[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 364: Going South to Chengde (Ask for subscriptions, ask for monthly passes, ask for everything!) ）

The warehouse area of Li's grain store, in the courtyard where the lights should have been turned off and resting at this time in the past, was brightly lit at this time. A large number of soldiers of the Eighth Route Army dressed as civilians were inspecting weapons and ammunition, while Zhu Changgui and several of his commanders were discussing the battle plan.

Zhu Changgui, who is only 1.6 meters tall, is short in the north, where he is generally more than 1.65 meters, and his body is still relatively thin, and he still wears a pair of glasses, so he doesn't look like the seven-foot red-faced man in the legend outside.

At this time, Zhu Changgui was solemnly facing several officers around him and said: "Comrades, tonight's battle is very important, whether the large army can defeat Longhua City and encircle and annihilate the Japanese puppet army in the city, we are the key." Therefore, today we must show the combat style of the past, dare to fight, and complete the combat tasks assigned by the commander, even if we fight all the people. ”

"Captain, you say, how to fight, we all listen to you!" A black-faced man in his thirties said immediately.

"Yes, Captain, we all listen to you!" The crowd chimed in.

Zhu Changgui nodded and said: "In order to make it easier to attack Chengde later, the commander means that this time he will wipe out all the little devils in Longhua City in one fell swoop, otherwise with the combat effectiveness of the main force of the military region and the commander's command ability, it is not difficult to defeat the Japanese puppet army on the Longhua front, at least we don't need to make a move." ”

"Captain, the Japanese puppet army on the Longhua front line has increased several times in the past two days, according to the estimation of our observation post, there are 10,000 little devils and second devils in and outside the city, how many people did our commander bring, can he completely annihilate these sons of bitch?" Someone asked.

"Liu He, you have been active in Rehe. I don't know this Commander Ma Zheng who doesn't know us, but he is a real military strategist, not only has a unique strategic vision, but also has a level of tactical command that you and I can't match. When we arrived in southern Chahar, the situation was not as good as when we first arrived in Rehe, when we had only 90 troops. Moreover, almost everyone was wounded, and the guns and ammunition were even less pitiful, not even enough to support a small-scale battle. In addition, at that time, we had no food, the soldiers were still wearing single clothes, and they lost contact with the division headquarters in the cold, and almost went into a desperate situation. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Changgui's eyes were full of admiration and said: "But in this case, the commander led us to gain a firm foothold in Chanan, and the little devils who fought again and again were defeated. From the very beginning against the ordinary squadron of the Japanese army. Later, the little devils directly dispatched brigade-level troops to attack us, and the result was that every time we lost our troops. Until now, our Suicha Military Region can fight against several divisions of the little devils at the same time, and we can also dispatch troops to take the initiative to attack. And all this is the commander's command, and when you meet the commander tonight, you all behave well for Lao Tzu, don't fucking embarrass Lao Tzu. ”

"Yes, I promise to give you a long face to the captain!"

"Here's the plan this time, when the battle begins. Liu He, you take your first brigade to set off from the back gate of the No. 2 warehouse, and cooperate with the commander to hit the north gate. The gates of the city should be opened when the inside and the outside are combined. And I took the rest of the men and horses to besiege the headquarters of the devils, it is good to be able to take them, but if I can't defeat them, I can also hold them back, and then I will meet us after the main force enters the city, do you understand? Zhu Changgui said.

"Got it!" The crowd shouted.

"Okay, Lao Tzu reiterates. When the battle starts, it is necessary to quickly break through the frontal enemy at all costs, and the longer it drags on, the greater the casualties of the troops, as long as the large army enters the city, the little devil is finished. In addition, although there are more than 10,000 puppet troops on the Longhua front, there are only more than 4,000 real little devils. The rest are all puppet armies, and those who can force them to surrender try to make them surrender. Zhu Changgui added again.

"Yes!"

"Now start the table, 1:15, 2:30 Commander they will attack on time, we will act at 2:45. Alright, let's go and get ready, and adjourn! Zhu Changgui said.

