I am God of War in Snow Leopard

Chapter 234 Move to Suzhong ([-])

Just when Yamada Boten was furious, a Japanese cavalry galloped in from the direction of Yangzhou in the south.

At the rear of the convoy, Yamada Boten was found. He hurriedly turned over and dismounted and saluted: "Sir, the detachment leader has an order. The leading troops must not get too entangled with the small troops of the China Army.

Advance towards Xuyi County at full speed. Be sure to get to Xuyi before the main force of the China Army! "

Yamada Botten looked the cavalry messenger up and down, and asked, "Where is the main force now?"

The Japanese messenger hurriedly said: "Reporting to the commander, we have passed Tianchang Town and are less than ten kilometers away from you.

The detachment headquarters received the latest information from the front army headquarters, and the reconnaissance plane of the land-based aviation force had discovered a large number of main forces of the Chinese army and was rushing towards Xuyi County.

Therefore, it is judged that the Chinese army may have detected the defection of the Xuyi defenders, and Xuyi County fell into the hands of the imperial army.

In order to completely block the escape route of the Tiger and Ben troops to the north, the Yamada detachment should advance towards Xuyi at full speed. They must get to Xuyi before the Tiger and Ben troops! "

Yamada Boten nodded slightly, and the lieutenant adjutant beside him also suggested: "Sir, the detachment leader is wise, the China Army cavalry in front of us is just a small force.

Its purpose is to slow down our progress and prevent us from rushing to Xuyi.

If we continue to struggle with it here, even if we can eventually eliminate it, we will miss the opportunity to fight. "

Yamada Boteng also came to his senses, and immediately ordered: "Order all the troops to get on the vehicles immediately and advance northward at full speed.

Machine gunners, be on full alert to prevent Chinese cavalry raids! "

"Hay!" The lieutenant and adjutant and other ghost soldiers present nodded their heads.

……

In the Baxiantai Mountain area, Sun Kui is leading a battalion to march northeastward.

A cavalryman chased after him from a distance. He raised his hand and shouted from a distance: "Battle Commander Sun! Battalion Commander Sun! Urgent order!"

When Sun Kui heard this, he immediately reined in his horse and stopped.

As the commander of the first battalion, Sun Kui had a war horse to carry him around.

In a blink of an eye, the cavalryman galloped to the front in a hurry.

Sun Kui asked leisurely, "What's going on?"

The cavalry soldier ran out of breath and said: "The regiment headquarters has an order, and the battalions acting alone should immediately turn on the radio to keep in touch with the regiment headquarters.

In addition, the regiment ordered the first battalion to quickly advance to Xuyi County and join the regiment and the tank battalion! "

When Sun Kui heard this, he turned his head and told one of his adjutants, "Let the communications soldier turn on the radio immediately and contact the regiment headquarters."

Then he turned around and asked the cavalry soldiers in front of him, "Have the regiment and the tank battalion arrived in Xuyi? What happened?"

The cavalry warrior said: "The enemy's cavalry is advancing towards Xuyi County at full speed, and the regiment judges that the enemy may have rebelled against the defenders of Xuyi County.

In order to rush to Xuyi ahead of the enemy, Tuan Zuo and deputy head Zhou have already led the tank battalion, and the guard company rushed to Xuyi first. "

After listening to Sun Kui, he immediately realized the seriousness of the problem, and immediately turned his head and ordered to the adjutant: "Pass my order, the whole battalion abandons the camouflage, and marches towards Xuyi County at full speed! Hurry up!"

"Yes!" The adjutant immediately took the order and left.

The officers and soldiers of the first battalion, who originally wore grass rings on their heads and various natural camouflages on their bodies, threw away the camouflages on their bodies after receiving the order.

Carrying the weapon, he started to walk on the main road and marched towards Xuyi County at full speed.

……

Tianchang Town.

The main force of the Yamada detachment led by Yamada Hirobumi just passed through this small town and continued to march north.

As the captain of the major general detachment, Yamada Hirobumi is treated much better than his younger brother Yamada Hirobumi.

Not only do they have many troops around them, but they also have tanks and armored units.

Therefore, Yamada Hirobumi was able to ride in a wheeled armored vehicle during the march.

This is much safer than riding a horse or using a military truck, because the enemy's wheeled armored vehicles have relatively weak defensive armor.

But it is not a problem to withstand ordinary grenade fragments and bullets.

Unless someone lays a mine and destroys it directly from below, hiding inside can basically ensure safety.

As they were marching, a Japanese adjutant caught up with him on horseback.

Yamada Hirobumi in the armored vehicle saw the situation and immediately ordered the driver to stop, then opened the door and asked, "What's the matter?"

The devil's adjutant with the rank of captain quickly got off his horse, came to Yamada Hirobumi's car door, stood up respectfully and said, "Report to Your Excellency, Nakasa Yamada has called, and they have already advanced towards Xuyi at full speed.

