Chapter 20 The Plan for the Division of Troops
"Phew." Kuichiro Suzuki grabbed the reins of the horse, and as soon as he turned over and jumped off the horse, a large group of staff officers, adjutants, and guards hula surrounded him. "What's the matter with the gun in front?" There was fierce gunfire and noise ahead, and General Suzuki did not dare to stay on horseback any longer, the higher he sat on the battlefield, the more dangerous it became, and the Chinese snipers were very fond of shooting cold shots at Japanese officers on horseback.
"Your Excellency General, Goto's brigade has encountered the Shina cavalry, and the two sides are fighting fiercely!" A staff officer who inquired about the truth of the matter reported to the general.
"Brigade Goto? The Chinese cavalry? Yo West. Ladies and gentlemen, the cavalry of the Chinese army will never appear alone, and once the cavalry appears on the battlefield, it often means that there is a large army nearby. The commander of the Suzuki Brigade explained to his men what he knew about the Chinese army with the experience of a Japanese veteran.
The surrounding devils all showed admiration, "Your Excellency General is clever!" Two staff officers gave a thumbs up, with a strong look of admiration. General Suzuki lifted his chin slightly, and his face was quite triumphant.
"Order the Ogawa Brigade to speed up and flank the Shina cavalry with the Goto Brigade!" As soon as he was triumphant, Kuichiro Suzuki gave the battle order. This is on the battlefield, the fighter plane is fleeting, and as a veteran of more than 20 years in the military, he will not miss any opportunity to strike at the enemy.
"Hey!" The signal soldier said yes loudly, turned around and went to inform the Ogawa brigade that had been named by the general.
Kuichiro Suzuki's reaction was not unpleasant. But unfortunately, his opponent was a cavalry unit, and this cavalry unit also had an experienced commander. Therefore, from the very beginning, the Suzuki Brigade Commander's flanking plan was doomed to be impossible.
When the Xiaochuan brigade arrived at the accident site, the Chinese cavalry had already run away. The Goto Brigade, which had been suddenly killed, was rescuing the wounded and collecting the dead. Seeing this tragic scene, Ogawa Shaozo had no choice but to ask several military doctors and hygienists from his own brigade to help, and at the same time, he had to take out a small amount of medicine to support friendly forces. came to fight and didn't succeed, but it became the reality of the ambulance team, which made Ogawa Shaoza's mood quickly turn from good to bad.
Ogawa Shaosa only lost the medicine, and Goto Shiro is a real dead person here. The Takahashi squad that dragged behind was rushed by the Chinese cavalry, and only six of the fifty-odd members of the squad were now not injured at all, of which more than twenty were killed. However, the Chinese cavalry who caused the accident only killed three people and one horse. The other two horses whose owners had died presumably ran with the herd.
"Goto-kun, what's going on with the Shina cavalry? Didn't you say that there was only one rebel army of the Imperial Association that ran out of Yuci City? Why is there now an extra strong cavalry? "Ogawa Shaozo didn't catch up with the war and lost the medicine, and his mood was surprisingly bad, and his tone of voice was not so polite.
"That's the Chinese cavalry, and they're here to meet the rebels!" Goto Shiro's cultivation kung fu is definitely not comparable to Ogawa Shaosa. Faced with a reproachful tone, Goto Shaozo just introduced the situation in one sentence and changed the topic, "The commander behind this rebel army is the 88th Column of the Chinese Anti-Japanese Decisive Army, and the commander is called Hu Fei. Yan Xishan just gave him this number last month. ”
"Oh, the number that Yan Xishan gave him last month? Then this Hu Fei must be the backbone of the Jin Sui Army? Ogawa's eyes began to glow. Ordinary Japanese officers were very fanatical about defeating or even eliminating the famous generals in the Chinese army, and Ogawa Shaosa was no exception.
"On the contrary," Goto Shiro poured cold water on his comrade-in-arms, "not only is this 88th Column not the backbone of the Jin Sui Army, but they were not even the Jin Sui Army two months ago. "Goto's Japanese spy leader didn't do it for nothing, Hu Fei stayed in Yuci County for a day, and Goto Shiro inquired about his details.
"Okay, Hu Fei is in front. If Ogawa-kun wants to know anything, we can catch him up and let you interrogate him personally! ”
"Yo Xi, it's a deal!"
The two devils excitedly slapped each other's palms, as if Hu Fei stood there and didn't move, just waiting for them to catch him.
The ancients said: Blessings and disasters do not go alone. Obviously, nothing good happened to the devil's side, but bad things still came unexpectedly. After Goto and Ogawa, the two Shaozo Honorable Ministers made an appointment to grasp the question of how to deal with Hu Fei, and then the two broke up. As soon as Ogawa Shaoza left, a signal corpsman came to report to Goto Shaosa: The two squadrons that were assigned to report that they had divided their forces again.
Cheng Laogang saw that there were more than 300 devils chasing after him, and he didn't want to let these devils go back. It's also a trouble for you to go back to the commander, so you might as well never go back! Anyway, his reconnaissance battalion is familiar with the mountainous terrain around here, and even if it is not very familiar, it is much stronger than the devil. Therefore, not long after entering the mountain, Cheng Laogang divided the troops into two and walked in two ways, north and south.
The devil's pursuers have exactly two squadrons, and the reconnaissance battalion divides the troops, and they also divide the troops. In the eyes of the devil, one squadron is completely enough to deal with ordinary emergencies. The two squadron leaders confidently congratulated each other on victory and then parted.
A strange thing happened: the enemy they were pursuing had not returned fire from the beginning to the present, and they had been running away, not to mention, and they had divided their forces for the third time!
The squadron leader thought: No, I can't fall for the tricks of the Chinese! If there are too few people in this strange mountain, it may be dangerous. So, the squadron leaders on both sides contacted Guò radio and simply chose one of the enemy to chase down. As for the one who divided the troops, he couldn't take care of it for the time being.
You can't take care of others, but they can take care of you! In a dangerous area, the Japanese army suffered a blow from the opponent, and it was a flank attack from both sides in front and back! After a hard battle, he repelled the enemy, and when the Devil Squadron Leader reorganized his team, he found that more than half of his team was missing! I can't see anyone alive or dead, I can't see a corpse, I just disappeared out of thin air!
When the squadron leader was anxious, an old soldier came to report that he saw some people under the leadership of a squad leader chasing the enemy, and they never came back! Eight grid tooth road! Who let you chase it? Annoyed, the squadron leader counted his men and chased them in the direction the veteran was pointing. As a result, after turning two hills, the squadron leader suddenly found that he was lost!
After making contact with the brigade by radio, Captain Matsumoto reported his current situation to Goto Shosa, and there were less than fifty people left with the captain. A small number of other imperial officers and soldiers were killed in the battle, and most of them were missing. The lieutenant asked Shaozo for tactical guidance.
"Order the Matsumoto squadron to report his location!" Goto Shaosa was so angry that his face turned blue. I've never seen such a stupid idiot, and he jumped into it knowing that someone had set a trap!