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Chapter 550 Combat deployment and the return of the 2nd Cavalry Battalion!
Peiping.

North China Front Army Command.

afternoon.

The guard at the entrance of the headquarters watched the new communication staff officer walk to the entrance of the headquarters, looked in with his probe, and saw that the deputy chief of staff, Sue Seizo was inside, then turned and left.

About 10 minutes later, just as Arimese left, the communications staff officer came out from nowhere and walked into the headquarters.

Immediately, the gate guard was ordered to leave.

The Communications Staff Officer came to Okamura Ningji, paused and reported: "Commander, the 5th False Heavy Artillery Regiment and the 5th False Infantry Regiment, under the escort of the Banikaze, have set off from Zhangjiakou and are expected to arrive at 6 p.m. Datong!"

Okamura Ningji raised his head and narrowed his eyes: "Yoxi!"

If the deputy chief of staff, You Mo Jingsan, is the inner ghost, he must have disclosed the news to the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi will definitely not be able to come out, but the Eighth Route Army in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region will definitely take action. Maybe the Eighth Route Army has already ambushed halfway by this time.

After all, the 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment poses too great a threat to the Shanxi Northwest Eighth Road, and it can be said that it is related to the life and death of the Shanxi Northwest Eighth Road and the ordinary people in Northwest Shanxi.

Once the 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment reaches the front line, it will definitely be a devastating blow to the fortifications of the Eighth Route in Northwest Shanxi.

If the military column was ambushed by the Eighth Route, it would be a big deal to lose a [-]th armored train and two empty trains.

In this way, not only the 5th Heavy Artillery Wing and the 3rd Infantry Wing were preserved, but also the inner ghost of the headquarters could be found out.

As for the railway that was destroyed by the Eighth Route during the battle, it will soon be repaired by engineers. The 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment and the 5th Infantry Regiment are in Zhangjiakou, and a delay of one or two days will not affect the outcome of the sweep in Northwest Shanxi.

Seeing that Neiji Okamura was deep in thought, the communications staff officer soon came back to his senses and asked:

"Commander, Commander Takahashi Mitsuzo of the 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment in Zhangjiakou, and Yamashita Seiichi, the commander of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, asked when they can go to the front to fight against the Eighth Route Army?"

"These guys from the First Division..."

Neiji Okamura's tone was helpless: "Let Colonel Takahashi and Colonel Yamashita calm down and wait for the order from the First Army Command."

The old devil had served as the head of the second division, and the current head of the first division, Yokoyama Isao, was still his good friend.

At present, the various armies and commanders of the various armies of the Japanese army have basically served as division commanders in Type A divisions or standing divisions.

So Neiji Okamura knew very well that the soldiers of the First Division were a group of militants.

Such an army has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that they are brave and good at fighting. The disadvantage is that sometimes these guys like to disobey orders and commit crimes.

"Hi!" Hearing this, the communications staff officer turned and left.

Seeing the figure of the communications staff disappear at the door, Okamura Neji showed a sneer at the corner of his mouth.

Even Neji Okamura didn't know the departure time of the 5th Real Heavy Artillery Regiment and the 3rd Infantry Regiment this time, and it would have to be decided after a day or two depending on the situation.

If Balu knew all this in advance, I, Neji Okamura, would apologize by cutting open my stomach.

……

A dense forest 30 kilometers away from Datong.

Under the leadership of Li Changsheng, the two battalions of the sixth and seventh divisions of the New First Regiment successfully merged with the three regiments of the 2nd Independent Brigade of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region of the Eighth Route Army.

独立第2旅是由八路军第120师358旅第716团与冀中军区独立第5大队，在39年4月合编而成的。

Under the jurisdiction of the 4th, 5th and 716th regiments, the anti-Japanese struggle was launched in the Jizhong Military Region.

