Under the leadership of Li Sui'an, this cavalry pistol team of less than 50 people ran along the river and then turned to a fork in the road and ran onto a winding road.
This so-called road is naturally not a thick cement or asphalt road. It is still a dirt road, but it is wider and the roadbed is slightly higher.
It was only at this time that Li Sui'an at the front slowed down and introduced the mission situation to Wei Ran and the other cavalry around him.
"Keep going forward, the avenue at the next intersection leads directly to Huaiyang City."
Li Sui'an introduced, "We visited Huaiyang City a few days ago and got accurate information. Today, a Japanese grain transport convoy will pass by. Let's give them a hard blow and see if we can lure them to the river.
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"Qiang!"
The other cavalrymen except Wei Ran responded by tapping their sabers on their stirrups.
"Brother Wei, this is your first time to follow us, stay with Jin Yu." Li Sui'an continued to make arrangements.
"Qiang!"
Wei Ran followed the example of others just now and tapped the stirrups with his saber in response.
Seeing this, Li Sui'an smiled and continued to control the horse to run. When Wei Ran saw this, he immediately controlled the horse under his butt and ran to Zhao Jinyu's side.
"Brother Wei, wait for the box cannon to fire continuously."
Zhao Jinyu, who was riding on horseback, leaned forward slightly and reminded, "When we are almost thirty feet away, everyone will line up. When there is no teammate in front of you, hug the fire immediately and be careful to fan yourself.
When the bullets are empty, change the saber immediately. You don't have to cut hard, you can kill those idiots with a single stroke."
"knew"
Wei Ran nodded. The other party and Li Sui'an had already told him this as early as yesterday.
"When rushing, the whole body sticks to the horse's back."
Zhao Jinyu continued to remind, "Adjust your posture when you are ready to chop, and remember to wrap the cloth strip tied behind the saber around your hand in advance. It would be a joke if the saber falls out of hand."
"good"
Wei Ran nodded again. He knew that the other party was worried that he would be in a hurry later - he himself had no idea. After all, he didn't know whether the metal notebook only taught him how to ride a horse, or whether it also taught him how to fight on a horse.
Amidst this little uneasiness, the cavalry team, led by Li Sui'an, quickly reached the intersection he just mentioned. The distance between it and the front was estimated to be less than one kilometer at most.
However, Li Sui'an, who was in charge of leading the team, did not signal to stop. Instead, he led them to continue running in the direction of one of the forks for less than two hundred meters, and then led them into a roadside area full of graves.
In the willow forest.
"Just wait here"
While Li Sui'an was talking, he reached out and took out a Japanese telescope from his horse bag, and then climbed up the branches of a willow tree on horseback to observe the crossroads not far away.
At the same time, several cavalrymen dispersed in different directions on horseback, performing vital security tasks.
The rest of the people turned over and dismounted, or took out horse brushes from their saddlebags to brush off the mud and grass and leaves stained on their horses, or lifted their horses' legs and carefully checked whether the horseshoes had fallen off.
Some even gathered together in twos and threes, spread a piece of Japanese waterproof canvas on the weed-covered ground, knelt down in a certain direction and began to pray.
What is quite interesting is that not far from these worshipers, there are actually a few warriors shaking prayer wheels and reciting scriptures in a low voice.
In comparison, Zhao Jinyu, who was braiding the pony's tail, seemed more or less normal.
"What are you doing?" Wei Ran approached Zhao Jinyu and asked curiously.
"Lest you be covered in horse dung"
Zhao Jinyu laughed and teased Wei Ran, and then explained, "Don't sweep the horse's legs when running, so as not to get entangled in the saber or draw people around."
"Why didn't they make it up?" Wei Ran asked curiously.
"Hey, this is a habit passed down from my old life."
Zhao Jinyu explained honestly, "It doesn't matter whether you compile it or not. After you compile it, you have to untie it when you get back. It's an extra trouble. I just use it to relieve my boredom."
Hearing this, Wei Ran simply went around behind the biting horse, grabbed its fluffy and elegant tail, and first combed it with an iron-toothed brush. Then he also followed Zhao Jinyu's example and braided the horse's tail.
Braids.
After the braid was finished and tied with the cloth and rope that Zhao Jinyu handed over, the sky was almost bright.
Seeing this, Wei Ran hid behind a willow tree in the distance on the pretext of peeing, took out the camera from his camera bag, and after some quick adjustments, he first pressed the shutter towards the cavalry team, and then took pictures one by one.
