Bright sword!I am the head of Shanxi Northwest Wolf Warriors

Chapter 171 The Yinjiagou Ambush

Muma River's forward line of defense is blocked!
It was just a large-scale full-scale attack that directly caused the loss of more than 5000 soldiers of the empire.

Including the soldiers lost yesterday, the Japanese army lost nearly 7000 people.

Takeshita Fengichi also knew that he could not continue to attack like this, and he immediately reported what happened in the forward position to the first commander of Shanxi, Okamura Ningji.

Neiji Okamura received the battle report from the front position of Muma River.

Ningji Okamura immediately called Yoshio Shinozuka!
In the headquarters!

Neiji Okamura looked at Yoshio Shinozuka, and said in a calm tone: "Mr. Shinozuka, the attack on the forward position of Mumahe has been blocked.

If we continue to attack Wuyi County according to the previous plan, and then march into the Hengshan Mountains and Wutai Mountains to completely wipe out the Eighth Route Army, I think the probability of success in the final plan will not exceed [-]%. Now we must change our original strategic plan . "

Gangcun Ningci is also in a hurry now. Before he fought the Eighth Route Army, he didn't take the Eighth Route Army to heart at all.

He even felt that Shinozuka Yoshio and Iwamatsu Yoshio themselves were too useless, which allowed the Eighth Route Army to develop in Shanxi and took away the Japanese army's control of Northwest Shanxi.

It wasn't until he commanded the troops and engaged in a head-on confrontation with the Eighth Route Army, and the large-scale losses of the army came from the forward positions, and more than half of the flying brigade sent out also lost more than half, which made him know that the Eighth Route Army was not so easy to deal with.

Now Okamura Ningci is at a critical moment, and the commander of the North China First Dispatch Army Tada Hayao will soon be promoted. As long as he can stabilize the situation in Shanxi and even bring back the lost territory in Shanxi, then Okamura Ningci will naturally be Can safely take the position of commander of the North China Dispatch Army.

If he can't stabilize the situation in Shanxi and continues to lose the territory occupied by the empire in Shanxi, then the position of commander of the North China Dispatch Army will be completely out of his reach.

Yoshio Shinozuka finished looking at the jerseys of the Mumahe forward position, and he was also very distressed at this time.

He knew the strength of the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi. After all, the Northwest region was the scope of activities of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

Now the Eighth Route Army in the northern Shanxi area also has such a strong combat effectiveness, how could this not make Shinozuka Yoshio hurt.

Shinozuka Yoshio had already lost the northern Shanxi area during his tenure, and his command had failed in several large-scale battles.

If the sweeping war in the northern Shanxi area fails again this time, or even loses control of the northern Shanxi area, it will be difficult to preserve his current position.

Shinozuka Yoshio said: "Mr. Okamura, the battle at the forward position was defeated. I think we can withdraw the army. Now our army at the front has not lost much. As long as we can withdraw the army, we will still be able to withdraw the army." Most of the northern Shanxi region is firmly in their hands.

Otherwise, our troops on the frontier battlefield will lose too much, and the Eighth Route Army will definitely look at the northern Shanxi area, and even completely recover the entire northern Shanxi area. At that time, both of us will be severely punished by the military. "

"No, the two of us initiated this war on our own initiative. If it ends like this, both of us will be held accountable by the higher authorities."

Okamura Ningji said: "Even if we can't reach the Hengshan Mountains and Wutai Mountains, we must restore Wuyi County.

Now we will change our strategic goal. It is no longer to completely eliminate the Eighth Route Army in the northern Shanxi area, but to drive all the Eighth Route Army in the northern Shanxi area into the Hengshan Mountains and Wutai Mountains. As long as we can achieve this step, we will be considered victorious . "

"Change the strategic goal, I agree! It's just that the troops led by Takeshita Fengyi have nothing to do in the forward positions. How can we take Wuyi County and drive the Eighth Route Army back to the Hengshan Mountains and Wutai Mountains. "

Shinozuka Yoshio said: "Even if the two of us want to start a career in Shanxi, we must also meet the current reality, otherwise we will only be in a dilemma in the end."

Okamura Ningji said: "Eighty kilometers away from the south bank of the Muma River, we control a county called Shantai County.

Now we still have a brigade in Shantai County, plus a security regiment of the Imperial Association Army, we can take out all the imperial soldiers and Imperial Association Army in Shantai County, and let them quickly support the battle of Mumahe.

As long as the troops in Shantai County can act as a surprise army and launch a surprise attack on the Eighth Route Army on the south bank of the Muma River, it will be possible for Takeshita Fengyi's Ninth Division to cross the Muma River on the north bank of the Muma River.

As long as our army crosses the Muma River, with the bravery of our imperial soldiers, we will definitely be able to kill the main force of the Eighth Route Army's Huben Regiment. "

"Is there something wrong with mobilizing the troops stationed in Shantai County?"

