Chapter 218: A Pathetic Pursuit
After all, the cavalry brigade with water at the foot of the mountain set off much later than the automobile team, and after another delay on the road, when a brigade of nearly 500 soldiers of their brigade was about to catch up with the convoy, it was already close to noon.
So there was water at the bottom of the mountain, leading the soldiers to increase their strength and chase them for a while, and finally when they chased over a hill, they caught up with the tail of the convoy, and saw the convoy in the distance in front of them slowly climbing the hill.
There is water under the mountain and I can't help but sneer, I finally caught you, at the speed of the convoy, I am afraid that I will not be able to reach the Dandong port tomorrow morning, and as long as I take a little rest, I can kill the enemy in front of me with all my strength.
There was water at the foot of the mountain and immediately ordered a report to be sent to the headquarters of the Kwantung Army, saying that our unit had caught up with the enemy convoy. After a few moments, he will crush the enemy with all his might.
Please wait for their good news. In addition, the headquarters can notify the Navy to withdraw the warships at sea. The credit for this pursuit of the golden convoy is the work of their first cavalry brigade.
There was water at the bottom of the mountain, eating fine canned fish, and looking at the huge convoy ahead, which should have seen itself by now, but these convoys did not stop at all to organize defense.
Is it hard for them to think that they are all made of iron, and my hundreds of cavalry are all made of mud?
In a moment, he will lead the warriors of the empire to tear the enemy in front of him to pieces, such a long convoy, even if it is protected by hundreds of soldiers, is by no means the opponent of his own powerful cavalry.
Just as there was water at the bottom of the mountain, eating canned food and contemplating the strange reaction of the convoy in front of him, he heard the shouts of several soldiers behind him: "Look, plane." ”
"Well, what about that? Did we call for reinforcements? He wondered if there was water down the mountain, and then he noticed ten huge planes flying in the sky behind him.
The plane was fast and flying lower and lower, and it seemed to be flying towards its own cavalry, not the golden convoy in front.
It was only at this time that these Japanese soldiers saw clearly that it was not the aviation brigade of their Kwantung Army, but the bombers of the Northeast Army.
"Hidden!" There was a hoarse shout from the bottom of the mountain. Then the first one threw down the can in his hand and rolled on the spot towards the woods on both sides of the road.
However, there were still a considerable number of Japanese troops who did not react in time, and did not react until the planes dropped bombs. So these people were blown up by a bomb that suddenly fell from the sky.
With a bang, the cavalry team flipped on their backs. Many Japanese soldiers were torn apart by the bombing, and many war horses were blown up and down.
Although these Japanese soldiers were suddenly bombed, after all, they were also the elite of the Kwantung Army, so most of the Japanese soldiers fled into the woods on both sides of the road to avoid the danger of being blown up.
But their horses were unlucky, because when they dismounted to eat, most of them were tied to a tree in herds.
And the bombing came suddenly, so the Japanese soldiers could scatter and dodge, but the war horses could neither hide nor hide.
Therefore, a large number of war horses became dead horses under the first round of bombardment. When the first wave of bombardment passed, some soldiers immediately jumped up and ran to the side of the horses to untie the reins or cut them with knives.
In short, these horse-loving cavalrymen would rather these horses run away than be blown up for no reason.
Then the planes came back and bombed from east to west again, and then they patted their butts and left.
There was water at the bottom of the mountain that was carrying the dirt at one end, and he spit out the weeds in his mouth, and shouted angrily: "You Zhina planes must not die well." ”
Unfortunately, he also knew that cursing was not lethal, so he could only reluctantly look back and see that there were less than two hundred people left around him.
In the bombing just now, he sacrificed half of his men and horses, thanks to their fast training and timely evasion, otherwise the casualties would have been large.
But here's the problem. Now there were 200 soldiers in the whole cavalry brigade, but there were less than 100 horses.
Is it possible to chase 300 cars with these 100 people?
The result was that there was water under the mountain and thought that nothing was impossible. The entire cavalry brigade sacrificed most of the men and horses, and if they had not caught up with the convoy, the hundreds of men and horses would not have died in vain.
Besides, their opponents just now were bombers, airplanes and war horses were really two weapons that could not be compared, so although they failed, they were not discouraged.
He believed that with only 100 men and horses, as long as he caught up with the convoy, even if the convoy had 1,000 Chinese soldiers, they would be fully capable of fighting and using it.
Now who in the Kwantung Army does not know the brilliant record of a squadron of the independent garrison brigade with 300 men and 8,000 men in the squadron.
There is water under the mountain, and he thinks he has this ability too. So even though his team is in pieces, he is like a wounded wolf, and he will fight his enemies to the end.
So he left all the soldiers who did not have horses, and continued to pursue the convoy with the last hundred men, while he had already reported the bombardment to the command for tactical guidance.
On the morning of this day, Duomen Eryang and other generals were celebrating the achievements of the Kwantung Army, and now as long as they capture Shenyang City and then take Shenyang Airport, their task will be perfect.
