Section 209 Retreat to Yong'an Town

What is the best way to restrain enemy cavalry? Some will say infantry, others will choose to use tank units, but the most effective troops may be cavalry units. They all have the advantages that the enemy has, the speed, impact, and the ability to break through the formation head-on are all the same. As for the human qualities, such as command ability and soldier quality, in Ito Daiga's view, they will definitely not lose to the enemy troops. Although the enemy army has now shown its strength to the fullest through last night and the previous battle, there is no doubt that they still believe that the enemy army is far below them.

Although Ito Oga was reluctant to fight such an enemy army, firstly, the order was pressed on his head, and secondly, he was afraid that the enemy army was not really afraid. So after saying goodbye to Chi Naosaburo, he continued on the road with his troops after sending a large number of scouts to investigate the surrounding military situation.

However, to Ito's surprise, not long after they left the village, they heard an explosion with a "boom", and everyone's faces changed. They couldn't help but speed up and rush towards the place where the sound came from.

"Your Excellency, the enemy has planted * on the road, and our troops who have broken through have been caught off guard and have lost several men." A lieutenant officer came with an embarrassed face, and as soon as he saw the captain, he hurriedly reported.

Ito Oga was also taken aback, and his heart was greatly troubled by the unpredictable and unconventional methods of this enemy army, and he frowned and asked, "Is there a lot of *?" Isn't it dense? ”

The lieutenant shook his head and said: "Report to Your Excellency, there are not many of them, and the burial is very simple, it is obvious that it was buried in a hurry, as long as you are careful, careful, it can be completely seen that we just acted too hastily." Otherwise, you won't fall into the enemy's trap. ”

Ito Oga nodded, thinking that it should be like this, based on the strength and time of the enemy's army, it is true that there should not be a large-scale * formation here. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but order: "Immediately send a small group of soldiers to disperse and investigate the surrounding situation, looking for any way to bypass this area, since you know where the enemy is buried on the road*, then there is enough way to deal with it." ”

"Hey" The Japanese soldiers couldn't help but respond in unison when they heard the voice, and while they were relieved, they also arranged for their subordinates to disperse to explore the way.

However, to the great dismay of the Japanese army, their next actions did not play any role at all. After cautiously scattering and advancing for six or seven miles, they were surprised to find that there was nothing else at all except the previous explosion and the discovery of one*, although they knew that the enemy's * number was certainly not much, but the situation that they had found nothing still made them feel deceived, and all their actions and actions seemed to be in the enemy's calculations, which was really difficult for them to accept.

Ito Daga's face was also very embarrassed at this time, they were also cavalry, and the enemy was also mixed with artillery, and as a result, the enemy's slight tricks made them delay on the road for a long time, this situation really made his face gloomy, and it made him angry and murderous in his heart, seeing that the time was not early, they were still nearly ten miles away from Huanghua Town, and he also decided to take a risk and speed up the pursuit.

As a result, what made Ito Oga almost vomit blood was that when their troops approached Huanghua Town, several war horses in front stepped on it*, and in a series of explosions, several war horses and soldiers on the horses were directly blown up and blurred flesh and blood. Several war horses in the back saw the explosion in front of them, and they were also eager to dodge, but because the speed was too fast, the war horses were surprised and ran to the side, and suddenly fell on it, as a result, the two were crushed to death on the spot by the war horses, and the other two broke their legs.

Although along the way, their losses were not serious, but along the way, they repeatedly encountered trouble, and they did not have the slightest strength to fight back, which made the always arrogant Japanese officers how to stand it? Obviously, the strength of the enemy army is not as good as theirs, but they can only be deflated without the slightest chance to fight back, and this passive situation really makes them very annoyed. However, what happened next surprised Ito Oga, because the scouts found that Huanghua Town in front of him was not garrisoned by enemy troops at all, and it was completely empty!

This discovery surprised and surprised him, and he didn't know what to do for a while, because the order issued by the brigade headquarters was to let them attack Huanghua Town, and now Huanghua Town was in front of them, and there was no barrier, but they didn't have any joy to achieve the task, but because of the things they encountered along the way before, they were quite at a loss for the current situation.

