I am helping

Chapter 582 Decisive Battle!

Moritake Tanabe's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and he asked in a deep voice, "What did you say, the 10th cavalry regiment was defeated? Takagi died in battle?"

The combat staff who were busy couldn't help but turn their heads and cast unbelievably shocked gazes.

The 10th Cavalry Regiment was routed?It was only over 10 hours before the division headquarters gave the 2th Cavalry Division a combat order. How could it be defeated so quickly?

Just rely on the cavalry battalion of more than 500 cavalry in the Eighth Route Army?
The combat effectiveness of the 10th Cavalry Regiment was clear to everyone present, but all the cavalry were carefully selected, whether it was riding and shooting, saber chopping or dismounting foot combat, they were all well-trained and experienced in combat.

In such a short period of time, the 10th Cavalry Regiment was defeated. What happened?
Taking a deep breath, Ishikawa Jiro's face instantly collapsed, and he asked coldly, "What's going on?"

The communication staff officer said: "According to the report of Masao Tanaka, the deputy commander of the 10th Cavalry Regiment, all the cavalry of the Eighth Route New First Regiment were equipped with submachine guns. The cavalry unit strafed, causing heavy casualties to the cavalry unit, Takagi Takagi’s horse was hit on the head, and Takagi Takagi fell off his horse…”

The communication staff officer did not continue with the next words.

When more than 1300 cavalrymen charged, they fell off their horses, and Takeo Takagi liked to take the lead in charging, so he must have been trampled into meat sauce by the horseshoes behind him.

"Baga!" Ishikawa Erlang scolded angrily, "Sly Balu, cunning Li Yunlong!"

It's not that the locust army is incompetent, it's that the eight ways are too cunning.

Who would have thought that the eighth-way cavalry would suddenly pull out their submachine guns when riding horses?

And every cavalry has a submachine gun, which is outrageous.

Ishikawa Jiro didn't blame Takeo Takagi. Even if he went to command the 10th Cavalry Regiment, Ishikawa Jiro would probably be fooled by the Eighth Route Army, not to mention that Takeo Takagi had died in battle.

Moritake Tanabe still held his breath, and asked in a deep voice: "How many cavalry are there in the 10th Cavalry Regiment?"

"There are more than 300 cavalry left!" The communication staff bowed his head. "Most of the heavy equipment such as the mortars of the cavalry squadron and the heavy machine guns of the machine gun squadron were lost."

Ishikawa Jiro's face became more and more gloomy. There were only more than 300 cavalry left in a cavalry regiment, and even heavy weapons were captured by the Eighth Route Army. How can this cavalry carry out the roundabout task?
The 10th Cavalry Regiment can't beat the Eighth Route Army Cavalry Battalion at full strength, not to mention that there are only more than 300 cavalry left.

"Tanabe-kun, what should we do now?"

Ishikawa Jiro looked at Moritake Tanabe and asked with an extremely ugly expression.

Moritake Tanabe did not answer immediately, but drew up a telegram, and then looked at the communications staff: "Report this situation to Commander Okamura immediately."

"Hi!"

The communications staff put the telegram on the table, took the telegram, turned and walked out.

"Ishikawa-kun, your 10th division is ready for a decisive battle with the new regiment!"

When the communications staff officer walked out of the door, Moritake Tanabe narrowed his eyes behind his round glasses, looked at Jiro Ishikawa and said.

"A decisive battle?" Ishikawa Erlang was stunned.

The current defensive strategy of the 10th Division is to put more than 2 Japanese soldiers and puppet soldiers in thickened bunkers or gun towers to build positions.

There are more than 110 thickened bunkers and gun towers, and each bunker and gun tower is defended by about 200 soldiers.

Even if the positions are lost, they will not send soldiers to regain the positions. The strategic purpose of the 10th Division is to use these positions to hold the new regiment for 3 days.

However, the heavy artillery, heavy tanks and flame-breathing tanks of the new regiment, coupled with the extremely powerful infantry, made the offensive extremely sharp.

Moritake Tanabe nodded: "In less than a day, you lost more than 10 positions of the 30th Division. If you continue to fight like this, before the other four divisions arrive, your 10th Division will It's already lit up."

Ishikawa Jiro asked in a deep voice: "Tanabe-kun, haven't you always opposed the decisive battle with the Shinichidan?"

"That's right!" Moritake Tanabe nodded, "I was always opposed to a decisive battle with the new regiment before because we still have the 10th Cavalry Regiment. Live in a new group."

Ishikawa Jiro asked worriedly: "What if the new regiment does not fight our 10th division?"

"Now the main force of my 10th Division is scattered in more than 70 positions along the three main roads."

"Once the troops are assembled, it means giving up the other two roads, and the Eighth Route Xinyi Regiment can escape from the other two roads!"

Tanabe Moritake said: "Ishikawa-kun, you have misunderstood. The decisive battle I am talking about is not to gather all the troops of your 10th Division, but to divide it into three parts, and find an easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack position on the three roads. , as long as your 10th Division can hold its position, then this battle will still be won by the locust army."

"The problem now is." Ishikawa Jiro said again in a deep voice: "The main force of our 10th Division is divided into three parts, but if the other two groups of the new regiment feint and concentrate the main force to attack one side, the locust army on this side will not be able to stop it. A new group of offensive!"

Ishikawa Jiro is very forceful. According to the artillery firepower displayed by the new regiment in this battle, there is one heavy artillery regiment, two mountain artillery regiments, and hundreds of mortars.

Plus a tank wing, infantry firepower is also very strong.

If the Xinyi regiment concentrates its firepower and troops to attack its route, Ishikawa Erlang has no idea how long the troops on this route can block the Xinyi regiment's offensive.

This is the disadvantage of the defensive side. As the offensive side, you can concentrate your forces to attack one point.

As the defensive side, it can only open the formation and passively defend.

Of course, when the 10th Division was the offensive side, even if it concentrated its forces to attack any point of the new regiment's defense line, it would be difficult to break into the new regiment's base.

The reason is very simple. The new regiment has been operating in the base area in Northwest Shanxi for several months, and then used bunkers, tunnels and reverse slope tactics. The firepower of the 10th division was completely crushed. Not to mention attacking a new group of fortified positions with complete defenses.

The 10th Division turned to defense in a hurry. The defensive fortifications were only scattered thickened bunkers and gun towers, as well as temporary earthworks and shallow tunnels.

Under the fierce artillery fire, tanks and infantry onslaught, the devils were no match for the new regiment.

"If the Eighth Route Army concentrates its forces to attack one route, then the main force of the other two routes will quickly reinforce it."

Tanabe Moritake said: "Although this may cause the Chinese people to flee from the other two roads, we will be successful as long as we hold back the main force of the Eighth Route New First Regiment. Ishikawa-kun, please join me in asking for a fight with Commander Okamura. , now we only have to give it a go!"

Ishikawa Jiro nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Yes!"

(End of this chapter)