Speaking of this, Duomen Eryang suddenly thought that there were more than 10,000 militiamen defending the city in Shenyang, and it was understandable that it had not been conquered so far, but why hadn't the latest news been sent from the Second Cavalry Brigade attacking the airport?
What exactly is the situation with them? It was not long before they received a telegram from the 2nd Cavalry Brigade attacking the airfield, and as soon as the telegram arrived, it was a call for help from headquarters.
From the telegram, they learned that today's Dongta Airport is surrounded by mines, and the defenders have strong firepower, well-trained, and tenacious will to fight, and it is not at all like the Northeast Army is defending.
And most importantly, there are a lot of them, at least a few hundred. Just now, a total of 30 bombers from the East Tower airfield set sail, and their whereabouts are unknown.
Then, after only a moment, a telegram was heard again. These damned Chinese air forces, in order to deal with the cavalry of their brigade, they actually sent ten bombers to bomb the attacking cavalry brigade, as a result of which the cavalry brigade was severely damaged.
Now they are hiding from the bombing and asking for tactical guidance from headquarters at the risk of being bombed.
The request for tactical guidance from the 2nd Cavalry Brigade left a shadow in the hearts of the generals in the war room.
Jiro Tamen was even more angry and shouted: "The best way to deal with planes is planes, but now you don't take the airport." It is simply impossible for the planes of our Kwantung Army to rise into the air.
Because the Northeast Army has nearly 300 aircraft, of which nearly 200 are at the Dongta airfield. In total, the Kwantung Army Aviation Brigade had only sixteen fighters, two bombers, and less than five reconnaissance aircraft.
If the Dongta airfield is not occupied, how can you let the air force of the Kwantung Army take to the air to fight, do you want to commit suicide with one as ten? ”
So Duomen Eryun gave him a death order, there were no reinforcements, and there were no planes. Let him figure out his own way, if he can't get the airport before six o'clock in the evening, he will go to the seppuku.
After this order was issued, the commander of the Second Cavalry Group wanted to cry without tears, there were hundreds of machine guns in front of him, there were still ten bombers in the sky, and there were many fighters in the airfield that could be lifted into the air at any time.
But who made us the most elite Kwantung Army in Japan, and the elite cavalry brigade in the Kwantung Army.
Therefore, the captain of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade saw that the strong attack could not be attacked, so he changed to a smart attack, and when ten bombers returned to the airfield in a random manner.
The losses of the Second Cavalry Brigade were not large, mainly because they were too close to the airfield for fear of accidentally hurting the airfield, so the Second Cavalry Brigade only lost more than 100 people.
The remaining 300 or so cavalry organized a death squad, and he planned to divide the troops into two routes, one to absorb the defenders' fire at the west gate, and the other to go around the barbed wire fence to the south, so that the other 200 cavalry could drive the horses and mines.
In any case, be sure to capture the East Tower airfield before six o'clock in the evening. Not to mention that this captain really has a way, his strategy is greatly beyond the expectations of the airport guards.
As a result, after sacrificing more than a dozen groups of horses and wounding several soldiers, they actually passed through the mine array, cut the barbed wire, and touched the edge of the airport wall.
Then the soldiers simply blew open the wall and rushed into the airfield through the gap in the wall.
Just when the first wave of dozens of people rushed in, I saw that dozens of meters in front of the left, center, and right outside the gap, three temporary machine-gun fortresses had been built.
Three forts with six machine guns, each with two machine gunners, were erecting machine guns against this gap, and then there was a burst of machine guns from the towers, and the dozens of Japanese cavalry who rushed in first fell in response.
The cavalry in the rear immediately retreated from the gap. As a result, more than a dozen mortar shells "Yaga." After receiving the third attack from the Dongta Airport and failing again, Duomen Eryang couldn't help but curse angrily.
Now that more than 20 targets have been taken, a small airfield has not been breached for a whole day, and not only that, but it has also lost the strength of a squadron and a cavalry brigade.
Nowadays, although there are good news from various places. But the cavalry wing was its last reserve. I have no troops to send.
If you want to organize forces again. One was to draw out the thousands of Japanese soldiers who attacked Shenyang City, and the other was to draw some more soldiers from the squadron that had just captured Beidaying.
But the troops in these two places are also insufficient. Otherwise, it would not have captured Shenyang City until now.
Just when Duomen Erchen was still angry, another telegram asking for tactical guidance came, what a joke, this was the second distress telegram. When did the Japanese Kwantung Army become so unfought.
However, when he received the telegram and found that it was the Second Cavalry Brigade that had run out of Shenyang City, probably carrying gold and silver treasures, he was not decided.
"What? Ten more bombers, and now they have less than a hundred men left, and they have to fight hard, well, well, this is the warrior of our Great Japanese Empire. Even if you fight to the death of a soldier, you will never give up.
However, just now the 1st Brigade reported that a total of 30 bombers took off from the Dongta airfield, and 10 bombed them, and now 10 more bombed the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, so where did the other 10 go? ”
As soon as Duomen Eryan's voice fell, he heard a piercing air defense siren suddenly sound outside the headquarters. Jiro Tamen couldn't help but scream:
"Not good, air strike!"