Two days went by in a flash.
More than 8,000 people of the Ishihara brigade set off from Baiqu City and marched into Taihang Mountain, with only a small number of Japanese troops in the city and more than 2,000 people from a regiment of the puppet army left behind.
Du Biao, the commander of the puppet legion, assured: "Please rest assured that General Ishihara and all the princes, I, Du Biao, and more than 2,000 soldiers of the whole regiment, will defend Baiqu City to the death, and I hope that the general will completely destroy the White Tiger Column and return with a great victory."
"Roaring" Kenji Ishihara greatly praised Du Biao, and said: "Commander Du, sooner or later, the empire will completely conquer the entire China and realize the true common prosperity of Greater East Asia.
"Thank you, Shogun Ishihara" For a while, Du Biao, the commander of the puppet legion, was so excited that he couldn't control himself, and saluted: "I, Du Biao, swear to serve the Imperial Japanese Army to the death and drain the last drop of blood."
"Huh" Kenji Ishihara patted Du Biao's shoulder very happily, and the smile on his face seemed so kind.
After several hours, the vanguard of the Japanese army, more than 800 people of the Ikawa Brigade, rushed to the Lanqiaopu position, and the position of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side was far away, and the distance was not more than a few miles.
But there was no attack, not even a tentative one.
This greatly violated the consistent style of the Japanese army In combat, the Japanese army generally has to first launch several tentative attacks on the enemy's positions with a small number of troops, and then wait for the arrival of the large force to be able to upload the battle situation information in a timely manner so that the officers at higher levels can give instructions for the next step.
The Japanese adjutant was puzzled and immediately asked: "Your Excellency Captain, the opposite side is just a small dirt Eighth Road, why do we stop, why don't we take advantage of the fact that the large army has not yet arrived, attack first, and inflict heavy damage on the Eighth Route Army, so as to raise the prestige of our Ikawa Brigade."
"Idiot" Hearing this, the captain of the brigade, Ikawa Zhengnan, scolded: "You stupid guy, although we are an invincible Japanese Imperial Army, but the Eighth Route Army opposite us is not an idle person. ” "With our strength of more than 800 people, we boldly launched an attack, which is not called bravery, but death" "The life of every soldier in the empire is the wealth of His Majesty the Emperor, and we must not underestimate the enemy and repeat the mistakes of Hiromoto Daisa."
When the words fell, the Japanese adjutant, along with the rest of the Japanese squadron leaders, all changed their faces slightly.
A month ago, Hiromoto Toyoda personally led a Japanese army wing, but because of the light enemy's rash advance, he lost his troops.
The blood of more than 1,400 Imperial soldiers is the best proof of this The captain of the brigade, Ikawa Zhengnan, immediately ordered: "Order all units to rest in place and beware of a sneak attack by the Eighth Route Army" "Hi," the Japanese officers replied in a loud voice.
A group of Japanese officers still had a trace of contempt for the Eighth Route Army in their hearts.
In their eyes, the Eighth Route Army is just a group of rats that can only swim in the sewers, so they only dare to fight and sneak attacks, and in the face of the frontal attack of more than 8,000 people from one brigade of their own side, they will be defeated and will be defeated in a battle "Yaga" The captain of the brigade, Ikawa Masan, seemed to see the contempt of his officers, and reminded: "Put away your pride for me, and immediately order the soldiers to strictly guard against the Eighth Route Army.
"Hi" The Japanese officers restrained their smiles and responded loudly.
At that moment, he walked out of the temporary camp and began to deploy troops to guard against a sneak attack.
After the rest of the people left, the Japanese adjutant couldn't help asking: "Your Excellency Captain, are you so sure that the Eighth Route Army will come to sneak attack In my humble opinion, the Eighth Route Army heard that our imperial army was coming, even if we didn't flee at this moment, we would be bound to panic, how could we dare to sneak attack our department?"
Others don't know about their own captain, but they know very well Facing the enemy without fighting is not the style of Ikawa Masan I have been following the captain Ikawa Zhengnan and fighting in the south and north for nearly a year.
There is always only one style of the Ikawa Brigade, and that is to use a brave attack to defeat and break all obstacles in front of you.
Brigade Commander Ikawa Zhengnan, who once led a Japanese squadron on the Songhu battlefield, defeated more than 1,500 people of a regiment of the national army from the front with a mere number of more than 100 people, and won the name of "Tiger".
Therefore, this is the question, "Hey" For a while, Ikawa Zhengnan shook his head and smiled bitterly, with some helplessness on his face, "This is an order from the brigade commander, General Ishihara, who emphatically emphasized that our vanguard troops did not wait for the arrival of large troops, and it was strictly forbidden to attack without authorization."
