Chapter 088: Fu Zuoyi is suspicious
Fukutaoka Shaosa is just a Ichikatsu Takeo, even the co-captain Kosuke Otsuka, who is also a Ichika Takeo, has this opinion on him. Fukuda Shaozuo, who had a brave and unscrupulous plan, listened to the words of two dying subordinates by the city gate, and immediately decided that there had been a rebellion in the cavalry regiment of the Mongolian Army, and prepared to carry out the bomb pressure like a thunderbolt.
Fortunately for the Japanese army, the deputy wing commander Aso Nakasa, who was still relatively clear-headed, first felt that this matter was too bizarre: a cavalry regiment of King De from the north of Jin Dynasty, just stationed in Fengdian for a few days, there would be a company inexplicably rebelling against the imperial army, while the other cavalry were kept in the dark and honestly stayed in the city!
Aso Nakasa took over Fukudaoka's orders, and he asked the latter to take a squadron to immediately block the north gate and re-establish the city defenses, and he himself personally rushed to Du Dongqiang's regimental headquarters - Guandi Temple with a small team of soldiers.
Du Dongqiang was obviously stupid by this sudden incident: in Suiyuan and Chahar, they have always obeyed the imperial army, but now that the lonely brigade has driven to the far south of central Jin, how dare they make a rebellion?
Aso ordered Regiment Commander Du Dongqiang to lead the deputy regiment commander and all the officers at the battalion and company commander level to assemble at the headquarters of the Japanese army in the county government, and in fact, the command system of the Mongolian Frontier Army Cavalry Regiment was placed under house arrest. Before the truth is investigated, Aso does not dare to take it lightly.
However, it didn't take long for the truth to be revealed.
Fukudaoka led a squadron and quickly closed the North Castle Gate, and at the same time notified the Southern Castle to also close the gate urgently; He also commanded two squads of soldiers to mount the north city wall and closely monitor the movements outside the city.
At the same time, patrolling and searching in the streets of the city was intensified, as the Japanese did not know whether all the men and horses who had rebelled at the North Gate had fled the city.
The people of the city who heard the sound of gunfire and explosions were at first a little frightened, after all, they had suffered greatly in the last war. But after being frightened for a while, many people couldn't help but become surprised, they guessed that the county town was now in the hands of the Japanese, so there was such a fierce firefight, obviously from the attack on the Japanese army! Who is attacking the Japanese army? The National Army, of course!
Among the neighbors, quietly some people began to connect with each other, secretly but excitedly passing on the news: the national army has returned! The more daring ones even went out of their homes and into the streets to listen to the gunshots and explosions.
However, soon the fighting from the direction of the North Gate subsided, and people speculated anxiously and suspiciously about the outcome, until the Japanese patrols rushed into the streets, and everyone was disappointed to realize that the Japanese had not been driven away, and it seemed that the attack of the Nationalist army had failed.
And just when Fukudaoka's two squads were waiting for the city, they suddenly found that in the distance, a large stream of people was scattered along the suburban road, walking towards Fengdian, and after approaching a distance, the Japanese soldiers who were like facing a great enemy were surprised to recognize that this large flow of people was the cavalry of the Mongolian army that entered and exited Fengdian on weekdays! It's just that at this moment, in addition to wearing the military uniforms of the Mongolian Xinjiang Army, they have no war horses under their crotches, and no guns and sabers in their hands.
Fukutaoka couldn't believe his eyes, and in his telescope vision, this unarmed Mongolian cavalry was full of depressed faces and heavy steps. The Japanese Shaozo ordered the machine gun to be prepared, and when he gave the order, he shot the rebels to death!
Wait! - Captain Fukudaoka, who had no courage and no strategy, also suddenly sensed that something was wrong at this moment: since they were rebels, since they had just vilely attacked the Imperial soldiers and fled, then what were these Mongol soldiers doing at this moment (the Japanese army's customary name for the army under King Toku) turned back to do? And it's a throwback of armor! There is no such stupid person in the world.
This group of stragglers who appeared outside the north city of Fengdian was the cavalry company of the Mongolian Xinjiang Army that had just been disarmed by the 391st Regiment of the Central Army.
As soon as the 391st Regiment disguised as the Mongolian Xinjiang Army set off from the valley, Qin Zhongxiao's side began to arrange, and he asked a platoon of soldiers to strictly guard the Mongolian Xinjiang Army cavalry who had been disarmed and stripped of their coats. Another company was sent to set up an ambush at the exit of the road connecting the valley to the outside, ready to meet the men and horses who were going to counterattack. The colonel of the Central Army judged that as long as he did not show his feet halfway, then a sudden attack on a Japanese infantry squad of several dozen people at close range with a crowd of 100 people would be very smooth.
As he expected, the victorious Zhao Mutou rode their horses and rushed back all the way, and behind them, there were no pursuers: this was also within the prediction of Qin Zhongxiao and the chief of staff. Because it had been learned in advance that this brigade of the Japanese army was stationed on all sides in the county town, and its forces were very scattered, and all of them were infantry, and it was slow to move. As for the cavalry of the Mongolian Xinjiang Army in the city, it is also difficult to provide timely combat support in terms of combat power and rapid reaction ability.
