Chapter 374: The Japanese Baggage Team That Took a Shortcut
Captain Yuji Nagano was very depressed, as the supreme commander stationed in Chengde, he had not had a good time in Chengde City in the past half month.
Not to mention that there is no major general Dazuo Zhongzuo, not even Shaozuo, in the entire Chinese city, he, the captain of the squadron, is the supreme commander. Those rich but lowly Chinese, isn't that one groveling to him Yuji Nagano and wagging his tail and begging for mercy?
Not to mention that the gold bars weighing half a kilogram are all received by soft hands, it is the beautiful girls in those lowly Chinese clan compounds, he has slept with several Yuji Nagano, that's it, it depends on his mood Yuji Nagano, when he is in a bad mood, but the few vulgar team leaders under his command went. Where will they be as gentle as a talented captain?
However, the so-called beauty of the Chinese is really good! I don't think it's much worse than the ladies of those famous families in Kyoto. Yuji Nagano, who had never been looked at by those big ladies in Japan, rode on a tall horse and thought beautifully.
It's just that this kind of beautiful day was completely ruined by a military order, and the front line was in an urgent situation, and it was necessary to urgently mobilize military quarters from Chengde to support the division, and they were ordered to arrive within a week.
That's nearly 200 kilometers of road, and there is not even a single truck in the entire Chengde City, so you can only use a horse-drawn carriage. Damn China doesn't even have roads, and on those potholed loess roads, 60 miles a day is the fastest speed.
Yuji Nagano understands what the consequences will be if he doesn't arrive at the time specified in the military order, at that time, not to mention that he was just a captain, even if he was a young lieutenant, he might also be executed by the division commander in front of the army, I heard that the division commander has been in a bad mood recently.
Fortunately, there is a small platoon commander of the Fengtian Independent Brigade who is responsible for escorting Luo Wenyu who knows the shortcut from here to Luo Wenyu, although it is a mountain road, but it is 60 miles less, and now it is only 30 miles away from Luo Wenyu, so he should arrive before dinner today! There is still one night left before the time specified in the military order.
Remembering the telegram sent to the division headquarters last night when he was stationed in the field, he sent a telegram to the division headquarters that he would arrive at noon today, and Yuji Nagano had a little headache, so what kind of reason should he use to explain to the division and regiment headquarters?
Thinking of the three piles of fireworks that had suddenly burst up just now, Yuji Nagano became even more irritable, the Chinese troops along the entire Great Wall defense line should have gathered at various passes, and it was impossible for them to appear in this barren mountain and wild ridge where there was no point in garrisoning.
In such a place, even if it can be easily crossed, even if the troops with only light weapons are as strong as the Imperial army, it is very likely that they will be destroyed, and no commander will make that stupid decision. The First World War has proven that if an army without artillery support encounters an enemy with artillery, the consequences are really tragic.
Although the convoy of thousands of people had been in place for more than 30 minutes, Yuji Nagano had to send a sharp soldier to reconnoitre, and he was transporting nearly 5,000 shells of various types, 100,000 rounds of ammunition and all kinds of necessary military supplies.
The top soldiers sent were subordinate to a small detachment of the third squad under him, and although these menial tasks should be entrusted to the Chinese of the Mukden Independent Brigade, Yuji Nagano did not trust the Chinese. It's not that he is afraid that they will betray the empire, but he instinctively trusts his soldiers more, and the poor performance of those stupid Chinese on the front line has long been heard by Captain Nagano, and their combat effectiveness is too low.
Finally, Yuji Nagano waited for a report from the leader of the squad who had gone to the mountain 500 meters away to reconnoitre.
By the time they arrived in ten minutes, the Chinese who lit the fire had fled, but according to their analysis of the grass nests that they had not demolished, the traces of life scattered around them, and the feces scattered everywhere, they were not soldiers, but should be indigenous mountain people living here or groups called bandits by the Chinese.
I have to say that the individual quality of the Japanese veterans in this period is very strong, and they didn't see the four Qinglongshan bandits who had already fled, and analyzed their identities just from the traces of life. The inaction of the fleeing traces, the bad food scraps, and the irregular traces of urine and urine all became the basis for their judgment.
