Although the Japanese army lost a brigade here, Yuichi Nagano did not take the small Heian Prefecture seriously. In the words of Seishiro Itagaki, this is a proud guy. In fact, the word pride is not accurate for him, arrogance is almost the same. To put it bluntly, it is a virtue with Lieutenant General Abe who died in Loess Ridge.

Probably out of contempt for the strength of China's resistance, Yuichi Nagano did not take the whole army on board, but ordered his Izawa brigade to attack first, and the wing headquarters and Tokokawa brigade then followed up to Wang'an Town in Tongping County, while the rest of the troops remained in Tongping County on standby.

This order was later widely criticized, and some Japanese right-wingers believed that Yuichi Nagano's missed opportunity was an important reason for the Japanese army in North China to fall into a difficult situation. Yuichi Nagano once argued that the terrain in Heian Prefecture was complex and it was not suitable to invest too many troops at once. This statement is not unreasonable, but the Japanese people do not agree with it.

After the war, Yuichi Nagano narrowly escaped the trial of an international tribunal under the protection of his American godfather, but committed suicide because he could not bear the abuse of the Japanese people. Until 100 years after his death, hats such as "incompetent Nagano" and "stupid Nagano" were not taken off.

Let's press for the time being, and look at this attack of Nagano United. The Japanese army marched westward along the official road and soon crossed the border of Ping'an County, and the first to bear the brunt was the independent battalion of Sanluozi. Sanyozi learned the lessons of the last big war and did not deploy heavy troops on the front line, so there is only one squad of soldiers here who is in charge of guarding.

When the Japanese soldiers searched and advanced, a soldier was hiding in a large tree to observe. He saw from a distance that the Japanese soldiers were coming, and they hurriedly slipped down from the tree. As soon as he landed, his comrades-in-arms hurriedly gathered around and asked, "Monkey, how is it, how many devils are here?" ”

The monkey took a sip and said, "Grandma's, to say the least, there are one or two hundred." ”

The squad leader muttered, "That's a squadron!" The top soldiers all have a squadron, and I don't know how many devils there are behind. Chain, you quickly report this situation to the battalion commander. ”

The soldier of the chain touched his head and said, "Let me beat a devil and then go!" ”

The squad leader said angrily: "Obey the order, go quickly!" ”

The lock had no choice but to run in the direction of Chen Village, and before he had run far, he heard a burst of gunfire from behind, followed by the sound of a large number of grenades exploding. He glanced back, hesitated, flicked his hand in annoyance, and sped forward.

After running for a while, there was a clatter of horses' hooves, and then a small group of cavalry rushed from the front. This is a cavalry platoon to which the 1st Separate Battalion belongs. The platoon commander recognized the lock and shouted from afar: "Chain, what's the situation ahead?" ”

The lock stopped, bent down, pressed his hands on his thighs and gasped, and said, "The devil has come, and there is a squadron of the spikes alone." ”

The platoon commander said, "Damn, so fast!" What about squad leader Chen? ”

Suozi's face was a little ugly, and he said, "The squad leader asked me to come back to report the news, I'm afraid they have already exchanged fire with the devil." ”

The platoon commander said, "Then follow me to the battalion commander!" So saying, let the warrior bring him a horse. Since Zheng Weiguo has been restricting the development of cavalry in various departments, there is still a surplus of horses, but one person and two horses cannot do it for the time being.

The lock happily touched the horse's back, but did not go up. He said to the cavalry platoon commander: "Platoon Commander Wu, the message has arrived. I won't go to Chen Village, you go back and report to the battalion commander, and I'll go back to our squad leader." ”

Platoon Commander Wu said: "Most of your squad has been transferred through the tunnel at this time, where do you go to find them?" Let's go back to Chen Village with us first! The lock thought for a while, felt reasonable, and got on his horse and ran with the cavalry platoon towards Chen Village.