However, there are a small number of Chinese cavalry along the way. Lieutenant Colonel Yamada is worried about your safety and has called us to remind us to be careful about ambushes, especially the possibility of booby traps laid by the Chinese army on the road! "

Yamada Hirobumi nodded when he heard this: "Order the 3rd Infantry Battalion to move forward, and other troops will follow suit!"

"Hay!" The devil's adjutant responded, and was about to take orders to leave.

Yamada Hirobumi raised his hand to stop him again and said: "Wait a minute, where is the Takamori detachment that is pursuing from Chuzhou and Lai'an direction now?"

The adjutant said: "According to the telegram from the front headquarters half an hour ago, the friendly forces should have already passed the Zhimaling area, and are now chasing the various units of the Huben Regiment under the guidance of the aerial reconnaissance plane!"

"Yoxi, contact the Yingsen Detachment and the 18th Mixed Brigade directly, and tell them that our three units must cooperate to advance and pursue in order to prevent accidents."

Yamada Hirobumi nodded and said in a deep voice.

"Hai!" the Japanese adjutant suddenly paused and said: "I will go and generate electricity for the Yingsen detachment right away!"

Yamada Hirobumi waved his hand, and immediately closed the door of the armored vehicle, and ordered to the driver in front: "Drive, keep going!"

……

Zhima Ridge.

The main force of the more than 5000 Yingsen detachment led by Yingsen Ling has just arrived here.

In the woods, their search troops discovered the traces left by the Tiger Ben regiment where they had previously camped and rested.

Ling Yingsen came over on horseback with people in a complicated mood.

Standing at Zengjin's temporary camp of the Huben Regiment, Ying Senling's face was gloomy, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

At this moment, a communication second lieutenant ran over in a hurry, holding a telegram in his hand.

Facing Ling Yingsen's questioning gaze, the Japanese Second Lieutenant, still three or four meters away from him, hurriedly stopped, stood at attention, and saluted: "Report to Commander, the 18th Mixed Brigade is in urgent need of a call!"

"Read!" Ying Mori Ling ordered in a loud voice.

"The 18th Infantry Regiment of the 18th Mixed Brigade discovered a section of the Chinese Army near Tianquan Lake, and a fierce battle broke out with them!
Uncharacteristically, the enemy launched a tenacious resistance to the attack of the 18th Infantry Regiment relying on favorable terrain.

The battle is currently in a stalemate, and the 19th Infantry Regiment is busy chasing the Chinese Army in the direction of Sanxing Town.

In order to ensure that the 18th Infantry Wing can successfully break through the interception of the enemy in front of it, it will chase and wipe out the main force of the Huben Regiment of the Chinese Army as soon as possible.

They requested all departments of our detachment to rush to the Tianquan Lake area for support! "

The Japanese second lieutenant immediately took the telegram in both hands and read it.

Ying Senling frowned upon hearing this, and asked an accompanying adjutant next to him, "Watanabe-kun, what do you think?"

Adjutant Watanabe pondered and said: "General, from the information we have so far, the divisions of the Huben Regiment of the Chinese Army should be scattered to break through to the north.

However, they suddenly left part of their troops to stop the imperial army from pursuing them.

It should be that he realized that he was about to fall into the crisis of being surrounded by the imperial army, so he made the change! "

"They have even learned about the rebellion of the Xuyi defenders."

Adjutant Watanabe muttered: "In this case, the China Army's Tiger Regiment will most likely mobilize its main force to pounce on Xuyi!

That's why they left a small number of troops to block the pursuit of the 18th Mixed Brigade! "

Takamori nodded slightly: "Yoxi, Watanabe-kun, your analysis is very likely."

"General, what should we do?" Adjutant Watanabe asked quickly.

Ying Senling said in a deep voice: "Of course, go northward to reinforce the 18th Mixed Brigade, first defeat the blocking troops of the Chinese Army, and then quickly go northward to Xuyi, chasing and destroying the Chinese Army's Huben Regiment!"

Just when Order Takamori was about to issue an order, another Japanese signal soldier hurried over.

When he came to him, he stood at attention and saluted and reported to Eagle Mori Linghui: "Report to the detachment leader, Yamada detachment leader is calling!"

"Oh?" Ying Senling was a little surprised and said, "Where's the telegram? Bring it to me and take a look!"

The Japanese army's signal soldiers did not dare to neglect, and quickly handed over a telegram in their hands respectfully.

He took the telegram and read it hastily.

Takamori Ling pondered: "The progress of the Yamada detachment is quite fast, and their vanguard is almost at Xuyi!"

Adjutant Watanabe next to him was overjoyed when he heard the words: "General, in this way, the Huben Regiment of the Chinese Army will be unable to escape!"

"Maybe this is also the reason why the Huben Regiment spared no effort to divide their troops to stop the attack, and the main force marched towards Xuyi in a hurry."

Ling Yingsen said meaningfully: "I really can't understand why the Tiger Regiment still has such tenacious combat effectiveness after Xu Qingfeng has been dealt with by the Chinese government."

Adjutant Watanabe said: "General, according to the information we have so far, the Huben Regiment should now be led by a man named Xu Weiguo!"

"Xu Weiguo?" Yingsen Ling was confused when he heard this: "Where does this person come from?"

