Chapter 160: Attack
After two days of rapid marching, the cavalry company under Guo Songling's command, as the vanguard, had approached the Huolin River. There was no one in the Yijun blocking force that should have been seen, which made the company commander Wang Wensheng very puzzled, and he sent a platoon commander Li Debiao to explore the way.
Yes, it is this Li Debiao, who was favored by Zhang Dashuai because of his devotion to his duties, and was promoted to a captain officer and entered the Fengtian Lecture Hall to study. After Zhang Hanqing decided to send troops to suppress the bandits, he strongly asked to enlist in the army. In the spirit of exercising reserve strength, Zhang Hanqing not only readily agreed, but also let him take an important position---- the commander of the main platoon of the cavalry company directly under the Guards Brigade.
Due to the inconvenience of communication, Guo Songling's troops in motion did not know anything about the battle ahead, and they were still trying to advance to Huolin Gol City according to the established plan. Wang Wensheng's division, which had only 100 cavalry men, divided a platoon of troops to march with Han Linchun as a communications force, and the existing strength was very weak, so he was only ordered to understand the enemy's situation for the follow-up troops and observe them from time to time, so as to facilitate the decision-making of the main force.
The intermittent gunfire in the distance made Wang Wensheng raise his eyes to the small town of Tulie Maodu, and when his cavalry company approached the battlefield where the two sides were engaged, he immediately made a decision after facing the black and crushing enemy group and the tattered military flag of the Yi army surrounded by the black pressure horse team in the distance.
"The ancients had the famous saying that 'the general is outside, and the king's order will not be affected', and the situation of modern warfare is changing rapidly, and the commander should grasp the situation on the spot in a timely manner, make a judgment on the spot and implement it in the case of an emergency and loss of contact, instead of fighting a war in a dogmatic manner according to the regulations in advance, after all, the enemy will not obediently follow your ideas", this is the only strategic order that Wang Wensheng was able to use in just three months of study in the Fengtian Lecture and Martial Arts Hall.
This edict made his campaign against bandits popular in the future.
At this time, Guo Songling's troops were still a hundred miles away, and after two days of rapid marching, even if they arrived, they should not have the strength to fight, if the enemy was waiting for work.
However, Wang Wensheng judged that if he waited for the main force to arrive, the Yi army would never survive tonight. In this way, when the main force arrives, the rebels will have enough time and physical strength to make various attempts---- if they choose to flee, it will not only be a wise choice, but also make this trip to suppress the bandits more variable---- blocking the rebels' westward advance is a major decision to make.
Only by trying to keep the friendly army can you have a chance to contain the opponent head-on, although it feels that the friendly army is too weak; The only way to keep them is to not let the rebels' cavalry superiority take their breath. As mentioned earlier, the most practical way to restrain the enemy's cavalry is to have another cavalry.
But his own strength is too weak, what role can these 100 men and horses play in the tide of rebels? Unless it's a block of ten, no, proportionally it's a block of twenty!
Wang Wensheng believed that it was necessary to interfere with the enemy's siege with a swift and fierce attack: to quickly enter and kill, not to entangle with the main enemy, and to disrupt his chain of command. After quickly sharing his thoughts with several platoon commanders, he said calmly: "In this battle, we will definitely win more with less, and we will definitely die in life." I, Wang Wensheng, have already handed over my head to the big marshal and the young marshal, and many of you are still young. Now that I have an opportunity, I need two or three people to report the situation to the chief of staff and the nearest friendly troops, which of you will deliver the letter? ”
Sending a message means leaving the battlefield and is synonymous with security. The officers and men of the cavalry company, who already had a sense of honor and blood, vied with each other to kill the enemy, and spat at the platoon commander of the first platoon of Song who was famous for his foul language: "Raising soldiers for a thousand days is used for a while, and being a deserter on the battlefield will be a shame for three generations of grandma's ancestors." Li Debiao, the platoon leader, also said: "If you don't use it again, my saber will be rusty, and I will make javelins in this battle." ”
This group of recruits, who have been trained for only three months, have already developed a strong sense of collective honor under the influence of the teaching regiment, and although they still lack battlefield experience, their ruthlessness and spirit of sacrifice are unprecedented. Knowing that staying would be a dead end, and that going back to report the news was a reasonable and safe opportunity, no one in the cavalry company was willing to accept the order.
Wang Wensheng selected three baby soldiers with immature faces to deliver the letter---- they were still young, and they had only been in the barracks for a short time, so they couldn't bear to die, but the child soldiers who had a sense of shame were unwilling to leave.
Seventeen-year-old Liu Heidan is such a person, this orphan who used to wander around in Fengtian Province, has felt the warmth of the barracks since the day he entered the Guards Brigade, and regarded the barracks as his home and Pao Ze as his own brother. For such an opportunity, he was in tears to give up. Such a sensible child soldier infected the whole company.
Wang Wensheng still coaxed them until he used a military order to make them leave quickly---- since they will definitely die here today, let's leave some seeds for the cavalry company.
Seeing that the military heart was available, Wang Wensheng immediately gathered the team. He shouted to the officers and men in the ranks: "Brothers, there are rebels ahead, if they break the defense line of the Brothers' Resolute Army today, and wait until our main force arrives, they may never have a chance to completely annihilate this group of enemies." Because the enemy has horses, he has the opportunity to flee far away, and then we will have to suppress the bandits, it will take a lot of manpower and time, and our people will suffer more disasters.
Moreover, it was this bandit army that made the whole regiment of the Han Regiment of the Second Regiment bullied by the Japanese. Our young marshal decided to go on foot, and the horse would crush this thief inside and out! The shame received from the Japanese should be repaid first from the lackeys of the Japanese! Now is your chance!
We have few people, it doesn't matter, we are not afraid of death! When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins, light up your sabers, and slash at these traitors and traitors, shame! ”
"Snow shame!" It was a loud reply from a hundred and ten people. This sound alarmed the Ba bandit soldiers who were arranging their troops, and also shocked the clouds in the sky.
"Snow shame!" This is the shout of Wang Wensheng, who is in the lead. With him as an arrow, the cavalry company stabbed into the ranks of the rebels in the south of the town in a conical shape. Like a storm crashing on the shore, it smashed the rocks, stirring up bursts of echoes.
Babu Zabu, who got the news, rushed to the southern battlefield, and saw a team of 100 people rushing into his own battle formation like this, he couldn't believe it, and asked the military advisor, Japanese adviser and joint commander around him, Luo Quanleg Qing Ji Shengmin: "Qing Ji Jun, whose troops are they?" Just such a few people dare to rush into my battle formation? ”
Qing Yu Shengmin, who was originally a captain, was transformed into a team of no less than 3,000 people, and proclaimed himself "the deputy commander-in-chief of the Qinwang Restoration Army, and the military rank has also been promoted to colonel by himself. He watched the battle situation with a serious face, and replied: "According to the intelligence and process, it should be Zhang Zuolin's guard brigade that has arrived." As for which team it is in the early stage, it is not yet clear, but as far as the current situation is concerned, it is such a small number of people. ”
Babu Zabu laughed arrogantly: "Such an idea also wants to compete with my elite horse team, and the bandit Zhang really looks up to himself!" ”
Qing Yu shook his head slightly: "The combat effectiveness of this group of people is not trivial. ”