Inoue Xiaoshu is one of the top commanders of this position.
Why it can only be considered one of them is because there is another officer of the same rank as him in this position, and both parties have the same military rank, but different responsibilities.
The more than 100 people on the other side are not under his command. What he can command is the more than 90 people under his command, and...
And those tall horses.
Yes, Inoue Xiaoshu is an army captain, but he is not an infantryman, but the most noble branch of the Japanese army - cavalry.
As one of the most mobile units of the Japanese Army on land, the battlefields that originally belonged to Inoue Xiaoshu were the wilderness areas where fierce battles took place. The cavalry captain’s favorite battle mode was to ride on a lightning-fast horse, waving a sharp saber.
Chasing the enemy infantry who had begun to retreat during the infantry attack.
No matter whether the enemy troops are stubbornly resisting or kneeling down and begging for surrender, what they receive is just the same pattern.
The sharp blade cuts across, the head flies up, and blood flowers bloom!
In the face of the iron hooves of the imperial cavalry, all resistance is futile.
But obviously, this mountainous area is by no means a suitable battlefield for the Imperial Cavalry. The enemy only needs to be given two machine guns in a small space. No matter how strong the Imperial Cavalry's iron hooves are, they will be shot to pieces.
Therefore, Inoue Xiaoshu is quite satisfied with his current situation. No matter how anxious or fierce the battle ahead is, it doesn't matter to him. His mission today is not to charge or pursue, but to defend. He only needs to guard the gang.
The artillerymen showed no regard for the etiquette of the imperial infantry and showed off their big shoulders and heads at every turn to look extremely vulgar.
Yes, this position is either somewhere else or the mountain artillery position set up by Goto Koshi Nandaizuo.
The 75mm caliber mountain artillery is just a humble little brother compared to the 155 caliber, 200 caliber and other large caliber heavy artillery that were frequently used in the Battle of Songhu, but here, it is the most powerful killer weapon.
Although it only has a caliber of 75mm, it is a howitzer with a killing radius of up to 10 meters, and the four mountain guns are enough to throw more than 150 shells in 30 minutes. The large craters on the hillside are basically left by these artillery guns.
At least more than half of the casualties of Chinese soldiers on the position were caused by this kind of artillery. This means that a mere four mountain cannons accounted for nearly half of Goto Koshiminami's heavy firepower, and their importance was far greater than that of small cannons.
92 caliber infantry gun.
In view of the lessons learned from the fact that the infantry artillery position was turned upside down by the Chinese small artillery fire when the position was too far forward, the Japanese army's left wing deployed four of its big killer weapons based on the maximum range of the Chinese 82 mortar of 2,500 meters.
We arrived 1,200 meters behind our temporary headquarters.
Of course, in order to prevent the Chinese from outflanking their own retreat, they not only blocked their own retreat but also attacked their own mountain artillery positions, so the Japanese army also spent a lot of money.
Not to mention two infantry squads, the cavalry squadrons that followed the main march were also left around the artillery positions.
To put it bluntly, there was originally a rear wing defense line of more than 200 Japanese cavalry and infantry. For all the infantry that could participate in the battle, there were less than a thousand, and nearly one-fifth of the troops had to be stationed in the rear. The Japanese army's left wing was definitely inferior.
Enough money.
Moreover, the infantry trenches are 200 meters away from the central artillery position, which leaves enough room for the artillery to perform. Any unit that attempts to approach the infantry defense line will encounter infantry and artillery strikes.
In the original words of Goto Koshi Minami Daizuo: The Chinese are not stupid. If they really want to do such a stupid thing, then let our rear become a place of bloodshed for them.
This Japanese army leftist is not bragging. The four mountain cannons are the king of bombs in this mountain range. As long as the infantry defense line can block the opponent's infantry two hundred meters away, the flames spewed by the mountain cannons can even melt steel. Then
Not to mention the fragile human body.
Moreover, even if the Chinese are ruthless and use more than a thousand troops to attack this line of defense, they will definitely not be able to break through the line of defense within 15 minutes! Don't forget that the main force of their infantry is 2,000 meters away.
There is not much we can do about the frontal position. If the entire army returns to support, all Chinese troops who dare to throw away their geographical advantages will be swallowed up by him.
Don't underestimate these more than 200 infantry and cavalry. The two infantry squadrons belonging to the 108th Infantry Regiment Headquarters Guard Infantry Squadron are both reinforced. Each has a strength of 4 infantry squadrons, totaling more than 60 people. Moreover, each infantry squadron has
It has a Type 96 light machine gun and a grenade launcher.
That means that even though they are two infantry squads, they will have up to 8 light machine guns and 8 grenade launchers.
After entering northern China, the Japanese cavalry squadron also made its own changes based on the Chinese battlefield. They were not only equipped with sabers and lances, but also specially carried light machine guns, heavy machine guns, and grenades.
Being able to fight on horseback and on foot is a requirement put forward by the North China Front Army Headquarters for the cavalry regiments under each division, similar to the dragoons in Western countries that are withdrawing from the stage of history.
The dragoons that showed great prowess in World War I lost their mobility advantage due to the extensive use of mechanized equipment such as tanks and trucks, and were destined to be replaced by mechanized corps.
But in China, when you mount your horse, you can sprint at high speed, and when you dismount, you can rely on the trenches to form a dragoon with combat effectiveness similar to that of infantry. It is absolutely powerful.
Otherwise, how could Xiong Yuan send out his own cavalry squadron twice in a row, which is synonymous with elite.
With these 200 people, if they work hard to defend, their combat effectiveness will never be weak.
Just like the future Battle of Guanjia'ao, there was no mountain artillery to assist. The Yamazaki Brigade, which was surrounded by a division of the Eightyth Army, relied on hastily built civil fortifications to withstand the siege of thousands of people and finally held on.
Reinforcements arrived.
Although more than 500 people died in the battle, they were not completely wiped out in the end, and Brigadier Cheng, who became furious and argued with the commander, suffered heavy losses.
Of course, that does not mean that the Japanese army is incompetent. The main reason is that the 921 Division has no infantry artillery that can destroy solid fortifications. If it is replaced by a four-row regiment equipped with 37mm combat anti-cannon and infantry artillery, it will
It would be strange if the hastily built fortifications of the Japanese army were not destroyed by them.
But there is no doubt that once the Japanese army has the fortifications and defends them with all their strength, they are really tough and ruthless people who are not good enough in teeth and can definitely break the opponent's teeth.
Perhaps, although Goto Koshiminami did not say it explicitly, this artillery position 1,200 meters away behind the main force was a bait thrown out by this man on his own initiative.
It's like bait hanging on a fishhook. It smells good, but if you swallow it, it will really kill you.
However, the plan could not keep up with the changes, and there was a severe shortage of troops on the front line. The Japanese army had no choice but to transfer an infantry team from the rear to the front line.
Therefore, on the 700-meter-long circular defensive position at the rear, there was only one infantry squad of 63 people left. The most powerful ones were naturally the more than 90 noble imperial cavalry led by the dismounted Army Captain Inoue Xiaoshu.
Already.
It had been two or three hours since the battle began. There was a roar of artillery in the front and rear, but the scumbag infantry had achieved nothing. Captain Inoue, who was at the rear, was quite nervous at first and looked at the surrounding mountains and fields again and again with his binoculars.
Keren's nerves cannot be tense all the time. Even if they could, they would become numb after a long time. After more than two hours of calm, Captain Inoue began to lie half-lying in the trench and hum a tune from his hometown.
Several fellow villagers with whom he had good personal relationships also gathered around him. You were smoking cigarettes while I was complaining about the incompetence of the infantrymen at the front.
The early spring in the Taihang Mountains is by no means very friendly. Even if there is sunshine, the temperature does not exceed ten degrees. What's more, it is still in the mountains, especially when it has to sit in such a wet and cold trench. The Imperial Japanese Cavalry is usually used to being awesome.
We can't stand this.
Complaints are almost inevitable!
Take it as it comes, Captain Inoue is much more adaptable than a few fellow villagers. From time to time he hums a little tune and joins them in scolding the front-line infantrymen as "Malu". I can't say he's in a good mood, but he's definitely not there.
What a difference.
But this good-natured mood was also destroyed.
A burst of gunfire rang out!
"Baga! There are Chinese, all prepare to fight!" Xiaoshu Inoue, who heard the gunshot, hurriedly dropped half a cigarette and ordered sternly.
However, the gunfire was not that intensive, indicating that there were not many enemies.
"Baga, go quickly and see what's going on?" Inoue Xiaoshu's face did not feel relaxed at all because there were not many enemies. On the contrary, when he looked at the area where the gunshots were heard, his expression became extremely ferocious.
Because that is the area where the cavalry squadron places its horses.
He is a cavalryman, and there is no one who does not love war horses.
For the Chinese cavalry, war horses are comrades and brothers, and the Japanese cavalry are no exception. In their spare time, they will also bathe their war horses, and even save their own rations to feed the war horses in difficult times.
In other words, if you look at the whole world, cavalry and war horses are the most intimate existences to you.
Because they need to ride on war horses to fight, their lives are completely linked to the war horses. When charging, if the war horse stumbles, the lives of both man and horse will be lost.
The word "share weal and woe" is a perfect word to describe cavalry and war horses.
Inoue Xiaoshu took the cavalry off their horses and entered the trenches to become infantry, but the horses cannot be placed in the trenches, right?
On the battlefield, that's even worse. Once the Chinese come over, the huge size of the war horse is simply the best destination for the bullets. Moreover, even if you don't consider the war horse, once the war horse is hit and runs wildly due to pain, it will
Go to your own formation.
Once a behemoth of hundreds of kilograms runs wildly, it is comparable to a small car. If more than a hundred of them explode together, it will undoubtedly be a time bomb placed on one's own position.
War horses must stay away from the position.
When Inoue Xiaoshu was planning the position, he found a good place for the more than one hundred horses of the cavalry squadron. It was a forest not far from his position, and it was located behind the headquarters. It was both hidden and the Chinese should be there.
You won't sneak in from that area.
For this reason, he also specially selected five soldiers to guard in the grove. If anything happens, not to mention resistance, warning can be done.
Now, the warning came, and the distinctive sound of the 38-horse rifle echoed with the sound of the Chinese rifle.
What made Inoue Xiaoshu extremely anxious was that the pitiful cry of the war horse echoed through the mountains and fields.
"Damn it, what do the Chinese want to do?" Xiaoshu Inoue sent a dozen people out of the trenches to check, and at the same time picked up the binoculars and looked at the grove more than 300 meters away.
In the field of view of the telescope, blue military uniforms camouflaged with tree branches appeared from time to time. They fired rifles into the woods, and the smoke covered their silhouettes.
When China and Japan are at war, you kill me, I kill you, this is normal, but what makes Inoue Xiaoshu's face become ferocious is that the Chinese seem to not only kill people.
They were so shameless that they shot at the horses.
He saw with his own eyes a group of maroon war horses running wildly out of the woods, perhaps because they had been shot. Stimulated by the pain, the horse's speed increased to its maximum speed in less than thirty meters.
It was obviously that the vital part was not shot. If it could be rescued, it would only take two months and it would still be a strong and good horse.
It's a pity that the Chinese didn't give it a chance.
"Da da da!" There was a burst of continuous shooting, and at least a few bullets hit the horse that had galloped more than a hundred meters.
The horse's huge body collapsed.
He fell down more than a hundred meters away from the naked eye of the Japanese cavalry.
"Doji!" a Japanese cavalry shouted angrily.
That was his mount. Such a close distance was enough for the Japanese cavalryman to recognize the war horse that he had been with day and night.
But it was obvious that the war horse, whose screams were getting smaller and smaller, was already dead.
If the cavalrymen nearby hadn't held on to the nearly crazy Japanese cavalryman, he would have rushed out of the trench and ran to the dying horse.
