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The sun is blazing.

"Commander, do you want to bring back those horse meats?"

Cao Jiang, the commander of the cavalry battalion, rode a military horse to Li Yunlong, turned over and dismounted, saluted, and then asked.

Li Yunlong's expression moved: "How many military horses have you killed?" ”

Cao Jiang replied in a happy tone: "There are probably more than 400 military horses that have been killed and wounded, and about 300 military horses have been captured by us. ”

Although the cavalry battalion suffered more than 100 casualties, the Devil Cavalry Wing suffered more than half of the casualties.

And the strength of the Devil Cavalry Wing is more than twice that of the cavalry battalion.

This was largely due to the 40 light and heavy machine guns of the jeep platoon.

If it weren't for the 40 light and heavy machine guns arranged by Li Yunlong, the cavalry battalion alone probably wouldn't have been able to defeat the 13th Wing of the Devil Cavalry.

Although the machine gunners in the jeep, already trying to shoot at the devil cavalry on horseback.

But after all, it was in a jeep, and the jeep was moving at high speed, and then the devil cavalry was a chicken thief and put his body on horseback, and it was even more difficult to grasp the accuracy of the machine gun.

As a result, more than 400 military horses were killed and wounded, and together with the military horses shot by the cavalry battalion of the new regiment, a total of nearly 500 horses.

"What a good military horse." Xing Zhiguo, the deputy head of the regiment, sighed, "It's a pity. ”

Li Yunlong calculated, it is estimated that there are dozens of military horses killed in the cavalry battalion this time.

However, there were about 300 captured military horses of the little devils, and the captured military horses minus the killed military horses were more than 200.

At this time, the strength of the cavalry battalion can be expanded to more than 800 cavalry, which can be regarded as a level of strengthening the cavalry regiment.

This battle also made Li Yunlong see the importance of cavalry.

In the plains, the cavalry still has the advantage, strong mobility and assault ability, and fast reaction.

If there were no cavalry battalions and 20 jeeps to hold back, the devil cavalry would definitely go around and attack the infantry, and the situation would be very bad.

Even if you are surrounded by enemy troops, you can use the mobility of cavalry to break through.

War horses have a strong ability to run, if 1 cavalry has two or three war horses to change, they can even run long distances for thousands of miles, and then launch a surprise attack.

In the second war, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, and Germany all had a considerable number of cavalry.

Several marshals of the Soviet Union were born as cavalry generals, such as Marshal Zhukov, who had great military achievements, and so on.

Of course, if the cavalry is not used properly, it is a different story, for example, the Polish cavalry went head-to-head with the German armored forces, and the Japanese cavalry went head-to-head with the Soviet tanks at the Battle of Nomenkan.

At present, the new regiment is not equipped with many tanks, and after the anti-sweeping operation, Li Yunlong still has to hand over a tank battalion.

Therefore, it is still necessary for the new regiment to develop cavalry.

"Take all the horse meat away!"

With a smile, Li Yunlong said again: "When the horse meat is transported back to the base area, the whole group can eat fresh horse meat." ”

"Yes!"

Cao Jiang stepped forward to respond.

Immediately afterward, according to Li Yunlong's order, the General Staff Headquarters notified the automobile battalion to come and pull horse meat.

The horses that were shot were scattered and needed to be dragged by car.

Fortunately, most of the cars in the automobile battalion have come, and the transportation capacity is sufficient, so there will be no situation where the horse meat cannot be taken away.

Although the taste of horse meat is not as comfortable as the canned meat provided by Boss Chen, it is also meat and can supplement nutrition.

The nearly 500 military horses that were shot and killed must add up to three or four hundred thousand catties of horse meat.

The battlefield of the 39th Wing of the Japanese Army was also quickly cleaned up by the 1st and 2nd Battalions.

I have to say that the armor of the first division is much better than the devils of the second-line division, not only using Type 96 light machine guns, but also 20mm anti-tank guns, 37mm rapid-fire guns, 70mm Type 92 infantry guns, and even 75mm mountain guns.

The firepower is tough.

If it weren't for the fact that the new regiment was equipped with 2 tank battalions, the 1st and 2nd battalions of the new regiment would have had to make a big turn if they wanted to defeat the 39th Wing.

And the casualties will also be large.

On the frontal battlefield, if the Nationalist army wants to annihilate a Japanese unit like the 39th Wing, it must pay at least three times the lives of the Japanese soldiers.

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But the new regiment, with heavy artillery and medium tanks, routed the 39th Wing directly in half an hour.

Although the equipment of the devils of the A division is very good, the main force of the new regiment has long looked down on the equipment of the devils, but these equipment can be used by the militia.

The militia is equipped with first-class equipment, and its combat effectiveness will not be much worse.

After training and actual combat experience, these militiamen are the reservists of the main force of the new regiment in the future.

As for the 108th Artillery Wing of the Devils and the Devils who were killed by aerial bombs, there were basically no intact weapons and ammunition, and even the mountain artillery and howitzers were blown up.

However, these tattered mountain guns and howitzers can also be pulled back by car for repair, and those that cannot be repaired are all good steel, and when the time comes, they can be used by the Jinnan Arsenal to melt down and re-produce cannons.

Before Li Yunlong could lead his troops to return to the base area, a call back from the headquarters came.

In addition to the commendation and instructions, the boss also said that when the anti-sweeping operation is over, he should be rewarded well...

After reading the telegram, Li Yunlong secretly muttered, how did he feel like he was going to be Wishing you prosperity and getting rich?

After cleaning up all the battlefields, Li Yunlong led his troops to the northwest base area of Jin.

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The next morning.

Peiping.

A Japanese transport plane slowly landed at the Beiping airfield.

Lieutenant General Moritake Tanabe and Major General Tadamichi Kuribayashi stepped off the transport plane.

Immediately, under the protection of the security personnel, the two got into a bulletproof armored car and went to the Iron Lion Alley.

Originally, Tanabe Moritake was going to take a plane back to the headquarters from Taiyuan yesterday, but he was canceled by Tanabe Moritake before leaving.

The reason is that he doesn't know the process of the Xinzhou campaign, and even if he goes back to the headquarters, he can't say why.

Therefore, Tanabe Moritake waited in Taiyuan for Major General Kuribayashi Tadamichi to return to Taiyuan, and then took a transport plane to Beiping together.

After Michiichi Miyano was riding in an armored train that was attacked, the Japanese army increased its protection for officers above the rank of major general.

Several armored vehicles stopped at the gate of No. 3 Shishi Hutong in Beiping City, and Tadamichi Kuribayashi and Moritake Tanabe stepped down from the armored vehicles and walked quickly into the headquarters with their swords.

The defense here is particularly tight, with five steps, one post, three steps and one sentry, and countless secret posts.

Even if someone drives by, you can't help but be scared because you don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at you upstairs and how many sniper rifles are aiming at you.

Tanabe Moritake was familiar with the way, and walked into the office of Commander Okamura Ninji with Tadamichi Kuribayashi.

Coming to Okamura Ninji, Tanabe Moritake and Kuribayashi Tadado suddenly said, "Your Excellency, General! ”

Okamura Ninji glanced coldly at Moritake Tanabe and Tadamichi Kuribayashi.

Although the fishing plan was planned by Okamura Ninji himself, and he was ready to deal a hard blow to the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army before officially launching a sweep, but the battle turned out like this, and the Kurithayashi detachment was defeated, and Tanabe Moritake and Kuribayashi Tadamichi could not shirk their responsibility.

It has to be said that the battle plan for fishing is beautiful.

The good news is that the fish is hooked, and the bad news is that the fish not only bites, but almost eats the angler.

Okamura Ninji's tone was cold: "Tanabe-kun, Kuribayashi-kun, don't you have anything you want to explain to me?" ”

Tanabe Moritake glanced at Tadamichi Kuribayashi.

Kuribayashi Tadamichi took the armpit combat report in his hand in seconds, and handed it to Okamura Ninji with both hands: "Report to the commander, this is the combat report I wrote on the plane!" ”

Okamura Ninji glanced at Kuribayashi Tadamichi again, took the battle report and looked at it.

Although Kuribayashi had ordered the Ministry of Communications to send a report on the battle damage to the Front Command, there were no specific details of the operation.

From Taiyuan to Beiping, it took just over an hour, and the Xinzhou Campaign ended in one morning, which was not complicated, so Kuribayashi Tadamichi wrote the battle report in more detail.

After reading the battle report, Okamura Ninji looked at Kuribayashi Tadashi and said, "So Kuribayashi-kun, you still insist that the information has been leaked?" ”

"Hey!"

Kuribayashi Tadamichi bowed his head and said in an extremely affirmative tone: "Your Excellency, Commander, I firmly believe that the fishing plan has been leaked, and there are definitely spies of the Eighth Route Army in the North China Front or the top of the First Army!" ”

At this time, even if the plan had not been leaked, Kuribayashi Tadamichi would have said so.

Otherwise, he will have to carry the cauldron of the fiasco of the Xinzhou Campaign, if he is allowed to carry this pot, unless he can make great contributions in the future, it will be difficult for him to be promoted to lieutenant general, let alone general.

After reading the battle plan, Okamura Ninji was almost certain that the real reason for the fiasco in the Battle of Shinshu was the leakage of the battle plan.

Who is the inner ghost?

Okamura's eyes narrowed behind his round glasses.

Tanabe Moritake asked, "Your Excellency, could it be that Ohashi Tsunean leaked it?" ”

Kuribayashi Tadamichi's expression moved, he didn't know about Okamura Ninji's cronies and staff officers collaborating with the enemy, but he couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart.

As long as there is a back-erabbed man, although he can't escape responsibility, the main responsibility is not him.

Of course, the superficial work still needs to be done, and it is necessary to take the initiative to take the responsibility for the defeat on oneself and ask for punishment, and the more you do this, the lighter the punishment will be.

"It shouldn't be him!"

Okamura Ninji thought about it: "It is impossible for Ohashi Tsunean to come into contact with the fishing plan, and the only people who know about this plan at the front army headquarters are me, you, Tanabe-kun, and Yusue-kun. ”

Tanabe Moritake's eyes flashed, the secret spy can't be the deputy chief of staff, Seizo Arisue, right?

He certainly wouldn't be a spy himself, and Commander Okamura Ninji couldn't have been, and there was Sue Seizo...

Seizo Arisue is a high-ranking officer of the Front Army who knows both the fishing plan and the timetable of the armored train of the Hurricane that Lieutenant General Miyano Michiichi is riding.

But it is also speculation, after all, there is Sue Seizan who is the deputy chief of staff of the front army, and without evidence, Tanabe Moritake does not dare to talk nonsense.

Okamura Ninji suddenly looked at Tanabe Moritake, and let Tanabe Moritake chrysanthemum tighten, Your Excellency the general won't doubt me, right?

Tanabe Moritake hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, General, in addition to the three of us, there are also Kuribayashi-kun and the five wing commanders who participated in this battle know the fishing plan. ”

When Kuribayashi Tadadao heard this, he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, why did he pull me in?

Okamura Ninji fell into deep thought when he heard this.

The old devil with rich experience in spy work has no clue now.

Seeing this, Tanabe Moritake asked: "Your Excellency General, since the fishing plan has been leaked, it is also possible that the autumn sweep plan for the northwest of Jin has been leaked, and will you still launch a sweep of the bandit areas in the northwest of Jin according to the original plan?" ”