So, whose team of traitors are fighting against Liu Guitang?
This person is called Li Shouxin, and he is also a famous traitor in history.
Li Shouxin is a native of Inner Mongolia. In his early years, he was also a horse bandit who committed mischief on the grasslands. He was later recruited by the Northeast Army and served as the commander of the Northeast Army's Cavalry Regiment. When the Japanese attacked Jehol, this man surrendered without a fight. Since then, he has become a hardcore traitor. He was later appointed commander-in-chief of the puppet Mongolian army by the Japanese and puppets, and committed numerous crimes on the Inner Mongolia prairie.
Zhou Wen did not expect to encounter these two notorious bandit and traitor armies outside Duolun City.
How to do it?
Now Liu Guitang is still nominally a friendly force, so of course he cannot fight.
But not fighting doesn't mean you have to help.
Zhou Wen immediately decided on the strategy of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight.
Anyway, Liu Guitang was about to lose his hold now. It was only a matter of time before he was defeated by Li Shouxin, so let the two of them fight dog for a while first.
Just wait until Liu Guitang is defeated and then try to deal with Li Shouxin.
As long as these two largest armed forces in Chahar are defeated, the mercenary group's road home will be smooth without any obstacles.
After Li Shouxin surrendered to the Japanese army, the 17th Brigade of the Northeastern Army under his command was reorganized into the "Xing'an West Guard Army".
Later, he was appointed by the Japanese army as "Commander of the Jehol Guerrilla Division" and "Commander of the Chadong Garrison Army" and other pseudo-positions. His subordinates expanded to two Han detachments with more than 6,300 people, a Mongolian detachment with more than 1,700 people, and an artillery brigade.
After the Japanese army captured the Great Wall, neither China nor Japan had any intention of expanding the war. Armistice negotiations were already under preparation. In order to increase the leverage in the negotiations, the Japanese army was ready to make a fuss about the Inner Mongolia issue.
As a result, Li Shouxin, a newly defected lackey, was sent out by the Japanese to bite people.
The Japanese can be said to have a very strategic vision. After the 29th Army originally stationed in Chahar rushed to the anti-Japanese front line, there was no large-scale national army stationed in the entire Chahar territory, and the troops were empty. It was time to take advantage of the opportunity. .
At this time, the Japanese army was also stretched thin in terms of military strength, so they could only send Li Shouxin, a Mongolian traitor, to attack Chahar under the slogan of allowing the Mongolians to achieve autonomy.
The two Han detachments and the artillery brigade brought by Li Shouxin this time totaled more than 7,000 people. They set out from Chifeng and arrived at the city of Duolun, the important town of Chahar. They were about to be attacked by Liu Guitang, who was sent by General Song Mingyuan to garrison Duolun. caught off guard.
It is said that Liu Guitang, a villain like Liu Guitang, finally got a piece of land where he could be the emperor of the land. He had long regarded Duolun as his forbidden wife, how could he allow others to get involved.
What's more, the one who came was not the Japanese he had always been afraid of, but a coward who surrendered to Japan.
At this time, Li Shouxin was not very famous, so Liu Guitang was naturally not afraid of him.
Since the city wall of Duolun was weak, Liu Guitang decided on a strategy of sending the entire army out of the city to fight.
However, Liu Guitang underestimated the combat effectiveness of Li Shouxin's traitor army.
You must know that Li Shouxin not only surrendered with his own cavalry regiment, but also coerced two other infantry regiments that had been frightened to death. Therefore, most of his current puppet troops are the original Northeast Army, which is superior in equipment and military There is a certain foundation in terms of quality.
Liu Guitang's bandit army was originally a pure mob. In addition, he was defeated several times in his ups and downs. As a result, all the old bandits with a certain fighting ability who followed him have been lost. The current troops are basically recruited later. What fighting power can bandits and stragglers have?
In addition, his weapons and equipment were not supplied by the National Government. They were basically rudimentary equipment robbed, stolen, abducted, or cheated. Troops fighting?
What's more, Li Shouxin was appreciated by his Japanese master and equipped with two Type 41 mountain cannons. For this reason, Li Shouxin also established an artillery brigade with only two cannons.
So, when the two sides fought after leaving the city, Liu Guitang knew that he had hit a brick wall.
Although Liu Guitang did not have a professional background, he could be regarded as an old bandit who had fought in many battles, and he still had basic military qualities.
He decided to take advantage of Li Shouxin to travel a long distance from the beginning. Just when his troops were tired and his horses were tired and his footing was not stable, he directly sent his three thousand cavalry to launch a surprise attack, intending to defeat Li Shouxin's troops from the beginning.
Originally, this strategy was not wrong. After all, Li Shouxin's troops were indeed not on a stable footing. If they could not withstand the impact of thousands of cavalry from the beginning, the entire army would probably collapse.
However, don't forget that although Li Shouxin is also a bandit, he is also an officer who has served as the regiment leader of the regular troops of the Northeast Army for many years. Under the influence of the veterans of the Northeast Army, his combat command ability is not comparable to that of Liu Guitang.
What's more, Li Shouxin is a relatively professional cavalry commander and a Mongolian who grew up on horseback. He can use various cavalry tactics with his eyes closed. How could he not be prepared for the tactics that the other party might use to make a cavalry surprise attack from afar?
Therefore, he deliberately conserved his horse power during the march, asking the cavalry to dismount and march on foot with the infantry. He also only marched for half a day before setting up camp to rest, so his cavalry was not as tired as Liu Guitang imagined.
Therefore, Li Shouxin's response strategy was also crude and simple, which was to use cavalry to attack the opponent's cavalry, and the two sides would compete to see whose cavalry was more professional.
Li Shouxin was originally a cavalryman, and he had more than 4,000 cavalrymen, most of whom were former Northeastern Army cavalrymen.
Therefore, the result of the battle between 4,000 relatively elite regular cavalry and the 3,000 cavalry Liu Guitang had managed to get together through trickery and trickery was predictable.
This cavalry duel, which has been considered a large-scale one since the Republic of China, unexpectedly appeared on the inconspicuous battlefield of Duolun.
Suddenly, thousands of horses galloped on the grassland and smoke filled the air.
Shouts, screams, and the neighing of horses continue to echo in the air above this prairie.
And for unknown reasons, both sides had a tacit understanding not to use any kind of firearms. They simply charged back and forth with sabers. Human and horse blood dyed the prairie scarlet.
After fighting for more than an hour, Li Shouxin's side had the upper hand due to their superior numbers and the quality of their cavalry. After losing more than a thousand people, Liu Guitang's cavalry finally gave out and turned around and fled backwards.
A bloody and cruel cavalry charge ended with Li Shouxin's victory.
Li Shouxin won not only the victory in the cavalry battle, but also gained time to breathe and maintain his position on the battlefield.
