To the east of Wuliang Suhai, Erden Prague Sumu.
This is the largest herdsman settlement for dozens of miles nearby, with more than a hundred herdsmen living there. The Third Cavalry Battalion of the Chahar Independent Regiment is hidden here. In order to deceive the Japanese aerial reconnaissance, the officers and soldiers of the Chahar Independent Regiment They all took off their military uniforms and put on the Mongolian robes of local herdsmen, and even applied sunscreen on their faces.
In the stable, brothers Xiang Dalong and Xiang Dahu were cutting grass for an old lady.
When the remnants of the 7th Cavalry Division were recruited, Xu Rui promised Cheng Lu Ming and others not to send political cadres to the 7th Cavalry Battalion for the time being. Xu Rui also kept his promise and did not send instructors or instructors to the 7th Cavalry Battalion. However, after taking down the Ike Zhao League and forcing the landing of the Puppet Mongolian Army's 1st Cavalry Division, the Chahar Independent Regiment was organized into five cavalry battalions.
Among them, the other four cavalry battalions were assigned battalion instructors and company instructors when they were first formed. Finally, the battalion commander of the seventh cavalry battalion, Zhao Hao, quit because he discovered that the other four cavalry battalions had political cadres stationed there. The mental outlook was obviously different, so Xu Rui was strongly requested to send a battalion instructor to the 7th Cavalry Battalion, and then three company instructors.
So up to now, the Chahar Independent Regiment has basically completed its political transformation and can be regarded as a true people's army. What is a people's army? The people's soldiers all come from the people, and being able to mingle with the poor people is their basic characteristic, like now.
Brothers Xiang Dalong and Xiang Dahu came from a good background, but they had no psychological barriers to cutting grass for the herdsmen's aunts, because they had completed the political transformation ideologically and had finished cutting grass for the horses in the stables. The brothers also helped The old lady’s water tank was filled with water and the milk bucket was washed.
While the brothers were busy, the herdsman lady did not stop them.
But from the old lady's cloudy eyes, you can see the glistening tears. She has lived for almost eighty years and has seen too many armies, including the Eight Banners Army of Marshal Zuo in the late Qing Dynasty, as well as Marshal Xu and Fu in the Beiyang period. Marshal's Beiyang New Army, Marshal Feng's National Army during the Republic of China, and now Fu Zuoyi.
There are so many armies, but there is no army that can be like the Communist Party's army. Instead of robbing their cattle, sheep and livestock, they help them do this and that, and they don't receive payment after doing it! Five days ago, when the Communist troops just arrived, the local herdsmen were still worried. Even if the officers and soldiers of the independent regiment helped them with their work, the local herdsmen were worried that they would forcibly collect high remuneration after working. But five days later, they found that they had thought too much.
The herdsmen discovered that the Communist Party troops were sincere in helping them and for free. Therefore, after five days of getting along with them, the local herdsmen had become one with the officers and soldiers of the Chahar Independent Regiment.
After rinsing the milk bucket, Xiang Dalong found another hole in the yurt, so he said to the herdsman's aunt: "Auntie, do you have any cowhide? I will help you repair the yurt."
Over there, Xiang Dahu had already moved the ladder.
However, the two brothers failed to make up for it after all.
As soon as Xiang Dahu moved the wooden ladder, a correspondent from the battalion headquarters arrived on a fast horse and brought an order from Cheng Luming, commander of the third cavalry battalion: The entire battalion must assemble urgently!
In less than half an hour, more than 300 officers and soldiers of the Third Cavalry Battalion were assembled.
The cavalry is much slower to assemble than the infantry, because the equipment carried by the infantry is not comparable to that of the cavalry. In addition to their own equipment, the cavalry also has war horse equipment. Therefore, the third cavalry battalion can complete it in half an hour. The assembly was already very fast.
Facing the gaze of more than 300 officers and soldiers of the Third Cavalry Battalion, Cheng Luming said loudly: "I have just received an order from the regiment headquarters. The Japanese garrison in Mongolia besieging Wuyuan has been defeated. Tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers with broken troops and wounded are heading towards the grassland east of Wuliang Suhai in a panic. Escape, the regiment headquarters ordered us to intercept and kill with all our strength, and we must not let a single Japanese return to Baotou alive!"
"Yes!" More than three hundred officers and soldiers responded with a roar, their eyes burning.
"Now I give the order." Cheng Luming drew out his saber.
More than three hundred officers and soldiers followed suit and drew their sabers.
Then, Cheng Luming slowly turned his horse's head, raised his saber, and pointed it towards the south of Wuliangsuhai. More than 300 officers and soldiers lined up immediately mobilized their horses and galloped towards the south of Wuliangsuhai.
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When the Third Cavalry Battalion completed its assembly and set out from Erden Prague Sumu, Bart's First Cavalry Battalion had already encountered the Japanese troops who had fled south of Wuliang Suhai, because Bart's First Cavalry Battalion was stationed further south. Gu Liena Ade, the Japanese who escaped from Wuyuan must pass through this area if they want to return to Baotou.
Therefore, as soon as the cavalry battalion left the settlement, they encountered the Japanese.
There were more than a dozen Japs who first appeared in the sight of the officers and soldiers of the 7th Cavalry Battalion. When they saw a large group of "herdsmen" holding sabers rushing out from the settlement in front, the more than a dozen Japs who fled from the front immediately realized that Unfortunately, driven by instinct, Dangzhi squatted on the ground and raised his gun to shoot.
