So, whose team of traitors is fighting against Liu Guitang?
This person is called Li Shouxin, and he is also a famous traitor in history.
Li Shouxin was a native of Inner Mongolia. He was also a horse bandit who committed mischief on the grasslands in his early years. He was later recruited by the Northeast Army and served as the commander of the Cavalry Regiment of the Northeast Army. When the Japanese attacked Rehe, this man surrendered without a fight and became a famous figure since then.
He became a die-hard traitor and was later appointed commander-in-chief of the puppet Mongolian army by the Japanese puppets. He committed numerous crimes on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia.
Zhou Wen did not expect to encounter these two notorious bandit and traitor armies outside Duolun City.
How to do it?
Now Liu Guitang is still nominally a friendly force, so of course he cannot fight.
But not fighting doesn't mean you have to help.
Zhou Wen immediately decided on the strategy of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight.
Anyway, it seems that Liu Guitang can no longer hold on. It is only a matter of time before he is defeated by Li Shouxin. So let the two of them fight dog for a while first.
Just wait until Liu Guitang is defeated and then try to deal with Li Shouxin.
As long as these two largest armed forces in Chahar are defeated, the mercenary group's path home will be smooth and without any obstacles.
After Li Shouxin surrendered to the Japanese army, the 17th Brigade of the Northeastern Army under his command was reorganized into the "Xing'an West Guard Army".
Later, he was appointed by the Japanese army as "Commander of the Rehe Guerrilla Division" and "Commander of the Chadong Garrison Army" and other pseudo-positions. His subordinates expanded to two Han detachments with more than 6,300 people, a Mongolian detachment with more than 1,700 people, and an artillery brigade.
After the Japanese army captured the Great Wall, neither China nor Japan had any intention of expanding the war. Armistice negotiations were already under preparation. In order to increase their leverage in negotiations, the Japanese army was ready to make a fuss about the Inner Mongolia issue.
Therefore, Li Shouxin, a newly defected lackey, was sent out by the Japanese to bite people.
The Japanese can be said to have a very strategic vision. After the 29th Army originally stationed in Chahar went to the anti-Japanese front line, there was no large-scale national army stationed in the entire Chahar territory, and the troops were empty. It was time to take advantage of the situation.
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At this time, the Japanese army was also stretched thin in terms of military strength, so they could only send Li Shouxin, a traitor to Mongolia, to attack Chahar under the slogan of allowing the Mongols to be autonomous.
The two Han detachments and the artillery brigade brought by Li Shouxin this time totaled more than 7,000 people. They set out from Chifeng and arrived at the city of Duolun, the important town of Chahar. They were about to be attacked by Liu Guitang, who was sent to guard Duolun by General Song Mingyuan.
caught off guard.
It is said that Liu Guitang, a villain like Liu Guitang, finally got a piece of territory where he could be the emperor of the land. He had already regarded Duolun as his forbidden wife, so how could he allow others to get involved.
What's more, the one who came was not the Japanese he had always feared, but a coward who surrendered to Japan.
At this time, Li Shouxin was not very famous, so Liu Guitang was naturally not afraid of him.
Since the city wall of Duolun was weak, Liu Guitang decided on a strategy of sending the entire army out of the city to fight.
However, Liu Guitang underestimated the combat effectiveness of Li Shouxin's traitor army.
You must know that Li Shouxin not only surrendered with his own cavalry regiment, but also coerced two other infantry regiments that had been frightened to death. Therefore, most of his puppet troops now are the original Northeast Army, which is superior in equipment and military
There is a certain foundation in terms of quality.
Liu Guitang's bandit army was originally a pure mob. In addition, he was defeated several times in ups and downs. As a result, all the old bandits with a certain fighting ability who followed him have been lost. The current troops are basically recruited later.
What kind of fighting power can bandits and stragglers have?
In addition, his weapons and equipment were not supplied by the National Government. They were basically rudimentary equipment robbed, stolen, abducted, and defrauded. The models were even more diverse, and there was no mention of logistical supplies. Why should he be with Li Shouxin?
Troops fighting?
What's more, Li Shouxin was appreciated by his Japanese masters and was equipped with two Type 41 mountain cannons. For this reason, Li Shouxin also set up an artillery brigade with only two cannons.
So, when the two sides fought after leaving the city, Liu Guitang knew that he had hit a brick wall.
Although Liu Guitang did not have a professional background, he was still an old gangster who had fought in many battles, and he still had basic military qualities.
He decided to take Li Shouxin on a long journey from the beginning. Just when his troops were tired and his horses were tired and his footing was not stable, he directly sent his three thousand cavalry to launch a surprise attack, intending to defeat Li Shouxin's troops from the beginning.
Originally, this strategy was not wrong. After all, Li Shouxin's troops did not have a stable footing. If they could not withstand the impact of thousands of cavalry from the beginning, the entire army would probably collapse.
However, don't forget that although Li Shouxin is also a bandit, he is also an officer who has served as the regimental commander of the regular troops of the Northeast Army for many years. Under the influence of the veterans of the Northeast Army, his combat command ability is not comparable to that of Liu Guitang.
What's more, Li Shouxin is a relatively professional cavalry commander, and he is a Mongolian who grew up on horseback. He can use various cavalry tactics with his eyes closed. If he comes from afar, the opponent may use cavalry.
How could a surprise attack be unprepared?
Therefore, he focused on conserving horse power during the march, asking the cavalry to dismount and march on foot with the infantry. He also only marched for half a day before setting up camp to rest, so his cavalry was not as tired as Liu Guitang imagined.
Therefore, Li Shouxin's response strategy was also crude and simple, which was to use cavalry to attack the opponent's cavalry, and the two sides would compete to see whose cavalry was more professional.
Li Shouxin was originally a cavalryman, and he had more than 4,000 cavalrymen, most of whom were former cavalrymen of the Northeast Army.
Therefore, the result of the battle between 4,000 relatively elite regular cavalry and the 3,000 cavalry Liu Guitang had managed to get together through trickery and trickery was predictable.
This cavalry duel, which has been considered a large-scale one since the Republic of China, unexpectedly appeared on an inconspicuous battlefield like Duolun.
Suddenly, thousands of horses galloped on the grassland, and smoke filled the air.
Screams, screams, and the neighing of horses continued to echo in the air above this prairie.
And for unknown reasons, both sides had a tacit understanding not to use any kind of firearms. They simply used sabers to charge back and forth, and the blood of humans and horses dyed the prairie in patches of scarlet.
After fighting for more than an hour, Li Shouxin's side had the upper hand due to their superior numbers and the quality of their cavalry. After losing more than a thousand people, Liu Guitang's cavalry finally gave out and turned around and fled backwards.
A bloody and cruel cavalry charge ended with Li Shouxin's victory.
Li Shouxin won not only the victory in the cavalry battle, but also gained time to breathe and maintain his position on the battlefield.