"Tanzuo, the Japanese are catching up. And they're biting hard."
As Duanwu was riding away, the scouts from the third company came on horseback and reported to Duanwu.
Duanwu looked at the nearby terrain and said: "The time is just right. Let the brothers drive their horses faster and make them look like they are running away. And when they get on the road ahead, discard some of the Japs' equipment, including bullets,
Guns and so on. We want the little devils to think that we are reducing our burden and distancing ourselves from them, understand?"
"yes!"
The scouts took the order, then rode off to deliver the order. Duanwu continued to follow the third company of the cavalry battalion, quickly catching up with the troops in front.
In other words, in order to make the little devil believe that they had been fleeing, Duanwu had been following the Third Company and taking command.
Therefore, it is not unfair for the little devils to be fooled this time. After all, it was Duanwu himself who was tricking them.
The commander of the Japanese vanguard force was still shouting on the radio, ordering the convoy to continue to speed up.
For again he saw the cavalry passing through the woods and then onto the road.
Their distance from it was reduced from 500 meters to nearly 700 meters.
So the little devil, who was already exhausted, had to speed up again and chase north along the highway.
The commanders of the first company and the second company, including Zhao Weidong, the deputy commander of the cavalry battalion, all stood near the Dragon Boat Festival.
Moreover, this open area is about five kilometers from north to south and about 1.5 kilometers from east to west. Takahashi Kazuma is not afraid of an enemy ambush.
After seeing off Tang Jiujiu, the Duanwu general's cavalry battalion of more than 400 horses stopped one kilometer away from the north side of the open area.
Zhao Weidong and the two company commanders responded together, and then the two company commanders left to assign tasks. Because although it was only the vanguard of the Japs, there were only about 300 people. But the Japs had two Vickers M25s.
Armored vehicle.
A team of nearly 2,700 people surrounded the Dragon Boat Festival cavalry camp in a mighty manner.
Tang Jiujiu made a speechless sound, and then asked: "Then why don't you adjust?"
Tang Jiujiu said dubiously: "You ambushed someone here, why didn't I see it? And isn't your independent regiment in Laoye Ridge?"
He holds a Mauser 98K and puts it casually on his horse. When charging, he will kill the Japs' machine gunners and reduce the casualties of the soldiers.
Takahashi Kazukuma also took out the military map and looked at it, and believed that what the commander of the vanguard force said was right. The open space in front was about five kilometers. If the vanguard force was fast enough, they would be able to surround their enemies in this open area.
live.
The first company went to outflank the Japanese from the right, and the second company from the left. The rest of the people followed me and Lao Zhao and charged head-on. Remember, our mission is only to annihilate the mobile troops of this group of Japanese, and leave all other Japanese to our hands.
The 125th Division will do it, do you understand?"
Tang Jiujiu covered her mouth and smiled: "As smart as you are, I wonder if you can get your money back?"
"Are you staying to break up the queen? I want to stay too."
At this time, Duanwu sneered and thought: "You little woman, you still want to fight with me? It's still early!"
Duanwu smiled, then approached Tang Jiujiu and said, "Do you think I'm going to die by staying here? To tell you the truth, this place is called the Fish Intestine, and I have ambushed people here. None of the Japanese who entered the Fish Intestine will be able to go back.
."
Dragon Boat Festival looked at his hands indifferently: "There is no way, the little devils are so stupid. Do they think that after suppressing the 51st Army and the 31st Army, I will have no reinforcements? I have plenty of reinforcements. If I think, the Eighth Route Army's
I can mobilize the 115th Division."
At the same time, Duanwu had caught up with the vanguard and joined Tang Jiujiu and others.
Duan Wu pretended to be cunning and said: "You little woman don't understand, the Eighth Route Army owes me money. If I use them, what will they do with me in the future?"
The straight-line distance to this open area is at least about five kilometers. And at their current speed, it is only a matter of time before they catch up with the Chinese cavalry in front.
Duanwu said: "Don't rush to charge now. Let's lure the Japs here. And be careful of the Japs' Vickers M25 armored vehicle. The machine gun on it is very difficult to deal with. Let's wait until the 125th Division's artillery fires before we charge.
Duanwu lowered his voice again and leaned close to Tang Jiujiu's ear to whisper for a while.
Tang Jiujiu suddenly realized it, lit the Dragon Boat Festival and said: "Is it really yours?"
But of course Tang Jiujiu couldn't be allowed to stay in Dragon Boat Festival, because it would be too dangerous.
So he issued an order, ordering all the Japanese soldiers to advance at full speed.
Therefore, Dragon Boat Festival deceived Tang Jiujiu. In fact, this battle will be very dangerous. Once they launch a charge, the Japs will definitely use machine guns to fire. And at that time, all the soldiers can only try their luck.
"clear!"
He then ordered the communications troops to send a message to Captain Takahashi, saying that the enemy was about to enter an open area. The vanguard was absolutely sure to catch up with the opponent. However, there were too many enemies, and with their existing strength, they could not intercept them all.
Therefore, Captain Takahashi was asked to speed up the march.
Before Duan Wu finished speaking, Tang Jiujiu asked, and asked to stay and fight with Duan Wu.
What's more, Dragon Boat Festival also left the most dangerous frontal charge to himself.
The Japanese infantry walked in a straight line through the woods, while Takahashi Kazukuma walked along the road with the baggage troops.
Hearing this, Tang Jiujiu glanced shyly at Dragon Boat Festival, and then led the others away.
Moreover, Duanwu did not have anti-tank weapons in his hands. He only had a few grenade launchers. But these things had no effect at all on the little devil's tanks.
This type of tank, known as the Iron Bastard during the Anti-Japanese War, although its performance was mediocre and did not even have a 20 mm caliber rapid-fire gun, it was the best bunker for the Japanese to hide inside.
But the Japanese officer didn't mind. He looked at the military map, including using a telescope, and found that right in front of them was a large open space that had been replaced with fish intestines.
If you're lucky, bullets will fly around you. But if you're not lucky, one bullet will kill you.
Duanwu nodded and said: "Don't worry, I will come back for sure. That is my wife."
Duanwu said to Tang Jiujiu: "You will withdraw first with the wounded soldiers and the brothers from the supply camp, and I will stay."
Of course, it would be great if the mortars of the 125th Division could kill the two Iron Bastards of the Little Japanese. That would reduce a lot of casualties.
So today's battle can be said to depend on the 125th Division of the 22nd Army.
The 125th Division has a total of two brigades of troops, plus an artillery battalion that is not an artillery battalion, with a total of more than 10,000 people.
In terms of military strength, the 125th Division can crush the Japanese. But in terms of equipment, the Sichuan Army's 125th Division is probably not even comparable to the two Japanese brigades.
But even so, Duanwu was willing to take a gamble, because as long as he won this battle, if the Japanese did not retreat, they would all die in Bengbu and Huainan!