For Suzuki, there are two groups of troops that can reinforce him. One is the flying troops coming from Wuchagou Airport, and the other is the Nishino Regiment stationed in Baode County not far away.
As an arrogant Japanese army, once military officers face an unexpected defeat, they are more accustomed to blaming the final failure on others.
The old Japanese Suzuki was no exception. Although he immediately ordered the Communications Department to contact the Nishino Regiment, hoping to receive emergency reinforcements from the Nishino Regiment.
But in his heart, Suzuki still scolded Nishino, who he looked down upon.
He even believed that the reason why he fell into the Eighth Route Army's trap now was entirely because the Nishino United Army did not follow his suggestion and the two armies fought together.
As a result, his entire regiment fought alone, and he fell into the trap of the Eighth Route Army.
"If Nishino can muster the courage to suddenly attack the Eighth Route Army from the back during the decisive battle between our army and the Eighth Route Army, where both sides are almost evenly matched, with the cooperation of our two imperial regiments, how difficult will it be to destroy these Eighth Route Army?
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Suzuki said this when the headquarters ordered to request reinforcements from the Nishino Regiment.
As if telling his subordinates that the failure of his Suzuki Regiment was not the fault of his command.
Of course, considering that Nishino, the captain of the Nishino Regiment, was cowardly and as timid as a mouse, Suzuki asked the Nishino Regiment for reinforcements on the one hand, and on the other hand, he directly contacted the headquarters and requested tactics.
Guidance.
The next step is very logical.
After the headquarters received the Suzuki Regiment's request for help, the first thing it naturally considered was the Nishino Regiment, which was closest to the Suzuki Regiment.
The headquarters of the Garrison Army in Mongolia issued a direct transfer order to the Nishino Regiment, ordering the Nishino Regiment to dispatch troops quickly to reinforce the Suzuki Regiment.
Even though Colonel Nishino was reluctant, he had no choice but to send troops for reinforcements according to the orders of his superiors.
After all, Yoshio Shinozuka sent him to station in Baode County this time.
Nominally, his team is under the command of the Mongolian Army Headquarters responsible for northern Shanxi and Inner Mongolia.
This is not like the old devil Suzuki, we are just the same as him.
"Colonel, what should we do now? Should we dispatch troops immediately to reinforce the Suzuki Regiment in the direction of Xiaonanzhuang?"
After receiving the communication order from the headquarters of the Mongolian Army in the headquarters, the Japanese chief of staff did not dare to delay and quickly passed the message to the commander Nishino who was hiding far behind.
Compared to the anxiety of the Japanese chief of staff, Colonel Nishino was obviously much calmer. He said calmly: "Suzuki-kun is an elite of the empire, and the Suzuki regiment he leads is a rare field elite in the Mongolian army. The soldiers and horses are strong.
, an additional artillery brigade was also attached.
Even if we are ambushed by the Eighth Route Army, will we be defeated by the Eighth Route Army?
Even if we are defeated by the Eighth Route Army, will we still be annihilated by the Eighth Route Army?"
This is obviously not worried about the life and death of Suzuki United.
Colonel Nishino was angry at the moment. After he led his troops to station in Baode County, because the First Army Logistics Department never sent over the promised military supplies, he could only ask his grandfather to sue his grandmother to ask for them from the Mongolian army.
Supplies.
Among them, the Suzuki team is one of the objects he wants.
At that time, Colonel Nishino was severely laughed at by Colonel Suzuki, and he was not even given any supplies.
It wasn't until later that the Mongolian Army Headquarters couldn't stand it anymore and gave Suzuki the order. Suzuki reluctantly threw some of the supplies to the Nishino Regiment like a beggar.
This is how the bridge between Nishino and Suzuki was forged.
Now things are going well, things have turned around, and it's Nishino's turn to sit back and watch Suzuki United's jokes. How could Nishino be so anxious to get involved?
For this reason, Colonel Nishino even made up his mind.
Even if the order from the headquarters of the Mongolian Army was conveyed, there was no need for him to rush over to provide reinforcements in a hurry.
It's hard to say that Suzuki-kun, who has always looked down on him with his nose turned upward, doesn't look down on his reinforcements at all!