"And the general also made it clear that even if the Eighth Route Army comes to sneak attack, our department must defend and wait for reinforcements in place, and must not launch a counteroffensive, lest our department be eaten by the Eighth Route Army."
"Uh" The Japanese adjutant was startled It turned out that all this was an order from Kenji Ishihara, and the Japanese adjutant was relieved.
"No wonder, no wonder" At this time, the Japanese adjutant immediately became a little disdainful of the brigade commander Kenji Ishihara.
"In vain, he was in a high position, but he turned out to be a coward" In fact, in the eyes of the captain Ikawa Zhengnan and the Japanese adjutant, the imperial army was invincible and invincible in the frontal battle Therefore, Ikawa Zhengnan was also extremely unwilling to Kenji Ishihara's order.
Suddenly, at this moment, there was a loud roar of heavy artillery fire "Boom" A Japanese squad leader suddenly rushed into the camp tent, his face was full of panic, and he said in horror: "Your Excellency Captain, the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side is coming."
Suddenly, the captain of the brigade, Ikawa Zhengnan, and the adjutant of the Japanese army, all changed their faces and were extremely surprised.
At the same time, there was a hint of joy in my heart The Eighth Route Army did not retreat in the position like a mouse, but chose to attack.
"Roaring West came just in time" Captain Ikawa Masanami is a soldier, he longs for war, and he enjoys the thrill of war killing.
An order was immediately issued: "Order all units to immediately organize a counterattack and defeat the Eighth Road" After saying that, Ikawa Zhengnan and the adjutant quickly walked out of the camp tent and decided to personally direct the battle, go down to the castle first, and let Ishihara Kenji and the other wing captains take a look.
"Your worries are all superfluous, I, I, I'm south of Igawa, will definitely hit the Eighth Route Army hard and make the first contribution."
Blue Bridge paves the main position of our army on the position.
As early as ten minutes ago, Ouyang observed through the telescope that the vanguard of the Japanese army was stagnant against common sense, and he couldn't help but be very anxious.
"The commander of the little devil, it's a little interesting, so cautious, they actually stopped on the spot and didn't attack, this is different from before, we thought differently, it seems that this commander is not simple" At this time, Chief of Staff Wang Yaqiao handed a telegram to Ouyang.
At that moment, Ouyang looked at it quickly, and after a few breaths, he was overjoyed "Hahaha, this information from He Chenguang is really timely, in this battle, my White Tiger Column, let's have an appetizer first" After a pause, Ouyang immediately said: "Chief of Staff, hurry, hurry, hurry, immediately send an order to Jiang Daya's Second Regiment, ordering him to immediately launch an attack on the vanguard of the Japanese army in 10 minutes."
"Yes" Seeing Ouyang's eager and happy attitude, Wang Yaqiao didn't ask at the moment, but immediately dialed the phone and quickly issued an order to Jiang Daya.
After the order was issued, Wang Yaqiao asked: "Commander, the vanguard of the Japanese army must have been prepared to stop in place, and we are afraid that it is too risky for us to attack at this moment." ” "Haha" Ouyang laughed and said: "Chief of Staff, the information that He Chenguang just sent tells us that the vanguard of the Japanese army on the opposite side has only one brigade of more than 800 people, and I didn't plan to attack at this time, after all, if the little devil resists stubbornly and can't shrink back, we will not be able to eat well, and the casualties will be relatively large, and the gains outweigh the losses." ” "But the commander of the vanguard of the Japanese army turned out to be Ikawa Masan, who is known as a fierce tiger."
"Oh" Chief of Staff Wang Yaqiao was puzzled, and couldn't help but feel interested in Ouyang's offensive order.
At that moment, Ouyang continued: "Ikawa Zhengnan, this little devil, I have studied, that is a rather crazy guy, once with the strength of a squadron, he dared to shake a regiment of the national army head-on, and he also won the victory by luck. ” "Therefore, I conclude that this clever tactic of the Japanese army to garrison in place must not have come from the hands of Ikawa Masan, a war madman who does not have these twists and turns."
"Once we attack them, with the madness and pride of Ikawa Masan, it will be impossible to retreat and wait for reinforcements, and it is very likely that we will launch a counterattack and fight with us, and we will definitely forget the order to stay in place."
Hearing this, Chief of Staff Wang Yaqiao also laughed, "It's hard, we're really not afraid of a small devil squadron, this Ikawa Zhengnan, it's time to pay the price for his conceit."
After a pause, he said: "Our White Tiger Column is not a national army, and I don't believe that Jiang Daya can't take care of him."
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