When Yu Wenze arrived, he discovered that the Japanese army was just a cavalry brigade. Not counting all the infantry and part of the artillery of at least one brigade transported by vehicles, the cavalry alone was enough to form a reinforced regiment. No wonder his character has always been tough.
, Qu Xiangdong, who rarely complained, would send someone to call for reinforcements. [.Com text]
It turned out that before Yasui Toharu was encircled, he sent the 2nd Cavalry Regiment under the Second Division back to the mouth of the Lotus River to prepare for escorting supplies, especially the extremely expensive artillery shells. In order to ensure the safety of these supplies, the cautious Yasui Toharu
He sent out his entire Second Cavalry Regiment.
As a result, after receiving a telegram from Katayama Province Saburo asking for help, Sawada Shigeru, who was personally stationed on the front line of Renjiangkou in accordance with the orders of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, strengthened one of his cavalry brigade into the second cavalry regiment, and also strengthened a team composed entirely of vehicles.
A motorized infantry brigade, mainly carrying infantry, was sent out to rescue Major General Katayama Shozaburo.
Although Qu Xiangdong was an authentic political cadre, he was not proficient in cavalry tactics. But he also knew that he had only one company of troops to go head-to-head with a Japanese cavalry regiment plus a mobile brigade, which was tantamount to attacking a stone with an egg.
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Therefore, after Qu Xiangdong encountered the Japanese forward, he completely wiped out a Japanese cavalry squad as the forward, but found that the strength of the Japanese follow-up troops was far superior to his own. He quickly changed his tactics and did not fight the Japanese force.
It's a fighting style, fighting and retreating at the same time.
Although the vehicle-borne infantry of the Japanese army lagged behind the cavalry due to road conditions, the car speed was not fast. However, the cavalry moved very fast. Fortunately, the company led by Qu Xiangdong was captured by Wang Xiaoming on Xingshan Street.
The horses of the Japanese 3rd Cavalry Brigade were the same on both sides.
Coupled with Qu Xiangdong's starting advantage and the Japanese army's own tactical arrangements, otherwise the cavalry company he led might not have been able to wait for Yu Wenze to arrive, and would have been eaten alive by the swarming Japanese army. The horses would have been eaten alive by the swarming Japanese army.
They are all the same, but it does not mean that the physical strength of the horses on both sides is also the same.
After Yu Wenze arrived, he was not in a hurry for reinforcements. Instead, he first raised his binoculars to observe the tactics adopted by the Japanese army and the real strength of the Japanese army. After careful observation for a while, Yu Wenze's brows furrowed tightly.
He found that although the Japanese army had an absolute numerical advantage, they did not seem to intend to attack by force or engage in a cavalry duel with his own cavalry.
Instead, they just clung tightly to Qu Xiangdong's back, taking their time and keeping a certain distance. Judging from the tactics they adopted, it looked more like they were driving away the cavalry company led by Qu Xiangdong than a pursuit.
The movements of the Japanese cavalry puzzled Yu Wenze.
After Yu Wenze and Qu Xiangdong reunited, they discovered that although the encounter lasted for a long time, the cavalry company led by Qu Xiangdong suffered only minor casualties when faced with the superiority of the Japanese infantry and cavalry artillery. This further proves that
My guess is that the Japanese army did not try their best.
Although he didn't know the reason why the Japanese army did this, Yu Wenze knew that if the enemy pursued it with all their strength, although they might not be able to eat all of his company in one bite, there would be no problem in encircling them.
Qu Xiangdong was able to persist until he came over. This was definitely not a problem with Qu Xiangdong's wandering tactics. Nor was it a matter of the horses on both sides. Two of the three companies of his cavalry battalion used
Mongolian horses are the only Japanese war horses used by the company led by Qu Xiangdong.
Although everyone's horses are the same, their cavalry forcibly penetrated and pursued from the front line of Fuguitun, and the fatigue level of the horses that had never rested was far higher than that of the Japanese army. Although the Japanese army's horses that had been improved by European horses had good sprinting ability and speed,
The load-bearing capacity is quite good. However, the endurance and especially the stamina for long-distance marching are far inferior to the Mongolian horses.
Although the fatigue level of the horses of Qu Xiangdong's company has not reached the extreme, they are far from the front line of Lianjiang Mouth, which is only a dozen kilometers away from here. They can almost be said to be comparable to the Japanese army who are waiting for work. Especially in the pursuit before.
During the battle, in order to capture Katayama Shozaburo as quickly as possible, after galloping for dozens of kilometers, the horses of the cavalry battalion were physically exhausted.
