Chapter 571: The Battle of the Horse Battalion

Although the siege of Shanxi has a situation of four deficiencies and one in the general direction, as long as the New 33rd Army joins Fu Yisheng's Seventh Army in the north, they still have the opportunity to exert tremendous pressure on the entire Japanese army in Shanxi, and if it is possible in the future, they can still exert great pressure on all the Japanese puppet armies in Shanxi.

Now Liao Fan only begged the Japanese commander in Shanxi not to see through his attempts in advance, at least until he took Datong, not to see through the current situation.

Although it was the middle of February in the lunar calendar, the weather was still relatively cold at night, and the soldiers stood in the cold wind, waiting for their commander to give the order to set off.

The originally crowded garrison began to become deserted with the departure of the soldiers, and only two battalions of about 1,000 troops were left around the temporary headquarters.

The moon at night is particularly round, hanging high in the night sky in the east, the soldiers are the moon began to march westward, the county seat of Sanyin and the horse camp are in the west, more than 10,000 people and horses, neatly and orderly through the dark field, the marching team except for the sound of footsteps, a quiet.

On the front line of Shanyin County, the two sides reached an unprecedented tacit understanding, even if the artillery of the Chinese army had already arrived at the front line, the brigade commander of the new 33rd Army did not give an order for artillery bombardment, but ordered the soldiers to bypass the defense line of the little devils as much as possible and contact the encircled regiment.

The moonlight showed a hint of coldness, and the little devils spent more than two hours in the dark night finally digging out improvised fortifications, which were obviously not enough, they needed stronger fortifications to guard against the artillery of the Chinese army.

It was because of the little devils digging fortifications that the patrols on the line of defense became negligent, and there were holes everywhere.

Several communications soldiers of the New 33rd Army, and then the dark clouds obscured the moon, touched the fortifications that the little devils had just dug and made contact with a regiment that was surrounded.

Because before the battle, the soldiers of a regiment of the New 33rd Army surrounded the county town of Shanyin from four directions, and the Japanese reinforcements suddenly arrived, cutting this regiment into four parts and encircling it.

Although the Japanese raid was successful, the encircled regiment fought on par with the little devils with its fortifications and excellent weapons in its hands, and their losses were a little greater than expected, but the casualties of the little devils were greater than the casualties of this regiment!

In the dark of night, the communications soldiers risk their lives to communicate the news between the troops, and once the good news spreads, it can improve the morale of the soldiers, and what the surrounded army needs most is the morale to hold on.

The little devils' communication is much simpler, because they have a telegraph and can always ensure contact with the troops in the city, but the most important thing for the little devils now is to dig fortifications and try to strengthen their bunkers before dawn!

In the early hours of the morning, Li Weimin rushed to the outskirts of Shanyin County with his troops and got in touch with the brigade commander. And Cunqi continued to march west with his troops, and their goal was the horse battalion.

"How's it going?" The first thing Li Weimin did when he arrived at the front was to ask about the situation of the besieged troops.

"We've made contact with the surrounded troops, I'll keep them on standby, and we'll take care of the rest!" The brigade commander replied.

"What about the casualties of your brigade?"

Li Weimin knew that they had a fight with the little devil in Xinyuan, and there would definitely be casualties.

"More than 300 were killed and more than 400 were wounded, and the wounded have been arranged to be sent back to the station, but this time we also captured 80 Japanese vehicles, as well as two armored vehicles and a tank!"

The little devil's reinforcements had to take the mountain road, and they had to throw away all these guys who couldn't enter the mountain, but they didn't expect to be cheaper in the end of the new 33rd Army, and they knew that this was the case, and the commander of the little devil blew up all the trucks.

"That's good, but tomorrow morning we're going to have to give the little devil a trick!"

During the day today, the little devils played tricks on them and made them suffer a big loss, and this time they also want to give the little devils a little color.

"Division commander, don't worry, tomorrow I will personally command the troops to attack!"

"You're stupid! Now that it is surrounded, why rush to attack! Fight slowly, and it will make the little devil think that we only have these abilities! ”

Li Weimin and the troops of the two regiments came here to go through the motions to show the little devils, as long as the scouts and guides found a safe route, they would go straight to Datong.

"Division commander, but what about the encircled regiment?" The brigade commander feared that the encircled regiment would be in danger.

"Let you attack slowly, and it's not that you don't attack, now the little devil's reinforcements themselves are difficult to protect, and they still want to eat our regiment, the little devil is daydreaming, tomorrow when you attack, the thunder and rain are small, just keep putting pressure on the little devil!"

If they want to raid Datong, they must make the commander of the little devil feel that the main force of the new 33rd Army has been pinned down by the county seat of Shanyin and the reinforcements from the direction of Shuozhou.

The brigade commander touched his head and didn't understand what Li Weimin meant, he had been confused by Li Weimin. He originally thought that Li Weimin and his troops were here to support them in rescuing the soldiers of a besieged regiment, but he didn't seem to want to support them.

Cunqi ordered his troops to speed up the march, there were still six hours before dawn, and they had to attack the little devils in the horse camp before dawn.

Of course, the little devil of the horse camp could not have imagined that a Chinese army was coming straight for them, and the Chinese soldiers came to fight them before he went to fight them, which is obviously not scientific.

But on the battlefield, it has always been people who do not pay attention to the rules to take the initiative, and Liao Fan just wants to find out why the little devil grinds foreign workers, and does not want to support the Japanese army in Shanyin County.

The little devil commander of the horse battalion took the telegram in his hand, and complained bitterly in his heart, what kind of task he had received, whether to fight or not, and he had not figured out what the commander meant.

He had not slept all night, considering whether he would leave the horse camp tomorrow and continue his journey eastward.

However, Liao Fan has already made a good idea for the little devil, since you don't want to go east, then go back to Shuozhou.

Cunqi and his troops finally arrived at the periphery of the horse camp at five o'clock in the morning, because the horse camp was a town, and there were not many strong turrets and pillboxes on the periphery.

The troops did not stop at all, and Cun Qi ordered the soldiers to get as close as possible to the two pillboxes and a gun tower at the entrance of Maying Town, and then destroy them!

"You two groups use bazookas to solve the little devil's bunker, and you two groups use the flying thunder cannon to conclude the little devil's turret!" A company commander commanded his men to prepare to destroy the fortifications on the outskirts of the horse camp.

At five o'clock in the morning, it was still dark, and the moon had already obscured the clouds. Several black shadows approached the little devil's turret and bunker as close as possible.

"Boom Boom"

With the sound of a violent explosion, the skyrocketing flames exploded, and the turret and pillbox exploded at the same time, and the defense on the perimeter of the horse camp was destroyed in an instant!

"Rush!"

Cun Qi ordered the troops to charge, he had to let the troops rush into the horse camp before the little devil reacted, and he couldn't let the little devil set up defenses.

The soldiers of the two regiments were like tigers descending from the mountain, and the shouts of killing shook the heavens and the earth, and the voices of the soldiers of the New 33rd Army could be heard in the entire horse battalion.

The commander of the little devil had just dozed off for a while, and the violent explosion made the commander of the little devil, who had not slept all night, immediately wake up, and he knew that the Chinese army was coming at them.

The shouts all over the mountains made the little devil commander feel even worse, he was an old commander, and he could completely judge how many Chinese troops there were from the sound.

The commander of the little devil immediately rushed out of his headquarters to organize the defense of the troops, but it was too late, the Chinese army had already rushed into the horse camp, close enough to their camp, and the huge explosive packs dropped by the flying thunder cannons had blown open the perimeter of the camp, and the Chinese troops were constantly pouring towards them.

"Your Excellency, Commander, Danger!" The captain of the little devil stopped the little devil in time.

As soon as he finished speaking, a mortar shell exploded around him, and the explosion made his ears ring, but there were no casualties around him.

"How's the situation with the troops?"

The commander of the little devils was curious to know that their troops were still struggling to resist the attack of the Chinese army.

However, the reality was far from what he thought.

"The Chinese army has already entered the town, and the attack from the east and the north is still more than three hundred meters away from us!" The captain of the little devil reports.

"Order the troops, resist the attack of the Chinese army with all their might, stabilize the defensive line, and then drive the Chinese army out of the town!" The commander of the little devil immediately gave the order.

"However, His Excellency the Commander has given an order, let us protect ourselves first, and then destroy the Chinese army!"

At this time, the commander of the little devil remembered the commander's order, it was that ambiguous order that made him worry all night without sleeping, but he clearly remembered that one of the orders was to preserve his strength.

The commander of the little devil shook his head helplessly, and then clenched his fists fiercely and ordered the troops to retreat!

Of course, Cun Qi came with two regiments of soldiers not for a small horse battalion, they came for Shuozhou.

"Inch staff officer, the little devil has begun to retreat in full force, should we continue the pursuit?"

"Of course I have to chase, leave a company to defend the horse battalion, and the rest of the troops will all chase after me!"

Their goal is Shuozhou, although the goal is not to capture Shuozhou, but it must be realistic, so that the little devils can believe that their goal is not Datong.

With the pursuit of the troops, the sky gradually brightened, in order to pursue the reinforcements from the direction of Shuozhou, Cunqi only arranged a company of vanguard, and the large army followed up.

Since the defeat and capture of Zhongtiao Mountain, Cun Qi has been holding his breath, and today he finally threw all this breath to the little devil. He had never fought such a happy battle, and the soldiers of one of their companies ran after the little devils, a wing and a brigade, which he had never dared to think of before!