Chapter 19 Killing Generals and Capturing the Flag (Part 2)
The highest commander of the Japanese cavalry on the other side of the Tupo, Satomi Kurada, the captain of the 10th Japanese Cavalry Regiment, did not immediately find that a small group of Chinese cavalry was approaching their own corps opposite the Tupo.
However, with the bright moonlight, he found two "Imperial Army" officers (it was later found out that these two were the acting deputy captain of the 40th Japanese Army Regiment, Major Akimasaji Nagata and Captain Hosokawa Atoki). The two men stood on the ground, waving their hands and seemed to be shouting something in their mouths. The quick-reacting Nakazoma immediately ordered the main force of the corps to stop moving forward, and at the same time he sent a reinforcement team to find out what was going on.
From the perspective of military common sense, Kuantan Nakasa's move is very consistent with military routine. Although cavalry has absolute advantages in terms of maneuver power, melee strike capability, and impact power compared to infantry. However, in this era when light and heavy machine guns have been popularized in armies of various countries, cavalry has no advantage in the firepower and prepared infantry.
Especially, it is still late at night when cavalry is very easy to be ambushed. If there are heavy troops behind the earth slope, the 10th Japanese cavalry revolver would suffer a great loss. To be on the safe side, Kuantanakasa made the main force of the revolver stop moving forward, but sent a reinforcement team to meet those people wearing the uniforms of "Imperial Army" officers.
Miantanaka Sao immediately regrets his cautiousness!
Kuantanakasa stared at the opposite slope. Soon, a cavalry of the reinforcement team reached the highest point of the not-so-steep slope. Seeing that the two Japanese officers did not act abnormally, and the vanguard team of the 10th Cavalry Regiment was not attacked, Kuantanakasasa was relieved.
Lord Nakasa was beaten up by the local people with a big knife and a "beard" in Manzhou, China. Since then, Lord Nakasa has been in a state of fear and has fallen into this cautious problem. Especially at night, Lord Nakasa has the habit of every grass on the "Chinese" land is a suspicious person.
But poor Nakasa Sakura was too happy too early. Just as he was about to order the main force of the corps to continue to advance. To complete the mission of "Sign up to Taierzhuang to find out the battle situation and attack from the two wings of Taierzhuang to relieve the pressure of Taierzhuang". (The 10th Division of the Japanese army did not expect that the 40th Regiment of Taierzhuang was not only in a hard battle, but was completely wiped out by the Chinese army that the Japanese army always looked like.) (The less than one division's strength only took half the force of the Japanese army to eliminate a Japanese army that had half the combat power when it was full. This was almost a myth at the time. Not only was the Japanese army unbelievable, but the victory was spread to Xuzhou. The commander of the war zone was determined again and again, and he dared to believe that this was not a panic report on military information.)
Two black shadows riding on horses (Men Songyuan and Ma Jiuxiao) flew into the sight of Nakasa Mutan. In less than ten seconds, the two black shadows killed three Japanese troops. Not only did the two "Imperial Army" officers not escape death, but even the cavalry of the 10th Cavalry Regiment who went forward to inquire about the situation did not escape from the palms of the two "devils" and were cut off and pulled out half of their bodies.
Immediately afterwards, more and more enemy cavalry emerged from the other side of the small slope. Sandian opened his eyes and saw his vanguard team being killed by the speeding riders. (The most important thing for cavalry to charge is to fully utilize the momentum of the running horses. The stationary cavalry is not as powerful as infantry in terms of combat power. The Japanese cavalry squad was in a static state at this time. If you encounter the Chinese cavalry that had accelerated a long time ago, you will not suffer any losses.)
The crazy Sangtian quickly ordered the main force of the wing to sprint towards the earth slope. He had already seen that the opponent was only a twenty or thirty Chinese cavalry, and he was just relying on the initiative to kill his subordinates.
Amid the howling of the mulberry fields, six or seven hundred cavalrymen launched a fierce attack on the small slope.
