Chapter 22 Jia Wang (Part 2)

  Upon hearing the gunfire to the north of the town, Cheng Jiaji felt that it was not a big deal. In this kind of battle where both sides had invested tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of men, it was normal for a small unit to occasionally infiltrate behind the enemy's defense line.

  "Have someone go tell Jiang Feng that before I wake up, get to the bottom of what's going on here." Cheng Jiaji said calmly to Ma Sanbao.

  "Tian Canmou, what you said earlier, I didn't say and neither do I know. Those people are admirers of Chinese civilization who voluntarily joined our country's nationality and are willing to fight for it. There is no other motive. Of course, my great China will not mistreat these 'returned' individuals. These soldiers will be promoted two ranks according to their original military rank, if they were officers, report to me and they will be promoted one rank in principle. First, organize them into a small team under your command." If Tian Jiafu's tricks are exposed, the consequences will not be ordinary trouble.

  "Please rest assured, my big brother understands." Tian Jiafu naturally also knew the severity of the situation.

  After encouraging Tian Jiafu for a few more sentences, Cheng Jiaji returned to his own residence and fell asleep. He had been awake for over thirty hours since yesterday morning and fell asleep as soon as he lay down.

  At more than two o'clock in the middle of the night, Cheng Jiaji was suddenly awakened by Yu Juncai, Gao Shiyong and Jiang Feng. (At this time, Wen Songyuan had already taken people to Xuzhou to pick up ammunition, otherwise he would have led people out with his temper.)

  "What? There is a regiment of puppet Manchurian cavalry outside the town." Although he had already considered the possibility of Japanese cavalry infiltrating the army's position, it was still surprising that an entire regiment of cavalry could run to this place, and Cheng Jiaji couldn't help but be shocked. (A puppet Manchurian cavalry regiment has only five cavalry companies and one machine gun company, with about 600 people.)

  Jiang Feng hastily reported the night's battle situation to Cheng Jiaji.

  After receiving the order from the travel group, Jiang Feng immediately dispatched an enhanced regiment to ride out of town to search. Things were quickly clarified, a pseudo-Manchu cavalry was ambushing a logistics convoy of the Second Army Group five miles north of the town. (As a result of the annihilation, the 10th Cavalry Brigade captured a large number of war horses in one battle, and the Xu State area has always been a must-contend place for soldiers. Many new recruits can ride horses. Jiang Feng's cavalry regiment was replenished with its establishment at once, although its combat effectiveness had decreased a lot, but after all, there were so many people.)

  Because the escort personnel of the motorcade had all died in battle, and the fellow villagers who were acting as porters were frightened and had no military knowledge, they couldn't say how many "leather hats" (a nickname for the puppet Manchurian army) there were. The commander of this cavalry company was eager to make a name for himself and led his troops in pursuit, catching up with the enemy's cavalry on the banks of a small river a dozen or so miles east of Jia Wang.

  Fortunately, it was the cavalry of the 100th Independent Brigade who first discovered the enemy's tail. The captain of this cavalry company really didn't care about how many people were there and fired a burst of quick shots before charging forward with his horse.

  Perhaps being stunned by the sudden blow, a regiment behind the pseudo-military temple was quickly defeated. However, the difference in strength between the two sides was too great, and when several other regiments of the pseudo-military turned around and charged towards the cavalry of the Independent 100th Brigade, this cavalry regiment could not withstand the force. In the end, they almost got wiped out, but fortunately, thanks to their good horses (which were captured from the 10th Cavalry Regiment), they managed to escape with half a regiment, and now they have retreated back to the town.

  "Song Min, where did these two devils come from?" Cheng Jiaji, who had completely sobered up, asked Gao Shiying.

  "Travel, our team was in Taishan and Er Guizi exchanged fire, it seems that these hundreds of cavalry should be from the third group army's defense zone Pei County bypassed, considering that Pei County should have heavy troops defending, it can only be from the Xu Lou Wu Ba line on the side of Pei County." Gao Shiying's answer was still full of emotions and reason.

  After listening to Gao Shiying's words, Cheng Jiaji thought for a moment and pointed at the Xuzhou area battle map that had just been opened by someone, saying: "It seems that these two devils came from Guanhu Town. This means that the little devil handed over the extended position on this side of Taierzhuang to the newly arrived pseudo-Manchu National Army's division."

  Yu Juncai took over and said: "It's probably true."

  "That little loss of ours is really worth it!" Cheng Jiaji laughed like a hungry wolf about to pounce on a chicken coop.

  "The meaning of 'traveling' is not to attack from Tairazhuang, but to strike the second devil's division first." Yu Juncai reacted the fastest, and he immediately understood Cheng Jiaji's intention. He admitted that Cheng Jiaji's move was very poisonous, first defeating the second devil's division and then going around to the back of the Japanese army in Tairazhuang to stab them. The Japanese formation would be in chaos. However, he also had some doubts in his heart, after all, it was a whole division with five or six thousand people, how easy could it be taken down?

  "There's a division there, in my opinion it's just an infantry brigade, as for that cavalry brigade, don't worry about it. As long as the third group army can hold the defensive line steady, is this year's cavalry used for defense?" After annihilating the Japanese cavalry 10th regiment, Cheng Jiaji felt he had enough experience and confidence in how to deal with cavalry. What he said was also right, if a brigade of cavalry was used for defense, it wasn't even enough to take on an independent battalion of infantry from a division.

  "Report to the war zone, requesting that the vanguard brigade of the 16th Army be returned to my command before 12:00 noon. Also, draft a combat plan to bypass Guanhu Town and attack the rear of Taierzhuang, and send it to the war zone at the same time. And give the war zone a detailed account of tonight's events."

  "Tell Wen Cong, who is in Xuzhou, to hurry up. He must be indulging in excessive drinking and revelry at the Ruyi Institute at this time. Have someone wake him up and tell him to go to the military arsenal in the war zone early in the morning to collect ammunition. I don't care what means he uses, just let him get as much as he can."

  "I will immediately write a private letter to Xu Can and have it delivered into his hands within two hours."

  "At 10 o'clock in the morning, all troops sounded reveille, preparing to distribute ammunition and receive new equipment."

  "Send a telegram to the Third Group Headquarters, report tonight's events and ask them to pay attention to the infiltration of our positions in the direction of Guanhu Town, that's all. The rest doesn't need to be said, when the time comes, the War Zone Commander's office will give orders to them."

  Seeing that everyone had some objections, Cheng Jiaji immediately issued several consecutive orders, and the entire brigade was urgently awakened from their sleep by him, starting a new busy day.

  Chung Ka Kei suddenly remembered an important figure in his plan, Lieutenant Colonel Tin Ka Fu.

  "Don't worry about the consequences, how many people can you immediately summon from Japanese prisoners of war who can be used right away?" Cheng Jiaji didn't have time to go around in circles with Tian Jiafu now.

  "Traveling, it's possible to get about sixty people from the remaining one hundred or so lightly wounded soldiers, but it's probably not very safe to let them fight against the Japanese army." Seeing his master in such a hurry, Tian Jiafu, as a servant, did not dare to delay and immediately responded.

  "They didn't have to fight against the Japanese army, but against other troops. How does that sound?" asked Cheng Jiaji.

  "That's definitely no problem, they will die for the General!" As long as they didn't clash head-on with the Japanese army, Tian Jiafu still had confidence in the combat effectiveness of these men under his command.

  After sending off Tian Jiafu, Cheng Jiaji burst out laughing in his heart. This invention of fake army fighting fake army is indeed a great creation in the history of war!