Chapter 259 Strategies
With the order from the major cavalry battalion commander, more than a dozen cavalry soldiers immediately waved their cold sabers, their eyes shining with excitement, and rushed towards the Japanese not far away.
These Japanese devils, one col and two juniors, cannot help but make the soldiers happy. Such opportunities are generally rare.
The captain of the Japanese devils, Matsumoto Kuchi, saw more than a dozen Chinese cavalry shouting and rushing over, and knew that his last moment had come. Matsumoto Kuchi was full of fierce expression, holding his command knife tightly, and slashing towards him.
The two or three cavalry soldiers who were riding a horse ran in front, saw the Japanese colonel taking the initiative to attack, looked happy and easily avoided Matsumoto Kazuichi's slash, and then began to fight back. Although the sabers of two cavalry soldiers fell, there was still a cavalry soldier who slashed hard on Matsumoto Kazuichi's back.
This knife made three points of flesh, and Matsumoto Kazuichi's back was red. The severe pain almost made Matsumoto Kazuichi stand unsteadily, and the command knife in his hand could not hold it.
Two more Chinese cavalrymen rushed over and "sweep, brush" the two swords accurately slashed on Matsumoto Kazuichi. Matsumoto Kazuichi could no longer hold the command knife in his hand. With a "clang", the command knife fell to the ground. Matsumoto Kazuichi looked at several Chinese cavalrymen who were close to him.
Several Chinese cavalry rushed over and slashed deeply on Matsumoto Kazuichi. Matsumoto Kazuichi looked at the Chinese cavalry beside him unwillingly, then fell to the ground and died in anger. All this happened very quickly, in just three to five seconds. The remaining two Japanese Nakasa had just reacted and found that his regiment captain was cut to death.
The remaining two Japanese Aristocrats, who persisted for less than a minute, were also killed by the Chinese cavalry who rushed forward, and each of them was hit by at least a dozen.
At this time, the battle on the battlefield began to come to an end, and the figures of the Chinese team were everywhere, and the Japanese were fewer and fewer and fewer figures of the Japanese. The only remaining Japanese were still resisting desperately in the face of Chinese cavalry dozens of times their own. However, looking at this situation, in less than ten minutes, all Japanese soldiers would be wiped out.
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Datong. The 36th Army Command.
It is almost noon now, but no one wants to have a meal. They are still paying close attention to the situation ahead in the command center. However, everyone is still happy and relaxed when they are coming back one after another.
The entire command center was also in a relaxed atmosphere. A correspondent walked in quickly with excitement, stood attentively in front of Zhang Yunfei, and handed over a telegram. He reported loudly: "The commander-in-chief and the cavalry division called me. A few kilometers outside the southwest of Guisui, the Japanese blocked the position and captured nearly 10,000 puppet troops."
Hearing this, Zhang Yunfei took the telegram and looked carefully. After reading the telegram, he happily handed the telegram to Comrade Zuo Qingquan, the chief of staff next to him. Zhang Yunfei said with a slight joyful look at this telegram: "Comrades, please look at this telegram. A cavalry division and an infantry division of the puppet army surrendered to us together."
After everyone circulated the telegram one by one, Zhang Yunfei continued: "In the telegram, the cavalry division asked how to deal with these puppet troops, what do you think and suggest."
Comrade Zuo Qingquan, the Chief of Staff, took the conversation and said, "Commander-in-Chief, there are indeed many puppet troops with nearly 10,000 puppet troops, we should be more cautious when dealing with it."
Deng Wenping, director of the General Political Department, also said: "Commander-in-Chief, why don't we arrest the big and let the small. We will investigate and publicly judge the middle and senior officers of the puppet army one by one. We will deal with ordinary soldiers and low-level officers of the puppet army with ease."
The deputy commander-in-chief Comrade Liu Dazhu thought for a while and suggested: "The General Office, with so many puppet troops, are we going to make labor reforms? The construction around our Datong is still very short of labor."
As soon as Liu Dazhu finished speaking, everyone's eyes lit up, thinking that this idea was good, and Liu Dazhu's statement also conformed to Zhang Yunfei's idea. Zhang Yunfei's plan was to publicly execute middle and senior officers of the puppet army. As for ordinary soldiers and low-level officers of the puppet army, they would undergo labor reform and be released after two or three years.
At present, the cement road from Taiyuan to Datong has been opened to traffic under the hard work of tens of thousands of Japanese prisoners, but from Datong to Jining, there is currently only a sand, gravel and dirt road. Zhang Yunfei's plan is to use these puppet army prisoners and Japanese prisoners to build another cement road from Datong to Jining.
As soon as Liu Dazhu finished speaking, everyone thought for a while. Deng Wenping, director of the General Political Department, said first: "Comrade General, I think Comrade Dazhu's attention is good. Our infrastructure construction just takes a lot of labor."
