In this way, the Kuomintang soldiers shouted loudly urging the boatmen who had been forcibly captured to board the boat, and those boatmen were unwilling to sail for these Kuomintang soldiers who robbed them of their belongings, and then an officer became anxious, pulled out a Browning pistol from his waist and shot him on the ground, threatening the boatmen: "Whoever does not want to, Lao Tzu will immediately send him to the west At this moment, the two artillery regiments under Commander Qian had no command and began to shell the ferry and Siyang City on the opposite bank, and the power of dozens of large-caliber guns was really shocking, the shells smashed into the water of the ferry and the canal, and exploded up a large column of water that was high into the sky, and Ge Sanmin, who was observing the enemy situation on the other side of the ferry, thought that the enemy was shelling, and hurriedly shouted to his brothers at the throat: "Quickly hide up" At the moment when Ge Sanmin and them were subjected to large-scale artillery bombardment by the Kuomintang recalcitrant army on the other side of the canal, the fat man and Huang Shuisheng had already connected with Lao Ye and them, and according to the latest information received by the military commanders, the fleet of the little devils transporting gold cultural relics gathered at the Rujiangmen Wharf in Nanjing, went all the way east along the Yangtze River, passed through Zhenjiang, crossed the Jiangyin fortress, went to Nantong, and sailed to the Japanese mainland on Chongming Island at the mouth of the Yangtze River.
Lao Ye couldn't understand why the Japanese fleet finally had to go to sea at the mouth of Chongming Island, so they had to risk intercepting it at the Nanjing wharf in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River halfway to the north, and it was later confirmed by intelligence, because these things of the little devils were all looted from the occupied places, and there were them everywhere, and land transportation now seems to be unsafe, especially in the north, the Eighth Route Army frequently launched attacks on the Japanese devils, which made the head of the devils in North China, Okamura Ningji, restless, very nerve-wracking, Later, the Nanjing headquarters of the devil thought of a way to collect and distribute from the waterway, so all the materials to be shipped to Japan were transported by waterway to the Rujiangmen wharf in Nanjing to gather, except for a small part of the materials from the Shanghai wharf to go overseas, the rest of the fleet passed through Nanjing, along the Yangtze River to the sea to the Japanese mainland.
Lao Ye and the fat man carefully analyzed the devil's driving route, and felt that it was not easy to start in Nanjing and Jiangyin, in order to protect the fleet of these gold cultural relics, the little devil spared no expense, and even sent the warships of the devil's third fleet stationed in Shanghai, the Yangtze River has been under martial law, strictly prohibiting the passage of all people's boats, five steps, one post, three steps and one sentry around the river, all set up cards to check pedestrians, intercept here, even if you succeed, it is not good to transfer so many things to a safe place, Later, Lao Ye and the fat man studied and studied, and decided to take advantage of Huang Shuisheng's naval superiority to start at Chongming Island, the outlet of the devil's fleet, where the waters are vast, even if there are devil warships escorting, but the opposite side is the vast East China Sea, and it is impossible to prevent Huang Shuisheng and their "white stripes in the waves" sudden attack, by Lao Ye otherwise looking for ships on Chongming Island, Huang Shuisheng and his brothers rushed over overnight, where they hid and ambushed in advance, and the fat man and they were in Nanjing, Jiangyin and Nantong attacked the devil's outpost along the river, confusing the devil's team, creating a false impression that the New Fourth Army was about to attack the devil's fleet transporting supplies in Nanjing and other places, and when the little devils paid attention to the surroundings of Nanjing, Huang Shuisheng and their navy launched an attack to intercept the fleet that transported gold to Japan, and the fat man considered that in case it was difficult to intercept the fleet, he gritted his teeth and ordered Huang Shuisheng: "Shuisheng, if you can't intercept those fleets, you can talk about the destruction of those ships in an emergency, It is also better to sink into our mouth than to let the little devils transport these treasures to Japan, and we can slowly salvage them later. ” Lao Ye also nodded in agreement, any situation in this operation is possible, how can there be a 100% packing ticket, although Lao Ye and they received the task this time to intercept this batch of materials destined for Japan, but in case they can't intercept it, it can only destroy the fleet of ships containing treasures, and it is better to destroy them than to let these things that belong to China be shipped to Japan.
After speaking, Huang Shuisheng immediately took his thousands of brothers, scattered, under the leadership of the military commanders, from many directions secretly to the southeast of Chongming Island, because the military commanders are very familiar with the road here, it is easy to break through the checkpoints along the way of the devil and the puppet army, it only took three days, they have rushed to Chongming Island one after another, and the military commanders there have already received Lao Ye's orders, and have prepared many light boats, waiting for Huang Shuisheng to arrive.
The fat man divided his brothers into a small team of more than 10 people, according to the detailed information provided by Lao Ye, they specially attacked those devil posts around the Jiangbei River in Nanjing, coming and going like the wind, their whereabouts were uncertain, and they ran away after the fight, and before the devils could react, the fat man and their attack team had already moved to the next location, and for a time Nanjing, the devils along the Yangtze River in Jiangyin were in a hurry, and they reported to the devil headquarters in Nanjing, and a large number of troublemakers and attacks appeared around the north bank of the Yangtze River.
