Half an hour later, Ma Zheng heard a fierce burst of gunfire in the headquarters, but the exchange of fire only lasted less than ten minutes before stopping, and after a while, Wu Xiuda came back, and as soon as he entered the door, he said loudly: "Detachment leader, our unit has completely annihilated the Japanese army's transport team, and an infantry squad responsible for escorting has not escaped any Japanese troops." ”

"Very well, order the soldiers to drive all their cars to the side of the arsenal, load the arms in the arsenal overnight, and then transport them to the nearby mountains." Ma Zheng said.

"Detachment leader, in the battle just now, we captured more than 100 wounded Japanese soldiers, what should we do with those people?" Wu Xiuda said again.

"Wounded soldiers?"

"Yes, it's the wounded soldiers who were transported back from the front line, there are more than 100 people in total, do you want to deal with them all together?" Wu Xiuda made a movement to wipe his neck while speaking.

Ma Zheng was silent for a few seconds and then said, "No, our Eighth Route Army stipulates that we can't kill prisoners." In this way, didn't we just capture a field hospital for the little devils, send those wounded soldiers to the field hospital, and let those Japanese doctors bandage them, but they can't use medicines, those medicines are very precious, and they must not be wasted on the little devils. ”

"Detachment leader, why save them, in my opinion, it is better to raise those bitches!" Wu Xiuda said depressedly.

"If you don't kill them, firstly, because our Eighth Route Army has regulations that you can't kill prisoners, and secondly, this group of devil wounded people is still useful, so keep their lives for the time being." Ma Zheng said in a deep voice.

"What's the use of the devil's wounded? It's a pure waste of food! Wu Xiuda asked puzzled.

"There's a lot of knowledge here, you'll know it then, go and carry out the order!" Ma Zheng said.

"Yes!"

At 9:30 p.m., with a long whistle, a long train drove into the town of Hongshaba. Originally, they would not stop at Hongsha Dam, but when they entered the town, they found that the gate of the railroad track in front of them was closed, and the railroad workers in front of them also gave instructions to stop.

As soon as the train stopped, a lieutenant officer hurriedly got off the train and came to the platform.

After seeing Ma Zheng wearing a captain's uniform, he immediately saluted, and then asked loudly: "Sir, why did you stop us!" ”

Ma Zheng said coldly: "Lieutenant, are you blaming me?" ”

"No, the humble post doesn't mean that, it's just that the car is loaded with emergency supplies destined for the headquarters of the Mongolian army, and there must be no delay on the way!" The lieutenant hurriedly replied.

Ma Zheng nodded and said: "Yo Xi, I just received the news that a bridge thirty kilometers ahead was blown up by the Zhinatu Eighth Road, and now my people are rushing to repair it, and it is expected that it will be restored to traffic in three hours, so I asked you to stop." ”

"Dirt Eight Road?"

"Yes, it's the Dirt Eight Road, the Dirt Eight Road in this place is very arrogant, and His Excellency Sakai is still encircling and suppressing those hateful Dirt Eight Roads in the Hades Mountain fifty kilometers away." Ma Zheng said loudly.

"I see, can you borrow your department's radio station to explain the situation to the military stationed in Mongolia?" The lieutenant said again.

"Yes, in addition, our department has prepared a sumptuous dinner for you, so you can take this opportunity to fill your people's stomachs, and it's not too late to rest before you go!" Ma Zheng said.

"Hay, thank you very much!"

After saying that, the lieutenant officer turned around and shouted a few times to the car, and then the closed carriages were opened one by one, and then a group of Japanese soldiers jumped out of it, and roughly counted no less than a hundred.

After these Japanese soldiers got off the train, Ma Zheng quietly gestured to the soldiers who were ambushed in the shadows, telling them to prepare for battle.

After all the Japanese soldiers had gone to the platform, away from the train, and all of them were exposed to the guns of the Chanan guerrilla detachment, Ma Zheng gave the order and all the long and short guns opened fire at the same time.

Fifteen minutes later, the battle ended, more than 100 little devils who escorted the car were all killed, and all the supplies of the train were intercepted by Ma Zheng's department.

When I opened the train car, I saw a box of neatly stacked munitions, and when I pried open a box, it turned out to be a brand new crooked handle. The back was full of thick cotton clothes and cotton boots, and there were five or six thousand pieces at least.

Thinking that many soldiers do not have cotton clothes now, whether they are training or fighting, they can only put on two or three thin clothes, and they can't help freezing at all.

The most important thing is that these materials are all unexpected joys, and they are completely carried by the grass and rabbits.

"Unload everything for me, distribute cotton clothes and boots to the fighters on the spot, and immediately transfer the rest of the supplies to the rear." Ma Zheng said loudly.

"Yes!"

Due to too many supplies, sixty or seventy large trucks took two trips to finish transporting, and it was already more than three o'clock in the morning on the 29th.

Ignoring the fatigue of continuous fighting, after a little bite of food, Ma Zheng ordered his troops to immediately withdraw from Hongshaba Town and set up an ambush on the road leading to Hades Mountain, where Wang Hansen's troops had already built a position for them.

Before leaving, Ma Zheng personally used the captured codebook to send a telegram to Sakai Hoji, the content was very brief: "Eight ways to attack the city, return to help!" ”

Sakai was already asleep when he received the telegram, and he was exhausted from the bad things of a day and a night, so after a military meeting in the evening and a battle plan for the next day, Sakai went to sleep.

But unfortunately, his desire to sleep well was obviously frustrated, and he did not dare to slack off in such a major emergency military situation, and sent it directly to his tent.

After reading the telegram, Sakai was shocked and hurriedly ordered someone to verify the accuracy of the telegram, only to find that the communication in Hongshaba Town had been completely cut off, not only could the telephone not be reached, but even the radio signal was gone.

Knowing that something was wrong, Sakai hurriedly ordered the troops to assemble immediately. He knows very well that once the red sand dam is lost, the consequences will be unimaginable. You must know that Hongshaba Town has hoarded all the munitions and supplies they need for this operation as an independent mixed brigade, which is equivalent to all the supplies needed by an infantry wing for half a month's operation, and it must not fall into the hands of the Zhina.

More importantly, Hongshaba is an important node of the Pingsui Railway, once Tuba Road occupies it, if any train passes, Tuba Road will definitely not miss that opportunity, so it must be immediately reinforced.

Of course, there is another very important reason why Sakai Hoji is so eager to return to the Red Sand Dam, that is, until now, he still doesn't believe in the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army. After all, the failure of this offensive was entirely due to the limitations of the terrain and had little to do with the actual combat effectiveness of the troops.

Because of this, Sakai Hoji didn't believe that Dohachi would be able to break through Hongshaba Town in such a short time, and he had to know where he left two infantry squadrons. In addition, the fortifications of Hongshaba Town were originally relatively perfect, and if there was no heavy siege artillery, it would not be possible to defeat it in a day or two.

The equipment of the Eighth Route Army is known to Sakai Hoji, and a few mortars are already considered good, so don't think about heavy artillery, even if the big guy weighing thousands of pounds has it, it is impossible to fight with it.

Based on the above reasons, Sakai Hoji believes that it is true that the Eighth Route Army attacked Hongshaba Town, and it is also true that the military situation is urgent, but it is impossible to capture Hongshaba so quickly, and if his people are fast, they can still catch up.

In order to quickly reinforce the Red Sand Dam and also to open the way for the large army, Sakai Hoji ordered the only cavalry squadron to set off immediately to rush to the aid of the Red Sand Dam.