What Takahashi Kazuma was most worried about happened, Dragon Boat Festival was actually here.
This is the last thing he wants to see, because countless imperial elites have confirmed for him that the Chinese madman is not easy to deal with.
He is not one of those imperial fanatics, and he does not want to die in China yet.
However, he had to carry out Kitashirakawa's order, collect those deserters, and then sent a telegram to Bengbu saying that the Ito brigade had been completely wiped out, and the Dragon Boat Festival independent regiment had returned for reinforcements and arrived at Liutaizi Village.
Kitashirakawa was naturally very angry when he heard the news. Because he was one step slower than the Dragon Boat Festival.
However, he felt that if Dragon Boat Festival returned so quickly, first, his troops would be very tired, and second, the number of enemies would not be very large, because Dragon Boat Festival was coming from Laoye Ridge.
He ordered the Takahashi regiment to continue the pursuit. If Takahashi Kazuma took the Dragon Boat Festival's head, he would come back, otherwise he would let him kill all the way to Xuzhou.
When Kazukuma Takahashi saw such a call back, besides wanting to scold his mother, he had only one idea, and ordered the vanguard to pursue quickly.
He didn't want to fight all the way to Xuzhou, which would be tantamount to dying. Because it was obvious that Prince Beibai was using this method to quickly end the battle.
Moreover, the telegram also made it very clear that the cavalry battalion in Dragon Boat Festival did not have many people, and they fought continuously. This created the conditions for him to catch up with the Dragon Boat Festival and annihilate them all.
So at this time, Takahashi Kazukuma quickly made his own tactical adjustments as if he saw hope.
He placed his mechanized corps at the front.
Although he did not bring many heavy weapons this time, he did bring two Vickers M25 armored vehicles, as well as a dozen personnel carriers and six motorcycles.
He ordered the mobile troops to pursue quickly, bite Duanwu's cavalry battalion, and then his large troops outflanked Duanwu from both sides. Even if Duanwu could not be caught, he still had to achieve some results, otherwise it would be difficult for him to explain to Kitashirakawa when he returned.
As a result, the Japanese had nearly two squadrons of troops and quickly approached Liutaizi Village.
At this time, the soldiers of the third company were still collecting ammunition everywhere. And especially machine gun bullets.
Although the bullets of the little devil's Type 38 rifle are the same type as the machine gun bullets. But the two are not universal at all.
The reason is that when the little devil's crooked handle uses rifle bullets, the failure rate keeps rising. It either jams or explodes in the chamber, or the bullet does not go in a straight line at all.
Later, the little devil solved this problem by reducing the amount of gunpowder in the machine gun bullet.
And for some reason, the little devil's crooked machine gun not only has a longer shooting range, but its hit rate has also been greatly improved.
As for this, even the manufacturer of the crooked machine gun thinks it is a miracle.
Of course, this is not important. What is important is that the soldiers fled on horseback after seeing the Japanese troops chasing them.
This surprised the Japanese forward troops, because each of them had heard of the bravery of the Independent Regiment, which was a small reconnaissance team that could annihilate them in an instant.
But at this time, their formidable opponent ran away upon seeing them.
The Japanese officer was afraid that it was a trap and ordered the Japanese soldiers to check it out.
After a search, the Japanese soldiers quickly came back and reported that the enemy had not moved the guns on the imperial corpses, but the bullets in their waists were missing. And they found a large number of bullets collected where the enemy cavalry had left.
The officers suddenly realized that their enemy was out of bullets and was collecting them.
"Order the communications troops to quickly report this situation to Mr. Takahashi, and the others will quickly follow me in pursuit."
The Japanese officer ordered that, except for the signal trooper who stayed to report to Takahashi Kazuma, the other Japanese quickly pursued him in their cars.
A moment later, their enemy appeared again, a cavalry of nearly a hundred horses.
The Japanese soldier who was driving said: "Sir, it seems we have many enemies?"
The Japanese officer said disdainfully: "Don't be afraid, we are much more numerous than them. The cavalry battalion in Dragon Boat Festival has less than 500 people. They fought with the imperial army in Bengbu last night, and then went to Laoye Ridge, and now they came back. Didn't you see? Their mounts are very tired. The horses can't run, and it's only a matter of time before we catch up."
"Sir is wise."
The Japanese driver was very impressed and continued to chase the enemy in front.
However, at this moment, the Vickers M25 armored vehicle in front suddenly opened fire.
There were two machine guns on the Vickers M25 armored vehicle. One of the Japanese machine gunners, or someone who was idle, fired at the cavalry 500 meters ahead.
But because the distance was too far and the Japs' machine gunner's shooting skills were poor, the bullets missed.
Another Japanese in the armored vehicle laughed and said, "Bei Ye, I just said you couldn't hit him, right? You already owe me two cigarettes."
"Baga, with my skills there should be no problem. It's because the guard in front drove the car too bumpy."
Kitano made excuses, but the man on guard in front of him ignored him because Kitano was a fool. His marksmanship was poor and he showed it off everywhere, only to end up in a lot of debt.
However, at this moment, the Japanese officer's angry curse came from the radio in the car: "Bagaya Road, why are you firing randomly without orders? Our enemies were frightened and have already ran away."
Amid the roars of the Japanese officers, Beiye took off his machine gun and looked outside, but sure enough, after his machine gun fired, the enemy accelerated and took a shortcut into the woods.
"Baga, these cowards didn't dare to fight our Imperial Japanese Army head-on, so they all ran away with their tails between their legs. I was scolded as a result."
Kitano was very angry, but sat back helplessly. Because next, they may have to catch up in such bumps for a long time.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the chariot suddenly accelerated. It turned out that the Japanese officer ordered to stop the cavalry of this independent regiment, and just when the car turned a winding mountain road, the Japanese officer unexpectedly discovered the large troop in the Dragon Boat Festival.
There were cavalry and infantry among them, and they could clearly see soldiers carrying stretchers with wounded soldiers lying on them.
The Japanese officer's spirit was lifted, and he quickly reported the incident to Captain Takahashi.
Takahashi Kazukuma was also very excited. It can be said that what he was most worried about along the way was that Dragon Boat Festival had escaped, or that Dragon Boat Festival's cavalry battalion had escaped. And if this is the case, he may really be sent to Xuzhou to die.
But for God's mercy, that Dragon Boat Festival was actually dragged down by the wounded soldiers and did not go far.
"The hypocritical Chinese people will not leave their wounded soldiers alone. Give me the order for the troops to advance at full speed. We must stop them and annihilate them all before they enter Guzhen during the Dragon Boat Festival. Hahaha!"
Old Japanese Takahashi smiled triumphantly, and the Guzhen he was talking about was a gateway town south of Xuzhou, more than a hundred kilometers away from Xuzhou.
Entering Guzhen belongs to Xuzhou's peripheral defense zone. And when that time comes, with the strength of his two infantry brigades alone, he will definitely die! .
(End of chapter)
