Chapter 13 Si Shui, Si Shui

Sishui is located in central and western Jiangsu, bordering Lingbi and Wuhe Rivers in Anhui. There is a Hongze Lake Canal in the county, which connects to the Yangtze River waterway. For Deng Sen, if weapons and equipment are now purchased from outside, gaining control of Sishui will add a lifeline.

"Brig Commander, all the troops are ready to go." Tian Ding, who was looking at the map, listened to the rewards of his subordinates.

"What's the situation with the enemy?" Tian Ding looked carefully at the map of Sishui and asked his subordinates.

"It's the brigade commander." The man responded and walked up, stood in front of the large map in the command hall, looked around the commander, and then pointed at a place where the bridge was marked with the baton.

"The enemy contracted their defense and concentrated about 13,000 troops at the Flood River Bridge five miles outside the Sixian County County to prevent our troops from crossing the bridge. Moreover, there were revolutionaries in the opponent's army and they were proficient in some defensive formations. The opponent arranged the first line of defense along the bridge, and built a surface fortification with sandbags. About one and a half regiments were stationed. After the first line of defense, the opponent gathered local armed forces to form a second line of defense, with more than 5,000 people here, and then the opponent's city wall. The three small-diameter mountain cannons we carried could not give the other party a fatal blow." The combat staff told the specific situation and walked down.

Tian Ding looked around the commanders, and they were monks who had become monks halfway through, and they really couldn't make formal combat plans.

The generals below looked at me, looked at you, and then they were all thinking about each other.

"Brig Commander, I think we should take the mechanical regiment as the pioneer to attract the opponent's firepower, and then the engineering regiment quickly set up a pontoon bridge to make breakthroughs from multiple aspects, and can collect surrounding ships for river ferry." The first person to speak was Tian Shi, the newly arrived general, and Tian Ding's younger brother.

"Well! You sit down first, who else has any idea?" Nodded and letting his cousin sit down. Tian Ding was still very satisfied with his cousin. Although this plan was not perfect, it was also a method.

"I think Commander Tian has a good idea, but if we attack like this, we will definitely suffer heavy casualties. It is better to send a commando team to ferry from other places, and then work inside and outside to break through the opponent's defense line. Moreover, our three mountain cannons can suppress the opponent's bridgehead positions, and then the mechanical regiment will attack and lead the infantry regiment to cross the bridge." Li Ran said little to Tian Shi. In the hearts of the generals, Tian Shi was just a person who entered their circle by relying on relationships, but when Tian Shi spoke out his plan, everyone looked at him with admiration.

"Is there any?" Tian Ding asked the other two team leaders just nodded.

"I don't think things will be as simple as we think. For example, if the opponent has a artillery team, then our casualties will inevitably be greater. If the opponent is in front of us and the opponent blows up the bridge and reaches the other side, our forward personnel will be extremely dangerous. The enemy's rear team must have excellent weapons. Our unit can suppress firepower only thirty-six heavy machine guns. I suggest drawing out twenty heavy machine guns to form an assault battalion, and launching fierce attacks on the enemy from the side to disrupt the opponent's defense. Moreover, our third regiment is willing to be the commando behind enemy lines." Guo Huai is the most brave among Deng Sen's subordinates, and his third regiment is also a group of people who are not afraid of death.

"Okay, then the matter will be decided like this. The Third Regiment drew a battalion to form the suicide assault battalion, led by Guo Huai himself, and allocated twenty heavy machine guns and machine gunners. At Guzhuang, he raised ships to cross the river and attacked the enemy army from the north side. The Engineering Corps built two floating bridges in the Fangtai of Xiaowangzhuang, each sent three battalions to break through. This battlefield made us independent and only knew the first battle. I just hope that we will not humiliate the trust of the head of state for us, and the reputation of our Iron Blood Army. Let us stand up together now." Tian Ding stood up and saluted everyone, shouting: "Hey...Dunson, long live the head of state, attack..."

"Hey...Dunson, long live the head of state, attack..." Everyone, including the guards, shouted.

The floating river bridge five miles east of Sishui County is extremely quiet. All the busy vendors are hiding in their homes and are unwilling to pass this hurried bridge.

