Men Bingyue asked anxiously: "How many Japanese are there?"
The signal soldier replied: "There are about fifty people, a company of puppet Mongolian troops, and a lot of cattle, sheep and horses."
"There are puppet Mongolian troops and a lot of cattle, sheep and horses?" Hu Fengchun, commander of the 21st Cavalry Brigade, said, "They are probably a small force sent by the Ordos Right Wing Rear Banner to Qingxiang."
The so-called Qingxiang refers to the elimination of bandits and rebel forces within the territory.
The Japanese Qingxiang was dedicated to clearing out the anti-Japanese armed forces behind enemy lines.
It's just that in Suiyuan, there are no Eighth Route Army guerrillas for the time being, but there are small units of the National Army operating. The Japs and the puppet Mongolian troops stationed in various leagues and banners will go out to clear up the herdsmen every now and then, and rob the cattle of the herdsmen.
Sheep and other livestock, this kind of thing is very common in Suiyuan and Chahar, and the soldiers of the national army are also used to it.
Men Bingyue also regarded this group of Japs as Japs who were out to clear the countryside.
Immediately, Men Bingyue ordered his adjutant to take out the map and found that only the right rear banner of Ordos had Japanese troops stationed within a hundred miles. In addition, the nearest Japanese stronghold was also a hundred miles away, which was the Yike Zhao League. He immediately asked Mrs. Zhao: "
How many Japs are stationed at the rear banner on the right wing of Ordos? How many other Puppet-Mongolian troops are stationed?"
The 19th Cavalry Brigade had been stationed here before, so Mrs. Zhao was relatively familiar with the situation here.
Mrs. Zhao replied: "Half a month ago, there was only one Japanese squadron and one battalion of puppet Mongolian troops here. Now I don't know."
"A Japanese squadron plus a battalion of Puppet Mongolian troops?" Men Bingyue's eyes flashed coldly. It has only been less than half a month. Even if the Japanese soldiers increase their troops, they will not increase too much at once. And with their cavalry number 1
The strength of the Seventh Division was more than enough to defeat such a group of Japs and the puppet Mongolian army. Even if the Japs from the right rear banner of Ordos came to reinforce them, they would not be afraid.
Then Men Bingyue gave the order: "Order the Thirty-eighth Regiment to eat the Japs in front immediately!"
After a pause, he said: "Order the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-ninth Regiments to protect their flanks. If the Japs and the Puppet Mongolian Army from the rear banner on the right wing of Ordos come for reinforcements, then the Japs reinforcements will also be eaten."
"Yes!" The messenger reined in his horse, turned around, and galloped away, disappearing on the grassland in just a moment.
Mrs. Zhao turned around and said to Men Bingyue with a smile: "Master, it seems that we are lucky. We have just entered the territory of Yike Zhao League and we encountered something like this."
What Mrs. Zhao said was true. It was just that she happened to run into such a group of devils. What was even more coincidental was that this group of devils also robbed a lot of cattle, sheep and horses. After destroying this group of devils, these cattle, sheep and horses would of course go home.
They have everything, which solves their big problem. At least the problem of food is temporarily solved.
"Don't be careless. You should be careful of the little Japs in the rear banner of the right wing of Ordos." Men Bingyue was reserved on the outside, but in his heart he couldn't help but feel a little proud. Although it was nothing to annihilate a squad of Japs and a company of the Puppet Mongolian Army, it didn't matter.
No matter what, this is a victory, and it is always a happy thing to win.
But Men Bingyue didn't know that he had already stepped into the trap.
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By the time of World War II, there was almost no pure cavalry unit in the world, and all had evolved into dragoons. The so-called dragoons were, to put it bluntly, mounted infantry. This means that they rode on horseback when marching and dismounted when fighting.
Combat, because infantry warfare has incomparable advantages over cavalry warfare.
To give a simple example, heavy machine guns and artillery cannot be used on horseback, especially heavy machine guns, which are simply the nemesis of the cavalry. Facing the brutal heavy machine gun firepower, no matter how brave and skilled the cavalry is, they are useless. In the Zulu War,
, the British once used four Maxim heavy machine guns to massacre more than 5,000 Zulu cavalry.
Of course, at certain times, dragoons will also be used as pure cavalry.
In short, whether it is the Seventh Cavalry Division of the National Army or the Japanese cavalry group stationed in Mongolia, they are all dragoons.
The only difference is that in the Japanese cavalry group stationed in Mongolia, each cavalry regiment, in addition to four cavalry squadrons, also has a heavy machine gun squadron and an artillery squadron, while the National Army's 7th Cavalry Division was in the last battle.
After the defeat, all artillery was lost, and the heavy machine gun unit also existed in name only.
Therefore, the strategy of the Japanese army stationed in Mongolia is actually very simple. It is to continuously lure the 7th Cavalry Division to increase its strength and expand the scale of the battle through small-scale encounters. In this way, it can gradually attract the main force of the 7th Cavalry Division to
The battle zone creates opportunities for the 26th Division to encircle.
The task of luring the enemy was an independent infantry brigade of the 26th Division.
There is nothing unusual about this infantry brigade, but the commander leading this infantry brigade is a ruthless character. He is Anda Twenty-Three! This old devil is still very capable, but at this stage, his ability has not yet been demonstrated.
, similar to Yamashita Tombumi, he did not start to stand out until he entered the battlefield in Southeast Asia.
By the way, the 26th Division is just a three-unit garrison division.
The so-called three-unit garrison division corresponds to the four-unit field division. The Japanese field division generally has two infantry brigades and four infantry regiments under its jurisdiction. This is called the four-unit system, and the garrison division
There is only one infantry regiment under its jurisdiction, and the infantry regiment has three infantry regiments under its jurisdiction, so it is called the three-unit system.
Anda Twenty-three is the commander of the 26th Division Infantry Regiment, with the rank of lieutenant general.
A lieutenant general leader personally led an independent infantry brigade to act as a decoy, which shows how much the little devil attaches great importance to this battle of the Yike Zhao League. The old devil Anda Twenty-three is indeed powerful. The trap he set up can be said to be
There is no flaw, the encounter at the right rear flag of Ordos really looks like an encounter.
After learning that the battle had begun, and that the leading troops of the 7th Chinese Cavalry Division had launched an attack on the small Japanese troops "disguised" as Qingxiang troops, Anda Twenty-three was not too happy, because this had just begun, and the Chinese were just
I touched the fishhook with my mouth, but I was still far away from finally being hooked.
"Tell Shimazu-kun that you must calm down!" Adachi Twenty-three said to the adjutant, "We will never allow reinforcements to be sent until the last moment!" After a pause, he continued, "Even if it really comes to the most urgent moment,
At that time, only one infantry squad and one Mongolian company were allowed to be sent at a time, and no more were allowed!"
"Hai!" The adjutant nodded and turned around.
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Let’s talk about the Seventh Cavalry Division later.
In the blink of an eye, half an hour has passed.
However, what surprised Men Bingyue was that the small group of Japs was so tenacious that the 38th Cavalry Regiment had not eaten them yet, and the two sides were still fighting fiercely.
As time went by, Men Bingyue began to feel anxious.
After all, this is an occupied area. The longer time passes, the more Japanese and puppet troops will be reinforced from all directions. In the end, even escaping will become a problem.
After waiting for more than five minutes, Men Bingyue could no longer hold back and went to the battlefield.
After personally going to the battlefield, Men Bingyue finally understood why the Thirty-Eighth Cavalry Regiment had been unable to resolve the battle. This was because this group of Japanese and puppet troops occupied the only high ground within a few kilometers, then set up machine guns on the high platform and threw
cartridges, and concentrated fire on the attacking troops of the 38th Regiment from a high position.
Due to the lack of heavy firepower, the Thirty-Eighth Regiment could only take lives again and again to fill the gap.
When Men Bingyue arrived, the attack of the 38th Regiment was once again disrupted by Japanese firepower.
A cavalry battalion commander of the 38th Regiment came forward and shouted: "Master, why are you here?"
Men Bingyue asked angrily: "Where is your captain?"
The cavalry battalion commander said sadly: "Our regiment has been killed in the battle."
"What?" Men Bingyue's eyes widened and he asked again, "Where is the regimental deputy?"
"The regimental deputy also died in the battle just now." After the cavalry battalion commander finished speaking, he pointed to the high platform in front, which meant that the body of their deputy regiment commander was lying there. After a pause, the cavalry battalion commander continued.
, "Master, the terrain here is too fucked up, and the Japanese have an absolute advantage in firepower. We have suffered too many casualties!"
Men Bingyue looked miserable. After all, the firepower was still too weak.
But no matter how weak the firepower is, can it still be weaker than the firepower of the Communist Eighth Route Army? The Eighth Route Army still fought vigorously on the battlefield behind enemy lines in North China. Is their Central Army really not as good as the Eighth Route Army? Regarding this point, Men Bingyue, who was born in Huangpu, is
No matter what, he will never admit it. In his eyes, the Central Army is the strongest!
Of course, the independent regiment commanded by Xu was not included. That was an exception.
Then Men Bingyue roared loudly: "Don't complain to me. As a soldier, you should move forward bravely. Even if you only have a fire stick left in your hand, you will never give in, let alone retreat! Listen carefully, from now on
From now on, you are the commander of the 38th Cavalry Regiment, and I order you to lead your troops to seize the high platform in front immediately!"
"Yes!" the cavalry battalion commander roared, turned around and walked away.
Immediately afterwards, the cavalry battalion commander who had just been promoted to regiment leader organized the remnants of the 38th Regiment and launched another charge against the Japanese and puppet troops on the high platform. This time, the 38th Regiment no longer charged on foot, but chose to charge on horseback. Although
War horses are very valuable, but if all the soldiers in the regiment are used up, what's the use of keeping the war horses?
However, the results were the same. This charge was still broken up by the Japanese and puppet troops.
Moreover, the cavalry battalion commander who had just been promoted to regimental commander also died. Now among all the remaining soldiers of the 38th Cavalry Regiment, the one with the highest rank is actually a cavalry platoon leader. The 7th Cavalry Division is indeed the elite of the Central Army, not only the grassroots officers, but also the cavalry platoon commander.
Senior officers at the company, battalion and regiment level also took the lead in the charge, so the casualty rate was very high!
Seeing this scene, Men Bingyue was so angry that he almost vomited blood, but he also saw that the Japanese and the puppet Mongolian army on the high platform had reached the end of their strength. At this time, if another force was put in to annihilate the Japanese who were stubbornly resisting,
, the Puppet Mongolian Army was easy to do, so Men Bingyue transferred two more regiments without hesitation.