[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] 124: Inoue Muraji

Division Commander He thought for a while and said, "Well said, it is simply delusional for the little devils to completely destroy our Eighth Route Army, unless they kill all the Chinese people.

Deputy Division Commander Xiao also said: "It has been almost a year since the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and we have lost our troops and lost our cities and lands on the frontal battlefield. Beiping was lost, Tianjin was lost, Jinan was lost, Shanghai and Taiyuan were lost, and even Nanjing was lost. Although our Eighth Route Army achieved brilliant results in the battlefield behind enemy lines, after all, it was a small fight, and it was unable to inflict a wounding blow on the Japanese army in a short period of time, and it was difficult to shake the wolf ambition of Japanese imperialism to colonize China. ”

Then Deputy Division Commander Xiao changed his voice and said again: "But we belong to the internal line of operations, and we have absolute geographical advantages and people, not to mention that the devil uses three to five divisions, even if he uses 10 divisions, he will not be able to annihilate our Eighth Route Army on Chinese soil, because where there are people, there will be the Eighth Route Army." Again, we must fight, and we must win, if we win, the country will prosper, and if we lose, we will destroy the country and extinct the species. ”

Gan Siqi praised loudly: "Well said, that's the reason, the encirclement and suppression of Little Japan was not a big army to suppress the border, and we didn't win more with less." No matter how difficult it is, our troops can turn danger into relief, and they can always miraculously break the enemy's encirclement and suppression afterwards, and the strength of the troops can always be strengthened. ”

Master He asked again: "Although we have temporarily gained the upper hand in the war in the northwest of Jin, as long as the Japanese army increases the number of troops in the northwest of Jin, it will be difficult for us to handle?" ”

Ma Zheng said with a smile: "You can rest assured, even if the little devil has the heart to increase the troops now, there is nothing he can do about it, this attack on the little devil in the northwest base area of Jin is already a military adventure, they have just suffered an unprecedented fiasco in Zhangjiakou, they should have clamped their tails and been people, slowly accumulating strength, but now they are biting people with their mouths open, and their appetite is not small, once they are hit by the head-on drink, even if they want to increase the troops, they can do nothing, they can only withdraw their troops to protect themselves." ”

Division Commander He thought for a while and said, "Well, if it was before, there was still the possibility of the Japanese army increasing its troops. But after a series of crushing defeats, the possibility of the Japanese army increasing its forces was basically zero. But we can't help it, the little devils can hit our hinterland from a small land, and it is by no means blown out. ”

Ma Zheng nodded and said, "Well, what the chief said makes sense, the lion fights the rabbit with all his strength." What's more, there are still more than 10,000 puppet troops on the northwest front line of Shanxi, and the commander is still the flower of the famous Japanese army, Abe Norihide. ”

Master He thought for a while and said, "Ma Zheng, what do you think we should do now?" ”

Ma Zheng immediately said: "Our main task this time is to be a firefighter and help the besieged troops in the Second World War Zone to relieve the siege, which is not a problem. Tonight, our department launched a strong attack on the devil's stronghold in Yijing Town, and at the same time reported to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army. As long as the news of our troops completely annihilating the 5th Cavalry Division of the puppet Mongolian Army and the Miyamoto Brigade and recovering the Qingshui River and Biguan reached the Japanese army, the danger in the northwest of Jin Province would be solved. ”

"Well, that's right, when the time comes, we won't even have to attack Ningwu Pass, and the Japanese army will withdraw our troops!" Master He said.

Ma Zheng said: "I'm not afraid of the Japanese army, it's just the end of the crossbow, and there is not much threat to our army." But I'm worried about the Kuomintang's side, the problem over there is very serious! ”

Master He frowned and asked suspiciously, "Kuomintang? We're here to save them this time, what are you worried about them for? ”

Ma Zheng said in a deep voice: "After we repel the devils this time, our influence in the northwest of Shanxi will definitely be greatly improved, and it is a foregone conclusion that we will gain a foothold in the northwest of Shanxi, but neither the Nationalist Government in Wuhan nor Yan Xishan in Shanxi want us to get involved in Shanxi, and it will definitely become a confrontation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party at that time." ”

"Confrontation? Do they dare to defy the condemnation of the world and attack us? Deputy Division Commander Xiao asked in a deep voice.

Ma Zheng said: "It's not enough to start, but friction is definitely indispensable." ”

Master He thought about it carefully and said: "This is a difficult problem, but the territory is down by us, he Yan Xishan can want, but our people can't be withdrawn, he can do his, we get ours, as long as the well water does not interfere with the river water." We will resolutely implement the instructions of the central authorities, but we cannot blindly take them out of context and arbitrarily carry them out, and we cannot tie our hands and feet. ”

Ma Zheng knew that Master He was a straight temper, and Master He, who was born as a bandit, had his own set of opinions on people and things, and it didn't matter what others said. But Ma Zheng still wanted to persuade him, after all, the reunification of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to resist Japan is a matter of life and death for national independence, and it will be troublesome if it is messed up.

