It's a pity that the Japanese Takata detachment didn't think of escaping until now, and it was too late.The first problem faced by the Takata detachment was to go around the Yang River, and if they wanted to withdraw to Zhangwu, the Japanese army had to cross the Yang River first.However, the cavalry division of the Eighth Route Army, which was responsible for blocking the Gaotian detachment, naturally would not let the little devil easily cross the Huanyang River.To the east of Tayingzi Town, there is a bridge that can easily cross the Huanyang River, but at this time the bridge has been occupied by the cavalry division.It is impossible for the little devil to seize the bridge in the hands of the Eighth Route Army in a short time, and now the little devil lacks time the most, because the main force of the Eighth Route Army is about to catch up, so after weighing the pros and cons, it was finally decided to forcibly cross the river north of Tayingzi.The water level of the Raoyang River is not too high, which is undoubtedly lucky for the Japanese army, and last night, the Takada detachment received an order to retreat to Shotake, but Umezu Mijiro's order was for them to retreat with the Hasegawa detachment, so the Takada detachment did not retreat alone.And now that the Hasegawa detachment is finished, the Takata detachment can only retreat alone.However, although the Takata detachment did not retreat alone before, it ordered people to erect pontoon bridges on the Huanyang River, and ordered a brigade of troops to cross the Huanyang River and occupy the east bank.So Major General Takada hurriedly ordered to cross the river, but the main force of the Takada detachment had already rushed to the vicinity of the town of Wuhuanchi in order to support the Hasegawa detachment, and now it was only withdrawn again.As soon as the Japanese army retreated, Yang Xuecheng immediately ordered the armored division to start the pursuit, and immediately mobilized the main force of the armored division to pursue the main force of the Takata detachment, leaving only a small number of troops to encircle and annihilate the remnants of the Hasegawa detachment.At the same time, the cavalry division also continued to launch attacks on the Japanese army to slow down the retreat of the Japanese army.Due to the interference of the Eighth Route Army, the retreat of the little devils was extremely slow.The Japanese army fought and retreated, and the distance of about 20 miles took nearly four hours, but the main force of the Takata detachment finally arrived on the bank of the Huanyang River, so they began to cross the river in a hurry.At this time, the Eighth Route Army had successfully annihilated the Japanese Hasegawa detachment, and all of them rushed to pursue the Takata detachment, which showed the advantage of mechanized troops at this time.Because the Eighth Route Army was a little farther away, about 30 miles away, the main force of the Eighth Route Army's armored division rushed to the bank of the Huanyang River in about half an hour, and then launched a fierce attack on the Japanese Gaotian detachment.At the same time, the 1st Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armored Division and a tank battalion did not directly attack the Japanese army, but rushed to the town of Tayingzi, easily crossed the Huanyang River through the bridge, and then continued to advance in the northeast direction, in an attempt to cut off the retreat of the Japanese army.The main force of the Eighth Route Army launched an attack on the Japanese army, and Major General Takada panicked, at this time only about half of the Japanese army had crossed the Huanyang River, and half were stranded on the west bank of the river.Major General Takada was naturally unwilling to give up this half of the troops, so he could only order the troops to desperately resist the attack of the Eighth Route Army, and at the same time speed up the speed of crossing the river.The water level of the Huanyang River is not high, and the soldiers can swim over, which can save a certain amount of time, but those heavy equipment cannot be brought over, and can only pass through the pontoon bridge.There are only three pontoon bridges, and a large number of people, horses, all kinds of heavy equipment and materials are crowded to pass through the pontoon bridges, and they can't all cross the river in a short time.However, the offensive of the armored division of the Eighth Route Army was extremely sharp, and the little devils who were responsible for the broken rear could not stop the charge of the armored cluster of the Eighth Route Army at all, and soon the defense line temporarily constructed by the Japanese army was completely defeated.The heroic Eighth Route Army, like a raging flood, poured into the Huanyang River.Seeing that the general situation had turned, Major General Takada hurriedly ordered the troops, discarded some of the heavy equipment, and crossed the river as soon as possible.As soon as Major General Takada gave the order, the little devils who did not cross the river no longer had any worries, and immediately discarded the heavy equipment and cumbersome materials, and rushed across the Huanyang River, and the scene suddenly became a mess.But the speed of the little devil was still too slow, and there were still more than 2,000 people who did not have time to cross the river, and were directly annihilated by the Eighth Route Army on the west bank of the Huanyang River.But at this time, Major General Gao Tian couldn't care about this, after all, the main force was saved, so Major General Gao Tian left a large brigade of troops to be responsible for the break, wanting to use the terrain around the Yang River to block the Eighth Route Army.But he obviously forgot that there was a bridge in Tayingzi in the hands of the Eighth Route Army, and the armored troops of the Eighth Route Army could cross the river through the bridge, and even if the little devils ran fast, they could not run past the wheels of the car.Major General Takada himself led the main force of more than 6,000 people and withdrew in the direction of Zhangwu in embarrassment.At this time, Yang Xuecheng had already arrived at Tayingzi Town, and as soon as he stepped down from the armored car, a soldier of the Eighth Route Army hurriedly ran over, saluted a military salute and said loudly: "Report to the deputy commander, at present, the main force of the Japanese army has crossed the Huanyang River and is fleeing in embarrassment to the east."
The main forces of our armored division have successfully annihilated the remnants of the enemy on the west bank. ”"Okay" Yang Xuecheng nodded with satisfaction and said: "Order the 1st Mobu Brigade to intercept the Gaotian detachment."
The rest of the troops, including the cavalry divisions, were ordered to cross the Huanyang River from Tayingzi at once, and then continue to pursue the Gaotian detachment, this time it was absolutely impossible to let go of a little devil. ”"Yes," the Eighth Route Army soldier replied respectfully, turned around and ran to deliver the order.Guo Lihui, the commander of the cavalry division, heard that Yang Xuecheng had arrived, and hurried over with a few people, respectfully saluted a military salute, and said with a smile: "Deputy Commander Yang, I finally looked forward to you, if you come a little later, it is estimated that the Gaotian detachment will escape" "Haha" Yang Xuecheng laughed and said: "They still want to escape, how can it be so easy."
However, this time thanks to you, if it were not for the success of your cavalry division in containing them, our army would not have achieved such a brilliant victory today. ”Guo Lihui smiled and said: "Hehe, the deputy commander is serious, what is our credit, this time these two detachments of the Japanese army can be completely annihilated, or it all depends on your armored division" Yang Xuecheng waved his hand and said casually: "Let's not praise each other here, even if our army successfully annihilates the Gaotian detachment, it is estimated that there will be other tasks, so we don't have to stay in Taying now, follow the main force and continue to pursue." ”"Yes," Guo Lihui replied respectfully.aa2705221: