Chapter 597 Encounter

Just when Xi'an and Jinan were rejoicing and firecrackers were ringing out because they received Liu Yimin's telegram, the devils of the Japanese Army's 109th Division finally discovered the fact that His Excellency the division commander had been assassinated.

The Huozhou Department covers a large area, except for the little devils of the 1st 09th Cavalry Brigade who are also stationed in it. When Liu Yimin first went to the entrance of the Huozhou Bureau, he found that it was heavily guarded, thinking that there was an infantry brigade of devils, but he didn't look closely, but in fact it was not infantry but cavalry. It's just that the cavalry brigade and the headquarters are stationed together, and they can't ride horses when patrolling, and like the infantry, they rely on two legs to kick.

The 1st 09th Division is an ad hoc division, although it has more than 22,000 troops when it is fully established, but it is not a permanent division after all, the most obvious of which is that the number of special forces is slightly less than that of the permanent division, such as cavalry, the permanent division is a cavalry wing, and the ad hoc division has only one cavalry brigade.

At this time, the Japanese army in North China suffered heavy losses. It is easy to say that there are young people in Japan who have been brainwashed by militarism. At this time, the Japanese army had not yet launched the Pacific War, and the military industrial enterprises in China and Northeast China were producing at full capacity, and they could also ensure the supply of troops. This war horse is different, it needs to grow up day by day, not to say that there is. The Japanese were reluctant to spend money to buy horses in Europe, and the domestic military horse farms alone were far from satisfying their needs, and it was not smooth to go to Mongolia to collect and grab horses. In this way, the limited number of military horses of the Japanese army could only be used to supplement the needs of the permanent divisions and regiments, and troops like the 109th Division had to give priority to meeting the needs of pack horses, and after the loss of horses in the cavalry brigade, they could only wait for replenishment slowly.

The captain of the 10th Ninth Cavalry Brigade, Yamazaki Kiyonakasa, felt that today was a good day, and Liu Yimin, the god of war who had disgraced the Japanese Army, was finally killed, the news was also released, Yangge was twisted, and the firecrackers were also released.

With this in mind, Yamazaki Kiyonaka Saku was ready to report his request to Lieutenant General Yamaoka Shigehou. There was no way, his cavalry brigade was full of 452 people and 423 horses, but now there were only 130 horses left, which could barely be formed into a cavalry squadron. How can this work? The activities of the Dirt Eighth Road are so rampant that if there is an urgent combat mission, it must be mishandled

When Yamazaki Kiyoshi Nakasa walked to the door of the small courtyard where Yamaoka Shigehou lived, he happened to see the room of the chief of staff, Cangmao Shuzo Osa, and the confidential staff officer, the two division commanders, and Yamazaki Kiyoshi knew that the chief of staff and the confidential staff officer were looking for the division commander, and there must be something important, and it must be unwelcome to go in at this time, so he consciously opened up with the guards standing guard outside the courtyard gate.

As soon as he finished two sentences, there was a roar from His Excellency the division commander in the room, followed by a crisp slap, and then the sound of chairs and people falling to the ground.

Unexpectedly, the voice of His Excellency the division commander stopped abruptly, and there was no more movement. Kiyoshi Yamazaki waited outside the gate of the courtyard for about ten minutes, feeling that something was wrong, and the room of His Excellency the Commander was quiet and a little frightened, so he boldly entered the courtyard.

When I arrived at the courtyard, I saw that the thick house on the hill was unusually quiet, as if there was no one at all, and there was a trace of blood in my nose.

Kiyoshi Yamazaki knew that something was wrong and hurriedly shouted at the guards.

This is Kiyoshi Yamazaki's caution, knowing that this is a war year and anything can happen. If Kiyoshi Yamazaki does not call the guards and goes in alone, in case something happens to His Excellency the division commander, when the guards arrive, Kiyoshi Yamazaki is very likely to be the object of suspicion. Although it is likely to prove his innocence in the end, it is always bad to be suspected, and it is not worth it if any of the reckless guards shoots him in a fit of emotion.

When the guards came out of the ear rooms on both sides of Yamaoka Shige's room, Yamazaki Kiyoshi led them into the residence of His Excellency the division commander.

The scene in front of him surprised Kiyoshi Yamazaki: the division commander, the chief of staff, and the confidential staff officer all fell to the ground, with a blood hole on their heads, and the ground was covered with blood.

