Seeing the dumbfounded look of his subordinates, Hou Dashun couldn't help but laugh: "Since the little Japs won't fight with us, we will create opportunities for other troops to seize the opportunity to destroy them!"
"I understand!" The leader of the new regiment chuckled: "Besiege the city and call for reinforcements!"
"No, we can only be the ones who create opportunities!" Hou Dashun waved his big hand shrewdly: "Let's go!"
Hou Dashun besieged Xinjing and suddenly rescued Ma Zhanshan's troops from the crisis. He still had more than 4,000 of his more than 7,000 troops, but the weapons and ammunition in his hands were enough to fight several battles.
"Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army?" Ma Zhanshan had never heard of this unit. He was just happy about the magic soldiers falling from the sky. He had no time to investigate the origin of this unit.
The Japanese army retreated rapidly and huddled in several counties, fighting like a trapped beast. Ma Zhanshan found Hou Dashun on horseback and looked at the young man in front of him in a daze.
"Commander Ma, I've heard of you for a long time!" Hou Dashun saw the world-famous Ma Zhanshan coming, and said with a blink of an eye: "You and I are training together, how about we fight against Japan together?"
"Are you cooperating with us?" Looking at Hou Dashun's men, his troops became like beggars. Would such elite soldiers want to take the opportunity to recruit them if they cooperate with them?
"My way of cooperation is very strange!" Hou Dashun saw through Ma Zhanshan's concerns at a glance and said with a smile: "You tell me where you want to attack, and my troops will take the lead. Of course, the harvest is ours, and all the weapons and ammunition will be handed over to you.
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"You don't want weapons?" Ma Zhanshan suddenly understood that this was the same organization as the elite team he saw earlier. They were both wealthy troops with bosses behind them.
"We don't want weapons. We just need to add some rifle bullets and grenade shells made in Shenyang!" Hou Dashun said very directly. He couldn't let the young master pay for everything.
"Really? If I ask you to stop attacking Xinjing and march southward to various counties, you will do it too?" Ma Zhanshan knew that Xinjing was defended by the Fifth Division and it would be difficult to defeat it.
"Okay, I will order the troops to move out now!" To win people's trust, you must see him in action to be believed. Hou Dashun did not arrive first to attack Xinjing, but just to cause trouble for the little devils and let others
The anti-Japanese troops got a chance.
Just do it and leave without any fuss. Ma Zhanshan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "How about I command your troops?"
"You?" Hou Dashun chuckled: "You are my chief of staff now. You make the battle plan and I issue the orders."
"Okay!" Ma Zhanshan agreed happily. He pointed to the map of Hou Dashun's headquarters and said: "You have four regiments. Use one regiment to attack Gongzhuling, one regiment to attack Yitong, and leave one regiment to monitor the Japanese troops in Xinjing.
Movement, the remaining regiment serves as maneuver."
"301!"
"Arrived!" The leader of the new regiment agreed hastily and walked to Hou Dashun to receive the mission.
"Take your regiment and use artillery fire to open the north gate of Yitong first, and then take the opportunity to occupy the four city gates. Remember, the Japanese army is fleeing south, and no pursuit is allowed!"
"Yes, capture Yitong and stop waiting!" The 301st Regiment set off urgently. Hou Dashun looked at the leader of the 302nd Regiment.
"Your regiment attacks Gongzhuling, and after capturing it, take the opportunity to occupy Siping!"
"yes!"
"303 stays to stop the Japanese troops, 304 and the artillery regiment follow me!"
"yes!"
The troops moved quickly, and Ma Zhanshan liked the momentum of the young man. He followed closely with his guards and told them to pay more attention to recruiting some stragglers.
Hou Dashun could see Ma Zhanshan's actions clearly, but he told him in a supportive manner: "The big families here are protected by the Japanese army, and every family has weapons and servants to guard the courtyard. If you need to tell me, I will break down their defenses for you."
You go and get the weapons!"
At first, Ma Zhanshan was only afraid that this army would reorganize his army. Now, he really wanted to tell the young people that you will accept us. Ma Zhanshan is not greedy for wealth, he needs a big boss who can support him in fighting the Japanese.
It is a pity that Hou Dashun was afraid that Ma Zhanshan wanted to be a hero and was unwilling to compromise, but Ma Zhanshan was afraid that the leader of this army would not like him. In this way, Hu Zhiyong failed to recruit this tiger general into his command, and Ma Zhanshan suffered a huge loss of wealth.
Hu Zhiyong.
The siege weapon was of course the rocket launcher. A fierce bombardment broke the north gate of Yitong, and blasted a hole more than ten feet wide in the city wall. The 301 regiment advanced rapidly, and the infantry quickly occupied the entire city area.
After receiving the news that Yitong had been captured, Hou Dashun said to Ma Zhanshan: "Take a battalion of my 304th regiment and go to Yitong to arrest the people left behind by the Japanese and puppets!"
"Yes!" Ma Zhanshan happily led a regiment towards the north gate of Yitong. The leader of the 301 regiment approached the city and conducted a large-scale manhunt.
Gongzhuling is located in the central and western part of Jilin Province, on the right bank of the middle reaches of the Dongliao River. The 302 regiment saw that the division commander Hou Dashun did not let him drive away the Japanese troops. He immediately used all his troops to surround the four city gates. Each of the three battalions attacked one gate, and the regiment headquarters
The guard company lay in ambush at the west gate, waiting for the Japanese troops to escape before opening fire.
There was a Japanese squadron here, with 180 people resisting desperately and waiting for reinforcements from Xinjing's troops. Seeing the fierce Japanese resistance, the battalion commander gritted his teeth and ordered grenades and mortars to concentrate on firing.
As soon as the city gate was broken down, he waved his pistol and shouted: "Charge! Leave no one behind!"
"Destroy all the Japanese troops, leave no one behind!" the soldiers shouted, and under the cover of machine guns and snipers, they began to attack the city.
Fighting hand to hand, the Japanese army suffered heavy losses. The soldiers who rushed into the city did not know how to use bayonets, but used assault rifles and submachine pistols to harvest the lives of the Japanese soldiers.
Soon, the few remaining Japanese troops retreated towards the west gate, only to be beaten back head-on by a company of well-equipped guards.
"Charge! Destroy them!" Hearing the gunfire, the 302 regiment commander knew that the battle was about to end, and urgently ordered the guard company to attack the open city gate.
Hou Dashun has arrived and walked into the city without waiting for the battle to end: "304 takes over the defense and search tasks, 302 marches towards Siping!"
"yes!"
The war was raging and many places were in danger. The commander of the Fifth Division wanted to lead troops to attack, but the Kwantung Army headquarters ordered to defend Xinjing. Seeing the chaos in the Northeast, Muto Nobuyoshi had to redeploy the Eighth Division, which had attacked the Great Wall.
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Yinlong, who was stationed in Qinglong Mountain, saw that the time was ripe and ordered his guard battalion and Hu Pengsheng's special operations brigade to stop the Japanese army: "Remember, sniping at all levels will delay the retreat of the Japanese army. Rocket launchers cannot be used, grenades and landmines are
Your main weapon!"
"It's not the real war season yet, will the Japanese army notice if we move like this?" Hu Pengsheng asked cautiously.
"Hahahaha, there are gunshots everywhere, the kid won't care too much if he suffers a small loss!" Yinlong knew that as long as the most powerful weapon didn't show its power, the kid wouldn't think that someone had prepared a big meal for him.
At the train station from Jinzhou to Qinhuangdao, the Eighth Division, which was returning to the northeast, was suddenly attacked. A small group of troops attacked with cold guns, followed by a burst of grenade fire. When the Japanese troops attacked outside, they found that the attackers had long disappeared.
Traces.
Even more hateful, a large-scale peasant attack on the county town broke out in the Chaoyang area, causing Muto Nobuyoshi to rush to send a regiment of the Sixth Division to suppress it. In less than five days, everything was in chaos, and the Japanese troops who were preparing to attack the Great Wall in early December temporarily stopped.
Military operations were stopped.
Hu Zhiyong was sitting at the Zhuanghe headquarters, and he was listening carefully to the reports from various places. Only then did he realize that Hou Dashun was creating opportunities for others, while he had become a banner calling for resistance.
"What a cunning boy!" Hu Zhiyong liked this young officer who was slightly older than him even more.
"Report, the Japanese Eighth Division has boarded the train and will arrive at Heishan Railway Station tonight!" Li Erzhu said, rubbing his nose, and pushed the map in front of Hu Zhiyong.
"If we go too far, will they suspect us?" Li Erzhu was very careful. If Hou Dashun's division is hidden now, the Japanese army will definitely trace the hiding place of this unit. If they go to Tianhua Mountain again, I'm afraid that base will be exposed.
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"Fight!" Hu Zhiyong had no intention of letting Hou Dashun's troops hide: "Attack Dongfeng, Huinan, and Meihekou, wait for the Eighth Division to rush back, and let them retreat to Laobai Mountain to rest!"
"It is best for the four regiments to operate separately." Li Erzhu suggested: "The ground in Changbai Mountain is densely forested, so the target of separate operations will be smaller."
"It's not time yet!" Hu Zhiyong didn't look at the map at all, but leaned back on the chair and said: "It won't be too late to stop their attack on the county seat when the Japanese Eighth Division returns to Xinjing!"
"I understand!" Li Erzhu saw through Hu Zhiyong's trick: "You are forcing the Japanese army to divide its troops anywhere!"
"Send a telegram to Huang Jinshan. Once the Japanese army attacks Xinjingnan, let him blow up the Shenyang Railway Station and the airport. Remember, he is not allowed to fight. It doesn't matter if he can't capture it. He must retreat to Honghe River in three hours.
Canyon line!”
Hu Zhiyong straightened up and told his chief of staff the next step in a firm tone.
"Surround Wei and save Zhao!" Li Erzhu said with a smile: "This move is so good, Hou Dashun will be out of danger soon!"
The Eighth Division quickly returned to Xinjing. As soon as his troops reached Meihekou, they received news that Fengtian Railway Station and the airport had been attacked. Nishi Yiichi, the commander of the Japanese Eighth Division, hurried back to the division and had just arrived in Siping.
There was no trace of the anti-Japanese rebels attacking Fengtian.
Nishi Yiyi felt that the situation was serious. The enemy was hiding in the dark and would jump out and bite him at any time like a poisonous snake. What the empire wanted was resources, not just a few big cities. But Muto Nobuyoshi was determined to capture Rehe.
The current situation in Northeast China is even more unfavorable.
"Send a report to the emperor and tell him about the crisis in Northeast China!" Nishiyi had to bypass his Kwantung Army commander and report the situation here to the country.
"Crisis in the Northeast?" The emperor and the internal and external ministers panicked. If the Northeast was lost, even taking Peiping would not be a good thing. The arrival of telegrams from Manchukuo made the foreign minister hurriedly discuss countermeasures with the emperor.
"It seems that the attack on Rehe must be stopped!" The emperor was shocked and looked at the ministers waiting for their opinions.
"Muto Nobuyoshi will not withdraw his troops, what if he makes a desperate move?" Saito Minoru said with the first headache after taking over Takahashi after the Qing Dynasty.
"Baga, let him come back to see me!" The emperor was angry. Some of the hawks officers did not obey orders, and many things happened at the hands of these bastards.