Chapter 50: Calls for Help and Assistance
This order was the most reasonable order Watanabe had ever heard. That rude Ito finally figured out what their cavalry was up to. Cavalry is used to transmit intelligence and conduct reconnaissance! Charging into battle, that's what only cavalry in the age of cold weapons should do!
Watanabe Miyo Shaozo took his cavalry brigade, proudly flicked his horsewhip, and went away.
The soldiers of the 201 Brigade were closely following the devils, and the ones who chased the most quickly and ran the most fiercely were not those recruits who were young and strong, but who had not been in the army for a long time, and who were full of the idea of making meritorious contributions and serving the country by killing the enemy, but those veterans who had joined the army for a long time, experienced countless bloody battles and death battles, and had been promoted to soldiers. The veterans of the special battalion pulled from various hospitals in Nanyang City, as well as the veterans of the small ** unit rescued and incorporated by the 500th division from Jigong Mountain.
These veterans who have been in the army for many years have long been slippery, they never rush to the front on the battlefield, and the first thing they have to do after entering the battlefield is to find a safe place to save their lives. In today's pursuit battle, these veterans uncharacteristically rushed ahead of the recruits. Every veteran didn't fall behind until he had all the bullets he was carrying, or when he ran out of strength.
The old thief is one of them. This veteran who was in Nanyang Hospital, after being abducted by Sun Yuanqing to the 500th Division, was named a deputy company commander in the 201 Brigade, and led a platoon under him to rush into the devil's barracks in the Battle of Yingshan, and has now been officially appointed as a company commander. It is said that the old thief is also well-informed, but today he is still full of excitement from this battle.
The Battle of Songhu was the first major battle he fought. At that time, the rows of brothers in the class were gone in the blink of an eye, and at that time, he was also enthusiastic, and his mind was full of thoughts about fighting the little devils to the end. Personal life and death have long been thrown behind the head. Dozens of millions of ** troops and little devils fought fiercely for three months, killing and wounding hundreds of thousands of people! When withdrawing from Shanghai, all the troops scrambled for the road, so that the little devils had no way to go to the sky and no way to enter the ground!
Feng Shui takes turns, I can't imagine that a few years later, he will also have the day when he chases the devil's ass and shoots his head! The old thief is happy to chase this all the way!
The heart "plopped!" Thump! The sweat on his head wet and dried his hair, and then soaked it again, his legs were sore, and every step was so difficult, none of which could stop the old thief from running forward desperately. became a company commander, and a pistol box was hung around his waist. This box cannon is more convenient than Hanyang.
The old thief raised his hand to shoot a burst of fire, and saw with his own eyes that there was a little devil in front of him who fell to the ground one by one. He couldn't remember if this was the first devil he had killed since he started the pursuit today. I was still thinking of running to him like just now, stepping on the corpse of the little devil and stepping over. How do you know that these two legs really didn't obey the call, and finally ran to him, and as soon as his left foot stepped on the stomach of the little devil, his feet were soft, and the old thief actually tripped over a corpse!
As soon as he slipped out seven or eight meters away, several brothers from the company next to him rushed over to help him, but he didn't care, just raised his head with all his might, and watched with wide eyes as the brothers in the regiment ran over quickly.
"Damn, it's cheaper!" The old thief slammed his fist to the ground. When he fell, he would never be able to rush to the front of the team again, and he chased the devil's ass like he did just now, but it had nothing to do with him!
Xinyang City. After General Nokan received the handwritten letter from Ito Daisa from Watanabe Shaosa, he didn't dare to delay his actions for a moment, except for slapping the table in the office and scolding Ito Nobuyoshi for being a rice bucket fool. His descendant troops, the 34th Wing, were drawn out of two brigades, plus all the remaining men and horses in the cavalry wing, and immediately rushed to Liulin Town!
The 18th Wing was defeated, and General Ye Kan did not expect his 34th Wing to defeat the ** squadron that pursued all the way. He just wanted to bring the Eighteenth Wing back and bring it to Liulin Town. Anyway, there is a small city with walls in Liulin Town, and if a wing is sent to garrison it, in a short period of time, a squadron of 10,000 or 20,000 people will not be able to defeat this city.
General Yekan is also difficult! He has these two main infantry wings at hand, and the cavalry wing looks okay, this is going to fight a tough battle, and the cavalry wing is useless! How powerful is the 500 Division? How could the Eighteenth Wing be disabled? Nokanichiro was a little scared in his heart, he didn't know if the people he sent out would be able to bring back Ito Daisa's 18th Wing safely. A wing has been hit hard, and after it can replenish its troops, it will regain its combat effectiveness, and if it is completely annihilated by the squadron, then the brigade commander of Kanichiro Nono will probably be at the end!
After sending out all the troops, there is only one brigade left in Xinyang City, and he, the commander of the major general brigade, has only more than 1,000 Japanese troops at hand, except for traitors! If it had been changed to a year ago, with this brigade, General Ye Kan would have dared to run from Beijing all the way to Nanjing! Now that there is a 500 division, a Chinese division that can defeat one of his main wings, General Ye Kan is now a little worried about the safety of Xinyang City. If Xinyang loses it, he will have no second way except to apologize for his crimes.
Send a report to the head of the Fujita Division! Send a report to Commander Okamura Ninji! Report to the base camp! Wherever electricity can be generated to ask for help, General Ye Kan sent it all over this afternoon. At the same time, His Excellency the General, in the name of the commander of the garrison in the Xinyang area, issued an order to all the counties under the jurisdiction of Xinyang City, asking the Japanese troops stationed in each county to immediately return to Xinyang, and he wanted to defend Daxinyang!
Telegrams for help flew like snowflakes to the commanders of the Japanese army at all levels. The commander of the 11th Army, Gangcun, was arranging the formation, as if the chess players had lined up the flags, accumulated enough strength, and were preparing to launch a general attack on the opponent, when such a telegram came from Nokanichiro of Shinyang! Neither can it be saved, nor is it not saved if it is not, Okamura Ninji is in a dilemma.
General Fujita of the 3rd Division wanted to rescue his 29th Brigade, but his division was now under the jurisdiction of the 11th Army, and a major military operation required the nod of Commander Gangcun. Although he is the commander of the division, he cannot act on his own with his division. It's hard! It's hard for big guys! How much confusion one Ito Osa has caused to the senior generals of the Japanese army!
In the end, the high-ranking officials in the base camp had a way not only to not disturb the battle deployment of the commander of Gangcun, but also to solve the dilemma of Xinyang. The base camp order: From the Japanese troops stationed in the Kaifeng area, temporarily organize a mixed brigade, and after the formation is completed, take a train to Xinyang to relieve the siege of General Yekan.
During the pursuit, Wang Dazhu of the 20th Brigade received an order from the division headquarters: in the vicinity of Liulin, once the Japanese receiving troops were found, the 20th Brigade should quickly disengage with the Japanese troops and not get entangled with the Japanese receiving troops.
There was only one sentence in the radio command, and no explanation was given. Although Brigade Commander Wang didn't know what Gao Quan meant, he still gave this order to every squad, platoon, company and battalion in the brigade. The orders of the division must be carried out, which is Wang Dazhu's consciousness as a soldier.
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