Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

Chapter 183 Taking Over the Ferry

183 Take over the ferry

"Then you can take Lu Dahai and Wang Dachuan's two battalions with you."

Zhou Pingkou recommended two people.

Not long after, the two battalion commanders, Wang Dachuan and Lu Dahai, rushed over in a hurry after hearing that Ye Qingshan had arrived.

"Hello, sir!"

The two of them saluted Ye Qingshan excitedly.

"Commander Ye is going to Xiaguan to deal with the incoming fleet of the Japanese.

A team of people is needed.

I'll arrange for you two to go to Commander Ye.

Are you two okay?

Zhou Pingkou looked at Lu Dahai and Wang Dachuan and asked.

"I'm OK."

Lu Dahai nodded.

"Great, that's fine with me."

Wang Dachuan was even happier.

In the past few days, they have been fighting back and forth with the Japanese in the northwest urban area.

Such a battle is boring and cruel.

Both of them were tired when they heard that they had to follow Ye Qingshan to deal with the Japanese's incoming fleet.

They are more interested.

At the same time, as the first officers to defect to Ye Qingshan, Lu Dahai and Wang Dachuan still prefer to work under Ye Qingshan.

"Okay, you two go back and gather your troops.

An hour later, we set off.”

Ye Qingshan looked at the two excited people and waved his hand.

"Yes!"

An hour later, Ye Qingshan led two battalions of troops to Xiaguan.

At Xiaguan, there was already a battalion stationed there.

It’s just a battalion of Deputy Commander Xiao’s military police regiment.

Originally, Ye Qingshan had planned to let Zhou Pingkou send a battalion to take over the Xiaguan Ferry.

However, Ye Qingshan later took into consideration that the officers stationed in Xiaguan would need to frequently deal with the national army that came from the other side to transport supplies.

The people on Zhou Pingkou's side are really not suitable.

After all, the people on Zhou Pingkou's side are all ordinary military officers without powerful backgrounds.

It is not very convenient to deal with the national army on the other side.

But Ye Qingshan didn't want such an important place as Xiaguan Ferry to be out of his control.

In the end, Ye Qingshan came up with a compromise.

Let Deputy Commander Xiao select a trusted officer from his gendarmerie corps to lead a battalion to garrison Xiaguan to replace Song Xilian's 36th Division.

In this way, Ye Qingshan can trust Deputy Commander Xiao's men.

At the same time, the people selected by Deputy Commander Xiao are more likely to deal with the national army on the other side.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Ye Qingshan arrived at the Xiaguan Ferry.

"Chief of Staff Ye, I'm Luo Hu, we've met before."

Luo Hu, the major battalion commander of the gendarmerie battalion stationed in Xiaguan, saluted Ye Qingshan and said with a smile.

"Yes, we worked together under Deputy Commander Xiao."

Ye Qingshan nodded with a casual attitude.

"Deputy Commander Xiao should have told you the purpose of my coming here this time."

“Yes, Deputy Commander Xiao sent someone to inform me last night.

Let me obey Commander Ye's command unconditionally.

Now, I am your soldier."

Luo Hu was very aware of the situation and assured Ye Qingshan.

“Haha, that’s good.

Now, go and gather all the boats and crews at the ferry."

Ye Qingshan also took on the command of the Xiaguan Ferry without hesitation.

Soon, Ye Qingshan saw various types of boats of different sizes at the ferry.

Luo Hu, who was standing next to him, also introduced Ye Qingshan: "Commander Ye, we now have more than 1,200 large and small boats at the ferry.

Among them, there are seven large ferries with a displacement of more than 2,000 tons.

There are about eighty small ferries with a capacity of more than 800 tons.

The rest were all small boats of less than 800 tons.

And here, is just part of it.

There is another part on the other side, which was sent to deliver a new batch of supplies, and will not return until tonight."

Ye Qingshan looked at these small boats and shook his head with a bitter smile.

Ye Qingshan, who was used to seeing large destroyers of tens of thousands of tons or warships of tens of thousands of tons in later generations, felt very complicated when he saw these ferries of hundreds or thousands of tons.

But Ye Qingshan also knew that these were more than a thousand small boats of several hundred tons.

But it supports the river transportation lifeline of Jinling City at this time.

They have worked hard and made great contributions.

In fact, after Ye Qingshan found out, he realized that most of these ferries were actually civilian ships.

They were recruited by the National Government after the war broke out.

"According to the latest intelligence, the three Japanese warships will arrive in the waters downstream of Jinling around the morning of the day after tomorrow.

We can't let the Japanese warships reach us.

Otherwise, our ferry will be reduced to ashes by the Japanese's large-caliber naval guns."

"What should I do?"

After hearing this, Luo Hu also became anxious.

"Of course the headquarters has a way to deal with it. The purpose of my coming here is to deal with the Japanese fleet.

But the method is kept secret for the time being.

Wait until tonight, when the remaining ships carrying supplies return to the ferry.

Don't let them go back.

First, arrange some small ferries to leave the ferry, find nearby fishermen to lead the way, and hide in hidden waters.

These large and medium-sized ferries, as well as some small boats, remained.

Cooperate with our battle plan."

Ye Qingshan did not reveal his plan to lay mines to deal with the Japanese invading warships.

Only some of the ferries were left in use, and the other small ferries were hidden.

“Yes, Commander Ye.

I'll go down and arrange it right away."

Luo Hu responded and ran to communicate with the ship owners.

At this time, in the mountain city, many officers of the National Army were privately discussing the ongoing Battle of Nanjing.

“I really don’t understand how the defenders in Jinling City fought this battle.

How could they hold on until now?

I can’t figure it out. I can’t figure it out.”

In the operations room, some Kuomintang staff officers shook their heads and smiled bitterly.

Because no matter how they review and deduce, the result is the same.

That is, it is impossible for the defenders in Nanjing to hold on until now.

They should have been completely defeated several days ago.

“The problem now is that when we left Jinling, there were less than 100,000 soldiers in the city.

They have been fighting the Japanese over there for more than half a month.

Even if we calculate based on the casualty data from the Battle of Shanghai, they should have been out of soldiers after such a long time.

Who on earth is fighting the Japanese in the city?

It can't be that group of unarmed civilians."

Some people laughed as they spoke.

"I don't understand. I don't understand."

"Okay, stop deducing. What's the point of deducing over and over again?

If you have the guts, go to the front lines and see for yourself and you will know.”

Someone said with a sneer.

At this time, a telegraph room staff officer came over in a hurry, and a combat staff officer stopped him and said, "Staff Officer Zhao, why are you rushing over here?"

"Send a telegram! An urgent message to Jinling, asking them to break out immediately."

This Staff Officer Zhao said.

"Ah, breakout?

What does the principal mean?"

After hearing this, the people around also asked in surprise.

"How should I know? Why don't you go and ask."

"Haha, Staff Officer Zhao, you really know how to joke.

How dare I ask this? "

Everyone laughed.