The underground organization cannot directly contact the 60th Division, which is very fatal. It is impossible to accurately know the movements of the Japanese. Now we can only analyze the situation of the Japanese and the movements of the national army from the information collected by the guerrillas and underground organizations:

The Nationalist Army is preparing to engage the enemy head-on and is sending additional reinforcements. Due to the unknown enemy situation, the Nationalist Army garrison in the southeast of Gehu Lake has not been mobilized for the time being to prevent the Japanese from making other military moves.

The number of Japanese soldiers who came this time was basically clear. A squadron of Japanese soldiers brought a battalion of six to seven hundred puppet troops. They laid out defense lines in an east-west direction and built fortifications more than ten kilometers north of the meeting place. The Japanese usually attacked.

This time, the puppet troops came under the nose of the 60th Division to defend, which was very strange.

This area in the south of the Yangtze River is close to Taihu Lake, with rivers crisscrossing it, and transportation depends on boats. The best way for the guerrillas now is to hide themselves. It is unlikely that the Japanese will reach this area through the main road from the south. There are national troops ahead. If

The national army is attacking to the north. This is the rear. There is no problem in evacuating by waterway at night.

Li Yuan and his group of 14 people, together with troops from other places, have entered the reed bush.

This time Li Yuan arranged for a leading soldier to join the Yixing guerrillas and conduct a search and reconnaissance northward through the reeds of Tai Lake.

...

A Japanese squad leader led the puppet troops into the reed swamp from the north.

We are investigating whether we can go south from here. We have already penetrated more than 300 meters into the reeds. We are surrounded by tall reeds. There are paths that ordinary people have walked. Several Japanese soldiers are constantly moving southward.

, the speed is very slow.

.......

Li Yuan was following the guerrillas and local staff sent from northern Shaanxi. The ground was covered with dried reed leaves. The instructors were still communicating with each other intermittently. Everyone was ready to wait until dark to see if they could

We couldn't leave by water at night. The information from the guerrillas said that the Japanese had been holding back because the 60th Division had also deployed defensive strongholds on this line, but there were not many people. It would be no problem for a Japanese squadron to destroy these strongholds, but

I was also afraid that my lone army would penetrate deeply and be surrounded, so I continued to build strongholds without retreating, just wasting away.

Worse news came from Taihu Lake to the east. The Japanese added two patrol boats and patrolled southward, almost twenty miles south. There was little chance of evacuating from Taihu Lake to the east for the time being.

The guerrillas and the vanguard soldiers sent by Li Yuan to the north received news that there was a horizontal river channel in the middle of the reeds to the north. It was very wide, seven or eight meters, and the temperature in spring was low, making it impassable.

...

The Japanese encountered a river, but they figured out a way to let the puppet soldiers carry three small wooden boats snatched from the common people and take the boat when they encountered the river. One of the Japanese soldiers, a sergeant, was a fisherman before joining the army.

He came up with this method temporarily and was praised by the captain who led the team. The small wooden boat is not heavy. It is a small fishing boat used by fishermen for fishing. It only weighs one or two hundred kilograms. The puppet soldiers are acting as coolies this time. There are people in front of them.

The Japanese who opened the way kept changing people to serve as vanguards, and used bayonets to forcefully carve a path through the reed swamps.

The leading soldiers sent by Li Yuan also came up with a solution based on the photos of the terrain, and they were quite experienced. They found that there were birds flying constantly in the distance to the north. There must be something wrong. They quickly arranged for someone to come back and find a bamboo pole to support the boat.

He stood on the ground, supported by two soldiers, and climbed up flexibly. He had practiced a lot during training in the mountains.

Even from the top of the bamboo pole, you can't see clearly. There are swaying reeds in the distance to the west across a river. It doesn't look like the reeds are blown by the wind. There is an unobvious trace to the north of the swaying position.

