Chapter 9: Behind Enemy Lines (47)

Qian Kun standing on the edge of the pontoon, a set of standard Jianguo Army generals' uniforms, very magnificent, the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, the sky is getting cooler, put on such a suit, it is also appropriate. Standing on the steps of the pier with his feet in order, his eyes looking at the east side of the long river. The setting sun casts its shadow on the steps from behind, pulling it out of the distance. Qian Kun looked at the short shadow beside him, and involuntarily stood farther away from Zhongzenggen Shaozuo, this one was too short a file, and his image was a bit of a big killing.

"Qian Sang, is this pontoon bridge the only way to pass through the long river?" The translator passed on Nakazene's words.

Qian Kun nodded and said: "There was a bridge on the road to Susong before, but it was blown up by the defenders when the imperial army passed by last year. This pontoon bridge is still good, the imperial army marching west passed through this pontoon bridge, and there was no problem for artillery and tanks to press through. ”

Zhongzenggen Shaozuo nodded, he is not from the Sixth Division, he has not fought north of the Yangtze River, and he doesn't know how heroic it was to fight from Anqing to Huangmei more than a year ago. The pontoon bridge in front of you is a small boat, the bow of the boat is interlocked, the stern is bolted, and then the vertical ribs are laid on it, and the horizontal plates are thick enough to form a pontoon bridge. The transverse board is very neat, about three meters long, and at both ends of the transverse plank, there are poles, and between the poles there is a wrist-thick hemp rope, which is used as a fence for the pontoon bridge. At the west end of the pontoon, two huge cables hold the pontoon firmly attached to two large stone pillars on the side of the steps. The road leading to the pontoon bridge is well designed, with a road-accessible slope in the middle and gentle steps on either side, all of which are made of stone strips, and because of the short time, the traces of the axe chisel are still evident.

"Does Qian Sang think that our opponent will be waiting for us on the other side of the pontoon bridge?" Zhong Zenggen asked again.

Qian Kun nodded and said: "Attacking halfway across is a rule in our art of war, and the people who lead the troops in China know it, I know it, and the people opposite us also know it." ”

"What does Qian Sang mean, tomorrow when we attack, they will appear on the opposite side, and when we are halfway across the river, their attack will be pulled?" Nakazene laughed and said with a very yearning expression: "They may only know that we have grenadiers, but they don't know that we not only brought grenadiers this time, but also 70 guns. If they dare to appear on the opposite bank, I will surely beat them into mud on the riverbank. ”

Before Qian Kun's flattering words could be spoken, someone from his subordinates came to report that Jin Xi's security chief had come over. This is a middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance, after nodding his head for a while, the chief told Qian Kun that the brothers have settled down, because the place of Jinxi is small, the previous green forest camp, which is now the military camp, has been placed on the east side of the river, and there is no ready-made camp available in the west, so the brothers can only be scattered and stationed, small schools, big granaries, small shops, big car shops, try to resettle, if there is anything inconsiderate, please bear with me.

Qian Kun thanked the security chief very politely, handed over a cigarette, and asked casually: "The security chief is familiar with this national army team stationed here. ”

"Familiar, familiar!" The security chief hurriedly replied: "The second battalion of the 526th regiment, the battalion commander is a noble commander, a soldier from Guangxi, who is very kind in peacetime, and also sent troops to cross the river to do business. At noon today, they still have people doing business here, and they will return to Hedong in the afternoon. ”

Qian Kun smiled, the troops doing business, this 526 regiment is really wonderful.

After the interpreter translated the words of the chief to Nakazene, Nakasonegen also smiled and said, "There are also teams that can do business, and there are them in the imperial army, but I didn't expect them to be in the Chinese army!" The Fourth Division of the Imperial Army, Osaka, which is now stationed in the northeast, is a famous commercial division. "The Fourth Division mentioned by Nakasin Root is an ancient standing division of the Japanese army, founded in the last century, mainly by Osaka people, fighting in wartime, doing business in peacetime, and has a good reputation. In 1937, it was transferred to the Northeast and assigned to the Kwantung Army. How to make this unit, which is dedicated to business and has no desire to fight, rejuvenate the fighting spirit, the Japanese army base camp also racked its brains and subordinated Yamashita Fengwen to serve as the division commander, but there was nothing to do with the free and loose Fourth Division. In May of this year, the Kwantung Army fought a battle with the Soviet Red Army at Nomenkan, and the Osaka Division urgently mobilized reinforcements to the front line. The implication is that this kind of business-friendly army has very limited combat power, and Zhongzengen is full of contempt.

Despite his contempt, he could not take it lightly, and Qian Kun ordered his troops to defend the dock and ordered his troops to strengthen their vigilance before returning to Jinxi's only restaurant to enjoy the famous bighead carp.

"Actually scattered into six places and camped, isn't this the intention for us to break each one?" The thin monkey looked at the sketched map in front of him and spouted. It seems that Qian Kun has fully confirmed that there is only one battalion selected by Gao Guixuan in the Taihu Lake area, and he is still staying on the other side of the river, and the two sides are facing each other across the river, as stable as Mount Tai.

