Chapter 42: The Nameless Mountain Road Ambush (I)

It is no wonder that Harem Jun is so confident, the predecessor of the 26th Division was the 11th Brigade of the Kwantung Army, and this brigade was one of the first Japanese troops to invade North China after the Lugou Bridge Incident.

At that time, Tojo Hideki used the strength of two infantry brigades to attack Tianzhen, and at the same time dispatched aircraft, tanks and heavy artillery, but he was stunned by the 68th Army of the Jin Sui Army Li Fuying for 9 days, and the department suffered heavy casualties. If the Second War Zone could have sent reinforcements in time at that time, it was still unknown whether Hideki Tojo would have been able to capture Tenjin.

Now Amagi is still the same Tenjo, but compared to the Tojo Corps at that time, the Dohachi Road is far from the same in terms of strength and firepower. It took the Tojo Corps 9 days to break through the county seat of Tianzhen, and it took at least a month to take the Tsuchihachi Road.

But at this moment, the captain of the division's communications team, Captain Funatohi, hurriedly ran in from outside, and before he could even shout the report, he said loudly: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, Tianzhen emergency telegram!" ”

Although Harem Jun was very dissatisfied with the reckless behavior of the communications captain from Hokkaido, he still held back his anger and said, "Nian! ”

"Your Excellency Division Commander: Our unit has been attacked by unknown forces for more than an hour and a half since a quarter past 8 p.m., and the enemy's strength is more than ten times that of our army, and with the support of artillery fire from at least one company, our unit has suffered heavy losses. Now that all the fortifications on the outskirts of the county have been lost, and the city walls are in danger, please ask Your Excellency the division commander to reinforce immediately! Captain To, the shipowner, said quickly.

"Nani? Telegram to come! Harem Jun was shocked and stood up directly.

The shipowner did not dare to slack off, and immediately handed the telegram to Harem Chun.

After reading this telegram, Lieutenant General Harem Chun slapped the desk hard, and at the same time roared angrily: "Baga, it's just a rice bucket, an infantry brigade only lasted an hour and lost the outer fortifications, such an officer is only worthy of feeding horses in the logistics department, this bastard must be withdrawn after this battle!" ”

Lieutenant General Harem Jun knew that this bastard in his mouth had already gone to see their Aunt Amaterasu. But Harem Jun is right about one thing, that Sakurai Shaozo is really stupid enough.

After getting angry, Harem Chun calmed down the anger in his heart a little, and then said loudly: "Order: The cavalry units of the 11th Infantry Wing and the Division Search Team immediately reinforce Tianzhen. ”

After giving the reinforcement order, Harem Chun said to the shipowner, Captain To, "Captain, immediately call back to the defenders of Tianzhen, let them stick to wait for reinforcements, and the reinforcements will leave immediately, and they are expected to arrive in three hours." Before reinforcements arrive, they must hold the county seat at all costs, or let them all seppuku to repay His Majesty the Emperor! ”

"Hay!"

The efficiency of the Japanese army is still very high, especially in an emergency situation like this. In just ten minutes, the defenders in Datong City were assembled, and the commander of the 11th Infantry Wing of the 26th Division, Sentian Sadao Dazuo, was immediately ordered to lead two infantry brigades in his headquarters and one cavalry brigade of the divisional search wing to immediately rush to the aid of Tianzhen County.

Due to the urgency of time, Sentian Sadao Osa ordered Iwata Fumizo Nakasa to lead 600 cavalry in his headquarters first, while he himself followed behind with two infantry brigades totaling more than 2,300 people.

First, because the cavalry is much faster than the infantry, the cavalry can act as a pioneer for the large army in the front. Second, because the military situation in Tianzhen is urgent, the cavalry can be the first to rush to the battlefield to participate in the battle to reduce the pressure on the defenders.

On an unnamed mountain road 50 kilometers from the county seat of Tianzhen, a large number of fortifications and bunkers have been built on the slopes on both sides, and this is the case on the slopes of the two kilometers.

This is the ambush position selected by Ma Zheng, in addition to this position, Ma Zheng also chose to build a large number of fortifications on another road five kilometers away, and there is the second ambush position selected by Ma Zheng. Anyway, there are many mountain roads and ravines on the way from Datong to Tianzhen County, and there are many good places to ambush.

The reason why Ma Zheng arranged it was because he already knew the marching arrangements of the Japanese army, and knew that there was a cavalry of more than 600 cavalry galloping to Tianzhen along Jule, Wangguanzhen, Yanggao, and Thirty Lipu. Ma Zheng immediately decided to set up an ambush to annihilate this cavalry first, and then attack their infantry.

Of course, all this is due to the fact that the Japanese army in Datong City is constantly in contact with the "defenders" of Tianzhen, so the actions of the Japanese army are clear.

At half past eleven o'clock in the evening, the vanguard of the devil cavalry finally appeared in the sight of Ma Zheng and others. This is a strong cavalry, although the number is only about 600 people, but the momentum of running seems to be thousands of horses.

At the head was a strong ensign, who held a flashlight in his hand in addition to his saber, and ran as he lit the way for his warhorse.

Because it was too dark, and this was a mountain road, it was rugged and difficult to walk, so the speed of the cavalry was not very fast.

Ma Zheng motioned for the warriors to be quiet and ready to fight.

As the commander of this cavalry unit, Iwata Fumizo is now furious. A group of beautiful nurses have just been sent to China, and he has already made an appointment with Yoshioka Nakasa and Irie Osa to go to the field hospital together in the evening. But he didn't expect to receive an order to reinforce Tianzhen as soon as he entered, and because the troops were assembled a little late, he was also reprimanded by Chibu Daisa, which made him very shameless.

So he has been holding his breath along the way, he wants to rush to Tianzhen County as soon as possible, use his katana to completely destroy the will of the Chinese soldiers to resist, let the despicable people who don't know how to fight a fair duel tremble under the hooves of the horse, and appreciate what is the style of chrysanthemum and sword.

Of course, Iwata Bunzo Nakasa naturally didn't expect that there were more than 2,500 Eighth Route Army ambushes on the gentle slopes on both sides of the mountain road, and if he knew, he wouldn't have been in such a hurry anyway.

When all the Japanese cavalry entered the ambush circle, Ma Zheng took the lead in pulling the trigger and shot the cavalry lieutenant who was walking in the front head. The sound of gunfire is the sound, and as long as the gun is fired, it is equivalent to giving the order to fire.

So, the fighters lying in ambush on both sides of the hillside opened fire at the same time, and light and heavy machine guns, grenades, and grenadiers fired at the invaders together.

The Japanese army was suddenly attacked, and the formation was immediately chaotic, and the cavalry itself was a super-large target, and there were countless casualties and mourning all over the field in an instant.

As the fierce fire of the Eighth Route Army poured angry bullets, the Japanese soldiers in the middle of the mountain road were splashed with a puff of blood mist, and the corpses were thrown high and then fell to the ground fiercely.

Iwata Fumizo Nakasa is crying! The Japanese cavalry units are crying!

In order to increase the firepower, Ma Zheng specially ordered people to increase the firepower of the troops. In addition to the light and heavy machine guns originally equipped, Ma Zheng asked Huang Bingyan and Wu Xiuda to transfer more than 100 light and heavy machine guns from the Japanese arsenal to supplement the troops.

At present, there are more than 220 light and heavy machine guns on both sides of the hillside, what kind of concept is this, let's put it this way, take the fifth division of the Japanese army, which has the most powerful combat effectiveness, for example, a first-class division with a rated establishment of 28,000 people, all the light and heavy machine guns added up to only 350.

The two infantry brigades in Ma Zheng District were equipped with 220 light and heavy machine guns, equivalent to 70% of the firepower of the Fifth Division. With so much firepower fired at the same time, the effect was absolutely stunning. More than 220 tongues of fire suddenly tore the devil's cavalry troops apart, and the devil's cavalry couldn't even control their horses, and they were killed and wounded in just a few minutes.

At this time, Ma Zheng ordered the trumpet to be sounded. For a while, the gray figures all over the mountains rushed to the bottom of the ravine, and a water was opened by light machine guns, and all the Japanese soldiers who dared to resist in front of them were beaten into a sieve.