At half past two, Ma Zheng's headquarters outside the city launched a full-scale attack on the outlying fortifications garrisoned by the Japanese army on time. Although the Japanese puppet army had been prepared, they still did not expect that Ma Zheng's troops would suddenly appear on the outskirts of Longhua City, and they were immediately caught off guard, and the first line of defense only lasted less than ten minutes before it was lost.

The Japanese commander in the city had no choice but to order the main force to retreat to the city pass, and at the same time order the troops of the barracks in the city to immediately reinforce the city pass.

However, not long after the troops in the city arrived at the Chengguan position, a unit wearing ordinary peasant clothes suddenly appeared behind them, this force only numbered more than 1,000 people, but the weapons and equipment were good, and there was a lot of automatic firepower.

Although the Japanese puppet army in the north of Chengguan had more than 2,000 people and complete city fortifications, it quickly collapsed under the cooperation of Ma Zheng's department and Zhu Changgui's department. When the battle went on at 3:20, the north gate of Longhua was declared lost, and a large number of Japanese puppet troops were annihilated and surrendered.

At the same time, Zhu Changgui and the remaining more than 1,000 people were besieging the Japanese Longhua Garrison Headquarters, because the Li family's warehouse area was not far from the garrison headquarters, only three streets apart, so Zhu Changgui and others were directly under the city, so the officers of the Japanese Longhua Garrison Headquarters were not prepared at all, and they were immediately caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties.

However, the Japanese army usually has to arrange an elite reinforced squadron outside the garrison headquarters, and it is precisely by relying on this elite infantry squadron that the garrison headquarters of the little devils insists on the arrival of reinforcements.

After the arrival of Japanese reinforcements, the battle entered a stalemate, and began to develop on the unfavorable side of Zhu Changgui's department. After all, Zhu Changgui and the others are fighting in lurk, compared to the four or five thousand Japanese puppet troops in the city, the more than 1,000 troops are really a bit small, and more importantly, they lack ammunition and automatic firepower, if Ma Zheng's troops can't enter the city as soon as possible, they will be in danger.

Fortunately, Ma Zheng did not disappoint Zhu Changgui, and in less than 50 minutes after the start of the battle, he broke through the two lines of defense of the Japanese army one after another and broke into the city.

The Eighth Route Army quickly entered the city, and the division launched an attack on the Japanese puppet army in the city. Because the speed of Ma Zheng's troops to break through Longhua City was too fast, all the Japanese puppet troops in the city were surrounded before they had time to think about it.

Although the street fighting was very cruel, now the puppet army has lost the will to fight in the face of the powerful offensive of Ma Zheng's department, and as long as there are no Japanese soldiers by their side, they will choose to surrender, so the battle in the city is also smooth.

By half-past four in the morning, the battle in Longhua City was basically over. In this campaign, Ma Zheng's headquarters completely annihilated more than 11,000 Japanese puppet troops on the Longhua front line after 8 battles overnight, including 4,600 elites of the second division, and captured 3,800 puppet soldiers.

However, Ma Zheng's own casualties were also very heavy, with more than 1,800 casualties, of which as many as 1,100 were killed in battle, all of which were caused by the Japanese army's accurate shooting ability, so Ma Zheng once again looked at the Sendai Second Division with admiration.

After the battle in the city was over, Ma Zheng did not let the troops rest, except for leaving a brigade under Zhu Changgui's department to train prisoners and clean up the battlefield, the main force continued to move south after a short rest, and their next target was Chengde, the capital of Rehe Province.

The reason why I am in such a hurry is mainly because of the speed of the soldiers. After observing in the past few days, Ma Zheng found that the Second Division was worthy of being the most combat-effective unit of the Japanese army, and this Yasui Fujiji was more difficult than ordinary devil officers. Taking advantage of the favorable opportunity when the Japanese army is now stunned, it is easiest to take Chengde, and if he comes to his senses and mobilizes troops from other places to reinforce Chengde, it will not be easy to attack Chengde again.

What's more, Yang Chengwu's headquarters on the Xinghe front line now has only one brigade left plus less than 14,000 other directly subordinate troops, and what they have to face is the crazy attack of more than 20,000 people from the elite 16th Division of the Japanese army, so Ma Zheng's side must not delay for too long, otherwise Yang Chengwu's side is likely to be unable to hold on. (To be continued.) )