Peiping.

No. 3 Iron Lion Hutong, headquarters of the North China Front.

"Nani?"

"The 10th Cavalry Wing was routed by the cavalry battalion of the new regiment of the Eighth Road?"

Okamura Ninji looked at the communications staff officer with a shocked face and asked in disbelief, his tone full of doubts.

The last Seizan on the side also cast an incredulous shocked gaze.

"Hey!" The communications staff officer said affirmatively, "After I received the telegram, I confirmed with the front command again that the 10th Cavalry Wing was indeed defeated by the cavalry battalion of the 1st Regiment of the Eighth Road, and the wing commander Takagi Takeo was martyred. ”

After a pause, the communications staff officer said: "The 10th Cavalry Wing lost three-quarters of its strength, and only more than 300 cavalry were left to return to Anhua County. ”

Okamura Ninji was stunned, and it took a long time to come back to his senses.

He couldn't imagine that the 10th Wing of the elite cavalry, which had more than 1,300 cavalry squadrons and machine gun squadrons, was actually routed, and it was routed so quickly.

Okamura Ninji asked in a deep voice, "How could this happen?" Why was the 10th Cavalry Wing routed by the Eighth Route Cavalry, which had less than 600 cavalry? ”

The locust army has a great advantage in strength, which cannot be compensated for by the sabers and semi-automatic rifles equipped by the Eighth Route Cavalry.

But the results were hard for him to accept.

"I've already asked the front command." The communications staff officer shook his head, "The reply I got was that the cavalry of the new regiment of the Eighth Route was cheating, and when charging in the opposite direction with the 10th Cavalry Wing, he suddenly took out the submachine gun prepared in advance, and after two rounds, the cavalry wing suffered three-quarters of the casualties, and the deputy wing commander took the remaining locust cavalry into Anhua County, and the cavalry of the new regiment of the Eighth Route did not chase again." ”

"Yaga! Cunning Li Yunlong! Okamura Ninji's cheeks twitched, and he was furious.

Okamura Ninji said that the hope of cutting off the supply lines of the new regiment was placed on the 10th Cavalry Wing.

If the 10th Division is not allowed to fight a decisive battle with the new 1st Regiment, then it can only rely on cavalry to raid to the rear of the Eighth Road, occupy the commanding heights of the road, and cut off the supply line of the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Road.

In this way, the 10th Division could hold out longer under the offensive of the new regiment.

But Ling Okamura Ninji never expected that the 10th Cavalry Wing would be defeated as soon as it attacked.

Isn't it too fast to be defeated?

Could it be that the combat effectiveness of the cavalry wing of the A Division of the Locust Army is so vulnerable?

At this moment, a telegraph soldier hurriedly walked in with a telegram in his hand.

The devil telegraph soldier paused to several people and said: "Report, the front-line command is in an emergency!" ”

Seeing that Okamura Ninji didn't let the telegraph soldier read the telegram, Seizo Yusue took the telegram over, and after reading it, he couldn't help but stare at it.

While handing the telegram to Okamura Ninji, Seizo Arisue said, "Your Excellency Commander, Chief of Staff Tanabe and Lieutenant General Ishikawa, jointly request that the 10th Division fight a decisive battle with the new 1st Regiment. ”

When Okamura Ninji heard this, he took the telegram and read it.

"Yaga!" Okamura Ninji was a little impetuous.

However, Okamura Ninji was able to be promoted to the rank of general and achieve the position of commander of the North China Front, and he knew very well that the more he was at this critical time, the more he had to remain calm.

