Madang is located on the border of Anhui and Jiangxi. Jiangbei is Wangjiang County in Anhui, Jiangnan is Pengze County in Jiangxi, and Hukou County is in the west. Surrounded by mountains, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

After the outbreak of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, in order to block the enemy's westward advance and ensure the safety of Jiujiang and Wuhan, the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government designed a barrage-style blocking line in the middle of the river near Madang, Jiangxi Province, designed by German military advisers.

There are forts, pillboxes, etc. at the dangerous places of the peaks on both sides of the strait, 3 mine defense lines are arranged on the water surface, a total of 35 artificial reefs are set up, 49 ships are sunken, 1,765 mines are laid, and at the same time, heavy troops are deployed to defend it, which costs countless money and is extremely strong.

In charge of defending Madang Fortress was Li Yunheng of the 16th Army of the National Army, who once threatened that Madang Fortress was impregnable, and even if they were allowed to clear mines, it would take a year and a half.

Chairman Chiang had high hopes for the Madang Fortress, and he did not expect Li Yunheng to be able to defend it for a year and a half, and as long as he could hold out for a month, he would be awarded a medal.

On the morning of June 13, Shao Fei and others came to Xiangkou Town. The Yangtze River in Xiangkou is less than a dozen miles, and to the west is the Xiangshan position of the 16th Army.

The streets of the town were bustling with people, and there was no anger at all about the impending war. Adults are busy with their own business, and children are laughing and playing in the streets.

"Boom Boom" "Boom Boom" "......"

Dozens of miles away there was a roar from time to time on the river, but these townspeople did not react, as if they were accustomed to it.

Shao Fei was very curious, and pulled a passer-by to ask, "There is a war over there, why aren't you afraid?"

"Hehe" the passer-by smiled and said, "I see that you are from out of town." That's the devil draining mines on the river, when are they going to discharge thousands of mines, hehe. ”

Passers-by looked indifferent, and they couldn't see any fear.

"Thank you."

"You don't know. Madang has three levels and three difficulties. ”

Passers-by say that there is even a sense of pride.

Shao Fei smiled and asked, "What are the three levels and the three difficulties?"

The passer-by replied, "Mine Pass, Reef Pass, Shipwreck Pass." Thirty or so large ships loaded with stones were blown up and sunk at once, which was spectacular. I was there to see it. ”

Shao Fei asked again: "The water route is not good, the devil can't take the land route?"

The passer-by said: "Don't worry, that's the trilemma." Bunker groups, forts, dangerous terrain, and our powerful national army, the 16th Army. The devil has thought about Madang, dream! ”

Madang is a first-class defensive fortress of the national army, no wonder the people are so confident in it, and it is worth mentioning the third-level fort.

The first-class fort was built in a depression in the horse's head, natural and hidden.

The second-level fort has a tunnel about 50 meters long and in the shape of "〈". The floor and walls of the tunnel are paved with large blocks of bluestone, and the dome of the cave is made of blue bricks in the form of arches, with an elaborately designed ventilation hole with a hidden opening. If the enemy is under heavy fire, you can also pull the cannon into the hole to hide.

The third-level battery was placed behind a rocky rock near the river, and was equipped with heavy machine-gun positions, mainly the main flank position, to prevent the enemy from forcibly landing and attacking the battery along the river.

"Don't run, stop! Catch the thief! ”

Suddenly someone shouted in the street. In the distance, a man in this white apron was chasing a little beggar.

"Knives."

"Yes."

The little beggar was running towards him, and the knife grabbed him by the waist and picked him up.

"Let go of me, please!"

The little beggar kept struggling hard, and he still held two white steamed buns in his hands.

Xiaodao whispered: "Before he catches up, eat the steamed bun in his hand."

The little beggar looked at the steamed bun in his hand, but he couldn't eat it.

At this time, the man chasing him ran to the knife and scolded viciously: "Dead boy, dare to steal Lao Tzu's steamed buns, don't die!"

The knife put down the beggar and said to the man, "Aren't there just two steamed buns, which are used to beat and kill?" I bought these two steamed buns. ”

When Knife saw this little beggar, he remembered his childhood. He was an orphan who grew up stealing from the streets to feed his stomach, and beatings were commonplace.

"Buy? It's a good saying, stealing things and using money, so what's the use of Wang Fa? I'm going to send him to the security chief! ”

The man looked unforgiving. At this time, the passer-by from before said, "You forgot, the chief of the security department went to college."

The man said, "I almost forgot, then it's a beating."

The knife threw the gun on his body to the pillar and said, "Hit me!"

