The Milky Way is Also a Grain of Sand
Chapter 277 The Japanese Devils Voluntarily Retreat!
Li Desheng said with a smile, "The young man has already set off. Let's go to the airport and see.
Let's see what kind of surprise this young man can bring us!"
Zou Enlai also said, "It takes about three and a half to four hours to come from Jurong.
During this time, let's also take a night tour of northern Shaanxi."
Wang Bi Shi stood up: "He was able to emerge out of nowhere, it is necessary to take a good look.
What kind of person is such a heroic figure?"
On the way from Jurong to northern Shaanxi, Lin Fan looked around from time to time. There were not many reference objects to be seen in the air.
Lin Fan was piloting the special brigade's own transport plane to lead the way.
He had flown this route before.
That was all during his previous life, when he was training as a special soldier.
He flew a fighter jet from Nanjing to Xi'an.
Although there was no electronic navigation at that time.
It was similar to the current situation, but the planes were more advanced at that time.
There were more lights on the ground.
In fact, now when Lin Fan looked down from the air, he could not see any light on the entire earth.
Starting from Jurong is actually the same as starting from Nanjing.
In order not to tire these pilots, Lin Fan told stories in the air about the earth-shattering changes that had taken place on this land.
He said that all of this he had seen in science fiction novels abroad.
Jing Mingda and the others heard that there would be satellites in the sky in the future, and that planes would know their location no matter where they were.
When flying in the air, the plane could be completely autopilot, without the need for the captain to operate it.
The plane could carry thousands of passengers at a time, flying tens of thousands of kilometers.
Future airplanes would no longer have propellers, and would fly higher, faster, and farther.
The captain could talk to the tower at any time in the cockpit, no matter how far away they were.
He could even call his children at home and chat with them.
Lin Fan kept talking, and Jing Mingda and the other pilots were responsible for:
"Ah! Oh! Oh!"
With Lin Fan's description of later generations, these pilots only felt that the three and a half hours in the air passed too quickly.
It seemed as if the plane had just taken off, and they had arrived?
Lin Fan looked at the four large characters 1921 that were specially burned with bonfires on the ground.
The runway was between 1 and 9.
These had all been arranged when they set off.
As to why they chose this number, Lin Fan had said in the telegram that this year had a special commemorative significance.
If Lin Fan hadn't said it, the leaders in northern Shaanxi would not have said it.
But after Lin Fan said it, the leaders of course understood in their hearts.
What was this special commemorative significance?
Of course, such a request could be satisfied.
At two thirty in the morning, a transport plane team flew over the sky in northern Shaanxi.
The huge roar of the engines awakened the people who had already fallen asleep on this land.
The leaders who had been waiting here for a long time walked out with smiles.
Looking at the huge plane, they circled the airport twice in the air.
The leading plane was also the first to land.
As soon as Lin Fan's plane came to a stop, a team of people with torches rushed up.
Seeing these people's simple faces and the clothes they were wearing.
Lin Fan finally felt relieved.
At this simple airport, there was no tower, no air command center.
Although the bonfires lit on the ground were the same as the secret signal he had set.
But Lin Fan was always a little uneasy when he had not seen the main person in charge.
"Are you from Jurong?" asked the soldier who rode his horse and chased after the plane with a torch.
"Yes!" Lin Fan replied loudly.
"Northern Shaanxi welcomes you!" The soldier on horseback showed a relaxed expression on his face.
He immediately became much more enthusiastic.
"Comrade! You've worked hard along the way! Go over there and have a rest.
Can you ride a horse?"
"Yes! Wait a minute, there are five more planes behind, let's go together."
As Lin Fan spoke, the second plane had already landed smoothly.
This was the plane piloted by Jing Mingda, who was the same as Lin Fan.
The plane did not stop in the middle of the runway, but went to the end of the runway, bypassed the number 9.
He parked the plane between 2 and 1.
This middle area was the temporary apron.
As one plane after another landed.
Li Desheng said with a smile: "If the mountain will not come to me, I will go to the mountain!
The young man is still busy at this time.
Let's go over and take a look."
All six transport planes landed safely, and Lin Fan took down the five pilots Jing Mingda, Chai Liyan, Shui Chengyin, Di Lexin, and Qian Yimin.
Including the crew members of these six planes, there were a full twenty people.
Lin Fan was about to follow the soldier who had been with him when he heard him shout, "Commissioner Li is here."
Happiness came so suddenly, Lin Fan did not expect that the person he had traveled thousands of miles to see.
Was actually coming to see him on his own initiative.
This was a group of leaders who were obviously still very young.
Lin Fan had seen the images of these people countless times before.
But those were all seen in movies, and the feeling was not profound enough.
Seeing the real person today was a very different feeling.
Commissioner Li's eyes were very bright, as if there was a ball of light.
His eyes swept over the group of people.
He looked at Lin Fan and stretched out his hand with a smile: "Welcome! Welcome! Commander Lin, right!"
Lin Fan quickly stretched out both hands to hold this warm big hand: "Reporting to Commissioner Li, I am Lin Fan!"
Li Desheng said with a smile, "Let me introduce you, these are all my comrades."
He introduced them one by one.
Normally, this work was done by Zou Enlai, but today Li Desheng was obviously in a very good mood.
Jing Mingda, Chai Liyan, and the others were all stunned when they heard these names.
They simply did not expect that they would meet these legendary people when they came to northern Shaanxi today.
The names of these people had appeared countless times in the newspapers.
Whether it was before the War of Resistance Against Japan, or after the start of the War of Resistance Against Japan.
Lin Fan introduced Jing Mingda, Chai Liyan, and the crew members one by one with a smile.
After the personnel introduction was completed, Lin Fan said in particular:
"Respected leaders! Although the personnel of these five crews are from the Fifth War Zone.
But in the recent battles, they have repeatedly helped our special brigade transport personnel and materials.
A few days ago, we started from Jianqiao Airport and have eliminated more than 17,000 Japanese devils in total.
Without the strong assistance of these five crews, the special brigade would not have been able to do so well on its own."
Lin Fan's summary made Jing Mingda and the others very happy.
The people present were big figures of the same level as Generalissimo Chiang.
Being able to shake hands with them today was already a blessing.
Now, being able to show their faces in front of these big figures was simply like smoke coming out of their ancestral graves.
Lin Fan specially pointed out this matter, and Commissioner Li shook Jing Mingda's hand again:
"The people of the whole country will thank you. It is because of the efforts of people like you that we can drive the Japanese devils out faster.
We are also very grateful to you. The people will not forget you who are really doing things for the War of Resistance Against Japan.
We will not forget you either."
Jing Mingda did not know the weight of this sentence now, but he and his crew members truly understood it ten years later.
At that time, they were even more eager to find Lin Fan and say thank you to him.
It was just that Lin Fan seemed to have never appeared before.
They did not find any trace of Lin Fan.
Now Jing Mingda was so excited that he was incoherent: "This is what we should do.
We soldiers will also do some other things.
We can only do what we can. We are happy as long as we can see the Japanese devils suffer."
Everyone present laughed.
Lin Fan said with a smile, "We have captured a lot of weapons in the battles with the Japanese devils these days.
This time, we are here to pick up people, and also to recognize our family.
We have prepared 10,000 rifles,
One hundred heavy machine guns, three hundred light machine guns, one hundred mortars.
One million rounds of ammunition, three thousand shells.
Clothing, protective gear, and shoes, 10,000 sets each.
I hope these weapons can better protect northern Shaanxi here."
Lin Fan specially pointed out the protection of northern Shaanxi, and the meaning in this was self-evident.
"Good! Good! This gift is too heavy!" Li Desheng said with a smile.
Zou Enlai also said with a smile, "Now that you're back to your family, come and sit inside the house.
It will also take some time to unload the goods here."
Each of the six planes left a crew member here to be responsible for directing the unloading.
The rest followed and walked to a cave dwelling not far away.
In a room, a fire was burning, and the water was boiling.
As soon as they went in, someone handed them bowls of hot boiled water.
Jing Mingda and the others had someone to accompany them here.
Lin Fan and Li Desheng, Zou Enlai and other leaders went to another cave dwelling and sat down.
Seeing that Lin Fan was a little nervous, Li Desheng said with a smile:
"The hero who fights against the Japanese has returned, of course he will tell us how he fights against the Japanese."
Lin Fan was familiar with this.
It just so happened that he had fought a battle with the Japanese devils today.
So he explained in detail the steps of attacking the Zhimu Chuankou Brigade in Mogan Mountain today.