The little devils are still tough enough. They have become stragglers, but they are still able to organize some resistance.
However, such resistance was in vain. Without machine guns, it was simply wishful thinking to block the group charge of the cavalry with only a dozen 38-guns. After a while, more than a hundred officers and soldiers from the first cavalry company of the cavalry battalion Under the leadership of company commander He Ergou, they rushed in front of the little Japanese, and then the killing began.
"Kill!" He Ergou shouted in a low voice. He gently moved the saber forward and cut open the neck of a Japanese soldier. As the blood spurted out, the Japanese man immediately screamed and fell into a pool of blood. After falling to the ground, he twitched. After two blows, there was no more movement. The knife just now had completely cut off the little devil's common carotid artery.
He Ergou continued to urge the horse forward. In the blink of an eye, the sharp saber penetrated another Japanese soldier's vest. The Japanese soldier was instantly pierced by the saber, and the whole body was hung on the sword. The horse was too fast. , the inertia was too great, and He Ergou had no time to put away the knife, so he could only abandon the knife, because if he didn't abandon the knife, his arm would be broken.
The inertia caused by the rapid charge of the war horses cannot be endured by the bones of ordinary people.
Fortunately, He Ergou still had a spare sword. He immediately turned his hand and took out the spare sword. He did not dare to stab anymore, but only dared to chop. After killing or injuring two Japs in a row, this group of Japs was crushed. , the last few remaining Japanese who were lucky enough to survive turned around and ran, but how could two legs outrun four
Soon, these Japanese were also caught up by the cavalry and hacked to death.
In less than a minute, the battle was over. All the dozen or so Japs were killed. However, He Ergou's cavalry company also lost three people and more than a dozen others were seriously injured. Although the Japs had been defeated, they were still resisting. But his will was not lost. He fought hard despite being trapped, and still caused some damage to the pursuers of the Chahar Independent Regiment.
However, as the sky darkens, the end of the little devil has arrived.
Because the Japanese were not familiar with the local terrain, but there were many local herdsmen among the officers and soldiers of the Chahar Independent Regiment who were very familiar with the nearby terrain, the result was predictable.
In addition, since the Japanese invaded Chahar and Suiyuan provinces, they have carried out all kinds of extortionate expropriations and perverse actions. The herdsmen hated the Japanese to the core, so they all took action spontaneously to help the Chahar Independent Regiment and the pursuit of the 35th Army. , and wiped out the escaped Japanese soldiers, which made the situation of the little Japanese even worse.
Of course, there are no benefits for the Japanese.
Because Abe Nobihide reacted quickly and dispatched cavalry in time, many defeated troops were still collected.
Before nightfall, there were more than 5,000 remaining Japanese soldiers gathered under Abe Kihide. Although these Japanese soldiers were exhausted and had very little ammunition left, there were still more than 5,000 people. With the strength of five infantry brigades, it is certainly not enough to continue the attack, but it seems to be more than enough to protect themselves.
When the sky darkened, Abe Kihide gave up his efforts, led the five thousand troops that had been gathered, and began to retreat eastward.
Abe Kihide knew that it would be too dangerous to send cavalry to pick up and collect the defeated troops after dark. If the defeated troops were not collected by then, but the last few hundred cavalrymen of the 1st Cavalry Brigade were sent in, that would be terrible. The loss was huge. There were only more than 300 cavalry left in the First Cavalry Brigade and they could not afford greater losses.
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The situation on the battlefield was quickly reported to the headquarters of the 35th Army.
Hearing that the Japs outside the North Gate had regrouped to the size of 5,000 people, the atmosphere in the war room became solemn again.
Knowing that the Japs had gathered more than 5,000 remnants, Yao Dahai breathed a sigh of relief, but on the surface he still showed great regret, shaking his head and saying: "I have said before, how can it be so easy to eliminate the Japs? What was the result? The Japanese gathered the remaining soldiers so quickly and gathered more than 5,000 troops."
After a slight pause, Yao Dahai continued: "It won't be long before the Japs can gather at least tens of thousands of troops. By then they will counterattack. Yes, the Japs will definitely counterattack."
After saying that, Yao Dahai said to Fu Zuoyi: "So, sir, let's gather our troops quickly and prepare for the next counterattack of the Japanese. Otherwise, when the Japanese gather their troops to counterattack, our troops will still be scattered around the battlefield." , then the trouble would be huge, wouldn’t it be a pity if we don’t turn victory into defeat in the end?”
"Counterattack!" Xu Rui retorted directly and said coldly, "The little devil is exhausted and has run out of ammunition and food. How can he still have the ability to counterattack? Don't look at the old devil Abe Norihide who gathered more than 5,000 remaining soldiers. So what? In my eyes, more than five thousand Japanese are just like food, and they can only be eaten by us!"
"What?" Yao Dahai was stunned for a long time and said in a loud voice, "Arrogant, so arrogant."
"Arrogant? I will show you how arrogant you are today." Xu Rui chuckled, turned around and said to the messenger behind him, "Order the battalions to participate in the counterattack. There is no need to chase the fleeing Japanese anymore. Immediately move closer to the north of Wuliang Suhai. After arriving at the area north of Wuliang Suhai, immediately launch a free attack on the Japanese."