Chapter 23: Abandonment of Mechanization

The 45th Wing of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army has dozens of trucks, hundreds of animal-powered vehicles, plus motorcycles, bicycles, and hundreds of vehicles of all kinds.

With its fierce artillery firepower and fast and mobile marching speed, the Sixth Division was invincible on the Chinese battlefield, and countless so-called famous Chinese generals were defeated in front of the Sixth Division. The mobility of the 45th Wing was even better among the 6th Divisions, and apart from the cavalry wing, no unit could have such a fast marching speed as the 45th Wing. They are the rapid reaction column of the 6th Division!

This majestic and rapid march of the past is no longer useful today. Whether it's a big road or a small road, if you can't go far, the wheels will inevitably sink into a deep layer of empty soil.

If only a few potholes were dug in the road, it would have been easily cleaned up with the hardworking and capable qualities of the Japanese soldiers. It's just that now this road can't be repaired at all, the raw soil under the roadbed has been turned out, and the whole road is like this, unless the 45th Wing plans to build a new road, otherwise, except for two legs, they don't want to drive any car onto the road, and the bicycle can't do it!

"Eight Tooth Road!" Toyota Shaozo really couldn't bear it anymore and scolded angrily. Half of his brigade was made up of soldiers on motorbikes and bicycles to clear the way for the wing in front, and now it was all sunk in the ground.

Fortunately, there is no ambush of the Chinese army here, otherwise, as long as one unit comes out to attack, his troops will be miserable! The bicycle is okay, the soldiers resist it, and they can pick a flat place to continue when they get off the road, but the motorcycle is not easy to do, that guy is so heavy, he is stuck in one, and if he wants to drag it out, he has to have several soldiers, and sometimes he needs a dozen people! Fortunately, it was discovered in time, and not many vehicles were trapped.

Nowadays, most of the highways, except for the few trunk roads, are dirt roads, and these flat places are roads. As for the few roads paved with cement and stone, they have long since been restored to the way they were before they were built.

Toyoda sat on a motorcycle, watching the soldiers drag a three-wheeled motorcycle out, while waiting for the soldiers who had gone to the front to explore the road to bring back news. Just twenty minutes ago, he had already sent two teams to explore the road along both sides of the road. The destruction of the highway is generally a section, after this section, there should be a good road ahead, just to see how long the damaged road is. Let's hope it's not too long! Toyota Shaozo rubbed his temples, and Dazuo called again just now.

Half an hour later, the pathfinder team reported that they hadn't found a road to pass!

The motorcycles and bicycles of the Toyota brigade have been dragged out of the empty soil and big pits, and they can't wait any longer! Toyoda reported the information to the Wing Commander, and His Excellency Osa ordered him to abandon the vehicle and march forward on foot.

Walk? Even on foot, the road could not be walked, and his soldiers had to get off the road and walk along both sides of the road. The order for this sortie was personally issued by His Excellency the Lieutenant General, and even if this road is difficult to walk, Toyoda Shaozo must lead the troops down!

Ordered the troops, all dismounted, divided the four infantry squadrons into two groups, and marched forward on foot along both sides of the road. In addition to the grenadier canisters of the guns that can be carried around, the infantry guns are not a single one! Without a cart, his soldiers would not be able to fight, and all of them would become porters. In this way, enduring the potholes under your feet, those heavy machine guns are still a nuisance. The heavy machine gun can't be lost anymore, in that case, if you really encounter the Chinese army, it will be too passive!

In this way, carrying heavy machine guns and grenadiers, the Toyota brigade began a difficult march on foot. The brigade left the artillery squadron behind, and the wing also left the artillery brigade, and the artillery was assembled, and the wing commander reported to Major General Ushijima, and then a squadron was sent to escort the artillery back to the brigade headquarters on the north bank of the New Wall River.

The 45th Wing of the Japanese Army completely abandoned its mechanization and artillery, and in this way, in addition to the small arms held by the thousands of devils, the only heavy weapons left were twelve heavy machine guns in each brigade. Heavy machine guns, the 45th Wing is not willing to give up anymore.

Just when the devils were looking at the highway that seemed to be made up of boundless empty land, and their hearts were extremely depressed, gunshots suddenly rang out in front of them! The Japanese troops who opened the way in front were attacked! Toyota Shaozo hurriedly grabbed the wireless phone and yelled into the microphone: "What's the situation?" What happened? Second Lieutenant Kono, what the hell is wrong with you? ”

There was a stinging sound of electricity in the earpiece, and after waiting for almost half a minute, an intermittent voice came from inside: "China, army." Cavalry attack! ”

Chinese army? There are cavalry! Shaozuo's eyes are bright! Sure enough, he has caught the tail of the Chinese army! Those who are attached to the cavalry, in the Chinese army, are at least brigade-level troops! Only a force of this magnitude could possibly do such a thing as attacking a brigade of baggage troops!

"Kono, you must catch up, you can't let the cavalry of the Chinese army slip away! The follow-up troops will be there soon! After hanging up the phone, Major Toyoda immediately ordered the brigade to speed up the march, and the machine gun squadron slowed down the march, so he left all those heavy machine guns behind, he must catch up with these Chinese! It is impossible for the Chinese army to have only cavalry, and when they catch up with their infantry units, the credit of his Toyota Shaozo will be counted!

Not only did Toyoda Shaoza think so, but the wing commander of the 45th Wing also thought so, catch up, catch them, destroy them, avenge the baggage soldiers, and relieve General Inaba! This wing, from officers to soldiers, no one thought, could this be a trap for the other side? Can they, the soldiers on foot, catch up with the cavalry? The officers and men of the arrogant 45th Wing did not need to think about these problems, and in their minds, as long as they found traces of the enemy, there was nothing they could not grasp!

Kong Lao Er is in a surprisingly good mood today, and his cavalry battalion has been given a combat mission today! Although it was only a mission to lure the enemy, it was also the first of its kind in the division! The first unit to engage the devil's wing was his cavalry battalion!

Regarding the information of the 45th Wing of the devils, the reconnaissance battalion has long been clear, which way the devils go, how did they go, and what formation did they line up? These Kong battalion commanders know very well in their hearts, he is now going to take the cavalry to remind the devils: You are on the right track, just go faster!