On the road, less than five miles from Kezhen, a Japanese army marching north was rapidly advancing in the sun.

In fact, this is the headquarters of the 102nd Infantry Wing of the 51st Brigade under the 26th Division of the Japanese Army, and the Japanese army, with a total strength of nearly 4,000 troops, is rapidly moving north to Kezhen.

"Pick up the pace and keep going! Bagaya Road, haven't you eaten? Hurry up and drop! ”

On a small low slope on the side of the road, a Japanese officer frowned, looking at his subordinates who were walking more and more slowly, and his expression was a little angry.

And this person is the wing commander of the 102nd Infantry Wing of the 51st Brigade of the 26th Division of the Japanese Army.

It's just that because the various units of the 26th Devil Division stationed in Guisui are stable all the year round, they have lost the appearance of elite troops, which makes them extremely dissatisfied with the marching speed of the troops.

The chief of staff of the wing on the side, Fukusheng Jinjiro Shaozuo, persuaded loudly: "Wing Commander, the soldiers have run fast!" It's been half an hour since the rapid march, do you want to take a break. It is now less than five kilometers away from Kezhen, and according to the report of the forward reconnaissance unit, the town is empty, and it seems that Li Yunlong's troops have not stayed in Kezhen. Now there should be no large enemy forces around us, and there will be nothing wrong with slowing down the troops. ”。

Hearing this, Takashi Kawamoto looked at the Japanese soldiers on the road who were going north at a slow pace, one by one, they seemed to be marching in a hurry for more than half an hour, and they were also engaged in hastily assembling the devil soldiers of the 102nd Infantry Wing to the north.

"Forget it! Order all the troops to march to Kezhen at the usual speed! Chief of staff! The reconnaissance troops were ordered to go deep into the Daqingshan area, and it was necessary to detect the traces left by the main actions of Li Yunlong's troops. We can't afford to lose the traces of the main force of Li Yunlong's department! Takashi Kawamoto thought about it, and said a little helplessly.

Originally, it was a little hasty to return to Suibei, and Takashi Kawamoto was also a little dissatisfied. Fortunately, as the chief of staff of his wing said, now that the main force of the wing has almost arrived in Kezhen, there is no need to march in a hurry, let's go slowly!

"Understood, Captain! I'll deploy right away! Fukusheng Shinjiro paused heavily, and then hurriedly sent someone to pass the order to the reconnaissance troops.

Following Takashi Kawamoto's order, the 102nd Infantry Wing of the 51st Brigade of the Japanese Army, which was rapidly moving north, went north at the usual marching speed.

And at this time, nearly 2,000 soldiers from the third battalion of the new regiment and the third battalion of Ma Wenhai who came out from the depths of Daqing Mountain to lure the enemy slaughtered towards Kezhen.

Almost when the devil reconnaissance force went north from Kezhen to the area around the main peak of Daqing Mountain, Ma Wenhai's command post suddenly killed Kezhen.

"Brothers, hit me, hit me hard!" When the two armies met, Ma Wenhai shouted loudly and commanded the three battalions to attack Kezhen from the north, east and west.

This is the Japanese reconnaissance force that set out from Kezhen and advanced to Daqingshan to reconnoitre, and there were less than 100 people, although this devil's reconnaissance unit was all cavalry, but it was caught off guard by being surrounded by more than 2,000 soldiers of the three battalions on three sides.

"Boom, boom, boom!!!"

The headquarters of the 3rd Battalion carried at least 15 mortars, lined up, and launched a rapid artillery attack on the Japanese reconnaissance troops who were riding their horses out of Kezhen.

The cannonballs roared and slammed into the devil cavalry reconnaissance unit, and one after another the shells fell to the ground and exploded, and the fragments of the shells continued to explode towards the devil soldiers in the cavalry team, forming dense fragments to kill!

