Masahiro Baba was awakened from his sleep by a sudden burst of gunfire.
As the group leader of the cavalry group stationed in Mongolia, Masahiro Baba has two cavalry brigades under his command, namely the 1st Cavalry Brigade and the 4th Cavalry Brigade. However, the main forces of these two cavalry brigades have been transferred to Wuyuan, respectively cooperated with the 26th Division and the independent mixed 1st Brigade.
Therefore, now, Masairo Baba has basically no soldiers at all.
After the first cavalry brigade and the fourth cavalry brigade were transferred, Baotou was left with only a temporary gendarmerie formed by recruiting ronin and local soldiers, plus a cavalry squadron from the group headquarters. The total number of Japanese soldiers was only Three hundred people, and then there is the First Infantry Division of the Puppet Mongolian Army, which has almost two thousand people.
This is the force in the hands of Masahiro Baba, and it is already very weak.
"Where was the shooting?" Masahiro Baba was awakened by the sudden gunfire. He immediately turned over and sat up, then hurriedly put on his clothes and got up and walked out of the bedroom. He asked the adjutant Xiaolin who came up, "Xiaolin-kun, where is the gunshot?"
Adjutant Xiao Lin didn't know, so he could only shake his head: "Group leader, I don't know much about my humble position..."
"Baga!" Baba Masahiro was furious when he heard this and cursed sternly, "If you don't know, then send someone to investigate as soon as possible!"
"Hai!" Adjutant Xiaolin nodded heavily. Just when he was about to send someone to investigate, a second lieutenant hurried in and reported to Masahiro Baba, "Group leader, the west gate was attacked by the Chinese army and has been lost!"
"Nani?" Masahiro Baba was startled when he heard this, and lost his voice, "The Chinese army launched a surprise attack, and the west gate has been lost?!"
Speaking of which, Chairman Chiang Kai-shek and Yan Xishan already knew the news of the great victory of Gohara, but Masarou Baba and Ekichi Anami who were far away in Peiping were still kept in the dark, because Kuroda Shigenori and others who later took over the command Norihide Abe failed to report the situation of the troops stationed in Mongolia to the North China Front Army Headquarters in a timely manner.
Kuroda Shigenori's failure to report was out of selfish motives, because the troops stationed in Mongolia were not effective in attacking. As a frontline commander, Kuroda Shigenori must bear responsibility for this, and it is not impossible to even be replaced. For example, during the battle to encircle Dameishan , the commander of the Central China Dispatch Army was replaced by the base camp four times.
Kuroda Shigenori doesn’t want to make this mistake again.
Therefore, Kuroda Shigenori did not report it in time. The old devil thought that it would be okay to report it again when the situation in Wuyuan was reversed and the battle was won. In this case, not only would he fail, but he would get credit! As for what would happen if he lost the battle, the old devil didn't think about it at all, because he never thought that he would be defeated.
The senior generals of the little devils are all like heifers warming themselves over the fire, and they are awesome and coaxing.
Therefore, until he was killed, Kuroda Shigenori did not report the situation of the troops stationed in Mongolia.
Abe Nobihide wanted to report it to the headquarters, but the radio station at the brigade headquarters was broken. The several infantry brigades below were originally equipped with radio stations, but during the counterattack of the 35th Army, they were taken away. , even if it was damaged, after the defeat of the Bai family Gedan, Abe Norihide himself ran away, how could he report it
So until now, Baba Masarou and Anami Yuki still don't know how the Battle of Wuhara went.
Therefore, as soon as he heard that the west gate of Baotou had been attacked and had been lost, Masahiro Baba was immediately startled. He thought that the main force of the Mongolian army had been defeated and that the 35th Army had counterattacked to Baotou. However, soon, he This "extremely absurd" idea was driven out of my mind. How could it be possible
After all, there are thirty thousand troops stationed in Mongolia!
Even if the battle of Wuyuan fails, at most they will return from Wuyuan without success. They will definitely not be defeated by the enemy, let alone be chased by the Jinsui Army to the outside of Baotou City. Speaking of retreating 10,000 steps, even if it is true In such an extremely bad situation, it was impossible for the Jinsui Army to appear outside Baotou City before the Mongolian army broke up.
Therefore, Baba Masaro quickly put this idea behind him.
It was the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army. Masahiro Baba immediately judged that it must be the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army active in Suizhong. After discovering that Baotou's defenses were empty, he began to get ready to move. However, even if Baotou was empty, it was definitely not A guerrilla force of just a few hundred people can take it down!
Masairo Baba immediately ordered Adjutant Kobayashi to gather all the troops in the city.
Soon, more than 200 officers and soldiers from the Gendarmerie Brigade and more than 100 cavalrymen from the Cavalry Guard Squadron were assembled. At this time, the gunshots that were originally limited to the direction of the west gate had spread to the entire city, and became more dense than before. , there were even continuous explosions, and Baba Masahiro felt vaguely that something was wrong.
If it were just the Eighth Route Army guerrillas, it would never have such a big momentum!
But at this moment, Masahiro Baba had no time to think too much and immediately led his troops towards the west gate. As a result, he met Wang Ying, the commander of the First Infantry Division of the Puppet Mongolian Army, on the way. Wang Ying was originally just a cavalryman from Suixi. The bandit leader, the horse bandits he commanded during the Suiyuan Anti-Japanese War were reorganized into the Han Rebel Army, and later reorganized into the First Infantry Division of the Puppet Mongolian Army, stationed in Baotou.
The First Division of the Puppet Mongolian Army was nominally an infantry division, but in fact it had less than 2,000 men, just one regiment.
Seeing Wang Ying, Masahiro Baba became furious and said sternly: "Wang Sang, what did you do?"
"The troops have been assembled." Wang Ying was still a little confused and said, "Taijun, didn't you just ask our First Infantry Division to assemble urgently?"
"Where are the troops?" Masahiro Baba was choked when he heard this and asked again.
"Don't mention it." Wang Ying immediately said in annoyance, "Let the imperial army be dispersed."
After listening to the translator's translation, Masahiro Baba was also stunned: "What did you say, so that the imperial army was dispersed?"
"What's wrong?" Wang Ying said angrily, "As soon as we left the barracks, we met a group of imperial troops driving down Ximen Street. I just wanted to step forward, but the imperial troops started fighting without saying a word. We were caught off guard and defeated directly, and now all the troops are herding sheep, alas."
Wang Ying was being cautious. They were caught off guard by enemies pretending to be Japs. It was true, but after being beaten, he immediately realized that it was definitely not Japs who attacked them, but troops from the Jinsui Army or the Eighth Route Army. But now he , deliberately pretending not to know, but just to shirk responsibility.
After hearing this, Masairo Baba really couldn't get angry.
However, Masahiro Baba couldn't care about Wang Ying anymore, because Xiang Dahu had already reached the city center along Ximen Street, and was less than a hundred meters away from Masahiro Majang and the others. However, at this time, behind Xiang Dahu There were more than a dozen cavalrymen, and more than a hundred members of the Thirty-fifth Army had gathered.
Now the Japanese and Xiang Dahu each occupied one end of the street and started fighting.
After less than half an hour of melee, Masahiro Baba discovered a very serious problem. There were actually more and more Chinese soldiers on the opposite side. Just now there were only about a hundred people, and they were very tenacious in resisting the imperial army's attack. But now , not only can it easily withstand the imperial army's attack, but it can even use manpower to outflank it from the flanks.
Masahiro Baba was frightened and confused at the same time. What was frightening was that the situation in Baotou had taken a turn for the worse. They might be surrounded by the Chinese at any time. What confused him was where did these Chinese troops come from? Coming? In Suiyuan Province, besides Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army, are there other regular armies
But Masairo Baba never thought that this was Fu Zuoyi's army!
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Baba Masaro never thought about it, but Abe Norihide knew it very well.
When there was a fierce battle in Baotou City, Abe Kihide had just escaped outside the north gate. However, at this time, Abe Kihide had already taken off his private uniform and put on a Jinsui Army uniform. Of course, this Jin-Sui army uniform The uniform of the Sui Army was something he snatched and put on after killing a Jin-Sui Army.
It was precisely because of the uniform of the Jinsui Army that he was able to escape here.
Abe Kihide originally hoped that after escaping to Baotou, he would be able to promptly inform Masahiro Baba of the heavy damage to the main force of the Mongolian army, and then organize the Japanese and puppet Mongolian troops in Baotou City to reinforce the city defense while attacking the North China Front Army Headquarters. Call for help urgently. In this case, you may still have a chance to defend Baotou.
But now, Norihide Abe knew it was too late.
The sound of gunfire in Baotou City has been heard, which means that Chinese soldiers have entered the city.
As long as the Chinese soldiers enter the city, the defense force in Baotou City at this time will be absolutely unstoppable. After all, Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army has been fighting like crazy. Before they let out their breath, it is really The gods will kill the gods, and the Buddha will kill the Buddha, so Baotou is out of the question, so we might as well run around Baotou quickly.
At that moment, Norihide Abe turned eastward without hesitation and ran away.
"Hey, brother, where are you going?" A Chinese voice suddenly came from behind.
Abe Kihide's footsteps suddenly stopped, and then he turned around mechanically, and saw a dozen Chinese soldiers standing not far away with shining bayonets.
Seeing Norihide Abe turn around, the officer leading the team said: "Hurry up and follow me into the city! Capture Baotou City!"
Abe Kihide didn't understand, but the old devil was quick-witted. He immediately rolled his eyes, gestured and shouted again, and finally flashed the saber hanging on his waist, and then ran towards the east desperately. The old Japanese was gambling that the Chinese soldiers behind him would not be angry or suspicious.
The old devil's luck is really good.
The leader was a company commander from the 35th Army, and he said, "It turns out he is a mute."
After a pause, the company commander turned back and asked: "Hey, by the way, what did he just say?"
The dozen or so soldiers behind him were all confused, and only one soldier replied: "What he was holding just now seemed to be a Jaap Sergeant's knife. Judging from his meaning, he should be saying that there is a Japs Sergeant heading over there." He ran away and chased him, so he didn't follow us into the city. Killing the assistant officer was a great achievement."
"What a great achievement." The company commander of the Jinsui Army said, "Even if you kill a Japanese colonel, how many pieces of reward can you get? It will be of great benefit to enter the city quickly, hehe." After saying that, the company commander of the Jinsui Army said He immediately turned around and rushed into Baotou City through the open north gate with his bayonet in hand.