Men Bingyue asked anxiously: "How many Japs are there?"
The signal soldier replied: "There are about fifty people, a company of puppet Mongolian troops, and a lot of cattle, sheep and horses."
"There are puppet Mongolian troops and a lot of cattle, sheep and horses?" Hu Fengchun, commander of the 21st Cavalry Brigade, said, "It is probably a small force sent by the Ordos Right Wing Rear Banner to Qingxiang."
The so-called Qingxiang refers to the elimination of bandits and rebel forces within the territory.
The Japanese Qingxiang was dedicated to clearing out the anti-Japanese armed forces behind enemy lines.
It's just that in Suiyuan, there are currently no Eighth Route Army guerrillas, but small units of the National Army are active. The Japs and Puppet Mongolian troops stationed in various leagues and banners will go out to clear up the herdsmen every now and then, and rob the cattle of the herdsmen. Sheep and other livestock, this kind of thing is very common in Suiyuan and Chahar, and the soldiers of the national army are also used to it.
Men Bingyue also regarded this group of Japs as Japs who were out to clear the countryside.
Immediately, Men Bingyue ordered his adjutant to take out a map and found that only the right rear banner of Ordos had Japanese troops stationed within a hundred miles. In addition, the nearest Japanese stronghold was also a hundred miles away, which was the Yike Zhao League. He immediately asked Mrs. Zhao: " How many Japanese troops are stationed at the rear banner on the right wing of Ordos? How many other Puppet-Mongolian troops are there?"
The 19th Cavalry Brigade had been stationed here before, so Mrs. Zhao was familiar with the situation here.
Mrs. Zhao replied: "Half a month ago, there was only one Japanese squadron and one battalion of puppet Mongolian troops here, but now I don't know."
"A Japanese squadron plus a battalion of Puppet Mongolian troops?" Men Bingyue's eyes flashed coldly. It has only been less than half a month. Even if the Japs increase their troops, they will not increase too much at once. And with their cavalry number 1 The strength of the Seventh Division is more than enough to defeat such a group of Japs plus the puppet Mongolian army. Even if the Japs from the right rear banner of Ordos arrive for reinforcements, they are not afraid.
Then Men Bingyue ordered: "Order the Thirty-eighth Regiment to eat the group of Japanese in front immediately!"
After a pause, he said: "Order the 37th and 39th Regiments to protect their flanks. If the Japs and the Puppet Mongolian Army from the rear banner on the right wing of Ordos come for reinforcements, then the Japs reinforcements will also be eaten."
"Yes!" The messenger reined in his horse, turned around, and galloped away, disappearing on the grassland in just a moment.
Mrs. Zhao turned around and said to Men Bingyue with a smile: "Master, it seems that we are lucky. We have just entered the territory of Yike Zhao League and we encountered something like this."
What Mrs. Zhao said was true. It was just that she happened to run into such a group of devils. What was even more coincidental was that this group of devils also robbed a lot of cattle, sheep and horses. After this group of devils were eliminated, these cattle, sheep and horses would of course go home. They have everything, but this solves their big problem. At least the problem of eating is temporarily solved.
"Don't be careless. You should still be careful of the little Japs in the right rear banner of Ordos." Men Bingyue was reserved on the outside, but he was also a little proud in his heart. Although it was nothing to annihilate a small team of Japs and a company of the Puppet Mongolian Army, no matter what No matter what, this is a victory, and it is always a happy thing to win.
Men Bingyue didn't know that he had already stepped into the trap.
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By the time of World War II, there was almost no pure cavalry unit in the world, and all had evolved into dragoons. The so-called dragoons were, to put it bluntly, mounted infantry. That is to say, they rode on horseback when marching and dismounted when fighting. Combat, because infantry warfare has incomparable advantages over cavalry warfare.
To give a simple example, heavy machine guns and artillery cannot be used on horseback, especially heavy machine guns, which are simply the nemesis of the cavalry. Facing the brutal heavy machine gun firepower, no matter how brave and skilled the cavalry is, they are useless. In the Zulu War, , the British once used four Maxim heavy machine guns to massacre more than 5,000 Zulu cavalry.
Of course, at certain times, dragoons will also be used as pure cavalry.
In short, whether it is the Seventh Cavalry Division of the National Army or the Japanese cavalry group stationed in Mongolia, they are all dragoons.
The only difference is that in the Japanese cavalry group stationed in Mongolia, in addition to four cavalry squadrons, each cavalry regiment also has a heavy machine gun squadron and an artillery squadron, while the National Army's 7th Cavalry Division was in the last battle. After the defeat, all artillery was lost, and the heavy machine gun unit also existed in name only.
Therefore, the strategy of the Japanese army stationed in Mongolia is actually very simple. It is to continuously lure the 7th Cavalry Division to increase its strength and expand the scale of the battle through small-scale encounters. In this way, it can gradually attract the main force of the 7th Cavalry Division to The battle zone creates opportunities for the 26th Division to encircle.
The task of luring the enemy was an independent infantry brigade of the 26th Division.
There is nothing unusual about this infantry brigade, but the commander leading this infantry brigade is a ruthless character. He is Anda Twenty-Three! This old devil is still very capable, but at this stage, his abilities have not yet been demonstrated. He is similar to Yamashita Fengfumi. He will not start to show his prominence until he reaches the battlefield in Southeast Asia.
By the way, the 26th Division is just a three-unit garrison division.
The so-called three-unit garrison division corresponds to the four-unit field division. The little devil's field division generally has two infantry brigades and four infantry regiments under its jurisdiction. This is called the four-unit system, and the garrison division There is only one infantry regiment under its jurisdiction, and the infantry regiment has three infantry regiments under its jurisdiction, so it is called the three-unit system.
Anda Twenty-three is the commander of the 26th Division Infantry Regiment, with the rank of lieutenant general.
A lieutenant general leader personally led an independent infantry brigade to act as a decoy, which shows how much the little devil attaches great importance to this battle of the Yikezhao League. The old devil Anda Twenty-three is indeed powerful. The trap he set up can be said to be There is no flaw, the encounter at the right rear flag of Ordos really looks like an encounter.
Knowing that the battle had begun, and that the leading troops of the 7th Chinese Cavalry Division had launched an attack on the small Japanese troops "disguised" as Qingxiang troops, Anda Twenty-Three was not too happy, because this had just begun, and the Chinese were just He touched the fishhook with his mouth, but he was still far away from finally being hooked.
"Tell Shimazu-kun that you must calm down!" Adachi Twenty-three said to the adjutant, "We will never allow reinforcements to be sent until the last moment!" After a pause, he continued, "Even if it is really the most urgent moment, At that time, only one infantry squad plus one company of Mongolian troops were allowed to be dispatched at a time, and no more were allowed!"
"Hai!" The adjutant nodded and turned around.
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Let’s talk about the Seventh Cavalry Division later.
In the blink of an eye, half an hour has passed.
However, what surprised Men Bingyue was that the small group of Japs was very tenacious. The 38th Cavalry Regiment has not eaten them yet, and the two sides are still fighting fiercely.
As time went by, Men Bingyue began to feel anxious.
After all, this is an occupied area. The longer the delay, the more Japanese and puppet troops will be reinforced from all directions, and even escaping will become a problem in the end.
After waiting for more than five minutes, Men Bingyue could no longer hold back and went to the battlefield.
After personally going to the battlefield, Men Bingyue finally knew why the Thirty-eighth Cavalry Regiment had been unable to resolve the battle. This was because this group of Japanese and puppet troops occupied the only high ground within a few kilometers, and then set up machine guns on the high platform and threw cartridges, and concentrated fire on the attacking team of the 38th Regiment from a high position.
Due to the lack of heavy firepower, the Thirty-Eighth Regiment could only take lives again and again to fill the gap.
When Men Bingyue arrived, the attack of the 38th Regiment was once again disrupted by Japanese firepower.
A cavalry battalion commander from the Thirty-Eighth Regiment came forward and shouted: "Master, why are you here?"
Men Bingyue asked angrily: "Where is your captain?"
The cavalry battalion commander said sadly: "Our regiment has been killed in the battle."
"What?" Men Bingyue's eyes widened and he asked again, "Where is the regimental deputy?"
"The regimental deputy also died in the battle just now." After the cavalry battalion commander finished speaking, he pointed to the high platform in front, which meant that the body of their deputy regiment commander was lying there. After a pause, the cavalry battalion commander continued. , "Master, the terrain here is too fucked up, and the Japanese have an absolute advantage in firepower. We have suffered too many casualties!"
Men Bingyue looked miserable. After all, the firepower was still too weak.
But no matter how weak the firepower is, can it still be weaker than the firepower of the Communist Eighth Route Army? The Eighth Route Army did not still fight vigorously on the battlefield behind enemy lines in North China. Is the Central Army really not as good at fighting as the Eighth Route Army? Regarding this point, Men Bingyue, who was born in Huangpu, will not admit it in any case. In his eyes, the Central Army is the strongest!
Of course, the independent regiment commanded by the man named Xu was not included. That was an exception.
Then Men Bingyue roared loudly: "Don't complain to me. As a soldier, you should move forward bravely. Even if you only have a fire stick left in your hand, you will never give in, let alone retreat! Listen carefully, from now on From now on, you are the commander of the 38th Cavalry Regiment, and I order you to lead your troops to seize the high platform in front immediately!"
"Yes!" the cavalry battalion commander roared, turned around and walked away.
Immediately afterwards, the cavalry battalion commander who had just been promoted to regiment leader organized the remnants of the 38th Regiment to charge again against the Japanese and puppet troops on the high platform. This time, the 38th Regiment no longer charged on foot, but chose to charge on horseback. Although War horses are very valuable, but if all the soldiers in the regiment are used up, what's the use of keeping the war horses
However, the results were the same. This charge was still broken up by the Japanese and puppet troops.
Moreover, the cavalry battalion commander who had just been promoted to regiment commander also died. Now among all the remnants of the 38th Cavalry Regiment, the one with the highest rank is actually just a cavalry platoon leader. The 7th Cavalry Division is indeed the elite of the Central Army, not only the grassroots officers, but also Senior officers at the company, battalion and regiment level also took the lead in the charge, so the casualty rate was very high!
Seeing this scene, Men Bingyue was so angry that he almost vomited blood, but he also saw that the Japanese and the puppet Mongolian army on the high platform had reached the end of their strength. At this time, if another force was put in to annihilate the Japanese who were stubbornly resisting, , the Puppet Mongolian Army was simply a piece of cake, so Men Bingyue transferred two more regiments without hesitation.