Chapter 1268 The division commander steals the chicken but loses the rice
The outcome was unexpected.
Before the heavy machine gunners not far away had time to move, the saber-wielding Eighth Route Army cavalry had already rushed to the flank of the attacking force.
"Kill...charge..." Various shouts of killing quickly reached the brigade commander's ears.
The cavalry comes like a shadow and goes like the wind.
Although the riflemen who were attacked fought back immediately, the bullets they fired had no power in front of the rapidly charging cavalry.
Although many cavalrymen were killed and injured, a large number of cavalrymen still succeeded in killing them.
With the sword in hand, dozens of soldiers blocking the outermost edge of the battlefield were slaughtered, and then fell into a pool of blood screaming.
Cavalry has a natural advantage over infantry.
He waved his saber from a high position and slashed at the little devils around him. Coupled with the huge inertia brought by the cavalry assault, the little devils who were already in panic had no power to parry, and were killed in the blink of an eye and were retreating.
"General... the Eighth Route Cavalry is coming. You must leave here immediately..." the guard captain ran to the brigade commander and reminded him with a worried look on his face.
The cavalry assault was so fast that the surrounding soldiers could not block their attack and could only be beaten passively.
Based on their current assault speed, they could reach the brigade commander in half a minute at most.
If you don't leave, it will be too late.
The brigade leader was very unwilling.
He doesn't want to die here yet, but the situation is like this. Before he thinks of a way to break the situation, he has nowhere to go if he wants to move.
His face suddenly turned pale, he frowned and shouted with despair: "The Eighth Route Army is blocking the road in front, the Eighth Route Army chariot troops are chasing us behind, and there are cavalry raids on the flanks, where else can we move?"
House seemingly endless rain……
Before the brigade leader could finish speaking, an exclamation from behind directly reached his ears: "General..."
"The Eighth Route Chariot Troops are chasing us...boom..."
The dull roar of the tank's engine reached the brigade commander's ears at the same time, along with the violent strafing sound of the vehicle's heavy machine gun.
"General, move quickly, the Eighth Route Army chariot troops are coming..."
Several broken soldiers rushed to the brigade commander's side with embarrassed faces. Regardless of whether the brigade commander listened or not, they rushed towards the Great North Slope, which the attacking troops had not yet captured, with their rifles in hand.
"Dong dong dong... Baga..."
The sound of heavy machine gun fire and the screams of soldiers rang in the ears of the brigade commander at the same time. Then he saw the two subordinates who had just rushed to his side were swept into a sieve by the rain of bullets, and then fell with a plop on the retreat road, with at least one wound on their back.
After punching three fist-sized blood holes, blood gushes out like a fountain...
"Dong dong dong..."
A large number of little Japanese security forces gathered around the brigade leader. Anyone with a little military knowledge knows that there are big fish here.
Two tanks targeted them at the same time, and four vehicle-mounted machine guns concentrated their fire at them.
Although the guard captain immediately sent people to surround the brigade leader, trying to block the rain of bullets from the tanks with his body, the penetrating power of these bullets was too strong and easily penetrated the body of the little Japanese guard troops and flew into the protective circle.
Get into the body of the brigade leader...
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Gu'an County Kwantung Army Division Headquarters.
Listening to the constant explosions in the city, the brigade commander, Lieutenant General Nagata, was very agitated.
Instead of glancing at the watch, my brows slowly furrowed into a "Sichuan" shape as I waited anxiously.
He glanced at his hand again and then stopped suddenly. His face sank and he began to curse: "Bageya Road, what do the attacking troops do for food..."
"It's been almost two hours since we left the city. We should have climbed to the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery position. Why are the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery troops still firing shells into the city?"
"Could it be that their more than 10,000 elites can't even deal with two or three heavy artillery regiments of the Eighth Route Army..."
The chief of staff standing by quickly answered: "I am now sending a telegram to the attacking troops to ask them about their specific progress..."
As soon as the chief of staff walked to the door, a captain rushed into the war room from outside. He was so anxious that he almost bumped into the chief of staff.
Seeing Lieutenant General Nagata, he reported anxiously: "Your Excellency, Division Commander..."
"There was a fierce exchange of fire from the direction of the north slope in the south of the city..."
"There are not only the sounds of light and heavy machine gun shooting, but also the sound of exploding artillery shells..."
"Dabei Slope..." Lieutenant General Nagata quickly walked to the map, found Dabei Slope, and analyzed it with a serious face: "This is a mountain ridge, very suitable for blocking..."
"Could it be that the Eighth Route Army built a blocking position on Dabei Slope to intercept our attacking troops and buy time for their heavy artillery troops to attack Gu'an County?"
The chief of staff thought for a moment before answering: "Division commander..."
"This place is indeed suitable for blocking, but the terrain is not particularly dangerous."
"Although the attacking troops did not carry heavy artillery, they were equipped with thirty or forty tanks and armored vehicles..."
"The troops should be able to easily break through the Eighth Route Army's defense line under the cover of tanks."
After saying that, he stared at the captain and asked: "How long did the sound of firefights from the direction of Dabei Slope last?"
The captain thought for a moment and replied: "There was a firefight more than an hour ago. Although it was very violent, it was very short and lasted less than ten minutes..."
"The sound of the current firefight started twenty minutes ago and has continued until now. Not only has it not become weaker, but it has become more and more intense."
The chief of staff immediately expressed his thoughts to Lieutenant General Nagata: "Division commander..."
"The exchange of fire an hour ago should have been the troops breaking through the Eighth Route Army's defense line to attack their artillery positions."
"The current exchange of fire should be the Eighth Route Army intercepting our attacking troops on the Great North Slope and preventing them from returning to Gu'an County..."
"Oops……"
"Something happened to the attacking troops."
"Otherwise, they should be attacking the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery regiment now to eliminate the heavy artillery threat we face, instead of turning around and attacking the Great North Slope, where they would have a head-on confrontation with the Eighth Route Army. The two sides were in a stalemate for twenty minutes without a winner."
Lieutenant General Nagata was convinced.
The attacking force was equipped with more than thirty tanks and armored vehicles. If they gathered all the tanks and forcibly assaulted the Eighth Route Army that was defending the Great Northern Slope, even if the Eighth Route Army deployed a main brigade there, they would not be able to stop them.
Now the Eighth Route Army actually blocked the attacking troops on the northern slope, unable to return to Gu'an County.
This shows that an accident occurred during the operation of the attacking troops, and their assault capabilities were sharply reduced. Otherwise, there would never have been a situation where the troops were blocked on the Great North Slope.
Before the war, I didn't want to ask my friends and neighbors for reinforcements. The purpose of the two divisions was to monopolize the victory.
As a result, stealing the chicken will end up losing the rice.
Not only will they not be able to enjoy the victory alone, but they may also cause accidents to the attacking troops...
This is definitely an ending he cannot accept.
The attack force is the majority of the main force that the entire division can mobilize. If an accident occurs, the overall combat effectiveness of the Nagata division will definitely be severely damaged, and he himself will lose face.
So he had to keep the attacking troops no matter what.
Even if they do have an accident during operations, they must find ways to minimize the losses.
