The 13th Tank Regiment was also defeated?
In the field of view of the artillery mirror, Kuribayashi Tadamichi saw the defeated tanks and the 62nd Regiment, his face filled with disbelief.
Suddenly, a Leopard tank rushed out of the smoke and fired suddenly at the escaping Type 97 tank.
The Type 97 medium tank exploded into a ball of fire. A few seconds later, the explosion rumbled to the detachment headquarters.
"idiot!"
Seeing this scene, Kuribayashi Tadamichi's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
The Eighth Route Army is too bullying. If they use heavy tanks to fight light tanks, can they still show some martial ethics?
That idiot Suzuki Eisuke didn't even report that the Eighth Route Army was equipped with heavy tanks?
How can we fight this battle?
At this time, Tadashi Kuribayashi seriously suspected that the Eighth Route Army knew the Japanese battle plan in advance.
Not to mention the infantry regiment, the Eighth Route Army deployed a heavy artillery regiment, and it was difficult for the infantry regiment to perform well.
However, in order to deal with the Locust Army's cavalry regiment and chariot regiment, the Eighth Route Army formulated targeted combat plans.
Could it be that the Eighth Route Army also formulated a combat plan to deal with the Locust Army's aircraft?
But soon, Kuribayashi Tadamichi threw away the unrealistic thoughts in his mind.
Although the Eighth Route Army's anti-aircraft firepower is powerful, as long as the aircraft do not swoop and bomb under the Eighth Route Army's anti-aircraft firepower network, there will not be a big problem.
At this time, all the planes had taken off from Peiping Airport, with the goal of destroying the Eighth Route Army tanks.
The plane will arrive in half an hour at most.
Seeing that there were only more than 10 tanks left in the 13th Tank Regiment, Tadamichi Kuribayashi immediately asked the communications troops to connect to the 108th Rear Field Artillery Regiment.
"Report to the detachment leader, the call of the 108th Artillery Regiment has been connected!"
The communications staff officer held the phone in his hand and looked at Tadashi Kuribayashi.
Tadamichi Kuribayashi quickly walked to the communications staff and took the phone in his hand: "Moxi Moxi, I am Tadamichi Kuribayashi!"
"Hi!" Tadashi Kuribayashi heard the voice of Captain Sakai Daizuo of the 108th Artillery Regiment. "Your Excellency, Captain, I am Ginzo Sakai!"
"Sakai-kun, fire in the direction of the Eighth Route Army tanks immediately!"
Kuribayashi Tadada's tone was cold: "If your 108th Artillery Regiment doesn't fire artillery, you will never fire artillery again!"
During the first wave of attacks by Eighth Route Army tanks and infantry, the 108th Artillery Regiment should have fired.
However, the observation post of the 108th Artillery Regiment on the flank of the 39th Regiment was discovered by the Sharp Sword Squadron. The Sharp Sword Squadron immediately called in heavy artillery and razed the Japanese artillery observation post to the ground.
Without the observation post, the Japanese did not dare to raise the balloon easily for fear of being shot down by anti-aircraft machine guns and machine guns.
The Japanese artillery captain had to send observers again to guide the artillery to fire.
However, when the Japanese artillery observers arrived, the tanks and infantry of the Eighth Route Army had already broken into the 39th Regiment's position and were entangled with the soldiers of the 39th Regiment. At this time, the 39th Artillery Regiment no longer dared to fire rashly. .
"Hi!"
Sakai Daizuo's voice rang on the phone.
Then, Tadamichi Kuribayashi hung up the phone with a snap.
He turned the artillery mirror and looked in the direction of the cavalry through his field of vision, and saw that the strength of the 13th Cavalry Regiment was significantly reduced.
Seeing this, Kuribayashi Tadamichi's anger was almost unbearable. Nishizawa Yuio, a fool, didn't the cavalry deal with the Eighth Route Infantry, but instead dealt with the Eighth Route Cavalry?
Even if the Eighth Route Infantry is tied up with the 39th Regiment, you can still go to the Eighth Route headquarters?
As a result, he was walked like a dog by the Eighth Route Army cavalry and cars with mounted machine guns.
