Although I don’t know how the Japanese and puppet reinforcements attacked the Eighth Route Army attacking Shijiazhuang.
However, when all the siege troops of the Eighth Route Army had entered the city, the Japanese and puppet reinforcements wanted to threaten the security of the Eighth Route Army and turn defeat into victory. Entering the city was their only way.
As long as the cavalry battalion keeps an eye on all the entrances to the city, no matter what path the Japanese and puppet reinforcements take to approach Shijiazhuang, they will eventually be exposed to the cavalry battalion.
In addition, the four reinforcements of the Japanese and puppet troops came from Baoding and Xiong County, and they took different roads. The distances were far and near. It was impossible to reach Shijiazhuang at the same time. The cavalry battalion directly inferred the arrival of the Japanese and puppet troops based on their marching distance.
At the approximate time of Shijiazhuang, we should concentrate our forces to attack a certain route of reinforcements first, and then attack other Japanese and puppet troops to achieve the purpose of defeating each one.
"Battal Commander..." A figure suddenly entered the cavalry battalion commander's field of vision, quietly trotted towards him, and reported in a low voice.
"A Japanese and puppet army suddenly appeared on the official road one kilometer ahead... turned from the road and entered the official road. There were more than 500 people, the majority of them were puppet troops. They were equipped with three heavy machine guns and three mortars. It should be
The Japanese and puppet troops we have to deal with!”
The battalion commander's eyes immediately lit up, and he ordered with excitement: "Let comrades prepare for battle..."
"Put the enemy closer and then attack..."
"The 1st and 2nd companies followed me in a frontal attack, attracting Japanese heavy machine gun fire... The 3rd, 4th and 2nd companies circled around to the flanks of the Japanese and puppet troops to launch attacks, and they had to be fast, without giving the Japanese and puppet troops any chance to mobilize their heavy machine guns or divert their machine gun firepower.
Chance……"
"start to act……"
Since the Independence Brigade launched its attack from the base area, not only the infantry has not been able to fight, but the cavalry has not fought a happy battle either.
Although there was a surprise attack in the first half of the night, only dozens of puppet troops were eliminated, which obviously could not satisfy the cavalry battalion's desire to kill all sides on the battlefield.
After learning that there were more than 500 real Japanese and puppet troops in front of the team, all the cavalry soldiers became excited.
Each one of them was as if they had been given blood, and they wished they could rush in front of the Japanese and puppet troops and kill them.
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At this moment, the Japanese and puppet troops obviously did not realize that they were already in the tiger's mouth.
In order to prevent the troops from suddenly encountering the Eighth Route Army's security forces, the puppet army's combat effectiveness was too poor. If the Eighth Route Army saw the clues, the troops would not be able to continue to bluff and scare the Eighth Route Army who were engaged in street fighting in the city.
The Japanese squadron leader specially asked an infantry squadron under his command to go at the front of the team.
The heavy machine gun squad and the mortar squad both strengthen the forward squad.
Once the troops are attacked, heavy machine guns and mortars will all be used to defeat the Eighth Route Army with powerful firepower...
The squadron leader had a good idea and there were no problems with the layout, but he neglected his flanks.
The heavy machine gun team and the mortar team participated in the battle at the front of the troops, and the follow-up troops of the reinforcements had no heavy weapons support, leaving only seven or eight light machine guns to attack the enemy.
Moreover, these seven or eight machine guns are scattered in a team that stretches more than 200 meters. If a certain point in the team is attacked, only two machine guns can fight at most.
Of course, the Japanese squadron leader can mobilize heavy machine guns and mortars from the forward troops to return to support the main force. It will only take more than a minute for the team of more than 200 meters to be in place.
The Eighth Route Army attacking Shijiazhuang were basically infantry. It was obviously impossible for them to get on the road and fight with the reinforcements within a minute.
But the Japanese squadron leader never expected that the independent brigade that had evacuated Shijiazhuang would send a cavalry battalion back to the battlefield to support them, and waited outside Shijiazhuang City for them to surrender.
It was because the Japanese squadron leader did not expect that they were destined to lose to the Eighth Route Army in the next battle, and they were defeated miserably.
"Rumble..."
The sound of horse hooves generated by the cavalry's rapid assault sounded like thunder on the road ahead, deafening, and the road under the feet of the Japanese and puppet troops began to tremble with the roar.
The little devil walking at the front of the team was very vigilant and had rich combat experience. He knew that he was being attacked by the cavalry without the squadron leader giving an order.
Cavalrymen are afraid of machine guns.
In the blink of an eye, the three heavy machine guns reinforced by the squadron leader for the forward team were set up.
They are lined up in a row across the road.
The three light machine guns equipped by the forward team were also set up next to the heavy machine guns, waiting for the Eighth Route Cavalry to hit their guns.
"Rumble..."
The roar from directly in front of the troops became louder and louder,
Although it was night, the Japs could still see the blurry figures of the cavalry because the distance between the two sides was too close.
Two hundred cavalrymen came towards the forward team in a mighty manner, moving very fast.
"shooting……"
The cavalry assault speed is too fast. Although machine guns are the trump card against cavalry, after all, I only have three heavy machine guns and three light machine guns in my hand.
If we didn't open fire earlier and let the Eighth Route Cavalry rush in front of us, even the King of Heaven would be unable to save us.
The Japanese squad leader and other Eighth Route Cavalrymen issued counterattack orders as soon as they entered the heavy machine gun range...
Six light and heavy machine guns concentrated fire on the cavalry concentrated on the road. The firepower was still very fierce, and several cavalry were killed in an instant.
But their good luck ended there.
After being intercepted, the more than two hundred cavalrymen quickly dispersed, formed a fighting formation, and continued to attack the forward team.
The width of the frontal battlefield that the Japanese army needed to guard against suddenly increased to seventy or eighty meters. Once the firepower from the six light and heavy machine guns was dispersed, the offensive pressure faced by the Eighth Route Cavalry was reduced. They continued to advance forward, forcing the Japanese army to deploy more machine guns to reinforce the forward squad.
, creating conditions for the 3rd and 4th companies to attack the Japanese and puppet troops from the flanks.
The Japanese squadron leader panicked when he learned that there was a cavalry attack on him.
The reinforcements are equipped with less than twenty light and heavy machine guns in total. If there are a lot of cavalry attacking you and you launch attacks from all directions, no matter how hard you struggle, you will not be able to escape the fate of being wiped out.
The quick response of the forward team gave him hope of continuing to live.
Six light and heavy machine guns disrupted the rhythm of the Eighth Route Cavalry's attack.
Although the dispersion of the Eighth Route Cavalry has greatly reduced the interception of the six light and heavy machine guns, as long as they are reinforced with a sufficient number of light machine guns, they will definitely be able to block the more than 200 cavalry in front of them.
To put it ten thousand steps back, even if the light and heavy machine guns failed to stop them, there would definitely be no problem in severely injuring the cavalry.
By the time the two sides were strangled and fighting hand-to-hand with bayonets, the cavalry, no matter how powerful it was, could only have a few dozen men, while the imperial army and the imperial auxiliary army under its command had a total of 500 men.
"Ten of you will fight for one, no matter how powerful your opponent is, the squadron leader will not be afraid."
Order on the spot: "The light machine guns and grenades equipped by the second and third squads immediately reinforce the forward squad and block the Eighth Route Cavalry at all costs. Go faster..."
When more than a dozen little devils carrying six light machine guns rushed to the blocking position to intercept the Eighth Route Cavalry, the 3rd and 4th companies of the cavalry battalion happened to reach less than 200 meters from the flank of the Japanese and puppet troops under the cover of night.