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, with these free labor, we can save a lot of expenses, which is a lot of money." Fang Zheng, deputy director of the General Political Department, said.
Zhang Yunfei smiled slightly, but he didn't expect that everyone had basically the same idea as him. So Zhang Yunfei said: "Since everyone's opinions are unified, then this is how the captive nearly 10,000 puppet troops, all the company commanders and above, will be publicly tried, and the remaining low-level officers and ordinary soldiers will be taken back to Datong for two years of labor reform. As for now, these puppet troops will be temporarily detained in Qixing Town, and the Guisui War will be handled according to the above plan."
"Okay, I agree completely." Everyone expressed their opinions.
Several combat chiefs next to him carefully recorded Zhang Yunfei's decision. At this time, another correspondent walked in and reported loudly: "Commander-in-Chief, the Armored Division sent two telegrams in a row."
Zhang Yunfei took these two telegrams, then looked at them, and said to everyone with joy: "Comrades, the armored division sent a good news. A Japanese corps responsible for blocking our southwest Guisui was wiped out by us in only half an hour. The 26th Japanese Division stationed in the east of Guisui has also begun to give up its position and retreat to Guisui."
As soon as Zhang Yunfei finished his words, everyone started to discuss it. There was no suspense about the war to this extent. Everyone was very confident in eating the Japanese Mengsui Army. The only troublesome thing was how to annihilate the remaining Japanese with the minimum casualties.
"Commander-in-Chief, Guisui is now open. It won't take long before our troops can enter Guisui City." Comrade Zuo Qingquan, the Chief of Staff, said happily.
Guisui has no solid city walls, only a few broken ancient city walls. These city walls are only a few sections and are not connected together, and cannot stop the pace of the Zhongzhang team entering the city. Therefore, Comrade Zuo Qingquan was very happy and said that Guisui is now open.
Zhang Yunfei smiled slightly and said, "Comrades, it seems that Naosaburo Okabe has withdrawn all his troops back to the city to fight a street battle with us."
After listening to Zhang Yunfei's words, everyone thought about it. It seemed that this was true. The Japanese wanted to fight a street battle with everyone. After listening to Zhang Yunfei's words, everyone felt that the next one might be to fight a street battle. Everyone's faces slowly began to become serious. It seemed that Naosaburo Okabe was not a good person either.
Street fighting is a way to kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred by themselves. It is impossible to solve these tens of thousands of Japanese devils in a short time. Naosaburo Okabe also realized this and wanted to fight a street battle with Zhang Yunfei's troops, slowly consuming time and waiting for the arrival of reinforcements.
With Zhang Yunfei's point-breaking, everyone realized that it was going to fight a street battle. Comrade Zuo Qingquan said first: "Commander-in-Chief, it seems that Naosaburo Okabe wants to waste time with us. I hope someone will come to reinforce him."
Zhang Yunfei nodded and ordered: "The teams in Zhangjiakou retreated 50 kilometers, selected qualified terrain, built defensive positions, and prevented the Japanese from going west to reinforce Guisui. The troops near Guisui should enter the city quickly and engage in street battles with the Japanese. The special forces lurking outside Guisui City waited for an opportunity to enter the city and participated in the battle."
At present, the positions of several infantry divisions outside Zhangjiakou are not suitable for blocking and defense. Zhang Yunfei ordered the troops to retreat dozens of kilometers. Moreover, the current tactical purpose has been exposed. The Japanese should have known that their attack on Zhangjiakou was just a feint, and the real purpose was Guisui, so there was no need to leave the troops in Zhangjiakou.
As for street fighting, although Zhang Yunfei was a little worried and was afraid of causing great casualties to the army, the battle had already taken place and could only fight the Japanese to the end.
Long before the battle started, Zhang Yunfei gave Liu Xing an order. More than 100 members of the special forces team lurked outside Guisui City early. This time, the special forces team entered the city to participate in street battles was Zhang Yunfei's full affirmation of the special forces team. These soldiers were not as good as fish in water when they entered the city, and they were killed by the Japanese.
After Zhang Yunfei gave the order, he looked around and said, "Comrades, do you have anything else to add?"
Comrade Zuo Qingquan hesitated for a moment and suggested: "Commander-in-Chief, I'll see if the First Infantry Division stationed in Taiyuan can be mobilized northward and also devoted to the street fighting in Guisui. This way, we will be more confident and our casualties will be smaller."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yunfei thought slightly, there is no need to question the combat effectiveness of the First Infantry Division. With more than 20,000 people from the First Infantry Division entering the battle in Guisui, it must be very good, but the problem is that the journey from Taiyuan to Guisui is long, and I don’t know if I can reach Guisui City in a short time.
After thinking for a while, Zhang Yunfei was still preparing to mobilize the First Infantry Division to head north, and Zhang Yunfei had a way to transport the officers and soldiers of the First Infantry Division to the battlefield in a short period of time.
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