Naosaburo Okabe, who had a decision in his heart, immediately said to the chief of staff of the Mengsui Army next to him: "Immediately send a report to Takashi Takashi Takashi and order the 1st Cavalry Brigade to retreat in the direction of Guisui." ”

The chief of staff of the little devil next to him didn't react for a long time and retreated, and his own commander actually gave the order to retreat, and the chief of staff of the little devil stood there motionless, with a blank face and a look of disbelief.

For a long time, when he saw Okabe Naosaburo's somewhat angry gaze, the chief of staff of the little devil shuddered, immediately stood upright, bowed his head and saluted, and said respectfully: "Your Excellency Commander, I will go to convey the order, but in this way, letting the first cavalry brigade retreat will affect our military morale and damage the honor of the imperial army." ”

Seeing that his chief of staff still had objections, Okabe Naosaburo was immediately on the verge of an outburst, and shouted angrily: "Baga, do you want a cavalry brigade to collide with Zhang Yunfei's tens of thousands of troops?" Do you want to inflict losses on the Imperial Army? ”

Seeing that Okabe Naosaburo was furious, the chief of staff of the little devil immediately turned around and went to deliver the order.

After the chief of staff of the little devil went out, Okabe Naosaburo also personally walked to the confidential room next to him, and Okabe Naosaburo decided to personally draw up a telegram to ask Okamura Ninji of the North China Front Army for help, and asked the planes of the North China Front Army to come and bomb Zhang Yunfei's armored cluster.

Okabe Naosaburo believes that in the vast Mongolian steppe, Zhang Yunfei's tanks and armored vehicles are maneuvering around, and the anti-aircraft fire must be very weak, which is just right for sending planes to bomb. As long as Zhang Yunfei's tanks and armored vehicles are blown up, the 1st Cavalry Brigade in Jining will retreat smoothly.

Besides, Okabe Naosaburo has been the chief of staff of Okamura Ninji for many years, and he has a little friendship with Okamura Ninji, and this time for the sake of the empire, Okamura Ninji will definitely send planes to support.

If, this time, the air force of the North China Front can successfully blow up Zhang Yunfei's armored troops, then it will be ashamed and raise his eyebrows, so Okamura Ningji should send the air force this time.

Sure enough, as soon as he received the telegram from Naosaburo Okabe, Okamura Ninji also felt that this opportunity was rare, and immediately sent more than a dozen bombers and several fighters to fly in the direction of Jining......

The 36th Army, the provisional command in front of the enemy.

Chu, Wu, and Sun had already received Zhang Yunfei's latest instructions, and their troops were divided into two routes to launch an attack on the First Brigade of the Little Devils in Jining, attacking from the front with the First Armored Regiment of the Armored Division, followed by the Sixth Infantry Division, and attacking from the west with Sun Chuanzhi's Cavalry Division.

The main task of the cavalry division was to cut off the route of the little devil's westward escape, and the vanguard of the cavalry division was the mechanized infantry regiment, behind which were three mighty cavalry regiments.

The 36th Group's two-way army advanced unusually smoothly, and did not encounter any resistance from the little devils on the way, and this abnormal situation immediately attracted the attention of Chu, Wu, and Sun, and immediately reported the situation to Zhang Yunfei, who was far away in Datong.

As soon as Zhang Yunfei received the telegram, his first reaction was to think that the little devil wanted to escape, so Zhang Yunfei showed the telegram to everyone, and then said: "Comrades, what do you think of this abnormal situation of the Little Devil's First Cavalry Brigade?" ”

The chief of staff of the left next to him frowned, thought for a while, and then said cautiously: "Commander-in-chief, I think the little devil wants to retreat." ”

Deng Wenping, director of the political department next to him, also nodded in agreement, and the speculation of the two coincided with Zhang Yunfei.

Since the little devil wants to escape, the first thing to figure out is the first brigade of the cavalry of the little devil, which direction to escape, and only by figuring out the direction of the little devil's escape can it be intercepted. The Mongolian steppe is too vast, and the cavalry of the little devil is very strong, if you don't figure out the direction, there is really no way to intercept it.

So, Zhang Yunfei said to a correspondent next to him: "Pick up the flight team for me immediately, and I want to talk to Gao Zhihang." ”

The correspondent immediately connected the phone of the flight brigade and respectfully handed the phone to Zhang Yunfei, who took the phone and said with a straight face: "I am Zhang Yunfei, and I will immediately send a few planes to the vicinity of the Jining area to investigate, the first cavalry brigade of the little devil wants to escape, you must find out the direction and route of the little devil's escape as soon as possible." ”

After receiving Zhang Yunfei's call, there was an investigation mission again, Gao Zhihang was extremely happy, and immediately said happily into the microphone: "Chief, I will personally fly the plane to the investigation to ensure the completion of the investigation mission." ”

In less than ten minutes, a small transport plane and three fighter planes took off from Datong Airport and flew north. This small transport plane is a simply modified reconnaissance aircraft, equipped with radios, observation equipment, etc., including photographic equipment.

Gao Zhihang personally piloted one of the fighters, and the four planes maintained a good formation, and in less than half an hour, they flew over the Jining area; at an altitude of several thousand meters, because the weather was clear and there were very few clouds, they could clearly see the situation in a radius of several tens of kilometers in the Jining area.

In the west of Jining, the little devil's brigade was divided into several roads and was galloping westward, so many little devil cavalry were galloping, and the dust raised could even be seen clearly by Gao Zhihang on the plane.

Seeing the whereabouts of the little devil, Gao Zhihang immediately reported the situation to Zhang Yunfei, and Zhang Yunfei immediately marked the location and escape direction of the little devil on the map according to Gao Zhihang's report.

With the accurate escape route of the little devil, it can be intercepted and encircled, and the cavalry brigade of the little devil is difficult to fly with wings.

The cavalry division, the armored regiment of the armored division, and the sixth infantry division near Jining immediately adjusted the pursuit route. The cavalry division pursued to the northwest in several ways, and the two battalions of the mechanized infantry regiment, taking advantage of the speed advantage, were far ahead all the way, and behind, a large number of cavalry, not to be outdone, rode their horses far behind.

The mechanized infantry regiment, taking advantage of the speed advantage of off-road vehicles, galloped twenty kilometers in less than half an hour, and finally saw the little devil cavalry fleeing in front of it from a distance.

But at this time, the soldiers of the mechanized infantry regiment were not in a hurry to kill the little devil, but wanted to take advantage of the speed advantage, run to the front of the little devil, intercept the little devil, slow down the escape speed of the little devil cavalry, and win time for the cavalry force behind.

Fortunately, the cavalry of the little devils only cared about fleeing for their lives, and the sound of rumbling horses' hooves also drowned out the surrounding sounds, and they did not notice a large number of off-road vehicles and armored personnel carriers two kilometers away at all.

After another thirty minutes, the mechanized infantry regiment had already run to a position several kilometers in front of the little devil cavalry, and Commander Pan immediately made a decision and immediately ordered the soldiers to set up a battle formation and intercept in front of the little devil.

More than 100 off-road vehicles and dozens of armored personnel carriers were lined up in a line of one or two kilometers to form a line of defense of one or two kilometers, completely blocking the route of the little devil's westward escape, and the little devil could only use corpses to pile up if he wanted to break through this line of defense.

At this time, the little devils who were running at the front finally found a large number of off-road vehicles and armored personnel carriers in front of them, and the little devil cavalry reined in their horses and stopped running.

Running at the front was the second cavalry wing of the little devil, this cavalry wing exceeded 2,000 people, and more than 2,000 cavalry looked at the soldiers on the opposite side from a distance, waiting for the order of their own wing commander.

The captain of the little devil's wing also saw the situation in front of him, and found that the situation was not good, while asking the signal corps to report the situation to his brigade commander Takamori Takashi, while slowly raising the saber in his hand, preparing to attack in a big way and crush the opposite squadron.

"Kill to ......" The captain of the little devil finally gave the order to attack, shouting loudly with all his might.

More than 2,000 little devil cavalry, like a torrent, all held their sabers high, shouted, and rushed towards the opposite [***] team, the charge of 2,000 people, the scene was very spectacular. Unfortunately, they encountered the Thirty-sixth Army, which was fully equipped with automatic weapons.

Seeing the little devil cavalry rushing in front, the soldiers were very calm and composed, the soldiers on the off-road vehicle were all holding their AK-47 rifles at the little devils in front, some fighters in the armored personnel carrier had already gotten out of the car, using the armored personnel carrier as a cover, and also aimed at the little devil in front with a gun, and the soldiers who were still in the armored personnel carrier opened the shooting hole and also aimed at the cavalry of the little devil.

The 30-mm guns on the off-road vehicles, the 30-mm guns on the armored vehicles, and the black holes were all aimed at the little devils in front.

The little devil cavalry is getting closer and closer, five hundred meters, four hundred meters, three hundred meters,......

"Hit", Pan Guoxing, commander of the mechanized infantry regiment, shouted, took the lead in pulling the trigger, took an AK-47 rifle at the little devil cavalry, and shot it himself.

The rest of the fighters, hearing the gunshots, immediately began to shoot, and the 30-mm machine guns on the off-road vehicles and armored vehicles also began to shoot, and the characteristic "sudden, sudden, sudden......" firing sound was very pleasant. More than 1,000 AK-47 rifles and nearly 200 30mm machine guns, firing together, brought a terrifying nightmare to the little devils.

The little devil cavalry running in front of them, like cutting wheat, came down in patches, the screams of the little devils, the neighing and screams of the war horses converged into a ball, and the ground was immediately filled with the corpses of the little devils and war horses, and the grass was immediately stained red with blood.

The first 100 meters in front of the mechanized infantry regiment became an impassable area, and the first 100 meters in front of the mechanized infantry regiment were clean, and the areas ranging from 100 meters to three or four hundred meters were full of the broken corpses of the little devils.

Many little devils were killed by 30mm machine guns, and none of the little devils hit by 30mm machine guns were completed by corpses, some were even beaten into two pieces, and some were hit by several 30mm machine guns at the same time, and the little devils who were hit were directly smashed into pieces.

Gao Zhihang, who was hovering in the sky to investigate, saw that the battle scene below was so spectacular, and he felt that it was an eye-opener, and his blood was boiling.

(To be continued)