However, the pursuit speed of the Jiangbei cavalry was slowed down because of the complex river channels in the Yangzhou area, especially the bridges of all the rivers along the way from Nantong to Jiangdu were all demolished, and the river ponds in the south were not deep or shallow, some just happened to be unpopular, and some were four or five meters deep, and the water in the river ponds was relatively turbid and could not see the bottom clearly. The pen ~ fun ~ Ge www.biquge.info cavalry chased here, and was dumbfounded, so they could only stop and advance while building a bridge, and even their speed was not as fast as the infantry of the third division chasing behind.

Chen Jian rode a horse and stood beside the river and scolded: "Which bastard demolished the bridge?" It's just a matter of demolishing one bridge, what's the matter of demolishing all the bridges? Did you let the bridge crush you to death in your last life? The soldiers reminded him that the Ninth Division demolished the bridge in order to delay the Japanese army a month ago, and Chen Jian even scolded: "Huang Pizi (Huang Zhan) won't do a good job, how can we chase the Japanese devils." ”

Liu Hui, the commander of the third division, rushed up with his troops, how could he let go of such an opportunity to squeeze Chen's madman after seeing this, so he pretended to be unhappy and said, "What's the matter, Chen's madman?" Did you deliberately stop and wait for us? Look at us walking slowly on two legs, don't we? It's okay, it's okay, although we do it slowly, but it's not hypocritical, it's not like the cattle can't get down the river, you look at this trouble, it seems that we are deliberately chasing you. Alas...... In fact, we are walking very slowly, for fear of robbing you of your credit. "The terrain of this Soviet-Chinese is very interesting, there are many rivers near Jiangdu and Yangzhou, and the waterways are convenient for transportation but inconvenient by land, and after passing through Taixian County to Nantong, the closer to the sea, the less the rivers are, so the cavalry is unfavorable.

Liu Hui then shouted to his brothers: "Little cubs, let me swim down the river, the beasts can't cross the river, we can swim over." There are really few soldiers in Jiangbei who can't swim, especially the young people in the Soviet Union and Central China, who are even more water-oriented, so everyone jumped into the river and then swam over with guns on their backs. Liu Hui passed leisurely in a small boat, turned around and waved to Jian Chen, "Brother Chen, we have you." ”

"Your grandma's Liu cannon!" Chen Jian threw away the horsewhip and jumped to his feet and scolded, he could only watch the third division swim across the river, and he was trapped by the war horse and could not cross the water, so he had to constantly build bridges and cross the river along the way, and the result was only to catch up with the tail of the final battle.

At this time, the large Japanese army that converged in Taixian County was counted and the total strength barely reached 6,000 people, and a certain combat effectiveness was restored, but the Japanese army at this time no longer had the heavy artillery they were most proud of, and the ammunition supply was seriously insufficient.

The two commanders, Yusaku Uehara and Gaishi Nagaoka, were very anxious, and they did not know the situation of the 17th Division on the right flank in Hashino Town, let alone whether they broke through the encirclement in the same way. Although Yusaku Uehara sent soldiers to inform the 17th Division of the right flank, no one was sure that the soldiers who reported the message had actually informed the 17th Division.

The two had no time to blame themselves, let alone hesitate, and now they had two choices, to flee immediately or to join up with the 17th Division. If they break through after joining up with the 17th Division, they will have to return to Jiangdu County and fall into the encirclement of the Jiangbei Army, but now their biggest problem is that they have abandoned their baggage and ammunition, and they are running out of ammunition and food, so it can be said that they are now almost a cold-armed army.

After a short period of consideration, Yusaku Uehara decided to immediately break through to the seashore and must not look for or wait for the 17th Division, that is, he decided to abandon the 17th Division and flee alone. It takes a lot of determination and perseverance to make this decision, and it is very likely that you will return home and be impeached at home. But fortunately, the commander of the 17th Division, Taro Senba, was not on the list of expeditions, because of the reason for not adapting to the soil and water (in fact, eating sashimi caused him to get malaria), Taro Senba could only stay in Dongyu Town to recuperate after the 17th Division landed in Nantong. If it was Taro Senba who personally led the 17th Division, Yusaku Uehara would definitely not dare not save him, and a small character Aoki Jiahe was obviously ignored by Yusaku Uehara.

After making the decision, Yusaku Uehara immediately led the main force of the Japanese crusading army to start a desperate run, which was completely different from the majestic momentum of a month ago, and this time they were extremely embarrassed.

And in this month, they have experienced too much, and in the words of later generations, the ups and downs of life are simply too exciting - of course, the most important thing is that they were defeated twice at the hands of the Jiangbei Army, which brought the morale and confidence of the Japanese army to the bottom. Just three hours after Yusaku Uehara led his troops to leave Taixian, the pursuers of the Fifth Division of the Jiangbei Army rushed to the county seat of Taixian.

When they saw the empty Tai County, the Fifth Division found that the Japanese army had all withdrawn, and the division commander Fan Wentai immediately led the army to chase after it.

Fan Wentai, the commander of the Fifth Division, said to everyone: "Give me a bite of them, kill one, and I will personally reward you with one or two pieces of silver." Everyone burst into laughter and said: "Teacher, don't brag, who doesn't know that you are afraid of your wife, you still have a personal reward of silver or two, you can brag." ”

Fan Wentai made a big red face and said with a breath: "Lao Tzu is not afraid of his wife, who is saying that Lao Tzu is afraid of his wife, Lao Tzu will give him a few whips." "Jokes aside, everyone doesn't care about money at this moment, to be able to participate in such a vigorous Great Patriotic War in their lifetime, the honor in their hearts cannot be measured by material, and everyone knows that Jiangbei Generalissimo Wang Yongan is by no means a stingy person, and in order to defend Jiangbei, how many people died here, even if they are for their comrades, they must be sure to annihilate the Japanese army.

The Japanese, like rabbits rounded up by hunting dogs, fled in a hurry, and the 5th Division was in hot pursuit. In fact, only one unit of the Fifth Division of the Jiangbei Army pursued the Japanese army, and the other four divisions were stopped by Li Shirui.

Li Shirui suggested to Fang Xianwu: "The Japanese fled quickly, and after the Japanese 16th Division converged, at least the combat effectiveness was restored, and we can now eat the 17th Division in one bite, but the pursuit of the 16th Division cannot destroy them." But if we finally let go of the 17th Division in order to pursue the 16th Division, the gains outweigh the losses. Therefore, I suggest that it is better to let the 5th Division, which is at the forefront and the most complete, continue to pursue the 16th Division, and our main force and the 6th Division of the Army are besieging the 17th Division of the Japanese Army in Qiaoye Town, and swallow this piece of fat into our stomachs first. Instead of hurting his ten fingers, it is better to cut off one of his fingers. ”