Hit by a blow, retreated (three soldiers were killed, and the bodies were all brought back), and the capture was rich, Qin Zhongxiao immediately ordered the transfer - when he came and the route of the retreat, they were all reconnoitred in advance, although it was a rugged mountain road, fortunately, it was very secretive - until this time, the group of Mongolian cavalry squatting on the ground holding their heads were allowed to disband, and the military coat was thrown back to them, ordering them to get out!
So, the big company commander and his subordinates ran out of the valley, but as for what happened in Fengdian just now, they didn't know anything. Throwing away all their equipment, including horses, this group of traitors who were unfamiliar with the place really didn't know where to go, so they could only come to the north gate of Fengdian. At the head of the castle, Fukudaoka saw exactly this scene.
Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army?!
After receiving a call from Kosuke Otsuka, the brigade commander Akira Hagiwara was so shocked that he didn't say anything for a while! He asked Otsuka to come to the brigade headquarters immediately, and at the same time urgently summoned the head of the secret service, Masao Kojima.
Since telephone poles and telephone lines have been erected between Fengdian, Songjiagou, and Wencheng, the bad news was personally called to his wing captain from Fengdian by Aso Nakasa, the deputy captain of the Otsuka Wing. Otsuka Kosuke's mind did not have much concept of the garrison distribution of the Jinxi Southwestern Branch, so he felt more anger and shock, but when he reported the bad news again, the title of "Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army" shocked his immediate boss and the new head of the secret service in Wencheng.
Looking up at the huge military map on the wall of the brigade commander's headquarters, Kosuke Otsuka finally understood the reason for Major General Hagiwara's suspicion, according to previous information, the 35th Army of Fu Zuoyi of the Shina Army, since it escaped from Taiyuan City last year, has been entrenched all the way to the west, in the two county towns of western Shanxi: Lishi and Zhongyang. There has been no information to show that they have moved their defenses, but now they have been reported to have appeared in the northern suburbs of Fengdian County, hundreds of miles away!
Hagiwara Akira, who has a ghost in his heart, is first worried that the "Wind Project" may be leaked! Yan Xishan was mobilizing his elite main force to attack Fengdian, and then prepared to attack the Songjiagou secret camp. But on second thought, this possibility is really slim: judging from the time node alone, the comfort women have just been transferred from Taiyuan to Songjiagou, and even if the people of China knew the inside story, it is impossible for them to mobilize their troops hundreds of miles away so quickly.
What's more, after he forced Otsuka Kosuke to repeatedly ask the commander of the Fengdian garrison, the "Fu Zuoyi 35th Army" only captured a cavalry company of the Mongolian Xinjiang Army outside the city, and then pretended to be the cavalry company to raid the defenders at the north gate of Fengdian, and then disappeared. Conclusive facts show that Songjiagou was not attacked in any way, and the city defense of Fengdian also restored order after that.
Hagiwara Akira still didn't dare to slack off, he ordered Wencheng and Songjiagou to immediately strengthen their vigilance, and at the same time ordered Yasuke Otsuka to lead a team to Fengdian for on-the-spot investigation.
Masao Kojima was equally surprised.
After carefully deducing the current situation of the deployment of the Chinese army in western and southern Jin, the head of this spy agency, who was engaged in espionage, once again carefully deduced the current situation of the Chinese army in western and southern Jin, and concluded that the Chinese army, which is now in the north of Fengdian City, could never be Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army.
"General, you know," Kojima Masao said, pointing to the map, "At this moment, in the direction of Fu Zuoyi's army, a wing of the commander of the Motokawa Brigade is attacking. ”
Hagiwara nodded deeply. As for the offensive deployment of Jinxi, as the brigade commander of the Sena Division, he is of course well in mind. The commander of the Benchuan Brigade mentioned by Kojima was a subordinate of the Yamaoka Division, and two wings of the Benchuan Brigade, one of which was attacking Jundu, the crossing on the bank of the Yellow River in western Shanxi, and Lishi and Zhongyang counties, where Fu Zuoyi's troops were located, were on this attack route.
This means that it is impossible for them to bypass the wing of the commander of the Benchuan Brigade and suddenly appear on the outskirts of Fengdian; What's more, entering the Fengdian area from them requires crossing the Tongpu Railway Line, which is busy with troop transportation, and it is impossible for our army not to be noticed. Masao Kojima continued, apparently agreeing with Hagiwara.
"It's just, how to explain the dictation of the captured cavalry company of the Mongolian Frontier Army? They swore that it was Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army who ambushed them. Hagiwara asked.
Masao Kojima pondered for a moment and said, "General, I think I'd better go to Fengdian in person." ”
"Excellent! You go in my car," Hagiwara responded happily, "I'm also not at ease with that guy in Otsuka, he lacks a string in his head. Go and interrogate the captured Mongol soldiers for yourself, and see what clues you can find. ”
"I'll leave now," Kojima Masao got up: "I also ask the general to contact Lieutenant General Sena immediately, and ask him to report the real-time battle situation of the Motokawa Brigade through Lieutenant General Yamaoka, I estimate that the wing of the Motokawa Brigade advancing west is very likely to have already exchanged fire with the real Fu Zuoyi Army in Jinxi." ”
The experienced and cunning Captain Masao Kojima, before leaving, specially returned to his office and took out a few archived photos from the Kwantung Army's secret service in Suiyuan, and he wanted to use these photos to verify where the Shina Army that counterattacked Fengdian was!