[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 353: Surprise attack on Xilinhot

Soon, more than 10,000 puppet cavalry and more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers in Xilinhot were gathered, and then under the command of a Japanese army, Dazuo, they went south to reinforce Duolun. However, not long after the Japanese puppet army left the city, Ma Zheng, who was stationed less than 30 kilometers away in Xilinhot, received the news.

In the field tent, Ma Zheng sat on the ground with Zheng Zeshi, commander of the Third Cavalry Regiment, Wang Sanmin, commander of the Fourth Cavalry Regiment, and Li Jiangtao, commander of the Fifth Cavalry Regiment, to discuss the battle plan.

Ma Zheng pointed to a map spread on the ground and said: "I just received a telegram from the special combat team, the defenders in Xilinhot City have gone south to reinforce Duolun ten minutes ago, and the Japanese puppet army in the south is about 11,000 people, and now there are less than 1,000 defenders left in the city, so how to ask your opinion on this battle." ”

Zheng Zeshi immediately said: "Commander, if there are only so many troops left in the city, then what do you have to think, just go directly into the city!" ”

"What Lao Zheng said makes sense, as far as I know, in the past year or so since the start of the war, the losses of the puppet Mongolian army are not small, and the puppet army in our hands alone is no less than 50,000 people. It can be said that the family wealth accumulated by King De and Li Shouxin in the past few years has almost been wiped out by us, and no matter how we fight, we will win. Wang Sanmin also responded.

"Commander, half of the soldiers in our regiment are the original puppet Mongolian soldiers who came over anyway, and through heart-to-heart chats with these soldiers, we learned that they were originally military police who were captured on various battlefields across the country, some were captured in the Beijing-Tianjin region, and some were captured on the Songhu battlefield, and then they were sent to the grassland, and then they were incorporated into the puppet Mongolian army, in fact, most of them were unwilling to die for King De and Li Shouxin. Therefore, when a battle starts, they rarely fire at our army, so we don't need to talk about any strategy at all, just let the grandsons of the special combat team help us open the city gate, and ensure that one charge is enough to break the defense line of those two devils. Li Jiangtao said loudly.

Mo Rigen, chief of staff of the Fifth Cavalry Regiment, retorted: "Commander, I am a Mongolian, and my hometown is in the Xilin Gol grassland. I know a lot about King De and his troops. The rest of the troops are just that, they really don't have much combat effectiveness, especially those newly formed units are even more rubbish, and it is not a problem for us to fight one regiment and one division of them. ”

"But there is one unit that we cannot underestimate, that is, King De's personal guard, that is King De's starting army, all the soldiers are composed of people from King De's own tribe, there are more than 6,000 people, and the commander is also King De's brother and nephew. The main duty is to protect the safety of the king, and usually it will not be sent out, and we must find out where this force is now. ”

Ma Zheng frowned and thought for a while and said, "The situation that Mo Rigen said is very important, if this is the case, then we have to think about it in the long run." Although more than 6,000 people is not a difficult bone for us to gnaw, but our northward operation this time is a long-distance attack, and we can only fight quickly, and it will not be good if we let the Japanese puppet army get entangled here. ”

"Commander. According to the customs of our Mongolian tribes, this time should be almost the time to sacrifice Aobao. All the tribesmen are to return to the tribe. If this army is no longer in the city of Xilinhot, it is possible to return to the hometown of King De, Sunit Left Banner. Morrigan said.

Ma Zheng looked for it on the map, and then said: "Su Zuoqi is not very far from Xilinhot, if we fight here, King De will definitely let Su Zuoqi's troops reinforce it." In this way, there are only one or two thousand Japanese puppet troops left in the city. The combat effectiveness was not very strong, and our whole army rushed up to fight a quick battle, and then we came here to meet the reinforcements of the puppet Mongolian army. ”

"Yes"

Xilinhot, Dewang's Mansion.

"Lord Wang. Harden sent a telegram saying that they had departed from Manduratu and were expected to arrive in Abaga in three hours. ”

"Very good, let Harden pay attention to safety, it is not very safe on the grassland during this time, and there are often small strands of dirt and eight roads." King De commanded.

"Yes!"

Only less than half an hour later, suddenly Li Shouxin hurriedly walked in from outside, and when he saw King De, he panicked and said: "Lord Wang, something is wrong, something happened to Su Youqi!"

