cpa300_4; Haian Town Ancestral Hall, Japanese Army Headquarters.
Tachibana Yoshio is patiently waiting for news from the cavalry.
The two cavalry squadrons of the cavalry have all been dispatched. With the mobility of the cavalry, any disturbance within a radius of a hundred miles will not be hidden from the eyes and ears of the Japanese army. The remnants of the temporary 79th Division only need to enter a hundred miles of Hai'an Town.
Within the range, it will inevitably be detected by the Japanese cavalry.
The main reconnaissance direction of the cavalry is southwest.
In this direction, the 2nd Cavalry Squadron led by cavalry captain Sato was responsible for reconnaissance.
Tachibana Yoshio originally thought that it would take at least an hour or two before the cavalry would find out. However, less than fifteen minutes had passed and the cavalry had discovered the whereabouts of the remnants of the temporary 79th Division.
"Where is it?" Tachibana Yoshio stood up from the chair in an instant.
The cavalry lieutenant who came back to report quickly walked to the map, pointed at it and said: "Here."
The eyes of Tachibana Yoshio, Ogasawara Goro and several other lieutenants and majors fell on the map at the same time, landing on the position of the cavalry second lieutenant's finger. One of the lieutenants even picked up a square ruler, measured it on the map, and then said: "
It's in Asakusa Bay in Manyang River, less than two kilometers away from Hai'an Town."
There was an inexplicable fierce light in Tachibana Yoshio's eyes, and he asked again: "How many people are there?"
The cavalry second lieutenant reported: "There are about one hundred and fifty people, no more than two hundred at most."
"One hundred and fifty people?" Tachibana Yoshio's thick eyebrows immediately tightened and he said, "According to the aviation reconnaissance report, there are at least 500 people in the remnants of the temporary 79th Division. This means that there are at least 500 people who appeared in the barbarian
The 150 remnants on the south bank of the Yanghe River are only part of the temporary remnants of the 79th Division."
Goro Ogasawara, standing next to Tachibana Keio, asked again: "When they discovered the China Army, which direction were they going?"
"The China Army is heading in this direction." The second lieutenant of the cavalry stretched out his hand on the map and pointed at a lake in the southwest of Hai'an Town. The eyes of Tachibana Yoshio and Ogasawara Goro suddenly froze.
"Seven Star Lake?" Ogasawara Goro said solemnly, "The China Army is quite good at choosing battlefields."
After a pause, Ogasawara Goro said to Tachibana Yoshio: "I visited the area around Qixing Lake yesterday and found that there are a large number of wetlands and swamps near Qixing Lake. It is surrounded by dense forests and the terrain is extremely complex. If we choose to go here with
If the Chinese army fights, the casualties of the imperial army will probably not be small."
Tachibana Yoshio's eyes flashed when he heard this. The remnants of the temporary 79th Division did not choose the road passing through Hai'an Town, but chose Qixing Lake, which is full of wetlands and swamps. It can be seen that the commander on the opposite side has extremely superb battlefield insights.
Force, could it be that the person Oluhara Junsi mentioned, that dangerous enemy, is in this small force?
If this is the case, we should launch an ambush at all costs to wipe out this small force.
Ogasawara Goro asked: "Detachment leader, this small China force has entered the ambush circle. Do you want to mobilize the surrounding ambush troops to form an encirclement on this small China force?"
"Don't worry, this is probably just a bait." Tachibana Yoshio waved his hand and said disapprovingly, "If an ambush is launched at this time, although this small force can be easily annihilated, it will inevitably affect the subsequent combat operations.
If we are not careful, we may allow the remaining few hundred soldiers of the temporary 79th Division to break out of the encirclement."
Ogasawara Goro thought for a while and then said: "What should we do with this small army?"
Tachibana Yoshio pondered for a moment and said to the cavalry lieutenant: "Go back and tell you, Captain Sato, don't rush to attack the Chinese army, just entangle them."
The cavalry lieutenant said: "Captain, before I came back to report to you, Captain Sato had already led the 2nd Cavalry Squadron to attack the China Army."
"Baga!" Tachibana Yoshio was furious when he heard this, "Sato, this idiot, who allowed him to attack without permission?"
"Definitely..." Before Tachibana Yoshio finished speaking, the rapid and chaotic sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded outside the ancestral hall, and then a cavalry lieutenant with a face covered in blood staggered in. As soon as he entered the door, the cavalry lieutenant immediately couldn't hold on.
, his legs went limp and fell to the ground.
"Captain Kuroki?!" The cavalry lieutenant was shocked when he saw the cavalry lieutenant whose face was covered in blood.
"Go Kuroki?" Tachibana Yoshio's pupils also shrank sharply, and there was a faint feeling of ominousness in his heart.
Sure enough, Kuroki sat up with the help of the cavalry lieutenant and said with a tragic expression: "Captain, the 2nd Cavalry Squadron was severely damaged by the Chinese Army, and Captain Sato was also shattered!"
"Nani?"
"This is impossible!"
"A cavalry squadron was defeated so quickly?"
As soon as Hei Mu finished speaking, there was a sound of breathing in the ancestral hall.
Even though Tachibana Yoshio had been mentally prepared for it, he couldn't help but feel secretly frightened at this moment.
Before today, Tachibana Keio had only heard about how powerful and difficult it was to deal with the remnants of the 79th Division, but now, Tachibana Keio had experienced it personally!
A cavalry squadron was severely damaged by the opponent in less than ten minutes!
