On December 7, after two days and two nights of rapid marching, the Mengji anti-Japanese detachment went all the way south and finally arrived at Tianzhen County, the northernmost part of Shanxi Province.

Han Yunhua was very relieved about the safety of the base area, he knew that although the Chahar Dispatch Corps was strong in combat, the number was relatively small, and it was difficult to make any big moves when he couldn't figure out the reality of the Daqingshan Base Area, plus he had to cooperate with the North China Dispatch Army Headquarters' eight-way siege battle plan, no matter how angry Tojo Hideki was, he had to endure it in a short time.

Han Yunhua's guess was not correct at all, on December 6, the commander of the 30th Infantry Wing stationed in Jining, Inokakura Tetsuro Osa, received the news that the entire Yamamoto Wing was annihilated, the entire reinforced brigade was not survived, and Xinghe County was once again broken by the Eighth Route Army. Shocked and angry, the Inokakura Tetsuro Osa, after consulting the commander of the 15th Mixed Brigade, Major General Seiichiro Shinohara, rushed to Kowa County with two brigades, ready to avenge Shiro Yamamoto and the entire Yamamoto Brigade, but unfortunately just arrived in Kowa County, Taro Takeda received an order from Major General Seiichiro Shinohara, the commander of the brigade, to withdraw his troops.

Stationed in Tianzhen County is the 16th Infantry Wing of the 15th Mixed Brigade of the Chahar Dispatch Corps and the Takeda Brigade, this 15th Mixed Brigade and Han Yunhua can be said to be old rivals, Han Yunhua used this 15th Mixed Brigade to open the knife twice, but I didn't expect to meet it here again, it can be said that the road is narrow!

After investigation, Han Yunhua learned that there is only one squadron of defenders in Tianzhen County, and the other armies have all gone south to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the Eighth Route of Shouyi in the temple, and now they are turning the ravine with the Eighth Route Army in Wei County, so the current Tianzhen County can be described as extremely empty.

You must know that Tianzhen County, as the northeast gateway of the military town of Datong and the transportation hub connecting Xuanhua in Hebei, has a very important strategic position, which is far from being comparable to a small county like Xinghe.

Through analysis, Han Yunhua predicted that if Tianzhen County was attacked, the Yue army in Wei County might not be able to come back to help, but the Yue army in Datong was very likely to send troops to support Tianzhen. Therefore, Han Yunhua decided to target the main target of this operation on the Datong side.

On the night of December 8, the first battalion of the Mengji Anti-Japanese Detachment took the lead in attacking Tianzhen County, and the Datong Annihilation War, which shocked China and foreign countries, officially began.

Li Dayong led a battalion of more than 470 people and more than 70 artillery platoons to launch a fierce attack on Tianzhen County, in order to create the false impression that the main force of the Eighth Route Army was fighting Tianzhen for the defending army, Han Yunhua transferred the few mortars in his hand and the only two mountain guns he brought to the first battalion, in order to strengthen the firepower of each battalion, Han Yunhua added some heavy weapons to each battalion before leaving.

The first battalion was originally the old foundation of the Mengji Anti-Japanese Detachment, and it was the strongest combat force in Han Yunhua's hands, so as soon as the battle began, the Yue army defending the city felt great pressure. In just one hour, more than half of the casualties of the Yue army defending the city, a battalion of more than 150 light and heavy machine guns, more than a dozen grenadiers, more than 10 mortars, and 2 mountain guns caused a huge psychological pressure on the Yue army, and the squadron leader of the Yue army defending the city saw that the troops had suffered more than half of the casualties, and a complete squadron now had more than 60 people left, so he had no choice but to ask for help from the headquarters of the Chahar Dispatch Army of the Kwantung Army, and at the same time pulled more than 220 Han annihilation puppet troops in the city to the city. and armed the expatriates in the city to defend the city together with the soldiers defending the city.

After receiving a telegram from the defenders of Tenjin Prefecture asking for help, Hideki Tojo of the Kwantung Army's Chahar Dispatch Corps immediately convened an emergency military meeting to discuss the rescue plan. "Baga, can anyone tell me where this branch of the army came from?"

Major General Kuroda, deputy chief of staff of the Chahar Dispatch Army, said: "Your Excellency, I think that this Chinese army may be the Central Army or the Jin Sui Army in the Chinese army, because according to the operational guidance (call for help report) of my Tianzhen defenders, the siege force has a large number of automatic firepower and a large number of artillery, and even field mountain artillery. This is obviously not something that ordinary troops can afford to equip, in just one hour, more than half of the elite of the Kwantung Army defending the city were killed and wounded, and the Eighth Route Army obviously did not have this ability, and the Eighth Route Army was now overwhelmed by His Excellency Terauchi, and it was even more unable to launch such a large-scale campaign. Therefore, in my opinion, this should be an integrated regiment of the Central Army or an integrated brigade of the Jinsui Army. ”

Hideki Tojo thought for a while and said, "Kuroda-kun is right, so how should we deal with it now?" ”

"Your Excellency Commander, most of our troops close to Tianzhen County have cooperated with His Excellency the Commander of the Temple to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army, and they are temporarily unable to return to help, and now only the Fifth Division stationed in Datong can rescue Tianzhen, and the Fifth Division is one of the few troops in the empire equipped with a chariot brigade, and the Fifth Division is also equipped with 8 cavalry squadrons, more than 100 car transport brigades, and the most important thing is that Datong is closer to Tianzhen than any force with rescue capabilities, and it only takes two hours for trucks to arrive. The cavalry could arrive in a maximum of three hours. Chief of Staff Kuroda said respectfully.

"Well, send a telegram to Commander Shouichi Terauchi and ask him to order the Fifth Division to send troops to rescue Tianzhen County."

"Hey!"

The efficiency of the army is still very high, especially in an emergency situation like this. In just ten minutes, the Datong defenders received an order to rescue Tianzhen, and the commander of the 11th Infantry Wing of the Datong Defenders, Yuichiro Nagano, immediately ordered Shimizu Shigenakaza to lead the only five cavalry squadrons in Datong City to immediately rush to the aid of Tianzhen County, while he himself led two reinforced brigades and a chariot squadron to arrive later.

Shimizu Shigenaka led 5 squadrons of cavalry with a total of more than 650 people to gallop to Tianzhen along Jule, Wangguanzhen, Yanggao, and Thirty Lipu.

As soon as Shimizu Shigenakazo passed Jule, Han Yunhua received a telegram from the radio station of the reconnaissance troops at the front, and because of the limited time, Han Yunhua only set up a few mobile radio reconnaissance posts on the roads west of Yanggao County and east of Datong.

After receiving the news, Han Yunhua decided to set up an ambush to annihilate this cavalry, and there were many mountain roads and ravines on the way from Datong to Tianzhen County, and there were many good places to ambush.

Li Dayong's side is fighting hotly, and Han Yunhua's side is not idle, with the speed of cavalry, Datong's reinforcements can arrive in three and a half hours at most, while Han Yunhua and others are all infantry, and it will take an hour and a half to reach the ambush location, so there is not a lot of time left for Han Yunhua.

At about 11:20 in the evening, the vanguard of the devil cavalry finally appeared in the sight of Han Yunhua and others, and Han Yunhua signaled the soldiers to be quiet and prepare for battle. At this time, political commissar Shen Yuquan crawled over with a gloomy face and said, "Yunhua, the situation has changed. The reconnaissance platoon has just sent a message that the reinforcements of about two brigades of the army, equipped with more than 100 large trucks and more than 10 armored vehicles, have passed Jule and can arrive here in an hour. To fight or not to fight? ”

Han Yunhua looked at the Yue army who was about to enter the ambush circle, gritted his teeth and said: "Fight, even if you retreat now, you have to take a great risk, most of the Yue army is cavalry, we are infantry, we can't outrun the pursuit of the Yue army, since this is the case, then we can only completely annihilate this cavalry." ”

"If we can't solve the battle within half an hour, then our situation will be dangerous, you must know that the devils of the two brigades are still equipped with chariots, there are nearly 2,500 devils, and we only have more than 1,300 people now, and the ratio of enemy and enemy forces has reached 1:2, and this battle is basically defeated and unwon." Shen Yuquan said in a low voice.

Han Yunhua squinted his eyes and said: "It's okay, half an hour is enough to deal with this pair of cavalry, our 2 battalions and 3 companies have a total of more than 660 light and heavy machine guns, and it is completely enough to completely annihilate these huge cavalry in ten minutes, not only do I have to defeat this cavalry, but the devils of the two brigades behind can't run away." The deal is done! ”

Shen Yuquan looked at Han Yunhua in surprise, and then asked angrily: "You are crazy, this is not a bandit, a warlord, or an ordinary devil garrison, this is the elite fifth division of the army, which is known as the trump card, you are a child's play with the lives of that soldier, I don't agree with you doing this." ”

"Lao Shen, I'm not talking about it, a division of the army is equipped with 290 light machine guns, 100 heavy machine guns, 104 field artillery, mountain artillery, and howitzers, and now the army is eager to rescue the defenders of Tianzhen, so it is basically impossible to carry much artillery, and the two brigades of the army carry a maximum of 160 strong and heavy machine guns, far less than our army's more than 660, and I plan to set up an ambush here one kilometer ahead, when the time comes, we occupy a favorable terrain, condescending, The devil's tank will not play a role, and at that time it will be a fight for whose automatic firepower is strong, so our winning chance is still very large, listen to me! Han Yunhua said quickly.

"But....but..."Shen Yuquan still wanted to argue a few words, but was interrupted by Han Yunhua forcefully: "Old Shen, don't be, now the danger of fighting or not fighting is equally great, so it's better to fight to the death, don't say it, the devil's cavalry has entered the ambush circle, ready to fight!" ”

The Eighth Route Army has already seized all the commanding heights, and both sides of the ravine have already been filled with soldiers, and Han Yunhua is ruthless enough, letting go of the vanguard of about a small team, and waiting to fight the cavalry of the army.

To say that this fifth division is indeed not Gaidi, this way galloped, although the mountains are public

The road is rugged and difficult to travel, but the formation of the cavalry is still well maintained, and it looks neat and smooth, and it is very mighty. Now the army just wants to quickly pass through this mountain road, rush to Tianzhen County, use their katana to completely destroy the will of the Chinese soldiers to resist, and let the despicable Shina people who do not know the spirit of fair duel samurai tremble under the hooves of the horses, and appreciate what the style of chrysanthemum and sword is.

When all the cavalry of the Yue Army entered the ambush circle, Han Yunhua's order to open fire was given. So, on the hillside, on both sides of the hillside, and at the bottom of the ravine, rows of gray figures appeared, light and heavy machine guns, and grenades fired at the invaders together, and a puff of blood mist flew in all directions, and corpses were thrown high and then fell to the ground fiercely.

Shimizu Daisa is crying! The cavalry unit is crying!

More than 660 light and heavy machine guns opened fire together, and more than 660 tongues of fire suddenly tore the devil's cavalry troops into pieces, and the devil's cavalry could not even control their horses, and in just a few minutes, the devil's cavalry was killed and wounded.

At this time, Han Yunhua ordered the trumpet to be sounded. For a while, the gray figures all over the mountains rushed to the bottom of the ravine, and Yishui was a light machine gun to open the way, and all the troops who dared to resist in front of them were all sieve.