Looking at the scattered hundred or so cavalry in front of him, Nakazawa Sanfu's nose was almost crooked, and he felt as uncomfortable as if there were ants crawling.

There are nearly 1,400 people in the 1st Cavalry Wing, all of whom are elite cavalry of the Locust Army.

The equipment is also extremely luxurious, with 4 cavalry squadrons, 1 cavalry artillery squadron and 1 heavy machine gun squadron.

It stands to reason that the 1st Cavalry Wing is the easiest unit to break out of the encirclement.

Just come back with a hundred cats and dogs?

Mitsuo Nakazawa looked at the commander of the 1st Cavalry Wing, Miura Hirise, with a dark face: "What about Shinno-kun?" ”

At that time, Miura Hiriseo led the 1st Cavalry Wing to confront the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army.

In just one shot, the 1st Cavalry Wing suffered more than half of the casualties.

Miura did not dare to fight, so he led the 1st Cavalry Wing to anoint the soles of his feet, but about a cavalry regiment of the Eighth Route Army caught up.

Seeing that there were not many cavalry in the Eighth Route Army, Miura Sunrise felt that he was doing it again.

After running for more than ten kilometers, after breaking away from the range of artillery and infantry of the Eighth Route Army, Miura Hiriseo led the remnants of the 1st Cavalry Wing to prepare for a decisive battle with the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army.

But the Eighth Route Army was not a fool, and when it saw the Japanese cavalry rushing over, it first shot with submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles.

Then he rushed up with the cloud dragon sword and slashed at the devil, and after three rounds, most of the casualties of the devil cavalry wing were lost.

Seeing that he was defeated, Miura Sunrise sent half of the cavalry squadron to break off, and he fled with the rest of the people.

This escape was to travel dozens of kilometers, and as for the cavalry after the break, they were all wiped out by the Eighth Route Cavalry.

Miura Sunrise took the remnants of more than 100 cavalry of the cavalry wing, and made a big circle before meeting with the 26th Division and finding Mitsuo Nakazawa.

"Didn't the chief of staff come back?" Miura Sunrise looked stunned, and then said, "Your Excellency the Chief of Staff has probably sacrificed his life for the empire. ”

Miura Sunrise was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army, first by shelling, and then with the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army No. 2000, and then pursued one by one.

"Rubbish!"

Mitsuo Nakazawa scolded angrily.

The cavalry wing should not have behaved like this in this battle, the terrain of the ambush is not too steep, and it is completely possible to break through a certain defensive line in the form of a cavalry cluster charge, and tear a hole in the infantry in the encirclement.

In this way, at least a few thousand more infantry can be rushed.

However, not only did the cavalry wing fail to save the infantry, but also suffered extremely heavy losses.

What is the difference between the more than 100 cavalry in front of you and being completely annihilated?

Mitsuo Nakazawa wanted to kill Miura Sunrise with a single sword.

"Hey!"

Miura had to bow his head, and he was also very uncomfortable.

At that time, he was leading the cavalry of the 1st Cavalry Wing to drink wine, eat jerky, and sing the military song of the Kwantung Army.

Then it was shelled by the Eighth Route Army, who did you provoke?

It's already a blessing to be able to pick up a small life, like the chief of staff, the commander of the 1st brigade, and the commander of the 2nd brigade have probably sacrificed their lives for the empire.

"Report to the division commander, we are less than 5 kilometers away from the battlefield here, and the 1st Infantry Brigade is less than 3 kilometers away from the battlefield."

A bespectacled devil combat staff officer ran over quickly and reported to the commander of the 26th Division, Shigetoku Kuroda.

"Is the 1st Infantry Brigade blocked?" Kuroda asked in a deep voice.

"Not yet!" The combat staff officer replied.

Kuroda Shigetoku's eyes flickered, and he ordered: "Order the 1st Infantry Brigade to stop advancing and stand by while the artillery wing mounts its guns." ”

The 1st Infantry Wing is 3 kilometers away from the battlefield, and it is not blocked by the Eighth Route Army, which is very abnormal.

At that moment, Kuroda Shigetoku ordered the 26th Infantry Brigade of the 1st Division to stop advancing.

"Hey!"

The combat staff officer suddenly turned and left.

Then, Kuroda Shigetoku looked at Mitsuo Nakazawa: "Nakazawa-kun, let's set up the heavy artillery of the 6th Heavy Artillery Wing of your division." ”

Mio Nakazawa nodded and looked at an operational staff officer on the side: "Order the 6th Heavy Artillery Wing to set up immediately, and raise the observation balloon in addition." ”

"Hey!"

The devil's combat staff officer suddenly paused.

With the orders of Mitsuo Nakazawa and Shigetoku Kuroda, the devil artillery of the 26th Division of the Japanese Independent Artillery and the 6th Wing of the Heavy Artillery began to set up artillery.

The devil's observer also quickly began to raise the balloon to observe.

……

7 km away.

