Zhou Cheng looked at Chen Zhengyu and replied: "Don't worry, Chief of Staff, I still have this self-knowledge. I will definitely not let the cavalry troops go out alone to fight with a cavalry corps of the Japanese army!"

After saying that, he pointed to the map to analyze: "From the map, the Cavalry Regiment wants to go south from Zhangjiakou to attack the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Mountains, and the Zhengtai Railway is their must-pass route!"

"As long as we are ready along the railway, they will definitely hit us in the gun, so I decided to give the Japanese a waiter!"

Tang Yufeng immediately asked: "Captain, how many troops do you plan to transfer to the war? Where are you going to choose the battlefield?"

Zhou Cheng analyzed while looking at the map: "In order not to attract the attention of the Japanese and puppet troops, the Japanese cavalry corps will be alert to us, and the troops they mobilized are less and less likely to be more."

"The cavalry troops must participate in the war. They rarely encounter opportunities to fight face to face with the Japanese cavalry. This time they finally caught up with one, so they must not miss it."

"As the saying goes, cavalry are afraid of machine guns, so the attacking troops must be equipped with a sufficient number of light and heavy machine guns!"

"The three main battalions, the special battalion and the guard battalion, each of them draws one main force to participate in the battle, and accumulates more experience in infantry fighting cavalry through the next battle."

"Each battalion has drawn two-thirds of the light and heavy machine guns and all mortars to strengthen the attacking forces, but each main battalion can not more than two hundred troops participating in the battle!"

"It's almost enough to deal with a cavalry regiment of five 200 reinforced companies, seven or eight hundred cavalry!"

"As for the battlefield, it is best to choose a place that is conducive to cavalry assault. In this way, we can catch the Japanese army off guard!"

Colonel Yingteng is the captain of the cavalry corps of the Mongolian army to reinforce the Shanxi garrison. He rushed for a day yesterday, and walked for more than half a day today, and the cavalry corps will be able to fight against the Eighth Route Army!

The Cavalry Regiment had been stationed in Zhangjiakou before, where the land was barren, the population was sparse, and the resistance was very few. It was difficult for the Cavalry Regiment to encounter any decent battles and had very few opportunities to make meritorious contributions, which just happened to be the saying that a hero was useless.

After finally meeting a chance to reinforce Shanxi and fight head-on with the Eighth Route Army, more than a thousand people from the Cavalry Regiment were very excited, and they were even looking forward to the upcoming battle, hoping that they could meet the Eighth Route Army soon.

"Sir, let's move forward to the Eighth Route Army's range of activities. The Eighth Route Army may attack us at any time. I suggest that our march today should be slower and send more reconnaissance troops along the way to prevent the Eighth Route Army from attacking us!" The deputy captain of the regiment reminded us carefully.

Colonel Yingteng is in high spirits, looking forward to fighting a war with the Eighth Route Army today and having a good start. Before the troops set off, their deputy poured a bucket of cold water on their own. Wouldn't that cause trouble?

Colonel Yingteng became angry after hearing this, but did not immediately answer the deputy's question. Instead, he frowned and asked dissatisfiedly: "Has you read the telegram from Colonel Hamano to the headquarters before you set off!"

The deputy captain of the corps team had not yet realized the anger of Colonel Yingteng, and quickly replied: "Hayi, in order to understand our opponents better, Huyi not only read all the telegrams sent by Colonel Hamano to the headquarters, but also read the relevant information collected by the intelligence department, so as to strive to know yourself and your enemy, and be invincible for a hundred battles!"

Colonel Yingteng became even more dissatisfied after hearing this: "Then tell me, how many Eighth Route Army have been killed after Colonel Hamano entered Shanxi!"

The deputy captain blurted out: "In addition to the battle I just won yesterday, the Binye Army participated in the battle five times after entering Shanxi, all of which ended with victory, severely hitting the Eighth Route Army's two main regiments, two independent battalions, and one regiment-level anti-Japanese brigade! The total number of Eighth Route Army eliminated is no less than two thousand!"

"What about their losses?" Colonel Yingteng continued to ask.

The deputy captain did seriously study all the telegrams reported to the headquarters by the Hamaye corps, and was very clear about their situation after entering Shanxi. As soon as the corps leader finished his question, he answered: "They fought five consecutive battles in Shanxi, and lost less than 200 cavalry in total!"

Colonel Yingteng was even more dissatisfied and cursed directly: "The Hamaye United fought five consecutive battles after entering Shanxi, and no defeat was achieved, which shows that the Eighth Route Army was no match for the cavalry of the Great Japanese Empire!"

"Now the Eighth Route Army has another cavalry corps, and the pressure is doubled. Do you think they may threaten our safety?"

"In today's march, I am not only not worried about the Eighth Route Army attacking us, but I am also looking forward to them coming to attack us!"

"Only in this way can we fight with the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible, otherwise why should we work hard to come to Shanxi?"

"Of course, I will definitely pay attention to what I should pay attention to when marching! I don't need to remind me to know this!"

"I'll send my order. The troops set out in half an hour and divide a cavalry team to conduct a five-kilometer investigation. The remaining troops march together and arrive at their destination before dark. At the latest, they must fight a war with the Eighth Route Army tomorrow."

"If the Eighth Route Army seeks death today and runs over to attack us, the troops will be able to open the door today!"

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the Cavalry Regiment, which had been resting for more than an hour, just set off, when Colonel Yingteng saw a vanguard team, Cao, rushing towards him by horses.

"Report to the chief, there is something in front...Baoba...Daoba..." Cao Chang reported while gasping for breath. Before he finished speaking, a faint gunshot came a few kilometers away...

Colonel Yingteng was not surprised but happy, and immediately asked: "Is the Eighth Route Army attacking us? We have been marching all the way for so long, and finally we met the legendary Eighth Route Army!"

"It's not a sneak attack, it's a head-on block!" Captain Cao immediately corrected the team leader's judgment.

After hearing this, Colonel Yingteng not only did not get angry because of his subordinates' rebuttal, but instead showed an incredible suspicion: "What did you say? The Eighth Route Army blocked us in front, and was fighting a blocking battle with us on such a plain suitable for our cavalry assault?"

Chief Cao immediately replied: "I could see clearly. If it weren't for seeing it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have expected that the Eighth Route Army that blocked us would be so stupid. It seemed that I had no idea how infantry attacked the cavalry. If it weren't for the fact that the vanguard team had too few troops and too many troops on the other side, we would have launched an assault at that time!"

Colonel Yingteng was very much looking forward to the next battle and immediately took over the words of President Cao: "The vanguard team is not strong enough, so the main force will come and get it together!"

"I finally know why the Hamaye United can win five battles and wins on the Shanxi battlefield, and it is invincible!"

"Our opponents have no experience in fighting cavalry, otherwise they would never have established blocking troops in such places suitable for cavalry assault!"

"The troops accelerated the marching speed. I really want to see what kind of Eighth Route Army has been so proactive in hitting our guns!"

After giving the order, Colonel Yingteng turned his attention to Cao Chang again: "You continue to say, how many people are there in the Eighth Route Army standing in front of us, and how are the equipment!"

Colonel Yingteng rushed to the battlefield and saw the blocking position six or seven hundred meters away in front.

About a regiment of troops hid in the already formed trenches to dig soil, further deepening and widening the trenches!

More than a hundred soldiers hid behind the bunker and were on guard. Although they each had a rifle, the proportion of light machine guns was very small, and there seemed to be only two infantry companies.

As the cavalry in front of the position gathered more and more, the atmosphere on the battlefield became more and more depressing, and the soldiers digging the trenches also stopped and all took up their weapons and hid.

At a glance, the Eighth Route Army of this regiment seemed to be equipped with less than twenty light machine guns and four heavy machine guns.

The trenches are divided into two fronts and backs, separated by one hundred meters, and there are also traffic trenches in the middle to facilitate the transfer of troops. A small number of machine gun firepower is arranged in stairs, most of the light machine guns and riflesmen are concentrated in the first trenches, and a small number of riflesmen, machine gunners and four heavy machine guns are arranged in the second trenches...

After reading it, Colonel Yingteng asked the deputy captain: "When you see the front position, do you still think the Eighth Route Army can threaten our safety?"

The deputy captain did not expect the captain to hold such a grudge. He quickly shook his head and wanted to pass this topic quickly: "I really have too many concerns about humble positions!"

"Although the Eighth Route Army built two defense lines in front of us, and the firepower was arranged in steps, which looked very orderly, this kind of defense was only useful to infantry. In front of the cavalry, their defense lines were as vulnerable as paper-patterned!"

"Sir, what you said before you set out is right. The reason why the Hamaye United can win five battles and wins in the Shanxi battlefield is not only because the cavalry unit has very strong combat power, but also because the Eighth Route Army does not know how to fight against the cavalry unit."

"Sir, please give me two cavalry brigades, and I guarantee that the first one to break through the Eighth Route Army's defense line and wipe out all the enemies in front of us!"

Colonel Yingteng agreed with the deputy captain's analysis and immediately ordered: "The first and second teams attacked ten minutes later!"

"Heavy machine gun squadron and mortar squadron cover the heavy machine gun and mortar squadron immediately add all the heavy machine guns and mortars!"

"Although we can kill the Eighth Route Army with only cavalry, the light and heavy machine guns they equipped are not vegetarians, and a hard rush will definitely cause considerable losses to the troops!"

"This is the first battle we have fought after entering Shanxi. There are more victories waiting for us, so everyone must control the casualties of the troops in each battle, and must annihilate the Eighth Route Army in front at the minimum cost to fight our good start!"

The troops guarding the blocking positions were not the Eighth Route Army that the Japanese army believed to be, but the National Salvation Army led by Zhou Cheng himself.

