I am helping

Seeing Okamura Neji fainted.

Yusue Jingsan was stunned for a moment. He actually didn't react immediately and went to help Okamura Neji.

Fortunately, communications staff officer Haruo Kiya, who was on the side, had quick eyesight and quick hands, and helped Okamura Neji who fainted.

Otherwise, Okamura Neji would definitely fall to the ground in an extremely ugly posture.

Youmo Jingsan's face suddenly turned ugly and he said he was here for breakfast, but Okamura overturned the table.

Forget it, Okamura Neji asked him to rest after breakfast.

At this time, Okamura Neiji fainted, and the whole of North China was almost in a state of chaos. The war hall cannot be without a commander, and there must be a commander on duty during wartime.

Therefore, after Okamura Neji fainted, Suejizou had no choice but to continue on duty during the war.

Youmo Jingsan felt very tired, and his mind couldn't help but feel dizzy.

Following Okamura, I starved for nine meals in three days.

Return it to him? You can't rest for three days and three nights.

"Call the military doctor!"

Soon, Youmo Jingsan came to his senses and shouted in a hurry.

Not long after, a military doctor wearing a white coat and glasses hurried in.

……

About 40 kilometers southeast of Taiyuan.

The battle between the cavalry has already decided the winner.

In other words, from the moment the Japanese cavalry attacked, the battle had already been decided.

In other words, Yasuda Kaneto is not as sophisticated as Kuribayashi Tadamichi.

If Tadamichi Kuribayashi were to command the 1st Cavalry Brigade.

He would never be easily fooled by the Eighth Route Army.

Because the Eighth Route Army has more cavalry than the Japanese cavalry, its firepower is much stronger than the Japanese cavalry, and it is well prepared and ready to work.

Once the 1st Cavalry Brigade was wiped out by the Eighth Route Army cavalry, the surrounded infantry was almost in a desperate situation.

Because the Japanese infantry who were surrounded would be chased and killed by the Eighth Route Army's cavalry even if they broke out of the encirclement.

The enemy's legs cannot outrun the Eighth Route Army's horses.

Therefore, the Japanese cavalry took the initiative to attack and had almost no chance of winning.

The best way for the 1st Cavalry Brigade is to choose not to attack, confront the Eighth Route Army cavalry, wait for the Japanese infantry to break through, and then take a roundabout way to respond.

As the heavy machine gun stopped.

The new regiment cavalry headquarters, battalion commanders such as Ma Renxing and Cao Jiang, raised the telescopes on their chests and looked forward.

All battalion commanders are equipped with the most advanced Zeiss telescopes produced by the system. They not only have clear vision, but also have certain night vision capabilities and can also measure distances.

Through the field of view through the telescope, the entire battlefield ahead was almost an open-air slaughterhouse.

The ground was densely covered with corpses of army horses and Japanese soldiers.

Of course, there were also hundreds of military horses that were not shot and were looking for their dead owners in the empty slaughterhouse.

"The new second regiment cavalry battalion cleans the battlefield."

Ma Renxing put down the telescope and gave the order expressionlessly.

War is so cruel.

When the Japs launched a large-scale raid on the Jizhong Military Region, this was the case with the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment. More than 1200 elite cavalrymen were swept away by the Japs' machine guns, and only 400 of them were left.

Fortunately, the enemy's machine gun firepower is not very strong.

If the heavy machine guns used by the Japanese at that time were one-third of what they are today, the 1200-man Jizhong Cavalry Regiment would have been wiped out long ago.

What the regiment leader said is best: Since the birth of the heavy machine gun, ethnic minorities have become good at singing and dancing.

Of course, Li Yunlong also heard what Chen Feng said.

Battalion Commander Ma Renxing always remembered this sentence, so today he did not plan to fight with the Japanese cavalry's charging sabers, and directly asked Li Yunlong to adjust the machine gun.

Cavalry charge duel.

Do you still think this is the era of cold weapons?

In the future, the Eighth Route Army's cavalry will definitely retain some organizational structures, but they will mainly be adapted to mechanized units such as tanks.

"Yes."

The cavalry battalion commander of the New Second Regiment responded and walked out of the queue with nearly 700 cavalrymen under his command, approaching the battlefield.

"Immediately send a report to the regiment headquarters that the 1st Japanese Cavalry Brigade has been eliminated by our headquarters." Then, Battalion Commander Ma issued another order.

"Yes!" The guard turned around and rode towards the telegraph soldier.

Then, Ma Renxing turned around, walked to a man on horseback, and reported to the headquarters in person with a walkie-talkie.

This place is 50 kilometers away from the headquarters of the New Regiment, so a telegram must be sent.

The ambush headquarters is less than 10 kilometers away, so you can report directly using a walkie-talkie.

Soon, Ma Renxing was commended by the political commissar.

The political commissar ordered Ma Renxing to immediately lead the five cavalry battalions of the new regiment to detour toward the surrounded Japanese defense line from the left and right wings.

Once a Japanese enemy breaks out, the cavalry will immediately rush forward and eliminate the escaping Japanese enemy.

"Yes!"

Ma Renxing put down the walkie-talkie in his hand.

He glanced in the direction of the Japs Cavalry Slaughterhouse. The Japs artillery positions should have been destroyed by the flying brigade.

Even if there are fish that slip through the net, they are just a few kittens and puppies.

"With good weapons and equipment and sufficient ammunition, fighting is a pleasure."

The corners of Battalion Commander Ma's mouth curled up slightly. As someone who had been dominated by Japanese firepower, he now used dozens of times more firepower than the original Japanese to deal with the Japanese. This battle was very satisfying.

"The first and third battalions are outflanking from the left, and the fourth and fifth battalions are outflanking from the right."

"Second Battalion, follow me."

"The main task of our cavalry is to hunt down the escaping Japanese infantry."

"Each battalion pay attention to the walkie-talkies. Our infantry will use the walkie-talkies to notify where any Japanese are escaping."

Camp Commander Ma gave a loud order.

Because the ambush circle was too large, the Eighth Route Army did not have much preparation time, and the terrain was not conducive to an ambush.

Many troops will definitely break out of the encirclement by the Japanese.

Letting the infantry chase the Japanese is too inefficient.

"Yes!"

Beside him, the four battalion commanders, including Cao Jiang, responded in unison.

"drive!"

Then the four battalion commanders turned their horses and walked quickly towards their respective troops.

then.

Four cavalry battalions galloped towards the position where the Japanese were surrounded from the left and right wings.

……

within the encirclement.

"Boom boom boom..."

The dense explosions continued, and the Eighth Route Army's artillery shells seemed to be inexhaustible.

Since the ambush troops were all passing through, neither the tank troops nor the howitzers could get through.

The power of the artillery shells is not as great as that of the 105 howitzer and the 150mm howitzer, and the damage to the Japanese is limited.

Although most of the artillery used by the Eighth Route Army are 75mm mountain guns, 70mm infantry guns, 82mm mortars and 60mm mortars.

But the Eighth Route Army had too many artillery pieces, more than 1400 artillery pieces.

Although the 75mm mountain gun and 70mm infantry gun have a slow rate of fire, the mortar has a fast rate of fire.

"Your Excellency, Commander."

"I just received a call from the telegraph soldier of the 1st Cavalry Brigade. The 1st Cavalry Brigade...is finished."

In a low-lying position, the communications staff officer of the First Army Headquarters braved artillery fire and ran to Yoshio Iwamatsu and said to him.Around Yoshio Iwamatsu, Kazuki Yamamoto, Masao Miyazaki, Masao Hanatani and others gathered.

Yamamoto's special agent team protected these officers and protected the advance of the First Army Headquarters with more than 3 Japanese soldiers mixed into the 2000rd Brigade.

Troops of the 28th and [-]th Divisions were behind.

"Baga, what do you mean when you say the 1st Cavalry Brigade is finished?"

Yoshio Iwamatsu angrily grabbed the collar of the communications staff officer and asked loudly.

Although he had already guessed it, he couldn't believe it.

It had only been less than half an hour. How could the 1st Cavalry Brigade be finished?

The communications staff officer burst into tears: "The communications staff officer of the 1st Cavalry Brigade said that when the 1st Cavalry Brigade was attacking, it was bombed by Eighth Route Army aircraft and strafed by hundreds of heavy machine guns. It was completely shattered!"

Because the communications staff and telegraph soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Brigade did not follow the charge.

Therefore, we escaped the Eighth Route Army's aircraft bombings and the hail of bullets fired by hundreds of Eighth Route Army heavy machine guns.

Witnessed with my own eyes the entire process of the 1st Cavalry Brigade being overrun by the entire army.

"how can that be!?"

Yoshio Iwamatsu's eyes suddenly opened wide, with a look of incredible shock on his face, which was even more shocking than being ambushed by the Eighth Route Army.

Kazuki Yamamoto, Masa Hanaya, Masao Miyazaki and others on the side all had expressions of disbelief on their faces.

The most elite cavalry brigade of the Japanese army was just wiped out by the Eighth Route Army?
What is even more difficult to accept is that the main infantry force is now surrounded and shelled, and only the 1st Cavalry Brigade can rescue it.

Moreover, Yoshio Iwamatsu, Masa Hanatani and others placed their hopes on the 1st Cavalry Brigade.

The reason why the 1st Cavalry Brigade was kept three to five kilometers away from the main force.

It was because Yoshio Iwamatsu was afraid of being ambushed. Once he was ambushed, the 1st Cavalry Brigade could quickly return to support the main force and break out of the encirclement.

It can be said.

The 1st Cavalry Brigade is the lifeline of the entire First Army Headquarters, the Fifth Division and the 28th Division.

Now that the 1st Cavalry Brigade has been killed, it is really difficult to break out of the Eighth Route Army encirclement.

"Has the North China Front Command responded to the telegram?"

Iwamatsu Yoshio asked urgently.

From the fact that the 1st Cavalry Brigade was killed in such a short period of time, Yoshio Iwamatsu knew that the Eighth Route Army was well prepared. If things went wrong, all the Locust Army would have to be wiped out today.

In Yoshio Iwamatsu's view, Okamura Neji is in control of the overall situation and must have a way to rescue him.

At this time, Iwamatsu Yoshio already regretted not listening to Okamura Neji's order.

If troops had been sent to attack the Eighth Route Army around Taiyuan last night, the outcome might have been very different.

But it's too late to say anything now, it's more important to think about how to escape and save your life.

"no!"

The communications staff officer shook his head with despair.

Yoshio Iwamatsu's eyes turned cold: "Bring over the telegraph machine."

Yoshio Iwamatsu and Kazuki Yamamoto were located behind a large rock, temporarily able to avoid the shelling of the Eighth Route Army.

However, the Japanese infantry in the distance were in misery. They could only lie on the ground with their heads in their hands and wait for orders. From time to time, some Japanese soldiers were blown to pieces.

A telegraph was passed to Yoshio Iwamatsu.

Iwamatsu Yoshio held the microphone to his mouth in one hand and the receiver to his ear in the other hand: "Moxi Moxi, this is Yoshio Iwamatsu, calling the North China Front Command, calling the North China Front Command."

Soon, a voice came from the other end of the call.

"Is this Lieutenant General Iwamatsu? I am Yumo Seizan."

Mo Jingsan's tired voice rang through the receiver.

"Is there a mojun?"

"Where are General Okamura and Tanabe-kun?"

Iwamatsu Yoshio asked urgently.

Arimo Seizan replied feebly: "General Okamura has rested, and Lieutenant General Tanabe has gone to the Niangziguan front line. Now I am on duty during the war."

