Operations Office of the Ninth War Zone.

At 10:30 a.m., Li Fengming had already received news that the Japanese chariot 3rd Brigade had approached the Yujiang Bridge, and the theater command had activated the emergency plan and ordered the 71st Army stationed in Lu'an and Huoshan to retreat in an orderly manner.

Li Fengming saw it and was anxious, but at this moment he had no choice but to do anything, because until now, he had not received any news from Gao Jiu from Lin Yanni.

He was guarding the phone, staring at the phone tightly, hoping that it would ring quickly.

At 11:20, the phone ring finally rang. After he was arrested, a staff officer asked for instructions on other matters. Li Fengming said impatiently: "Now I don't care about telling you this, so you can put down the phone immediately."

After Li Fengming put down the phone, he stood up in annoyance and kept pace in the room.

At 11:25 am, "Room." With a roar, smoke and dust rolled on the road north of Yujiang Bridge. A large number of tanks, armored vehicles, cars and artillery formed a rolling torrent of steel, heading towards the bridge.

The Japanese brigade commander of the bridge guarding force saw the Third Brigade of Japanese chariots coming, and hurried to the roadside to stand attentively and salute to welcome the arrival of the chariot troops.

A Nakazo officer got off an armored vehicle in the front, saluted each other with a squad leader of the Japanese army, and had a brief conversation, got on the armored vehicle again, and took the lead in driving towards the bridge.

In order to avoid damage to the bridge, the vehicles following closely followed opened the distance, maintained a distance of about 20 meters, and drove onto the bridge in turn.

It is rare for the officers and soldiers guarding the bridge to see such a huge armored force, and their eyes are also focused on this armored convoy.

"Buzzing" and a huge roar came, as if it was the sound of the plane flying. Everyone couldn't help but turn their eyes to the direction where the sound came.

Strangely, the sound seemed to be coming from the ground.

Not long after, the officers and soldiers on the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery position on the top of the mountain saw a black shadow appearing in the river valley below. The black shadows became bigger and bigger and flew towards the direction of the bridge.

Soon they saw clearly that this was a huge aircraft. One of the daily training contents of the officers and soldiers on the anti-aircraft gun positions was how to identify the aircraft's model. They quickly realized that this was a Japanese Ki-2197 heavy bomber, which was flying close to the water.

Everyone was very curious and didn't understand what the plane was doing. The Japanese soldier who was quick to react realized the danger when he saw the direction of the plane flying. He shouted loudly: "No, this is the enemy's plane."

The officers and soldiers woke up and hurriedly tried to shoot it down, but the anti-aircraft gun was set up on the top of a high mountain. If they wanted to aim the anti-aircraft gun at the plane several hundred meters below them, they could not do it at all. They could only watch the plane continue to fly towards the bridge.

It turned out that Gao Jiu observed the situation near the Yujiang Bridge and found that when there was a straight river channel of hundreds of meters in the eastern section of the bridge, he had the idea of ​​using this channel. At this moment, he was flying in the valley with a bomber. He had basically fixed the joystick in advance. When the plane aimed at the upper part of the bridge pier in the middle of the bridge, he tightened the last rope and firmly fixed the joystick to ensure that the plane could fly in a straight line in a short time. Then he pressed the button and ejected himself out.

When Gao Jiu left the plane, the plane was only 400 meters away from the bridge. At this time, the plane's speed was 82 meters per second, and it took less than five seconds to get off the bridge.

Gao Jiu fell from the air and watched the plane rush towards the main pier of Yujiang Bridge. The moment he fell into the water, he saw a flash of fire flashing in front of him.

The Japanese officers and soldiers around the bridge and on the bridge saw this scene. In just five seconds, they could not make any effective reactions. They could only watch the huge bomber hit the junction of the main bridge pier and the bridge deck.

With a loud "boom", the junction of the main bridge piers of the bridge was hit violently by a bomber weighing more than 80 meters per second by a bomber. Then, a ton of aviation bomb inside the bomber suddenly exploded, and the bridge deck of the bridge was blown up to splash into the sky, and the bridge was shrouded in black smoke.

The two armored vehicles of the Japanese who were driving on the bridge were overturned into the air like toys in a violent explosion, and then fell into the valley below.

