[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 307: Day Rest (Ask for subscription, ask for a monthly pass!) ）

At the same time that Bilige's division successfully seized the mining area, Wu Xiuda's division also successfully entered the city, and the remnants of the Japanese 26th Division retreated to the inner city, and the battle entered a fierce street battle.

Originally, Ma Zheng was ready for a hard battle, but he didn't expect things to take a turn for the better at this time, and the remnants of the two regiments of the puppet infantry in Datong City actually revolted. They killed the puppet army commander and Japanese advisers, and then counterattacked the headquarters of the Japanese 26th Division, although they failed to take the Japanese headquarters in one fell swoop, but they caused great panic to the Japanese army, and the organized resistance instantly turned into a disorderly rout.

Wu Xiuda's troops took the opportunity to intensify their offensive and quickly seized important facilities in the city, and the battle came to an end.

At half past five in the morning, after four hours of fighting, the defenders of Datong City completely collapsed, and this important town in northern Jin was recovered.

Subsequently, Ma Zheng ordered Wu Xiuda's headquarters to clear the remnants of the enemy in the city on the one hand, and at the same time to draw out the main force and rush to Laoge Mountain to support the Huyan military headquarters, and in any case, to annihilate the 12th Infantry Wing of Haraguchi Daisa.

So far, this battle has captured Datong City, Tianzhen City, and Datong Mining Area, which are heavily guarded by the Japanese army, and the battle has entered another stage.

After the first phase of the battle, the next stage is the battlefield cleaning phase. Compared to face-to-face combat, the work of cleaning up the battlefield is much more tedious.

Because this time the troops not only took all the enterprises in the Datong mining area, but also the city of Datong, so there were too many materials to be transported back, in addition to the captured strategic materials stored in Datong by the Japanese army, the main thing was that the large-scale mining equipment and dug coal were the most difficult to transport.

Fortunately, this time, Bilig's department set up a Japanese-controlled transportation company and seized more than 300 large trucks. In addition, there was originally a railway connection between Datong and Guisui, and there are also many trains in Datong City, so there is no shortage of means of transportation, and what is missing is only time.

You must know that it is autumn, and the dawn is relatively early, and it is already dark at half past five. At most, it will be bright in half an hour. Once dawn, the Japanese planes will be dispatched, which will be a great threat to Ma Zheng's troops to rush to transport supplies.

But that can't be helped, who makes China inferior to Japan in terms of air force, and it is reasonable to be bombed.

However, what worries Ma Zheng the most is how to send the 70,000 or 80,000 miners rescued this time back to the base area, you must know that these people have been tortured by the Japanese and are not human, although most of the miners can still walk, but their bodies are very weak, and they are all skinny. It is unrealistic to expect these people to walk hundreds of kilometers on foot and return to Suina. If you had forced the march, it would have been nice to have half of them come back alive.

In addition, some of the people were rescued by special combat personnel from the pile of dead and the secret prison of the Japanese gendarmerie, and these people were on the verge of death and had to be treated on the spot before they could be sent back to the base area.

So after thinking about it for a while, Ma Zheng decided to order all the trains not to be busy transporting loot and equipment first, and to transport these miners back first.

Unlike ordinary officers in this era, who attach so much importance to weapons, equipment and money, the most precious thing in Ma Zheng's eyes is people. As long as there are people, there will be hope, as long as people are alive. Even if all the land is lost, it will not be a pity, and one day it will all be taken back.

Don't look at these miners now. But as long as they return to the base area to recuperate for a period of time, these people are all real heroes who can go to the battlefield and fight to the death face with devils. You must know that these people have been bullied and humiliated by the Japanese, and their hatred for the Japanese is by no means imaginable by ordinary people.

Although the fighting outside the city of Datong continues, an alternative war to rush people and supplies has begun. Maybe the Japanese haven't reacted yet, but the Japanese are not stupid, waiting for the mighty convoy to rush to the front line of Jining to transport equipment and ready-made coal, grain and other materials. The Japanese will definitely react, and when the time comes, the Japanese will definitely do their best to stop Ma Zheng's troops from rushing to transport.

Fortunately, these miners were also more supportive of the work of Ma Zheng's department, knowing that time was relatively tight now, so as long as their physical fitness was okay, they all stayed behind to help Ma Zheng's department dismantle the equipment and load the loot into the car.

