Since Japanese planes often passed by during the day, it was easy for the Japanese to detect their actions during the day, so Ma Zheng put the time of the march into the evening.

As soon as the sun set, Ma Zheng led the troops to set off, and at about 9 o'clock in the evening, Wu Xiuda led the third company to the predetermined position, while Ma Zheng continued to move forward.

At half past ten, Ma Zheng arrived at the ambush site with more than 300 people from the first company, the second company and the special combat team, and built an ambush position on the road through which the devil's reinforcements must pass, waiting for the devil to come to the door.

At 12 o'clock, according to the battle plan formulated in advance, Wu Xiuda's side started fighting on time, and for a while, the sound of guns and cannons was loud, and even the county seat dozens of miles away could be heard vividly.

The devil's stronghold is a standard turret-style building, which looks like a big chimney from a distance, and the turret is not too high, equivalent to the height of a three-story building, with four firing ports on each floor, and two machine guns are placed on the top floor. Without artillery, it would be difficult for such a stronghold to be breached from the outside. Attacking such a turret can only be outwitted, not forced, otherwise even if it is defeated, the gains will outweigh the losses, and the casualties will be heavy.

Fortunately, Ma Zheng did not mean to capture this turret, but just ordered three consecutive battles without breaking it, and he must force the devils in the turret to ask for help from the county seat, otherwise the next drama will not be able to sing.

Saburo Yamashita was the highest commander of the Japanese army stationed in Fengzhen, and as a graduate of the Imperial Army University, Saburo Yamashita was definitely a lucky one. Although Saburo Yamashita does not consider himself to be the worst among the graduates of the same period, he is not the best, with the support and support of his family and his brother, Saburo Yamashita only took six years to go from second lieutenant to young lieutenant, and most of his classmates in the same period are still hanging at the rank of lieutenant officer.

The only thing that made Yamashita Saburo dissatisfied was that his military rank and position had come up, but he had only one reinforced squadron of soldiers, and he was still more than 800 people short of a full infantry brigade. What makes Yamashita Saburo the most angry is that everyone else is now grabbing battle merits on the battlefield of China, and he is stationed in this small county town with a squadron of dissatisfied members, which is really aggrieved!

Therefore, after arriving in Fengzhen County, Saburo Yamashita was looking for fun day and night, except for drinking and playing with women, almost nothing about the affairs of the army.

Tonight, not long after Yamashita Saburo fell asleep, he heard the adjutant knock on the door urgently, and Yamashita Saburo, who was woken up, was furious and shouted: "Yaga, if you don't have a convincing reason for me, you should prepare to report to the base below!" ”

"Haiyi, report Shaozuo, I just received a call from the garrison of Hongshaba Town, saying that they are being besieged by bandits in China and asking for support!" The adjutant shouted.

"Nani? The bandits, Koizumi's bastard is really a bag, how to let the bandits of China ask for assistance, are there many bandits? Saburo Yamashita yelled.

"Second Lieutenant Koizumi reported that in terms of the density of fire, this group of Shina bandits numbered at least two thousand people, and was armed with no less than 20 machine guns, and the fire was very fierce. Moreover, this group of bandits also has cavalry, and they can hear the sound of horses' hooves clearly in the stronghold. The adjutant said again.

After listening to the adjutant's words, Saburo Yamashita laughed instead of being angry: "Yo Xi, call Second Lieutenant Koizumi and ask him to stay on guard and wait for reinforcements, and the reinforcements will arrive in an hour." ”

"Shao Zuo, I just received news that the railway to Hongshaba has been damaged, and it is expected to be reopened to traffic in eight hours!" The adjutant gave another bad news.

"Baga, then take the road!"

"Hay!"

"By the way, I invited Sato-kun here, and said that I was in a hurry to find him!" Saburo Yamashita said again.

"Hay!"

At the Toyojin Garrison Headquarters, Saburo Yamashita and Captain Junichi Sato, who was in charge of escorting materials, were talking.

"Yamashita Shaozo, when I came here just now, I saw that your people were urgently assembling, is there something wrong?" Junichi Sato asked.

"Well, a stronghold in the defense area was attacked by the Chinese bandits, and I was about to send reinforcements, and now I need your help." Saburo Yamashita replied.

"Oh, is this branch of bandits very strong, can't you remove the threat with the strength of your department?" Junichi Sato asked in surprise.

"That's not it, no matter how many bandits there are, they are still bandits, and even the regular army of Shina can't fight against the powerful Imperial Japanese Army, let alone these Shina bandits. The reason why I asked you for help is that I hope to completely annihilate this bandit, so that you and I will be a great achievement. Saburo Yamashita said.

"But the order I received was to send this batch of arms safely to all counties in Suiyuan and Chahar provinces, and I can't afford to be responsible if something happens!" Captain Sato said in a deep voice.

"Sato, because we are old classmates, that's why I'll give you this opportunity, you must know that there are 2,000 bandits who came this time, as long as we annihilate them all on the spot, the dispatch army headquarters will definitely reward us greatly, and then you will be promoted to Shaozo." Saburo Yamashita said again.

"But"

"Sato, there are not so many buts, even without your troops, my people can easily defeat these bandits, but they can't be completely annihilated, that's all, don't do it or give a happy word!" Saburo Yamashita said loudly.

The expression on Sato's face changed, and finally nodded and said, "Since you have said so under the mountain, then I will listen to you!" ”

"Yo Xi! Then order your troops to assemble! Go late, beware of those bandits who have escaped! Saburo Yamashita said loudly.

"Hay!"

Soon six cars full of soldiers set off from the county seat of Fengzhen, and Yamashita Saburo did not have a detailed understanding of the enemy he was about to face, let alone think that he might be defeated by this "bandit", or even annihilated.

Like all Japanese officers of this era, in the eyes of Yamashita Saburo, except for the so-called Central Army, where the Chinese army was somewhat combative, the armies of other places were simply vulnerable, and many of them were more like a group of peasants with rudimentary and primitive weapons, without combat effectiveness. To deal with such an army, there is no need to know the enemy's situation at all, as long as you know where the enemy is, more than half of those people will escape after a few shots.

The Hongshaba stronghold is about 50 kilometers away from the county seat of Fengzhen, and although the road is bumpy, it can be reached in an hour and a half at the speed of a car.

As soon as he got out of the county seat, Saburo Yamashita was still more careful, and the car drove very slowly, for fear of being ambushed. But after walking nearly 20 kilometers, he found that there was nothing at all, and Yamashita Saburo secretly scolded himself for being cowardly, how could the people of China have the courage to send someone to intercept his large army. After figuring this out, Saburo Yamashita immediately ordered the motorists to hurry as fast as possible so that the bandits would not run away.

At around 0:40, Ma Zheng and others, who were lying in ambush on both sides of the mountain road, saw several rays of light in the distance moving quickly towards their side. Ma Zheng knew that this must be the devil's reinforcement, because now only the devil can afford to drive a car, and only the devil dares to drive a car on the road like this.

Carefully counted, 12 points of light, that is, six cars, with the load of 1.5 tons of Japanese cars, each car can seat up to 20 people, and if you squeeze it, it can seat 25 people, so Ma Zheng judged that the reinforcements of the devils should be about 150 people, and it seems that the Japanese army has also drawn out the batch of devils who are responsible for transporting supplies.

Secretly compared the strength of the two sides, the ratio of strength to strength is 2:1, the Japanese army is an urgent reinforcement this time, it is impossible to carry heavy weapons, and even whether they carry heavy machine guns is unknown. And he now has 7 light machine guns in his hands, and he is not too disadvantaged in terms of firepower, plus he is a sneak attack, and the devils sit in the car from time to time, which is more concentrated, and the first round of attacks can kill more than a third of the devils, and the rest can be solved even if they fight bayonets.

With such a calculation, he was basically invincible, and looking at the rapidly approaching car, Ma Zheng secretly ordered to prepare for battle.