268 Hukou landing

268 Lake Port Landing (Middle)

The rumble of cannons spread to Jiujiang City from afar.

Yang Fan, who was sitting in Jiujiang, was very annoyed. Xingzi's landing was smooth. The army and navy broke into Xingzi City from the east gate and the south gate. The Beiyang garrison withdrew through the north gate and retreated to the mountainous position southwest of the city. But the pursuers encountered strong resistance in the continuous Lushan peaks, and their heads were broken.

Taking Xingzi to De'an is a red soil-based highway with a total length of only more than 30 kilometers. At the normal marching speed, it can be reached in a day on foot.

The 101st Regiment originally wanted to capture the Yuwei of Xingzi, and one chased De'an directly. Unexpectedly, the battle was fierce and unexpected.

Yang Kun said, "Li Ming's department occupied Xingzi, and then attacked the enemy of Dongguling. Dongguling Heights is a steep rocky mountain, supporting the peaks of Lushan Mountain in the west and Poyang Lake in the east. In these lofty mountains, the progress is not smooth. This situation is not only in a few positions in Dongguling, but in the whole area of the war. The enemy is extremely tenacious, and all enemy positions must be captured step by step. The difficulties here are unimaginable without detailed observation here. It can't be understood by paper and telephone reports alone.

"In this short two-and-a-half-mile journey, the elite of the guards were killed and injured. After Li Ming entered the battlefield in Lushan Shandong, he attacked day and night, but under the tenacious resistance of the Beiyang army, our army was injured

The death is extremely tragic. Li Ming was attacking the head of Dongguling Mountain, and he could not enter the mountainside line again. Under the urgent attack, he decided to fight in person. In another round of charge, Li Ming's jaw, carrying a sword knife and a shirt stained with mud and blood, was hit by shrapnel and was admitted to the military station hospital in Jiujiang.

Yang Fan was very angry with Li Ming's obstruction. The good three-way joint attack plan was stopped by his old classmate Sun Chuanfang at the Nanxun line.

"For good is that it is a three-way joint attack plan. The North Road and West Road can still form a joint attack on the main force of the Beiyang Army on the front line of Jinguan Bridge." Yang Fan looked at the battle map with joy.

When Yang Fan put Li Ming's troops into the Eastern Front, he reserved a hand. He had already ordered the 9th Regiment to quickly land in Jiujiang, attack Ruichang, and coercise the west side of the Nanxun Line.

Yang Fan said, "Order, the 9th Regiment, occupy Ruichang as soon as possible. In addition, the regiment quickly dispatched the main force and went south to the side of the defense line of Jinguan Bridge to cut off the retreat of the main force of the Beiyang Army.

Yang Kun just led the order out and ran back in a blink of an eye.

"What are you running back for? The military situation is like fire. Brother!" Yang Fan looked at his brother.

"Mr. President," Yang Kun said urgently, "This is the order just issued by the general counsellor."

This is the operational order of the General Staff on the new stage of the battle in Nanchang after Li Xiang**'s speech: the guard should cooperate with the navy to capture and occupy the lake mouth and nearby key places, and must defeat the enemy in large numbers during this period.

Yang Kun said with relief, "Mr. Boss, taking the mouth of the lake and cutting off the supplies of the Beiyang Army will definitely give the heaviest blow to the Beiyang Army. Sun Chuanfang of the Nanxun Line will also waver..."

Yang Kun was happy, but Yang Fan was stabbed in his back. He cooperated with the navy to occupy Hukou. Their pressure in Nanxun was probably even heavier. At least before they took Hukou, they had to bear more pressure. But with his strong self-esteem, he couldn't say anything. He just turned around and dicted to Yang Kun: "Record! Strictly order that the 106th Regiment and the 9th Regiment must defeat the main force of the Beiyang Army on the Nanxun Line with all their strength!"

After a moment, Yang Fan calmed down and instructed Yang Kun: "Allot the 1st Mortar Regiment and the 10th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment directly under the Guards to the 106th Regiment to strengthen the power of frontal attack."

Yang Fan caught the intention of launching the Hukou landing at once. To cooperate with the Hukou landing, it was not only necessary to divide the troops to the Hukou, but also to launch a fierce offensive on the Nanxun Line.

......

Early morning.

Li wants to sit on the "Haichen" flagship, holding a huge cigar in his mouth. Through the porthole, he can see the turbulent white waves of Poyang Lake and the landing fleet advancing in the waves. Lixiang's mood at this time is indescribable. This professional soldier, who has experienced a lot of battles, felt a little uneasy in the face of the dark lake entrance and the unstoppable actions.

Li wants to know that the key to the landing operation is a surprise attack, but the time and intention of the landing of the National Revolutionary Army can be said to be no secret. The secret is the location of the landing. To this end, he ordered all radio stations and newspapers to make confusing reports, and widely publicized that the National Revolutionary Army was going to attack in Nanxun, hoping to confuse people's vigilance against the landing at Hukou. Yang Fan also launched a fierce attack on the Nanxun line. A series of tricks to hide the landing at the mouth of the lake have indeed played a role. However, after all, the landing point at the lake mouth needs to be scouted before landing, so Li Xiang constantly receives secret information from the intelligence team lurking in a small village just a few miles from the mouth of the lake.

