"Taikang's loss is expected! There were more than 15,000 enemy cavalry marching south, and according to the previous contact between the Taikang defenders and us, the enemy army besieging the city should be Li Yunlong's cavalry troops. Now that it is predictable, there is no need to say more. ”

Ishida Torotaro said in a condensed voice, in an extremely bad mood.

There are more than 1,000 devils guarding the city in Taikang, and thousands of imperial troops. But he was still hit by the other party, and he suffered heavy casualties! The loss of the city shows that the cavalry of Li Yunlong's troops who were besieging the city dismounted and fought on foot, and the siege of the city was extremely powerful.

And if the other party occupies Taikang and fights a city battle with them, things will be a little troublesome.

You must know that the ghost soldiers of the two cavalry brigades commanded by Ishida Torotaro have strong cavalry combat capabilities, but in the case of infantry siege, because they have been training devil soldiers to fight on horseback, there is not much training for foot combat, and it is not as good as the first-line devil elite infantry units.

But looking at the current situation, I'm afraid that Li Yunlong's cavalry will defend the city!

"General, there is still at least half an hour or so before Taikang. Time is of the essence, I'm afraid we're a little difficult! Kato Karo said in a condensed voice, his tone solemn, and his expression was gloomy.

Ishida Torotaro pinched the telegram, and then said: "There is no way now, General Genguchi has ordered Fugou, and Huaiyang's troops are rushing towards Taikang. Even if the main force of the enemy's cavalry withdraws from Taikang at this time, it will be entangled by the imperial troops attacking from the southwest, and we can only hope for this. The order was sent down, and all troops were ordered to overcome difficulties, speed up the southward advance, and reach the city of Taikang as soon as possible. ”。

"Yes, General!" When Kato Karo heard this, he couldn't think of any other good way, so he could only pause and say.

With the order of Ishida Torotaro, all the devil cavalry sped up and went south, but in the process, there were constantly devil cavalry who were not familiar with the road conditions, and the cavalry and war horses bumped and collided with each other. The devil cavalry behind didn't have time to see clearly and continued to move south, and the war horse stepped on the fallen devil cavalry and was quickly killed.

By the time the main force of the Japanese cavalry under the command post of Ishida Torotaro reached the north of Taikang, the devil cavalry unit of his headquarters suffered at least 80 cavalry casualties on the road, which can be described as a heavy loss.

After all, Tomataro Ishida's cavalry was only more than 6,000, and it was enough to lose so many cavalry.

Just when the cavalry army commanded by Li Yunlong and the cavalry unit commanded by Ishida Torotaro met in Taikang and started a decisive battle.

At this time, in the city of Beiping, thousands of miles to the north, Tian Shunliu, commander of the Devil's North China Front, was also playing chess with Lieutenant General Watanabe Shintaro, chief of staff, in the hut in the backyard of his headquarters.

"Your Excellency, General!"

"I lost! Watanabe-kun! ”

After Tian Junliu and Watanabe Shintaro looked at each other, Tian Junliu smiled bitterly.

Shintaro Watanabe slapped his hands and said, "My Tian Junroku's chess skills are not good!" ”。

"Report to Your Excellency the Commander, Chief of Staff! There is a war message! Just as Shintaro Watanabe was speaking, there was a knock on the door, and a devil reported.

Tian Junliu shouted: "Come in!" ”。

It was Tian Junliu's adjutant who pushed the door open, and he saw the devil's adjutant hurriedly come in and hand Tian Junliu the telegram sent by the commander of the 35th Division, Yuankou.

Tian Junliu finished reading it in less than a minute, and handed it to the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Watanabe Shintaro.

"Call back to the source wholeheartedly, and report the battle situation directly to the front army headquarters at any time!" Tian Junliu waved his hand and ordered the adjutant.

Tian Junliu's adjutant paused and said, "Hai, Your Excellency Commander!" Then he went out of the house.

At this time, Watanabe Shintaro had already read the telegram sent by Genguchi Isshin, and after organizing his language a little, he said: "It seems that Genguchi Isshin is a little difficult to deal with so many Li Yunlong's cavalry troops!" ”。

"Although it is said that Genguchi is extremely wasteful, but after thinking about it, it is not easy for Genguchi to be single-minded! His 35th Division not only had to defend the north and south banks of the Yellow River, but also the eastern section of the Longhai Line, and its forces were scattered. The garrisons are mostly concentrated in the main towns along the roads and railways! Half of this pepper is everywhere, and it's good to be able to concentrate forces. Even if it is concentrated, there are not many cavalry to use in a short time! This gave Li Yunlong's southward cavalry army a chance to break through! Tian Junliu was still a little helpless in his tone.

Watanabe Shintaro nodded and said, "Your Excellency, there are many plains in eastern and southern Henan, and the terrain is flat, which is suitable for cavalry maneuvers. The 35th Division did not have a large-scale cavalry force, and it was difficult to cope with the rampage of more than 15,000 elite cavalry of the opposing side! Now it depends on whether General Torataro Ishida can lead a cavalry wing of the 35th Division with a total of more than 7,000 cavalry to fight the opponent. However, according to Genguchi's message, Taikang City has been lost, and if Li Yunlong does not choose to fight a decisive battle with General Ishida's cavalry troops, it will be very troublesome later. ”。

Tian Junliu played chess again, and said to Watanabe Shintaro as he played: "According to the current situation, there is a seventy percent probability that Li Yunlong will choose to fight a decisive battle with Ishida Torotaro's cavalry troops outside Taikang City. ”。

"Why? Your Excellency, Commander? When Watanabe Shintaro heard this, he was a little stunned and then asked.

Tian Junliu thought for a while and said, "If Li Yunlong didn't want to deal with the two cavalry brigades we sent south, he should have marched west along the highway after taking Luyi and directly attacked Huaiyang. And at this time, going north to attack Taikang, doesn't Watanabe-kun think it's a little weird? ”。

Shintaro Watanabe thought about it when he heard this, and it was really a little weird!

So he said: "Then the commander thinks that Li Yunlong will deal with General Ishida's cavalry troops first?" ”。

"Not bad! The area of eastern and southern Henan is suitable for cavalry mobile combat. And Ishida Torotaro's cavalry has a detailed map of the area of eastern and southern Henan, even if Li Yunlong's cavalry army has widened the distance between it and our cavalry troops. However, relying on our detailed understanding of the terrain of eastern and southern Henan, we can take a shortcut to pursue. ”

Tian Junliu sneered: "What's more, once Ishida Torataro's cavalry troops are entangled with Li Yunlong's cavalry troops, then at that time, they will cooperate with the imperial infantry units stationed in towns and cities in Henan Province to encircle and chase and intercept, and at that time, it should be able to block Li Yunlong's cavalry army." And when the time comes, Li Yunlong can only be chased by us to the sky and the earth. ”。

Shintaro Watanabe thought about it, and Tian Junroku's analysis should be accurate.

"Your Excellency, Commander! If Li Yunlong really fought a decisive battle with the elite cavalry of the empire commanded by General Ishida in Taikang, our cavalry should be able to eat at least half of the opponent's cavalry! For the two cavalry brigades commanded by Ishida Torotaro, Watanabe Shintaro was familiar with the strength of those two cavalry brigades, but said confidently.

"I hope so, communications staff!" Tian Junliu shouted outside the door.

Soon, a devil staff officer appeared at the door, and immediately said, "Your Excellency, General!" ”。

"Send a direct telegram to Torotaro Ishida and tell him that the main cavalry force commanded by Li Yunlong must be annihilated. My commendation order is always ready! Tian Junliu ordered.

The Devil's Communication Staff Officer stood up and said, "Yes, Your Excellency the General." ”。