Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"Don't cry, why are you crying? We are going home this time!"

"Yes, go home!"

"Dad, Mom, my son is going home!"

"Even if I die, I'd rather die on the way home!"

"..."

Thirty kilometers outside Zhangjiakou, a Japanese regiment was on the road.

This Japanese brigade was a Mengjiang garrison unit that retreated from Chicheng to Zhangjiakou. Zhangjiakou was in danger, and the surrounding Japanese had abandoned their garrisons in the counties and were gathering towards Zhangjiakou, ready to defend it to the death.

This Japanese regiment has more than 2,000 people and is part of a Type C division formed by the Japanese last year. Part of it is composed of veterans from the former 26th Division.

"Report, an Eighth Route Army unit appears ahead!"

"Eighth Route Army troops? How many people?"

After hearing this, the captain of the group, Taisong Naoto, frowned and asked.

"There aren't many of them, they're all cavalry, only a few hundred!"

Hearing that the enemy had only a few hundred men, Taisong Naoto showed a thoughtful expression on his face, then said with a smile: "A Chinese army of several hundred men, notify everyone to prepare for battle, and eat up these Chinese troops!"

The Type C Division's troops were primarily garrison duty, stationed in cities, and had little combat experience. Yasumatsu Naoto wanted to use this encounter to train his troops. With 2,200 men, numerous grenade launchers, and six Type 92 infantry guns, he should have no trouble dealing with a Chinese force of several hundred men.

"Do you know whose unit this is?"

At this time, a captain of the 26th Division suddenly spoke up. He is now the chief of staff of this regiment.

"Haiyi, the scouts reported that they saw them holding a red flag with the Chahar Column embroidered on it."

"Chahar Column?"

Yasunari Naoto felt that the name of this column sounded familiar, but he seemed to have never heard of it before.

But when the chief of staff beside him heard this name, his face turned pale instantly: "It's Shen Quan, Shen Quan's troops, the Chahar Fox, the rail destroyers are back again!"

After hearing this, Taisong Naoto suddenly remembered who this person was and pretended to be calm and said, "Chief of Staff, no matter how powerful Shen Quan is, he is only one person, and he only has a few hundred people. We have more than 2,200 people. We can definitely..."

But before Taisong Naoto could finish his words, he was rudely interrupted by the Chief of Staff: "Baga, you don't know how terrifying Shen Quan is. There is a saying circulating in our 26th Division that when you discover Shen Quan, you have already been surrounded by him. He is like a ghost and will appear anywhere in the Chahar region..."

Yasunaoto was upset after being scolded by his chief of staff. Just as he was about to lash out, he felt the ground tremble. He looked up and saw a black mark on the distant ground.

"It's Shen Quan, it's Shen Quan's troops, Shen Quan is here!"

Some Japanese soldiers who heard the conversation between Naoto Yasunari and the chief of staff exclaimed in surprise.

Taisong Naoto also reacted at this time. He had no time to scold the chief of staff. Instead, he drew his command knife and said, "Form a defensive position immediately. They are all cavalry. We have heavy machine guns. There is no need to be afraid of them!"

After hearing this, some panicked Japanese recruits finally gained some momentum and began to prepare to set up machine gun positions.

But some veterans of the 26th Division had already quietly retreated.

At this time, in the distance, Shen Quan looked forward with a telescope and also discovered the Japanese army.

"A regiment of Japs, it looks like they're heading to Zhangjiakou. Let's eat them!"

At this moment, a signalman rode up to Shen Quan on horseback and said, "Commander, the headquarters has sent a telegram ordering us to cross the Yanshan Mountains and reach Chaoyang within seven days, no matter what means are used."

After hearing this, Shen Quan quickly took out the map to look at Chaoyang's location, and then looked at a regiment of Japanese soldiers in the distance.

"Inform the troops to kill these devils. Don't save ammunition. Blast a path through them and kill them!"

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, a group of cavalry quickly dismounted and took the weapons from the other horses. Some soldiers also quickly built small mounds on the ground and placed 107 rockets on them one by one.

"Report, fifty rocket launchers are ready!"

Shen Quan glanced at the Japanese troops who were building machine gun positions in the distance.

"Order the 1st Cavalry Division to destroy them, and have the artillery pay attention to coordination. I don't want to see too many casualties!"

Chapter 558 Captain, congratulations on your fortune

At the Japanese regiment's position, although this was a unit of the Japanese Type C Division, their civil engineering capabilities were quite good. They quickly dug out trenches and built machine gun positions.

They quickly set up machine gun positions and even set up grenade launcher and mortar positions.

As the defensive positions were gradually improved, the devils breathed a sigh of relief.

For infantry, encountering cavalry on an open plain means almost no chance of survival, but once they have a defensive position, the situation is very different.

Especially after the machine gun positions were built, these Japanese soldiers had the courage to fight. After all, the emergence of machine guns changed the previous combat situation of the grassland people.

Taisong Naoto breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead caused by nervousness.

"Chief of Staff, should we stop worrying now?"

"Your Excellency, Captain, I personally suggest that we request support immediately. If we delay any longer..."

Hearing his chief of staff say this, Taisong Naoto couldn't help but yelled angrily: "Baga, Ichiro Tazumi, you are a warrior of the Empire, not a coward. Don't let others' prestige destroy your own ambition. The Empire's army is invincible..."

Before he could finish his words, Chief of Staff Ichiro Tazumi saw a "meteor" appear in the distant sky, and the horrifying memories instantly reappeared in his mind.

"Bombard, scatter, scatter!"

While shouting, he quickly ran towards a trench, kicked the Japanese inside away, and lay down in the trench with his hands on his head.

He had seen this kind of "shooting star" before, witnessed it firsthand. Later, his entire brigade was nearly wiped out by the bombardment of this "shooting star." If reinforcements hadn't arrived in time, he would have gone to meet Amaterasu.

So, when he saw the 107 rocket flying towards him, Ichiro Tazumi instinctively began to dodge. His remaining rationality told him not to run around, so he fled to the foxhole and hid inside.

Seeing Ichiro Tazumi running away screaming, Taisong Naoto was a little annoyed: "Baga, you coward, I will report your cowardly behavior to the division commander, you are..."

Before Taisong Naoto could finish his words, a huge explosion was heard.

"boom!"

A 107mm rocket landed on the Japanese position, killing dozens of Japanese soldiers instantly, and the newly built fortifications and bunkers collapsed like paper.

Immediately afterwards, the second, third, fourth... rockets continued to hit the Japanese regiment's position.

The hastily built fortifications of the Japanese were blown to pieces, along with the bodies of the Japanese.

By the time the bombardment ended, there were less than a thousand Japanese soldiers left in a regiment.

The reason for such heavy casualties was entirely due to an order issued by Taisong Naoto. In order to resist the cavalry charge, he ordered the various battalions to gather together.

There are advantages to doing this. Soldiers gather together and their firepower is concentrated, which is very effective in dealing with large-scale charges.

But at the same time, being bombarded can also result in heavy casualties.

Naoto Taisong was killed in the explosion. Only one hand holding the command knife was found, and the rest of his body parts were blown away without a trace.

At this time, Ichiro Tazu survived.

When the explosions died down, he climbed out of the foxhole.

Looking at the scene in front of him, he stood there in a daze, and the scene from a year ago reappeared in his mind.

The scene of his brigade at that time was exactly the same as it is now.

The ground was littered with corpses and body parts of Japanese soldiers. The Japanese soldiers who had managed to survive were also covered in wounds, with limbs missing.

"How can it be!"

"What happened..."

"I want to go home, Mama-san!"

Looking at the tragic scene in front of him, Ichiro Tazumi collapsed instantly and ran backwards desperately.

It's so scary here, he doesn't want to stay here, he wants to go home and find his mother.

Just as Ichiro Tamizu was running backwards, the sound of horse hooves was heard behind him. A soldier's saber slashed across the head of the Japanese lieutenant colonel chief of staff. Ichiro Tamizu's body ran forward two more steps due to inertia and then fell to the ground.

The soldier used his saber to hook the samurai sword on Ichiro Tanamizu's body and took it directly in his hand. Then he pulled out the officer's sword, holding the officer's sword in one hand and the saber in the other, and rushed towards the place where the Japanese crowd was dense.

After the 107 rocket launcher was launched, the st Cavalry Division launched a charge towards the Japanese positions.

By the time the 107 rocket exploded, they were halfway there.

When the explosion ended, they were less than 500 meters away from the Japanese position.

Five hundred meters was a short distance for cavalry. Before the Japanese soldiers could recover from the shock of the explosion, the First Cavalry Division had already rushed to the front of the Japanese positions.

The sabers slashed across the heads and chests of the Japanese soldiers who had managed to survive, sending them one by one to meet their Amaterasu.

Shen Quan looked at the Japanese positions in the distance with a telescope. After confirming that the battle was basically over, he handed the telescope to the guard next to him who was responsible for timing.

"Notify the troops to march towards Chaoyang immediately. Tell the First Cavalry Division not to take any spoils and not to clean up the battlefield. Notify the surrounding brother troops to come and clean up."

After saying that, Shen Quan shook the reins and rushed towards the northeast.

At this time on the battlefield, the 1st Cavalry Division had begun the final finishing work.

There were not many surviving Japanese soldiers. There were more than 5,000 people in the 1st Cavalry Division, and the remaining hundreds of Japanese soldiers were not enough for the soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division to "divide".

Some soldiers rushed forward slowly. Seeing that all the Japanese were killed by their comrades, they shouted "Leave some for me" while trying to speed up their horses.

"The commander orders that after we've dealt with the devils, don't clean up the battlefield. Follow the main force immediately. Go!"

At this time, several signalmen conveyed the order to the commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, then quickly turned their horses around and chased the main force.

"Commander, what should we do with these captured items?"

The division commander looked at the supplies on the ground, which were not many, and waved his hand, saying, "No more, no more! Notify the nearby brother troops to come and clean up the battlefield!"

"Yes!"

The 1st Cavalry Division acted quickly and withdrew from the battlefield after defeating the Japanese.

There were still a lot of supplies left on the battlefield. Only some soldiers picked up some of them when they left, and the rest were not wanted.

Three hours later, a district team active nearby received orders and rushed over.

"My goodness, this isn't just cleaning up the battlefield, this is simply making a fortune!"

The district team was small and could not "digest" all the equipment, so the county brigade arrived soon.

"Captain Wang, congratulations on your fortune! I heard these are the supplies left behind by Shen Quan's troops?"

"Captain Zhang, you've arrived at just the right time! This isn't about getting rich, it's about starving us! Contact the main force immediately! We can't handle all this equipment!"