"Colonel, what do you mean?"
"Of course we must send troops for reinforcements. This is an order from the headquarters. If we watch the Suzuki Regiment being severely damaged by the Eighth Route Army but do not send troops for reinforcements, we will definitely not be able to escape the punishment of military law in the future."
Nishino's attitude is very clear.
He then changed the subject:
"But one thing I know very well. Based on my understanding of those Eighth Route Army troops, do you think they dare to use such a large formation and set up a pocket formation to deal with the Suzuki Regiment in Xiaonanzhuang, not far from Baode County?
Didn’t the Eighth Route Army consider that we might send reinforcements at any time?"
The Japanese chief of staff was convinced: "Colonel's words were timely. I have been worried that the Eighth Route Army would arrange an ambush on the way and was waiting for our army to leave the county on its own initiative."
"So, Mr. Suzuki is really stupid. He should not blindly leave Guzhen and fall into the trap of the Eighth Route Army. If he has been holding on to the city, he will not get out.
No matter how powerful the Eighth Route Army is, what can they do to us?"
After greeting several generations of Suzuki's ancestors, Nishino knew that the matter had come to this and there was nothing he could do.
He finally arranged: "In this way, you immediately start to follow my instructions and assemble the military police stationed in Mongolia to cooperate with us in public security, as well as the garrison, including some Royal Association Army troops. p>
Let them put on our army's standard military uniforms, then send them a dozen military vehicles, and let them take the lead in the vehicles to advance in the direction of Xiaonanzhuang.
The main force of our army's reinforcements this time is mainly a mixed mechanical brigade, and the 150mm artillery squadron specially assigned to our army by superiors is also pulled over at the same time.
But our main force must not be at the forefront and fall into the Eighth Route Army's ambush.
Let the gendarmerie take the lead in their cars, while our main force hangs far behind, almost an hour's journey away.
If there is really an ambush by the Eighth Route Army along the way, and there are gendarmerie and garrison troops as test cannon fodder, our army can respond in time."
Colonel Nishino muttered in his heart:
Even if the gendarmerie and garrison were completely wiped out, I would not suffer any losses. After all, they were the armed forces stationed in Mongolia.
The chief of staff's eyes lit up and he immediately responded: "Hi, Colonel, you are wise!"
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At this time, on the nearest mountain road leading from Baode County to Xiaonanzhuang, looking from a distance, it was still deathly silent, and not a single person could be seen.
Li Yunlong has been lurking here with his ambush troops for a long time.
Li Da Nao couldn’t even remember how many times he had scolded his mother.
In order to appease Li Yunlong, Brigadier Zhang repeatedly stated that the situation was constantly evolving. According to everyone's deductions, the Suzuki Alliance would soon be unable to withstand it.
Once Suzuki United cannot withstand it, they will definitely ask Nishino United for help.
Even if the Nishino Alliance is a tortoise, it must send troops to reinforce it. It is impossible to watch the Suzuki Alliance being wiped out.
Therefore, Li Yunlong, who did not want to fail, had no choice but to continue to wait patiently.
Lao Li has a great tactical vision.
The terrain he chose to lead his troops to lurk was very good. There was a small gentle slope more than 200 meters away from the roadside. Behind the small gentle slope was a hillside more than 500 meters away. Li Yunlong hid the ambush troops behind the hillside.
Li Yunlong had already investigated the situation of the West Field Regiment stationed in Baode County. He heard that the West Field Regiment had a mixed mechanical brigade and some tanks and armored vehicles.
So Li Yunlong naturally made some targeted preparations.
The troops he led this time also had armored vehicles, tanks, and artillery positions. Both light and heavy machine guns were equipped with sights, allowing for long-distance reinforcements. There were also explosives left on the gentle slope.
While waiting impatiently, the correspondent rushed back to report: "Captain, the Japanese have appeared!"
Li Yunlong was immediately overjoyed. He was now at the forefront of an observation post.
I immediately took a telescope and looked carefully at the hillside.
After just a moment of observation, as an experienced veteran, Li Yunlong immediately felt that something was not right about the little devil.
The Japanese seem to be too cautious.
