Chapter 545: Battle of Xuzhou (3)

Tang Qiuli, who was in the ancient county of Shanxi, stood in front of the map, holding telegrams from all over the country, and clearly grasped the whole trend of the war situation in the north, the Japanese offensive in Shanxi was completely frustrated and fell into a state of stagnation, and the first army of Isoya Ryosuke, which advanced from Henan, became all the hope of Zairen and Kazuki Kiyoji.

Taking Xuzhou, you can echo the north and south, attack Liu Tiehan's troops in the north, and join the Japanese army coming from the sea in the south, which is frantically attacking the periphery of Shanghai and Hangzhou Bay, and capture Shanghai and Nanjing.

Liu Tiehan's telegram and Chairman Chiang's telegram illustrate this point, and Liu Tiehan sent a telegram saying that starting on 18 July, the Japanese troops retreating to Cangzhou would go against the norm and adopt an active offensive posture and launch a fierce attack on our defense lines in Fengjiakou, Damanzhuang, Jiedi, and Dongguan.

After several days of fierce fighting, the Japanese army failed to move forward, but it still confronted our unit on the outskirts of Cangzhou, and had the intention of launching a new round of attacks.

Judging from the current attack route of the Japanese First Army, the Japanese army in Cangzhou was determined to join it and carry out an attack, and the division commander was reminded that Xuzhou would be the first target of the Japanese army.

Chairman Chiang sent a telegram saying that by the morning of 17 July, the Japanese troops who had retreated to the sea had relaunched an offensive against our defense line in Songhu and Hangzhou Bay, and the battle was fierce, and the national army could not be separated; in the current battle of Xuzhou, Wang Qiuli and Commander Li worked closely together to accomplish the important task of annihilating the enemy in the north, and if Xuzhou wins, the Japanese army that threatens our hinterland can be eliminated, and there will be no worries about the battlefields in the south and north, and this is a fortunate thing for the people.

After reading Chairman Chiang's telegram, Tang Qiuli secretly shook his head, what the old man said was a half-truth, it was true that the Japanese army launched an offensive in the south, but it was said that the Central Army could not divide its forces, and Tang Qiuli did not believe it if he killed him, but in the hands of the old man, he had six or seven hundred thousand elite Central Army troops in his hands, and the troops transferred to the north of 100,000 troops would not affect the situation in the south

It's just that in several battles in succession, the Central Army suffered too much losses, and the old man was distressed, and he was reluctant to throw his old book to the north and cooperate closely? I have already taken out all the troops in my hand and killed a major general commander, which is to create an opportunity for Li Zongren to annihilate the enemy in Xuzhou, Zhang Zizhong's troops, and now they are still fighting hard with the Japanese in Shangqiu

Tang Qiuli smiled at himself, and tried to get rid of the distracting thoughts in his mind, the information provided by Feng Jiwu aroused his vigilance, and the Japanese army in Niangziguan showed signs of transferring troops, which showed that the Japanese army would continue to invest troops in the Henan direction, and follow this open gap to expand the results of the battle, and it was also the follow-up force of the First Army of Isogu.

It is necessary to recapture the lost territory on the line from Anyang to Zhengzhou and block this opening, and I don't know how the battle on Tong Batu's side is going, Yuan Jinghao and Sun Zhenbang's troops are assembling on the periphery of Zhengzhou, and a new battle is about to begin.

Tong Batu, who was waiting for Yingzuo, finally arrived, and the unhurried Yingzuo cavalry wing only arrived near Gongyi in the afternoon, thousands of Japanese cavalry, lined up in several marching columns, appeared in the distant field, followed by a large group of infantry.

The cavalry's marching speed made the infantry following behind very comfortable, neither had to eat dust, nor did they have to break two broken legs, and marched like a horse buttocks, so the image of the captain of the shadow in the hearts of the infantry immediately became taller, and he was called a good commander who was considerate and loved the soldiers, and knew that two legs could not run on four legs, so he deliberately slowed down the march.

They knew the mind of Ying Zuo's conscription, this guy with a strong desire for power and control, was quite dissatisfied with Isoya Ryosuke's order to return to Zhengzhou and assist the Ono United to defend the line from Anyang to Zhengzhou, Tang Enbo's Central Army had been defeated, and the line from Zhengzhou to Luoyang, there was no regular army for the people, and the strength of a wing was not enough to defend Anyang to Zhengzhou?

In his opinion, the location of Luoyang is as important as Zhengzhou, he doesn't understand, why Commander Isogu gave up Luoyang, this order also shattered his dream, occupy Luoyang for a long time, rule Luoyang and the surrounding vast land, he can serve as the commander of the occupation army, so many people can be driven, so much wealth can be plundered at will, and there are beautiful women in China, I am excited to think about it.

However, this qiē has come to naught, and for several days, Ying Zuo has always been unhappy, and he has been passively coping with the order, and it was supposed to be a half-day journey, but it took more than a day to arrive.

The sun is setting, the cold wind is bleak, Gongyi City that appeared in the shadow telescope, silently spread out on the land on the south bank of the Yellow River, as calm as when it came, a cavalry squad placed here, knowing that His Excellency the Wing Captain was coming, did not know to come out to greet him, it was really a group of stupid pigs, and the anger in Ying Zuo's heart gradually grew.

On a few dead trees with all their leaves gone, a few crows chirped out of place, and the monotonous and piercing cries set off the desolation and emptiness of the wilderness in winter.

There was a terrible roar in the air, a few feathers fell down, Ying Zuo's anger suddenly decreased, and he was very complacent about his marksmanship, which was a small hand in front of thousands of subordinates, he put away his pistol and waved his hand, "Hayagu, Gongyi camped, set off tomorrow morning" After speaking, he lifted the reins of the horse and took the lead in the direction of Gongyi, followed by more than 3,000 horse's hooves and lazy Japanese cavalry, and then behind, the infantry with two small short legs.

Ying Zuo didn't know about the conscription, he was powerful to a few flat-haired beasts, and a few gunshots rang out, just to remind the second cavalry brigade and the first regiment in Gongyi City, which were waiting for battle, and the regimental commander Temur Bagen sternly told the soldiers: "Remember, no one is allowed to kill my horse, the first round of shooting, just use a single shot of a gun, the cavalry that specializes in beating little devils, and take my gun as an order." ”

After speaking, he put down the binoculars and picked up a three-eight gun, which still solved the problem of Ying Zuo's stay in Gongyi, captured by a cavalry squad, Temur Bagen liked its range, just used to accurately shoot the devil cavalry without hurting the war horse, in the dim sky, the figure of Ying Zuo's recruitment became clearer and clearer, and his head appeared in his crosshairs, getting closer and closer, he held his breath, gently pulled the trigger, and the bullet whistled out of the chamber of the gun, and went straight to Ying Zuo's head.

I don't know what shit luck this guy had, just when he turned around and ordered his subordinates, the bullet flew past his scalp, burrowed into the head of a Japanese officer behind him, and became his substitute for the dead, Shadow Sa's head, was cut by the bullet A blood groove, and the military hat flew out like a blow.

Without waiting for Ying Zuo's soul to be recovered, from Gongyi City, sparse but extremely accurate bullets were fired, and the Japanese cavalry in the front row fell under the horse with a scream, and Ying Zuo shouted: "Enemy attack, prepare for battle" The cavalry said that the cavalry was ready to fight, that is, to charge, and before the Japanese cavalry organized a charge formation, there was a fierce gunfire behind them.

It was the second brigade and the fourth regiment of the cavalry, which launched an attack from behind the shadow and cut off the retreat of the Japanese army to Luoyang, at this time, the west gate of Gongyi suddenly opened, the sound of horses' hooves was loud, and the thunder was rolling, a regiment of more than 2,000 cavalry, holding up the saber, rushed out like a gust of wind, under the sunset of the sunset, the saber flashed with cold light, and the forward and rear guard of the shadow cavalry wing were fiercely attacked almost at the same time.

The Japanese cavalry was attacked suddenly, but did not panic, and under the command of Kagesa, it was divided into two parts, facing the first and fourth regiments of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade respectively, with several thousand cavalry on both sides. Immediately scuffled together, the sword flashed, the dust was flying, from time to time there were cavalry screaming and falling under the horse, Kagesa with a squadron of troops, in the center, fought very methodically, for fighting with the number of China cavalry slightly more than his own, Kagesa was not worried, he believed in the combat effectiveness of his troops.

However, when it really started, Ying Zuo was shocked to find that it was not the case at all, these Chinese cavalry were skilled in swordsmanship, superb riding skills, fierce and fierce, and after a few rounds, almost all of them fell under the horse, and the tactics adopted by the Chinese cavalry were obviously more suitable for this kind of melee.

Ying Zuo, who was oppressed and attacked at both ends, could no longer support it, and if he continued to fight like this, his cavalry wing would be consumed here, he hurriedly issued an order to retreat, the north was the Yellow River, and the east and west were attacked, so he could only retreat in the direction of the south Yanshi, fortunately, the speed of his troops' war horses was incomparable to the war horses of the Chinese cavalry.

The shadow cavalry wing retreated south in a panic, the first regiment and the fourth regiment merged into one unit, the tail pursued, two puffs of smoke and dust, rolling towards the direction of the Yan division, and disappeared in the field in an instant, the running speed of the Japanese Oriental horse, indeed let the cavalry of the independent division out of reach, seeing that the distance was getting bigger and bigger, the soldiers' angry eyes were full of gold stars, simply slowed down the horse's speed, raised the carbine, and had a movable target shooting competition, a gunshot rang out, the Japanese cavalry had one hand, turned over and fell.

The ownerless war horse, neighing violently, running like crazy, the corpse of the Japanese cavalry dragged upside down on the stirrup, in the hard ground, was hit to a blur of flesh and blood, and the corpse of the Japanese cavalry that fell to the ground was even more miserable, trampled by the hooves of the horses galloping behind and almost turned into meat sauce.

Seeing that the Japanese cavalry was running away, the soldiers put away their horse pistols stupidly, and were busy collecting the ownerless war horses that were running around, and then slowed down their horses and advanced in the direction of the Yan Division.

By dawn, more than 3,000 horses and horses of the Yingzuo cavalry wing were all annihilated between Yanshi and Gongyi, and the Yellow River was wasted, and on the thin ice, there was neighing everywhere, and most of the horses were trapped in the mud.

In this battle, the Second Brigade of the Cavalry of Tong Batu completely annihilated the Shadow Cavalry Wing of the First Army of the Japanese Army, and recruited more than 3,400 people from the joint captain Shadow Zuo, none of them escaped the net, and the Shadow Zuo was recruited and died in the chaos of the army, and the body was gone, only his command knife wrapped in gold wire, which was playing in the hands of the brigade commander Tong Batu at the moment.

The 2nd Cavalry Brigade suffered 837 casualties and captured more than 2,800 horses.

(To be continued)