"Batalion Commander, the Japanese convoy is five miles away from us!"
The investigator's voice came out from the walkie-talkie, and the correspondent immediately reported the situation to Battalion Commander Wang.
Battalion Commander Wang narrowed his eyes. According to the speed of the Japanese train, the Japanese train would reach the ambush area in five minutes at most.
Immediately, Battalion Commander Wang looked at the correspondent: "Contact the telegraph soldier and ask if the order from the regiment headquarters has been issued?"
After a moment, the correspondent put down the walkie-talkie and responded: "The telegraph soldier responded that our radio station is in contact with the regiment headquarters, but we did not receive a telegram from the regiment headquarters."
Battalion Commander Wang nodded and chose to continue waiting.
After about 4 minutes, there was a popping sound in his ears, and Battalion Commander Wang raised his binoculars to look.
A heavy armored train appeared first in the field of view of the telescope. This was the first time Battalion Commander Wang had seen this heavy armored train. It looked like a steel behemoth, with the barrel of a 105 mm caliber howitzer sticking out of the turret.
At first glance, this thing is very difficult to mess with.
However, Wang Fafa had ordered his engineers to plant enough explosives on the railway tracks in advance to deal with this big guy.
In addition, Wang Fafa also arranged 10 bazookas and 10 machine guns to deal with it.
After all, the firepower of this thing is not ordinary, and it is also protective.
Although the firepower of this heavy armored train is strong, in this canyon terrain, the Eighth Route Army has planted explosives in advance and has continuous strong firepower output, it can only be passively beaten.
Soon, the heavy armored train drove into the ambush area of the two battalions of the new regiment.
Immediately afterwards.
The Japanese military column appeared in the field of vision. Wang Fafa stared closely at the Japanese military column, but most of the carriages had iron sheets. Even the carriages without iron sheets were wrapped in tarpaulins, and it was not clear whether there were cannons inside.
Then the second Japanese train entered the Eighth Route Army's ambush area.
"Old Wang, why haven't you given the order to attack yet?"
"The devil is about to escape!"
Zhao Youliang asked on the walkie-talkie.
The commanders of the 5th and 6th regiments were also asking.
The Japanese's heavy-armored train is about to leave the ambush range, and the opportunity is too late to come again.
Battalion Commander Wang did not reply, holding the walkie-talkie tightly in his hand, but so far, the order from the regiment headquarters has not yet come down.
To fight or not to fight?
If we fight, but there is no order from the regiment headquarters, if we don't fight, the Japanese heavy artillery regiment is likely to escape from under our noses.
At this moment, the correspondent in charge of the high-power walkie-talkie answered the call and reported to Battalion Commander Wang: "Report to Battalion Commander, the order from the regiment headquarters has come down!"
"To fight or not to fight?" Battalion Commander Wang Fafa asked hurriedly.
The correspondent immediately replied: "The order from the regiment headquarters is to open the gate and release the water!"
Wang Fafa immediately took a high-power walkie-talkie and said in a deep voice: "This is the headquarters. Pass my order. Let the Japanese troops pass by without fighting!"
After a moment of silence, Zhao Youliang asked on the walkie-talkie: "Is this an order from the regiment headquarters?"
Wang Fafa: "Yes, the order from the regiment headquarters!"
After finishing speaking, Wang Fafa sat down on the ground inside the headquarters, breathing heavily. He found cold sweat streaming down his forehead.
Since it was an order from the regiment headquarters, Zhao Youliang did not dare to say anything more. Then the commanders of each battalion and regiment issued orders to the commanders and soldiers to let the Japanese pass.
Fortunately, those who participated in the ambush were all troops with rich combat experience.
If a new recruit fired a shot nervously and the ambush troops were exposed, then things would be serious.
Not long after, a Japanese heavy armored train and two military trains drove out of the ambush circle, and their figures and sounds quickly disappeared.
After half an hour, after confirming that the surrounding area was safe, Battalion Commander Zhao Youliang led the soldiers of the Seventh Battalion over from the opposite hill to join the Sixth Battalion.
"What's going on? Why did the regiment headquarters let the Japanese heavy artillery regiment go? Do the regiment commander and the political commissar want to take action on Tongpu Road?"
As soon as he met Wang Fafa, Zhao Youliang couldn't wait to ask.
"I don't know either." Zhao Youliang shook his head, "The message sent by the regiment headquarters was a code word and did not convey the reason."
Since it took time to send and receive telegrams, Chief of Staff Wang directly ordered the telegraph operators to convey orders to Liu Ying's telegraph soldiers in code words.
Of course, telegrams are more reliable, but with the code words and dialects, there is no need to worry about being discovered by the Japanese.
"Maybe this convoy is fake?" Zhao Youliang quickly thought of the second level.
"It's possible!" Wang Fafa nodded.
Subsequently, Wang Fafa led each battalion and regiment back to the scheduled ambush point and continued to wait for orders from the regiment headquarters.
At this time, the telegraph soldiers had received a telegram from the regiment headquarters. The telegram said that this was a fake heavy artillery convoy and ordered them to continue waiting for orders.
After reading the telegram, Wang Fafa breathed a huge sigh of relief.
When the general loses an order, his army is destroyed and killed.
As expected, not just anyone can be this teacher.
Fortunately, he held his own and did not issue an attack order, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
…
Beiping.
Iron Lion Alley.
North China Front Army Headquarters.
"Report to Commander, the Qifeng armored train and the 2nd Army train arrived at Datong Station 15 minutes ago!"
The communications staff bowed down and reported to Neji Okamura.
"Oh? The convoy has arrived in Datong?"
Okamura Neiji, who was staring at the map on the wall, turned around and looked at the watch in his hand.
Calculating the time, it was indeed the time when the fake convoy arrived at Datong Station.
Okamura Neiji then asked: "Did the team encounter any unusual situations on the road?"
"This..." the communications staff officer said, "The Qikaze armored train did not report any information in this regard."
After a pause, the communications staff officer continued: "Commander, at Zhangjiakou Station, Takahashi Manzo Daizuo and Yamashita Seiichi Daizuo asked again, when can we go to the battlefield?"
Okamura Neji waved his hand and said: "Ignore them, you go down first."
"Hi!"
The communications staff officer lowered his head, turned and left.
After the communications staff member left, Neji Okamura's eyes narrowed behind his round glasses, and his eyes suddenly became deep.
Isn’t it possible that the spies lurking in the North China Front have Mo Jun?
Youmo Seizan must know the time when the heavy artillery convoy departs from Peking Station.
It is more than 300 kilometers from Peking to Datong along Pingsui Road. Adding the time the convoy stayed at each station, it is easy to calculate the time when the convoy arrived at Datong Station.
The convoy was not ambushed halfway, which meant that the spy was probably not the deputy chief of staff, Seizo Arisu.
Could it be that the spy at the North China Front headquarters was Chief of Staff Moritake Tanabe?
There is another person who is also more suspected, and that is communications staff Suzuki Shinichi who followed Tanabe Moritake to northwest Shanxi.
Suzuki Shinichi knew Miyano Michichi's whereabouts, but Suzuki Shinichi didn't know about the fishing plan.
Okamura Neiji fell into deep thought. Recently, he had suffered from insomnia. He would lie on his bed and turn around at night, thinking hard about who was the spy lurking around him.
Youmo Seizan is indeed his biggest suspect, but the arrival of the Qikaze armored train in Datong has made Youmo Seizan's suspicion much smaller.
Early the next morning.
Okamura Neiji called the communications staff and asked him to order the Qifeng armored train to return to Zhangjiakou and escort the heavy artillery regiment to Datong together with the Zhuifeng armored train.
By the time the Qifeng armored train arrived at Zhangjiakou at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour, it was already afternoon.
At 12 o'clock in the evening, Okamura Neiji suddenly ordered the motorcade to set off from Zhangjiakou.
Zhangjiakou is about 180 kilometers away from Datong, and it will take at least 6 hours according to the speed of the team.
After a nap, the 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment and the 3rd Infantry Regiment had arrived in Datong.
Okamura Neji is quite confident that the information will not be leaked this time, right?
…
The moment Okamura Neiji ordered the real heavy artillery convoy to set off, Chen Feng, who was far away in northwest Shanxi, immediately received the system prompt.
Then he arranged for Yan Shuangying to receive a telegram.
He walked into the regiment headquarters with the telegram. Li Yunlong was on duty during the war, Xing Zhiguo went to the first battalion position for a night inspection, and Zhao Gang and Chief of Staff Wang were sleeping in the room.
"Brother Chen, are you still up so late?"
With the yellow light emitted by the weak oil lamp, Li Yunlong saw Chen Feng walking in with a surprised tone.
"I fell asleep and woke up again." Chen Feng handed the telegram in his hand to Li Yunlong. "The Japanese heavy artillery regiment and infantry regiment have departed from Zhangjiakou Station and are expected to arrive at Datong Station at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning."
"In addition, the Japanese also added a heavy armored train to escort them."
"Oh?" Li Yunlong took the telegram from Chen Feng, sat in front of the oil lamp and looked at it carefully, with a slight grin on his lips.
It was refreshing to fight with intelligence. This feeling of having all the enemy's important actions under control made Commander Li feel wonderful.
Chen Feng added: "Every time a Type 94 armored train is destroyed, it can be counted as a business."
The Japanese did not produce many Type 94 armored trains in total. Losing one was one less. Every time one was destroyed, it weakened the Japanese's control over the railway.
"Oh?" Li Yunlong was no longer sleepy when he mentioned this, and asked hurriedly, "How much does it cost to destroy an armored train like this?"
"We can discuss the price later," Chen Feng said.
"Okay!" The corners of Li Yunlong's mouth couldn't help but grin. Boss Chen has always been generous, and the price for destroying the Japanese heavy armored train must be very good.
Although the ambush troops were not equipped with 75mm mountain guns and howitzers, the Sixth and Seventh Divisions were equipped with a lot of bazooka rocket launchers.
In terrain like Miaoergou, hitting a Japanese heavy armored train with a bazooka rocket launcher is like a father hitting his son.
Immediately, Li Yunlong went to the communications room next door and asked the telegraph soldier on duty to send the contents of the message given by Boss Chen to the ambush troops.