Yu Wenze, who had fought against the Japanese cavalry in the pass, knew that the horses used by the improved Japanese cavalry were not only better than the Mongolian horses and Gansu horses used by the Chinese Army, but the quality of their well-trained cavalry was also far better than that of the Chinese Army.
The team is much better. Although the shooting accuracy and slashing skills of the Japanese cavalry on horseback cannot be compared with that of the infantry, they are far superior to the Chinese cavalry.
Needless to say, if they were determined to kill their own company, even if they were equipped with manual lances, their superb shooting accuracy on horseback would prevent them from suffering so many casualties.
Although he could not guess the reason for the Japanese army's move, Yu Wenze, who faced a face-to-face decisive battle with the Japanese cavalry that he had never dreamed of, did not become too hot-headed to use himself and the company commander led by Qu Xiangdong.
Two companies of troops went head-to-head with the overwhelmingly superior Japanese army in a cavalry duel.
After responding to Qu Xiangdong, Yu Wenze adopted the same tactics as Qu Xiangdong before. In addition to occasionally relying on the advantage of the automatic firearms equipped by his cavalry to engage in a tactical counterattack to try to figure out the Japanese army's tactical intentions, most of them
Fight and withdraw at the same time.
However, the Japanese army still adopted the previous tactics. After repelling Yu Wenze's tactical counterattack, they did not launch a forceful attack. Instead, they still only followed behind and pursued leisurely. The battle formation of their cavalry was not only quite dense, but also
And he always kept a considerable distance from the vehicle-mounted infantry behind him.
After several counterattacks but still unable to figure out the Japanese's tactical intentions, Yu Wenze felt that continuing the fight would only increase casualties. He looked at the Japanese cavalry, which was nearly twice as many as himself, and at least one group of vehicle-mounted infantry behind them.
, although somewhat reluctantly, he could only grit his teeth and give the order to retreat.
When the two companies led by Yu Wenze and Qu Xiangdong withdrew and merged with a company led by deputy battalion commander Zhang Xiangui who had surrounded the remaining troops of Saburo Katayama on a high ground, they knew where Zhang Xiangui had fought.
After not going smoothly, the three of them smiled bitterly at each other and led the troops to withdraw from the battlefield.
A strengthened Japanese cavalry regiment behind him was already preparing to launch a charge after approaching the place where Saburo Katayama was surrounded. Its vehicle-mounted artillery was also unloading the mountain cannon from the car. If he still wanted to attack the mountain cannon on the high ground,
It is not difficult to eat up the remaining defeated soldiers of the Japanese army. All it takes is a single charge.
But if this is the case, judging from the fact that the Japanese cavalry maintains a distance of less than a thousand meters from itself, I am afraid that I will be surrounded by the Japanese army before I can eat up all the Japanese troops on the high ground. There is only a 60mm mortar.
As the artillery company itself did not have an advantage in strength, firepower, or even horse power, once it was surrounded by a large group of Japanese cavalry, it would be difficult to break through.
Therefore, he did not use Qu Xiangdong and Zhang Xiangui's persuasion. After discovering that the Japanese cavalry had begun to accelerate and was ready to charge, it had begun to divide its troops and had a tendency to detour to its two wings. After reporting the situation to the headquarters, it was wise to
Choose to retreat.
Seeing Yu Wenze retreating, the Japanese cavalry did not pursue it. In response, Katayama Shozaburo adopted Zhang Xiangui's milling tactics. In the eyes of the Japanese army, it was extremely shameless to bluff from one side to attract the attention of the Japanese army on the high ground.
, and then suddenly rushed up from the other side and took a bite.
And when biting, he was not greedy. He only killed a dozen or even a few people with guns and knives, and then quickly retreated. After a little bit of bloodletting tactics, only the remnants of seventy or eighty people were left, and they recovered.
The troops immediately retreated to the front line of Lianjiangkou.
Seeing that the Japanese army had taken over Major General Katayama Shozaburo and the remnants of the Second Division, and then immediately retreated, the three Yu Wenze people who had not gone far were stunned. What on earth were the Japanese troops thinking? They were dispatched.
A reinforced cavalry regiment, and even a vehicle-mounted infantry brigade, rescued the Second Division with great fanfare. However, they only retreated with bravado after receiving Major General Saburo Katayama. What on earth were they going to do? Could it be that they were armed
Can’t march?
After thinking about it for a long time, Yu Wenze was depressed to find that he had been deceived by the Japanese army. These Japanese soldiers now had no confidence to fight a tough battle with him. They only used their superior strength to create an illusion for themselves that a large army was suppressing the situation. This made him worry.
Being surrounded by counterattacks, they did not dare to attack Katayama Shozaburo with all their strength, and because of their inferior strength and equipment, they did not dare to fight head-on with the Japanese army.
