[The Iron Blood King of the Anti-Japanese Army] Chapter 96: Each has his own calculations

After coming out of the conference room, Ma Zheng arrived at the station of the Thor Special Operations Brigade, and at this time, the special operations team that received the order had already completed the assembly.

Now the Thor Special Operations Brigade is the sharpest knife in Ma Zheng's hand, so every time Ma Zheng fights, he has to hand over the most difficult task to them, and this time is of course no exception.

Ma Zheng summoned Tie Niu, Xu Haifeng, and Ouyang Zhanqiang, explained the situation, and then began to assign tasks.

Ma Zheng said solemnly: "Order: The Thor Special Operations Brigade will set off tonight, move to the vicinity of Zhangjiakou as quickly as possible, and if there is a chance, go directly into Zhangjiakou City, and mold off the guards on duty in Zhangjiakou South City at 3 o'clock in the morning tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and attack the important facilities of the devils in the city, the main targets of your attack are the devils' railway station, barracks, warehouses and gendarmerie headquarters, and send green signal flares after success, and red signal flares will be sent if there are major results, If the enemy's headquarters is neutralized, three red flares are fired. Do you understand everything? If you understand it, go ahead and carry out the order! ”

"Yes, guaranteed to complete the mission." Tie Niu and the others said in unison.

After seeing off the special operations team, Ma Zheng drove to the station of the automobile transport team, and at this time, the more than 2,500 veterans of the first regiment had already boarded the car.

After Ma Zheng joined up with the large army, he immediately ordered the troops to move.

At the same time, the three cavalry regiments stationed in Daqingshan, Sumushan and other places also quickly assembled and assembled to the predetermined location according to Ma Zheng's order.

In addition, the rest of the regiments also moved one after another according to their own orders, and for a while, the huge war machine in the Suicha base area was running at high speed, ready to carry out an earth-shattering blow.

The large-scale mobilization of the Seventh Brigade naturally could not hide from the Japanese army, and soon, the news that Ma Zheng's headquarters was assembling on a large scale spread to Zhangjiakou.

After receiving the news, instead of being anxious, Hasunuma Pan and the others smiled happily. They were worried that they didn't know how to lure Ma Zheng's subordinates to take the bait, but they didn't expect this group of self-conscious guys to take the initiative to send them to the door.

As a result, the various units of the army stationed in Mongolia were also mobilized, and Lieutenant General Abe Norihide of the Second Brigade was sent to Shangyi to command the front-line operations, and at the same time, three infantry brigades and one tank brigade of the Second Brigade were also sent, plus the existing troops on the Shangyi front, the total strength has reached more than 6,000 people, and Hasunuma Pan felt that it should be okay.

At the same time, the headquarters of the Mongolian army sent a report to the 26th Division in Datong, ordering them to immediately assemble troops to the north and launch an attack on the Eighth Route Army stationed in Fengzhen County.

On the morning of May 9, Daqinggou on the periphery of Shangyi, here is the only way to Shangyi. By this time, it had become the forefront of the two armies, and since Daqinggou was originally under the control of the Japanese army, the Japanese army had transformed the town into a huge fortress.

Chen Xudong and Lu Ming's subordinates built fortifications two kilometers from Daqinggou Town, ready to attack at any time.

When the front line reported the situation of the Eighth Route Army to the headquarters of the Mongolian army in Zhangjiakou, Liannuma Pan was overjoyed, he thought that Ma Zheng could send a regiment to be very good, but he did not expect that there were five or six thousand people on the Tu Eighth Route in the forward position, this must be the main force of Ma Zheng's department, as long as this army is eliminated, then Ma Zheng's department will not be a problem.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, Chen Xudong's headquarters took the lead in launching an attack, and the artillery regiment opened fire at the same time with a full 36 75mm caliber mountain guns and field artillery. The Japanese army at the front did not prevent the Eighth Route Army from having such a large-scale artillery, and was immediately caught off guard, and the casualties were not small.

The Eighth Route Army then sent a small force to carry out a tentative attack, but was quickly repulsed by the Japanese. The Japanese army rushed to the position of the Eighth Route Army, and was quickly repulsed.

You fought back and forth for a morning, and there were casualties on both sides, but generally speaking, the casualties on the side of the Eighth Route Army were a little greater.

The main reason is that the quality of the individual soldiers of the Japanese army is relatively high, and the accuracy of the soldiers' shooting is very high, which has caused a lot of casualties to Chen Xudong's department.

