Chapter 5: The Devil Is Coming
Nanjing, High Command.
After receiving He Ajiu's report, Chairman Chiang immediately ordered an emergency military meeting to be convened!
The huge conference room was star-studded, and almost all the high-ranking generals of the party-state were on the table.
Chen Cheng, who was sitting in the second place on the left, glanced at Bai Chongxi opposite, got up and said: "Bench, I insist that the Japanese army will land at Baimaokou in Jiangzuo, and the activities of the Japanese spies in Jinshanwei are just smokescreens, we must not fall for the Japanese!" ”
Bai Chongxi nodded, and then said: "The tidal flat terrain of Jinshanwei is not suitable for large-scale beach landing, not to mention the world-famous Qianjiang tide, if the little devil doesn't want to feed the fish and shrimp, just go to Jinshanwei to land." However, the terrain of Baimaokou is very suitable for landing on the beach, so I completely agree with Brother Ci's judgment! ”
After a slight pause, Bai Chongxi said again: "But what I want to say is that it doesn't matter to us where the Japanese army's follow-up reinforcements landed, because whether the Japanese army landed at Jinshanwei or Baimaokou, there is only one way left in front of us, and that is to withdraw the troops!" ”
"Yes, the Battle of Songhu can't continue to be fought!"
"The casualties are too great, and if you continue to fight, you will be hurting your muscles and bones!"
"It is still necessary to follow the original plan and lead the Japanese army to the defense line for a decisive battle!"
After Bai Chongxi finished speaking, many high-ranking generals spoke out one after another and expressed their support.
Chairman Chiang, who was sitting in the main seat, was obviously unprepared for this, and he was a little confused for a while.
However, Chairman Chiang was never willing to give in easily, and after reacting, he knocked the table, and only after suppressing everyone's discussion did he say: "Don't go off topic, what we are discussing now is the question of where the Japanese reinforcements will land, not the question of withdrawing troops from the Songhu battlefield, and figure it out." ”
The high-ranking generals present at the meeting were immediately silenced.
Chairman Jiang frowned and concluded: "Since you all agree that the Japanese army will land at Baimaokou, it is necessary to strengthen the defense of Baimaokou, and as for Jinshanwei, you can't take it lightly, and order the 63rd Division to speed up and arrive as soon as possible to take over Jinshanwei's coastal defense!" ”
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Jin Shanwei, Haiyuean position.
It was getting dark.
It's also closer to the time when the devils will land on a large scale!
Inside the sea pond, Wang Zilong's troops are nervously building fortifications! The positions of the artillery battery also need to be rebuilt!
According to Wang Zilong's original intention, the fortifications should be built outside the sea pond, and no matter how bad it is, it must be built on the sea pond, because this is the commanding height, with a good shooting range, and he did this before, but because of the continuous bombing by Japanese aircraft, he has not been able to build a shape!
But now, all the fortifications are built in the sea pond, and not only that, but the fortifications are more than 1,000 meters away from the sea pond!
Wang Zilong really didn't know, but as soon as Zhong Yi said it, he immediately understood the great benefits of doing so!
The biggest advantage of this is that it can effectively avoid the threat of the Japanese Navy's large-caliber naval guns, because it is covered by a bulging sea pond, and the devil warships do not dare to get too close to the coast, so they will be affected by the curvature of the earth, so it is difficult for the Japanese Navy's naval guns to hit their positions!
Again, the defensive position is thousands of meters away from the sea pond, which is beyond the range of machine guns, and the devils who grab the beach don't want to build fire on the sea pond, and condescendingly provide fire support to the devils who attack across the sea pond!
Then, build the fortifications a thousand meters away, just to avoid the large silt fields!
Because of this large silt field near the sea pond, people will sink when they step on it, and there is no way to build fortifications!
Outside the pond, the tide has begun to rise, and the people have followed suit, burying sharpened bamboo nails in the mud of the tidal flats near the pond.
Whether it was the officers and men of the Central Army or the people, they were all silent.
The tension before the big war permeated the entire coastal defense position!
Time passed quietly in the tense preparations, and soon it came to the early morning of November 5th!
When the Japanese army was about to seize the beach, Zhong Yi ordered all the people to evacuate the beach, and at the same time ordered Wang Zilong's troops to enter the fortifications.
After more than an hour, all the people were evacuated, and the hustle and bustle of the beach gradually quieted down.
Zhong Yi boarded the sea pond surrounded by Liang Feng, Wang Zilong and several guards at the battalion headquarters.
At this time, the sea water has completely submerged the tidal flats, rising to the stalk of the sea pond, the waves crashing against the sea pond, making a loud noise, and the air is filled with a faint smell of mud.
Wang Zilong raised his wrist and looked at his watch, the hour hand pointed to exactly two o'clock!
"It's coming!" Zhong Yi suddenly pointed to the front and said in a deep voice, "The devil's little hot wheel!" ”
Wang Zilong, Liang Feng and Huo Ran looked back at the sea, but they only saw darkness.
"Listen!" Zhong Yi pointed to his ears and said in a deep voice, "There is the roar of a motor!" ”
Wang Zilong and the others listened attentively, and sure enough, they heard a roar of a motor.
"Damn, the devil is really here!" Wang Zilong subconsciously clenched the Mauser pistol in his hand.
At this time, Zhong Yi was actually very nervous in his heart, because he couldn't be sure whether the devils of this time and space would still wait at sea for four hours and wait until dawn as they did in history!
Fortunately, the situation that Zhong Yi was most worried about did not appear!
The open sea gradually quieted down, and Zhong Yi's heart also fell to the ground.
Then, Zhong Yi turned around and said, "I'll squint first, wake me up at five o'clock!" ”
After finishing speaking, Zhong Yi wrapped his coat and fell on the straw pile, and after a while, he let out a slight snoring sound.
Seeing that Zhong Yi could still fall asleep at this time, and fell asleep so quickly, not only Liang Feng, but also Wang Zilong and several guards were also dumbfounded.
Wang Zilong also lay down with his clothes, wanting to sleep for a while, but he couldn't sleep.
First, the sea breeze was blowing too cold, and secondly, it was because he was too nervous, and when he thought that at this moment, on the sea surface of Jinshanwei, there were more than two divisions of devil armies gathering, Wang Zilong was so nervous that he was almost suffocating!
For the next few hours, Wang Zilong didn't know how to survive!
The clock was pointing to five o'clock, and Wang Zilong hurriedly asked Zhong Yi to wake up!
At this time, a trace of fish belly white was already slightly revealed on the surface of the Oriental Sea.
"Is it five o'clock?" Zhong Yi turned over and sat up, stretching his waist.
"You slept well." Wang Zilong didn't have a good breath and said, "We have been blowing the sea breeze in the middle of the night!" ”
"There's fire? Don't rush at me. Zhong Yi waved his hand, then pointed to the front and said, "Go to the devil!" ”
Wang Zilong and Liang Feng turned their heads to look in the direction of Zhong Yi's finger, and then took a breath of cold air in unison.
But I saw that in the mist, a few faint black spots had emerged! Immediately after, more small black dots emerged from the mist.
As the distance gets closer, the outline of these black dots gradually becomes clear!
What is it if it's not a small steamer? Wang Zilong even saw the devil standing above!
Zhong Yi immediately evacuated Haitang with Wang Zilong, Liang Feng and others, and moved to the forward observation post on the flank.
Not long after Zhong Yi and the others evacuated the sea pond, more than a dozen small steamers were moored outside the sea pond, and the bow of one of the small steamers even directly touched the sea pond.