Lieutenant Colonel Kuwata Shinsan pondered for a moment, nodded slightly, and said: "Xinxi, I will do as you say!"
"Immediately order all squadrons to quickly circle west and outflank them, and be sure to intercept them."
"Inform the Shimamoto Brigade and the Suzuki Brigade and ask them to rush to support immediately. Be sure to catch these hateful bastards. I will kill them with a thousand cuts."
"Hai~!"
The Japanese officers present responded in unison.
Under the order of Kuwata Shinzo, the main force of the 10th Japanese Cavalry Regiment quickly circled towards the west and outflanked them, trying to use the speed advantage of the cavalry to intercept them.
Lin Yi led the soldiers to retreat quickly. After withdrawing a few miles, Sun Desheng, who was exploring the way in front, suddenly ran back.
"Sir, the little devil has come around in front of us and has blocked our way."
Hearing this, Lin Yi couldn't help but frown and said, "I underestimated these little devils. I didn't expect them to surround us so quickly."
Sun Desheng said: "The cavalry is much faster than us. They guessed our retreat direction in advance, so they were able to rush in front of us and intercept us."
Lin Yi asked: "How many people are there in this cavalry?"
Sun Desheng shook his head and said: "I'm not sure, but I'm sure they have a lot of troops, at least several hundred people."
Lin Yi frowned and said, "So, the entire Japanese cavalry regiment has been dispatched."
According to the Japanese organization, a division is generally equipped with a cavalry regiment.
The total strength of a cavalry regiment is more than a thousand. In terms of strength alone, it is only one-third of an infantry regiment, about the same as an infantry brigade.
But even so, the cost of raising a cavalry regiment is higher than that of an infantry regiment. After all, the cost of these war horses is quite high.
Sun Desheng nodded and said: "Absolutely!"
"In this way, with our small strength, I am afraid it will be difficult to escape the pursuit and interception of a Japanese cavalry regiment."
Lin Yi said: "There are a large number of Japanese infantry behind us. I believe they must have got the news and came to hunt us down."
Sun Desheng's face also became extremely ugly, and he said with a worried look: "If this is the case, we will be in big trouble." '
Lin Yi smiled and said: "We should be lucky to have these green gauze tents as cover, otherwise, we would have been wiped out by them by now."
"Now that we have these green gauze tents as cover, it is not impossible to avoid their search."
"The little devil expected that we would retreat to the west, so he cut off our retreat in advance."
"If we do the opposite, we can avoid their hunt."
Sun Desheng reminded: "But there are two infantry brigades catching up from behind."
"If we turn around and go east, wouldn't we be falling into a trap?"
Lin Yi frowned and said, "The little devil has spun a big net for us and wants to catch us all, but no matter how dense the net is, there will always be loopholes."
"I don't believe it. I can't avoid them."
"Just use these green gauze tents to deal with them. As long as we hold on until dark, it will be much easier for us to break out."
Lin Yi said, opening the system map, observing the surrounding terrain, and then said: "Turn around and advance to the northeast."
"yes!"
Sun Desheng didn't feel like saying anything more, so he responded quickly and then passed on the order.
Since he could not escape the Japs' pursuit, Lin Yi decided to continue playing hide-and-seek with the Japs.
Lin Yi led the soldiers to march to places with a lot of corn and sorghum fields.
There were only a few dozen of them.
Although he gained a lot of points last night, he had just killed more than a hundred Japanese cavalry and gained more than a thousand points. Now Lin Yi's points were nearly 4,000.
However, Lin Yi did not exchange for system soldiers, because he was currently avoiding the Japs' pursuit, and it was easier and easier to evade with fewer people.
Even if he really couldn't escape the Japs' pursuit, Lin Yi wasn't afraid. The worst he could do was use up all his points and summon a group of people to fight them. As long as he could hold on until dark, he would be fine. After dark, it became much easier for them to break out.
Lin Yi and his men suddenly changed direction, which really caught the Japanese off guard.
The Japanese cavalry ran to the west, but found no trace of Lin Yi and the others. They also sent out scouts to conduct reconnaissance and searches, but there was no news.
This made Kuwata Shinzo couldn't help but start to worry.
The old devil frowned and said: "Notify Shimamoto Brigade and Suzuki Brigade immediately and ask them to expand the search scope. They may have changed their direction or are hiding in a hidden place. We must find them as soon as possible."
"Hai~!"
A Japanese officer next to him responded respectfully and turned around to convey the order.
Kuwata Shinzo, an old devil, was also extremely smart. Seeing that Lin Yi and the others were missing, he immediately made some guesses.
However, although the surrounding terrain is not complicated, there are crops everywhere, especially corn fields and sorghum fields. It is still very easy to hide people.
There are also some jujube trees and pear trees. In this way, it is not impossible for Lin Yi and the others to hide and avoid their search.
However, judging from their speed, Kuwata Shinzo was also sure that they were definitely still nearby and could not escape far.
Therefore, Shinzo Kuwata ordered the Shimamoto and Suzuki teams that were catching up behind him to increase the search scope, hoping to find Lin Yi as soon as possible.
The little Japs were in the light, and Lin Yi and the others were in the dark. They deliberately avoided the Japs, and they had always been careful, so the Japs couldn't find them for a while.
Seeing that it was getting dark soon, Lin Yi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"The little devil has been chasing us all day, and he is probably exhausted. After dark, we will work hard. No matter what, we must break out."
Sun Desheng said: "These little devils are like crazy. They are pursuing us and mobilizing so many troops to deal with us."
"Now it is basically confirmed that they dispatched a cavalry regiment and two infantry brigades."
Lin Yi said: "It seems that we have beaten them so hard that that old devil Isoya will use so much force to deal with us."
"That's fine. The more Japs we contain, the less pressure the main force in the front will face."
Although he said this, Lin Yi also knew that the Lion City was probably lost now.
After all, according to the course of history, the Dragon Kingdom's army only persisted in the area near Lion City for about three or four days.
However, Lin Yi couldn't care less. All he could do now was to do his best to eliminate as many little devils as he could.
Lin Yi believes that as their strength continues to increase, more and more Japanese will be eliminated in the future.
