Chapter 35 Chapter Seven "Operation Tarzan" (3)

The Japanese commander, who was at the end of the day, had already ordered the military flag to be burned, and all the "jade pieces" were loyal to the emperor. Suddenly, it was reported that the Chinese army was retreating.This sudden change puzzled the Japanese, and they couldn't figure out what kind of trick the other party was playing.But in any case, it is not bad news for the Chinese to take the initiative to retreat, resulting in an unexpected respite for the dying Japanese. 4 The day after the 88th Division withdrew, a unit of 100,000 people from the Zhengzhou Theater was dispatched to the front line. At the same time, the Xiao Jingang Special Service Team also arrived on the battlefield. Their task was to cooperate with the main force to recover the train station that was attacked by the enemy.

Xiao Jingang heard the officers and soldiers who participated in the battle along the way speak incomprehensible southern dialect. He guessed that this was a local army from the south rather than the central army, and he couldn't help feeling secretly worried.He was later led to a commander wearing the rank of lieutenant general and saw the general questioning a local villager.The villager was an old cattle herder who had witnessed the fierce battle at the train station and was terrified by the earth-shattering artillery fire.The general's southern dialect was always spinning on his tongue, so he didn't ask for any information.Xiao Jingang hurriedly stood at attention and saluted, saying, "Report sir, the theater special service team has been ordered to report for duty."

The chief frowned and complained, "Are the support troops sent to me by Chief Cheng just a few of you?"What about field guns?And where are the ammunition, food and porters? Knowing that the general had misunderstood, Xiao Jingang quickly explained: The task of the special service team is to destroy the enemy headquarters, capture the prisoners alive and seize the documents, because the executive department urgently needs to find out this enemy's intelligence. Only then did the officer ease his expression, and immediately exchanged information with each other.Xiao Jingang learned that the division commander's surname was Jiang, and the troop designation was the First Regiment of the New Eighth Division of Guizhou. This regiment was previously used for Kaifeng's peripheral defense and was not equipped with heavy weapons. The division headquarters and the other two regiments were still stationed in Huayuankou, a suburb of Zhengzhou.Master Jiang sighed and said, fortunately, the enemy is only a small group of sneak attack troops, otherwise they will inevitably suffer heavy losses if they rush into the battle in such a hurry.

The special task force entered the forward position in the evening. Experienced scouts quietly climbed up the railway and put their ears on the cold steel rails to listen. They heard waves of noise coming from the direction of the railway station, accompanied by clear metal knocks, indicating that the enemy is rushing to repair the fortifications. . The attack was delayed until dawn, as the artillery sent from the war zone could not reach the front until midnight.With the roar of artillery fire from our army, the earth trembled and the air trembled, the enemy's position was immediately illuminated by the flames of the shell explosion, and the station house was ablaze.After the shelling, hundreds of soldiers began to charge, all bowed their backs, and quickly moved forward along both sides of the railway.

The enemy began to fight back, and many metal projectiles flew over the field with sharp whistles. Xiao Jingang heard that the enemy's firepower was not very violent. It was just a dozen rifles and a few light machine guns firing, indicating that the enemy had suffered heavy losses. All it takes is one blow to wipe them all out. The New Eighth Division successfully occupied the switch room of the railway station. Xiao Jingang saw that the enemy did not drop weapons or corpses on the position, and even the traces of fierce resistance were not obvious, indicating that the enemy probably retreated on their own initiative.This abnormal situation immediately aroused his vigilance.An old scout's intuition told him that it was unlikely that the surrounded enemy would voluntarily give up their position, and they should fight every inch of land until they were all "broken", unless they had other schemes.What puzzled Xiao Jingang was, what kind of conspiracy could the enemy play?Is it to lure our army to go deep?But isn't the enemy's appetite too big? We must know that we have a main force!

The enemy fell silent, and the battlefield fell into a brief, ominous silence. Suddenly a gust of wind blew a strange and erratic sound from the direction of the enemy line, which was fleeting on the chaotic battlefield, but it was still caught by the old scout's sensitive ears that surpassed the listener.Xiao Jingang heard that it was the painful neighing sound of the wounded army horse, and there was more than one horse, indicating that our artillery probably hit the hiding place of the enemy army horse. He immediately became greatly alert. According to the regulations of the Japanese army, the cavalry is generally only assigned to the infantry brigade (battalion level) to carry ammunition, food and heavy weapons.The previous intelligence indicated that the enemy was only a small group of sneak attack troops, without horses and heavy weapons. Could it be that the enemy had received reinforcements overnight and greatly increased their strength?If his judgment is correct, the enemy reinforcements with military horses are likely to have powerful heavy machine guns, mortars, small steel cannons, and even flat-firing guns, because the horses that carry these heavy weapons and ammunition are military horses. They will set a terrible death trap for the attacking Chinese army.Xiao Jingang turned pale. He jumped up and issued a warning, trying to prevent our officers and soldiers from attacking rashly.

But it's too late. The insidious enemy tore off their camouflage, and a fire net woven by light and heavy weapons mercilessly enveloped the attackers' team.Immediately after the artillery shells fell from the sky, the wall of death made up of several mortars, mountain artillery, field artillery and flat artillery artillery collapsed in an instant, and the hideous smoke engulfed the flesh and blood of Chinese officers and soldiers like a black tide rising from the ground. go.When the Japanese launched a charge to counterattack, they were as numerous as locusts, which surprised the Chinese officers and soldiers.There is no doubt that the hand of time has quietly changed the balance of power on the battlefield. When the intelligence of the Chinese army was still 24 hours ago, the cunning enemy had already received reinforcements overnight, which turned this unsuspecting battle of annihilation into a breakout battle. .

The New Eighth Division's attack failed, and Commander Jiang was slightly injured, so he withdrew from the train station to wait for reinforcements.Xiao Jingang managed to find a villager who had escaped from Luowangzhai, and the information he got confirmed that the number of enemies occupying the train station and the village had grown to over a thousand, as well as several horses and cannons.