Those who were still chanting sutras, those who were brushing and feeding horses, and even those tough cavalrymen who were taking a nap against tree trunks.
Gradually, the fiery red sun jumped out of the horizon completely, and the horses seemed to be covered with a layer of shining golden armor because of the dew on their fur.
Turning the camera around, Wei Ran clicked the shutter towards Li Sui'an, who was standing in the treetops holding a telescope.
"Coming!"
At this moment, Li Sui'an, who was watching personally from the treetops, also gave a reminder.
Before he finished speaking, the last second he was chanting sutras, chatting, napping, even feeding the horses, and of course, those who were busy taking candid photos, all collected their things as quickly as possible and got on their horses.
Without any command, several people ran out on horseback and soon brought back those who had just dispersed on horseback to guard the place.
"There are many Japanese people"
Li Sui'an, who rode directly from the tree to the horseback, took out the cavalry sword from his sash and said, "Just chop in one round, kill as many as you can, and focus on taking care of their mule carts. After running over, go over there."
Meet behind the poplar forest."
"Qiang!"
Everyone's sabers lightly touched the stirrups of their horses in response.
Seeing this, Li Sui'an took out the box gun that Wei Ran was very familiar with from his waist, pressed down the large and small machine heads almost at the same time as the people around him, and then pinned it to his waist again.
After waiting for a moment, Wei Ran faintly heard the roar of a motorcycle in the distance.
Seeing that Li Sui'an, who was riding on horseback in the front, and Zhao Jinyu who was next to him, were motionless, Wei Ran entangled the strip of cloth on the saber ring with the right hand holding the saber, and tried to wave it gently.
Seeing this, the surrounding cavalry smiled silently, but they couldn't help but think of their own appearance when they fought on horseback for the first time.
"Crack!"
Li Sui'an gently patted the horse's butt with the saber in his hand, and the maroon war horse immediately spread its strong hooves and ran towards the outside of the willow forest.
In an instant, everyone patted the horse's butt gently with their sabers, followed Li Sui'an, and began to gallop outside on horseback!
"Hit the fan with your gun first, don't forget!"
Zhao Jinyu reminded Wei Ran again. He was holding a saber in one hand and had already pulled out the box cannon with the other.
Wei Ran also immediately released the reins held by his left hand and pulled out the box cannon pinned to the Nine Dragon Belt.
Almost at the same time, the surrounding cavalry lined up with Li Sui'an at the front, rushed to the other side of the road, and rushed into the crop fields planted with corn seedlings.
Seeing this, Wei Ran immediately followed up on horseback, distanced himself from the people around him, and rushed towards the opposite road leading to Huaiyang City!
This road was extremely lively at this time. The first few motorcycles all had machine guns mounted on them, and the one to two hundred puppet troops following them were already walking with sweaty feet in the mud.
Behind them, there were fifty or sixty mule carts pulling sacks, and a group of Japanese infantry at the back of the team, which looked to number more than a hundred! These infantry were their targets!
Almost as soon as the cavalry led by Li Sui'an rushed out of the woods, the Japanese at the end of the convoy had already discovered them. On the contrary, the puppet troops and the motorcycles with machine guns at the front were blocked by the woods.
But this distance of a hundred meters is really not that far away for the horses mounted by these light cavalry.
Don't forget, they don't even have to get close to shoot!
"clatter--!"
Amidst the intensive gunfire that sounded like a long sound, this cavalry squad of only fifty or sixty people emptied their ammunition in the blink of an eye, firing out fan blades with astonishing lethality.
He stuffed the box cannon with no bullets into the saddlebags. While Wei Ran re-grabbed the reins with his left hand, he also raised the saber held in his right hand.
It has to be said that Li Sui'an had definitely carefully calculated the distance for the ambush he chose. Almost when he raised his saber, they were already less than 10 meters away from the enemy on the road!
At this time, some of these enemies were wounded and shot, some subconsciously hid behind trucks or mule carts and roared, and some hurriedly loaded ammunition or even raised their guns.
But this distance...
They are too late!
"puff!"
When the saber in his hand passed across the neck of a Japanese soldier, Wei Ran didn't even feel any resistance. The touch didn't seem much harder than cutting open a watermelon.
"puff!"
Taking advantage of the situation, Wei Ran put his saber on the neck of another Japanese soldier who had already raised his gun. Wei Ran used the high speed and made a light stroke. Behind him, the Japanese soldier had half-stretched his neck and was separated.