At this time, the main force of the independent battalion led by Sanluozi was assembling in Chen Village. The villagers have already moved, but the terrain here is flat, and there are not many places to hide, so they have to run far away.

The night owl secretly said to Sanyuzi: "I'm afraid that the devil is coming soon, we can't stay here this time, we have to move as soon as possible." ”

"But the villages on both sides of the official road have not all been evacuated, and I am worried about ......."

The night owl said categorically: "Then inform them to withdraw quickly!" Battalion commander, this time it's the enemy of a wing, thousands of devils! It didn't make any difference for us to stay in Chen Village, and we couldn't let the brothers die in vain. ”

Hearing this, he glanced at the night owl and said, "Okay, let the brothers gather at once and prepare to transfer." "This unit has experienced the bloody battle of Chencun, and its military quality has been greatly improved. As soon as the order was given, the troops quickly completed their buildup and quickly moved out of the village.

Two soldiers from Chen Village asked to stay and shoot coldly, and Sanyuzi thought about it for a while and agreed. In such a big village, two people may not be able to find the devil when they hide.

The main forces had just withdrawn, and the cavalry platoon returned. When the platoon commander saw the three slippers, he hurriedly jumped off his horse and ran over to report: "Battalion commander, a squadron of devil soldiers has crossed the county border!" The seventh squad in charge of the guard in front has already exchanged fire with the devils. As he spoke, he pulled the lock over and said, "This is the lock that their class came to report the news." ”

Sanyuzi hurriedly asked, "Chain, what's the situation ahead?" ”

The lock touched his head, and the platoon commander who thought he should say it all said, what else did he let me say? He thought for a moment and said, "It's just a squadron of devils coming, and it doesn't seem to be anything anymore." Oh, and I didn't go far before I heard the squad leader shooting them, and then the devil fought back. I also heard the sound of crooked machine guns and grenadiers. ”

Sanyuzi nodded and said, "I know the truth." Platoon Commander Wu, you notify the villages along the road to speed up the transfer, and if you come up with the fucking devils, you won't be able to leave. ”

Platoon Commander Wu answered, hurriedly went back to distribute manpower, and then quickly beat his horse and left.

The lock hurriedly said: "Battalion commander, what about me?" ”

The three slippers said, "You stay and transfer with us." ”

The lock was secretly happy when he heard this, because Platoon Commander Wu forgot to take back the war horse when he left. Now follow the battalion commander to transfer, and the horse will be at his command.

Soon after the troops withdrew from Chen Village, the devils also touched along the official road. The two soldiers who remained in Chen Village took the opportunity to fire two shots, and then quickly slipped into the tunnel. The efficiency of this kind of black gun is still very high, and the devil is killed and injured on the spot.

It is said that the top soldiers are indeed unlucky, and it is almost impossible not to be shot coldly. This Kawaguchi squadron had already folded five or six soldiers, but it didn't even look at a single shadow of the enemy. Squadron Leader Kawaguchi was so angry that he ordered an attack on Chen Village. They stormed the village and searched for a long time, but found nothing, and had to leave in disgrace. Before leaving, the devil, who had nowhere to vent his anger, set fire to Chen Village.

The smoke rose high, providing a good warning to the rest of the village. The villagers threw away their worst fantasies and abandoned their homes to flee for their lives.

They moved to an intersection, only to see that the road was crowded with panicked people. They carry a lot of luggage, move very slowly, and cry and call for their mothers whenever there is a disturbance, and they are in a mess.

In fact, the time for this transfer was sufficient, and the villages were notified one day in advance. I thought that the villagers could walk more calmly, but in fact it was the opposite. Because it was long enough, the villagers brought a lot of items, and some even took off the door panels and brought them on. Some villagers brought their chickens, ducks, pigs, dogs and even cats, and there were not enough cages and carts, so they rushed all the way to the place, and the team was scattered at every turn.