It was an open space formed behind the cut reeds, although it was not obvious. Another guerrilla soldier went up to observe and judged that the Japanese had come from the reeds. The soldiers who had been training in the reeds for more than a month,

Although I have not received formal military training, my ability to adapt to the environment is not guaranteed. I have even set fire to reed bushes. It’s just that the reeds in the south are not easy to burn. As long as the dead branches of the reeds are not near the water and are not soaked in water, they can still burn.

It can be burned in a small area, so it does not mean that reeds cannot be burned.

"Brother, the Japanese are coming from here. You have to go back and report quickly." A soldier looked a little anxious.

After receiving the news from the top soldiers of the guerrillas, the company commander went to the west to set up a defense line. There were many instructors here, and there was only one platoon leader left by the guerrillas. This platoon leader heard that the Japanese were coming, and for a while he took the

He can't make up his mind. It's no problem for him to attack, defend or block, but when it comes to setting up the battlefield, he's blind. It's not our instructor who can't do it either. He's been busy with all kinds of political work during this meeting and has no time at all.

Familiar with the terrain, there was a lot of talk at this meeting, but there was no plan. Some suggested retreat, some suggested setting up an ambush, some suggested calling in guerrillas for reinforcements, and some suggested sending people to scout the Japanese soldiers first. All of what they said was correct.

, but there must be an order of precedence.

The old superior in northern Shaanxi was not polite and directly named Li Yuan to take charge. At this time, the only one with rich combat experience was Li Yuan.

Li Yuan didn't expect that he would be blocking again. In his opinion, as long as he didn't take the initiative to attack, it was blocking, and he seemed to be tied to blocking in his life.

When Li Yuan left the queue, several young students' eyes flashed with surprise and secretly inquired about the situation. Wang Xiao's eyes also flashed with light. He had seen many fighting heroes in northern Shaanxi, but a real battle with swords and guns was still

First time attending.

Li Yuan didn't have many ideas. This reed swamp is very large and is divided into countless pieces by the river. If the Japanese were able to drive straight in, they must have brought tools to cross the river. Now we discover them first and can ambush them, even if we can't defeat them.

, and you can withdraw at any time. As long as a fight breaks out here, the Japanese patrol boats will reinforce this side. The defense on Taihu Lake is not that strict, and the comrades can retreat through the waterway, and the blocking soldiers will go to the reeds.

Once inside, there is no danger.

After talking about this idea, a group of instructors learned about the situation and began to continuously supplement the plan. This reed swamp is very wide, and many of them grow in the water. They are not suitable for marching. The positions where you can move are far away.

On the Taihu Lake side, there may be swamps in many places. There are garrisons from both sides in places where there are no reeds. The Japs want to make a sneak attack, while the guerrillas want to avoid their sharp edges. If the two sides are far apart, it is possible to cross in opposite directions.

The route that the Japs traveled was basically a straight line. According to the intelligence, it was the Japs and the puppet troops this time, not all Japs, so the combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced. You can kill him alone.

It’s really impossible to defeat them by boat. If the Japanese are still blocking the lake, then go to the National Army to identify themselves. We have more people this time. Once the main force of the National Army fights the Japanese, there will definitely not be many troops to defend various intersections.

, you can force your way to the south, unlike in the afternoon when you didn't dare to break in. Even if you end up in a war zone, it is worthwhile to retain so many cadres.

The story of Li Yuan's fight against the Japanese spread very quickly. The platoon leader and the independent company platoon leader Jiang actually knew each other. He would not have any psychological pressure if he handed over the power to Li Yuan. Besides, his old superiors had already spoken, so the company commander could not deal with it.

The sweating Lord.

Li Yuan made a pre-war mobilization according to his own habits and explained the essentials of an ambush again. Since there was no depth, in order to prevent the Japanese from running around after being attacked, this time it was necessary to attack from two sides to form an angle, otherwise they would have to fight.

To reach your own people on the opposite side, the key is simple. Don't prepare for a frontal charge. Just cross forward from both sides. When advancing, the flag bearer holds a bamboo pole to mark the position. Behind him, find a small soldier to climb the bamboo pole to observe the post. There is no need to get close to the battlefield. The guerrillas here

Experience must be put to good use. The old rule is to empty the first magazine quickly. Let the machine gunner Zhao Dashan leave the magazine and take out all the spare bullets. Each soldier can only get ten rounds of four hundred bullets.

, after the first wave of attacks, the Japanese and puppet troops will definitely retreat and must be quickly captured and replenished.

The bullets were distributed quickly, and the bullets Li Yuan brought were not distributed to other soldiers. The guerrillas originally only had five bullets per person, which was basically the same as when Li Yuangang arrived in the independent company.

"My order: start in one row." Li Yuan waved his hand.

"Yes." The leading soldiers led the first guerrilla company and the soldiers of the independent company and began to move quickly northward in the reeds.

Almost half an hour later, the sentry made a preliminary estimate of the direction of the Japs' movement based on the width of the reeds and the swaying position of the reeds. Li Yuan climbed on the bamboo pole and observed the direction of the Japs' movement several times. Choosing a Japs would definitely pass.

At the approximate location of the river, it was almost dark at this time.

Now there is a thorny problem. It is getting late. If the Japanese can't stop, this matter will be in trouble.

...

After receiving the news, the 60th Division immediately sent a battalion of soldiers to march overnight to Gaocheng, and continuously conveyed the news to the Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangsu Guerrilla Headquarters, and reported it to the war zone in a timely manner. However, the news received by the guerrillas would always be lost.

Half a day in the evening.

When Li Yuan received the news from the guerrillas, it was completely dark, and the Japanese were right in front. He stopped abruptly and did not move forward. He also lit a fire in the reeds and seemed to be ready.

We don't move forward until the next day, and we are not afraid of burning ourselves to death and turning ourselves into roasted pigs.

The Japanese were not afraid of being exposed, so the leading soldiers they sent only advanced 200 meters, because they had already reached the river and could not cross without a boat. They had to wait for the puppet army to bring the boat over. On February 14th, the moon became rounder and shone brightly on the river.

In the reeds, they were constantly swaying with the wind.

The two sides were in a stalemate across a river, being lively and silent at the same time.

.......

Chen Sheng, the commander of the 60th Division, received the exact information that there were only so many Japs. It was not clear what military purpose they had. According to the tactics, it might be to wipe out the peripheral armed forces and then launch a large-scale attack. This would certainly not allow the Japs' conspiracy to succeed. He sent a

The battalion's troops had arrived at Gaocheng at two o'clock in the morning on the 15th, and completed a semicircular encirclement starting from Caojiaba in the east and Anshan Mountain in the west around three o'clock. The Japanese had already discovered the military deployment of the national army and conducted firepower at night.

After reconnaissance, the national army immediately launched a counterattack, and the battle began.

They all attacked at night. The national soldiers stationed here were very familiar with the terrain, but the Japanese and puppet troops were in a defensive position, and the Japanese had better marksmanship and tactics.

Although the national army had many people, it was poorly equipped and its advance was very difficult.

After attacking continuously for more than two hours, the Japanese and puppet troops finally removed the firepower point set up by the Japanese and puppet troops several afternoons under the human sea tactics. When the battle advanced to the periphery of an alley in Chendali, the Japanese used a house to build a firepower point at the entrance of the alley.

The alley was constantly spitting out tongues of flames, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. In order to destroy this firepower point in the alley, only one squad of seven soldiers was left in the battle ahead. The squad leader took the lead in forming a "death commando". However, the squad leader took the lead.

Six soldiers were advancing one after another, and within just over a minute they fell to the enemy's machine gun bullets. The seventh soldier crawled forward, holding on to his injured body, shouting: "I'll kill you*"
Chapter completed!