Built in 1902, the station is so small that you can hear a fart from the station. The 28th Cavalry Wing's captain's way of teaching the sentinels had already fallen into the eyes of the captain of the devil station, and the two ran over in a panic. After the report, the leader of the devil squad said that please take care of us when we meet for the first time.

His Excellency the Captain was very arrogant, took out a piece of paper with an order written on it, looked at it again, and without even letting the station commander and the squad leader look at it, he said that he had been ordered to come here to carry out a special mission, and asked all the station personnel and garrison to assemble and prepare to cooperate with the operation.

The Devil Stationmaster and the squad leader were surprised, because they hadn't received any orders in advance, so they wanted to ask what the mission was. As soon as his mouth opened, he was slapped a few times by the captain's crackling. After the incitement, the devil stationmaster and the squad leader had to obediently gather the personnel.

Not to mention, this is really good quality, the execution of orders is very good, even the soldiers in the machine gun bunker were called out.

The cavalry captain pulled out the two Chinese among the station attendants, pulled them aside, and then, without saying anything, a Chinese character burst out of his mouth: "Kill!" ”

Before the devil station commander and squad leader could react, the group of cavalry who had already dismounted and stayed on the side had already been killed, and the strange thing was that this group of cavalry rarely used sabers, and they all had new rifles in their hands that they had never seen before, and the three-edged bayonets on the rifles glowed coldly.

Seeing the cavalrymen's bayonets stabbing into the bodies of their soldiers, no matter how stupid the Devil Station Commander and the squad leader were, they knew that this was a sneak attack by the soldiers of the Chinese army disguised as the Imperial Army. The leader of the devil squad was fierce, and he shouted orders loudly, and he was about to pull out his war knife to face the battle, only to see a flash of white light in front of him, and a dart trembling into his throat. Before the devil squad leader fell, his eyes caught a glimpse of the cavalry captain's smiling eyes.

At this time, the devil's stabbing technique is very strong, and under normal circumstances, three people form a small triangular formation, and they can be invincible when they stab [***] soldiers. It's a pity that it's against ordinary [***] soldiers, like today, the devil soldiers are all lined up and standing in order, unable to disperse to form a battle formation, plus the encounter is a special combat team, and the end is bound to be killed.

After dealing with the devil garrison team, Zhao Yonggang, disguised as a captain of the devil cavalry, called the two Chinese over and asked about the time and security of the trains.

Both Chinese are station clerks. Seeing this cavalry slaughtering the garrison team, he naturally knew that it was [***] who fought back. Busy talking about the train time, Zhao Yonggang heard the security situation of the devil military train, and an hour later, a military train from Beiping to Taiyuan passed here, and the trouble was that there was an armored car in front and rear of the military train, which required some effort.

Zhao Yonggang ordered the radio operator equipped with the squadron to report to Zhang Hongtao, asking that troops be sent to help the battle with heavy weapons and assist in carrying the trophies, and he led the special combat team to plant electric explosives under the railroad tracks about 600 meters outside the station, and handed them over to the assigned engineers, and these explosives were specially used to protect the armored vehicles behind the military column. After thinking about it, for the sake of safety, all the two rocket launchers attached to the second squadron were placed here, and they could fire at armored vehicles at any time. Then he led the team members to pick a steep slope 3 miles away from the station and began to pick up the tracks. Some team members suggested that explosives should also be planted here to blow up the armored vehicles in front. Zhao Yonggang shook his head, saying that there was no need to waste explosives, just strip off the rails, do a good job of camouflage, and make a rollover.

By the time Zhang Hongtao led the Sixth Brigade to arrive, Zhao Yonggang led the Second Squadron to pull out one section of the railway rail. Zhang Hongtao gave an order, and nearly 10,000 officers and men of the Sixth Brigade worked together, and they were busy for another 20 minutes, and they completely stripped off the 500-meter-long steel rail. Seeing that the army was about to arrive, Zhang Hongtao ordered the troops to ambush by the railway, gather the bazookas, and prepare for battle.

At 4:55, the military train finally drove over, with an armored car in front of the road, a military train in the middle, and an armored car escorting in the back.

The expected rollover accident occurred as scheduled, and the armored vehicle that was driving in front of it rushed off the roadbed and received several rockets, causing the ammunition on the vehicle to detonate. Then the long column roared down the roadbed and down the slope. Soon, the front of the car rolled over, driving the car behind it to overturn to the ground.

The armored car escorted behind was hit by two more rockets after being blown up by an explosives bag, and it was not good to see it.

As soon as the train overturned, the fighters of the Eighth Brigade immediately rushed towards the train.

In addition to weapons, ammunition, and other supplies such as cotton clothing, the train also brought 1,400 soldiers from the country to replenish the Taiyuan garrison. Now it was lively, not to mention the devils who died in the car, the sober and dizzy, all the bayonets of the soldiers of the Sixth Brigade were taught again. It was not until it was confirmed that there was no longer a single living person on the armored car or train that Zhang Hongtao ordered the troops to quickly move supplies, weapons and ammunition. In particular, the anti-aircraft machine guns used for air defense on the train were quickly disassembled by the sappers.