"Yo Xi, those ignorant Shina people, don't worry about them, we will clean them up when the Imperial Army captures their entire defensive line. Now, let's go! Yuji Nagano nodded with satisfaction, urging the puppet army that had just arranged the defense to hurry up.
The battalion in charge of reinforcing the infantry squadron of Yuji Nagano and transporting military supplies was a battalion of the Mukden Independent Brigade that suffered a major defeat in the Luo Wenyu defense line and was kicked out of the periphery, although the battalion commander was a major, but he could only obey the command of an infantry squadron leader below his rank who was lower than his master.
However, the commander of the major, who commanded 600 soldiers and the number of soldiers was much higher than the number of 200 men of an infantry squadron of the Japanese army, did not have the consciousness of a major, but after receiving the order of Captain Yuji Nagano, he nodded and received the military order with a flattering face, and shouted at the puppet soldiers who had been tired for a long time and had not had time to repair to hurry on the road.
According to the tactical guidance given to them by the Japanese masters, a company in front, a company in the center, and a company in the rear, maintaining a distance of 200 meters between each team, protecting an infantry squadron in the center of the team and more than 30 carriages began to slowly continue on the narrow mountain road.
It has to be said that this is a numb army, and this is also a group of numb soldiers.
At least, that's what Mo Kitten, who was watching the three-mile-long march from a distance through the scope from 600 meters away.
It wasn't until Chen Yunfa and Mo Xiaomao led nearly 600 "rabble" to hurry to discover the location of the Japanese army under the leadership of the four bandit outposts they met on the road, that they were surprised to find that the Japanese army only stayed at the edge of Qinglong Mountain for a short time, and the direction they were advancing was not Qinglong Mountain, but to Luo Wenyu.
However, Chen Yunfa and Mo Xiaomei did not intend to let go of this group of Japanese soldiers marching slowly on the mountain road. It's not that they're belligerent, it's that the more than thirty carts in that team are well guarded, it's really tempting.
Although the second-hand man who is extremely hungry for food does not have the same craving as before, from his point of view, it is best not to fight. However, the two special forces knew that this batch of military supplies must be transported to the Eighth Division of the Luo Wenyu Front, and if they didn't fight, they would be punished by God.
It's just that Chen Yunfa and Mo Xiaomei are a little puzzled by this mixed team of Japanese and puppet troops transporting baggage, don't they know that the Eighth Division has retreated from Luo Wenyu Pass? According to common sense, the escort team transporting such important materials should be accompanied by a radio station!
The two special forces were right, although Yuji Nagano's infantry squadron did not have the authority to equip it with a radio, but as a garrison infantry squadron guarding Chengde, he had a field radio and could maintain the necessary liaison with the division headquarters.
But Captain Yuji Nagano was so clever that because he was worried that he would not be able to get to the front on time, Yuji Nagano played a little trick, and when he reported to the division headquarters last night, he advanced his position by forty miles, and told him that he would arrive at noon. Then, he voluntarily turned off the radio station.
That's right, in the field, it's common for the radio station to not receive a signal, and if you can arrive before the time limit, it is naturally not said, if it is slightly delayed, on the battlefield along the Great Wall, it is normal to delay time because of the enemy's situation, and Yuji Nagano has more than a dozen reasons to justify himself.
Therefore, Yuji Nagano did not receive a telegram from the headquarters that the main forces of the division had retreated.
The clever Captain Yuji Nagano didn't know that at this point in time, the chief of staff of the division, Terubei Tanibe, was talking to him, saying that the baggage that arrived at noon had not been seen yet? The nearly 10 infantry guns that still exist in the division are about to run out of ammunition and food, and that is the last heavy weapon for the tens of thousands of soldiers in the division.
It can be said that Yuji Nagano's baggage team is also one of the reasons why Terube Tanibe dared to stop and fight against the independent regiment with artillery.
It's a pity that the anxious Major General Tanibe Terube never dreamed that the baggage team he was looking forward to not only did not come towards the main force of the Eighth Division, but turned a corner into the mountains, which was 70 miles away from the Eighth Division.
Moreover, he could no longer wait for the appearance of the baggage team.
The baggage squad with a clever captain commander who voluntarily turned off the radio. [.]