However, because the devils launched a big raid on the Jizhong Military Region some time ago, Boss Chen gave the information in advance, and the 2nd Brigade retreated to the northern Taihang Guangling area in advance to fight guerrillas.

This time, neither the brigade commander nor the political commissar of the 2nd Independent Brigade came, but was handed over to Li Yunlong to command remotely by telegram.

Although Li Yunlong was treated at the brigade level, the brigade commander of the 2nd Independent Brigade did not listen well to Li Yunlong's command, so Li Yunlong remotely commanded the 2 regiments of the 3nd Independent Brigade and the two battalions of the New First Regiment.

Li Yunlong and Boss Chen have already discussed that when the three regiments of the 2nd Independent Brigade finish the battle under Li Yunlong's command, they will receive 3 steel helmets, 5000 Japanese machine guns and a large number of 300 rifles.

It can be regarded as the wages for the 2nd Independent Brigade, no matter which unit cooperates with the new regiment to fight, it can make a fortune.

And Li Yunlong handed over the command of the battlefield to Wang Faming, the commander of the Sixth Battalion, as the commander, and Zhao Youliang as the deputy commander.

in the dense woods.

Wang Faming and Zhao Youliang, as well as the 4th, 5th and 716th regiment leaders got together.

The communications company commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region also stood aside.

It is only 10 kilometers away from the Pingsui Railway. Several regiment leaders have scouted the terrain on the Pingsui Railway and determined the ambush location.

虽然独2旅有3个团，但是这3个团的兵力加起来也才4000多号人，加上新一团的两个营总兵力近9000人。

Wang Faming called Zhao Youliang and the three heads of the 2nd Independent Brigade to hold a combat meeting.

Battalion Commander Wang was a little excited, feeling the pressure on his body. In his military career, he had never commanded so many troops. At best, he commanded the strength of a reinforced regiment, which was the sixth battalion of his new regiment.

It's different now, commanding nearly 9000 people to fight, which is already the strength of a division.

However, Battalion Commander Wang also felt a lot of pressure, fearing that his poor command would cause the Devils' Heavy Artillery Squadron to slip away.

The ambush site chosen by Battalion Commander Wang was the Gaoyang-Datong section of Pingsui Road. This section of the railway is about 50 kilometers long and there are many mountains on the way.

The mountains on both sides of the railway are standard loess landforms, with mountains consisting of exposed rocks and brown waste land one after another, with only dots of bushes.

"This is Miaoergou."

Battalion Commander Wang drew a curved mark on the ground with a bayonet, and then placed stones on both sides of the mark, indicating that it was the hills on both sides of the railway.

Without unnecessary nonsense, Battalion Commander Wang pointed to the traces and stones on the ground, and began to analyze and describe the battle deployment:

"According to intelligence, the Devil's 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment was escorted by the Japanese 3rd Infantry Regiment and a heavy armored train."

"The heavy armored train is at the front, the train of the Devil's 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment is in the middle, and the heavy armored train of the 3rd Infantry Regiment is at the back."

"Our combat mission this time is to blow up all the cannons on the train in the middle!"

Glancing at everyone, everyone's eyes were fierce, and Battalion Commander Wang's tone suddenly became serious: "I divided the four hills on the left and right sides of Miao'ergou into highlands 1, 2, 3, and 4. Our new regiment The two battalions are responsible for the No. 3 and No. 4 highlands, holding down the 3rd Japanese infantry regiment, the 4th and 5th regiments are responsible for the No. 1 and No. 2 highlands, two battalions of the 716 regiment are responsible for blocking the devils in the direction of Datong, and the other battalion is responsible for Stop the devils in the direction of Gao Yang."

"This time we are fighting, there is no reserve team!"

"Evacuate immediately after blowing up the devil's cannon!"

"Do you understand their respective tasks?"

"Understood!" Everyone nodded.

This time, two battalions of the Xinyi Regiment came out to ambush the devil's logistics supply line, bringing enough explosives, and the 2nd Independent Brigade also brought some explosives.