Hearing that Lin Fan sent troops to penetrate into the middle of the Japanese devils, divide and encircle them, and always form a troop and firepower advantage in a small area to annihilate the Japanese devils.
Li Desheng said happily, "That's right, that's how battles should be fought.
No enemy is so powerful that it has no weaknesses.
The Japanese devils also have weaknesses, and they have many weaknesses.
Few soldiers, small country, few resources, these all determine their inevitable fate."
Lin Fan quickly nodded: "Yes! Although the Japanese devils are temporarily strong, and their soldiers have high combat effectiveness.
But as they are consumed on the battlefield, the elite soldiers cultivated by the Japanese devils are getting fewer and fewer.
Their combat effectiveness will also become weaker and weaker.
We are just the opposite, our soldiers are gradually learning from ordinary people in battle after battle of blood and fire.
They are growing into excellent soldiers one by one.
The enemy is declining while we are rising, the Japanese devils are like a rabbit's tail - it won't grow long.
At the same time, the purpose of the Japanese devils in launching the war is to plunder and to shift the domestic economic crisis.
Our resistance is completely beyond the expectation of the Japanese devils.
Not only has the economic crisis they wanted to shift not been alleviated.
But it is getting more and more serious.
Now the economy and people's livelihood in the Japanese devils' country are very difficult.
It's just that they can't give up their aggressive nature, and always think that if they persist a little longer.
We will surrender when we wake up tomorrow.
The Japanese devils' ideas are destined to fail.
The era when the Japanese devils could set up a few cannons and drive a few warships in front of our country's gate to make us cede land and pay compensation has passed.
In the next few years, the Japanese devils are destined to fail."
Everyone present heard what Lin Fan meant: the combat effectiveness of the Japanese devils' soldiers is still very high now.
There will be no quick victory in fighting the Japanese devils, and preparations must be made for a protracted war.
Li Desheng asked with interest: "The special brigade has a very good relationship with the Fifth War Zone!"
Lin Fan nodded with a smile: "Everything depends on strength. The special brigade clears the way and provides rear support for the Fifth War Zone.
The most important thing is that the Japanese devils are now at the height of their power.
The unified war front is the mainstream, and the Kuomintang army is now afraid of the Japanese devils.
So their attitude towards us is relatively better.
But when the War of Resistance Against Japan enters a stalemate stage, and the Kuomintang army's defense line is stabilized.
Some people will cause trouble in the united front of the War of Resistance Against Japan."
Li Desheng said with a smile: "Young in age, but deep in understanding the problem.
Chiang Kai-shek is not easy to deal with!
His view of us has never changed in essence.
But we are still willing to join hands with him to fight against the Japanese devils.
No matter what the situation, the Japanese devils must be fought.
We will not be afraid of Mr. Chiang if he wants to cause trouble."
Lin Fan said with a smile: "That is of course. We don't have to be afraid of him at all.
Brothers quarrel at home, but resist insults from outside!
We will definitely win when we drive back the Japanese devils.
In the end, this world still belongs to those who win the hearts of the people.
Through the War of Resistance Against Japan, thousands of ordinary people will also be awakened.
Among the 400 million compatriots in our country, the rural and agricultural population is the largest.
Mr. Chiang focuses on the urban elite.
In the end, he will still fail.
The failure of the Japanese devils is doomed.
The failure of Mr. Chiang is also doomed."
Lin Fan's words made everyone present happy.
Their beliefs are firm, and of course they have always believed that victory is certain.
But no one thought that victory would come so quickly like Lin Fan did.
Lin Fan was from later generations and knew the result, so of course his tone was firm.
Li Desheng pondered for a moment: "How should we view Chiang Kai-shek?
Will he not surrender, will the Kuomintang army he represents surrender?"
Lin Fan immediately said: "Chiang Kai-shek's government and army have extremely deep ties with the Japanese devils.
There have always been voices for peace talks within them.
And they are also trying to mediate through the German ambassador to China, Dr. Oskar Trautmann.
But this time, the Japanese devils have overestimated their abilities.
Their current peace talks are single-mindedly trying to get Chiang Kai-shek to step down and exile him abroad.
This is a condition that Chiang Kai-shek can never accept.
Another thing is that the Japanese devils proposed the autonomy of the three northeastern provinces and the establishment of a puppet government.
This is also something that Chiang Kai-shek cannot accept. Now that the people are gradually becoming enlightened.
If he accepts such a traitorous treaty, his image as a leader will be destroyed.
