On 15 July, the Kwantung Army in the eastern battlefield continued to move northward, and it seemed that it would continue the pace of yesterday's offensive, but at about 9 o'clock in the morning, it received an order from the Kwantung Army Headquarters: The eastern front should mainly contain the troops of the Northern Volunteers, march at a speed of no more than 10 miles a day, and wait for changes in the situation to facilitate the search for fighters. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Eastern Route Army, which was full of confidence and wanted to speed up, was immediately deflated and had to slow down its advance.

This was due to the fact that the Kwantung Army Command had just received an order from the War Department in the morning that the combat units of the Eastern Front could not advance rashly and that they had to slow down the pace of their advance.

Last night, the War Department received a report on the battle situation of the Kwantung Army, and was shocked to see that the advance of the Eastern Front was too fast, and this was simply the rhythm of looking for death. Especially Prince Zairen of the General Staff Headquarters, he was even more nervous.

Nima, a company's strength is fighting a blocking battle, doesn't the Northland Volunteer Army have no army?

Needless to say, this is a conspiracy to seal the sky.

Suffering too much and eating too much, Prince Zairen of Xianyuan Palace is a little nervous.

Of course, those guys in the War Department can see that this Feng Tian is not well-intentioned.

Who are fooling you, hundreds of thousands of large regiments are fighting, and you only send this little force, bullying us are all pig brains, fooling us?

Therefore, the Japanese War Department urgently ordered the Kwantung Army to immediately stop the offensive movement on the Eastern Front.

"In the first stage of the war, the troops of the Eastern Front only served as a feint direction, playing the role of containing the strength of the Northern Volunteer Army. As for future operations, it should be decided according to the progress of the war and whether or not fighter planes appear. Therefore, the troops of the Eastern Front could neither stop their advance nor advance too deep, and should be kept within 50 or 60 miles of Mukden in the north for a short time. The War Department's order says.

General Minamijiro of the Kwantung Army Command looked at it and was dumbfounded.

According to the speed of their march, I am afraid that the march of fifty or sixty miles will be almost completed today.

The orders of the War Department had to be carried out, and the commander of the Kwantung Army, General Minamijiro, immediately issued an order to slow down the troops on the Eastern Front.

The middle route of the Kwantung Army did not change much, and it still advanced slowly, and finally entered the mountains. Even so, there was no exchange of fire with the Northland Volunteers, and probably the defensive positions arranged by the Northland Volunteers were still in the depths.

On the contrary, the two armies on the Western Front continued to advance at the pace of yesterday's march.

After all, after entering the mountains, the road is rough, and if you want to speed up, I am afraid that it will not be much faster.

What's more, the Kwantung Army on both roads has been blocked to varying degrees, and after fighting for a while and walking for a while along the way, the Northland Volunteer Army will not let them advance smoothly.

However, this sniping must be short, and never dragging the mud and water.

Just kidding, if you are bitten by the Kwantung Army and you can't escape, it will be a big loss.

Therefore, the Northland Volunteers all dispatched small troops, chose hidden places to ambush, and quickly ran away. The intention of the Rehe Defense District Command was very simple, if it could not stop the Kwantung Army from advancing, it would not allow the Kwantung Army to march too smoothly and harass it from time to time.

It is clear that the Western Front is the key defensive position of the Northland Volunteers.

Because, if it cannot effectively block the advance of the Kwantung Army, it will inevitably make the Kwantung Army directly threaten the core position of the Northland Volunteer Army.

Obviously, both the Beidi Volunteer Army and the Kwantung Army thought of going together, and the battlefield on the Rehe West Front became the main battlefield of the contest between the two. The Japanese wanted to attack the Northland Volunteers from the nearest route, but Feng Tian was worried about this position and was ready to resist.

In the morning, the vanguard of the Kwantung Army, the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade, marched smoothly and did not encounter much resistance, except that some small units blocked the search units of the Kwantung Army.

Because there was a search team in front of the road, the large force of the first brigade was safe, and the most unfortunate was the search team that walked in front.

This is a mountainous area, there is no shortage of ambush sites, since it is a search team, even if it is dangerous, it is useless to move forward, even if it is careful, it is useless, I don't know when a burst of gunfire will erupt, so that the search team that can't dodge will suffer heavy casualties.

Later, the search team had experience, and as soon as the guns rang out, the soldiers who were not dead hurriedly hid, hid their bodies, and waited for ten or eight minutes.

Now it seems that the search team is really not a good errand, it is simply hovering on the edge of hell, and the search team has died one stubble after another, which makes the soldiers of the search team frightened, and they don't know that they are unlucky on that turn.

The search party continued to move forward, carefully observing the possible positions ahead, for fear of being attacked.

This thing is afraid of getting used to, the search team can't just take care of the front, all the terrain they pass through must be paid attention to, and the follow-up troops can't be allowed to enter the ambush circle.

However, this situation has not occurred along the way, and the most dangerous direction is ahead, so the attention of the search team is all in the palm of the palm in front.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, the search party was again blocked.

The road ahead was blocked by a pile of rocks, apparently a man-made position, and a burst of gunfire was fierce, and the search party walking in front immediately fell to the ground.

This time it was different, the blocking side was condescending and kept shooting, and the search team with bullets couldn't raise its head.

The leader of the search team, who was hiding behind a rock, observed and found that the other party was quite numerous, obviously, this was not something that their search team could handle, and they had to ask for support.

The squad leader was also alert, and shouted to the soldiers behind: "Hurry up and report to the rear, I have found a large force of the Northland Volunteer Army, and I ask for guidance." ”

In fact, there was no need for him to report the news, the Japanese troops who were advancing in the rear also heard the gunshots, and a new situation appeared in the front.

The 1st Brigade of the 1st Brigade of the Kwantung Army, which was at the forefront, immediately ran forward to support the search team at the front.

There was still an exchange of fire ahead, and the 1st Brigade soon entered the battlefield and assembled in the open space not far behind the search team.

There was an omission, the search team only cared about the front, did not have time to look around the terrain, the 1st Brigade of the Kwantung Army, the place where the brigade was assembled, was on both sides of the high slope, which was quite dangerous.

Isn't it, in the dense vegetation on the slopes on both sides, there are countless black holes with muzzles, facing the Japanese troops who are gathering at the bottom of the hillside.

The 1st Garrison Brigade of the Northland Volunteers has been waiting for the opportunity to fight an ambush battle, and this position has long been chosen.

At this time, the troops of a battalion on each side of the hill were ambushed, and when they saw that the Japanese troops below were almost assembled, the commander gave an order: "Fight, hit hard!" ”

"Da Da Da--"

"Papa-papa-"

"Boom--boom--boom--"

Well, in an instant, powerful firepower erupted on the slopes of the hills on both sides, all hitting the Kwantung Army soldiers who were close at hand. Numerous grenades fell from the sky and exploded in the crowd of Japanese soldiers, killing and wounding.

It's too close, and it's two battalions of troops, and the lethality is absolutely huge.

Moreover, the equipment of the Northland Volunteer Army is so powerful, and the Japanese troops who are gathering in line are so concentrated that they have become live targets.

With so many Japanese troops gathered together, there was no place to hide, but there was a place to hide in the distance, but it was too late, so they could only lie down on the spot.

Even if you lie down, you may not be able to avoid the bullet, because the other party is right above your head.

A few minutes later, the commander of the Northland Volunteer Army saw that the Japanese troops below had suffered heavy casualties, and the results were already very good.

You can't stay here for a long time, the follow-up troops of the Japanese Kwantung Army are marching this way, and they will arrive in most minutes, in case they are bitten, they can't go, if they don't leave at this time, when will they stay?

Fan Jinzhong, the deputy head of the regiment, waved his hand and shouted: "Withdraw, evacuate the position immediately." ”

In response to this ambush battle, the instructions issued by the Rehe Command first emphasized that they could not be bitten by the Kwantung Army, and then emphasized the elimination of the Japanese army.

The soldiers in the dense forest put away their guns, got up and left, and disappeared into the mountains in a short time.

Yes, the two battalions of the Northland Volunteer Army went out to fight, and the most important thing was to control the timing well, hit the gap between the enemy troops, and then quickly break away from the position.

The Northland Volunteer Army Garrison Brigade, which seems to be a second-line unit by name, is actually a misunderstanding.

Beginning in 1932, as long as the subjects of training in this army were harassment, ambush, blockade, and positional warfare, and specialized in techniques, three or four years were enough time for this army to be reborn and become a professional contingent specializing in defensive warfare.

In other words, Feng Tian professionalized his army and let the main division of the Northland Volunteer Army serve as a highly offensive field force, and all defensive operations were handed over to the garrison.

In this era, there was no army divided like this, and Feng Tian applied this combat method to the battlefield.

The large force of the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade of the Kwantung Army came up, and the scene in front of the brigade commander was very miserable.

Miserable! It's miserable!

This first brigade can only be beaten passively, and it is difficult to fight back, and you say that it is unlucky or not.

Even if the captain wants to fight back, there is no time, the Northland Volunteers are like loaches, and they are clean after a short raid.

"Bage Yalu, you dripping big bastard, why are so many Imperial soldiers dead, working dead and dead!" Brigade commander Yoshino pulled out his sword to slash the captain, who had a broken arm, but was stopped by his chief of staff.

"Yoshino-kun, calm your anger, ask about the situation first."

What is there to say?

Things are too simple, the captain of the brigade tremblingly told the ins and outs of the matter, the commander of the Yoshino Brigade looked up at the surrounding environment, and almost understood the whole process, if it wasn't for the time being too short, the strength of the entire brigade, I'm afraid there wouldn't be much left.

The statistics came out quickly, nearly a hundred soldiers were killed, and more than 100 were seriously wounded, and these soldiers with fewer arms and legs were not much different from dead.

And there were quite a few lightly wounded soldiers, more than a hundred.

That is, the entire brigade has lost its combat effectiveness.

Major General Yoshino frowned, this has not yet started a big battle, and the losses are so heavy, it is difficult to explain.

"Order the troops to be stationed on the spot, and immediately send the battle situation here to the Kwantung Army Headquarters, waiting for instructions." The brigade commander, Major General Yoshino, gave the order that it was almost noon and that it was time to rest and eat. (To be continued.) )