When the troops were transporting supplies, Zhang Hongtao asked Zhao Yonggang to bring the two railway staff and asked them if they knew about the garrison of the Niangzi Guanyu army.

At that time, the vast majority of Chinese peasants were illiterate, and these two people were able to work as railway clerks, so they both had a certain cultural foundation, and naturally they knew more about many things. According to them, since the fall of Niangzi Pass, the main force of the Yue army went to Taiyuan to participate in the battle, and Niangzi Pass became the rear of the Yue army. In addition, it is not far from Shijiazhuang, Yangquan and Taiyuan, and there is a railway, so it is very convenient for the devil to reinforce. Therefore, the lady closed the army with only about one brigade.

Zhang Hongtao, political commissar Fu Zhuting, and chief of staff He Mingliang discussed and decided to revise the battle plan and quickly capture Niangzi Pass, which was equivalent to closing the gate of Shanxi and forming a trend of closing the gate and fighting dogs, and the devils of Yangquan and Taiyuan would inevitably do their best to fight for it and achieve the goal of thoroughly mobilizing the enemy. If the capture of Niangzi Pass is successful, you can rely on the favorable terrain of Niangzi Pass to attract devils to attack, and choose the opportunity to adopt ambush tactics to inflict heavy damage on part of the army.

Several of them were veterans of the Red Army, and they were also senior commanders, and they were all very capable of making decisions in the face of the enemy. Seeing that the Niangzi Pass is empty, where will she let go of the opportunity to regain the Xiongguan? As a result, the reconnaissance company was sent out, leaving the supplementary regiment and the baggage battalion to clean up the battlefield, and the main force began to move in the direction of Niangzi Pass.

At this time, the reconnaissance planes of the Yue Army discovered the abnormal situation near the Xiapanshi Station, and soon discovered the overturned military column and the Helu Heavy Battalion of the supplementary regiment of the Sixth Brigade of the Sixth Brigade responsible for cleaning up the battlefield.

Zhang Hongtao knew that the reconnaissance planes of the Chinese army would immediately attract a group of planes, and urgently ordered the supplementary regiment and the baggage battalion to speed up the speed of cleaning up the battlefield and quickly evacuate and conceal themselves.

Zhang Hongtao's judgment was correct, and within a short period of time, six planes flew over the Xiapanshi station, and the No. 9 Company of the Third Battalion of the Supplementary Regiment, which had been a little slower in its retreat, was chased by enemy planes to bomb and strafe; although the Helu Heavy Battalion of the Supplementary Regiment immediately organized anti-aircraft shooting and shot down one enemy plane, the Ninth Company was still completely disabled, and less than 40 of the 150 men survived in a company, and most of the soldiers died under the bombing of the enemy planes. Seeing Zhang Hongtao's heart, he trembled with pain.

As soon as the remaining five planes flew away, and the soldiers of the supplementary regiment just wanted to go to contain the remains of the martyrs, a group of black spots appeared in the sky, and Zhang Hongtao strictly ordered the troops to disperse and hide so that they could not be exposed to the enemy's aerial fire.

Sure enough, this time the enemy came 18 planes and searched repeatedly between Niangziguan and Yangquan to find our troops.

Only then did Zhang Hongtao understand that the planes of the army were not only highly skilled in combat, but also dense, and that if the troops attacked the enemy's positions during the day, these planes alone would be able to make the troops immortal and peel off their skin.

Fu Zhuting muttered to himself: "I finally understand why [***] almost 300,000 people can't withstand the attack of 70,000 people, and I finally understand why the division commander always chooses to ambush at night." ”

Zhang Hongtao had no choice but to order the troops to be on standby, and after dark, they would move towards Niangziguan.

Just when the Jindong Corps made a big fuss at the Panshi Station, the Jinxi Corps led by Chen Dayong also moved to Gujiao in the northwest of Taiyuan at the same time.

Accompanying Chen Dayong's Seventh Movement were the 3rd Squadron of the Special Operations Brigade led by Zhao Zhiyu and the 1st Squadron of the Sniper Brigade led by Li Buffalo.

At this time, Gujiao was only a town and belonged to the jurisdiction of Jiaocheng County. It is not like later generations, which became famous for coal. The army did not have a garrison here, and Chen Dayong and they passed all the way through Gujiao and Hekou, and pressed towards Taiyuan with great fanfare. The purpose was to attract the attention of the Yue army and let them send troops in pursuit.

At this time, sitting in Taiyuan was Major General Yukio Kasahara, commander of the Chahar Dispatch Corps of the Japanese Army.

After Seishiro Itagaki led the 20th Division and the 10th and 9th Divisions to the south, Major General Yukio Kasahara followed the deployment of His Excellency Commander Seishiro Itagaki to place the 2nd Brigade in the northern section of Tongpu Road, and the 15th Brigade to the Zhengtai Line, and he himself led the 1st Brigade, the Embankment Detachment, the Oizumi Detachment, and the 5th Division's Engineer Wing and Baggage Wing to garrison Taiyuan.

