Chapter 419: Killing Itagaki

At night, the sound of gunfire subsided, the battlefield was temporarily silent, the stars in the sky, indifferently looking at the land shrouded in night, tomorrow is a good weather, but both Tang Qiuli and Itagaki Seishiro know very well that behind this silence is the ferocious final fatal blow, and the fate of the Itagaki Division has been determined.

On the encircled Japanese position, piles of bonfires and lights, like ghost eyes in the dark night, erratic, Tang Qiuli could finally smile happily, the troops at the cost of thousands of casualties and hundreds of thousands of shells, put the mad tiger of the Itagaki Division in a desperate situation.

The Itagaki Division could not see the sun tomorrow, and the troops temporarily stopped the offensive in order to adjust the deployment and launch the final blow, and the troops of the two artillery brigades and four brigades were transferred to the banks of the Liugu River to prepare for a counterattack against the two divisions of the second echelon of the Kwantung Army's southward corps, and the rest of the troops participated in the general attack at two o'clock in the morning.

In the process of retreating, Li Honggang blocked the retreat, and Itagaki commanded the troops, and on the scale of a wing, repeatedly attacked the positions of the independent division in an attempt to open a gap.

The Japanese army, which had no chariots and heavy artillery, was repelled by Li Honggang's troops many times and suffered heavy losses, so Itagaki had no choice but to stop, and the squadron of the six rivers had already surpassed itself a lot in terms of strength and firepower.

Nuruer Tiger Mountain, and killed a squadron ** team, Tang Qiuli was ruthless enough, attacked on three sides, and mobilized more than 100,000 troops, just to deal with me Itagaki, really enough to look up to me, Itagaki gritted his teeth, and looked at the dejected officers with cold eyes, the Itagaki Division has never suffered such a heavy blow, the troops lost one-half, the units were not fully organized, and many people were lost in the afternoon hún battle.

Itagaki knew very well that Tang Qiuli would never let himself live until dawn, the second echelon was rapidly approaching him, his mood was extremely complicated, Tang Qiuli was so arranged, with the strength of the two divisions of the second echelon, he would definitely not be pleased, and if he was not careful, he would be bitten hard by that devil.

However, that was his only hope, and only when they stretched out their hands could they have a glimmer of hope and escape from the catastrophe, and in the end, the hope of survival drove him to send a telegram to the Supreme Commander of the Kwantung Army asking for help, explaining the desperate situation he was facing.

The Japanese troops of the two divisions of the second echelon collected all the troops guarding Jinzhou and Huludao, increased by more than 10,000 people, and drove overnight to rush in the direction of Suizhong.

Therefore, the second echelon of the Kwantung Army desperately moved closer to the direction of Itagaki like crazy, and their actions fell in the eyes of the special operations detachments operating on the front line in Jinzhou, and they immediately reported the intelligence to the division headquarters.

Tang Qiuli was not worried, without three or four xiǎo, they would not be able to reach the Liugu River, and when they arrived at the river, would they be able to pass through the blocking of the Guò troops? Itagaki can't, they can't either, it's 1:30 a.m., and when there is another half of the xiǎo, the Itagaki division will no longer be there, and the Japanese troops who arrived can only come to collect the corpses of Itagaki.

Itagaki did not completely despair, he said in a hoarse voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, our department is facing great danger, a day of jī battle, heavy losses, this is a fierce opponent we have never encountered, I admit that because of my carelessness, the headquarters has fallen into a desperate situation, I will ask the base camp and the Supreme Commander for punishment." ”

"But, ladies and gentlemen, isn't there any hope for our Itagaki Division?" Speaking of this, his voice suddenly rose up, with some hysterical meaning, and the Japanese officers who drooped their heads, hearing this, raised their heads together, and their eyes burst out with a light of hope, Your Excellency the division commander, is there a way?

Itagaki has a way, he still has the last trump card in his hand, that is, the cavalry wing to which the division belongs, the cavalry wing that is fully manned, with more than 4,000 horsemen, is the last straw left by Itagaki in the end, no matter how tense the battlefield is, he didn't use it, so after the battle, the cavalry wing was proud to maintain a complete structure.

Itagaki wanted to use this force to cut through the encirclement of the independent division in one fell swoop, and the breakthrough direction he chose was bold and surprising, which made all the Japanese officers present at the meeting stunned.

The breakthrough direction chosen by Itagaki is not the Liugu River, but the direction of the Shanhaiguan Front, he has his own reason, the Liugu River is surging, not to mention, even if the cavalry breaks through the blocking position of the independent division, when the troops cross the river, the back presses over the army, which is called "half-crossing and attacking" in the ancient Chinese art of war, which is really a taboo for soldiers, and Itagaki of China is familiar with allusions, so he does not dare to take risks.

The troops who were crossing the river were met with ferocious fire from the shore, and the soldiers were like dumplings in boiling water, which would be cooked immediately, and the corpses of the soldiers floated along the Liugu River all over Liaodong Bay, which was the disaster of the Itagaki Division.

And the direction of Shanhaiguan is Tang Qiuli absolutely unexpected, any normal thinking is to move closer to the direction of his own troops, Itagaki is not normal, this is called the opposite, surprisingly winning, entering the North China Plain, reliably close to Beiping, it is better than the Jedi of the first squadron on three sides, the Jedi of the sea on one side, and the second echelon of troops, which just attracts the attention of the Chinese army.