After some time, Naosaburo Chi arrived here with the infantry, and along the way he had already received news from Ito Oga's faction and learned about the situation here. After arriving here, perhaps because he had already thought of countermeasures along the way, he was unequivocal, ordering the troops to occupy Huanghua Town, and at the same time reporting the situation to the wing headquarters and asking for instructions on the next move. Although they had lost a lot of people before, in any case, they had already reached the order given by the wing headquarters and successfully captured Huanghua Town, so they could be regarded as a messenger.

Shortly after Chi Naosaburo finished reporting here, Takeo Okada, the commander of the Sixth Wing of the Japanese Army, came with the remaining forces of the Sixth Wing of the Sixth Wing, and occupied Huanghua Town, where the original headquarters of the 74th Army was located, at about 10 o'clock.

However, compared with the 3rd Division, the troops attacking Changsha were more successful. In the early hours of the morning, the Japanese paratroopers successfully airdropped in the area south of Changsha, a surprise move that hit the weakest point of the Nationalist defenses. The defense of the entire Changsha perimeter is actually very weak, just like Wang Yaowu told Shi at the beginning. The main reason is that the several defensive lines north of Changsha have not been able to play a role in blocking the enemy, allowing the Japanese army to move south too quickly, resulting in reinforcements from all over the country still not reaching the vicinity of Changsha until this moment. In this way, there are only a handful of guards in Changsha City, and with the Japanese army massing on the north bank of the Laodao River, the defense focus of the national army troops is not on the line of the Laodao River, and even the 74th Army, which has just arrived at the battlefield, has also been arranged to the front line of Chunhua Mountain, so you can imagine how difficult it is to continue on the defensive line.

And the airborne landing of the Japanese paratroopers was like a sharp knife inserted into the heart of Changsha, completely tearing apart the defense line of Changsha. In the face of this two-sided attack, the defenders who could not hold on completely collapsed, and the poor people of Changsha were not prepared for the loss of Changsha in such a short period of time.

The battle situation in Changsha went smoothly, and the commanders of the Japanese 11th Army were also reassured, and they immediately urged the 3rd Division and the 6th Division to speed up the attack. One of the more important reasons is that the special operations brigade lost all its losses last night, and such a nerve-wracking loss is not enough for the Japanese army to just take the city of Changsha, and it is not enough to slaughter some ordinary people, and it is also necessary to slaughter the main force of the enemy army to satisfy them.

The order was conveyed to Huanghua Town, and the troops of the 3rd Division that had just stopped also immediately set off in the direction of Yong'an. And for the sake of insurance, they also invited the friendly troops of the 3rd Brigade of the 3rd Cavalry Wing to accompany them, after listening to Chi Naosaburo say what happened in the previous battle, Wing Commander Takeo Okada did not dare to have the slightest carelessness, for the previous battle of the 1st Brigade, he did not have any blame, because he knew Chi Naosaburo's ability and ability, and clearly knew that the battle was like this, not that Chi Naosaburo made any mistakes in command, but that the strength of the enemy army was too amazing.

"Tuanza, why did you come back? The madman has been clamoring to go to Huanghua Town to meet you, for fear that you will not be able to get out of any trouble. Just when the Japanese army was rushing in the direction of Yong'an after readjusting its troops, Shi had successfully rushed back to Yong'an Town with the brothers of the cavalry battalion and artillery company to join the main force of the Independent Regiment, and Wu Zihuai, who came to greet him after receiving the news, couldn't help but pour bitter water when he saw Shi.

The beard on the side smiled when he heard this: "There are some troubles, but well, it's not so easy for the little devil to keep us." After speaking, Hu Zi recounted in detail the battle they fought in the north of Huanghua Town, and then continued: "The devil's infantry was attacked by us repeatedly, and almost lost two squadrons, and the cavalry that pursued them later was more cautious, and our brothers saw from a distance that they had not been in a hurry, even if they stepped on * and lost manpower, they marched at the original speed without any loopholes, so they didn't care about them and withdrew first. ”

The others listened to their battle, although they felt enjoyable, but they didn't have any other feelings, but Wang Shi on the side was surprised, and looked at the stone and the people in the cavalry battalion with an incredible face, how long has it been, how can the independent regiment win another big battle? Aren't these battles a great victory if they were ordinary troops? Why didn't these people in the Independent Regiment feel too surprised?