Chapter 183: Awl Mountain
"Look at it! His Excellency the General has already telegraphed back and ordered the entire 4th Brigade of our Cavalry to pursue the main force of Li Yunlong's Division. The main force of the remaining infantry of the division continued to follow! His Excellency the General's order is that we must be cautious, but we need to thoroughly chase Li Yunlong's main force! ”
Taketaka Yamato handed the freshly baked telegram in his hand to the chief of staff, Ichisataro, and said with a solemn look in his eyes.
Looking around at the tun of Weijiatun, the smoke of gunpowder has not yet dissipated, and among the ruins, there are the corpses of the devil soldiers of the 5th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army who were killed everywhere.
Not to mention the bloodshed, the more than 10,000 devil soldiers of the 5th Brigade were completely annihilated by Li Yunlong's troops, which made Yamato Taketaka a little reluctant to Matsui Shigen's order.
In addition, Weijiatun is deep in the mountains and forests, and the mobility of the cavalry is greatly limited, once it encounters an ambush, not to mention that it will be really ambushed by the other party.
Even if it is a real ambush, it is estimated that there will be a lot of casualties.
As soon as he thought of this, Taketaka Yamato was reluctant to lead the cavalry in pursuit.
However, after reading the telegram sent by Matsui Ishone, Ichisataro said in a condensed voice: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the matter has come to this. Since Your Excellency the General has already come with an order, we only have an order to obey. The division commanders are now under the command of His Excellency the General, and our arms are so small that we can't twist the thighs of His Excellency the General! ”。
Ichisataro's words made Yamato Taketaka, who was reluctant to lead the cavalry to pursue the main force of Li Yunlong's department, suddenly come back to his senses, if the commander of his small cavalry brigade refused the command of Matsui Ishine, a general, and disobeyed orders on the battlefield, Matsui Ishine could be relieved of his position as commander of the 4th Cavalry Brigade.
Or it is possible to kill him Yamato Taketaka, anyway, the consequences of this kind of battlefield disobedience, Yamato Taketaka has not never seen it.
A spirit, Yamato Taketaka stroked his beard, which did not have much beard, and ordered: "Order all cavalry wings to stop cleaning up the battlefield, assemble immediately, and set off in two minutes!" Chief of Staff, leave a hundred people here to pick up the main forces of the rest of the division! ”。
"Understood, Brigade Commander!"
Ichisataro paused heavily, then turned around and left to deploy.
And the time of two minutes passed quickly, and the devil cavalry of the 4th Cavalry Brigade of the Yamato Taketaka Command Post who had assembled hurriedly pursued and killed along some traces left on the ground of Li Yunlong's main force.
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Li Yunlong and others, who went down the southeast of the Xing'anling Mountains, led their troops to the south along the dense Xing'anling Mountains under the guidance of several local villagers.
Along the way, the army walked on the path in the dense forest, and the dense woods covered the sky and the sun, so basically they did not go out of the main road, and it was unlikely that the devil reconnaissance planes in the sky would discover the movement of the army on the march at all.
As for the mountain march and the effective evasion of enemy planes, the men and horses of the new regiment are already veterans, and there is no need for Li Yunlong to say more.
"Click!!
The sound of horses' hooves came from the rear of the team, and a war horse carrying a new regiment of cavalry soldiers ran in front of Li Yunlong, turned over and dismounted, and saluted Li Yunlong to report the situation of the devil.
"Report to the regiment commander, the reconnaissance team that is lurking and observing near Weijiatun has sent an urgent telegram that the 4th Brigade of the Devil Cavalry has withdrawn from Weijiatun and is chasing along the traces left by our army. The main force of its cavalry in front of it is less than half an hour away from our army! If the devil commander were to pursue him completely apart, he would surely be behind my main army in about twenty minutes. ”
Li Yunlong took the telegram handed over by the cavalry soldiers, and after reading it for less than half a minute, he handed it to Zhang Dabiao and the others who were walking with him!
After everyone finished circulating it, they all couldn't believe it, Matsui Shigen, the old devil, really didn't remember to eat or fight.
In the mountains, the role of cavalry is not very large. As long as you are willing, it is still possible for the army to find a place in the mountains to ambush and kill the devil's cavalry.
"Commander, Matsui Shigen, this old devil is really a bit unremembered! Rub, a cavalry brigade, more than 3,000 devil cavalry, this is the only cavalry unit of the 3rd Division of the little devils. If you can kill the 4th Brigade of the Devil Cavalry, the next battle will be easy to fight. ”
Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the first battalion, said in amazement, and his eyes lit up.
In the final analysis, if the cavalry units of the 3rd Division are killed, then the remaining infantry of the 3rd Division under the command of Matsui Ishine will only be able to follow Li Yunlong and others to eat ashes.
When it comes to marching in the mountains and getting rid of the pursuit of the devil's infantry, all the men and horses of the new regiment are veterans.
It's just that Matsui Shigen now has a cavalry brigade, and the combat effectiveness of more than 3,000 devil cavalry is still very strong, and they are always chasing behind, which is very annoying.
After Zhang Dabiao finished speaking, the rest of the people were squeaking and discussing, but everyone agreed with Zhang Dabiao's opinion.
Kill the 3rd Cavalry Brigade of the 4th Division, then the remaining main force of the 3rd Division under the command of Matsui Ishine will have the certainty of annihilating most of its forces.
Seeing this, Li Yunlong waved his hand to signal everyone to stop the discussion, and said with a smile: "You are all arrogant!" But Da Biao, what you said is good! If you can take out the 4th Cavalry Brigade of the 3rd Division, you will have a great chance of facing the devil troops of the rest of the 3rd Division under the command of Matsui Ishone. Monk, get on the map! ”。
Monk Wei Dayong, who was protecting Li Yunlong at any time, heard this, and hurriedly took out a military map of Rehe from the briefcase he was carrying and spread it out in front of everyone.
Li Yunlong waved his hand, and Zhang Dabiao and others gathered forward one after another and gathered around the map.
"At present, we are here, going south along the Xing'an Mountains, and in about two hours, we will travel here, Awl Mountain!" Li Yunlong pointed to the map and said in a deep voice.
Zhang Dabiao was sharp-minded, and he also served as the chief of staff of the regiment, and soon realized that Li Yunlong's words meant mountains.
"Commander, do you mean a decisive battle with the 4th Cavalry Brigade of the devils here in Awl Mountain?"
Shen Qun, the commander of the second battalion, said in a condensed voice: "Regiment commander, Lao Zhang, although the terrain of Awl Mountain is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, its mountain is in the west of the paddock. We don't know if there are any Devil's garrisons in the paddock. Once the enemy forces in the paddock are too large and the battle with the 4th Brigade of the Devil Cavalry starts at Awl Mountain, I am afraid that the enemy garrison in the paddock county town must be solved first! ”。
"Lao Shen's reminder is good, labor and management almost forgot about the paddock county! However, the county seat of Weichang is nearly 140 kilometers away from Chifeng, and this Rehe is in the hinterland control area of the Japanese army, so the strength of Weichang County should not be much. However, if there are too many troops in the county, it will also be a trouble! Signal Soldiers! ”
Halfway through speaking, Li Yunlong shouted and summoned the signal corps.
"Captain! Please instruct! "The signal corps came at the call.
Li Yunlong said solemnly: "Report to the brigade headquarters immediately to see if there are any underground intelligence personnel of our army in the enclosure county, and if so, ask the brigade headquarters to contact the intelligence personnel of our army in the enclosure county town to contact our army." We need to know the situation of the enemy forces in the paddock! ”。
"Yes, Captain!" The communications corps immediately left to deliver the report after receiving the order.