Chapter 186: Occupy Awl Mountain
The plan had been decided, and Matsui Ishine immediately ordered the confidential staff officers of the devils on the side to record the order, and immediately released a radio release to contact the devil garrisons in various parts of Rehe to strengthen the garrison.
Especially in Luanping, Pingquan, Chengde and other places, it was strictly telegraphed to the garrisons of devils in various cities to strengthen their security.
Because when the rest of the main force of the 3rd Division arrived at Weijiatun, the soldiers of the devil units were exhausted, even if the devil soldiers of the 3rd Division were very strong in combat, they were tired to death after climbing mountains and wading through rivers for so long.
Faced with the unclear situation of the enemy under Li Yunlong, Matsui Shigen and Kagesazhen Zhao discussed and ordered the rest of the main force of the 3rd Division to rest in Weijiatun first.
"Eight Geya Road, Li Yunlong, will you raid Chifeng?" Matsui Ishone looked at the map with a solemn look in his eyes and muttered to himself.
Although Chifeng is not the city of Rehefu, it is also an important transportation hub.
Going up to the northeast, Chifeng connects Kailu, Tongliao and other places, and is one of the only ways to go deep into the depths of Liaodong. The strategic location is very important, once it is raided by Li Yunlong's troops, the situation will be very embarrassing for Matsui Shigen.
Shadow Zuo Zhenzhao, who was staying by Matsui Ishone's side at any time, leaned very closely, and seemed to hear Matsui Ishone's muttering, "Your Excellency General, please rest assured!" At present, we still have more than 17,000 people, plus the garrisons of the empire and the various departments of the Imperial Association Army in Rehe, the strength is still very favorable to us. As long as we are cautious, if Li Yunlong wants to eat us next, it is just wishful thinking. ”
"Hopefully!" Matsui Shigen waved his hand and said calmly.
The old devil looked to the south to see if the 4th Cavalry Brigade could fight Li Yunlong's intentions!
After all, moving north and south along the Khing'an Mountains would be a breeze for enemy troops like the New Regiment, who were familiar with mountain operations.
In this regard, Matsui Ishine still maintains a cautious attitude.
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When Matsui Ishine was worried, the 4th Cavalry Brigade of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, under the command of the brigade commander Taketaka Yamato, followed some traces left by the main army of Li Yunlong's division to the south, and kept gritting his teeth and waving his division to chase south, and he did not let go!
"Click!! The sound of horses' hooves galloped and trampled loudly on the mountain road, and the long and spreading cavalry line spread all the way north and south.
"Boom, boom, boom!!!"
Suddenly, the explosions in the direction of the Japanese cavalry unit in front of him were loud, and the screams came and went.
The galloping Japanese cavalry suddenly became a little flustered, which caused chaos in the ranks in front and behind!
"Eight grid tooth road, stabilize it for me! Herald, go to the front and see what the hell is going on? Yamato Taketaka in the middle of the cavalry team frowned, and the cavalrymen of the 4th Cavalry Brigade seemed to have not brandished their sabers for a while and had forgotten discipline.
"Hai, brigade commander!"
The devil herald responded and slapped his horse away, and then came back in less than a minute!
"Report to the brigade commander, report from the front, the road encountered a new regiment of mines, the vanguard of the 3rd Cavalry Wing suffered an explosion and suffered casualties of seventeen cavalrymen, three seriously wounded, and twenty-one horses easily!"
Yamato Taketaka frowned when he heard this, Eight Grid Tooth Road, this is a common trick used by the Eighth Route Army, and it is obviously to delay the pursuit speed of the cavalry!
Although it is impossible to lay mines and so on all the way, the deployment of a certain distance will also slow down the speed of the cavalry units.
At this time, the chief of staff of the cavalry brigade, Ichisataro, also heard the report of the herald, "Brigade commander, it seems that we should be chasing Li Yunlong's main force, and the direction should be good!" Such a powerful road deceit attack is not something that ordinary troops can take! ”
"Well, what Ichizo-kun said may be right. In this way, the sappers were ordered to come forward and remove the obstacles. The cavalry units first tentatively detoured to both sides of the road and continued to pursue southward! ”
It is impossible to completely wait for the sappers to clear the mines, so we can only blame it for dealing with it first.
The devil herald suddenly said, "Hai, brigade commander!" He immediately slapped the horse and left the order.
Less than half a minute after the devil herald left, soon the devil messenger with the army rushed to Yamato Taketaka, and reported with a heavy pause: "Report to the brigade commander, chief of staff, Your Excellency the general!" ”。
After speaking, he respectfully stepped forward and handed the telegram in his hand to Taketaka Yamato.
Yamato Taketaka took the telegram handed over by the communications soldier with a solemn look in his eyes and read it carefully, and then handed it to the chief of staff on the side, Ichisataro.
After reading it, Ichisataro said: "Brigade commander, Your Excellency's order is for us to judge as soon as possible whether the main force of Li Yunlong's troops heading south is true?" If not, we will guess as His Excellency the General did that Li Yunlong deliberately leaked the footprints of the army to the south to lure our 4th Cavalry Brigade to the south! ”。
"Your Excellency General's guess may be correct, otherwise it is difficult to explain why we can see the traces left by the enemy along the way!" The corners of Yamato Taketaka's mouth twitched, if this was really the case, the new main force that had been chasing might just be a decoy force.
Once this is really the case, it will really be a shame in the military operations of the 4th Cavalry Brigade.
"The brigade commander, we carry out the orders of His Excellency the General?" Ichisataro said.
Yamato Taketaka nodded and said, "Of course, follow the orders of His Excellency the General!" Anyway, it should be possible to hit the main force of the enemy army as soon as possible! In this way, the 3rd Cavalry Wing was ordered to send a cavalry squadron around the main road and take the small road to intercept the enemy and beat him hard. If the battle is fierce, it should be clear whether it is the main force of the enemy army that is moving south! ”。
"Okay, brigade commander, I'll deploy right away!" Ichisataro made a detour and immediately sent a cavalry squadron to detour from the main force of the cavalry brigade.
The 4th Cavalry Brigade was stationed in the Liaodong region for two years and also stayed in Rehe. For the situation in various parts of Rehe, in fact, the old devil Yamato Taketaka is clear, not to mention that Yamato Taketaka has a detailed map of the terrain of mountains and rivers in Rehe in his hands.
A small cavalry troop can still make a detour.
When Yamato Taketaka sent a cavalry squadron to break away from the main force of the cavalry brigade and intercept Li Yunlong's main force in a roundabout way, at this time, Li Yunlong first sent Sun Desheng's cavalry battalion and Duan Peng's submachine gun commando team and special forces directly under the regiment headquarters totaled more than 1,000 people.
Relying on the war horse, the speed was accelerated, and soon the main force of the army advanced to the northern part of the Bijia Mountain in the west of Weichang County, north of Awl Mountain.
Entering the north of Beacon Hill, more than 1,000 horses hid and hidden, and did not move for the time being.
Ten minutes later, several soldiers sent out to reconnoiter had quietly rushed back.
"Report to the battalion commander, there is no little devil on the top of Beacon Mountain and its places, as well as on the main peak of Awl Mountain, there is no little devil who has sent troops to garrison! It's quiet! After the reconnaissance soldiers returned, they reported the investigation to Sun Desheng, the commander of the cavalry battalion.
"Haha, God help me! The Japanese puppet army in Weichang County probably didn't expect us to go south so quickly! The commanding heights of the western part of the county, Awl Mountain, did not send troops to garrison, which is really a bad one! The first cavalry squad immediately occupied the top of the main peak of Awl Hill and Beacon Mountain, and established a position. Pull up half of the mortars that the army brought with you to set up their guns, and wait for my order to launch an artillery attack on the paddock county to cover our blitzkrieg paddock! Sun Desheng laughed, it really didn't take any effort to come here!