Itagaki's reasoning persuaded these Japanese officers, who originally thought it was ridiculous, to disperse the meeting, to prepare separately, Itagaki ordered, all the troops, abandon their baggage, advance lightly, and rush to Shanhaiguan is victory, and at 1:50 in the morning, the breakthrough operation began.

The breakthrough time set by Itagaki was ten minutes earlier than Tang Qiuli's general attack time, his idea was not bold, and it did have a very high success rate.

It's really a pity that the opponent he met was Tang Qiuli, who knew everything about Itagaki Xìngge, this was a bold and unconventional guy, accustomed to taking risks, and familiar with Chinese culture, so Tang Qiuli adjusted the deployment of troops accordingly.

At 1:50 a.m., with his back to the Liugu River and facing the encirclement in the direction of Shanhaiguan, suddenly there was a sound of gunfire, and more than 4,000 Japanese cavalry rushed over like a gust of wind, and in the dark night, the sound of hooves was like thunder, knocking on the earth.

The troops of the independent division of the encirclement seemed to be caught off guard by this sudden situation, and after a little resistance, they were scattered, and the Japanese cavalry was the first to break through the encirclement, and the Japanese infantry behind rushed over like a flood of embankments.

However, they were not as lucky as the cavalry, and the mouth was sealed by a dense rain of bullets, like a steel gate, blocking the raging flood, and the rapid footsteps of the Japanese infantry came to an abrupt halt, leaving corpses everywhere, and then retreated to their original positions, only to listen to the hooves of the cavalry wing gradually moving away.

Itagaki was defeated and retreated, wrapped back to the original location, he knew that his plan was seen through by the devil, what kind of guy is this, but how did the cavalry wing rush out, it seemed that the resistance at that time was very weak, he instinctively felt that this was another trick of the devil Tang Qiuli, and his cavalry wing was probably a féiròu sent to people's mouths.

The Japanese cavalry wing rushed out of the encirclement, galloped, and did not have time to review the infantry behind, their task was to chisel all the way through, to the Shanhaiguan, the flat field, just suitable for the cavalry to play the speed advantage, in front of a long hill, from the hill, the front or what? The captain of the Japanese cavalry wing who led the team thought secretly.

On the hill, suddenly a snowy car light came to the face, stabbing the eyes of the Japanese cavalry, under the reflection of the car lights, the black cavalry, covered the hill, under the light, the snowy sabre, like a dense forest, can not see the edge at a glance.

The captain of the Japanese cavalry wing had a bitter mouth, no wonder he rushed out so lightly, where are you waiting for me here? The squadron cavalry on the opposite side must have at least 10,000 people, which is more than twice the strength of their own troops, is there still a way to fight this battle?

He guessed wrong, not more than 10,000 cavalry, but four cavalry brigades, more than 24,000 cavalry, each of them foaming, can drown his wing, Tang Qiuli coveted the more than 4,000 oceanic horses of the Japanese army, and calculated that Itagaki would come to this hand, the Japanese are beasts, but the war horses are not, the Oriental horses are very strong, and it is good to change the structure of the war horses of the cavalry troops, so there is the current scene.

In the dark night, under the reflection of the lights of the car, more than 20,000 cavalry, cháo flooded the Japanese cavalry, and Tong Batu's second cavalry brigade took the lead in meeting the Japanese cavalry.

These méng ancient men, riding jīng zhan, skilled swordsmanship, the neighing of horses, the sound of swords, a little spark popping out of the dark night, the Japanese cavalry was split off the horse, and the ownerless war horse neighed and ran.

In less than a month, the cavalry of the Independent Division completely annihilated the Japanese cavalry wing at the cost of several hundred casualties, captured more than 4,000 war horses, and won a complete victory.

Itagaki sat in the tent dejectedly, his face was gray, and his spirit seemed to be separated from his body by Chōu, his last bit of capital was won by Tang Qiuli, what will happen tomorrow, will the sun shine on him tomorrow? Itagaki didn't know.

Itagaki lost his soul in the tent, but he didn't know that more than a thousand meters away from his tent, a young man wearing the uniform of the Japanese army had set up a sniprofler with a long barrel on a tree.

Strictly speaking, this can no longer be called a gun, the muzzle of the gun is surprisingly large, similar to a heavy machine gun, Fu Qiang, deputy captain of the sniper brigade of the special operations detachment of the independent division, when the Japanese army was defeated and retreated, took a special operations detachment, taking advantage of the Japanese army's formation of húnluàn, hún entered the encirclement, the purpose was to find Itagaki and shoot him.

Fu Qiang's eyes looked at Itagaki Seishiro's thin head in the crosshairs with cold eyes, pushed a large armor shattering bullet into the chamber of the gun, held his breath, and tapped the trigger, the recoil of the bullet from the chamber hit him slightly on the shoulder.

A gunshot rang out, and on the embattled battlefield, it was not noticeable, and in the tent, surrounded by Itagaki and bewildered Japanese officers, suddenly saw that the head of His Excellency the division commander was missing, bursting into rotten watermelons, and blood hún combined with brains, splashing their faces all over their bodies.

Itagaki's thin body flew upside down and hit the edge of the tent, and fell heavily to the ground, if it weren't for the lieutenant general's collar badge stained red by blood, no one would know that the thin body that was still slightly chōu twitching was His Excellency Seishiro Itagaki of the Japanese Army, who was known as the gall of Itagaki .

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