Chapter 10: Anqing (1)

The first one was Shi Chong's reconnaissance company, and their task was to spend 10 days to understand the shipping situation of the Yangtze River, the situation of the ships, the situation of transportation, the situation of protection, and the situation of the wharf. After receiving the task, Shi Chong was also at a loss, in the past two years, he has been fighting on land, and he has really not fought with the Japanese in the water, where to start, Shi Chong has no bottom in his heart. Not only does Shi Chong have no bottom in his heart, but there is also no bottom in Mo Di's heart, and everyone has no bottom in their hearts. In the 526 regiment, the regiment commander Mo Di is still a person who has seen the world, he is the only one who has taken a steamer on the Yangtze River once, that is when he returned from training in Hengshan, and took an American merchant ship from Changsha to Wangjiang. His only impression of the merchant ships of the Yangtze River was that the ship was very large, much larger than the fireships in the Li River, and he couldn't feel the ups and downs of the waves when he sat on it. Only when meeting with other ships, the waves stirred up by the two ships will cause the ships to shake slightly, and only when they meet with the large Japanese transport ships, the Japanese ships that show off their might do not slow down or give way, pull out waves more than one meter high, and slap on the merchant ships, causing the merchant ships to sway straight. At that time, on the merchant ship, because Li Shigui was rich, he made many dots, making the two of them like VIPs, moving freely on the ship, wandering around, from the bow to the stern, and from the stern to the bow, the boat was 100 meters long, which made Mo Di addicted.

Mo Di knows that without heavy weapons, it is not easy to sink a ship. If you want to know how to sink a ship, you must find an insider, through the investigation of all parties, it is known that in Gushan Village, Susong, there is a shipwright who used to sail in Zhongwei Steamship Company, and they made a special trip to Gushan to learn about the knowledge of the ship from this old shipwright, who was the chief engineer of the Yuanchang Ship ship of Zhongwei Steamship Company, and is an experienced and qualified old technician. During the Jiangyin War, Chen Shuntong, the owner of Zhongwei Steamship Company, in order to support the Anti-Japanese War, donated the Yuanchang Ship with a displacement of 3,360 tons and sank it in the Yangtze River as part of the Jiangyin steel fence. Losing the boat he relied on for survival, the boatman also lost his job and returned to his hometown Gushan, got a small ferry, sent people across the river from Gushan to Pengze, and collected some boat fares to get by. He told Mo that he mixed food on the river every day, and knew these transport ships well, including merchant ships, cargo ships, and passenger ships, most of which were Japanese war ready transport ships, and some were cargo ships owned by local owners. The Japanese transport ships in this area have a large displacement, basically more than 1,000 tons, and they are all ironclad ships. Because if you want to drive from Japan to China, you have to withstand the waves of the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea, the thickness of the iron armor is not thin, and it is impossible for ordinary rifle bullets to leave a crater on the hull, even if it is a Type 92 infantry gun, the frontal bombardment on the hull is at most a small pit the size of a bowl, and if you want to penetrate the hull, you are afraid that you need a larger caliber cannon. Compared to the means of transport on the ground, what is in the water is an absolute giant, cars, trains, tanks, armored vehicles, compared to ships, could not be smaller. Just with the guns in the hands of the invincibles, in a word, it is just to tickle the ship.

Mo Di listened very carefully, and asked the old shipwright to draw a simple diagram of a thousand-ton merchant ship, where is the wheelhouse, where is the engine, where is the cargo hold, where is the guard area, and the detailed marking, the old shipwright knows the thoughts of Mo Di, and knows everything and speaks endlessly. Not only did Mo Di listen carefully, but Luo Wei, who followed Mo Di to Xiaogu Mountain, also listened very carefully, on the way here, he had already come up with a battle plan, and said to Mo Di, first look at a boat, and then in a dark and quiet night, let the poison drain a few Red No. 1 go up, so that the people on the ship will lose their combat effectiveness in a short time. After that, we sent people to put on protective clothing and board the boat, and the people on the boat stabbed one by one and threw them directly into the Yangtze River. As for the boat, since it could not be beaten, it was not beaten, but it was piled with firewood and poured oil, and a fire was lit, and it was allowed to float wherever it went.

Mo Di laughed, and did not agree or deny Luo Wei's bold plan. It is undeniable that this is a method, and it is also a poisonous gas bomb itself, and it has the conditions to implement it. But he was a little worried that if he used poison gas bombs, would he find a reason for the Japanese to use a large number of poison gas bombs in the Changsha War, and when the time came, he was afraid that Shangfeng would blame him, and he would not be able to explain it. The most important point is that we do not need to lay down a ship in this operation, but only need to strike at a certain ship to show our attitude and determination. Thinking of this, Mo Di asked: "Master, do you know the ticket ship?" ”

"Ticket ship?" The old boatman was asked for a while, thought about it, and then reacted, and said, "The chief is talking about a passenger ship!" Steamships are different from trains, the train is called a ticket car, and the ship is called a passenger ferry. There are passenger ships that specialize in carrying passengers, or mixed ships that transport passengers and cargo, and high-class passenger ships that are regularly issued, called cruise ships. There are many cargo ships and few passenger ships in the Yangtze River, and there used to be cruise ships between Wuhan and Nanjing, but after the Nanjing government moved west, there were no more. Most of the current passengers are Japanese troop carriers, and it is not easy for our own people to take a boat in the Yangtze River in this area. ”

Mo Di picked up the drawings drawn by the previous shipwright, pointed to the cargo hold, and asked, "Is the passenger ship also sitting in this place?" ”

The old shipwright shook his head, took another piece of paper, and drew a general outline of the passenger liner, telling the general structure of the passenger liner, the division of the cabins, the use of the deck, and the dark third-class cabins.

