The 36th Infantry Brigade of the Sixth Division was the first 10th Army-level unit to arrive at the Baihegang Bridge.
After receiving the help of Yanagawa Hei, the entire army accelerated the pursuit, Niushima Mitsuhiro almost used all the mechanical power he could use to load infantry.
Because the naval reconnaissance plane reported that the main force of the Chinese was still 30 kilometers away, and the reconnaissance of the division cavalry gang was enough. The 36th Infantry Brigade, which was pursuing frantically, did not send reconnaissance infantry at all. Six infantry were stuffed on the three-wheeled motorcycle used for reconnaissance, and three motorcycles were enough to carry an infantry squad. Trucks loaded with military rations and even shells were filled with soldiers, and even several were lying on the roof.
Of course, it is natural that you cannot drive at high speed, but even if you march at a speed of five kilometers per hour, it can keep the infantry full of energy and can devote themselves to fighting in the shortest time when encountering the Chinese.
Niujimaman, who had the chance to be promoted to Lieutenant General of the Army, was very energetic this time, even if he had to make his 36th Infantry Brigade like A Sanguo.
At 2:00 p.m., they spent only seven hours on the entire army, carrying all heavy equipment, and marched for 40 kilometers, one mile away from the Baihegang Bridge.
This speed is definitely an astonishing speed for a non-mechanized army.
You should know that on the future ice fields of the North, all Chinese infantry regiments spent 14 hours to run 80 kilometers on rugged mountain roads. They have been praised by the world's military as the most incredible tactics. Their movement speed is even greater than the wheels that shuttle through the mountains and ridges.
Although the 36th Infantry Brigade was on the plain and had certain auxiliary trucks and carriages, it is not an exaggeration to say that they were first-class strong troops, such as trucks and carriages, which had to carry heavy weapons for more than seven hours and were marching for a long range of more than 40 kilometers.
The Songjiang Army had more than 20,000 people. Under the threat of death, they ran for 6 hours overnight and marched for 30 kilometers. They were exhausted and forced to stop and repair.
If he is constantly attacked by Japanese planes in the sky, he is forced to stop, Yanagawa Heisuke's idea of ​​catching up with the main force of the Songe defender before sunset is not impossible.
Niujima started to feel pain first than his boss.
What makes Niudao full of pain is not that the Baihegang Bridge was blown up.
But the bridge is still there.
Many traces left in the wilderness have shown that a large number of people have gathered here and passed through it.
That also means that the main force of the Chinese has crossed the river through the bridge.
Then why didn't they blow up the bridge?
Keep the pursuers chasing them without any effort?
Niu Dao took his heels and thought, and he knew that Chinese people would not be so stupid.
"Yanagawa Heisuke, you are here just now! You are so angry when you wait!"
"Matsu Shigeji, you idiot, you only have this speed. When you get home, you will have several dozen cuckolds!"
"Niudao is full of stupid things. My brother is on the other side of the river. If you have the ability, come and beat me!"
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The Chinese people are becoming more and more proficient in Chinese flavor. The Japanese slogans in Japanese sentences have made Niushima Man sure that the main force of the Chinese has crossed the river.
That is, you are just scolding those lieutenant generals, and Mao also wants to mention me, a little army major general. Niu Daoman was a little depressed by the Chinese's fancy curses and was inexplicably happy.
Could it be that even the Chinese think that the Sixth Division is the most awesome except for Mr. Tani Shouo?
Don’t say that although Niujima was full of a ‘Puxin’ man at this time, he really thought it was right.
Tang Dao, who is familiar with history, really doesn't underestimate this guy, even though he is just a young major general now.
In the past, Niu Daoman, who performed well in the Southeast China battle, had just made his mark. In the next battle of Jiangxia, he led the 36th Infantry Brigade to complete bold tactical interweaving, and actually blocked the retreat of hundreds of thousands of troops. Although his illusion of annihilation of hundreds of thousands of troops due to the small number of troops, the Chinese army, which had already lacked heavy weapons, was unable to counterattack.
This military achievement led to his promotion to Army Lieutenant General and as principal of the non-commissioned officer school a year later, but this was not the peak moment of Niudaoman's military career.
On the Pacific battlefield a few years later, Naojima, who had been promoted to general of the army, personally led the two divisions and a brigade to fight against the American cowboys on the small island of Okinawa.
The equipment gap between the American cowboys and the teeth is comparable to that of the Japanese army compared with the Chinese and Japanese. Under this leadership, the Japanese army actually achieved a record that made the American cowboys tremble.
