Beiyang 1917

() An hour later, the sweaty and exhausted Captain Yamashita and the 45th Squadron of the Udoman Cavalry under his command were finally driven into the encirclement... Not far to the south is the railway bridge over the Krasnorad River, and to the east Less than 2 kilometers away is Rommel's equally panting German motorized 1st company laid out along the railway line, while the three companies commanded by Captain von Manstein crossed the railway line and closed from east to west The passage for the Fengwen cavalry to break through the siege to the north...

The most terrible thing is that in order to ensure the counterattack of the main force of the 47th Division of the German Reserve Infantry, the armored trains of the 1st Armored Detachment and the 1st Division are already standing on the north side of the railway bridge... and the armored train commanded by Lieutenant Colonel von Rundstedt Squad 2 failed to rush back. The main force of the Yonezawa Cavalry Wing broke through the weakly defended crossroads in the north and rolled away to the east. Lieutenant Colonel von Rundstedt's armored train turned back from the banks of the Lopan River in Kharkov When I came back, I was a step late, and I only caught a cavalry that could not be reached by a squadron at the back of the Japanese cavalry, while nearly 10 cavalry squadrons, the main force of the Yonezawa United, had crossed the railway line and rushed eastward all over the mountains... ..

Lieutenant Colonel von Rundstedt certainly understood that he had miscalculated. The main force of the Japanese cavalry regiment was not led to the south by Rommel's infantry, but the old trick was repeated. Killed a carbine, broke through the blockade of the German army on the railway line, crossed the railway and entered the hilly area to the east, with the obvious purpose of joining the main force of the Muto Infantry Brigade who detoured down from the east road.

Under such circumstances, Lieutenant Colonel von Rundstedt, as the commander of the 1nd Division of the 2st Armored Detachment, will certainly not send the armored train, which is a heavy firepower fortress, to the south to join Rommel's troops in encircling and annihilating the opponent's cavalry brigade The urgent task of the armored train detachment 1 detachment 2 detachment is to cooperate with the 139th infantry regiment guarding the southern city of Kharkov to hold the line of defense and defend the Lopan River Bridge! ..

Of course, the lieutenant colonel did not forget to send orders to Captain von Manstein and Captain Erwin Rommel on the Krasnorad River in the south, to completely destroy the Japanese cavalry unit that lured the enemy, and ensure that Krasnorad Blockade and defense of the rail line between the Snoradlopan Bridge!

The task of the two units of the first detachment of the armored train has changed from trying to kill the Japanese Yonezawa cavalry unit to returning to the old line, protecting the railway line and the bridge, and ensuring that the main force of the German 1th Division's counterattack north is not hindered. ...

Captain Erwin Rommel of course refused to let the prey he got escape. Through the interrogation of the captured Japanese cavalry stragglers, the situation has become very clear. It is only the Yonezawa Cavalry Regiment Yamashita Bongbun Regiment who is trapped in the encirclement of the triangle. A cavalry squadron has lost dozens of people along the way, and there are only about 200 Japanese cavalry at full count. Of course, there are more than 500 horses...

If it were not for the exhaustion of Yamashita's cavalry, the 45th Cavalry Squadron, which originally went south as a mission to lure the enemy, obviously would not have stayed in this triangle area for too long. In fact, the German armored train that appeared on the other side of the railway bridge has been snuffed out Fengwen Yamashita led a cavalry squadron to blast and destroy the ambition of the bridge...

Hisao Nishio's cavalry brigade was almost eaten by the German armored train unit at the northern crossroads. No matter how tough and brave Captain Yamashita was, he would not lead Ushijima's squadron to attack the bridge with pebbles and stones, so that Blow up the bridge with explosives...

The Japanese cavalry, who ran more than ten kilometers in one breath, were dripping with sweat, and dismounted one after another to drink and rest by the Krasnorad River. Many people ate dry food... When people are tired, it is often after too much physical exertion Need to supplement calories and food, Lieutenant Ushishima Man and Yamashita Fengfumi's temporary headquarters are in a forest by the river, and the reconnaissance results from three directions have been summarized... For this reason, several reconnaissance soldiers have been lost... the Germans Machine guns are not vegetarian...

"The regiment is attached, the situation is not good... The armored train of the Germans has occupied the bridgehead on the other side of the Krasnorad River, and our scout cavalry has been spotted by the other side. We should be bombarded by the opponent's heavy artillery in a moment..." Lieutenant Ushishima Mitsuru of the 45th Cavalry Squadron hadn't finished his sentence when there was a rumbling artillery sound from the southeast direction, and several shells whizzed through the woods and exploded on the river beach. The splashes of water and wet mud splashed everywhere, but fortunately they didn't hit the Japanese cavalry directly.

The Krasnorad River, a tributary of the Lopan River, meanders from the northwest and turns two consecutive bends less than three kilometers from the bridge head. Blocking the line of sight to the southeast... The German armored train obviously couldn't see the movement here, and the blind shelling was just a bluff hoping to blast out the hidden Japanese cavalry...

"Mr. Ushishima, the current situation is really serious. I wanted to lead you to take down this railway bridge, but I didn't expect the German armored train to return here from the south... How is the situation near the eastern railway line? , Has that German motorized infantry company caught up yet?" Fengfumi Yamashita is not only sweating profusely now, but also has a sloppy beard and smoke on his face. This guy rode almost 100 kilometers a day today, and changed 4 The second horse, even his iron-clad body, is now a little sluggish, and both sides of his inner thighs are worn out and bandaged up.

The image of Lieutenant Ushijima Mitsuru in front of him is not much better than that of the Lieutenant, and the helmet is even worn on his back instead of on his head. He is sweating profusely, too hot and too tired.

Ushishima Mimano was the third son of Lieutenant Ushishima Miman, a former Satsuma vassal, and was born in Tokyo. In 1908, graduated from the 20th Infantry Division of the Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy; ranked third. He graduated from the 1916th class of the Army University in 28, and he was a classmate of the 4th class of the 28th Cavalry Regiment, Fufumi Yamashita, but Yamashita Fengwen was the second honor student of the saber group of the 28th class of the Chinese University. And Man Ushishima failed to make it into the top six and passed by the saber group.

At this moment, the 33-year-old Yamashita Fengfumi is already attached to the Captain's Regiment, and the 31-year-old Ushido is only a cavalry lieutenant. The third son of Lieutenant Shiman, this means that Lieutenant Ushishima is not the eldest son who has the right to inherit the Ushishima family in the family.