After the First Battle of Taipingchuan, Yang Zhen, who had been sharing weal and woe with the officers and soldiers, finally had a substantial difference from ordinary officers and soldiers this time, except that he only wore a pistol and did not have to carry heavy rifles and ammunition.

When they broke up, they saw Yang Zhen's face a little pale due to lack of rest and excessive use of his brain. In order not to let Yang Zhen get too tired and rest for a while on the road, Dong Ping brought him a captured jujube red oceanian horse.

This horse was the mount of Sasaki Toichi, and when Yang Zhen shelled the Taiping River, he escaped because he was tied to the ammunition depot with other pack horses. As a native of Northeast China, Dong Ping still has a certain understanding of horses.

When he counted the seized horses, he could see at a glance that this horse, due to the conditions, could only be temporarily mixed in a group of ordinary pack horses, and the horse was different from other horses, and it was definitely a good war horse. So he gave the horse to Yang Zhen as a mount.

It's just a pity that his little sycophant shot is a little out of time. In later generations, Yang Zhen, who had ridden military transport planes, helicopters, and various means of transport, including various tanks and armored vehicles, had never ridden a horse. Not to mention galloping on a horse, even if he rides it, he can't ride.

The horses that were limited in the development and growth of the troops were handed over to the artillery and baggage troops, although Li Yanping once said that he would pick a few horses from the middle to him and Guo Bingxun as mounts. But after thinking about it for a while, Yang Zhen was not willing to give up.

Horses are too precious for the troops, who are now running out of capacity. I'm not so delicate, and I can march on foot. As for mounts, we'll wait until we get enough horses.

Northeast China is one of the few horse-producing regions in China, and the production of horses is huge. Although the quality is not too good, it cannot be compared with Qinghai and Xinjiang. But there is no shortage of horses. The former Northeast Army had a fairly large cavalry force.

As long as the troops go out, there will still be horses. So Yang Zhen has never learned to ride a horse. What's more, he really doesn't have the energy now, so he devotes part of his time to learning to ride a horse.

Time was pressing, and Yang Zhen, who couldn't practice riding, could only look at the horse and sigh. handed over the horse to Du Kaishan, who was sheltered after the break, and asked him to use this horse to carry the soldiers who were in poor health and might fall behind. And he is still the same as the officers and soldiers, and he is driving the pace.

In fact, Yang Zhen did not ride a horse, and the mount that Dong Ping gave to him to transport weak soldiers was not only because he could not ride a horse. The main reason is that under the current situation that the whole army is extremely tired, Yang Zhen, as the commander, still has to show the consistent style of officers and men that he has always advocated.

The troops marched on foot, with the exception of the two trucks carrying captured ammunition, especially shells, and the large carts carrying the sick and wounded. As the supreme leader, he always has to show some leading and exemplary role at this time.

Although Yang Zhen is also very tired, and even a little overuse of his brain, his fatigue is still above those ordinary soldiers. But Yang Zhen knew that what he needed to do more now was how to boost morale and let the soldiers overcome the fatigue caused by continuous marching and fighting, so as to prepare for the next battle. Instead of resting.

It's just that Yang Zhen didn't know that he handed over the horses given to him by Dong Ping to Du Kaishan to carry the weak soldiers, and his move of marching on foot like other officers and soldiers brought a lot of encouragement to the morale of the troops.

To tell the truth, after continuous general training, they marched and fought continuously without resting. Although the diet is guaranteed, the food is also quite good. However, this intensity is really too much for a unit composed of most soldiers who have only been in the army for more than a month.

Not to mention those recruits, even the old backbone of the old black-topped secret battalion who has now served as the company platoon commander can't stand it. The entire army now has a strong sense of exhaustion from top to bottom. There were some complaints about Yang Zhen's continuous march and non-resting after the battle, and his move to continue to go north.

But complaints are complaints, and the hearts of the warriors are very simple. Because most of Yang Zhen's troops were rescued prisoners of war and laborers, the entire army looked very young. The unit as a whole is relatively young, and the biggest drawback is the lack of experience. However, in this way, there are very few veterans of oil. Recruits don't have that many fancy intestines.

Yang Zhen, the supreme leader, has been doing these days, and everyone has seen it again. When they were training, Yang Zhen, the chief, did not rest and was leading them to train. When they were resting, Yang Zhen was revising his training plan all night and sleeplessly.

They had all heard from their brothers in the guard company that the lights in the commander's lounge were always on all night. Many of them have also heard of the director of the military medical department, although he is very beautiful, but he is also very pungent and has several quarrels with the commander for rest.

