The assault company is equipped with nine light machine guns. Ten light machine guns and one heavy machine gun were captured in the previous two battles...
A total of twenty light and heavy machine guns fired together, firing thousands of bullets at the Japanese in an instant...
The two rows of little Japs in the front were instantly enveloped in a hail of bullets, and they all fell together on the charge road...
"Baga, there are Eighth Route Army blocking troops in front...disperse immediately...continue to attack forward, cross the mountain ridge, and reinforce the baggage train..." Okamura Shaozuo was startled by the sudden firepower in front of him, but he did not flinch.
Instead, he called on his subordinates to continue their assault.
"Da da da... dong dong dong..."
Twenty light and heavy machine guns continued to fire, and hundreds of bullets flew towards the Japanese every second...
Under the interception of such intensive firepower, the Japanese army had to pay a huge price every second...
Everywhere I went, there were corpses of soldiers and war horses killed by the Eighth Route Army...
Seeing that the casualties of his subordinates were increasing, half of the brigade was wiped out in the blink of an eye, and there was at least 150 meters of assault distance ahead, Okamura Shaozuo began to panic.
According to the current casualty rate, even if the cavalry troops successfully break through the Eighth Route Army's blocking position, the two cavalry squadrons will be completely lost and there will be no way to continue to reinforce the baggage train!
If the Eighth Route Army cavalry takes the opportunity to launch a counterattack against them, it only takes one surprise attack to wipe out both cavalry squadrons.
Okamura Shaozuo is here to gain credit and achieve military success, not to die.
During this moment of hesitation, his subordinates were defeated by another cavalry squad.
The heavy casualties brought him back to reality in an instant, and he opened his mouth and began to issue retreat orders!
"Stop the assault... everyone should turn around and retreat, immediately get out of the range of the Eighth Route Army's light and heavy machine guns, and retreat quickly..."
Zhang Dashan was guarding the top of the hillside flanking the Japs. When he saw the Japs spreading out to attack the assault company, the corners of his mouth instantly turned up.
In a battle between cavalry and cavalry, only by gathering the cavalry together, forming a fist, and maintaining their formation to charge forward can the powerful assault capability of the cavalry be fully unleashed.
The Japanese army suddenly dispersed, and after the cavalry company launched the attack, they would definitely not be able to understand together in a hurry, and the cavalry company could smash them to pieces with one fist.
Seeing that the Japanese casualties are increasing, the formation is becoming more and more chaotic...
Zhang Dashan smiled even happier.
The Japanese army suddenly chose to retreat, and the already chaotic formation turned into a mess...
Some people had already begun to turn around and retreat, while others continued to advance forward before hearing the retreat order. Zhang Dashan was keenly aware that his opportunity had come.
He drew out his saber, slammed his legs into the horse's belly, and decisively issued an assault order...
"The cavalry company... kill me..."
"kill……"
More than a hundred cavalry quickly climbed over the top of the slope and charged towards the Japanese from a high position, their speed getting faster and faster...
Okamura Shaozuo was shocked. He did not expect that the Eighth Route Army cavalry would ambush beside him and launch an attack when the cavalry squadron was at its weakest.
If you can't organize your cavalry formation quickly and fight head-on...
Facing the cavalry company that rushes over quickly, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry troops will not be much better than that of the infantry...
"Don't mess around. Turn around immediately and form a assault formation to fight the Eighth Route Army cavalry... Hurry up..." Okamura Shaozuo ordered hurriedly.
"Da da da..." The sound of machine gun fire on the mountain ridge continued. They were just within the effective killing range of the machine guns. Bullets flew condescendingly towards them. There was no way to hide. Soldiers and war horses were shot almost every second...
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Okamura Shaozuo wanted to control the troops and form an assault formation under this situation, but it was difficult to reach the sky...
The Eighth Route Army troops rushing down the hillside rushed faster and faster, and there was only less than 200 meters between them...
The surrounding subordinates were still in chaos, and only twenty or thirty subordinates gathered around him.
Okamura Shaozuo realized that he could not wait any longer.
The Eighth Route Army's assault speed has been increased to the extreme. If they can't add up the speed, no matter how good the assault formation formed by their subordinates is, they will still have no assault capability and will still be a bunch of lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
"The command sword in his hand pointed towards the direction of the cavalry company and said: "We can't wait any longer. The prepared cavalry will charge forward with me to block the Eighth Route Army cavalry...kill them all..."
More than thirty Japanese cavalrymen gathered around Okamura Shaozuo, urging their horses at the same time, and charged towards the cavalry company with a desperate attitude.
Zhang Dashan rushed while observing the Japanese movements.
This is the first time the cavalry company has faced off against the Japanese cavalry, so they must be cautious.
Seeing that the other side had only gathered thirty or so cavalry to fight, and the remaining seventy or eighty cavalry were still in chaos, the last worry in my heart disappeared.
Quickly changing the saber in his hand to a horse rifle, he loudly ordered: "Change to horse rifle..."
After saying that, he held the gun in one hand and pointed it at the Japanese who were getting closer and closer.
The first few rows of cavalry raised their horse rifles one after another, waiting for the company commander to give the order to fire...
When the distance between the two sides quickly shortened to 70 or 80 meters, the word "shoot" finally came out of Zhang Dashan's mouth. He pulled the trigger with his right hand at the same time. After shooting, he inserted the horse rifle into the holster and replaced the saber!
"Pah, pah, pah..." gunshots soon rang out, and dozens of Japanese soldiers fired a hail of bullets at the cavalry company with horse rifles.
The horse kept bumping up and down when the cavalry made a rapid assault. The rider had no way to stabilize his body and aim, so he could only shoot blindly at the approximate location of the enemy, with a very low hit rate.
Whichever side shoots more bullets will achieve greater results.
The cavalry company has more than 100 rifles to fire, while the Japanese army only has more than 30 rifles to fire. The three times firepower advantage means that the Japanese casualties in the exchange of fire are much greater than that of the cavalry company...
After the gunfire ended, there were still more than 20 of the thirty Japanese soldiers who continued to attack forward. Only four soldiers of the cavalry company fell...
"kill……"
The two cavalrymen with huge disparity in strength quickly collided with each other. The two sides were very fast and broke out of contact in the blink of an eye...
At the same time, more than thirty ownerless horses appeared in the fighting position of both sides.
The Japanese cavalry was indeed very powerful in combat. It not only withstood the frontal assault of the cavalry company, but also killed more than a dozen soldiers of the cavalry company in an absolutely weak situation.
However, the Japanese also lost a dozen cavalrymen in the previous battle, leaving less than ten riders gathered around Okamura Shaozuo.
Under the influence of huge inertia, Okamura Shaozuo rushed forward another hundred or two hundred meters and then stopped.
He thought that the Eighth Route Army would also stop, turn around and launch a second assault on them, killing them directly...
This was also the ultimate goal of Okamura leading more than thirty cavalrymen to launch a suicidal attack on the cavalry company.
The cavalry company was held back at the cost of more than thirty people, buying time for other troops who were still in a mess on the battlefield.
As long as they restore order from the chaos, they are 100% sure of capturing the cavalry company.
But Zhang Dashan didn't give him this chance...
After severely injuring the cavalry around Okamura Shaozuo, the cavalry showed no intention of slowing down and continued to kill the Japanese group in chaos.
The assault company blocking the mountain ridge stopped shooting!
The cavalry company was like a sharp arrow, piercing into the group of Japanese...
The Japs in the chaos were no match at all. Facing the cavalry that rushed over quickly, they tried their best to block with their swords, but the cavalry company rushed over too fast, and the huge inertia injected huge force into the sabers. Amidst the harsh metal collision,
The saber in the devil's hand was completely unable to block the cavalry company's saber slashing at them...
The cavalry company quickly penetrated the entire Japanese team...
Wherever they passed, the little devils riding on the war horses were chopped down one after another, leaving only seventy or eighty ownerless horses standing alone...
Okamura Shaozuo's heart was bleeding...
The two cavalry squadrons left Yangquan with their confidence. Not only did they not kill the Eighth Route Army cavalry, they also defeated the two cavalry squadrons...
Seeing that the cavalry company began to turn around and seemed to want to eliminate himself, Okamura Shaozuo decisively gave the order to retreat.
He didn't want to die yet. The brigade headquarters still didn't know the specific situation of the cavalry company. He had to report what he saw today, otherwise more troops would suffer at the hands of the opponent in the future.
Zhang Dashan did not order the pursuit. This was what Huang Yu told him before the battle.
The cavalry company defeated two Japanese cavalry squadrons in one battle. Someone must spread the word about such a huge victory.
The Japs who survive on the battlefield are undoubtedly the best communicators.
In order to shirk responsibility, they must have tried every means to exaggerate the combat effectiveness of the cavalry company, and their purpose of showing prestige to the cavalry company would have been achieved in advance.
"One row of guards, others are cleaning the battlefield, rescuing the wounded, gathering the horses... Go faster..." As soon as a dozen Japanese soldiers disappeared from Zhang Dashan's sight, the order was shouted from his mouth.
Twenty minutes later, Xing hurried to Huang Yu and reported: "Staff Huang... the cavalry company successfully completed the raid mission..."
"In addition to the ten little devils who were let go, the remaining two hundred or so little devils were all eliminated... 128 war horses and 195 sets of cavalry equipment were also captured... The cavalry company sacrificed 18 soldiers and seriously injured four others... In addition to the previous
The casualties were almost wiped out a cavalry platoon!"
"Have all the reserve soldiers of the cavalry company been trained?" Huang Yu suddenly asked.
Zhang Dashan said with a grateful face: "Speaking of this, I still want to thank you!"
"It was you who suggested that the cavalry company imitate the main battalion and form a recruit platoon!"
"The recruit companies in each main battalion are all over-staffed, and my recruit platoon is also over-staffed, with a total of eighty soldiers."
"Although they are not equipped with war horses, they have all undergone very rigorous cavalry training. As long as they are given war horses, they can form combat effectiveness!"
"That's good!" Huang Yu let out a long sigh of relief, fearing that the cavalry company would suffer too many casualties, which would affect the next operation to lure the enemy.
"When we return to the defense area, I will convince the regiment commander to give you more horses and try to expand the cavalry company to five cavalry platoons!"
"After this battle, the reputation of the cavalry company will definitely spread among the Japanese, and our mission will be completed... Clean the battlefield immediately and return to the base..."
"In addition to light and heavy machine guns, grenades, mortars, supporting ammunition, war horses, and cavalry equipment, the remaining rifles, bullets, and food... are all left to the armed workers..."
