In the tunnel, as the New Fourth Army rapidly advanced in the direction of Poyang Lake, the headquarters also entered the final stage of retreat, and the staff officers and telecommunications personnel began to pack up the radio stations and drawings to prepare for retreat.

The city is already a lot of gunfire, because the tunnel exit was dug up in a large area, the gunfire came in very clearly, the tunnel mouth became the last assembly point, and it was also a place in the city that must not be captured, the people and horses who came back from Mahuiling, including the team of forty-eight people led by Huang Shulin, were all distributed around the defense at this moment, once the Poyang Lake ferry was opened, all the troops in the city would evacuate from here.

"Rushuang, ask Tang Zhisheng if the plane has been repaired, it's really not okay to blow up the plane and prepare to retreat." Jiang Haoran suddenly remembered that Tang Zhisheng was still at the airport, and hurriedly asked Leng Rushuang to ask the walkie-talkie.

In a hangar at the airport, Tang Zhisheng had already taken off his flight suit, wearing a beige underwear, and was lying on the nose of the plane to connect the wires, and there were two soldiers of the New Fourth Army stepping on the stairs to help him with flashlights.

Although the temperature was not high in late autumn, especially in the early morning, Tang Zhisheng was sweating profusely, and the clothes on his body were simply fished out of the water, and they were all soaked.

The sweltering heat in the garage, coupled with the nervousness in Tang Zhisheng's heart, it is strange that he does not sweat. Fortunately, although the shell of the aircraft looks damaged, there is no problem inside, but the wiring and instruments are damaged, and it is not difficult to repair it, but after the war, the garage was disorganized, so the parts were all piled up messily, and most of the time spent on this alone was used, which delayed the time.

At this moment, Tang Zhisheng's walkie-talkie in his pants pocket suddenly sounded, and a female voice was calling, Tang Zhisheng quickly got up, wiped a handful of sweat on his face with his sleeve, and then took out the walkie-talkie and called, "Adjutant Leng?" I'm Tang Zhisheng. ”

"Tang Zhisheng, the general seat asked you if the plane has been repaired, we are already preparing to retreat, if it really can't be done, it will be blown up, hurry up and leave." In the walkie-talkie, a frost-cold voice came clearly.

Several soldiers of the New Fourth Army had already looked at the small box in Tang Zhisheng's hand that could talk, they were not in and out of the headquarters, so naturally they had never seen this thing.

Tang Zhisheng replied: "Adjutant Leng, please tell me the general seat and give me half an hour, I will definitely let this plane take off." ”

The voice in the walkie-talkie was silent for a few seconds, and then the cold voice sounded again, "Tang Zhisheng, the general seat agrees to your request, but quickly." ”

"Yes, mission guaranteed!" Tang Zhisheng replied awe-inspiringly.

Putting the walkie-talkie into his pocket, Tang Zhisheng pointed to a few soldiers of the New Fourth Army and said, "A few of you, according to the method I taught you, quickly load the ammunition, I don't need your help here." ”

Although the front was tight, Tang Zhisheng was also in command, without the slightest panic, and after speaking, he took the flashlight from the hands of a New Fourth Army, clamped his neck around his shoulder, and continued to connect the dense wires.

At this time, Jiujiang City was already full of gunfire and explosions, and the Japanese army invaded from the east and north and poured into the city, and fierce street battles were in full swing.

Although the mass grave is a barren area, it is a slope facing Poyang Lake, except for a few crooked neck miscellaneous trees and withered weeds and bushes, there is almost no more hiding place, a large number of New Fourth Army poured out, and was soon discovered by the Japanese army on the naval guns, the machine guns roared suddenly, and the Japanese soldiers in charge of transportation also quickly put down their work and quickly advanced in the direction where the New Fourth Army appeared.

Fortunately, the tunnel mouth is located in a low-lying area, and the Japanese troops on the naval guns cannot be seen directly, and fortunately, the mass grave is still thousands of kilometers away from this Poyang Lake, and the devil's machine gun is just a bluff and a warning, the New Fourth Army simply threw off its arms and ran up the hillside, the movement here is big, and the Japanese army in the city will definitely kill back, so it is the key to defend the Japanese army in the city first, but the unobstructed rice fields do not have any terrain to use, and the officers and men of the New Fourth Army had to start digging bunkers with a low ridge, More of the New Fourth Army moved quickly to both sides, making a detour from the left and right sides in the direction of the ferry.

The Japanese naval guns also quickly rang out, and the four 80-millimeter single-barreled guns fired in unison, and the power should not be underestimated, and the officers and men of the New Fourth Army soon flew flesh and blood under the powerful fire of the Japanese army, and the situation became tense for a time.

The Japanese naval guns are two Hanoi naval guns, which are small gunboats produced by the Japanese army specifically to deal with China's river waters, the left is the "Seta", and the right is the "Hira" The two ships are the same type of gunboats, built by the Japanese Kobe Steel Shipyard, completed in 1923 and dismantled and shipped to China, and reassembled at the Donghua Shipyard in Shanghai to form an army. The ship of this class is 54.86 meters long and 8.23 meters wide, with a displacement of 338 tons, a maximum speed of 16 knots, a crew of 62 people, and each ship is equipped with two 80mm single-barreled main guns and five 7.7mm machine guns.

