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Chapter 673 Good News!

Looking at the scattered one hundred or so cavalry in front of him, Sanfu Nakazawa's nose was almost crooked, and his whole body felt uncomfortable like ants were crawling.

There are nearly 1 people in the 1400st Cavalry Regiment, all of whom are elite locust cavalry.

The equipment is also extremely luxurious, with 4 cavalry squadrons, 1 cavalry artillery squadron and 1 heavy machine gun squadron.

It stands to reason that the 1st Cavalry Wing is the easiest unit to break out of the encirclement.

Only these one hundred cats and dogs came back?
Mitsuo Nakazawa looked at Colonel Miura Hideyuki, captain of the 1st Cavalry Regiment, with a dark face: "Where's Shinno-kun?"

At that time, Hideo Miura led the 1st Cavalry Wing to confront the Eighth Route Army cavalry head-on.

In just one face-to-face encounter, the 1st Cavalry Regiment suffered more than half of the casualties.

Miura Hideo didn't dare to love to fight, so he led the 1st Cavalry Regiment to smear the soles of his feet, but about one cavalry regiment of the Eighth Route Army caught up.

Seeing that there were not many cavalrymen in the Eighth Route Army, Hideo Miura felt that he could do it again.

After running for more than ten kilometers and out of the range of the Eighth Route Army artillery and infantry, Miura Hideo led the remnants of the 1st Cavalry Regiment, preparing for a decisive battle with the Eighth Route Army cavalry.

But the Eighth Route Army is not a fool. Seeing the Japanese cavalry rushing over, they first fired with submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles.

Then he rushed forward with the Yunlong sword in his hand and slashed at the devils. After three rounds, most of the devils' cavalry regiment suffered casualties.

Seeing that he was invincible, Hinode Miura dispatched half of the cavalry squadron, and fled with the rest himself.

This escape was a journey of dozens of kilometers, and as for the cavalry behind, they were all wiped out by the eighth cavalry.

Hideo Miura took more than a hundred cavalry remnants of the cavalry regiment, and after a long circle, he joined the 26th Division and found Mitsuo Nakazawa.

"Has the Chief of Staff not come back?" Hideo Miura was stunned, and said immediately, "The Chief of Staff has probably died for the empire."

Hideo Miura described how they were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army, first shelled, then confronted with No. 2000 Eighth Route Army cavalry, and then chased.

"waste!"

Mitsuo Nakazawa cursed angrily.

The cavalry regiment shouldn't have behaved like this in this battle. The ambush terrain is not too steep, and it is entirely possible to break through a certain line of defense in the form of a cavalry cluster attack, tearing a hole for the infantry in the encirclement.

Doing this will at least bring out thousands of infantrymen.

However, not only the cavalry wing failed to rescue the infantry, but also suffered extremely heavy losses.

What is the difference between the hundreds of cavalry in front of you and being wiped out?
Miura Nakazawa wanted to kill Hideo Miura with a single blow.

"Hi!"

Hinode Miura had no choice but to bow his head, and he also felt very uncomfortable.

At that time, he was leading the cavalry of the 1st Regiment of the Cavalry, drinking wine, eating dried meat, and singing the military songs of the Kwantung Army.

Then he was shelled by the Eighth Route Army. Who did he provoke?

It's a blessing to be able to recover a small life. Like the chief of staff, the head of the 1st brigade, and the head of the 2nd brigade, there is a high probability that they have already died for the empire.

"Reporting to the head of the division, we are less than 5 kilometers away from the battlefield, and the 1st Infantry Battalion is less than 3 kilometers away from the battlefield."

A Japanese combat staff officer wearing glasses ran over quickly and reported to Shigetoku Kuroda, head of the 26th Division.

"Has the 1st Infantry Battalion been blocked?" Shigetoku Kuroda asked in a deep voice.

"Not yet!" replied the combat staff officer.

Kuroda Shigetoku rolled his eyes and ordered: "Order the 1st Infantry Battalion to stop advancing and stand by on the spot. The Artillery Wing sets up its guns."

There must be monsters when things go wrong. The 1st Infantry Regiment was 3 kilometers away from the battlefield, but it was not blocked by the Eighth Route Army. This is very abnormal.

Shigetoku Kuroda ordered the 26st Infantry Battalion of the 1th Division to stop advancing.

"Hi!"

The combat staff officer suddenly nodded and turned to leave.

Then, Shigetoku Kuroda looked at Sanfu Nakazawa: "Mr. Nakazawa, set up the heavy artillery of the 6th Heavy Artillery Regiment of your division as well."

Mitsuo Nakazawa nodded, and looked at a combat staff officer beside him: "Order the 6th Heavy Artillery Regiment to set up immediately, and raise the observation balloon."

"Hi!"

The devil's combat staff officer suddenly nodded.

Following the orders of Mitsuo Nakazawa and Shigetoku Kuroda, the ghost artillerymen of the 26th Division of the Japanese Independent Artillery and the 6th Heavy Artillery Regiment began to set up artillery.