The cavalry did not stop at all. A few cavalrymen who were deliberately lagging behind for a short distance either fired with submachine guns or dropped a few smoking grenades as cover.
After breaking up at the first touch, everyone, led by Li Sui'an, dispersed again and ran towards the poplar forest not far away, which they had been optimistic about in advance.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
After a series of explosions of grenades, and when the Japs who had escaped the explosions began to counterattack in a hurry, Wei Ran and others rode around to the side of a poplar forest.
Just like the willow forest diagonally opposite had blocked the machine guns and puppet troops in front of the Japanese food transport team, when they circled the side of the poplar forest, the Japanese who had just been charged and killed also lost their shooting range one after another, and could only
In vain, he used the machine gun and grenade launcher he had just set up to vent his anger towards the poplar forest that also contained only graves.
However, Li Sui'an did not lead the people away. Instead, he went around to the other side of the woods and called for everyone to dismount.
Then there was no one to direct them, so everyone let their horses lie down, and then they lay down behind a ditch for watering the ground.
"Each person only has two bullets, so I can shoot them carefully!"
As Li Sui'an said, everyone also took out a magazine from their arms and pressed the bullet into the barrel of the gun.
"This is yours"
Zhao Jinyu said, having already handed a five-round magazine to Wei Ran, "Save it, just take two shots."
"Are we so short of bullets?" Wei Ran asked curiously as he pressed the bullets the other party had just given him into the cavalry gun.
"This bullet has been wasted by us."
Li Sui'an lay on the other side of Wei Ran and explained, "All the captured rifle bullets have been given to the machine gun company. We have seized many Japanese machine guns before, and those bullets are just right for them."
"You'll understand later, hurry up and fight!"
Zhao Jinyu said that, after careful aiming, he pulled the trigger towards the animals of the grain transport team a few hundred meters away.
As the gunfire rang out, a big mule that the grain transport team had just calmed stretched its limbs and simply fell to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, with the sound of gunfire, more and more animals were hit by bullets.
Wei Ran did not dare to delay, and quickly selected a target, took careful aim, and then pulled the trigger.
Their shooting window was small enough that the enemy had to leave before they could adjust the firing range of their machine guns and newly set up grenade launchers.
But the two bullets each of them fired actually hit the main artery of this grain transport team.
There is no other reason. This place is quite far away from Huaiyang City. If these animals are killed, not to mention whether the enemies hiding around them will try to rob them. They want to transport the food back safely.
We can only rely on people to pull the car away.
Because of this, the top commander of the grain transport team soon shouted for the motorcycle to go back to report for help, and then urged machine guns and grenade launchers to counterattack quickly.
But how long can the two shots be delayed?
Before the grenade team fired its first calibrated shot, Wei Ran had already followed the crowd and shouted at the biting horse that was rolling and eating corn seedlings to hurry up. He quickly got on his horse and opened the distance again.
They ran towards the direction of the Yellow River like a swarm of swarms.
"Da da da da"
Behind them, the Japanese machine guns began to roar, and a moment later, the grenade launchers also began to fire grenades that enveloped the poplar and willow forests.
Obviously, this grain transport team is ready to stand still and wait for reinforcements.
It's a pity that they don't know that the enemy they face at this time is using the tactic of encircling the point and calling for reinforcements!
Almost as Li Sui'an and Wei Ran ran back to the river bank along the road, Captain Ma Jintao, who had been waiting for them, waved to his groom Bai Yuguang.
Seeing this, the latter stood on the saddle with extra flexibility, took out two signal flags from his waist and began to wave towards the other side of the river.
At the same time, Ma Jintao also held up a telescope and looked at the other side of the river, but he paid no attention to Li Sui'an and others who ran straight in the other direction after leading the team.
"Back off!"
When Ma Jintao put down his telescope, he shouted in a hurry, and took the cavalry behind him to hide in an endless reed swamp beside the river embankment.
At this time, Wei Ran and others also followed Li Sui'an and ran to the opposite direction on the same side of the river embankment, hiding behind the second embankment. There were already people waiting for them here.
"Check the wound quickly"
Li Sui'an said hello, and everyone immediately began to check their horses and themselves.
Whenever someone signals that they are injured, the people waiting here will immediately go up to help treat the injury and bandage it - whether it is a person or a horse.