"It's not clear yet, the Special High School Division is stepping up its investigation!" Adjutant Watanabe said.

"However, their deputy commander Zhou Weiguo, as well as the chief of staff and other senior officers are said to be from Huangpu.

Many of them had experienced the battles of Songhu and Nanjing, so they inherited the original command system and combat style of the Huben Regiment! "

Ying Senling said with a stern expression: "I'm afraid it's more than that, in the Battle of Hefei, we were defeated by this Huben regiment.

It can be seen from this that Xu Weiguo, their new leader, should not be underestimated! "

As he said that, Ying Senling suddenly had a whim: "Watanabe-kun, you said this Xu Weiguo, could it be the Xu Qingfeng back then?"

Adjutant Watanabe was startled when he heard the words, and he didn't dare to say anything: "I guess not? After all, in Nanjing back then, Xu Qingfeng killed an Englishman.

The Nationalist government has always been weak and incompetent. If Xu Qingfeng is not dealt with, how can you explain it to the British? "

"People with the same surname are still very common among Chinese people!"

Ying Senling said: "However, under the command of this person, the Huben Regiment has also burst out with extremely strong fighting power!

Not to mention, we just suffered a big loss from them in Hefei! "

"General, there is no need to worry. The current strategic situation is that we have formed a huge encirclement around the various units of the Huben Regiment.

As long as the vanguard of the Yamada Detachment and the Xuyi defenders can defend Xuyi County.

When we break through the defense line of the blocking force of the Chinese Army, we will be able to form a mixed brigade with the 18th, and the main force of the Yamada detachment will join forces under the city of Xuyi.

At that time, all the units of the Huben Regiment will be encircled by our heavy troops, and there will be no possibility of escape! "

"Yo Xi!" Ying Senling nodded immediately and said, "That makes sense, but I was overly worried."

After a pause, he ordered decisively: "Pass my order, and all troops will rush to Tianquan Lake and Tianma Lake to help the 18th Infantry Regiment of the 18th Mixed Brigade!

In addition, it is necessary to keep in touch with the Yamada detachment and the headquarters of the front army at any time, share information, advance hand in hand, and coordinate attacks! "

"Hay!" Adjutant Watanabe and two correspondents who came to report took orders in unison.

……

Xuyi County.

There was originally only a local security team of 300 people stationed here, but after Nanjing, Chuzhou, Yangzhou and other places fell one after another.

Two troops were defeated here, one from the 51st Division of the National Army and the other from the Northwest Army.

Among them, the 51st Division belongs to the Central Army, with about 800 people, and the Northwest Army has more than [-] people.

Because the highest rank among the 51st Division's rout was only a major and deputy battalion commander, while the Northwest Army's rout was led by a colonel.

Therefore, naturally, the colonel commander became the highest military officer in Xuyi County.

Don't say that the Central Army is inferior to the local motley crew, but that also depends on the circumstances.

Especially now that they are all in a state of retreat, they are simply scattered, their equipment is almost lost, and their morale is extremely low.

That is who has more guns and whose fists are forced to obey.

The commander of the Northwest Army's colonel was named Ma Siniu. He was a horse bandit in his early years. Later, he couldn't stand the encirclement and suppression of the national army, so he led his troops to join the national army and turned into a regular army.

After the main force was defeated, he led more than 200 northwest troops, collected more than 600 broken troops along the way, and retreated to Xuyi County to stabilize the position.

Due to the defeat of the national army across the board at that time, Ma Siniu was appointed as the garrison commander of Xuyi County by the Chief of the 3rd Theater.

He was ordered to unified command all the troops in the city.

In essence, they wanted him to lead the troops as cannon fodder to stand in Xuyi County, which was about to become the front line, to consume the invading Japanese troops as much as possible, and to buy time for the rear troops to dispatch troops.

In order to stabilize him, the national army also distributed a batch of weapons and equipment to him.

After the Japanese agents detected this situation, the main force was busy moving north along the Jinpu Line and had no time to attack Xuyi County.

Immediately began to infiltrate Xuyi County, and at the same time instigated rebellion against the defenders in the city such as the Ma Siniu Department.

Ma Siniu, who has milk and is a mother, is double lured by the high salary and beauty of the Japanese military officials, and soon turns to the enemy, changes his flag and becomes a traitor.

More than 300 security teams and more than 400 remnants of the 51st Division in the city were also coerced by him and became a puppet army.

Originally, the Japanese army wanted to use this place as their own base and outpost after instigating a rebellion against the Xuyi defenders.

First, it can provide flank security for the main force of the Japanese army in central China that is attacking northward on the Jinpu line.

Secondly, it can also be used as an outpost and springboard for attacking Suzhong in the future.

As long as the main force of the Japanese army in central China is freed up, they can use this place as an advance base to sweep all parts of central Jiangsu.

However, unexpectedly, the Huben Regiment attacked Chuzhou by surprise, and then broke through from Lai'an and retreated in the direction of Xuyi.

For a time, the importance of this place increased several times.

(End of this chapter)