As a result, the British issued a statement claiming that their warships had the right to free passage on the Yangtze River and other inland waterways, and at the same time sent special envoys to contact the PLA, demanding that the PLA let go of the two British cruisers that could not move, and that there was something to discuss, as long as the PLA could give the British warships the same special treatment as during the Kuomintang period, and that Britain would promise not to intervene in China's civil war, and so on.
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) immediately replied solemnly: "The Yangtze River is China's inland waterway, and the British warships have no right to enter, and this time they first provoked and shelled our positions in the north of the Yangtze River, causing a large number of casualties among PLA officers and men, and must be severely punished."
After obtaining the consent of the People's Liberation Army, the sailors on the two British cruisers who were beaten to the ground quickly took action and carried out emergency repairs and self-rescue operations, and they carried forward the spirit of fearless fighting, worked in three shifts in a row, and finally repaired part of the power system the next morning, and quietly dragged the other cruiser to the mouth of the Yangtze River while the PLA team had not yet boarded the ship to carefully inspect them The lookout brothers on the forward position found out that something was wrong with the two foreign devil warships on the river, and hurriedly reported to Zhang Ercheng, the commander of the artillery regiment, Zhang Ercheng also couldn't make up his mind, at this time he was negotiating with the foreign devils, how could the commander of his own small artillery regiment advocate the order to open artillery to intercept it, so the phone call to Zhou Wu, Zhou Wu couldn't figure out what it meant, and another phone call went to the field army headquarters, and got this reply: "Let those warships escape, the battle to cross the river is about to begin, The central authorities do not want to make any more trouble at this juncture, and anyway, those two warships have also been scrapped, and our goal has been achieved, and it is estimated that in the future, we will not dare to have warships of Western powers come and go freely here in the Yangtze River."
Zhou Wu sighed: "Commander, what a good opportunity to sink enemy ships, if it weren't for the imminent battle of crossing the river, we would definitely not let them go, let those foreign devils who look down on us see, we Chinese are no longer so easy to provoke, thinking that we will have to pay a heavy price for spreading wild on our heads."
After the two British cruisers rubbed into the waters of the Jiangyin Fort, they immediately got to the British Embassy in Nanjing, and Lao Chiang directly ordered the Jiangyin Fort to give the British cruisers and help, and the Kuomintang 104th Army stationed in the fort looked down on these British, and originally wanted to ignore them, but due to Lao Chiang's order, they had no choice but to give them some help, treat some British sailor wounded, and repair the power system, and then send them back.
In the waters near the Wusongkou Fort, on the British Far East Fleet flagship Intrepid battleship, the commander of the British Far East Fleet looked at the two cruisers that were covered in bruises and dragged over by tugboats, shook his head helplessly and sighed: "The Communist Party is really bold, it actually beat these two warships to half-body, it seems that these two warships are completely scrapped, and they can no longer be repaired, so they can only be dragged back and rebuilt.
Gone are the days when the British Empire was calling for wind and rain here in East Asia, and China, the sleeping lion of the East, has been awakened, and the prophecy of the French is really accurate."
The British Far East Fleet walked around here at the mouth of the Yangtze River, reluctantly leaving towards the southern waters, waiting for the British fleet to intervene in the People's Liberation Army to cross the river, Lao Jiang was completely disappointed, and scolded the British in his hometown in Xikou: "Niang Xipi, foreign devils are unreliable, it turns out to be a soft egg, I can't bear to see it, I swallowed my anger and walked away after being beaten, I didn't even have an explanation, it seems that the Yangtze River is estimated to be unable to hold it, tell Tang Enbo, let him take it easy, let the people of Guangxi bear it, Didn't they want to come out, and all the main forces of the Central Army were withdrawn to Shanghai and materials and personnel were transferred to Taiwan" In the Jiangyin Fort Headquarters, Commander Liao suddenly received a report from a sentry outside the door, saying that two old friends were visiting, and Commander Liao wondered, thinking that in this wartime, all contact with the rear had been severed, and even letters could not be sent Director Liao originally wanted to refuse the visit of the two visitors, but the chief of staff beside him said to him: "Director Liao, maybe the person who came on the other side of the party, at this time, we can't miss the opportunity in vain, let's see what the person said before replying." ” After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, his own naval team was reorganized and dismantled by Lao Jiang, and a large number of naval brothers were dismissed to farm in their hometowns, and he was sent to Jiangyin Fort here as a small commander, in charge of a thousand artillery brothers, and more than ten American-style large-caliber fortress guns, he felt very uncomfortable, and often complained and scolded people.
I just want to hear what the other side means, seeing that Lao Jiang is about to be finished, and we have to leave a way back for ourselves The people who came were two big men, one tall and one short, full of Cantonese accents, and when they saw Director Liao, they smiled and said to him: "Brother Liao has always been good, Brother Ye asked me to say hello to you in Nanyang." ” When Director Liao heard this, he hurriedly asked: "Brother Ye, could it be that Brother Ye who was the head of the military command station in Nanjing, didn't he go to Nanyang to do business when he won the Anti-Japanese War, why did he come back this time?"
This Ye brother is Zhou Wu's best friend during the Anti-Japanese War, the elder Ye of the Nanjing Military Command Station, since the victory of the Anti-Japanese War at the beginning of the Central Union spies besieged their Nanjing Station, he was discouraged, left the mainland to go to Nanyang relatives to do business, although people in Nanyang, thousands of miles away from the ocean, but the contact with Zhou Wu has not been interrupted, especially since this year, after hearing the news that the People's Liberation Army is about to cross the Yangtze River to capture Nanjing, Lao Ye is excited, In a contact with Zhou Wu, he accidentally mentioned that some of his old friends worked in Nanjing and other places, and he could ask Zhou Wu to find them if necessary.
This time before crossing the river, the biggest threat in front of Zhou Wu is the Jiangyin Fort guarded by Liao Taichang, there are twelve American-made 300 mm fortress cannons on the fort, powerful, long range, high accuracy, and the use of the most advanced radar fire control system, no matter what the weather conditions, foggy or dark at night, in front of this radar fire control system, Zhou Wu's troops to cross the river fleet will be completely exposed to the enemy's eyes, this situation is very fatal to Zhou Wu Laishui, once the river crossing began, Then their river-crossing troops were about to encounter a devastating artillery bombardment, and they had to deal with this threat before they could start the river-crossing campaign. 、 So, Zhou Wu thought of Lao Ye's relationship, and asked, it turned out that the Liao Tai Commander of the Jiangyin Fort had been with Lao Ye's colleagues in the Guangdong Army before, and the relationship was not bad, Lao Ye heard this situation, so he asked Lao Chang and Xiao Wang, the old subordinates who had defected to the People's Liberation Army, and they brought their letters to Liao Taichang, and the two people reported by the fort sentry just now were Lao Chang and Xiao Wang, after they defected to the People's Liberation Army, they went to Yan'an to study for a period of time, entered the Central Social Department, and are now senior agents of the Communist Party.
After receiving the telegram from Zhou Wu, the Social Department immediately asked Lao Chang and Xiao Wang to come to Nanjing, cooperate with Zhou Wu in carrying out united front work, instigate an uprising on the battlefield of Jiangyin Fort, and eliminate one of the biggest threats to the battle of crossing the river Xiao Wang first said to Director Liao: "Yes, it is the old Ye who used to be the commander of the military command, he is now rich in Nanyang and has become the big boss of the rich side, this time we are here, we are entrusted by him to persuade Director Liao to recognize the situation, not to be the enemy of the People's Liberation Army crossing the river, to stand on the side of the People's Liberation Army, and to contribute to the liberation of New China." ” Xiao Wang and Lao Chang didn't beat around the bush, and directly explained their intentions to Director Liao, Lao Liao heard this, a look of horror suddenly appeared on his face, and hurriedly let the staff guards around him go out, this kind of thing is terrible, if he is listened to by those spies of the Secret Bureau, then he will not survive at night today, not to mention his own bad luck, and he has to involve his family and relatives, so he must be cautious After everyone went out, Lao Chang took out a folded multi-layer paper from the underwear compartment and handed it to Lao Liao, and said to him: "This is the telegram letter that our stationmaster Ye wrote to you, you can understand it when you look at it." ” Director Liao hurriedly unfolded it to take a look, nodded again and again, and finally took out a lighter, burned the letter, and said to Lao Chang and them: "Brother Ye really hasn't forgotten my friend, he has thought of the way back for me, and has sent someone to transfer all my family members in my hometown in Guangdong to Hong Kong, now I have no worries, he is very right in his heart, your Communist Party to seize the world is the trend of the times, Lao Jiang and they are already hopeless, even the Yankees dare not intervene in the civil war, busy withdrawing the ambassador in Nanjing, I don't even go to Guangzhou, it seems that I really have to think about my own way back, so you go back and tell the PLA commander that I am preparing a battlefield uprising, but at present a regiment of the 104th Army is monitoring around our battery, and it is not easy to move, and I hope to get the support of the PLA troops, so that the success of our uprising can be increased. ” Xiao Wang hurriedly nodded and agreed: "As long as you make up your mind to do something, this question is easy to say, we will come again tomorrow, and we will officially finalize this matter with you, and the commander of the river defense fleet on the river near the fort You should also be familiar with it, I hope you can contact him, and try to win them to revolt on the battlefield, in this way, Commander Liao, you have made a great contribution, and we will not forget you." ” t1706231537: