Lin Xueying finally looked forward to Xu Dalong coming to Chongqing, hoping to be alone with him, but Xu Dalong was too busy, and she felt very sorry.
Chongqing's military commanders knew the relationship between Lin Xueying and Xu Dalong very well, and there was no need to cover it up. Therefore, Xu Dalong simply took Lin Xueying with him and participated in various entertainment events together.
In order to look different, Lin Xueying put on the military uniform of the Guo Army. Due to Xu Dalong's relationship, she has been promoted to a military commander at a young age. Not to mention, Lin Xueying put on the uniform of a major of the Guo Army and looked like
Heroic and energetic.
Lin Xueying was from the Guo Army, and her father was also a general of the Guo Army. With her company, the people from the Guo Army felt that Xu Dalong was close to them, and the atmosphere of the banquet became more harmonious.
Soon after, Xu Dalong and Lin Xueying, accompanied by General Yang, headed for Yichang.
In order to strengthen liaison, the Operations Department of the Commander's Headquarters also sent a lieutenant colonel staff officer Li Yonglin to be responsible for communication between Xu Dalong and the Commander's Headquarters of the Ninth Theater Command.
After returning to Yichang, General Yang and his generals held a grand banquet for Xu Dalong.
They had formed a deep friendship with each other due to their previous battle experiences. Everyone was full of expectations for Xu Dalong to come to cooperate with them in fighting. At the banquet, the generals toasted to Xu Dalong one after another, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
Li Yonglin, a staff officer sent by the Operations Division of the Chief's Department, was secretly surprised to see the close relationship between the generals of the 20th Corps and Xu Dalong.
He had long heard that among the generals of the Guo Army, many people highly praised Xu Dalong and had a very close relationship with him. Even Lin Xueying, a beautiful female officer of the Guo Army, her father was actually a member of the Guo Army.
Senior general Li Yonglin felt very puzzled. If he hadn't seen the military uniform of the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces that Xu Dalong was wearing, he would have really thought that Xu Dalong was originally from the Guo Army.
The Guo Army is very particular about seniority. Li Yonglin was shocked that Xu Dalong, who was so young, was brothers with so many generals of the Guo Army, which invisibly increased his respect for Xu Dalong.
The next day, the 20th Corps held a combat meeting. In the battle plan formulated by the Chief Department, the specific combat plan of the 20th Corps in the direction of Yichang was determined. The chief of staff of the 20th Corps first introduced the situation of the enemy and ourselves in the direction of Yichang.
In the direction of Yichang, the strength of the Sichuan Army is the 20th Corps Headquarters and its two corps and an independent division. According to the establishment, the total strength should be more than 72,000 people. However, the current army is seriously understaffed. The actual strength is less than 50,000 people, which is less than 50,000.
It is not an army directly related to the Zhongyang Army.
General Yang's army was from the Sichuan Army, and its equipment was quite backward. It had no large-caliber artillery, only a small number of mountain cannons and mortars. The ammunition reserves were not sufficient, and the logistics and supplies could not keep up. Many soldiers even wore straw sandals on their feet.
There is nothing that can be done about this. Nowadays, Cai Zheng is mainly controlled by Guofu. They only pay attention to the material supplies of the direct troops and the Zhongyang Army, and rarely provide supplements to miscellaneous armies like the Sichuan Army.
During the most difficult period when he first came out of Sichuan to fight the Japanese, General Yang even sold part of his family property to maintain the expenses of the army.
In this upcoming battle, the Japanese troops in the Yichang direction include the 3rd Division and the 11th Division. These two divisions are the top-ranked main divisions of the Japanese army, especially the 3rd Division's combat effectiveness and reputation.
The 5th Division of the Steel Army is equally matched.
Facing such a powerful enemy, the 20th Corps was no match at all. Thanks to the Yangtze River blocking the Japanese army, General Yang was able to defend Yichang.
Not long ago, a strengthened infantry regiment of the Japanese 11th Division crossed the Yangtze River, posing a huge threat to Yichang. Not only that, this infantry regiment controlled the ferry on the riverside and was preparing to meet the main force of the Japanese army to cross the river.
General Yang organized troops to launch multiple attacks against the Japanese army. It was said that the Japanese army only had one reinforced regiment. After all, the 20th Corps had tens of thousands of troops and should be able to drive away this Japanese army. However, the Japanese army also had a river defense fleet on the Yangtze River with many large ships.
caliber artillery, the troops of the 20th Corps could not get close to the river at all. Every time they attacked the Japanese army, they would encounter fierce shelling from naval guns. As a result, they suffered defeat and suffered heavy casualties.
Seeing that the main force of the Japanese army would cross the river at any time, General Yang had no choice but to think of Xu Dalong and hoped that he could assist the Sichuan army to deal with the Japanese river defense fleet, destroy the bridgehead for the Japanese army to cross the river, and drive the Japanese army across the Yangtze River.
After introducing the situation, the generals looked at Xu Dalong with some worry.
You must know that it is too difficult to deal with the Japanese Jiang Defense Fleet. The Sichuan Army's artillery is not enough to pose a threat to them. Those ships can sail freely on the Yangtze River. It seems that there is no way to threaten them. If the Japanese army cannot be defeated,
The Jiang Defense Fleet and the Sichuan Army's troops were unable to approach the Japanese defense positions. No one knew what Xu Dalong could come up with.
Xu Dalong asked: "Does the Japanese Jiang Defense Fleet have any activity patterns?"
Deputy Commander Li of the 20th Corps asked with some confusion: "Brother Dalong, do you want to take advantage of the Japanese Jiang Defense Fleet to leave and then launch an attack on the Japanese army? This will not work, even if our army drives them away at night.
As for the Japanese troops on the riverside, after dawn, the Japanese river defense fleet came over, and our troops could not withstand the bombardment of the Japanese large-caliber artillery. Troops staying on the riverside would be a living target for the Japanese naval guns, which was not acceptable."
Xu Dalong nodded and said: "What Chief Li said makes sense. I still hope to understand the activities of the Japanese Jiang Defense Fleet."
The Sichuan Army's reconnaissance director said: "They sometimes leave the river here, probably to go back to replenish fuel, ammunition, and other living supplies, but there is no regular pattern."
Xu Dalong asked: "How long does it take to leave here every few days and how long does it take to come back? Are they going upstream or downstream?"
The director of the reconnaissance department said: "It takes anywhere from 3 to 5 days. Usually we leave in the evening and return early the next morning, all heading downstream."
Xu Dalong said: "I want to learn more about the relevant situation and then formulate a battle plan."
The director of the reconnaissance department said with some embarrassment: "The downstream direction is no longer the defense area of our corps after Qingtian County. We really have no control over the situation there."
Xu Dalong said: "It doesn't matter. Leave all other things to me."
The chief of staff said: "There is one more thing. When our army was launching an attack on the Japanese army, it was bombed by the Japanese air force. Although their air force only came once, we don't know when they will come again. In case our army
When we launched an attack on the Japanese army, we were bombed again by the Japanese air force. How to solve this problem?"
Xu Dalong said: "I understand, I will definitely understand this situation. Give me three days, and after I have the relevant information, I will discuss the battle plan with you. I hope that the Tianchuan Army can launch an offensive campaign these days.
Prepare."
General Yang said: "Brother Dalong, please rest assured that in order to launch an attack on the Japanese army, our army has already made sufficient preparations and can launch an attack on the Japanese army at any time."
After the meeting, Xu Dalong and others returned to the place where they stayed. He drafted a telegram and asked Lin Xueying to send it out.
Underground Party Chongqing Office.
After receiving the telegram from Xu Dalong, the person in charge called Staff Officer Gao and asked him to get in touch with the underground party intelligence organization in Yichang and Xu Dalong to learn about the situation related to the Japanese Jiang Defense Fleet and Air Force.
After the military command headquarters received the telegram, You Yukun also sent a telegram to the military command organizations in Yichang, asking them to investigate relevant intelligence.
The intelligence capabilities of the underground party and the military were still very strong, and relevant intelligence was collected soon after.
After studying it, Xu Dalong already had an idea in his mind. He met with General Yang alone, told General Yang his intentions, and asked him to prepare secretly and not to leak the news.
General Yang said happily: "This is really a good idea. Why didn't I think of it? Even if I thought of it, there is nothing I can do. I leave this matter to you, Brother Dalong."
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "Brother, you can rest assured. You should be ready to attack. Once my telegram arrives, you will immediately attack the Japanese army."
General Yang said: "Don't worry about this. As long as there is no Japs' Jiang Defense Fleet, a mere reinforced Japanese unit is no match for the Sichuan Army."
Xu Dalong quickly sent another telegram to You Yukun. Soon after, You Yukun called back and said that he had made arrangements for Xu Dalong's request and guaranteed to meet his request.
