Chapter XXXVIII
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In Xin'an County, the headquarters of the 136th Division was busy, and the soldiers were coming in and out, and orders were conveyed from here to all regiments and battalions.
Now that the conspiracy of the little devil has been penetrated, there is no need to wait for the little devil to come to the door, you must strike first and catch the little devil off guard.
As one order after another was issued from here, the regiments and battalions were also busy, busy gathering troops, inspecting supplies and equipment, and acting according to the predetermined battle plan.
The cavalry battalion of the 136th Division is a newly formed battalion, with only more than 500 people, don't underestimate the small number of cavalry battalions, but the equipment is not bad, the soldiers are all equipped with AK-47 automatic rifles, and each of them is riding a tall horse.
This cavalry battalion, everyone knows that it is the treasure bump of the division commander, and whatever good things are usually given priority to equipping the cavalry battalion. The bullets for the usual training are enough.
But today, the soldiers of the cavalry battalion, including the battalion commander Sun Chuanzhi, are all indignant, feeling that the division commander looks down on others, why should other regiments, battalions, and companies participate in this battle, but our cavalry has no combat mission.
What is the purpose of everyone's training so hard, bloody and sweaty? Isn't it to kill more devils, but I finally looked forward to the opportunity, but I didn't let the cavalry battalion go to the front.
Thinking about the relatives who were brutally killed by the little devils, the battalion commander Sun Chuanzhi had red eyes, and both eyes were about to burst into flames, and the soldiers around him were also like himself, holding back a lot of energy.
Several company commanders and platoon commanders have come to the battalion headquarters to ask for battles several times, but they have all been blocked back by themselves, saying that it is an order from the division headquarters, and our cavalry battalion has no combat mission.
Now, several company commanders and platoon commanders and a large number of soldiers are surrounding themselves, going to the front line to kill the little devils, from the very beginning of the request to fight to the current pleading, the battalion commander Sun Chuanzhi finally couldn't even stand himself, turned around and walked out of the battalion headquarters, galloped towards the division headquarters, and wanted to go to the division headquarters to find the division commander to personally ask for battle.
When Sun Chuanzhi came to the division headquarters, Zhang Yunfei was discussing operational deployment with Liu Dazhu, deputy division commander, and when he saw Sun Chuanzhi appear at the door of the war hall of the headquarters, Zhang Yunfei knew what was going on.
Seeing Sun Chuanzhi, whose face was flushed at the door, breathing heavily, and being emotional, Zhang Yunfei said calmly: "Camp Commander Sun, is there anything wrong with me?" ”
Seeing that the division commander took the initiative to talk to him, the cavalry battalion commander Sun Chuanzhi immediately stood upright, gave a military salute and said: "Report to the division commander, I can't figure it out, why is there no combat mission for our cavalry battalion in this war?" ”
"Oh, Battalion Commander Sun, do you want to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy?"
"Yes, division commander, we gritted our teeth and practiced hard all night. Hopefully, this is the moment when we will go to war to avenge the death of our loved ones. Camp Commander Sun's eyes were red and he said emotionally.
"Okay, your cavalry battalion is all good, and there is a murderous spirit, in this case, I will allow you to participate in the battle, and the specific combat tasks will wait for the notice of the division headquarters."
Seeing that the division commander allowed the cavalry battalion to participate in the battle, the cavalry battalion commander Sun Chuanzhi immediately had a brilliant face, saluted again, and turned around and walked out of the division headquarters.
Originally, Zhang Yunfei did not plan to let the cavalry battalion participate in the battle, not long after the cavalry battalion was formed, hundreds of war horses were finally obtained, and the soldiers were also soldiers with better riding skills selected by the whole division.
More importantly, Zhang Yunfei also plans to form a cavalry regiment in the future, these cavalry soldiers are the seeds of expanding the cavalry regiment in the future, if they are sent to the battlefield this time, the cavalry battalion will be destroyed, and it will be troublesome to reorganize.
At present, the antiaircraft artillery battalion has just been equipped with eight antiaircraft guns, four of which were just equipped yesterday.
Zhang Yunfei's task to the antiaircraft artillery battalion was to be responsible for the air defense of the Huanglongxia Industrial Zone, but today Chen Hu was also full of enthusiasm for participating in the war, and came to the division headquarters to ask for battle, and finally Zhang Yunfei was also moved by Chen Hu's enthusiasm for participating in the war, and allowed Chen Hu to lead two antiaircraft artillery companies and four antiaircraft guns to participate in the battle, and the remaining one company and four antiaircraft guns must stay in the Huanglongxia Industrial Zone.
Beiyang County, a regimental headquarters, regiment commander Wang Haiyang is also excited, in the regiment headquarters command room excitedly walked a few back and forth, did not expect the division commander to arrange his own regiment to fight the main attack, at present their own regiment can be said to be strong and strong, all equipped with AK-47 automatic rifles, three infantry battalions, an artillery battalion, plus the regimental headquarters guard company, transport company, reconnaissance company and other total number of nearly 2,600 people.
It is estimated that the soldiers of the whole regiment are almost assembled, Wang Haiyang quickly walked out of the command headquarters, turned over and rode on the war horse that the guards outside the door had already prepared, galloped outside, and saw the regiment commander riding out of the regiment headquarters, and the rest of the regiment headquarters also hurriedly followed.
Today, Wang Haiyang will lead the soldiers of the whole regiment to march west out of the base area of Beiyang County and gallop more than 100 miles west to block the vanguard of the Suzuki Brigade of the First Infantry Brigade of the Datong Army.
The specific number of the vanguard unit of the Yue Army is not yet known, but according to the information sent back by the comrades of the special combat unit in charge of reconnaissance in Datong, the vanguard of the Yue Army is the size of a brigade and is currently assembling and is estimated to complete the assembly within half a day and march east to attack the base area.
Other units of the 1st Brigade of the Reading Infantry Brigade of the Yue Li Army are also gathering in a hurry, and it is estimated that after the vanguard troops, they will leave Datong one after another and attack Zhang Yunfei's base area in the east.
The Suzuki Brigade has five infantry brigades, an artillery team, a communications team, an engineer team, and a baggage team, with a total number of about 5,000 people. The infantry brigade has three infantry squadrons and one machine gun squadron (four heavy machine guns), and the artillery brigade has one mountain artillery squadron and two field artillery squadrons.
Brigade Suzuki Shigeyasu, who was appointed commander of the 11th Brigade of the Kwantung Army in March 36, was incorporated into the battle sequence of the 1st Army of the North China Front under Kazuki Kiyoji after the Lugou Bridge Incident on July 7, 1937.
This time, due to the accuracy of the intelligence, Zhang Yunfei knew everything about the army's every move, and this time Zhang Yunfei wanted to eat the Suzuki brigade of the army first.
The Fifth Division of the Chinese Army is still far away in Zhangjiakou, and Zhangjiakou is still seven or eight hundred kilometers away from the county seat of Xin'an, and it will take at least three days to successfully reach the county seat of Xin'an County.
Therefore, Zhang Yunfei sent Qian Long's three regiments to the east out of the base area and march in the direction of Zhangjiakou to block the westward advance of the Fifth Division of the Yue Army.
Datong, Suzuki Shigeyasu stood on the high city gate, looked at the first infantry brigade that came out, and smiled with satisfaction, this time to attack the Xin'an county base of the 136th Division of the Eighth Route Army, His Excellency Commander Terauchi Shouichi is too cautious, his own first infantry brigade can be fully qualified for this task, and he does not need the cooperation of the fifth division at all.
In the 1937 Battle of Xinkou, Shanxi, several divisions of the Kuomintang Central Army were also defeated. This is an insult to the 1st Brigade of the Reading Infantry.
Although he was very angry in his heart, Suzuki Shigeyasu still had to firmly implement the decision of the North China Front Army and attack the Xin'an County Base of the Eighth Route Army.
This time, it is necessary to fight quickly and play the majesty of the 1st Brigade of the Reading Infantry, Suzuki Shigeyasu thought secretly in his heart.
Zhangjiakou, the headquarters of the Fifth Division of the Chinese Army, and the newly promoted division commander of the Chinese Army, Lieutenant General An Tengliji, saw the latest order of the North China Front sent by the signal troops, and ordered his Fifth Division, more than 20,000 people, to set off from Zhangjiakou to the direction of Datong, and the 1st Brigade of the Reading Infantry stationed in Datong to attack the 136th Division of the Eighth Route Army from east to west.
After reading the order in his hand several times, Lieutenant General Chang'an Tengliji pursed his lips disapprenorely, thinking that by the time his Fifth Division arrived at Xin'an County, Suzuki Shigeyasu's First Brigade was afraid that the battle had already ended.
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