The three slurs couldn't laugh when they saw it, so they hurried over to help, and persuaded the villagers to hide unnecessary things on the spot, so as not to affect the transfer. But the villagers were reluctant to do this, and they were reluctant to do that, and they almost didn't kill the three slippers.

There was an old lady whose chickens were all scattered, and she chased them for a long time and didn't chase any of them. She sat on the ground and cried, crying and scolding: "God damn Captain Zheng, what are you doing to provoke devils!" Running up the mountain twice in three days, and not letting people live, woo woo......"

Some of the anxious warriors became angry when they heard this, and scolded: "How can you talk about this old woman! We are desperate to fight devils, and you are here to talk about the wind and cold. ”

The three slippers hurriedly came over and criticized the soldier for a few words, and then said to the old lady: "Auntie, don't worry, the chickens who have run away will go back and find you back, and those who can't find it will pay you to make up for it." Hurry up and move with everyone now, the devil kills people without blinking. ”

To put it mildly, I finally persuaded the old lady away. However, after such a fuss, the mood of the fighters was a little low.

Some of these villages are reluctant to evacuate. After hearing about it, the village chief who found this village asked scoldly: "Why don't you withdraw!" Do you want the villagers to stay in the village and wait for death? ”

The village chief hurriedly bowed and said, "Sir, don't blame us. Devils kill people when they see them, aren't we afraid? It's just that it's freezing on this day, where do you want us to evacuate? When you go to the wilderness, you can't compare it to the village. Once you don't eat or drink, I'm afraid you'll die. The villagers all say that Hengzhi is a death, and it is better to die at home. ”

Sanyozi said: "Didn't we provide some winter supplies and hiding places? ”

The village chief smiled bitterly: "How many villages can that little material be supplied?" A few villages on the edge of the official road were taken out when they were transferred. We can still think of some ways to supply materials, but the hiding place is also limited, at most we can hide a few thousand people, and it is difficult to ensure that the devil does not search the mountain. ”

The night owl also secretly said to Sanluozi: "Battalion commander, this old guy is right, with our strength, it is impossible for all the people in the East Third District to be transferred." ”

Of the more than 100,000 people in Ping'an County, the three eastern districts account for half. Because it is all plains and low hills, the land is relatively fertile and can support a large number of people. Wanting to transfer so many people is really a very huge project, and it is simply impossible to do it with the current strength of the independent battalion.

Sanluozi looked depressed and said, "Okay, you tell the villagers, don't force the villagers who don't want to transfer." Let them hide all the valuable things, and hide the eldest daughters and little daughters-in-law. The devil entered the village, and he tried to satisfy what he wanted. It's a big deal, Lao Tzu will bring someone to snatch things back! ”

The villagers were very happy to hear this, and hurriedly thanked them loudly, saying that Sanluozi was a living Bodhisattva.

The three slippers felt very angry, and said with a wry smile: "What the hell is there to thank for!" When the devil moves the knife, don't blame me. ”

It can be seen that the villagers are very scared, but they are lucky, thinking that the devil may not come to their village, and even if they come, as long as they are careful, they may not kill people.

Some villagers were angry and said: "If the devil wants to kill, let them kill it, and living in this world is also his mother's sin!" ”

Some villagers said: "We will pay the taxes that should be paid, and we will pay the grain that should be paid." We're flat-headed people, the devil won't attack us! They are all killed, who will farm for them? ”

When they heard this, they felt very uncomfortable, but they were speechless.

Fortunately, the devil only cared about going west, and basically never went to other villages except for the villages that were closer to the official road. Because of the fear of the devils setting fire to the village, the village militia did not dare to hide in the village and shoot cold. After all, it's winter, and it's a big trouble for the house to burn.

Since there was no force to stop it, the devil advanced extremely fast, and soon crossed the plain area and rushed to the front line of Chenjiagou. Here they finally met resistance on a larger scale. This unit was a separate 4th battalion led by Chief of Staff Zhang Haiyan.

