Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Surprise of the Head of Headquarters
When he received the telegram from the 120th Division, General Peng was discussing the war in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region with Division Commander Liu, Political Commissar Deng, and Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo. Their eyes were bloodshot after a night of sleep, and all of them were tired.
When discussing the critical moment, a staff officer hurriedly ran in and shouted: "Report to the chief, great victory"
"What a roar, there are no rules at all!"
After the fire, Mr. Peng suddenly asked: "You kid just said that it was a big victory, where did the big victory come from, could it be that the Jinchaji Military Region repelled the attack of the little devils?" ”
The staff officer also knew Mr. Peng's temper and knew that he liked to train people, so although he was trained, he didn't care, and immediately said loudly: "Report to the chief, it's not the Jinchaji Military Region, but the good news of the 120th Division's Chanan Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Detachment!" ”
"The anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment in Chanan? Do we have such a force? Mr. Peng turned to the left deputy chief of staff and asked.
"Boss, have you forgotten that this Chanan anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment was formed by the first battalion of the original 120th Division Teaching Regiment as the backbone, and the detachment leader is Ma Zheng, a well-known general of the 120th Division!" Left Deputy Chief of Staff reminded.
"Oh, it's the horse madman's army, what's this crazy boy doing?"
"He has three county seats!" The staff officer immediately said.
"What, where is the telegram, hurry up and get it!" Mr. Peng hurriedly asked.
The staff officer did not dare to slack off, and immediately handed the telegram in his hand to Mr. Peng, and after reading the telegram, Mr. Peng suddenly laughed and said: "Okay, good! It's really good, with the strength of one detachment, you can repel a whole division of the Japanese army, it's really good, hahaha! ”
President Peng's sudden praise made all the people in the headquarters stunned, a detachment repelled a division of the Japanese army, just kidding, how is this possible.
Master Liu hurriedly said: "Lao Peng, what is going on, you can't just be happy alone, let everyone follow the joy when you say it!" ”
Mr. Peng laughed loudly: "Okay, let you have fun!" Ma Zheng of the Chananan Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Detachment took advantage of the fact that the main force of the Japanese army was besieging their lair, and the main force jumped out of the outer line and took the three county towns garrisoned by the Japanese army overnight, including Jining, an important town in Chanan, and killed five or six hundred Japanese puppet troops. ”
Division Commander Liu and the others opened their mouths wide, and it took a long time to come back to their senses, and then Division Commander Liu took the telegram from General Peng's hand and looked at it carefully, and then asked: "Mr. Peng, the 115th Division fought the Pingxing Pass to eliminate more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers, and the 115th Division used the entire division to lay such a brilliant record in that battle, and how many troops did the madman have in his hands, and it was only a battalion when it was full, right?" Even if the main force jumps to the outer line, it is impossible to break through the three county towns heavily guarded by the Japanese army overnight, which is also incredible, I think this battle report needs to be verified. ”
Mr. Peng thought for a while and said: "I think you have all heard of the madman, he is a good fighter in war, and he is also a master who does not want to die. It is expected that he will not falsely report his exploits, and since the 120th Division forwarded this telegram intact, it seems that Lao He has no objection to the results of this battle. ”
The deputy chief of staff of the left said in a deep voice: "After all, Ma Maniac's troops are not directly under the headquarters of the headquarters, and we don't know the specific situation, I think it's better to ask the 120th Division, their troops should have their own bottom!" ”
"Well, the chief of staff is right, let's check with the 120th Division just to be on the safe side!" Mr. Peng.
"I'll go myself!" After speaking, the left deputy chief of staff walked out of the operational command room.
Soon the deputy chief of staff of the left came back with a smile on his face, and as soon as he entered the door, Division Commander Liu couldn't help but quip: "Look at Lao Zuo's look and know that the results are no problem, hahaha!" ”
Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo said excitedly: "It's no problem, this horse madman has done more than that!" ”
"Oh, the first battalion of the teaching regiment was almost wiped out by the little devil last time, what big thing can he do with this kid?" Master Liu said with a smile.
"This matter is still the beginning of the battle with Division Commander Liu, just now I specifically verified the situation of Ma Zheng's department with Division Commander He of the 120th Division. According to Commander He's call, Ma Zheng's headquarters was indeed almost wiped out in that battle, but that guy actually took the remnants of the army to absorb all the bandits in the area of Chanan, and then took these bandits to fight several times and win the battle. ”
"Oh, we've won several battles, how come we don't know?" Mr. Peng asked with a frown.
