Heroes of the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 466 Measurement One
During the dry season of the Wusuli River, the 150-meter section between Zhenbao Island and the west bank can be exposed to the water.

It is now July with a lot of rain, and the river has overflowed the river bed, but it is not too deep, only one or two meters deep.

Qian Xiaobao and Ogasawara rowed a boat to explore the depth of the river with wooden poles, looking for the shallowest place.

"After September, these places will be exposed again." Qian Xiaobao said while standing in a certain place of water.

The water was so shallow that it barely reached his chest.

"It doesn't matter whether the bottom is flat or not, at worst, the tank can be driven directly to the island by laying a section of sand and gravel in the water." Ogasawara said.

He sat in the boat and recorded the water depth with a notebook in his hand.

Zhenbao Island is 800 meters long from north to south, and it is covered with trees, which can completely block the tanks' operations on the island.It is only 300 meters from Zhenbao Island to the Soviet defensive position on the east bank, and the modified tank can rush to the opposite bank in a few minutes.

"I once carried out a latent mission with senior Kono Harue in the Raohe River. The river is about 1000 meters wider to the north of here. If you want to attack, it is more suitable here." Qian Xiaobao said.

It has been two or three months since Ogasawara came back from Hainan Island, but she still hasn't changed back from being completely tanned.

After returning from Hainan Island in despair, his mood has completely turned sour, he has become depressed, and everything he sees is bleak.

Hearing what Qian Xiaobao said, Ogasawara showed a mocking smile on his face and said: "How could it be possible to launch an attack now? Those decision makers in Tokyo still want to wait until they are both defeated to take advantage of it. Now is not the time!"

"Those decision makers in Tokyo? Are you talking about the Emperor? I'm going to report you to the Minister of Intelligence!" Qian Xiaobao said.

Ogasawara knew that Qian Xiaobao was joking, so he ignored him, and still recorded the data in the notebook.

"Since you think these things are useless, why are you still so serious?" Qian Xiaobao asked.

"It's my habit of doing things that I can't change." Ogasawara replied helplessly.

Qian Xiaobao was still speechless looking at the fool Ogasawara.

At this time, there were seven or eight boats from the west bank rowing towards the island, and there were eight or nine people on each boat, and everyone was armed with live ammunition.

Qian Xiaoli stood in the water and watched the dozens of people on the boat not knowing what happened.

Ogasawara looked at the oncoming wooden boat and said calmly: "The drill must have started."

The boat rowing in the front slowly stopped beside the two of them.

A captain in his thirties looked at the two of them and asked, "Are you two sent by the Intelligence Department of the Kwantung Army to investigate hydrogeology?"

The real purpose of Ogasawara and Qian Xiaobao's investigation here is top secret, but the Kwantung Army officers who came here to investigate hydrogeology at this time can guess at all.

Seeing someone with a higher rank than himself, Ogasawara casually gave a military salute.

"Lieutenant Ogasawara of the Intelligence Department of the Kwantung Army and Qian Xiaobao, Chief of Special Agent Cao, were ordered to carry out investigation missions on the Wusuli River." Ogasawara replied.

"Xiao Dao, the squadron leader of the Fifth Frontier Garrison, was ordered to conduct exercises on Zhenbao Island." The captain said in return of the military salute.

Seven or eight boats continued to go to Zhenbao Island.After a while, seven or eight boats arrived at the shore of the island, and the people on board went to the island one after another, and the wooden boat sailed towards the shore again.

There are about [-] people in a squadron, and weapons and ammunition need to be transported back and forth several times before they can be transported.

"So many people went to the island to build residences, dig trenches and build bunkers. The good days of the two of us cooking big fish and boiled eggs on the island are over." Ogasawara said sadly.

"The surveying task here is basically over. The two of us happened to go north to Qiliqin Island to avoid them." Qian Xiaoli replied.

Qiliqin Island is not far from the north of Zhenbao Island, and the area of ​​the island is larger than Zhenbao Island.

"There are already squadrons going to the island for exercises. How can there be no one on Qiliqin Island?" Ogasawara said.

"Qiliqin Island is four kilometers long from north to south, and two kilometers wide from east to west. It is much larger than Zhenbao Island. Even though there are troops, it seems sparsely populated. It is much better than here!" Qian Xiaobao said.

"Okay! Let's measure here for another day tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow we will transfer to Qiliqin Island." Ogasawara nodded and said.

The Soviet army on the opposite side also noticed the changes on Zhenbao Island. A patrol boat sailed slowly along the centerline of the Ussuri River channel to observe the movement on the island.

When Qian Xiaobao and Ogasawara returned to the island, they found [-] Japanese soldiers busy in full swing.Not far from the treehouse where the two lived, several soldiers were digging a heavy machine gun bunker.

Qian Xiaobao hurried back to the tree house to see if there was any shortage of provisions.This time they came to bring supplies for four people, and the other two had already gone back, leaving all the supplies for him and Ogasawara.

Seeing that the pile of canned food and several bags of rice were not missing, Qian Xiaobao breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't look, there will be lots of things. Anyone who dares to touch our things will violate military discipline!" Ogasawara said disapprovingly seeing Qian Xiaobao's movements.

"It seems that you have never been hungry. If you know military discipline when you are hungry, you are a fart!" Qian Xiaobao replied.

"What date is it today?" Ogasawara asked.

Qian Xiaobao thought for a while before answering: "It should be July [-]th."

Staying in this paradise on Zhenbao Island was so comfortable that I even forgot the time.

"Let's cook and stew the two fish hidden in the puddle on the shore, we can't leave it to these bastards!" Ogasawara said.

The next day, Qian Xiaobao and Ogasawara rowed to measure in the river between Zhenbao Island and the east coast.This is the last day for the two of them to stay on Zhenbao Island.

Ogasawara was still sitting on the boat, Qian Xiaobao took a deep breath while wearing the goggles, and then dived into the water with the end of the measuring tape.

He wanted to press one end of the measuring tape to the bottom of the underwater river and let Ogasawara record the depth.

The river on the east side of Zhenbao Island is much deeper than the west side, it is said to be four to five meters deep, or even seven or eight meters deep.

When Qian Xiaobao came out of the water again, gasping for air, Ogasawara asked suspiciously with a tape measure: "Why is it only more than three meters?"

"I've already stuck my hand into the sand, that's how deep it is." Qian Xiaobao replied.

Ogasawara narrowed his eyes and stared at Qian Xiaobao.

"Do you suspect that I'm cheating? I swear to the emperor! Maybe it's because there's been less rain during this period, so the water is shallow? If you still don't believe that you can jump into the water, I'll test it again on the boat." Qian Xiao Bao said.

Ogasawara looked at the Wusuli River and Qian Xiaoli wrote down the data in his notebook.

At this time, the motor of a Soviet patrol boat roared and slowly stopped more than ten meters away from the two of them.

Several soldiers on the patrol boat looked at the two of them with hostile eyes.

Qian Xiaobao waved the boat gang with one hand and shouted with a smile on his other hand: "Hey! Dawarich (comrade)!"

　From 50 to [-], at least [-] defected on the Western Front, and at least over [-] people fled to the Northeast from the Far East.After four or three years, it becomes very rare.

　　I plan to ask the Minister of Intelligence to send Ogasawara to Guadalcanal to follow the Second Division.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)