The troop strength is not large, but the equipment is complete, including trucks, light and heavy machine guns, and towed infantry artillery. Moreover, the scouts reported that whenever the Japanese encountered some terrain that might hide troops along the way, they would conduct fire reconnaissance and shoot through artillery shells.
The machine gun fire fell on them, as if they were afraid that others would not know they were coming.
"Don't rush!"
Li Yunlong plans to take a look before talking.
At this time, the reinforcements of the second echelon, Captain Liu and Captain Zhang, came to Li Yunlong and said: "Old Li, the Japs' vanguard troops have already gone up the gentle slope to be on guard.
If you don't fight the Japs, we will leave the ambush area. The soldiers are waiting for your charge. Our comrades who are reinforcing this time are all selected by the remaining troops. We have to kill a few Japs and capture a few prisoners to return to the villagers.
Take a look.
We also fight the Japanese, not the fire-headed army engaged in logistics.
The brigade commander asked us to cooperate with you in fighting this time. Lao Li, just give the order!"
Li Yunlong still insisted: "No hurry, no rush, Lao Liu, Lao Zhang, take a closer look. The Japs now, with such a small force and making such a big noise, are clearly deliberately trying to lure us into action.<
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That old devil in Nishino is as cowardly as a turtle.
Even if this old boy sends troops to reinforce the Suzuki Regiment, he will definitely send some of the leading troops as cannon fodder to test our ambush first.
If we take action now, we will be in a hurry. If the bastard retracts his head into the turtle shell, we won't be able to catch anything by then!"
Commander Liu said: "But, Lao Li, if this army is the Japanese reinforcements, we will just let it go.
It would be bad if it interferes with the battle in the direction of Xiaonanzhuang."
Li Yunlong thought for a while and said:
"Don't worry! Nothing will go wrong. I sent many sniper teams along the way to observe secretly. They entered the latent position two days in advance. My spies are everywhere along this road."
While they were talking, Sun Desheng arrived and brought a box over.
Sun Desheng is the commander of Kong Jie's semi-mechanized heavy equipment battalion, and this time he is temporarily fighting with Li Yunlong.
There is some flesh pain on his face:
"Captain Li, this is my treasure, please use it carefully!"
"Look at your little family!"
Li Yunlong skillfully opened the box and assembled a long-tube high-power telescope while saying: "This is a good thing that Lao Kong bought from the Americans, a high-power telescope.
Things thousands of meters away are as clear as if they are right in front of you."
While looking at it, Li Yunlong muttered: "There are only crooked guns. I didn't see the Type 96. This gun is only an infantry gun. According to our information, the West Field Regiment should also have a medium mortar unit.<
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This is obviously just a small fight, and it must be a test force sent by the Japanese on purpose.
Hey, why do the shoes on this little devil’s feet look familiar to me?
Isn’t this how the intelligence agency secretly photographed the gendarmerie in Baode County?”
Speaking of which, this is also the little devil's negligence.
They just asked the gendarmerie and garrison puppet troops to change into military uniforms, but the size of their shoes was not good and they did not match.
How could they have expected that Li Yunlong could use a high-power telescope to observe so carefully.
Captain Liu has always been a left-behind force, and there are not many on the front line. He does not understand the meaning of this. He asked doubtfully: "Old Li, is there anything special here?"
Li Yunlong said: "It's very important. The Japs in the West Field Regiment are field troops. The shoes worn by the Rapid Brigade are leather shoes. They have a large number of 96 light machine guns, Type 97 mortars, as well as cars and mountain cannons.
These few cars and infantry artillery are clearly decoys.
Let’s wait and see the reports from the investigation teams along the way.”
As they walked out of the observation post, a small mound of soil not far away suddenly moved. Captain Zhang and Captain Liu were startled and prepared to draw their guns.
It wasn't until the mound was completely unfolded that the two captains discovered that it was their own soldiers who had disguised themselves. Wang Kuixi, the leader of the commando sniper team who lifted the disguise, came over with a walkie-talkie and said to Li Yunlong:
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"Reporting to Captain Li, the Hound 17th Team reported that about ten kilometers away from the Japs' vanguard, a Japs mechanical mixed brigade was found, with 30 small fish (troop transport trucks) and 20 small fish with fish eggs (pulling supplies, towing
Pulling artillery), 8 medium fish (armored vehicles), 5 big fish (tanks)."