"Retreat, Bagaya Road, enemy attack! Enemy attack! The commander of the devil cavalry, who was in charge of commanding the reconnaissance squadron of the 102nd Infantry Wing, shouted, and the remnants of the reconnaissance devil soldiers shouted that the remnants of the reconnaissance devil soldiers should retreat south!

It's just that Ma Wenhai had already ordered the infantry to set up an ambush on the road south of Kezhen, which suddenly blocked the escape route of the devil's reconnaissance remnants.

The hasty battle lasted less than three minutes, and more than 100 devil cavalry scouts were surrounded by Ma Wenhai with three battalions of more than 2,000 soldiers.

"The battalion commander, all of them were killed, and more than seventy war horses were captured, most of the rest of the war horses were killed, and some of the war horses ran away amid the sound of gunfire! Annihilated one hundred and three devils, captured more than 80 long and short guns, and more than 300 grenades! ”

At the end of the battle, the commander of the third battalion and the first company quickly reported the results to Ma Wenhai.

Ma Wenhai nodded, looked at the battlefield, and hurriedly ordered: "Okay, order each company to enter the previously designated combat position." But we have already played the town before, and the brothers are familiar with the location! Look at this devil, it should be the cavalry reconnaissance force of the little devil, this is what it looks like he has just left Kezhen to prepare to reconnoiter in the Daqingshan area. We just happened to meet us, and we just happened to have an encounter! It is estimated that the main force of the 102nd Infantry Wing of the devil behind has a few minutes left, and it is time to rush to Kezhen! The sound of gunfire has been heard, and the main force of the 102nd Infantry Wing of the little devil should be rushing north! Order all companies, according to the battle plan, not to fight to the death, and slowly attract the 102nd Infantry Wing of the devil to the nameless basin of Daqingshan! ”。

"Understood, battalion commander, the big guys are ready!" The company commander said with a smile.

Ma Wenhai said: "Okay, carry out the order and prepare for battle!" ”。

"Yes, Battalion Commander!"

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On the highway three roads south of Kezhen, the devil wing that was marching north on the ordinary march was alarmed, and the sound of gunfire from Kezhen made the soldiers of the devil wing marching on the road immediately hide on both sides of the road, and the rifles in their hands were also deployed, ready for battle.

"What's the situation? Chief of Staff, go and see! The wing commander of the 102nd Infantry Wing in the middle of the team, Takashi Kawamoto, raised his eyebrows, but the sound of gunfire from the direction of the town was extremely clear, indicating that there was already a battle in the town!

Less than a minute later, the chief of staff of the 102nd Infantry Wing, Fukusheng Shinjiro Shaoza, who had been ordered to go out to investigate the situation, hurriedly ran back to Takashi Kawamoto, and said in a heavy voice: "Wing Commander, the reconnaissance squadron that set out from Kezhen to the Daqingshan area to prepare for the search was besieged by at least one regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and almost all the reconnaissance squadrons were killed and wounded, and only two reconnaissance cavalry rushed out to retreat south!" Now, Kezhen has been captured by the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army again! ”。

"Nani? The troops of the Eighth Route Army captured Kezhen again? Could it be Li Yunlong's troops? It can't be a local guerrilla force in Kezhen, right? ”

Takashi Kawamoto was a little surprised, what is this doing? Didn't Li Yunlong know that his troops had already moved north to attack Kezhen.

At this time, shouldn't Li Yunlong take his main force to hide in Daqing Mountain? How dare you send troops out?

"Nope! Wing Commander, you also heard the sound of gunfire from Kezhen, the other side has at least ten mortars, as far as we know, the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army around Kezhen don't have so many mortars! This is undoubtedly Li Yunlong's troops! Only they have so many mortars that can deal with the cavalry force of one of my reconnaissance squadrons! ”

Fusheng Shinjiro shook his head and said, at least although there are Eighth Route Army guerrillas in Kezhen, the Eighth Route Army guerrillas around Kezhen don't have so many mortars that can use the reconnaissance troops to ambush their own at one time!