Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Chapter 2433 Takeda is coming!

  Chief Wugan sat in the big tent, holding the telegram handed over by his men, and said to the surrounding tribal warriors with a chuckle:

"Hahaha, you see, Ye Anda is still a good friend. He replied right after I sent the telegram, and came to our tribe in person. Tsk tsk, he is now more than 600 miles away from us!"

One of the warriors said, "Ye Anda is indeed a good friend. He is not like Wurigeng Dalai and his people, who are treacherous. When they heard that the Japanese were coming to attack our Wugan tribe, they all evaded the issue by saying that this was a war started by our Wugan tribe itself and had nothing to do with the tribal alliance."

Another warrior also said angrily: "Isn't it because we didn't share the spoils with them last time?"

The Wugan leader laughed loudly and said, "Do you think they will send troops if we share the spoils with them? These people are just a bunch of rabble. If it weren't for our Wugan tribe blocking the devils from the north, I'm afraid the whole of Inner Mongolia would have fallen long ago.

Fortunately, I followed Ye Anda's advice and used the captured supplies to recruit soldiers. Our cavalry has now reached 3,000, and we have logistical support. The little devils are nothing to worry about."

Of course, these were all Wu Gan's words to boost morale. In fact, the 1,000 cavalrymen had just been recruited not long ago, and their combat capabilities were only quite impressive.

The logistics support troops are just some elderly people in the tribe who look relatively strong.

Moreover, they cannot gather too close to the battlefield, otherwise, once the enemy cavalry charges, these logistics personnel will become dead souls under the iron hooves of the Japanese.

According to reports from spies in Tongliao, this time, the Japanese mechanized infantry regiment assembled two infantry battalions and also dispatched a cavalry regiment to participate in the encirclement and suppression mission.

A cavalry regiment had about a thousand people, and two infantry battalions had about two thousand people. Add in the artillery, the baggage troops, and the puppet troops that were put together, and the total number would be more than five thousand.

So facing such a war, Wu Gan really had no confidence.

Of course, if everyone in the tribal alliance unites, that would be a different story.

Even if there are many small tribes with only seven or eight hundred cavalrymen, if they were all gathered together, there would still be tens of thousands of people.

It’s a pity that these people were deceived by traitors and cut off from the Wugan tribe.

As the largest tribe, Wugan simply disdains to associate with these villains.

Following Duanwu's advice, he left only a few teams of highly mobile cavalry in the front for reconnaissance and harassment, while the rest of the tribes migrated to farther places.

Wu Gan’s idea was very simple, which was to clear the venue and wait for his own Ye Anda to perform.

But Wu Gan overlooked one point, that his every move was under the eyes of other tribes.

Although these tribes do not help Wugan, it does not mean that they are not paying attention to the movements of the Wugan tribe.

As soon as the Wugan tribe made any movement, the tribal sentinels of Wurigeng Dalai Lama rode back on fast horses to report to Wurigeng Dalai Lama.

The wise man of the grassland, Yarlung Zangbo, and other tribal leaders were also there.

The place of Wurigeng Dalai has become the base camp of the grassland tribal alliance, and most of the cavalry of the tribal alliance are also gathered here.

Of course, they did not want to help the Wugan tribe, but were ready to take advantage of their misfortune at any time.

According to the plan of Yarlung Zangbo, after the Japanese defeated the Wugan tribe, they would go out to repel the Japanese and force the Wugan tribe to give up part of their territory.

In this way, not only the Wugan tribe was weakened, but the grassland was also preserved.

The other tribal leaders agreed very much. After all, no one likes to be oppressed all the time.

But they didn't know that all of them had fallen into Yarlung Zangbo's trap.

The commander-in-chief of this operation is also a big shot, it is Kitahara Hiroyuki's teacher, General Takeda, who has been tracking down the whereabouts of Duanwu.

Of course, he did not know the name Duanwu, but a young Anti-Japanese Allied Forces officer named Ye Xiuwen, who fought his way into Inner Mongolia and then disappeared.

Takeda did not think that this anti-Japanese troop had disappeared, although he had received some other reports that Tongyu County had been attacked. However, the report said that it was a group of bandits who had been eliminated by them.

Takeda naturally suspected that this might be the work of guerrillas.

However, the subsequent report recorded it in great detail, and it was indeed the work of bandits.

So he focused all his attention on the Wugan tribe.

Although the guerrillas may have left, as long as we catch Wu Gan, who once helped the guerrillas, we will definitely find clues.

What's more, the Yarlung Zangbo insider has already divided the tribal alliance, making this attack even more suspenseful.

For this purpose, Takeda also specially dispatched a cavalry regiment to help. After all, on the grassland, cavalry is always faster than mechanized corps.

Moreover, Takeda was plotting a bigger conspiracy, which was why he was not in a hurry to send troops.

  Otherwise, given Takeda's character, he would have immediately launched an attack to catch the Wugan tribe off guard. How could he have given the other party time to prepare?

Of course, General Takeda was also waiting for the Wugan tribe to spread the news. He believed that if the guerrillas knew that the imperial army was going to wipe out the Wugan tribe, they would definitely come to support them.

Moreover, General Takeda's guess was correct. Duanwu did come, but he was the only one who came.

The very next day, when General Takeda's army had already left Tongliao County, Duanwu was already galloping across the grassland.

Duanwu looked a little tired at this time, with sweat dripping down his chin and soaking his clothes.

The warhorse he was sitting on was also panting, with white foam coming out of the corners of his mouth.

But Duanwu did not stop, because the sooner he arrived at the Wugan tribe, the more powerful he would be for the Wugan tribe.

Unexpectedly, not long after entering the grassland, Duanwu encountered a team of Japanese reconnaissance cavalry.

After discovering Duanwu, they quickly mounted their horses and gave chase.

Duanwu heard the sound of horse hooves from the flank, which was to his southeast. He looked back slightly and saw more than a dozen war horses chasing him.

His horse was already exhausted, while the opponent was very fast.

In other words, it was only a matter of time before he was caught up.

Duanwu turned around and looked around, and saw that the only place he could defend was a small mound more than 500 meters ahead, which was only about two meters high.

But this is the best terrain around.

Having two meters is better than fighting cavalry on the ground.

Duanwu had experienced cavalry before. When cavalry charged infantry, they didn't even need to swing their swords, they could just knock the enemy to death with their horses.

However, the enemy behind him was too fast, and Duanwu might not have enough time to reach the back of the earth slope, and would be caught up by the devils! .