They know, they are tired, and their chiefs are even more tired. Because while they trained, their chiefs were working. While they rested, their chief was still working.

The battle of Taipingchuan, although it did not last long, everyone finally borrowed the light to rest for a while. And their leader is still holding a telescope to observe the situation on the battlefield. Still looking at the map, I couldn't stop thinking about the next battle plan with a flashlight.

Everyone knows that it is easier to march on horseback than on foot. But now the commander gave up the opportunity to ride a horse, and instead of even the two trucks used to transport ammunition and supplies, he marched with them on foot.

In the eyes of all the soldiers, following such a chief who shares weal and woe with the officers and soldiers, in times of danger, will definitely not abandon them and escape alone. Especially those warriors who took turns riding on the horses that Yang Zhen insisted on letting out despite Du Kaishan's opposition, were even more excited.

Yang Zhen over there didn't know that his simple move to let the horse cause such a big wave in the hearts of the soldiers. His mind was constantly brewing and revising the next battle plan that was about to take place.

In order to conceal his whereabouts, Yang Zhen thought about it again and again and gave up the idea of crossing the Gejie River north of the Taiping River and penetrating Wang Fool Zitun. Instead, he chose to bypass the group tribe set up by the devils in Dequantun with great fanfare, and after putting on a posture of outflanking the rear road of the Japanese army on the front line of Jianshanzi to the west, he entered the mountainous area west of Dequantun and went straight to the marching route of the first line of Miaoling Mountain.

From the north of the Taiping River, the route of crossing the Gejie River and directly penetrating Wang Duzitun is a little shorter on the march. But this line is relatively densely populated. There are several group tribes of the Japanese pseudo-group. In the absence of time to deal with these group forces, this route is extremely easy to reveal its operational intentions.

As soon as the Japanese army found itself turning in large forces, I am afraid that the Japanese troops along the Faji River would immediately turn around and withdraw. Once the two Japanese brigades were in one place, the battle below was not so easy to fight. Once the Japanese army forcibly assaulted regardless of casualties, Yang Zhen was not sure that the two battalions led by Guo Bingxun would be able to hold the Japanese army.

And around the west of Daodaoquantun, although a little farther, but this road is relatively sparsely populated, can effectively hide your whereabouts. After the First Battle of Taipingchuan, the artillery had been replenished with relatively sufficient pack horses, and the mountain artillery could be disassembled and transported by six horses, which could greatly alleviate the fatigue of the artillery troops.

After the Battle of Taipingchuan, Yang Zhen divided the artillery into two parts. The field artillery battalion was commanded by Qiu Jintang and went to the front line of Jianshanzi to cooperate with Wang Guangyu in battle. He carried two mountain artillery battalions and rushed to the first line of Miaolingzi Mountain at the speed of a rapid march, trying to encircle the enemy of Heli and the enemy on the first line of the Fasi River before they converged.

At this time, with Sasaki Toichi's adjutant in hand, for Yang Zhen, all the Japanese military deployments in Tangyuan are now no secret to protect. This adjutant was not as tenacious as Yang Zhen imagined. Just a few lashes went down, and then he told Yang Zhen what he wanted to know.

Now that he has mastered all the deployments of the Japanese army, it is much easier for Yang Zhen to march and set up the formation. Except for some worries about the movement of the Fourth Division stationed in Jiamusi, the rest of the Japanese troops were already under his control.

In fact, Yang Zhen didn't have to be in a hurry to get away. Because the original garrison stood tall, the 1st Brigade of the 17th Wing of the 8th Division, which was responsible for blocking the junction between Yubara and Luobei, did not act immediately after receiving the order from Sasaki Toichi to adjust the deployment and order it to immediately join the main force. It's just that after leading the troops out of Heli Town, he stopped before entering the mountain.

In view of the fact that it was already dusk when he received the order, his captain Zuo Ma Jiu was a young man who adhered to the tradition of never spending the night in the mountains and forests when he cleared out the Anti-Japanese Federation. I delayed my entry into the mountain until after dawn the next morning. When Yang Zhen arrived at the front line of Miaolingzi Mountain in the early morning of the next day, the first brigade began to enter the mountain one after another.

Although the Japanese army marched at a high speed, the distance between Saruma and the main force that had already crossed the Hoji River was increasing due to the slow movement of Sakuma's previous movements. The time delayed before is not something that can be compensated for by speeding up the march now.

