Ma Ming received the order and led the cavalry battalion to rush out of the col at the most ferocious speed, brandishing his saber and slapping his horse to kill the Japanese brigade behind.

The Japanese brigade in the back saw that the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army had come out again, and this cunning guy immediately ordered the troops to lie down on the spot and mainly attack the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army with the maximum firepower of light and heavy weapons.

Quickly entering the cavalry battalion of the rear brigade of the Japanese army, he was suddenly counterattacked by the crazy fire of the devils lying on the spot, and the bullets were almost thirty centimeters off the ground, sweeping towards the galloping war horses. The war horse that rushed to the front of the crazy impact, the speed was like a rolling wind rushing towards the enemy group, but it was suddenly shot in the impact, and the strong inertia turned forward violently in the forward rush, and the warrior on horseback was either thrown off the war horse or pressed under the war horse.

Ma Ming looked at the impact of the war horse, was hit by the fire of the vicious devil against the ground, more than a dozen war horses suddenly fell forward, the back of the war horse could not be reined, suddenly jumped up, some soldiers riding well, was not thrown off the horse, some soldiers were thrown under the horse in a panic.

The soldiers of the cavalry battalion had never fought such a battle, and before they had exchanged fire with the enemy, they were swept off the legs of their horses by enemy bullets, wounding more than 20 war horses, and one by one they tightly reined their horses and turned around, intending to kill the enemy group from the flank.

Ma Ming didn't expect that the cunning Japanese commander would be so insidious, not killing the soldiers, but cutting off the horse's legs, and he could think of this kind of damage trick.

He led the cavalry battalion to charge and kill the enemy group, and its purpose was not to cut down the enemy, but to lure and contain the Japanese troops, leave the Beishan Mountain, and give the troops blocking the enemy in the Beishan position, and reduce the pressure on the Japanese troops and firepower.

Ma Ming decisively ordered: "All the soldiers of the cavalry battalion, immediately cover the fire, rescue the wounded soldiers, and quickly withdraw from the battle." ”

After the onslaught of blood and fire, the cavalry battalion finally snatched back the wounded fighters and returned to the hidden col again.

The commander of the Japanese army of the 2nd Brigade was overjoyed when he found that because of his command, the cavalry battalion of the Eighth Route Army had suffered heavy casualties with the greatest firepower, and had lost the will to continue the battle and fled.

This very treacherous Japanese commander did not order his troops to pursue the cavalry battalion, but immediately reorganized his ranks and quickly attacked the woods where the Eighth Route Army was hidden 200 meters in front.

The cavalry battalion, which had withdrawn to the col, had to withdraw from the battle as soon as it rushed to kill, but was blocked by enemy fire, causing casualties among the troops.

Ma Ming stood on the mountain beam, holding a telescope and closely watching the second brigade of the Japanese army, which was rushing to the woods under the mountain beam at the fastest speed, and he scolded anxiously in his heart: "Bastard, the commander of this Japanese brigade is simply the devil, and our cavalry battalion blocked by fire can't get close at all." ”

He yelled angrily: "Little devil, your grandmother——。 ”

Fang Chao, the instructor of the cavalry battalion, rushed up the mountain beam and handed a telegram to Ma Ming, which read as follows: I have found that the cavalry battalion has failed in the attack, and I order your battalion, divided into several cavalry squads, to suddenly appear behind the Japanese troops surrounding the woods, and use the fastest and most effective sneak attack tactics to disrupt the Japanese army's action in encircling the woods.

Li Gang led three special companies, and when he saw that the Japanese First Brigade was soon approaching the woods, he ordered the three companies to spread out in a zigzag pattern, using the trunks, mounds of earth, rocks, and ditches in the woods to concentrate the most intense firepower against the enemy's light and heavy machine gun shooters.

The sharpshooters of each company, the commander of the devil catcher, once locked, must shoot steadily, accurately, and ruthlessly, forcing the enemy to rush into the woods unscrupulously in the battle of our Eighth Route Army troops in the encirclement and suppression of the woods, and prevent the enemy from engaging our army outside the woods, so as to achieve the goal of containing the enemy.

Li Gang led the cavalry battalion and three special companies to contain the strength and equipment of the two Japanese brigades with 6 or 700 troops in the woods 1,500 meters southwest of Beishan in the military city, and directly removed nearly half of the troops that were eyeing the Beishan position from the Japanese battalion under the Beishan position, thus greatly reducing the pressure on the strength and firepower of the Eighth Route Army in Beishan.

