It was late at night, and the land in western Shanxi was once again covered by various radio waves.
The news that the Japanese Major General had set out from Taiyuan had passed through the Taiyuan Intelligence Station and was passed silently to several intelligence stations along the Tongpu Line.
When everyone received the information, they couldn't help but clenched their fists and prepared for a big fight.
But another piece of information not long after made them retract their clenched fists.
The military train that the major general rides on is composed of six carriages in addition to the front of the car. One of the carriages is the major general's luxurious box, which carries the major general and his cronies; one is a dining car, and the two ordinary carriages are filled with Japanese soldiers. A squadron; the last two sections were cargo wagons, I don’t know what they were pulling.
A squadron of Japs is not that easy to fight. The key is that they are in the train and can be considered the defender. As long as they persist until reinforcements arrive, it can be considered a victory.
Moreover, the Tongpu Line is no better than the Zhengtai Line. The Japanese control is stronger. There are many strongholds along the railway. From the start of the firefight, the first batch of Japanese reinforcements will arrive within half an hour at most.
The troops that can capture the Tongpu Line this time are basically guerrillas, not the main force like the New Regiment, and even if the main force is mobilized to fight, it is unrealistic. The Japanese are not fools. It takes at least one battalion to deal with a squadron, and fighting like this Blitzkrieg requires at least one regiment.
It is difficult for such a large military movement not to be discovered.
Therefore, this ambush on the Japanese major general basically had to be completed by the guerrillas.
At this moment, Datong and Lin Dong also received information from Taiyuan.
Rubbing his eyes, he handed the translated text to Yao Guangyuan, "Brother Yao, the little devil has indeed left our side."
"Pah!" Yao Guangyuan slapped the translation on the table, "Great, great, this is a big fish! Major General!"
After confirming the news, Yao Guangyuan was extremely excited.
However, many years of intelligence work made him calm down quickly. He took the time to write the report and went out to find his superior Zheng Hu.
Zheng Hu, a regiment-level cadre, is a middle-aged man in his thirties. Although his name has the character "tiger" in it, he is a Confucian general with a gentle nature and a very steady manner in fighting. The original organizational structure was crippled. Because he was capable of both civil and military skills, he was assigned to take charge of the overall situation behind enemy lines after reorganization.
The armed forces under him include 4 county brigades with about 500 people, plus more than 700 scattered others.
But there are more than 700 people, but there are less than 400 guns that can be used, and bullets are even scarcer.
Zheng Hu took the information sent by Yao Guangyuan, lowered his head and said nothing, just stared at the map on the table, and then wrote and drew on it with a pencil.
After a while, Zheng Hu put down the pen in his hand with a smile on his face.
Yao Guangyuan looked at the situation and asked quickly: "Old Zheng, how are you? Do you want to fight?"
"Hit! Of course! There is no reason not to eat the meat that is served to our mouths." Zheng Hu looked at Yao Guangyuan and said firmly.
"A squadron, are you sure you can eat it?" Yao Guangyuan continued to ask.
Zheng Hu looked up at Yao Guangyuan: "I can't eat it! My plan is to fight as many as we can, just like we usually fight guerrillas."
Yao Guangyuan was a little disappointed, because in his heart, it was best to take prisoners, because so far, although many Japanese generals had been killed, there had not been any prisoners.
Zheng Hu saw Yao Guangyuan's heart, so he patted Yao Guangyuan on the shoulder, "Old Yao, don't think about prisoners. If you fight just for prisoners, such a war will be fought timidly. Didn't the intelligence also say that, This Japs major general is just a research civilian. This kind of major general has little impact on the war situation, and if he is really an important figure of the Japs, the superiors will dispatch the main force. The reason why the main force is not transferred, let us do it, is in the spirit of hugging If you can hunt rabbits with grass, you can hunt them; if you can't hunt them, treat them as captured materials."
"Materials, what materials?" Yao Guangyuan asked.
"You received the intelligence yourself, didn't you read it? Not only did this train contain a Japs major general, but there were also two wagons of cargo."
Yao Guangyuan slapped his head, "Look at me, I'm so focused on the word "major general" that I'm ignoring the goods on the carriage."
Zheng Hu smiled and didn't say much, but continued to talk about the question just now, "Actually, I estimate that these two cars of leather goods are probably for Datong. I don't know what they are. Anyway, let's try our best. Leave him here.”
Zheng Hu picked up the pencil and pointed the tip of the pen at the map: "I have made the plan a long time ago, and the preparations have been arranged in advance. As for whether we can capture the prisoners, it depends on luck." After saying this, Zheng Hu smiled at Yao Guangyuan. laugh.
Next, Zheng Hu explained his plan, and then Yao Guangyuan gave some of his suggestions.
The direction is the same, the purpose is the same, but the two people carefully hammered out the details.
Soon, the final location of the ambush was set at Daqiuling, north of Yingxian County and south of Datong. There are mountains on one side of this place. There was a short climb when the train passed here, and Zheng Hu wanted to take advantage of this. A short climb, and then an ambush based on the terrain.
As for reinforcements, Zheng Hu's plan is to first remove the strongholds in the north of Daqiuling, and then destroy the railways and roads, which will slow down the rescue speed of the Japanese in the north to the greatest extent.
As for the southern stronghold, the same method was adopted after the battle started.
In this way, the reinforcements on the north and south sides can basically be contained. According to the combat effectiveness of the county brigade, dragging them for an hour should not be a problem.
In other words, from the start of the battle, with the armed forces at Zheng Hu's hands, the battle must be resolved within an hour.
After an hour, win or lose, he must retreat.
Zheng Hu put down his pencil again, picked up the kettle from the stove, poured a glass of water for Yao Guangyuan, then looked at his watch and said, "It's almost dawn."
"Yeah, it's getting early now! It's already getting dark after five o'clock." Yao Guangyuan picked up the water glass and took a sip.
"Tell me, where is that Japanese Major General now?"
Yao Guangyuan also looked at the time and said, "It should be past Yuanping, right?"
"According to time, they have walked half the distance, leaving us not much time. The city has opened at dawn, and I am about to leave the city. I have to do pre-war mobilization for several county brigades. The people in Datong I'll leave the matter to you, and any new information will be sent out as quickly as possible."
"Yes!" Yao Guangyuan gave a military salute!
"Old Yao, have you been in Datong for more than a month?" Zheng Hu asked.
"Yes!" Yao Guangyuan replied.
"Is the work easy to do? To be honest, we are all old comrades, don't come here for those frivolous things."
Yao Guangyuan smiled and said, "To be honest, it's not easy! Just dealing with the all-pervasive military police is enough of a headache."
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