The guerrilla officers and soldiers were very happy when they surrounded the Japanese cavalry.
In order to avoid casualties, the guerrillas did not rush to get close to the Japanese army. Instead, they formed an encirclement far away from the enemy's artillery range.
Xu Dalong said: "Zhuzi, it's up to you now."
Wang Chengzhu said excitedly: "Captain, just take a look."
Wang Chengzhu brought a total of four Type 92 infantry cannons and 16 mortars this time. Due to the long distance, he first led the soldiers to set up four Type 92 infantry cannons.
The Japanese cavalry brigade was equipped with two Type 92 infantry cannons and eight mortars. This time they came out in a hurry and only brought one Type 92 infantry cannon and five mortars. They had already set up the artillery first. Prepare to strike against the guerrillas.
Seeing the guerrillas approaching step by step, especially seeing the guerrilla artillery pushing four Type 92 infantry cannons, Shichiro Insei ordered the Type 92 infantry cannon to fire first.
Wang Chengzhu commanded the artillery soldiers to push four Type 92 infantry guns, each with a distance of 40 meters, towards the Japanese army.
The Japanese artillery fire came over. Although the distance was very far and Wang Chengzhu and others were moving, the artillery shells did not cause any casualties to them.
When a shell of the enemy's Type 92 infantry gun exploded nearby, Wang Chengzhu and others stopped. They did not need to measure the distance, because it was also a Type 92 infantry gun. Since the Japanese shells could hit, then the guerrillas The Type 92 infantry gun also entered the range.
Through telescopes and artillery mirrors, Shichiro Inesei and the Japanese artillerymen saw that the guerrillas were setting up Type 92 infantry guns, and there were four of them. They knew that once the opponent started shooting, disaster would be waiting for them.
Qian Chengshichiro was so anxious that he repeatedly urged the Japanese artillery to fire quickly to destroy the guerrilla artillery.
The Japanese soldiers were also very panicked. The opponent had four Type 92 infantry cannons, so far apart. For a moment, they didn't know which cannon to shoot at each other first.
They aimed at a Type 92 infantry gun owned by the guerrillas and fired a shot. Seeing that the cannonball landed more than 20 meters in front and left of the cannon, I quickly adjusted the muzzle and prepared to fire again.
Wang Chengzhu was experienced. He saw the Japanese artillery aiming at a guerrilla artillery for a test firing. Knowing that they were adjusting the muzzle, he ordered the guerrillas operating the gun to push the artillery and move quickly. The other three The cannon seizes the time to measure and shoot Zhu Yuan.
The Japanese artillerymen had just conducted a test firing and were making adjustments, but found that the enemy had already run away. They were really dumbfounded, so they had to adjust the muzzle to hit another Type 92 infantry gun of the guerrillas.
At this moment, Wang Chengzhu had already commanded the remaining three Type 92 infantry cannons to fire. Their target was also the Japanese Type 92 infantry cannon.
"Boom, boom, boom"
Several rounds of Type 92 infantry cannon shells were fired, but none of them hit the target. They exploded around the Japanese Type 92 infantry cannon, but caused considerable casualties to the Japanese cavalry.
The Japanese artillerymen also knew that after the enemy's test firing, they would soon attack again. They also wanted to push the cannon and move it, but they could not do this at all because they only had one Type 92 infantry cannon. If they moved, then They will be completely passive, and the opponent will not give them a chance to set up artillery calmly.
The Japanese artillerymen gritted their teeth and quickly adjusted their muzzles to aim at the opponent's Type 92 infantry cannon. They only hoped that the guerrilla artillery's inaccurate firing would give them time to destroy the opponent's Type 92 infantry cannon.
The Japanese artillerymen really didn't know how powerful Wang Chengzhu was. The first round of artillery fire failed to hit the target, and Wang Chengzhu felt a little embarrassed. He directed the artillerymen to adjust their shooting, and fired at the Japanese Type 92 infantry artillery again.
This time, the shells from two of the three Type 92 infantry cannons hit directly near the Japanese Type 92 infantry cannon. The shells exploded, overturning the Japanese Type 92 infantry cannon, and the Japanese artillerymen were also wiped out.
Xu Dalong saw the Type 92 infantry gun that destroyed the Japanese through the telescope, and praised loudly: "Zhuzhu, you did a good job."
