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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 358: Golden Cicada¡¯s Plan to Escape from Its Shell

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    "Then you tell me, which way should we go? I told you to go south, but you refused! To the north, there is only one enemy Japanese cavalry regiment, but are you sure that our two infantry divisions can rush through it? Even if we rush through, the two  We have been walking for most of the night. How can we outrun the four-legged cavalry? As long as we are followed by them, the coalition air force will appear overhead at dawn. What will we do then?" Bloumberg waved.  The hands shouted.

    Konstantin and Maruski looked at each other. Obviously, what this idiot political commissar said was not unreasonable. If they broke through the cavalry regiment's front line northward but could not annihilate and get rid of the enemy, there would really be no way out at dawn.  There is no way to enter the ground!

    "Or? How about we go west to chase Slavin's first division?" Constantine rolled his eyes and came up with an idea.

    "Going west? Didn't you say that the main force of the coalition forces is in the west? Hessing's division led by the commander doesn't even know how to break through the encirclement. If we go west, wouldn't we be falling into a trap?" Maruski frowned and said.

    "Actually, it's not the case. We have just fought with the opponent's cavalry. The opponent will soon figure out that our two divisions are breaking out from the northeast. At this time, the coalition is likely to send troops from Almetyevsk to reinforce the northern one.  The Japanese Cavalry Regiment, so at this time, the force in the west is not strengthened, but weakened. Let's go west to take advantage of this gap!" Constantine said, his eyes lit up.

    "What do you mean, do you mean that we just shot a feint to the northeast and then took the retreat of the enemy's troops surrounding Hessing's division?" Maluski blurted out in his heart.

    "Yes! That's it. From a good point of view, when the commander and Hexin's division are fighting alone, we can rescue them. From a bad point of view, even if we can't save the commander and Hexin's division, we can turn to the southwest.  Retreating in the direction of Pensamara can be regarded as a clever move!" The more Constantine talked about it, the more he felt that this move was feasible!

    When the political commissar of the army group nearby, Blumberg, heard about the retreat to Samara in the southwest direction, he immediately seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and nodded hurriedly, "This is good!"  Very good, go to the southwest. There are the fewest enemies there and the shortest road. And isn¡¯t the Ninth Army also going that way? It¡¯s safer for everyone to go together with several companions. We just need to run faster than the Ninth Army.  .

    Hearing this, Constantine was angry and amused. He couldn't help but joked, "Comrade Political Commissar, why does it only matter that we run faster than the Ninth Army?"

    "No need to ask. When the coalition forces are chasing after them, as long as the Ninth Army is behind them, they will be a human shield. I heard a story before. Two hunters met a bear in the forest. One said to the other  One, I don¡¯t need to run faster than a bear, I just need to be faster than you!¡± Blumberg asked the two division commanders in front of him in confusion, ¡°Have you never heard of this story?¡±

    Konstantin and Maruski looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time, dumbfounded by the idiot political commissar's inference.

    To be fair, Constantine did not doubt that his two divisions could not break through the encirclement of a cavalry regiment of the other side, but he felt that even if he could escape for a while by going northeast, he would still not be able to find a way out.  Are you going to fight guerrillas on the Ufa prairie that has been fortified and cleared?  Even if it can be broken into pieces to avoid the reconnaissance of the coalition air force in the sky, where is the food to eat?  Where is the extra ammunition?  The team dispersed immediately!

    Finally, the plan was decided. The two divisions of the Fifth Army were ready to turn around and run south-west, passing between Briguma and Almetyevsk. However, in order to avoid suspicion from the Japanese cavalry regiment to the north and catch up, Kang  Standing rolled his eyes and thought of a trick.

    He built a false defense line at the position in front of him, and ordered to set up camp and light torches. He left a battalion of troops to guard the position and camp, and asked each person to light 20 torches and not extinguish them. Seen from a distance,  It was as if two division-sized troops were camping and on guard!

    It took half an hour to complete all this. Constantine left all the wounded with the battalion and asked them to hold on for at least three hours before retreating. The retreat direction was also south to find the Ninth Army.  Constantine did not even tell the battalion commander the actual retreat direction of the two divisions. He only said that they would turn south to join the Ninth Army. The purpose was to prevent the battalion from being captured by the enemy and exposing the whereabouts of the troops.

    Looking back at Ishihara Kanji and his cavalry regiment that was ready, he was really happy to receive the report from the cavalry reconnaissance squadron. The two enemy divisions were less than ten kilometers away from him. This made Colonel Goro Hashimoto nervous at the same time.  It also made Lieutenant Colonel Ishihara gear up to prepare for a big fight.

    On the one hand, Ishihara sent another cavalry squadron to meet Ume Tsuzaburo's squadron, and on the other hand, he ordered the main force of the regiment to start building a position two kilometers south of Aznakayevo.The 12 field artillery pieces of the ** Field Artillery Brigade were also put into position, and the three battalion mortar teams were divided into three sections. The machine gun fire points, bunkers, and trenches were all dug smoothly.

    As a result, the two cavalry squadrons withdrew for a long time, but the two enemy divisions did not attack. Ishihara Wanji felt suspicious and personally took a cavalry squadron to the front line for reconnaissance. The reason why he did not bring an armored company was because he was afraid of the sound of the engine in the middle of the night.  Too loud to alert the enemy on the opposite side.

    The result was great. The two mighty divisions of the Soviet Red Army across the way actually set up camp and erected fences and fences. Torches were everywhere. Patrols outside the camp were shouting commands and there was a constant stream of people. There were countless tents in the camp.  .

    Climbing on a mound 1,500 meters away and seeing all this through a telescope, Ishihara was stunned. What kind of drama is this?  You actually camped under my nose and refused to leave?  This is so strange!  This is unreasonable!

    Ishihara's sense of smell was quite keen. The unusual arrangements and actions of the Soviet Red Army made him instinctively suspicious. He took out his pistol and fired three shots directly into the sky. The sound of these three gunshots was long and lingering in the night sky.  Through the binoculars, I saw the gate post of the opposite camp and the patrol team that walked past. They quickly lay on the ground and looked around, but they did not fire back indiscriminately. There were no soldiers in the tents in the camp rushing out to enter the position.

    Damn, you are so evil. Ishihara simply led the cavalry squadron and moved forward another 300 meters to a position 1,200 meters away from the opponent's camp. You can see more clearly here. Although the opponent's camp is very large and the tents are densely packed, it is  No one moved around. After the three gunshots, the patrol team on the other side stood up and started patrolling again when they saw that there was no movement.

    "Nani! There's a big problem! This is an empty camp! I ordered the mortar bombardment, and the cavalry squadron mounted and prepared to rush in!" Ishihara smiled and twisted his nose, realizing that he might have been tricked by the opponent.  Lao Maozi's golden cicada escape plan!  This guy got up from the ground and got on his horse, waving his command knife and giving the order!

    The Japanese mortar soldiers have high technical and tactical literacy. Although 1,200 meters is close to the maximum range of the Chinese-made 60mm caliber platoon mortars, the six 60mm mortars deployed by the cavalry squadron still accurately smashed the shells into the 1,200-meter opposite side.  In the Red Army camp just meters away, the second salvo knocked down the gate post and the two tents closest to the gate. After being hit by the sudden artillery fire, the number of figures who ran out of the camps of the two divisions was estimated to be no more than one battalion at most.  .

    It was obviously an empty camp, with only one battalion of rearguard troops left to pretend to be the main force. Ishihara Wan'er almost blacked out. While gritting his teeth, he ordered the telegraph operator to report to the wing headquarters Goro Hashimoto and Xiong Shihui from Almezyevsk.  After reporting the situation, he commanded a cavalry squadron in his hand to attack the opponent!

    The battalion left behind by Constantine put up a little resistance, but gave up its camp and position under the bombardment of Japanese mortars, and fled in all directions and disappeared into the woods to the south. Ishihara Wanji used a mere 210-man  The cavalry squadron won the battle, captured the camps of two enemy divisions, and even captured more than 20 seriously wounded people in a medical tent.

    Ishihara Kanji, who was so mad at the opponent's plan to escape from his shell, almost ordered the death of all the more than 20 captured Soviet seriously wounded soldiers!  Fortunately, in the end, this guy gritted his teeth and did not dare to disobey the military orders issued repeatedly by the coalition headquarters. He was absolutely not allowed to massacre or torture prisoners.

    Of course, the results of the interrogation of the prisoners left Ishihara Wanji a little confused. Could it be that the other two divisions were so frightened by his own cavalry regiment that they ran back to the south?
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