Arisue Seizo did not say that General Okamura Neji was fainted by Iwamatsu Yoshio.

Otherwise, Yoshio Iwamatsu, who was already desperate, would feel even more desperate.

Moreover, it is possible that the enemy may monitor Neji Okamura's current status.

"idiot!"

Yoshio Iwamatsu cursed angrily and hung up the call angrily.

He thought it was Neji Okamura who didn't answer his call on purpose and sent a deputy chief of staff to prevaricate.

Yamamoto Kazuki, who was wearing a special operations uniform with a grenade on his shoulder and a submachine gun on his chest, said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, Commander, with all due respect, we must break through as soon as possible!"

"I know that."

Iwamatsu Yoshio nodded and said anxiously:

"But now we are surrounded. The Eighth Route Army has three cavalry regiments. No matter where we break through, we will die."

The Fifth Division and the Yamamoto Special Agents are both elite.

The Eighth Route Army used more artillery, but almost all of them were small-caliber artillery, which did not cause particularly great damage to the Japanese army.

There is still a chance to break through.

But what about after breaking out?
He would still be overtaken by the Eighth Route Army cavalry and killed.

"When the locust army surrounded and raided the Eighth Route Army's base areas, the Eighth Route Army would generally adopt tactics of breaking into pieces and breaking out of the encirclement in the face of the locust army's raids."

Yamamoto Kazuki's eyes were calm:
"The current situation of the Locust Army is very similar to that of the Eighth Route Army at that time. The Locust Army can also adopt this tactic."

"Commander, please rest assured that my special agent team will ensure your safety."

Iwamatsu Yoshio's expression changed, and he broke into pieces and dispersed to break out?
This is a good way.

Let those Locust Army troops break through in the form of squadrons and squads to attract the attention and attack of the Eighth Route Army cavalry.

How many locust armies can successfully break through depends on God's will.

However, the headquarters can take advantage of the opportunity of being attracted to the main cavalry force of the Eighth Route Army to move towards Hebei Province.

"This tactic is good!"

Iwamatsu Yoshio's desperate eyes regained some hope.

Hanatani Masaru asked: "The locust army is divided and surrounded on a 10-kilometer route. How can we issue combat orders to each squadron and each detachment now?"

"Use the radio to call the groups."

As Yamamoto Kazuki spoke, he turned around to get the map, pointed at the map and said:

"Order all locust troops to break out in the form of squadrons and squads, and then move towards Shouyang County. Then call the 40th Division stationed in Shouyang and ask the 40th Division to send a force to respond."

Subsequently.Yamamoto Kazuki looked at the dozens of military horses in the distance.

"After the squadrons and squadrons of the Locust Army broke through and attracted the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army to pursue them, we mounted these military horses and went straight to Shouyang after breaking through."

At this time, the Japanese army's position had just passed Jinzhong, and it was still about 50 kilometers away from Shouyang. The troops normally marched for a day.

If you go on horseback, it only takes a few hours to get there.

Although except for the 1st Cavalry Brigade, the First Army no longer has any organized cavalry, it is still no problem to gather one or two hundred horses.

"Yo Xi!"

Yoshio Iwamatsu turned to look at the communications staff officer:

"Immediately call all brigades, and all locust troops will immediately divide into squadrons and squads, disperse and break out, and gather in Shouyang County, 50 kilometers away."

"Hi!"

The communications officer suddenly lowered his head, holding the receiver and microphone and called.

It would definitely be too late to send a telegram at this time, and a radio call would have to be made.

Japs squadron-level units are rarely equipped with radios.

However, the Japanese's brigade level is equipped with radio stations.

Even if each brigade is equipped with radios, it is very difficult and takes a lot of time for the Japanese to convey orders to each squadron and squadron under intensive shelling.

……

(Happy holidays, brothers. We will be very busy during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day. We can only update one chapter every day. It will resume to two chapters every day on the 2nd or 3rd.)