Chapter 39: The Frontier of Liuyuankou
8.39 Liuyuankou front
As the 14th Division's unit with the most speed advantage, the 18th Cavalry Wing rushed to the mouth of Liuyuan in front of several other Japanese infantry brigades, looking at the silent defense line opposite, Captain Kaneto Yasuda on a war horse let out a wild laugh, and then drew his saber and pointed ahead and said:
"Gentlemen! Huang Haoran, the 'victorious general' of the Chinese people, has been defeated in this battle of wits! He fell into the trap set by the commander of the Tu Fei Yuan Division! Liuyuankou is now at your fingertips! Warriors of the Empire! Exploits are waiting for you on the other side! Go and kill all the remaining Chinese soldiers! Advance!! ”
The Japanese cavalry gate behind Captain Kaneto Yasuda let out a howl like a hungry wolf! They jumped off their horses one after another, and then picked up their carbines loaded with bayonets and lined up in a skirmish line to rush towards the Chinese defenders' positions outside Liuyuankou!
In the time between receiving the order to attack and advancing to Liuyuankou, the 18th Cavalry Wing had already "routed" several Chinese troops trying to intercept them! The successive victories swelled the confidence of the Japanese cavalry to the extreme! At this moment, in their eyes, Liu Yuankou is like a fat sheep tied to a barbecue grill, and there is no one guarding it!
The people on the opposite side should have fled, right?
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At the initial distance of a few tens of meters, the Japanese cavalry gate still maintained a relatively high level of vigilance. From time to time, the machine gunners armed with crooked machine guns would stop and shoot a shuttle bullet at the opposing Chinese defense line, and the grenadiers would also shoot a shot! The skirmish line of cavalry attacking on foot also appeared to be more orderly.
But as the Japanese assault line entered the last two hundred meters in front of the Chinese line, the Japanese cavalry could no longer contain their madness. In order to make himself the first warrior to rush into the mouth of Liuyuan, the devil soldiers launched a running race between them!
Captain Kento Yasuda, who was pointing his binoculars, found that not only the riflemen but also the machine gunners and grenadiers were among the frantically charging crowd! As the positions of the Chinese army got closer and closer, the skirmish line of the 18th Cavalry Wing was completely crowded into a mess, and there was no order at all!
"Your Excellency, Wing Commander! Shouldn't such a scene be adjusted? ”
Finally, someone can't see it! However, the captain of the Yasuda Kaneto Wing did not look back, and while he continued to admire the heroic performance of his subordinates with a telescope, he said as if no one was around: "Such a scene, even I can't help but be a little enthusiastic!" Anyway, there are no targets that need machine guns and grenadiers to attack now, so you can't let them stay in the back and rest, right? ”
"But as far as I know, many commanders of the Chinese army have the habit of ordering their troops to open fire at the last moment! The capture of Liuyuankou is the foothold of the strategy that His Excellency the division commander will implement one after another! Co-Captain! We can't afford to take it lightly! ”
What a rambling guy! Captain Kaneto Yasuda waved his hand behind him impatiently, he felt that his current mood was not as happy as just now! Why do you always have such a sorcerous guy under your command? Captain Kaneto Yasuda couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
"Kuroki-kun! I think you're overly cautious! The reason why our 18th Cavalry Wing was able to break through along the way was not because the army of China had become weaker, but because they had fallen for General Tu Feiyuan's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain! Look! Until now, not a single shot has been fired from the positions of the Chinese defenders at Liuyuankou! The Chinese army must have left Liuyuankou a long time ago! I was attracted by the main force of the division to the area east of Lanfeng! We're just taking Liuyuankou with our hands now! You don't think we can't even solve the small number of troops left behind by the China, do you? ”
The statement of the captain of the Yasuda Kaneto Wing did not convince Kuroki Shaosa, after fighting with the Chinese army in the Lanfeng area for so long, Kuroki Shaosa had already let go of his contempt for the Chinese army, in Kuroki Shaosa's opinion, there was an indescribable weirdness in the Liuyuankou position in front of him!
"Captain! It took a lot of effort for the people to cut off our supply lines, and I don't think they would have to deploy heavy troops at Liuyuankou! ”
Kuroki Shaosa's insistence at the moment is a kind of "stubbornness" in the eyes of Captain Yasuda Kaneto, although Captain Yasuda Kaneto likes Captain Kuroki's bravery, but he is also very disgusted with Captain Kuroki's "one tendon"!
"Kuroki-kun! In your eyes, it's all too complicated! I just said it very clearly! The Shina army is a ploy of General Doshihara! They thought that our 14th Division had already left the Lanfeng area! A supply line that can no longer be used, without heavy guards, is a very reasonable thing! And also...! Liuyuankou is close to the Yellow River, and there are our gunboats on the water! On the opposite bank is the artillery group of the 20th Division! The people of China are stationed here, do they want to be shelled!? ”
When he said the last sentence, the captain of the Yasuda Kaneto Wing suddenly raised his voice, and he wanted to use this method to make Kuroki Shaosa shut up! The skirmish line in the assault has entered the last fifty meters zone! As long as this distance is crossed, the 18th Cavalry Wing will be able to successfully take Liuyuankou!
The first merit in the counterattack of the 14th Division! It's almost there!
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The Chinese army waiting in the Liuyuankou defense line is the 36th Division of Song Xilian's 71st Army, Jiang Fusheng put a brigade on the front defense line, and the remaining troops and the 88th Division and the 87th Division have been opened from the flanks, and they are now encircling the 18th Wing of the Devil's Cavalry!
In fact, Song Xilian didn't expect that the Japanese army that first entered the 71st pocket would be a cavalry unit! In order to prevent the devil cavalry troops from having the opportunity to break through with the unique high speed of the cavalry, the 71st Army had to close the door before "beating the dogs"! Therefore, Song Xilian ordered the troops of the 36th Division to defend the front as much as possible, and not to expose their strength until the last moment!
Chen Ruihe, the deputy commander of the 36th Division, who was lying in the trenches, stared wide-eyed as he watched the unsuspecting Japanese troops running towards the forefront defensive positions with a smile, and he was about to grit his teeth with hatred!!
The 36th Division, a "German Armament Division" force, has not had any decent performance since the Battle of Nanjing, and after the battle in Lanfeng, the 36th Division also experienced a major defeat under the leadership of the new division commander Jiang Fusheng! If General Huang Haoran, who had commanded the 36th Division in Nanjing City and fought a bitter battle with the Japanese army, arrived in time, after the Battle of Lanfeng, the 36th Division would not have lost all the reputation accumulated over the years?
In Chen Ruihe's opinion, the 71st Army of Song Xilian's military seat made a surprise attack on the Red Cotton Tree and stormed Liuyuankou, at most, it could only be regarded as picking up a big bargain behind General Huang Haoran's guard regiment! If you want to truly wash away the shame of failure, you must get it back from the little devil face to face!
The devil cavalry of this wing came at the right time! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )