[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 744: Kuancheng (Ask for subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

In fact, as early as the eighth year of Taisho, Lieutenant General Wu 7 of Japan proposed to abolish the cavalry, and in the 11th year of Showa, that is, in 1936, the military armament meeting of the Japanese General Staff Headquarters officially decided to abolish the cavalry of the Japanese Army. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info but due to the strong advocacy of the Japanese Chichifu King, a cavalry brigade was retained.

However, in fact, after the full-scale outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the cavalry units of the Japanese army that invaded China on the battlefield in China were far more than one brigade. A study of the battle sequence of the Japanese invasion of China shows that in 1937 "VII. Before the "Seven Incidents," there were 4 Japanese cavalry brigades and 25 cavalry wings stationed in China. The main force of the Japanese cavalry was in the formation of the Kwantung Army, including the 1st Cavalry Brigade, the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, and the 4th Cavalry Brigade.

"VII. After the "Seven Incidents", the Japanese army base camp transferred the cavalry group under the jurisdiction of two cavalry brigades from the Kwantung Army to the North China Front. As a result, this cavalry group was completely annihilated by Ma Zheng's troops in the Suicha area, including the commander of the cavalry group, Naito, Fujita Shigeichi, Takashi Takamori, and others, all of whom were also killed, and the cavalry group suffered a devastating blow.

This time, in order to ensure that the surprise attack on Chengde could achieve the expected results, the Japanese North China Front Headquarters ordered all the troops on the eastern Hebei front to concentrate all the cavalry for use, and finally gathered together a cavalry force of more than 5,600 people, commanded by Major General Shigeji Takeda, and went straight to Chengde.

Major General Tian Shigeji can be regarded as complacent during this time, although Major General Takeda Shigeji has always been in an important position. Originally, he served as chief of staff in the 26th Division, but not long ago, he was transferred to the Front Army Headquarters as the chief of the first operational section of the General Staff, and a month ago he was transferred to the 110th Division as the brigade commander of the 108th Brigade.

But he has not been happy since he became the commander of this brigade, although Takeda Shigeji, an officer who has just been promoted to major general, can serve as such a real vacancy, in the eyes of ordinary people, it is a real promotion, but only Takeda Shigeji knows that the brigade commander of the 108th Brigade is a complete chicken rib.

The 108th Brigade was originally heavily damaged by the Eighth Route Army not long ago, and its combat effectiveness has not been restored, and the soldiers of its unit are also much worse. A seemingly huge establishment is actually only the strength of one and a half wings, and once there is a combat mission, his brigade can only serve as a subordinate to do miscellaneous work, and all the credit is taken away by the 133 brigade, and sometimes his troops can only serve as firefighting teams and cannon fodder, and the situation is not good.

During this period of time, the progress of the various units of the front army was not smooth, and now the entire front army was already in extreme danger, so Lieutenant General Yokoyama Isamu decided to take a risk and use cavalry to attack Chengde behind the Tuba Road, completely cutting off the back road of the Chinese people. Since Shigeji Takeda had also served in the cavalry unit before, Isamu Yokoyama asked him to command the battle.

On the morning of January 22, the Japanese cavalry unit finally took Dongping Fort, 50 kilometers east of Kuancheng, and opened the gate to Chengde, and Major General Takeda Shigeji also knew the real situation of the Japanese army in Daixian, so he did not dare to rub in Dongping Fort anymore, and less than two hours after taking Dongping Fort, Takeda Shigeji immediately ordered his troops to rush to the next strategic destination - Kuancheng.

Major General Shigeji Takeda's command ability was not outstanding among all the senior officers of the Japanese army, but this person had an extremely good performance in surprise attacks and night raids, so Lieutenant General Yokoyama Isamu gave him the responsibility of this sneak attack on Chengde.

Takeda Shigeji did not disappoint Yokoyama Yong, the cavalry troops along the way can be said to be invincible, although they were repeatedly blocked by the Shina army, but the cavalry troops quickly broke through the other party's interception, whether it was Qianxi County or other small towns, the cavalry troops would not be able to do it all in more than two hours.

Starting from the 20th, Takeda Shigeji's cavalry troops arrived at Hirojo in less than two days, not to mention Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, and even Ma Zheng, who had always been honorable and humiliated, was shocked.

Although Ma Zheng ordered that the local troops in eastern Hebei only need to resist symbolically, and they will not be able to fight to the death with the Japanese cavalry units, he believes that with the deep hatred and hatred of the people of eastern Hebei, the troops under his command and the Japanese army, they will not show mercy to the Japanese army, although they will obey the order and will not fight the Japanese army to the death, but they will definitely not let the Japanese army have a good time. Shigeji Takeda was able to command the troops so quickly, and there was indeed something special about it.

Kuancheng belongs to Rehe Chengde, located in the central part of Rehe Province and southeast of Chengde City, bordering Qinhuangdao, Tangshan and Chaoyang in Liaoning Province. The geographical location of Kuancheng is still very important, although it is not a strategic place, but Kuancheng is located in the southeast of Chengde, located at the northern foot of the Great Wall, north of Chengde County, Pingquan County, east of Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province, south of the Great Wall and Qinhuangdao City, Qinglong County and Tangshan Qianxi County, west of the reservoir and Xinglong County, with its unique geographical location, it has become an important traffic channel connecting North China to the northeast and Chengde inland to connect Qinhuangdao and Tangshan coastal areas.

However, at this time, Kuancheng is still very backward, although it is located in the traffic artery, but the traffic of Kuancheng is not developed, only 121 kilometers of highways, and the asphalt road is only about one kilometer in the county. The highway below generally lacks bridges and culverts, the grade is low, the density is small, the access is poor, the rain and snow are blocked, and more than 150 villages are not connected to the road.

Major General Shigeji Takeda looked at the sun in the west, it was already January 22nd, and it would be the 23rd in a few hours. The two days of running day and night made the general, who had not fought on horseback for a long time, feel a little overwhelmed. Although the cavalry unit also had its own chariot unit and automobile unit, in order to coordinate the command and distrust of the Japanese-made bean chariot, Major General Shigeji Takeda did not lead the chariot unit this time.

It's no wonder that Major General Takeda Shigeji, the performance of Japanese-made tanks is really bad enough, and it is normal for things to go wrong, so Ma Zheng took over the batch of weapons and equipment of the Japanese army and modified all the tanks under his command, although it cost a huge amount of manpower and material resources, but it was limited to the limitations of the bean chariot itself, and its modification effect was also lackluster, which made Ma Zheng very dissatisfied.

Major General Shigeji Takeda took the kettle from the guard's hand, unscrewed the lid and took a big sip, then wiped the water stains from the corner of his mouth, and then asked, "Where are we now, and how far is it from Chengde." ”

Staff officer Ichiro Shinozuka Shaozo took out the map and looked at it, then pointed to a small dot on the map and said: "Xiao Bao (General), we have arrived at the wide city of China, which is less than fifty kilometers away from Chengde, and it is expected that we will be able to reach Chengde tomorrow morning." ”

"Kuancheng? I know this place, a small place with an extremely important strategic position, tell me about the troops in Kuanchengchina? Shigeji Takeda continued to ask.

"Xiao Bao (general), the defenders of Kuancheng are an infantry battalion of the Third Division of the Suicha Military Region of the Eighth Route Army of China, and we have not found out the specific number, but the number of the Zhina troops is only more than 400 people, as long as the commander orders, Kuancheng can be taken in half an hour at most." Ichiro Shinozuka replied.

"Baga, what is your staff headquarters doing, why don't you even know the most basic situation of the enemy, at least I want to know the establishment of the enemy defending the city, the number of troops, the number of troops, the name and hobbies of the commander, the weapons and equipment of the troops, whether there are artillery, etc.?" Major General Shigeji Takeda shouted angrily in dissatisfaction.

Ichiro Shinozuka hurriedly said: "Xiao Bao (General), our intelligence sources are all in the hands of the special high-tech, so all our information comes from the special high-tech, and these materials are no exception. Some time ago, I heard from a fellow villager of the special high-tech department that General Sato, the person in charge of the special high-tech department, was also reprimanded by the base camp because of the affairs of Ma Zheng's department, and was transferred back to China. (To be continued.) )