A red sun hovered in the horizon, and the bloody sunlight sprinkled on the river water, reflecting waves of rays of rays of light as the river water flowed.

Soon, the sunset hid in the mountains, leaving only a red glow in the sky, hidden behind the clouds, maintaining the last ray of light.

The floating bridge on the Jinjiang River and the bridgehead positions of the two sides of the replenishment regiment began to become hazy, until finally, the boundless darkness enveloped the earth, replacing the previous gorgeous dusk.

But the arrival of night did not make the pontoon bridge silent. Instead, under the cover of darkness, teams of Chinese officers and soldiers gathered on the south bank of Jinjiang, and quickly passed through the pontoon bridge silently with the faint light of the torches and flashlights in their hands, and disappeared in the night on the south bank.

This is the 139th Division of the National Revolutionary Army that arrived at the pontoon bridge at dark. Their mission is to arrive before dawn to fall into the enemy's Gao'an County, destroy the defenders and restore lost territory.

When the 139th Division crossed the river, several officers in the supplementary regiment headquarters on the north bank of the Jinjiang River were gathering next to a somewhat simple map, whispering something.

"According to the report of our scouts, the Japanese army repaired the previously damaged highway and had already been able to pass the truck. The engineers who built the bridge came from Gao'an by truck. Our scouts had previously touched the vicinity of Gao'an City along the highway, but they did not encounter large-scale Japanese troops, nor did they encounter signs. I suspect that Gao'an's Japanese army may have given up all positions outside the city and wanted to huddle in the city to use buildings to defend."

Qi Heng's fingers slid on the line marking the road on the map, drew to the circle representing Gao An and stopped, and focused twice.

"But this is just an early intelligence. Our regiment's target is not Gao'an County, so the reconnaissance force is slightly insufficient, so there is no way to conduct in-depth reconnaissance. What do you think?"

Under the dim kerosene light, two officers with a slightly darker color than Qi Heng looked at each other. One of them was older and wearing the colonel's seal nodded slightly to Qi Heng:

"The main target of your unit is not Gao An. It is very helpful to help us send out the scouts in advance. I thank you here. Gao An's specific situation will be waiting for my people to get there before making plans."

Another officer wearing the lieutenant colonel's seal also smiled: "Captain Qi is kind. If there was no pontoon bridge that your troops snatched, we were still queuing up on the south bank. There is still the advanced information of the scouts, so we would take advantage of it in vain. I feel a little ashamed."

"We are all going to fight the Japanese, that's brothers, there's no way to take advantage of it,"

Qi Heng smiled gently and joked: "When your troops all cross the river, the floating bridge will be handed over to your troops, and we will also transfer. This time we parted, we should have the opportunity to meet after the war. I wonder if my bridge can be exchanged for some good wine from the two brothers."

"Then there is absolutely no problem. Commander Qi just wait. Take Gao An and definitely invite you to drink!"

The colonel of a friendly army patted his chest and gave Qi Heng a letter.

"You can change the pontoon bridge with a drink. If Captain Qi goes to do business, you will probably be a shorts now."

Several officers burst into laughter, and the solemn atmosphere before the war was greatly dampened by the laughter.

...

It was late at night, and the 139th Division's regiment and the Second Battalion of the Supplementary Regiment that stayed on the South Bank all crossed Jinjiang. The two troops were also separated. Before the departure, Qi Heng met with the commander of a friendly army again:

"Brother, I have something to ask you for help."

The friendly commander laughed: "Captain Qi has helped us a lot. What else can I ask for? Even if I say that."

"This is the company commander Chen from our regiment investigation company," Qi Heng pulled out the mouse standing behind him. Seeing that the commander of a friendly army was a little confused, Qi Heng explained in a deep voice:

"In the afternoon, the sentry from my third battalion found three children on the mountain. They were from a small village in the northwest. They had been hungry for two days and had never dared to go down the mountain. They said that the Japanese went to their village.

Worried about the hidden Japanese nearby, Company Commander Chen took people to the village for reconnaissance, but found that the Japanese burned the village. The villagers in the village, except for the three children who had been hiding in the mountains at the beginning, were all killed by the Japanese."

After hearing Qi Heng say this, the smile on the face of the friendly commander gradually faded away, and anger surged up.

"The people who killed people and burned the village should be the group of Japanese who built and defended the floating bridge. We didn't have the tools to cross the river. When we seized the bridge, we asked about twenty Japanese to run away. I think we had escaped back to Gao'an. We watched the three children first, and after the war, we found a way to find someone to adopt them. But we still have a task next, so we can't go to Gao'an to help the villagers in the village avenge..."

Qi Heng explained.

The friendly commander immediately understood what Qi Heng meant to help, and immediately agreed: "What is the saying of Commander Qi? I am also a Chinese and a soldier. I will definitely avenge this kind of revenge for my fellow villagers. How can I ask Commander Qi to ask me for help?"

After saying that, the commander of the friendly army said viciously to the adjutant behind him: "Pay the matter of the fellow villager to me. This time, we will not have a prisoner in our regiment!"

"Yes!" The adjutant stood at attention and left with anger.

"Thank you, I wish you all the best!" Qi Heng raised his right hand and saluted the friendly commander.

"It should be, no need to thank me," the friendly commander also replied seriously: "So do you guys."

In the dark night, two armies with a huge hatred for the Japanese army parted and embarked on their respective journeys.

The supplementary regiment advanced west along the Jinjiang River. After a night of march, it arrived at Sixi at dawn in the morning, and joined with the main force of the 74th Army gathered here, and began to temporarily repair it. The 139th Division advanced northward and rushed towards Gao'an County with great momentum.

The main force of the 106th Japanese Division, which was originally stationed in the Gao'an area, had already moved to Shangfu in the northwest. At this time, Gao'an's defense was relatively empty, but even so, Gao'an's fierce battle lasted for a whole day. It was not until noon on the 22nd that the last Japanese stronghold in Gao'an City that resisted was successfully removed. The remaining Japanese troops fled from the county town and Gao'an was restored.

However, Qi Heng asked his friendly troops to replace the supplementary regiment to avenge the blood sea of ​​revenge, but still failed to do it. The Japanese Moriyama Squadron, which committed the beastly act, was the Japanese squadron that was almost wiped out by the supplementary regiment on the bank of Jinjiang. Because he had completely lost his combat effectiveness, he evacuated Gao'an County with the wounded on the night of the 21st, allowing the friendly troops who remained in the city to bear the anger of the 139th Division for himself.

The commander of the Japanese 106th Division, Ryotaro Nakai, did not leave a garrison with empty guards. Taking advantage of the weak Chinese army around Shangfu, Ryotaro Nakai led the main force of the 106th Division to capture Shangfu on the same day that Gao An changed ownership, and divided his 111th Brigade from Shangfu and attacked Hengqiao with all his strength. The focus of the entire battlefield gradually shifted to the west.
Chapter completed!