"Battal commander...the regiment headquarters sent an urgent call. The Japanese reinforcements have set off...more than 1,300 cavalrymen and 14 tanks, all of which are tanks!" The cavalry battalion radio operator rushed to Ma Houshi's side. Since he was so excited, he
He reported nervously again.
Ma Housu frowned and stared at the engineer company commander Chen Jianqiao and asked: "Old Chen, I will deal with the cavalry, and you will deal with the tanks. There are a total of fourteen tanks. Are you sure you can kill them?"
Chen Jianqiao smiled bitterly and said: "Captain Ma, you are so fond of our engineering company! We want guns but no guns, and cannons but no cannons. How could we destroy so many tanks at once..."
"What about the commander's order?" A worried expression appeared on Ma Houshou's face!
"The regimental commander's order will definitely be fulfilled. Even if the entire engineering company is wiped out, it will not affect the regimental commander's overall situation. Please rest assured about this, Battalion Commander Ma!" Chen Jianqiang replied with a firm look on his face.
"Although the engineer company doesn't have the strength to kill them, it can find ways to hold them back. I've chosen the terrain!"
"Captain Ma, look at the map. The Japanese will have a nearly five-kilometer mountain road to cross the stone bridge. I walked it during the day. There is a cliff mouth here, and the road passes through it. If I blow up the cliff at the same time,
If the entrance and the little devil just passed the stone bridge, then they will be trapped on this stretch of road."
"Of course, the Japanese tanks can also choose to take the mountain road and detour to other roads to continue forward. However, in this way, they will have to circle around this mountain for more than 100 kilometers~"
"The tank's fuel is limited, and they don't have a car to transport supplies and fuel with them. When the fuel runs out, the tank can only lie there, unable to move!"
"Maybe by then we can capture a dozen tanks that the Japanese have nestled in our base!"
"Good idea..." The worried expression on Ma Houshou's face was instantly wiped away, and then he ordered.
"In that case, let's split up...you deal with the Japanese tanks...I'll deal with the Japanese cavalry~"
"Blowing up the cliff can block the passage of the Japanese tanks, but it cannot stop the Japanese cavalry. They can dismount and cross the ruins directly, but it will only take a few more minutes!"
"More than a thousand elite Japanese cavalrymen are an unprecedented and huge pressure for our cavalry battalion!"
"Rumble..."
The roar of the engine mixed with the sound of horse hooves is not very obvious, but the two sounds can travel very far.
In less than half an hour, this mixed force of cavalry and chariots reached the cliff mouth that Chen Jianqiao mentioned.
"Detonate..." Chen Jianqiao ordered with excitement on his face.
"Boom boom boom..."
As the instructor pressed the detonation lever, the ground beneath his feet suddenly trembled, and then a violent explosion like thunder reached his ears.
"Company Commander, we blew up the cliff!" Looking at the smoke-filled cliff two hundred meters away, the subordinates next to him shouted excitedly.
Chen Jianqiao answered confidently: "Of course at that time, although the high explosives in stock at the regiment headquarters were used up, there was still black gunpowder, and I also dismantled twenty heavy artillery shells and took out hundreds of kilograms of high explosives! So much
Gunpowder, let alone a cliff, even if a mountain top is placed in front of us, we can blow it up!"
As he spoke, the smoke that shrouded the cliff mouth slowly dissipated.
A bloody scene appeared in front of them.
A tank and dozens of surrounding cavalry were buried in rubble from the explosion at the mouth of the cliff. Because there were so many corpses, a mountain of stone with a height of more than five meters was piled directly on the road at the mouth of the cliff.
On both sides of Stone Mountain, the Japanese cavalry who had passed through the cliff mouth and those who had not passed through the cliff mouth all looked at the mountain of corpses at the cliff mouth with dumbfounded expressions.
At the Japanese division headquarters outside Xiangfen City, after learning that the 135th Regiment was under attack and that the new regiment was likely to swallow up one of its infantry regiments, Lieutenant General Ito's sleepiness suddenly disappeared.
He stayed in the war room, pacing back and forth.
Although he did not speak, everyone in the headquarters could see the anxiety in the division commander's heart at this moment.
Therefore, although there were several people working in the tent, everyone was cautious and cautious, fearing that their own noise would trigger the division commander's anxiety, and then vent his anger on himself.
"Division Commander, the Cavalry Regiment is calling urgently... something happened to them!"
The appearance of the chief of staff broke the silence in the tent, but made the atmosphere even more depressing.
Tonight, since dark, Lieutenant General Ito has not received any good news in this tent, not even one.
Everyone saw that Lieutenant General Ito's face turned from worried to gloomy in an instant, and it took him a long time to react.
"What's going on~"
"Here..." the chief of staff introduced, pointing to the map.
"There is a cliff mouth here, with mountains on both sides, and the road passes through it. But the Eighth Route Army buried a large amount of explosives at the cliff mouth. When the reinforcements passed by, they blew up the cliff mouth... The flying rocks that fell from the sky not only buried one of our vehicles
Tanks and a small group of cavalry also blocked a five-meter-high rocky mountain on the road, making it impossible for the tank troops to pass through the cliff to continue to reinforce the 135th Regiment!"
"I understand!" Lieutenant General Ito replied calmly.
"The reason why the Eighth Route Army dared to attack the 135th Regiment under our noses was because it relied on this cliff. It blocked our reinforcements through the cliff and bought them time to attack the 135th Regiment!"
"No! We must not let the enemy's conspiracy succeed, and the 135th Regiment must not be completely destroyed~ Otherwise, we will become the sinners of the empire!"
"Chief of Staff, is there a road that can bypass this cliff!"
"Yes... but it requires a detour of more than a hundred kilometers. However, with the speed of the chariot, we can definitely reach the battlefield in four hours!" the chief of staff introduced, pointing to the map.
Lieutenant General Ito shook his head and objected: "No! It takes too long... The Eighth Route Army attacking the 135th Regiment is equipped with armored vehicles, and they also lost all their heavy artillery and mountain field artillery. They will definitely not be able to hold on for that long!"
The chief of staff hesitated and replied: "Then there is only one way~"
"The reinforcements are divided...the cavalry crosses the mountain of corpses at the mouth of the cliff and continues to reinforce the 135th Regiment along the same route. It will take at most forty minutes to reach the battlefield!"
"The chariot brigade makes a detour to reinforce the 135th Regiment!"
"Let's do it!" Lieutenant General Ito gritted his teeth and made a decision.
"Although it is dangerous to divide the troops, in order to rescue the 135th Regiment, I can't control so much! No matter how big the risk is, I have to take it. In a word, I will never allow a regiment to be completely wiped out by the Eighth Route Army in my hands!"
"I'll give the order right away!" the chief of staff raised his legs and prepared to rush out.
"Wait a minute!" Lieutenant General Ito ordered.
"Remind the Cavalry Regiment that they cannot be an opponent of armored vehicles, but the number of armored vehicles in the hands of the Eighth Route Army is limited, and they cannot be everywhere. Therefore, when you get to the battlefield, try to avoid the armored vehicles as much as possible, and only select the Eighth Route Army infantry to fight, and give it to the 135th Regiment
Rescue!"
"As long as one infantry brigade is rescued, the rest will be much easier to handle!"
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