Chapter 598: A large number of people
Hearing that it was Sun Weiguo's troops fighting in Jingcheng County, the Japanese officers who were originally aggressive and wanted to completely annihilate the Chinese troops in Jingcheng County couldn't help but be stunned.
The eyes of the four squadron leaders all looked towards Captain Shaozuo, who was waiting for Captain Shaozuo's order.
The 114th Division was transferred from Central China to the North China Front in February, and they had all heard of the combat effectiveness of Sun Weiguo's troops.
Captain Shao Zuo would not think that he could defeat Sun Weiguo's more than 2,000 troops with the main force of an infantry brigade, and in his opinion, his own strength would not play any role at all.
"Captain, Sun Weiguo once commanded a regiment and defeated a wing, if we attack rashly, I am afraid that we will be hit hard."
"They are all cavalry, we are all infantry, and if they surprise us on the road, we simply cannot deal with them."
"It is said that Sun Weiguo captured a large number of artillery pieces in the last battle, and they will definitely carry artillery to fight, we only have two infantry guns, where will they be their opponents."
"Captain, once the heavy machine guns of our machine gun squadron start firing, I am afraid that they will definitely encounter artillery fire, and the heavy machine guns will be easily knocked out by the artillery."
Seeing that the captain of the Shaozo brigade hesitated, the squadron leader of the three infantry squadrons, and the squadron leader of a machine gun squadron said softly, and they had nervous expressions on their faces.
The four squadron leaders were worried that Captain Shaozuo would give the order to attack on impulse, but they knew very well that their troops would not be the opponent of Sun Weiguo's troops at all.
In order to prevent the leakage of the materials transported by the 108th and 109th divisions of the Japanese army, even some Japanese troops were not notified, and the Japanese troops in Jingcheng County did not know the situation.
"Contact the wing headquarters immediately and ask for tactical guidance." Captain Shaozo gave the order, and he decided to report first, and then see the reaction of the wing headquarters.
And while the Japanese were hesitating, it was already 8:40 p.m., and the cavalry battalion units quickly began to break away from the battle, and the troops immediately assembled.
At this time, more than 3,000 troops of the four transport brigades of the Japanese army had already paid more than 800 casualties, and more than 1,000 people quickly withdrew from the battlefield.
The trucks, mules and horses transporting the troops were all left on the road, and a few Japanese troops put up their last resistance, while the rest of the baggage soldiers abandoned their weapons and equipment and fled.
The more than 400 cavalry of the 108th Cavalry Brigade and the 109th Cavalry Brigade wanted to cover the withdrawal of the troops behind the transport troops, and they wanted to keep most of the supplies, so that even if they withdrew, they would not be punished.
However, the three armored companies of the armored battalion and the two infantry companies of the infantry battalion quickly blocked the rear road of the transport troops, and the transport troops were completely blocked by the troops of the new second brigade.
The cavalry troops fled the pursuit of the armored troops, but Goto Koshiro and Yamazaki Shozo did not dare to evacuate, and if they left the transport troops to evacuate, they would definitely be severely punished when they returned.
Even though the two men knew that the cavalry did not have much chance of winning against the tanks, they still organized the cavalry to detour from the flank, and they wanted to open a gap to cover the withdrawal of the transport troops.
More than 400 cavalry troops launched an attack, with Goto Koshiro and Yamazaki Shozo commanding the battle behind.
Yin Jinshan, the commander of the 6th Cavalry Regiment, personally led the armored battalion to launch a-for-tat charge against the cavalry, and the two Type 97 tanks and four Type 92 armored vehicles at the battalion headquarters of the armored battalion formed a wedge-shaped queue to advance, Dai Yuxuan's first armored company detoured from the flanks in a column formation, and the second armored company and the third armored company followed the two sides of the battalion headquarters in left and right echelons respectively.
The left and right echelons formed a "figure eight", and the artillery and machine guns of the twenty-four tanks were all capable of firing directly.
The two Type 97 tanks were the first to stop, and the tank gunners quickly fired grenades at the Japanese cavalry.
Grenades exploded in the ranks of the Japanese cavalry, and the cavalry fell to the ground.
The company commanders of the second and third companies, Chen Hao and Liu Xinyu, saw that the tanks at the battalion headquarters stopped advancing and fired grenades, and they conveyed orders through the radio one after another.
Twelve T-26 tanks and twelve Vickers tanks began to fire grenades, one by one at the Japanese cavalry.
The explosions continued to sound, and the number of casualties of the Japanese cavalry soon exceeded double digits, and the tanks began to advance rapidly, the machine guns continued to strafe, and the bullets fired towards the Japanese cavalry as if they did not need money, and as the tanks got closer and closer to the Japanese cavalry, the Japanese cavalry casualties began to become larger.
Goto Koshiro didn't expect the armored battalion to react so quickly, and the two couldn't help but glance at each other when they saw their cavalry unit pay heavy casualties.
The eyes of the two men made eye contact, and they immediately gave the order to retreat.
The Japanese cavalry did not achieve their operational objectives, and after losing more than a hundred people, the Japanese cavalry immediately withdrew.
On the way to their evacuation, the Japanese cavalry was once again intercepted by the first company, and after paying dozens of casualties again, the Japanese cavalry barely escaped safely.
Gradually, the gunfire stopped, the transport troops died, they fled, and the seriously wounded could only lie on the ground and wail.
After the two cavalry brigades responsible for protecting the transport troops suffered more than 300 casualties, they could only flee with more than 200 cavalry.
Trucks and carts remained on the road, and the frightened mules and horses were quickly pacified.
All the soldiers had embarrassed expressions on their faces, although they had won the battle, they did not know how to transport so many supplies as they could transport them.
"Brigade commander, there are so many of these things that we simply can't take them all." Qin Xianliang, the director of the General Staff Office, came to Sun Weiguo, and he said with some reluctance.
The replenishment of the Eighth Route Army completely relied on capture, and with these things, Qin Xianliang was naturally very happy.
However, Qin Xianliang knew very well that the troops must quickly clean up the battlefield and evacuate, otherwise once the Japanese army gathered troops and appeared, the consequences would be unimaginable.
If you want to evacuate quickly, you naturally have to give up a lot of items, and looking at these items, Qin Xianliang is embarrassed.
At this time, a large number of people began to appear around, and the people pushed wheelbarrows, some carried flat poles, and some even directly pulled the ox carts at home, and each person held the transportation goods in their hands.
Deputy Director Yin Jin commanded in front, and the people soon came to the road, and they quickly loaded their belongings on wheelbarrows, flat poles, and ox carts.
"Let all the personnel who can drive the armored battalion drive the trucks, and all the trucks that can drive away, and the machine infantry battalion will dispatch a company to use mules and horses to drag the carts, and the reconnaissance battalion will expand the search area."
Sun Weiguo breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the people appear, and then he immediately gave an order.