The day he steps down will also come.
So no matter how the negotiations go, the two sides will not reach an agreement.
The Japanese devils' domestic economy was already in a deep abyss, and the purpose of invading our country was to obtain a large amount of compensation as before.
Now, not only have they not made money, but they have also lost money.
Of course, they are also unwilling to return the occupied land.
This also determines that the requirements put forward by Chiang Kai-shek will never be satisfied by the Japanese devils.
The main force of the Kuomintang army will never be able to successfully negotiate peace with the Japanese devils.
But there are some pro-Japanese people within Chiang Kai-shek, and they will definitely jump out.
In these days, Chiang Kai-shek has been defeated repeatedly in the battles with the Japanese devils.
It has also allowed him to accumulate greater prestige.
The pro-Japanese faction within his government will definitely flee abroad.
And establish a puppet government with the Japanese devils."
After Lin Fan said this long passage.
Several leaders all looked at him with serious expressions.
After a while, Li Desheng smiled again:
"Some people don't want their ancestors, don't care about the people, and only want to be promoted and make a fortune.
They will definitely not have a good end."
He pointed to the other people in the room and said:
"These are the comrades who are going to Jurong with you:
This is Gao Yongde, and he is responsible for this time's more than 300 people.
This is Comrade Long Anxiang, this is Comrade Jing Jiayan.
All the people who are going this time are politically reliable and ideologically firm."
Lin Fan quickly reached out his hand: "Welcome! Welcome! We have been looking forward to it in Jurong.
We are just waiting for the comrades to come over. The work in the local area has not yet started."
While they were chatting in the room.
The materials on the plane had been completely unloaded.
Jing Mingda came over to ask for instructions: "When will we take off?"
It will take some time to fly back from here.
After dawn, we are afraid of encountering Japanese devils' fighter planes.
Of course, Lin Fan could not stay here for a long time.
What's more, all the people transported this time were talents!
Lin Fan got up to say goodbye.
Li Desheng held Lin Fan's hand: "Try your best to fight against the Japanese devils, and also protect yourself!
No matter what, there are still us behind you."
"Yes!"
More than 300 people who were going to work in the local area had all boarded the plane.
The plane landed in Jurong at seven o'clock in the morning.
Jing Mingda and the others immediately took off and flew back to Quzhou.
Only then did Lin Fan have time to give a welcome speech to these more than 300 people:
"Comrades! Jurong welcomes you!
The special brigade welcomes you!
From now on, everyone will be eating from the same pot.
Now that we have come here, everyone is a family.
Although the work positions are different, our goals are the same.
Drive away the Japanese devils and liberate the people!
Overnight, we have crossed thousands of mountains and rivers, I believe everyone is tired and sleepy.
Now everyone go and have breakfast first.
Have a rest, the work matters.
Will be arranged by Deputy Brigade Commander Li."
Li Xian had already prepared white rice porridge and large meat buns in Jurong.
Today, these meat buns were personally guided by Sheng Shicai to make them.
They were thin-skinned, thick-filled, and very delicious.
Di Wenguang was one of the people who came to support this time, and he took a bite of the bun.
He said with emotion: "This taste is too good, one bite and my mouth is full of oil.
So fragrant!"
Lin Fan was by his side, and said with a smile: "Eat more if you like it!
There are buns every day, and you have to eat more every day.
In our place, whether a person's combat effectiveness is strong or not, first of all, you need to be able to eat.
If you eat a lot, you will be strong, run fast, and when you fight with the Japanese devils, you can fight and run."
Lin Fan still had to go to Deqing, and he could not teach these cadres.
When Li Xian was sending him off, Lin Fan said: "We must make demands on these cadres. First, try not to change the existing structure of the countryside. Everything should be based on maintaining the status quo and stability.
The main task at present is to resist the Japanese devils, and this cannot be changed.
Second, we must organize local security groups in various places. We will issue weapons and we will issue ammunition.
The training of the security group must not occupy the time of the busy farming season.
There should be corresponding assistance to the people who participate in the security group, and they should be given preferential treatment in terms of technology, farming cattle, and employment.
We will strive for these security groups to form combat effectiveness in two or three months.
Each county has the power to protect itself.
Our main force will be stationed in key areas as a mobile force and backbone force.
Third, the tax rate must not exceed the standard when the Kuomintang army was there.
We want to increase revenue, but we want to increase revenue on the basis of increased income for merchants, factories, and farmers.
We will have our own enterprises and our own sources of income.
We want to make everyone's life better day by day, so everyone will support us.
Fourth, all bandits and mountain bandits in the jurisdiction must be wiped out. When these people are found at the beginning.
If the security group does not have combat effectiveness, ask the main regiment to take action.
When the combat effectiveness of the security group increases in the future, the security group can also take action.
Fifth, we must remember: Fairness! Openness! Justice! Our special brigade must keep its military affairs confidential.
All other things, if not necessary, must be made public.
All law enforcement must achieve these three points."
Li Xian listened carefully to Lin Fan's words and wrote them all down in his notebook.
As a reporter, he was used to this.
Lin Fan felt that even if Li Xian went to later generations, he would be quite suitable to be a secretary.
Lin Fan was going back to Deqing, and there was no report from there.
It was all good news, and there was no need to notify him if nothing happened.
But Lin Fan still had to go back as soon as possible, after all, the situation there was too bad.
This time, the plane sent Lin Fan to Deqing and then returned to Guangde.
As soon as he got off the plane, he received Mao Wenxing's reconnaissance report this morning:
"The Japanese devils who came to Deqing yesterday are already on their way back."
Lin Fan couldn't believe it: the Japanese devils took the initiative to retreat?
Mao Wenxing clearly confirmed: it was the team from yesterday, and they had retreated.
He had been mobilizing troops and generals, and wanted to have a good fight with the Japanese devils here again.
But the Japanese devils had retreated.
In this case, the special brigade also began to go to Guangde.
Lin Fan was very busy now.
What he was thinking about was going to Jiangyin to intercept the Japanese devils' cargo ships.
If he didn't do this one day.
Lin Fan felt like he had lost millions.
Lin Fan left Xiao Dongbei's fourth regiment in Deqing.
Lin Fan specially told Xiao Dongbei that in these days, he should take his troops to walk all over the mountains and rivers of Deqing.
If they encountered a Japanese devils attack, they could retreat into the mountains and forests at any time.
If you preserve the people, you can regain the land! Xiao Dongbei quickly agreed.
When Lin Fan led his troops back to Guangde, the migrant workers who had come from Jianqiao Airport were still there.
The special brigade settled their wages according to the standards that had been said in advance.
Lin Fan also followed the agreement and found dyes to dye all the pieces of cloth that these people had taken apart black.
Among the more than 300 migrant workers, more than 50 volunteered to stay.
They wanted to join the special brigade.
Lin Fan satisfied such a request as soon as possible.
Today was the last day of 1937.
The first regiment, the third regiment, the sixth regiment, and the eighth regiment were all resting in Guangde.
Lin Fan also reorganized all the puppet troops who had surrendered these days.
Each regiment from the first regiment to the tenth regiment was supplemented with two companies.
Now each regiment had nine companies.
According to Lin Fan's plan, Xuancheng, Shuiyang, and Wuhu were all places to be recovered.
Mao Wenxing's routine patrol found that the Japanese devils' Taihu Lake fleet had also retreated.
Lin Fan was really confused: what was wrong with the Japanese devils?
Did they completely give up these small places and concentrate their forces to fight a big battle?
Lin Fan knew that the Japanese devils were already mobilizing troops and generals in order to open up the Jinpu Line.
But were they so short of troops? Even the fleet on the Taihu Lake side had retreated.
It seemed that they were not preparing to attack Changxing, Wuxing and other counties on the southern bank of Taihu Lake for the time being.
When looking at the map with the four regimental commanders, Lin Fan pointed to Wuhu, Xuancheng, Shuiyang, Dangtu and other places:
"These places need to be attacked. The first regiment, the third regiment, the tenth regiment, and the fifth, sixth, and seventh companies of the eighth regiment will go to attack these places.
Under the command of Chen Sichuan, the commander of the first regiment.
I will take the sixth regiment and the first to fourth companies of the eighth regiment to attack Jintan and Danyang.
Penetrate to the Yangtze River.
Find a few Japanese devils' cargo ships and take back our own hard-earned money."
The entire army rested in Guangde for one day.
Lin Fan did not stop this day.
He used the scraps from the tanks to successfully make a radio station.
This ability made Liu Ziqian, who was helping him, admire him to the point of prostrating himself on the ground.
She had already assembled seven radios.
In the end, she thought that it was impossible to assemble a complete machine that could make a call with these parts.
She did not expect that Lin Fan could still assemble two identical radio stations.
When the two radios were turned on for a test run.
All the radios and stations of the special brigade received were noise.
Liu Ziqian looked at Lin Fan with the eyes of an older brother looking at a younger brother: look at what you have made.
Lin Fan also specially asked someone to bring a radio to see if he could receive the radio signal.
The entire channel of the radio was filled with noise.
Turning off one of Lin Fan's newly assembled inventions.
It was still noise!
Only the two inventions that Lin Fan spent a day completing.
The radio, the radio intercom, and the station were all normal.
In Liu Ziqian's opinion, Lin Fan once again opened his two-day efforts without giving up.
All the radios, radio intercoms, and stations only had noise again.
Lin Fan did not have a frustrated expression, on the contrary, he was very happy.
Liu Ziqian did not think that this was of much use.
She comforted Lin Fan and said: "Although it has a counterproductive effect, your spirit of exploration is still very valuable."
This sentence was what the teachers at school often said to those naughty male students when she was studying.
Using it at this time, Liu Ziqian felt that it was very appropriate.
But Lin Fan wanted to take these two devices with him.
Liu Ziqian thought that this was a waste: the components on these two useless devices could be taken down.
They could also be used as parts and used on other normal radio intercoms.
It was just that Lin Fan was the brigade commander, and she was just his subordinate.
After resisting unsuccessfully, she could only pinch her nose and obey.
Lin Fan's failed attempt to assemble another radio product was put into the eighth regiment by Lin Fan as a treasure.
He specially told Feng Junya to take good care of it and bring it wherever he went.
Just like the anti-aircraft gun, it had to follow him at any time.
Liu Ziqian felt that Lin Fan wanted to continue to improve it, so that he could save face in the future.
After returning to Guangde, she became busy.
Lin Fan only gave one request: to connect all the counties occupied by the special brigade to telephones.
These telephones should also be available for civilian use, first use them for military use as a test, and then open them to the local tyrants and gentry in the county.
As long as they could pay the money, they could install a telephone.
Of course, this was Lin Fan's long-term plan for Liu Ziqian.
On New Year's Day in 1938, Lang Yong'an had been staying at the Jiangyin Wharf for ten days.
He used to have a happy and stable family, and he was also a boat owner.
On the day Jiangyin Fortress was lost, his home and the entire village were burned down by the Japanese devils, and after his entire family was left with only him.
He only had one thing in his heart, which was to find the Japanese devils to take revenge.
Li Xian, the deputy company commander of the special company, specially called himself to let the Japanese devils pay for his family.
It was agreed that every 100 Japanese devils would be worth one person in his family.
A few days ago, he saw a report in the newspaper that the special brigade had killed more than 1,000 Japanese devils in Deqing.
The next day, he saw that the special brigade had killed nearly 10,000 Japanese devils in Mogan Mountain.
He felt both gratitude and doubt in his heart: the special company has now become a special brigade, is it really that powerful?
He wanted to ask Deputy Company Commander Li in person.
It was Deputy Company Commander Li who promised to avenge his family, and that was why he was willing to follow the special company.
These days, he and the special company's cargo ship had run to Nanjing and Wuhan twice.
A few days ago, the crew members in the entire cargo ship received a notice to come to Jiangyin.
The special brigade was going to carry out an action and needed the help of the captain and crew members.
At the same time, they also needed someone who was familiar with the Jiangyin waterway situation.
Lang Yong'an had been a boat owner for twenty years, and had always been running on the road from Jiangyin to Shanghai and Jiangyin to Nanjing.
Of course, he met this condition, and he also knew the boat owners in the Jiangyin and Zhenjiang sections.
It was also convenient for the special brigade to rent ships.
Luo Yazhi brought 21 old crew members and 33 new crew members from the old Zhihao.
They had been waiting in the village in the Jiangyin countryside since the 28th.
They were also here to cooperate with the action.
Luo Yazhi was clear about this mission, although he did not know the target.
Lin Fan did not know which ship the target was now.
But Luo Yazhi had participated in a ship seizure operation once.
He clearly knew how bold and careful the special soldiers were.
Since he started driving the old Zhihao cargo ship, he had run between Nanjing, Wuhan, and Chongqing three times.
