[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 297: Hooked (Ask for subscription, ask for a monthly pass)

The Japanese army's cruel tactics of not distinguishing between the enemy and us temporarily repelled the attack of Huang Haibing's headquarters, but the enemy's brutality also aroused the fighting spirit of the Eighth Route Army.

Of course, Huang Haibing's onslaught played a huge role, and the front-line commander of the Japanese army was frightened half to death at once, if the Eighth Route Army attacked the second line of defense, then the entire East Gate position would be completely finished.

Ishihara Shaosa, who was terrified, once again asked Takahashi Daisa in the city for help, he didn't know how long he could hold out, the offensive of the Eighth Route Army was like a surging river, out of control. In Ishihara's view, the attack of the Shina people was not only sharp, but also the tactics were quite cunning, and the firepower was even above the imperial army, which was the first time he had encountered such a situation on the Chinese battlefield.

Takahashi Daisa didn't dare to hold it up this time, and after sending all the reserves that were already small in his hand to the East Gate position, he immediately asked for help from Datong. Takahashi Dazuo knew that His Excellency the division commander was holding a meeting in Zhangjiakou at this time, and now it was the chief of staff of the division who was in charge of the defense of the Datong area.

It's his classmate, Takahashi knows this person, this person has a rather cautious personality, so he seems a little bold, so the **** is also the worst person in their class, and now he is just the chief of staff of a three-unit field division, and he doesn't even have the experience of commanding a wing independently.

Because of this, with his understanding of ****, even if he asks for help now, it is impossible to get reinforcements immediately, and with the character of ****, he must ask His Excellency the commander of the Abe Division. The question is whether the people of China will give them a chance to hesitate, and judging from the current sharp attack method, it is impossible for the average Japanese garrison to resist for long.

Just as Takahashi had predicted. After receiving his telegram asking for help, the chief of staff of the Japanese army in Datong did not immediately send troops to reinforce Tianzhen. Although he also understands that the situation is urgent and cannot be delayed for too long. But the habit he has developed for a long time makes him dare not send troops to reinforce Tianzhen hastily, on the one hand, because his own personality and current position do not allow him to do so, although **** Dazuo is now in charge of the daily work of the 26th Division, but after all, he is only a chief of staff, and only temporarily takes charge of the troops when His Excellency the division commander is not there. If something happens, he can't afford to take such responsibility.

The second is the **** Dazuo's fear of Ma Zheng's department, and now at this point in time, it must be Ma Zheng's department that can dispatch so many troops to attack Tianzhen, except for this hateful branch army, other rebels cannot have this strength, let alone this time, so after receiving Takahashi Dazuo's telegram for help, **** immediately judged that it was Ma Zheng's department attacking Tianzhen County.

If other troops **** would send reinforcements, but Ma Zheng's subordinates must think twice. It was last year that he followed Hideki Tojo all the way from the northeast to the south, and he experienced all the time periods of the rise of Ma Zheng's department. Therefore, he knows Ma Zheng's department very well.

Dazuo has analyzed the tactics of Ma Zheng's troops more than once, and this Chinese army is simply a combination of the Tubalu and the regular army, and the guerrilla warfare of the Tubalu is very good, and the positional warfare is also quite exquisite. In particular, the tactics of encircling the point to send reinforcements are even better, the last time Ma Zheng's troops attacked Tianzhen, and the 26th Division of Datong was also stationed in Datong to urgently reinforce Tianzhen.

But the result was unbelievable, this reinforcement force equipped with cavalry and chariots was ambushed by Ma Zheng's troops halfway, and the whole army was wiped out without leaving a single survivor. An infantry wing that had just been formed for less than half a year was erased from the battle sequence of the imperial army, and it became an unforgettable pain for the Mongolian army. That's because of that. Therefore, **** Dazuo did not dare to act rashly. After receiving a telegram from Takahashi Daisa, **** Osa ordered the troops to prepare for departure on the one hand, and sent a telegram to His Excellency Norihide Abe, the commander of the division, on the other hand, asking him to make a decision himself.

Knowing that Ma Zheng's subordinates were actually attacking the county seat of Tianzhen, Lieutenant General Abe Guixiu was greatly surprised, and they didn't get any news in advance. What's more, he can't see what Ma Zheng is doing at all now? What are the strategic objectives. Although Tianzhen is an important military town and its geographical location is important, Tianzhen is also a battleground for soldiers, even if they capture it, it is impossible to defend it, what is going on with attacking Tianzhen at this time?

With Abe's understanding of Ma Zheng's department. After receiving the telegram, his first reaction was a conspiracy, it was Ma Zheng's subordinates who were setting a trap for the imperial army, or encircling the point to send reinforcements, or diverting the tiger from the mountain, in short, waiting for the imperial army to make a mistake.

After thinking about it, Abe Guixiu still didn't dare to make a decision at will, and immediately reported the situation to His Excellency Harem Chun, fortunately, His Excellency Harem Chun held a banquet to entertain them these senior generals tonight, except for His Excellency Shouichi Terauchi, who had returned to Beiping, the rest of the generals were still there.

These generals of the Mongolian army were surprised to hear that Ma Zheng's headquarters was attacking Tianzhen in the middle of the night. Soon, some people put forward their own opinions, believing that Ma Zheng's subordinates were probably attacking Tianzhen out of revenge. You must know that just two days ago, their agents ambushed Ma Zheng's convoy and seriously injured Ma Zheng's wife, which is a great insult for a man, especially a young and vigorous young officer like Ma Zheng, who will not bear such an insult, and must get the field back.

This is one of them, and the other is that Ma Zheng seems to have anticipated that the imperial army is preparing to deal with him, so he took the initiative to attack in order to disrupt the plan of the front army. Otherwise, Ma Zheng's department, which was obviously in a weakened period, would not have taken the initiative to provoke the Imperial Japanese Army in this way, and the cattiness of this is worth scrutinizing.

Although I don't know the true intentions of Ma Zheng's department, the importance of Tianzhen is self-evident. Tianzhen is located at the junction of Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei, bordering Datong in the west, Chahar in the north, and Zhangjiakou in the east. In addition, Tianzhen is an important part of this Zhangjiakou meeting, His Excellency Terachi Shouichi will never allow the plan to fall into the hands of the enemy without implementation, if that is the case, the troops stationed in Mongolia will not be able to eat and walk, so Tianzhen must be rescued.

There is no doubt that the rescue will be certain, but it cannot be messed around as busy as before, and in the end there will be no other result than the loss of troops and the defeat of the general.

Ma Zheng's subordinates really hit the waist pole of the Japanese army this time, so that they did not dare to act rashly but had to rescue. If they had left it in the past, they could have studied it and come up with a way to get the best of both worlds. But now that the situation is urgent, there is no time to wait for these big men to talk about it. In the end, it was Lieutenant General Harem Jun who personally spoke, ordering the commander of the 12th Wing as the commander of the reinforcements to rescue Tianzhen this time, and led a complete infantry wing and a puppet cavalry regiment under his command to rush to Tianzhen.

The Japanese army's response was almost the same as Ma Zheng had predicted, and even the timing, strength, and commander were so accurate. A telegram was received from the forward observation post saying that about a wing of infantry and a small part of the cavalry of the Japanese army had left the city ten minutes earlier and were hurrying to Tianzhen. When the news came, the entire front-line command boiled.

The key to this battle is whether the Japanese army can be fully mobilized, as long as they are mobilized, then it is tantamount to losing the initiative in the campaign. Once the initiative of the war is in your hands, no matter how strong the Japanese army is, it will inevitably be led by the nose in the end.

Ma Zheng looked at the officers in the command headquarters and the members of the Jin Sui Army Observation Group, and then said loudly: "The fish has been hooked, and now it's time to close the net." Now there are not many defenders in Datong City, the real Japanese army is probably less than 2,000 people, and the rest are all puppet troops with extremely weak combat effectiveness, which cannot be a big deal at all, so we will win this battle! ”

Immediately after that, Ma Zheng continued: "Immediately send a report to all the troops on the front, according to the established battle plan, act in half an hour, the Duqi Brigade is responsible for the siege operation, and take advantage of the favorable opportunity when the city defense force is weak to fight me hard, but you must remember not to break the troops into the city." The 12th Brigade was responsible for attacking the major coal mines outside Datong City and rescuing the miners in the coal mines. Let's go! (To be continued.) )