"Where are the fish bones?" Li Yunlong asked.
Wang Xikui said: "12 small fish bones (Type 92 infantry gun) and 8 medium fish bones (150 mm mortar)."
Li Yunlong nodded, with a look of uncontrollable excitement on his face.
"Damn, that's great. I've been waiting for so long and the main course is finally here!"
Commander Liu and Commander Zhang on the side were confused.
What is all this?
However, this did not prevent the two from realizing the power of the Iron Triangle's reconnaissance force.
It seems that what Lao Li said is right, the vanguard of the automobile troops is just a bait for the Japanese to test.
Time passed by for nearly an hour.
The mixed mechanical brigade sent by Colonel Nishino arrived slowly and looked at the armored vehicles, tanks and cars that slowly drove in.
Basically, there is not much difference from the speed of infantry advancing quickly.
Li Yunlong, who was observing in secret, felt a little angry.
"Damn, if we can't win against such a little devil, it's really fucking unreasonable!"
The little devil behaved very cautiously.
Even if the leading gendarmerie and garrison troops passed through as a test bait, they were not ambushed.
After the main force of the Japs arrived in this area, they still conducted investigations in advance.
Muto, the Japanese squadron leader in charge of security and exploration, took the lead in leading the vanguard to the gentle slope. At the gentle slope warning position, Mao secretly used binoculars to observe the movements on the hillside.
He believed that if the Eighth Route Army had an ambush, it would be most likely to hide on the hillside behind the gentle slope.
I just looked at it for a long time, but there was no movement at all.
He looked at the completed position and said to the team leader on the side: "Have the units entered their positions? Have any abnormalities been detected?"
The team leader replied: "No abnormalities have been found yet. Sir, is it possible that the Eighth Route Army ambushed here?"
Muto cursed: "Idiot, what kind of gun are you holding?"
The squad leader said: "Type 38 rifle!"
"Then don't you think about it, it's almost 500 meters from this gentle slope to the top of the hillside, and it's almost 900 meters to the road. You can hit a target of almost a thousand meters with it?
Moreover, the Eighth Road has to go down the hillside, and we have to go down the small valley in front of us, and then go up this gentle slope to get closer. How can we not see it at this time?"
The squad leader suddenly said: "Sou Ga is dead!"
Muto continued: "If there is a battle with the Eighth Route Army, you must obey my orders and be smart."
The squad leader immediately expressed his position: "I am a warrior of the empire. I will definitely obey orders and fire on the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible!"
Muto hated iron and said: "Idiot, I want you to be smarter. First, look at what the Eighth Route Army is. If you see someone wearing a gray steel helmet and combat boots, quickly turn in.
When the last resort comes and it's too late to turn in, if you want to survive, then surrender.
According to a letter from the squadron leader of Qiangu Village, my hometown, he lived quite well in the Eighth Route Base Area. The work in the prisoner-of-war camp on the Eighth Route was responsible for food and accommodation, and he also received living allowances, and his salary was still a lot of money."
The squad leader said: "Sir, isn't this the Eighth Route Army lying to you?"
Muto said: "What is the name of our captain's wife?"
"Yuriko Tanimura!"
"That's right. Madam is Tanimura-kun's biological sister. I also overheard her say it privately. Tanimura also gave her the letter and the merchant of Dayang.
I heard that some of our regiment’s winter supplies were purchased through Mr. Tanimura.”
The team leader said thoughtfully: "Hey, sir, I understand!"
The reason why the Japanese squadron leader Muto in front of him warned his subordinates so loyally was because he had also been warned by his own captain.
It's really a raging army, and it will scare the whole family.
Muto's thoughts basically represent the thoughts of most officers of the Nishino Regiment.
Since the Nishino United team was crippled by the overwhelming advantage of the Iron Triangle.
This Nishino Regiment, from the captain Nishino to the officers at the bottom, has really mastered the essence of surviving in troubled times and living nourished...