The owner of the Xishan Military Horse Farm is named Takeo Furuya, a Japanese ronin.
It has been more than two months since the Xishan Military Horse Farm opened. It has imported three batches of more than 400 high-quality horses from Mongolia. The first batch of about 80 horses has been trained and will be delivered to the Japanese army in a few days. The remaining horses will be delivered to the Japanese army in a few days.
The more than 300 horses under the banner are currently undergoing training. Military horses are no different from ordinary mounts. They must undergo rigorous training.
Let’s just say that the more than 240 horses in Liu Fengsheng’s cavalry camp are not well trained at all!
You can ride an ordinary mount once you get on it. As long as you shout "drive", it will move forward, and if you shout "hoo" again, it will stop. But military horses cannot do that. If military horses also have this virtue, when you
When charging rapidly on the battlefield, if there happens to be an old farmer walking by with a donkey, and the old farmer shouts "Oh", it will cause serious trouble.
Therefore, military horses must understand some relatively complex tactical commands.
For example, "lie down", "stand up", "advance", "charge", "stop advancing", etc. If the war horses master these relatively complex tactical commands, then as long as the commander gives the order, all the war horses can make simultaneous actions with the soldiers.
Reaction, so that the entire cavalry team's tactical movements can be uniform and combat effective, otherwise it will be nonsense.
Besides, the Xishan Military Horse Farm, in addition to domesticating military horses, also raised dozens of cattle and hundreds of Han sheep.
This Japanese ronin named Furuya Meng was quite business-minded. He knew that Shandong people loved to eat soy beef and cold mutton, so he did some side business while training military horses. For safety reasons, Furuya Meng used his connections to hire seven people.
The Japanese soldiers are permanently stationed at the Xishan Army Racecourse, and there is also a platoon of puppet troops stationed at the racecourse.
At this moment, Furuya Meng was entertaining Second Lieutenant Ogasawara at the racecourse. Second Lieutenant Ogasawara was ordered to pick up the military horses. He brought a Japanese team with him to escort the first batch of more than 80 war horses to Jinan early tomorrow morning. It is said that these military horses will
Used to supplement the cavalry brigade of the independent mixed 7th Brigade.
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Outside the military horse farm.
Peng Mingzhi had already brought more than 500 veterans of the 1st Brigade to within a thousand meters.
Liu Fengsheng's cavalry battalion was also brought here by Peng Mingzhi. Liu Fengsheng was not happy at first, but Peng Mingzhi took out his identity as the commander of the 685th Regiment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army and gave the order. Liu Fengsheng could only execute it, but a sneak attack
There is no need for a cavalry battalion in the racecourse. The mission of the cavalry battalion is to block the Japanese reinforcements from Jining.
Although the moon was bright, knee-deep grass grew around the racecourse, so the sentries around the racecourse did not notice that the danger was approaching. As for the seven Japanese soldiers stationed at the racecourse, they were drinking with the Japanese soldiers brought by Second Lieutenant Ogasawara.
As for the carnival, patrolling and guarding is none of their business, that's the job of the Imperial Army.
Detective platoon leader Li Tianyang came back soon and said to Peng Mingzhi: "Captain, something is wrong!"
Peng Mingzhi inserted the facial cleansing box into his holster and asked urgently: "What is the specific situation?"
Li Tianyang gasped: "I took a quick look just now. There are far more than seven Japs in the racecourse, there are at least forty people! There are two circular barricades, there is a bunker inside the gate, and there are at least four machine guns, plus one
If the platoon of puppet troops were to attack from the front, I'm afraid the casualties would be huge, and they might not be able to take it down in a short time."
"Damn it, why did the Japs suddenly step up their guard?" Peng Mingzhi said quite depressedly, "Does the Japs know that I'm coming to kill their troops tonight?"
Li Tianyang said in a deep voice: "Captain, to fight or not to fight?"
"Of course we have to fight!" Peng Mingzhi said without hesitation, "There is no turning back when you shoot your bow. Now that I'm here, how can I return empty-handed? In this case, you should immediately inform the National Army Battalion Commander Liu that if there is an arrow in Jining City,
The little devils come out to reinforce him and let him hold them back for at least two hours no matter what!"
"Yes!" Li Tianyang agreed and took the order.
Peng Mingzhi took out the facial cleansing box and waved it forward. More than 500 veterans of the 1st Brigade immediately used the cover of the grass to quietly move towards the Xishan Army Horse Farm a thousand meters away. Under the bright moonlight,
, Peng Mingzhi vaguely saw the outline of the stable, and when he thought about the hundreds of war horses kept inside, Peng Mingzhi almost drooled.
Eight hundred meters, six hundred meters, three hundred meters, the Eighth Route Army gradually approached the military horse farm.
It happened that a puppet soldier had a stomachache and was squatting in the grass to have diarrhea. He overheard a crunching sound behind him. When he looked back quickly, he saw a large group of black shadows coming out of the grass not far away. The puppet soldier was shocked.
He picked up his pants and ran, shouting as he ran: "Bandits, there are bandits..."
Immediately, a gunshot was heard, and the puppet troops fell in response.
Fifty meters away, Peng Mingzhi blew the smoke from his gun and cursed: "Bad luck."
As soon as the gunfire rang out, the Japanese were alert, and the Eighth Route Army no longer needed to hide. At that moment, more than 500 veterans jumped up from the grass and charged towards the military horse farm with bayonets in hand.
