West of Yuncheng, Jiangzhuang.

The temporary station of the New 37th Brigade is located here, with tens of thousands of people, hundreds of trucks and mules and carriages. Such a long team can be said to be difficult to hide its tracks!

Kenji Doihara came from intelligence and wanted to smuggle across the Yellow River, so naturally he could not forget to send an intelligence team to the other side to spy on the intelligence.

A large army suddenly came outside Yuncheng City, which immediately attracted the attention of the Japanese spy team!

Just as the intelligence team wanted to find out the origin of the army, the Yuncheng Police Department began to conduct a large-scale registration and investigation of outsiders across the city.

Not only did the police go out to the streets, but even the military police are dispatched.

At the first moment, Xie Chengrui contacted the 22nd Division of the Third Army stationed in Yuncheng, and blocked the news on a large scale to find the Japanese intelligence team.

Whether there is or not, check it out first.

When I was fighting with the old Japanese devil Dohihara, I thought of everything I could think of, and I couldn’t be careless at all. This was something Leng Feng specifically advised me.

Although Xie Chengrui is Leng Feng's old team leader, he does not have the idea of ​​relying on his seniority. He can always complete the orders to Leng Feng without fail.

If his old boss doesn't take the lead, how will others treat you and maintain the commander's prestige, this is also the responsibility and obligation of the subordinate.

Doihira's intelligence team was in a tragedy. Not only was it unable to move, but it was also blocked in the city. I could hope to escape this disaster with my disguised identity.

"The deputy brigade seat, the police station reported that more than a dozen suspicious elements were caught and identified, hoping to find the Japanese spies!"

"Tell them that those identities need to pay special attention to it and investigate according to our ideas." Xie Chengrui said, "Have the political workers sent? Are the spy agent identification manuals carried?"

"It's over."

"Okay, there must be Japanese intelligence personnel here. Be careful to show me this opportunity. I will give them this opportunity to make meritorious service, so don't embarrass me."

"yes!"

"Where is Cheng Gang's 371 regiment?"

"They ran very quickly and had arrived in Red Boat Town." The communications consultant reported.

"Okay, it's quite fast. Don't follow me like this guy Cheng Gang and Guoguang!"

"Report, the plainclothes team of the reconnaissance battalion reported that they had entered Juancheng. The situation in the city is calm and no discovery is available for the time being."

"Well, tomorrow morning, let them go to Dongkou Town to take a look, and find out the situation of the ferry in the area, and pay attention to hiding their identities." Xie Chengrui ordered.

"yes!"

"Thank you, Deputy Brigade Station, the division headquarters urgently sent a message!"

"Drive overnight?" Xie Chengrui saw the content of the telegram, and his thick eyebrows squeezed into a word "one". It seemed that the division headquarters had already made it clear that the Japanese army was most likely to smuggle the Yellow River in Dongkou area.

"Chief of Staff, what do you think?" Xie Chengrui sent the telegram to Chief of Staff Han Xianyuan who was drinking water.

"Is it too urgent to start overnight?" Han Xianyuan said, "Did you ask the division headquarters about the real meaning of this order?"

"I think Guopin only has his ideas. In fact, it is not a bad thing for us to arrive in Juancheng earlier. Marine at night is our strength." Xie Chengrui said, "It is enough to ask the brothers of the 22nd Division to send us a guide!"

"Well, you are the leader of the team, you decide."

"The distance from Yuncheng to Juancheng is about forty kilometers. If you don't work, six hours will be enough if you marching in a hurry. We have cars, mules, carriages and other means of transportation, so the time will be greatly shortened. Besides, you don't have to hurry up. You can sleep for two hours at the time, which is not tiring!" Xie Chengrui smiled optimistically.

"That's right. I'll give orders to the regiment and prepare to set off."

"Prepare the car, I'll go to the 22nd Division headquarters!"

"yes!"

Puyang, the 14th Division.

"Teacher, the crossing forces have gathered, you can cross the river at any time!" Chief of Staff Tadao Yoshino quickly walked into Kenji Doihara's office.

"Well, I understand, how is the night tonight?"

"It's not bad, the sky is basically cloudless. Even without lighting equipment, we can still identify the location with the moonlight!" Tadao Yoshihide Sano. On April 12th of the lunar calendar, the solar calendar is May 11th, after midnight.

"Very good. Once our troops cross the Yellow River and do not encounter effective resistance, immediately organize the boat bridge troops to set up a steel pontoon bridge on the river surface!"

"Hayi!"

"Secretary Commander, when will we cross the river?"

"Let's wait until the Chinese are asleep." Kenji Doihara opened his eyes and said, then slowly closed his eyes.

The war is coming, and Kenji Doihara feels a little excited, but also a little worried. After crossing the river, he has two choices, heading south and directly into the Longhai Line, cutting off the supply line and retreat among the hundreds of thousands of elite troops in Xuzhou. Another option is to go west, attack Lanfeng, and take direct to Zhengzhou!

If Zhengzhou can be taken down, the front of the Pinghan Line will be opened, and Wuhan will be in sight.

How to choose?

Kenji Doihara really wanted to take the credit for occupying Zhengzhou into his own hands. In that case, the main achievements in capturing Wuhan were his own. He has always been not outstanding in military command, and he, the division commander, did not perform well. This time it was an excellent opportunity. He planned for a long time and finally allowed those who felt that he had no achievements in military affairs to take a look. Kenji Doihara was not just good at intelligence work.

Just tonight, he was going to surprise the Chinese and the whole world.

In Hongchuan Town, the officers and soldiers of the 371st Regiment had just finished their supper and were preparing to camp. After receiving the order to set off overnight, they immediately packed their backpacks and prepared to set off.

