Outside Fuhu Town, the 36th Division temporary headquarters
Lieutenant General Wu Ren did not choose to enter Fuhu Town to rest, but stayed where he was. The main 222nd Regiment and 223rd Regiment had already gone to pursue Chu Xiong;
Fierce gunshots continued to be heard from a distance, indicating that the fighting between the two sides was still continuing, which made Lieutenant General Maiden unable to feel at ease.
"Bagayalu, Yoshida and Kuzumu are two bastards who have extremely bad consciences and don't know how to report the battle situation to the division headquarters."
No wonder he was angry. As a commander, he had now lost control of his main force and could only act in a hurry.
"Sato-kun, send a cavalry squadron along the road to take a look at the battlefield."
Chief of Staff Colonel Sato took the order and left. Not only was the division commander anxious, he was also worried.
Ten minutes later, dozens of Japanese soldiers from the cavalry squadron rode tall Japanese horses and headed straight for the direction of the sound of gunfire along the road that passed through the town.
The whole town was deserted and lifeless, which made the Japs in the cavalry squadron feel a little nervous. They always felt that the town was full of unknown dangers.
"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"
Captain Jing Yi, the captain of the cavalry squadron, gave the order to sprint. He had already heard the sound of "boom, boom" in the distance, which made him very excited.
Finally, there was a battle to fight. Jing Yi seemed to see military achievements waving to him one after another. He had long forgotten what the chief of staff had told him.
Ii is one of the top ten nobles of Eastern Japan. Although his family is not even considered a branch, this does not affect him to be proud of the surname Ii. His ancestor is Naotaka Ii, the first shogunate in the history of the Japanese. .
In his opinion, the small rank of cavalry captain was really not worthy of the surname Jing Yi.
Although Chief of Staff Sato only ordered him to go to the front line to inquire about information, he thought this was a rare opportunity!
As long as we take advantage of the cavalry and capture Chu Xiong, let alone the major, it is a matter of course for him to be the lieutenant and the colonel.
A Japanese who doesn't want to be a colonel is not a good Japanese. As for being a general, it's not something that his little captain can even think about.
"Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, listen, are they cavalry from the Eighth Route Army?"
Without the reminder from the orderly, Jing Yi could already feel that there were thousands of troops running towards them. This not only did not scare him, but made his blood boil.
I saw him pulling out his ancestral saber while sprinting at high speed, shouting at the top of his lungs:
"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"
In less than three minutes, the speed of the cavalry squadron has reached its limit. Everyone is holding their sabers high, shouting Banzai, sprinting at full speed, and the time has come to make contributions to His Majesty the Emperor.
"Bagaya Road! Get out of the way quickly!"
Jing Yi's face turned pale with fright, because he had already seen clearly that the people coming forward were all imperial warriors, and they all rushed over as if they had lost their souls, not paying attention to them at all.
The town's road plus the moral roads on both sides are only seven or eight meters wide, which is already very wide. There are houses on both sides, so there is no way to avoid it!
It was difficult to stop the horse after it picked up speed. It was not possible to stop the horse. Jing Yi and his cavalry squadron had no choice but to wave their sabers at the oncoming infantry;
Otherwise, what is waiting for them is that they will fall on their backs and die!
"Bah, bah, bah..."
The two groups of men and horses collided fiercely, and a large number of Japanese infantry were knocked away or killed by the cavalry.
Unfortunately, the street was too narrow, with only enough room for four horses to pass side by side. The impact of the four horses was limited, and the speed was quickly reduced.
The consequences were so serious that the horse following behind at high speed could not stop at all, so they had no choice but to hit it head-on.
Dead Taoist friends, dead Taoists, no one's life is as valuable as your own.
The Japanese infantry were also unfaithful to men and women. They were defeated like a mountain and could not stop the people in front of the defeated soldiers. They either killed the defeated soldiers or were killed by the defeated soldiers. There was no third way.
"Baga, stay away from the road, you dirty farmers!"
Captain Jingyi's nose was almost twisted with anger. The lowly infantry did not give way to the noble cavalry, but got mixed up with them. The speed of the horses also dropped rapidly, and some even fell on their backs;
Absolute strength was nothing compared to absolute numbers. Suddenly someone grabbed him off his tall horse and threw him heavily to the ground.
"Bagaya Road——"
A pair of fur shoes stepped on his face hard, trying to save his life. The noble's face was stepped on!
A few minutes later, Jing Yi's eyeballs were stepped out, but he still stared;
"Amaterasu, I am not willing to accept it. As a noble, I was trampled to death by lowly peasants! My great dream!"
Amaterasu, who was carrying sacks in the sky to clean up the souls of the Japanese, had no time to pay attention to Jing Yi. There were too many dead Japanese, and the business was so good that he was too busy. He was loading sacks one after another.
"Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta..."
"Come on, those devils who killed Gouri!"
Hu Shuangquan and his Second Battalion were closest to the Japanese when they launched the attack, so they rushed to the front;
The iron foot plate trained in Erlong Mountain played a huge role at this time. The twenty-kilometer cross-country training was not in vain.
During this chase, he couldn't even remember how many Japanese he had killed. As long as he could see the back, he would shoot him. No matter which part he hit, he would knock them down first.
Hu Shuangquan is still accustomed to using box guns, which are more practical than rifles in this kind of pursuit battle;
Adjust the pistol to continuous fire mode. Whenever you see a Japs, you can fire in bursts. You can always knock down one or two Japs. The fleeing Japs are crowded together. The density is too high, so there is no need to aim.
The Japanese troops were not only escaping through the main road in the center of the town, but also many were escaping from the direction of Liujiapo. The pursuers were also divided into two parts;
The second battalion pursued from the main road, and the main two battalions of the 881st Regiment of the Independent Brigade pursued from the right wing.
Other troops followed the second battalion in pursuit from the avenue, while two battalions of the 882nd Regiment stayed to protect the artillery.
There were as many as 8 infantry battalions, more than 6,000 people, involved in chasing the Japanese. They all chased with their hands off their feet. Taking companies as units, the targets were the Japanese artillery, baggage corps, division headquarters and other logistics and technical units with relatively low combat effectiveness. .
Half an hour later, more than 3,000 defeated troops from the two regiments were driven outside the Japanese division headquarters. The sight of yellow shit made Lieutenant General Wu Den completely dumbfounded.
"Baga Yalu, who can tell me what happened? Do you still look like a warrior of the empire?"
Defense fortifications were built around the Japanese division headquarters, but they were all simple linear fortifications, and some logistical and technical troops could not stop thousands of defeated troops.
Thousands of broken soldiers rushed over regardless, and they couldn't see the side at a glance. Lieutenant General Wu Den had rich battlefield experience, and he knew that he could not forcefully block them at this time;
The consequence of blocking them can only be the destruction of both the jade and the stone, and in the end they will be wiped out by the pursuing Eighth Route Army.
"Here you go, turn in!"
Before the rout arrived, Lieutenant General Wu Zhen issued the order for the entire army to move in, leaving behind a large amount of baggage and artillery and retreating first.
Everyone was running on two legs, and he didn't believe that the Eighth Route Army could keep pursuing them.
Wudan Laojizi's choice was undoubtedly the right one. They retreated for more than a kilometer with light weapons and took up positions in an open area;
Because the terrain was much wider, thousands of broken troops escaped from the flanks, and the Eighth Route Army also stopped pursuing.
If you continue to pursue, you will be counterattacked by the Japanese who have stabilized your position.
Chu Xiong had already told him that he only had to chase the Japanese division headquarters and intercept the Japanese baggage and cannons.