The man saw that the knife was tall and big, and there was a gun, so he began to be afraid, and said, "That~ Forget it, accompany the money."

The knife took out the money, smashed it the man, and said, "Take it!"

The man took the money and turned away in fright.

Shao Fei understood Xiaodao's mood at this moment. The little beggar is connected to his fate, and the knife has compassion.

"By the way, what university? Does a little chief still have to go to college? ”

Shao Fei felt unbelievable, and asked the passer-by before, and the passer-by replied: "Yes, I also wonder." But the township heads, town heads, and security chiefs around the county town must go, and they can't go if they don't go. The location is in Madang Town, and the name seems to be called the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University. ”

The pillar sneered: "If you are sick, you are full." Who hosts it? ”

The pillar's words frightened the passer-by and said, "Don't talk nonsense, it's Li Yunheng, the commander of the 16th Army."

Around June 10, Li Yunheng, commander of the 16th Army and commander of the Madang Hukou Fortress Area, in order to express his determination to resist the war, summoned the local township chiefs and security chiefs of Madang and Pengze in the theater and the deputy officers and platoon commanders of the 16th Army to conduct military and political training, preparing to complete the training after two weeks.

In the past, every time there was a combat meeting, the chairman of the officer management committee of the Huangpu department was called "principal", and Li Yunheng was very envious, and he had to live the addiction of the principal. He doesn't care what he can learn in two weeks, as long as the world is full of peaches and plums, and someone calls him the principal.

Shao Fei said angrily: "What a strange general. The Japanese army approached the fortress with soldiers, and he made a mistake and ran to run a university! ”

"I didn't hear anything."

The passer-by was frightened and hurriedly ran away.

"Why haven't you left yet?"

Xiaodao found that the little beggar was still behind him, and the two steamed buns in his hand were still untouched.

"Thank you."

The little beggar bowed deeply to the knife and ran away. He didn't leave just to say thank you.

Shao Fei said: "Let's go."

"No, I'm going to check it out. I could see that the child was hungry, but why didn't he eat the steamed buns in his hand. ”

After the knife finished speaking, he walked in the direction where the little beggar had run. Shao Fei and the others had no choice but to keep up with the knife.

"Sister, let's eat."

The little beggar picked up his sister, who was lying on the side of the road, and gave her steamed buns.

The little girl seemed to faint from hunger, and she was dying, "Brother, this is here." My mother said that even if you starve to death, you can't steal it. ”

The little beggar hurriedly explained: "This is not stolen, a kind person bought it for me."

"You lie, I don't eat, how can there be so many well-wishers?"

"Brother didn't lie to you, eat quickly!"

The little beggar suddenly became anxious, and he and his sister had not eaten for three days. However, his sister refused to eat the stolen things.

"I bought it for him, you can eat it with confidence."

Xiaodao and the others were greatly moved when they saw the previous scene. In this world, there are really not many children with such backbone, and even adults are not as good as them. There are countless people who bend their waists for five buckets of rice and sell their souls.

The little girl looked at the knife and asked, "Really?"

The knife nodded: "Yes."

The little girl immediately took the steamed bun in her brother's hand and ate it in a big gulp, and then said, "That's for my brother."

"Brother just eats, I'm not hungry."

The knife's heart was sour. He has at least one younger sister, but he has been lonely since he was a child.

The knife squatted down and took out the money for them, but the little beggar didn't want to live or die. It was completely helpless to steal steamed buns just now, because my sister was dying of hunger.

Shao Fei dissuaded: "Forget the knife, people have backbone." Even if you give them money, sooner or later it will be spent. ”

At this time, Zhu Zi took a few hot buns he had just bought to Shao Fei.

Shao Fei took the bun and put it in front of the brother and sister, and said, "These are not for you to eat now, but for you to eat on the road." From here to the north, there is a town of Qingshui, a day's journey. You go to the mayor's house and find a man named Zhao Hongfei, he is a big fat man. Rest assured, you will not be allowed to eat and drink for nothing, you can only have food if you work. ”

The little beggar asked, "Why did he take us in?"

Shao Fei smiled: "You just said that the sharp knife let you go." Remember, you must find that fat man, you know? ”

The two brothers and sisters looked at each other, and then kowtowed to Shao Fei and Xiaodao together, and Xiaodao hurriedly helped the two of them up and said, "Go quickly."

"Thank you."

The two siblings thanked each other together. Then the little beggar picked up the bun and helped his sister to the north.

Knife whispered, "It's good to have family."

Pillar asked, "What about their parents?"

Shao Fei replied lightly: "This is a mess, it's better not to ask." Let's go. ”

After speaking, Shao Fei and the others went to the riverside.

(End of chapter)