Gui Sui, in the afternoon.

The vanguard of the armored division and the cavalry division has been out for more than an hour, and the vanguard of the armored division is the first battalion of the mechanized infantry regiment. A regiment of the vanguard of the cavalry division left to the west of Suitou and went straight to Baotou.

In this attack on Baotou, in accordance with Zhang Yunfei's arrangement, a command center was set up in front of the enemy, and the responsible persons of the command headquarters were Wu Youqing, commander of the armored division, and Sun Chuanzhi, commander of the cavalry division.

Now, the headquarters has also been formed and is ready to be deployed. Sun Chuanzhi, who was sitting in the armored command car, looked at the layout in the car, and said to Wu Youqing next to him with a smile: "Old Wu, I didn't expect that I, who was used to horseback, would also get on the armored command car today." ”

The armored command vehicle is modified from the Type 39 armored personnel carrier, the internal space is still relatively spacious, the interior decoration is also relatively beautiful and generous, and there is also a communication system, riding the armored command vehicle, it is quite comfortable.

Wu Youqing, who was next to him, also smiled slightly: "Old Sun, how about it, riding in our armored car is more comfortable than your previous horseback." ”

Hearing this, Sun Chuanzhi smiled faintly, and thought to himself, this armored command vehicle is indeed good, and if there is a chance in the future, I will have to find the commander-in-chief to apply for a few, so that it is not only very convenient to command the troops to fight, but also far more comfortable than horseback.

The two chatted casually, and unconsciously talked about military issues, and then they were about to attack the head, and the movements of some little devils detected by the flying brigade were continuously sent here through the group army headquarters.

Therefore, at present, the movements of the little devils in Baotou are relatively clear to the two, and Sun Chuanzhi also picked up the map and temporarily drew the proposed marching route of the troops on the map......

Baotou, the headquarters of the Second Brigade of the Little Devil Cavalry.

The commander of the Little Devil Brigade, Jiro Komura, was convening a meeting of the little devil officers in the command headquarters, and since the little devils in Guisui were annihilated by the [***] team a few days ago, many little devils in the Second Cavalry Brigade were panicked, worried that the [***] team would take advantage of the victory to attack Baotou.

When Komura Jiro first heard that the little devils in Guisui had been completely annihilated, the first thing he thought of was that his troops had completely become a lone army, and it was more troublesome and dangerous to retreat, and the east of Baotou was covered with troops of the 36th Group Army, and the west and south were not good retreat directions.

Only in the north, it is slightly better, you can take a detour back to the northeast or north China, but the road is also very far, on the way you may encounter the encirclement and interception of the [***] team, for the sake of safety, but also in order to reduce their own responsibility, Komura Jiro began to contact the local base camp directly, ask for instructions on the next move of his troops.

Whether the Second Brigade of the Little Devil Cavalry retreats or stays behind must completely obey the orders of the base camp, because the Mengsui Army has been almost completely wiped out by Zhang Yunfei. But only today, Jiro Komura received a telegram from the base camp that he could retreat.

After receiving the telegram, Jiro Komura was relieved and began to convene a meeting of the little devil officers above the rank of captain of the little devil wing to discuss some matters of retreat.

Although the retreat order from the base camp has only been received now, the little devil cavalry brigade was preparing to retreat two or three days ago, so it is also very fast to retreat now, and the little devils are meeting now, mainly to discuss how to retreat.

Jiro Komura, who was sitting in the middle of the conference table, looked around at the little devils present, and said in a solemn voice: "Everyone, let's talk about our opinions, maybe it won't be long before the [***] team will reach Baotou, and we don't have much time." ”

Most of the little devils sitting here were also in a heavy mood, and tens of thousands of troops of the Mengsui Legion were wiped out in a short period of time, which cast a shadow on the hearts of many little devils, after Kimura Jiro finished speaking, there were no little devils to answer for a while, and the little devil officers were all with their heads down.

This made Komura Jiro's face a little unbearable, and his face suddenly became gloomy. Seeing this, the chief of staff of the little devil hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, in the past two days, the planes of the [***] team have repeatedly reconnoitred in the sky above us, which has brought great trouble to our retreat. ”

For this, the commander of the Little Devil Brigade was also quite worried, and it was precisely because of this that Komura Jiro convened a meeting of the Little Devil officers, ready to brainstorm and come up with a better retreat plan.

The captain of the first wing of the little devil cavalry, seeing that everyone was with their heads down, and his brigade commander's face was not good-looking, so, he hardened his head and began to say: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, now that we have the planes of the squadron [***] above our heads to reconnoiter us, we can only retreat at night, using the cover of night, in one night, our cavalry can retreat hundreds of kilometers." ”

It was a good idea, and Jiro Komura's ugly face softened slightly.

The little devils saw the speech of the first wing of the cavalry, which made Komura Jiro feel very good, so the little devils began to speak one after another, and finally, the little devils came up with a retreat plan that everyone thought was reasonable.

The little devils prepared to wait for dark, and then divided into three routes, taking advantage of the night, to retreat north. The Second Cavalry Brigade of Little Devils has a total of three cavalry wings, each of which has nearly 3,000 people, and the brigade headquarters and some auxiliary arms of Little Devils will retreat together with the First Cavalry Wing of Little Devils.

By nightfall, tens of thousands of little devils began to leave Baotou and retreat northward, because there was no reconnaissance by Chinese planes at night, many of the little devils' cavalry also lit torches, and the team of the little devils stretched for several kilometers and went north.

The next morning.

As soon as the sky was bright, the cavalry regiment, the vanguard of the cavalry division, had reached the eastern suburbs of Baotou after more than ten hours of marching, which was less than 10 kilometers away from Baotou City.

The commander of the first cavalry regiment, seeing that Baotou City was in the distance, was also happy in his heart, after such a long long run, he was about to reach the destination, so the commander of the first cavalry regiment signaled the troops to stop, and he took a few guards to ride his horse to a small high ground nearby, and picked up a telescope to carefully reconnoiter the enemy.

Standing on this high ground dozens of meters high, the commander of the first cavalry regiment carefully looked at Baotou City in the distance, only to see that it was quiet in the distance, and did not see any enemy situation.

The situation ahead is too weird, more than 2,000 cavalry, galloping all the way here, the movement is not small, at least two or three kilometers away you can hear the sound of the hooves of the war horses, the little devil should know.

The commander of the first cavalry regiment thought to himself, there should be a little devil's blocking force outside Baotou City, how could he not even find the figure of a little devil?

The commander of the regiment who felt that the situation was more strange immediately conveyed the order, let the troops maintain their attention, and slowly moved closer to Baotou City, although he was very careful, the commander of the first cavalry regiment was not nervous at all, the cavalry division behind, several cavalry regiments, not two or three hours, will also reach here, his own backing is very solid, so that the commander of the first cavalry regiment is very steady.

The more than 2,000 soldiers of the first cavalry regiment cautiously advanced three or four kilometers, and did not find the figure of the little devil, which made many soldiers confused, and felt very strange in their hearts, not knowing what tricks the little devil was playing.

A captain cavalry company commander who was walking in front of the team, through his binoculars, saw a stronghold of little devils two kilometers ahead, but there was no trace of a little devil on the stronghold.

Seeing that there was a little devil's stronghold in front, the commander of a regiment immediately sent a cavalry company of soldiers to gallop away, and when the soldiers of the cavalry company ran to this stronghold, they found that the gate of this stronghold was open, and there was a mess inside, and a little devil did not find it.

The cavalry company commander who led the team, led several soldiers, entered this stronghold and searched carefully, and found that there were no useful things in this stronghold, such as guns and ammunition, food and clothing, etc., and did not see anything, and checked the kitchen in the little devil's stronghold, and found that although the little leftovers in the pot were cold, they were still very fresh, as if they were cooked yesterday.

After carefully inspecting this stronghold, the captain and company commander immediately reported the situation, and the commander of the cavalry regiment who got the report thought to himself, could it be that the little devils in Baotou have escaped.

The commander of the cavalry regiment thought about it carefully and felt that it was very possible, but whether this was the case or not, he still had to wait until he entered Baotou City to know, so the commander of the first cavalry regiment immediately ordered his troops to speed up their advance and enter the city as soon as possible to find out the situation.

A distance of a few kilometers, for the cavalry, not far at all, everyone arrived outside Baotou City, came to the commander of the cavalry regiment outside the city, saw that there was still no little devil, at this time, there was a ** point in the heart, the little devil may have really escaped.

"Everyone accelerated into the city, and the first battalion and I went straight to the headquarters of the little devil cavalry brigade." A regimental commander shouted.

So, hundreds of cavalry soldiers of the first battalion took the lead and galloped along the streets all the way to the headquarters of the Little Devil Cavalry Brigade. Before attacking Baotou, the 36th Group Army had collected a lot of information, and the location of the little devil's headquarters, as the commander of the cavalry regiment, the commander of the first regiment knew it, and before coming to Baotou, he marked its location on the map.

Now, as soon as you enter the city, you can follow the map location indication and go straight to the headquarters of the little devils.

(To be continued)