Chapter 202: Fierce Battle

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Relying on combat power is an indispensable source of self-confidence for bold action.

The total strength of the devils in eastern and western Henan is not too small, but the troops have always been highly dispersed and stationed, thinner than dozens of counties, and they must be responsible for the defense of the strongholds along the Longhai Railway. Moreover, after losing most of their mobile forces in the bloody battle of Huaiyang, they could only retreat to a few important strongholds and were no longer able to take the initiative to fight.

Seizing this weakness of the devil, Yang Tianfeng first ignored Zhecheng and the puppet army of the two routes, and ordered the troops to boldly intersperse detours, pointing directly at the heart of the enemy-Shangqiu. Such a sudden action greatly surprised the Japanese army and Zhang Lanfeng, and the effect was amazingly good.

At about 8 o'clock in the morning, more than 3,000 horses came to Shangqiu City in disguise, and Song Kebin rode a horse in front of him, and led the brigade into the city with pride.

Shangqiu, which had been occupied for a year, was shrouded in the flames of the liberation, and the Fourth Route Army stationed in Shangqiu was caught off guard and retreated in panic under the ferocious offensive. The main general fled first, which immediately caused a crushing reaction of the puppet army.

After the Japanese invading army occupied Shangqiu, the 4th Cavalry Brigade took over the 16th Division and the 3rd Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army and stationed in Zhuji for a long time, mastering the puppet regime in the eight counties of eastern Henan, responsible for collecting military, political, and economic intelligence, directing the puppet army in eastern Henan to fight, and planning a sweep to the anti-Japanese base areas.

Zhang Lanfeng, a loyal dog, immediately thought of running to Zhuji to ask for help from his master at a critical moment. Zhuji (now Liangyuan District of Shangqiu) is nearly ten miles away from Shangqiu, and before Zhang Lanfeng and others arrived, they had already heard the sound and sent two cavalry squadrons to Shangqiu.

Japanese reinforcements rushed to Shangqiu, entered through the West Gate, and met an opponent with a part of Guo's detachment, and launched a fierce exchange of fire on West Street. At this time, the devil found that the opponent was not only well-armed, but also well-trained, especially good at street fighting, relying on houses and walls to firmly resist their onslaught. And the enemy is still growing, the firepower is increasing, and the offensive and defensive momentum is reversing.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded outside the city like raindrops, Ma Bingzhong led the second brigade to kill near the west gate, two cavalry regiments rushed to Zhuji, and a cavalry regiment blocked the city gate and surrounded the devils in the city.

Steel fists, gun grenades, 60 mortars, and cluster grenades were thrown, and Guo Songlin personally went to the front line and commanded the troops to start a counteroffensive with fierce bombardment.

Zhuji was already in chaos, with gunshots, explosions, shouts of killing, and horses' hooves mixed, and thousands of cavalry almost descended from the sky, slashing and killing in the town, setting off bursts of bloody storms.

Zhang Lanfeng, Luo Dianqing and others had just fled into Zhuji, and before they could catch their breath, the killing god chased after him on his heels, quickly broke through the defense outside the town, and smashed the Japanese command center Anping Village.

The old town of Shangqiu, formerly known as "Zhuji", was originally a village and market town in the northeast of Shangqiu County, which was returned to Defu in the Ming and Qing dynasties. In the third year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1853), Zhu Ji built Anping Village, with battlements on it, and built four gates in the east, west, north and south.

In 1936, Zhu Jiuying, the second administrative inspector of Henan Province, the commissioner of the public office and the magistrate of Shangqiu County, ordered the recruitment of migrant workers from the 54 townships under the jurisdiction of Shangqiu County at that time to build Zhuji Forest Village. Before and after the Anti-Japanese War, Zhuji Town was even more prosperous than the historical and cultural city of Shangqiu Ancient City. At that time, the town area of Zhuji Town was about three square kilometers, more than twice the area of the ancient city of Shangqiu.

The commander of the cavalry brigade, Major General Nakasakuma, never dreamed that the enemy's actions would be so rapid and secretive, and he organized a counterattack in a panic, and reluctantly stopped the attack of the two cavalry regiments by using the trenches and walls of Anping Village. However, Nakasakuma knew that the situation was dangerous, and the two cavalry squadrons did not return to reinforce Shangqiu, and the town lost a lot of men and horses, and the troops in his hands were already less than three hundred, which was counted even by the miscellaneous personnel.

"Your Excellency, when will the reinforcements arrive?" Zhang Lanfeng no longer has the spirit of the past, no more arrogant and tyrannical conquest, like a leper dog whose backbone has been broken.

"What about your troops, what about your tens of thousands of horses?" Nakasa glared at Zhang Lanfeng fiercely, and then remembered that this incompetent guy had brought more than a hundred remnants of the defeated army, but what was the use?

It must have been a problem with the Suppression of the Communist Army of the People's Republic of China, so that the enemy could cross the army of 10,000 people and secretly come to the city of Shangqiu; If it weren't for Shangqiu's emergency, the two cavalry squadrons would not have gone forever; If it weren't for the emptiness of troops, Zhu Ji would not have been attacked by the enemy...... The more he thought about it, the more he hated it, and he couldn't wait to step forward and kick this bastard to death.

Zhang Lanfeng was silent, he didn't know the situation, but he also realized that there was something wrong with his troops, but this was absolutely unacceptable.

The cavalry regiment stopped attacking, but did not stop moving, one cavalry regiment monitored Anping Village to prevent the enemy from breaking through, and the other cavalry regiment, under the guidance of the officers and soldiers and military commanders, swept away the Japanese puppet organs in the town.

After the Japanese army occupied Shangqiu, it set up the "Japanese Army Special Service Agency", which was under the command of Major General Nakasakuma, commander of the cavalry brigade, and had intelligence contact with the Kaifeng Liaison Department, the Shangqiu Consulate, and the Xuzhou Liaison Department. In order to collect intelligence, the Japanese army set up 10 intelligence points in Zhuji, including the Fuxing Inn, the Xieda Cargo Station, the Sunshine Hospital, and the Oriental Hotel.

Others may not know this information, but Ma Yuming and the military commanders in eastern Henan know very well. At present, the military commander is inseparable from No. 76 in Shanghai, and Ma Yuming has long received instructions from Dai Li, to carry out as many operations as possible and open up another battlefield. As soon as Yang Tianfeng's idea of attacking Shangqiu came out, how could Ma Yuming not firmly grasp it and help him?

"Send electricity to Xuzhou, send electricity to Heze, and let them send troops to help." Nakasakuma commanded in a deep voice.

The enemy's forces seem to be very strong, and the men and horses in the surrounding small strongholds are of no avail, and the hurried reinforcements can only be broken one by one.

Faintly, there was a crying voice, which seemed to be mixed with Japanese scolding and pleading.

A Japanese soldier came running over, his face pale, and reported: "The people of China are driving all the Chinese expatriates and merchants in the town, and it seems that they are going to use them as cover to start attacking. ”

Zhongzuo was stunned for a moment, and then sneered, "Despicable Shina, do you want to use the tactics of the Mongols?" With that, he held up his binoculars.

Dozens of Japanese were driven by the pseudo-military wooden sticks and leather whips that were eager to behave anyway, and walked slowly towards Anping Village. Among them were young men, old men and women, and a few children, and the women and children were crying. (To be continued.) )