The moment Takeuchi Yunshan received the telegram from Kunisaki, he was actually quite excited.
At least, he could finally get rid of this arduous trek in the Chinese mountains.
Because they were worried about being attacked by the Chinese lurking in the mountains, the Japanese army officers who owned horses voluntarily gave up riding without Kunisaki issuing military orders. Most of them chose to wear ordinary Japanese infantry uniforms, and even the command swords were thrown away to the orderlies, not to mention the handsome ones.
Long leather boots and white gloves, which made the Japanese army colonel who always pretended to be 13 online felt extremely uncomfortable from a psychological level.
Of course, like most ordinary humans, physical fatigue is the real source of pain compared to psychological suffering.
The most difficult thing for Takeuchi Yunshan to accept is to use his legs like the infantrymen to measure the vastness of China's mountains.
Therefore, most of the time, Takeuchi Unzan was squeezed into the cockpit of the small Type 94 tank with the tank crews, enduring the maddening roar of the engine and the unpleasant smell of diesel.
So much so, that the regiment communications staff officer who came to inform the detachment headquarters of the military order took several glances before he recognized that the man with the dark face who had struggled to get out of the 94 tank was actually the everyday elegant regimental commander.
The experience of capturing Guangde County in southern Anhui, China, was really terrible. Takeuchi Yunshan is in such a mental state now...
Kunizaki stipulated that he must reach the mountainous area near Cross Shop on the right side of the highway within four hours, about 12 kilometers away from his location.
This distance would only take up to 2 hours of urgent marching in plain areas, but in mountainous areas, the time would double.
Because there are almost no roads in the mountains of the Chinese. Even their main road connecting the town can carry large vehicles, but it can only carry the compact Type 94 tank. Otherwise, the excellent combat power of the 89 main battle tank will not be possible.
It will be lost to the army occupying the middle route of the simple road.
In order to ensure the passage of Type 94 tanks, Takeuchi Yunshan could only choose a marching route with a main road.
This is also what Tang Dao needs. The gold fishing pit is the only way for the Japanese army to reach the Cross Pu area, unless they abandon their baggage and cross the mountains with light equipment.
But obviously, the Japanese army, which relied heavily on artillery and heavy weapons, would not make mistakes. The American cowboys did the same thing when facing the mountains on the ice sheet more than ten years later.
This crazy tactical behavior of abandoning all baggage and running 200 miles a day and night over mountains and ridges with only light weapons would only occur in the hands of Chinese soldiers who rely more on people than weapons and equipment.
The outcome of the war finally proved the correctness of the great man's statement that "talents are the factor that determines the victory of the war, not weapons."
All troop movements of the Japanese army were completely consistent with Tang Dao's pre-war war chess deductions. However, Tang Dao was not a god. After all, he still made two mistakes.
First, due to an accident, the Leng Feng Infantry Company was forced to take the initiative to engage in firefights with the Japanese army. It was unable to reach the scheduled battlefield and had to abandon the high ground where manpower had been spent on building fortifications. The entire army entered a desperate situation to compete with the main force of the Japanese army, and
I had to reluctantly abandon most of the pack horses and supplies.
More than 700 people entered the battlefield without any strategic room for maneuver, relying only on the advantageous terrain to confront the main force of the Japanese army. This was the second time since Tang Dao came to this era. The first time was the death tomb in Sihang Warehouse.
But there is still a Western Concession that serves as a shield, and the Japanese heavy artillery and aircraft have become decorations. There is nothing in Qinglongling Village except mountains.
What's even more terrible is that if the Japanese aircraft fleet arrives to cooperate with the Japanese army to launch an attack immediately, Leng Feng's troops will not have any support within a few hours. Can they hold on?
After receiving Leng Feng's report, Tang Dao stared at the map surrounding Qinglongling Village in silence for three minutes before calling back to Leng Feng, "Yes!", which was enough to show the depression in his heart.
Secondly, Tang Dao underestimated the caution of Takeuchi Unzan, a Japanese army commander.
He didn't know how much of a psychological shadow the Battle of Mouse Mountain had on this man. Takeuchi Yunshan repeatedly reviewed the Battle of Mouse Mountain in the past few days and came to the conclusion that the Chinese commander was particularly fond of unexpected attacks.
Originally, the head-to-head blocking battle on the first day basically ended with the victory of the Chinese. The Chinese commander could have used this battle to add a significant mark to his military exploits, but he did not. Instead, he used this battle at night.