In the afternoon, the Japanese army sent aviation troops, but they did not expect that Ma Zheng's headquarters would place a lot of anti-aircraft machine guns in the front line, so the Japanese aviation troops came twice but did not take much advantage.

Some aerial bombs were dropped, but two planes were also knocked down. Due to the heavy losses one after another, there are less than 20 fighters left in the already small number of fighters of the army stationed in Mongolia, and they are still scattered all over the country. In order to preserve these only baby bumps, Hasunuma Pan ordered the aviation troops to rest for the time being, and then attack when it was critical.

Without the threat of aviation, the Eighth Route Army on the front line would be much more relaxed, and there would be no need for the old cat to be in the bomb shelter.

But in general, the battle on the first day was not very fierce, and Chen Xudong and others received an order to contain the enemy, so they were not in a hurry to attack. The Japanese army was waiting for the cooperation of other parties and preparing to wipe out Ma Zheng's headquarters in one fell swoop, so there was no large-scale attack on the first day.

However, neither Abe Guixiu on the Shangyi front line nor Hasunuma Pan in Zhangjiakou City did not expect that after nightfall, a huge force composed of more than 4,000 cavalry and more than 3,000 infantry was penetrating Zhangjiakou from Zhangbei County, like a sharp knife.

At ten o'clock in the evening of the 9th, after a day and a night of rapid marching, Ma Zheng finally arrived near Honghaizi Village, ten miles away in the northern suburbs of Zhangjiakou, with the 123rd Cavalry Regiment and the 1st Supplementary Regiment.

In the temporary headquarters, Ma Zheng looked at the military map in his hand and asked: "Turn on the radio immediately, send a report to the political commissar, report our location, and ask about the battle situation at the same time!" ”

Soon Xu Xiaolin came to Ma Zheng's side with these telegrams and said: "Report to the commander, I just got in touch with the political commissar, our people exchanged fire with the Japanese army in Shangyi and Fengzhen this morning, but the battle was not fierce, and there were casualties on both sides. According to the news from the front, the Japanese army at the front of Shangyi has reached more than 6,000 people, and the number is still increasing. ”

"The Japanese army in the Datong direction had about two wings, with a total strength of more than 6,000 people, and was commanded by Shigetoku Kuroda of the 26th Infantry Brigade. In addition, today, our intelligence officers also discovered a fast-moving Japanese army in Wanquan, with a strength of about 1,500 people, with chariots and artillery, and was coming towards Xinghe, apparently preparing to attack Xinghe and surround and kill our army with the Japanese army in Shangyi. ”

Ma Zheng thought for a while and said: "God really help me, the Japanese army in all directions must have come out of Zhangjiakou City." In this way, there will definitely not be many defenders in Zhangjiakou City, and one or two thousand people will be up to the sky. The little devil wants to sneak attack Xinghe, then I will exchange Xinghe County for a provincial capital city. ”

"Immediately send a report to Chen Xudong and Lu Ming, and ask them to immediately attack the Japanese army on the opposite side, and let them burn the fire. But tell them that the fire can burn, but watch out for casualties! ”

"Yes!"

After receiving Ma Zheng's order, Chen Xudong and Lu Ming, who were discussing tomorrow's battle, were dumbfounded, they still had to attack at such a late hour, isn't it a joke! Besides, the troops have been fighting all day today, and although the battle is not very fierce, the soldiers are also tired, how to fight.

But military orders are like mountains, you can not understand them, but they must be carried out.

Soon the Eighth Route Army on the front line of Daqinggou moved, and then launched another attack on the Japanese army.

Different from the daytime battle, the Eighth Route Army was obviously much more brave at night, and under the cover of artillery fire, it launched an assault on the Daqinggou position for the third time in a row, causing great casualties and pressure to the Japanese army.

In fact, it is easy to understand that the predecessor of the Eighth Route Army was the Red Army, and the Red Army soldiers were trained in a good ability to attack at night due to the lack of aviation. In comparison, the Japanese army was much worse in this regard, and it was really not suitable for the night attack of the Eighth Route Army.

This battle was a real positional battle with the Japanese army since Ma Zheng's army was formed, and to be honest, it was not fought well. Lu Ming's supplementary second regiment was better, and Chen Xudong's 201st regiment was far worse, but even so, they still caused a lot of pressure on the Japanese army.