The huge sound of horse hooves caused by the cavalry raid soon sounded outside Baoding City.
The Japanese and puppet troops who were supervising the people's destruction of roads immediately panicked, especially the puppet troops.
They rarely even participate in major battles, let alone face the Yinglang Eighth Route Army cavalry.
If there weren't Japanese people watching next to them, they would have turned around and ran away immediately.
The leader of the Japanese team was also panicking, but he still pretended to be calm.
They were nearly one kilometer away from Baoding City, so it would be too late to retreat under the eyes of the cavalry. They would be chased and killed by the cavalry until the entire army was destroyed.
Since they are all dead, they might as well fight with the Eighth Route Army cavalry, and maybe they can still find a way to survive.
To put it another way, even if they still inevitably end up being wiped out, they can still kill a lot of people in a head-on fight, instead of being chased and killed by the cavalry, and finally being slaughtered by them on the way to retreat. Even if they die, they can't get the Eighth Route Army to back them up.
After seeing that there was only one company of the Eighth Route Cavalry attacking him, the Japanese squad leader suddenly became less panicked, and then suddenly became calm, and hurriedly ordered: "The Eighth Route Cavalry attacking us only has one company, and its strength is less than that of white people. Our equipment
With four light machine guns, two grenade launchers, and more than a hundred rifles, we still have a chance to stop them."
"All the light machine guns were blocked in front of the cavalry, and they fired immediately... The grenades fired at places where there were many Eighth Route Army soldiers, and they opened fire freely without rushing..."
"Hurry up and don't let the Eighth Route Cavalry get close to us..."
"Da da da……"
The two light machine guns placed next to the squad leader immediately joined the battle, and bullets flew towards the cavalry company in a fan shape...
The first two cavalrymen and their horses fell on the charging road.
This scene made the Japanese and puppet troops instantly excited. They saw with their own eyes that the cavalry was not as indestructible as rumored. As long as the firepower was strong enough and the target was accurately hit, no matter how powerful the cavalry was, they would be beaten into sieves and fall on the road of charge.
The morale of the Japanese and puppet troops suddenly increased greatly, and they felt that they could do it again.
The light machine guns were aimed at the direction in which the cavalry company was charging, and the sound of rifle fire was heard. They were all firing at the cavalry company at their fastest rate of fire to stop them.
This kind of attack is really effective.
The cavalry at the front of the team were like dumplings. They kept falling down on the charging road together with men and horses, making a dull crashing sound.
But at this moment, an accident happened.
The cavalry rushing in front suddenly split into three. About fifty or sixty cavalrymen rushed straight into the two wings of the Japanese and puppet troops at a very fast speed...
The squad leader reacted very quickly and instantly understood his opponent's purpose, but a bitter smile filled with despair flashed across his face, and he gave the order helplessly...
"The Eighth Route Cavalry divided into three groups to attack us together to distract our firepower..."
"We only have four machine guns...we can block the cavalry attack if we gather them together. If we disperse the firepower even a little bit, the firepower will be greatly weakened. We will definitely not be able to stop the cavalry attack..."
"Ignore the cavalry attacking us from the flanks, concentrate your firepower on the cavalry attacking us from the front, and fight them..."
This is the only way the squad leader can think of to break the situation. Although the final outcome is the destruction of the entire army, his death will not be too ugly, and he can also recruit many Eighth Route Cavalry to back him up.
If we disperse the firepower and block the Eighth Route Cavalry from three directions at the same time, not only will we not be able to stop them, but we will also be unable to achieve the goal of killing a large number of their troops because the blocking firepower in each direction is insufficient.
This is also a common fighting method used by the Eighth Route Army on the battlefield: it is better to cut off one of its fingers than to hurt it.
But this is all wishful thinking of the squad leader.
It seemed that the Japanese did not mobilize their machine guns to protect the flanks, but still concentrated their firepower to block the frontal attacking troops.
The cavalry platoon remaining in the frontal attack decisively slowed down its attack speed and wandered more than 200 meters away from the Japanese and puppet troops, neither attacking nor retreating.
But if the Japanese mobilized the three light machine guns that blocked them from the front, the cavalry platoon would definitely launch an attack immediately and penetrate directly into the Japanese and puppet troops' garrison.
In this case, it would be great to outflank the cavalry platoons on both wings of the Japanese and puppet troops.
Decisively launched an attack on the Japanese and puppet army positions.
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Japanese Army Baoding Garrison Headquarters.
A rapid ringing of the phone suddenly rang in the war room, instantly attracting everyone's attention.
The telephone soldier picked up the phone and listened for less than half a minute before putting it down with a solemn expression. Then he hurried to the commander of the major general brigade and reported: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"Urgent call from the city defense troops in the east of the city..."
"Our troops destroying the highway outside the city were attacked by the Eighth Route Cavalry."
"The common people dispersed in a panic, and the Imperial Army and the Imperial Alliance Army that oversaw the common people were completely destroyed..."
"But the Eighth Route Cavalry also lost nearly a platoon in the battle, leaving only two cavalry platoons on the battlefield to repair the road we just destroyed."
"Eighth Route Cavalry?" The brigade commander obviously did not expect that there would be Eighth Route Army cavalry outside the city, and that he would kill more than a hundred of them in one move. He was stunned for several seconds before he realized what he was doing.
The chief of staff suddenly interrupted: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"This cavalry should come from the Independent Brigade in the Wing of the Eighth Route Army."
"They did not withdraw from the battle immediately after the battle, but stayed on the battlefield to repair the road that we had just destroyed. This shows that this cavalry was sent by the independent brigade to explore the road."
"After seeing us destroying the road, we launched a temporary attack to repair the road to prevent the main force from being unable to return to the base area immediately after arriving outside Baoding City."
"It shows that our destruction of roads is effective in slowing down the marching speed of the Independent Brigade in the Eighth Route Army's wing."
"Otherwise, this cavalry company would not risk losing a single cavalry force to launch an attack on our troops, and then repair the road under our noses."
"I suggest that the Baoding garrison immediately dispatch troops to kill this cavalry and continue to destroy the highway."
"The Yizhong Eighth Route Army does not want us to destroy the highway, so if we do it anyway, we will definitely achieve unexpected results."
The brigade commander did not answer immediately. He stared at the sand table and asked: "I am sure that there is only one company of Eighth Route Cavalry attacking the attacking troops, and there are no other ambush troops."
The telephone soldier answered firmly: "That's what the city defense troops in the east of the city said."
"They witnessed the entire battle."
"Originally, we wanted to send troops to reinforce, but the battle ended before the troops could be assembled."
"The cavalry assault was very fast."
"Originally, the attacking force relied on the four light machine guns they equipped to block the Eighth Route Cavalry attack. As a result, the Eighth Route Cavalry suddenly split into three and attacked the attacking force from three different directions."
"The attacking troops have limited strength and limited firepower. We know that once our firepower is dispersed, we will be no match for the Eighth Route Cavalry Company."
"So we concentrated our firepower to attack the Eighth Route Army in one direction of the cavalry, launched a counterattack on the other side, and fought to the death."
"Although the attacking troops failed to escape the annihilation of the entire army, they still killed a platoon of Eighth Route Cavalry before dying."
