Heyuan County, 10th Division Regiment Headquarters.
Ishikawa Jiro got up early and hurriedly walked into the operations hall of the division headquarters and looked at the chief of staff, Asada Ryoichi, who was on duty during the war.
"Asada-kun, did Commander Okamura reply to the telegram?"
As soon as he entered the operations hall of the division headquarters, Ishikawa Jiro couldn't wait to ask.
He really wanted to have a decisive battle with the new group.
"Report to the division, not yet."
"Commander Okamura has not called back yet."
Asada Ryoichi shook his head.
At this time, North China Front Army Chief of Staff Tanabe Moritake came in, and he also heard Asada Ryoichi's words.
Tanabe Moritake looked at Asada Ryoichi and asked in a deep voice: "Asada-kun, did the new regiment attack the position last night?"
"Report to the Chief of Staff!" Asada Ryoichi bowed his head to Tanabe Moritake, "The Eighth Route Army's New Regiment captured a total of 1 position of the Locust Army last night. Some of the positions were repeatedly fought over by the Locust Army and the Eighth Route Army's New Regiment, but in the end the positions were lost."
"1 position..."
Tanabe Shengwu narrowed his eyes slightly and said with a gloomy expression: "Including yesterday's 16 positions, does it mean that nearly one-third of the Locust Army's positions have been lost?"
"Hi!"
Asada Liangyi bowed his head in response.
Hearing this, Tanabe Moritake's face became more and more gloomy. The Japanese had only more than 100 thickened bunkers and gun towers in total.
But not all thickened bunkers and gun towers were surrounded by trench fortifications and tunnel fortifications.
At present, the engineers of the Engineer Regiment have been working without rest for two days and two nights, building fortifications and digging tunnels around thickened bunkers and gun towers.
But during the day, the offensive of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army will definitely be more fierce.
"But there is good news."
Ryoichi Asada suddenly said again.
"What's the good news?" Tanabe Moritake asked.
Asada pointed to the map and said: "On the northern and southern fronts, the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army are on the verge of defeat."
"oh?"
Tanabe Shengwu looked slightly happy. It took half a month for the New Regiment, the Independent Regiment and the four divisions of the Locust Army to finally be defeated?
"Yoshi!"
Ishikawa Jiro's expression also softened slightly. It would take about two days for the other four divisions to arrive from the two base areas of the Eighth Route Army.
Now the 10th Division only needs to hold on for a little more than two days under the attack of the new regiment.
"In addition, according to reports from the frontline locust army, a new cavalry battalion of the Eighth Route Army has appeared!"
Asada Ryoyoshi said again.
"Where is it?" Ishikawa Jiro asked with a look on his face.
Ishikawa Jiro and Tanabe Moritake also attached great importance to the combat effectiveness of the New Regiment Cavalry Battalion.
In the Battle of Xinzhou, the New Regiment Cavalry Battalion relied on semi-automatic rifles and 0 vehicle-mounted machine guns to kill half of the 13th Cavalry Regiment.
This is outrageous.
"here!"
Asada pointed at the map and continued: "In the middle of the night yesterday, the Eighth Route Army cavalry battalion raided a locust army position and is now moving towards Anhua County."
Last night, 10mm howitzers and 10mm howitzers fired ten rounds at the Japanese position.
The infantry then pretended to launch an attack, attracting the Japs and puppet troops to emerge from the tunnels, and exposing the Japs' firepower points. The 10mm howitzers, 10mm howitzers, and tank guns then carried out precise artillery fire on the Japs' firepower points.
Then the cavalry battalion charged and easily captured a Japanese position.
Although the Japanese had artillery positions on the reverse slope and in the distance, they were not enough in the face of the speed of the cavalry.
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Even the Japanese artillery position on the reverse slope of the position was captured by the new regiment of cavalry, and they did not even have time to escape.
"It seems that the target of the new cavalry battalion is our 10th Cavalry Regiment."
Tanabe Shengwu narrowed his eyes and instantly judged the intentions of the Eighth Route Army Cavalry Battalion. The 10th Cavalry Regiment of the 10th Division is currently stationed outside Anhua County.
"It should be that the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army was afraid of the attack of the 10th Cavalry Regiment of the Locust Army, so they sent their cavalry over to hold back our cavalry regiment."
Chief of Staff Asada Ryoichi expressed his views.
Ishikawa Erlang asked: "How many people are there in the new cavalry battalion?"
"Based on the battle situation of the 13th Cavalry Regiment in the Xinzhou Campaign," Asada Ryoichi said, "the strength of the New Regiment's cavalry battalion is around 600 cavalry. According to the establishment of the Chinese army, this is almost the size of a cavalry regiment."
"The size of the cavalry regiment?" Ishikawa Jiro was stunned.
But I immediately felt relieved when I thought that the organization of the Eighth Route Army was different from other squadrons.
It is not surprising that a division of the Eighth Route Army has more than 100,000 men, a regiment has nearly 30,000 men, and a cavalry battalion has 600 men.
At this moment, the communications staff hurried in, lowered his head and reported: "Commander Okamura of the North China Front has an urgent message!"
Tanabe Moributo: "Read!"
"Hi!"
The communications staff unfolded the telegram and read out: "The troops of the 10th Division are too scattered, and their firepower is not as good as the Eighth Route New Regiment. The soldiers are tired, and it is not suitable to concentrate the troops for a decisive battle with the New Regiment. The 10th Cavalry Regiment can be ordered to use squadrons as units.
Detour to the road behind the Eighth Route Infantry, cut off the logistics supply line of the new Eighth Route Army regiment, and delay the enemy's attack at all costs. His Majesty the Emperor is on board, and the Japanese Locust Army is on board!"