This kind of combat effectiveness is simply astonishing. The temporary 79th Division was able to repeatedly defeat the imperial army in Wuxi, Baoxing, and Nantong. It was definitely not a fluke.
However, after thinking about it, Tachibana Yoshio thought of another possibility. If that was the case, it would not be surprising at all for the 2nd Cavalry Squadron to be severely damaged.
At that moment, Tachibana Yoshio asked again: "Kuroki-san, can you tell me how you lost?"
Lieutenant Kuroki told the general situation of the battle. After listening, Ogasawara Goro and the staff of the headquarters immediately started to curse.
"Baga, how can this be done?"
"Idiot Sato, do you think this is still the Warring States Period?"
"You actually charged head-on against the heavy machine guns of the Chinese Army. Aren't you looking for death?"
However, Tachibana Yoshio did not follow up and curse, because he heard a very useful information from Kuroki Tsuyoshi's narrative. At that moment, Tachibana Yoshio said again: "Kuroki-san, you just said that the two armies are thousands of meters apart.
, Sato-san was shot to death by a sharpshooter of the China Army?"
"Hai." Heimu paused heavily and said, "The distance was at least one thousand meters at that time!"
"One thousand meters?" Goro Ogasawara said solemnly, "This is absolutely impossible. If it is a fixed human-shaped target, it is not surprising to hit the target from a thousand meters away. It can still hit the target even from 1,500 meters away, but it moves at high speed.
It is basically impossible for the cavalry to hit the target a thousand meters away."
But Tachibana Yoshio waved his hand and said: "Basically impossible, does not mean absolutely impossible!"
When he said this, Tachibana Keio remembered what Shunsi Ogawara told him when he was in the naval hospital. He said that there were two Chinese special forces in the remnants of the temporary 79th Division. These two Chinese special forces
Their marksmanship is extremely outstanding, and one of the Chinese soldiers even knows the legendary jumping sniper!
Moreover, this Chinese soldier who can jump and snipe is probably the commander of the remnants of the temporary 79th Division. The series of battles in Wuxi, Baoxing and Nantong were probably written by this person! And his younger brother Tachibana
Yukiji, it is very likely that he died at the hands of this person!
Although Tachibana Keio said he did not want to avenge his brother, in his heart, he always wanted to kill the commander of the remaining 79th Division to avenge his dead brother. More importantly, Tachibana Keio was eager to
Kill the opponent and wash away the shame brought by the remnants of the temporary 79th Division to the entire Tachibana family.
Thinking of this, Tachibana Yoshio could no longer hold back and said to Ogasawara: "Order, the 1st Infantry Battalion, the 3rd Infantry Battalion, and the artillery team immediately attack and encircle towards Qixing Lake!"
"Detachment leader?" Goro Ogasawara said in surprise, "The failure of the 3rd Cavalry Squadron was only due to Sato underestimating the enemy, which is not enough to explain how powerful this small Chinese unit is. As you just said, if this is just
The remnants of the 79th Division have temporarily prepared a decoy, and if we launch an ambush at this time, wouldn’t it be a small loss but a big loss?”
The other staff officers also nodded lightly. It would be too hasty for the detachment leader to launch an ambush at this time.
Ogasawara Goro even made a suggestion: "Captain of the detachment, it is better to send out a squadron to bite them first and prevent them from leaving the ambush circle. It is not too late to wait until the remaining remnants of the temporary 79th Division have entered the ambush circle, and then launch an ambush."
, This will ensure that the remnants of the temporary 79th Division will be wiped out in one fell swoop!"
"No need! No need to wait any longer!" Tachibana Yoshio waved his hand and said, "This small force may be just a bait released by the temporary 79th Division, but what I want to tell you is that I want to
What I bit was the bait of the temporary 79th Division! After eating this small unit, the remaining Chinese soldiers will no longer be a concern!"
Goro Ogasawara wanted to say more, but Tachibana Keio stopped him.
Tachibana Yoshio waved his hand and said: "Ogasawara-san, execute the order."
Seeing that Tachibana Yoshio was determined, Ogasawara Goro said nothing more, turned around and walked into the next door telecommunications room to issue orders to the various infantry brigades and artillery teams.
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Southwest of Haian Town, by Qixing Lake.
Xu Rui and Leng Tiefeng are leading more than a hundred veterans of the 2nd company toward Qixing Lake.
Leng Tiefeng looked back as he walked and found that no Japs appeared within a thousand meters. He immediately took two steps to keep up with Xu Rui and said, "Old Xu, the Japs don't seem to have any reaction. What if they don't bite the hook?"
, but focus on the 1st company, 3rd company and 4th company at the back, that would be troublesome."
"No." Xu Rui said firmly, "The little devil will definitely bite the hook."
Leng Tiefeng glanced at Xu Rui and said doubtfully: "Old Xu, are you so sure?"
"I'm so sure." Xu Rui said happily.
"What's the reason?" Leng Tiefeng obviously won't be convinced so easily.
"Reason?" Xu Rui suddenly had a wicked smile on his lips and said, "The reason is that now the little devil knows how powerful I am. As long as the little devil's commander is not an idiot, he will definitely concentrate all his efforts to encircle and suppress us.
Company 2, and ignore Company 1, Company 3 and Company 4.”
Leng Tiefeng said solemnly: "You mean, the Japanese know that you are in the 2nd Company?"
Xu Rui said happily: "Didn't you want to test your marksmanship with me just now? The shot just now clearly told the little devil's commander that I am here!"