Soon, Okamura Ninji adjusted his mentality, and asked Yusue Seisan with an expressionless face: "Yousue-kun, what do you think of Tanabe-kun and Ishikawa-kun's request?" ”

Yousue Jingsan first thought about it, carefully considered the language, and then said: "Your Excellency Commander, the combat effectiveness of the new regiment is indeed very strong, but I think the 10th Division still has the strength to fight, as long as the main force of the 10th Division chooses a position that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and fights positional warfare, attrition warfare and wheel warfare with the new regiment, the 10th Division will definitely be able to hold on for 3 days." ”

After a pause, Seizo Arisue added another sentence and said: "Ishikawa-kun and Tanabe-kun's joint request shows that they are very confident that the 10th Division will block the attack of the new regiment. ”

The reason why I added such a sentence is that there is a sue Jingsan who actually wants to shake the pot.

If the 10th Division is finally defeated by the New First Regiment, it will be all Ishikawa Jiro and Tanabe Moritake who decided to fight the New First Regiment themselves, and it has nothing to do with my Sue Seizo.

"That's all there is to it." Okamura Ninji's eyes narrowed behind his round glasses and nodded.

Okamura Ninji knew very well that it was the next policy to let the 10th Division fight a decisive battle with the new regiment, but at this time, the Japanese army had no choice between the middle and the upper strategy.

The current situation is that either the 10th Division will fight a decisive battle with the new regiment and fight to the death.

Either withdraw all five divisions to Datong and Taiyuan.

In the former option, the sweeping troops of the five divisions of the Japanese army still had a chance to inflict heavy damage on the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi.

The latter option is to discard the previous efforts.

Of course, the first choice is very risky, if the 10th Division is defeated, not only will the previous efforts be lost, but the 10th Division will be disabled.

However, the top brass of the Japanese army has always been a gambler, and Okamura Ninji was no exception, and he did not hesitate to choose to let the 10th Division fight a decisive battle with the new regiment.

Okamura Ninji said: "Order, agree to the request of Tanabe-kun and Ishikawa-kun!" ”

"Tell Tanabe-kun and Ishikawa-kun again that at all costs, they must also block the offensive of the new regiment of the Eighth Road, and then wait until the other four divisions arrive to complete the encirclement of the new regiment of the eighth route!"

"Hey!" There was Sue Seizan and the communications staff officer Qi Qi Qi.

……

Tanabe Moritake and Ishikawa Jiro, who were far away in the county seat of Heyuan, soon received a telegram from Okamura Ninji agreeing to a decisive battle.

But the hearts of Moritake Tanabe and Jiro Ishikawa were heavy.

Because before Okamura Ninji's telegram came, two telegrams were received almost at the same time.

The first telegram was that the 11th Independent Infantry Wing of the 26th Division of the Mongolian Army, which had set out from Datong to reinforce the 11th Division, was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army in the area of Maying Mountain.

Although the losses of the 11th Independent Infantry Wing were not large, the Eighth Route Army had a large number of troops and firepower, and the 11th Independent Infantry Wing may not be able to reinforce the 10th Division in a short time.

Another telegram was sent by the 10th Wing of the 10th Division.

The 10th Wing of the Baggage Corps was ambushed by the Eighth Route in the vicinity of Baozi Mountain, and the firepower of the Eighth Route was very strong, and the 10th Wing of the Baggage Corps suffered heavy losses, and the war materials were blown up or snatched away.

In addition, this Eighth Route built fortifications on Baozi Mountain, intending to cut off the supply lines of the 10th Division.

If the 10th Cavalry Wing is not defeated and is still fully formed, the 10th Cavalry Wing can be sent to meet the 11th Independent Infantry Wing or the 10th Infantry Wing.

But now there are only more than 300 cavalry left in the 10th Cavalry Wing, and what can a reinforced cavalry squadron do?

The logistical supply lines in the Datong and Taiyuan directions have been cut off, and now the ammunition, food, and other combat materials of the 10th Division are only enough for five days.

This made the already unfavorable situation of the 10th Division even worse.

Before the war, Tanabe Moritake and Ishikawa Jiro never imagined that this time the sweeping operation would be like this.

Moreover, if the 10th Division is defeated, even the retreat route will be blocked, whether it is to withdraw to Taiyuan or Datong, it will not be so easy.