At seven o'clock, it was already dawn. After sending off the freshly loaded convoy, Ma Zheng ordered all units to immediately cease their activities, the troops were stationed on the spot, and the miners immediately hid in the nearby mountains and forests to prevent the Japanese air force from retaliating.

At this time, the battle of Gelaoshan also came to an end, and the 12th Wing of the Japanese Army was basically wiped out, and the remaining remnants of less than 1,000 people were surrounded on a mountain beam three kilometers north of Gelaoshan, and they were about to be destroyed.

In fact, Haraguchi Osa received a jade broken telegram from the headquarters of the 26th Division of Datong as early as five o'clock, so at that time, Haraguchi Osa was ready to withdraw to the Urad front banner, and after the fall of Datong, his reinforcements also lost their effect, so at that time, Haraguchi Osa was ready to immediately withdraw from the battle and move to a safe place, so as not to be dumplings by the Chinese people.

But it was too late for him to realize the danger, and the Huyan Soldiers were stubbornly pestering them and were unwilling to let go, so the Japanese army retreated and the Huyan Troops directly pressed up until the reinforcements arrived.

At half past seven, after more than 70% casualties, Daisa Haraguchi finally decided to surrender to the Eighth Route Army.

He is not afraid of death, but he knows that there is no hope of breaking through, and if he persists, he is gambling with the lives of soldiers. Although Haraguchi Daisa also knew that once he gave the order to surrender, then he would inevitably be listed as a sinner by the base camp, and even if the Eighth Route Army did not kill him, the base camp would execute him.

But Haraguchi Daisa didn't care, what he cared about was whether the more than 1,000 soldiers under his command could be forgiven by the Eighth Route Army and save their lives. After receiving a nod of approval from the front-line commander of the Eighth Route Army, the 12th Wing chose to surrender.

The next day, just after dawn, it was still gray outside, and the Japanese planes came. Fortunately, Ma Zheng knew what would happen to the devil's air force without air supremacy, so he had already ordered the troops to withdraw from their positions before dawn, and the whole army was hidden in the vast mining area outside Datong City.

There is nothing else outside Datong City, and there are really a lot of abandoned coal kilns, not to mention an infantry division, even a group army can hide it. The Japanese air force unit wandered outside Datong City for more than half an hour, and except for a few Japanese troops, they did not even see the shadow of the enemy.

However, the Japanese army still did not give up, and the headquarters of the Mongolian army had already contacted the devils in Tianzhen, Datong and the mining area, but none of them could be contacted.

Lost contact is a very sensitive word, and in such a situation, losing contact is likely to mean defeat, and it has been captured by Ma Zheng's department.

In desperation, the headquarters of the Mongolian army had no choice but to order the 19th Wing of the Japanese Army, which was reinforcing Tianzhen, to speed up and rush to Tianzhen, and at the same time ordered the independent mixed second brigade to arrive at Datong this morning.

At a quarter past eight o'clock in the morning, the Japanese troops in the direction of Huai'an finally appeared in the east of Tianzhen City, and then the two sides fell into a fierce battle.

At the same time, the anxious Japanese army headquarters in Mongolia urgently asked the North China Front Command for help, requesting the North China Front Command to immediately send nearby powerful troops to reinforce Tianzhen and Datong. The Japanese troops in Weixian, Zhulu, Huai'an and other places took action one after another, and the sudden blow of Ma Zheng's headquarters completely disrupted the layout of the Japanese army, and they rushed into battle.

Knowing that Ma Zheng's headquarters had already conquered Datong City, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army was very happy and immediately sent a congratulatory telegram. At the same time, Ma Zheng's subordinates must guard against arrogance and rashness, and must not underestimate the enemy.

At the same time, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army telegraphed the 120th Division, the 129th Division, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the Jizhong Military Region and other troops to immediately enter the battle, taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese army was reinforcing Datong to expand the chassis and regain the lost territory.

Because the eyes of the Japanese army were focused on Datong, the surrounding Japanese troops were shrinking their forces, which gave the Eighth Route Army a good opportunity to quickly attack and uproot the Japanese strongholds in the counties of northern Shanxi one by one, and all units were captured. (To be continued.) )