Shinozuka Yoshio said: "The troops stationed in Shantai County and Wutai County are to prevent the Eighth Route Army in the Hengshan Mountains and Wutai Mountains. If the troops stationed in Shantai County are removed, our empire's troops stationed in Wutai County will be reduced." It will become a lone army. At that time, if the Eighth Route Army attacks Wutai County, as long as they successfully take Wutai County, they will be able to control Shantai County in an instant.

At that time, one-third of the land in the northwest of Shanxi will be reduced to the territory controlled by the Eighth Route Army. Just like our troops have successfully crossed the Muma River, they will also be encircled by several armies of the Eighth Route Army. The army that goes out will be completely wiped out. "

"Now we can only gamble with the Eighth Route Army this time. Even if we take out the army in Shantai County, the Eighth Route Army in the Hengshan Mountains and Wutai Mountains may not attack Wutai County. Even if they attack Wutai County, it may not be We can win Wutai County in a short time.”

Okamura Ningji said: "As long as Wutai County is in our hands, it doesn't matter if there is a garrison in Shantai County.

The fighting speed on the front line of Muma River is fast enough. We can successfully recover Wuyi County before the Eighth Route Army reacts. At that time, our large troops will move into Wuyi County, Shantai County, Wutai County, Hengshan Mountains and Wutai Mountain. Even if the Eighth Route Army in the mountains had thoughts about the northern Shanxi region, they could only think about it. "

"But!"

"There's nothing wrong with it." Okamura Ningji said: "The garrison in Shantai County must be dispatched, and there is no room for negotiation on this matter.

Today I just asked you to come here alone, just to prevent the transfer of the Shantai County garrison from leaking.

The mobilization of the Shantai County garrison must be done in secret, and the Eighth Route Army must not be allowed to see anything. Otherwise, the Eighth Route Army will mobilize troops to block the Shantai County garrison, and we will be in a more passive state. "

Shinozuka Yoshio pondered for a moment, and said, "Okay, this matter will be done according to General Okamura's order."

Neiji Okamura and Yoshio Shinozuka jointly made a decision, and the order was quickly and quietly issued to the Japanese Gendarmerie Headquarters in Shantai County.

At the same time, the head of the First Division under Takeshita on the north bank of the Muma River also received a secret telegram from the Shanxi First Command.

The supreme commander of the Japanese army stationed in Shantai County received the order!

That night, all the garrisons in Shantai County were urgently withdrawn, whether it was the Imperial Army or the Imperial Association Army, they were all withdrawn urgently.

There were only two Japanese soldiers left in the entire Shantai County, and [-] soldiers from the Imperial Association Army continued to control the entire Shantai County.

The other troops hurried to the south bank of the Muma River.

Since the Eighth Route Army has set up a defensive position on the south bank of the Muma River, it is naturally impossible not to pay attention to Shantai County and Wutai County on the south bank of the Muma River.

The surrounding areas of Shantai County and Wutai County have already been filled with the Eighth Route Army's bright and dark sentries. The Japanese garrison in Shantai County was dispatched, and Zhao Xin, the head of the Humen Regiment, received the news immediately.

Xin Zhao personally took the eighth battalion and the ninth battalion of the Huben regiment to Yinjiagou, because Yinjiagou was the place where the Japanese army supported the battlefield on the south bank of the Muma River.

As long as the army is brought to Yinjiagou to intercept the Japanese army, the Japanese garrison in Shantai County will be unable to support them.

At three o'clock in the morning on January 2th.

The Eighth and Ninth Battalions of the Huben Regiment successfully arrived at Yinjiagou!
Since the Eighth Route Army was on guard against the Japanese garrisons in Shantai and Wutai counties, an ambush site had already been set up in Yinjiagou, and this place was defended by the Wutaishan County Brigade.

The Wutaishan County Brigade in Yinjiagou only had more than 300 people, but after the eighth and ninth battalions of the Huben Regiment arrived, the strength of the Eighth Route Army at the Yinjiagou ambush site reached more than 1600 people.

A brigade of the Japanese army totaled more than 800 people, plus a security regiment of more than 600 people from the Imperial Association Army, a total of more than 1400 people marched at night to the battlefield on the south bank of the Muma River.

When the puppet army arrived at Yinjiagou that day, it was already five o'clock in the morning.

Since the Japanese and puppet troops marched quickly at night, they only sent one squad of pioneers to explore the way ahead, and the Eighth Route Army easily avoided the pioneers of the Japanese army.

In addition, the Eighth Route Army did not set up landmines on the ground, and the Japanese and puppet troops in Santai County entered the Eighth Route Army's encirclement without knowing it.

The Japanese army entered the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army, and the eighth and ninth battalions of the Huben Regiment opened fire with all their might.

The firepower network built by light and heavy machine guns crazily strafed the Japanese and puppet troops, and mortar grenade shells bombarded the Japanese and puppet troops for free.

