At this time, it was approaching the twenty-eighth year of the Republic of China (1939).
The temperature in Mobei has dropped further, and is already close to the severe cold of minus 30 degrees. In such a low temperature environment, even a super special operations soldier like Xu Rui begins to feel uncomfortable. After all, Xu Rui
Rui is also a body of flesh and blood, not an indestructible body made of steel.
Fortunately, today is a rare sunny day.
The sun, which had been hiding behind the dark clouds for nearly half a month, finally showed its long-lost smile. The golden sunshine falling from the sky also brought a faint warmth to this pale snowfield, at least giving people a little psychological comfort.
Comforting, it doesn't feel as cold and damp as the previous few days.
"Hey~~" Xu Rui, who was riding his horse forward, suddenly shouted softly at the macho man.
Because, Xu Rui had already seen a gray shadow coming from the front, it was the king who was back.
At this time, it had been more than five days since Xu Rui led the main force of the Chahar Independent Regiment to the north.
However, Xu Rui only sent one cavalry battalion and the Langya Brigade north to the Sino-Mongolian border to meet the Soviet army, and then led the remaining four cavalry battalions all the way east to intercept the Japanese cavalry!
Xu Rui was certain that the Japanese troops stationed in Mongolia would send troops to intercept, so he decided to take the initiative.
Instead of waiting for the enemy to catch up with the equipment escorted by the Soviet army and then react passively, it is better to take the initiative and try to destroy the enemy's interception force first. This way, without the drag of machinery and equipment, the freedom of fighting will be greater. Otherwise, wait until
The Japanese found the equipment escorted by the Soviet army, and they could only wait to be beaten passively.
But Xu Rui also took precautions and sent the Langya Brigade to the Sino-Mongolian border to meet the Soviet army.
After five days of marching, the main force of the Chahar Independent Regiment has arrived near the Erlianji.
Because the little devils from Zhangjiakou have only two options to choose from when attacking the Sino-Mongolian border. One is to pass through the Ulanqab League and intercept directly to the west. This is a shortcut, but they will definitely encounter the Sui Army stationed in Guisui along the way.
Fu Zuoyi is not a rubbish like Wan Xiangyun. There is no way he can cooperate with the Japs, so this is a dead end!
If you don’t go to the Ulanqab League, you can only go to the Sunit Right Banner and then to the Erlianji!
Therefore, Xu Rui directly led the main force of the Chahar Independent Regiment to the Second Company.
Erlianji is the future Erenhot City, but at this time it is just a large market town on the mule and horse transportation line from Kulun to Zhangjiakou. It is home to dozens of households of Mongolian herdsmen and dozens of Mongolian and Han merchants.
Merchants provided various services to eke out a living, but after the Japanese invasion, most of the herdsmen and merchants fled.
Logically speaking, the Mobei grassland is thousands of miles in diameter. Without aviation reconnaissance to cooperate in reconnaissance, and no guerrillas along the way to provide intelligence, trying to find the Japanese cavalry from Zhangjiakou on the vast grassland is no less than finding a needle in a haystack.
But this can’t be difficult for Xu Rui, because Xu Rui still has a king!
The king is the wolf king, and Xu Rui suspects that the king may be the wolf king of the entire Mobei!
In other words, all the wolves in Mobei are all the king's soldiers and spies.
Therefore, Xu Rui had no worries about not being able to find the little devil, and in fact, the king did not disappoint him.
After five days of continuous reconnaissance and tracking, the king finally successfully located the whereabouts of the Japanese cavalry.
Seeing Xu Rui reining in his horse, Di Gua, who was following him, also quickly reined in his horse. When he looked up again, he saw the king stepping on the snow and galloping down the ridge in front of him, almost knee deep.
The snow couldn't delay it at all. In the blink of an eye, the king had already arrived in front of Xu Rui's horse, and then circled the macho man and began to moan softly.
Xu Rui took out a piece of dried cattle net from the leather bag and threw it high.
The king's calf-like body immediately jumped into the air, grabbed the beef jerky and ate it deliciously.
However, Xu Rui turned over and dismounted. He first reached out and stroked the strong horse's neck twice, then stepped on the claw marks left by the king on the snow, and quickly climbed up the ridge in front. By the time Digua tied the horse and followed him, Xu Rui had already taken advantage of the opportunity.
Under the cover of snow and white cloak, I quietly climbed to the top of the mountain ridge, completely integrating with the surrounding environment.
At this time, if you don't get closer and look carefully, you won't be able to find it at all.
Digua wrapped his whole body tightly in the same white cloak to ensure that his whole body blended in with the surrounding environment. Then he moved little by little behind Xu Rui and slowly raised the telescope.
Through the vision of the telescope, Digua quickly found the target.
A cavalry consisting of about thirty cavalrymen was marching slowly from about one kilometer in front. The cavalryman walking in the middle was carrying a small triangular flag on his rifle, with an eye-catching embroidered on the top of the flag.
There is no doubt about the plaster pattern that this is a Japanese cavalry, which is exactly what they are looking for.
"It's a Japanese!" Digua immediately became excited and whispered, "Your Majesty is really good!"
