Chapter 151: The Puppet Mongolian Army Who Doesn’t Match Their Faces and Hearts
But under the situation of not sending troops and having no choice, this guy has been a gangster for many years and has been fighting in a motley army for so long. His mind can be said to be exquisite and far smarter than that of King De. After much thought, I finally came up with a solution.
It’s okay to send troops, but you definitely can’t just go up by yourself. If you want to go up, then everyone should go up together, or don’t go up at all. He thought that his troops had suffered a lot of losses in the Chabei area, and their strength was somewhat insufficient, and Duolun Xiang was Chaha. It is an important place, and it is impossible not to leave a certain amount of troops to stay behind. At the same time, I have to bear the responsibility of blocking the border area between Chahar and Rehe. I need a certain amount of troops as an excuse, and I have to drag others along with me.
But King De, who nominally holds the actual power of the puppet Mongolian autonomous government, turned a deaf ear to his suggestion that everyone send troops together, and Quan pretended not to hear it, joking. , why do you have to pull someone up when you jump into a well by yourself?
The troops stationed in Duolun and the various alliance flags in Chabei are all your First Army. It was your First Army that was defeated first and implicated the imperial army. Naturally, your First Army is responsible for everything. After all, That's all your defense zone. You're not responsible for who's responsible. If you want me to send troops, don't even think about it.
With his attitude, Li Shouxin naturally refused to do it. The First Army does not have as many troops as you, and the equipment is not as good as yours. In addition, it suffered heavy losses in the previous battles. Naturally, it is your Second Army that will take the lead this time. , one of them wanted to drag someone to accompany him and tie him up, and the other refused to come forward. The two of them argued for a long time about who would send troops.
In the end, Major General Takahashi Shigeru Kei, the chief of staff of Japan's Mongolian garrison who couldn't bear it anymore, came up with a conciliatory solution. Don't you want the Second Army to send troops? I can tell you that it is absolutely impossible. If the First Army is crippled, If your Second Army wants to dominate the Mongolian army, how can the empire keep you in check?
In order to continue the Japanese policy towards Mongolia, this major general chief of staff simply arranged a two-to-one and five-to-one allocation of troops. The First Army dispatched the first, second, and fourth divisions, as well as the direct artillery team. , the Second Army dispatched the 6th, 7th, and 8th divisions, as well as the directly affiliated artillery regiment.
After doing this, in addition to one division each in the hands of the two men, the entire Mongolian army was left with only one guard division. When it came to selecting the commander, the major general chief of staff adopted a balanced tactic. Although he Li Shouxin, who was old and cunning but had experienced many battles with the anti-Japanese army, was appointed as the commander-in-chief, and Major General Yi Heng'e, commander of the Fifth Division of the First Army, was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief.
However, in order to prevent the deputy commander-in-chief of the Mongolian army from playing tricks before the battle, two guys with different systems were at odds during the battle. Major General Takahashi Shigeju Kei also specially appointed Lieutenant Colonel Tokugawa Hideyoshi, the senior staff officer of the garrison, as the war supervisor, and A cavalry brigade was transferred from the cavalry cluster, and three infantry squadrons were transferred from the Second Independent Mixed Brigade, specifically for supervising operations.
Even in order to enable these three infantry squadrons to keep up with the Japanese and puppet troops with all the cavalry, the major general also forcibly seized the Mongolian army's only truck transport group to transport supplies and ensure that the infantry squadrons could keep up with the marching army. List.
In addition to assigning war supervisors and war officers to the two Mongolian armies, in order to allow these two brothers to work side by side to fight for the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Major General Takahashi Shigeju Kei also generously gave the two previous troops a supplementary
A large amount of ammunition, including 400,000 rounds of ammunition, was given to two artillery units whose reserves of artillery shells never exceeded single digits, and 300 rounds of artillery shells were given to each in one go.
At the same time, from the inventory of weapons stored by the Mongolian garrison, two weapons were made up for the shortage in one go, and an additional one was given to ten heavy machine guns. Of course, these equipment will not be allocated from the Mongolian garrison's own reserves.
, but were drawn from the arsenal captured by the Jinsui Army and the spoils of war in the Eighth Theater of the Nationalist Government. The Japanese army was very stingy and would not give away their own things for free, even to their own dogs.
That doesn’t work either.
Although these equipment are a bit older, fortunately, the equipment of the participating troops of the two armies is finally complete. They are either Jin-made Type 38 rifles and Hanyang-made or Liao Type-13 rifles, or they are all Jin-made and
Fengtian made light and heavy machine guns, and even a few Soviet-made rotary machine guns.
In addition, it turns out that the Japanese are always careful about reissued equipment and are always wary of being bitten by them and refuse to fire more rounds. The amount of ammunition is always controlled and only the minimum standard is given. Sometimes, even the number of bullets for each gun is
It's less than a base number. Although there are artillery, each gun only has three or two rounds of shells.
Even if they participated in the mopping up, ammunition was replenished before the operation, resulting in a huge shortage of equipment and ammunition. However, the two units that were worried seemed to be stronger this time, and the generosity of Major General Shigeju Kei Takahashi even allowed the two units to
For the first time, the army had a small reserve of ammunition.
It's just that they don't get along with each other. Even if the Japanese army supervises the battle, the two parties have not given up playing tricks. Only geniuses know how much combat effectiveness this super and slime force really has. Anyway, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Mongolian army also serves as
The commander-in-chief of the First Army was determined to let the three divisions transferred from the Second Army take the lead.
Under the full urging of the Japanese, the commander-in-chief of the Mongolian army acted quickly. On the second day after Wang Guangyu broke through the border, he led his army to the Chabei area at a rapid march speed of 160 kilometers per day.
It wasn't that he intentionally wanted to make great achievements, but that Lieutenant Colonel Tokugawa, who was always wielding his saber and talking to him in his car, felt uncomfortable with the saber on his neck.
But when the pursuit reached the West Ujimqin Banner, no matter how much Lieutenant Colonel Tokugawa urged, after seeing the strong lineup of the anti-alliance roundabout force in the telescope, this guy's movement speed immediately dropped to less than 20 kilometers per day.
He did not dare to pursue forcefully, but only dared to follow the Resistance Alliance from a distance. He was even afraid of irritating the opponent and would eat him instead. He was so frightened that he followed behind and fired a few shots at will.
I dare not do anything.
This situation was not relieved to a certain extent until the anti-alliance forces divided their forces to escort a batch of supplies southward in order to support the troops leaving the customs. In the eyes of the so-called deputy commander-in-chief of the Mongolian army, the big lump was 100%
Even if the entire Mongolian army comes up, let alone bringing such a messy army, they will definitely not be able to chew it.
But that small army is different. Although there are many tanks and artillery, the number of troops is much smaller. If you can eat them, you will have an explanation to the Japanese when you go back. The big ones are hard bones, so you can chew them by yourself. It didn't move, but the small one, with just a few people, could crush them to death even if it pressed the whole line.
To his surprise, Lieutenant Colonel Tokugawa Hideyoshi, who he originally thought would have to do a lot of work before agreeing to his plan, accepted a check from the Japanese Shokin Bank of Peking that he had secretly slipped in. , but agreed to his plan to turn around and head south without thinking.
The deputy commander-in-chief of the Mongolian army, who nodded so quickly that he was glad that he had not encountered those stubborn Japanese, thought after half a day that he was very sharp but he was not stupid either. How much combat power did these Mongolian troops have? The Japanese knew it very well, and the lieutenant colonel also knew very well that letting these Mongolian troops fight against the Anti-Japanese Alliance was probably like a meat bun beating a dog, and basically they would never come back.
If we really had to fight hard, with all the tanks and heavy artillery over there, and one firepower covering them, these Mongolian troops would probably be disintegrated on the spot. The saber would definitely not be able to cut down the tanks, there is no doubt about this, and the contest between rifles and cannons, No need to think about it.
Here is another flat plain. The cavalry does have an advantage in combat, but it is for the infantry. If there is a head-on collision with the tanks, the cavalry will be unlucky. This kind of battle is even for those who have always regarded themselves as bushido and are not afraid of death. The Japanese are also afraid.
At this time, facing an opponent who is armed to the teeth, the Lieutenant Colonel is having a headache whether to fight or not to fight. If he fights, there is no need to think about the consequences. If he doesn't fight, he will definitely not be able to report to his superiors if he goes back in despair. The future could be said to be ruined. The suggestions made by Li Shouxin at this time were undoubtedly in line with the Lieutenant Colonel's thoughts.
For the Japanese who are accustomed to bullying the weak and fearing the strong, persimmons have always been easy to pinch. Although they sometimes make mistakes due to excessive appetite, at least they have won the bet so far. Betting on the fate of the country is only for a country, but for an individual, he has not reached that level yet.
Even though this team looks like a soft persimmon on the surface, it is still better than meeting the fire hedgehogs who are currently marching eastward and have no intention of even following them. The total of several people, Immediately the entire army turned around and pursued the detachment led by Yang Jicai.
However, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Mongolian army had rich experience in fighting horse thieves. Although he had an absolute advantage in military strength, he did not go head-to-head with the detachment led by Yang Jicai. Instead, he was like a pack of wolves, surrounding the southbound detachment and biting him from time to time. The last one was an attempt to weaken the strength of the southbound detachment little by little, so as to give myself an opportunity to create military exploits.
Although Yang Jicai, who was thick-skinned and thick-skinned, didn't care about their style of play, which almost seemed like rogues, it was a headache. The cavalry was highly mobile and their mission was very important. He couldn't and didn't want to because these people were always trying to find some bargains. A rogue way of playing and wasting time.
The key point is that the trucks in the convoy loaded with grain, cattle and sheep are urgently needed by the troops leaving the customs. If I delay here for one more day, the urgently needed supplies for the troops leaving the customs over there will not be transported in just one day. The troops inside the customs have already run out of food. The current situation puts him directly under the pressure of Military Region No. 1.
Delivering the materials transported by the convoy to the advancing army as soon as possible is his current main task. For Yang Jicai, as long as these Japanese and puppet troops do not come to cause trouble for him, there is no other way if they are willing to follow him, at least not yet. When it comes time to deal with them, after the supplies are delivered to the hands of the advancing army, we will settle old and new accounts with them.