The regimental commander was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. Not far away, several tanks and armored vehicles suddenly came into view.
The whole person seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw in despair, and quickly ordered: "The chariot squadron will set off immediately..."
"March quickly to reinforce the forward security troops. We must block the Eighth Route Army cavalry troops and protect the ammunition crews as they continue to build the road."
"Otherwise we won't be able to pass Yinmagou on time."
"If the Eighth Route Army pursues us and we are blocked in Yinmagou, even Amaterasu will not be able to save us."
"Go and give the order quickly..."
The road has not yet been completely repaired, so only the tank squadron can quickly reinforce the battlefield and block the attack of the cavalry battalion.
But the tank squadron cannot just leave.
Moreover, the assault speed of the cavalry battalion has increased to the extreme, and the distance between the cavalry battalion and the Japanese army has also shortened from seven to eight hundred meters at the beginning to two to three hundred meters.
It only takes a few dozen seconds to reach the Japanese army.
“Dong dong dong… da da da…”
The Japanese security forces did not choose to be beaten passively.
All the light and heavy machine guns that could be mobilized were placed directly in front of the cavalry company and opened fire at the same time.
The hail of bullets quickly created an airtight fire net in front of them.
The cavalry company seemed to have hit an impenetrable wall of copper and iron, and its mules and horses were shot one after another.
There were also many cavalrymen and their horses hitting the ground together, making a dull crashing sound.
But these casualties did not slow down the cavalry battalion's assault.
Hundreds of soldiers seemed to have been given a shot of blood and were not afraid of sacrifice. The comrades in front died, but the soldiers behind continued to attack forward.
Taking advantage of the fast cavalry assault speed, although the cavalry battalion suffered heavy casualties, the offensive formation still moved forward quickly.
The distance between the two sides quickly shortened from 300 meters to more than 100 meters.
"Pa bang bang..."
The horse rifles equipped by the cavalry began to participate in the battle.
It is very difficult to hit a target with a rifle on a high-speed horseback.
But with dozens of bullets flying out, a blind cat can kill a mouse or a few little devils.
The two machine gunners fell to the ground in response, including the only heavy machine gun gunner on the road.
Frontal blocking firepower suddenly weakened.
Taking advantage of the gap in firepower, the cavalry battalion suddenly accelerated.
When the deputy shooter pulled the trigger again, the cavalry battalion rushed to a position 70 to 80 meters in front of them.
"Pa bang bang..."
Several cavalrymen equipped with box cannons decisively pulled the triggers and fired a round of bullets at the Japanese machine gun position.
The sound of heavy machine gun fire that I just remembered stopped abruptly again, and the cavalry battalion took the opportunity to rush forward several dozen meters.
At this time, the distance between the two sides had shortened to thirty or forty meters. Even if the Japanese sub-shooter pulled the trigger of the heavy machine gun again, it would be impossible to block the oncoming cavalry.
"kill……"
The cry of killing soon rang out among the cavalry. More than a hundred warriors waved their sabers, like a group of bloodthirsty wolves, rushing into the sheepfold without hesitation.
With the sword raised and lowered, in the blink of an eye, fifty or sixty Japanese infantry blocking the road were wiped out.
"Kill...continue to attack forward..." Several battalion company commanders became more and more excited as they rushed, waving their sabers and giving the order again.
Without the infantry blocking the road, the ammunition crews who were building the road had almost no room to fight back.
They were armed with engineering shovels and pickaxes, not even self-defense pistols.
Facing the cavalry charging towards them, they could only stand there and wait to die.
Halfway through the charge, the tank's lights suddenly appeared in front of the cavalry, and with a roar, it quickly rushed towards the cavalry camp.
If light and heavy machine guns are feasible for cavalry, then cavalry have no chance to fight back in front of tanks and can only passively massacre.
The head cavalry company commander's expression changed when he heard this.
Although there are many Japs and Ammomen in front of them, you can eliminate them all as long as you rush over.
However, in order to avoid a head-on confrontation with the Japanese tank squadron and avoid unnecessary losses, we decisively chose to turn around and retreat.
The cavalry battalion came and went like wind. In less than ten minutes, it completely disappeared from the battlefield, leaving behind the corpses of the little Japanese everywhere.
Many surviving ammunition carriers were so frightened by the powerful fighting power unleashed by the cavalry that they did not react until the cavalry battalion disappeared from their sight.
"Sir..." The chief of staff returned to the wing leader with his head lowered, his expression very depressed.
The captain's heart skipped a beat when he realized that what he was most worried about had happened. He quickly asked: "Are the ammunition carriers seriously injured..."
"How many people did the outer security force lose?"
"How long will it take for the remaining ammunition crews to repair the road?"
The chief of staff's head was lower than before, and he answered in a low voice while keeping his face open: "The casualties are very heavy..."
"The Eighth Route Army dispatched a cavalry battalion to attack us."
"Under the desperate blocking of the security forces, they lost more than one company, but they still launched an attack on us without fear of death, and successfully ran into the ammunition man who was building the road."
"They were not equipped with self-defense weapons and faced the fate of being massacred by the cavalry."
"In less than five minutes, more than four hundred munitionsmen were killed..."
"After the chariot squadron arrived on the battlefield, the Eighth Route Cavalry immediately turned around and evacuated the chariot."
"The perimeter security force lost a reinforcement team."
"In order to prevent the Eighth Route Cavalry from attacking us a second time, I humbly asked the chariot squadron to attack us. As long as the enemy dares to attack us, I am confident that they will never come back."
"Bagh Ya Road..." The captain was about to get mad.
More than 400 ammunition carriers were wiped out by the Eighth Route Cavalry, which was equivalent to the loss of nearly 50% of the manpower building the road in front of them.
With fewer people, road construction speed will decrease proportionally.
A road that originally took fifteen minutes to repair now takes thirty minutes at the fastest.
The Eighth Route Army who participated in the pursuit later would definitely not give themselves such a long time to move.
The angry expression on his face was slowly replaced by despair, and he became restless. He turned around and ordered the messenger on the side: "Tell the troops at the rear immediately..."
"The battle situation at the front has changed. The rear troops must hold off the Eighth Route Army's pursuing troops for twenty minutes before they can retreat."
"Let them be prepared to fight to the death with the eight-pronged pursuers."
"Immediately select a group of people from the headquarters, artillery, transport troops, and main force to build roads."
"As long as it does not affect the operation of the wing headquarters and the artillery's normal march and participation in the battle, all the extra soldiers will be pulled to the front to repair the road. Hurry up."
"No matter how much I pay, the road must be repaired and pass through Yinma Valley within twenty-five minutes."
"It's too dangerous here and the terrain is very unfavorable to us."
"Taking a step back, even if we really have to fight a decisive battle with the Eighth Route Army's pursuers, we can't fight here."
The Japanese commander's ideas were full of ideas, but the reality was very cruel.
More than 800 ammunition carriers were already the limit that the artillery regiment could allocate. The second wave of troops going to build roads even emptied the regiment headquarters. The possibility of deploying more people to repair roads was almost zero.
The chief of staff searched the entire team and found less than a hundred people, which was completely unable to fill the gap in road construction after the Eighth Route Cavalry raid.