Of course, the income was very high, and half of the shares of the ship already belonged to the crew members.
Among them, he was the captain, so he got more shares.
Luo Yazhi had now gone from having no money when he left Shanghai.
He had become well-off.
But when he heard that the special brigade needed an experienced captain and a group of crew members to cooperate with the action.
All the crew members on the entire old Zhihao wanted to come, but the old Zhihao also needed someone to drive it.
Therefore, Luo Yazhi brought half of the veterans and half of the novices over.
They had been waiting in Jiangyin for six days.
During these six days, Lang Yong'an went out early and returned late every day, just to brag and chat with his old buddies.
On January 3, 1938, Lin Fan led the sixth regiment and four companies of the eighth regiment to pass between Danyang and Wujin and came to the Yangtze River.
They were here this time to prepare for a big battle.
The special brigade had prepared two regiments in Jintan, ready to come and respond at any time.
Lin Fan had had this plan for a long time, and preparations had been made long ago.
Since the 19th, the special brigade had been sending people to Jiangbian to scout.
It was just that ordinary people could not get into Nanjing City at all now.
The special brigade's scouts could only count the passing ships on the Jiangbian.
Now Lin Fan led his troops to Jiangbian again.
Lang Yong'an did not find Li Xian, but he found Lin Fan.
After listening to Lang Yong'an's question.
Lin Fan pointed to the surrounding sixth regiment and eighth regiment and said:
"When we were in Jiangyin, we were called the special company, with 1,500 men in the entire company.
Now we are called the special brigade, and there are already more than 20,000 men in the entire brigade.
In fact, we did not have the entire brigade participate in the battle with the Japanese devils in Mogan Mountain.
At that time, only the first, third, fourth, sixth, and eighth regiments participated.
We killed more than 15,000 people on the way back to Anji from Jianqiao Airport.
Don't worry, we will not lay down our guns as long as the Japanese devils do not withdraw from our country, even if the Japanese devils withdraw from our country.
We will not let them go."
Getting a definite answer from Lin Fan, Lang Yong'an quietly returned to the abandoned village.
He found the remains of his wife and daughter in the ruins of his home and buried them together.
He told them that he had found someone to avenge them.
These days, he had earned a lot of money from running cargo ships.
Lang Yong'an bought a large ship of sacrificial supplies, from paper houses to paper figurines, to paper money. He burned it for half a day.
Only then did he return to the team.
The veterans of the special brigade were very familiar with the roads and rivers around Jiangyin.
Even if the newly established companies were not familiar with it, there were veterans in their companies.
But in the two days without a mission, they were taken by the veterans to quietly familiarize themselves with the roads in these places.
After Lin Fan arrived in Jiangyin, he immediately asked Lang Yong'an to quietly rent five 3,000-ton cargo ships.
These cargo ships were temporarily parked in Xiagang, waiting for the special brigade to use them at any time.
Everything was ready, just waiting for the cargo ship.
The Senju Maru cargo ship was originally a 10,000-ton bulk cargo ship operated by Mitsubishi Corporation.
It was originally running on the route from the mainland to the United States.
Because the empire had just occupied Nanjing and there were too many looted materials.
There were too few cargo ships, so this ship was temporarily requisitioned by the empire's military department.
It departed from the mainland and came to Nanjing specifically to transport a batch of materials.
The Senju Maru was manufactured and launched in Germany in 1933.
It has a standard displacement of 17,300 tons.
The ship is 175 meters long, 23 meters wide, and has a draft of 6.5 meters.
The main engine has a power of 21,000 horsepower and a maximum speed of 20 knots.
There are 57 crew members.
When this ship was docked at the Xiaguan Wharf on December 19, it began to load cargo onto the ship.
The ship was in excellent condition and reliable.
Most of the materials assigned to this ship were looted by the Central China Front Army, and a small part was looted by officers and soldiers of various levels.
Since the August 13th Incident, the Japanese devils army has clearly stipulated that all mail and packages sent by the Japanese devils to the islands can only be transported uniformly by the military.
It is not allowed to find outside cargo ships to bring them back, and those who violate it will be treated as treason.
The Japanese devils' headquarters issued this order to protect their face in the international community.
The materials looted by these middle and lower-level Japanese devils officers and soldiers were sent back to the islands by mail and packages.
It is easy to be discovered and revealed. This will expose their nature as plunderers.
They will be