It turns out that in order for this mission to be completed smoothly, the most important thing is to be able to fish in troubled waters where there are piles of little devils, so Chang Bikuan's reconnaissance battalion is all Japanese-style military uniforms, and his hands are naturally Japanese-style weapons.

Once this is seen by Zhang Zongheng's 224 Regiment soldiers, it will be a complete "big Japanese little devil"!

Once a fight broke out, the reconnaissance battalion could only be beaten and could not fight back. At that time, even if everyone is three-headed and six-armed, it will be completely finished.

Chang Bikuan didn't talk nonsense after gathering everyone: "Now let's talk about the situation, first of all, the firearms factory in the Dagu Shipyard, and then the situation of the Pegasus freighter." ”

The squad leader of a small detachment began to report: "Because now there are fights everywhere, and there is no one in the factory at all." We've snuck into the shipyard to see it, and that's really good! There are not only Czech light machine guns, Maxim heavy machine guns, but also improved Baigridmen submachine guns with 32 rounds of magazines. ”

"At noon today, Zhang Zongheng sent one of his companies into the factory and took away the 36 Czech machine guns that had just been assembled and packed in the workshop, without conducting a deep search at all, and leaving without even finding the bullets."

"According to the results of our reconnaissance, three secret warehouses were discovered. One is a powder magazine, one is a material warehouse, and the other is a finished product warehouse. In addition, there is a gunpowder production line, two machine gun production lines and an artillery production line in the workshop. After Zhang Zongheng's men left, we had already removed all the screws. ”

"There are a large number of yellow gunpowder and black gunpowder in the powder magazine, and in addition to a large number of barrel steel for machines and rifles, there are also a batch of 37mm, 75mm, and 105mm barrel steel. The most difficult thing now is that it requires a lot of manpower and material resources to move out. ”

"According to our preliminary estimates, there are still more than 400 Czech-style light machine guns, more than 200 Makqin heavy machine guns, more than 600 Baigridmen submachine guns, more than 3,000 shell guns with 20 rounds, and more than 20 million rounds of ammunition of the three types are in stock."

"There are more than 400 tons of imported steel pipes in the material warehouse, and more than a ton of various types of bolt springs. The origin of these raw materials is not simple, and it is still from Germany. There was also a large number of raw materials for the manufacture of gunpowder, oak for the butts of guns and a small amount of mahogany. ”

Another detachment, Zhang, continued: "The Pegasus freighter has been parked at the Taohuawu wharf, which is very close to here. Because the little devil is tightly sealed off on the sea, there is no way to leave. In the past half month, 720 Czech light machine guns and 350 Maxim heavy machine guns have been put on board. ”

"There were only a few crew members on board, and it wasn't difficult to take it down. The most critical place is that in the Dagu River, there are two gunboats of little devils swaying back and forth, and they will give Zhang Zongheng two cannons to their position at every turn. I don't know if I want to help in the war, or if I want to guard the Pegasus freighter. ”

Chang Bikuan nodded: "Now it seems that because the workers have run away after the all-out war, this is not a bad thing for us." As for the problem of transportation, that is the problem that the division commander considers. Our next task is to get rid of the little devil gunboats on the Dagu River. What about the rest of Tanggu? ”

"There was a squadron of little devils and Zhang Zongheng who confronted each other across the river, but they never attacked. We are worried that the little devils will rush directly into Dagu and then occupy the shipyard. The squad leader at the beginning said: "In order to ensure that we carry secretly, it is best to kill the devils of this squadron first." ”

Chang Bikuan looked at the four company commanders and then said: "More than a hundred little devils confronted Zhang Zongheng, and our past two companies were more than 400 people, and then launched a surprise attack. I ordered the 4th and 3rd companies to go over and carry out this task in the early morning of the 30th. The second company defended the shipyard and at the same time received a large force to move things. ”

"Company Commander, you quickly and secretly send someone out to touch the Pegasus freighter, get those who are guarding the freighter here to take care of it, and then open the cabin and prepare to move things. The boss of Chengde has already said that if everything that can't be moved has to be blown up, it must not be left to the little devils. Now everyone is ready to go, and then go their separate ways. ”

After the reconnaissance battalion took action, Wei Chong naturally would not be idle. I have been hiding for more than a year, and I am waiting for today.

According to the division of labor in advance, Wang Sanju, deputy division commander, led the cavalry regiment (2,480 people), infantry regiment (2,480 people), and new battalion (855 people + 1,700 students of the 29th Army), a total of more than 7,500 people, set off in the early morning of July 29 and hid on the seashore three kilometers south of Zhang Zongheng's Dagu position.

On the side of the reconnaissance battalion, the troops have been divided into two routes: three companies and four companies infiltrated Tanggu, and then raided a squadron of little devils; The second company cleared the materials that needed to be transferred, and established the transfer channel, and then served as the transfer commander.

Zhang Zongheng took his 224th regiment, on the one hand, he was in a hurry to rush to the Gegu assembly area, and on the other hand, he never expected that a huge army had appeared in his rear.

On the afternoon of July 29, the 224th Regiment retreated 20 kilometers west to Gegu, and a huge open area appeared on the seashore of the Dagu line.

Now that the master is gone, Wang Sanju is naturally no longer polite, and immediately orders the infantry regiment to draw out two companies and immediately seize the defensive position left by Zhang Zongheng, giving the little ghost the illusion that the defenders have not retreated.

At half past seven o'clock in the evening of the same day, leaving the cavalry regiment and the recruit battalion in place to wait for the supplies, Wang Sanju led the infantry regiment to the north and rushed to Taohuawu to join the reconnaissance battalion.

At about one o'clock in the morning on July 30, 1937, Chang Bikuan personally led a reconnaissance company to the edge of the Dagu River and began to plot to seize the two gunboats of the little devil. This was the most critical step for the entire robbery of the Dagu Shipyard.

The initial plan was to find a wooden boat by the river and start transporting supplies. Now with the gunboat defense of the little devils, this plan simply does not work.

Capturing the little devil's gunboat, creating a short-term vacuum, and then using two gunboats to transfer supplies in turn is the best adjustment plan.

It's really not easy to get rid of the little devil's gunboat. Because the gunboats are on the river, and they're moving, there's no way you can get close.

Chang Bikuan lay on the riverside and observed with a telescope for more than half an hour, and finally saw a little devil's plaster flag fluttering on the Pegasus freighter. It seems that this is a measure taken to worry about the little devils bombing indiscriminately.

"Go to someone and pull out the plaster flag on the Pegasus freighter!"

As soon as the company commander waved his hand, the two soldiers had already dodged away, and then asked in a low voice: "Battalion commander, what do you want to do?" ”

Chang Bikuan also whispered: "What are you doing?" Find a way to board the devil's gunboat, otherwise how can you take the gunboat down? ”

Twenty minutes later, the plaster flag was brought in.

"Brothers, we are now the second mixed brigade search team that just came over, and Lao Tzu is the squadron leader, what is better to call it?" Chang Bikuan turned his head and asked the company commander: "When you were learning Japanese, do you remember where the Second Mixed Brigade came from?" ”

The first company commander blurted out without thinking about it: "The second mixed brigade of the little devil is composed of a part of the first division." Their source of soldiers is from Tokyo. ”

"Damn, Lao Tzu's name is Taro Kojima now, the squadron leader of the search team of the second mixed brigade." Chang Bikuan said in a low voice: "Don't be silent, let the best company commander in Japanese speak to Lao Tzu!" A company commander, waving flags at the little devils' gunboats, let them come over. ”

"Battalion commander, you have an adjutant knife in your hand, why did you become a squadron leader again?" The first company commander hurriedly shook his head: "It's still my squadron leader, you are the senior staff officer of the brigade headquarters, Taro Kojima." ”

The commander of a company stood up, grabbed the plaster flag and waved it, and shouted at the little devil's gunboat: "Come early!" (Hey, come here!) The small gunboat made a big turn, and approached the north shore, and a small captain appeared in the bow of the boat and shouted: "あなたはどの part? ”

As soon as the company commander opened his mouth, he scolded: "Baga! こちらは第二mixed into 旅団の高級参謀、小島少佐! ”

The battalion commander Chang Bikuan is now a young man, and he shouldn't be as knowledgeable as a small shrimp, so he looks very personable: "私達は向こう偵查、お願いを我々の聎去." ありがとうございます！ (We're going to scout on the other side, and we're going to get there.) Thank you! Because the Chinese army here knows each other, the captain of the devil squad doesn't know these people at first glance, but they are all arrogant, and they must have extraordinary backgrounds. Besides, there was a young man in front of him, and a captain squadron leader, which he couldn't afford to provoke, so he hurriedly bowed: "Hai! ”

The springboard was handed over, but Chang Bikuan shook his head: "Boat は少なすぎて、あなたはあちらの面倒も一緒に送ってきて、私達は!" (One boat can't hold so many people, so please let the other one come over and send us there at once.) There were no big surprises, there was only one class of imps on every gunboat. The squadron leader of the first company quickly chatted with the squad leader, and he found out the situation of the river defense team of the garrison army in a very good way. Then he made a secret gesture, click, and the little devils on the two gunboats had all broken their necks.

This is a river gunboat of the "Sakura-Kosakura" class, which originally had only 5 crooked light machine guns, but now it is equipped with a Type 92 heavy machine gun and a mortar. The displacement is 30 tons, the draft is 1.6 meters, and the payload is 12 tons.

Driving the two small gunboats to the Taohuawu wharf, Chang Bikuan found that more than 3,000 people from the infantry regiment and the new barracks had crossed the Dagu River to occupy the dock, and had already begun the intense carrying work. That is, all the things that can be removed from the Dagu shipyard are moved to the dock.

Wang Sanju immediately came over and said: "Chang Bikuan, there are more than 2,000 cavalry regiments on the opposite side, plus more than 3,000 pack horses brought over, and the ants have begun to move. Your reconnaissance battalion serves as the outer realm, especially to prevent traitors from eastern Hebei coming to make trouble, and you don't have to worry about the transfer work here! ”

Press this side and get busy, let's not mention it for the time being.

It is said that at ten o'clock in the evening of July 29, Wei Chong rushed to the preset position with the artillery regiment, that is, the three-kilometer coastline of the Dagu Fort. Because of the fear of the little devil's naval artillery counterattack, three positions were deployed in advance, and on each position, there were three Type 92 105mm field cannons with a range of 18 kilometers.

As for how to use heavy artillery, Wei Chong, as the division commander, is a layman. Therefore, Ding Dakui, the artillery commander that Bai Shujie equipped him, came from Chengde with these nine cannons.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.