They are less than forty miles away from Juancheng. If they walk and march quickly, they will be almost three hours away. If there are mechanized transportation tools, the time will be greatly shortened!

The first regiment is a sharp knife from the entire brigade, equipped with twenty trucks and a large number of mules and horse carriages. If you throw away some unnecessary supplies and go lightly, it will be no problem to arrive in Juancheng before twelve o'clock.

There is no if in history, just like what happened cannot be repeated. If Tadao Yoshihiro Sano, chief of staff of Doihara, reminded him one day earlier, the situation might change in a different way, and if Leng Feng did not order the 37th Brigade to set off overnight, the result might be a different way.

History is connected inadvertently because of such accidents.

Dongkou Town was formed on the alluvial plain of the Yellow River. Most of the people moved here in the Ming Dynasty. During the Hongwu period of Dongkou Village, the town was stationed in Dongkou Village. The Gao family from Hongtong, Shanxi and Chen family moved to the place. Because they were close to the Yellow River Ferry west, the village was named "Ferry Crossing", which later evolved into "Dongkou", which should be because of the dialect.

The Yellow River flows slowly here, with only more than 200 meters away from the river bank. In addition, the river water is not deep, it is a natural ferry. Over time, it has become extremely busy here.

Since the Japanese army entered China and occupied a large area of ​​land north of the Yellow River, the Yellow River has become a natural barrier to resist the enemy, and the coast has become the front line of war.

Many people along the coast, especially villages close to military fortresses, are empty, and Dongkou can only be one of the hundreds of ferries on the south bank of the Yellow River.

Moreover, there are no bridges nearby, and it is not easy to pass by a river that is more than two or three hundred meters wide. Therefore, although the people in Dongkou know that the other side has been occupied by the Japanese army, they can still live a peaceful life.

There are also garrisons in Dongkou Town, with a company of the 22nd Division, mainly monitoring the movements of the Japanese army on the other side, as well as flood prevention work on the Yellow River and investigating suspicious people coming from the other side.

As long as it is not the Japanese army crossing the river, it is still not prohibited for people from coming from the other side of the river. It is enough to pass the checkpoints set up by the shore port.

The winding Yellow River has nurtured the ancient Chinese civilization and has nurtured the Chinese people for thousands of years. This is our mother river, but now this mother river is being trampled by the iron hooves of the invaders of the Japanese invaders.

No Chinese with blood can do his mother to be ravaged and bullied by the enemy!

At around ten o'clock, a group of Japanese soldiers in mud-yellow military uniforms stood on the river bank opposite Dongkou, all of whom were helping with floats, and seven or eight black rubber boats were placed on the ground near their feet.

"First team, stand at attention!"

Several cars drove over from a distance, and the Japanese lieutenant led the team quickly gathered.

The commander of the 14th Division, Kenji Doihara, Chief of Staff, Colonel Tadaoyi of the 28th Infantry Brigade, also Major General Sakai Takashi Sakai, the troops who smuggled across the Yellow River tonight were from his Toyama Regiment.

"Report to the general, the Akiyama team has gathered and is ready to cross the river!"

"Very good, let's start!" Kenji Doihara nodded slightly. He did not need to personally inquire about this kind of action.

However, he still came. This battle was too critical and there was no mistake.

"Hay!" Second Lieutenant Akiyama was extremely excited. This was an action that could be remembered in history. If it was successful, not only his personal future, but his family would also benefit from it. Of course, this was also for the sake of jihad, for the empire, and for the prosperity of Greater East Asia.

Seven or eight rubber boats were pushed into the turbid and cold water of the Yellow River. Fully armed, a small team of Japanese troops climbed onto the rubber boats and waved the wooden oars in their hands.

Under the impact of the stormy splashes, the rubber boat quickly deviated from the direction. They had already calculated the water flow and went downstream from the upstream, so that they could reach the destination on the other side.

At the east bank ferry, two people were patrolling along the Yellow River embankment. In front was a middle-aged man in his thirties, with a box cannon hanging around his waist and a young young man behind him, carrying a rifle and following him.

"Platform leader, take a break and smoke a cigarette?"

"good!"

"Plane leader, do you think this Japanese man really came here secretly?" A match was lit, and the jumping fire suddenly dispelled a lot of the darkness around him.

"You are a soldier, why do you care about so many things?" The platoon leader came over with a cigarette in his mouth and his head.

"Planer leader, you, behind you." Just as I was about to light the cigarette in my mouth, I suddenly felt that the voice of my subordinate who was lighting a cigarette was a little wrong, and his hands trembled.

When he looked up, he was frightened!

Japanese soldiers, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers, surrounded them.

"run!"

The first reaction of the two was to escape, but both of them ran towards each other. The result was imagined that when they knocked each other down, got up from the ground, and wanted to run again, the ferocious Japanese soldiers had already rushed up!

The platoon leader had some experience. Facing the Japanese soldiers who rushed up, he knew that he might not be able to escape today, and these Japanese soldiers came from the other side secretly and would definitely not let him go.

At this time, what he thought of was warning!

So, regardless of the Japanese soldiers who rushed towards him, he turned around and rushed towards the Japanese soldiers who rushed towards him.

"Ergazi, go back and report to the company commander. The Japanese have smuggled up."

The man named Ergazi had been so scared that he had no idea how to react. He stood there like a fool. A Japanese soldier came from behind him and a sharp bayonet stabbed the man directly into one!

"Ergazi, the Japanese, I'll fight with you!" The platoon leader's eyes turned red and he reached out to pull out the box cannon on his waist, but the Japanese soldiers were faster than him and pressed his right hand in a flash.

"Damn, I'll fuck your ancestor." The platoon leader knew that it was impossible for him to draw his gun. With a gurgle, a round thing rolled down from the platoon leader's arms.

Grenade!
To be continued...