After a general look, Yamazaki Kiyoshi found three holes in the window, looked up at the roof opposite, and immediately grabbed the phone on Yamaoka's heavy desk, and ordered the cavalry brigade and division guards to immediately block the Huozhou Mansion and arrest the assassins. Then he called the baggage wing and the engineer wing living in the city, informing the two wing commanders that His Excellency the division commander had been assassinated, and asked them to order the troops to blockade the whole city and pursue the assassins, and asked the two wing commanders to rush to the division headquarters immediately.

After a while, the headquarters of the Japanese division in Huozhou Prefecture was already full of chickens and dogs, and groups of Japanese soldiers were running around the courtyard with flashlights, and the sound of passwords came and went.

By the time the commander of the 1st and 10th Engineer Wing, Toshio Ogatata, arrived, Kiyoshi Yamazaki and the staff officers of the division headquarters who arrived first had already read the telegram that the confidential staff officer showed to Shigehou Yamaoka, and understood the reason why Shigehou Yamaoka roared before he died.

The three wing commanders, you look at me, I look at you, finally decided to immediately report to the headquarters of the First Army and the headquarters of the North China Front the news of the assassination of Lieutenant General Shigemu Yamaoka, Shomo Shuzo Daisa, and confidential staff officers, and requested that the temporary commander of the 10th and 9th Divisions be appointed immediately.

The situation was quickly figured out, after the little devil near the West Gate received the order to block the whole city, he quickly rushed to the West Gate sentry post with the emergency assembly of the whistle, and naturally found the body of the Japanese sentry at the West Gate, and the direction illuminated by Liu Yimin's motorcycle lights could be seen from a distance.

Immediately afterwards, the anomaly of the Japanese-owned bathhouse was also discovered by the Japanese patrol. Because under normal circumstances, the bathhouse was still receiving Imperial soldiers to take a bath at this time, and the closed door aroused the alarm of the patrol. So the words "Liu Yimin killed the Japanese invaders here" were presented in front of the devil patrol.

Then the bodies of Kuroda Caochang and the devil consultant in the post office were also found by the devils who searched the city. At this time, the three devil wing captains all understood that when the 118th Brigade and the 109th Wing of the Mountain Artillery searched Liu Yimin's parachute jumping point, Liu Yimin had already slipped away, and took a 118th Brigade commander Cao into Huo County, rode a motorcycle into Huo County, sent this clear telegram at the Huo County Post Office, assassinated His Excellency the division commander, and then fled to the west.

While reporting to Major General Furuto Nagaei, commander of the 31st Brigade, and Major General Honchuan Province, commander of the 118th Brigade, the commander of the 318th Brigade and Regiment, the commander of the three devil wings, they asked them to order all strongholds along the way to intercept Liu Yimin, the murderer of His Excellency the division commander, and at the same time organize troops to go out of the city to pursue them.

The special forces of the Japanese army stationed in Huo County were basically the Japanese army's special forces, that is, cavalry, artillery, engineers, and baggage troops, and the artillery wing was not in the city with the 118th Brigade. The 118th Brigade has only one infantry squadron stationed in Huo County, and except for this infantry squadron and cavalry brigade, the combat effectiveness of other units is limited. Kiyoshi Yamazaki had to bite the bullet and order the cavalry brigade and the infantry squadron defending the city to quickly go out of the city in pursuit.

Fortunately, there are enough cars, armored vehicles, and motorcycles in Huo County, which makes up for the lack of war horses in the cavalry brigade. What made Yamazaki Qing even happier was that at this time he learned that the North China Front Headquarters had airdropped a special operations team trained according to the special tactics of the German army to Liu Yimin's parachute jump site in the morning to assist the 118th Brigade in arresting Liu Yimin. After the arrival of this special operations team, the 118th Brigade had already completed cleaning the battlefield at the parachute jump site, and they took a car to Huoxian City to join the headquarters of the 109th Division. Now he is stationed in the division headquarters.

After seeing the equipment of the special operations team, Yamazaki Kiyoden had the confidence to let the special operations team take the lead, and he led the infantry squadron of the 1118th Brigade to guard Huo County, concentrated the war horses into a cavalry squadron, and the rest of the personnel took armored vehicles, cars, and motorcycles, went out of the west gate of Huo County, and chased them in the direction where Liu Yimin had escaped.

After Liu Yimin left Huo County, he only ran about one or two miles along the main road before arriving at the Fen River.

It's not bad that the Japanese army did not destroy the stone bridge over the Fen River. After Liu Yimin rewarded the Japanese sentries guarding the stone bridge with a few iron nails, he took off the Japanese military hat on his head and the Japanese shirt on his body, and threw them into the Fen River, which was flowing south in the night. He knew that although the last time the Japanese heavy army group swept the western and southwestern Jinxi and turned them into enemy-occupied areas. However, the occupation of the Japanese army could not be effectively maintained, and after the transfer of the Devil's Heavy Army Group, the base areas in western and southwestern Shanxi were restored, and in addition to the Eighth Route Army, the main force of Yan Xishan's Jin Sui Army and the main force of the Shanxi New Army are now also in this area. If it is estimated that it is good, there should be a small unit of the Eighth Route Army in this area that came to meet him, but he can't let them treat him as a Japanese soldier and shoot him coldly.

Looking back at the ancient city of Huozhou at night, Liu Yimin turned into the car and drove westward.

After Liu Yimin rode a motorcycle across the Fenhe Stone Bridge, he ran for about fifteen minutes before he saw a flashlight swaying pillar of light in front of him.

After taking a look, the two ends are long, and they are the emergency contact signals set for the special combat team when they were in the 18th Red Regiment. Did they meet Li Hongjun who was sent to the independent division?

Liu Yimin immediately stopped, covered his mouth with his hands to form a horn, and let out a cry of "goo-goo, goo-goo".

As soon as Liu Yimin's shout fell, there was a response of "tweeting, tweeting-tweeting" from the side of the road.

After a while, Li Hongjun's voice came: "Division commander, is it you?" ”

From leaving the plane at four o'clock in the morning, until he heard this greeting, Liu Yimin relieved his heart and shouted loudly: "Li Hongjun, come out"

Li Hongjun is a veteran soldier who joined the 18th Red Regiment by the Xiangjiang River, and when Liu Yimin asked Li Lingfeng to form a special combat team, he was the first batch of selected members and the first batch of special combat team leaders. On the Miaoling Road on a snowy night from Jianhe to Zhenyuan, he and Li Lingfeng, Wang Laohu, Zhao Zhiyu, and He Feng served as pioneers, holding wooden sticks, exploring the way for the troops, and guiding the troops to advance on the Miaoling Mountain Road on a snowy night. Later, with the development and growth of the unit, Li Hongjun became the instructor of the No. 1 Special Operations Squadron, and Wang Laohu was his partner.

When the chairman telegraphed Liu Yimin to transfer special operations cadres to work in the 115th, 129th, 120th, and independent divisions, Li Hongjun was sent to the independent division and was responsible for teaching special operations tactics to the independent division.

At 7 o'clock this morning, Li Hongjun, who was training in the Fenxi area, received an urgent order from the headquarters of the independent division, saying that the plane of division commander Liu Yimin had been shot down by the Japanese army, and that the general location was in the mountainous area at the junction of Lingshi and Huo County. He was ordered to immediately lead the special operations team of the newly formed independent division to search for and rescue Division Commander Liu Yimin.

Li Hongjun was anxious when he heard this, and immediately gathered the team members and set off. Unfortunately, due to the inaccurate orientation, by the time they crossed the Fen River and touched the area around Han Xinling according to the actions of the Japanese planes in the sky, the Japanese army had already finished cleaning up the battlefield and began to lay out an encirclement.

At this time, Li Hongjun received an order from the headquarters of the independent division, which made it clear that the Japanese army had announced the news of the sacrifice of division commander Liu Yimin, the rescue operation was canceled, and he was ordered to withdraw to the west bank of the Fen River to covertly monitor the Japanese army and report the movements of the Japanese army at any time.

Li Hongjun did not believe that Liu Yimin, who succeeded in parachuting, would die at the hands of the Japanese army. He is a backbone cadre of the special combat team and a real student of Liu Yimin, and he is very clear about Liu Yimin's skills, and knows that unless the Japanese army uses snipers to ambush Liu Yimin, it will be impossible for the Japanese army to kill him. However, the telegram from the division headquarters was conclusive, saying that the Japanese army had announced that it was a large-scale aircraft group and a wing of artillery that led to the death of the division commander, which made him unbelievable.

The large Japanese army was waiting in Hanxinling, clearly to lure and annihilate the Eighth Route Army that came to the rescue and expand the results of the battle. Li Hongjun had no choice but to follow the orders of the division headquarters, and took his special operations team back to the west bank of the Fen River, and reported to the division headquarters on the situation of the Japanese army's encirclement in the Han Xinling area.

After weeping loudly on the west bank of the Fen River, Li Hongjun decided to go to the county seat of Huoxian. He knew that it was the headquarters of the 109th Division of the Japanese Army, and if the devil found the bones of the division commander, he might transport them back to Huo County first, and then transport them to Taiyuan or Beiping. If you want to avenge the division commander or retrieve the bones of the division commander, you have to go to Huo County.

After Li Hongjun reported to the headquarters of the independent division, the division headquarters approved him to lead a special operations team to Huo County to investigate, but it was forbidden to fight in Huo County. If it is found that the remains of Division Commander Liu Yimin are in Huo County, it should be reported immediately, and the independent division will unite with the main force of the 129th Division to storm Huo County and retrieve the bones of Comrade Liu Yimin.

In this way, Li Hongjun led his special operations team, which had not been established for a long time and had just started training, to the west bank of the Fen River near Huo County.

Li Hongjun ran towards Liu Yimin at a speed of 100 meters in a sprint, and when he arrived at him, he forcibly held back his excitement and reported loudly: "Report to the division commander, Li Hongjun, instructor of the No. 1 Special Operations Squadron of the Special Operations Command, report to you, please instruct."

After Liu Yimin returned the salute, he asked, "Do you bring a radio station?" ”

Li Hongjun replied that he had brought it.

Liu Yimin ordered: "Immediately send a report to the headquarters of the independent division, asking them to immediately report to the Central Committee, the Shandong Bureau, and the instructor, and report that I have successfully broken through the encirclement and joined up with the receiving troops of the independent division." Report to the Central Committee, I killed Lieutenant General Shigehou Yamaoka, commander of the 109th Division of the Japanese Army, in Huo County, and asked me to send a telegram to the Independent Division and the 129th Division to be vigilant and strictly prevent retaliation from the Japanese army. ”

Li Hongjun took out his notebook, asked the soldiers to use flashlights to illuminate it, brushed it, and quickly wrote a draft of the telegram, and after Liu Yimin looked at it, he handed it over to the newspaper operator to send the report.

After finishing his work, Li Hongjun couldn't help but say, "Division commander, you are too risky. After breaking through, he should not enter the county seat of Huoxian again, let alone assassinate the commander of the Japanese division. Your life is more precious than his life, I don't know how many times. A commander in command of an army of 200,000 actually carried out an assassination, which is irresponsible to the organization, to his comrades, and to yourself. Do you know how many people are crying for you, I just want to go to Huo County to investigate, if you find your bones in Huo County, the Independent Division and the 129th Division will attack Huo County and retrieve your bones. ”

Liu Yimin's face was extremely cold, he looked up at the night sky, and said lightly: "Li Chengyi is my guard commander, a brother who shares life and death, he died in front of me, and his body was beaten by the machine gun of the little devil and was miserable. I have to avenge him, besides, going to Huo County is also a last resort, the encirclement of the devils is very large, and breaking through in any other direction will cause the vigilance of the devil's vigilant troops. Only the heralds disguised as devils and advance openly along the main road to the county seat of Huoxian can successfully break through. It's not that I'm so brave and ruthless, and that's something I can't help but do. ”

The two men were about to continue talking, when the sentinel sent back the signal, and a large army of little devils caught up, including armored vehicles, motorcycles, cars, and cavalry.

Liu Yimin glanced at the land of western Jin at night, calculated silently for a while, and asked: "Red Army, do you bring bazookas and explosives bags?" ”

Li Hongjun reported: "Division commander, we have a bazooka, a six-method rocket, and only four electric explosive kits. ”

Liu Yimin said: "It's night, and the people are defenseless, and if you let the devils in, the loss will be great." There is a small village in front, we will retreat there, fight it, and beat the pursuing little devils back to Huo County. You go and set it up, let the fighters bury the explosives, and blow up the devil's car in the cold. The bazookas are hidden at the edge of the village, and they are only allowed to hit the devil's armored vehicles. Hehe, the little devil has caught up, and if you dare to chase Lao Tzu, you have to die."

Li Hongjun couldn't have imagined that the division commander, who was as warm as a spring breeze on weekdays, would become so cold in the blink of an eye, and his sneer was so oozing that he hurriedly ran to arrange and bury the explosives package.

When Liu Yimin withdrew to the small village with the soldiers, he found that the village was empty, knowing that Lihuo County was too close here, and the villagers were either plagued by the little devils, or they all fled.

At the head of the village, Li Hongjun gathered the special operations team and told the soldiers that in front of him was the legendary hero of our army, Division Commander Liu Yimin. The division headquarters has already called back and ordered the special operations team to serve as the guard of Division Commander Liu and escort him back to Xi'an. The task now is to repel the pursuers of the devils and ensure the safe evacuation of the division commander