Looking at the sparsely scattered cavalrymen of a hundred or so, Nakazawa Mitsuo's nose was almost broken with anger, and he felt as if there were ants crawling all over his body.
The members of the cavalry regiment are all elite cavalrymen of the Locust Army.
The equipment is also extremely luxurious, including a cavalry squadron, a cavalry artillery squadron and a heavy machine gun squadron.
Logically speaking, the cavalry regiment is the easiest unit to break out of the encirclement.
Only these one hundred cats and dogs came back
Mizuo Nakazawa looked at the captain of the cavalry regiment, Colonel Hideo Miura, with a dark face: "Where is Shinno-kun?"
At that time, Miura Hiideo led the cavalry regiment to engage in a head-on confrontation with the Eighth Route Army cavalry.
In just one encounter, more than half of the cavalry regiment suffered casualties.
Miura Hinode didn't dare to fight, so he led the cavalry regiment to grease the soles of his feet, but the Eighth Route Army's cavalry regiment, about one, caught up.
Seeing that there were not many cavalrymen in the Eighth Route Army, Miura Hidzuo felt that he was capable again.
After running for more than ten kilometers and out of range of the Eighth Route Army's artillery and infantry, Miura Hidzuo led the remnants of the cavalry regiment to prepare for a decisive battle with the Eighth Route Army's cavalry.
But the Eighth Route Army was not fools either. When they saw the Japanese cavalry rushing over, they first fired with submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles.
Then he rushed forward with the Yunlong sword in hand and hacked at the Japanese. After three rounds, most of the Japanese cavalry regiment suffered casualties.
Seeing that he was outnumbered, Miura Hinode sent half of his cavalry squadron to cut off the rear, while he fled with the remaining men.
This escape lasted for dozens of kilometers, and as for the cavalry in the rear, they were all wiped out by the Eighth Route Cavalry.
Hiideo Miura took the remnants of more than a hundred cavalrymen from the cavalry regiment and made a long circle before joining up with the 2nd division and finding Mitsuo Nakazawa.
"Isn't the Chief of Staff back?" Miura Hinodeo looked startled, then said immediately, "Then the Chief of Staff has probably died for the empire."
Hiideo Miura described how they were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army, first bombarded, then confronted by the Eighth Route Army cavalry, and then chased.
"waste!"
Mitsuo Nakazawa cursed angrily.
The cavalry regiment should not have behaved like this in this battle. The terrain for the ambush was not too steep. It was possible for the cavalry to break through a certain line of defense with a group attack and create a gap for the encircled infantry.
This way, at least a few thousand more infantry can be rushed out.
However, not only did the cavalry regiment fail to rescue the infantry, but it also suffered extremely heavy losses.
What is the difference between the hundreds of cavalry in front of me and being wiped out?
Nakazawa Mizuo wanted to kill Miura Hinodeo with a knife.
"Hi!"
Hidden Miura had no choice but to bow his head, and he felt very uncomfortable.
At that time, he was leading the cavalrymen of the Cavalry Regiment, drinking wine, eating dried meat, and singing Kwantung Army military songs.
Then they were bombarded by the Eighth Route Army, provoking whomever they wanted.
It's a blessing to be able to save even a small life. Like the chief of staff, the commander of the 3rd brigade, and the commander of the 3rd brigade, they have probably died for the empire.
"Reporting to the division commander, we are less than a kilometer away from the battlefield. The Infantry Brigade is less than a kilometer away from the battlefield."
A Japanese combat adviser wearing glasses ran over quickly and reported to the commander of the 2nd Division, Kuroda Shigenori.
"Has the Infantry Battalion been blocked?" Kuroda Shigenori asked in a deep voice.
"Not yet!" the combat staff replied.
Kuroda Shigenori rolled his eyes and ordered: "Order the infantry brigade to stop advancing and stay put while the artillery regiment sets up the guns."
When things go wrong, there must be something wrong. The infantry regiment was kilometers away from the battlefield, but it was not blocked by the Eighth Route Army. This is very abnormal.
At that moment, Kuroda Shigenori ordered the 1st Infantry Battalion of the 1st Division to stop advancing.
"Hi!"
The combat staff officer suddenly paused and turned around to leave.
Then, Kuroda Shigenori looked at Mitsuo Nakazawa: "Nakazawa-kun, please set up the heavy artillery of your division's heavy artillery regiment."
Mitsuo Nakazawa nodded and looked at a combat staff officer on the side: "Order the heavy artillery regiment to set up immediately and raise the observation balloon."
"Hi!"
The Japanese combat staff suddenly paused.
Following the orders from Mitsuo Nakazawa and Shigenori Kuroda, the Japanese artillerymen from the Japanese Independent Artillery Division and Heavy Artillery Regiment began to set up artillery.
The Japanese observers also quickly began to raise observation balloons.
…
kilometers away.
On top of a mountain.
The former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.
"According to the observer's report, the leading force of the Japanese Army's 2nd Division, with a strength of about one brigade, stopped at a location kilometers away from our army's forward position."
Chief of Staff Wang Dehou reported to Li Yunlong.
"Oh." Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes, and Wang Dehou immediately pointed out the location of the Japanese brigade on the map.
Since the nearby higher hills were controlled by the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese reinforcements were directly detected by artillery observers as they approached the battlefield.
"Should we order the artillery to fire on this Japanese brigade?" Chief of Staff Wang Dehou asked.
"How far away is the main force of the Japs?"
Li Yunlong asked, raising his binoculars and looking in the direction of the Japs' vanguard.
It's just that the Japs' vanguard is located in a depression, so even if the artillery scope is changed, the Japs can't be seen.
Wang Dehou pointed on the map: "It's at least a kilometer away from the battlefield, and it has to be a kilometer away from us."
"Then order the No. 1 and No. 1 artillery groups of the East and West Artillery Group to fire and hit its vanguard." Li Yunlong calmly ordered with both eyes, "The heavy artillery battalion should not fire yet. Let's see how the Japanese respond."
The Eighth Route Army set up a total artillery group position and numbered it.
They are the heavy artillery battalion, artillery battalion and artillery battalion of the New Regiment, the artillery battalion of the Independent Regiment and the artillery battalion of the New Second Regiment.
Two hours ago, Li Yunlong had ordered an artillery group to set up all the artillery in the east and west positions, preparing to receive Japanese reinforcements.
In order to facilitate command, the staff headquarters also numbered the positions of each artillery group from to.
"yes!"
Wang Dehou turned around and went to give the order.
Not long after the order from the former enemy's headquarters was issued.
The artillery observers at the front conveyed the shooting details of the Japs' vanguard units to the No. 1 and No. 1 artillery group positions.
On the gun position.
The gunners of the new regiment's artillery battalion are ready.
Following the flag order, the order flag in the hands of the soldiers was suddenly lowered.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
There was a huge sound of cannon fire, multiple artillery guns fired almost at the same time, and the fireworks blooming from the muzzles almost joined together.
Multiple high-explosive shells soared into the sky driven by propellant, arced across the sky, and finally fell toward the depression where the Japs' vanguard troops gathered.
On the other side, almost at the same time.
On the artillery position, the artillery battalion of the independent regiment fired almost simultaneously, and nearly several artillery shells soared into the sky.
Boom boom boom...
Amidst the explosion sound like landslides and ground cracking, streaks of explosion smoke suddenly rose up from the depression where the Japs were.
Because the precise method is used to determine the shooting elements, there is no need to test fire, and the artillery fire will cover it as soon as it comes up.
A few kilometers away from the rear of the Japs' vanguard troops, the Japs' newly raised observation balloon was only a few dozen meters above the ground, but the Japs' artillery observer in the gondola who was observing with the artillery scope couldn't help but say: "Awesome!"
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To be continued...