Chapter 544: Battle of Xuzhou (2)

Tong Batu, the commander of the Second Cavalry Brigade of the Independent Division, not only had to complete the order of the division commander Tang Qiuli, but also had his own calculations, he fell in love with more than 3,000 Oriental war horses of the Yingzuo Cavalry Wing, which was a good thing, his second brigade had a regiment, equipped with Oriental war horses, in terms of speed and impact, it was the first in the whole brigade.

This time, Tong Batu looked at the Japanese cavalry, swallowed his saliva, not only to kill the little devil, but also to capture the war horse, and not to let go of a Japanese soldier, he was worried, and the house was full of circles, fortunately, Ying Zuo was not in a hurry, he was not in a hurry to rush back to Zhengzhou, and left him for more than a day, Tong Batu took a large group of people from the brigade headquarters to take a look at the terrain near Mengjin.

Mengjin this place, since ancient times, is an ancient ferry, north of the Yellow River, south next to Yanshi, a large plain of Pingchuan, the east and west are not high hills, very suitable for cavalry combat, but when it comes to ambush, it is not an ideal location, but in addition to here, and then to the direction of Zhengzhou, there are no such terrain conditions.

After reading the terrain and returning to the temporary headquarters, Tong Batu still did not have a clear battle plan in his heart, to say that he could defeat or annihilate most of the Yingzuo Cavalry Wing, with the strength and combat effectiveness of the Second Cavalry Brigade, Tong Batu did not need to bother with a frontal group assault, outflanking the left and right flanks, and the Japanese army could be beaten to pieces, but there were still a few requirements and restrictions

At this time, Temurbagen, the commander of the 1st Regiment, cooperated with Han Mulin, the commander of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Independent Brigade Ma Chaoyang, and completed two Eagle Strike operations in one night, stood up.

"Brigade commander, I have an idea," he said angrily, and when Tong Batu heard it, his spirits lifted, "Tell me quickly, what good ideas do you have?" "At this time, not to mention a regiment commander under him, even a cook has a way, and Tong Batu will also regard him as a savior.

"Then I'll talk about it," the other regiment commanders were dissatisfied, "Bagen, what are you selling?" Isn't it tempting to whet everyone's appetite? If you have something to say, where is your usual energy? When you were competing for the main task, you were louder than anyone else, and now you are like a big girl."

"About ten kilometers south from Mengjin, there is a waste river of the Yellow River, don't look at it is winter, I don't know what's going on, only a layer of ice, it's okay for people to go up, horses or something definitely can't work, let's take the little devil's cavalry to where to go, ensure that even people and horses fall into it, we can come to a tank to catch Wang Ba, didn't run" Temur Bagen finished speaking, looking at the brigade commander with blank eyes, I don't know if my own method can work?

When Tong Batu heard this, his eyes lit up, but he didn't expect that Temurbagan still had this hand, and he didn't even notice it, when he looked at the terrain, he only saw a white ice surface, but he was very strange, how did this guy know where the situation was? He then asked, "Special Chief, how did you know about this?" ”

As soon as the brigade commander asked, Temurbagen's old face turned red, and he was embarrassed to explain honestly, after the troops drove to Mengjin, he took a few guards to go out to try his luck and see if he could catch game.

Good luck, run out of more than a dozen miles, see a very big hare, then pat the horse to chase, see the rabbit on the ice, he hit the horse to chase over, a few warriors walking horses on the side, desperately waved to him, just asked in the past to know, the ice here is a trap, just now, a warrior walking horses, do not know the depth, as a result of even people with horses trapped in, it took a lot of effort to drag out, find the nearby fellows to ask, only to know this situation.

As soon as Temur Bagen finished speaking, the laughter at the bottom became louder, and a regiment commander quipped, Special Regiment Leader, it turns out that gluttony is also good, let's try it tomorrow, and there was a burst of laughter, but Tong Batu said: "Special Regiment Leader, when this battle is over, I will reward you with a roast whole sheep, three catties of old white gan'er, go to the field"

When we arrived at this section of the Yellow River, this was indeed the case, and everyone proposed a lot of supplementary construction, leading the soldiers to sprinkle all this ice surface with soil, so that the cavalry of the little devils did not hesitate to choose this place as a route to escape.

The troops were divided into three parts, all the way to serve as the interception of the front of Mengjin, all the way after the frontal start, cut off the retreat of the Yingzuo cavalry wing, prevent him from returning to Luoyang, all the way around this section of the river, ambushed between Mengjin and Yanshi, ready to destroy the Japanese army that had become infantry, Tong Batu judged that the Japanese army was attacked from two sides, one side was the surging Yellow River, Yingzuo only had one way to go south to Yanshi, and the final decisive battle was between Mengjin and Yanshi.

To this end, he was ready to personally lead two regiments and troops directly under the brigade headquarters, about 4,500 troops, to undertake the task of finally annihilating the Japanese troops under the Kagesasho Division, and the remaining two regiments were responsible for pressing the Japanese troops into the ambush circle.

Tang Qiuli, who received Tong Batu's telegram, nodded approvingly, and secretly thought that this Mongolian man also knew how to use the strategy, and no longer blindly rushed to kill, which was a gratifying progress for Tong Batu and the Second Cavalry Brigade dominated by Mongolian soldiers, and they all grew, and he signed a few words on the call, "Agree with the latest battle plan of your department, very good" The staff officer was about to leave with the telegram, and was stopped by him again, and added a few words to his pen "Brigade Commander Tong, a qiē take your own safety as the first priority, remember"

These are the few words that Su Jingfeng must sign when he sends telegrams back to the commanders of all theaters, brigades, and regiments after his death.

After receiving approval, the 2nd Cavalry Brigade unfolded according to the plan, and a large net was quietly opened, waiting for the unaware Shadow Cavalry Wing, where he and his men were destined to end the fate of the invaders.

At this time, on the battlefield of Shangqiu, Zhang Zizhong relied on four fortifications to resist the continuous attack of the Japanese First Army, in the periphery of Shangqiu, was blocked by the Japanese army for more than a day, and when it was close to evening, he took advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese army to stop attacking, gave up the fourth position, and withdrew all the troops into the urban area of Shangqiu.

His troops, the casualties have reached more than 8,000 people, Isoya Ryosuke was ruthless, it was necessary to pass Guò Shangqiu at midnight today, the Japanese wing scale charge, so that the Sulu Mobile Corps was under great pressure, and the three artillery regiments, when providing fire support for the front, were violently suppressed by the Japanese heavy artillery fire, and lost more than half.

The artillery of the Sulu Mobile Corps, which mainly consists of light artillery, did not take advantage of the Japanese artillery in a battle, and in the end, they had to adopt the tactic of quickly changing positions after firing a few shots, so as to avoid the danger of annihilation of the entire army, but in this way, the fire support for the front line was greatly weakened.

Zhang Zizhong had no choice, he didn't blame the artillery commander at all, knowing that they had done their best, and the casualties of the troops made him very heartbroken, and they were all the old guys of the 29th Army, but they didn't cheap the Japanese, at least more than 10,000 corpses of Japanese soldiers were laid out in front of their positions, blocking for two days, and it seemed that there was no problem.

In the direction of Wuxiang, more than 100,000 Japanese troops commanded by Yamaguchi attacked the defense line of Wuxiang for many days, except for throwing tens of thousands of corpses, there was no progress at all.

Yamaguchi knows that he is suffering in his heart, he is now unable to attack, there is no reason to retreat, Kazuki Kiyoji did not let him give up the order to attack Wuxiang, he can only insist on it, logistics supply has always been a headache for him, all the supplies are from Shijiazhuang, hundreds of kilometers of transportation lines, more than 100,000 horses, the daily consumption is an astonishing number, plus the cavalry of the independent division, the ghost is like a ghost, constantly hitting his transport troops.

If he turns around and retreats now, Yan Xishan's Jin rank will chase after him, not to mention, Tang Qiuli, who he is most worried about, is still staring at him from the side, these two forces are combined into one, and the mountain pass will definitely not have a good life, and he feels more and more that the Taihang Mountains are like a big quagmire, trapping himself and hundreds of thousands of troops here.

In the Datong direction, both the Japanese army and the Jin army took a defensive position, and there was no large-scale battle between the two sides, and the current strength of the Japanese army on the western front had no intention of taking the initiative to attack at all, and it was also happy that the Jin army did not take the initiative to attack, and both sides seemed to have tacit knowledge and avoided destroying the current temporary balance.

In the direction of Niangzi Pass, in addition to Chen Bingjing's Pass, the Japanese army has not launched a new offensive recently, but there are signs of transferring troops out, and there has been no large-scale battle on the Niangzi Pass battlefield in the near future, according to the actual situation of the war, Feng Jiwu once built a new one, transferred the troops of Niangzi Pass, transferred three brigades, and strengthened the Taihang Mountain Field Corps of the division commander, so as to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army at the Yamaguchi in the next step.

Tang Qiuli seriously considered Feng Jiwu's suggestion, and thought it was inappropriate, first, the Niangziguan garrison corps was composed of a mixture of the original Jin army troops and the main field brigade of the independent division, and the combat effectiveness had decreased significantly, and the loyalty of the Jin army had yet to be investigated in the battle.

Therefore, he instructed Feng Jiwu to take advantage of the favorable opportunity of the temporary calm of the Niangziguan battlefield to step up the work of reforming the Jin army's troops, so that small-scale active offensive battles could be carried out, and on the actual battlefield, the combat effectiveness of the Jin army and the basic qualities of the soldiers should be examined, so as to have a definite goal and do everything possible to turn the reorganized Jin army into the main force of an independent division.

The Western Front was relatively calm, only on the Eastern Front, the Japanese First Army was on the offensive, and Xuzhou was their target, in order to respond to the actions of the First Army, the Japanese troops in Cangzhou, the Japanese troops in the Songhu area and Hangzhou Bay all took active cooperative actions.

(To be continued)