"Hehehehehe!" Ouyang Jin said with a smile: "That's not good, we have limited manpower, we can't go to find trouble, if we hit one of them, we will definitely attract the linkage of several other places, and then we will be besieged by six or seven hundred people, and it will be difficult for us to get out." ”

"Okay, I didn't expect you to move, and I don't want to move too much, so I'll leave them to play by the river tomorrow." The thin monkey said: "I think that if they don't find out that we have crossed the river and are waiting for them here, there is no need to startle the snake, but there are still small movements, tonight, they must deal with their most lethal weapons, otherwise, tomorrow will bring too much pressure to the Gao battalion commander's side." ”

"You mean to do it at the mortar squad of the Japanese squadron?" Ouyang Jin asked.

The thin monkey nodded and said, "I will definitely not wake them up, and I will not let them know if I move my hands and feet, let them attack as usual, and finally have problems at a critical time." ”

"What do you want to do?" Ouyang Jin asked curiously.

The thin monkey raised his finger to his mouth and said, "The secret of heaven must not be revealed, and the mountain people have their own clever plans." ”

Mo Di completely agreed with Thin Monkey and Ouyang Jin's plan, since the Japanese puppet army had not yet found themselves under siege, it was not impossible for them to behave again.

The night is deep, at the beginning of the lunar month, there is not even a round of crescent moon in the sky, the white dew has passed, the autumn equinox is approaching, the fragrance of harvest wafts from the fields, the earth reveals the last warmth, and the thin monkey disappears into the vast night with the assault company.

Light soldiers, familiar with the road, although they can't see their fingers, but, with deep forgetfulness, soon came to the small alley next to Hejiapu, a turn is the big courtyard of the shop, today, this big shop was requisitioned as the garrison of the Japanese artillery team.

"Keep an eye on it." After the thin monkey finished speaking, he let go of the little wild cat in his hand. I saw the little wild cat quickly break free from the thin monkey's hand, rushed out, jumped on the wall of the He family's shop in three steps, and fled along the wall to the gate.

A sentry at the gate was taken aback, "Oh! "Yes.

I heard someone not far away asking, "What kind of work?" ”

"It's a kitten, a kitten." The sentry replied.

The thin monkey understood that the two posts were outside the door, and he didn't know if there were any more in the yard, so a stone was thrown through the wall.

"No response!" The skinny monkey said, "Do it." ”

This is a 31-person standard artillery squad, four Taisho 11 70 mm curved infantry guns, this kind of gun weighs 60 kilograms, belongs to the light mortar, mainly some of the Japanese infantry brigades for mountain operations for additional equipment, generally a brigade is only equipped with two, because of the responsibility for the defense of Wangjiang City, only four Fujita brigades are equipped, all of them are here. This kind of curved artillery, shells are 2.5 kg each, and if a person marches for a long distance, it is already the limit to carry a box of eight, and this squad only carried a total of twenty boxes of shells, a total of one hundred and sixty shells. Xu Qiao used up part of it when he beat Zhang Jinxi before, and there were a total of twelve boxes of ninety-six pieces brought to Jinxi. The idea of the skinny monkey was to hit these twelve boxes of shells.

A staircase leaned against the wall, a soldier easily slid in, came to the front of the wing, bent from the sleeve, a pipe appeared in the hand, the swollen pig urine bubble connected to the tube, a pressure pig urine bubble, a thick smoke from the window sprayed directly into the room, this smoke is harmless to the human body, but can quickly improve sleep, wake up the next morning, there will be no discomfort, the main ingredient is a kind of camellia in the southern border of Guangxi, pure natural, pure biological agents.

With a wave of the hand, several wet towels covering their mouths and noses also jumped in, and soon, boxes of * were handed out. With a gentle prie, the box was opened, the box was taken out, and the stones of the same amount were filled in, covered, and the boxes were handed in again and returned to their original places.

"Are you sure you don't?" Skinny Monkey asked.

"No, there are only twelve boxes, and during the day, when the Japanese are marching, there are only twelve boxes." The first warrior to go in replied.

"Good! Remove. The thin monkey turned around and disappeared into the way he came.

At dawn, Jinxi Town was still as usual, the peasants got up early to go to the field, and the women also got up to fetch water to make breakfast, and when they walked to the dock, they found that martial law had been imposed here, and four curved guns were in formation by the dock, and a semi-arc fortification was surrounded by sack sand in front. In front of the old tofu shop of the Zhang family by the dock, there is also a half-wall-like bunker, there are tables and chairs in it, and on the table, there is also a thirteen-year-old 6x telescope, and there is also a stool next to the wall.

It's going to war! The women ran home as fast as they could, bolted the door, and woke up their children, telling them not to run around, because the guns had no eyes.

Soon, waves of Japanese puppet troops came out of various garrisons, concentrated on the street by the dock, and divided into three waves, ready to forcibly cross the long river in three echelons.

On the other side of the long river, the same small low wall fortifications, Mo Di, who was also standing on the small low bench, put down the same thirteen-year-old six-fold telescope, and said to Gao Guixuan: "As expected, the three-echelon attack, the Northwest Army fights, and there is never any creativity. The battle is about to begin, are you all ready? ”

Gao Guixuan nodded and said with a smile: "The wine has been served, just waiting for the guests to be seated!" ”

After speaking, he raised the telescope in his hand, but in the eyepiece of the noble telescope, what appeared was not the Japanese puppet army on the other side of the river, but the two large cables at the head of the pontoon bridge, which were originally tightly tied to the stone pillar, had been untied and loosely thrown next to the stone pillar.