Luo Wei listened more carefully, he thought that the boss was more ruthless than him, throwing poison gas bombs, he should choose a passenger liner to throw, a few poison gas bombs thrown up, if the Japanese soldiers above did not want to be killed by poison gas, they could only jump into the Yangtze River like dumplings, and it must be very enjoyable to gather the sharpshooters of the guard battalion and shoot live targets in the water.

Luo Wei didn't expect that Mo Di didn't mean this at all, and the idea of using poison gas bombs against the enemy's troop carriers could not have been born. Mo Di is not a Leng Touqing who can only kill people, he is a person with thoughts and a sense of the overall situation, especially in the Hengshan Tour cadre class, under the influence of instructors and classmates, he has a more detailed understanding of the international situation. He knew that the current stage of China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression had reached the most difficult moment, and no country in the world was optimistic about China except the Soviet Union, and the United States, Britain, France, Italy, and Germany were all watching and watching how China would be cleaned up by Japan, and the next development of China's war situation was the direction of speculation in these capitalist countries. The wait-and-see attitude of these speculative governments has been written on their faces, and they can only sneak around with the Chinese government's purchase of arms with real money, for fear of offending the Japanese. There are only some non-governmental organizations that provide some humanitarian assistance to China's war of resistance, such as Colonel Chennault, such as Dr. Bethune. The Sino-Japanese war has entered a period of confrontation, and the next step is to tilt the balance in favor of China, and these speculators will bet on China, and if the Japanese continue to gain the upper hand, they will not hesitate to occupy the Japanese side and intervene in China's war of resistance. If the Japanese army had been able to lay down the Guangdong-Han Line in a relatively short period of time and advance westward in an all-round way, the collapse of the Chiang Kai-shek government would have been imminent, and there was no need for the Western powers to offend a war maniac who was in the ascendant of the sun because of a government of the Republic of China that was about to be destroyed. This is a critical moment, China needs international support, even if it is to play the image of a bullied weakling, it must strive to win international support, the degree of influence of international support on China has increased to an unprecedented level, if the matter of gas bombs attacking troop carriers is made at this time, I am afraid that China will immediately be isolated by the international anti-fascist coalition, all its reputation will be in vain, all foreign aid will also be turned to ashes, and it will become a sinner for the ages.

Mo Di shook his head, and Yi Luo Wei said: "Don't talk about those useless, some things are not ready to be used." ”

Luo Wei sighed, he knew that the few times he used the gas bomb in the past, there was an excuse that it was the other party's poison gas leakage, and if it was used on a troop carrier, there would be no reason!

"In a short time, there will be no troop carriers." Mo Di said.

Luo Wei thought about it and understood that if the Japanese army had not replenished the army in place, it would never have dared to brazenly launch an attack on Changsha, and since it dared to launch an attack, it meant that the troops had been deployed in place and would not be replenished in a short time. But military supplies are different, they are being consumed every day, they need to be replenished every day, and it is much easier to find a cargo ship, and it seems that it is still necessary to make up your mind on the cargo ship.

Bidding farewell to the old boatman and leaving the Lonely Mountain, Mo Di Luo Wei walked back to Fuxing with the guard squad.

Fuxing, is an important town in Songbin near the Yangtze River, located in Anhui, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces, commonly known as "Wutou Chuwei". The south is separated by the Yangtze River and Jiangxi Pengze, Hukou two counties across the river, here belongs to Jiujiang in ancient times, also known as "Xun Town", and because of the Qing Dynasty "foreigners" stationed, also called "Fuyang Town". The town is prosperous in business, with many shops, night markets, and eight major business names, known as "Little Hong Kong". The Yangtze River is narrow in the small lonely mountain, and becomes wide again when it comes to revival, there is a small island in the river, the locals call it the broken waist bee, the main route of the Yangtze River is in the north of the island, close to the north bank, the steamer sails by, pushes up the layers of waves, beats on the north bank of the river, there is the sound of the waves lapping the shore.

Early in the morning, I drove a car from Taihu Lake, bumpy all the way, and finally drove to Fuxing, and then from Fuxing to Gushan I could only walk, and I walked back and forth for most of the day, and I was tired one by one. I found a shop near the river and sat down, looked at the river in front of me, and looked at the steamer that pulled a long whistle from the river to show off its might, and felt that the dog bit the pig's urine bubble, and there was no way to eat, and there was nothing to do.

After eating something indiscriminately, he continued to get into the car and shook all the way back to Taihu Lake. When I arrived at Jinxi, it was already the middle of the moon, nearly August 15 Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon came out early, very bright and bright, the blue sky did not have a little cloud, only some bright stars were blinking, so that the moon would not be too lonely.

Entering the headquarters, Qin Guosheng greeted him: "Boss, there is good news!" ”

Mo Di raised his head and looked at Qin Guosheng. Qin Guosheng took out a telegram and said to Mo Di: "In the afternoon, I received a telegram from Chief of Staff Zhang Yunyi of the New Fourth Army that a sightseeing delegation composed of representatives of the Western powers left Nanjing today on a sightseeing ship and went to Wuhan via Anqing, Wuhu to inspect the progress of the Chinese battlefield. ”

Mo Di's eyes lit up, there was no good news all day long, so he was waiting here!