Chapter 45: Go south to Yangyuan

Yangyuan is located in the northwest of Hebei. It is bordered by Xuanhua in the east, Wei County in the south, Datong in Shanxi Province in the west, and Huai'an County and Tianzhen County in the north. The territory is surrounded by mountains in the north and south, and the Sanggan River traverses the whole territory from west to east, presenting a long and narrow basin of two mountains and one river, and the geographical location is very important.

It is also an important strategic point for the Japanese army to prevent the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region from moving north, and it is the forward location of the Eighth Route Army for the Japanese army. Therefore, after doing a vote in Tianzhen County, Ma Zheng took more than 2,500 people from his department to Yangyuan.

After three hours of rapid marching, we finally arrived at dawn in a ravine 80 miles away from Yangyuan County. At this time, Ma Zheng had time to send a report to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army to report the results.

At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the news from the front line is getting worse and worse, the base areas in several counties on the periphery of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region have been broken through by the Japanese army, a large number of Japanese troops have penetrated deep into the hinterland of the base areas, and the six major armies of the Japanese army have the posture of dividing and encircling and annihilating the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.

In order to understand the critical situation, the head of the headquarters was almost gray-haired, and even transferred the three main regiments of the 129th Division to Jindong to cooperate with the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, but they still could not turn the tide of the war.

After staying up all night again, Mr. Peng's eyes were bloodshot, and although the deputy chief of staff of the left persuaded him several times, Mr. Peng still had no intention of resting.

At this moment, a staff officer hurriedly ran in from outside, and then said loudly: "Report, the anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment in Chanan is in an emergency!" ”

The voice of the staff officer suddenly shocked all the people in the combat command room, everyone knew that Mr. Peng was now betting all the treasures on this unit, and whether the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region could successfully break through depends on their performance.

Mr. Peng rubbed his eyes and said, "I just wanted to ask the madman Ma where his troops arrived, but I didn't expect this kid to come, Nian!" ”

At this time, Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo saw that the expression on the staff officer's face was a little strange, and immediately asked, "Xiao Liu, what's wrong with you, look at the look on your face?" ”

Hearing this, all the officers of the headquarters fixed their eyes on this Xiao Liu staff officer, and sure enough, everyone saw that this Comrade Xiao Liu, who was not good at words, was actually excited and excited, which was very wrong.

Staff Officer Liu eased his emotions and said, "I'm sorry chief, I'm too excited."

"You kid ate bee poop, what's so excited?" The other staff officer said with a smile.

"That's right, what are you excited about, hurry up and talk about it!" The Deputy Chief of Staff also asked.

"Report to the chief, it is the anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment of Chanan that has won the battle again! So I can't help but get excited."

"What?"

Mr. Peng stepped forward very simply, snatched the message from Staff Officer Liu's hand, and then read it carefully.

Everyone held their breath and carefully observed the changes in the expression on Mr. Peng's face, only to see that Mr. Peng's sad face slowly unfolded, and even showed a rare smile.

After a long time, Mr. Peng spit out one word: "Good!" ”

Before everyone came to their senses, Mr. Peng slapped the table hard and said loudly: "What a horse madman, what a Chanan guerrilla, what a blessing!" ”

The left deputy chief of staff immediately walked to Mr. Peng's side, took the telegram and read it aloud: "Chief of the General Headquarters: Our department was ordered to go south to reinforce the Nie Department to break through the siege, and arrived at the outskirts of Tianzhen County yesterday afternoon. After a night of hard fighting, the results were quite fruitful. Mission: Our unit broke through the county town of Tianzhen, which was heavily defended by the enemy, annihilated more than 600 defenders, and destroyed the enemy's logistics base on the front line. ”

Subsequently, our unit used enemy radio to lure the Japanese 26th Division to come to reinforce Tianzhen, and set up ambushes in two nameless mountain roads one after another. It is a wing of cavalry and 2 integrated brigades of mechanized infantry that annihilated the Japanese army! Killed one Osa, 74 officers below the middle sa, and nearly 3,000 ordinary Japanese soldiers. However, due to the rush of time, there is no time to count the captured materials, and after the battle is over, it will be reported to the headquarters, the anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment in Chanan, Ma Zheng! ”

There was silence at the headquarters, and everyone looked like they had seen a ghost. Such a record is like a joke, it is simply incredible.

