However, Ma Zheng did not expect that because of his wanton encirclement and suppression of bandits in the southern area of Chanan during this time, he would attract the attention of the Japanese army, and soon a piece of information about Yama Mountain was sent to Sakai Hoji's desk.

Datong. Japanese garrison command.

The conference room was full of Japanese officers, and looking at the ranks on the shoulders of these people, none of them were lower than Shaozuo, and these people were also the real elite of the first brigade of the independent mixed brigade.

"The brigade commander has arrived!"

Hearing the announcement from the guards outside the door, all the officers in the room stopped talking, and then they all stood up, bowed their heads and feet together as a sign of respect.

After coming in, Major General Sakai walked to the top seat and said, "Sit! ”

With a "bang", all the Japanese officers sat down, and their movements were uniform.

Major General Sakai said with a pale face: "Gentlemen, the murderer who caused the garrison of Toyojin of our Great Japanese Empire has been found, and it is a pity that the two infantry squadrons of the First Brigade and Regiment of our independent mixed brigade turned out to be a small bandit nest, which is not only a shame for me to be independently mixed into the First Brigade, but also a shame for my Imperial Japanese Army." ”

Speaking of this, Major General Sakai's voice suddenly became high-pitched: "The Imperial Japanese Army is invincible, and all shame should be washed away with blood, so we must completely annihilate this bold Chinese bandits, and by the way, we must also get back the seized arms!" ”

At this time, a Nakasa officer sitting not far from Sakai Hoji suddenly got up and said: "Your Excellency the Brigade Commander, the squadron that was completely wiped out by the Shina bandits belongs to the battle sequence of our First Brigade, and I humbly ask Your Excellency the Brigade Commander to allow me to go and destroy this Shina bandits, and to bring shame to the Imperial Japanese Army!" ”

"Yo Xi! Takeda-kun, since you took the initiative to ask for help, then this combat mission will be handed over to your department. My request is very simple, to completely flatten that hateful Hades Mountain, and all the bandits will be executed on the spot, leaving no one behind. And that batch of weapons and equipment, all of them were shipped back without pulling them all! Sakai Hoji said loudly.

"Hay!"

Northwest of Shanxi. Yujing Town.120 Division Headquarters.

Division Commander He was having a meeting with several backbones, and Director Guan of the Political Department hurriedly came in with a telegram and said: "Old He, the devils of Datong are marching north, I don't know what the purpose is!" ”

"Who sent the telegram?" Master He asked in a deep voice.

"It was sent by our comrades underground, and there is no doubt about the accuracy of the information!" Director Guan knew what Master He was worried about, and immediately replied.

"How many troops did the little devil dispatch?" Master He asked again.

"An infantry brigade with an infantry artillery squadron, without armored vehicles and tanks."

"It stands to reason that there should be no more of our army in the north, what are you doing here, little devil?" Master He said with a frown.

Deputy Division Commander Xiao thought for a while and said: "According to the fact that in October, the little devils captured Guisui and Baotou, and Fu Zuoyi's headquarters has now withdrawn to the west of Baotou, and there are only less than two battalions of the Fourth Northern Division left in the entire northern grassland, but it is not near Datong, and the intentions of the little devils are really unpredictable." ”

"Well, let's do it, order all troops to strengthen their precautions and beware of the sneak attack of the little devils!" Master He ordered.

"Yes!"

Ma Zheng soon learned the news that the Japanese army sent troops to attack Yama Mountain, and Ma Zheng knew very well the importance of intelligence to the war, so he left an eyeliner in the city after the last capture of Fengzhen.

At the same time, after the reorganization of the troops, he authorized Xu Xiaolin to start forming his own intelligence network, and Xu Xiaolin's ability in intelligence is indeed impressive, although it is not long, but the intelligence department of Yanwangshan has been operating in Fengzhen, Chayouqianqi, Xinghe, and Jining four banner counties. Therefore, the Takeda Brigade had just entered Fengzhen County, and Ma Zheng got the news.

