Chapter 274: Contest in the Jungle (3)
Jisong finally failed to withstand the temptation. According to his previous experience in bandit suppression battles, the most anti-Japanese elements were killed, not when fighting face to face, but when attacking secret camps, and often achieved the best results when the opponent was not prepared enough.
On the evening of 1o, Jisong left behind the logistics of the regiment and led most of the Japanese army and a battalion of the puppet Manchukuo army to quietly leave. The two troops were light-fitted. Except for carrying dozens of war horses carrying heavy machine guns and ammunition, Jisong did not attack in a cavalry state. The knotted and counterattacked battles over the past few days made him understand: in this mountainous area with few broad areas and few small paths, in this mountain forest with branches and vines, cavalry is not better than infantry.
After Yoshimsui left, the Japanese army left the camp with only less than 100 logistical forces, who were caring for as many as 1400 horses, and the camp protection forces were mainly carried out by about 300 puppet troops in the third battalion of the Puppet Manchukuo Army.
Ma Qian'an, who was hiding on a leeward hillside 5 kilometers west, received the latest information and patted his palm excitedly. Okay! The Japanese heads finally divided their troops. In that case, hundreds of puppet troops and a large number of military horses near Lily Valley Bridge will be my pocket.
Ma Qian'an immediately issued an order: "Notify the troops, move forward, knock off the sentinels on the enemy's cordon while night, and lurk under the enemy's noses to get up tomorrow morning to attack."
Ma Qian'an's troops left the direction of Chunqiuling in the morning. In order to avoid encountering possible enemies, the troops deliberately avoided the path that local people usually walked, chose another winding path that locals rarely walked, walked around a bend for more than 50 miles and returned to the Lily of the Valley Bridge, gathered up more than a hundred people who were originally placed here to disturb the enemy, and quietly waited for the attack.
Compared with the Japanese, Ma Qian'an's advantage is high-tech communication. As many as 6 walkie-talkies convey the latest information in real time, allowing Ma Qian'an to quickly understand the whereabouts of the Japanese in this area. He has achieved rough battlefield monitoring.
He still arranged suspicious soldiers in Chunqiuling, leaving behind a small team of soldiers and several snipers. They will be responsible for attracting the attention of the Japanese search and suppression troops. They do not require them to kill many enemies, and can drag the Japanese to conduct armed parades to gain time for the main force here to destroy the railway again. The people left behind are all strong and able to run. The Japanese must catch the Anti-Japanese United Army in the dense forests of mountains and rivers, unless they become more capable than wild boars.
After Ma Qian'an's mobilization, the suspicious soldiers originally arranged near the railway became the main force, while the main force originally retreated to the near Chunqiuling became the suspicious soldiers. Ma Qian'an believed that within one or two days, the Japanese would not react so quickly.
That night, the intelligence reports came one after another, and the investigators sent to investigate the enemy situation successfully caught two tongues and returned. Ma Qian'an figured out the specific distribution of the enemy's troops.
3oo puppet army, 1oo Japanese logistics soldiers. Of course, attack the Japanese first. Whether the puppet army can fight or not, they can drive them away by shelling and one charge at a time. Everyone sneered at the combat effectiveness of the puppet army, which is to help the puppet police maintain public order. Even if they capture them, they still have to let them go. They are useless.
At 5 a.m. on the 11th, a call came from Chunqiuling, "The fire has been received, and the Japanese have hit 5 rockets."
OK! Ma Qian was relieved. It would take 5-6 hours for this Japanese devil who had advanced to Chunqiuling to come back now. This time was enough for him to reoccupy and destroy the Lily of the Valley Bridge.
"Go!" Ma Qian'an waved his hand and directed the soldiers of the First Squadron and Squadrons around him who had already been eager to try to rush to the Japanese military camp. The thick fog provided them with good cover.
There was also the tenth squadron and a new recruit squadron as a reserve force. It was a big deal to deal with only one hundred Japanese logistics soldiers. Joining two squadrons gave them a lot of face.
It was dawn, and the puppet military camp resurfaced, and it was a mess with the fog.
Cen Yihu, the commander of the Puppet Manchukuo Army, was an old Northeast Army. He was strong and had a cold look in his eyes. In the year of the September 18th Incident, he was still the company commander and surrendered to the Japanese with his superiors. He gradually promoted to the position of regiment commander in ten years.
His soldiers were renewed quickly. Since the Manchukuo promulgated the "National Military Art" in 38, his regiment has added a group of farmers who have only undergone basic equestrian training every year, while some veterans have been retiring to the local area./In just three years, the big-headed soldiers have basically been replaced. The old brothers who have been following him in the east and west are either dead or ordered to be discharged from the army. Now this cavalry has not had any combat effectiveness, just because their team happened to be trained to Wuchang, and the cavalry is closest to this place and the cavalry has strong mobility. This time it was completely a coincidence to draw them to defend the railway line.
The problem of his low combat effectiveness is not the most annoying thing about Cen Yihu. What annoyed him the most was the new Japanese consultant, Abe Zhixin. This man was not as good as his predecessor, who only knew how to live a life of food and food with Cen Yihu. This man was very "righteous" and was an active captain. He was not satisfied with the current situation of the cavalry regiment and their relationship was not very good.
