9.88 Minesweeping operations in fog

In the early morning of August 19th, a light rain fell, and the entire fortress was shrouded in smoke and rain, like a dream. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Due to the condensation of water vapor on the river near the fortress, the visibility on the Yangtze River channel is very low, and such weather is obviously very unsuitable for navigation. However, the observation posts along the river still found a few large and small black spots in the mist, heading towards the blocking line and minelaying area, because the Japanese planes frequently bombed this water area and there were no merchant ships for a long time, so these ships could only belong to the Japanese navy.

"Travel! The devil has done it! There were a few boats on the river, and it looked like minesweepers......"

Zhong Bin, the deputy commander of the 47th Independent Brigade who ran over to report to Zhang Guangfu, was an officer who followed He Daru from Hu Zongnan's 1st Army in Nanjing.

Huang Haoran's troops have an orderly hierarchy and a clear internal division of labor, and officers like Zhong Bin who lead troops don't have to go to the relationship to ask for military salaries, and they don't have to be close to providing supplies with logistics officers, and the commanders who have no distractions don't have to think about anything except fighting, so it is naturally easy to make achievements.

As the so-called mentality directly affects performance, but in just a few months, Zhong Bin was promoted from the deputy commander of the major to the position of deputy brigade commander of the lieutenant colonel, which he couldn't have imagined before! In the 55th Army, 121st Division, 187th Division, and 190th Division, which later joined the 25th Group Army, there are still many officers like Zhong Bin who have been promoted, and they have completely regarded the 25th Army as their home.

"Want to sweep Lao Tzu's mines? Is it that easy? Zhang Guangfu snorted coldly, and then picked up the phone in the headquarters: "Hey! Pick me up Commander Bao! I'm Brigadier Zhang! ”

"Hey! Brigadier Zhang? I'm Bao Changyi! Please! ”

Bao Changyi on the other end of the phone didn't let Zhang Guangfu wait too long, and quickly picked up the phone. Zhang Guangfu said loudly into the phone: "Commander Bao, several observation posts along the river have found traces of Japanese ships, and the gun position you are in has a wide field of vision, you should have seen it, right?" It's rare that this day is beautiful, and there is a fog in the morning and the plane can't come to make trouble, so why don't you hurry up and pull out your cannons? ”

"Brigade Commander Zhang, I can't do what you said, this fog has not only affected the Japanese planes, but also the artillery under my command! If you don't believe me, you can come here and take a look, the visibility on the river is less than 10 meters! There is no way to confirm the location of the Japanese ship! Although you can hear the engine sound of the devil warship, who can have the ability to 'listen to the sound and defend the position'? ”

Hearing Bao Changyi say this, Zhang Guangfu was suddenly unhappy, his voice began to improve, and his attitude became angry:

"You can't let these Japanese minesweepers wander around the river, can you? As soon as the minefield is broken, the defense force on the river surface will be reduced by half! Commander Bao! I want you to figure it out! Don't let down the kindness of our Commander Huang who sent you a cannon! ”

Bao Changyi did not get angry because of Zhang Guangfu's dissatisfaction, and after cooperating for the past few days, the cooperation between Bao Changyi and Zhang Guangfu is still very harmonious, and the current differences are, in the final analysis, the difference in understanding between the two arms of the navy and the army.

Shooting a warship cruising on the surface with a cannon is much more complicated than shooting at a target on the ground, and the artillery of the fortress is not strictly trained, and if you have to fire in such a dense fog, the result will only be a waste of shells.

So Bao Changyi decided to persuade Zhang Guangfu to change to a more effective way of playing:

"Don't get excited, Brigadier Zhang! Of course, my brother will not watch these Japanese minesweepers destroy our mine nets, I have already sent sailors to release drifting mines downstream of the blocking line! On such a foggy day, the visibility on the river surface is even lower than on our shore, coupled with the speed of the current, the Japanese minesweepers will definitely not have time to dodge even if they see the drifting mines! If you hit one, you will definitely break it in two and sink to the bottom of the river to feed Wang Ba! What do you think? This style of play is worthy of Commander Huang, right? ”

"That's a great idea! Commander Bao! Now it's up to you Marines! As long as your brother takes care of the things on the river, I will fight for you on the land! ”

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Guangfu called several battalion commanders below and the regiment from the 16th Army, asking all departments to stare at the three sides of the fortress and the land, Huang Haoran's words left a deep impression on Zhang Guangfu, and now he is thinking about the back of the fortress every moment.

On the river three kilometers from the blocking line, Captain Arima Masafumi Masasa of the "Shenshu Maru," which belonged to the 11th Sentai of the 3rd Fleet of the Japanese Navy, was trying his best to see the channel ahead through the rain and fog, but because the weapons were too large, he could not see anything clearly from a distance of seven or eight meters.

With the help of bad weather to carry out minesweeping operations, it was indeed possible to avoid being shelled by the artillery of the Chinese fortress on the shore, but the minesweeper brigade of Arima Masato Dazuo also fell into a fog. The warship was in an invisible, mine array, and the helmsman held the rudder rigidly, not daring to move at all.

"Shut down!"

Can't go any further! Arima Masafumi Osa feels that danger is everywhere! So he gave the order through the microphone on the warship.

"Your Excellency! Due to the heavy fog, the minesweepers on the left and right sides could not see the flag signal we sent! Is it to switch to luminous signals? ”

The liaison officer holding the signal flag tossed for five or six minutes and failed to get in touch with several other warships in the fog, so he had to bite the bullet and ask Arima Masato to change the contact information, and received two slaps in the face!

"Smack! Syllable! ”

Arima Masa's two forehands and backhands in succession left two clear red marks on the liaison officer's face, and the liaison officer did not dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction, but just desperately stood up and clamped his legs, and said again and again: "I'm sorry!" Your Excellency! I'm sorry! ”

"Eight grids of the road! You're such a complete idiot! Actually want to use a luminous signal under the noses of the artillery of the Chinese fortress! Are you afraid that the Chinese artillery will not find a target for shooting in the fog? ”

After venting his anger, Arima Masashi issued a new order: "Let the sailors drive the dinghy to deliver my orders!" The ships kept their distance and let the mine-sweeping components operate in small boats. ”

"Hay!"

Not long after the liaison officer left, the rope cart behind the minesweeper began to release the dinghy into the river, and the Japanese sailors with improvised mine-sweeping tools shouted neat slogans and rowed the boat and gradually disappeared into the thick fog.

After a while, several loud explosions were heard directly in front of the "Shenzhou Maru". Arima Masafumi couldn't figure out whether his sailors had detonated the mines or whether the mines had sunk the boats that had gone to clear the mines, so he could only listen with bated breath to the sounds on the river to determine whether his sailors were still safe.

In minesweeping operations in fog, luck is more important than expertise. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )