The 3rd Infantry Regiment of the 4th Japanese Brigade is about to return to Yangquan County.

Both Yangquan County and the western section of Zhengtai Railway need protection, so the 3rd Infantry Regiment cannot stay in such a small place as the Huting Staff for a long time.

Hide Maeda decided to let the Kuroshima United stay in the Huting stronghold.

If a strengthened squadron and puppet army cannot defend the battalion, then one unit!

In short, the Huting Base, a forward base wedged into the heart of the Eighth Route Army Taihang Base, cannot be lost.

Maeda Hide said: "Kuroshima, the existence of the Huting stronghold is of great significance to our 4th Brigade and even the entire 1st Army, and it cannot be missed. You should know this."

Kuroshima Morita smiled slightly and said, "I know, so the brigade commander asked our Kuroshima United to stay behind."

"Yes," said Maeda Hide, "Only the Black Island United can take on this difficult task. If the infantry continues to be stationed, unless there is a infantry brigade."

"Otherwise, it will inevitably repeat the mistakes of Maeda Squadron."

"However, if you leave an infantry brigade to garrison, your strength will be short. At present, our 1st Army and even the entire North China Front Army are seriously insufficient. You know that."

"I know." Kuroshima Morita nodded slightly.

Now there are more than 500 counties occupied by North China.

Even if each county dispatches an infantry squadron, it will require 500 squadrons, which is about 10 Type A divisions!

But in fact, it is far from enough to only dispatch one infantry squadron in a county, because in addition to the county town, there are also factories, mines, docks and many transportation points that need protection and garrison.

Therefore, there are very few counties in North China where the Japanese army can achieve full control.

More than 70% of counties only control the county town and several transportation lines.

The vast majority of villages have completely fallen into the hands of the Eighth Route Army or the Huidao Army.

It is precisely because of the control of the vast rural areas that the Eighth Route Army has been able to flourish in the past two years and has gradually become a major threat to the Japanese invaders of China, and its threat has even exceeded that of the national army.

That is why the North China Front Army is about to launch a large-scale ruling war on public security.

It’s a pity that the logistics support cannot keep up, and I have to wait for at least one year.

Because the war on the southern central China battlefield has not yet ended completely, all combat supplies and personnel must be given priority to Okamura Yasuji's 11th Army.

"It's okay to stay." Kuroshima Morita said again, "But I have a request."

Hide Maeda frowned slightly, but soon stretched out again: "You said."

Kuroshima Morita pretended not to see the unhappiness of Maeda Hide and said, "We are cavalry. For cavalry, the best defense is attack. It is extremely stupid to blindly defend passively."

"So, I hope to take the initiative to attack if necessary."

"Yes." Maeda Hide hesitated for a moment and agreed.

He paused and said, "But, you can't go too far."

"Of course." Kuroshima Morita said, "I wouldn't be so arrogant that I thought that just one of our cavalry corps could destroy the Eighth Route Army in the entire Taihang Bandit District."

"Yo Xi," said Hide Maeda, "then there is no problem."

"Then, please send me the brigade commander." Kuroshima Morita said with a smile.

Maeda Hide then stood at attention and paused to Kuroshima Morita: "Kuke Kuroshima, please give me everything."

"Hayi!" Kuroshima Morita also suddenly closed his feet and replied to Hide Maeda.

...

Hide Maeda and the 3rd Infantry Regiment slowly disappeared on the road. Morita Kuroshima withdrew his gaze and was about to return to the stronghold to rest, a sharp alarm suddenly sounded in the wilderness to the north.

The patrol troops who sounded the alarm were sent, and they should have encountered the Eighth Route Army.

In a blink of an eye, hundreds of cavalry rushed out from the gate of the Huting Staff.

Since it took only a few days to defend, the Black Island United is very vigilant.

The adjutant immediately led the war horse over, and Kuroshima Morita turned over and chased the cavalry ranks.

About two kilometers ahead, Kuroshima Morita tied his horse under his crotch, and hundreds of cavalry following behind him slowly spread toward his wings, forming a huge front with a width of more than 500 meters.

Only three cavalry squadrons were dispatched urgently, with nearly four hundred cavalry.

On the open wilderness, nearly four hundred Japanese cavalry stood in the wind, silently.

Only war horses were sniffing heavily, spurting out balls of heat from their nasal cavity.

"Captain of the United Nations, look!" Jiro Kuroshima reached out and pointed, and Kuroshima Morita looked over.

Although they are brothers, Kuroshima Morita still demands to be commensurate in public.

In fact, there is no need for Kuroshima Jiro to remind him that Kuroshima Morita had already seen a patrol cavalry fleeing out of a small wood, while still shaking the alarm desperately.

Then, a cavalry of the Eighth Route Army chased out of the woods.

One horse, there is only one horse! There is no other Eighth Route Army behind.

The Eighth Route Army obviously saw the Japanese cavalry lined up, but without Sihao's hesitation, he continued to quickly catch up with the fleeing Japanese patrol cavalry.

"Bagayaru, do you dare?!"

Kuroshima Morita's face collapsed instantly.

At such a long distance, the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side naturally could not hear it.

In fact, even if I hear it, the Eighth Route Army cavalry would not care.

In a blink of an eye, the Eighth Route Army cavalry had already caught up with the Japanese patrol and joined the army.

Then a cold light flashed, and the Japanese patrol cavalry covered their necks and fell backwards from the horse's back.

The alarm that had just echoed through the sky suddenly stopped, and a strange and brief silence appeared in the wilderness.

Kuroshima Morita's face instantly turned black as if it were the bottom of a pot. This damn 8th Route Army was too arrogant! This is not taking their Black Island United seriously at all!

In front of the entire regiment, dare to kill his cavalry?

This Eighth Route Cavalry has been on the Kuroshima Morita's list of kills.

Jiro Kuroshima said angrily: "Captain of the United Nations, I will take the guard team to kill him."

"No hurry." Kuroshima Morita waved his hand and said, "Look at what he wants to say?"

"Hmm?" Jiro Kuroshima was stunned for a moment. When he looked back, he found that the Eighth Route Army cavalry had actually taken out two pieces of cloth from his bag, one piece of white cloth and one piece of black cloth. Is this a signal flag?

Then, the Eighth Route Army cavalry played a group of flags.

The Eighth Route Army played a common flag language, which means touching the letters and combining them into words.

The flag-speaking soldiers quickly interpreted it: "The Eighth Route Army said: I am a Chinese cavalry. I heard that the Japanese cavalry advocated the spirit of Bushido, so I hope to have a fair one-on-one duel!"

Hearing this, the eyes of dozens of cavalrymen on both sides became eager.

Obviously, these Japanese cavalrymen were very interested in this duel.

Jiro Kuroshima could no longer hold back and said, "Captain, I request to fight!"

Although Jiro Kuroshima, the Japanese devil, was extremely bloodthirsty, he was one of the best in terms of equestrian chopping and stabbing.

But Kuroshima Morita ignored Jiro Kuroshima, turned his head to look at a grand officer beside him, and said, "Tojo-kun, I will leave this Tuya Eighth Route Army to you, don't let me down."

"Hayi!" The chief officer paused.

Then he shouted softly: "Master Qingfang!"

The war horse under his crotch immediately raised his head and neighed.

Carrying the magistrate officer slowly walked out of the queue.

...

Needless to say, the Eighth Route Army opposite must be Wang Ye.

Wang Ye was actually worried at this time, and he was also afraid.

It is definitely fake to say that he is not afraid. He is a man who treats hundreds of Japanese cavalrymen. Do you want to try it?

However, Kuroshima Morita in the drama "Bright Sword" is somewhat a bit of a samurai moral integrity. At least after Sun Desheng and the soldiers of the cavalry company were killed, they once praised Sun Desheng and the real soldiers.

Finally, the soldiers were restrained and the dead Eighth Route Army were buried.

So, Kuroshima Morita might agree to his duel invitation.

As for why the duel was to anger the Japanese army of course.

Only by angering the Japanese army can they be introduced into the preset ambush circle.

Then it is possible to work with Zhang Dabiao's 2nd Battalion to severely damage or even wipe out the pursued Japanese cavalry.

That's right, Zhang Dabiao's 2nd Battalion has set up a pocket array in a narrow valley more than ten kilometers away.

Of course, Wang Ye was also secretly guarding. If the old Japanese man Kuroshima Morita did not speak of martial ethics and used a rifle or even a heavy machine gun to hit him, he would run away as soon as possible.

A distance of more than a thousand meters should be able to escape.

After all, he now has legendary equestrianism.

Just as Wang Ye was worried about gains and losses, a cavalry slowly walked out of the Japanese army formation.

"Okay!" Wang Ye immediately grinned, revealing two rows of big white teeth.

Kuroshima Morita did not disappoint him, and indeed sent an officer to duel with him.
Chapter completed!