After hearing the contents of the telegram, Ishikawa Jiro first showed a look of disappointment, and then showed a fierce expression.
In a head-to-head confrontation, the current 10th Division is indeed unable to defeat the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and the new regiment may not accept the attack.
After all, for the new regiment, all they need now is to break through the 10th Division's defense line and cover the retreat of the people.
Once the 10th Division concentrates its forces, whether concentrated in the direction of Heyuan County, Anhua County or Ping'an County, the new regiment can retreat from the other two directions and then enter the Hengshan Mountains to the east.
Now the task of the 10th Division is to delay the new regiment's attack at all costs until the other four divisions arrive to encircle the new regiment.
"Order the 10th Cavalry Regiment to immediately go to meet the new regiment's cavalry battalion."
"After destroying the cavalry battalion of the New Regiment, immediately use the squadron as a unit to detour behind the Eighth Route Infantry and cut off the logistics supply line of the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army!"
Ishikawa Jiro gave the order in a cold tone.
In his opinion, the 10th Cavalry Regiment is not comparable to a miscellaneous cavalry unit like the 13th Cavalry Regiment.
The cavalry regiment of Category A Division, like the infantry regiment of Category A Division, is the elite of the elite.
"Hi!"
Chief of Staff Asada Ryoichi immediately drafted a telegram, which Jiro Ishikawa signed and handed to the communications staff, who quickly left with the telegram in his hand.
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Anhua County is more than 30 kilometers away from Dagu Town. At the speed of the cavalry's rapid march, it only takes more than an hour to get there.
Therefore, Ishikawa Jiro and Tanabe Moritake placed the 10th Cavalry Division in Anhua County instead of Heyuan County.
Anhua County.
Japanese Cavalry 10th Regiment Headquarters.
The captain of the regiment, Takagi Takeo, was sitting on the city wall, wiping his large left combat sword. Takagi Takeo had superb riding skills, and his expression was cold and ferocious.
In the open space outside the city wall, Japanese cavalrymen of the 10th Cavalry Regiment were doing morning exercises.
The so-called morning training is to use Chinese civilians and prisoners of war to do live cutting training.
Captain Mitani Goro, the communications captain of the 10th Cavalry Regiment, held a telegram in his hand. He hurried over and bowed his head to Takeo Takagi to report: "Report to the regiment commander, the division commander is sending an urgent message!"
"read!"
Takeo Takagi said without any fluctuation in his expression or eyes.
"Hi!" Captain Mitani Goro read while holding the telegram, "The cavalry battalion of the Eighth Route New Regiment is moving towards your headquarters from the direction of Dagu Town. Order your troops to attack immediately to eliminate the cavalry battalion of the New Regiment, and then use the cavalry squadron as a unit.
, detour back to the rear of the Eighth Route Army infantry, cut off the logistics supply channel of the new Eighth Route Army regiment, His Majesty Tian Locust is on board, the Japanese Locust Army is on board!"
"Yoshi!"
Takeo Takagi looked at Captain Mitani Goro with cold eyes: "Send the order, all members of the cavalry regiment must assemble immediately!"
Takeo Takagi and the Japs of the 10th Cavalry Regiment had long been impatient.
Although Takagi Takeo had asked Ishikawa Jiro three times to go to the battlefield to attack the New Regiment, even if he was to attack the New Regiment's position like an infantryman, Ishikawa Jiro did not agree.
Now that he could finally make a contribution to His Majesty the Emperor and the Empire of Japan, Takagi Takeo put the sword back into its sheath with a swipe.
"Hi!"
Mitani Goro paused, quickly turned around and left.
Soon, the 10th Cavalry Division was assembled and headed towards Dagu Town under the leadership of Takeo Takagi.
More than 1,300 Japanese cavalrymen were dispatched. During the march, the sound of horse hooves was as dense as thunder, and smoke and dust rose rapidly.
The momentum is terrifying.
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Onomura.
This is the only place to go from Anhua County to Heyuan County, and you can also go to Dagu Town from here.
At this time, the 1st Battalion of the New Regiment Cavalry had arrived here.
The terrain here is flat, the land is fertile, and there are nearly 8 kilometers of continuous cornfields, but the corn stalks are now withered and yellow.
In the cornfields on both sides of the road, large craters caused by 10mm high-explosive grenades are clearly visible.
In the initial attack on the 36th Division, Kong Jie led a battalion of the Independent Regiment and the New Regiment, and ambushed the Japs who were reinforcing Heyuan County here.
"Battal Commander!" The third company commander reported to Cao Jianghui on horseback, "The reconnaissance cavalry has dispersed. Will the Japanese cavalry come?"
"Don't worry, the Japanese cavalry will definitely come." Cao Jiang nodded and said, "This battle has been going on for half a month. Our cavalry has not moved, and the Japanese cavalry has not moved either. I guess the Japanese cavalry has been waiting for us.
, when we show up here, the Japs must smell the smell of blood, and maybe the Japs cavalry are driving towards us."
"When the fight breaks out, we will fight as we did in training yesterday. The Japanese cavalry has a regiment, and we cannot fight head-on with the Japanese."
"In the words of the regiment leader, we are going to play some new tricks with the Japanese cavalry this time."
"When it comes to fighting, our commander has more clever ideas." When talking about the new tricks he wanted to play with the Japanese, the third company commander suddenly sounded excited.
"Of course, the leader's head turns so fast, we can't catch him even if we take a car!" Cao Jiang said in an admiring tone.
More than an hour later, the reconnaissance cavalry of the 1st Cavalry Battalion rode up to report to Cao Jiang. They found the Japs's reconnaissance cavalry 3 kilometers away, followed by a large group of Japs' cavalry.
Cao Jiang immediately ordered: "The 1st Battalion of the New Regiment Cavalry, prepare to fight!"