However, Lieutenant General Hongo Yoshio was not happy for long and was shocked by the bad news from the rear, the cavalry of a division of the ** squadron suddenly appeared in Liuzhimiao Township, and more than 700 imperial warriors and a regiment of imperial alliance troops who stayed in the stronghold of Liuzhimiao Township were all wiped out, and now the army of China is rushing towards Wangtong Town.

After reading the telegram sent back by the defenders of Liuzhimiao Township, Hongo Yoshio suddenly withered on the ground, no one knows better than Hongo Yoshio himself what place Liuzhimiao Township is, where is the logistics supply center of the entire 62nd Division, in addition to hoarding a large number of weapons, ammunition and equipment, it also secretly stored more than 200 rounds of poison gas bombs newly developed by Unit 731 of the Kwantung Army. However, the more than 200 rounds of poison gas bombs were different, and it would be bad if the Chinese army used them against his 62nd Division.

Originally, this batch of special artillery shells was the latest type of poison gas bombs just developed by the Kwantung Army, and it has not been tested on the battlefield so far, and this time 200 rounds were sent to the battlefield in North China to see the effect, if the effect is the same as expected, then the imperial base camp will order the Ishii troops to produce at full capacity, and if the effect is not good, it will continue to improve, in order to count the experimental data, the Kwantung Army also specially sent two military doctors to North China to guide the operation. However, as soon as this batch of special ammunition arrived in Liuzhimiao Township, there was a problem, which made Hongxiang Yifu embarrassed.

"Yaga, how did the Shina cavalry appear in the rear of the Imperial Army, intelligence officer, you quickly roll in" Hongo Yoshio, who had recovered a little spirit, roared angrily.

The intelligence officer of the 62nd Division was a middle-aged man with a height of only 1.6 meters, and his body couldn't help but tremble when he heard the roar of Yoshio Hongo, but no matter how nervous and scared he was, the intelligence officer Hirata Zhiyong still walked in hard: "Your Excellency the commander of the reporting division, Hirata Zhiyong salutes you." ”

"Baga, you are dripping rice buckets, your work immediately explained to me, why did the cavalry suddenly appear behind the imperial army, immediately!" Yoshio Hongo's anger is palpable.

Hirata Zhiyong Shaozo looked nervous and said with trembling legs: "Your Excellency, the commander of the division, the Chinese cavalry came down from the mountain ridge on the side of the imperial army, and they were all cavalry units, numbering a whole division, and they were also equipped with mortars and other weapons. ”

"Baga, this is impossible, I have personally inspected that piece of mountain forest, where not only the cavalry cannot walk, even the infantry cannot act on a large scale, the cliff more than ten meters wide is simply an insurmountable natural obstacle, can the cavalry of China not be able to fly, you lie and work! What's more, the Imperial Army has set up two whole reinforced squadrons in that area that seems to be called Qingfeng Ridge, in order to prevent the sneak attack of the small troops of China, but why did these troops work without warning, how do you explain it? Yoshio Hongo was even angrier.

"Your Excellency, the commander of the division, did not lie, the cavalry unit of the Zhina did come out of that mountain forest, so the imperial army was caught off guard, and there were a large number of soldiers who were familiar with the Japanese language among them, and all the strongholds along the way were quietly uprooted by the Zhina, when the imperial army in the stronghold of Liuzhimiao Township was attacked by the lowly position, he realized the seriousness of the problem and began to contact various squadrons everywhere, but the stronghold in the Qingfengling area did not respond, obviously the imperial army there had all been shattered." Hirata Zhiyong's voice trembled a little, although he didn't know how the squadron crossed the Qingfeng Ridge, which was full of cliffs, but out of the intuition of more than ten years of intelligence work, he dared to conclude that the Shina army must have suddenly appeared in the rear of the division through the Qingfeng Ridge.