Request the headquarters to send additional troops to encircle and suppress the expulsion.
At the beginning, Commander Hata Junliu of the Nanjing Headquarters still had a relatively clear mind, and he believed that these attacks everywhere must be a trick by the New Fourth Army armed forces in order to divert their attention, and the purpose was the fleet that transported gold and cultural relics to Japan, so he strictly ordered the devil team along the river not to take the initiative to attack, to really protect the safety of the fleet when it passed by, and not to fall into the trap of the cunning New Fourth Army team.
But what happened later made the steady Hata Junliu a little unable to sit still, the fat man found that the little devil had no big reaction after a day of harassment and attack, so he discussed with Lao Ye and them: "Lao Ye, it seems that the little devil is very ghostly this time, they are not fooled, then we change the plan of action, otherwise we will be making trouble here."
Lao Ye nodded: "I also feel that something is wrong, why doesn't our attack work, is it that we are not acting hard enough, or the devil already knows the purpose of our operation?"
"I don't think so, the devils probably understand what we want to do this time, but this operation is all about our temporary meeting, they can't get our true intentions so quickly, I don't think our actions touched the pain of the little devils, so they didn't have such a big reaction, it seems that we have to think about how to act, in order to hurt those little devils, force them to focus on us" The fat man gritted his teeth and said, This was the first time he had led a group of his brothers deep behind enemy lines, and he felt disgraced and uncomfortable when he was out of the army, and he had to make a big move.
But how to do it, the fat man is still a mess in his head now, I can't say clearly, the defense of the little devils here in Nanjing is like an iron bucket, even a fly can't fly in, so many brothers can't break in, it's troublesome enough just to be on this Yangtze River, not to mention the elite troops of those devils in Nanjing City, this time in order to be able to smoothly escort these fleets through the Yangtze River to the sea, all the unused and devil troops around Nanjing have been mobilized, Even those pseudo-policemen who maintained order were mobilized, martial law in the city of Nanjing, wantonly hunted down military commanders and underground members of the Communist Party, the whole city of Nanjing was full of chickens and dogs, and there was no peace, and they wanted to sneak attack the devil headquarters in Nanjing in this situation, and diverted the attention of Shunroku Hatata, estimating that the possibility of success was too small, and the fat man and Lao Ye quickly ruled out this plan and continued to look for places on the map where they could start.
Suddenly, a place at the mouth of the Jiangyin sea attracted the attention of the fat man, he carefully looked at the map, and found that this place is simply amazing, the Yangtze River suddenly narrowed here, from the width of ten miles upstream to the width of three or four miles here, the rushing river water to here, forming a whirlpool, the famous Jiangyin Fort is five or six miles upstream here, if we can seize that place first, it is equivalent to choking the throat of the devil's fleet to go to sea, As long as we can withstand the three-way attack of the Japanese cabinet by land, sea and air here, we can intercept those fleets that go to sea, and in the countryside of Nantong on the opposite bank, there are the Jiangnan troops of our New Fourth Army, which can report to the division commander through Zhou Wu, and let the comrades of the Jiangnan column assist us in resisting the devils.
Lao Ye also noticed this location, and felt that the plan proposed by the fat man made sense, but not far upstream is the Jiangyin Fort, the devil's defensive force over there must be not small, and Hata Junliu must have put a lot of troops there to strengthen the defense of Jiangyin, if you want to capture there, you must have sufficient troops, the new Fourth Army team in the direction of Nantong Lao Ye has heard of it before, and it is also a team with strong combat effectiveness, with their assistance, the problem is not big, so Lao Ye thought about it, It was decided to adopt the fat man's plan, rush to the Jiangyin Fort, sneak attack the fort, seize the Yangtze River estuary, and block the throat of the little devil's fleet to go to sea.
The fat man hurriedly reported this plan to Zhou Wu by radio, Zhou Wu received the report, and immediately agreed to the plan, and said to the fat man: "The plan is very good, but you must outwit it, you can't attack it, Jiangyin Fort is tightly defended, the structure inside is intricate, you have to be careful to deal with it, and my side immediately sent a few brothers who are familiar with the situation of the fort to rush to reinforce you, with their help, your task is estimated to be smoother, these brothers have done it on the fort side before, and they should be more familiar with the situation over there." ” As soon as Lao Ye looked at the telegram sent by Zhou Wu, he also remembered that there might be people among his military commanders who were familiar with the situation of the Jiangyin Fort, so he immediately ordered the military commander group on the Jiangyin side to send the military commander brothers who were familiar with the situation of the fort to rush to the vicinity of the fort to wait for the arrival of the large army.
Zhou Wu issued an order through the division commander to the comrades of the Jiangnan Column of the New Fourth Army operating in the Nantong area to reinforce the fat regiment to fight, and the New Fourth Army team in Nantong immediately began to act after receiving the order from the military headquarters.
At this moment, Shunroku Hata thought that it was another plan of the New Fourth Army to attack the west, and strictly ordered the devils in the direction of Nantong to actively defend and not take the initiative to attack, so as not to be fooled. t1706231537: