Xuchang, the headquarters of the army garrison wing.

Due to the urgency of the war, when Muto Zhang assembled troops to fight with the 42nd Group Army on the bank of the Yellow River, the devil soldiers in southern Henan and other places were almost completely withdrawn, and Rao was a big city like Xuchang, and the devils only left a third-rate infantry wing, with less than 2,000 troops.

With the addition of two regiments of puppet troops, the total number is only about 4,000 people.

The captain of the military wing left behind in Xuchang is a top student of the Imperial Non-commissioned Officer School of the Imperial Army, named Kikuyoshitaro, although his wing is only a third-rate garrison wing.

But Kikuyotaro never had such a task, and in his opinion, under his wise command, even an infantry wing with combat effectiveness of only two or three ranks could create miracles unexpectedly.

Therefore, Chrysanthemum Taro is very much looking forward to being able to fight with the Shina people, and even hopes for a vigorous head-on battle, Chrysanthemum Taro needs to prove himself. The Chrysanthemum Wing needs to prove itself and prove to everyone that the Chrysanthemum Wing is an excellent Imperial Infantry Wing.

Chrysanthemum Taro is an excellent imperial commander, in the last time Muto Zhang assembled an army to prepare for a decisive battle with Zhang Mingyu's 42nd Army southward on the bank of the Yellow River, Chrysanthemum Taro once recommended himself to Muto Zhang to apply for an attack with the army.

And Muto Zhang took into account that Xuchang needed to stay guarded, and the Chrysanthemum Garrison Wing was only a third-rate wing, and its combat effectiveness was weaker than that of other field infantry wings. Therefore, after weighing it repeatedly, Muto Zhang decided to leave the Chrysanthemum United and take on the heavy responsibility of guarding Xuchang.

Although, for Muto Chapter's arrangement, Kikuta Taro was a little disappointed and even frustrated, but as a qualified emperor [***] person, it is his duty to obey orders.

Therefore, since taking over the defense of Xuchang, Chrysanthemum Taro is still very dedicated, in addition to arranging heavy troops inside and outside Xuchang City, but also arranging a large number of scouts to reconnoiter the situation within a radius of nearly 100 miles from Xuchang.

When the southward advance detachment of the 42nd Group Army had just set off from Zheng County and arrived in Xinzheng, its whereabouts were discovered by agents of the special service of the Chinese army.

Agents of Xinzheng Yuejun immediately fed back the news back to Xuchang. In fact, this time, the 42nd Group Army did not intend to march covertly at all, but drove south with great fanfare.

So it is not surprising that it was discovered by the army.

Xuchang, said to be the army chrysanthemum garrison wing wing team headquarters.

Taro Kikukata is immersed in studying the map on the table, although this guy is not on the front line, but he still studies around the map every day.

Although Muto Zhang had already flown to Wuhan, and the Yuzhong Army Group had also withdrawn to Wuhan in batches, although it had almost become the border area occupied by the Imperial Army.

But Chrysanthemum Taro doesn't seem to be afraid of the [***] team coming to attack, and he even hopes to be able to fight the [***] who came to attack.

Just as Chrysanthemum Taro was repeatedly deducing the possible battle in front of the map, a second lieutenant officer strode in with a saber on his shoulder, and suddenly retracted his feet and said: "Your Excellency, Wing Commander, according to the news from the agents of Xinzheng County of our army, at least one division of the main force of the Chinese Army has arrived in Xinzheng from Zheng County, and it is already heading towards Xuchang at this time!" ”

"Huh?!" Hearing this, Chrysanthemum Taro suddenly raised his head and said with an awe-inspiring expression: "A division? Hmph, why should an infantry division be so alarmed, at the beginning, I said that the Fifth Division of the Imperial Army of this empire defeated more than 30 divisions of the Chinese people in one fell swoop under the leadership of General Itasun Seisihiro. We have three infantry brigades and two infantry regiments of the Imperial Army, so we can't beat one division of the China Military Region. ”

"But! Wing Commander, the people of China also have an infantry division in Xinzheng, although they are still resting at this time, and have no intention of going south, but if the forward progress of the China Army is unfavorable, this branch infantry division will definitely go south to Xuchang immediately, and then we will face not a division, but an army, two infantry divisions, and I heard that the 42nd Group Army of the China Army is strong in combat, which is far from being comparable to other China Army units, Your Excellency Dazuo, you should hurry up and report the situation to the Wuhan Command and ask for reinforcements! Then the second lieutenant bowed his head suddenly.

"Yaga! You are not worthy of being a person who is the emperor of the Great Emperor [***], where is there a person like you who is greedy for life and afraid of death. "Chrysanthemum Taro stepped forward angrily" Bang! "Left and right opened the bow and rewarded the second lieutenant in front of him a few 'big baked cakes'.

"Hay!" Although the devil lieutenant was beaten and dizzy, he still stopped his body suddenly, and once again suddenly lowered his head and stood upright.

"Order the Imperial Infantry Regiment to be the front line and immediately enter the preset position outside the city! Resist to the death, and you must not retreat without an order! The 1st Infantry Brigade remained in the city, the 2nd Infantry Brigade, the 3rd Infantry Brigade moved into the second and third preset positions, and the artillery squadron was ready to provide fire support at any time! I want the stupid pig to taste the power of the imperial army! Chrysanthemum Taro said with a hideous face.

"Hay!" The devil lieutenant bowed his head suddenly, and then covered his swollen face, turned around and strode away with his saber on his shoulder.

…….

Fifteen kilometers northwest of Xuchang, the contingent of the southward advance detachment of the 42nd Group Army was rolling southward in a long line, and the endless flow of people was like a giant dragon running through both ends of the earth, winding forward.

In the middle of the queue that looked like a dragon, several horsemen were walking side by side, and the first person was Ma Liqun, the commander of the detachment that advanced southward this time.

The few people next to him were naturally the military commanders of the regiments that advanced into the detachment, and one of the regiment commanders followed Ma Liqun on horseback, and said: "Commander, we are about to arrive in Xuchang, and we can finally have a good fight with the little devils, I have been holding back for so long, and it is really uncomfortable to watch other brother troops kill devils on the front line!" ”

"Humph! What's the hurry, this time, you will fight the vicious battle and the hard war, don't fucking just pretend to be Lao Tzu when the time comes! Ma Liqun snorted coldly.

"Commander! What are you talking about, although the brothers have not been on the battlefield for a long time, it does not mean that the brothers are afraid of death and eggs! The head of the regiment immediately blushed with his neck and said.

"That's good! In front of me is Xuchang, the brothers gave me the momentum of the wild wolf, rushed up and chopped those dogs, and recovered Xuchang! Ma Liqun immediately tore his throat and pointed ahead with a horsewhip and yelled.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Rack! Kill! ”

All the cavalry suddenly roared loudly, and rushed forward with their horses under their hips. Seeing this, the infantry behind also hurriedly quickened their pace and followed closely.

The rolling flow of people is like a decisive flood to the south, it is the wolf smoke rising, the rivers and mountains look north, the horseshoe goes south and people look north. However, these heroic Chinese men did not look back or hesitate in the slightest, although they knew that there were their parents and relatives, their wives and sons and daughters in the northern land behind them, and their nostalgic and warm home.

However, the country is shattered, the motherland is on the verge of destruction, and 40,000,000 Chinese compatriots are in dire straits.

Take up arms to defend the country, as a soldier to protect the family and the country, it is the mission, even if the horse leather shroud on the bloody battlefield has no regrets!

Soon, the vanguard of the detachment thousands of Chinese athletes drove the war horses under the crotch to the periphery of Xuchang, at this time, a regimental commander in charge of supervising the battle in front of the head, puffed the crotch of the war horse, and the cavalry athletes behind them also stopped the war horse, although the movements were not very neat, but also skilled.

This shows that this cavalry was well-trained and disciplined. After stopping, the regimental commander took out his binoculars and rode on his horse to observe the situation ahead.

Through the binoculars, he saw two horsemen galloping from the south, and the galloping hooves of the horses drove up patches of billowing smoke. In the blink of an eye, the two cavalrymen galloped from far and near to the regimental commander, and before they could turn over and dismount, the two cavalrymen saluted on their horses, and one of them said: "Report to the commander, the puppet army has been found in the front, with a strength of about 2,000 people, and all of them have entered the field position." ”

"Puppet army? More than 2,000 people! The regimental commander couldn't help frowning, if these puppet troops hadn't entered the position, on the plain, he would only need five hundred cavalry to crush them all into powder,

Now that the puppet army has entered the position, even if the combat effectiveness is no longer good, it will not be a problem to hit a target as big as the cavalry.

And he couldn't stupidly let his cavalry soldiers go to the devil puppet army as a live target, just when the officer hesitated, a cavalryman from behind rushed over and shouted: "The commander has an order, the forward regiment doesn't need to pay attention to the enemy in Xuchang, and immediately bypass Xuchang and advance south!" ”

"Okay! Guys! Follow me! The regimental commander frowned suddenly, raised the whip in his hand and pointed south and shouted.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

More than 2,000 cavalry athletes suddenly urged the war horses, wolves and leopards rushed to the south one by one, and after reaching the range of the devils and the puppet army, more than 2,000 cavalry divided into two, bypassing the entire Xuchang City and continuing to roar south.

………

In Xuchang City, in the garrison infantry wing of the army and the headquarters of the chrysanthemum wing, Chrysanthemum Taro was sitting calmly in the headquarters waiting for the good news from the front line.

Suddenly, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and Chrysanthemum Taro was so startled by the footsteps that he suddenly opened his slightly squinted eyes, only to see a second lieutenant communications officer striding in with a saber on his shoulder, and suddenly closed up and said in a hurry: "Your Excellency Dazuo, the front line has just reported, and a group of cavalry of the Zhina Army is divided into two groups to bypass Xuchang City and go south. ”

"Yaga Tooth Road! Why not stop them! Hearing this, Kikuka Taro suddenly roared.

"Your Excellency, please calm your anger! Since our wing did not have formed cavalry, and the cavalry was the natural enemy of the infantry on the plain, we could not stop the pace of the cavalry of the Chinese army. The second lieutenant officer looked up sharply and replied.

"Bagaya Road, aren't there two armored combat vehicle squads in the city! Strike now! Crush those Chinese cavalry! Fast! Hurry up and drop! Chrysanthemum Taro roared without anger. In Kikukataro's subconscious, as long as he and his infantry wing were still there, they couldn't let a single [***] person pass through Xuchang.

"But! Your Excellency, that is the only assault force of our wing, if you rush to attack, once you encounter an accident, the loss will be a big drop. The second lieutenant officer persuaded worriedly.

After all, they only have five armored vehicles and three Type 95 tanks, as well as three old-fashioned ** light tanks, this assault force was originally the 17th Division, but considering that the remaining troops in Xuchang are somewhat thin, this assault armored force is left just in case.

This is a cheap Chrysanthemum Wing, a third-rate infantry wing is also equipped with nearly a squadron of combat vehicles, although these armored forces are not very strong in the formation of the army at that time, but they are not a small threat to the squadron without anti-tank equipment and without armored tank vehicles.

"Yaga! If the Zhina army is allowed to bypass Xuchang, then the responsibility of you and me will be greatly greater, and we must stop them! Block them all on the front line of Xuchang!! The tank squadron immediately attacked! Execute the order now! Taro Kikukata roared almost in a roar.

"Hay!" The devil second lieutenant officer bowed his head suddenly, and immediately turned to leave with his saber on his shoulder.

………

Outside Xuchang City, on a low slope three miles away, Ma Liqun anchored the temporary headquarters here. At this time, a major officer strode in, stood up and said: "Commander, the first cavalry regiment has all passed through Xuchang City, but..."

"But what?" Ma Liqun asked with an awe-inspiring expression.

"Just now, the scouts reported that after the first cavalry regiment passed, the devils in the city suddenly sent a team of armored tanks to chase in the direction of the first cavalry regiment!" The Major replied with an embarrassed face.

"Armored tanks? How many are there? Ma Liqun asked.

"About a dozen or so!"

"More than a dozen?" When Ma Liqun heard this, he immediately snorted coldly and said: "Damn, send a telegram to the headquarters, call the air force for support, and ask the air force to send fighters to bomb the devil's tank armored vehicle detachment, and by the way, bomb those devils and puppet troops in front!" Let the little devils taste our awesomeness. ”

"Yes!" The major officer snapped to his feet and was about to turn away.

"Wait!" Ma Liqun waved his hand to stop the major officer who was about to turn away, and said: "Tell the 1st Cavalry Regiment to give me a tank with a little devil to go around the road in circles so that the Air Force can bomb it!" ”

"Yes!" The Major snapped to his feet again, and then turned to leave.

……

On the Xuluo Highway (Xuchang to Luohe), about 2,000 [***] cavalry were vying to "escape", and behind them, about a dozen armored vehicles and tanks with plaster flags lined up in several rows on the road, chasing after them.

It stands to reason that in the road conditions of China's dirt roads at that time, it was impossible for the devil's tank to catch up with the galloping war horse, but the [***] cavalry in front seemed to deliberately keep a certain distance from the devil.

The distance between the two sides was always kept within a certain range, that is, within the range of the Devil's on-board machine guns. Although the cavalry target is large, because the tank is driving at high speed, coupled with the bumpy road conditions, the devil tank gunners cannot accurately lock on to the target, and there is no way to shoot accurately.

In this way, the [***] cavalry whistled and led more than a dozen devil tank armored vehicles on the road, and about half an hour later, seeing that the devil tank was about to catch up, one of the [***] officers waved his hand, and suddenly the cavalry split into two and ran towards the fields on both sides.

The officer, on the other hand, continued to gallop forward with a handful of cavalry.

Seeing this, the devil officer immediately ordered to continue the pursuit, and did not pay attention to the [***] cavalry on both sides, because he knew in his heart that the soil in the fields on both sides was loose, and the cavalry was still hindered from running in it, and if tanks and armored vehicles weighing several tons and more than ten tons drove in, the driving speed would definitely be greatly reduced.

Eventually, there will be no trace of the Chinese cavalry, but fortunately, some of these Chinese cavalry are still running forward along the road.

The devil officer believed that in ten minutes at most, his tank detachment would be able to catch up with them and annihilate them.

However, at this moment, a group of dense small black dots appeared in the far sky behind the devil tank, and in the blink of an eye, these black dots quickly went from far to near, only to see [***] fighters with roaring engines coming out of the clouds.

At this time, a devil driver saw the situation behind him from the reflector of the armored car, and immediately shouted in the intercom: "Oh no, the fighter of the Zhina!" Hurry...."

The devil's driver didn't finish his words, only listened to the sound of a series of machine guns firing, and the devil's thin-skinned tank was okay to block the bullets, but when it encountered a powerful machine gun, the thin iron pieces on it were instantly shattered.

After a series of bullets, a devil armored car that was driving rapidly was suddenly hit and caught fire, and the iron sheet of the entire armored car was twisted into a twisted shape, and the devil soldiers such as the driver and machine gunner inside were all killed by powerful machine guns.

The entire armored car broke down and stopped on the road in an instant, and the car was still burning, and billowing black smoke rose in an instant.

At this time, without waiting for the ghost soldiers to react, one fighter after another locked onto a target and began the most rapid strike, in just three minutes, more than a dozen devil armored vehicles and tank vehicles were successively beaten into a pile of scrap metal! It began to burn incessantly.

At this time, the [***] cavalrymen turned their horses and looked at the devil tanks and armored vehicles that were still chasing them just now, and in the blink of an eye, they turned into piles of scrap metal, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Damn, the air force is very strong!" It's really powerful! ”

At this time, after completing the task, more than a dozen [***] fighters in the air circled twice over the heads of the cavalry and began to fly towards Xuchang.

At the same time, the devils and puppet troops outside the city were being subjected to heavy bombardment by the air force of the 42nd Group Army, and aerial bombs were falling one after another with whistles.

Immediately, a violent explosion erupted, and clusters of raging fire and billowing smoke suddenly rose into the air, and countless devils and puppet soldiers were directly swept out by the air wave.

Before he landed, he was already shaken to pieces, and he died of anger for a long time after landing.

(To be continued)