On November 21, Wen San led his troops to finally reach the outside of the second line of defense. During this period of time, they collected some more broken troops, bringing the total number of troops to 354.
This already has the establishment of more than half of the battalion. Pangdun's reconnaissance squad was promoted to a reconnaissance platoon, with a staff strength of 36 people. The entire platoon is mainly equipped with light weapons to facilitate mobile operations.
It is near Dingshan on the northeast side of Wensan Institute, not very far from Jiangyin County.
On the same day, a large number of Japanese planes raided Jiangyin, bombing Jiangyin County House, surrounding factories, residential buildings, including schools and other targets. The Japanese attacked civilians inhumanely, causing a large number of casualties among ordinary people.
The county magistrate of Jiangyin organized a team to evacuate most of the residents in an emergency, and the entire area quickly entered a wartime state. The Jiangyin County Anti-Enemy Support Association was also established to provide rescue to the injured people.
After the support association was established, it immediately organized the masses to conduct firefighting, air defense surveillance and light control drills, and used local newspapers to conduct anti-Japanese propaganda.
At the same time, the support association also established the Jiangyin Information Station, and County Magistrate Yuan also served as the station director. The main task of this intelligence station is to deploy police forces to set up air defense surveillance posts along the river to observe the activities of enemy ships and enemy aircraft.
In addition, Director Xiao of the Jiangyin County Secret Service has successively established an intelligence team to counter the activities of traitors and enemy spies and reduce the risk of exposing our military's troop deployment.
At this time, due to changes in the war situation, the top brass of the Military Commission believed that the Jiangyin Fortress was likely to protrude beyond the defense line and be easily surrounded by the Japanese, so the Military Commission decided to abandon the fortress if necessary.
This decision dealt a huge blow to the defenders, their morale was shaken, and the defenders lost their confidence in a decisive battle.
"Pang Dun, have you checked the situation of the troops ahead?" Wen San had already sent out scouts while the troops were marching.
"The 154th Division is stationed on the periphery. Their will to fight does not seem to be very determined. If the Japanese attack with all their strength, they may not be able to hold on for long."
The news about Pang Dun made Wen San frown. There were not many relevant records about the battle in Jiangyin. Wen San didn't understand it carefully. But from a geographical point of view, Jiangyin is very important.
This is the choke point connecting the river and the sea. With the Yangtze River to the north and Taihu Lake to the south, it is an important connection point between the Yangtze River and Taihu Lake, and an important gate to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
"Isn't there a Huangshan Fortress here? Which troops are stationed here?" Wen Sanxi asked.
"It is said that they are the four main divisions of the Jiangfang Group, but the area they have to defend is very large, and the pressure on them is not small." The extent to which Pang Dun can find out is basically the limit.
Wen San nodded and continued to ask, "Have you figured out the surrounding Japanese troops?"
"I don't know if it's far away. The nearest Japanese to us is a brigade under the Chongteng detachment. It's less than ten miles away from us."
"The strength of a brigade is so close. The troops are stationed where they are. Pang Dun, please take me to see the Japanese troops." Wen San knew about the Chongteng detachment, and they were also cooperating with the Japanese troops under the 10th Army. 9th, 11th, 13th and 16th Divisions.
They were the main Japanese army that attacked the Jiangyin line. Their attack power was very powerful, and their various artillery equipment gave the national army an incomparable headache.
"Company Commander, you don't have to go. Is there any news that our scouts can't find?" Pang Dun said with a smile.
This guy has only been a platoon leader for a few days, and he's already starting to get a little carried away.
"That won't work. I have to go and take a look to feel at ease." Wen San insisted, mainly because he wanted to get closer to see if he could hear the Japanese's combat deployment.
"Okay, you can go, but you have to bring Brother Biao and the others with you." Pang Dun was still a little worried.
Although Zhou Zhengbiao became the company's boxing coach, he also had another task: protecting Wen San's safety. The teaching tasks between classes are basically left to the first batch of students.
Seeing that Pang Dun refused to give in, Wen San had no choice but to bring Zhou Zhengbiao and a few soldiers he selected.
There was actually no danger in the march. When we were 1.5 kilometers away from the Japanese brigade, Wen San could already hear the Japanese's voices.
Recently, his special ability has finally improved, increasing his distance by about a mile.
"Report to the captain, there has been news from the regiment that our troops will continue to move westward and attack the Jiangyin Fortress of the Chinese Army."
"Yoshi, we can finally move on. The China Army fortress is not as strong as imagined. Under the bombardment of the artillery fire of our Imperial Japanese Army, it is more brittle than an egg."
The conversation between the two Japanese soldiers entered Wen San's mind. It seems to have said something important, but it seems rather vague.
Wen San could only make a rough judgment. The Japanese would soon attack the Huangshan Fortress.
"Your Excellency Kudo, we have a lot of heavy weapons. We must prepare them early, otherwise it will affect our marching speed. Outside Huangshan Fortress, another division of troops has arrived. We must act as soon as possible to prevent this division from building up again. Build a new line of defense."
"Don't worry, the road leading to the Huangshan Fortress has been repaired and is towed by trucks. Our heavy artillery will not hinder the marching speed."
"The highway has been opened? That's really great. We will set off early tomorrow morning and try to knock out the Chinese Army outside the Huangshan Fortress within half a day."
Wen San listened for a long time and finally heard some useful news.
From here to Huangshan Fortress, there is only a road paved with stones. Wen San thought about it and immediately called Pang Dun back.
"Before midnight, spread out your people and cross the terrain along the road in front of you. Pay attention to the enemy team that may appear along the way. Don't be exposed."
Pang Dun already has many people under his command. If he were alone, he really wouldn't be able to complete this task.
"Company Commander, you don't want to ambush the Japanese, do you?" Pang Dun was not stupid, and he immediately guessed what Wen San was thinking. Although he didn't know when the Japanese would cross this road.
"It's good to know. Pay special attention to places where ambushes can be carried out." Wen San smiled. His brothers were getting smarter and smarter. This was a good sign.
After Pang Dun led the team to leave, Wen San also went back home with Zhou Zhengbiao and the others.
At midnight, Pang Dun came back with his men. Wen San discovered that two of their soldiers had failed.
"What's going on? Didn't I tell you to pay attention to the Japs along the way?"
"Hey, I met a group of traitors who were building roads. I couldn't help it and punished them." Fat Dun said quickly.
"Just pack it up and let him go?" Wen San suddenly became nervous.
Traitors sometimes play a worse role than the Japanese.
"I educated them and saw that they had a good attitude towards admitting their mistakes, so I let them go." Fatty scratched his head, thinking that he had done a pretty good job.
Wen San also often said that Chinese people do not fight against Chinese people. As long as they do not do anything too extreme, they can be treated appropriately.