"Hachigayalu, you big bastard, your stupidity and irresponsibility have caused the entire division to be surrounded by the Shina people and face the test of life and death, so you should take responsibility for your stupidity, I don't think the emperor's warriors are afraid of death, right, Hirata-kun?" Hongo Yoshio's meaning is very clear, since you, the intelligence officer, have not played the role they should have, then there is no need to exist.

Hirata Zhiyong nodded gloomily, and said in a trembling voice: "Hai, the lowly knows what to do, thank you for allowing the lowly to end his life in a samurai way and take responsibility for the mistakes he made." After saying that, Hirata Shiyong bowed deeply to Yoshio Hongo, and then walked out without looking back. …,

Yoshio Hongo didn't look at Hirata Zhiyong, who was far away, he looked carefully at the map and said: "Ueno-kun, the imperial army has fallen into the encirclement of the Shina people, and there is about a division of Shina cavalry in the rear of the weakest defense of the division, with that fool in Nakajima and his 63rd Brigade are not the opponent of this Shina cavalry at all, but in front of the imperial army are the most elite infantry divisions of Shina, and we have no other way but to hold on and wait for reinforcements." You immediately send a telegram to Lord Shinozuka asking for tactical guidance. ”

"Hay! What else do you command? Ueno asked with trepidation.

"Ueno, Wang Tong Town is only less than 20 kilometers away from the location of the Shina cavalry, and it will take less than half an hour to arrive at the speed of the cavalry, you immediately order that fool in Nakajima to immediately organize troops to fortify along the way, and resist the attack of the Shina people at all costs, as long as they can withstand the attack of the Shina troops for a day, we will have a chance to counterattack, otherwise the imperial army can only sit and wait, you understand?" Yoshio Hongo said solemnly, his voice was extremely cold, and Ueno Matomi couldn't help but shudder.

"Hai, give the order immediately, I hope it will be in time!" Ueno Matomi said hurriedly.

"It should be in time, stationed in Liuzhimiao Township is the Nakano Squadron with the strongest combat effectiveness of our division and the two squadrons with the strongest combat effectiveness of the 37th Division, although they were unexpectedly wiped out by the Zhina people, but the Zhina people should still be cleaning the battlefield at this time, and the main force should arrive in two hours, and the Nakajima Department has been stationed in this area since it was torn off the front line the day before yesterday, and it is most appropriate for them to fight at this time, you just need to give orders, and you don't need to worry about other things." Yoshio Hongo said in a sullen voice.

After Ueno Shintomi Osa went out, Hongo Yoshio fell into deep thought, this time the squadron appeared very suddenly, and the goal was very clear from the beginning, they did not attack the 62nd Division headquarters in the first place, Wang Tong Town, but chose to attack the 62nd Division where the ammunition depot was located, and its plan was very big.

Hongo Yoshio looked at the map for a long time, and the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, and now his 62nd Division was sandwiched between the two squadrons, and there was basically no chance of breaking through, because the left side was a tall and steep hilly area. Although the terrain on the right side is also very steep, but it can barely walk, the problem is that the right side is connected to the Hebei region, and now the Hebei region is the territory of Han Yunhua's department, and how much hope does his division have to survive when he arrives in Hebei, this Hongo Yoshio does not dare to think.

Most importantly, the large and small fortifications and bunkers on the road from Hualong Town to Texas were designed to deal with the enemy from the west, and it was not expected that the enemy might go around behind them. This is not to say that the Japanese designers did not have much foresight, but because the mountain forest to the north is so steep that there are cliffs and cliffs everywhere, not to mention the cavalry, even the elite infantry, who want to come unharmed. In addition, the time of the Japanese army is urgent, there is not so much time to rest and recuperate, and most of the fortifications are incomplete, and many pillboxes and strongholds have no auxiliary fortifications, so the squadron will occupy Liuzhimiao Township in the shortest possible time.

After learning that Liuzhimiao Township was occupied, Song Shilun and Shinozuka Yoshio were two completely different reactions, Song Shilun was ecstatic, he ordered the large army to step up the time to oppress the Japanese puppet army in the encirclement, forcing them to surrender, as long as the stronghold did not surrender, the first brigade concentrated firepower to annihilate it. He also ordered the troops to rotate and attack without stopping. At the same time, Song Shilun also ordered the 4th Cavalry Division to immediately fight back along the road, and it was best to complete the encirclement and annihilation of the 62nd Division within one day.

However, Song Shilun also knew that this was obviously impossible, unless a miracle happened, even if the 62nd Division was only a C-class garrison division, but the entire division also had more than 12,000 people, plus an infantry division of the puppet army next to it, the total number of people was probably almost 20,000. Although the casualties of the Japanese puppet army in the two days of fighting were also very large, according to Song Shilun's estimates, there should not be more than 3,000 people.

That is to say, within the range of about 50 miles long from here, the 62nd Division should have at least 15,000 people, let alone 15,000 people, even if it is 15,000 pigs, it will not be able to kill all of them in a moment and a half, and the total annihilation of the 62nd Division in one day is simply an impossible task. …,

But if the 62nd Division could not be defeated in one day, then the situation of the 4th Cavalry Division would be dangerous, and then the reinforcements of the Japanese First Army would come directly to the 4th Cavalry Division from Texas, and the 62nd Division would also send a part of its troops to flank the 4th Division from the west with the rest of the 1st Army.

The development of the war was almost no different from what Song Shilun expected, and after Yoshio Shinozuka received the 62nd Division surrounded by the squadron, Yoshio Shinozuka was very worried, but he thought that this was not an opportunity for the Imperial Japanese Army. When the squadron encircled the 62nd Division of the Imperial Army, the Chinese infantry division that served as a blocking reinforcement also happened to be surrounded by the Imperial Japanese Army. And according to reliable intelligence, that squadron turned out to be a cavalry.

Cavalry is good at speed and sprinting, and when it comes to defense, infantry is more powerful. What's more, cavalry generally can't carry heavy weapons, and at most they can carry a few mortars and heavy machine guns, how can such a unit compete with the elite infantry of the imperial army. Therefore, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka immediately ordered Lieutenant General Yuichiro Nagano, commander of the 37th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in the city of Tokushu, to lead the 37th Infantry Brigade and the 37th Mountain Artillery Wing to reinforce the 62nd Division from Dezhou.

Dezhou City is only less than a hundred miles away from Liuzhimiao Township, and if you use the speed of cavalry troops, you can arrive in 5 hours at most, and the infantry can arrive in a day at most. In order to deal with the cavalry of the squadron, Yoshio Shinozuka specially mobilized 55 75mm caliber mountain guns from the corps headquarters.

On the one hand, Yoshio Shinozuka also wanted to warn Song Shilun not to make up his mind to annihilate the 62nd Division, and it was best to retreat immediately, otherwise everyone would lose at most, and in the end, no one would be able to take advantage of it.

However, to everyone's surprise, the battle of the 4th Cavalry Division attacking the 62nd Division was surprisingly smooth. The 63rd Brigade of the 62nd Division, which was responsible for blocking the 4th Cavalry Division, was wiped out in less than an hour, and by 12 o'clock in the evening of October 7, the main force of the 4th Cavalry Division had already approached Wangtong Town, and surrounded the 62nd Division's headquarters in Wangtong Town.

The commander of the Fourth Cavalry Division is none other than Master Lu Jianglu, who performed well in the peak duel between the Chinese and Japanese cavalry in Saibei. This time, Lu Jiang was directly transferred to Shandong to fight by Han Yunhua, which in itself was a trust in Lu Jiang and the entire Fourth Cavalry Division, of course, Lu Jiang did not disgrace Han Yunhua and the entire Inner Mongolia Military Region. Qingfeng Mountain Range is far more steep than ordinary people imagine, although the altitude of the mountain is not high, the highest is more than 300 meters, but between the mountains are mostly deep ravines and cliffs, ordinary people can not cross the Qingfeng Mountain Range at all. And the relatively slow place is guarded by the Japanese puppet army, so if you want to go around to the back of Wang Tong Town to attack the Japanese army, you can only find a way to cross the Qingfeng Mountains.

In order to complete the task, Song Shilun transferred all the special combat team members assigned by Han Yunhua to him and Yang Chengwu, and all the special combat team members were deployed to Lu Jiang along the way. Despite this, there were still soldiers or war horses falling into the mountain stream from time to time along the way, making a terrible scream.

When the troops successfully walked out of the Qingfeng Mountains, Lu Jiang immediately gathered his troops and began to prepare for battle, but when he counted them, he found that 129 soldiers and 44 war horses were missing along the way, and there was only one possibility of missing here, that is, they fell into the valley.

Ignoring the grief for the dead soldiers, Lu Jiang immediately commanded the troops to go straight to the intended goal. The 4th Cavalry Division attacked the Japanese army's arsenal, and there were surprisingly many Japanese puppet troops in the arsenal, and an arsenal was actually stationed with older Japanese puppet troops, and the number should be at least more than 700 devils and more than 1,300 puppet troops.

However, because the cavalry troops appeared too suddenly, those Japanese puppet troops basically did not have any preparations. Coupled with the help of two special operations teams, after paying a small casualty, the Fourth Cavalry Division finally conquered the huge stronghold in Liuzhimiao Township, annihilated more than 800 Japanese puppet troops, captured more than 1,200 puppet soldiers, and seized a large number of weapons, ammunition and equipment. …,

At that time, there were seven well-known bacteriological warfare units in Japan, and the first place was the bacteriological weapons research laboratory of the Army Medical School in Tokyo, Japan. The second is the 659 unit of the Kwantung Army based in Harbin, and its headquarters in the Pingfang District of Harbin is called Unit 731. The third is the 100th unit of the Kwantung Army in Changchun, the fourth is the 1855th unit of the North Branch A located in Beijing, the fifth is the Rongzi 1644 unit located in Nanjing, the sixth is the 8604 unit of the Bozi army in Guangzhou, and the seventh is the 9420 unit of the Gangzi in Singapore. Both Japanese military doctors are from Ishii, one of Japan's seven bacteriological weapons units, the notorious Unit 731.

The purpose of these two military doctors, one named Beiyang intermediary and the other Gong Qi Zhongde, was to test the latest bacteriological warfare weapon on the Shandong front, which is a new type of poisonous gas bomb, which is highly toxic and corrosive, and is a biochemical bacteriological weapon that is more vicious than mustard gas.

After listening to the confessions of these two military doctors, Lu Jiang was greatly annoyed and secretly hated that the little devil dared to test bacteriological weapons on the Chinese people. So a flash of inspiration in his mind made him decide to treat others in his own way. Under the guidance of the Beiyang intermediary, Lu Jiang finally found the latest poison gas bombs and a batch of new gas masks in a secret warehouse.

In fact, there are still a lot of protective equipment in the units of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, for example, the Fourth Cavalry Division should have at least 2,000 gas masks, in order to reduce the burden of the war horses, not only did the horses give up almost all their baggage, but even everyone's dry food and food had strict standards, and they did not take one or two more, and the practicality of gas masks was not very large, so Lu Jiang only brought more than half of the gas masks in stock this time.

The first target that the 4th Cavalry Division had to deal with was none other than the 63rd Brigade Regiment, which had just been withdrawn to the rear by Yoshio Hongo to serve as a reserve. Of course, the reserve must have the consciousness of the reserve, so after receiving the order from the division headquarters, Major General Nakajima Tokutaro immediately ordered the troops to return to the front line of Liuzhimiao Township to garrison, and also met Song Shilun and others in a more conspicuous place.

After a sudden blow, Nakajima Tokutaro and his 63rd Infantry Brigade were suppressed by the sudden poison gas bombs, and as soon as the 100 rounds of poison gas bombs passed, there were few people who could move on the entire Japanese battlefield, and a short charge of the 4th Cavalry Division crushed Nakajima Tokutaro and his 63rd Infantry Brigade.