February 9, 1938, about ten o'clock in the morning, racecourse!
At this time, Li Cheng had already organized his troops and horses. There was an infantry brigade in total, about ten thousand people, and they left the racecourse in a mighty manner and followed the mountain road to the east with great momentum.
Li Cheng's face was expressionless at this time, and he seemed to be very angry.
The reason is that last night, he had the supervision team beat him up, causing nearly an infantry brigade to be injured or killed.
Otherwise, his men should have numbered eleven thousand at this time.
But most importantly, it embarrassed him.
Yesterday at the wine table, he was bragging to Momotaro and others about how powerful his Chao Xian army was.
But at night, they were beaten in the face. While people were still in the garrison, nearly an infantry brigade was injured or killed.
So Li Cheng was very angry and ordered his troops to beat the Chinese hard whenever they saw him.
At the same time, Momotaro, Kudo Shinichi, Nikaidou Konan, Daigado Minami and others were snickering.
Not only did they escape the night attack of the Supervisory Corps last night, but they also angered Li Cheng. And judging from Li Cheng's expression, they didn't need to add any more anger at all. This Li Cheng would risk his life for them.
Work hard.
Of course, when Li Chenglin set off, Momotaro told him to be careful, because the supervision team was accustomed to fighting quickly and then evacuating quickly. This tactic was very troublesome.
Therefore, the biggest danger Li Cheng faced when entering Mount Tai was an ambush.
Although the Supervisory Corps has been continuously exhausted in the previous battles, judging from the surprise attack on the racecourse last night, the Supervisory Corps has not yet run out of ammunition and food.
Therefore, Momotaro deduces from this that the probability of the supervisory team setting up an ambush in advance is very high.
Li Cheng did not dare to disobey Momotaro's orders, not to mention that he also knew something about the Supervisory Corps. Moreover, he also had a staff department in the army. More than a dozen staff officers agreed that what Momotaro said was correct. They must be careful and guard against it.
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So Li Cheng not only moved forward with a large force, but also sent a reconnaissance team to conduct investigations along both sides of the army. He also sent another vanguard force of more than fifty people to walk at the front of the team.
So it can be seen that this Li Cheng is completely imitating the little devil's combat ideas, and still thinks that the tactics of the Imperial Japanese Army are invincible.
It's just that Duanwu didn't know that he didn't understand the Chaoxian Division's tactics, otherwise he wouldn't have played so conservatively.
Because just imagine, when a new enemy appears, we don’t understand it at all, and then we fight according to the existing tactics. Is this feasible or not?
For example, after the little devils entered China, they attacked the Eighth Route Army in the same way as they attacked the Central Army, but they were completely defeated.
Because the opponent has changed, the operations of the Eighth Route Army are fundamentally different from those of the Central Army, so it would be strange if he follows the same method as the Central Army to fight the Eighth Route Army and suffers a loss.
When the Eighth Route Army encountered the Japs at the beginning, they were also very surprised. They also followed the idea of attacking the Central Army. In the end, they went up to fight with the Japs with bayonets, but they were unable to fight. Many veterans of the Red Army died inexplicably.
Therefore, when you face an enemy that is different from the previous enemy, you need to proceed steadily and test the enemy first, and then decide what tactics to use.
At this time, Duanwu was testing the Chaoxian Division. So he sent the fourth battalion to five kilometers west of Wolong Mountain and began to lay mines.
When Li Cheng arrived here with his people, it was already past two o'clock in the afternoon.
Boom!
There was a sudden violent explosion that startled Li Cheng and he almost fell off his horse.
This Li Cheng did not ride in a car, but rode a tall horse. Because Japanese officers like to ride horses, he also followed suit. He also sent a special person to Japan to buy Japanese horses. There was not a single hair on the body, and he rode very efficiently.
momentum.
He just didn't expect that at this moment, an explosion suddenly sounded, which almost frightened him and caused him to fall off his horse.
The guard holding the horse had quick eyesight and quick hands, and quickly supported it. Li Cheng took the opportunity to dismount and asked slightly nervously: "What's going on?"
When I was young, a communications officer hurriedly came over and said: "Your Excellency, our forward team was attacked, and the supervision team used landmines."
"Hmph!"
Hearing this, Li Cheng actually laughed. Because it was just a landmine, he thought the supervision team was coming to kill him!
Moreover, if the enemy uses landmines to block itself, doesn't that mean that the enemy is afraid of itself?
He just said that his division was invincible. He had even cracked the hard-to-gnaw bones of the 55th Army and the 56th Army, let alone the mere supervision corps.
"Order the engineers to go and clear mines. Huh, if the Chinese want to use this method to hold us back, it is just a daydream."
Li Cheng sneered, and then ordered the troops to rest, while he, surrounded by guards, set up a tent on the roadside, drinking tea while waiting for news about the demining ahead.
Demining is a long process, because if one person buries something and another person wants to find it, he needs to prick the mine inch by inch with a mine detector.
In other words, little devils will not give things like mine detectors to the Chaoxian Division. The Chaoxian Division is still using the most primitive methods to clear mines.
Therefore, the demining speed will be quite slow.
Momotaro couldn't wait any longer. He knew the equipment situation of the Chaoxian Division. When Li Cheng's telegram came, saying that the supervision team had to lay mines on the road and needed to clear them, he selected a demining team from his subordinates.
Bring mine detectors and rush for reinforcements.
Because they can't do it without reinforcements. Without reinforcements today, they won't be able to go far.
And he didn't know the enemy's intentions. Logically speaking, the purpose of laying mines on the road was to delay the enemy's attack or to conduct an ambush.
However, the area where Li Cheng was located was not suitable for an ambush, which was a bit difficult to understand.
So even Momotaro couldn't see what Danwu wanted to do at this time. In his eyes, Danwu would never do such a meaningless thing.
Delaying time, why is Duanwu delaying time? Last night he sent people to attack the racecourse. But today he went to the road to lay mines to delay time? Could it be that Duanwu is a coward?
He did not believe that Duanwu was such a person, and he had always suspected that Duanwu still had fighting ability, and did not enter Taishan territory because he and the Kunisaki detachment were forced into desperation.
So the more abnormal it is, the more Momotaro is sure that things are not that simple.
And he couldn't tell what Duan Wu's plan was, because judging from Li Cheng's report, his current position was not suitable for an ambush.
In other words, if the Dragon Boat Festival is not delaying time, there is no explanation at all.
But the more incomprehensible the explanation becomes, the less Momotaro can understand the intention of the Dragon Boat Festival.
"Baga, this is such a cunning guy!"
Momotaro shook his head helplessly, because so far, although he has fought against Dragon Boat Festival many times, he still doesn't understand Dragon Boat Festival and his tactics!