"This is just the Japs' reconnaissance cavalry squad." Xu Rui put down his binoculars and said cheerfully, "The Japs' cavalry group must still be behind."
While he was talking, the Japanese cavalry in his field of vision suddenly stopped.
When Di Gua saw this, his heart trembled, and he said in a deep voice: "Captain, have the little devils discovered us?"
"Don't move." Xu Rui also noticed the abnormality and said in a deep voice, "The devil is just suspicious for the time being."
Di Gua let out a soft sound, then slowly leaned down and curled up into a ball.
…
One kilometer ahead.
A Japanese Major came over immediately and asked the Japanese Colonel who was looking around with a telescope: "Your Majesty Colonel, have you noticed anything unusual?"
This Japanese colonel is the commander of the 13th Cavalry Regiment, Kazaki Ohara.
Kazaki Obara is only in his thirties this year. In the Japanese army, unless he is a member of the royal family, it is almost impossible to be promoted to colonel before the age of forty! The reason why this little devil like Kazaki Obara can
He was promoted to colonel early at the early age of thirty, firstly because he was a cavalryman, and secondly because he had won honors in the Northeast.
Let’s put it this way, the Northeast Anti-Japanese Alliance soldiers who died in Obara’s hands could form a battalion!
Kazaki Obara is an executioner whose hands are stained with the blood of the Chinese people. However, the reason why so many anti-Japanese soldiers died in his hands is not without reason! The Obara family are Nihonbashi residents living in North Korea.
, and he is also a hunter. Kazuaki Obara followed his grandfather into the mountains for hunting at a very young age. Not only did he develop excellent marksmanship, he also developed superb tracking skills. He also had an innate sense of danger.
intuition.
It was precisely because of this that Obara Kazuaki took the initiative to ask Baba Shoro to personally lead a cavalry team and be responsible for reconnaissance.
Just now, Kazuaki Obara suddenly felt a chill. This feeling was exactly the same as when he was a child and followed his grandfather into the mountains for hunting and was stared at by wild beasts! Therefore, he suspected that someone in Caiwei was
There is most likely a pair of eyes hidden in this secret place, watching their every move.
But when he raised his telescope and searched carefully, he found nothing.
Faced with the Japanese Major's inquiry, Kazuaki Obara shook his head and raised the telescope in his hand again.
The surrounding terrain is not complicated. A long horse trail passes through the valley. There are gentle hills on both sides of the valley. The height of the hills is not high, and there is no forest cover on the mountain. Apart from the white snow, there is nothing in the field of vision.
In addition, in this kind of terrain, it is absolutely impossible to hide an army without being discovered.
Is it really just an illusion? After a long while, Obara Kazaki put down the telescope again.
The Japanese Major who asked the question before asked again: "Your Excellency, Colonel, do you want to continue moving forward?"
Kazuaki Obara hesitated for a moment, and finally said calmly, "Let's move on."
"Hai!" The Japanese Major gave a heavy nod, then reined in his horse and turned around and shouted, "Open the way!"
With an order, more than thirty Japanese cavalrymen who had been parked on the snow took to the road again, meandering forward in column along the horse track in the valley.
…
Four hours later, Xu Rui and Di Gua retreated to the hiding spot of the main force of the regiment.
The main hiding spot of the Chahar Independent Regiment is a basin surrounded by mountains. From a distance, this basin looks like an inconspicuous gentle hilltop. Only when you get closer will you find that there is a square circle hidden on the top of the hill.
A basin of about 100 meters, this basin is not only extremely hidden, but can also block the cold wind.
As soon as Xu Rui and Digua came back, several battalion commanders immediately surrounded them.
"Commander, when you go out this time, have you found the little devil's cavalry?"
"Captain, I haven't found anything in so many days. Is it possible that the Japanese won't come?"
"Captain, do you think the Japanese cavalry left from somewhere else?"
Several battalion commanders talked about getting up, they were bored to death by waiting.
"Shut up!" Xu Rui said angrily, "It's only been a few days and you're already impatient?"
The four cavalry battalion commanders, Ma Fei, Bart, Cheng Luming and Li Zhengrong, immediately fell silent.
Xu Rui then snorted and continued: "The whereabouts of the Japanese cavalry have been found. The scale of the Japanese cavalry dispatch this time is really large. At least one cavalry brigade is about twenty miles away from us. Not
If something unexpected happens, the Japanese cavalry should pass by here tomorrow morning."
"The Japs Cavalry is really here? That's so damn good."
"Damn it, we were caught!"
"What a dog said, let's see where you run this time!"
"Grandma, I will kill a few more Japanese little devils this time!"
Upon hearing this, Ma Fei and the other four cavalry battalion commanders suddenly became furious.
But Xu Rui then poured a basin of cold water on them, and then said: "I am not pouring cold water on you. I have seen the march and formation of the Japanese. It is definitely not comparable to that of our independent regiment. At least in a short period of time, our Chahar Independent Regiment
It is impossible for our regiment to catch up with them in terms of combat effectiveness, so in a head-on battle, we can say that we have no chance of winning."
Upon hearing this, several cavalry battalion commanders fell silent again.
