Section 213 Minor setbacks to the Japanese army

The Japanese cavalry unit slowed down slowly, and finally came to a halt about a mile in front of Xiaomin Mountain. This is a large area of flat land, which is convenient for the cavalry to march and deploy, and the line of sight can also be far, stopping a mile away, in fact, it is already quite a close distance, and if you want to attack, this distance is just enough for the war horse to accelerate and rush.

Ito Oga sat on his war horse and raised his binoculars to observe the mountains ahead, the pursuit in Huanghua Town made him suffer a lot, but after galloping all the way, he had calmed down, especially when he got the report of the scouts, saying that the enemy position had been found in front again, he did not dare to be careless, the combat ability shown by the enemy army, compared with the enemy troops he had encountered before, he really didn't know how much smarter. A few * in different positions can make them unable to advance or retreat, and their speed will be greatly reduced, and this kind of superb combat skills will never be imagined by veterans who are not used to fighting.

"Your Excellency, this is an enemy unit attacking the Sixth Wing." The deputy captain on the side frowned slightly and reminded on the side. Perhaps in order to increase the persuasiveness of his judgment, he quickly said: "In addition to the unified battle flag, there is also a banner that seems to be embroidered with several special characters, and this kind of flag has been seen by the soldiers of the Sixth Wing in the enemy army. ”

Hearing this, Ito Oga nodded, and said while looking at the hillside in front of him: "Tokugawa-kun, the enemy army retreated without a fight in Huanghua Town, but now they are laying a defensive position here, what are these Shina people thinking?" ”

Deputy Captain Tokugawa Iei thought for a moment and immediately replied: "The area around Huanghua Town is flat and empty and there is no danger to defend, presumably the enemy army does not have the determination to defend there. This is different, these mountains are in front of us, and if we want to pursue the enemy, we must conquer the position in front of the enemy, and the enemy must think that this is enough to fight us in a bloody battle. ”

Ito Oga couldn't help but sneer and said, "Just these small dirt slopes want to stop our army? Although we can't deny that the strength of the enemy army in front of us is indeed very strong, they don't think that just these small dirt slopes can make up for the gap between our two armies, right? ”

Tokugawa Eiei, who was on the side, couldn't help frowning and said, "Your Excellency is ready to attack immediately?" ”

Ito Oga shook his head and said: "No matter how arrogant I am, I will not be arrogant enough to use cavalry to attack the enemy's infantry position head-on, such a battle, the loss is too great, even if I take the enemy's position, it will be more than worth the loss." The best way for cavalry to attack is to break through the enemy's formation from the enemy's weakest point and break up the enemy's formation with thunder. Tokugawa-kun doesn't think that I've been hit by a small blow and forget about my responsibilities and missions, right? ”

When Tokugawa Iei heard this, he couldn't help but bow down and replied, "Your Excellency, how dare your subordinates have such thoughts. ”

"Tokugawa-kun, you stay here to monitor the movement of the enemy forces in front, wait for the follow-up troops of the 6th Wing to arrive, I will go to the north to investigate the enemy's formation, if there is a way to make a detour to attack the rear of the enemy army, maybe the battle on the frontal battlefield does not need to be hard-hitting." Ito Oga couldn't help but say no more when he saw that his deputy was a little frightened, but gave an order directly, and immediately urged the war horse to hurry to the north without waiting for Tokugawa Iei to open his mouth to respond.

Tokugawa Iei Rong didn't really let out a long breath until the captain left, and at the same time couldn't help but smile bitterly, as a deputy captain transferred from other units, he really had no status in the third brigade, facing the powerful captain, he said that he was the deputy captain, but in fact, he was not even as good as a squadron leader. But what's the solution? The Empire's armies have always been based on merit and rank, and unless he has the opportunity to command his troops to win a big victory, he will never be able to get rid of the shadow of the captain.

In the following time, Tokugawa Iei was not idle, he sent troops to establish positions on the spot, and at the same time sent a large number of cavalry troops to explore the surrounding situation, anyway, they had nothing to do, and it was most appropriate for the cavalry troops to fill the scouts to check the terrain and military situation.

It didn't take long for Takeo Okabashi to arrive with the main force of the 6th Wing, and after hearing the report of Tokugawa Eiei and seeing the situation in the distance, Takeo Okabu suddenly became angry. As soon as he saw the battle flags fluttering on the enemy's position, he remembered the heavy losses of the first brigade, and thought that hundreds of his people were killed by the enemy in front of him in the blink of an eye, and he couldn't help but feel a little unbearable. It was the first time in the past few years that his army had suffered such heavy losses, and it was really difficult for him to get out of the evil anger in his chest without killing all the enemy troops in front of him.