Ma Zheng immediately told all officers above the company level to go to the battalion headquarters for a meeting to discuss countermeasures.

Soon, all the cadres arrived, and Ma Zheng immediately said: "I just received news that an infantry brigade of the Japanese army has been stationed in Fengzhen County this morning, and I am sure that this Japanese army is coming for us." ”

"Battalion commander, is the intelligence accurate?" Huang Sicheng asked in a deep voice.

"Hmm!" Ma Zheng nodded.

"This battle is not easy to fight, although we now have more than four times more troops than the little devils, but the more than 3,600 bandit soldiers have not been trained, and the combat effectiveness is worrying, and the only ones who really have combat effectiveness are our original companies, and they are not the opponents of the little devils at all! So I advise the troops to be transferred immediately! Huang Sicheng said in a deep voice.

Ma Zheng shook his head and said: "Nonsense, it's just a little devil in a big team, how can it not be an opponent!" ”

Seeing that everyone's eyes turned to him, Ma Zheng said in a deep voice: "We have no way to retreat in this battle, not to mention that this Hades Mountain has just been built, if we leave, then all the previous efforts will be in vain." What's more important is that the equipment we seized the little devils is still on the mountain, what should we do with those things? ”

"But the little devil is a whole brigade this time, can we win?" Huang Sicheng said in a deep voice.

"Remove that word, I can tell you responsibly, you will definitely win. There are two reasons, the first is that we have perfected the fortifications of Hades Mountain, and the little devils will jump their teeth whether they eat it raw or bite hard. The second little devil doesn't understand our strength, so he won't be as cautious as he is with the regular troops, and the arrogant army will be defeated. Ma Zheng said.

"Then what should we do, the whole army will withdraw to the mountains and wait for the little devils to deliver to the door?" Huang Sicheng asked again.

"No, the area on the mountain is too small, and so many people can't stay on the mountain, which will cause a great waste of resources." Ma Zheng vetoed Huang Sicheng's suggestion.

"So how are we going to fight this battle?" Huang Sicheng asked again.

"The main force jumped to the periphery of the enemy, leaving only a part of the elite to attract the Japanese army on the mountain, and when the Japanese army's vital strength was almost consumed, the main force outflanked the back of the little devil, and the little devil was undefeated under the front and rear attacks!" Ma Zheng said in a deep voice.

After listening to Ma Zheng's analysis, everyone felt that if this battle was fought like this, it would be much easier to fight.

"Battalion commander, let's stay on the mountain for the third company, I promise that I won't let the little devil set foot on Hades Mountain." Wu Xiuda said loudly.

Ma Zheng thought for a while and said: "There are up to three companies on the mountain, so I will leave the first, third and fifth companies, and the women's special service company will also be left, they are all women, and they can take care of our wounded nearby, and Deputy Battalion Commander Huang will stay on the mountain to preside over the overall situation, and Company Commander Wu will assist Deputy Battalion Commander Huang." The rest of the men followed me down the mountain and then withdrew to the periphery of the Japanese army. ”

"Okay, I'll stay!" Huang Sicheng said loudly.

"Remember, your task is to be bait, and don't go down the mountain to fight to the death with the little devils, we have strong fortifications, the little devils did not carry heavy artillery this time, and the 92-type infantry guns do not pose any threat to our fortifications, so your task is to use fire points and machine guns to kill and injure a large number of small devils' living forces, and wait for a counterattack." Ma Zheng said loudly.

"Yes!"

With Ma Zheng's order, all the troops of Hades Mountain moved into action, except for those who stayed on the mountain, the rest of the troops counted the pills, and then prepared to go down the mountain.

The bandit soldiers, who had just been organized into three supplementary brigades, did not know that the troops were about to fight, and they were ready to endure hardships and training, but suddenly received an order for them to immediately change their outfits and set off.

Under the leadership of the instructors of each team, more than 3,000 bandits who had been reorganized received the weapons and equipment that had been prepared long ago, and then followed Ma Zheng directly down Hades Mountain.