"Ushijima-kun, can you start, in another hour, it's going to be dawn?" Ishikawa Shaosa was a little impatient, if it weren't for the commander of this operation being Ushijima Mitsuru, he would have been unable to hold it back.

"How's the fog on the river?"

"It's a lot more dispersed than just now, and the visibility is at least fifty meters higher!" The adjutant said.

"Is there a reward for the scout ship?"

"Everything is normal on the north shore, and they don't dare to get too close, for fear of being discovered by the Shina army on the shore." "They also found that if they could land from the pier on the opposite bank, the water would still be some distance from the shore, and there would be at least twenty or thirty meters wide areas of silt. ”

"This has been expected for a long time, you can connect the boats, put up planks, and pass quickly!" It was not the first time that Ushijima had commanded a landing operation, and he had a wealth of experience in actual combat and countermeasures.

For this plan, he thought of all the troubles and coping methods that he could think of, and it can be said that he was well prepared and prepared.

The time is almost up, and you must act immediately, and you must use the pre-dawn darkness as a cover, otherwise you will lose the effect of the sneak attack.

"Order the 1st Brigade and the 3rd Brigade to attack according to the predetermined plan!"

"Hay!"

The order was conveyed by flashlight, and soon about thirty or so ships raised their sails, adjusted their direction, and slowly headed towards the opposite shore, followed by seven or eight gunboats.

The Japanese Marine Corps motorboats were the fastest, late and limited, rushing to the front of the entire fleet.

Ushijima Mitsuru chose two landing sites for this landing operation, one was Pukou, where there were complete dock facilities and heavy equipment, and after the occupation, heavy equipment could be transported ashore. Otherwise, even if they occupy the opposite bank, they will not dare to pursue. Without cars and heavy artillery, there is no way to win the war.

There is also a flat area near the town of Jiangpu. There is a cemetery after going up, and the terrain is flat and undefendable, making it a good landing point.

And the most important thing is that the river defense fortifications over there are relatively far away from the shore, and the aircraft reconnaissance shows no signs of the squadron building the river defense fortifications over there.

However, these two landing sites. Ushijima learned the lesson of Yuxikou, and instead of launching at the same time, he first concentrated his forces and landed from the direction of Gangpo, and after landing, attacked Pukou along the riverside, advancing by land and water, and taking Pukou!

Intelligence shows that Pukou is the location of the headquarters of the 1st Honor Division, and it would be best if the command organ of the 1st Honor Division could be eliminated, if not. It can also inflict heavy damage and cause confusion in the other party's command.

"Listen, what's the sound?"

"Boom. Boom ......"

"This is the sound of the motor, it's not good, it's the Japanese army, immediately notify the troops to be on guard, it may be a sneak attack by the Japanese army!" Luo Yufeng was on the position, how could he not hear the sound of the motorboat working so clearly.

"It's at least three miles away." Old Jiang Tou judged.

"Don't fire a gun, don't sound the alarm, send someone down to inform. Be quick. Luo Yufeng ordered, once the gun was fired or the alarm was sounded. It was tantamount to telling the Japanese that they had been discovered, so how could they deceive the troops who landed in the first wave?

"Lao Luo!"

"The first and second regiments have been pulled up. How to set it up, you say. Qin Yankun touched the sweat on his forehead, he already knew that he had found traces of the Japanese army.

Obviously, this was a premeditated sneak attack, and if it had not been discovered early, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

A map of the river defense was spread out, and hundreds of red, blue, and yellow dots were secretly marked on it. The color represents the observation guard post, and the red represents some underground bunkers, and some are semi-underground bunkers with cement and steel.

There are also blue bunkers, such as anti-artillery shelters and bomb shelters, as well as the locations of headquarters at all levels, which are made of masonry and concrete.

These things were already there, and if it weren't for the rapid defeat of the Jiangbei defenders, these fortifications would have caused a lot of tens of thousands to the Japanese army.

Of course, the Japanese army's roundabout operation also turned these river defense fortifications that could have played an important role into a pile of scrap iron, and the Japanese army did not expect that Pukou would be reoccupied by the squadron.

On the original river defense fortifications, they were redesigned and arranged, and the role of these fortifications was brought into full play when the number of troops was insufficient.

In this regard, Qiu Qingquan's contribution is indispensable, because this map of the river defense fortifications was drawn by himself with his own hands, and the deployment of the river defense was also completed by him.

It's just that they are limited by the strength of the army and have not completed the final deployment, but as long as there are enough troops, the river defense along the Pukou River will instantly become a line of death.

Qiu Qingquan has marked several particularly important locations for his successors on the map of the river defense, which may be the places where the Japanese army crossed the river and broke through.

Among the several possible landing sites, one kilometer southwest of the Stone Buddha Temple, the local people call it "Tomb Mountain" (apocryphal), the terrain is flat, almost extending to the river, here are hundreds of ownerless lonely graves of the buried, overgrown with weeds, although it is the sunny side, in the past of the daylight, the temperature everywhere is several degrees lower than elsewhere!

There have been many legends, ghosts, foxes, very evil.

However, this is the easiest place to land directly from the river (this is a combat situation), and in peacetime, no one comes here at all, and the fishing boats passing by the river here make the center of the river go around in a circle.

