Chapter 247: Prairie Night

The flat and open grassland is conducive to the rapid assault of the cavalry, and no matter how strong the combat effectiveness and the organization of the infantry unit are, they are killed by the cavalry for such a while, and they have to mess up the formation, and can only be slaughtered by the cavalry.

Therefore, in the plains, cavalry is the nightmare of the infantry, unless the infantry is equipped with a large number of automatic firearms, or has a perfect anti-cavalry barrier to curb the speed and breakthrough ability of the cavalry with a dense rain of bullets.

Tang Qiuli now has a kind of self-confidence, with the current cavalry strength, he can fight with a force of more than 10,000 people, and he can win the battle.

In the evening, the troops camped by a small river, and at this time, they were already several hundred miles away from Beiping City, and after sending several reconnaissance units, Tang Qiuli held a joint meeting of officers above the cavalry brigade of the 29th Army and the independent division at the temporary headquarters.

At the meeting, Tang Qiuli reported on the information sent back by the special operations detachment, that Wang Ying's bandit unit had gone south under the starry night, and had now arrived in the area of Pangjiabao in northwest Huailai, and according to the current pace of marching, it was expected that at about 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, it would come into contact with the vanguard of Wang Ying's bandit gang near Longguan on the Great Wall of the Inner Wall.

According to reconnaissance, Wang Ying's gang has a total strength of more than 3,800 people, of which the cavalry is a brigade of about 500 people, which is the elite unit of the bandits.

The Japanese soldiers of this squadron became the main fighting force of Wang Ying's bandits, and they were equipped with four mortars, 12 grenadiers, two heavy machine guns, and 14 light machine guns.

Hearing the deputy commander say this, the officers at all levels below could not help but talk in a low voice, and it was obvious that these officers of the 29th Army had an instinctive fear of the Japanese, and in the past few years in North China, they had been confronted every day with Japanese soldiers who were arrogant and arrogant, and what they saw was their sophisticated weaponry.

Originally, I thought that it was to fight thousands of bandits, for these northwestern men who grew on horses, it was a piece of cake, but now, there are more than 200 well-trained Japanese soldiers among the bandits, and this battle is a bit hanging, and the faces of the officers show fear.

Tang Qiuli knew very well that if he could not give confidence to these officers of the 29th Army, the battle would have been lost before it was fought, and the 29th Army's fear of the Japanese was hidden in its bones, and it was impossible to eliminate this negative factor that affected the morale of the troops without a clean and neat victory to break the myth of the invincibility of the Japanese army.

He also did not expect that in Wang Ying's bandit troops, there were Japanese soldiers mixed in with them, which would bring unexpected difficulties to this very easy battle, obviously, the Japanese did not believe in the combat effectiveness of Wang Ying's bandits.

In the eyes of the Japanese, these 3,000-odd rabble is not as good as the combat effectiveness of one of their own squadrons, and if it were not for the scruples of various factors, they would not have been able to tear their faces with the North China authorities.

Tang Qiuli suddenly thought, among the more than 20,000 bandits who chased and escorted the troops, were there any Japanese? He was really not at ease, not because he was worried about the combat effectiveness of Li Honggang's First Independent Brigade, but because he was afraid that they would not know that the Japanese were involved, and they would be careless and incur unnecessary losses.

He whispered a few words to Zhao Yuhe, Zhao Yuhe's face changed, he also thought of this problem, and then, hurriedly walked out of the temporary headquarters, looking at the anxious appearance of the chief of staff, the officers of the 29th Army looked even more worried.

Tang Qiuli was also worried about the battle situation on the side of the escort troops, according to the time calculation, the first wave of the bandits' attack had already begun, he didn't want to waste too much time here, so he simply took the most morale-boosting method.

He asked the commander of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Independent Division and the deputy captain of the Guard Brigade of the Division Headquarters to report the equipment of the Independent Division to the officers of the 29th Army Cavalry Brigade.

The two units had 26 mortars, 12 heavy machine guns, and 43 Czech-type light machine guns, the guard brigade was also equipped with 100-type assault and barge guns, and the cavalry regiment was equipped with 38-type rifles except for some 100-type submachine guns.

After hearing this, the officers of the cavalry brigade were shocked and could not hide their horror, the officers of the 3rd Regiment in the middle were better, and the officers of the 1st and 2nd regiments on the left and right flanks had eyes as big as eggs, and they were more popular than people.

Look at the independent division, a cavalry regiment and a regimental guard brigade, equipped with so many heavy firearms, this is not a complete field army, the little Japanese thing, compared with the independent division, is like calling Hanako and the dragon lord to compare treasures, far behind, with so much heavy equipment support, I am afraid of more than 100 people in the little Japanese

It can really be said that there is food in the bag, not afraid of famine, there is a gun in his hand, he is not afraid of hungry wolves, with the weapons and equipment of the independent division at the bottom, the officers at all levels of the cavalry brigade suddenly felt that the waist pole was not good, full of confidence, there was an impulse to fight with the bandits immediately, the guys in their hands were not as good as people before, but now there are more than the opponents, and they dare not fight again, that is to plant a bad one, the atmosphere of the meeting is relaxed and active, and gradually become impassioned, Tang Qiuli smiled secretly, the people under his hands are still very able to correctly understand the intention of the leadership.

