Chapter 20: The Annihilation of the Takeda Brigade
After the battle, all the fighters let out a heartless cheer and finally won the battle.
Ma Zheng knew that the soldiers were entitled to cheer, and they not only repelled the attack of the elite Japanese army with a rabble, but also completely annihilated the invading enemy, creating a miracle in the history of China's War of Resistance.
But Ma Zheng's face was unusually solemn, and his eyes kept looking around the battlefield where the corpses were in place. Ma Zheng's understanding of the Japanese army that invaded China during World War II came from books, but when he really fought face-to-face with this group of beast soldiers armed with the spirit of Japanese bushido, he realized that his understanding of the Japanese army was still too one-sided.
He was deeply impressed by the strong combat effectiveness of the Japanese soldiers, and if it had been replaced by the Kuomintang troops, I am afraid that they would have surrendered long ago under such an obvious disadvantage. But this group of Japanese soldiers did not lay down their arms until the last man of the battle, such an army is really terrible.
Especially the Japanese army Zhongzuo, whose head and body have been separated, cut down 5 soldiers by himself, a command knife in his hand is like a demon harvesting life, every time he chops, someone will be injured, or even killed, and in the end, it was Ma Zheng himself who solved him.
Hundreds of soldiers took turns fighting with less than 100 Japanese soldiers with bayonets, and as long as there were wounded, someone immediately rescued them, but after a fight, they still killed more than 30 people. Counting the people in hand, the casualties were almost as many as the soldiers killed by the Japanese army, which shows how big the gap between their combat effectiveness and the Japanese army was. Of course, Ma Zheng also knew that what they were facing was not an ordinary Japanese garrison, but the most elite Kwantung Army of the Japanese army.
After the soldiers cheered, Ma Zheng said loudly: "Quickly clean up the battlefield, all the clothes will be stripped off, and the corpse will be buried in a ravine on the spot, and the mark will be made." ”
That night, Wang Hansen returned with the rest of the troops, along with thousands of people and hundreds of truckloads of seized supplies.
Ignoring the exhaustion after the war, he immediately summarized the battle. According to statistics, 212 people were killed and 744 were seriously wounded, of which 187 were seriously injured. However, they completely annihilated a reinforced brigade of the Japanese army, captured countless weapons and ammunition, and what made Ma Zheng most happy was that they also captured 4 Japanese infantry guns and more than 200 shells.
The news of the total annihilation of the Takeda Brigade was sent to Datong that night, and after receiving the news from the intelligence agency, Major General Sakai was shocked and could not believe it.
You must know that Takeda's division can be said to be the most effective infantry brigade under his command, although this operation is considered to be a mountain operation, so it is not equipped with a tank unit, but an additional artillery squadron has been added, and such a strong combat effectiveness will not be lost even in the face of a regular infantry division. No matter how bad it is, it will not be wiped out in such a short period of time, and it will also lose a county town and a material transfer station.
This fun can be opened, if he only loses an infantry brigade like last time, he can still hide it. However, the loss of an infantry brigade at once, and the absolute main force of the independent mixed first brigade, could not hide this matter, so Sakai Hoji was preparing to encircle and suppress Yama Mountain for the second time, and on the other hand, he immediately sent a report to the headquarters of the army stationed in Mongolia to report the situation.
After receiving the telegram from Sakai Hoji, Lieutenant General Jun Harem, commander of the Mongolian army and commander of the 26th Division, was angry but did not lose his mind like Sakai Hoji, but ordered the independent mixed 1st Brigade to immediately stop encircling and suppressing Yama Mountain, and at the same time sent an intelligence department to collect the situation of Yama Mountain and find out who exactly was stationed on the mountain and how many troops there were.
As a China expert, Harem Jun knows the combat effectiveness of the Chinese troops very well, and absolutely does not have the ability to completely annihilate the entire reinforced brigade of the Imperial Japanese Army in one day, not to mention that the infantry brigade that is still fighting does not even have a chance to send a telegram asking for help.
Under the orders of Lieutenant General Harem Jun, the intelligence agencies under the command of the Mongolian army were running at high speed, and soon the situation about Yama Mountain was almost investigated by the Japanese army. Subsequently, Harem Jun sent the details directly to the 1st Brigade of the Independent Mixed Group in the form of a telegram, ordering Sakai Hoji to formulate a detailed battle plan and defeat this hateful Tsuchihachi in one fell swoop.
