507 Total Annihilation: The Magical Use of Gun Cards
Artillery positions must not be lost, and Mishima Nobuyoshi and Murai Hideo knew this well.
The attack of the Mishima Xinyi Brigade, which originally wanted to take advantage of the cover of smoke and artillery to seize the blocking Eighth Route Army position in front, was repelled, and the rear was attacked by the Eighth Route Army cavalry company.
For a moment, the helpless Murai Hideo and Mishima Nobuyoshi could only direct the team to switch from offense to defense, preparing to first block the cavalry that attacked from the back.
On the back of the Japanese army, the shouts of killing soldiers of the cavalry company's stormtroopers continued, and the cavalry line was quickly pulled apart and galloped on the gentle plains.
The cavalry charge explodes at full speed, with a shocking impact.
The Japanese troops guarding the rear of the team were a little frightened and quickly launched a fire blockade. They did not dare to let the Eighth Route Army's cavalry troops approach, otherwise the defensive formation would definitely be dispersed. This is to be expected.
As the ace unit of the cold weapon era, the cavalry is still awe-inspiring even in the current era of hot weapons, when it launches an unexpected surprise attack at close range.
Unfortunately, the stormtroopers are not a team fighting alone. On both sides of the stormtroopers, there are also clamping teams that follow up and cover.
It is absolutely impossible for the independent regiment to directly attack the fortifications that the Japanese army is waiting for with only a thin light cavalry and meet the fire attack head-on.
The machine guns and grenade launchers of the Japanese rearguard had just been set up, and were immediately suppressed by the firepower of the cavalry soldiers of the clampdown team.
It was a suppressive firepower composed of more than a dozen 50 small cannons and a dozen light machine guns.
And at the moment when the firepower was suppressed, the smoke of the artillery shells had not been blown away by the cold wind, but the distance was only two to three hundred meters, and the soldiers of the cavalry company arrived in front of them with a single charge.
The well-trained stormtrooper cavalry soldiers raised their rifles on the fast-moving horses, and the bullets fired still had a very high hit rate.
The speed of the bullet seemed to be superimposed on the impact of the cavalry explosion, and it shot at the Japanese soldiers, showing an even more powerful force.
Amid the lightning speed, the cavalry soldiers were less than fifty meters away from the Japanese rearguard.
Among the stormtroopers, there are more than a dozen soldiers armed with Jin-made submachine guns.
This kind of light automatic firepower also belongs to the configuration of light cavalry, but it can burst out powerful firepower within a short distance.
A dense barrage of submachine gun bullets rained down like raindrops. The more than 200 Japs in the rearguard had no way to dodge, and they were swept down row after row in an instant.
The stormtrooper cavalry did not rush directly into the Japanese camp.
This is not the age of cold weapons, and there is no need for soldiers to charge into battle with swords.
After the cavalry soldiers came close to shoot and quickly caused great damage to the Japanese army with the burst of firepower, they then reined in the horse's reins and rode the horse from the left and right wings of the Japanese rear guard to the flanks like lightning.
Leave the rear guard to the clampdown team. The stormtroopers' goal is to go straight to the Japanese artillery positions.
At this moment, the eighty cavalry launched an unparalleled offensive on this plain area. In just a split second, they directly broke through the defense of the Japanese rear guard, causing chaos in the Japanese rear positions.
The Japanese troops in the middle and rear of the formation hurriedly turned their guns to fight.
On the other side, behind the attack of the stormtroopers, the firepower cavalry had long been lurking in the valleys on the left and right sides of the plain. At the same time, they launched a charge towards the left and right wings of the Japanese and puppet troops.
These two firepower units each have about a hundred troops.
This is the result of the integration of the independent regiment's cavalry company and motorized troops.
The cavalry company originally had more than 160 soldiers, and coupled with the strength of the motorized troops, the newly formed semi-mechanized cavalry company in front of us has a total of nearly 400 soldiers.
The combat vehicles of the fire team include war horses, three-wheeled motorcycles, modified carriages, etc.
If the terrain were not restricted this time, several light armored vehicles captured and repaired by the independent regiment could also be put to use.
As for the weapon configuration, there are light machine guns mounted on horses, heavy machine guns mounted on carriages, machine guns mounted on the auxiliary seat of three-wheeled motorcycles, followed by 50 cannons, grenades, rifle grenades, etc.<
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The firepower team's mobility is not bad, and its speed is much greater than that of the infantry unit.