King De's face was shocked, and he immediately asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"I just received news that a small unit of the Eighth Route Army raided the right banner of Sunit, and the defenders were completely annihilated." Li Shouxin said in a deep voice.

"What, is the message accurate?"

"It's true, now there is news that the Eighth Route Army is attacking the Second Company and Su Zuoqi, I just glanced at the map and found that the route of the Eighth Route Army's attack is quite targeted, and their real target should be Xilinhot." Li Shouxin said.

"Xilinhot?"

"Yes, the Eighth Route Army is divided into two routes, one is to attack in the direction of Sunit Right Banner, the Second Company and the Su Left Banner, and the other is to attack by the Yellow Banner and the White Flag, and finally the two troops will meet in Xilinhot, no matter which way to break through, we will not be able to hold Chabei. So Lord Wang, we must plan ahead of the day! Li Shouxin said.

"What's going to be?" King De immediately asked.

"From what I know about Ma Zheng, this person is usually very low-key, but once he makes up his mind to act, he will never give up until he achieves his goal. Judging from the fighting situation in the past year or so, Ma Zheng has never been able to defeat it if he sees any place, so I don't think Xilinhot can escape this catastrophe. What's more, there aren't many troops in the city, so I suggest that the prince immediately pack his bags now, go out of the city and join Harden and the others, as long as he joins the troops, everything else is easy to say. Li Shouxin said.

"What about the Japanese?" King De Road.

"Our Mongolian people have the custom of sacrificing Ao Bao, and the Japanese are not unaware, and the time is coming soon, as long as the prince and Suzuki say something, he will not have an opinion." Li Shouxin said.

"Alright, let's get going!" King De Road.

King De and Li Shouxin are both Mongolians, so they have always believed in Li Shouxin's words, and Li Shouxin still has a certain degree of attainment in military command, so he said that Xilinhot is in danger, and King De will naturally not stay here for a long time.

Only ten minutes later, a cavalry of more than 300 people hurried out of the west gate of Xilinhot, and then went straight to the direction of Suzuoqi.

Ma Zheng's department did not expect that King De would send troops out of the city at this time, and he did not send troops to intercept it for a while, so he could only watch this cavalry squad disappear from sight. Of course, the most important thing is that everyone didn't expect Li Shouxin and King De to be in this small army.

At half past eight in the morning, the three regiments under Ma Zheng's headquarters successfully arrived at the city of Xilinhot, quickly blocked several city gates, and then launched a siege battle.

Major General Suzuki Seokei, where the Japanese advisory group was stationed in the city, was angry that King Tokuro wanted to return to the tribe at this time, but he was helpless when he thought of the hateful customs of these backward peoples. Suzuki had already thought that when the battle was over, he would definitely report to His Excellency Commander Sugiyama and teach these disobedient Mongols a good lesson.

But just when Major General Suzuki was angry, there was a sudden fierce gunfire in the city, which startled Major General Suzuki to stand up all of a sudden.

"Guards, where are the guns, hurry up and take a look!" Major General Suzuki said loudly.

Soon a soldier ran in in a panic and said, "Your Excellency the General is attacking the city from the Eighth Road of China, and now it has entered the city. ”

"Nani, aren't the people of China attacking Duolun, how can they be here! It's not good, we have been tricked, hurry up and close the city gate, let Yamamoto's squadron go to the city head immediately, and hold Xilinhot, I will send a telegram to Numata and ask them to return to Xilinhot. Major General Suzuki said with some trepidation.

"Your Excellency, it's too late, the cavalry of the Chinese people has already entered the city, you better retreat, if you don't retreat, you won't be able to leave!" The guard said anxiously.

At this time, an officer wearing a Shaozuo military uniform hurriedly ran in, and then said loudly: "Your Excellency, the people of China have entered the inner city, and we have less than a thousand defenders in our establishment, and we are mainly based on the Imperial Army, so we cannot organize an effective counterattack, so you must retreat immediately, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Major General Suzuki gritted his teeth and said ruthlessly: "Then order the defenders of the arsenal to blow up the arsenal, and the grain depot must also be blown up, and these things must not be allowed to fall into the hands of the Chinese people, we will withdraw." ”

"Your Excellency, it's too late! Let's withdraw quickly, if we don't retreat, we may be surrounded by the Chinese people! Officer Shaozo said anxiously.

"Let's go!" Suzuki fixed his mind and ordered, although Xilinhot is very important, but compared to the small life, these are insignificant. (To be continued.) )