On top of a mountain.

The former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

"According to the observer's report, the vanguard of the 26th Division of the Japanese Army, with a strength of about one brigade, stopped at a position 2 kilometers away from the forward position of our army."

Chief of Staff Wang Dehou reported to Li Yunlong.

"Oh?" Li Yunlong's eyes narrowed, and Wang Dehou immediately pointed out the location of this devil brigade on the map.

Since the nearby higher hills were controlled by the Eighth Route Army, the devil's reinforcements approached the battlefield and were directly detected by artillery observers.

"Did you order the artillery to fire at this devil's brigade?" Chief of Staff Wang Dehou asked.

"How far is the main force of the devils?"

Li Yunlong asked as he raised his binoculars and looked in the direction of the devil's vanguard.

It's just that the location of the devil's vanguard is a depression, and even if you change the artillery mirror, you can't see the devil.

Wang Dehou pointed on the map: "There are at least 5 kilometers from the battlefield, and 7 kilometers from us." ”

"Then order the No. 2 and No. 4 artillery groups of the East and West Artillery Groups to open fire and hit its vanguard." Li Yunlong calmly ordered with his eyes, "Don't fire the heavy artillery battalion first, see how the devils deal with it." ”

The Eighth Route Army set up a total of 5 artillery group positions, and they were numbered.

They are the heavy artillery battalion, the 1st artillery battalion and the 2nd artillery battalion of the new regiment, as well as the artillery battalion of the independent regiment and the artillery battalion of the new 2nd regiment.

Two hours ago, Li Yunlong had already ordered five artillery groups to set up all the artillery in the east and west positions, ready to entertain the devil reinforcements.

In order to facilitate command, the General Staff also numbered the positions of each artillery group from 1 to 5.

"Yes!"

Wang Dehou turned around and ordered.

Not long after the order of the former enemy's general command was issued.

The artillery observers in the front conveyed the firing elements of the position of the vanguard of the devils to the positions of the No. 2 and No. 4 artillery groups, respectively.

On the No. 2 gun position.

The gunners of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Regimental Artillery are ready.

With the flag in the hand of the commander, the flag was suddenly put down.

"Tom ......"

More than 40 guns fired almost simultaneously, and the fireworks from the muzzles of the guns were almost connected.

More than 40 high-explosive shells soared into the sky under the impetus of the propellant, cut arcs in the sky, and finally fell towards the depression where the vanguard of the devils had gathered.

On the other side, almost at the same time.

On the No. 4 gun position, the artillery of the artillery battalion of the Independent Regiment opened fire almost synchronously, and nearly 40 shells rose into the air.

Boom Boom Boom ......

In the explosion like a landslide, the depression where the devil was located suddenly rose up one after another explosion smoke.

Since the firing elements are determined by the precise method, there is no need for test firing, and the artillery fire will cover it as soon as it comes up.

A few kilometers away from the rear of the devil's vanguard unit, the observation balloon that the devil had just raised was only a few dozen meters above the ground, but the devil artillery observer in the hanging basket who was observing with the artillery mirror couldn't help but say: "Amazing!" ”

From the field of view of the artillery mirror, the devil artillery observer saw the shells fired by the artillery of the Eighth Route Army, and the first round of shells hit the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 26th Division.

The position of the 1st Infantry Brigade was good, in a depression, but the shells of the Eighth Route Army were like eyes.

As the dense explosions rose, the unsuspecting soldiers of the 1st Infantry Brigade were blown up.

No matter how powerful the cannon is, no matter how powerful the gunner is, it is impossible to make the first hit when hitting a target a few kilometers away, so it is necessary to conduct a test firing in advance, and then correct the shooting according to the impact point, and finally implement artillery fire coverage.

The better the artillery, the more experienced the gunners and artillery observers are, and the less shells and time are spent in the test-firing phase.

However, the 8th Route Artillery did not conduct a test firing in advance, the first wave of artillery fire covered, and most of the shells hit the target.

"What a great artilleryman."

"How the hell did the Eighth Route Artillery do it?"

With amazement on his face, the devil artillery observer began to search for the location of the artillery position of the Eighth Route Army as the observation balloon slowly rose.

The 1st Infantry Brigade of the 12th Infantry Wing of the 26th Division suffered considerable losses under the shelling of two regimental artillery fires, and the devil infantry scattered and fled, and the artillery observers of the Eighth Route Army immediately notified them to stop firing artillery.

The observation balloon rose a few hundred meters, and the devil artillery observer finally discovered an artillery position of the Eighth Route Army to the east.

"How many soldiers are still alive in the 1st Division?"

The devil artillery observer was about to report his location, but the voice of Mio Nakazawa came from the earpiece.

At this time, Mitsuo Nakazawa was most concerned about the soldiers of the 1st Division who were in the ambush circle.

The devil artillery observer had no choice but to turn the artillery mirror to look in the direction of the battlefield.

I saw that the battlefield was filled with gunsmoke, but there was no battle, no artillery and gunfire came, and the dense Eighth Route Army was cleaning up the battlefield.

If there is a battle, the gunfire can definitely be heard from this position of the devil's artillery observer.

The devil artillery observer took the receiver and the microphone and shouted loudly: "Report to the division commander, the surrounded soldiers of the 1st Division have all been killed, and the battle is over!" In addition, a large number of Eighth Route cavalry and tanks are moving towards our side. ”

"Nani? The battle is over? ”

Sanfu Nakazawa was suddenly startled at first, and then his tone was incredulous: "This is impossible? Could it be that the remaining locust soldiers have broken through? ”

The devil artillery observer stared at the artillery mirror and said, "I saw a lot of corpses of locust soldiers. ”

on the ground.

Headquarters of the 26th and 1st Divisions of the Japanese Army.

Mitsuo Nakazawa angrily put down the receiver and microphone of the radio station.

Kuroda Shigetoku persuaded: "Nakazawa-kun, the scouts of our division report that the battle is over, and I suggest returning to Datong immediately to avoid being surrounded by the Eighth Route Army!" ”

Although the attack posture has been set up, now that the battle is over, there is no need to fight any more.

If we continue to fight, we will only increase the number of casualties.

Kuroda Shigetoku really didn't want to fight the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Jin.

He just wanted to lead the 26th Division back to Inner Mongolia as soon as possible, and the days over there were really comfortable, and he didn't want to live a frightened life in the northwest of Shanxi.

Nakazawa Sanfu was about to split, but he quickly suppressed his anger, and the matter had come to this, even if it was difficult to accept, it could only be like this.

"Kuroda-kun, let's transfer to Datong."

Mitsuo Nakazawa waved his hand and closed his eyes in pain, at this moment the old devil's heart was like a knife.

More than 20,000 elite locust troops were wiped out in a matter of hours, and the 1st Division had never suffered such heavy losses.

"Hmm." Kuroda nodded and looked at the combat staff officer on the side, "Order, all troops will immediately transfer to Datong, and move quickly." ”

It turns out that even the most elite troops will be quickly wiped out once they are ambushed by the enemy's careful preparation.

Even the main force of the 1st Division has been wiped out, and now that the main force of the Eighth Route Army is free, they will definitely not be able to defeat it.

"Hey!"

The combat staff stiffened and turned to leave.

……

The former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

"Regiment commander, forward artillery observers report that the devils of the 26th Division and the 1st Division have retreated."

"Are we still chasing?"

Wang Dehou reported to Li Yunlong.

"What did you say, retreated?" Li Yunlong's tone was a little surprised and disappointed.

The artillery, infantry, cavalry, and tank units of the new regiment were all put on a posture to fight well.

As a result, the 26th Division and the 1st Division ran directly?

After receiving Wang Dehou's affirmative reply, Grand Master Li said in a disdainful tone: "The two devils Kuroda and Nakazawa are not men, and they don't even have the courage to fight with us head-on." ”

"Although the 26th Division and the 1st Division ran away." Zhao Gang said, "But our artillery killed some devils of the 26th Division, and it is not for nothing." ”

Kong Jie put down the binoculars and said, "It must be the devil observer observing the balloon who found out that the battle here is over, so the devils of the 26th Division and the 1st Division will retreat." ”

"Observation balloons?" Li Yunlong asked, "Where?" ”

Li Yunlong had been observing the direction of the battlefield with the artillery mirror, so he didn't pay much attention to the devil's observation balloon.

When Li Yunlong led his troops to attack Taiyuan, he shot down a devil's observation balloon, and the devil's artillery observer fell down and was killed on the spot.

However, at that time, the devil's observation balloon was raised from Taiyuan City, which was within the range of the Eighth Route Army, so it was easy to shoot down.

"Lao Kong, look at it, how far is the devil's balloon from us?"

Li Yunlong looked in the direction pointed by Kong Jie, and sure enough, he saw the devil's observation balloon in mid-air, which was slowly descending.

Because of the distance, only a small black dot can be seen.

"The distance in a straight line must be at least seven or eight kilometers." Kong Jie put down the binoculars and said.

"Forget it...... Li Yunlong said, "order all the troops to quickly clean up the battlefield and transport all the loot back to the base area." ”

Li Yunlong originally wanted to order the 88th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion to shoot down the devil's observation balloon.

But it was too late in time, and by the time the 88 anti-aircraft artillery battalion arrived, the devil's observation balloon had already landed and ran away.

Since the 26th Division and the 1st Division retreated, Li Yunlong did not plan to pursue it anymore.

However, Li Yunlong sent cavalry scouts out to guard and reconnoiter in the direction of Datong to prevent the 26th Division and the 1st Division from killing a horse gun.

At the same time, sporadic ambush battles came to an end.

Li Yunlong immediately ordered Wang Dehou to prepare a good report and report the situation to the headquarters.

(End of chapter)