The devil's observer also quickly began to ascend the observation balloon.

……

7 km away.

on a mountain.

The Eighth Route Army Front Enemy Headquarters.

"According to the observer's report, the vanguard of the 26th Division of the Japanese Army, with a strength of about one brigade, stopped at a position 2 kilometers away from our army's forward position."

Chief of Staff Wang Dehou reported to Li Yunlong.

"Oh?" Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes, and Wang Dehou pointed out the location of the devil brigade on the map.

Since the nearby higher hills were controlled by the Eighth Route Army, the reinforcements of the Devils approached the battlefield and were directly detected by the artillery observers.

"Should the artillery be ordered to fire at this devil brigade?" asked Chief of Staff Wang Dehou.

"How far is the devil's main force?"

As Li Yunlong asked, he raised his binoculars and looked in the direction of the devil's vanguard.

It's just that the position of the devil's vanguard is a depression, and even if you change the artillery mirror, you can't see the devil.

Wang Dehou pointed at the map: "At least 5 kilometers away from the battlefield, and 7 kilometers away from our place."

"Then order the No. 2 and No. 4 artillery groups of the East and West Artillery Group to fire and attack its vanguard." Li Yunlong calmly ordered with his eyes, "The heavy artillery battalion should not fire for now, and see how the devil responds."

The Eighth Route Army set up a total of 5 artillery positions, and they were numbered.

They are the Heavy Artillery Battalion, Artillery 1 Battalion, and Artillery 2 Battalion of the New First Regiment, as well as the Artillery Battalion of the Independent Regiment and the Artillery Battalion of the New Second Regiment.

Two hours ago, Li Yunlong had ordered 5 artillery groups to set up all the artillery in the east and west positions, ready to entertain the devils as reinforcements.

For the convenience of command, the staff also numbered the positions of each artillery group from 1 to 5.

"Yes!"

Wang Dehou turned around and went to give the order.

It didn't take long after the order from the former enemy general headquarters was issued.

The artillery observers in front conveyed the shooting elements of the location of the devil's vanguard to the positions of the No. 2 and No. 4 artillery groups respectively.

On the No. 2 gun position.

The gunners of the 1st Battalion of the new regiment are ready.

With the banner in the hands of the flag commander, he suddenly lowered it.

"Tom tom tom..."

The huge sound of firing was connected together, more than 40 artillery pieces were fired almost at the same time, and the fireworks blooming from the muzzles were almost connected together.

Driven by the propellant, more than 40 high-explosive shells soared into the sky, drew arcs in the sky, and finally fell towards the depression where the devil's vanguard troops gathered.

On the other hand, it was almost the same time.

On the No. 4 artillery position, the artillery of the artillery battalion of the independent regiment fired almost simultaneously, and nearly 40 shells flew into the air.

Boom boom boom...

Amidst the sound of explosions like landslides and ground cracks, bursts of explosion smoke rose from the depression where the devil was located.

Since the shooting elements are determined by the precise method, there is no need to test fire, and the artillery fire will be covered as soon as it comes up.

A few kilometers behind the devil's vanguard, the devil's observation balloon just raised was only tens of meters above the ground, but the devil's artillery observer in the hanging basket, who was observing with the artillery mirror, couldn't help saying: "Amazing! "

The Devil Artillery observers saw the artillery shells fired by the Eighth Route Army artillery from the artillery mirror, and the first round of artillery shells hit the 26st Battalion of Infantry of the 1th Division.

The position of the 1st Infantry Battalion is very good, in a depression, but the artillery shells of the Eighth Route Army seem to have eyes.

As the dense waves of explosions rose, the unsuspecting soldiers of the 1st Infantry Battalion were blown away with their heads in their arms.

No matter how powerful the cannon is, no matter how powerful the gunner is, it is impossible to achieve the first hit when hitting a target several kilometers away. It is necessary to conduct a test shot in advance, then correct the shooting elements according to the impact point, and finally implement artillery coverage.

The better the cannon and the more experienced the gunner and artillery observer are, the less shells and time are spent on the test firing phase.

However, the Eighth Route Artillery did not test fire in advance, the first wave of artillery fire was covered, and most of the shells hit the target.

"Fantastic artillery."

"How did the Eighth Route Artillery do it?"

The Devil artillery observer was amazed, and as the observation balloon rose slowly, he began to look for the position of the Eighth Route Army artillery position.

The 26st Infantry Brigade of the 12th Infantry Regiment of the 1th Division suffered heavy losses under the shelling of two regiment-level artillery fires.

The observation balloon rose several hundred meters, and the Devil Artillery observers finally discovered an Eighth Route Army artillery position to the east.

"How many soldiers of the 1st Division are still alive?"

The Devil Artillery observer was about to report his position, but Mitsuo Nakazawa's questioning voice came from the receiver.

At this time, Sanfu Nakazawa was most concerned about the soldiers of the 1st Division in the ambush circle.

The Devil artillery observer had no choice but to turn the artillery mirror to look in the direction of the battlefield.

