Kudo Shinichi believed that it was only a scout from the Supervisory Corps who attacked them.
Because first, the opponent's combat scale was small, and they were repelled by the forward troops of the Chaoxian Division. It was obvious that the opponent did not have many people.
Secondly, from the perspective of time, unless the supervision team can figure it out, why would the large army have been waiting in the mountains to ambush them?
Therefore, Kudo Shinichi suggested that the troops quickly move toward Wanjialing without giving the supervisory team time to respond.
Li Cheng agreed very much, and immediately ordered the troops to advance quickly, ignoring the defeated enemy reconnaissance team.
But this was exactly what Dragon Boat Festival wanted. He beat the Japs and the Japs didn't chase him. This was so advantageous that he sent two surprise attack teams to attack the Japs in turn.
If the little devil doesn't fight back or pursue, he will keep fighting until the little devil sends troops to pursue him.
Dragon Boat Festival calls this tactic ants eating elephants.
The elephant is so huge that it is almost impossible for ants to eat it.
But I can eat slowly and nibble bit by bit.
Today I will nibble a little bit of it, and tomorrow I will nibble a little bit of it. Sooner or later I will be able to eat it all.
This was the case at this time. Li Cheng's Chaoxian division was too large for the current Dragon Boat Festival, and his troops were completely unable to eat them all.
So he had no choice but to eat bit by bit. Eventually it will be dispersed and disintegrated.
And this is exactly the tactic that Duan Wu, Shangguan Zhibiao and others said to play slowly.
Although this tactic is slow, the casualties it causes to the enemy are not small at all. After several ambushes, the two Japs of the Chaoxian Division killed and wounded more than two hundred people.
The forward troops of the Chaoxian Division were directly reduced by one-half.
The commander quickly reported the incident to Li Cheng. If they continued to march in such a hurry, they might all be dead before they reached Wanjialing.
In this regard, Li Cheng also had a headache and asked Kudo Shinichi for a solution.
Kudo Shinichi was thinking about the scene in front of him, as if he had seen it in a certain tactical report.
But for a while he couldn't remember which report it was.
However, he vaguely remembered that the report said that after the enemy harassed them, a large group of troops would follow up, and they must not disperse their troops to pursue them, otherwise they would definitely fall into the enemy's trap.
But Kudo Shinichi didn't believe it, because no matter how he thought about it, he felt that unless Dragon Boat Festival was a god and could do calculations, how could they be ambushed by the enemy in advance when they took such a secret road?
So Kudo Shinichi said: "According to the size of the enemy attacking our troops, the opponent only has about two platoons. You immediately send two squadrons each to pursue and push the opponent back, driving them far away, while our large troops take advantage of the opportunity. Move forward quickly and leave the opponent far behind. This way they won't be able to stop us."
Li Cheng immediately praised: "Kudo-kun, please see, that's what we will do."
Immediately, Li Cheng ordered an unsatisfied brigade of soldiers from his third infantry regiment to be divided into two groups to pursue them.
There is no need to annihilate the opponent, you just need to drive them far away and stop harassing the marching troops.
A moment later, intensive gunshots came from the front, and then the sound of the Chaoxian Japs victoriously pursuing them.
Li Cheng looked proud and gave Kudo Shinichi a thumbs up: "Kudo-kun is so clever and strategizing. This small supervisory team will definitely not be our opponent, hahaha!"
Kudo Shinichi also said with a proud expression: "I knew that we didn't have that many enemies, they just wanted to delay the arrival of their large forces.
However, by the time their large army arrived, we would have already been drinking tea on Wanjialing. Hahaha! "
"Hahaha!"
Li Cheng laughed in agreement, but at this moment, violent gunshots and explosions suddenly came from the distance, and immediately after, Li Cheng received an emergency call from the pursuing troops. They encountered an enemy ambush. The number of enemies is unknown, but the firepower is very fierce.
Kudo Shinichi said angrily: "Baga, the supervision team still has backup, order the troops to stop advancing, divide the troops to reinforce, and rescue the people."
"Okay Kudo-kun."
Li Cheng responded and immediately sent troops to rescue. But just halfway, the troops who went to rescue were attacked again, and this time the casualties were greater.
Li Cheng was furious and took all his troops to rescue the Chaoxian Japs on the right wing, and then killed another carbine to rescue the Chaoxian Japs on the left wing.
After finally rescuing everyone, it was discovered that both troops had suffered heavy losses.
The pursuit force sent out earlier was completely wiped out, and more than half of the reinforcements were lost. After careful calculation, all the Chaoxian Japanese Japs from the two brigades were killed in each other's ambush. And they didn't even see clearly who their opponent was.
Li Cheng panicked all of a sudden, and Kudo Shinichi also panicked.
And at the same time, he finally remembered, didn't that report refer to the Dragon Boat Festival troops?
At that time, the Dragon Boat Festival troops were called the Independent Regiment.
"Damn, we were fooled."
Although Kudo Shinichi still can't figure out why the Supervisory Corps of the Dragon Boat Festival was so precise in blocking him in the forest, it is obvious that there is indeed a large force of the Supervisory Corps in this forest.
Thinking of this, Kudo Shinichi's spine went numb, and he quickly ordered: "Li Sang, immediately order your troops to deploy their defenses in place. Quick, we must guard here, otherwise we are very likely to be swallowed up by the supervision team."
boom! Boom boom!
But at this moment, a sudden and terrifying explosion occurred, and the Chaoxian Division was hit by artillery fire.
The shells fell among the crowd, and the two Japs in Chaoxian were knocked off their feet.
Many of the Chao Xian Japanese were a little flustered. They had a bad premonition before entering the forest, and in just one hour, the entire army lost more than 1,600 people, which made them really panic.
At this time, encountering another artillery attack, the Chaoxian Division was even more at a loss and didn't know what to do. Some Chaoxian Japanese soldiers even ran into the woods to avoid the bombardment.
However, there was an ambush in the woods, but when they saw the Chaoxian Japs running out, they were shot with machine guns.
The Chaoxian Japs did not dare to run away, and after killing and wounding dozens of people, they retreated.
boom! boom!
Several more gunshots were heard, and the Chaoxian Japs who had just retreated were attacked again, killing and wounding more than thirty people.
At this time, the two Japs from Chaoxian were on the verge of tears and ran into the woods to be shot. Then they retreated back to join the larger troops, just waiting to be bombarded.
Li Cheng also wanted to turn the tide and loudly ordered the troops to deploy defenses in place. But at this moment, Kudo Shinichi turned his horse's head and ran away with his people without saying a word.
At this time, Kudo Shinichi already understood that the Supervisory Corps had already planned this battle tonight, and the Chaoxian Division had no chance to escape. And if he doesn't leave the battle quickly while the Chaoxian Division still has the strength to fight, I'm afraid he will die here too tonight! .
(End of chapter)