That night, Xu Dalong and others took a car to the upstream direction and hid themselves in a small fishing village far away from the Japanese army in Jiangfang.
The military commanders had arranged several fishing boats to transport Xu Dalong and the officers and soldiers of the special force across the river. The military commanders also arranged vehicles to pretend to be Japanese troops and drive downstream.
In Qingtian County downstream of Yichang, there is a military port for the Japanese Jiang Defense Fleet. The Japanese Jiang Defense Fleet usually rests and replenishes here.
Xu Dalong and others lurked near the military port, scouting the situation of the Japanese troops inside the military port while waiting for news from Yichang.
In the evening of that day, the reconnaissance team staying on the Yichang River to monitor the Japanese river defense troops sent a telegram saying that the Japanese ships had already headed downstream.
Xu Dalong knew that these Japanese ships were coming back for replenishment, so he decided to launch an attack on the Japanese bases and ships tonight.
At two o'clock in the morning, Xu Dalong and fourteen special operations team members with good water skills came to the river from the hill on the side of the port.
They quietly got into the water and swam towards the Japanese warships parked in the port.
Xu Dalong and the special forces members each had a bicycle inner tube wrapped around their bodies, and behind them they were dragging a package also wrapped with a bicycle inner tube. There were high explosives inside, and each package of high explosives had one on it.
Time bomb, in order to be able to fix the time bomb on the enemy's ship, the military commander also specially prepared a magnet.
The Japanese army never thought that the enemy would come for a sneak attack in the rough river water. Xu Dalong and others successfully placed explosives near the waterline of dozens of ships in the port.
After completing the task of planting explosives, Xu Dalong and the special operations team came to the largest gunboat in the port and threw flying claws towards the gunboat.
Xu Dalong took the lead in climbing up. Seeing that the Japanese army was unprepared, he called in the rest of the special operations team members.
Xu Dalong and others spread out and touched the gunboat from the rear to the front.
There were 11 Japanese officers and soldiers left on the gunboat, and Xu Dalong and others successfully annihilated them all.
After seizing the gunboat, Xu Dalong and others fired three signal flares into the sky.
Monk Wei led a special operations squadron that had already been ambushing near the port. After seeing the signal flare, he knew that the captain and the others had succeeded, so they immediately rushed into the Japanese military port.
The raid went very smoothly. It took the special operations squadron less than 40 minutes to completely annihilate the officers and soldiers of the Japanese Jiang Defense Fleet in the military port. Then they placed time bombs on important facilities in the port. Finally, they boarded Xu Dalong and captured the
The Japanese gunboats were moving at high speed upstream.
20 minutes later, a huge explosion was heard from the direction of the port, and dozens of Japanese warships parked in the port were all sunk.
The oil depots, ammunition depots and other facilities in the port were also destroyed in the violent explosion.
In the direction of Yichang, the troops of the 20th Corps had prepared two divisions and a reinforcement regiment. After receiving the telegram from Xu Dalong, they took the reinforcement regiment as the leader and launched a fierce attack on the Japanese defensive positions under the cover of artillery fire.
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Although the Japanese army put up tenacious resistance, the Sichuan army was powerful and continued to break through the Japanese positions.
At dawn, most of the Japanese army's positions had been lost, and only a part of the Japanese army was still guarding the fortifications along the river, carrying out tenacious resistance.
Xu Dalong and others had already arrived on the river behind the Japanese army at this time, and immediately launched a fierce shelling towards the Japanese army's position.
At first, when the Japanese saw gunboats coming up the river, they thought their reinforcements had arrived, but they did not expect that the large-caliber artillery shells on the gunboats fell directly on their positions.
When the Japanese army built fortifications, it was based on the artillery owned by the Sichuan army, which could not stop the bombardment of large-caliber artillery on the naval guns. In a short time, most of the Japanese army's fortifications were destroyed by naval guns.
The Sichuan Army's troops took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack. The remaining Japanese troops were unable to withstand the Sichuan Army's fierce attack and were eventually completely annihilated by the Sichuan Army.
The officers and soldiers of the Sichuan Army won a great victory and defeated a reinforced Japanese regiment. They were all elated and their morale was greatly boosted.
General Yang and other generals were also very excited and quickly sent a telegram to the Ninth War Zone Commander's Department to report the victory.
Ninth Theater Command Headquarters.
After receiving the victory telegram from the 20th Corps, the commander's department was filled with joy.