Tanabe Moritake's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he asked in a deep voice, "What do you say, the 10th Cavalry Wing has been defeated?" Daisa Takagi died in battle?" Rub

The operational staff officers, who were busy, couldn't help but turn their heads and cast an unbelievable shocked gaze.

The 10th Cavalry Wing was routed? It was only more than 2 hours since the division headquarters gave the combat order to the 10th Cavalry Division, how could it be defeated so quickly?

Just the cavalry battalion of more than 500 cavalry of the Eighth Route Army?

The combat effectiveness of the 10th Cavalry Wing was best known to everyone present, and all the cavalry were carefully selected, whether it was mounted archery, saber slashing, or dismounted foot combat, they were all well-trained and experienced in combat.

In such a short period of time, the 10th Cavalry Wing was actually routed, what happened?

Taking a deep breath, Jiro Ishikawa's face instantly fell, and he asked coldly, "What the hell is going on?"

The communications staff officer said: "According to the report of the deputy commander of the 10th Cavalry Wing, Masao Tanaka, all the cavalry of the Eighth Route New Regiment are equipped with submachine guns, and the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army pretended to fight with the sabers of the cavalry wing, and suddenly took out submachine guns and fired at the cavalry wing during the charge, resulting in heavy casualties in the cavalry wing, Takagi Daisa's war horse was shot in the head, and Takagi Osa fell off his horse and ......."

The communications staff did not continue.

Dropped off his horse when more than 1,300 cavalrymen charged, and Takagi Takeo liked to lead the charge, and must have been trampled into meat sauce by the horses' hooves in the rear.

"Yaga!" Ishikawa Jiro scolded angrily, "Cunning Eight Roads, Cunning Li Yunlong!"

It's not that the locust army is incompetent, it's that the Eighth Route is too cunning.

Who would have thought that when riding against each other, the Eighth Route Cavalry would suddenly pull out a submachine gun?

And every cavalryman has a submachine gun, which is outrageous.

Ishikawa Jiro didn't blame Takagi Takeo, even if he Ishikawa Jiro went to command the 10th Cavalry Wing, I am afraid that he would be in the hands of the Eighth Route Army, not to mention that Takagi Takeo had already died in battle. Rub

Tanabe Moritake was still calm, and asked in a deep voice, "How many cavalry are there in the 10th Cavalry Wing?"

"There are more than 300 riders left!" The communications staff officer bowed his head and said, "Most of the heavy equipment such as mortars and heavy machine guns of the machine gun squadron of the mounted artillery squadron have been lost."

Ishikawa Jiro's face became more and more gloomy, there were only more than 300 cavalry left in a cavalry wing, and even the heavy weapons were captured by the Eighth Road, how could the cavalry still carry out a roundabout task?

The 10th Cavalry Wing can't beat the cavalry battalion of the Eighth Route Army at full strength, let alone more than 300 cavalry left.

"Tanabe-kun, what now?"

Jiro Ishikawa looked at Moritake Tanabe and asked with an extremely ugly face.

Tanabe did not answer immediately, drafted a telegram, and then looked at the communications staff officer: "Report this situation to Commander Okamura immediately." Rub

"Hey!"

The communications staff officer put the telegram on the table, then took the telegram and turned around and walked out.

"Ishikawa-kun, your 10th Division is ready for a decisive battle with the new 1st Regiment!"

When the communications staff officer walked out of the door, Tanabe Moritake's eyes narrowed behind his round glasses, and he looked at Ishikawa Jiro and said.

"Decisive battle?" Jiro Ishikawa was stunned.

At present, the defensive strategy of the 10th Division is to build positions in these thickened pillboxes and turrets with thickened pillboxes or turrets as the center.

There were probably more than 110 thickened pillboxes and turrets, each of which was defended by about 200 soldiers. Rub

Even if the position is lost, no more soldiers will be sent to recapture the position, and the strategic purpose of the 10th Division is to use these positions to delay the new regiment for three days.

But the new regiment of heavy artillery, heavy tanks and Spitfire tanks, coupled with extremely powerful infantry, the offensive was extremely sharp.

Tanabe Moritake nodded: "In less than a day, your 10th Division's positions have lost more than 30, and if you continue to fight like this, your 10th Division will be exhausted before the other four divisions arrive."

Jiro Ishikawa asked in a deep voice, "Tanabe-kun, haven't you always been against a decisive battle with the new group?"

"That's right!" Tanabe Moritake nodded, "I have always opposed a decisive battle with the new regiment before, because we still have the 10th Cavalry Wing, and now that the 10th Cavalry Wing has been defeated, we can only use the decisive battle to drag the new regiment."

Jiro Ishikawa asked in a worried tone, "What if the new regiment doesn't fight our 10th Division?"

"Now the main force of my 10th Division is scattered over 70 positions on the three main roads." Rub

"Once the forces are gathered, it means that the other two roads will be abandoned, and the new regiment of the Eighth Route will be able to escape from the other two roads!"

Tanabe Moritake said: "Ishikawa-kun, you misunderstood, the decisive battle I said is not to gather all the forces of your 10th Division together, but to divide it into three parts, find a position on the three roads that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as your 10th Division can hold the position, then this battle is still won by the locust army."

"The question now is." Ishikawa Jiro said in a deep voice again: "The main force of our 10th Division is divided into three parts, but if the new regiment feints on the other two routes, and concentrates the main force to attack one way, the locust army on this road will not be able to stop the attack of the new regiment!"

Ishikawa Jiro is very forced, and according to the artillery firepower displayed by the new regiment in this battle, there is a heavy artillery wing, two mountain artillery companies, and hundreds of mortars.

Plus a tank wing, and the infantry firepower is also very strong.

If the new regiment concentrates its firepower and forces to attack all its way, how long the troops on this road can block the offensive of the new regiment, Ishikawa Jiro has no bottom in his heart.

This is the disadvantage of the defending side, as the attacking side, it is possible to concentrate forces to attack its point. Rub

As the defensive side, it can only pull away from the formation and defend passively.

Of course, when the 10th Division was the attacking side, it would be difficult to penetrate the base of the new regiment even if it concentrated its forces to attack any point of the defense line of the new regiment.

The reason is very simple, the new regiment operated in the base area in the northwest of Shanxi Province for several months, and then used the tactics of hidden forts, tunnels and anticlines, the firepower of the 10th Division was crushed in all directions, and it was difficult to fight with the new regiment in a frontal field, not to mention the fortified positions of the new regiment with complete defense.

The 10th Division, on the other hand, was hastily transferred to the defensive, with only scattered thickened pillboxes and turrets, makeshift civil fortifications, and shallow tunnels.

Under the onslaught of ferocious artillery fire, tanks and infantry, the devils were no match for the new regiment.

"If the Eighth Route Army concentrates its forces to storm one route, then the main forces of the other two routes will be quickly reinforced."

Tanabe Moritakeshi said: "Although this may cause the common people of Shina to flee from the other two roads, we only need to delay the main force of the new 1st Regiment of the Eighth Road to be considered successful, Ishikawa-kun, you and I will jointly ask Commander Okamura to fight, now we can only give it a go!" Rub

Jiro Ishikawa nodded and said in a deep voice, "Yes!"