The floating river bridge is ten meters wide and more than 120 meters long. It is a Chinese-style stone arch bridge, composed of a bridge arch, and the river flows endlessly below. This river runs through Lingbisi Town and connects to Hongze Lake. The river surface is nearly 100 meters wide. Because it is now summer, the water flows rapidly.

The originally dense trees on both sides of the shore have disappeared, only the bare clearings on the west coast and the sandbag fortifications like small walls on the east.

"It's not easy to deal with! The other party obviously does not want to fight me head-on, and the defense is also good. It surrounds the bridge entrance in a semicircle. If our troops attack, they will be attacked by three sides." The enemy was strictly guarding the bridge, and County Magistrate Cheng even asked the Nanjing government to provide military talent support. There are also two battalions of Jiangsu Revolutionary Army in Sishui City.

"All battalions and company officers began to prepare before the war, and the mechanical regiment inspected the truck." The front of the bridge was made by the independent mechanical regiment as the vanguard, and the first regiment was used as the main attack to attract the enemy's attention and cover the attacks in both directions.

At the location where the two pontoon bridges were set up, engineers were urgently cutting down trees around them as materials for pontoon bridges. Now it is the period of rapid river water rise, and the rapid flow is not conducive to the construction of pontoon bridges. If you want to build a pontoon bridge on such a water flow, you must be stable enough and a large amount of logs are needed.

"There are three hours left. The task must be completed quickly within three hours. I don't want any of you to meet the requirements for the first time. "The monthly salary of the Engineering Battalion is a little higher than the Battle Battalion, and the instructor was also hired by Deng Sen to train an elite engineering unit, and there is no one in China who cares about the engineering team now.

"Chief Zhao, after calculating that the two places needed was 1,300 logs, and the production time was only one hour, so the cutting speed must be accelerated, otherwise it would be too late." As an instructor for the training consultant of the engineering battalion, Monach praised the hard work and learning speed of this army. This was the army he admired the most in China. Before, he was invited by the Guangzhou warlords to train new recruits, but the soldiers there were extremely arrogant, saying that the Americans did not have an army, and they chose Japanese or German instructors to train them. In anger, he resigned and returned to the Shanghai Concession. He happened to be invited by Deng Sen to become his old engineer.

"Don't worry, Mr. Monach, my brothers will definitely complete the task within time." Zhao Dahai was very relieved of the group of cubs under his command.

"The regiment commander, we collected five small boats in the surrounding villages. Each time, if we transport soldiers alone, we can only transport fifty people. If we add heavy machine guns, we can only transport three people at a time. Overall, we will take an hour to transport the entire camp." The floating river must not be a big river, and the surrounding villages only have small boats for fishing. Such small boats are transported at every turn, and the river water is now turbulent and slow.

"Cross the river immediately after the bridgehead starts! First transport heavy machine guns and machine gunners, and quickly crane machine guns to the other side to prevent the enemy from coming to block our crossing of the river." The crossing location is not far from the battlefield. If you cross the river now, it is easy to leak, and the purpose of a surprise attack cannot be achieved. Therefore, Guo Huai chose to cross the river after the bridge battle started.

"This is the first time I personally directed a battle. This time, my brother gave me the face to promote my cousin to the regiment commander. There must be many old brothers who are not convinced! Yes! If I were not convinced, I will not be convinced. It depends on your performance this time!" Tian Ding looked at Tian Shi who was commanding the inspection of the truck. When Tian Shi came to find him, he also asked Deng Sen for the position of the leader of the mechanical regiment. Deng Sen gave it to Tian Ding for Tian Ding's sake. At the same time, this position was requested by Tian Ding. The leader of other regiments is of course equally important, but the mechanical regiment must be a vanguard here to show the courage and command ability of an officer.

After glanced at Tian Ding, who slowly turned his gaze from behind, Tian Shi knew that his brother had great hope for him, and he also made up his mind secretly!

"Don't worry, brother, I won't let you down the head of state. This is my first battle. I must not make any mistakes." He said softly, and Tian Shi wanted to answer what Tian Ding thought, as if he was talking to him.

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