He didn't bother to wipe the blood of the Japanese who were spraying on his face. Under the protection of several subordinates, Wen Songyuan personally dismounted and searched the bodies of the two Japanese, without any omissions, and even did not let go of his crotch. Finally, he finally found the flag of the Japanese Army's 40th Regiment, which had been soaked in red in the middle of the military uniform of a Japanese army.
"withdraw."
Since the things have been obtained, Wen Songyuan is not so arrogant that he wants to compete with the Japanese who are dozens of times more powerful, so retreating is the most urgent task.
After the 10th Cavalry Regiment suffered a big loss, he naturally would not give up. Under the command of the Sakura Nakata, he tightly bit the tail of the cavalry company of the 200th Regiment.
When he learned from the soldiers of the Forty Regiment who survived by chance that the Chinese army had actually snatched the flag of the Forty Infantry Regiment. Kuratan Nakasa felt a chill in his heart. As a Nakasa, he knew very well the importance of a unit of military flag to the Japanese army.
The Japanese military law has always been extremely strict in the punishment for losing the military flag. The parties involved are often ordered to cut off their own cesarean sections, so the Japanese army regards the military flags as higher than their own lives. The military flags have been taken away by the Chinese army, so the fate of the 40th infantry revolt is self-evident.
Wanda Nakasa, who figured this out, immediately fell into a craziness again. If the division commander knew that a small Chinese cavalry unit would have snatched the flag of the 40th Regiment from the nose of his entire regiment, and then left. What awaited him would be severe punishment from the military law.
Out of fear of military law and shame and anger caused by his serious dereliction of duty, Kuantan Nakasa, who had always been concerned about the situation ahead, completely lost his mind. He ignored the objective facts of unknown enemy situation and the cavalry's not good at night fighting with infantry, and commanded the entire regiment to chase after the smoke and dust of the 200th regiment cavalry, regardless of the objective facts such as the unknown situation in front of him and the fact that the cavalry was not good at night fighting with infantry, and commanded the entire regiment to chase after him desperately, following the smoke and dust of the two hundred cavalrymen.
Wen Songyuan was only twenty brothers left by his side. The cavalry of the Japanese behind him was getting closer and closer, and from time to time, a small group of Japanese cavalry surrounded from both sides. In order not to let everyone be wrapped by the Japanese, there were volunteering Chinese cavalry out of the queue in groups of three or two, and used their lives to block the Japanese cavalry that was almost driven by the cavalry company. They used suicide charges to win a glimmer of chance for others that might not necessarily appear. However, the number of people between the Chinese and Japanese armies is too great, and it is not possible to scatter this gap by bravery. Often, only a minute or two after rushing to the Japanese army, these warriors would become bodies and fall on the ground, and then be rushed to the brigade of Japanese cavalry's horses and stepped into meat paste!
Wen Songyuan was already very regretful at this time. Is it worthwhile to pay so many good brothers to save the lives of so many good brothers for a Japanese military flag? But when things have come to this point, it is too late to turn back. If the Japanese army flag is lost again, wouldn’t so many good brothers die in vain?
In the early morning, the brothers of the 200th Regiment performed extremely bravely. However, the comparison between the Japanese army and their twelve to one force made their efforts add to the heart-wrenching tragic!
The huge advantage of the Japanese army in terms of numbers has become increasingly evident as time passes by.
In the end, only a dozen cavalry remnants were left, and the Japanese were forced to go to a small hill. The Japanese army with ferocious eyes surrounded the hill three layers inside and three layers outside.
Wen Songyuan was injured everywhere. Although there were some skin injuries, he had lost a lot of blood. At this time, his face was so white that he was shaking, and he was shaking as if he could fall down at any time. However, Ma Jiuxiao beside him was more energetic, but he also had a few lottery tickets.
Relying on the submachine gun that almost everyone was in hand (when they came, Wen Songyuan transferred a lot of charges from the entire regiment to the cavalry company). and the higher terrain of the hills, Wen Songyuan and others temporarily blocked the Japanese army's attack.
Chapter completed!