Soldiers are the most important thing, and this is the unchanging true meaning of military strategists.

The reliance on combat power is an indispensable source of confidence for bold actions.

In eastern Henan and western Henan, the total Japanese troops were not too small, but the troops were always highly scattered and stationed, with fewer than dozens of counties, and were responsible for defense at the strongholds along the Longhai Railway. Moreover, when most of the mobile troops were lost in the bloody battle in Huaiyang, they could only retreat to a few important strongholds and were no longer able to take the initiative to fight.

Taking advantage of this weakness of the Japanese, Yang Tianfeng first set up Zhecheng and the two puppet troops, and ordered the troops to boldly intersperse and detour, pointing directly to the enemy's heart, Shangqiu. Such a sudden action was greatly beyond the expectations of the Japanese army and Zhang Lanfeng, and the effect was amazing.

At about 8 o'clock in the morning, more than 3,000 people came to Shangqiu City in disguise. Song Kebin rode a horse in front and led a brigade into the city with a arrogant attitude. He immediately met with his troops. Under the guidance of the officers and soldiers, he rushed towards the key departments in the city.

Shangqiu, which had been invaded for a year, was shrouded in the fire of restoration. The Fourth Route Army stationed in Shangqiu was caught off guard and retreated in panic under the fierce offensive. Zhang Lanfeng and the commander of the Fourth Route Army Luo Dianqing took the lead in fleeing out of the city and ran wildly towards Zhu Ji to the west. The main general fled first, which immediately caused the collapsed reaction of the puppet army.

After the Japanese invading army occupied Shangqiu, the Fourth Cavalry Brigade replaced the 16th Division and the Mixed Brigade and stationed in Zhuji for a long time. He controlled the puppet regimes in eight counties in eastern Henan, and was responsible for collecting military, political, and economic information, commanding the puppet troops in eastern Henan, and planning a sweep to the anti-Japanese base.

When Zhang Lanfeng was in a critical moment, he immediately thought of running to Zhuji for help from his master. Zhuji (now Liangyuan District, Shangqiu) was nearly ten miles away from Shangqiu. Before Zhang Lanfeng and others arrived, he had already heard the sound and sent two cavalry squadrons to Shangqiu.

Japanese reinforcements rushed to Shangqiu, entered from the west gate, met an opponent with a member of the Guo detachment, and launched a fierce exchange of fire on West Street. At this time, the Japanese discovered that the opponent was not only well-armed, but also well-trained, and was especially good at street fighting. Relying on the houses, the walls firmly resisted their fierce attacks. The enemy was still increasing, the firepower was increasing, and the offense and defense were reversed.

The sound of horse hooves sounded like raindrops outside the city. Ma Bingzhong led the Second Brigade to the vicinity of the West Gate. Two cavalry regiments rushed towards Zhu Ji. One cavalry regiment blocked the city gate and surrounded the Japanese in the city.

Steel fist, rifle grenades, 60 mortars, cluster grenade throws, Guo Songlin personally visited the front line and commanded the troops to start the counterattack with fierce bombardment.

Zhu Ji was already in chaos, with gunfire, explosions, shouts of killing, horse hooves mixed, thousands of cavalry almost fell from the sky, slashing and killing in the town, causing bloody storms.

Zhang Lanfeng, Luo Dianqing and others had just escaped into Zhuji. Before he could breathe, the god of killing chased after him, quickly broke through the defense outside the town and directly attacked Anping Village, the Japanese command center.

The old city of Shangqiu was formerly known as "Zhuji". It was originally a village and town 18 miles northeast of Shangqiu County, Guide Prefecture, Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the third year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1853), Zhuji built Anping Village, with battlements on it and four gates in the east, west, south and north.

In 1936, Zhu Jiuying, the second administrative inspector of Henan Province, the commissioner of the Office and the county magistrate of Shangqiu County, ordered the recruitment of migrant workers from the 54 townships under Shangqiu County at that time to build Zhuji Forest Village. Before and after the Anti-Japanese War, Zhuji Town was even prosperous than the historical and cultural city of Shangqiu Ancient City. At that time, the area of ​​Zhuji Town was about three square kilometers, more than twice the area of ​​Shangqiu Ancient City.

Major General Nakasakuma, the commander of the cavalry brigade, never dreamed that the enemy's actions were so fast and mysterious. He hurriedly organized to resist and used the trenches of Anping Village. The walls of the village barely made the two cavalry regiments temporarily stop the attack. However, Nakasakuma knew that the situation was as dangerous as it was, and the two cavalry squadrons had not returned to reinforce Shangqiu, and the town lost a lot of people. The troops in his hands were less than 300, which was counted by even the meddling staff.

"Your Excellency, when will the reinforcements arrive?" Zhang Lanfeng no longer had the spirit of the past, no longer had Zhang Kuang who was levying and levying for levies and levies, like a skinny dog ​​with a broken back.

"Where is your army, where are your tens of thousands of troops?" Nakasakuma glared at Zhang Lanfeng fiercely, and then he remembered that this incompetent guy also brought more than 100 defeated soldiers, but what's the use?

It must be that there was a problem with the Communist Party’s National Rescue Army, so that the enemy could cross the army of ten thousand people and secretly come to the city of Shangqiu; if it weren’t for the emergency of Shangqiu, the two cavalry squadrons would not have gone forever; if it weren’t for the empty force, Zhu Ji would not have been attacked by the enemy... The more Nakasakuma thought about it, the more hated it became, and he wanted to come forward and kick this bastard to death.

Zhang Lanfeng nodded. He didn't know the situation, but he also realized that something was wrong with his troops, but this was absolutely unacceptable.

The cavalry regiment stopped attacking but did not stop acting. One cavalry regiment monitored Anping Village to guard against the enemy's breakthrough, while the other cavalry regiment carried out a sweeping and eliminating Japanese and puppet organs in the town under the guidance of officers and soldiers and military command personnel.

After the Japanese occupied Shangqiu, the "Japanese Army Special Service Agency" was established. The agency was commanded by Major General Nakasakuma, the commander of the Cavalry Brigade, and had intelligence contact with the Kaifeng Liaison Department, Shangqiu Consulate, and Xuzhou Liaison Department's secret service. In order to collect intelligence, the Japanese army set up ten intelligence points in Zhuji, including Fuxing Inn, Xieda Cargo Station, Sunshine Hospital, and Oriental Hotel.

Others may not know this information, but Ma Yuming and the military commander in eastern Henan know very well. Now, the military commander is in trouble with No. 76 in Shanghai. Ma Yuming has long received instructions from Dai Li to take action as much as possible and set up a new battlefield. As soon as Yang Tianfeng's idea of ​​attacking Shangqiu was unveiled, how could Ma Yuming not hold on and help?

"Generate power to Xuzhou, generate power to Heze, and let them send troops to help." Nakasakuma issued an order in a low voice.

The enemy's troops seemed to be very strong, and the troops from the surrounding small strongholds were useless. They could only be defeated by each of them when they came to help in a hurry.

There were faint cries, as if mixed with Japanese yelling and begging.

A Japanese soldier ran over with a pale face and reported, "The Chinese are rushing over to the expatriates and merchants in the town, and seem to use them as cover to start the attack."

Nakazo was stunned for a moment, then sneered, "Does the despicable Chinese, want to use the Mongolian tactics?" As he said that, he raised his telescope.
Chapter completed!