu City, Gu Changfeng and Xia Jian each led their own staff around a large sand table four meters long and three meters wide, constantly dispatching troops and generals to conduct battles.
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Although Xia Jian obeyed An Yi's orders, he did not dare to mobilize the army to go north, but it was harmless to have a friendly visit with the friendly forces and practice with each other. Therefore, after contacting Gu Changfeng, he decided to allocate a regiment to Wuhu.
A small-scale military confrontation exercise.
Due to the rapid development of old Nanchang in the early 1930s, merely connecting it to old Nanchang via the Ganjiang River, the Yangtze River Waterway and the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway could no longer meet the needs of Jiangsu and Zhejiang plutocrats. Therefore, the construction of the Anhui-Jiangxi Railway from Nanjing to Dongping via Wuhu was started ahead of schedule.
And at the end of last year, this railway was connected to the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway, organically connecting old Nanchang with cities such as Wuhu, Ma'anshan, Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Wuxi, and Suzhou.
However, with the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, the old Nanchang industrial base moved inland. This railway no longer served the purpose of connecting industrial and commercial centers, but instead became a very busy route for passenger transport.
The reason why he chose to conduct the exercise in Wuhu this time was that Xia Jian wanted to experience the speed and efficiency of transferring troops from old Nanchang to Nanjing. He was very satisfied with the result. It took fourteen hours to reach Wuhu from Nanchang. In total,
It only takes 17 or 18 hours to get to Nanjing.
Once the war requires it, whether it is to cross the river in Nanjing City, join Gu Changfeng and head north, or send troops to support the front line in Shanghai, there is plenty of time.
Unfortunately, the weather did not go as planned. The two armies arrived in Wuhu yesterday morning. They had just set up their respective barracks at the foot of Laowu Mountain outside the city. Before they could set up their positions, they encountered this annoying heavy rain, causing
The soldiers of the two regiments could only stay in the barracks. In addition to receiving ideological and cultural education, they also listened to the broadcasts of Southern Sichuan Radio. The novelty of arriving in a new place was completely wiped out by the heavy rain.
Anyway, they were idle, so Xia Jian and Gu Changfeng simply packed up the Earth Temple where the tribunal was located during the exercise yesterday. As a war chess game that has been circulated in the army since the beginning of the model camp, they had a paper talk and represented each on the sand table.
China and Japan are in confrontation.
On the sand table, with the cooperation of superior air force and ground troops, the Japanese army defeated the Second Army commanded by Liu Zhi and approached Tongxian and Xianghe.
The left hand holding the palm of the hand supports the chin and carefully assesses the situation.
"Commander, urgent call!"
Lu Taofeng, the communications director of the 26th Army, rushed into the Tutu Temple through the rain, rushed to Xia Jian in a few steps, and sent the message directly to Xia Jian.
Xia Jian was thinking carefully when he saw the message that was almost in front of him. He was stunned for a moment. Then he saw Lu Taofeng's worried look on his face and his brows were almost furrowed together. He immediately rolled his eyes at him: "Why are you so alarmed? Don't worry, I'm afraid.
Our team still has to fight, so we can’t suffer losses..."
"Commander, read the telegram quickly, the commander..."
When Lu Taofeng said this, his voice suddenly choked up.
"Commander, what happened to him?"
Xia Jian raised his voice, stood up, grabbed the telegram and looked at it carefully.
Gu Changfeng was smiling and wanted to see Xia Jian make a fool of himself, when he suddenly heard Lu Taofeng's words, he felt anxious and quickly approached Xia Jian to see what was going on.
At this time, Guan Shan, commander of the 131st Brigade of the 44th Division of the 24th Army, also rushed into the mountain temple. When he saw Gu Changfeng, he said with a cry:
"Commander, it's not good, something happened to the boss's special plane..."
"What did you say? Dong Yazi?"
Gu Changfeng grabbed Guan Shan's collar and asked sharply.
