Wei Wu immediately sent a telegram to the Communist army stationed in Jinling to communicate about the crossing of the river.
Originally, Wei Wu planned to develop in Jiangbei for a while and make another good harvest.
As a result, it doesn’t work now.
The communist army must quickly move north, occupy or destroy the defense line, and destroy the corpses and traces. Otherwise, his embezzlement of construction funds and the creation of paper defense lines will be exposed.
After the Communist Army heard the news, they immediately held a meeting overnight to discuss plans.
Originally, according to the normal plan, the soldiers were rested and reorganized, prepared to cross the river, and then crossed the river together from three directions, concentrating absolute power to divide and surround the Japanese troops in the North China direction, eat them one by one, and then wait for an opportunity to break out of Shanhaiguan and liberate the country. Nationwide.
But now the situation is different.
The Japanese troops of the two divisions are about to move south.
If the Japanese troops of these two divisions are really in place, the difficulty of crossing the river will be much greater.
Most importantly, Wei Wu was an indispensable ally.
With Wei Wu here, the difficulty of the war can be greatly reduced.
Therefore, as long as it is not too excessive, the Communist Army is willing to cooperate with Wei Wu in adjusting arrangements.
After a night of discussion, the leadership of the Communist Army decided to cooperate with Wei Wu and adjust the time of crossing the river.
After some research with the other party, Wei Wu felt that the best time was to wait until the supporting divisions from the south had just arrived at the defense line.
In this way, the suddenness of the battle can be achieved, and the responsibility for the defeat can be perfectly transferred.
No, Wei Wu didn't work hard, it was because the new division was too useless. As soon as they took over the defense line, they allowed the Communist army to break through the defense line and invade the hinterland of North China.
At this time, Wei Wu could use the excuse of conserving his strength and adjusting his tactical position to madly turn backwards.
Save strength.
The two parties discussed various plans all night, worked out several alternative plans, and only stopped communicating after taking into account all imaginable situations.
After ending the communication, the two parties immediately began to make arrangements.
The Communist Army stepped up efforts to build boats to cross the river.
In order to speed up, soldiers from Wei Wu's side rowed boats to "wander" to the other side of the river every day.
Leave the big boat behind, and then take the small boat back.
When I come back, I usually have a few extra bills in my pocket.
In this way, Wei Wu almost sent back most of the ships in his hands.
Anyway, these ships are of no use in the hands of Wei Wu, and they might as well be left to the Communist army.
In addition to selling ships, Wei Wu also asked the construction team to quickly renovate the defense line where the new division was stationed.
In order to increase the thickness of the bunker, Wei Wu added a layer of wooden boards on the outside, and the outside of the wooden boards was coated with cement.
It looks like the bunker is very thick.
But in fact, they are all empty shells inside.
For many open-air forts, Wei Wu urgently installed anti-shell domes.
From the outside, those domes seem to be made of pure steel and are extremely strong.
It can even withstand attacks from large-caliber aerial bombs.
But in fact, it is just two thin layers of iron sheet.
It can even be pierced with a bayonet.
There are also barracks that have been finely decorated.
The interior is decorated in an all-wooden style.
Wooden floors, wooden walls, and wooden single beds.
Wei Wu even thoughtfully prepared a set of black cotton quilts for everyone.
They won't be able to enjoy it for long anyway, and the good things given to them will be wasted.
Wei's armed forces were almost repaired, and reinforcements from the south arrived.
"Have you asked? Which division is here?"
Wei Wu asked.
"It's the 20th Division and the 109th Division."
Kenji Sato said.
"Temple Shouichi is very humble, and he actually sent out a first-class division."
Wei Wu had a smile on his face.
The 20th Division is an expanded first-class division originally established to station in North Korea.
Although the record is not many, both the equipment and training are the size of a first-class division.
If this division can be eliminated here, there will be less trouble in the future.
"Let them garrison the defense line. I won't go see them. It doesn't mean anything if they don't see the dead. In addition, inform the other side that the No. A combat plan will be implemented tonight."
Wei Wu gave the order.
Sato led people to greet the 20th and 109th Divisions and guided them into their combat positions.
Seeing the solid defense line, the people of the 20th and 109th Division were dumbfounded.
Many people were walking around in the trenches curiously.
"Wow, the walls of this trench are at least one meter thick, right? I'm afraid no gun can penetrate them."
"Gun? I'm afraid even an ordinary 75mm cannon can't penetrate it."
"Really? That's amazing."
"Look, there are stairs in the trenches. It's so humane."
"Come and see, this dormitory is so luxurious. It even has wooden floors."
"That's awesome. Isn't this the officers' dormitory?"
"Have you ever seen officers living in dormitories?"
A group of Army red deer looked like Grandma Liu, wandering around the defense line, looking here and there, everything they saw was new.
The division commander of the 20th Division, Bunzaburo Kawagishi, inspected the trenches and was also very satisfied.
This line of defense is located on a high ground, not far from the riverside, and can have a panoramic view of the entire river.
A large number of searchlights were even set up on the position.
As long as the machine guns and artillery are set up, a large area of the river can be blocked.
Bunzaburo Kawagishi did not believe what kind of army could break through such a blockade and break through the Yangtze River defense line.
"Everyone moved into the defensive line and pushed the artillery into the fort."
Bunzaburo Kawagishi directed everyone to garrison the defense line, arrange defense, and allocate dormitories.
Soon, it was evening, and Wei Wu also sent people to express his condolences with sake and a large number of river fish.
Bunzaburo Kawagishi was very useful, and I felt that Wei Wu was quite good at being a good person.
After drinking and eating, he arranged the soldiers on duty and went to bed.
As the night grew darker, across the Yangtze River, a ship quietly sailed out of the dock. Each ship was filled with fully armed soldiers.
In the woods, truck guns also opened up and arrived at the preset position.
On the Yangtze River defense line, several Japanese soldiers were boringly controlling searchlights to scan back and forth on the river.
It's a boring job.
But someone has to do it.
To prevent people from sneaking across the Yangtze River at night.
However, as they were patrolling back and forth, suddenly all the searchlights went out.
The Japanese soldiers who had adapted to the bright light suddenly felt that their eyes were darkened.
The surroundings became extremely dark and nothing could be seen clearly.
"what happened?"
"The circuit must be broken, please repair it quickly."
"Where are the engineers?"
While the Japanese army was in a hurry, the ships on the river speeded up and moved towards the opposite side of the river.
From the truck artillery position on the other side of the river, a communications soldier reported: "Division Commander, the signal from the other side was sent as agreed, and all searchlights were turned off."
The division commander looked at his watch: "Shoot Zhu Yuan as scheduled, three rounds in volley, let go!"
Boom, boom, boom!
Thousands of artillery shells roared towards the Yangtze River defense line.
