"What? Isn't that all over? How could it be so fast? Yang Botao was surprised.

"Hehe, we can also use the railway in Shanxi, and we can also go to Shijiazhuang by taking the Tongpu-Zhengtai line." , Fu Hongjiu said with a smile with a "you didn't expect it" expression.

"No wonder, but why is Yan Lao Xi'er willing to let us cross? He's always been very protective of outsiders. Yang Botao was somewhat surprised.

"Now Xinkou is under a lot of pressure, Yan Xishan is like an ant on a hot pot, in a hurry, let's go fight devils to help him reduce the pressure, it's too late for him to welcome it." And this time, the top directly sent someone to communicate with Shanxi", Fu Hongjiu stretched out a finger and pointed to the side, and said in a low voice.

"Why is the central government also alarmed?" , Yang Botao asked, faintly feeling in his heart that the battle situation was likely to have deviated from the original direction.

"First of all, Yangmingbao captured 27 devil planes, and then you completely annihilated a brigade of devils in the positional defense battle, and the military commander probably had a new jihua after knowing it, I heard that it was Deputy Army Commander Su who called the division commander directly and called back the reinforcements who had already left the city, and I think it should be a big deal again", Fu Hongjiu also shouldered the mission of conveying the message and inspecting the position, after all, some things must be sent to see with their own eyes to confirm, if the campaign plan can be easily changed by just a short telegram, That's too hasty.

"The division commander asked me to tell you that Zhengding is the key to the whole campaign, and if you can entangle the main force of the 6th Division for another 5 days, this battle can be carried out according to the new plan. A great victory that we could not have believed beforehand, and the fact that too many troops here could scare the devils away, so the commander hoped that our division would be able to complete the task with as few reinforcements as possible. But if you don't hold on, not to mention the new plan, even the old plan is dangerous, then it's even worse, so the division commander wants you to tell the truth. Do we need more troops, and if so, how much? After thinking about it, immediately send a telegram to the division headquarters. The division commander considered that it was difficult for the telegram to explain things clearly, so he asked me to come and ask. By the way, I will also give you a little support. After Fu Hongjiu finished speaking, he gasped exaggeratedly, "Oh my mother." It's not easy to remember so much, after this battle, Lao Yang, you want to invite me to drink! ”

"Definitely." , Yang Botao smiled and patted him on the shoulder, he naturally heard that this was Fu Hongjiu's blessing in disguise, and he didn't feel a burst of warmth in his heart, you must know that in the war years, it was already a great happiness to be able to live

"The Japanese army still has more than 10,000 troops, and it may not be that it will not increase its troops. Cavalry battalions are good for reconnaissance, harassment, and pursuit, but if they are dismounted for positional warfare. Two or three people are not worth one infantry, and it seems that they still have to ask the division headquarters for some reinforcements, but it will not help if there are fewer people, and I am afraid that the devils will retract directly if they come too much, what should I do? ”。 Yang Botao thought about it for a while, but he was still inspired by the cavalry battalion and came up with a solution.

"Yang Botao wants a regiment of mounted infantry reinforcements? What kind of plane is he working on? Although Luo Binghui, the political commissar of the 94th Division, who was extremely strong, had just come to the 15 th Army, he had already learned Hu Weidong's mantra, and Yang Botao's telegram looked inexplicable. No wonder he was angry.

But the chief and deputy commanders of the 94th Division were all thoughtful people, and they understood what Yang Botao meant almost at the same time with a turn of their minds, "Let the infantry pretend to be cavalry to go for reinforcements and show weakness to the enemy?" ”

"This Yang Botao is really as you said, and he really has some ghost ideas." , Deputy Division Commander Peng Xuefeng immediately praised that although it was inconvenient for Hu Lian to praise his favorite generals excessively, his face was also full of joy.

Peng Xuefeng was extremely thoughtful, and quickly pointed out a possible flaw, since he was pretending to be cavalry, then the number could only be according to the number of cavalry, that is, 1,500 people at most, which was also close to the current situation of the 94th Division. It must be known that the 94th Division now has only one cavalry battalion, and it is really not easy to find a few thousand horses at once, but if it is only more than a thousand, the baggage troops of the 94th Division alone can be pulled out. As for horseback riding, there is no need to worry, as the saying goes, "Southerners ride boats, northerners ride horses." The 94th Division now has at least 20,000 northern soldiers, and there is no difficulty in picking out 1,500 of them who can ride horses, although there may not be many equestrian haode, but it is the same sentence, anyway, there is no need to ride a horse to fight with the devil, how can the Japanese army be so far away? …,

The role of cavalry in positional warfare is not as good as half an infantry, Gu Shoufu saw that although the squadron at Zhengding Railway Station was reinforced again, but it was only more than a thousand cavalry, roughly the establishment of a cavalry regiment, which was equivalent to an infantry battalion, so he did not take it to heart, but thought that the opponent's infantry reinforcements could not arrive here in the short term, so he sent cavalry that was not suitable for positional defense to rush to the emergency, Gu Shoufu, whose confidence skyrocketed, thought that he had seen through the enemy's predicament, and he couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart, and secretly rejoiced, " Originally, this infantry regiment was wiped out, and the battle of Zhengding outweighed the losses, but with the addition of the two cavalry before and after, it could barely be explained to the military headquarters, if the opposite side was really a unit of the elite 15th Army, it should be regarded as a meritorious service."

Soon the Japanese army launched a more rapid attack, but because the 6th Division's reserves of artillery shells have been almost exhausted, they can only rely mainly on infantry to attack, which makes Yang Botao somewhat relieved, two days ago, the devil did not want money to fire artillery indiscriminately caused a lot of losses to the 2nd Regiment, if it were not for the good design of the field fortifications, the big guys also worked hard, and now the 2nd Regiment is afraid that even half of the people will not survive

However, although the artillery was basically dumb, Gu Shoufu still focused on the weakness of the 2nd Regiment's insufficient strength, gave full play to the huge strength advantage of the 6th Division, and constantly consumed the physical strength and ammunition of the officers and men of the 2nd Regiment in the way of wheel warfare, while the Japanese could take turns to rest. Fortunately, the political work contingent of the people's army, which is the best in the world, has shown great strength in this difficult situation, and they have repeatedly shuttled through various positions to successfully complete the work of combat mobilization and psychological counseling, regardless of their own fatigue and even injuries, so that the soldiers of the 2nd Regiment have always maintained high morale and a healthy mentality, and they have been able to persevere

Note 1: Japanese divisions generally only carry 0.2 combat ammunition reserves when they attack without authorization, and they must have been somewhat consumed in the process of fighting all the way to Zhengding, and only five or six thousand shells were killed in the battle with the 2nd regiment, and after the first two days of frantic shelling, there must be little left now (to be continued......

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