The Japanese brigade captain at the bridge head was stunned. When the smoke and dust disappeared, he saw that the bridge deck, which was at least 30 meters wide in the middle of the bridge, had disappeared, and the main bridge pier in the middle of the bridge was also cut off for seven or eight meters. His eyes turned black and he sat on the ground.

Wang Guimin, Jia Liu and Li Xiaoshan were on the top of the mountain and saw this thrilling process. They opened their mouths in surprise. After seeing clearly the bridge was blown up, they couldn't help but cheer for victory.

"Master Ninth!" Wang Guimin couldn't help but shout loudly.

After shouting, he couldn't help but ask worriedly: "Is Master Jiu okay?"

Jia Liu and Li Xiaoshan were too lazy to pay attention to him. They believed that Gao Jiu would be fine. They immediately set up a radio station and sent a telegram to Lin Yanni. Then they immediately packed up the radio station and quickly left here.

Wuhan, Military Information Office of the Fifth War Zone.

Lin Yanni received a telegram from Jia Liu and she burst into tears. She immediately grabbed the phone and asked the switchboard to connect to the Operations Office of the Ninth War Zone Command.

11:45, the phone ringtone that Li Fengming had been waiting for for a long time finally rang again. When he grabbed the phone, he heard Lin Yanni's nice voice coming from the opposite side: "Please help me find Deputy Director Li to listen to the phone."

Li Fengming hurriedly said, "Miss Lin, I am Li Fengming, is there any news about Master Jiu?"

Lin Yanni said: "My ninth brother has sent a telegram saying that the Yujiang Bridge has been blown up and that the Japanese army cannot be repaired within two months. The Third Brigade of Japanese War Tanks has been blocked in Jiangbei."

Li Fengming said excitedly: "It's so great. Thank you Miss Lin, I'll report to the Chief of Staff now."

After putting down the phone, Li Fengming hurried out and ran towards the headquarters war room.

The Ninth War Zone Command, War Room.

Deputy Commander Zhang and Chief of Staff were discussing how to strengthen Ye Jiaji's defense after giving up Huoshan and Lu'an. The Operations Director had just answered a call and returned and said, "Captain Li of the 71st Army called over and asked if the entire army would be transferred immediately?"

The Chief of Staff said: "How can this work? At least one division of troops must be left for cover. There are a large number of government agencies and people in these two cities, so they must ensure that they evacuate safely."

Director Li said: "Captain Li said that if the 3rd brigade of Japanese tanks passes the Yujiang Bridge, they are all mechanized troops and will soon cut off the retreat of the 71st Army. The more troops left, the greater the losses. He asked only one regiment to be left for cover and the main force evacuated as soon as possible."

Zhang Keming's father, Deputy Siling, was a patriotic general who firmly resisted Japan. He frowned and said firmly: "Even so, we must leave the main force to cover the evacuation of the people in Lu'an and Huoshan. As a soldier, we must protect the people at critical moments. Tell Commander Li that he would leave a division's troops to firmly block the Japanese attack to ensure the safe evacuation of the main force and the people."

The Chief of Staff said with emotion: "The hasty evacuation of Lu'an and Huoshan is too great, and it has a deep impact on the northern battlefield of the Ninth War Zone.

Next, it depends on whether the Ye family can be defended. Otherwise, the Japanese army will cross the Dabie Mountains and head straight for Wuhan, and it will be inevitable that Wuhan will be lost."

The Operations Director and the Operations Director Li Fengming were almost together day and night. He heard Li Fengming mention Gao Jiu's super combat power many times. He couldn't help but say: "It would be better to agree to Gao Jiu's request to give him two regiments of equipment and 500,000 French coins. If he really blows up the Yujiang Bridge, our army would not be passive like this."

His words aroused the anger of Deputy Si Ling Zhang, and he said: "What kind of anti-Japanese hero is Gao Jiu? At such a critical moment, he was so stingy and bargaining. How can we pin our future and destiny on such a villain?"

Speaking of this, he remembered his son Zhang Keming, and was also bullied by Gao Jiu in great pain, and he became even more angry. He said, "Don't mention this name in front of me in the future."

The Chief of Staff also agreed with Deputy Si Ling's view. He said to the Operations Director dissatisfiedly: "Why do you still say this nonsense at this time? Hurry up and guide the retreat of the 71st Army so that they can reduce the losses of the troops as much as possible."

"Okay!" The Operations Director was very depressed and turned around and was about to leave.
Chapter completed!