When they arrived outside the town, Chu Yun'er waved a riding crop and whipped Wang Erxiong hard on the head. Wang Erxiong screamed and sat on the ground with his head covered.
Chu Yun'er clamped her legs between the horse's belly and galloped forward with two orderlies.
Chu Yun'er knew that there were more than a hundred Japanese soldiers, while Xu Dalong and others only had a dozen. For some reason, she was very worried about Xu Dalong's safety at the moment.
She was so anxious that she kept whipping her horse. The bay-red horse couldn't bear the pain and galloped desperately.
Qiulin Town World War II District Chief's Department.
In the war room, a colonel's combat staff heard the phone ringing. He picked up the phone, listened for a while, and said: "I understand, I will report to the commander immediately."
He came to a lieutenant general of the Jinsui Army and said: "Come here, there is a report from the direction of Yucheng that the Japanese 216th Brigade has left the barracks and its whereabouts are unknown."
The chief of staff hurriedly looked at the battle map. He said to himself with some confusion: "The Japanese troops in the direction of Yucheng have also been dispatched. What are they going to do?"
After thinking for a while, he said: "Order the troops at the front to pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese troops and report any situation immediately."
Just as the combat staff was about to deliver the order, he heard someone shouting a report at the door.
The combat staff officer looked at the door and walked in with a woman. The woman walked towards the chief of staff.
The chief of staff looked at the woman doubtfully, not understanding what she was going to do.
This woman is Chu Yun'er. She said: "Sir, my father is Secretary-General Chu, and my brother is Chu Yunfei, the leader of the 358th Regiment."
This time Chu Yun'er learned a lesson and directly reported her name first to prove her identity.
She continued: "I met a Japanese army disguised as the Jinsui Army on the road. There were about a hundred people. They are now heading towards the Fenhe Bridge. According to intelligence analysis, there are Japanese troops in the direction of Yucheng.
It may attack Qiulin Town, sir, please take precautions as soon as possible."
The chief of staff asked: "Where did you get the information?"
Chu Yun'er said: "This is the conclusion reached by people from an independent group of a certain brigade of the Eighth Route Army. They have now gone to track down the Japs disguised as the Jinsui Army."
The chief of staff had some impressions of the Independent Group. He said, "Is it the independent group whose leader is named Li Yunlong?"
Chu Yun'er said: "Yes, it is the special service company of the Independent Regiment that is tracking the Japanese."
After hearing this, the chief of staff came to the battle map again. He looked at it carefully and asked: "Do you know where these Japanese came from?"
Chu Yun'er said: "They came from Xiaogushan."
The chief of staff drew a line along Yucheng, Xiaogushan and Qiulin Town with his finger, and suddenly understood, he said: "No, the Japanese are very likely to attack Qiulin Town. Immediately order the 69th Army to go
Intercept and notify the agency directly under the chief executive to prepare for transfer.
Order the security regiment of the Chief's Department to go to the Fenhe Bridge immediately. If the Japanese have seized the Fenhe Bridge, they must take back the Fenhe Bridge at any cost."
Following a series of orders issued by the chief of staff, the commander's department immediately became busy.
The chief of staff said to Chu Yun'er: "Miss Chu, thank you so much. Secretary-General Chu really gave birth to a good daughter. You go home and rest first. After this battle is over, I will come to thank you personally."
After Chu Yun'er left, the combat staff put down the phone and said worriedly: "Come on, please, the bridge defender's phone has been blocked. It seems like something happened there."
The chief of staff was also very anxious. He said: "The Fenhe Bridge is of vital importance. Once it is blown up by the Japanese army, all retreat routes will be cut off.
Staff Officer Li, you rush to the Fenhe Bridge in person and make sure to ensure the safety of the Fenhe Bridge."
"Yes." Staff Officer Li saluted the chief of staff, turned around and left quickly.
The chief of staff guessed correctly, something had indeed happened to the Fenhe Bridge.
Just half an hour ago, the guards at Fenhe Bridge saw a Shanxi-Sui Army unit approaching.
The sentries guarding the bridge were very vigilant. Although they saw the Jinsui Army coming, they still stopped their advance 50 meters away, and then asked them for their passwords.