It's really a sad feeling to watch your comrade die in front of you, but you can't go to it to say goodbye to it for the last time.
"Despicable!" Inoue Xiaoshu's eyes turned red instantly.
He almost understood that the Chinese did not dare to attack his position, so they could only kill the horses to vent their anger.
His guess was right. The fighting in the woods continued. One of the soldiers he sent ran over and reported to him: "Captain Inoue, there are about fifty or sixty Chinese people. They are frantically attacking the horses of my squadron. Sakamoto Cao
Please ask for support."
"Are there any other Chinese?" As a captain, Inoue Xiaoshu still has this sense.
On such a battlefield, let him get out of the trench, his intuition tells him that this is very dangerous!
"It has not been discovered yet!" the Japanese first-class soldier answered honestly, but there was a begging flash in his eyes: "Captain Sakamoto So requested the squadron leader for support, otherwise, in another ten minutes, all the horses in my squadron will be slaughtered."
Almost without looking at the faces of the cavalry around him, Inoue Xiaoshu could tell what they were thinking.
No one can watch his comrades being slaughtered by the enemy without doing anything. If he does not rescue him today, even if he can return alive, he will be despised by the entire cavalry squadron.
The cavalry is not like those scum infantry who are mainly poor people. Many of the cavalry are from nobles. They resisted him together. Even Lieutenant General Xiong Yuan could not save his fate in the cavalry squadron.
"Order the Cavalry Squadron 1 and the Cavalry Squadron 2 to attack! Rescue our imperial officers and soldiers!" Inoue Xiaoshu hesitated for no more than a second before issuing the military order.
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He was talking about rescuing his own officers and soldiers. For this reason, even if something went wrong, no one could blame him.
A cavalry squadron has four squads, two cavalry squads plus a few cavalry sent out previously. It can be said that Inoue Xiaoshu spent a lot of money on these more than a hundred horses.
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Time goes back to five minutes ago.
"I said Captain Black, do we really want to attack these horses?" Shen Laoliu asked with some unbearability. "The little devil's cavalry is not a toy, but these Japanese horses are good things! The horses are fast and powerful.
If we can capture them all, I can guarantee that the cavalrymen of Lu Sanjiang will call them "Brother" when they meet."
"Why, Shen Laoliu, who claims to kill the Japanese without blinking an eye, has become soft-hearted today?" Heizi glanced sideways at Shen Laoliu, who was carefully making suggestions, and curled his lips.
"How can that be possible? Don't you want to expand the size of our cavalry? Captain Hei, don't deny it. These guys with four legs can run faster than us with two legs. If we give our special squadron a few more good horses, we will die.
There are many more little devils under the gun of the special squadron!" How could Shen Laoliu recognize the label of being soft-hearted and ruthless?
But it is true that he is reluctant to kill those tall horses. These precious things, not to mention the fully trained adult horses, are worth nearly a hundred silver yang. Even those ponies that have not yet grown their teeth cost more than 20 yen, which is more than he Shen Laoliu
Military pay is high in January.
"Do you still remember what the commander gave us?" Heizi's eyes became calm, even cruel.
"Let us use these war horses as bait to attract Japanese rescuers," Shen Laoliu replied.
"If we don't use some harsh medicine, how can the Japanese be fooled?" Heizi looked coldly. "Since the war horses are here, there must be a lot of Japanese cavalry in the trenches. It doesn't matter how many can be mobilized, as long as dozens of people can be mobilized, the regimental seat
The pressure on the sides will be much lighter.
Tell me, which is more important, the lives of the brothers or the spoils of war?"
"Of course it goes without saying that brother's life is important!" Shen Laoliu replied without hesitation.
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ps: Fengyue has a full day of class today. I will update the code when I go home after class. The update is a little late, sorry!
Then he licked his lips: "I heard that Japanese horses eat concentrated feed such as soybeans and corn, but I don't know if horse meat tastes good. I want to grill a thick horse leg tonight!"
A group of special forces...
Why did the style of painting change so coquettishly? I almost missed my waist!
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