Yu Wenze, who was already feeling uncomfortable because the cavalry battalion did not open properly for the first time and had a start to finish, became even more depressed after he figured this out.
When Qu Xiangdong saw that he had lost his fighter plane and suggested that he should retreat and get closer to the main force, Yu Wenze, who was depressed and holding his breath, rejected his suggestion. Except for leaving one person to connect with the main force, he led the remaining two
The company adopted the Japanese army's previous tactics, staying five miles away from the Japanese marching column and sticking to it unhurriedly.
After receiving a telegram from Yu Wenze, the final annihilation of the Japanese troops on the front line of Fuguitun has been completed. The first and third brigades, which have been replenished, the field artillery regiment and the rocket artillery regiment directly under the headquarters have just transported a large amount of ammunition, and the materials have arrived at the logistics department of the battlefield military region.
Yang Zhen, who was also slightly stunned when the baggage regiment and the three militia regiments mobilized from Tangyuan went south at the same time.
He couldn't figure out for a while whether the Japanese army had other tactical intentions, or was it simply to deal with the remnants of Katayama Saburo's troops? In this battle, in order to ensure the retreat, two Japanese troops from the Fourth Division were stationed on the front line of Lianyangkou.
An infantry brigade, a cavalry brigade and an artillery brigade. Yang Zhen understood this situation.
With the Second Division fighting like this, even if Sawada Shigeru is no longer willing to dispatch, the Kwantung Army commander will force him to go north to reinforce the Second Division. No matter which Japanese general serves as the Kwantung Army commander, he will not allow a division to be deployed under his own control.
The entire army was wiped out with low eyelids.
Judging from the actions of the Japanese army, the Japanese army's move was simply to respond to the remnants of the Second Division. However, judging from the strength of the troops dispatched, it was somewhat different. If it was simply to respond to the remnants of the second division, the force would have been reduced to less than a squadron of the second division.
Even if there is a major general-level officer among the remnants of the division, Sawada Shigeru does not need to send out such a large formation.
Yang Zhen did not believe that when Katayama Shozaburo asked for help from Sawada Shigeru, he would not fail to pursue and surround himself with only one cavalry battalion. Regarding the virtues of the Fourth Division, Major General Katayama Shozaburo could not
You don't understand that if you falsely report the enemy's situation, even if Sawada Shigeru personally takes charge of the battle, the style of these Osaka soldiers will definitely drag him down to the point where the bones of Major General Katayama Shozaburo are cold, and he will not be able to complete these dozens of miles.
But if you say that you are only a cavalry battalion, the other party will pay so much attention to it that even if you kill Yang Zhen, you won't believe it. Even if the fourth division suffered heavy losses in his own hands many times and was overly cautious. But the second division
The cavalry regiment is still at Lianjiangkou. Even if the fourth division is ineffective, shouldn't the second regiment be slow to rescue its colleagues?
Yang Zhen, who had been pondering for a long time but could not figure out the intention of the Japanese army, simply stopped thinking about it. After telling Yu Wenze to closely monitor the movements of the Japanese troops on the front line of Lianjiangkou before the main force arrived, he turned to his side because of this.
The amount of supplies to be replenished for the front line was too large for the first time, and I was afraid of any accidents. Zhang Zhenhua, the political commissar of the Logistics Department who personally escorted the supplies, said: "Old Zhang, you must be more careful with those treasures."
"Whether we can successfully move south this time and take down the Japanese infantry and cavalry detachment on the front line of Lianjiangkou in one go depends on whether they can play a role."
The two of them had a tacit understanding of what the treasure was. These treasures, which have been stored separately since they were captured, are classified as first-level secrets in the Jidong Military Region. Except for a few people and the specific person in charge, Zhang Zhenhua, no one else knows about it at all.
Even the commander-in-chief and even Peng Dingjie, the logistics minister in charge of logistics in the military region, didn't know.
Hearing that Yang Zhen wanted to use the items on the five trucks that were closely protected in the middle of the marching team, Zhang Zhenhua said: "Commander, don't worry, these secret supplies have all been taken by former 104th Division prisoners of war before departure.
The inspection is completed. It is in good preservation condition and can be used at any time. Our two companies have basically completed the use of this type of weapon, fuze installation training, and have undergone rigorous assessment and are ready to go into battle at any time."
Having said this, Zhang Zhenhua hesitated for a moment and then said: "Commander, are you sure you really want to use these artillery shells? The Japs are two-legged jackals. They will do anything to defeat us and have no humanity. Do we have to fight with them?"
If you learn, you will become as inhumane as them? And if the central government knows about this matter, what kind of impact will it have on you? You must be prepared for this."
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