Because the Eighth Route Army's military uniforms on the battlefield in North China were very messy, with all colors and styles, it was difficult for Colonel Yingteng to distinguish the difference between the Eighth Route Army and the National Salvation Army with his eyes alone. In addition, they were also the first time they fought with the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi, so it was even more normal to recognize the wrong person.

More than a thousand infantry soldiers of the five reinforced companies were all hiding in the trenches. But in order to hide their strength, they only took out one-third of the light and heavy machine guns.

More than 800 cavalrymen were hiding in the forest five kilometers away. They had to wait for the Japanese army to launch an assault and circumvent their rear routes, cooperate with the infantry to wipe out the remnants of the cavalry corps, and end the battle perfectly!

"Captain, the Japanese attack seems to be about to begin!" Chen Zhengyu looked at the more than 600 cavalry that were rapidly unfolding 700 meters away, and he became nervous and reminded Zhou Cheng with a worried look on his face.

Chen Zhengyu's time in the army is not shorter than Zhou Cheng, but today is definitely the first time he has faced so many cavalry units at the same time.

He had seen more than a hundred cavalry attacks at the same time before. The sound of horse hooves was like thunder, deafening. The ground under his feet was trembling under the trampling of the cavalry, and the situation could be described as unstoppable.

Now more than one hundred cavalry have expanded to more than six hundred, all standing on horseback, carrying horse rifles and holding sabers, ready to go. Even if the attack has not been officially launched, Chen Zhengyu still felt great pressure.

Zhou Cheng frowned. He also felt the huge pressure brought to the troops by the Japanese cavalry, but he quickly forced himself to calm down, took a deep breath, and analyzed to Chen Zhengyu and several battalion company commanders: "The Japanese are very smart..."

"The best way for cavalry to assault is to gather the entire army together to form a sharp knife that penetrates straight into the enemy's heart, but doing so also means it faces a huge risk."

"The opponent will concentrate all the blocking firepower on the blade of the cavalry assault formation, concentrate the firepower on the blade, causing huge casualties to the assault troops."

"Although we have not exposed many light and heavy machine guns, if the Japanese posed a cone assault formation and stared at a point on the defense line, more than 20 light and heavy machine guns could kill three or four hundred cavalry even if they were not blocked."

"Now the Japanese have spread more than 600 cavalrymen, forming five or six conical assault formations to attack us at the same time, forcing us to use the limited machine gun firepower points separately, so that we can break through our blocking positions at the minimum cost!"

Zhou Cheng's analysis not only did not relieve his subordinates, but further deepened their concerns.

This change was directly reflected in Chen Zhengyu. As soon as Zhou Cheng finished speaking, he heard him ask with a worry: "Captain, the Japanese devils set up such a formation to launch an attack, isn't it harder for us to fight?"

Zhou Cheng nodded: "If we really only equipped with more than twenty light and heavy machine guns and without other arrangements, we really can't stop the raids of so many cavalrymen!"

"But don't forget that in order to eat the Japanese cavalry corps in one bite, we brought more than fifty light and heavy machine guns and ten mortars, and there were more than eight hundred of our own cavalry troops behind the Japanese to cooperate in combat."

"The most important thing is the mines buried in front of the position. If the Japanese concentrate their troops to attack us at a point, most of the mines we buried will lose their effect."

"But the Japanese attacked us by dispersing the attack. Although our blocking firepower was dispersed, most of the mines buried in front of the position could be detonated."

"The mines in front were buried by everyone. Even if a mine only kills one cavalry, only two-thirds of the mines will be detonated in the end, that's enough for the Japanese to drink a pot!"

The cavalry gang brought too much shock to Chen Zhengyu. Faced with more than 600 cavalrymen who were ready to go, they were thinking about how to use more than 20 light and heavy machine guns to block them, and ignored the hundreds of mines buried before the troops dug trenches.

After listening to the analysis of the regiment commander, he remembered the mines. When he looked at the minefield in front of the position, he seemed to see the scene of cavalry being bombed and corpses everywhere. His eyes shone and analyzed: "The regiment commander is right. We buried 300 mines in front of the position. Even if only 200 mines were detonated, we could kill more than 200 cavalry."

"In addition, the sudden minefields and huge casualties will cause huge riots among the Japanese, slowing down their assault speed, so our light and heavy machine guns will have more time to intercept them and shoot them."

"Maybe the more than 600 cavalry soldiers that the Japanese were preparing to launch an attack were not enough for us to kill!"

"Boom..."

When Chen Zhengyu was about to continue talking, the cavalry moved.

He rushed into six conical assault formations and rushed over, and his speed was getting faster and faster.

"Boom boom boom..."

Nine shells also smashed into the position of the National Savior Army at this moment. In the violent explosion, several soldiers and the soil on the ground were blown away!

Zhou Cheng quickly retracted his head back to the trench and shouted with a serious face: "Everyone is hidden, wait until the cavalry rushes to 300 meters away, we will shoot!"
Chapter completed!