The battlefield was filled with gunpowder, but no battle was seen, and there was no sound of cannons or gunshots. The densely packed Eighth Route Army was cleaning the battlefield.

If there is a battle, the position of the Devil Artillery Observer can definitely hear the sound of guns.

The Devil Artillery observer held the handset and microphone and shouted loudly: "Report to the commander of the division, all the surrounded soldiers of the 1st Division have been killed, and the battle is over! In addition, there are still a large number of Eighth Route cavalry and tanks moving towards us. "

"Nani? Is the battle over?"

Mitsuo Nakaze was shocked at first, and then said in an unbelievable tone: "Is this impossible? Could it be that the remaining locust soldiers have broken through?"

The Devil artillery observer stared at the artillery mirror and said, "I saw a lot of corpses of locust soldiers."

on the ground.

The headquarters of the 26th Division and the 1st Division of the Japanese Army.

Mitsuo Nakazawa put down the handset and microphone of the radio station angrily.

Kuroda Shigetoku persuaded: "Mr. Zhongze, the scouts of our division have reported that the battle is over. I suggest returning to Datong immediately to avoid being surrounded by the Eighth Route Army!"

Although the attacking stance had already been set up, since the battle was over, there was no need to continue the fight.

If you continue to fight, it will only increase the casualties.

Kuroda Shigetoku really didn't want to fight the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi.

He just wanted to lead the 26th Division to return to Inner Mongolia as soon as possible. The life there was really comfortable, and he didn't want to live in fear in Northwest Shanxi.

The third husband of Zhongze wanted to burst into tears, but quickly suppressed his anger. The matter has come to this point, no matter how difficult it is to accept, this is the only way to go.

"Kuroda-kun, transfer to Datong."

Mitsuo Nakaze waved his hands and closed his eyes in pain. At this moment, the old devil's heart felt like a knife.

More than 2 elite locust troops were wiped out within a few hours. The 1st Division had never suffered such a big loss.

"Yes." Shigetoku Kuroda nodded, and looked at the combat staff officer beside him, "The order is for all troops to transfer to Datong immediately, and move quickly."

Facts have proved that no matter how elite troops are ambushed by the enemy, they will soon be wiped out.

Even the main force of the 1st Division has been wiped out. Now that the main force of the Eighth Route Army is free, they will definitely not be able to fight.

"Hi!"

The combat staff officer nodded heavily and turned to leave.

……

The Eighth Route Army Front Enemy Headquarters.

"Regimental Commander, forward artillery observers report that the devils from the 26th Division and the 1st Division have retreated."

"Are we still chasing?"

Wang Dehou reported to Li Yunlong.

"What did you say, you retreated?" Li Yunlong's tone was somewhat surprised and disappointed.

The artillery, infantry, cavalry, and tank units of the new regiment were all poised for a good fight.

As a result, the 26th Division and the 1st Division ran away directly?

Receiving Wang Dehou's affirmative reply, Li Datuan said in a disdainful tone: "These two devils, Kuroda and Nakazawa, are not men. They don't even have the courage to fight us head-on."

"Although the 26th Division and the 1st Division have escaped." Zhao Gang said, "But our artillery has killed some devils from the 26th Division, and it is not fruitless."

Kong Jie put down the binoculars and said, "It must be the devil observers on the observation balloon who discovered that the battle here is over, that's why the devils from the 26th and 1st divisions retreated."

"Observation balloon?" Li Yunlong asked, "Where is it?"

Li Yunlong had been using the artillery mirror to observe the direction of the battlefield, so he didn't pay much attention to the devil's observation balloon.

When Li Yunlong led his troops to attack Taiyuan, he shot down a devil's observation balloon, and the devil's artillery observer fell to his death on the spot.

However, the devil's observation balloon was raised from the city of Taiyuan at that time, and it was within the range of the Eighth Route Army, so it was easy to shoot down.

"Look, old Kong, how far is the devil's balloon from us?"

Li Yunlong looked in the direction Kong Jie pointed, and he saw the devil's observation balloon in midair, which was slowly descending.

Because the distance is too far, only a small black dot can be seen.

"The straight-line distance must be at least seven or eight kilometers." Kong Jie put down the binoculars and said.

"Forget it..." Li Yunlong said, "Order all the ministries to quickly clean up the battlefield and transport all the spoils back to the base area."

Li Yunlong originally wanted to order the 88th Artillery Battalion to shoot down the devil's observation balloon.

But it was too late in time. By the time the 88th Artillery Battalion arrived, the devil's observation balloon had already landed and ran away.

Now that the 26th Division and the 1st Division have retreated, Li Yunlong has no intention of pursuing them.

However, Li Yunlong sent cavalry scouts out to guard and reconnaissance in the direction of Datong, in case the 26th Division and the 1st Division would kill a carbine.

At the same time, sporadic ambushes were completely over.

Li Yunlong immediately ordered Wang Dehou to prepare a good report and report the situation to the headquarters.

(End of this chapter)