Zuo Jianjiu's procrastination before becoming a man not only made him really a loner in the follow-up combat operations. It also made Yang Zhen not only calmly set up an ambush circle, but also had a half-day rest time to relieve the fatigue of the troops.

Zuo Ma may be a dead brain, or maybe he thinks that the area that the wing captain has swept is safe. Not only did they follow the original route of the 2nd Brigade on the marching route, but they were also lax in their defenses.

The heavy machine guns were disassembled into several large pieces and placed on the back of the pack horse. Even the spearhead sent only a rifle group with a light machine gun, and did not send a squad of troops, as is customary.

Although before setting out from Tsurugate, in view of the fate of the two brigades of the 11th Division, as well as the personal experience of the 12th Division and himself, Wing Commander Takeshi Kawada had repeatedly warned him to be more careful when marching. This anti-Manchurian force was unusually cunning and fierce.

But Zuo Ma Jiuren is still very stubborn and believes that it will be safe for him to take the route taken by the co-captain. Moreover, the main forces of the anti-Manchu armed forces are on the front line of Jianshanzi, and even if they encounter small armed harassment, it does not matter. The Eighth Division is not a straw bale like the Fourth Division. A brigade was actually defeated by thousands of anti-Manchu anti-Japanese elements.

Therefore, when his subordinates were marching, they sent more troops to clear the mountains on both sides of the marching route and make the top soldiers an infantry squad. In his opinion, the most important thing for him now is to join up with the wing commander, not to march slowly while sweeping.

Zuo Jian has been arrogant and lax in defense for a long time, and the happiest person is none other than Yang Zhen. Yang Zhen, who thought he was going to fight a hard-fought battle, immediately changed his tactics. Turn siege warfare into ambush warfare.

The tactics arranged by Yang Zhen for this long-standing division of the left room were completely a copy of the tactics of the two brigades of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army on the South Road. After receiving the scout's careless report of the Japanese army's march, Yang Zhen naturally remembered the successful examples he had used before.

Since there are good plans that can be copied, and they are all ambushes, and the methods of combat are the same, then why not bring up the old things again, and why bother thinking about drawing up a new battle plan. However, Yang Zhen did not copy it all, and adjusted the deployment of troops according to the changes in the terrain.

After all, this is a shallow mountainous area, and the terrain is still very different from that of the marble stone. Moreover, it is close to the plains, and if the battle is unfavorable, the Japanese army can easily and quickly break away and withdraw to Heli.

Miaolingzi Mountain is not high, with an altitude of only more than 300 meters. It cannot be compared with the marble stone stone with an altitude of more than 700 meters, and the mountain is far less steep than the marble stone. But the vegetation of the mountains is no worse than that of the marble stones.

Even compared to the marble stalks, which were one of the main quarries of the Jiasui Railway built by the Japanese army, the vegetation here is better. The thinnest tree on the mountain should be as thick as the mouth of a bowl. This lush vegetation can provide a good shelter for the troops.

Zuo Ma didn't know that as soon as he came out of Heli Town, several pairs of eyes had been secretly staring at him. And after entering the mountain, more eyes were watching him. His every move was transmitted to Yang Zhen's headquarters in Miaolingzi Mountain through guò radio waves.

After receiving the report that the Japanese army had all entered the ambush circle, Yang Zhen picked up the field phone and gave the order to open fire to Ma Qichang, who had already been waiting for him, without the slightest hesitation.

The ruler has already been determined, and there is no need to aim and correct the trajectory at all. The artillery is the same as on the Marble Fence line, it only needs to bury its head and shoot the shells according to the predetermined ruler.

However, this time, because the supply from Qunce Mountain had not yet arrived, and after two high-intensity uses, the number of shells on Yang Zhen's hand at this time was really not much. Although some ammunition was captured in the First Battle of Taipingchuan, the number of shells was not large, only more than 100 rounds of 75-mm mountain artillery shells.

In addition, the opponent did not have as many troops as last time, and there was only one infantry brigade. Therefore, Yang Zhen only issued a quota of fifteen shells for each cannon, and it was not enough to shoot one more shot. However, twenty-four guns, even if each fired only fifteen shells, there were more than 300 rounds. These shells were not something that the unsuspecting Zuo Ma Jiu could digest at this time.

When the first shell landed in the Japanese marching brigade, and the power of the explosion and the flying shrapnel almost sent more than 30 Japanese soldiers to the western sky, Zuo Majiu, who was awakened by the sound of artillery, was stunned by the scene in front of him.