Wang Chengzhu was praised and said proudly: "What does this mean? My four cannons can't defeat one of his cannons, and I will have no shame to be an artilleryman in the future."
Next, Wang Chengzhu commanded four Type 92 infantry cannons and fired shells at the Japanese army.
"Boom, boom, boom."
The shells fell into the enemy group one after another, and the Japanese cavalry were blown to pieces.
Nowadays, the Japanese army no longer has long-range artillery. The mortars in their hands cannot reach the enemy's Type 92 infantry artillery and can only be bombed.
Shichiro Inesei almost cried. He is a proud soldier who has fought countless battles and has never been so cowardly.
He saw that this was not the way to go. If no measures were taken, the enemy's four Type 92 infantry cannons alone would kill all of them.
Inakisei Shichiro searched around with his telescope, but he was very disappointed. The surrounding area was completely flat and he really couldn't find any favorable terrain for defense. But this was not going to work. He saw a poplar forest about 5 kilometers to the north and thought it might be better if he could occupy it.
So he became ruthless and directed the Japanese soldiers to break out in the direction of Yang Shulin.
The Japanese soldiers were not tall to begin with, and because they rode horses all year round, all of them had bow-legged appearance. They looked so embarrassed when they fled that the guerrillas couldn't help but laugh when they saw them.
The guerrilla cavalry sent some people to the front to intercept, while the rest of the cavalry attacked with firepower on both sides, and the guerrilla infantry also pursued behind.
At the same time, Wang Chengzhu was not idle and continued to command the Type 92 infantry artillery to chase the Japanese troops and bombard them.
Under the attack of the guerrillas, the number of Japanese officers and soldiers continued to decrease.
Inchiro Shichiro ran for about 1 kilometer, and his legs were already numb from exhaustion. He looked at the poplar forest in the distance, and then at the remaining soldiers under his command. He knew that they would never be able to escape to the poplar forest, and they would all be wiped out.
He knew that he was finished this time. He didn't want to be beaten to death in such a confused manner, and was determined to fight the guerrillas to the death before dying.
So he ordered to stop advancing, turned around and rushed towards the guerrilla infantry.
Wei Heping saw the Japanese troops rushing over and wanted to fight the guerrillas. He was not that stupid. He immediately ordered the troops to stop advancing, lie down on the spot, and set up machine guns and mortars to attack the Japanese troops.
Wei Heping's infantry squadron carried two Type 92 heavy machine guns, 24 light machine guns, and six mortars. With such powerful firepower, it dealt a fierce blow to the Japanese army.
Inchiro Shichiro saw the Japanese officers and soldiers around him falling down one after another. He stared with blood-red eyes, waved his command sword and howled, and continued to charge forward.
As the Japanese cavalrymen continued to be shot and fell, the figure of Shichiro Inesei stood out. The guerrillas pointed their guns at him one after another, and Qisei Shichiro was hit by at least forty or fifty rounds of bullets. He rolled his eyes unwillingly and fell to the ground.
At this time, there were less than 100 Japanese cavalrymen left.
They saw the guerrilla cavalry surrounding them from three other sides and knew that this time it was over. These guys were all ruthless people. They simply straightened up, drew their sabers, howled, and rushed towards the guerrilla infantry, hoping to rush in front of them and hack these hateful enemies to death with their sabers.
The guerrillas continued to attack them with heavy fire without mercy.
The Japanese cavalry rushed forward and fell down row after row. Just when they rushed to about 50 meters away from the guerrilla infantry, most of them were knocked down. The last Japanese cavalry still rushed towards the guerrillas, but was beaten to a pulp.
It was a hearty battle, and an entire Japanese cavalry brigade was wiped out. The guerrillas had almost no casualties in the previous battle except for a few casualties when they first lured the enemy.
The officers and soldiers of the guerrillas were all in high spirits. Sun Desheng, Wang Chengzhu, Wei Monk and Wei Heping were all laughing and talking excitedly around Xu Dalong.
Sun Desheng was born in the cavalry and destroyed the Japanese cavalry. He was more proud than others. This time, not only were most of the weapons and equipment of the Japanese cavalry brigade captured, but even those war horses, as long as they were well maintained for a period of time, could be preserved at least more than a hundred. He thought that after this battle was over, he would quickly train another one. Bring in the cavalry.
The artillery squadron led by Wang Chengzhu shined brilliantly in this battle and played a vital role in quickly defeating the enemy. Of course, he felt very proud.
Not only that, the Japanese Type 92 infantry gun was only overturned, not seriously damaged, and can still be used. The Japanese mortars were not used at all and were all captured.
With such a big harvest, Wang Chengzhu was so excited that his face glowed red, and even the mole on his chin was glowing with oil.
He kept talking and laughing, expressing his excitement.
Monk Wei was similar, obviously talking a lot more than usual.
Li Kun, who followed Xu Dalong, was eye-opening. He now knew why a small guerrilla force like Xu Dalong and others were able to annihilate an infantry regiment of the Japanese army in the last anti-encirclement and suppression campaign. Such a tactical level , simply a master level. When he was studying in the military academy, the level of the instructors was simply not comparable to that of Xu Dalong.
He looked at Xu Dalong with admiration and couldn't understand why this guy who was a cook had such high military talents.
After killing the Japanese cavalry, which posed the greatest threat to the guerrillas, Xu Dalong and others were extremely confident in breaking the Japanese encirclement and suppression.
After cleaning the battlefield, they rested for half an hour and then led the cavalry to Guancheng County to look for fighter planes and continue to attack the Japanese and puppet troops.
Guancheng County.
As soon as Chiba Xunyi got up, he received a report that the cavalry brigade was attacked by guerrillas at night. Shichiro Insei had led the cavalry brigade to pursue the guerrilla cavalry, and he felt very bad.
Chiba Xunyi is a person with a strong plan. He originally wanted to wait until all the troops participating in the raids had arrived, then make a careful plan before launching an encirclement and suppression campaign against the guerrillas.
Unexpectedly, the guerrillas came to the door in advance, and Qisheng Shichiro led his troops out to pursue them without permission. This situation made him feel a little confused and in a bad mood.
The chief of staff of the division did not think so. He was very confident in the combat effectiveness of the Japanese cavalry. He was even a little happy that Shichiro Inesei led the cavalry to pursue the enemy.
He said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, according to past intelligence, the most difficult thing for the guerrillas to deal with is their cavalry. We asked Your Excellency, Commander of the First Army, to send cavalry troops just to deal with their cavalry.
Now that they have come to the door, it is time for Qisei Shichiro's cavalry brigade to destroy them. As long as their cavalry can be eliminated, this mission of mopping up the guerrillas will not require a lot of effort. "
The optimistic attitude of the chief of staff also infected Chiba Xunyi. When he was in Taiyuan, he went to the cavalry regiment and learned about the glorious history of the cavalry regiment.
At the end of 1937, there were more than 30,000 Northeastern Army troops stationed in Chengde. At that time, the Japanese army dispatched 172 cavalry and actually forced the Chengde defenders to retreat hastily. It can be said to have created a miracle in the history of war.
That cavalry unit belonged to this cavalry regiment, and the Japanese squadron leader who led those cavalry units is now the captain of the cavalry regiment.
Chiba Xunichi had a personal conversation with Shichiro Inei, and was deeply impressed by Shichiro Inei's shrewdness and ability. He believed that the guerrilla cavalry was no match for the well-trained Japanese cavalry.
He smiled and said: "Then let's wait for our cavalry warriors to bring good news."
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9:30 am. There was still no news from Qisei Shichiro's cavalry brigade. Chiba Xunyi couldn't sit still. He asked: "What's going on? What is the situation? Why didn't Qisei Shichiro send someone back to report?"
The chief of staff said: "Your Excellency, division commander, don't worry. I have sent people to notify the remaining personnel of the cavalry brigade to look for the cavalry brigade. There should be news soon."
Xu Dalong and others were leading the troops towards Guancheng County. The scouts in front of the team saw the Japanese cavalry galloping towards them, so they moved to both sides and took a detour to outflank them.
The Japanese cavalry came over quickly. There were three cavalry in total. They seemed to be the Japanese signal corps.
The Japanese cavalry galloped while carefully paying attention to the surrounding situation.
When they saw a large group of cavalry appearing in front of them, at first they thought it was Shichiro Inisei and others returning from a victorious battle, so they excitedly greeted them. When they got closer, they discovered that the cavalry unit that came over was not from the Japanese army. The cavalrymen hurriedly turned their horses and wanted to go back to report the news.
Not long after they ran out, they saw guerrilla cavalry in front of them blocking their way.
Seeing the guerrilla cavalry from behind chasing them, they rushed towards the guerrilla scouts blocking the road, hoping to break through the interception and escape back to Guancheng County.
"Pah, pah."
The guerrilla cavalry opened fire. Two Japanese cavalrymen were shot and fell off their horses. The remaining cavalryman did not dare to return along the original road. He saw no one on the left side of the road, so he rode off the road. Try to escape from this side.
Sun Desheng personally led several cavalrymen to chase him. While chasing, they fired at the Japanese cavalryman.
Since the horses of both sides were very fast, and the Japanese cavalry kept their posture as low as possible on horseback, the guerrilla cavalry fired five or six shots in a row, but none of them hit the Japanese cavalry.
Seeing that the Japanese cavalry was about to escape, Sun Desheng raised his gun and took aim carefully. His shot did not hit the Japanese cavalry, but hit the horse under the cavalry's crotch.
With a "snap" shot, the Japanese cavalry's horse was shot in the buttocks. The horse was frightened and jumped suddenly, almost knocking the Japanese cavalry off the horse.
After the war horse's hip was injured, he ran faster due to the stimulation of pain.
Sun Desheng and others did not catch up, allowing the Japanese to escape.
Sun Desheng fired several more shots at the back of the Japanese cavalry, but still missed. He cursed in anger and had to return with the guerrillas.
After seeing Xu Dalong, Sun Desheng said depressedly: "It's so shameful to let that little devil run away.
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "Run away, let him send a message to the Japanese, and scare them first. This is also a good thing."
At this time, they had just won a big victory, and everyone was in a good mood. When they heard Xu Dalong's words, everyone laughed easily.
The Japanese communications soldiers who were lucky enough to escape made a circle and fled back to Guancheng County. Instead of returning to the big car shop, they went directly into the city to report to Qianye Xunyi.
The horse under his crotch was bleeding from its buttocks while running. When it reached the gate of the division's temporary command post, the horse was exhausted and finally fell down.
The Japs' communications troops couldn't care less and hurriedly said to the officer on duty in front of the gate: "I am the messenger of the cavalry brigade. I have important information to report to the division commander."
The Japanese second lieutenant on duty brought the communications soldier to see Chiba Xunyi.
After listening to the cavalry correspondent's report, Chiba Xunyi and the chief of staff looked at each other.
Based on the information provided by the cavalry correspondent, they could conclude that something must have happened to Shichiro Kansei's cavalry brigade. Otherwise, it would have been them and not the guerrilla cavalry who came back.
The chief of staff waved his hand and asked the second lieutenant to take the Japanese cavalry messenger down to rest.
He said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, I didn't expect that this guerrilla group would be so difficult to deal with. No wonder Taro Inoue and the others were completely wiped out before. Now that there is no cavalry brigade of Shichiro Inosei, the next battle will be difficult to fight." Okay. We should plan carefully."
Qianye Xunyi nodded depressedly and said, "What you said makes sense. Send someone to call the commander of Huang Xiejun's 7th Brigade to hear what suggestions he has."
The person who knows the most about the Mawushan guerrillas now is the brigade commander of the 7th Puppet Army Brigade.
The chief of staff also wanted to hear his opinion, so he personally called the commander of the 7th Puppet Brigade and asked him to come immediately to meet with the division commander.
This morning, the commander of the seventh brigade of the puppet army also heard the sound of gunfire outside the city. He sent someone to inquire and heard that the Japanese cavalry brigade was chasing the guerrilla cavalry. He felt very bad.
Although he also believed that the Japanese cavalry brigade had a large number of people and strong combat effectiveness, so there should be no problems, but he still felt uneasy in his heart.
He really didn't want anything to happen to the Japanese cavalry, otherwise, the Japanese and puppet troops would still have to face the nasty guerrilla cavalry.
He felt a headache when he thought of the elusive tactics of the guerrilla cavalry.
After arriving at the temporary command post at the division headquarters, Chiba Xunyi and the chief of staff immediately received him.
When the commander of the seventh brigade of the puppet army heard the news that Shichiro Kansei's cavalry brigade had been in trouble, he felt like he couldn't breathe.
The chief of staff asked: "Yan Sang, you know more about the guerrillas on the Eighth Route, what do you think about this?"
