In the evening, the brigades reported the day's casualty statistics to the brigade headquarters, and after reading the documents submitted below, Sakai could not even raise his anger. So far, the troops have suffered more than 1,300 casualties, and he has only brought a total of less than 3,000 troops this time, except for an infantry squadron left behind in Hongshaba, there are only more than 2,700 people who are really used to attack Hades Mountain, which means that in just two days, his troops have suffered nearly half of the casualties.

It is not terrible to have heavy casualties, but it is terrible to pay such a heavy price but fail to take down the enemy's position, let alone completely destroy this Tubalu.

Now there are less than 800 infantry left in his department, and the rest of the more than 600 are artillerymen, and no matter how capable he is, Sakai can't put bayonets on the artillery.

At this time, the 1st Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade was faced with two choices, whether to stay and storm Hades, or to withdraw its troops.

If this is just a battle launched by the 1st Brigade itself, then there is no need for Sakai Hoji to be so entangled, and he can make his own decision whether to withdraw troops or not. But now they are fulfilling the operational instructions of the headquarters of the army stationed in Mongolia, and they are withdrawing from the command headquarters that will not be withdrawn.

The telegram was sent to Guisui (Hohhot) overnight, and the commander of the Mongolian army, Lieutenant General Harem Jun, was silent for a long time after reading the telegram sent by Sakai Hoji, and finally ordered Sakai Hoji not to withdraw his troops, and tomorrow he would send aviation troops to cooperate with them.

With the instructions of the headquarters of the army stationed in Mongolia, Sakai had no choice but to order the headquarters to send the wounded back to Hongshaba Town overnight, and at the same time order the headquarters to do a good job of defense work in case the Tuba Road launched a night attack and wait for the battle again tomorrow.

Besides, what Ma Zheng and the others were doing, on the mountain road leading to Hongshaba Town, more than 50 cars were parked on the side of the road, and Ma Zheng, who had changed into a Japanese military uniform, asked loudly: "Have you heard the battle plan clearly!" ”

"Hear me clearly!"

"Okay, from now on you are all dead and wounded, put all the weapons and equipment in the back of the car, and then everyone get in the car, let's go to the red sand dam!" Ma Zheng said loudly.

"Yes!"

The goal of Ma Zheng and others is very clear, that is, to take the Red Sand Dam, the logistics base of the Japanese army. As long as the red sand dam is taken, then the Japanese army under Hades Mountain will become the king of the urn, and after they run out of ammunition and food, even if those Japanese soldiers are supermen, they can only hate on the spot.

However, when Ma Zheng and others reconnoitred around the Hongsha Dam, they found that the Japanese army obviously attached great importance to the safety here, and a small town had no less than two infantry squadrons left, and at the same time, a large number of pillboxes and trenches were built around the town.

Ma Zheng found that the Japanese army did not carry the field hospital with the army this time, perhaps because the mountain road was too difficult to walk, but set up the hospital in Hongshaba Town, so that once there were seriously wounded, they would be sent here for treatment.

In addition, the Japanese army also has the habit of sending the ashes of the fallen soldiers back to China, and as long as conditions permit, they will pull the bodies of the dead soldiers back and cremate them collectively. This is not only a sign of respect for the dead soldiers, but also an incentive for the living soldiers to see that even if they die in battle, they will not become lonely ghosts in a foreign land.

Therefore, Ma Zheng decided to have the troops pretend to be wounded and dead, and then enter the town of Hongshaba, and at the same time the large army was ambushed near the town, as long as they took the town's forward fortifications, Hongshaba would be at their fingertips.

The military pickup truck was running at high speed on the rugged mountain road, all of which were Japanese soldiers, and a captain sat in the front car.

The car soon arrived at the outskirts of Hongshaba Town, and was stopped by the Japanese sentry at the entrance of the town.

The sentry came to the car and asked loudly, "は正しく入力されていますか?" ）”

"入力されていますか! (the dead and wounded)" Ma Zheng replied proficiently in Japanese.

When the sentry saw that there was a captain sitting in the car, he immediately saluted, and then instructed the front to open the road and let him go. The reason why they did not continue to check was because not long ago they received an order from above that a large number of wounded and the bodies of the dead would be returned tonight, and they should prepare in advance.

The barricades were removed, and fifty cars quickly passed through the guard box and headed straight for the town.