General Katayama, commander of the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade, stood at the door of the military tent and closely watched the two Japanese brigades pursuing the Eighth Route Army with binoculars.

The commander of the Katayama Brigade put down his binoculars and ordered the chief of staff of Inada: "Order the troops to speed up the breakthrough of the position of the Eighth Route Army in the north mountain of the military city and quickly clear the passage to Chengnanzhuang." ”

Chief of Staff Inada said cautiously: "General Katayama, in the Beishan Tubalu mountain peak position, our Imperial Japanese Army dispatched a half-wing and carried out seven powerful attacks, but the mountain peak and eight-way position, it seems that the troops participating in the battle have been added, and the firepower is fierce, and the attacking troops of our imperial army cannot be attacked for a long time.

In my opinion, we should immediately request fighter planes for air support and simultaneously carry out the most fierce firepower strikes on the Beishan position of the Eighth Route Army, both air and ground, and wipe out the Tuba Road that was holding its position in one fell swoop. ”

The commander of the Katayama Brigade frowned, turned around and stared at a pair of eagle-like eyes, stared at the chief of staff of the rice field, and suddenly laughed and said: "Rice field-kun, this proposal of yours is a big joke, my Japanese army of nearly 10,000 people, can't I help a regiment on the Tuba Road to hold the position?"

The order was to put two wings into it, and immediately launch the most fierce attack on the position of the Eighth Route Army in Beishan again, and within two hours, it was necessary to break through to me, and those who slacked off and delayed the fighters were dead. ”

"General Katayama, I suspect that there is more than one regiment of the Tuba Road stuck in the Beishan position, they must have reinforcements, once it is a brigade or a division of the Tuba Road, with the tactics of luring and pinning down, and our Fourth Brigade is bound here, we will miss the great opportunity to encircle and suppress the organs of the Jinchaji Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, and Commander Okamura Ningji of the North China Front Army will definitely be held accountable, what do you think?"

The commander of the Katayama Brigade heard Chief of Staff Inada say this, and he had to deal with the Eighth Route Army in the Beishan position carefully; as Chief of Staff Inada had predicted, the Eighth Route Army deployed the strength of a brigade or division in Beishan and adopted the tactic of adding firewood to fuel the fire, our Fourth Brigade would be pinned down under Beishan.

Chief of Staff Inada is a cautious guy, seeing that General Katayama is silent in thought, the cunning Inada is afraid that he will be held accountable for delaying the fighters, so he once again added fuel to the fire and said: "Katayama-kun, asking for fighter air reinforcement is not an unacceptable thing, I immediately asked the North China Front Army Headquarters for help, and reported that my Fourth Brigade was on the line of Xishan and Beishan in the military city, and was strongly blocked by a division and another brigade of the Eighth Route Army, and asked for air support from fighters.

I think that General Okamura will definitely meet our requirements in order for our brigade to arrive in the area around Chengnanzhuang in time and encircle and suppress the command organ of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, and he will also greatly praise our troops for their resourcefulness in dealing with the enemy. ”

The commander of the Katayama Brigade looked at the Chief of Staff of Inada, his eagle-like eyes slowly softened, and he suddenly laughed wildly: "Inada-kun, you are the best chief of staff I have ever met in Katayama, I completely agree with your idea, and you will do it immediately." ”

Daotian turned around and scolded secretly: "You bastard, no different from the ronin, cunning in your heart, snobbery dare not take responsibility, throw me out at this time, sit back and enjoy the success, if I Daotian is not afraid that the troops will live at the foot of Beishan Mountain for a long time, and delay the encirclement and suppression of the Eighth Route Army Jinchaji Military Region organs, and be implicated and held accountable, hum, I will not be so active." ”

At this time, Commander Okamura Ninji, who was standing in the war room of the Japanese Front Headquarters in North China, was discussing with several generals about the disadvantage of advancing into some theaters of operations on the frontal battlefield and forcing the Shina Army to give up resistance and sit down to negotiate, when suddenly a report came from the door.

Chief of Staff of the North China Front Army, Tanabe Moritake, faced the door and shouted: "Come in." ”

The combat staff officer walked quickly into the war room and saluted and reported: "Report to General Okamura, the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade is in an emergency." ”

Chief of Staff Tanabe took the message, looked at it a few times, frowned, and handed the message to Commander Okamura with both hands.

General Okamura Ninji took the confidential folder, looked at it and said with dissatisfaction: "Katayama, a bastard who has always been arrogant and empty-eyed, delayed the fighter plane on the way to the army, and made up such a ridiculous lie, which is shameless and despicable. ”

(End of chapter)