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.
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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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Through the sight of the artillery mirror, the Japanese artillery observer saw the artillery shells fired by the Eighth Route Army artillery. The first round of artillery shells hit the No. 1 infantry brigade of the No. 1 division.
The Infantry Battalion was in a good position, in a depression, but the Eighth Route Army's artillery shells seemed to have eyes.
As the dense explosion waves rose up, the unsuspecting soldiers of the Infantry Battalion were blown away and fled.
No matter how powerful the cannon is, no matter how powerful the gunner is, it is impossible to hit the target when hitting a target several kilometers away. It needs to be tested in advance, and then the shooting elements are calibrated according to the impact point, and finally the artillery fire coverage is implemented.
The better the cannon and the more experienced the gunners and artillery observers are, the less shells and time will be used during the test firing phase.
However, the Eighth Route Artillery did not conduct a test firing in advance. The first wave of artillery fire covered the area and most of the artillery shells hit the target.
"What a powerful artilleryman."
"How did the Eighth Route Artillery do it?"
With wonder on his face, this Japanese artillery observer began to look for the location of the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions as the observation balloon slowly rose.
The 3rd Division Infantry Regiment's 1st Infantry Battalion suffered considerable losses under a regiment-level artillery bombardment. The Japanese infantry fled in all directions. The Eighth Route Army artillery observers immediately informed them to stop firing.
The observation balloon rose several hundred meters, and the Japanese artillery observers finally discovered an Eighth Route Army artillery position to the east.
"How many soldiers from the 1st division are still alive?"
The Japanese artillery observer was about to report his position when Mizuo Nakazawa's questioning voice came from the receiver.
At this time, Mitsuo Nakazawa was most concerned about the soldiers of the 2nd Division who were in the ambush circle.
The Japanese artillery observers had no choice but to turn their artillery mirrors and look in the direction of the battlefield.
The battlefield was filled with smoke, but no fighting was seen. There was no sound of artillery or gunfire. The densely packed Eighth Route Army was cleaning the battlefield.
If there was a battle, the Japanese artillery observer would definitely be able to hear the sound of gunfire from this position.
The Japanese artillery observer took the receiver and microphone and shouted loudly: "Report to the division commander, all the soldiers in the surrounded division have been killed, and the battle is over! In addition, a large number of Eighth Route Cavalry and tanks are moving towards us."
“The Nani battle is over”
Mitsuo Nakazawa was suddenly startled at first, and then said in disbelief: "This is impossible. Could it be that all the remaining Locust Army soldiers have broken through?"
The Japanese artillery observer stared at the artillery mirror and said: "I saw the corpses of many Locust soldiers."
on the ground.
The Japanese Army's 3rd Division and 3rd Division Headquarters.
Mitsuo Nakazawa put down the receiver and microphone of the radio station angrily.
Kuroda Shigenori advised: "Nakazawa-kun, the scouts of our division have reported that the battle is over. I suggest returning to Datong immediately to avoid being surrounded by the Eighth Route Army!"
Although the attack posture has been deployed, since the battle is over, there is no need to continue fighting.
Any further fighting will only increase casualties.
Kuroda Shigenori really didn’t want to fight the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi.
He just wanted to lead the division back to Inner Mongolia as soon as possible. The life there was really comfortable, and he didn't want to live a frightened life in northwestern Shanxi.
Mitsuo Nakazawa was furious, but he quickly suppressed his anger. The matter had come to this, and no matter how hard it was to accept, it had to be this way.
"Kuroda-kun, please transfer to Datong."
Mitsuo Nakazawa waved his hand and closed his eyes in pain. At this moment, the old Japanese man's heart was as sharp as a knife.
More than 10,000 elite Locust troops were wiped out in a matter of hours. The First Division had never suffered such heavy losses.
"Yes." Kuroda Shigenori nodded and looked at the combat staff aside, "Give me the order to transfer all troops to Datong immediately. Move quickly."
Facts have proven that no matter how elite the troops are, they will be quickly wiped out once they are ambushed by a well-prepared enemy.
The main force of the Company Division has been wiped out. Now that the main force of the Eighth Route Army is free, they will definitely not be able to defeat them.
"Hi!"
The combat staff officer nodded heavily and turned to leave.
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The former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.
"Commander, the forward artillery observer reported that the Japanese from the 3rd and 3rd divisions have retreated."
"Are we still chasing?"
Wang Dehou reported to Li Yunlong.
"What did you say, you retreated?" Li Yunlong's tone revealed a bit of surprise and disappointment.
The artillery, infantry, cavalry and tank units of the new regiment were all ready to fight.
As a result, the 2nd and 3rd divisions ran away directly.
After receiving Wang Dehou's affirmative reply, Commander Li said in a disdainful tone: "Kuroda and Nakazawa are not really men. They don't even have the courage to fight us head-on."
"Although the 2nd and 3rd divisions have escaped," Zhao Gang said, "our artillery has killed some Japanese from the 3rd division, so it is not without gain."
Kong Jie put down the telescope and said: "It must be the Japs observers on the observation balloon who discovered that the fighting here has ended, so the Japs from the 1st and 3rd divisions retreated."
"Observation balloon" Li Yunlong asked, "Where is it?"
Li Yunlong had been using the artillery scope to observe the direction of the battlefield, so he did not pay much attention to the Japanese observation balloons.
When Li Yunlong led his troops to attack Taiyuan, he shot down a Japanese observation balloon. The Japanese artillery observer fell out and was killed on the spot.
However, the Japanese observation balloon was raised from Taiyuan City and was within the range of the Eighth Route Army, so it was easily shot down.
"Lao Kong, look how far away the Japanese balloon is from us."
Li Yunlong looked in the direction Kong Jie pointed, and sure enough he saw the Japanese observation balloon in mid-air, slowly descending.
Because the distance is too far, only a small black dot can be seen.
"The straight-line distance must be at least seven or eight kilometers." Kong Jie put down the telescope and said.
"Forget it..." Li Yunlong said, "Order all ministries to quickly clean the battlefield and transport all the loot back to the base area."
Li Yunlong originally wanted to order the anti-aircraft artillery battalion to shoot down the Japanese observation balloons.
But it was too late. By the time the anti-aircraft artillery battalion arrived, the Japanese observation balloon had already landed and ran away.
Since the 2nd and 3rd divisions retreated, Li Yunlong did not intend to pursue them again.
However, Li Yunlong sent out cavalry scouts to conduct vigilance and reconnaissance in the direction of Datong to prevent the 2nd and 3rd divisions from killing a carbine.
At the same time, the sporadic ambush battles ended completely.
Li Yunlong immediately ordered Wang Dehou to prepare a successful report and report the situation to the headquarters.