It is said that several people drown in the nearby waters every year, and there are hundreds of legends about the "water monkeys" here.

"Here, if I choose a landing site, I will definitely choose here, the terrain is flat, as long as a charge will come up, and our defensive position is nearly six hundred meters away from the shore, such a long buffer zone is enough for the Japanese army to establish an advance position to support the attack."

"That's right, so there are a lot of barbed bamboo sticks buried in the mud by the river, and barbed wire is also pulled up by the riverside, and the silt belt up to 30 meters wide can also slightly prevent the Japanese army from landing." Qin Yankun said.

"This doesn't stop the Japanese from landing, but it does give us some time to react." Luo Yufeng said, "There are no mines planted in Tomb Mountain? ”

"No, although there are many orphaned graves, after all, it is the ancestors who are buried, if we bury mines. That must have left the bones of the ancestors, which is a great disrespect, when the river defense fortifications were built. Originally, it was planned to move the graves here, but the common people did not agree. It is said that it alarmed the ancestors of the earth, and that is to bring calamity. The commander of the third battalion of the second regiment explained.

"Do you believe that?"

"I don't believe it, but the people here do."

"It's too late to say this now, if I am the Japanese army, they will definitely choose to land here, after all, they have been in Pukou for a while, and they also know the original river defense fortifications." Qin Yankun said.

"I'll bring the first regiment and the reconnaissance battalion over, and the second regiment will be left to you, if the Japanese army really lands from here. Then you have to offend the ancestors of this underground. Luo Yufeng made a decision in an instant.

"Okay, let's do it when the opportunity arises." Qin Yankun nodded.

"Agreed!"

After a brief discussion, the two quickly went their separate ways.

Leng Feng has been restless, and after falling asleep, he woke up from his dream several times, feeling as if something was going to happen, this kind of telepathy has also appeared before.

Turning on the light, Leng Feng put on his clothes and sat up, and took out a cigarette case from his pocket. There was only one cigarette left in it, and I took it out and lit it. Sit on the bed and take a puff.

It's five o'clock in the morning, and it's only been more than an hour before dawn, Leng Feng took a sip of the cigarette in his hand, and he had to admit that he was officially inseparable from this thing now.

At least, when you are in a mood of irritability, it is better to come to such a stick than to take a panacea.

A thousand years later, cigarettes are long since banned. There is no price in the market, and it is a contraband. Basically, ordinary people don't have the opportunity to enjoy it.

"Boss, Boss......"

It's Guo Weiquan. The voice was still a little anxious, obviously there was something urgent, Leng Feng chuckled in his heart, could it really be that something was wrong, so he quickly snuffed out the cigarette butt in his hand and walked over to open the door.

"What's the matter?"

"Boss, just now the adjutant of Luo Brigade called and said that they had found ships of unknown origin traveling from west to east along the north bank, and they suspected that the Japanese army might be launching a sneak attack."

"Sneak attack?" Leng Feng's eyebrows jumped, this is not impossible, the Japanese army is not without this ability, but doing so will weaken their control over the occupied area.

This is not impossible to bear, and it is entirely possible to draw a force in a short period of time and attack Pukou directly.

"Lao Luo, how do they deal with it?"

"Luo Luzuo has already sent two regiments and a reconnaissance battalion of the new 38th Brigade to the river defense position, and he himself has personally gone to the river defense position to understand the situation."

"Did you find anything in Pukou?"

"Not yet, the Pukou wharf has been blocked by us, if there is no guidance in and out of the port, it will not be possible to enter at all, and it will be more difficult for the Japanese army to land from Pukou."

"I know, go and call Lao Xie up, let's sum it up." Leng Feng nodded, if it was really a sneak attack by the Japanese army, there was not much time left for them.

"Okay, I'll go and ask Xie Dai to take a seat."

Rumble!

A loud bang came, Leng Feng rushed to the courtyard, and looked in the direction where the sound came from, a sky-high fire rose, followed by a strong vibration.

Naval gun!

There are only naval guns that can attack from the surface of the water to the shore, and they are large-caliber naval guns, ordinary river gunboats, which are not so powerful at all!

"Damn it!" Leng Feng was extremely angry, the Japanese really played yin, and actually launched a sneak attack at this time, but this is also in line with their country's insidious and consistent style.

As soon as Luo Yufeng led a regiment to arrive at the Tomb Mountain position, he was attacked by the 120-mm naval guns on the Japanese destroyers "Haifeng" and "Shanfeng".

However, this is only a tentative shelling, after all, they are on the river, the accuracy is limited, and the accuracy is much lower due to the environment and weather.

A large number of Japanese ships appeared on the river surface of Tomb Mountain, and they were already less than 200 meters from the shore, and the mist on the river surface had dissipated a lot more than before, and the visibility had increased to more than a thousand meters.

At this time, the Japanese army's intention to sneak attack and land has been completely exposed, but it can be discovered so closely, and the goal has been achieved.

Therefore, Ushijima Mitsucai ordered to open artillery on the Tomb Hill position to cover the landing of the main force of the Japanese infantry.

After a few shells were attempted to bombard, the two Japanese destroyers and gunboats driving in the river began to load their shells and carry out a covering artillery bombardment of the fortifications of the Tomb Mountain.

(To be continued.) )

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