He hadn't heard the faint sound of artillery in the direction of Taipingchuan last night, but he still thought it was the Japanese army in Taipingchuan who were using artillery fire to repel the harassing anti-Manchu elements. Absolutely did not expect that it was someone sweeping the headquarters of his superiors.

Zuo Jian Jiu, who escaped by the explosion gas of the shell, looked at the troops who were scattered and suffered heavy casualties under the intensive artillery fire, and not only scolded: "Baga, aren't these anti-Manchurian forces fighting with the 24th Wing on the front line of Jianshanzi and resisting the attack of the main force of the wing?" How did it get here? So many shells and artillery from where they came? ”

However, in the end, he was a top student of the Army Non-commissioned Officer School, and in just a moment, he realized that he had been ambushed by Zuo Jian Jiuren, and immediately ordered the combat staff officers around him to immediately connect with Jiamusi and ask to send planes to cover the troops.

It's just a pity that Yang Zhen didn't give him a chance to get in touch with the outside world. When the staff officer who received his order frustrated himself told him that the radio station and the horses of the carrier radio station had been destroyed by the opponent in the first place, Zuo Ma knew that the opponent had carefully designed a trap for him.

After knowing that it was hopeless to ask for help, Sakama made the same choice as Takayo Murata Daisa. He didn't choose to break through, because he knew that since the opponent had painstakingly set up such an ambush circle, he would definitely deploy heavy troops on his predetermined breakthrough route.

So he chose to cling to the idea of waiting for help. After making up his mind, Zuo Ma was a man for a long time, and immediately braved the artillery fire to concentrate the remaining forces in order to seize a hill in order to seize a commanding height so that he could hold on and wait for reinforcements.

Zuo Majiu, who didn't know that his wing captain was already unable to protect himself, believed that as long as His Excellency the wing captain found out that he had cut off contact with him, he would definitely send reinforcements to support him. As long as the main force of the United team completes the turn, there is still hope for him to save the battle.

It's a pity that his wishful thinking is very fine, but Yang Zhen didn't give him the slightest hope. When he concentrated his remaining forces to launch a fierce assault on the highest surrounding Miaolingzi Mountain, he was not only hit by heavy mortar fire, but also returned fire from the dense machine gun fire on the mountain.

In the face of dense machine-gun fire and an overwhelming rain of grenades, the 1st Brigade paid the price of nearly 100 casualties with just one charge, but it was driven back without even capturing the mountainside. The number of machine guns in the opponent made Zuo Ma's jaw drop almost without shock.

As a graduate of the Army Non-commissioned Officer School, he could tell from the sound of gunfire alone that there were at least 20 light and heavy machine guns concentrated on the hill in front of him alone. Although this hill is the highest hill around, the scale is not large, and at most it can only put down two companies of troops.

Since graduating from the non-commissioned officer school, he has been in the Kwantung Army for a long time since the Eighth Division was transferred to Chinese mainland, and has not participated in the official battle of hunger in the Guannai battlefield. But that doesn't mean he hasn't been in contact with the Chinese military.

As a squadron leader, he participated in the Battle of Rehe and fought against the Central Army along the Great Wall. He had the impression that all the Shina armies were poorly equipped and were far from being the opponents of the well-equipped Imperial Japanese Army. The imperial conquest of China was only a matter of time.

The so-called most elite Central Army in China was exceptionally poorly equipped, not to mention the small number of artillery, and the number of machine guns was also insufficient. Since the equipment of the government army in China is so poor, let alone a guerrilla-like force? And he had never seen such a large number of machine guns in that unit.

In the past, there were so many casualties, and Zuo Jian was naturally not too careful. But at the moment, it is really unable to withstand this blow. The shelling, which lasted only a few minutes, caused nearly half of his first brigade to suffer casualties.

That is to say, his first brigade, in the shelling just now, the whole squadron of more than a whole squadron was bombed collectively became a god. At the moment, being able to concentrate a squadron to launch an attack was already the limit of the forces he could use now.

But according to this casualty ratio, even if he can capture the current mountain, where is there anyone to defend?

Looking at the troops who had been knocked down again, as well as the corpses of the Japanese soldiers who had died in battle lying on the slopes of the mountain and the wounded who had not been evacuated who were groaning, Zuo Ma had long known that he had no way to retreat. Unless you can break through with the remnants of your troops. Otherwise, you will either die an honorable death here, or you will wait to go back to court-martialed or be ordered to apologize.

Zuo Ma, who didn't want to go back to seppuku, stripped off his upper clothes, raised his saber, gathered all the Japanese soldiers who could still pick up guns, and launched a pig-like attack on Miaolingzi Mountain.