Chapter 241: Set up an ambush circle
The cavalry team of the Devil's Garrison Corps quickly left the county seat under the leadership of Nori Shinichi, and although Takano Shuichi asked people to immediately inform Yamashita Fengfumi, he was still worried.
If something happened to Nohi's cavalry, he could guarantee that Yamashita would definitely hold him accountable.
Looking at Zhu Shiqiang in front of him, the expression on Gao Yexiu's face became cloudy, and after a while, Gao Ye Xiuyi had a smile on his face.
When Zhu Shiqiang saw the smile of Shuichi Takano, he couldn't help but shudder in his heart, he knew that this smile represented the arrival of bad luck.
"Zhu Sang, you immediately send two battalions of troops to follow Ye Rijun's cavalry troops out of the city to fight." Shuichi Takano immediately gave the order.
The puppet army is naturally nothing in the eyes of the Japanese, and the lives of the puppet soldiers are like ants in the eyes of the Japanese.
The Japanese will not care about their life or death, especially when the puppet soldiers and the Japanese soldiers make a choice, the Japanese will definitely choose to sacrifice the puppet soldiers without hesitation.
Takano Shuichi sent two battalions of puppet troops to follow the Japanese cavalry to fight, the purpose was obvious, he wanted these puppet troops to be cannon fodder.
If the cavalry troops encountered the troops of the independent regiment, then these puppet army soldiers could buy time for the Japanese cavalry to evacuate, even if they were not combative.
Zhu Shiqiang naturally understood Takano Shuichi's thoughts, but he didn't have any way, even if he wanted to refuse, he didn't have the courage to say it.
Don't look at Zhu Shiqiang, who now has the title of major general and commander of the Ninth Division of the Appeasement Army, but here in the Japanese, his status may not even be comparable to the military dogs of the Japanese army.
If Zhu Shiqiang dared to refuse Takano Shuichi's order, even if Takano Shuichi directly cut Zhu Shiqiang in half, the Japanese military top brass would not hold Takano Shuichi accountable.
Zhu Shiqiang, who had no choice, could only carry out the order, and the troops of more than 600 people in the two infantry battalions were quickly assembled.
At present, here in Pingding County, there are defensive troops under the command of Takano Shuichi, these troops have more than 500 people in three infantry squadrons, and there are also the strength of a regiment of the puppet army, which has more than 1,000 people, in addition to the cavalry team and the engineer team of the garrison corps, these two troops have more than 400 people.
There are more than 200 engineers in force, and they are currently stationed near the Fengwen Corps headquarters at the foot of the mountain, and these engineers do not have the slightest combat effectiveness.
More than 600 puppet soldiers were gathered together, and when they learned that they were going to go out of the city to fight, each puppet soldier was crying and mournful, and his face was even more ugly than losing all his wealth.
But in the face of their commander's orders, they did not dare to refuse, not to mention those fierce and vicious Japanese on the side.
If they dare to make trouble, the light and heavy machine guns of the little devils will not hesitate to choose to open fire.
In any case, more than 600 puppet soldiers began to leave the city, but the cavalry team that took the lead out of the city was long gone.
More than 100 Japanese cavalry, led by Nohi Shinichi, quickly advanced in the direction where the sound of artillery came.
There was not the slightest Chinese force encountered on the road, which made Nori Shinichi realize that the other party was probably only equipped with a few infantry guns to attack the county seat.
Thinking of Hideichi Takano's timid dodging action after encountering the shelling, the corners of Nohi's mouth showed a disdainful expression.
He whipped his horse and accelerated forward, he wanted to find the Chinese artillery positions, and then cut off the heads of the Chinese artillerymen with a sharp saber, and he wanted to use the heads of these Chinese artillerymen to prove the combat effectiveness of his cavalry.
It's just that Nori Shinichi didn't know that he had unknowingly fallen into the trap of the cavalry battalion of the Independent Regiment.
On the high ground two thousand meters away from the county seat, six infantry guns stopped firing, but the muzzles of the infantry guns were aimed at the Japanese cavalry.
Chen Guitang, the commander of the cavalry battalion, and Zhao Wei, the deputy commander of the cavalry battalion, stood together, and they looked at the Japanese cavalry with binoculars.
Behind them were officers from the platoon and above of the cavalry battalion, who stood in two rows, waiting for orders from their commanders.
"Battalion commander, what are you waiting for, the little devil cavalry is only more than 100 people, we have more than 300 people, we have the advantage, now our three companies rush over together, to ensure that we can wipe out all these little devil cavalry."
Wu Jianye, the company commander of the second cavalry company, saw that the Japanese cavalry was moving fast, he couldn't help it, and he immediately said his suggestion.
The cavalry battalion alone had more than 300 cavalry men, and more than 400 soldiers including the machine gun company.
The cavalry team of the Devil's Garrison Corps is only more than 180 people, and the strength of the two sides has an advantage over the cavalry battalion.
Many platoon commanders also have the same idea as Wu Jianye, they want to rush over immediately and fight face-to-face with the little devil cavalry.
Where there are people, there will be strife, and where there is strife, there will naturally be war.
The war lasted for thousands of years in China, and there will be a record of the war in any historical record.
From the very beginning, face-to-face fighting, but with the emergence of various tactical means, war has long been no longer the most primitive face-to-face competition.
Using all the favorable conditions that can be used to attack the enemy is what Sun Weiguo said the most when he gave lectures to the officers.
Sun Weiguo couldn't look down on the victory that was piled up with human lives, and every time Sun Weiguo fought, he would use all the conditions that could be advantageous to him to attack the Japanese army.
Chen Guitang and Zhao Wei listened to Sun Weiguo's lectures, and they did not give the order to charge for a long time, just thinking about how to better fight the Japanese army.
"Battalion commander, our battalion has nine light machine guns, six heavy machine guns, six infantry guns, and two machine guns, let's use these light and heavy weapons to set up an ambush circle, we will attract the little devil cavalry into the ambush circle, use these light and heavy weapons to hit them hard, and then our cavalry is attacking."
Ge Haifeng, the deputy company commander of the third cavalry company, looked at Chen Guitang, he looked at the infantry cannon not far away, and said his suggestion on the spot.
Ge Haifeng proposed to use the light and heavy weapons of the cavalry battalion to ambush the Japanese army first, which happened to echo Sun Weiguo's use of favorable conditions to attack the enemy.
"Yes, we can concentrate these light and heavy weapons, ambush the Japanese cavalry first, and then use the cavalry against the Japanese cavalry."
Chen Guitang put down the binoculars, he looked back at Ge Haifeng, and said with a smile on his face.
"Battalion commander, but will the little devil obediently enter the ambush circle? I think this method is a bit hanging, and the little devils won't listen to our commands. ”
Some people put forward a different opinion, after all, the little devils will not obey the command of the cavalry battalion, and they may not take the initiative to enter the ambush circle.