Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Chapter 2454: General Takeda’s Great Escape!

"Report to your Excellency, the reconnaissance plane has sent a message that our cavalry has been completely wiped out."

A Japanese officer anxiously reported to General Takeda in the car.

"Nani?"

At this time, Takeda was extremely shocked. Although the cavalry faced more enemies, they should not be wiped out in such a short time, right?

There are more than 600 well-trained cavalrymen. Even if they are a group of pigs, they will be killed by the enemy in a while, right?

But he did not expect that his cavalry was completely wiped out by the enemy in just five or six minutes, and the enemy cavalry was divided into two groups, attacking his two infantry battalions respectively.

And just behind him, the enemy's third cavalry was approaching step by step.

If this continues, there is a high possibility that his entire army will be wiped out, and he himself will die on the grassland.

General Takeda didn't want to die on the grassland.

He is now a lieutenant general and is waiting to be promoted to general so that he can retire and return to his country to enjoy his retirement.

Of course, this wish may be ruined at this time, because he may find it difficult to win this battle.

But even so, he still wanted to give it a try, and ordered the temporary first and second battalions to be quickly deployed on the spot, and ordered the central army to stop quickly, and the artillery to deploy at full speed, preparing for a full-scale bombardment of the enemy.

As Takeda's order was issued, the Japanese quickly took action.

The mechanized corps arranged the trucks into two rows, and the Japanese relied on the trucks to prepare for battle.

The Japanese army had chariots in the front and artillery deployed rapidly. Takeda's guards and baggage troops were also deployed in front and back, waiting for the Wugan cavalry to rush in and inflict heavy damage on them.

When Duanwu saw this scene while riding on his horse, he immediately took out his signal gun and fired a green flare into the sky, then quickly turned his horse's head and turned around less than 500 meters away from the Japanese infantry.

Wu Gan led his men to charge, and saw the enemy right in front of them. However, at this moment, the sound of a flare exploding was heard in the sky.

He saw that it was a green flare. Although he was a little confused, he quickly turned his horse around and evacuated with the cavalry.

After seeing the green flare, the other team of cavalry also quickly drew a beautiful arc and evacuated quickly.

boom! Boom boom!

At this moment, rumbling sounds were heard, and it was the Japanese artillery firing.

However, the shells all fell on the path of the cavalry's charge, and when the cavalry retreated, all the Japanese artillery shells missed their target.

The Japs adjusted their guns again, but at this time, the cavalry of the Wugan tribe had disappeared without a trace.

General Takeda got out of his car and looked at the smoke and dust in the distance with a terribly solemn expression.

His enemy was too cunning. He had just set up his plan and was ready to inflict heavy damage on him, but he actually escaped.

But this is not a good thing, because this is in the grassland, and deep in the grassland.

But the most difficult time on the grassland is not during the day but at night. His enemies may attack him at any time, and he can do nothing about it.

Thinking of this, General Takeda immediately made the most correct decision he had ever made in his life - retreat!

If he doesn't retreat now, he might not have the chance to retreat.

As an excellent commander, the most important thing is to know when to advance and when to retreat. When you cannot achieve your goal, you must make a decisive decision immediately.

So General Takeda ordered his troops to gather and retreat, and at the same time sent a telegram to his headquarters, requesting bomber support to bomb the cavalry and herdsmen of the Wugan tribe. Of course, this bombing was not an attack, but to cover the retreat of his troops.

So the Japanese troops quickly gathered together, changed direction, and rushed back the way they came.

In order to speed up the march, all useless items except weapons, ammunition and food were thrown out of the vehicle to reduce the weight.

Seeing this, Duanwu had already guessed the Japs' intention, and the Japs wanted to run away.

Wu Gan was naturally the same. He said anxiously, "The devils are about to escape. Ye Anda, what should we do?"

Duanwu felt helpless as he watched the fleeing Japanese troops.

He even admired the Japanese commander a little. As soon as he found the battle situation was unfavorable, he retreated immediately. He was more slippery than a loach.

But at this time, the Japanese planes were still circling in the air, and the Japanese fighter planes even launched several surprise attacks on the cavalry.

Duanwu thought for a moment and said, "Send someone to deliver a message to the tribe, asking them to disperse and evacuate."

Wu Gan asked in confusion: "Why?"

Duanwu said solemnly: "The Japanese are so cunning that they will definitely guess that we will not let them leave the grassland safely, so in order to stop us, they will definitely ask bombers to bomb. The cavalry moves quickly, and the Japanese bombers may not succeed, but the herdsmen are different. They will definitely become the main bombing targets."

Wu Gan suddenly realized what was going on and immediately ordered the herdsmen in the tribe to disperse.

But at this time, the envoy of the Ahali tribe was still in the tribe.

Sai Ya ignored the other party and directly ordered the herdsmen to evacuate in different directions.

As for the captured Aha Tong, he evacuated with Sayya.

Ahali's messenger wanted to rescue Ahha Tong during the chaos, but was discovered by Sayya, who expelled him and warned the people of the Ahali tribe that if they dared to try to rescue Ahha Tong again, they would execute him.

At this time, everyone knew why the Ahari tribe came to the Wugan tribe again and again. They were helping the Japanese intercept the herders of the Wugan tribe.

In addition, Sayya didn't have a good impression of Ahato, so if the Ahali tribe provoked her again, she would really dare to kill people.

Moreover, Ah Ha Tong's situation was not good at the moment. Not only was he beaten black and blue by someone unknown, but he was also locked in a cage like an animal, being pulled by a cart and evacuated with Sayya.

When the Japanese plane saw this scene, it immediately reported to General Takeda.

When General Takeda heard this report, his heart sank again.

His enemy was too cunning and didn't give him any chance to turn the tables.

He was defeated completely in this battle, and now he just wanted to leave the grassland safely.

As for whether the Empire's bombers could hit people, he no longer expected it.

He ordered the reconnaissance plane to continue its reconnaissance, but the three fighter planes had already returned after attacking the Wugan tribe's cavalry several times.

The fighter jet's endurance is far inferior to that of the reconnaissance plane, so after only half a day, the fighter jet ran out of fuel and had to return.

So their attack was just a superficial attack. Although it caused some casualties to the cavalry of the Wugan tribe, it was meaningless overall.

So at this time, there were only two reconnaissance planes hovering over the grassland. One reconnaissance plane followed General Takeda's army, while the other reconnaissance plane was still hovering near the gradually dispersing herdsmen of the Wugan tribe.

But such circling was meaningless, and the Japanese on the reconnaissance plane didn't even know where to choose as the bombing target.

Of course, he could only report truthfully, and as for where the bomber wanted to bomb, that was the bomber formation's business!