February 14th, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival!

Although it was very festive outside, the entire headquarters was cloudy and the atmosphere was very depressing. Yesterday, the commander of the first-level combat unit of the Mongolian Army Wing received an order to rush to Zhangjiakou before 8 o'clock this morning, and those who violated the law were severely punished.

At a quarter past eight o'clock, Lieutenant General Hasunuma Pan, escorted by the guards, went to the operational command room of the headquarters, which is a command room that integrates military meetings and tactical deductions, and the location of today's meeting here has also been carefully considered by Hasunuma Pan.

After everyone sat down, Lieutenant General Hasunuma Pan first read out the punishment decision of the base camp, and then said in a deep voice: "The defeat of the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade is not only a shame for the Mongolian army, but also a shame for the entire Imperial Japanese Army, so the base camp orders us to destroy this hateful Tubalu army at all costs, I don't know if you have confidence?" ”

"Yes!" Everyone shouted loudly, and the sound was deafening.

"Yo Si! Your courage deserves to be commended, but now that this Dirt Eight Road has become a climate, how to formulate tactics still needs to be carefully discussed! Hasunuma Pan said with satisfaction.

At this time, Shi Benyin, chief of staff of the Mongolian army, who was sitting at the head of Hasumuma, stood up and said, "Your Excellency, the telegram I received in the morning was sent by someone from the Yamato Mansion. ”

After speaking, Shi Ben Yinsan handed a telegram to Hasunuma Pan.

As a result, the telegram looked at it, and suddenly Hasunuma Pan slapped the conference table hard, and at the same time roared angrily: "Yaga! ”

Hearing this, all the officers were silent, and they didn't even dare to come out, for fear of annoying His Majesty's favorite minister.

After a long time, Lieutenant General Hasunuma Pan came to his senses, and then said loudly: "I just received information that the Eighth Road of the Chinese Soil actually drove the captured Imperial Army soldiers to open mines and build roads for them, which is extremely bastard, unforgivable!" ”

Only then did all the officers understand why His Excellency the Commander was angry, this matter was indeed infuriating, firstly, how could the Imperial Japanese Army be captured by the weak as a lamb in the Tsubachiro, and secondly, how could those Tsubachi Roads drive the soldiers of the Imperial Army to work as coolies?

After the anger, Lieutenant General Hasunuma Pan calmed down the anger in his heart a little, and then said in a deep voice: "Chief of Staff, tell you about the situation of our opponent for you!" ”

Ishimoto Yinsan hurriedly got up and said, "Hai! ”

Then Shi Benyin said in three voices: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Sakai Brigade was hit hard by the Chanan Guerrilla Detachment of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, with a regiment-level establishment, and the detachment leader is called Ma Zheng. This man was a veteran commander of the Eighth Route Army, had no experience in military education, but had been in the army for at least ten years, and had participated in the strategic transfer of what the Red Army called the Long March, during which time Ma Zheng was promoted to division commander and was wounded several times in battle. ”

In the twelfth year of the Showa era, the Red Army of China accepted the reorganization of the National Government of China, and Ma Zheng was appointed as the commander of the first battalion of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army. At the end of the year, Ma Zheng's troops were severely damaged in the confrontation with the Sakai brigade, and the remnants fled into the area of Yama Mountain in southern Chanan. Subsequently, Ma Zheng led the remnants to replenish a large number of soldiers by subduing the nearby bandits, and used the strategy to seize Fengzhen County, robbed a large number of weapons and equipment, and at the same time made more than 300 imperial troops in two squadrons collectively shatter. ”

"At the beginning of the thirteenth year of Showa, the Takeda Brigade of the Sakai Brigade was ordered to enter the mountains to encircle and suppress Ma Zheng's headquarters, but was counterattacked by Ma Zheng's headquarters, and the whole army was annihilated, and the captain of the brigade, Sadao Takeda, was killed in battle. Last month, the Sakai Brigade led two infantry brigades and an artillery brigade into the mountains to encircle and suppress Ma Zheng's headquarters, but they were ambushed, and the headquarters suffered heavy losses, nearly 3,000 emperor's warriors were killed in battle, and Major General Sakai was almost captured. ”