If this continues, sooner or later the 13th Cavalry Regiment will be pursued by the Eighth Route Army cavalry and cars.
"Baga, what kind of battles are we fighting?"
Kuribayashi Tadamichi held the Major General's command sword tightly in his hand. At this moment, he wanted to kill someone, and each of his subordinates was more stupid than the last!
At this moment, a sharp whistling sound sounded in the sky, and the artillery regiment in the rear opened fire.
Tadashi Kuribayashi looked up and saw streaks of light passing over his head, hitting the Eighth Route Army tanks.
The first shell landed near an Eighth Route Army tank, exploding into a ball of fireball and mud mist, followed by shells one after another hitting the area of the Eighth Route Army tank.
However, since there was no pre-firing, artillery fire covered the area immediately, and the tanks of the Eighth Route Army were widely spread out. The first round of shells only hit one tank.
Although Tadashi Kuribayashi did not know what type of tanks the Eighth Route Army was equipped with.
But from the situation of the Eighth Route Army tanks chasing Japanese tanks, he found that the Eighth Route Army tanks were an order of magnitude higher than the Type 97 medium tanks, but their off-road performance was even better than the Type 97 medium tanks.
Just outrageous.
If the Eighth Route Army tanks continue to pursue them, not only will the 17th Tank Regiment be completely wiped out, but even the detachment headquarters will be in great danger.
However, it is obviously unrealistic to destroy the heavy tanks of the Eighth Route Army with the artillery wing alone.
Most of the guns equipped by the artillery wing are 75mm mountain guns, and there are only 12 105mm howitzers. There is a natural chance of destroying tanks by aiming directly.
However, the tanks of the Eighth Route Army would not just rush over to die.
The Japanese artillery regiment also knew that the Eighth Route Army was equipped with large-caliber heavy artillery. Even if an artillery battle started, the Japanese artillery regiment would definitely not be an opponent.
Therefore, after the Japanese artillery regiment fired four or five rounds of artillery shells and forced the Eighth Route Army tanks back, they had to quickly move their artillery positions.
Under the continuous output of artillery fire from the Japanese artillery regiment, the tank battalion of the new regiment slowly retreated under Sun Desheng's order, choosing to temporarily avoid the edge.
The remaining dozen Japanese tanks managed to escape.
After the Japanese artillery regiment forced back the Eighth Route Army tanks, they did not fire any more guns and quickly moved their artillery positions.
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Not long after the Japanese artillery position was moved, the Eighth Route Army's high-explosive grenades landed on the Japanese artillery position.
Seeing the landslide-like explosion at the artillery position just now, the Japs in the artillery regiment were startled and broke into a cold sweat.
By this time, the 13th Cavalry Regiment had suffered heavy casualties and had never caught up with the Eighth Route Army's cavalry and jeeps.
Nishizawa Yongxiong was a little dumbfounded, not expecting this to be the case at all.
Originally he thought he was sure of victory, but he was taught a lesson by the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. After so many years of cavalry service, Nishizawa Yongxiong had never seen such a fighting style.
The firepower of more than 20 vehicles and 40 machine guns suppressed a cavalry regiment.
In addition, the firepower of rifles and rifles in the hands of the Eighth Route Army cavalry should not be underestimated. The firepower of more than 600 cavalrymen was actually more powerful than the firepower of his cavalry regiment.
Nishizawa Yuxiong knew very well that even if there were not dozens of machine guns on these 20 or so cars, chasing and firing volleys from the Eighth Route Army cavalry, the cavalry regiment would not be able to gain much advantage.
Looking at the obviously sparse cavalry team, Nishizawa Yuxiong's mentality suddenly exploded.
At first, he thought that the Eighth Route Army's cars were not fast, but he was obviously wrong. The cross-country performance of these cars was faster than that of horses, and they only drank gasoline and did not know how tired they were.
As the pursuing party, the Cavalry Regiment suffered heavy casualties. If it continued to pursue, more than half of the Cavalry Regiment would suffer casualties.
"Stop the pursuit!"
At that moment, Nishizawa Yongxiong gave a sharp shout, and at the same time clenched his fist with his right hand, giving the Japanese cavalry a sign to stop advancing.
This old Japanese was lucky. Many Japanese cavalrymen were shot off their horses, and he was not hit by machine gun bullets.
The Japanese cavalry, who had long since stopped pursuing, tightened their reins one after another. Amidst the neighing of horses, the Japanese cavalry began to slow down until they finally stopped.
"return!"
Nishizawa Yongxiong turned his horse's head in a different direction and rode in the direction he came from. The surviving Japs turned their horses' heads one after another and galloped after Nishizawa Yongxiong.
Cao Jiang, the commander of the cavalry battalion of the new regiment, saw that the Japanese cavalry not only did not pursue them, but ran away, how could he give up this opportunity to counter-pursue?
"Cavalry battalion, attack!"
Under the order of the cavalry battalion commander Cao Jiang, the cavalry battalion and jeep platoon immediately turned around and pursued the Japanese cavalry.
Now, the pursuing Japanese became the ones being chased, while the Eighth Route Cavalry and the jeep platoon became the pursuing party.
Because the cavalry battalion moved a beat slower than the Japanese cavalry, the distance between the new regiment of cavalry and the Japanese cavalry was widened.
The original distance of more than 200 meters was extended to more than 300 meters, which exceeded the effective range of the M1 carbine.
The Japs' riding skills are very good, and half of the soldiers in the new regiment's cavalry battalion are new cavalry, so it will be difficult to catch up with the Japs' cavalry for a while.
but.
The top speed of the Willys Jeep can reach 100 kilometers per hour, while the maximum speed of the Army Horse can only reach 60 kilometers per hour.
It didn't take long for the Willys Jeep to catch up with the Japanese Cavalry.
Along with the continuous muffled sound of the M2 heavy machine gun, the Japanese cavalry once again fell off the horse, dozens of people, and many military horses were hit.
Looking back and seeing this scene, Nishizawa Yuuo was so angry that he almost died on the spot. Although his cavalry also turned around and fired, it was not easy to hit the No. 8 driver at a distance of more than 200 meters.
The Eighth Route Army's machine guns could mow down several Japanese cavalrymen with just one shot.
Nishizawa Yongxiong gritted his teeth and shouted sternly: "Disperse!"
The best way now is to disperse the cavalry to reduce cavalry casualties. If the cavalry continues to gather together, the machine guns on the Eighth Route Army vehicles will sweep away a large area.
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"idiot!"
At the detachment headquarters, seeing less than half of the cavalry regiment returning, Kuribayashi Tadamichi was so angry that he walked up and gave Nishizawa Yuuo two big slaps.
After scattering and escaping, the cavalry regiment finally withdrew with the support of the 62nd Infantry Regiment, but suffered heavy casualties.
The 13th Cavalry Regiment is not a unit of other divisions like the 13th Tank Regiment and the 39th Infantry Regiment.
The 13th Cavalry Regiment is a unit of the 1st Cavalry Brigade, and is the family property of Tadamichi Kuribayashi. Watching Nishizawa Yuuo pull the 13th Cavalry Regiment out, he did not kill a few Eighth Route Army soldiers, but suffered more than half of his own casualties.
This made Tadamichi Kuribayashi want to kill Yuuo Nishizawa with a knife.
Taking a deep breath, Kuribayashi Tadamichi resisted the urge to kill Nishizawa Yuuo with a knife.
At this time, the communications staff officer suddenly reported: "Reporting to the detachment leader, according to the scout report, the Eighth Route Army tanks and infantry units are 5 kilometers away, and it seems that the next wave of attacks is brewing."
"Order, all units move to defense!"
"In 20 minutes at most, the aviation force will arrive. Once the aviation force arrives, the tanks on the Eighth Route will be destroyed."
"At that time, victory will only belong to the Locust Army!"
Tadashi Kuribayashi said coldly, feeling a bit disdainful of Li Yunlong in his heart, but in the end he still looked up to Li Yunlong.
I'm waiting for the plane, what are you waiting for?
