Major General Miyazawa became more and more worried as he thought about it. He looked at the Chief of Staff and continued to ask: "How long will it take for the aviation troops to arrive on the battlefield... As soon as they arrive, we can ask them for the latest battle situation on the battlefield!"
"Ten minutes left!" Harada replied after glancing at his watch.
"Too slow!" Major General Miyazawa frowned and complained, pacing back and forth in the war room again with his hands behind his back...
For the first time, he felt that time passed so slowly. It was not an exaggeration to say that the days passed like years.
Every minute you have to look up at the big clock on the wall!
As soon as the ten minutes passed, he hurriedly ordered: "Contact the aviation force immediately to find out the latest situation of the cavalry wing, hurry up!"
Harada Nakazuo was also anxious, turned around and trotted towards the telecommunications room.
As soon as I arrived at the door, I bumped into the communications staff officer.
"Sir, there is news about the aviation reinforcements of the Cavalry Regiment...but something is wrong?" the communications staff rushed to report, not giving the chief of staff a chance to criticize him.
"Nani?" Harada Nakazuo really wanted to curse, but he was confused as soon as he heard the words of the communications staff officer. He swallowed the curse on his lips and grabbed the telegram...
The content of the telegram is very short and can be read at a glance.
But Harada Nakazuo looked back and forth several times before putting it down and walked to Major General Miyazawa with a sullen face.
"General, the cavalry regiment is gone..."
"The aviation report: The battle was over when they arrived at the battlefield. There were only a few hundred Eighth Route Army troops cleaning the battlefield. There were corpses of cavalry and war horses everywhere along the highway..."
"They asked the headquarters whether they should continue the bombing..."
"Plop..." Major General Miyazawa fell down on his chair, took the telegram and read it twice before putting it on the table, with a helpless expression on his face.
"This is a cavalry regiment... not an infantry regiment... its combat effectiveness is stronger than that of an infantry regiment... it was wiped out in less than half an hour. Can anyone tell me how the Eighth Route Army did it..."
"How many troops did they dispatch to encircle and annihilate the cavalry regiment?"
"What does Kuroki Daizuo do... They are four-legged cavalry, not two-legged infantry. If they can't win, don't they know how to break through and run away?"
"The Eighth Route Army's equipment is so poor, I don't believe they can stop the full force breakout of the cavalry regiment!"
Harada Chuzuo only had simple information sent back by the aviation force, and did not know the specific battle process of the cavalry regiment on the front line.
After listening to Major General Miyazawa's question, he didn't know how to answer it, so he could only remain silent.
Major General Miyazawa didn't get the answer he wanted, so he could only say with a dissatisfied look: "Why are you still hanging around? If you don't know the answer, don't you know how to check it?"
"A cavalry regiment was completely destroyed under our noses. We must give an explanation to the superiors!"
"As for the aviation force, the battle is over. Their bombing has no meaning. Instead, it will blow up the corpses of the imperial army and affect the morale of the troops..."
"Let them withdraw!"
"Hai... I'll send someone to investigate now!" Harada Nakazuo said and prepared to walk out, but before he could stretch out his feet, Major General Miyazawa called him back.
"Wait a minute!"
"Your sweep plan also needs to be adjusted..."
"In the deduction just now, I heard that the cavalry regiment played a huge role in the sweep!"
"Now that the cavalry regiment is gone, the sweep plan must be adjusted accordingly, otherwise the Eighth Route Army will easily break out of our encirclement!"
"In our plan, the combat effectiveness of a cavalry regiment exceeds that of an infantry regiment..."
"Now that the cavalry regiment is gone, we must find a way to add an infantry regiment to the front line to fill the gap. Otherwise, it will be difficult for us to complete the loopholes in the mopping up plan!"
Major General Miyazawa was furious and cursed with an unhappy look on his face.
"BaGeYa Road, the big sweep is about to begin. Where do you want me to mobilize a cavalry regiment for you now? They are all a bunch of losers who fail to achieve anything but fail!"
Harada Chuzuo answered bravely: "General, please calm down. If there is no infantry, how about calling in a cavalry regiment?"
"Shut up... Do you think the cavalry regiment is the same as the infantry? Are you everywhere?"
"All the cavalry units garrisoned in Shanxi add up to only two cavalry regiments...except for the Blackwood Regiment, all other cavalry units are dispersed in squadrons on qualified battlefields to cooperate with the infantry."
"The Blackwood Regiment is completely destroyed. If all the cavalry from the remaining regiment in Shanxi are gathered here, other troops will not have cavalry to cooperate with them. What if they encounter the Eighth Route Army cavalry troops? Should the infantry be forced to die?
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"Don't even think about this method!"
"I will contact the military headquarters now and ask the Commander to find a way to mobilize another regiment from the Taiyuan area to support us!"
"It's in the hinterland of the occupied area, and the chance of being attacked is very low. There should be room for another infantry regiment to support us!"
"But it takes time for the military headquarters to mobilize troops, and it also takes time to mobilize reinforcements to the front line... The start time of our sweep of the Eighth Route Army must be pushed back!"
"Forget it, I will arrange this matter. I will also contact the military headquarters and coordinate other mopping up troops..."
"We have been preparing for this big sweep for several months, not less than a few days!"
It was just past midnight at the Eighth Route Army headquarters, and the boss couldn't sit still.
