Maojia Soap Town!

The 313th Wing of the 41st Division of the Japanese Army, which retreated to Maojiasoo Town, had withdrawn to the town at this time, and seized the time to build fortifications.

At this time, Masuda Kentai had already led the Japanese personnel of the wing headquarters to turn a squire's mansion in the town into a temporary field headquarters.

Masuda Kenyasu and his wing chief of staff, Kotaro Kusunoki, watched as their field headquarters had just been set up, and the sound of hurried footsteps came from the side. I saw a devil telegraph operator hurrying over, holding a telegram that was estimated to have just been translated.

When Masuda Kentai saw it, he suddenly felt bad!

Sure enough, I saw the Japanese telegraph operator of the wing who was walking briskly approached Masuda Kentai and paused heavily and reported: "Report to Your Excellency Dazuo, the military department has called again, strictly ordering our department to guard Maojiasoo Town for an hour. The reinforced 77th Brigade of the Imperial Army has accelerated to the north, and if Maojiasoo Town really can't hold it, withdraw the living forces to Datong and cooperate with the Datong defenders to hold on and wait for reinforcements. ”。

"I see, let's go down!" Masuda Kentai waved his hand expressionlessly, although his mood was extremely depressed.

But Miyano Taro's military order cannot be violated, and he Masuda Kentai has no other way, and is ready to defend Maojiasoo Town.

Fortunately, in the process of commanding the main force of the wing to deploy defenses along the river on the north bank of the Kouquan River, two squadrons were secretly dispatched north to Maojiasoo Town to repair the fortifications, so that Masuda Jiantai was already somewhat sure. Relying on the remaining wing forces, it should be possible to block the onslaught of the main force of the Independent Brigade in Maojiasoo Town for an hour.

Even if you can't hold on for an hour, you can still be 90 percent sure of half an hour.

At this time, Kotaro Kusunoki, the chief of staff of the wing standing beside Masuda Kentai, spoke up: "Your Excellency, the matter has come to this, and there is only a desperate battle. Otherwise, the military department ordered, and we have no way to refute it. ”。

"Hmmm! Chief of Staff, you're right! ”

Of course, Masuda Kentai knew, and said, "How many more people do we have now?" ”。

"In the early days, the two squadrons that were dispatched north to Maojiasoo Town to repair the fortifications here, plus more than 500 people from the 2nd Infantry Brigade under the wing, and more than 800 people from the 3rd Infantry Brigade under the wing, we still have about 18,900 people in total. It's less than two thousand, Your Excellency. ”

Kusunoki Kotaro said a little helplessly, in the battle on the north bank of the Kouquan River, the 313 Wing suffered heavy casualties, and it lost a complete formed brigade and other troops. Coupled with the other units to which the wing belongs, the artillery unit suffered casualties, and the 313th Wing can be said to have suffered a great loss of vitality.

When Masuda Kentai heard this, his face couldn't help twitching, which was a little embarrassing.

This is enough to lose more than 2,000 people, a wing, and there are already too many casualties.

However, at this time, regret is no longer meaningful, and Masuda Kentai can only accept this fact. As for the strong combat effectiveness and firepower of the independent brigade, Masuda Kentai did not believe it.

No wonder Li Yunlong's troops were able to annihilate the elite 2nd, 3rd, and 6th divisions of the imperial army in one fell swoop, as well as several princes of the empire. The other party, the strength is really strong.

As soon as he thought of this, Masuda Kentai's mood at this time was a little inward-looking, and his inner fear was intensifying.

The strength in Masuda's current hands is probably not able to complete the military order given to him by Taro Miyano.

"Li Yunlong's independent brigade is really a strong enemy, if the empire had surrounded and annihilated Li Yunlong's department in Cangyunling in one fell swoop. Later, the empire will not lose so many men and horses. Masuda Kentai couldn't help but say.

Kotaro Kusunoki didn't care about these things, but just said in a condensed voice: "Your Excellency, let's take a look at our current situation first. According to the reports of the hidden observation soldiers we left along the way, the main force of the Independent Brigade has begun to move north along the railway from the north bank of the Kouquan River to attack the town of Maojiasoo. Its forward unit was a cavalry battalion. It was estimated that there were more than five hundred cavalry. The firepower was strong, and we went north along the railway, crushing our small blocking forces along the way. ”。

"At present, its forward cavalry unit is less than ten minutes away from Maojiasoo Town. In an instant, it was time to kill Mao's soap town. Your Excellency! ”

Hearing this, Masuda Kentai waved his hand and said: "Now it's all like this, we can only actively face the attack of the Independent Brigade!" Command all the troops, immediately into combat positions. Concentrate all the heavy weapons and deploy them in the forward positions, and we will give the independent brigade a head-on attack. ”。

"Your Excellency, we don't have many heavy weapons, and we don't have many heavy machine guns. In addition, there were only three Type 92 infantry guns. These last heavy weapons are deployed in forward positions, and are they not under fire from the Independence Brigade? ”

Kotaro Kusunoki disagrees, this is a victim of artillery bombardment for the other party!

Masuda Kentai was in a panic for a while, and he also came back to his senses at this time.

Silently, Masuda Kentai said: "Then Chief of Staff, what do you say?" ”。

"It is suggested that these heavy weapons could be concentrated and deployed on the commanding heights of the town. The front-line infantry is stubbornly defending the defense, and the independent brigade is shelling, hiding at any time! That's all I can do! "Kotaro Kusunoki doesn't have any other way that is too good.

The 313th Wing had already suffered heavy casualties, and the remaining less than 2,000 soldiers could not divide their troops for defense, so they could only concentrate their forces and huddle in the buildings in Maojiasoo Town and fight street battles.

And the Eighth Route Army often does not shell the buildings of ordinary people on a large scale, which is also the reason for the decision made by Kotaro Kusunoki.

Masuda Kentai thought about it, and that's the only way to do it at the moment.

At this time, it was pitch black outside his command department, the sky was drizzling, and the early morning night was very cold. After all, early spring is not long!

"Good! So do it! ”

Masuda Kentai couldn't think of a good way either, and said, "Order all the troops, prepare for a final street battle with the independent brigade!" Ordered all the soldiers to defend Maojiasoo Town and wait for more than 10,000 imperial troops of the 77th Brigade to reinforce us. Otherwise, let's go and see the great god of heaven together! ”。

"Hay, Your Excellency Osa! Obedience! Kotaro Kusunoki and several Japanese commanders around him all paused heavily, and then immediately dispersed to deploy.

When the war came, Maojiasoap Town soon found itself in the environment of the battlefield. At this time, the people of Maojiasoo Town had already run away in a hurry before the devil suddenly killed.

After all, in the towns along the Tongpu Railway, there were still guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army.

The Independent Brigade has already made contact with its own guerrillas operating along the Tongpu Railway through the coordination of the headquarters along the way. The guerrillas then warned and evacuated the people in the urban areas where the fighting might be carried out.

Fifteen minutes or so later, Li Yunlong led the main force of the Independent Brigade and went north to surround Maojiasoo Town.

Immediately, under Li Yunlong's order, a fierce artillery bombardment of the Japanese defensive positions visible to the naked eye in Maojiasoo Town was launched.

"Okay, regiments, give it to me!" Li Yunlong sneered, waved his hand, and ordered the three main regiments to storm Maojiasoo Town together, preparing to attack Maojiasoo Town together from all directions and annihilate the remnants of the 313th Wing of the Japanese Army.