Guan Shan rushed to Gu Changfeng's chest, hugging him and bursting into tears: "Commander, the commander's special plane was ambushed by Japanese fighter planes and lost contact in the area north of Bengbu. General Peng Zuliang of the Air Force, Commander Ye of the New Second Army and
The telegrams from the Syrian headquarters were sent to the military headquarters one after another, and the military headquarters did not dare to neglect and immediately forwarded them to the brigade headquarters. I just received the telegram."
Gu Changfeng snatched the telegram and looked at it carefully. His eyes met the red-eyed Xia Jian. He suppressed the sudden sourness in his eyes and arms and shouted:
"Damn Bazi, I fought with the *** people... to capture Tianjin and avenge the commander!".
Xia Jian stretched out his left hand with only his index finger and thumb, and wiped away the tears that were pouring out like spring water, but he couldn't wipe them away. He simply let the tears overflow and said with a choked voice: "Hutou, I also want to lead the troops north.
, but the commander said... He said that without further orders from him
Before, I was stuck in old Nanchang like a nail. I...I wanted to avenge...the commander, but...but I couldn't...
..I have to carry out the commander’s order, I...what should I do?”
At this point, this tough guy who had been through the battlefield squatted on the ground and cried loudly.
There was a cry of mourning in the entire Tutu Temple, and Gu Changfeng thundered: "Cry, why are you crying? Among our brothers, who was not brought out by the commander? Now that something happened to the commander, we should think about how to avenge him. Crying can
Do you want to solve the problem? No one is allowed to cry. We must complete the unfinished business of the commander and drive the *** out of China!"
Xia Jian burst into tears, raised his head and said, "Hutou, please tell me, I'm very upset right now, I'll listen to you..."
Gu Changfeng wiped away the tears that had appeared on his face for a while, thought for a while and said: "Xia Jian, you are right, we cannot ignore the commander's order, and the defense of Nanjing and Nanchang cannot be discarded...
Let's do this, I'll lead the 24th Army north, and you can send one division to garrison Old Nanchang, and then take another division to Liuhe Camp to guard my home for me. I must make my little *** look good!"
"But Commander..."
Xia Jian suddenly thought of something, stood up suddenly, and said sadly: "Hutou, I suddenly realized that we have omitted the most important thing... We should all stay calm at this time, I think *** people
It’s time to fight, but we should still send troops to the area north of Bengbu to search for the whereabouts of the commander, such as
If something happens to the Commander, no matter what, we must hold our breath, cross the Yellow River, and fight the Japanese in the Ping-Tianjin area. However, if the Commander is still alive, our first priority should be to protect the Commander.
.Think about it, if the commander is still alive at this time, how much he needs our help!"
At this time, Gu Changfeng also began to calm down and nodded suddenly: "That makes sense. In this case, Xia Jian, just follow what I said. I will lead the 39th Division and the 44th Division northward, and rush to Xuzhou first, and then As the center, search for the whereabouts of the commander. You lead the troops to watch the Liuhe camp for me. I ordered Wang Xulun to lead the 16th Division eastward to Nanjing. After Wang Xulun arrives, if there is no whereabouts of the commander, it is estimated that something has happened to the commander. We The two armies will then join Ye Cheng's new Second Army and march out of North China together, do you understand?"
"Okay, that's it!"
Xia Jian kissed ***'s astringent mouth and nose: "I will also order Wei Yihang to lead the 137th Division to station in Old Nanchang. Let's use this time to gather troops first and complete logistics and material replenishment. , strive to knock down the *** people in one fell swoop, no one wants to wipe out the capital that the commander has worked so hard to save in a few moments..."
Gu Changfeng patted Xia Jian on the shoulder: "We will work separately. I will leave immediately after I get back. You should also take care of yourself!"
Xia Jian nodded vigorously, turned and left.
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An unknown island in Weishan Lake.
The heavy rain is still continuing, and the lotus leaves and reeds on the lake are floating in the wind. Shen Fengdao has no poetic feeling at all. He approaches the water's edge, washes away the mud from his feet, and turns around to check the island. The island is pitifully small. , about 600 meters long from east to west and more than 500 meters wide from north to south. It is probably because it is often flooded. There is only a forest on the high ground in the center of the island. Not to mention that there are no homes, there is not even a pavilion to take shelter from the rain.
