~.-~ Chapter 180 Intercepting the Japanese

Naosaburo Okabe, who had a decisive heart, immediately said to the Chief of Staff of the Mengsui Army next to him: "Immediately send a report to Takashi Eagleman and order the First Cavalry Brigade to retreat to Guisui."

The Japanese Chief of Staff next to him did not react for a long time and retreated. His commander actually issued an order to retreat. The Japanese Chief of Staff stood there motionless, with a confused look on his face and disbelief.

After a long time, when he saw Naosaburo Okabe's a little angry gaze, the Japanese Chief of Staff shivered, immediately stood attentive, bowed his head and said respectfully: "Commander, I will convey the order now, but, in this way, let the First Cavalry Brigade retreat, will affect our morale and damage the honor of the Imperial Army."

Seeing that his chief of staff had objections, Naosaburo Okabe was immediately on the verge of the outbreak and shouted angrily: "Baga, do you want a cavalry brigade to fight with Zhang Yunfei's tens of thousands of troops? Do you want to cause losses to the imperial army?"

Seeing that Naosaburo Okabe was furious, the Japanese Chief of Staff immediately turned around and sent the order.

After the Japanese Chief of Staff went out, Naosabu Okabe also walked to the confidential room next to him. Naosabu Okabe decided to personally draft a telegram and ask for help from Okamura Yasuji of the North China Front Army, and requested the planes of the North China Front Army to come and bomb Zhang Yunfei's armored cluster.

Naosaburo Okabe believes that on the vast Mongolian grasslands, Zhang Yunfei's tanks and armored vehicles are maneuvering everywhere, and the air defense firepower is definitely very weak, which is just right for sending planes to bomb. As long as Zhang Yunfei's tanks and armored vehicles are blown up, the First Cavalry Brigade in Jining will retreat smoothly.

In addition, Naosaburo Okabe has been the chief of staff for Okamura Naoji for many years and has some friendship with Okamura Naoji. This time, for the benefit of the empire, Okamura Naoji will definitely send planes to support him.

If the North China Front Air Force can successfully blow up Zhang Yunfei's armored troops this time, it will avenge the previous shame and be proud. Therefore, Okamura Yasuji should send the air force to come this time.

Sure enough, as soon as he received a telegram from Naossaro Okabe, Okamura Yanji also felt that this opportunity was rare, so he immediately sent more than a dozen bombers and several fighters to fly towards Jining.

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The 36th Army, the temporary command center for the enemy.

Chu, Wu and Sun had received the latest instructions from Zhang Yunfei to divide the troops into two groups and launch an attack on the First Japanese Brigade in Jining. The armored division's first armored regiment was attacked from the front, followed by the Sixth Infantry Division, and Sun Chuanzhi's cavalry division was attacked from the west.

The main task of the Cavalry Division was to cut off the Japanese's route of fleeing west. The vanguard of the Cavalry Division was the Mechanized Infantry Regiment, and behind the Mechanized Infantry Regiment were three massive cavalry regiments.

The 36th Group's two armies advanced extremely smoothly, and there was no resistance from the Japanese on the way. This abnormal situation immediately attracted the attention of Chu, Wu and Sun, and immediately reported the situation to Zhang Yunfei, who was far away in Datong.

When Zhang Yunfei received the telegram, his first reaction was that he thought, did the Japanese want to escape, so Zhang Yunfei showed the telegram to everyone, and then said: "Comrades, what do you think of this abnormal situation in the Japanese First Cavalry Brigade?"

The left chief of staff next to him frowned, thought for a while, and then said cautiously: "Commander-in-Chief, I think the Japanese want to retreat."

Deng Wenping, the director of the political department next to him, also nodded in agreement. Their speculation coincided with Zhang Yunfei.

Since the Japanese want to escape, the first thing to do is to figure out is the first direction of the Japanese cavalry brigade. It is necessary to intercept it only by clarifying the direction of the Japanese's escape. The Mongolian grassland is too vast, and the Japanese cavalry is very mobile. If you don't understand the direction, there is really no way to intercept it.

So, Zhang Yunfei said to a correspondent next to him: "Check me the flight brigade right away, I want to talk to Gao Zhihang."

The correspondent immediately answered the phone number of the flight brigade and handed the phone respectfully to Zhang Yunfei. Zhang Yunfei took the phone and said seriously: "I am Zhang Yunfei. I will send a few planes to the Jining area for investigation. The Japanese cavalry First Brigade wants to escape. You must detect the direction and route of the Japanese escape as soon as possible."

After receiving a call from Zhang Yunfei, there was another reconnaissance mission. Gao Zhihang was extremely happy and immediately said happily to the microphone: "Chief, I personally fly the plane to investigate and ensure that the reconnaissance mission is completed."

In less than ten minutes, a small transport plane and three fighter planes at Datong Airport flew north. This small transport plane had been simply modified to detective planes, equipped with radio stations, observation equipment, etc., including photography equipment.

Three fighter jets were escorted. Gao Zhihang personally drove one of the fighter jets, and four of them maintained a good formation. In less than half an hour, they flew over the Jining area. At a height of several thousand meters, due to the clear weather and few clouds, they could clearly see the situation of dozens of kilometers in the Jining area.

