On the evening of November 30, 1937, in Guanlin Town, southwest of Changzhou,
Night filled the air. In the darkness of the night, an army was marching in a long snake formation on the road. The military uniforms of this army were very different. The uniforms of the Central Army, the Gui Army, the Dian Army, the Sichuan Army, the Northwest Army, and other warlords were present. Needless to say, only Yan Wenbin's troops could be so mixed together.
"Old Yan, why are we going back to Changzhou? And you came to Guanlin Town."
Wang Mingzhi and Yan Wenbin were walking together. He didn't know what Yan Wenbin was thinking. After they distributed the weapons and ammunition the night before, Yan Wenbin ordered the troops to set off and start moving towards Changzhou. They spent their days and nights hiding from the Japanese troops and spies along the way. Only now did they quietly arrive at Guanlin Town.
"The army doesn't have much food left. Weapons and ammunition were still sufficient, but there was not much food. He Jie had already calculated for me the day before yesterday. After we eat tomorrow afternoon, we will have no food! We have almost no money left. Now, we can only think of a way to get some food. Otherwise, our 10,000-man army will not be able to hold on!”
Yan Wenbin glanced ahead and said softly as he walked.
"Get some food? Just like what you said before, snatching it from the Japanese?”
"Not bad! In less than a month, the Japanese had attacked from Shanghai to Nanjing, and along the way, they had occupied all the large, medium, and small cities. Their supplies would definitely not be able to keep up. The Japanese outside Nanjing did not have enough supplies, but they had to fight again. What should they do? They could only transport it.
The supplies they transported from the country would definitely be transported outside Nanjing during this period of time. Otherwise, their troops outside Nanjing would not have any supplies. Moreover, during this period, the Japanese in the occupied area would definitely collect food for the Japanese at the front line. We're going to snatch food and all kinds of supplies from the Japanese.
Only by nurturing war with war can we develop and strengthen ourselves.”
Yan Wenbin had thought about it carefully before. Even if their 10,000-man army was invested in the Nanjing defense battle, they would not be able to do much. Instead, they would be restricted by various reasons. Instead of that, it was better to be outside. Moreover, there were more opportunities outside.
After a while, Yan Wenbin brought the troops to Gehu Lake, the lake where they had stayed for a while.
"Regiment Commander, we have reached the lakeside. However, with so many of us crossing the lake, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult. Although the waters of Gehu Lake are not deep, the weather is too cold now.”
He walked over to Yan Wenbin and said softly.
"Send people to find a boat. Also, send a portion of people to find the forest or bamboo forest. Hurry up and make bamboo rafts. We have to reach Hanqiao Town as soon as possible!”
Yan Wenbin said in a deep voice.
At around one o'clock in the morning, Yan Wenbin's troops took some wooden boats and some bamboo rafts they made themselves and began to cross the lake. However, because there were not many boats, rafts, and bamboo rafts, their speed was not fast.
At around six in the morning, Yan Wenbin and the others spent about five hours and more than ten thousand people finally passed through Gehu Lake and arrived at Hanqiao Town on the other side.
"Old He, immediately send people to Changzhou and Wuxi to investigate. Also, tell them that we will set up camp in Lijia Town and wait for them.”
"Good! I'll arrange it immediately!"
He Jie left, while Yan Wenbin continued to move forward with his men. At around 7:30 in the morning, they arrived at Lijia Town, which was ten kilometers away. They set up camp in a secluded place and the soldiers began to rest.
Around noon, a few pairs of scouts returned.
"Things are as you expected. The Japanese army collected a large amount of food in Changzhou, Wuxi, and Suzhou. They were prepared to set off tonight to transport the food to the Japanese army in Nanjing.”
He Jie, Yan Wenbin, and Wang Mingzhi were sitting together as they looked at Yan Wenbin.
"Set off tonight? How many Japanese soldiers were there in Changzhou and Wuxi? Have you found out?"
Yan Wenbin asked in a deep voice.
"This is not clear. Our scouts did not detect specific data, but according to the information detected by the scouts, the Japanese army in Changzhou is definitely not less than one regiment, and the same is true in Wuxi.”
He Jie looked at Yan Wenbin and said.
"This is very normal. These two places are the main traffic routes from Shanghai to Nanjing. It is impossible for the Japanese army not to place heavy troops here.”
During the Battle of Nanking, the remaining 100,000 soldiers who had participated in the Battle of Songhu were mainly distributed in three directions.
The first was to cross the Yangtze River and attack the Lianghuai region. This was the case in history. At that time, the Japanese army should have had a division that crossed the Yangtze River to attack the Lianghuai region, and this division was the 101 Division.
The third direction was to go south and occupy Zhejiang, northern Jiangxi, and other places. The troops here were also a division.
As a result, there were only about 50,000 troops that could be stationed on the front line from Shanghai to Nanjing.
With 50,000 soldiers, the Japanese army could station no less than 6,000 to 7,000 troops in Changzhou and Wuxi. It could be said that the Japanese army valued these two places very much.
"Then let's beat them up next?”
Wang Mingzhi looked at Yan Wenbin and asked.
"Fight! Of course we have to fight. If not, what are we going to eat? He ordered the troops to continue resting and set off for Henglin Town in the southeast of Changzhou at three o'clock in the afternoon!”
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At around five o'clock in the evening, Yan Wenbin's troops arrived at Henglin Town.
Henglin Town was a railway hub. No! To be precise, it was now a railway transit station. Whether the Japanese army collected food from Wuxi or Suzhou, if they wanted to transport it to Nanjing as soon as possible, they had to take the railway.
As for the railway, the train station in Henglin Town was the only place where the Japanese trains would pass through. They would usually stop here to add water, coal, and so on. That would be their chance.
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