Chapter 5: Beacon Smoke (Part I)

As soon as he remembered the scene when Zhao Tianlong was hit by more than 30 knives in his body that day, but he never refused to fall from the horse, Kawada Kuniaki felt a chill down his spine, this is completely out of line with science, how can a person's flesh and blood be strong to that extent, even if he has received special ninjutsu training, the pain caused by the knife wound is not easy to bear, and at that time, Zhao Tianlong's blood had already dyed the whole body of the white horse red, and he lost so much blood but did not fall into a coma, what kind of supernatural power is there to support here.

Before he could recover from his momentary distraction, suddenly, there was a panicked sound of horses' hooves in his ears, followed by the second anxious cavalryman rolled his saddle and dismounted, and shouted at him: "Sir, Kawada Chief, hurry up, hurry up and find a way to save the cavalry squadron, Tsuchibalu, Tuhachi Road is all crazy, regardless of casualties rushed up, Lieutenant Yoshino, Lieutenant Yoshino took over the command, and they were hacked to death. ”

"Yaga." Kawada Kuniaki was so anxious that he slapped his hand in the face, and hit the messenger with a full of gold stars, "What nonsense are you talking about, how can the cavalry of the empire lose to Tubalu, this is a strategy, do you understand the strategy, and if you dare to confuse the army, I will immediately enforce the battlefield discipline." ”

"Hay, Hay." Feeling a clear killing intent from his words, the messenger covered his swollen face and bowed repeatedly, "It's a strategy, it's a strategy, I misunderstood the commander's tactical intentions, and I knew my mistake in the next." ”

"Hee-hee!" Kuniaki Kawada immediately changed his kind face and reached out to grab this person's shoulder, "Who is in command now, Lieutenant Miyake, or Second Lieutenant Umezu, who is both wise and brave." ”

"Lieutenant Miyake was grabbed and torn off his horse by an injured Tsuchihachi Road, and he died together." The messenger's body trembled for a moment, and he replied with fear in his heart, "Now the commander is Second Lieutenant Umezu, who ordered me to come to the commander."

"I see." had long anticipated what the other party was going to say, and Kuniaki Kawada interrupted first, "You go back and convey my order, let Second Lieutenant Umezu hold on for another quarter of an hour, and after a quarter of an hour, the battle situation will be completely different from now." ”

"But, but" The messenger didn't believe that the cavalry on his side could hold on, raised his head, and his face was full of pleading, but Kawada Kuniaki didn't give him a chance at all, waved his hand vigorously, and urged loudly, "Go immediately, don't delay the military situation, when to provide tactical guidance to the cavalry squadron, I have my own arrangements." ”

"Hey." The messenger didn't dare to insist any longer, jumped on his horse in a trembling manner, and hurried to deliver the order, and before his back could go far, Kawada Kuniaki had already turned his head to several henchmen around him, "Kimura-kun, you organize people to go to the nameless high ground three miles away from the rear and rebuild the position." ”

"Yoshioka-kun, you lead a small team of soldiers to supervise the battle here, no matter who dares to retreat without permission, immediately take strict battlefield discipline."

"Ayabe, you are responsible for transferring combat materials to the new position, and try not to leave any ammunition for Tsuchihachi."

"Sato, you immediately send a report to the Black Stone Village in my name, and ask the Akiyama Nakasa of the Second Task Force to send troops to join us as soon as possible, and our department will use ourselves as bait to firmly attract the Dirt Eight Road here, and when the team of Akiyama Nakasa arrives, they can attack inside and outside, and completely solve the most harmful troublemakers on the Dongmeng grassland."

"Hay." The henchmen who were named agreed loudly and went separately to carry out the order, and from beginning to end, no one had the courage to ask what the outcome of the cavalry squadron that was fighting with the Eighth Route Army would face.

"Yaga ,,。" Grabbed the binoculars and looked at the center of the battlefield again, Kawada Kuniaki spat bloody spit, raised his leg and jumped on the off-road command vehicle, since Tubalu wants to work hard, then fulfill them, I don't believe it, with that mere three or four hundred people, they can break through their rearranged defensive positions in one night, as long as they hold out until dawn tomorrow, the Akiyama brigade will be able to kill by car, at that time

As long as the Blackstone guerrillas can be completely defeated, Kawada Kuniaki does not care about paying any price, under the guidance of this almost crazy tactical thinking, the little devils decisively gave up their cavalry and quickly moved to a nearby high ground, and after completely annihilating the entire squadron of devil cavalry, the Blackstone guerrillas themselves have almost become the end of the crossbow, so they only symbolically tested it, and took the initiative to stop the attack on the devil's new position.

In a short period of time, a tacit "peace" was reached, and neither of us tried to resolve the battle as soon as possible, but everyone raced against time to restore their strength and wait for the next opportunity to come.

"Send another telegram to Akiyama Nakasa, saying that Tsuchihachi has been deceived, and ask him to send an advance team over as soon as possible to block the enemy's retreat." After dark, Kuniaki Kawada looked at the bonfire at the foot of the mountain and ordered anxiously.

Tubalu almost poured out of the nest this time, and it seems that he also pulled up Queen Siqin's guards, obviously, they were enraged by the tragic death of Zhao Tianlong and Siqin, and they were ready to leave themselves here at all costs, and on their own side, after getting the news of all the cavalry jade shattering, morale seemed to be a little depressed, especially those soldiers who had just been replenished from the Kwantung Army headquarters, they couldn't accept the huge gap between the usual propaganda and the reality in front of them, and their eyes were staring at the bottom of the mountain, but there was no slightest desire to fight in their eyes.

Therefore, it is necessary to speed up the pace of the Akiyama brigade, even if it is not all rushed, send a squadron by car first, and boost the morale of the soldiers on the mountain, after all, things on the battlefield are full of variables, in case that Zhang Fat Man comes up with some insidious tricks at night, even if his side can drag him firmly as he wishes, I am afraid that he will have to pay an amazing price.

"Hay." A well-known henchman agreed, and ran to the position of the communication group, only to run a dozen steps, and Kawada Kuniaki stopped him from behind again, "Wait, send a copy to Staff Officer Shirakawa too, just say it, just say it"

He groaned, hesitated, and took a lot of effort before adding in a weak voice, "Let's just say, I really didn't think about this hunt enough, please, please ask him to continue, continue to give, and give full support for the sake of the two of us who have worked together for many years." ”

"Hay." The henchman glanced at Kawada Kuniaki in surprise, and rushed towards the telegraph position as fast as he could, Captain Kawada regretted it, he actually took the initiative to admit his mistake to Staff Officer Shirakawa, this situation could not have happened before, either he succumbed to some invisible pressure, or, the road under the feet of everyone has indeed come to an end.

"Didi, didi, tick" radio waves passed through the quiet night sky, jumping out of the high-power receiver station that was supposed to be in the Heishizhai barracks, and the devil newspaper personnel sitting next to the radio did not dare to slack off, and immediately translated them into words and quickly sent them to the hands of Yoshio Akiyama, the chief officer of the Second Dispatch Brigade of Dongmeng, and Shiro Shirakawa, the combat staff officer of the First Dispatch Brigade.

Looking at the anxious text on the telegram, Akiyama Yoshio couldn't help but be a little stunned, flipped through it and read it several times before putting down the telegram, looked into Shirakawa Shiro's eyes, and asked in a low voice: "Shirakawa-kun, is the situation really urgent, I have already ordered the following to speed up the action, but if you want to set off with enough baggage, you will have to wait at least another hour or so." ”

"First, send a squadron over and attack the guerrillas behind to relieve some pressure on Kawada Daisa." Shirakawa Shiro didn't think about it, and nodded vigorously, "I know Kawada-kun, and he will never be so low-voiced unless he has to." ”

"But, but there are two squadrons around him, one of which is an elite cavalry who has just been transferred from the Kwantung Army headquarters." Yoshio Akiyama could barely believe his ears, frowning and emphasizing loudly.

"The problem may be with the cavalry." Shirakawa Shiro stroked his forehead with his hand and smiled wryly, "If his command is full of infantry, Kawada-kun will definitely choose to hold on to the spot first, and then wait for the opportunity to counterattack, and with cavalry in his hands, he will compete with the steppe cavalry of the guerrillas, to be honest, Akiyama-kun, with the same number of people and equipment, our cavalry will not have any upper hand." ”

"Zhao Tianlong is dead, and the grassland cavalry has no soul." The more Yoshio Akiyama listened, the more uncomfortable he became, and he roared loudly with his neck in his hands.

It's good that he didn't mention this stubble, but when he mentioned it, Shirakawa Shiro also completely lost his cool, "It's murder, not killing, when you and Kawada-kun set the trap, you didn't respect my opinion at all, obviously wait for another half a month, we can concentrate the strength of the three brigades, push over step by step, and sweep away the resistance forces on the grassland one by one, and you guys." ”

Shirakawa Shiro couldn't say any more, his hand slapped on the table, and the documents on it flew around, poisoned, bought a scum among the Mongols, poisoned the banquet, the dignified Japanese Imperial Army, dealing with a wounded guerrilla leader, actually had to take such a subordinate, the news spread, what will make the guys at both ends of the rat around look at it, will they admire the Kwantung Army for doing things informally, bah, they will say that the Kwantung Army has completely lost the confidence to defeat the Tuba Road from top to bottom, so, Only when he has absolutely superior forces did he still use this kind of shady trick.

"We also want to end the chaos on the Dongmeng grassland as soon as possible." Although he also felt that he was shameless in his heart, Yoshio Akiyama refused to admit his mistake and continued to argue with his neck stiff, "You and Kawada-kun have been here for almost three years, and in the past three years, what have you done, not to mention that the guerrillas have become regular armies, and those Mongolian nobles have gradually lost their loyalty to the empire. ”

"Loyalty is not just forced with a knife." Shirokawa Shiro stood up and gritted his teeth at Yoshio Akiyama, "It is impossible for the empire to keep a full three brigades of troops in every county town in China, in case we can't maintain a superior force, even if it is evenly matched, do you know what those Mongolian nobles will do, they will immediately turn against each other and attack in groups, don't believe it, you wait and see." ”