Despite this, Major General Yamashita Fengwen still ordered Major General Xi Shiyuan to quickly attack and pursue the 77th Division of the Eighth Route Army that had fled north, and he asked Major General Xi Shiyuan to best contain the main force of the 77th Division in the area south of Zhangbei County. At the same time, Yamashita Fengwen also sent a telegram to General Bin Sanyuan, reporting to the North China Front Army Headquarters in the name of the Northern Attack Group: "Your Excellency, Your Excellency, I led the soldiers of my subordinate to defeat the position of the Eighth Route Army in front of Zhangjiakou at 5:10 p.m. today, killing and wounding more than 3,000 people of the elite 77th Division of the Eighth Route Army, recovering all the areas outside Zhangjiakou, and forcing the unit to flee northward. In order to wash away the shame of the Imperial Army, it was decided to completely annihilate the 77th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and I hope that His Excellency the Commander will urge the 20th Division of the Imperial Army and the 1st Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery to speed up the march and cooperate with our ............"

After receiving the good news from Lieutenant General Yamashita Fengwen, General Wubin Sanyuan was overjoyed, and immediately ordered Yamashita Fengwen to bite the main force of the 77th Division of the Eighth Route Army at all costs, and told Yamashita that the reinforcements would arrive in three days.

Major General Xi Shiyuan is a direct family member of the wealthy Xi Shiyuan family, although he is not a descendant of the line, but he is very respected by the patriarch in the family. Although the 41-year-old army major general is not young, he is still in high demand in his own country. Major General Xi Shiyuan had just received an order that his infantry wing had been replenished to the Yamashita Division and expanded into brigades, and he himself had naturally been promoted to the rank of brigade commander of Major General.

Overjoyed, Major General Nishiyuan was even more grateful to Yamashita Fengfumi, the boss who had the grace of knowing him, and after receiving the order to attack, Major General Nishiyuan immediately ordered the assembled troops to pursue in the direction of Zhangbei.

Major General Xi Shiyuan did not participate in the previous battle, so he did not know how strong the combat effectiveness of Han Yunhua's subordinates, especially the 77th Division, was strong. Although the name Han Yunhua has almost become a nightmare of the army in the past year or so, as a die-hard supporter of the Shaozhuang faction, Major General Xi Shiyuan does not think that Han Yunhua is so terrible. The reason why Han Yunhua has such a high reputation is that Han Yunhua has a certain strength, but more importantly, it is said that the soldiers are false, so they artificially created such a demon.

And the reason that the army is defeated like a mountain is also very clear, in his heart, no matter how strong the combat effectiveness of Han Yunhua's department is, but a defeated army that has lost the will to fight can still have a few layers of combat effectiveness left. And this time he brought nearly 10,000 troops to pursue, in addition to infantry and cavalry, there were also light and heavy soldiers and artillery. Major General Xi Shiyuan is extremely confident in the artillery of the Yue Army, he once served in Northeast China ten years ago, although he was only a small Shaozuo, but he did not fight against the Chinese [***] team. In the past, the [***] squadron that fought against him was not without a tenacious will to fight, but once the sound of artillery or the whirling of the plane's dive was heard, the squadron's will to fight quickly collapsed.

Therefore, Major General Xi Shiyuan was not afraid of the middle [***] team in front of him ambushing him, but was still looking forward to the [***] team stopping and fighting with him. Like all the Yue himself of this era, Major General Xi Shiyuan had a blind belief in the army of Yue Ben. They have always believed that the powerful army armed with the spirit of bushido and the sophisticated steel weapons of the Great Empire is the best in the world, and that they are invincible.

According to Lieutenant General Yamashita Fengwen's meaning, the Xishiyuan Brigade, whether it is cavalry or infantry, should go hand in hand to prevent the [***] team from luring the enemy deep into an ambush of the imperial army. In the past year or so, Yamashita Fengwen and the troops of the Inner Mongolia Military Region have fought a lot, and they have a deep understanding of the elusive and strange combat methods of Han Yunhua's subordinates.

However, Major General Xi Shiyuan did not take it to heart at all, he ordered the cavalry wing to quickly break away from his own team and pursue forward, and be sure to cut off the path of the Eighth Route Army's northward escape.

Wanghutai Village is a small village north of Shanfangbao Township, and it is also a village close to the road. The vanguard search unit of the Xishiyuan Brigade soon discovered the traces of the troops behind the palace of the 77th Division of Reading Li in the township of Shanfangbao, and the cavalry wing of the Yue Army, which chased all the way, found that at least one regiment of the middle [***] team disappeared in this area.

Although the commander of the devil's cavalry wing is not very good, his mind is very delicate, and although the movement speed of his cavalry troops is fast, it is still inferior to the infantry in terms of individual firepower. The role of their cavalry unit is to put it bluntly, a hunting dog, and it is enough to find the prey, but as for how to catch the prey, it depends on the hunter.

The commander of the cavalry wing of the Yue army sent a report to Major General Xi Shiyuan, telling Major General Xi Shiyuan that their cavalry wing had found the main force of the Chinese army, which numbered about 1,800 people, and forced this group of Chinese troops to several mountain villages near Shanfangbao Township.

Major General Xi Shiyuan was overjoyed, and immediately ordered the cavalry wing to attack the defeated army of China in front of him, but he did not require much success, and only needed to drag the army of China in the township of Shanfangbao. At the same time, Major General Xi Shiyuan also issued an order to the entire brigade to advance rapidly, ordering the soldiers to abandon everything except ammunition, advance lightly, and completely annihilate this branch of the army before reinforcements arrived.

In the view of Major General Xi Shiyuan, the 1,800-strong army of more than 1,800 people should be an integrated regiment of China, and it is also a fairly complete integrated regiment; as far as he knows, many division-level military units in China actually have only three infantry regiments, each infantry regiment is about 2,500 to 3,000 people, and the entire division is about 12,000 people. Although the Reading 77th Division is also a famous infantry division in China, he is not Jiang's descendant after all, so the establishment should not be too large, and the three infantry regiments should be the largest establishment of the Reading 77th Division.

In other words, they are likely to find one of the three main regiments of the 77th Division, and the annihilation of the infantry regiment in front of them can almost be said to have broken one of the arms of the 77th Division. Speaking of this, Major General Xi Shiyuan was a little annoyed, the special high class occupied so many resources in the army, but he didn't even know how many troops there were in Han Yunhua's department, and he didn't even know the establishment of the 300th Division, the 77th Reading Division, and the Eighth Brigade of Reading Power that had been exposed.

After receiving the order of Major General Xi Shiyuan, the wing commander of the cavalry wing smiled bitterly and asked the cavalry to attack the infantry hiding in the shadows. Moreover, the wing commander of this cavalry wing is a veteran of the Shanxia Division, and he has fought against Yang Chengwu's department, Chen Geng's department, and Li Dayong's department in Han Yunhua's department. Knowing very well the strength of these officers of the Eighth Route Army, even if there are only more than 1,000 defeated troops, it is still possible to block more than 1,000 cavalry of a wing.

However, an order is an order, and a soldier is to obey orders as his duty. Although the wing commander of the cavalry wing was reluctant, the result was already doomed at the moment he received the order from Major General Xi Shiyuan, and it could not be changed. The wing commander of the cavalry wing drew his bright saber, pointed at Wanghutai Village, and shouted: "There is a vague (order), kill the enemy and give it (attack)!! ”

"Wow, ahh!!h

"Ahh!!h

"Ahh!!h

In a burst of wild screams, the cavalry units of the Yue army completed the process of starting, accelerating, and charging, and the distance of three miles was only five or six minutes away for the cavalry in motion.

There are many ways to fight cavalry, but in general, they are divided into sword battles and gun battles. Knife fighting refers to the tactics used by cavalry to duel with cavalry and when cavalry surrounds and kills targets at close range, while gun fighting is a tactic used to pursue and intercept the enemy. At this time, the cavalry of the army used gunfights, and the advantage of gunfights was that if necessary, the riders could turn over and dismount, and suddenly switch from cavalry to infantry, which was conducive to attacking the infantry who were waiting for them.

There is indeed a unit of the Eighth Route Army in Wanghutai Village, which is the guard battalion and reconnaissance battalion and machine gun company directly under the 77th Division of the Reading Division. Although the number of people is not as large as reported by the Devil Cavalry Wing, there are still more than 1,500 people.

Master Chen is a person who understands, and he knows that the troops behind His Royal Highness cannot be sloppy, especially the troops that lure the enemy into the depths. If the play is fake, you can't deceive the little devil, and if you act really too much, you can't get into the play, only the truth and falsehood can make the little devil step into the trap step by step. Therefore, Master Chen sent out his own guard battalion, and the guard battalion plus the most elite reconnaissance battalion in the whole division is equipped with a machine gun company, such a lineup is really luxurious enough, and it can be regarded as Master Chen's opponent who looks down on Yamashita Fengwen.

You must know that the reconnaissance battalion of the 77th Reading Division is a defective product of the special operations unit of the Reading 77th Division, and it is the product of Master Chen's failure to copy Han Yunhua's special forces.

Seeing this cavalry wing of the Yue Army in hot pursuit, Zhang Tiehu, the commander of the guard battalion, was a little depressed. Although this cavalry wing is not small, it is only about 1,000 people when it is full, and it is not the object they want to clean up at all. Lure the enemy deeper, these cavalry are faster than them, if they don't get rid of it, it is likely to ruin the division commander's plan, which makes Zhang Tiehu fall into deep thought.

At this time, Li Ergou, the commander of the first company of the guard battalion, leaned over and said, "Battalion commander, the devil's cavalry seems to be attacking, what should we do?" To fight or not to fight? ”

"What, offense? A group of their cavalry also wanted to attack our fortified infantry, and they were simply looking for death. Let's go, follow me and have a look! Zhang Tiehu was also stunned by the devil's movements.

Through the binoculars, Zhang Tiehu saw that the cavalry troops of the devils had formed an attack formation, and they might rush over at any time. Zhang Tiehu lamented that the commander of the army was bold and at the same time made the little devil's approach to no one angry, isn't this clearly looking down on the Eighth Route Army? Anyway, it is to lure the enemy deeper, and in the way of the little devil, it is easier to bring these dogs into the ambush circle if it hurts.

Zhang Tiehu immediately ordered: "Comrades: take your place and prepare for battle. The reconnaissance battalion went out from the back village and cut off the back road of the little devils, and the two of us should be flanked in front and back, and after half an hour, no matter how the battle was going, immediately retreat, and gather in the old place. ”

"Okay, the reconnaissance battalion will follow me, and the machine gun company will stay!" Tang Dashan, the commander of the reconnaissance battalion, shouted in a low voice.

The attack of the Yue army soon began, and it was the first time that more than a thousand cavalry collectively charged Zhang Tiehu to see it. Zhang Tiehu is still very experienced in dealing with cavalry, and he must not wait for the cavalry to get close before fighting, that is completely self-defeating. The speed of the cavalry is too fast, and if you get closer and then fight, the final result is that the cavalry of the devil's brigade will rush into the position before you can fire a few shots. Once the cavalry is allowed to get close, with the combat effectiveness of the cavalry, there may not be a chance of winning in one dozen or five. Therefore, the cavalry should be fought early, artillery fire from a distance, once the cavalry enters the effective range of the gun, do not be stingy with bullets, and fire with full strength is the king. Moreover, the target of the cavalry is large, and the probability of hitting is relatively large.

At the very beginning of the cavalry charge, Zhang Tiehu ordered the machine gun company and the heavy machine gun company to open fire immediately. The machine gun company of the 77th Division is equipped with two 60mm caliber mortars and six ship-based anti-aircraft machine guns, not to mention ordinary horses, even the side armor of the combat vehicle with a thinner tank may not be able to withstand the frontal attack of the anti-aircraft machine gun. After all, the armor of the military bean chariot is notoriously thin, with a thickness of only 12mm on the front and only a few millimeters on the side. The penetration of anti-aircraft machine guns is designed to fight warships and planes, and if the combat vehicle is not good, the war horse is even worse.

Under the blows of anti-aircraft machine guns and mortars, the formation of the cavalry wing of the Yue army was quickly dispersed, and in just two minutes, the cavalry unit of the Yue army was destroyed and attacked. More than 1,000 soldiers were killed and more than 100 were wounded, not to mention rushing forward, even if they retreated, they would have to take a great risk.

Just when the commander of the cavalry wing of the army was in a dilemma, there was also a gunshot from behind, and an unknown number but full of firepower [***] team suddenly appeared behind the cavalry troops, dozens of tongues of fire swallowed steel bullets, and roared with the call of death.

In just a few minutes, the positions of the attackers and defenders changed. The original prey has a super transformation and has become a hunter, and the originally arrogant hunter has become a prey. Although the number of enemies who appeared behind was known, in terms of automatic firepower, it was not much less than a wing of the imperial army, so the commander of the cavalry wing did not dare to flee backwards. At this time, the heart of the captain of the cavalry wing of the army was pulling out the cold, there was a strong enemy in front and there were pursuers behind him, and he was a cavalry with strong mobility but not strong in positional warfare.

It can be regarded as an old rival with the Eighth Route Army, this cavalry wing commander of the army is very aware of the current situation, and he knows even more that he must not mess up, if he messes up, then the many cavalry wings that were annihilated by Han Yunhua's department are a lesson from the past. However, fortunately, the radio station was not destroyed, and the commander of the cavalry wing ordered the soldiers to send a telegram to Major General Xi Shiyuan, asking for combat guidance. On the one hand, the troops were ordered to break through to the southwest where the firepower of the central [***] team was weakest.

This time, the commander of the cavalry wing of the Yue army was determined to rush out, although the guard battalion of the 77th Division of Reading Li also carried out a stubborn resistance, but it was still broken through a large hole more than ten meters wide by the Yue army. Suddenly, the cavalry rushed out like a flood that had burst its embankment.

After the cavalry broke through, the 77th Division did not pursue, but quickly cleaned up the battlefield and retreated.

The cavalry wing commander of the Yue army rushed out for nearly 20 miles at once before stopping, and the commander of the cavalry wing of the Yue army almost fainted. In such a fierce battle of just half an hour, his complete cavalry wing of 1,128 people was now only 614 people, and there were still 1200 wounded soldiers in it, so it can be said that in this battle, the 121st cavalry wing of the Yamashita Division was disabled.

Moreover, the combat effectiveness shown by the Eighth Route Army just now is not at all a unit that has lost the will to fight, and the combat style of not making a move, it will either be killed or injured as soon as it strikes, which still demonstrates the strength of this army.

An hour later, the main force of the pursuing force led by Major General Xi Shiyuan finally arrived. Seeing the defeat of the remnants of the army in front of him, Major General Xi Shiyuan couldn't help but be furious. Raising his hand was a big slap, and the captain of the cavalry wing of the army was bruised and swollen.

"Yaga, you big bastard. Who let you break through, your wing has suffered so many casualties that you haven't even pinned down the enemy's tail, you don't deserve to be a soldier. Major General Xi Shiyuan scolded loudly.

"Hay, I understand. He also asked His Excellency the Brigade Commander to punish him, but he had already sent a cavalry squad to follow the branch closely, and it was believed that their retreat route would soon be found. The cavalry wing commander of the army said cautiously.

"Yo Xi, you must remember that you are a loyal and brave warrior of His Majesty the Emperor's army, and a soldier who is ready to sacrifice his life for His Majesty the Emperor at all times. If you are afraid of death, you are not a great emperor [***], now I order you, lead your cavalry troops to immediately catch up with the front of the Zhina troops to entangle them, and cooperate with the main force of the brigade to annihilate this elite main force of the Eighth Route Army, do you understand? ”

"Hai, let's go!"

The troops of the 77th Division did not go far, they received a telegram from the division headquarters, and arranged an ambush circle fifteen kilometers north of Shanfangbao Township, and everything was ready to stop, just waiting for the fish to take the bait.

Zhang Tiehu knew that since the fishing net had been cast, whether this play was sung well or not depended on his performance as a bait. Although Zhang Tiehu is not a senior cadre of the 77th Division, he also knows very well that this play was sung by the division commander himself, and Zhang Tiehu, as the guard battalion commander of Master Chen, knows the burden on his body. If you sing well, everyone is happy, but if you can't sing well, it is the face of the division commander who loses it, so how to fight him in this battle must have a bottom in his heart.

(To be continued)