The surprise attack, which was almost like a moth flying into a flame, severely damaged the artillery position of the detachment behind nearly 10,000 troops, turning the victory into a glorious one.
But this is also a double-edged sword. If it fails, a major defeat with the loss of hundreds of people will completely swallow up the victory in the daytime battle. Anyway, Takeuchi Yunshan would never make such a dangerous move.
But the Chinese commander just did it, and it was successful.
Tanishi/span> Therefore, although Takeuchi Unzan, who received the military order, moved closer to the main force, he was extremely cautious in order to prevent himself from being attacked by surprise.
From the very beginning, Takeuchi Yunshan sent a full infantry squadron to serve as the vanguard, at least six miles ahead of the main force, which was enough to ensure that the Chinese mortars could not hit the main force.
Not only does the 200-man infantry squadron serve as the vanguard, but also when encountering dangerous terrain, he will send a second infantry squadron to climb the mountain ridge to see if there is no danger before ordering the troops to move forward.
That's not to say that you just send a few soldiers with bayonets to poke a few times in the bushes on the hillside and shoot a few times, and then it's over if no abnormality is found.
One or two hundred Japanese troops could not wait to line up and walk around in the grass for several times.
Their caution made Gu Xishui's special team, who had been accompanying them about 500 meters away from them in the forest, gasp in surprise. It was not easy to defeat the ambush of these cautious little devils.
Being cautious can avoid being ambushed and sneak attack, but the corresponding marching speed will be slower.
In the first two hours, more than 2,000 Japanese troops only walked 8 miles, and the marching speed of 2 kilometers in an hour was like a snail.
The location reported to the detachment headquarters every hour made Kunisaki look at the map so much that his eyes almost burst. If he hadn't been holding a magnifying glass, he would not have been able to find out where the reinforcements he sent were.
In the past two hours, Kunizaki Zheng had not done anything. He had organized infantry and artillery to launch a test attack on Qinglongling Village. The result was as he had expected.
Although the mountain village in that small mountain village with cliffs and steep slopes is not very high, the terrain is extremely unfavorable for an attack. The Chinese have a large number of continuous-fire firearms and are extremely resolute in their counterattacks. They have basically been identified as an elite force.
This judgment left Kunizaki with a mixed feeling of joy and sorrow, including the joy of blocking the Chinese elite and the sorrow of insufficient troops.
Although he has two infantry brigades under his command, the hill in front of him is 1,000 meters long and more than 300 meters wide. The front line surrounded from three sides is nearly 1,600 meters long. If he launches a general attack, he will have to invest 3 soldiers at once.
Infantry squadrons, based on the three-wave attack principle, require 9 infantry squadrons.
Moreover, Kunizaki couldn't afford not to have any reserves, as that would put both the artillery and the command headquarters in danger. The Chinese army's rear attacks in the past few days had always made Kunizaki wary of this.
As a result, Takeuchi Unzan, that bastard, only walked a third of the distance two hours after the military order was issued. Kunizaki's stunned anger was obvious.
The wording of Kunisaki's reply became more and more intense. Especially 10 minutes ago, the message clearly told Colonel Takeuchi Unzan that if the forward speed was not improved, he, the commander of the company, could resign.
For a commander to speak like this to his No. 3 or even No. 2 man, one can imagine Kunisaki's eagerness to annihilate this Chinese army before dark.
Really, when it gets dark, who knows what kind of tricks the Chinese will do, Kunizaki really doesn’t want to be inexplicably fired again.
There was no other way, Takeuchi Yunshan had to issue a military order to speed up the march. In addition to the vanguard squadron continuing to maintain search alert along the way, the large army did not have time to check two steps and take one step as before.
Even so, after letting go of an infantry squadron that was advancing ahead of the main force of the Japanese army, Tang Dao and his men waited an hour longer than expected when the main force of the Japanese army finally arrived at the forefront observation post.
If Gu Xishui hadn't sent a secret message an hour ago, saying with certainty that the Japanese army would arrive, even Tang Dao couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
Really, the Laojinkeng ambush battle has now become a must-fight. If we don’t deal with this group of Japanese troops quickly, the more than 700 people in Qinglongling Village will really become turtles in the urn and will never be able to escape again.
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Wearing camouflage clothes, Tang Dao's telescope field of view already showed a large group of yellow shit.
The queue is like a long queue, stretching for miles.
Then, the long dragon stopped. Before the river valley, the traps dug by Tang Dao were beside it. We provide you with the fastest updates and free reading.
