Chapter 484: The time is ripe
Riding at the forefront was the platoon commander and a few guards of Niu Daring, and the dense bullets were fired head-on, and it was too late to dodge.
People and war horses screamed and neighed and fell down one after another, and some of the puppet cavalry were thrown out more than ten meters away by inertia.
After all, Niu Daring is a ringing horse robber who has been rampant for many years, and his equestrian skills are very unusual.
The other puppet troops also turned around, and in the end, more than 30 people, more than half of them were lost, and only more than 10 people fled back to the city in a hurry with Niu Daring.
"Battalion commander, what are we going to do?" While running into the city, some puppet soldiers asked in panic.
"The north gate can't get through, let's go to the west gate! Drive! Niu boldly held on to the last glimmer of hope and whipped the war horse under his crotch, urging the war horse to gallop in the direction of the West Gate.
Other puppet armies followed.
Liu Yidao, who was in charge of the blockade of the north gate, stood up from the temporary repair fortifications at this moment, and waved his big hand and said: "Brothers, rush up, occupy the city gate, and respond to the regiment commander and battalion commander to encircle and annihilate the remnants of this puppet army!" ”
Hundreds of warriors jumped to their feet, let out a deafening shout, and rushed towards the north gate.
When Niu Daring and the others fled from the streets of the city to the west gate, it happened that Jiang Haidong had already annihilated the main force of the puppet army and was leading the troops to search and suppress, and the two sides met on a street.
Jiang Haidong and the soldiers opened fire one after another, and after an exchange of fire, more than ten people under Niu Daring died seven or eight, and finally only three people followed him to the west gate.
At this time, the city gate of the West Gate had been opened, and it turned out that the puppet army sentries and patrols of the West Gate saw the gunfire in the city, and the flames were everywhere, so they opened the city gate and fled for their lives.
It's just that, without exception, all of them have become the guns of the interception force led by Scarface.
As the pursuers drew closer, Niu boldly took the remaining three men and rode out of the West Gate, this time without the good luck they had before.
Just now, he only killed a dozen puppet soldiers who tried to escape, and Scarface, who was feeling that it was not enjoyable, gave them the most fierce head-on blow.
The dense bullets led Niu Daring and the three puppet soldiers with their horses, and the flesh and blood were blurred, and they were killed on the spot, ending their criminal lives.
The battle ended, and the troops were ordered to simply clean up the battlefield, and the cavalry equipment, weapons and ammunition of the puppet army were confiscated, and it was too late to pacify the frightened people in the city.
Qiao Youhua, Jiang Haidong and others took the soldiers, carrying war horses and captured weapons and ammunition to evacuate Xingtang County overnight.
In this battle, they captured a total of nearly 700 war horses, plus the war horses left over from the original reconnaissance company, it was definitely enough to form a reinforced cavalry battalion.
And this batch of war horses quickly played a role, and the soldiers put the captured weapons, ammunition and other materials on the back of the war horses, which immediately saved a lot of energy.
This is undoubtedly the greatest help for the officers and soldiers of the Dragon's Tooth, who have continuously marched and consumed great physical energy in battle, so that they can evacuate as quickly as possible.
When the Japanese puppet army in Xinle County heard the news, Qiao Youhua and the others had already passed through Cihe and basically withdrew from the sphere of influence in the base area.
The Japanese army lost a puppet cavalry battalion, although it was angry, but it did not take much revenge, because now the Japanese army in North China was facing an absolute shortage of troops, and the newly formed 21st Division was already the Japanese base camp that was now in full force for the Battle of Wuhan, and it was able to make the maximum efforts.
The follow-up replenishment of the 5th and 10th Divisions could not be completed until at least after the Battle of Wuhan, during which the North China Front had a shortage of at least 50,000 or 60,000 troops.
Thanks to Qiao Youhua's Longya Task Force in Luquan, Shanxi, Shandong, Hebei, Suiyuan, Chahar, and Shaanxi, the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army also developed very rapidly, plus the Jin Sui Army, and other Kuomintang troops behind enemy lines, the Japanese army was under great pressure.
Therefore, it is temporarily unable to draw more troops to retaliate against the Dragon's Tooth Column, and with the 21st Division alone, the Japanese army does not dare to take risks lightly, and only hopes that Sakai Chihei can hold the stone gate even if it is a great luck.
After all, where are the lessons of the 12th and 13th mixed brigades and the 5th and 10th divisions, and the Japanese army will definitely be fully prepared for the next encirclement and suppression.
The devil did not move, but the dragon tooth column would not be idle, after the Tang surprise attack, Qiao Youhua brought these horses back to the regiment headquarters, and began to strictly train the more than 2,000 recruits at the regiment headquarters, the first battalion, the second battalion, and the third battalion are also stepping up the training of the recruits that Qiao Youhua gave them to replenish before.
Most of the time of a month has passed in a blink of an eye, and in this half a month, a lot of things have happened, first of all, the German Yadru gave Qiao Youhua another reply, saying that Hitler agreed to Qiao Youhua's request, but they were only responsible for transporting weapons and ammunition, as well as production equipment and technology to Tianjin, designated by Qiao Youhua.
The rest of the transportation will be handed over to Qiao Youhua himself, this Qiao Youhua nodded and agreed, after all, no matter how strong the Germans are, they will not be effective in China now, especially in the Japanese theater.
It is obviously not realistic to let Hitler fall out with the Japanese in order to transport weapons and equipment for himself, not to mention that even if Hitler makes way for Japan, it is difficult to say whether the Japanese will be birds or not.
So this transportation still has to rely on itself.
The second thing is that the Soviet man Matolayev also gave Qiao Youhua a reply, but his news is not good news, because the leader of the polar bears, SDL, did not agree to Qiao Youhua's request, on the grounds that the Chinese Communist Party and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union are one family.
The family doesn't talk to the two families, and if they have good technology, they naturally have to bring it to the big brother first, what conditions do they have to talk about?
Of course, Matolayev did not say this explicitly, and the polar bear had already sent electricity directly to Yan'an, trying to put pressure on Yan'an to make Qiao Youhua hand over all the advanced design drawings he had.
There is no news from Yan'an for the time being, and it is obvious that the great Chairman Mao is thinking about countermeasures or considerations.
Qiao Youhua didn't pay attention to this, because he believed that the founders of New China were all great leaders, and they would make the most appropriate judgments, so there was no need to worry too much.
Secondly, during this period, more than 1,000 recruits were recruited one after another, and more than 100 young students rushed to the base area of the Dragon's Tooth Column.
So far, the total strength of the Longya Column has reached more than 10,000 people, including more than 5,000 troops in three battalions, more than 3,000 recruits in the regimental headquarters in Pingshan County, and more than 5,000 people in the artillery battalion and guard company. During this period, Qiao Youhua transferred the guard company back from Zhengding County.
The number of patriotic students of the young intellectuals has also reached more than 300, and the political and ideological examination has basically been completed, and some of them have joined the training of new recruits.
Therefore, the time is ripe for the official expansion and reorganization of the Dragon's Tooth Task Force.
PS: I'm sorry, these two chapters are updated a little late today, Saburo's youngest son had a cold and fever last night, it's only been six months, it's not good to feed medicine, and my daughter-in-law has been busy for a long time, and the fever has subsided, so please forgive me. This is the fourth watch, and there should be a fifth watch today, and the sixth watch will be like this.