Just when Sakai Hoji racked his brains to prepare for the second encirclement and suppression of Yama Mountain, the people sent by Ma Zheng finally contacted the headquarters of the 120th Division.
The 120th Division, Master He is furious, during this time the troops and the little devils have fought several times, but the combat effect is very bad, either the loss of the soldiers or the thunder and rain are small, the net is laid down, and when the net is closed, it is found that the net is some small shrimp.
As soon as the fire started, the battalion commander of the division headquarters guard battalion hurriedly walked in, shouted and reported: "Division commander, our guard battalion has just caught two sneaky people when they were patrolling at the bottom of the mountain, and then inquired and learned that they were people from the first battalion of the teaching regiment, saying that there is important information to meet you!" ”
"The first battalion of the teaching regiment, haven't they already moved to Shuo County, why did they run to our division headquarters?" Master He asked with a frown.
"Commander, we interrogated those two people just now, but they didn't say anything, they just wanted to see you." The guard battalion commander replied.
"Have you checked with the teaching team?"
"No, the teaching group only received an order to move to Shuo County yesterday, and the radio station has no signal yet, and it may be inconvenient to set up a radio station on the road! So I can't get in touch for a while! The guard battalion commander continued.
"Then bring them in!" Master He said in a deep voice.
"Yes!"
Soon two young men in ragged clothes were brought in, and they saw that they were both dressed in civilian clothes, their hair was messy, and they still exuded a foul smell of rancidity.
Without waiting for Division Commander He to ask, the two young men gave a military salute and said, "Hello Division Commander!" ”
"You are from the first battalion of the teaching regiment?" Master He asked suspiciously.
"Report to the division commander, we are from the first battalion of the teaching regiment, and I am Xu Hu, the deputy platoon commander of the guard platoon!"
"Nonsense, the first battalion of the teaching regiment has just been rebuilt, and there is no guard platoon, where did you, the deputy platoon commander, come out?" Master He slapped the table and asked loudly.
Hearing Commander He's question, several guards standing at the door immediately pointed their guns at Xu Hu and them.
Xu Hu hurriedly said: "Division commander, you just said that you would rebuild a battalion, why do you want to rebuild a battalion?" ”
Senior Commander He looked at Xu Hu with a frown, and then asked, "Are you really a member of the first battalion of the teaching regiment?" ”
"Yes, if you don't believe me, you can send someone to check our files, I used to be from the Red Second Front Army, and I served as the commander of the 9th Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of the 28th Army before the unit was reorganized. Dr. Jiang from the field hospital of the division headquarters also treated my injuries, and Li Deliang, who is not a staff officer, used to be a pot stirring spoon with me, you can call them to debate the truth! Xu Hu said loudly.
Master He said loudly: "Call Li Deliang!" ”
Soon, a young man in a gray military uniform hurriedly walked in from outside, and then said loudly: "Staff Officer Li Deliang is ordered to report, please instruct!" ”
Master He pointed at Xu Hu and said, "Li Deliang, do you know him?" ”
Following the fingers of Master He, Li Deliang's eyes turned to Xu Hu, and suddenly Li Deliang hugged Xu Hu, and said excitedly: "Xu Hu, I didn't expect your kid to be alive, some time ago I heard that your battalion was wiped out, and I was sad for a long time. ”
", who said that our battalion was wiped out, if our battalion commander heard it, he would scold his mother again!" Xu Hu said loudly.
Master He hurriedly asked, "Li Deliang, is he really a member of the first battalion of the teaching regiment?" ”
Li Deliang hurriedly said: "Report to the division commander, to be precise, he is a member of the previous battalion of the teaching regiment, which is the battalion under the battalion commander Ma Zheng!" ”
"Ma Zheng, horse madman?" Master He said in surprise.
"Yes, it's the horse battalion commander!"
Master He hurriedly pointed at Xu Hu and asked, "Is it true that your kid just said that your battalion was not annihilated by the little devils?" ”
Xu Hu immediately said: "Of course not, not only were we destroyed by the little devils, but we also laid down a county town guarded by the little devils and seized a large number of weapons and equipment. ”
"What, a county town that has laid down the devil, is it true, hurry up and tell me what's going on?" Master He hurriedly said.