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Jining, eastern suburbs.
The Baoshan Brigade was directly under the bayonet battalion, and the artillery battalion had moved outside the city half an hour ago.
Yue Weihan has made an agreement with Liu Tiezhu to start at two o'clock tomorrow morning. The bayonet battalion and artillery battalion will jointly attack the east gate. The special operations brigade will take the opportunity to occupy the arsenal inside the east gate.
Just after ten o'clock in the evening, fierce gunfire suddenly rang out in the northern suburbs of Jining.
Li Yulong's face changed slightly, and he asked Yue Weihan urgently: "Bridge, what's going on?"
"This is bad." Liu Yi said angrily, "If the devils are on guard, it will be difficult to take over the arsenal."
Yue Weihan also looked solemn. Since the cavalry battalion did not have a radio, it was unable to report to the left-behind headquarters in time. Naturally, Yue Weihan did not know that Peng Mingzhi had led his troops to attack the Xishan Army Horse Farm. At that moment, Yue Weihan turned back to Chu Zhongtian and said: "Go right away.
Let’s do some reconnaissance and see what’s going on?”
"Yes." Chu Zhongtian agreed, followed the order and left.
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In Jining City, the frontline command post of the Second Army in Shandong Province.
Major General Suzuki is in a pretty good mood now. All the dozen or so lost counties have been recaptured, and dozens of rebel forces in the Lunan area have been defeated by the Imperial Japanese Army. The only thing that makes Major General Suzuki regretful is that when independence
When the 2nd Motorized Infantry Brigade and the 116th Infantry Regiment arrived at Zaozhuang, the Baoshan Brigade had already fled.
However, Major General Suzuki has mastered the exact whereabouts of the Baoshan Brigade, which is in the Baodugu Mountain Area!
Just waiting until dawn tomorrow, the two infantry brigades of the 2nd Independent Motorized Infantry Brigade, the 116th Infantry Regiment and the 6th Independent Mixed Brigade will launch a large-scale sweep in the Baodugu Mountain Area. This sweep will not only annihilate the Baoshan Brigade
, and also to smash the Eighth Route Army guerrillas operating in the Baodugu Mountain area.
Seeing that it was getting late, Major General Suzuki was about to go to the comfort station to find a few Korean comfort women to relax and unwind, when suddenly fierce gunfire rang out outside the city.
"What's going on?" Major General Suzuki asked immediately, "Where are you shooting?"
The major staff officer next to him suddenly lowered his head and said: "General, it seems to be the Xishan Military Horse Farm."
As soon as he finished speaking, the phone in the headquarters rang suddenly. Major General Suzuki grabbed the phone, and the urgent and panicked voice of his old friend Furuya immediately came from the phone: "Your Excellency Suzuki, the military horse farm was raided by the Eighth Route Army of China. What happened?"
It’s very critical, please be sure to send troops to respond, please.”
Major General Suzuki hung up the phone and immediately turned around and shouted: "Order, the cavalry squadron must assemble immediately!"
The Xishan Military Horse Farm must be saved. Putting aside the good personal relationship between Furuya Meng and Suzuki, the more than 400 military horses domesticated in the military horse farm must not fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army. Otherwise, if the Eighth Route Army uses these military horses to form
Without the cavalry, they will be even more difficult to deal with, which is not a good thing for the imperial army.
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East of Jining City.
Taking advantage of the cover of night, the special operations brigade quietly sneaked into a courtyard outside the arsenal. This courtyard had been rented by Liu Tiezhu in advance.
In the yard, more than sixty special operations team members were ready to go.
Before the operation, Cao Shangfei had already explored the details of the entire arsenal. The overall layout of the arsenal, how long the wall was, how many sentries were on the wall, how many people were in each sentry, and how many warehouses there were in the arsenal.
, how many barricades, how many firepower points, how many patrol teams are there between the warehouses, and how many minutes the time interval is, all are clear!
As long as no accidents occur and the defenders are not alerted in advance, Liu Tiezhu is 100% sure of capturing the arsenal.
If the Japs are prepared in advance and the situation evolves into a frontal assault, then the possibility of capturing the arsenal intact will be reduced to less than 40%. The Japs are not fools after all. Once they are given enough reaction time, they will
If you are sure that the arsenal cannot be saved, you will definitely blow up the arsenal.
There are still a few hours until the appointed time, and the team members are waiting in silence.
Without warning, fierce gunshots suddenly rang out from the north suburbs. Liu Tiezhu's expression suddenly changed. He hurriedly climbed up the courtyard wall and looked in the direction of the arsenal. He saw that all four searchlights on the watchtowers around the arsenal had been turned on.
The bright lights shot back and forth, illuminating the area hundreds of meters outside the arsenal as bright as day.
The special forces members also looked at each other, and Pang Hu said gloomily: "What the hell is going on?"
Cao Shangfei also said angrily: "As soon as the gunshots are fired, the little devils in the arsenal will definitely step up their guard, and even the sentries will be readjusted. Damn it, isn't this deliberately causing trouble for me? You want me to find out which group it is.
Blind bandits did it, I have to skin them alive!"
"Okay, shut up." Liu Tiezhu withdrew into the courtyard depressedly, then turned back to Cao Shangfei and said, "The situation has changed. The little devils in the arsenal are already on alert. A sneak attack is obviously impossible. You
Let’s go out of the city to find the hostel and ask the hostel for instructions on the next course of action.”