In the west of Jining, the Japanese soldiers were divided into several routes and galloping westward. So many Japanese cavalry were galloping, and the dust raised could even see Gao Zhihang on the plane clearly.

Seeing the whereabouts of the Japanese, Gao Zhihang immediately reported the situation to Zhang Yunfei. According to Gao Zhihang's report, Zhang Yunfei immediately marked the location and escape direction of the Japanese on the map.

With the Japanese's accurate escape route, it is possible to intercept and encircle and annihilate, and the Japanese's cavalry brigades are difficult to fly even if they have wings.

The cavalry division near Jining, the Armored Armored Regiment, and the Sixth Infantry Division immediately adjusted the pursuit route. The cavalry division divided into several routes to chase northwest, and the two battalions of the mechanized infantry regiment took advantage of their speed and led the way. The back, a large number of cavalry were not to be outdone, and they rode their horses to follow far behind.

The mechanized infantry regiment took advantage of the speed of off-road vehicles and galloped twenty kilometers in less than half an hour. Finally, they saw the Japanese cavalry running away from afar.

But at this time, the soldiers of the Mechanized Infantry Regiment were not in a hurry to kill the Japanese, but wanted to take advantage of their speed to run to the front of the Japanese, intercept the Japanese, slow down the escape speed of the Japanese cavalry, and win time for the cavalry troops behind them.

Fortunately, the Japanese cavalry were only concerned about escaping their lives, and the sound of horse hooves also covered up the sounds around them. They did not notice at all. A large number of off-road vehicles and armored personnel carriers two kilometers away.

Thirty minutes later, the mechanized infantry regiment had already run to several kilometers in front of the Japanese cavalry. Commander Pan made a quick decision and immediately ordered the soldiers to set up a battle formation and intercept the Japanese in front of the Japanese.

More than 100 off-road vehicles and dozens of armored personnel carriers lined up, forming a one or two-kilometer defense line, completely blocking the Japanese's route of escape west. If the Japanese wanted to break through this line of defense, they could only use corpses to pile them up.

At this time, the Japanese who were running in the front finally found a large number of off-road vehicles and armored personnel carriers in front. The Japanese cavalrymen stopped their war horses and stopped running.

Running in the front was the Japanese Second Cavalry Regiment. This cavalry regiment had more than 2,000 people. More than 2,000 cavalrymen looked at the soldiers opposite from afar, waiting for the orders of their regiment captain.

The Japanese corps leader also saw the situation ahead. The Japanese corps leader, who found that the situation was not good, asked the communications soldiers to report the situation to his brigade commander Takashi Takashi, while slowly raised the sabre in his hand and prepared to launch a large-scale attack to defeat the opposite Chinese team.

"Kill and give it to..." The Japanese corps captain finally issued an offensive order and shouted loudly with all his might.

More than 2,000 Japanese cavalrymen, like a torrent, held their sabers high and shouted, rushing towards the opposite team. The two thousand people charged, the scene was very spectacular. Unfortunately, they encountered the 36th Army equipped with automatic weapons.

Seeing the Japanese cavalry rushing forward, the soldiers were very calm and calm. The soldiers on the off-road vehicle were all holding their AK-47 rifles at the Japanese in front. Some soldiers in the armored personnel carrier had already got off the car. They used the armored personnel carrier as cover and also aimed at the Japanese in front with guns. The soldiers still in the armored personnel carriers opened the shooting hole and also aimed at the Japanese cavalry.

The 30mm machine gun on the off-road vehicle, the 30mm machine gun on the armored vehicle, and the black hole muzzle were all aimed at the Japanese in front.

The Japanese cavalry are getting closer, five hundred meters, four hundred meters, three hundred meters,...

"Fight", Pan Guoxing, the commander of the Mechanized Infantry Corps, shouted, took the lead in pulling the trigger, and shot at the Japanese cavalry with an ak-47 rifle, and himself.

The other soldiers immediately started shooting when they heard the gunshots. The 30mm machine guns on the off-road vehicle and the armored vehicles also began to shoot. The unique "shock, shock, shock..." sound was very pleasant. More than a thousand AK-47 rifles and nearly 200 30mm machine guns were fired together, which brought terrifying nightmare to the Japanese.

The Japanese cavalry running in front were like cutting wheat, falling down in pieces. The screams of the ghosts, the neighing and wailing sounds of war horses merged into a ball. The ground was immediately filled with the bodies of the Japanese and war horses. The grass was immediately stained with blood.

The first hundred meters in front of the mechanized infantry regiment became an insurmountable area. The first hundred meters in front of the mechanized infantry regiment was clean, and the area ranging from 100 to 300 to 400 meters was filled with broken bodies of Japanese devils.

Many Japanese devils were killed by 30mm machine guns. None of the Japanese devils hit by 30mm machine guns were completed by corpses. Some were even beaten into two pieces, while others were hit by several 30mm machine guns at the same time. The Japanese devils hit were directly beaten to pieces.

Gao Zhihang, who was hovering in the sky, saw the battle scene below so spectacular, and felt that it was like opening his eyes and watching it with great enthusiasm.

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Chapter completed!