At exactly 11:00 p.m. on April 19, nearly 3,000 people from the four units of the garrison quietly rushed toward the established target.
The two brigades led by Wu Shouwen quietly came to the outpost of the fortress headquarters in the dark of night. Wu Shouwen gently instructed Lu Dashan to lead the team to hide the two sides, and then led the guard platoon straight to the checkpoint.
"Password!" A soldier shouted.
"Rose!" Yang Hongliang shouted loudly.
"Is it Platoon Leader Yang?" How did you? ”
Before he could finish speaking, the aquatic creature walked forward quickly with a short knife in his hand, his arm raised, and the two sentries immediately covered their necks and fell to the ground. The three sentries next to them had not yet returned to their senses, the necks of the two soldiers had also been cut open by aquatic short knives, and one soldier was stabbed in the chest by Yang Hongliang, and the three were killed immediately.
Wu Shouwen waved his right hand backwards, and Lu Dashan immediately got up and led the team to run quickly. Not far in front of the headquarters, only to see the two large iron doors of the headquarters closed tightly, Yang Hongliang waved his hand towards the aquatic life, the two squatted down and ran forward quickly, at the edge of the wall of the large iron gate, the two of them jumped on the wall with their hands on the wall and turned into the wall, and soon the gate of the headquarters opened, and four soldiers lying on the ground were faintly visible in the moonlight.
Wu Shouwen's troops were divided into three routes, one of which led a squad directly to the compound of the special operations team led by Gao Dejiang, the leader of the third brigade, and the other led two squads of deputy commander Zhao Qianjiang to go straight to the barracks along the river, and the rest of the people under the leadership of Wu Shouwen directly attacked the compound of the headquarters.
Next to the headquarters compound was a barracks of the Guard Battalion, with three companies underneath it. There were day and night guards in the headquarters compound, and a company of guards took turns. Day and night guards outside the compound, one platoon after another took turns. Therefore, one company and two platoons remained in the barracks at night.
Not far from the vicinity of the headquarters compound, only a shout could be heard:
"Stop!" Suddenly, four guards flashed out next to the headquarters compound.
"Bang, bang,......" Yang Hongliang swung his double gun, the four guards were immediately shot and fell to the ground, the aquatic body jumped and rushed forward quickly, a dozen guards next to the headquarters compound just ran out from the side, before they could pull the trigger, the aquatic double gun had been quickly fired, "Bang, bang ,......" More than a dozen guards were killed without firing a shot.
Yang Hongliang followed shuisheng closely behind, and a quick step ran to the guard camp barracks, and the five or six guards in the barracks just rushed to the door with their guns, "Bang, bang ,......" Yang Hongliang fired a double gun salvo, and five or six guards immediately fell to the ground.
Hundreds of guards in the barracks had not yet figured out what was going on, and the dozen or so guard fighters who arrived behind Yang Hongliang threw dozens of grenades into the barracks, "Boom, boom,......" The barracks was suddenly filled with fire, accompanied by shouts in the firelight, and as several guard soldiers raised their carbines and swept toward the figures in the firelight, they immediately became quiet.
As soon as the gunfire stopped, the gunfire from the riverside barracks and the Einsatzgruppen compound not far away was already ringing out.
Hundreds of guards on the outskirts of the headquarters were wiped out in an instant, and now the headquarters compound is left. Only to see the two black iron doors of the headquarters compound closed tightly, two guard soldiers threw several grenades at the gate, but the large iron door did not move. Yang Hongliang saw that the gate could not be blown open, and quickly set up a ladder to attack the wall, dozens of soldiers threw grenades into the compound at the same time, immediately "boom, boom" dozens of grenades exploded in the courtyard, and then more than a dozen soldiers quickly crouched under the corner of the courtyard, more than a dozen soldiers rushed forward and stepped on their shoulders and quickly climbed to the wall, and immediately the gunshots on the wall and in the courtyard sounded, several soldiers were shot and fell off the wall, and then several soldiers immediately rushed forward.
"Captain, I managed to flip over to the roof from behind to catch him off guard." The aquatic creature pointed in the direction behind the compound and said.
"Well, be sure to pay attention to safety." Wu Shouwen patted aquatic shoulder and said.
Aquatic quickly ran to a tall tree in the backyard, jumped, grabbed the trunk with both hands and quickly climbed up.
The trees were about ten meters away from the compound wall, and the headquarters building was about five or six meters away from the wall. The tree was so tall that it had already surpassed the roof of the headquarters building when it reached the end of the tree, but the end of the tree was at least a dozen meters away from the roof.
I saw that the aquatic creature grabbed the trunk of the tree top with both hands, and his body shook violently back and forth, and in the shaking, his feet stomped towards the tree body, and his body immediately jumped forward quickly, and his body fell to the roof, and one rolled forward, and the person had reached the front roof of the building. I saw several windows in a row of houses on the second side of the courtyard, several machine guns were flashing tongues of fire, and the soldiers lying on the opposite side of the wall were shot and fell off the wall.
Aquatic quickly fired a two-gun salvo downwards, "Bang, bang, bang," and the machine guns on the two sides were suddenly dumbfounded. The soldiers on the wall took the opportunity to sweep the courtyard with their guns.
A dense burst of gunfire hit the wall, and the soldiers on the wall were suddenly shot again, and the dense gunfire came from the hall on the ground floor.
Aquatic took out two grenades and threw them down, taking advantage of the "boom, boom" sound of the grenade explosion, one turned over and jumped down, and the person in the air "bang, bang..." had quickly fired four shots, and the four soldiers in the hall were immediately shot and fell to the ground. Feet on the ground, a quick roll to the side of the ground, "bang, bang ..." Aquatic in the tumbling double gun salvo, and many people in the hall were shot to the ground, just when the soldiers in the hall were caught off guard, Aquatic had picked up a carbine from the side of the "da, da, da."
..."Swept over.
Dozens of guards and officers in the hall were beaten before they could turn back, and the aquatic body jumped to the door of the hall, "Da, da, da,......" against the hall was another burst of strafing, and several guards were shot to the ground.
In this instant, more than a dozen soldiers had been turned over the wall, and the soldiers rushed toward the hall, and several soldiers quickly went to open the gate.
"Lay down your arms!" Aquatic drank loudly.
Almost at the same time, a loud cry came from the hallway entrance in the hall.
"Lay down your arms for me!"
I saw a young officer with his left hand on the neck of a middle-aged general, and his right pistol on the head of the general.
"Staff Sergeant Ginger? you? ------," an officer on the side asked as he looked at the young officer in amazement.
"Lay down your arms!" Dozens of soldiers of the garrison suddenly poured in behind the aquatics and shouted in unison.
The guards and officers of the headquarters saw that the situation was gone, and immediately raised their hands.
"Haha, Commander Dai is here." Wu Shouwen strode into the hall.
"Report to the captain, Jiang Xun will report to you." The young officer put down the middle-aged general and shouted a salute to Wu Shouwen.
"Comrade Jiang Xun, hello!" Wu Shouwen stepped forward and tightly held Jiang Xun's hands.
"Commander Dai; our garrison has followed the tide of revolt, and now ask the commander to immediately order the laying down of arms to the General Battery and the Ranger Artillery Regiment." Wu Shouwen stood in front of Dai Rongguang and said sharply.
"You guys? You guys? Commander Dai Rongguang couldn't help but look frightened.
Jiang Xun led Commander Dai to the side of the guardhouse window.
"Commander Dai, give the order." Jiang Xun handed over the phone and said.
Dai Rongguang took the phone with trembling hands, called the commander of the artillery station and the commander of the wandering artillery regiment respectively, and gave the order to lay down his weapons.
After a while, the captain of the brigade rushed in with wind and fire.
"Captain, the Einsatzgruppen has all been wiped out, and the three people who were detained have been rescued." Gao Dejiang reported loudly.
I saw three blood-stained liaison officers slowly walking forward with the support of soldiers.
Comrades, you have worked hard, I am Wu Shouwen. Wu Shouwen hurriedly stepped forward and shook the hands of the three liaison officers and said excitedly.
"Report chief, I am He Changgen, the reconnaissance platoon commander of the Sanye Special Forces Column, and I have been ordered to find you and have important instructions to convey to you." He Changgen shook his body excitedly and saluted.
Wu Shouwen quickly helped He Changgen to the side.
"Comrade He Changgen, you have suffered." Wu Shouwen said softly.
"The chief asked me to tell you: The Battle of crossing the river is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. on April 21, and the commander instructs that before the battle of crossing the river begins, you must complete the uprising of the anti-fortress troops, and if not, destroy the combat effectiveness of the fortress troops." He Changgen whispered.
"Well, great, guaranteed to get the job done. Thank you! Thank you! Wu Shouwen shook He Changgen's hands with tears in excitement.
After a while, Deputy Commander Zhao Qianjiang also arrived.
"Commander-in-Chief, the regiments directly under the command have all surrendered their weapons and surrendered." Zhao Qianjiang said excitedly.
Wu Shouwen stood on a table and raised his hands and shouted.
Brethren, Comrade He Changgen, a liaison officer sent by the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, brought exciting news: "On the evening of April 21, the Battle of Crossing the River was officially launched. I now officially declare: the official uprising of Jiangyin Fortress. Wu Shouwen shouted excitedly with his right hand waving.
"Uprising! uprising! uprising! There was a cheer from the audience.
At 6:00 a.m. on April 20, Wu Shouwen (commander of the garrison corps: CPC member), Tang Jianlong (deputy director of the artillery station: CPC member), Sun Yifei (deputy chief of staff of the Guerrilla Artillery Regiment: CPC member), and He Changgen (commander of the reconnaissance platoon of the Special Forces Column of the Third Field Army of the People's Liberation Army) jointly sent a telegram to the Central Military Commission: Jiangyin Fortress official uprising.
At 6:00 p.m. on April 21, nearly a hundred guns of the fortress battery and the wandering artillery regiment hit the defensive area of the Nationalist 21st Army on the other side of the river, and the other side of the river was suddenly in flames.
At 8:00 p.m., the four million lions of the Chinese People's Liberation Army officially launched the Battle of Crossing the River, and after the Eighth Corps of the Third Field Army of the People's Liberation Army easily swept away the remnants of the 21st Army, it successfully crossed the river and liberated Jiangyin City in one fell swoop, which played an important role as a bridgehead for the People's Liberation Army to quickly march into and liberate Nanjing.
To be continued