If the person who is most enthusiastic about the landing at Hukou is Li Xiang, then the second enthusiastic person may be the underground party in Hukou. For those underground parties who are fanatical to the faith of the three people, nothing excites them more than this!

The underground party's spontaneous secret organization, the spy team, sneaked into Hukou to collect intelligence.

In a hall of the Red Gang. The head of the underground party in Hukou gathered a group of subordinates here.

"Since the Beiyang Army entered Jiangxi, we have suffered a lot. That family doesn't have a grudge against the Beiyang Army! ......”

The underground party leader standing on the stage was counting the many crimes committed by the Beiyang army in Jiangxi.

Everyone's face is sad, not just a little hatred, but also a deep hatred of the sea of blood!

"... Damn, it's time to settle with them!"

Finally, he waved his hand vigorously.

As soon as he answered, the big guy shouted angrily.

"Kill the Beiyang Army!"

He nodded with satisfaction.

"This mission..." He also made a special explanation, "All the information should revolve around the landing of the National Revolutionary Army in Hukou, and we must obtain information that is beneficial to the National Revolutionary Army."

Then he looked at everyone and asked, "Do you understand?"

"I fully understand the meaning of the order and will never send back worthless information." A young man who stood straight on his back and a soldier replied at a glance.

"Good! Alan, you have stayed abroad and worked as an officer. I believe in your ability and appoint you as the leader of the intelligence team.

"Yes! I promise to complete the task!"

Allen selected his former subordinates to organize a spy team. After swore to keep the secret, they gathered trusted cronies to form a 17-person spy team.

"Alan, you will try to contact the workers in Hukou tomorrow. They are said to be workers. In fact, they are friends A Liang and A Ming on the Hukou Road. They were developed into workers before the war. They should still be in Hukou, which is occupied by the Beiyang Army. It is unknown whether they are still loyal to the party now. The person in charge, A Hai, is not very sure.

"As long as they are still from Jiangxi and have a conscience, they will not hate the Beiyang Army." Allen said optimistically.

Allen and several team members dressed up as farmers and went to the city at night and brought A Liang and his wife back late at night.

Mr. and Mrs. A Liang were very excited when they saw A Hai. They wiped their tears and said, "Brother Hai, we are all dreaming of waiting for the day of goodbye."

"It's hard for you, brother." A Hai is also a little emotional.

After all-night inquiry, it was confirmed that the husband and wife were still loyal to the Kuomintang, and Amin was already an agent of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but his loyalty to the Kuomintang had not changed.

The next day, A Hai left A Liang's wife as a hostage and sent A Liang back to the mouth of the lake. In the evening, A Liang took A Ming back to the village. Amin was also very excited to see A Hai. He vowed that he would not change his temperance and would try his best to help the work.

Because Amin works in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and can get a resident pass, A Hai divides the team members into three groups. Allen Group is resident in Hukou, and the other two groups travel to Hukou to transmit information at any time.

The information object indicated by Ahai is the strength of the Beiyang army at the mouth of the lake, the supply situation, the mine delivery situation, the terrain of the landing site and the height of the rock wall.

With the assistance of A Liang and A Ming, the spy team not only freely entered and exited the lake, but also found former staff to assist in the work. In order to determine whether there is mine transportation or not, the spy team members pretended to be pickers to explore the traffic; in order to judge the height of the rock wall, they climbed the rock wall and measured it with their own height. The required information was collected within 3 or 4 days.

The information sent by the spy team that Li wants to receive is very in line with his optimistic expectations, and he feels necessary to confirm it. The intelligence of the spy team is easy to understand, but the importance of the matter cannot be sloppy. It needs to be confirmed, especially where landing craft and transport ships can enter the mouth of the lake.

The leader of the professional spy team who went to confirm is Xu Yifan, and his assistant is Yuchen. The two of them have performed well in Nanjing. Considering their recent experience, the Intelligence Service asked them if they were interested in leading an intelligence team to the Hukou area and said, "We need more information from there." Xu Yifan and Yuchen immediately accepted the task.

Xu Yifan and Yuchen brought a lot of advanced equipment, as well as unexpected small things, including the most advanced submachine guns, small pistols, grenades, ammunition, medical products, water purification tablets, rations, radios, as well as 100,000 rmb, 200 catties of rice and 70 pounds of dried fish. The reason for bringing rice is that I heard that the Beiyang Army has collected all the rice, which is very scarce locally. Xu Yifan also heard that people in Poyang Lake like dried fish just like Henan people like steamed buns, so they also brought dried fish. These two approaches are quite correct. When Yuchen opened the bags of rice and dried fish prepared by Xu Yifan, the villagers gathered around showed a "very intimate attitude".

After Xu Yifan and his party set up a camp in a small village on the south side of the lake, the village head came and said that he would try his best to assist in the work. He also brought two little girls who were responsible for their diet and living.

Xu Yifan saw two small girls think of his 12-year-old sister, who was attending primary school in Hankou. At first, the belief in going to the battlefield was to protect my family and to be able to live a safe and happy life in Hankou. After entering the battlefield, I saw more of such scenes in front of me, and the belief in my heart gradually changed and became more open. I hope that more people and I hope that all Chinese people can live a safe and happy life like his family. .

Because of such a belief, he became fearless on the battlefield.