Squadron Leader Kawaguchi was not surprised when he heard the gunshots, and hurriedly commanded his troops to launch a counterattack. They had been hit by so many black guns along the way, and they had already thought about revenge.

Although the number of the four independent battalions is large, the weapons are far inferior to the devils. In addition, there were large forces coming behind the Kawaguchi squadron, Zhang Haiyan was worried that he would be stuck by the devils, and after one or two rounds of fighting, he ordered to cover the retreat alternately.

The devil finally caught such a big fish, where is he willing to put it? While pressing up from the front and biting the troops behind the palace of the fourth independent battalion, they sent troops to outflank them, and one of the devils in the squad even sneaked around the mountain ridge to try to detour back to the rear of Zhang Haiyan's department.

The 4th Independent Battalion soon found itself in a dangerous situation, but fortunately, the militia in Chenjiagou rushed over to reinforce after hearing the gunshots. Seeing that the battle situation was unfavorable to the security group, they hurriedly launched an attack on the devils from the side. The Kawaguchi squadron was suddenly hit and thought it had encountered an ambush, so it hurriedly stopped the pursuit and stood on the spot and waited for reinforcements.

Zhang Haiyan hurriedly commanded the troops to take the opportunity to withdraw, and the main force withdrew all the way to Panjiaao. Zhang Haiyan himself took part of his troops to defend on the front line of Erlong Mountain, preparing to rely on the terrain to block the enemy and buy time for the villagers to transfer.

The devils were also very jealous of the terrain around Erlong Mountain, so they slowed down their advance and divided their troops to search and advance along the mountains on both sides. In order to increase the strength of the force, in addition to the Kawaguchi Division, which has been acting as a spearhead, the main force of the brigade also quickly followed.

A company commander looked at the black devils, smacked his lips, and said, "If only there were so many explosives, it's a pity to see so many devils who can't do it." ”

Zhang Haiyan smiled bitterly: "How can it be so easy, last time the group seat was to find a way to compress the devil to a section of less than 100 meters before it succeeded." How is it possible to do this with the forces we have? ”

Due to the tactics adopted by the Japanese army to press step by step, it was impossible for the ambush to achieve the desired effect, and in order to avoid unnecessary losses, Zhang Haiyan had to give the order to abandon this operation.

Soon after they left, Captain Izawa, who was in charge of the attack, came to Erlong Mountain. He looked at the terrain here and said, "Yo Xi, it's really a place for soldiers!" ”

Staff officer Tian Chengyou hurriedly complimented: "It's ridiculous that the people of China don't know how to take advantage of this. ”

Jing Ze smirked proudly and said, "The people of China, hmph, their military thinking is still stuck in three thousand years ago!" ”

The two of them walked forward as they spoke. Captain Jing Ze's face suddenly changed, and he pointed to a large piece of barren land in front of him and said to Tian Chengyou: "Tian Chengjun, do you see it?" ”

Tian Chengyou looked at it for a while, and said with some doubts: "There seems to have been a big explosion here, what does the people want to do?" ”

Izawa took a few steps forward, then crouched down and brushed the dirt with his hands. He observed for a moment, then said with a serious face: "If I'm not mistaken, there was a terrible battle here not long ago!" ”

Tian Chengyou was shocked when he heard this, and said, "Fighting? Oh my God, did you mean it was bombarded by heavy artillery? ”

Jing Ze shook his head and said with some confusion: "It doesn't look like it has been bombarded by heavy artillery, but apart from heavy artillery, what other weapon has such great power?" ”

He took a few more steps forward and suddenly saw a cracked stone and a small piece of cloth from a dynamite pack. He picked it up and looked at it, a fierce light appeared in his eyes, and he muttered, "Shuffle! Tianchengjun, I probably know how the Yamamoto Brigade of the Yamamoto Brigade was destroyed! ”