Just when Kitashirakawa captured Bengbu, Duanwu and his cavalry battalion were still on the road.
They rushed from a location more than 60 kilometers away from Mingguang to Bengbu, which was at least more than 100 kilometers away.
Calculated by Dragon Boat Festival, it would take them four to five hours to travel this more than 100 kilometers of mountain road, even if they were riding horses.
And it's still fast, because when running fast, the horse also needs to rest.
What's more, Dragon Boat Festival has to go to join a regiment of the Northeast Army.
Where this group is now, Duanwu doesn’t know. Commander Yu of the 51st Army said that he was transferred from somewhere west of Mingguang.
Commander Yu originally said that he would meet up with Duanwu in Mingguang. But the Dragon Boat Festival rides horses. How can the infantry have horses running fast?
So Duanwu asked the Northeast Army regiment to meet him five kilometers east of Bengbu.
But whether this group can make it to the Dragon Boat Festival is hard to say. And on the way, Dragon Boat Festival thought a lot.
He originally thought that Bei Baichuan was stupid. He infiltrated into Bengbu and went deep alone. Why not wait to be surrounded in Bengbu City?
But on the way, he thought about it carefully and thought: Kitashirakawa Aoi may not understand what military is, but he is not a fool. He probably wouldn't do something like sending someone's head thousands of miles away.
So since Bei Baichuan has no mercy and is waiting for him to be surrounded and annihilated in Bengbu, what does he want to do?
Duanwu felt that this seemed to be a conspiracy. And even if Kitashirakawa didn't have that brain, he couldn't treat his enemies as fools.
As the saying goes, a lion fights a rabbit with all his strength, let alone a ruthless Japanese?
Thinking of this, Duanwu signaled the cavalry to stop and rest, and asked Lao Abacus to find the communications soldiers.
The communication soldier ran to Duanwu with the radio on his back, waiting for Duanwu's order.
Duanwu said: "Immediately send electricity to Commander Yu. The enemy situation is unknown at present, so he must act cautiously and send more scouts out to turn over the mountains near each department. Maybe the Japanese who have infiltrated will not be one team."
"yes!"
The communications soldier took the order and took off the radio to generate electricity. But at this moment, the radio rang by itself.
The communications soldier quickly said: "Regiment seat, a call from Bengbu."
"catch!"
After the Dragon Boat Festival order, the communications troops began to receive messages.
The message was simple: "The Japanese army launched a surprise attack on Bengbu around three o'clock in the afternoon. Our troops have safely evacuated."
Duanwu said: "Call back and everything will go according to plan."
"yes!"
The communications corps took the order again, then called back to the Fourth Battalion in Bengbu, and then sent a message to Commander Yu of the 51st Army.
Commander Yu frowned when he received the message, because there was more than one enemy team, so how many people were there?
Moreover, they have been fighting with the Japanese 39th Regiment in front of them for nearly a day, and the opponent has no intention of retreating.
Everything is very abnormal, which confirms Dragon Boat Festival's guess.
"Contact me immediately to all the troops and ask them to send scouts to the vicinity of the station. If anything is discovered, report to me immediately. Grandma, I'm afraid there will be a big battle this time."
Commander Yu was a little angry after giving the order, because it was too sudden, and without any warning, the Japs infiltrated and took Bengbu directly.
And once Bengbu was lost, the entire 51st Army felt like it had been stabbed in the back.
Of course, it wouldn't matter if it was just such a Japanese army. He could draw troops from various ministries and ask Commander Li for reinforcements.
But what if a lot of ghosts infiltrate? Then his entire 51st Army is in danger.
So he felt a cold breath coming from his back, as if a steel knife was poking at him at any time.
But he thought it was okay, Duanwu had come back with his men. And as long as the Dragon Boat Festival is here, the little devil will not be able to make any waves.
"Report to the military, Commander Li is calling."
At this moment, another communications soldier ran into Commander Yu's office.
"read!"
Commander Yu signaled, and the communications soldier took out the message and read aloud: "The Japanese army has made strange movements. I hope your troops will find out as soon as possible."
Commander Yu smiled speechlessly: "What difference does it make if this telegram is sent or not? I just told him that the Japanese army has not retreated from the head-on confrontation with our 51st Army, and Bengbu has fallen into the hands of the enemy after the fall of Bengbu. Instead, he sent it back to tell me , there is something strange happening in the Japanese army, let me find out quickly."
At this time, Commander Yu was very angry, but he could not offend Li Zhongren, so he asked the communications soldier to call back: "We are investigating."
Speaking of which, Commander Yu actually wants reinforcements. Although his 51st Army has a lot of people, its defense line is also very large, and it has just mobilized two regiments of troops. One regiment followed the Dragon Boat Festival to fight the 26th Brigade, while the other regiment had just been transferred to Bengbu to join the Dragon Boat Festival.
So at this time, he was a little stretched to allocate troops to reinforce the Dragon Boat Festival.
But Li Zhongren asked himself to investigate, which means that he will not send troops to reinforce before there is definite information.
Thinking of this, Commander Yu could only say: "Just answer these three words! Also tell all departments to move quickly and quickly find out if anyone else from the enemy has infiltrated."
"yes!"
The signal trooper took the order and trotted away. But just as Commander Yu wanted to take a breath, another communications soldier came running over at this moment. The report said: "Reporting to the military seat, there is a call from the 31st Army saying that the lookout post of the 31st Army in Erdaogou was killed and that an enemy has penetrated into our defense area. Order our troops to quickly find out the enemy's movements and Send more troops to Erdaogou to block this hole."
Commander Yu snorted coldly and said: "Huh, more troops? Where do I have so many troops? Call back and tell Liu Shiyi of the 31st Army. Our department has deployed two regiments of troops to attack the Japanese army and fight with reinforcements in Bengbu. We are also facing a fierce battle with the Japanese 39th Regiment, and there are no more troops to send. I hope Commander Liu can understand and let the 31st Army deploy troops to block the hole in Erdaogou."
"yes!"
The signal trooper took the order and ran away again. At this time, Commander Yu had a headache. It could be said that the little devil's sudden penetration caught him off guard.
But at the same time, what was even more terrible was that his back was blocked by the Japanese, giving him a feeling like a light on his back.
To get out of his current predicament, he could only place his hope in two places.
One was that the Japanese army was defeated by their own 113th Division and was repulsed, and the second was that Duanwu was able to lead his regiment to recapture Bengbu and then drive the Japanese out from behind.
However, what Commander Yu never expected was that there was a full Japanese regiment in Bengbu, with more than 6,000 people.
And this is also the reason why Kitashirakawa went straight into the hinterland and captured Bengbu with confidence.
If you want to fight against his unit head-on, if you don't have the strength of a division, then you are simply giving away food! .
(End of chapter)