"Let's wait for Kong Jie at the entrance of the village... This guy won the first battle and killed a Japanese cavalry regiment. Not only did he create a miracle, but he also gave our Eighth Route Army a good start... I, the boss, said that I would go and greet him!"
"I will also go to greet Kong Jie..." Brigadier Chen stood up immediately.
"He is the hero of the 386th Brigade, and he has given us so many trophies. We must go!"
Mr. Liu also stood up from his chair: "I haven't seen Kong Jie for a long time!"
"Three days after leaving, I will be impressed. This boy's progress is far beyond my imagination... I must meet our hero today!"
As soon as the boss arrived at the entrance of the village, he saw a large number of torches emerging from the end of the mountain road, one after another, and soon formed a fire dragon.
"Boss, Kong Jie is here..." Brigadier Chen pointed at a few figures on the mountain road.
Kong Jie, Huang Yu and Duan Yong trotted toward the entrance of the village. When they saw the boss, they walked faster. They rushed to the boss and saluted: "Report to the chief, division commander, brigade commander..."
"The Independent Regiment lived up to expectations and successfully destroyed the Japanese cavalry regiment..."
"I brought some of the loot here, hoping to solve the headquarters' urgent needs..."
"Good boy..." The boss patted Kong Jie on the shoulder and said happily.
"Kill the Japs and a cavalry regiment in one battle... After receiving your request for war, I was shocked. I doubted that you could complete the mission. It was your brigade commander who convinced me to trust the independent regiment!"
"In the end, it only took you more than half an hour to kill the cavalry regiment. It's so unexpected!"
"We'll talk about the spoils later. First, tell us about the specific tactics of the independent regiment..."
"This is the first time our Eighth Route Army has fought a big battle with the cavalry. We must sum up the combat experience and promote it throughout the army!"
Kong Jie scratched the back of his head and replied with embarrassment: "Chief, the main reason we can win this battle is that we dig the position well..."
"The Independent Regiment had the idea of killing the Japanese Cavalry Regiment ten days ago!"
"We believe that the cavalry has very strong mobility. If they come to harass us when we raid Jinzhong, and the road from the defense area to Jinzhong is mostly plains, we will definitely be beaten to death by the cavalry regiment, suffer heavy losses, and even be unable to do anything.
Let’s raid Jinzhong!”
"Only by taking a preemptive strike and killing the cavalry regiment can the independent regiment have no worries, concentrate all its troops and firepower to raid Jinzhong, and complete the task of penetrating behind enemy lines assigned to us by the headquarters."
"We started planning this battle ten days ago!"
"While sending a cavalry company to raid the Japanese, provoking them and creating prerequisites for luring the enemy!"
"On one side, two main battalions were dispatched, resting during the day, digging trenches at night, and preparing pocket formations for the Japanese..."
"The pocket formation consists of a five-meter-wide trap ditch and a welcome trench!"
"Each road in Zhenmagou is 100 meters long, and the ditch is covered with barbs... The trenches are 150 meters away from the road... They are all covered with straw mats and wooden boards, camouflaged with thatch and soil... The troops are hiding in bunkers and on standby...
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"Unless the little devil goes to the bunker and the horse trap to investigate, he will definitely not be able to discover our position!"
"The Japanese Cavalry Regiment has been completely irritated by the cavalry company. They only want to pursue and eliminate the cavalry company. They will definitely not conduct careful reconnaissance on the pursuit road..."
"And our pocket array is deployed in a plain area with flat terrain, which is very suitable for cavalry raids. The enemy's vigilance is even worse!"
"Under the temptation of the cavalry company, Kuroki Daizuo led the cavalry regiment and ran headlong into our pocket formation..."
"With the help of Enmagou, the Japanese broke out several times but were repelled by us... We lost a large number of troops..."
"In the end, I chose to fill up the ditch with corpses and break out of the encirclement by stepping on them..."
"It's a good idea, even our soldiers are not vegetarians."
"The tenth company tried their best to intercept, successfully blocked the Japanese breakout troops, and completely wiped out the cavalry regiment..."
After Kong Jie finished speaking, the battle scene in which the independent regiment wiped out the cavalry regiment appeared in everyone's mind.
The boss's face was already beaming with joy. He had already heard the good news from Kong Jie's report that the independent regiment had few casualties!
This is another issue that concerns him most.
If the independent regiment suffers too many casualties, its mission of raiding Jinzhong and causing havoc in the Japanese-occupied areas will definitely be affected.
After thinking for a moment, he continued to ask: "I heard that in order to make the cavalry company irritate the little Japs, you sent them to the enemy-occupied area..."
"Three battles and three victories, the little devil was so frightened when he heard the word "Independence Regiment Cavalry"!
"Hurry up and introduce these three battles to us!"
"We have many cavalry companies in the Eighth Route Army. If each cavalry company can win consecutive battles like the Independent Regiment...our counter-mopping operations will definitely be much easier!"
Kong Jie quickly explained the strategy of using artillery and cavalry to attack the Japanese infantry, and did not forget to add one sentence after finishing speaking.
"Chief, it has been tested in actual combat!"
"As long as we use artillery fire to disrupt the Japanese infantry immediately, without giving them a chance to set up light and heavy machine guns, and the cavalry company takes the opportunity to launch an attack, we can kill an infantry squadron at a very small cost!"
The boss immediately ordered: "This style of play is good and very practical. It must be promoted throughout the army..."
