Chapter 20 The enemy retreats and I advance

When the troops were resting, Ren Laifeng ordered the signal corps to send a telegram to Lin Xincheng asking about his location. Originally, two of the four scouts could receive and receive telegrams, but now he doesn't have a detachment, so those two scouts stayed outside to reconnoiter the enemy's situation and never returned.

The first detachment was originally a regiment-level organization, and although the weapons were incomplete and the personnel were not in order, they did not lack the same things that they should have. For example, radio, for example, signal corps.

The telegram was sent, and there was a call back. Lin Xincheng is leading the main force of the Flying Tiger Battalion to rush here day and night, and the current location should not be far from here, and it is even likely to be nearby.

At the same time, Vice President Lin also reported a new situation. In order to repay Ren Laifeng for saving his family's life, Lao Siqin brazenly issued another assembly order! Hundreds of Mongolian tribes on the steppe have been gathered, and the total number of Mongolian cavalry is estimated to be more than 20,000 people.

God, 20,000 people! What is this concept? If the devil knew, he would probably have to send a few more brigades to exterminate it, right? This old Si Qin, what is it to repay the grace of saving his life? The old guy obviously wants to make a scene for his son to be the commander of this cavalry company, so that everyone in the Flying Tiger Battalion can see it, how about it? Lakshin's family has a way, he is qualified enough to be the commander of this company, right?

I knew what was going on in my heart, but I didn't object to Old Siqin's approach. The cavalry company was originally intended to be selected from among the Mongols, but now it seems that he doesn't have to worry about it, and Lao Siqin must have planned to use this Mongolian cavalry dispatch to pick out the strongest troops for his son from them.

Let's hope he doesn't just pick up enough cavalry brigades, right? Otherwise, Lakshin became a brigade commander as soon as he joined the army, did he improve too quickly? It's a blissful annoyance.

The Japanese caught up again, and Ren Laifeng continued to lead the troops to retreat. Anyway, every time he rested, he sent a telegram to Lin Xincheng, asking for the location of the other party, and at the same time informing him of the direction of his side. In this way, it is not only an opportunity for Vice President Lin to correct the direction, but also a basis for him to plan the overall situation.

On the Japanese side, when the two Japanese units were combined, although the number of troops increased, problems also arose at the same time. The two armies have different systems, one is the occupying army, the other is an independent mixed brigade, and each side has superiors who are not subordinate to each other, how can they cooperate?

Who listens to whom of the two forces? The captains on both sides want to command each other, but neither is willing to listen to the other's command. After the negotiations between the two sides were fruitless, each reported the situation to their respective superiors.

Of course, their commander did not want his subordinates to follow others, so the problem was reflected upwards and upwards, and finally it was inevitable that it was stabbed in front of His Excellency General Umezu Mijiro, the commander of the Kwantung Army.

Umezu Mijiro saw that he couldn't help it. Of course, if he had given the order to forcibly put the two troops under the command of a certain captain, no one would have dared to object. But why was that man a commander? Did he have extraordinary talents? His Excellency the Admiral did not know any of these two, nor did he know any of them, so of course he did not want to lean one side at will.

As a result, Umezu Yoshijiro made what he thought was the most reasonable decision: let the two units remain in their current formation, and the two captains each commanded their own troops, marched together, cooperated with each other, and carried out the same combat mission!

This order seems reasonable, but in fact, there is a hidden danger buried in it. Although everyone knew that the last accident was a misunderstanding, the casualties were objective, and they did not reach a real understanding between them in this misunderstanding.

When the war is going well, it is good to say, but once there is an unfavorable situation in the war, it is basically impossible to expect them to fight for the interests of the other side.

Time passed quickly in the pursuit and escape. On the side of our army, except for a few people such as Ren Laifeng who rode horses, the soldiers of a detachment were all infantry; However, the two brigades of the Japanese army not only had carts carrying heavy loads, but also a few infantry guns, which were more troublesome to run with.

On the first day after the air raids, the two armies were uneventful; The next day, the Japanese tried to speed up and try to catch up and fight, but they were unsuccessful; On the third day, I chased it for another day and still had no results.

At this time, the aviation forces were reluctant to send reconnaissance planes to participate in activities between them. As for fighters, don't be kidding, after the last accidental injury accident, the Air Force was also reprimanded by the Kwantung Army, how could they send fighters to mix in such a thankless job?

With the lack of reconnaissance planes in the sky and the underground running with the opponent all day long, the Japanese army gradually developed a sense of agitation, and this bad mood became more and more serious with the extension of the pursuit time. The two Japanese captains discussed, this is not a way, let's just go back.

For the sake of safety, the Japanese army deliberately chose the retreat time to night. After dinner, the Japanese began to pack up and prepare for retreat. They thought they were doing something hidden, but they didn't know that there were two pairs of eyes in the darkness watching their every move.

The devil is going to run! When Ren Laifeng got the news, he knew that the sixteen-character policy he implemented had begun to bear fruit. In the 16-character policy, the enemy's retreat of our army is bound to pursue. Pursue! Ren Laifeng gave the order to pursue without hesitation!

The devils ran fast, and our army chased faster. Just as when the enemy advanced and we retreated, our light infantry had an equally obvious advantage in pursuit. Although they set off an hour later than the devils, our army still caught up with the devils' retreating troops before dawn!

What else to say if you catch up? Let's fight! Ren Laifeng commanded the troops to attack the Japanese army non-stop. Although the devils are retreating, they are also guarding against the attack of our army, and they also have men left in the rear. As soon as our army hit this side, the devils immediately turned around and counterattacked.

How could a detachment be the opponent of thousands of devils? As soon as the devil's counterattack began, Ren Laifeng withdrew with his troops. The devil did not pursue and continued to run. Ren Laifeng ran out for several miles, and when he saw that the devil didn't chase after him, he turned around and chased him over again.

What is it called? It seems to be called a kraft candy tactic, right? Anyway, it's a bit of a scoundrel, a little unreasonable. However, the reason is for those who can understand the reason, and like the Japanese army, the army of birds and beasts, which does not let go of even newborn babies and old people, does not need to pay attention to any reason. No matter what tactics are used, as long as you can destroy these beasts, it will be a victory!