"The main reason is that some time ago, Ma Zheng's headquarters and the 120th Division lost contact, and we thought that they had been wiped out, although Ma Maniac reported the matter to the 120th Division headquarters afterwards, but because it was impossible to confirm the true situation of the results, the 120th Division did not report to the headquarters, but just told us that the first battalion of the teaching regiment was not completely wiped out, and asked for another number." Left Deputy Chief of Staff explained.
"Then tell me about the big victories that the horse madmen have won?" Mr. Peng said again.
"That kid first led people to use the tactics of encirclement and reinforcement to defeat Fengzhen County, captured a large number of weapons and equipment, and then completely annihilated a reinforced brigade of the first infantry wing of the first brigade of the Japanese independent mixed brigade that came to retaliate, and killed more than 1,000 people under the captain Takeda Sadao Nakasa, which was more brilliant than the victory of Pingxingguan in terms of results!"
Mr. Peng, Master Liu and others couldn't help but breathe rapidly, and they all looked incredible. They didn't dare to imagine that a remnant of the army plus a group of bandits could completely annihilate a reinforced brigade of the Japanese army, which was also incredible.
"Chief of Staff Zuo, you're not wrong, that kid from Ma Zheng really annihilated a complete reinforced brigade of the Japanese army, instead of strengthening the squad?" Mr. Peng asked in a deep voice.
"It is indeed a complete reinforced brigade, and it is not only these, some time ago, the commander of the first brigade of the Japanese army, Major General Sakai Hoji, personally led more than 3,000 heavy troops to encircle and suppress Ma Zheng's department, but that guy almost wiped out this Japanese army in only three days, more than 3,000 people only escaped more than 200, and the rest were either killed or captured, Ma Zheng's department is still holding hundreds of Japanese prisoners, and even the old devil in Sakai was almost wounded and captured." The left deputy chief of staff said again in a surprising voice.
"How is this possible? When he crossed the Yellow River eastward, he was only the strength of a battalion, how could he lose a battle and become a master? Master Liu said in surprise.
Political Commissar Deng, who had not spoken, suddenly said: "I'm afraid that they are not fighting the second-line garrison troops of the little devils, and it is impossible for them to be defeated by them so successively with the combat effectiveness of the little devil field troops?" ”
Division Commander Liu shook his head and said: "According to what Lao Zuo just said, Ma Zheng's department has always been fighting against the Japanese army's independent mixed first brigade, and this Japanese army is not a second-line army, but one of the most combat-effective field troops of the Japanese army!" ”
Then Division Commander Liu continued: "The news obtained from the Japanese army documents captured at Pingxingguan is that this independent mixed 1st brigade is a mechanized unit of the Zhubing Division, which was formed in 1934 in the 9th year of Showa, and belongs to the Kwantung Army, with its headquarters in Gongzhuling, and in 36 years, the brigade also participated in the Suiyuan War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and caused a lot of casualties to the Fu Zuoyi Department of the Jin Sui Army. ”
After the Lugou Bridge Incident, this brigade was incorporated into the Chinese garrison and participated in the operation against the Pingjin area. Later, he was assigned to the Tojo Soldier who fought in Zhangjiakou, and participated in the southern and northern Jin operations, and the Taiyuan Raid Battle, which can be said to be rampant and arrogant along the way. ”
Political Commissar Deng said in surprise: "Then this is strange, how did that horse madman defeat the little devil?" ”
Seeing that Division Commander Liu and Political Commissar Deng had almost discussed, Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo continued: "Not long ago, Ma Zheng returned to the 120th Division and handed over more than 7,000 rifles and more than 80 light and heavy machine guns to the headquarters of the 120th Division, and also sent 200,000 pieces of ammunition. And these weapons and equipment were all captured by Ma Zheng's troops during the war against Japan, not counting the ones retained by Ma Zheng's troops themselves. ”
Mr. Peng suddenly slapped his head and said: "I said why Lao He asked the headquarters for the numbers of three regiments at once, I thought they were going to build three new militia regiments, it turned out that this old beard made a fortune." ”
Then Mr. Peng asked again: "Then did you ask how many people and horses are in the hands of the horse madman now?" ”
"Asked, Division Commander He said that when the Chanan Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Detachment reported its establishment last time, it was said that there were three infantry brigades, with a total strength of about 3,000 people, and some wounded people did not return to the team!" The left deputy chief of staff replied.
Mr. Peng attached to the map and looked at it carefully for a while, then suddenly slammed the pencil on the table and said loudly: "Lao Tzu has a whole brigade of troops behind the little devil's ass, and the little devil still wants to fight the idea of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, it's really delusional!" ”