Not to mention this, Wei Ran also saw Liu, the cook who brought him to cook noodles, with two and a half young men, and gave each of them a slightly humble food and 20 rounds of pistols.
bomb.
"Get out, get out!"
Less than 20 minutes later, Li Sui'an began to urge, and Lao Liu and others quickly picked up their things and took the boat to the other side of the river.
Almost at the same time as they were crossing the river, nearly ten cars pulling Japs and more than a hundred cavalry, led by a Japs sidecar motorcycle, came galloping from the direction of Huaiyang City.
Without any pause at all, the Japanese cavalry had already drawn their swords and charged straight over. Also rushing over were half of the Japanese cars.
"This is really a big fish to catch!"
Li Sui'an slapped his thigh, put down the telescope he had been holding and said, "Run, run, run! Hurry! Run with the special code!"
Before the words were spoken, everyone started galloping and started running under the two embankments, shouting at their horses.
The distance between the two sides was less than one kilometer. Of course, the Japanese cavalry could not stop them. Especially when they ran to the second embankment, they saw the enemy from a distance running downstream using the second embankment as a cover!
What else is there to say? Immediately, several trucks and cavalry loaded with Japanese soldiers began to chase.
However, no matter the carriages or horses, before they could pick up speed on the second embankment, the roar of machine guns came from the reed swamps on the other side of the Yellow River! The Japanese were equipped with crooked handles, crooked handle machine guns, and even Czech machine guns.
roar!
For a moment, the reeds on the river bank fell down in pieces as if they had been cut by a sickle. Also falling together were the Japanese cavalry.
Even those few cars were unlucky enough to have their drivers hit, and the soldiers in the cargo compartments drove under the second embankment that was originally built for flood control!
Exactly!
Exactly at this time!
Ma Jintao was already waving his saber, and with the cavalry No. 156 behind him, under the cover of the roar of machine guns, he came from behind the Japanese and killed them!
This is not over yet, the ones firing across the Yellow River are not only the machine guns hidden in the reeds, but also the only artillery pieces of the cavalry artillery battalion!
"Boom boom boom!"
These artillery pieces fired less than 5 shells in total, but these shells accurately hit the intersection where the Japanese grain transport team was attacked!
Under this step-by-step calculation, the Japanese cavalry who were attracted suddenly panicked, but what was even more terrible was that the cavalry team they had been chasing not long ago turned around and rushed over with murderous intent!
Under attack from both sides, the Japanese cavalry almost subconsciously chose to retreat away from the Yellow River!
At this time, the cavalry that had been attacking from the front and rear immediately turned into a roundabout encirclement, closing the distance between them and the Japanese cavalry from both sides.
Seeing this, these Japanese cavalrymen who started to run subconsciously prepared for hand-to-hand combat.
Hand-to-hand combat?
If Company Commander Ma Jintao could hear their thoughts at this time, he would definitely spit on them.
Is it possible that the shuttle speed machine that I worked so hard to equip for my brothers is just for cracking walnuts?
For a moment, the two wings of the Japanese cavalry almost simultaneously rang out the clear but dense sound of gunfire when the box cannon opened fire!
Amidst the gunfire, the Japanese cavalry regiment seemed to have had an accidental miscarriage, with corpses falling to the ground.
"Brothers! Leave no men and horses behind! Kill them for me!" After Ma Jintao fired the box of cannons, he waved his saber and read out the order!
"Qiang! Qiang! Qiang!"
The sound of two hundred cavalrymen hitting their stirrups with their sabers at the same time was almost equivalent to the killing intent that was solidified into stone. Most of the Japanese cavalrymen who had been slaughtered suddenly lost all fighting spirit! One of them even lost the saber in his hand.
Throw it away!
"puff!"
Wei Ran didn't care about that, he moved forward and stabbed a Japanese cavalryman in the neck.
There was no need to wave or sheath the sword at all. Just relying on the high speed of the biting horse running wildly under his buttocks, the saber in his hand had already cut off the part of the next devil's sword before he could shake off the blood on it.
An arm!
Not only Wei Ran, but also the other cavalry around him, even the biting horse under his butt was running wildly. He saw the opportunity, bit off the ear of a Japanese horse in one bite, and then swallowed it in three chews.
In the belly!
Why are you so eager to eat Hulu meat?
While Wei Ran was muttering in his mind, he didn't delay at all and slashed at the devil who was carrying a piggyback on one ear.
"puff!"
After the blow, the blood-stained smile on Wei Ran's face became brighter and more cheerful.