But if you want to blow up 2 devil army trains and 1 heavy armored train at once, the explosives are not enough.

Because the devil's cannons this time are 150mm howitzers and 240mm heavy cannons, and the explosives are less, so they won't blow up at all.

It is not enough to put too little explosives, but it is not enough time to temporarily go to other places to adjust explosives.

Therefore, there is not much explosives to blow up the Devil's Type [-] armored trains and trains, because explosives are left to blow up the Devil's cannons.

The combat effectiveness of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army must be extremely powerful, and it must be dealt with by the two battalions of the Xinyi Regiment with powerful firepower.

The artillery equipment of the Devils is average. As long as the armored train of the Devils is blown up in advance, and then the 3rd Devils Infantry Regiment is dragged down, there is a chance to blow up the cannons of the 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment of the Devils.

Battalion Commander Wang looked at his watch: "There is half an hour now, and we will set off for the pre-ambush site in half an hour!"

The regiments and battalions began to eat and prepare.

The battle plan invented by Wang was a telegram sent to the regiment headquarters, and the battle meeting was held after Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang agreed.

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang's instructions were: "Destroy all the devil's heavy artillery at all costs!"

When I was near Northwest Shanxi, in order to prevent being detected by the devil's telecommunication vehicle, neither the seventh nor sixth division dared to turn on the radio.

But this is northern Shanxi, so there is no need to worry about this problem, you can contact the Xinyi Regiment Headquarters at any time.

Before leaving, an Eighth Route Army cavalry unit of more than 400 people found them.

Under the guidance of the communication soldiers, the commander of the cavalry unit met with Wang Faming and Zhao Youliang.

"I am Ma Renxing. I am leading the troops to return to the army under the orders of the headquarters and the commander of the Jizhong Military Region!"

As soon as he came up, Ma Renxing saluted Wang Faming and Zhao Youliang and said.

Wang Faming and Zhao Youliang returned the military salute in a daze, what's going on?
Although I received a telegram that an Eighth Route Army cavalry from the Jizhong Military Region was coming for reinforcements, I didn't expect this to be the case.

Upon seeing this, Ma Renxing said, "The designation of our cavalry unit used to be the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment, but now it is the 2nd Battalion of the Xinyi Regiment Cavalry."

"The 2nd Battalion of the New Cavalry Regiment?" Zhao Youliang, commander of the Seventh Battalion of the division, said, "Our new regiment only has one cavalry battalion. When did you become the 2nd Battalion of the New Cavalry Regiment?"

At that moment, Ma Renxing recounted the fact that the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment suffered heavy losses during the raid, was reorganized by the headquarters into the 2nd Battalion of the New Cavalry Regiment, and was then sent by the headquarters to Pingsui Road to cooperate in the battle.

Ma Renxing didn't have much hesitation about whether to be the battalion commander of the 2nd Battalion of the New Cavalry Regiment. For him, as long as he could fight devils, he was willing to be a leading soldier.

What's more, the Xinyi Regiment directly under the Eighth Route Headquarters is the first regiment of the Eighth Route Army and even the entire Chinese army.

The record of the new regiment has reached the point where some people will not believe it. Li Yunlong is well-known in North China and even the whole country.

Naturally, Ma Renxing was very willing to be a battalion commander under such a heroic unit and such a regimental commander.

Immediately afterwards, Ma Renxing introduced the former political commissar of the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment, the current instructor of the 2nd Battalion of the New Cavalry Regiment, and the correspondent Ma Chengfeng.

Battalion Commander Wang immediately ordered the telegraph soldiers to report the matter to the headquarters of the Xinyi Regiment, and then incorporated the 2nd Battalion of Cavalry of the Xinyi Regiment into the reserve team.

Immediately afterwards, more than 9000 Eighth Route Army troops marched towards Pingsui Road.

(End of this chapter)