The Third Wuqin Regiment pulled out the gun towers at the front, while the accompanying militiamen and young men began to destroy the railway from the south to the north, and soon approached the county seat of Ci County.
However, many Japanese and puppet troops in strongholds on the periphery of Ci County near the Han Dynasty Railway have abandoned their gun towers and retreated towards the strongholds of Ci County's city fortifications.
"The Japanese army has now reacted, abandoned its peripheral strongholds, and retreated its troops towards the county seat!" Xing Zhiguo had returned to the headquarters after organizing the manpower to destroy the railway.
"Actually, I am happy for the Japanese army to stick to their stronghold. Although it will consume some artillery shells, it will also consume the Japanese army's strength. Even if the Japanese army recruits new soldiers, our situation will be much better in the future!" Zhou Weihan said with emotion.
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"Currently, Xu Dali's Second Regiment has cleared several strongholds in the south and is moving closer to the headquarters; Wang Yigong's Fourth Regiment came to report to the defenders of Changzhi. They were attracted by the noise caused by the 28th Regiment and the New Regiment. The Fourth Regiment was thinking about Changzhi.
Heading to the airport; Jing Dagang's regiment is firmly blocking the Japanese reinforcements in the Yaojiamiao area, and according to Jing Dagang's report, the Japanese reinforcements have low combat effectiveness and retreat with a single blow. It does not seem to be a Japanese field force!" General Xing Zhiguo statistics
The information coming up is reported one by one.
"Haha, what does this mean? There are not many troops left in the 108th Division. This reinforcement force is probably composed of miscellaneous soldiers!" Zhou Weihan made a keen judgment.
While the two were talking, a telegraph operator took off the receiver and stood up to report: "Detachment leader, chief of staff, the Xinjiu Brigade in southern Hebei sent a telegram. The unit discovered a group of people while sabotaging the railway north of Handan.
The Japanese cavalry troops starting from the execution platform are coming towards us, there are about 300 of them!"
"Reinforcements from the execution platform? It seems that the enemy divided the reinforcements into two groups. It seems that Jing Dagang only intercepted the infantry among them!" Xing Zhiguo said.
After hearing this, Zhou Weihan took a wooden ruler and roughly measured it: "Suppose the Japanese cavalry has arrived in Handan. It is more than 80 miles from Handan to Ci County where we are. If the horses are killed, it will take two hours at the fastest.
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"Zhu Dashan!" Zhou Weihan shouted.
"Here!" Zhu Dashan, who had been following the headquarters, heard the shout and responded immediately.
"Did you hear what I just said?"
"I heard that, I'm familiar with the situation of the little devil's war horses. If you run hard for an hour, it's only thirty or forty miles. You must take a rest during the march, otherwise the horses will be disabled. When we get here, we are all 12
That’s too much!” Zhu Dashan said.
"Aren't you always complaining that you can't win the war? This time your cavalry battalion can go on the field and accompany the third regiment to destroy this group of Japanese cavalry!" Zhou Weihan said.
"Yes! Detachment leader, however, I suggest that the headquarters move to the west!"
"What? You can't handle more than 300 Japanese cavalry with just one cavalry battalion?"
"Don't say that the cavalry reinforced by the Japanese army are tired. Even if their physical strength is intact, our cavalry battalion will not give up on them, but..." Zhu Dashan said with confidence.
"Nothing but, just carry out the order!" Zhou Weihan interrupted Zhu Dashan.
"Yes!" Zhu Dashan saluted, turned and left.
Nowadays, the headquarters of the independent detachment is located in the third regiment, between the artillery battalion, the militia and the Qingzhuang Division. After the cavalry battalion leaves, only Dong Jiang's reconnaissance company remains. Once the Japanese cavalry breaks through and intercepts, the headquarters will bear the brunt, and Zhu Dashan
That’s why I have such scruples.
Zhu Dashan went out and summoned the men of the cavalry camp.
Today's cavalry battalion consists of four companies and one platoon, with 465 horses alone. In addition to mounted soldiers, there is also a platoon of 42 auxiliary soldiers, totaling 507 people.
"Fourth company commander, you stay to guard the safety of the headquarters. The rest of the people will get on their horses and set off with me!" Zhu Dashan did not relax the headquarters' alert after all.
"yes!"
The sound of horse hooves sounded, and the cavalry battalion shouted and left.
Within the headquarters, Zhou Weihan did not stop making arrangements.
"The reinforcements are coming from the execution platform, which is unexpected!" Zhou Weihan said after thinking about it.
"This shows that the Japanese troops in Handan have no troops to send, and the reinforcements of the Japanese troops fighting against the First Regiment are not very effective, which shows that the Japanese troops at Xingtai are also stretched thin!" Xing Zhiguo analyzed.
"Yes, this is a rare opportunity, take the opportunity to eat this group of reinforcements!" Zhou Weihan clapped his hands and said, making up his mind to take the opportunity to weaken the Japanese army.
"Dong Jiang sent a squad of soldiers to ride on horseback to inform Xu Dali's second regiment to attack Yaojia Temple directly and join forces with the first regiment to encircle and annihilate the Japanese reinforcements!"
"Yes!" Dong Jiang responded.
The words are divided into two parts.
The Third Wuqin Regiment had just taken over another stronghold near the railway. Zhu Dashan arrived with the cavalry battalion, and the two parties immediately merged together.
Zhu Dashan got off his horse and briefly explained the situation to Wu Qin and Chen Feng.
"Battle Commander Zhu, I will place the three regiments on both sides of the railway, deploy all the light and heavy machine guns, concentrate the firepower to destroy some of the Japanese cavalry, and then hand over the remaining Japanese cavalry to your cavalry battalion!" Wu Qin suggested.
"The artillery battalion withdraws from the battle first and moves to the nearby mountains and forests!"
Wu Qin's words were very pertinent and were based on the actual situation. Chen Feng and Zhu Dashan both agreed.
After a brief exchange, the three people immediately started to make arrangements.
The soldiers of the three regiments quickly gathered and laid out a circular fortification with the newly destroyed stronghold as the center and the railway as the dividing line.
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More than thirty miles away from Ci County, the Japanese cavalry was taking a short rest.
Captain Koshiro Goto of the 108th Cavalry Brigade got on his horse and shouted loudly: "Gather and move forward!"
Yuichi Kishitani's dispatched adjutant sent a farewell telegram, but was immediately attacked from behind by the reconnaissance company. Therefore, the Japanese army still does not know that Fengle Station has been breached.
At around 12 o'clock at midnight, more than 300 Japanese cavalry galloped past. Goto Koshiro, who was in the marching column, looked along the railway line.
In addition to supporting Fengle Station, this department also has the task of investigating the situation along the Ping-Han Railway.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In his opinion, the Eighth Route Army destroyed the railway section by section, but avoided the important towns along the line. The situation was only in Yongping in the north of Handan and Ci County in the south.
The sound of horse hooves sounded from far to near, and it was clearly audible that it was coming from the east side of the railway.
The muzzles of each machine gun on the Third Regiment's fortifications were moved to the east, and they were ready for battle.
Goto Koshiro didn't know that there was a stronghold ahead. Seeing the darkness ahead, he urged to speed up the march.
"Bah, bang, bang!" Three illumination bombs rose into the sky, and the Japanese cavalry suddenly lost sight of their whereabouts.
Dozens of light and heavy machine guns on the Third Regiment's fortifications opened fire together with hundreds of rifles.
Bullets hit the Japanese cavalry like raindrops. Hundreds of cavalry on the right were immediately mopped down, and a large gap appeared on the right side of the entire cavalry formation.
Goto Koshiro saw dozens of tongues of flame suddenly appear on the right side, sweeping towards his formation.
"Crack, click, click!" Within three to five seconds, one magazine of the light machine gun was empty.
The deputy shooter hurriedly handed over the magazine full of bullets, and many machine gunners picked up their light machine guns and continued to fire at the Japanese cavalry whizzing by.
"Damn it, the little devil cavalry is too fast, otherwise it could kill at least half of the enemies!" said a machine gunner of the third regiment.
"It's okay, the little devil can't escape, there are still comrades from the cavalry battalion!"
The cavalry battalion arranged in the rear heard the hooves of the Japanese cavalry approaching. Zhu Dashan raised his saber and shouted: "Cavalry battalion, attack!"
"Kill!" The soldiers of the first and second companies of the cavalry battalion drew their sabers and charged towards the oncoming Japanese cavalry.
The Japanese cavalry traveled a long distance and had just experienced a hail of bullets. Most people were still frightened.
Unexpectedly, there was an interception by the Eighth Route Army cavalry on the other side, which made many people feel fear.
Goto Koshiro drew his saber and shouted hysterically: "Warriors, swear allegiance to the emperor to the death!"
The two parties collided immediately, and both sides were immediately knocked off their horses.
However, the cavalry on both sides did not stop at all and plunged fiercely into the enemy's interior.
Zhu Dashan wore a wrist guard with his left hand and protected it in front of his chest, and slashed hard at an oncoming Japanese cavalry with his right hand.
The two sides passed each other, and the Japanese cavalry fell to the ground and was trampled into mud by the following Japanese cavalry in a blink of an eye.
In one round of fighting between the two sides, the battle was extremely brutal. Hundreds of Japanese cavalrymen fell directly, and more than 30 people from the cavalry battalion fell, and many people who were still on horseback were injured.
Fortunately, Zhou Weihan specially built a lot of leather armor for the cavalry battalion to protect the upper body, and the casualties were much less than those of the Japanese army.
The Japanese cavalry that broke out did not stop, but continued to break out south.
The third company of the cavalry battalion, which was regarded as the second line of defense, rushed forward with shouts and immediately entangled the remaining hundreds of Japanese cavalry.
Zhu Dashan turned his horse's head, continued to raise his saber, panted heavily, and shouted: "Cavalry battalion, attack!"
The shouts reached the position of the Third Regiment, and the soldiers couldn't help but sweat.
The sound of horse hooves sounded again, like an arrow stabbing into the back of the Japanese cavalry.
