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The two brigades of the Japanese army dispatched a total of 10,000 people, but only a few soldiers stayed behind to defend their camps.
According to the intelligence they obtained, although the enemy troops occupied the bridge, they had not yet begun to cross the river on a large scale.
They are currently in the camp on the south bank of the Haihe River, and there are not many troops left behind. After all, there is nothing that can actually threaten their enemies.
However, these Japanese troops obviously ignored the Fourth Army troops in the harbor, thinking that these people only dared to let go and did not dare to take the initiative to attack.
But now the main force of the Japanese army has just moved towards the bridge, intending to recapture it and at the same time support the Fourth Army troops on the north shore and in the harbor. More than 3,000 elite soldiers sneaked towards the camp of the Japanese 50th Brigade. past.
Behind them, the artillery units in the harbor were also ready for battle.
They mobilized all the artillery that could be used in the harbor, adjusted the firing distance of the artillery, and aimed it at the Japanese brigade camp.
At three o'clock in the morning, the main force of the Fourth Army on the North Bank had launched an attack on multiple positions of the 19th Japanese Division, and at the same time achieved a great breakthrough.
Most of the Japanese army's positions have been turned into scorched earth under the fierce attack.
The soldiers of the Fourth Army did not clean the battlefield. After they captured the target position, they immediately moved closer to the bridge.
According to Xia Yang¡¯s order, his troops need to cross the bridge in batches before dawn and enter the Hebei area to continue fighting the Japanese army.
The first group of troops arrived here at 3:30 in the morning.
The engineering troops who first arrived here have built two pontoons on both sides of the bridge.
Using these two pontoon bridges, they can allow more infantry to pass, while vehicles such as vehicles and carriages pass over the bridge.
At this time, two Japanese brigades and one brigade of the vanguard were approaching the location of the bridge.
The task they received was to capture the bridge and build a direction.
In addition, there are two Japanese brigades, which use pontoon bridges built by engineers from other directions to reach the north bank to support the operations there.
In order to increase the speed, this Japanese brigade did not carry too many heavy weapons, and most of them advanced lightly.
In the vast wilderness, they did not dare to see any light, thinking that the air troops of the Fourth Army patrolling above their heads would attack them at any time.
"The strength of a cavalry regiment, but this is information from two hours ago."
?? said the Japanese army captain Qianshan Hisatomi.
His hair is somewhat gray, and the corners of his eyes are full of fine lines. He is in his early forties and looks like he is in his fifties or sixties.
"With more than a thousand defensive troops, it is not an unfeasible solution for us to call for artillery support from the rear to bombard them first, and then let the light infantry charge to find soldiers to blow up the bridge at close range."
His staff officer said.
But Qianshan Jiutong shook his head and said: "No, the commander-in-chief issued an order that that bridge is also very important to us, and we cannot bomb the bridge.
¡°Otherwise, our troops originally stationed there would have already carried out the blasting mission and blew up the bridge. "
There are not too many bridges here. If this bridge is blown up, their armored vehicles, tanks, trucks, etc. will have to continue upstream for dozens of kilometers to find another bridge.
¡°However, that bridge is old and I don¡¯t know if it can allow large vehicles to pass.
On the other hand, this bridge is made of marble blocks and is extremely strong. Even if it is bombarded with artillery, it may not be able to cause damage.
It is precisely because of this that the Japanese army must fight for this bridge.
While the two were talking, a faint rumbling sound suddenly came from the surrounding darkness.
With the muffled thunderous sound, Qianshan Jiutong felt the ground beneath his feet begin to tremble.
His eyes flashed, and the fine lines at the corners of his eyes became tangled together as his eyes narrowed.
"It's the sound of cavalry troops advancing."
Having said this, he immediately said: "Immediately send a telegram to the brigade headquarters and ask them if they have sent cavalry troops to attack the bridge."
"yes!!"
While he was speaking, flares suddenly lit up from both sides of them.
They subconsciously squinted their eyes, unable to adapt to the sudden light.
"Cavalry!! They are the cavalry troops of our army!!"
Some soldiers shouted.
When Qianshan Jiutong heard this, he also picked up his binoculars and looked at the cavalry troops under the flares on both sides.
It was found that they were indeed wearing Japanese cavalry uniforms.
This made him breathe a sigh of relief, and then said: "It seems that they are supporting our cavalry. Think about it, there is no reason for the enemy's cavalry to take the initiative to attack us. After all, we have two brigades."
¡°As he said this, he thought that the reason why they used the flares was to prevent misunderstandings.
What surprised Qianshan Jiutong was that the sound of horse hooves did not become sparse as the cavalry on both wings receded, but instead became more dense, as if it was the roar of an engine.
"No! They have clearly left the area covered by the flares, so why are the sounds getting closer and closer?"
Qianshan Hisatomi realized something was wrong. He raised his head and thought, could it be the sound of an enemy aircraft engine?
But at this moment, in front of them, the main cavalry force led by Zhang Yonghui was getting closer and closer.
He asked two cavalry companies to launch flares on both sides of the Japanese army.
These two cavalry companies were wearing Japanese military uniforms. In the dark, the Japanese army often subconsciously identified their troops through their military uniforms when judging whether to use them.
The purpose of these two cavalry companies is very simple, which is to relax the vigilance of the Japanese infantry unit and prevent their advancing team from organizing a defense line.
This period of time is actually only about a minute.
And what Zhang Yonghui wants to use is this minute.
The cavalry charging at high speed can cover a distance of several hundred meters in just one minute.
The Japanese army had missed the best opportunity at this time. Their long snake-like marching formation was originally difficult to expand and could easily be cut off.
Now that precious minute was wasted, Zhang Yonghui could already see the fate of this Japanese infantry brigade.
"Cavalry regiment!! Charge!!"
Qianshan Jiutong heard the roar of the horse's hooves in the darkness ahead.
He hurriedly shouted, "Shoot immediately!! Enemy cavalry!!"
However, as soon as he finished speaking, the enemy's cavalry troops had already revealed their ferocious outlines in the darkness ahead. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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