In the car, Tie Niu asked, "Detachment leader, where are we going now!" ”

"I'll take someone to pick up Wu Xiuda and them, you now lead your special combat team straight to the Japanese army's headquarters, know that it is the Japanese army's headquarters!" Ma Zheng asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, where there are telephone poles!" Iron Bull said loudly.

"Yes, where there are wires, there are radio stations, and radio stations are generally located in the headquarters headquarters, so it's right to find a telephone pole." Ma Zheng nodded and said.

After speaking, Ma Zheng said again: "Stop, take your people and act immediately." ”

"Yes"

Tie Niu got out of the car and immediately got into another car, and then the four trucks separated from the large group, while Ma Zheng took the steering wheel and whistled at the back, and then continued to drive.

After hearing the whistle and a small noise in the car behind, all the wounded and "dead bodies" sat up alive, and the guns in their hands were also loaded, and they were ready to fight.

At 7:15, just as the Japanese troops were preparing to have a meal, Ma Zheng's headquarters launched an attack, and first the headquarters was terminated, and three lieutenants in charge of the remaining army lieutenants were killed.

At the same time, the barracks and the fortifications on the periphery were also easily taken by Ma Zheng's subordinates, and then Wu Xiuda's third detachment entered the town to fight, and it took less than an hour to wipe out all the remnants of the Japanese army in the town.

Since the headquarters was the first to be eliminated, the news that Hongshaba Town was captured by Ma Zheng's department was not revealed, and neither Sakai Hoji nor Harem Chun, who was far away in Guisui, knew that the logistics base of the independent mixed first brigade had been lost.

The Japanese headquarters in Hongshaba Town has been cleaned up, all the corpses have been pulled away, and this place has become the headquarters of the anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment in southern Chanan.

"Report!"

"Come in!"

Seeing Wu Xiuda and Tie Niu coming in together, Ma Zheng asked in a deep voice, "Have the remnants of the town been cleared?" ”

"It's all cleaned up, and not a single fish has slipped through the net!" Wu Xiuda said loudly.

"Well, the arsenal and oil depot weren't destroyed, were they?" Ma Zheng asked again.

"No, the little devil was stunned, and he didn't have time to destroy the supplies at all." Wu Xiuda continued.

"Very good, if we win the red sand dam, we will be invincible in this battle, and then we will see how many fish we can catch." Ma Zheng said as he slammed it on the table.

In the middle of speaking, Xu Xiaolin hurriedly walked in from outside, and hurriedly said after coming to Ma Zheng's side: "Detachment leader, there is an emergency!" ”

"What's the situation?"

"When I was combing through the Japanese army's telegram just now, I found that at ten o'clock tonight, a military train specially transporting supplies for the army stationed in Mongolia was going to pass through the Hongsha Dam." Xu Xiaolin replied.

"What's on the car?" Ma Zheng asked in a deep voice.

"Arms and cotton clothes!"

"How many troops are escorted!"

"I don't know, it's not explained above, but such a large military column should also be escorted by an infantry squadron, right?" Xu Xiaolin said.

"Not necessarily, now the little devil's troops are stretched, and there are no forces along the Pingsui Railway that can threaten the safety of the train, so I estimate that the little devil will send at most an infantry squadron, or even only one squad." Ma Zheng said in a deep voice.

"Detachment leader, what should we do now?"

"When is the train coming?" Ma Zheng asked again.

"Ten o'clock tonight, no later than ten twenty!"

"Don't eat the fat that is delivered to your mouth, and order the troops to clear the train station immediately, and then prepare for this military train." Ma Zheng said conclusively.

"Detachment leader, there is another situation!" Xu Xiaolin said again.

"If there is a situation, you can say it!"

"Tonight, the Japanese army on the front line of Hades Mountain will have a group of wounded and corpses transported back to Hongshaba, and they are already on the way, and they are expected to arrive within half an hour, if we want to intercept this military train, then we must kill this transport team first." Xu Xiaolin said in a deep voice.

"Well, there will not be too many troops to escort the wounded and corpses in general, Lao Wu, this transport team will be handed over to your three teams, remember not to break Lao Tzu's car!" Ma Zheng said loudly.

"Don't worry, I promise it won't break!" After speaking, Wu Xiuda went out to make arrangements.