The brigade commander of the 7th Brigade of the Wei Army was named Yan Guiwu. He said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, based on my humble experience, the number of guerrillas entrenched in Mawu Mountain is not large, although their mountain stronghold is easy to defend but difficult to defend." Attack, but as long as they are surrounded, they will not be able to do anything. As long as they are surrounded for a long time, they will definitely be eliminated.
It's just that the guerrilla cavalry is difficult to deal with. If you want to completely annihilate this guerrilla group, you still have to find a way to deal with their cavalry.
I would like to suggest that we bring in another cavalry unit? "
After Yan Guiwu finished speaking, he felt regretful. Sure enough, he saw Qianye Xunyi and the chief of staff looking at each other, especially Qianye Xunyi's face was very ugly.
He regretted it so much that he wanted to slap himself twice to punish himself for talking too much.
Chiba Xunyi was in a bad mood. Not long ago, he ran to Taiyuan and was scolded just to ask the commander to send him a cavalry unit. As a result, the cavalry was defeated on the first day as soon as it was sent. How could he have the nerve to go to the commander and ask for help?
Seeing that Yan Guiwu was not opening the pot, he snorted coldly and said angrily: "Besides asking for reinforcements, don't you have any other suggestions?"
Yan Guiwu had been thinking about how to deal with the guerrilla cavalry. When he saw Qianye Xunyi getting angry, he hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, the division commander, I have an immature idea in my humble position. I want to give you some advice. Please correct me, your Excellency, the division commander." .”
Qianye Xunyi was still angry and said impatiently: "If you have anything to say, just say it. Don't hesitate."
"Yes, yes." Yan Guiwu agreed repeatedly.
He said: "Although the Eighth Route guerrillas are cunning, they are not large in number after all. I suggest using the tactic of encirclement on all sides, first besieging the guerrillas in the mountains on Mantou Peak.
Our army has a large number of troops and can expand the scope of the blockade. Set up blockades on several mountain ridges around Mantou Peak to completely cut off the communication between the guerrilla cavalry and the guerrillas on the mountain.
The cavalry of the Eighth Route Army fought on the move. They could not carry much weapons, ammunition and supplies. As long as their logistical supplies were completely cut off, they would not be able to hold on for long.
In order to limit the mobility of the guerrilla cavalry, multiple blockades were set up in the vast area centered on Mantou Peak. Each blockade was separated by several miles and relatively solid fortifications were built. This could greatly restrict the mobility of the guerrilla cavalry. sex.
As long as guerrillas are found at any stronghold on each blockade, they will be attacked. Other troops on the blockade will intercept them as much as possible.
Not only that, but also set up several rapid mobile troops. These mobile troops are mainly composed of the Yellow Army. Each mobile troop is equipped with war horses or motor vehicles. As soon as they receive a report of the discovery of the guerrillas, they will immediately go to reinforce them, so that the guerrillas can attack at any time. In passive combat.
After all, the number of guerrillas is not large. In every battle, even if our army replaces one of them with ten people, it will not take long before they are exhausted.
As long as the guerrilla cavalry is exhausted, it will not be a matter of time before the guerrillas surrounded on the mountain are destroyed. "
Yan Guiwu's words made Qianye Xunyi nod frequently, thinking that this was indeed a good idea.
The chief of staff obviously thought that what Yan Guiwu said was reasonable. He said: "Yan Sang, your suggestion is very reasonable, but building a temporary stronghold every few miles requires a lot of troops, manpower and material resources, and there are many problems." Great difficulty.”
Yan Guiwu saw that Qianye Xunyi and others agreed with his opinion, and his mind became more flexible. He said: "This matter is also very simple. You can bring together the gendarmerie, Huang Xiejun and police forces of the surrounding counties." Mobilize and recruit a large number of civilians to build temporary strongholds, and then use the troops participating in the raids to garrison them. If the troops are insufficient, you can also use the gendarmerie, Huang Xiejun and other troops from each county to help hold on to the temporary strongholds."
The chief of staff nodded and said: "Your Excellency, division commander, I think Yan Sang's opinion is very reasonable."
Qianye Xunyi became happy and said: "Xingxi, this method is very good. A small guerrilla group is under heavy siege by our army. I wonder what other tricks they can do? That's it. .”
Yan Guiwu was very worried that after listening to his opinion this time, the Japanese would put the responsibility on himself if they were defeated again in the future. He wholeheartedly hoped that the guerrillas could be completely wiped out this time. He made another more sinister suggestion.
