Under the fire of dozens of submachine guns and nine machine guns, Lieutenant Colonel Tokugawa, who had always been arrogant, put aside the pride of the cavalry and chose to transfer without restraint. Since the large-scale equipment of machine guns and continuous fire weapons to the troops, the cavalry has They bid farewell to their former glory and have become vassals of the infantry. However, they are still living in the past era of cavalry and are unwilling to accept this cruel reality.
A row of dozens of light and heavy weapons were also firing at the Japs. They were closer to the Japs, so the hit rate was higher. One of the escaping Japs was knocked down. Tokugawa no longer had the heart to be angry. He just wanted to compete now. If others run faster, don't kill others;
The Tokugawa family has a lot of property waiting for him to inherit it when he returns. It would be uneconomical to be beaten to death by the Chinese.
A few hundred meters away, Colonel Uchiyama, captain of the cavalry regiment, heard the intensive gunfire coming from the front, and immediately ordered the third brigade to stay to protect the two wings of the large force. He personally led the second brigade to quickly reinforce the first brigade;
Major General Yamada was no longer calm, because the scale of the attack this time was much larger than the first time, and there was the sound of artillery. He immediately ordered the troops to stop and move to defense on the spot, waiting for news from the cavalry regiment.
When Gao Tianshu saw that the Japs were being beaten away, he retreated as soon as possible and immediately ordered a retreat. By the time Colonel Uchiyama arrived with a large group of Japs, the sound of gunfire had stopped;
Lieutenant Colonel Tokugawa, who was still high-spirited before, appeared in front of him with a disgraced face. The cavalry phalanx of the first brigade of about 240 people had lost a lot of weight, and it was visually estimated that there were no more than a hundred people.
Colonel Uchiyama could hardly believe his eyes. You must know that the full strength of the First Battalion was nearly 300 people. In the first attack, dozens of people were lost. This time, more than a hundred people were lost at once. He thought there were some troops. I went to chase the Chinese, so I took a chance and asked:
"Tokugawa-kun, what's the situation? Are there others?"
Tokugawa was also a bachelor. After bowing to Colonel Uchiyama, he said:
"This official has been fooled by the Chinese again, please punish me!"
Uchiyama didn't react at first, but when he did, he was furious. He didn't care about the Tokugawa family's rules that should not be insulted, and cursed loudly:
"Bagayalu, are you a pig? I told you again and again not to be careless and you turned a deaf ear. Are you going to ruin the glory of the Tokugawa family?"
Lieutenant Colonel Tokugawa, who knew he was in the wrong, could only bear the anger of the captain. He must take responsibility for his arrogance. A brigade lost more than two-thirds, and even the core children of the Tokugawa family had to suffer. Scolding him, not to mention that he was just a collateral member, just scolding him a few words was already a great deal of face to their family.
Colonel Uchiyama's angry saliva helped Tokugawa wash his head, which made Lieutenant Colonel Tokugawa, who had always been mysophobic, almost faint. He still endured the greetings from the commander to his female family members. This was normal among the Japanese.
Colonel Uchiyama scolded him for more than ten minutes, until Lieutenant Colonel Tokugawa was so ashamed that he wanted to commit seppuku to thank the emperor. Uchiyama stopped. It was okay to curse a few words. If Tokugawa was forced to die, the Tokugawa family would will not let him go;
The power of the Tokugawa family at home and in the military was not comparable to that of a nobleman, so he immediately stopped him with words:
"Tokugawa-kun, being loyal to the emperor cannot wash away the shame that the Chinese people have given you today. You must know your shame and then be brave. Remember the great shame that the Chinese people have brought you today. When you get to Kunshan City, pay them back ten times or even a hundred times. This This is the correct way for Imperial warriors to serve His Majesty the Emperor."
Tokugawa was just trying to show off. Seeing that this trick really worked, he immediately stopped and said:
"Hey, Tokugawa will remember the teachings of His Excellency the Baron and must wash away today's shame with the blood of Chinese people!"
After Tokugawa finished speaking, he went to reorganize his troops with murderous intent. He had already planned to kill every Chinese he saw when he arrived in Kunshan, and he would use his own blood for the humiliation he suffered today from Colonel Uchiyama—— Damn, I almost fainted!
Tokugawa quickly tallied up the losses of their brigade. There were only 91 people left in the entire brigade including the slightly injured, which was an absolute reduction of 202 people. This loss was already quite large. No wonder the co-captain wanted to scold him. He I find it unacceptable;
"Bagh Yalu, Luo Ying, I, Tokugawa, must cut off your head with my own hands and kill all the Chinese people to bury them with the warriors!"
If anger could kill, Luo Ying would have died countless times. Of course, if anger could kill, the entire people of Tiaobenji would have been extinct several times. How could their anger be as strong as one ten thousandth of the way the Chinese treated them? , the destination of the invaders should be like the greedy devils burned in the wilderness, giving fertile land to the Chinese people.
Since they could not take more than two hundred corpses on the road, the kind Major General Yamada gave them some time to dispose of the corpses. After these two bloody lessons, the cavalry regiment became much more honest;
They carefully searched every section of the road they passed. As soon as they found a suspicious target, they immediately shot with lances. The speed of the march naturally slowed down. They originally planned to arrive near Kunshan City in the evening of that day, but finally dragged them to the second That afternoon, the lone brigade commander gained another precious day of preparation time.
The reconnaissance company seemed to have suddenly disappeared, but Colonel Uchiyama did not dare to be careless at all. He always felt that the demon-like troops were hiding around them. They did not even dare to send cavalry to harass them before the main force of the lone brigade was eliminated. Townships.
Luo Ying's goal was achieved. He didn't want to bring too much harm to the local people because of the Lone Brigade.
After being delayed for another day, the 103rd Brigade lost another day, so they had no intention of causing trouble to the Chinese people. Their current goal was Kunshan City and the defenders in the city.
After the 103rd Brigade arrived at the outskirts of Kunshan City, Major General Yamada did not launch an attack overnight. Instead, he dug up civil fortifications as usual. The Japanese field doctrine clearly stipulated that one must prepare for one's own defense in advance before attacking. First of all, we must establish ourselves on an invincible position.
I have to say that this is a very good tradition, which is also an advantage of the Japs. The Yamada brigade spent one night building a defense system. By daybreak, the Japs had already surrounded the east, south and west sides of Kunshan City tightly. , standard surrounding three ques and one;
If you imagine that the north is the Shengmen, you will die even more miserably. Their cavalry regiment was not brought here to watch. The north is only kept to undermine the fighting spirit of the defenders.
The Japanese's civil engineering works were very complete, as expected of a prairie dog. The circular trenches were dug three times inside and three outside. It was already impossible for the defenders to break out;
It would also be difficult for outsiders to sneak attack on them. The six trenches alone allowed their defense to be hundreds of meters deep. The Chinese lacked enough artillery and would not even think about breaking through these hundreds of meters without an army. .
"Lao Xie, look at this fortification. The Japanese still have a lot to learn from us. Our troops who can build a trench for defense during the attack are all elite."
Xie Zhongyuan's face became serious. He had to admit that the Japanese field troops were indeed powerful, and this time it would be a severe test for them.
"Lao Xie, don't worry too much. Now that they have strong troops and strong horses, their defense will be watertight. If they fight for a few days and consume a lot of troops, opportunities will come out - so opportunities are created by fighting."