During the entire Okinawa Battle, more than 250,000 troops were deployed on the ground, hundreds of aircraft, hundreds of ships, and hundreds of American cowboys were killed and killed, and a lieutenant general commander died in battle.
Manta Niushima, who led the battle, was not only praised by Japanese military critics as an "excellent tactician", but even the American cowboys called him the most difficult enemy to deal with before they were beaten up by Chinese soldiers.
"Puxin" men saw through the Chinese tricks with a relatively wise mind.
He did not have the entanglement of "the real thing is empty, and the real thing is real." He reported to Yanagawa Heisuke that the Chinese had passed the Baihegang Bridge and ordered all infantry brigades to send search teams of infantry squads to search along the river banks on both sides of the bridge to find shallows or available ships that could cross the river.
Anyway, the pie thrown by the enemy will never be a good thing. Niushima, who doesn't want to be a dog, doesn't want to consume the lives of soldiers in vain.
It is also mainly because he has consumed a lot of money under the city of Songe, although he is much less than the idiot Sakai Tokutaro.
"Damn it, I'm pretty smart. I'm scolded like this bear and didn't rush over from the bridge." Leng Feng, who was lurking in the bushes 50 meters away on the river bank, cursed angrily.
At his hand was a detonator connected to the wire. The explosives of up to 200 kilograms were placed at the bridge head 150 meters away. As long as he pressed them hard, the steel bridge that could pass through the car and train would fall into the water.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Lei Xiong issued an order that the bridge can be blasted and destroyed after the entire army evacuated, but Leng Feng, who was responsible for the blasting, firmly believed that even if he had doubts, the Japanese army would definitely enter the bridge to search. If he detonated again at that time, it would be considered that the explosives would not blow up his own things in vain.
Thinking about what this person said was right, Lei Xiong didn't argue with him too much and let him go.
As a result, Leng Feng, who had been waiting for several hours, waited for the Japanese army to respond very wisely.
Thousands of Japanese came in a storm, but none of them went up the bridge. Instead, a large number of infantry teams were sent to search along the river, looking at it, they were planning to wade across the river.
It is almost exactly the same as Tang Dao predicted.
Yes, the Suzhou River is also a big river here, but after all, it is now the dry season after winter. If you find a suitable shallow river bank, you will still have the opportunity to cross the big river with a gun.
The Japanese cavalry had tried to cross the river several times on the long river bank for more than ten miles. Two cavalry had even crossed the center of the river. The water had just reached the abdomen of the war horses, and they were about to cross the river to victory.
But the gunshots rang.
Two pathfinders located in the river died helplessly, and fought back with their colleagues standing on the bank of the river.
However, the goose is useless for no birds. It is damn dead. The unblocked river center is a death penalty area for both sides who greet each other with bullets.
Not only the Japanese have cavalry, but also the Chinese.
With 6 cavalry companies, the Chinese cavalry has more than 200 troops and is scattered on the 20-mile river bank along the river by Tang swords.
As long as the Japanese army was found to cross the river, they launched an attack and destroyed their attempts in the river.
If the Japanese army had a large-scale crossing of the river on a certain river bank, then it would be handed over to the infantry deployed along the coast to deal with them.
Yes, the advance group led by Tang Dao did not continue to run away, but came to record the horseback and built a simple field position along the river bank to block the 10th Army according to the terrain opposite the river bank.
"Abandon the soldiers and protect the commander?" Niushima, who learned about this news, took a breath.
"Broken arm to survive!" Yanagawa Hei, who received a telegram from the Chinese to deploy blocking positions along the north bank of the Suzhou River, made a judgment in pain.
This is an old routine for Chinese people and has been used a lot on the battlefield in North China.
Once you encounter a pursuit that is unbeatable, you will immediately block the rear of the palace and let the main force escape.
Although most of the troops behind the palace would not last long before they collapsed, they could delay them for a while.
What's more, that army.
Intuition told Yanagawa Heisuke that if you want to cross the river, it would be difficult to do it before dark with the strength of the 36th Infantry Brigade, unless the heavy artillery brigade can arrive in time, or he has to invest more strength.
"Order the 36th Infantry Brigade not to act rashly, only small-scale tentative attacks are allowed, and the entire army will be ordered to speed up, so as to arrive before 4 o'clock, repair for half an hour, and launch an attack on the Chinese people across the river. Kill them all, I don't want prisoners, and not even one."
Yanagawa Heisuke bit his back teeth and issued a military order on the horse's back.
Chapter completed!