What Kazukuma Takahashi was most worried about happened, Dragon Boat Festival was actually here.
This was the last thing he wanted to see, because countless imperial elites had confirmed for him that the Chinese lunatic was not to be trifled with.
He is not one of those imperial fanatics, and he does not want to die in China.
However, he had to carry out Kitashirakawa's order, collect the deserters, and then sent a telegram to Bengbu saying that the Ito brigade had been completely wiped out, and the Dragon Boat Festival independent regiment had returned for reinforcements and arrived at Liu Taizi Village.
When Kitashirakawa heard the news, he was naturally very angry because he was one step behind the Dragon Boat Festival.
However, he felt that if Dragon Boat Festival returned so quickly, first, his troops would be very tired, and second, the number of enemies would not be very large, because Dragon Boat Festival was coming from Laoye Ridge.
He ordered the Takahashi Regiment to continue the pursuit. If Takahashi Kazuma took the heads of the Dragon Boat Festival, he would come back. Otherwise, he would let him kill them all the way to Xuzhou.
When Kazukuma Takahashi saw such a call back, besides wanting to scold his mother, he had only one idea, ordering the vanguard to pursue them quickly.
He did not want to fight all the way to Xuzhou, which would be tantamount to death. Because it was obvious that the Prince of Beibai was using this method to end the battle quickly.
Moreover, the telegram also stated very clearly that there were not many people in Duanwu's cavalry battalion, and they were fighting continuously. This created conditions for him to catch up with Duanwu and annihilate them all.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the chariot suddenly accelerated. It turned out that the Japanese officer had ordered to stop the cavalry of this independent regiment, and just as the car turned around a winding mountain road, the Japanese officer discovered the large troop in the Dragon Boat Festival.
At this time, the soldiers of the third company were still collecting ammunition from everywhere, especially machine gun bullets.
But because the distance was too far and the Japs' machine gunner's shooting skills were poor, the bullets missed.
"Order the communications troops to quickly report this situation to Mr. Takahashi, and the others will quickly follow me in pursuit."
Amidst the roars of the Japanese officers, Kitano took off his machine gun and looked outside, but sure enough, after his machine gun fired, the enemy accelerated and took a shortcut through the woods.
The Japanese officer said disdainfully: "Don't be afraid, our numbers are much greater than theirs. The cavalry battalion in Dragon Boat Festival has less than 500 people. They fought with the imperial army in Bengbu last night, and then went to Laoye Ridge, and now they came back.
Didn't you see? Their mounts are very tired. The horses can't run, and it's only a matter of time before we catch up."
Another Japanese in the armored vehicle laughed and said, "Beiye, I just said you couldn't hit him, right? You already owe me two cigarettes."
The Japanese driver was very impressed and continued to chase the enemy in front.
He placed his mechanized corps at the front.
Kitano was very angry, but he had no choice but to sit back down. Because next, they might have to catch up in such bumps for a long time.
Later, the little devil solved this problem by reducing the amount of gunpowder in the machine gun bullets.
As for this, even the manufacturer of the crooked machine gun thinks it is a miracle.
However, at this moment, the radio station in the car came from the Japanese officer's angry curse: "Bagaya Road, why are you firing randomly without orders? Our enemies were frightened and have already ran away."
The Japanese officer's spirit was lifted, and he quickly reported the incident to Captain Takahashi.
The Japanese officer ordered that, except for the signal trooper who stayed behind to report to Takahashi Kazuma, the other Japanese soldiers quickly pursued him in their vehicles.
Kitano made excuses, but the man on guard in front of him ignored him because Kitano was an idiot. He had poor marksmanship and showed off everywhere, and ended up in debt.
After a while, their enemy appeared again, a cavalry of nearly a hundred horses.
The Japanese officer was afraid that it was a trap and ordered the Japanese soldiers to check it out.
And for some reason, the little devil's crooked machine gun not only has a longer shooting range, but its hit rate has also been greatly improved.
This surprised the Japanese forward troops, because each of them had heard of the bravery of the Independent Regiment, a small reconnaissance team that could annihilate them in an instant.
However, at this moment, the Vickers M25 armored vehicle in front suddenly opened fire.
The reason is that when the little devil's crooked gun uses rifle bullets, the failure rate increases steadily. It either jams or explodes in the chamber, or the bullet does not go in a straight line at all.
So at this time, Kazukuma Takahashi quickly made his own tactical adjustments as if he saw hope.
As a result, the Japanese had nearly two squadrons of troops and quickly approached Liutaizi Village.
There were two machine guns on the Vickers M25 armored vehicle. One of the Japanese machine gunners, or someone who was idle, fired at the cavalry 500 meters ahead.
He ordered the mobile troops to pursue quickly, bite Duanwu's cavalry battalion, and then his large troops outflanked Duanwu from both sides. Even if Duanwu could not be captured, he still had to achieve some results, otherwise it would be difficult for him to explain to Kitashirakawa when he returned.
But at this time, their formidable opponent ran away upon seeing them.
"Sir is wise."
Although he did not bring many heavy weapons this time, he did bring two Vickers M25 armored vehicles, as well as a dozen personnel carriers and six motorcycles.
"Baga, with my skills there should be no problem. It's because the guard in front of me drove the car too bumpy."
"Baga, these cowards didn't dare to fight our Imperial Japanese Army head-on, so they all ran away with their tails between their legs. I was scolded as a result."
There were cavalry and infantry among them, and they could clearly see soldiers carrying stretchers with wounded soldiers lying on them.
Although the bullets of the little devil's Type 38 rifle are of the same type as the machine gun bullets, they are not interchangeable at all.
After a search, the Japanese soldiers quickly came back and reported that the enemy had not moved the guns on the corpses of the imperial soldiers, but the bullets in their waists were missing. Moreover, they found a large number of collected weapons where the enemy cavalry had left.
Bullet up.
The officers suddenly realized that their enemies were out of bullets and were collecting them.
Of course, this is not important. What is important is that the soldiers fled on horseback after seeing the Japanese troops chasing them.
The Japanese soldier who was driving said: "Sir, it seems we have many enemies?"
Takahashi Kazukuma was also very excited. It can be said that what he was most worried about along the way was that Dragon Boat Festival had escaped, or that Dragon Boat Festival's cavalry battalion had escaped. If this was the case, he might really be sent to Xuzhou to die.
Already.
But for God's mercy, that Dragon Boat Festival was dragged down by wounded soldiers and did not go far.
"The hypocritical Chinese people will not leave their wounded soldiers alone. Give me the order for the troops to advance at full speed. We must stop them and annihilate them all before they enter Guzhen during the Dragon Boat Festival. Hahaha!"
Old Japanese Takahashi smiled triumphantly, and the Guzhen he was talking about was a gateway town south of Xuzhou, more than 100 kilometers away from Xuzhou.
Entering Guzhen will belong to Xuzhou's outer defense zone. And at that time, with the strength of two infantry brigades, he will definitely die!