"To make matters worse, a train carrying equipment for the 26th Division was intercepted, and light and heavy weapons of an infantry brigade fell into enemy hands. Therefore, what we have to face now is not the usual Tubalu, but a reinforced regiment equipped with the standard weapons of the Imperial Army. ”

As soon as Shi Benyin's third words fell, Lieutenant General Hou Gong Jun, the commander of the 26th Division, asked in a deep voice: "Shi Ben Dazuo, do you have the detailed information about the composition of the troops and officers of this Tubalu Army?" ”

Shi Benyinsan hurriedly replied: "I'm sorry, we can only roughly estimate that the strength of this Tubalu army should be about three thousand, and almost all of their soldiers were obtained by recruiting bandits. In addition, the latest news I got not long ago is that this Tubalu division has occupied Sumu Mountain and Daqing Mountain! The rest is unknown. ”

Lieutenant General Harem Jun turned his gaze to the military map spread out on the conference table, and quickly found the two mountains that Ishimoto Insan said from the map.

After a long time, Lieutenant General Harem Chun said in a deep voice: "The geographical location of these two mountains is extremely special, it can be said that these two mountains can be attacked, retreated and defended, and can pose a fatal threat to Zhangjiakou and the Pingsui Railway at any time, it seems that our opponent is not only a tactician but also a strategist with a very strategic vision!" ”

Then Lieutenant General Harem Chun got up, and then said solemnly: "Your Excellency, you believe that this branch of the Eight Roads has posed a great threat to our army in Mongolia, and it must be dealt a fatal blow immediately, otherwise the consequences will be very serious. ”

"Yo Xi, the harem general deserves to be a famous general of my Great Japanese Empire, since you also think so, then this battle is under your command. In addition, as the main force of our army stationed in Mongolia, your 26th Division has an unshirkable responsibility for this battle. Lieutenant General Hasunuma Pan said loudly.

"Hay!"

"Harem General, in addition to completely destroying this bold Tubalu army in this battle, you must also find a way to rescue those captured imperial soldiers. Otherwise, if this matter were known to the domestic and even international media, it would be a fatal blow to the reputation of the Imperial Japanese Army, understand? Lieutenant General Hasunuma Pan said again.

"Hay!"

On 15 February, Ma Zheng received news from the intelligence department that the Japanese troops in Datong had suddenly become busy, and that the number of trains from Beiping to Datong had suddenly increased in the past few days, all of which were military trains escorted by armored rail cars, indicating that the Japanese army was preparing to carry out the third large-scale encirclement and suppression of the anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment in southern Chanan.

After receiving the news from the intelligence department, Ma Zheng immediately notified the troops to prepare for battle, and at the same time ordered the main force of the unit to immediately and quietly move to a safe and hidden place, ready to attack at any time.

However, what made Ma Zheng depressed was that he moved half of his troops to the mountains north of Jining, but the Japanese army did not launch an attack on Hades Mountain, Sumu Mountain and the earth as scheduled, and things seemed to have become confusing all of a sudden!

Fortunately, Ma Zheng is more patient and confident in his own judgment, so he did not act rashly.

It wasn't until February 24 that there was movement on the Japanese side, and then news came from the intelligence department, saying that the main force of the 26th Division of the Japanese Army, about one infantry wing, with the cooperation of a large number of tanks and armored vehicles, went straight to Yanwang Mountain and Sumu Mountain in two ways, while the other part was also an infantry wing to arrive in Xinghe by detouring to Jining, and there was no doubt that it was heading for Daqingshan.

At the same time, the defenders of Jining, Qianqi, Fengzhen, Shangdu and other places moved closer to the 26th Division, forming a huge encirclement on the periphery of the Chanan guerrilla detachment.

In addition, the intelligence department learned from listening to the telephone calls of the Japanese army that the internal division of the Mongolian army named the battle plan "Operation Plan No. 1."