Heavy firearms are available, but they are not as much as said, mortars and light and heavy machine guns, at least three times the amount of water, which is far more than the joint forces of Wang Ying and the Japanese in front.

Later, after the battle, the officers of the cavalry brigade of the 29th Army found that the heavy firearms on our side did not say as much

Looking at the bewildered gazes of these officers, Tang Qiuli smiled indifferently, leaving an unfathomable image, in the hearts of these officers, but from then on, all the troops of the 29th Army commanded by Tang Qiuli were convinced of his orders and decisions.

After the meeting, the officers of the cavalry brigade, with full of confidence, returned to their respective camps, according to the deployment of the meeting, to arrange tomorrow's battle, Tang Qiuli looked at the backs of these officers with satisfaction, once they were given the confidence and courage to win, these people are good men galloping on the field

He turned around, pointed his fingers, and nodded at the commander of the cavalry regiment and the deputy captain of the guard brigade, these two guys, with a proud face, also said as if inviting merit, this is all learned from the division commander, and with you, how can you smoke out a little fairy energy, but it is real, and it is real

Tang Qiuli was angry, and drove these two guys away, he walked out of the tent of the temporary headquarters, the night of the grassland in June, the air, filled with the smell of grass, the slow warm wind, blowing from the remaining veins of Yanshan, the warmth made people intoxicated, the deep night sky, distant and mysterious, starry, blinking beautiful eyes, it seemed that one by one fresh life, the sky full of stars, instantly filled into his lonely, lonely heart.

He suddenly thought, the twinkling stars, that one is his beloved, that beautiful eye, can he communicate with her heart to heart through guò telepathy, Tang Qiuli slowly closed his eyes, as if he wanted to be with the one that belonged to the lover among the stars in the high sky, and began to dissolve with heaven and man, he believed that as long as it was a moment of realization, it was enough to comfort the deep wound in his heart.

"Division Commander, Chief of Staff Feng is calling urgently" An abrupt call interrupted his heart that had just begun to be quiet, and it was Zhao Yuhe who hurriedly looked for him, holding a piece of telegram in his hand, and his expression was slightly urgent.

Tang Qiuli was a little regretful, put the thoughts that had drifted away, put them back, and returned to reality, his heart was beating vigorously, since Xiao Ling disappeared, his heart did not have a moment of tranquility, just now, although he did not enter that kind of artistic conception, but let him find a way to communicate with his lover in the night sky, his heart, and this alone was enough to comfort his wandering heart.

Turning his head, Tang Qiuli, who had a detached and quiet face, took the telegram, and when Zhao Yuhe shouted Tang Qiuli, more than a dozen guards who were silently guarding in the distance were too late to stop them, these guards were all old people who followed Tang Qiuli day and night.

I know a lot about the unforgettable love between the division commander and Dean Zhang, and Xiao Ling is the most beautiful embodiment in their minds, and only Dean Zhang can be worthy of our division commander, this is the unanimous opinion of the soldiers of the Special Guards.

Whether it is in the reckless forests, rolling mountains, snow-covered snow, howling cold winds in the Kanto region, or in the great plains of North China and the thousands of waves on the coast of the Bohai Sea, whenever the division commander looks up at the starry sky and ponders silently, the guards know that the division commander is missing his lover who is missing.

They tacitly agreed not to disturb, and also tried to avoid being disturbed, and the loyal guards were by the side of the beloved division commander, guarding the sacred space for him, because the guards found a rule, as long as the division commander was like this every time, from body to spirit, it was as calm as water, and even the sorrow between the eyebrows that could not be dissolved was much lighter.

The guards are powerless to share the pain in their hearts for their division commanders, and can only use their loyalty to protect him, which is also the greatest wish of the guards.

Zhao Yuhe keenly found that the division commander, who had only been seen for a while, seemed to have a change in temperament, and seemed to have undergone a spiritual baptism, with a little starlight reflecting the face of the division commander who was much younger than him.

That kind of wisdom and strong self-confidence in his heart, in the night, the shining eyes, made Zhao Yuhe almost bow down, he didn't know, in this short period of time, what happened, from the nervous gestures of the guards, the fine Zhao Yuhe, seemed to guess something.

Zhao Yuhe couldn't help but feel a little remorseful, he may have disturbed some of the feelings of the division commander, many years later, Zhao Yuhe, who was already a strategic direction coach, talked with his colleagues about the feeling when he saw the division commander on that ordinary June night in the Bashang grassland, and he himself said that the division commander at that moment was like a god, so that he unconsciously wanted to worship.

Perhaps from that moment on, in Zhao Yuhe's arrogant heart, there was a monument that would always follow, of course, the ability of the division commander in the future combat career, also fully proved this.

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