"Gather artillery units and prepare for the attack!" Takeo Okabo did not hesitate, and when he learned that all the enemy troops were cowering on the ridges in front of him, he immediately ordered the attack on the mountain.

And almost at the same time as he ordered the attack, Liu Wenfeng on the mountain also shouted in vain: "Order Ou Zhanpeng, the artillery company immediately fires the artillery, give the devils a dismount first, and drive them away for me!" ”

"Fire!" Ou Zhanpeng, who received the order, did not hesitate at all, and immediately yelled. Immediately following his order, the artillery not far from his side rang out violently, only to see a mile away on the enemy position, immediately a thick column of smoke rose into the air, the momentum was amazing, although the landing point of the cannon was not very good, only shot at the edge of the Japanese position, but because the Japanese army had just arrived here, there was no time to build any fortifications and protection, but the shock wave of the shells swept away several Japanese soldiers in one fell swoop, so that the Japanese position was in chaos.

This is also the artillery company with the cavalry battalion in the area of Huanghua Town with an ambush with the Japanese army before, otherwise, the artillery company ambushed here early, and calculated the distance and set the ruler, I am afraid that the attack of this shell alone is enough to make the enemy suffer heavy losses. With the landing of this shell, the follow-up artillery immediately fired, and the strong attack firepower of the six 75mm mountain guns was vividly displayed in this case, and the strong lethality of its shells instantly made the Japanese army turn pale. Not to mention ordinary Japanese soldiers, even Takeo Okabu was in vain.

Earlier, Naosaburo Ike's 1st Brigade had reported to them about the enemy's possession of artillery, and they had also questioned the soldiers of the 1st Squadron, but in that case, how could they determine what kind of artillery the enemy had and how many guns there were? In that kind of dense formation, I am afraid that even one earthen cannon is enough to inflict a devastating blow on them, and even the repeated attacks of two or three cannons are enough to kill and wound them.

And it was only at this time that Takeo Okabashi relied on his rich combat experience to judge what type of enemy artillery there was, and how many there were, but what made him chill was that the strength of the enemy army was far stronger than he imagined at the moment, and the strength of the enemy's artillery was something he had never imagined. The enemy actually has powerful mountain artillery, and it is not one or two, it is a squadron formation.

Just how is this possible? How many enemy troops are there in front of you? How could they have such powerful artillery? They have fought so many battles with the enemy, and they don't know how many enemy units they have encountered, let alone division-level troops, even army-level troops, it is impossible to have this kind of firepower configuration, not even artillery, and the troops that can handle a rifle are already the elite of the elite among the enemy. However, reality is more than words, the enemy's artillery is still roaring, and his own soldiers are still killed under the attack of artillery shells, and it is impossible not to believe it. In fact, after fighting this enemy army, there have been too many accidents in front of them, including the news from the special operations group last night that the strength of the two squadrons has been killed, can you say that it is fake?

Fortunately, the time of the artillery bombardment was not as long as that of the Japanese army's main attack for about an hour, otherwise, with their current situation, without any cover, I am afraid that the troops under their command would be killed even if they were not completely annihilated. However, after this fierce attack, the Japanese army's position was completely chaotic, and at this time, let alone organizing artillery bombardment, it was very difficult for officers at all levels to find their soldiers.

Takeo Okabu was hugged by several guards and pushed back, they were in a good position just now, or rather, an officer of his level had always been in the safest position in the ranks, after a few rounds of shelling, taking advantage of the gap between enemy artillery attacks, they were also retreating quickly, wanting to get out of the enemy's attack range, who knows if there would be a follow-up attack after the enemy's artillery stopped?

As soon as they withdrew here, the other Japanese troops also retreated immediately, and the whole brigade was violent, looking like they wanted to eat the national army troops on the mountain in one go, but they didn't expect that it was just a round of firefight, and the Japanese army was greatly injured, and had to retreat two or three miles away, not to mention the loss, and the morale was even more severely defeated.

There was silence on the hill at first, and soon there were bursts of cheers, and all the brothers of the first battalion could not help shouting excitedly as they saw the Japanese retreat.

Cheng Chongyan watched the Japanese retreat and couldn't help but let out a cold snort: "A division? It's not all one head and two legs, and the shells are bombarded and poured down, in my opinion, it's nothing more than that! ”