After a long time, someone spoke up: "Is Xiao Liu's telegram really from the Chanan guerrilla detachment, are you not mistaken?" ”

Staff Officer Liu immediately said: "There must be no mistake, it was indeed sent by the Chanan guerrilla detachment!" ”

"But the content of this telegram is too evil, he Ma Zheng has only a detachment of how many people, at most it is only two or three thousand, how can it be possible to eliminate more than 3,600 little devils in one night, and also take down the county seat, this is simply impossible!"

"That is, if this is the case, why is the little devil so rampant, and he can send him Ma Zheng and a force over to wipe out the enemy, why do you still use our people?"

"I think this kid is addicted to bragging, right, is it really easy to fool our headquarters?"

"Smack!" Mr. Peng slapped the table and said, "Shut up!" ”

Then Mr. Peng frowned and said: "Lao Zuo, you should immediately contact Ma Zheng's department to confirm the authenticity of the telegram, see if they sent it by mistake, and determine their location!" ”

"Okay, I'll go!"

Soon, the deputy chief of staff came back, and then said with a frown: "Boss, the radio station of the anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment in Chanan is silent, and we can't contact them at all. ”

"Can't get in touch? Then keep calling them for me, and report back as soon as you get in touch! ”

After speaking, Mr. Peng looked at a cadre of officers at the headquarters, and then said in a deep voice: "Don't say those cool things here, he Ma Zheng can expand a remnant army to thousands of people in just a few months, and he is a hero." As for whether these achievements and previous results are true, don't be foolish in the absence of definite evidence, I still believe in Ma Zheng very much, I believe that he will not lie about his exploits and fool the headquarters! ”

Similarly, the atmosphere in Datong is unusual.

The troops sent out to reinforce Tianzhen County turned out to be like mud cows entering the sea, and there was no news as soon as they left. And after three o'clock in the morning, the communication between the division headquarters and the Datong defenders was also suddenly interrupted, which made Lieutenant General Harem Chun rise a sense of foreboding.

After dawn, Harem Jun immediately ordered the planes at the airport outside the city to take off immediately, and then reconnoiter along the road, while also sending a small number of ground troops to conduct reconnaissance and search.

At half past nine o'clock in the morning, the plane finally got the news that the plane saw a large number of dead bodies on the mountain road more than 50 miles west of the county seat of Tianzhen, and these dead bodies were wearing the uniform of the imperial army.

In addition, the aviation unit also flew to the county seat of Tianzhen and found that there were also traces of fighting there. It's just that now it has become an empty city, and the imperial flag of the Rising Japanese Army that had been flying at the head of the city has now disappeared, and all signs indicate that the defenders of Tianzhen County and the imperial army that came to reinforce have been completely annihilated.

Of course, Lieutenant General Jun of the harem didn't believe the news that came back from the air force, and he still knew the unit under his command very well. Although they are not the most elite of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the imperial army, they are not the worst, and in terms of the comprehensive quality of the soldiers and the will to fight, I am afraid that only those first-class divisions can stabilize them.

At the same time, Lieutenant General Harem Jun also considers himself a China expert and knows China's armed forces very well. Let's just say that, even if he transfers the most elite German armor divisions of the Chinese government to northern Jin, he is not afraid.

Moreover, the reinforcement of Tianzhen this time was the most elite 11th Wing of the entire 26th Division, and the wing commander Chida Sadao was also an experienced commander, even if he encountered an ambush or siege by the Shina army, it was impossible to wipe out the entire army in such a short time, and he didn't even send a telegram for help.

Therefore, Lieutenant General Harem Jun felt that there must be some misunderstanding here, so he urgently ordered the division guards to immediately search in the direction of Tianzhen.

As a result, before the divisional guards set off, news came back from the reconnaissance detachment that had been dispatched before -- the 11th Wing was completely wiped out! PS: Ask for collections, ask for rewards, ask for recommendations, ask for everything!