Two hovercrafts were lying quietly on the ground next to Shen Fengdao. The insides of the boats were filled with rainwater, and everyone was submerged in the water.
Shen Fengdao stood up and sighed slightly. He had already touched his breath one by one just now. All the eleven people on the two ships were breathing, but they were very weak. If you can't find a dry place in time, make an emergency fire and drink more. Hot soup warms the body, and as the heat passes, life will pass away quickly.
Shen Fengdao cheered up, rushed up to the woods at the highest point of the island, walked around, quickly selected a place, flew up, and swung a half-foot-long dagger at his waist like lightning, "Wow With a "crash" sound, branches as thick as wrists broke and fell to the ground. Soon, all the trees near and far were left with bare trunks four to five meters high. The middle one was the tallest, and the trunks scattered around were lowered in steps.
Shen Fengdao didn't care at all that the tiger's mouth on his right hand was bursting open and dripping with blood. He quickly ran back to the shore, took An Yi, Ye Qing, Zhou Ziwei and others off the boat. He squatted down and carefully cut open the four-layer hovercraft, trying his best to keep the plastic sheet open. After five or six minutes, he finally got a piece of plastic sheet that was more than ten square meters, and the remaining scraps were carefully gathered into a pile.
Shen Fengdao held the plastic sheet and ran towards the woods. After arriving at the destination, he visually inspected it and jumped up again. His feet kept touching the tree trunks. When the tree trunks could no longer bear it, he put his hands on The plastic sheet was thrown out.
The plastic sheet has an ingenious rotational force. It naturally stretches in the air, and then falls steadily. The center part just touches the central tree trunk, and then falls one after another on all sides, spreading on the tree trunks. A simple shed is like this. This is how it was put together.
Shen Fengdao did not dare to neglect. He carefully tore the corners of the plastic sheet and tied it to the tree trunk. After making sure that it would not be blown up by the wind, he rushed down the hillside again and carried An Yi, Ye Qing and others to the plastic sheet one by one. Under the shed.
After finishing this, Shen Fengdao still didn't dare to stop and rest. He quickly split the thick rope made of many small woolen ropes into more than ten small ropes, and then pressed down the plastic awning like a spider spinning a web. The corners of the cloth were twisted vertically and horizontally around tree trunks at a height of three to four meters to form a fine network structure, and then the wet branches and leaves on the ground were thrown up through the gaps between the wire mesh, letting them flow freely. ** *Fall down and quickly spread the tarpaulin to isolate the flammable plastic tarpaulin from direct contact with the ground.
Shen Fengdao was so busy that he was sweating profusely. He returned to the shore again, cut open the remaining hovercraft and cut it into long strips. Then he carried it with the previous scraps under the simple shed and took it from the waist of one of the guards. He occasionally took out a delicate special engineer shovel, dug a fire pit half a meter deep and wide, threw the scattered wet branches and leaves into the pit to cushion it, took out a lighter from his pocket, lit the plastic cloth strips, and threw them into the fluffy fire pit. In the fire pit.
When plastic burns, it emits thick black smoke, and the plastic dissolved into liquid adheres to the wet branches, quickly causing the branches and leaves to burn together.
Shen Fengdao didn't panic, threw a few branches on the fire, and then threw the plastic sheet on top again. By stacking several layers in this way, a raging fire was already burning in the fire pit, and thick smoke columns overflowed from the left and right sides of the top tarpaulin. , very eye-catching.
At this time, Shen Fengdao breathed a sigh of relief and took everyone to the fire pit to lie down one by one, checking everyone's injuries one by one.
The blood on An Yi's face had been washed away by the rain. After checking, Shen Fengdao found that An Yi's breathing was weak, his heartbeat was extremely disordered, and his forehead was even hotter. He hurriedly took off his clothes and examined An Yi's face in detail. The injuries on his body were all skin injuries, probably caused by glass fragments from the shattered portholes when the plane crashed into the lake. Although they looked serious, they actually did not cause much harm to the body.
Shen Fengdao hurriedly checked An Yi's head and found an obvious blood hole on the back of his head, and his heart sank.