"The garrison..." The division commander frowned even deeper when he mentioned this old enemy.
The chief of staff judged this possibility to be too high.
Based on my understanding of the Jinsui Army's combat style, the possibility of setting up an ambush on the battlefield in advance is too low.
The garrison is different. Their combat methods are endless, and their true strength has never been understood by the imperial army.
What's more important is that they didn't break through Caoziling's defense line earlier, and they didn't break through later, but they waited until tonight.
No one knows whether there is any hidden secret in this.
Therefore, the ambush is more likely to come from the garrison.
He raised his eyebrows and shouted: "If these ambush troops and cavalry are from the garrison, then the two main battalions that have just crossed Caozi Ridge are the empty troops of the garrison deliberately confusing us. All the troops chasing the Jinsui Army in the east and south of the city are
It is possible to fall into danger, be ambushed by the garrison, and destroy the entire army."
"Order the communications department to continue calling them on the radio. There are lurking garrison troops in the east and south of the city. All pursuing troops should stop the pursuit, establish positions on the spot, and return to Datong City under the cover of aircraft after dawn."
"Order all the reconnaissance troops in the south and east of the city to search our pursuit troops and convey the order I just gave them to them word for word."
After the order was issued, the atmosphere in the headquarters became obviously tense, and everyone began to worry about the missing pursuit troops in the east and south of the city.
At two o'clock in the morning, the communications staff officer rushed in again, his face more solemn than before.
"Sir, there is an urgent call from the investigation team: They found a large number of corpses of the Imperial Army and the Imperial Association Army on a small road 20 kilometers south of Datong City. They were divided into two battlefields. The total number of corpses exceeds 300, and all weapons and equipment are missing."
The combat staff on the side quickly found the specific location in the telegram on the sand table, and then marked it.
The division commander's eyes had turned red, as if he could spit out fire. He stared at the sand table and cursed angrily: "Bagya Road, this is the third pursuit force that has been eliminated."
"Chief of Staff, we still have several pursuit troops in these three directions."
"There are five more routes!" the chief of staff replied quickly.
Then his face was replaced by worry, and he said to the division commander: "I suggest that you tell the investigation troops the specific pursuit direction of these five pursuit troops, and ask them to look for them immediately and find them at all costs."
"The radio station of the communications department has been unable to contact them. I suspect that something happened to them."
The division commander showed an expression of approval and said after a moment of silence: "If something really happens to them, the imperial army will have no troops in the south and east of the city."
"You can draw a mixed brigade from the reserve team and establish a defense line five kilometers southeast of Datong to meet the troops that may be withdrawn. You must not let the garrison continue to approach Datong City."
Li Hao and his two battalions had just arrived more than 30 kilometers outside Datong City when the good news of the Hunyuan Independent Battalion arrived.
"Regiment Commander, Battalion Commander He reported that they have killed two groups of Japanese and puppet troops who were pursuing them and are coming to join us with the captured troops." Communications Platoon Leader Zhou Liang reported excitedly.
"Commander, there are troops from the cavalry battalion coming over, bringing a lot of trophies!" The guard company commander followed closely and rushed over, breathing heavily.
"Rumble..." A few seconds later, the sound of horse hoofbeats sounded in Li Hao's ears.
Five or six cavalrymen rushed towards him at high speed.
The cavalry battalion commander Zhou Wu rushed to the front first. When he was still more than ten meters away, he jumped off his horse with a clean movement, and then strode in front of him.
"Reporting to the head of the regiment, the first company of the cavalry battalion has successfully completed its mission and successfully raided the Japanese pursuing troops, killed more than 300 Japanese soldiers, more than 100 puppet soldiers, captured more than 60 puppet soldiers, and seized four heavy machine guns and mortars.
Four guns, nearly 300 rifles and machine guns, and a large amount of weapons and ammunition."
Li Hao's face lit up with joy.
In addition to Zhou Wu's report just now, the latent troops have killed three Japanese and puppet troops pursuing them.
There are still four lurking troops on the battlefield with no news.
The Japanese and puppet troops divided their forces to pursue the Jinsui Army. This was a perfect opportunity for the latent troops to defeat them one by one, so they would definitely not return without success.
If all these results are added up, the garrison can definitely be called a complete victory tonight.
Overjoyed, Li Hao was not dazzled by the victory.
There are still at least five hours before the Little Japanese plane arrives at the battlefield at dawn. Fighting is happening everywhere around Datong, and there is chaos. If we can seize the remaining five hours, the garrison will still have a lot to do.
Thinking of this, a very bold idea came to Li Hao's mind.
Zhou Wu stood in front of the regiment leader. Seeing his face becoming more and more serious, he quickly asked: "Captain, is there something wrong somewhere?"
"No problem!" Li Hao shook his head and replied.
"You have completed the mission very well, but this battle is not over yet."
"Our troops are active in the east and south of the city. The Japs in the north and west of the city have not been attacked yet. They must have defeated many retreating troops of the Jinsui Army, and they are very arrogant."
"I decided to let the troops fight continuously and go to the north and west of the city to continue killing the little Japanese."
"However, this time our action goal will change."
"This pursuit battle has been going on for half a night. The Japanese and puppet troops in the west and north of the city must have fought a lot and captured many Jinsui troops."
"So our first priority is to rescue these prisoners of war and ensure their safety before going to kill the Japanese."
"This place is too far from the west and north of the city. It will be dawn after the infantry kills them. So the protagonist of this battle will be your cavalry battalion."
"The troops were divided into two, two in a row to kill to the north of the city, and two in a row to the west of the city to rescue the prisoners of the Jinsui Army captured by the little devil."
"Under the cover of darkness, the second battalion of the main force marched quickly to Xiaowangzhuang in the northeast of Datong City and lurked on standby. All the prisoners of war rescued by the cavalry troops and the captured trophies were sent there. They were responsible for sending them back and then supporting the cavalry to withdraw to Caoziling."
"The third battalion of the main force will go to Pine Ridge in the southwest to lurk on standby. The mission is the same as that of the second battalion."
"Now that we're here, we're going to turn Datong upside down tonight, and we'll retreat after we've reaped all the benefits."
Not only did Zhou Wu not have any difficulties, his eyes shone brightly.
As if he had been given a shot of blood, he immediately replied: "Don't worry, commander, the cavalry battalion promises not to let you down."
"I will send people to contact the other three cavalry companies now, leaving part of the troops to continue escorting the loot. The main forces of each company will march towards the west and north of the city."
"Try to arrive at the battlefield within two hours and then search for the combat target."
Li Hao nodded and continued: "One thing must be remembered. The battle must be over before dawn and then lurk."
"A cavalry battalion must not fight during the day unless it is certain of victory."