Ma Zheng smiled and said: "I don't think you should rush to a conclusion about this matter, or communicate with the central government first to see what instructions Yan'an has." ”

At this moment, Xu Xiaolin came in to report, saying that he had just received a telegram from the cavalry brigade that they had taken Hequ County an hour ago, killing and capturing 1,267 Japanese puppet soldiers, including 477 Japanese soldiers, and now the troops are cleaning up the battlefield.

Hearing that the cavalry brigade had taken Hequ County, everyone was extremely happy, and at the same time, because of this sudden good news, everyone brought the topic back to the battlefield in front of them.

"Ma Zheng, what do you think we should do next?" Master He asked in a deep voice.

"Actually, in my opinion, the main force of the 120th Division should retreat now!" Ma Zheng said in surprise.

"Pullback? Why? Master He asked with a frown.

"In fact, it is very simple, the withdrawal of the Japanese army is a foregone conclusion, tomorrow the main force of our department will launch a full-scale attack on Yijing Town, and at the same time, the main force will also detour behind Ningwu Pass to attack this important pass, and most of the Japanese troops will withdraw at that time, in fact, even if the 120th Division stays, it will not be of much use."

Then Ma Zheng continued: "More importantly, once the Japanese army knows that our troops are moving south to reinforce the northwest of Shanxi, it is very likely to concentrate its forces to launch an attack on the Suicha base area, and then our troops must return to the base area for the sake of safety. Therefore, before our division retreats, the 120th Division must take over the counties of Biguan, Qingshuihe, and Hequ, and we can serve Yan Laoxi as firefighters, but they still have to pay the wages. ”

Division Commander He thought for a while and said: "Ma Zheng is right, we must control all the territory laid down by the Duqi Division before the Japanese army withdraws and merges, so as not to have a fight with Yan Laoxi when the time comes." ”

Then Ma Zheng continued: "Our division will launch an attack on the enemy in front of us in two hours, and while uprooting the stronghold of the Japanese army, the main force will detour to the side of Ningwuguan and attack the Taipingzhuang stronghold between Shenchi and Ningwuguan, and then the main force of your 120th Division will all be dispatched to launch a full-scale attack on the enemy in Shenchi." The purpose is not to let them know the strength of our Eighth Route Army, so that they can ask the headquarters of the Mongolian army for help, and the 120th Division can be withdrawn after fighting. ”

"Okay! That's it! Master He said.

After the discussion, Division Commander He returned to the front with his men, while Ma Zheng organized his troops to prepare for a siege of the Japanese army in Yijing Town.

Yijing Town, although it is only a small town, is a town between Shenchi, Ningwu and Wuzhai, and it is a three-way junction in the real sense. Due to the extremely important geographical location, the Japanese army placed an entire infantry brigade here.

Garrisoned in Yijing Town is the 1st Brigade of the 13th Wing of the 26th Brigade of the Ground, the captain of which is named Inoue Muraji, and four Shaozuo.

It is said that when Ma Zheng's troops arrived at the outskirts of Yijing Town, Inoue Muraji was angry, because he was very dissatisfied with Major General Heitian putting him in this town where birds don't. Although it is comfortable here, there is no opportunity to make meritorious contributions, which makes Inoue Muraji, who was born in a civilian background, very dissatisfied.

Inoue Muraji can be regarded as a standard young Japanese officer, at the age of 32, he came from a civilian family, and the biggest purpose of being a soldier is not for the Japanese Empire, let alone for His Majesty the Emperor, but for himself to have a good future, which is very realistic.

Since Inoue Muraji followed the large army to launch an attack on the northwest of Shanxi Province half a month ago, the morale of the Japanese army was like a rainbow, and the Fu Zuoyi Division, which was originally regarded as the biggest enemy by His Excellency Abe Norihide, retreated after only a little resistance, and the Second Cavalry Army in the Second War Zone was even more imminently collapsed, and it only took ten days to occupy all the strategically valuable cities and counties in the northwest of Shanxi, which can be described as invincible as the soldiers pointed out.

The success of the large army was also a good opportunity for Inoue Muraji to gain military merits, but as soon as the troops reached Yijing Town, an order came from the former enemy headquarters that he and his brigade immediately entered Yijing Town and defended on the spot.

This is not good news for Inoue Muraji, he wants to charge at the front line, he wants to fight for more military merits, he wants to become Nakasa, Dasa or even His Excellency the General.

However, just as Inoue Muraji was sulking, there was a sudden "boom" outside, and then a series of cannonballs dragging the tail of flames flew across the night sky towards them.