Although the New Fourth Army was not at the firing range of the machine guns, the Japanese artillery fire gave them nothing to hide, no matter which way they advanced, they were covered by the Japanese artillery fire, especially the New Fourth Army, which had built a blocking position in the rear, suffered a tragic bombardment without shelter, although there were only four artillery guns, but it was completely in a situation of being beaten, and the firepower was even more fierce.

Not far from the left and right sides of the tunnel exit, two Japanese 41-type 75 mountain guns are being assembled nervously, and the entire 75 mountain guns weigh more than 1,400 catties.

As early as when Jiang Haoran was defending Nanchang, they attacked De'an from the inside with a scale of 5,000 men, and they were the most powerful guerrilla force behind enemy lines in the entire Wuhan area.

Although after the defeat of the Second Battle of Wuhan last year, it was purged by the Japanese army countless times, but it still survived tenaciously and successfully helped Jiang Haoran enter the hinterland of southern Anhui, so that he could smoothly bring the troops of the Third Theater out of the encirclement, and achieved the current situation in the three cities of Quzhou.

During that period of time in Quzhou, not only accepted Jiang Haoran's weapons and equipment, but also accepted Jiang Haoran's special personnel to train their soldiers, from positional warfare to guerrilla warfare, Jiang Haoran taught everything, and they also learned everything, like when their artillery was trained, and Jiang Haoran never spared ammunition in training troops, but unlike the New Fourth Army Every bullet had to be used on the battlefield, and the time of war was the time of training, Jiang Haoran was completely open to supply, and every soldier who went to the battlefield had at least wasted hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and the Poyang Lake Independent Brigade was also fortunate to have lived a period of extravagance and luxury, and its combat effectiveness had been rapidly improved.

After ten people on one side assembled it quickly and orderly, the cannon was finally erected, and the observer on the left gave a thumbs up, and then decisively waved his hand down, and the gunner behind pulled the gun rope, and a grenade "boomed" out of the chamber, and swooped straight at the Japanese "Seto" naval gun with a scream.

There was a loud "boom," and the shells exploded three or four meters in front of the "Seto," setting off a huge wave of white flowers more than ten meters high, but the "Seto" was unharmed.

The enemy's naval guns were placed horizontally on the surface of Poyang Lake, aiming left and right, but the distance was not easy to control, the first shell was close, and the artillery squad leader waved his hand hatefully and howled: "Alas, I didn't hit, adjust Zhu Yuan, and then fire!" ”

The main gunner in the back hurriedly opened the bolt and prepared to reload the shells again.

And on the right side of the tunnel, the shell of another 75 mountain cannon was also discharged at this moment, the shell dragged the tail flame with a long scream, and went straight to the Japanese "Hira" gunboat on the right side of the pontoon, the shell directly hit the main turret on the right side of the "Hira", "boom" a loud sound, a ball of flame exploded on the enemy ship, the whole gunboat shook, the smoke dissipated, the main turret on the right side of the "Hiliang" disappeared, the fire immediately burned on the gunboat, and the Japanese soldiers on the ship began to extinguish the fire in a panic, The other cannon quickly turned its muzzle.

One shell from the 75 Mountain Artillery was not enough to destroy the Japanese naval guns, but the New Fourth Army on the position still cheered, "Wipe the damn, hit, we hit!" ”

The Japanese army's response was faster than that of the New Fourth Army, and the Japanese troops on the naval guns dealt with the artillery almost every day, and the speed and accuracy were by no means comparable to the level of these two hangers of the Poyang Lake Independent Brigade, and there was no chance for the artillery of the Poyang Lake Independent Brigade to fire again. The dozen or so lives that were still alive just now suddenly turned into stumps and broken arms, and the scene was so tragic that people didn't dare to look at it directly, and even the 75 Mountain Cannon was also torn apart, and it couldn't be used anymore.

In less than a minute, another 80-millimeter main gun on the Japanese "Hira" also opened fire, and it was also a one-shot hit, and the artillery position on the right side of the tunnel was also terminated by the Japanese army, and more than a dozen artillery pieces were killed.

And the Japanese army loaded the shells faster, the shells raged wildly on the positions of the New Fourth Army, the New Fourth Army began to push forward with artillery fire, and all kinds of weapons in their hands opened fire one after another, but the closer they got to the front line, the greater the casualties, the ten heavy machine guns on the Japanese naval guns began to roar, and in an instant, hundreds of the New Fourth Army fell on the beach, and the New Fourth Army was still rushing forward one after another, their idea was very simple, that is, to let the weapons in their hands reach the distance of killing and injuring the enemy, but even if they rushed to this distance, The bullets also only left a little spark on the enemy's naval guns, and the enemy's machine guns and cannons had steel shields, and ordinary bullets could not hurt them at all.