The Japanese army was in chaos for more than 20 minutes before barely building a defensive position and began to counterattack the Eighth Route Army.

As for the puppet army, they ran around, looking for hidden places to hide, and did not counterattack the Eighth Route Army at all.

These puppet troops were all from the security regiment, and they didn't want to fight the Eighth Route Army at all. Faced with such powerful firepower, their first thought was to find a hidden place to hide, and surrender to the Eighth Route Army after the battle was over.

They are very clear about the Eighth Route Army's policy of preferential treatment of prisoners. As long as all the Japanese troops around them are wiped out, they can surrender to the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army fought for a full hour. From the beginning to the end, the Eighth Route Army's light and heavy machine guns did not stop, and the sound of mortar barrels was only intermittently stopped a few times.

A brigade of more than 800 Japanese troops was directly wiped out by the Eighth Route Army on the mountain road in Yinjiagou.

All the Japanese troops were wiped out, and the puppet troops who were hiding on both sides of the mountain road and who were still alive chose to surrender immediately. No puppet troops dared to continue fighting the Eighth Route Army.

The puppet army of more than 600 people finally survived more than 200 people. Although the Eighth Route Army did not focus on the puppet army, it did not let the shells avoid the puppet army.

The battle is over.

Xin Zhao ordered the Eighth Battalion of the Huben Regiment to take the Wutaishan County Brigade to Shantai County to take over the defense of the entire Shantai County.

Now there are no Japanese and puppet troops in Shantai County, and the Eighth Battalion of the Huben Regiment and the Wutaishan County Brigade are fully able to control Shantai County.

The remaining Ninth Battalion of the Huben Regiment stayed to clean up the battlefield.

After half an hour.

The commander of the Ninth Battalion of the Huben Regiment appeared beside Xin Zhao.

"Report to the head of the regiment! The Ninth Battalion has been ordered to clean up the battlefield. According to statistics, our army annihilated a total of 867 Japanese troops, 417 puppet troops, and captured 212 puppet troops. At the same time, two mortars and grenades were captured. Eight, six heavy machine guns, eleven light machine guns, 827 626 big cover rifles, [-] rifles made in Hanyang, and several other materials.

The Eighth Battalion of the Huben Regiment sacrificed 22 people, 6 were seriously injured, and 35 were slightly injured. The Ninth Battalion of the Huben Regiment sacrificed 15 people, 5 were seriously injured, and 31 were slightly injured. Wutaishan County Brigade sacrificed 48 people, 9 were seriously injured, and 57 were slightly injured. "

Zhao Xinxin said in a flat tone: "Too many people have been lost in this ambush. After returning to the station with the troops, we must reflect on this battle, recognize the shortcomings in this battle, and strive to win the battle in the next battle." When it is time to lose some fighters.

Of course, the training of the soldiers should also be strengthened. The quality of the soldiers in the Hu Ben regiment is too low now. Train more in peacetime and bleed less in wartime. This is the famous saying of our Tiger Ben regiment in governing the army. "

Most of the soldiers of the Huben Regiment are newly recruited. The recruits of the Humen Regiment are naturally very luxurious, but it is an iron fact that the soldiers lack training.

Xin Zhao has nothing to do with this matter, after all, after the expansion of the Huben Regiment, there will be no time for a large-scale military training in the future, and the Japanese army is like the garrison of the Huben Regiment.

"It's the regiment leader! After I go back, I will definitely train the Ninth Battalion well, and strive for a big victory in the next battle."

"Yeah!" Zhao Dao said, "Let's take the troops back to Wuyi County."

Nine o'clock in the morning!

Xin Zhao returned to Wuyi County, and the commander of the [-]th Battalion of the Humen Regiment also returned to Wuyi County with his troops.

Xin Zhao just returned to regiment headquarters!
Brigadier Chen Lian of the 129th Brigade of the 385th Division came to the headquarters of the Huben regiment in Wuyi County in person.

Brigadier Chen Lian personally went to the front line, so Xin Zhao naturally greeted Brigadier Chen Lian in person.

Inside the regiment.

Xin Zhao reported to Brigadier Chen Lian the battle at Muma River and the battle at Yinjiagou in detail.

After listening to Xin Zhao's report, Brigadier Chen Lian couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes.

After all, the Tiger Regiment of the Eighth Route Army won the battle on the front line, which can be said to be very beneficial to the next battle situation. How could Brigadier Chen Lian not be excited.

Although the brigade headquarters can also receive front-line battle reports, after all, it is a time of great war, and the battle reports can only report a rough idea, and it is impossible to report all the battle situations to the brigade headquarters in detail.

Brigadier Chen Lian knew some information about the frontline battle, but he didn't know all the information.

As long as the Eighth Route Army's big plan succeeds this time, the Eighth Route Army will be able to successfully recover the northern Shanxi area. This is something that Brigadier Chen Lian has fantasized about for many years.

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