After receiving Okamura Ninji's order, Ishikawa Jiro immediately ordered the two brigade commanders to be summoned from the front line to prepare for an emergency operational meeting to discuss the next battle plan.

Not long after, the commander of the 8th Brigade, Saburo Miura, and the commander of the 33rd Brigade, Motoharu Okada, came to the division headquarters.

War Hall.

"Miura-kun, Okada-kun!"

Jiro Ishikawa looked at Saburo Miura and Motoji Okada, and said: "Commander Okamura has given our 10th Division a death order, and it must hold on for 3 days under the attack of the New First Regiment of the Eighth Road, and our tactics of casting a wide net have proven to be ineffective, so our 10th Division will have a decisive battle with the new First Regiment!" ”

"Agreed!" Saburo Miura said in a deep voice.

"I also agree to fight the new regiment!" Motoji Okada also nodded.

Although the decisive battle had been personally agreed by Okamura Ninji, the opinions of his two brigade commanders were highly unanimous, and Ishikawa Jiro was still very happy.

Immediately afterwards, Jiro Ishikawa discussed the battle plan with Saburo Miura and Motoharu Okada, determined the location of the position, and the person who would be in command.

The highway in the direction of Anhua County was commanded by Chief of Staff Yoshiyoshi Asada Ozuo, the highway in the direction of Heian County was commanded by Major General Motoji Okada, and the road in the direction of Heyuan County was commanded by Major General Saburo Miura.

After receiving the order, Yoshiyoshi Aada, Motoji Okada, and Saburo Miura immediately took a car to the designated position and commanded the troops to build fortifications.

After the three of them left, Ishikawa Jiro immediately sent a telegram to Okamura Ninji, commander of the North China Front, requesting that troops from the First Army be sent to reinforce the 10th Wing of the Heavy Infantry and open up the logistics supply line.

If the logistics supply line is cut off, then the 10th Division will still be a fart?

……

Northwest of Shanxi.

Big Lonely Town.

The new regimental headquarters.

At this time, Li Yunlong, Chen Feng, and Xing Zhiguo inspected the battlefield and had just returned to the regiment headquarters.

"Commander." Wang Dehou greeted him with a slight face, and said with a smile, "The 2nd Independent Brigade and the 6th and 7th Battalions of the Division, and the 2nd Cavalry Battalion have just sent a telegram that the 2nd Brigade of the Independent Brigade has blocked a 1 Wing of the 10th Division from Datong in the vicinity of Maying Mountain, and the 6th and 7th Battalions of the Division, and ambushed the baggage wing of the 10th Division in the area of Baozi Mountain, and captured a lot. ”

"So, the sixth and seventh divisions have made a fortune?" The corners of Li Yunlong's mouth curled slightly, the attack of the attacking troops from all walks of life went smoothly, and now the devil's reinforcements have been blocked and the logistics supply line has been cut off, which is really good news!

As for the 2nd Independent Brigade, Li Yunlong was not too worried.

5,000 steel helmets, 300 light and heavy machine guns, and 3,000 rifles have been airdropped to the 2nd Independent Brigade.

In addition, the weapons and ammunition seized in Miaoergou also belonged to the 2nd Independent Brigade, and the 1st Wing of the 2nd Independent Brigade to fight the devils was not to mention defeated, but there was no problem at all in blocking the attack.

"Oh?" Zhao Gang walked in, just heard Wang Dehou's words, and said with a smile: "Lao Li, you really have no intention of inserting willows into the shade!?" ”

At the beginning, Li Yunlong asked the 2nd Independent Brigade, the 6th and 7th Battalions of the Division, and the 2nd Cavalry Battalion to ambush Maying Town and Baozi Mountain respectively, in order to cut off the rear route of the 10th Division.

But he didn't expect to hit and bump into it by mistake, blocking the reinforcements of an infantry wing of the devil, and the troops of the new regiment ambushed the devil's baggage wing.

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