Itagaki Jun left Taiyuan on the morning of the 18th, and had an accident on the afternoon of the 19th. First, the plane investigated the attack and derailment of the military train at the Xiapanshi Station on the Zhengtai Line, and then found that the Zhina troops in the direction of Gujiao and Hekou in the northwest of Taiyuan were about one of the Zhina brigades.

The attack on the military column knocked Yukio Kasawara to a staggering moment, and he knew that in addition to the baggage supplies, the military train also had 1,400 soldiers who had just been replenished from the country. These people originally planned to make up for the losses of the Chahar Corps, but now it is better that they have sacrificed their lives for His Majesty the Emperor before they go to the battlefield. Despicable Chinans, damned Chinans!

Yukio Kasahara strictly ordered Major General Seiichiro Shinohara, who was mixed into the 15th Brigade of Yoritsu, to quickly dispatch to clear the sneak attack troops around Zhengtai Road and ensure that Zhengtai Road was unimpeded; On the one hand, the second brigade of the Reading Force was ordered to closely monitor the Chinese troops that appeared in Gujiao and Hekou.

After giving the order, Major General Yukio Kasahara immediately reported the above situation and his own measures to Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki .

After receiving the report, Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki held urgent consultations with Chief of Staff Nishimura Riwen Daisa, Lieutenant General Kawagishi Fumizaburo, commander of the 20th Division, and Lieutenant General Shigemo Yamaoka, commander of the 10th and 9th Divisions. The results unanimously agreed: 1. The intention of the three-way activities of the Chinese army is to avoid the attack of our heavy army group. 2. In order to prevent the Zhina Army operating on the Zhengtai Line from sneaking up on Niangzi Pass and cutting off the Zhengtai Line, the 15th Brigade of the Reading Force Mixed Brigade should place the main force in Yangquan and Pingding, and support the operation at Niangzi Pass at any time. The guards of Niangzi Pass must strictly prevent the enemy's sneak attack. 3. The 1st Brigade of Reading Power transferred a brigade to cooperate with the Di Detachment and the Daquan Detachment to meet the attack on the Zhina Army in the direction of Gujiao and Hekou, and the main force of the 2nd Brigade and Regiment of Reading Li mixed up went south along the railway from Xinzhou to the west of Yangqu, outflanking the Zhina Army in the direction of Gujiao and Hekou. The 4th and 20th Divisions and the 109th Division temporarily suspended the operation of clearing the Chinese cavalry group in Huozhou, and in order to ensure the safety of the Taiyuan area, they returned to Taiyuan by the same route tomorrow morning. After that, they concentrated their efforts on clearing up the surrounding areas of Taiyuan and rectifying the law and order in the occupied areas.

After several leaders of the aggressors reached a unanimous opinion, they sent a report to Major General Yukio Kasahara for execution, and copied the report to the headquarters of the North China Front.

By 9 p.m., the situation had changed so much that Major General Yukio Kasahara was dumbfounded. As soon as he sent out a brigade of the First Brigade Regiment, which was mixed with the Didi Detachment, the Daquan Detachment, and the Reading Force, the Dibu Jiagui Zhongzuo who led the team reported that he had made contact with the enemy in the direction of the Jinci Temple in Taiyuan, and after a hard battle, he temporarily repelled the enemy's attack, and that it was necessary to increase his troops. Major General Yukio Kasahara had no choice but to send the engineer brigade of the 1st Brigade to Tsutsumi Bukatsu. At the same time, the main force of the 2nd Mixed Brigade, which had arrived in Yangqu, was strictly ordered to attack overnight and be sure to defeat the Chinese army.

After this arrangement, at 1 o'clock in the evening, the army finally reported that the army of China had begun to break and flee westward, and the troops were in pursuit.

As soon as Major General Yukio Kasahara took a breath, the 15th Brigade reported that Niangzi Pass was in an emergency, and the main force of the Shina Army took advantage of the cover of night to attack Niangzi Pass in a big way. Now the two sides are fighting for Shinseki, and the defenders of a brigade have already suffered one-third of the casualties, and Major General Seiichiro Shinohara, who is leading the main force of the brigade to quickly reinforce Niangzi Pass. Commander Yukio Kasahara was asked to contact Shijiazhuang and send troops to quickly reinforce Niangzi Pass.

This Yukio Kasawara turned out to be the deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army and graduated from the Army University. Being able to get into this position, of course, is not all a fluke. At this time, he calmed down and carefully studied the map.

Judging from the map, in the south, the main force led by Itagaki Jun is now chasing Huozhou, facing not only a cavalry group of the Chinese army, but also a heavy army group of the Chinese army that participated in the Xinkou operation. The strength of the China Army in the direction of Gujiao and Hekou is only equivalent to a brigade, but it dares to advance to Taiyuan, when did the defeated China Army become so unscrupulous? In the east, the suddenly popped up Zhina army actually stormed Niangzi Pass, what did they want to do, did they want to leave all the troops of the imperial army entering Shanxi in Shanxi?

(To be continued)