Chapter 1166: Crossing the Yalu River
After receiving the telegram from Mingchuan Kuruma, the Yamamoto brigade had to gather the main force and quickly move closer to Mingchuan Kuruma.
On the west bank of the Yalu River, the current First Cavalry Division has already sharpened its knives, they lack enough heavy weapons to attack fortifications, and it is not easy to break through the defense of a brigade.
Since receiving Cai Yi's telegram the day before yesterday, the overjoyed Zhang Yan began to make urgent preparations, all the men and horses began to act, the army was assembled, no one took off his armor, the horse did not leave the saddle, and the big ship was all covered up in the reeds.
On the river, there were constantly intelligence officers observing the movements of the Japanese troops on the other side.
Zhang Yan was anxious, this wait was too anxious.
Just when Zhang Yan was so anxious that the room was full of chaos, Chief of Staff Deng Tingyu hurriedly walked in and shouted: "Division commander, division commander, the brothers below report that the Japanese army has moved!" ”
Zhang Yan's heart was shocked, and his figure stopped at the moment, and said, "What's the situation?" ”
Deng Tingyu replied: "The forward reconnaissance company reported that the Japanese troops on the other side of the bank have been urgently assembled, at least 4,000 Japanese troops have assembled and started a large-scale movement, and now they are heading south!" ”
Zhang Yan laughed, good! This is the moment that Lao Tzu was waiting for!
Deng Tingyu asked, "Commander, should we start acting now?" ”
Zhang Yan waved his hand and replied: "No, we must let the Japanese army go far enough, otherwise, once the Japanese army discovers the abnormality and kills and injures a horse gun, we will suffer a big loss." At ten o'clock in the evening, the whole army set out to launch a fierce attack on the opposite bank and cross the Yalu River in one fell swoop! ”
It's only five o'clock in the afternoon, and it's five hours before ten o'clock. According to the speed of the Japanese army's rapid march now, five hours is enough for them to run sixty or seventy miles, hehe, with such a large distance, even if they get the battle report as soon as possible and return to the north. I'm afraid I will have to wait until after dawn, that time. His own army has already taken down the east bank of the Yalu River, and whoever is afraid of their small brigade is a division, and Lao Tzu is not afraid!
Soon, ten o'clock in the evening came, Zhang Yan held a pocket watch in his hand, and shouted in a deep voice: "Okay, the time is up, order." The cavalry division was dispatched to cross the Yalu River! ”
Steady as a mountain, as fast as thunder!
The First Cavalry Division, which had already been prepared, had already boarded more than 100 troop transport ships that had been secretly transferred over at this time, and these ships were personally supervised by Zhang Yihu and Jiang Baili.
More than 100 ships carried more than 10,000 people. Towards the other side of the Yalu River, launched a charge!
It's so fast!
On the east bank, the Japanese army had just discovered that something was wrong and issued an alarm to the Japanese army, and before the Japanese artillery fire could be started, the troop transport ship had already rushed to the center of the river.
This time. The artillery battalion to which the cavalry division belonged also began to bomb with all its might, and the dense shells completely covered the Japanese army's river defense, and the Japanese army that responded to the battle in a hurry did not react at all, and it was too late to effectively suppress the troop carriers on the river at this time!
Rush!
Look at the approaching riverbank, the heavy machine guns on the troop carriers are in full swing. It provided strong fire cover for the troops who were about to land, and suppressed the defensive firepower of the Japanese army.
At this time, the Japanese army only had two brigades, a total of more than 1,000 people, how could they defend the defensive line for two or three miles?
In just a few moments, the troop carriers docked one after another, and the Chinese Revolutionary Army abandoned the ships and landed on the shore, mounted their war horses, and roared towards the Japanese troops on the shore!
Nearly two cavalry brigades against two Japanese infantry brigades, on land, where can the Japanese army resist?
In the blink of an eye, the overwhelming cavalry drowned the Japanese army under the hooves of the horses!
The captain of the Japanese army who stayed here, Koji Matsuda didn't even have time to send a telegram, and was chopped into meat sauce by the soldiers of the Chinese Revolutionary Army who surrounded him, and the 1,000 Japanese troops were wiped out by the cavalry division for half an hour!
Subsequently, the 1st Cavalry Division launched a second transport to the opposite bank, and all the weapons and baggage were transported to the east bank.
Deng Tingyu said with a smile: "Division commander, it's too smooth, haha, this battle is too happy, little Japan is simply vulnerable, this together, it's only three hours, we have completely controlled the situation, and then, it's time for us to run a long distance!" ”
Zhang Yan laughed and said: "It's still Cai Songpo's **** kid who has a lot of ideas, okay, order, the three cavalry brigades are immediately prepared, and after half an hour, immediately march urgently, we must arrive before dawn and launch a surprise attack on the Japanese army, haha, three days, now it's the third day, the task is complete, presumably Cai Songpo's reputation should also be famous all over the world." ”
Only half an hour later, the army galloped south!
At this time, the Mingchuan Kuruma was still completely buried in the dark, and the attack launched by the cavalry division was too sudden, and the Japanese defenders had not had time to send a telegram at all, and it had already been solved by the cavalry division.
By the time the Yamamoto Brigade, which had been traveling day and night, met with the main force, it was already two o'clock in the morning the next day.
Mingchuan Kuruga, who had received the support of Yamamoto's brigade, finally felt a little more at ease, and now that the strength of a division and regiment had finally arrived, it should be enough to defend the defense line of five or six miles.
After deploying the combat arrangements, Mingchuan Cangxiong stretched his waist fiercely, he had been idle for the past two days, but he was not lightly tired, and now that Iga Chuan and the three brigade commanders were watching, there should not be any big problems, and he also needed to take a break, and the next big battle, there would be some fighting!
It's just that time has not given Mingchuan Cangxiong such a chance.
When Mingchuan Cangxiong wanted to rest, it was already five o'clock in the morning, and he had just been lying down for less than half an hour when he felt a tremor of the earth, which was definitely not caused by the explosion of artillery shells, and now the fortifications of the revolutionary army on the other side of the river have basically stopped, that is...... Cavalry!
Mingchuan Cangxiong has been in the army for more than 20 years and has experienced a hundred battles, so he naturally knows that only a large-scale cavalry charge will bring such a shock.
As soon as he thought of this, Mingchuan Cangxiong jumped up from the couch, it was broken, if most of the cavalry appeared at this time, then there was no need to ask, there must be a problem in the north!
Mingchuan Cangxiong rushed out of the bedroom and yelled: "Someone, what's the matter, where are the cavalry?" ”
At this time, a staff officer staggered over and shouted: "Your Excellency the division commander, no, a large number of cavalry has been found in the northeast direction and is rushing towards the position!" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )