Chapter 49: Summary

As soon as Ma Zheng finished cleaning up the battlefield, Wu Xiuda sent a telegram to report that the battle to capture Yangyuan County had ended, and the Third Brigade not only wiped out an infantry squadron of the Japanese army that came to reinforce it, but also captured Yangyuan County, and was counting the spoils at this time.

After receiving the telegram, Ma Zheng ordered the troops to immediately go to Yangyuan County and join Wu Xiuda and others.

Knowing that another army under Ma Zheng's command had quietly captured Yangyuan County, Lu Ming and the others were shocked. Although the Japanese army will not have a large number of troops in the county seats, at most one infantry squadron in the ordinary county seats, and only in those strategic places will there be a little more troops, but it will not exceed two infantry squadrons.

However, even so, due to the relatively high quality of the Japanese soldiers, the superior weaponry of the Chinese army, and the fact that the siege itself is more difficult than the defense of the city, it is common to hear about the fall of a city since the beginning of the war, but it is rare to hear that it can recover the lost territory.

To be honest, Lu Ming and others were born in the regular army, and they didn't look down on the grass platform team like the Eighth Route Army at all. The reason why I agree to accept the reorganization now is because I have received the favor of Ma Zheng's department, after all, it is difficult to repay the grace of saving lives. On the other hand, they have been captured for more than half a year, and they are not clear about the current situation at all, and it is impossible to return to the original army for a while, so they can only stay here for a while before making plans.

But after they looked at the weapons and equipment of Ma Zheng's department, Lu Ming and the others were surprised, wasn't the Eighth Route Army a group of troops called Huazi that were not even as good as the Sichuan Army? Why is it that this Eighth Route Army is equipped with all Japanese-made equipment, ordinary soldiers have a 38 Gaier, and there are many light and heavy machine guns, grenadiers and mortars, such a luxurious configuration is not comparable even to the Central Army.

Now he heard that the Eighth Route Army had captured Yangyuan County overnight, which shocked him even more.

Two hours later, the troops finally arrived in Yangyuan County, and at the Japanese Garrison Headquarters in Yangyuan County, Lu Ming and others met Wu Xiuda, a fierce general under Ma Zheng.

In addition to Huang Bingyan, Wu Xiuda, Tie Niu, and Xu Xiaolin, Lu Ming and Wang Tao, deputy of a lieutenant colonel regiment of the 69th Army of the former Jin Sui Army, were also ordered by Ma Zheng to attend the meeting.

After everyone sat down, Ma Zheng said: "Let's have a short meeting in a short meeting, summarize today's battle, and also formulate the next battle plan, Captain Wu, you can report to us the results of this battle first!" ”

"Yes, detachment leader! In this battle, we annihilated a total of 452 Japanese troops, including 320 Japanese soldiers in ambush battles and more than 130 Japanese troops after the siege. In this battle, 1,400 long and short guns, 44 light and heavy machine guns, 32 grenadiers, and 12 mortars were captured. There are not many weapons and equipment, and they can only equip two brigades, but there is a lot of ammunition, and there are more than one million rounds of various bullets and shells. In addition, 25 cars, five tanks and five armored vehicles were also seized, and there were about 200,000 catties of food, as well as a number of other materials! ”

After listening to Wu Xiuda's report, Ma Zheng frowned and said: "The results are brilliant, but the seizures are a little less!" ”

Wu Xiuda said depressedly: "It's really a little less, but there is such a little belongings in the little devil's warehouse, and I can't help it!" ”

Xu Yinglong thought for a while and said: "This is the front-line supply point for the Japanese army to attack our army, since the Japanese army uses this as a base, then it will definitely hoard some weapons and equipment." I thought that I would be able to capture at least one wing of equipment by taking this place, but now it has not even reached half of what I expected, which can only mean that the Japanese army has already delivered a batch of equipment and ammunition to the front-line troops in advance. ”

"Yes, I was just going to report to the detachment leader! In this battle, we also captured a group of two devils, about fifty people! According to their confessions, yesterday the Japanese army transported more than 10 truckloads of weapons and equipment, as well as food and ammunition, from here. Wu Xiuda said again.

"Do you know where to ship?"

"You know, Huajialing, Wei County, where the temporary headquarters of the Second Brigade of the Japanese Army is located, and it is also the area where the Japanese army and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region are most engaged in fierce fighting." Wu Xiuda said.

Huang Bingyan suddenly said: "Detachment leader, the Japanese front-line troops have just been replenished, this is not good news for us!" ”

Ma Zheng nodded and said: "It's really not good news, the Japanese army usually carries a week's worth of ammunition and food in battle. The little devils have just been replenished, which means that the little devils in Wei County can fight with us for at least a week without worrying about ammunition. ”

Speaking of this, Ma Zheng sighed, and then said: "I originally planned to take advantage of the favorable opportunity of the little devil's ammunition to beat the old devil Abe Guixiu, but now it seems that it will not work!" ”

"Detachment leader, what should we do now?" Wu Xiuda asked again.

"There are no more fighters, but our mission is basically complete. The two major county towns of Tianzhen and Yangyuan were attacked one after another, and all the weapons, equipment, and supplies that the Japanese army had hoarded in these two strongholds fell into our hands, and there was no ammunition to fight. So I estimate that the Japanese army will soon withdraw its troops, and the crisis in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region will be resolved! ”

"Then dare to be kind, once the crisis in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region is resolved, won't we be able to return to the base area?" Wu Xiuda said with a smile.

Ma Zheng said: "The crisis of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region has been resolved, but our trouble is big. The little devils will mobilize all their forces to deal with us next, last time they only dispatched the strength of a division, and I think that the entire strength of the Mongolian army will be pressed against us next. ”

"No, it won't!" Wu Xiuda said in surprise.

"It's very likely, so we'll have to go back and set it up as soon as possible. In this way, Captain Huang, you will take the newly formed four brigades and some of the loot to the north overnight tonight, and return to the base area as quickly as possible. I took the remaining troops to find the main force of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and returned later. Ma Zheng said in a deep voice.

Huang Bingyan immediately said: "Detachment leader, I took all the troops away, and there is only one infantry brigade and one cavalry squadron left by your side, is this okay?" ”

Ma Zheng said: "No problem, there should be no big battles in the future, and there is no need to keep more people." After you go back, you will immediately prepare for a counterattack, and I will send the battle plan to Commissar Yun, and you just follow his command. ”

"Yes!"

Then Ma Zheng said to Lu Ming and Wang Tao: "Lu Ming, Wang Tao, we don't have a military rank system within the Eighth Route Army, so I'll still call you by your name in the future!" The fact that the two of you can get the support of all the captured soldiers means that you should be a good commander, but of course whether this is the case or not needs to be further tested. ”

"But since you have joined the Eighth Route Army, then I will treat you like brothers and family. Now that the two of you have been appointed as acting captains, then after you go back, you will cooperate with the Yun political commissar of our detachment to prepare for the anti-sweeping operation. ”

"Yes!"

"In addition, the two brigades under your command are your original old men, so I will not disrupt the organization and reorganize it for the time being. But through the previous march, I found that your basic skills are very poor, and you must train well according to the regulations of our detachment when you go back! ”

"Yes!"

"Staff Officer Xu, you immediately send a report to the headquarters and tell the head of the headquarters that our department has captured Yangyuan County. The ammunition and food of the second brigade of the Japanese army can be supported for a week at most, or even less, so that the main force of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region can contact us. ”

"Yes!"

"In addition, you send another telegram to the head of the division headquarters, asking them to send the main force to wander around Datong, in case the Japanese army cuts off our rear route."

"Yes!"