Fujiwara Ken didn't even know what the Jinsui Army's command was today. He raised his hand and fired, knocking the questioning Jinsui Army sentry to the ground, and then led the advance team to rush towards the bridge.
The troops guarding the bridge are an infantry company of the 69th Army. Since the Fenhe Bridge is located in the rear, it has been several years since the Anti-Japanese War began and the Japanese have not appeared here. Therefore, their defense is very lax, and most of the officers and soldiers are hiding in tents.
Inside, there were dice being played and pai gow pushed, with only a few officers on duty guarding the fortifications.
The sudden attack threw them into chaos.
On both sides of the bridge, there were defensive positions built with sandbags. The Jinsui officers and soldiers guarding the fortifications saw the Japanese rushing over and fired at them with machine guns.
The Japanese were not afraid of death. Although some people were constantly shot and fell to the ground, they still pounced on them. They fired while running, and when they were within 30 meters of the fortifications, they kept throwing hand grenades.
Several grenades exploded in the fortifications made of sandbags. The machine gunners of the Jinsui Army were blown away together with the heavy machine guns. The Japanese officers and soldiers rushed to the bridge in an instant.
Fortunately, it was daytime, and the company commander of the Jinsui Army led the soldiers out of the tent, jumped into the fortifications, and fired at the Japanese soldiers, hoping to block the Japanese attack.
But the Japanese army was too close, so they rushed up quickly. The Japanese army's firepower was very fierce. This time they brought 12 crooked machine guns. The Japanese army on this side of the bridge had eight light machine guns. The Japanese soldiers hugged
Light machine guns were lined up in front, and the fierce firepower knocked the Jinsui officers and soldiers off their feet.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the company commander of the Jinsui Army immediately ran towards the other end of the bridge with the remaining troops. They hoped to rely on the fortifications on the other side of the bridge to block the Japanese attack.
At this moment, the Japanese squadron leader also led the Japanese troops who had crossed the river and launched an attack from the other side of the bridge.
The officers and soldiers of Jinsui were attacked from both sides and suffered heavy losses.
The entire battle lasted less than ten minutes, and more than 120 officers and soldiers from a company of the Jinsui Army were wiped out by the Japanese.
Due to the forceful attack, the Japanese army also lost more than 20 soldiers.
After occupying the bridge, Fujiwara Ken immediately organized troops to repair fortifications for defense. At the same time, he ordered the engineers he brought to hang down from the bridge deck with ropes, preparing to install explosives on the main piers of the bridge to blow up the Fenhe River Bridge.
The Fenhe Bridge is made of reinforced concrete and is very solid and difficult to blow up. The Japanese army was well prepared. They had found the drawings of the Fenhe Bridge in advance and found the core support points of the Fenhe Bridge. As long as the bridge was blown up
The main piers of the Fenhe River Bridge cannot be repaired in a short time.
The Japanese engineers arrived at the bridge pier, then used ropes to drag down the bags of explosives and installed them on the main bridge pier.
Xu Dalong was leading the soldiers on a rapid march when they suddenly heard gunshots coming from ahead.
He knew that he was late, so he urged the soldiers to speed up their march.
Soon after, he saw that the bridge had been occupied by the Japanese. With just a dozen of his men, it was impossible to recapture the Fenhe Bridge if they attacked by force.
After thinking carefully, he decided to lead the soldiers to swim across the river. When the Jinsui Army troops came to seize the bridge, they launched an attack on the Japanese army from behind.
After arriving at the river, Xu Dalong discovered a serious problem - except for Xu Dalong, only three of the soldiers in the special service company could swim.
The soldiers are all from the north, and most of them are landlubbers. Since the special service company was established only a short time ago, Xu Dalong has not had time to train them to learn to swim. Now that they are crossing the river, everyone can only stare at the water.
Since no one could swim, Xu Dalong had to use a stupid method. He brought a bundle of ropes, jumped into the water first, and swam towards the other side. After reaching the other side, he fixed the rope to a big rock on the opposite side, and then let
The soldiers dragged the rope across the river.
The river water was very cold. Fortunately, the soldiers of the special service company were all very strong. After landing, Xu Dalong led the soldiers to do some simple physical exercises. After regaining their strength, they headed towards the head of the Fenhe Bridge.