Last night, he secretly drank a little wine with two Japanese instructors from the Second and Third Battalions. These two Japanese have been in his regiment for more than a year. Like their former consultant, they are very fond of Cen Yihu's trick and have a good relationship with him.
Yesterday, when the two instructors were drunk, they hesitated and told Cen Yihu to communicate more with Abe. They said that Abe seemed very dissatisfied with him and once leaked a sentence to Cen Yihu get out.
At that time, the Manchurian regiments had Japanese military instructors, and each battalion, company, and platoon were equipped with Japanese officers. These Japanese were consultants and military supervisors, but were actually manipulating the troops. Since Cen Yihu's cavalry regiment was originally small in number, only 50 people, the Japanese consulting group of the Military Control District Command did not send many consultants, and only had 7 people at the battalion level. The original large consultant was not sure whether he was unwilling to manage military affairs or was not keen on power, but he had very little interference with Cen Yihu. All major affairs were handled by Cen Yihu. Influenced by the large consultant, other military supervisors did not perform too much. However, this new Abe was completely different from the original large consultant. He not only seized power but also looked down on Cen Yihu.
There was a heart-wrenching howl and Japanese curse from outside. Cen Yihu was unwilling to listen, so he had to cover his ears with both hands. The scream was that Abe must be the one who screamed. Since this guy came, his soldiers had been beaten by him many times. Jun Rong was punished if he was not polite, his attitude was "disrespectful" and he was punished if he was joking loudly. In short, he always looked for opportunities to repair anyone Abe looked for, and Cen Yihu's subordinates dared not speak out.
The whip outside was endless, and the punishment was much longer than usual. If this continued, the groom should be beaten to death by him. Cen Yihu couldn't help but go out of the tent door to meet Abe.
The blood-covered groom saw that Cen Yihu finally appeared, and lay on the ground and asked for help in a faint accent: "Captain, save me!"
"What's going on?" Cen Yihu knew that Abe was crazy, but he could only ask Abe with his teeth.
Abe was tired of fighting, so he threw the horse aside, pointed at the groom and scolded angrily: "Your groom's conscience is very bad. You steal my horse material. Manchus are all cheap people, and even the horse material is stealing. The soldiers you bring are very poor."
"Is that true?" Cen Yihu asked his groom with a frightened face. The groom had been with him for two years and had no problem with stealing.
The groom raised half of his face blurred by blood and argued: "The sir is not like that. They just kept sending a basket of eggs. It was said that it would be for the sir who beat the bandits. When Taejun saw it, he snatched the eggs and said he wanted to feed him the horses and asked me to feed them. By the way, I fed two of the horses of the sir. Taejun Abe showed it and beat me up."
Do you have to feed your horse such a good thing? People who maintain it understand that this basket of eggs is for us to eat, so why should you feed your broken horse? Pervert!
Cen Yihu turned his face to look at Abe. The more he looked, the more he felt that Abe was not a thing. The anger accumulated over a long period of time began to surge in his heart, "Abe, don't you say you feed your brothers eggs to the horses. Even if my horse ate two eggs, you don't need to be so angry, right? Isn't my face worth two eggs? Why bother torture the groom?"
Abe sneered, "Hmph! Jun Cen, I have been in your army for a month. I realize that you are not the material for leading troops at all. The soldiers you trained are worthy of eating shit and eggs? Dreaming! Your horse is even less worthy."
Cen Yihu was furious and stepped forward to look at Abe, who was one head shorter than him, and his eyebrows stood up and rushed out: "What did you say?"
It hurts too much for Abe to despise himself in public. After all, he is also the leader of the group. Abe's ex always saves face in front of others, so how could he be publicly humiliated like Abe?
Abe had long disliked Cen Yihu. If it weren't for the urgent need to be in a hurry this time, the superiors urgently dispatched this army to protect the road and suppress the bandits, Abe would have reported that the "dirty" old Northeastern soldier would have been removed from his post on the spot.
Don’t you know that the Manchu army wants to listen to Japanese consultants? They were all the incoming consultants who spoiled Cen Yihu, the barbarian. Let me give him some color today!
Abe took a step back, stared at Cen Yihu's huge head angrily, and shouted: "It's against it! Baga! The person who came took him down!"
"You?" Cen Yihu was stunned and couldn't speak. Is this bastard Abe going to attack me today? He couldn't wait to start seizing power at such a critical moment.
"What are you? Cen Yihu is committing favoritism and fraud, sheltering her confidants and disobeying Shangguan, and take it down for me!" Abe shouted again.
The regiment commander and Japanese consultant clashed, and the soldiers who saw this scene surrounded them, and then everyone divided them into two groups according to their relatives and distant relationships.
Abe's conferred officials in this group and made a wish to cultivate several "confidants". They and the Japanese instructors who rushed to hear the news stood behind Abe.
Cen Yihu's confidants and soldiers who are often beaten by Abe stood behind Cen Yihu and stared at him.
Suddenly, people found that the Cen Tuan had split.
"Take it!"
"Who dares to take me? Let's go to the top to reason!" At this point, Cen Yihu is still in a difficult position and refuses to show weakness.
The two sides stared at each other, and a spark with a tense atmosphere could detonate.
"Boom! Boom!..." Several loud noises came over.
There was a loud gunfire in the Japanese barracks, and thousands of war horses neighed together, and they were attacked! They were sneak attacked!
Chapter completed!