Dozens of little Japanese cavalry roared past the first squadron, kicking up a lot of dust, and pursued a dozen broken Eighth Route Army troops in a mighty manner, covering three to four hundred meters in the blink of an eye.
The hundreds of little Japs in the No. 1 Squadron were filled with envy.
But there is no way, who allows people to have horses to travel, but as infantry, they can only march on two legs.
Just then, an accident happened.
"Da da da……"
The familiar sound of machine gun fire suddenly sounded on the road a few hundred meters away. The leader of the Japanese No. 1 Squadron raised his binoculars and saw people in the cavalry squad falling off their horses one after another.
The surviving cavalry suddenly became a mess: some continued to charge forward, some on horseback raised their guns and shot into the woods next to the road, and some wanted to turn their horses around and retreat...
But no matter what they do, they can't change their fate of being killed.
In less than five seconds, a cavalry squad of more than thirty cavalrymen lost more than half of their casualties, and only about a dozen of them managed to turn their horses around and try to retreat.
"Dong dong dong..."
The dull sound of heavy machine gun fire suddenly sounded, and the cavalry who had begun to retreat seemed to have hit an indestructible copper wall. No matter how hard they tried, they could not break out of the encirclement, and finally fell to the road with both men and horses.
A group of Eighth Route Army troops simultaneously broke out of the woods on the roadside and rushed onto the road.
Those who led the horses led the horses, and those who carried weapons took weapons. In less than half a minute, they withdrew from the battle with about 20 still alive horses, and quickly retreated along the road towards Fangshan County.
A normal ambush battle starts too suddenly and ends very quickly.
Before the captain of the Japanese No. 1 Squadron could react from the shock, he saw dozens of Eighth Route Army troops retreating quickly with their loot.
An old face turned red with anger again.
I thought it would be easy for the cavalry troops to take action and eliminate a dozen retreating Eighth Route Army troops.
As a result, the Eighth Route Army was not wiped out, and the reinforcements instead folded in dozens of elite cavalry.
Immediately ordered: "Catch up and kill the Eighth Route Army who just attacked the cavalry team. Don't let them run away no matter what."
"Sir, calm down, what if there are pocket formations arranged by the Eighth Route Army ahead?" the deputy captain standing next to the squadron leader reminded with lingering fear.
Fortunately, the cavalry squad had just replaced the First Squadron to pursue the retreating Eighth Route Army troops, otherwise it would have been the First Squadron that was ambushed just now.
In the ambush battle that just ended, the Eighth Route Army used a total of five light machine guns and two heavy machine guns, so the battle ended in just half a minute.
If it was the First Squadron that was ambushed, and faced with a surprise attack by seven light and heavy machine guns, even if it had a chance to break out of the pocket formation, or launch a counterattack against the Eighth Route Army that ambushed it, and finally turn defeat into victory, the First Squadron would suffer heavy casualties in the battle.
He was now particularly worried about the Eighth Route Army pocket formation ahead.
If the First Squadron were to rush in during the pursuit, the result would definitely be disastrous.
The squadron leader was eager to vent his anger and cursed without hesitation: "Bagya Road..."
"Do you think the Eighth Route Army is a fool?"
"It is a taboo in the military to set up consecutive ambushes in the same place. No commander of the Eighth Route Army would do this if he had any sense at all."
"Taking a step back, even if we encounter a pocket formation of the Eighth Route Army on the road ahead, as long as we can destroy them, I don't mind letting the First Squadron serve as a bait."
"Excuting an order……"
"The troops marched forward in a hurry to chase down the Eighth Route Army who had just raided the cavalry squad, kill them, and snatch back the horses and equipment lost by the cavalry troops."
"Ha Yi..." The vice-captain vaguely felt that something was wrong with this, but facing the squadron leader who wanted revenge, he couldn't find a reason to refute, so he could only nod in agreement.
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The Japanese captain had just passed the high ground captured by the First Squadron when he saw the scene of the cavalry squad being wiped out by the Eighth Route Army.
Then I saw the first squadron marching towards the battlefield.
Although the subordinates reacted quickly, because the ambush battle ended faster, the First Squadron could only stick to the Eighth Route Army's ambush troops to pursue them.
The captain was also very angry.
Judging from the machine gun fire on the battlefield, there were many Eighth Route Army troops ambushing the cavalry troops, but there was only one platoon of the Eighth Route Army troops that rushed out of the woods to launch the attack. This was very strange.
But he soon figured it out.
The main force of the guerrilla brigade gathered in Fangshan. If they wanted to capture Fangshan County as soon as possible, there would naturally not be too many troops for reinforcements.
But the guerrilla brigade had just defeated a large group and a regiment of the Imperial Army's troops stationed in Fangshan, and must have captured a large number of light and heavy machine guns.
If you don't have enough troops, use firepower to make up for it.
Therefore, the reinforcements encountered not too many Eighth Route Army blocking troops along the way, but they temporarily strengthened a large number of light and heavy machine guns, giving the illusion of a large number of troops.
At first, he was worried that the First Squadron might be in danger again if it rashly pursued the Eighth Route Army ambush troops.
After he figured this out, he no longer worried.
There are still more than a hundred people in the First Squadron. As long as the Eighth Route Army has a small number of troops, no matter how many light and heavy machine guns they are equipped with, they will not be able to eat them up in a short time.
The main force of reinforcements followed closely behind them. If they persisted for a few more minutes after being attacked, the main force would be able to reach the battlefield in time.
So not only did he no longer worry about the safety of the No. 1 Squadron, he actually looked forward to the Eighth Route Army ambushing his No. 1 Squadron again.
In this way, he would have the opportunity to bite the Eighth Route Army that was blocking him along the line and catch them all in one fell swoop.
"It's not like now, when you encounter an ambush and a blockade, which is annoying and wastes time."
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On a high ground less than 500 meters away from the Japanese No. 1 Squadron, Zhang Xuan decided to kill all the Japanese and puppet reinforcements here.
Setting up consecutive ambushes in the same place is a taboo for military strategists. Not only he knew this, but the little Japanese also knew it very well.
Since everyone thought that the Eighth Route Army would not set up ambushes in the same place consecutively, Zhang Xuan just did it.
He remembered what Huang Yu once told him: 'Whoever takes the initiative on the battlefield will have an extra two points of chance of winning.'
The simplest way to seize the initiative on the battlefield is to take the initiative to attack, catch the enemy by surprise, and catch them off guard.
This can definitely be achieved by attacking the enemy in a place they don't expect and using tactics they don't expect.
So there was a blockade and two ambush battles.
"Dong dong dong..."
The Japanese No. 1 Squadron showed no vigilance and clung to the retreating troops of the guerrilla brigade before ramming into the second pocket formation.
More importantly, this pocket formation was less than 500 meters away from the pocket formation where the cavalry team was attacked.
The dull sound of heavy machine gun fire suddenly sounded, and thick bullets flew from the roadside to the road, spreading out in a fan shape, sweeping away a large area.
