On the highway to Yangzhou, Yizheng's detachment was rushing eastward overnight, and more than 3,000 people from three infantry brigades of two infantry wings under it pulled out a mile-long line on the road, and from a distance, it looked like a big earthy snake was winding forward under the dark night sky.

The 3rd Mountain Artillery Wing of Reading Force, which belonged to the Shigeto Detachment, did not act with the army, first, to rescue the soldiers like fighting fires, and bringing the Mountain Artillery Wing with it was bound to seriously delay the speed of the march, and secondly, the artillery of the Mountain Artillery Wing had few shells left, even if they were brought to Yangzhou, they would not play any role, so it was better to stay in Yizheng.

Major General Chiaki Shigeto sat solemnly in the ironclad car, taking out his pocket watch from time to time to check the time.

Miyamoto Hiko next to him: "Your Excellency General, not far ahead is Slender West Lake, and next to Slender West Lake is Yangzhou City, at most half an hour, we will be able to meet with the Tashiro United." ”

Shigedo Chiaki nodded when he heard this, but the expression on his face was still solemn.

The Shigeto detachment and the Tashiro wing have not been fighting together for a long time, but Chiaki Shigeto already has enough understanding of Tashiro Mototoshi's surname, in Shigedo Chiaki's opinion, Tashiro Mototoshi is a typical imperial samurai, humble on the outside, but in fact, he is very arrogant in his bones, if it is not at the end of the road, Tashiro Mototoshi will never ask for help.

Which branch of the army is on the other side? And how many troops? Can you beat the Tashiro United and can't parry?

Chiaki Shigeto was worried about whether the Tashiro team would be able to hold out until his troops arrived, and Chiaki Shigeto was even more worried about whether he would be able to rescue the Tashiro team after his troops arrived. Although the Shigeto detachment had the frame of a mixed brigade, it actually had only five infantry brigades, and now there were only three infantry brigades left.

In other words, the Shigeto Detachment is actually only one wing now, and in terms of combat effectiveness, it is far worse than a field wing like the Tashiro Wing, after all, the Shigeto Detachment is only a garrison brigade from Taiwan, and the soldiers are all Taiwanese who have not been subdued for a long time, and the determination and courage to serve the emperor are far from being comparable to the real imperial warriors.

When Chiaki Shigeto was anxious, a dazzling bright light suddenly bloomed under the dark night sky in front of him, like a cluster of beautiful fireworks, which lit up the entire night sky in an instant, and before the fireworks were extinguished, the fierce gunfire had already sounded, and the army that was advancing along the road suddenly stopped, and the troops in charge of the guard quickly spread out to the two wings.

The chief of staff of the detachment, Miyamoto Hikokachi, hurriedly got out of the car and soon came back to report: "Your Excellency, the spearhead squad of the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Infantry Wing encountered the Zhina Army on the north bank of the Slender West Lake, the strength of the Zhina Army is about one infantry company, but the firepower is very strong, and now the enemy and us are fighting fiercely. ”

"This is only a small force of the Shina Army, and the purpose is only to slow down our march in order to buy time for their main force to encircle and annihilate the Tashiro Wing." Shigeto Chiaki said coldly, "Leave two infantry squadrons, resolutely destroy them, and the large army will go around the south bank of Slender West Lake and continue to advance." ”

Shigeto Chiaki gave the order, and the two infantry squadrons immediately separated from the large force.

The rest of the army turned around one after another and continued to advance on the south bank of the Slender West Lake, but after not far ahead, another group of troops came out of the darkness and intercepted the advance of the Shigeto detachment, and the Shigeto detachment had no choice but to abandon the road and march through the muddy fields on both sides.

The Shigeto detachment immediately launched an attack formation and launched a fierce attack on the Shina Army on the southern shore of the Slender West Lake.

The opposing branch of the army was at most two infantry companies, but the machine gun firepower was quite powerful, there were more than a dozen crooked light machine guns alone, and there were many Czech light machine guns and grenadier canisters for fire support.

The main reason was that the mountain artillery wing of the Shito detachment did not follow because of the lack of artillery shells, otherwise, with the firepower of the mountain artillery wing, only two rounds of artillery fire were needed to cover it, and I was afraid that there would not be a single living soldier on the opposite position.

The fierce battle continued for more than half an hour, but the Shigetsu detachment still could not advance an inch, and the two companies on the opposite side were like nails, wedged on the road to Yangzhou.

Shigeto Chiaki was very annoyed, the imperial army of a detachment could not defeat the two companies of the Chinese army, if this matter was to be spread, then his reputation would be ruined, and he suddenly took out a samurai towel and tied it on his forehead, and was about to personally lead the death squad to charge to the death, but the chief of staff, Miyamoto Hikokachi, walked over with a solemn expression with a telegram.

"Your Excellency General, this is Tashiro Daisa's farewell message, Tashiro Wing...... It's already a collective jade shatter! ”

Chiaki Shigeto snatched the message, and after reading it in a hurry, he tore the message to pieces, and scolded angrily while tearing it: "Yaga! Yaga! Baga Yalu ......"

"Your Excellency, General." Miyamoto Hiko, "What are we going to do now?" ”

Shigeto Chiaki took a deep breath of cold air, and then gritted his teeth and said, "Order, all infantry brigades immediately stop attacking and retreat immediately!" ”

The Tashiro team has been collectively broken, and it is pointless to go to Yangzhou again at this time!

Moreover, Major General Chiaki Shigeto is more aware that his Shigeto detachment is also in danger, since the Shina army lurking in the Yangzhou area can eat the Tashiro United, it naturally has the strength to eat his Shigeto detachment, it is not a wise move to stay in place at this time, and the Shina people are newly victorious, and it is when the morale is high, they will definitely take advantage of the victory to attack.

Only by quickly retreating in the direction of Yizheng and distancing themselves from the people of China would it be wise.

In the final analysis, the Shigetto detachment still has three infantry brigades and a complete mountain artillery wing, as long as it waits until dawn, the transport aircraft brigade of the air force directly under the front army will be able to airdrop the ammunition supply, as long as the mountain artillery wing has artillery shells and the infantry brigades have ammunition, how can the opposite branch army have the qualifications to be rampant?

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Yangzhou West Gate Tower.

As soon as the gunfire stopped, Yue Weihan's snoring also stopped, and he suddenly got up and said, "Is the work done?" ”

Liu Xin, who was looking at Yue Weihan with his forehand and cheeks, came back to his senses, and quickly got up and responded: "It should be the end of the fight." ”

The voice fell, and the front room sounded heavy and chaotic footsteps, and then a large group of figures walked up to the city tower, but the first one to walk in front was Liu Yi, the new deputy of the Baoshan Regiment, at this time Liu Yi had already lost his previous graceful demeanor, and his white face had been smoked into a big flower face.

"Tuanza, fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life!" Liu Yi stood up and saluted to Yue Weihan.

"What about the reinforcements of the Shigedo detachment?" Yue Weihan was most concerned about the Shigeto detachment.

"Voluntarily withdrawd." Liu Yi said, "I guess I already know that the Tashiro United has been destroyed." ”

Yue Weihan's expression suddenly perked up, and he said, "The remnants of the Tashiro Wing have been cleared?" ”

"It's all clear." Liu Yi said solemnly, "Whether it is the one who can breathe or the one who can't, it's all gone!" ”

"Good! God helps, haha. Yue Weihan suddenly clapped his fists and laughed, "Deputy Liu, order all battalions not to clean up any battlefields, and not to assemble, immediately pursue them west along the highway in company and platoon, and then let all the brothers who can drive immediately go to the woods in the east of the city and drive the truck over." ”

"Chase?" Liu Yi lost his voice and said, "At this time? ”

"Yes, this is the time." Yue Weihan's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he said fiercely, "We have to hurry up and disrupt the battle with the heavy vine detachment of the dog and stir him up with a pot of porridge!" ”

"Disrupted battle?" Liu Yi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then suddenly realized.

From the point of view of time, it will be dawn in one or two hours at most, and by dawn, the devil's transport plane and bomber group should almost arrive, once the little devil's transport plane airdrops the ammunition supply, and then let the Shigeto detachment get the ammunition supply, they will destroy the Baoshan regiment in turn.

Even if the Baoshan Regiment cannot be destroyed, it will definitely be able to trap the Baoshan Regiment in Yangzhou City.

After all, the Shigeto detachment has the strength of a brigade, and the Baoshan regiment is now less than 2,000 people after a series of fierce battles, and the strength of the army is almost three times that of the Baoshan regiment.

When the 672nd Regiment was guarding Yangzhou, Liu Yi had fought with the Shigetto Detachment, and knew that the Shito Detachment had a mountain artillery wing, and the dozens of 75 mountain guns were not decorations!

Yue Weihan obviously saw this layer as well, so he decided to fight this chaotic battle.

And this hand is extremely ruthless, it can be said that it hit the soft underbelly of the army, making it impossible to parry.

As long as the Baoshan Regiment can catch up with the Shigeto Detachment, as long as the two units can be mixed up, then even if the transport aircraft group and bomber group of the Yue Army arrive, they will have to be blinded, and they can't airdrop ammunition supplies to the Baoshan Regiment, right? You can't even throw bombs on the heads of the Shigedo detachment, right?

If you want to say that you are tired, the officers and men of the Baoshan Regiment are really tired, but the little devils of the Shigetsu detachment are running back and forth, and it is not easy to go.

Although the Shigeto detachment has the advantage of strength, the fighting will of these two devils cannot be compared with the field troops of the Yue army at all, once it loses its superiority in firepower, once it loses its effective command, and once it becomes a chaotic battle, it is not difficult to defeat this group of two devils with the spirit and spirit accumulated after the Baoshan regiment won several battles in a row.

On the contrary, if the Shigedo detachment chooses to be stationed on the spot, it will take a lot of effort to clean them up.

However, Shigedo Chiaki made a decision that seemed reasonable but was actually quite dangerous, and ordered a retreat at this time, which gave the Baoshan regiment an opportunity to take advantage of.

What's even worse is that Chiaki Shigeto met such a dangerous opponent as Yue Weihan this time!

Thinking of this, Liu Yi looked at Yue Weihan with a trace of sincere admiration in his eyes, this guy can repeatedly create miracles, it seems that it is not just a fluke, at least his ability to capture fighters and make decisions on the spot is by no means something that ordinary [***] generals can have, at least he Liu Yi can't do this.

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ps: It's going to be on the shelves in the early hours of tomorrow morning, and I'm very worried, everyone, are the monthly passes ready?