This plain area is similar to a rectangle, with a long length but not a wide width. The impact distance of the firepower troops on both sides is only about 400 meters. When they rush in halfway, the firepower can be vented in advance. At this time, the smoke emitted by the smoke bombs originally thrown by both sides had been completely blown away by the cold wind.
The field of vision becomes clear and broadened again.
The attack launched by Mishima Xinyi Battalion was repelled, and the guard at the rear was defeated by the charge of the cavalry company.
The Japanese army hurriedly turned their guns and fought on two fronts, dealing with the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Independent Regiment in their forward positions, and on the other hand dealing with the cavalry charge and clamping force attacking from the rear.
The puppet troops were still the same as before, playing the role of soy sauce. After fleeing to both sides from the area where the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army were flanked, they pretended to follow the Japanese army and fired their guns every now and then.
When the two firepower units of the cavalry company rushed out from the left and right wings of the Japanese and puppet army formation, the Japanese army realized the critical situation.
It turns out that pincer attacks from the front and back are not all the Eighth Route Army’s tactics.
At this moment, the Eighth Route Army has surrounded the entire Empire and Imperial Alliance troops from all sides.
These Tubal Road, such a wild style of play.
Immediately afterwards, the fire team soldiers who rushed forward quickly from both sides began to vent their firepower.
There is a light machine gun mounted on the saddle, and the soldiers galloping on horseback skillfully manipulate the machine gun, riding on horseback, and firing long bursts at the area where the Japanese and puppet troops are located from a high position.
The light machine guns were just that. The Japanese and puppet soldiers even heard the roar of the heavy machine guns.
The horrified Japanese and puppet troops fled after hearing the news.
It was the cavalry unit of the Eighth Route Army, a firepower team composed of two horses, a carriage, and machine guns running side by side.
The two war horses are driving side by side, and the reins are pulling the four-wheeled carriage that is following behind them. This carriage seems to be modified from some agricultural carts.
There is a soldier sitting on the front of the carriage, responsible for controlling the movement of the carriage. There are also two soldiers squatting on each carriage, a heavy machine gunner and an ammunition hand.
A thick protective shield is placed in front of the heavy machine gun. A long gap is left in the middle of the shield, and the barrel of the heavy machine gun is placed. The heavy machine gunner also shoots through the enemy's field of vision provided by the gap.
With such a design, it is completely conceivable that only the Japanese and puppet troops who were shot by heavy machine guns could shoot the bullets into the gap that was only a few fingers wide and hit the machine gunners, in order to knock out the heavy machine gunners of the Eighth Route Army. p>
But it’s carriages and machine guns moving at high speed.
The difficulty of hitting the heavy machine gunners of the Eighth Route Army has been greatly increased.
This is exactly the horse-mounted machine gun tactic developed by the cavalry company of the independent regiment after integrating it with the motorized troops.
In the past, the Russian army also used horses to pull agricultural carts, placed heavy machine guns on the carts in advance, and then piled hay on them. When they encountered a target on the way, they could open the straw and fire directly. After hitting the target, the horse's reins would pull
, using the mobility of the carriage, you can fight and move at any time, which has caused your opponents to suffer a lot.
They call this tactic the gun jam tactic.
Kong Jie's wonderful use of this animal-powered combat tool in the cavalry company can be regarded as a flexible application of this gun-stuck tactic.
This is to make up for the serious shortcomings in tanks and armored vehicles of the independent regiment's semi-mechanized heavy equipment.
So that something as bulky as a heavy machine gun can have high-speed mobility.
Coupled with the improvement of the repair shop, the heavy machine gun was set up on the four-wheeled carriage, and a certain physical device was added to the fixed shaft. It could also rotate at a certain angle. When the carriage was moving rapidly, it could effectively avoid the Japanese army.
Artillery assault can also cause damage to the enemy with intensive firepower.
If you really can't fight but can still run away, turn the muzzle of the gun to the rear of the carriage, that's the best way to block fire.
At this time, there are five such carriages in the firepower groups on the left and right sides.
A total of ten carriages loaded with heavy machine guns opened the battle line along the left and right wings of the Japanese army on this vast plain terrain. The heavy machine guns roared wildly. The killing power displayed at this moment was no less than that of a Japanese tank.
So at this moment, it is equivalent to a total of ten tanks attacking crazily on the left and right wings of the Japanese and puppet troops.
In addition, the machine guns mounted on the passenger seats of the three-wheeled motorcycles for coordinated operations, and even the light machine guns mounted on the saddles.
At this moment, the Japanese and puppet troops are completely surrounded in the center, like a group of sheep waiting to be slaughtered. On all sides of this group of sheep, there are hungry wolves waiting for an opportunity to take a bite.
The first battalion commander Wang Leihu and the second battalion commander Shen Quan, who had a very accurate grasp of the battle situation, did not hesitate to issue the order for a general attack at the same time when the smoke of the smoke bombs had just dissipated. In order to coordinate the three-sided assault of the cavalry company, .
The original attacker now became the defender, and the original defender now became the attacker, and the roles were quickly reversed.
After the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Battalions launched the general attack, their attitude was resolute and they left no room at all.
Under the cover of the full bombardment of the 50 small artillery from the rear, a fierce attack was launched towards the Japanese troops.
Of the troops from all four directions, no one has any spare hands.
All attacks come like lightning.
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In the special soldier training class for cadres of the independent regiment, Kong Jie once proposed such a military thought.
"Everything must be planned and decided. This has been the thought since ancient times. Only by making sufficient preparations before war can we be prepared during the war."
"This kind of thinking is also consistent with our military combat command."
"What do you mean? To put it simply, the preparations before the battle must be slow. This slowness is not necessarily slow in terms of time, but it must be as detailed and thorough as possible, and try to check for omissions and fill in the gaps as much as possible, so as to ensure that there is no plan left behind."
"After the preparations are completed carefully and thoroughly, the next attack must be fast, the tactical actions must be fast, the victory must be expanded quickly, and the attack to pursue the remaining enemy must be fast."
"This is what I want to tell you: four fast and one slow."
Kong Jie, who stood on the shoulders of giants, said this at the time.
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This is the attack from all directions in front of us.
The three cavalry units that quickly followed up, plus the Eighth Route Army units that launched the general offensive, were bombarded by artillery shells and suppressed by heavy machine gun fire. The Japanese and puppet troops who were besieged in the center were also temporarily stunned.
All this happened so quickly that it was difficult for the Japanese and puppet troops gathered in a group to even launch a step-by-step defensive arrangement.
The Japanese troops on both sides tried to block the heavy machine guns of the cavalry company's fire team with firepower, but the bullets hit the thick heavy machine gun protective shields, and at most they only made a small sound.
Every roar of the heavy machine gun always brings a series of blood flowers.
The Japanese captains Nobuyoshi Mishima and Hideo Murai, who could no longer sit still, were also panicked. In a state of shock, they roared out orders in an attempt to gather the troops and place the main defense on the attack of the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the front. p>
The two Japanese captains believed that although the cavalry troops that raided from three directions had ferocious firepower, due to the limitations of the cavalry and their strength, they would never be able to directly destroy the imperial troops in a short period of time.
On the other hand, the two main forces of the Eighth Route Army that launched the general attack from the front will be the source of destruction once they are allowed to break through their positions.
Hideo Murai and Nobuyoshi Mishima ordered the troops to slowly retreat to the artillery position area when blocking the main attack of the Eighth Route Army.
In an attempt to use those dozen artillery pieces to cover the main force of the Eighth Route Army launching a general offensive.
Unfortunately, the plan did not succeed.
The cavalry soldiers attacking from the left, right and back flanks were originally heading for the Japanese artillery positions.
After the entire cavalry company launched the attack, company commander Sun Desheng even whipped up his horse and launched the attack with the soldiers. At the same time, he roared at the soldiers and charged towards the Japanese artillery position.
Under the continuous pouring of fierce firepower, the corpses of the Japanese artillerymen fell into a pile around the dozen or so newly assembled Japanese artillery pieces. For a while, no soldiers could get close at all.
During this delay, the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Battalions who launched the general attack had already advanced to less than a hundred meters away from the front of the Japanese army.
Even if the Japanese want to use artillery again, it is already too late.
The battle instantly heated up.
Completely besieged, and with artillery unable to exert its power, the main force of the Eighth Route Army was about to break through the position.
Mishima Nobuyoshi and Murai Hideo finally felt a little desperate. After despair, they showed determination and madness. The two prepared to lead the Japanese in a final crazy battle and break the jade to serve the emperor.
Chen Dalian, the instructor of the cavalry company who was leading the soldiers in the rear, shouted at Sun Desheng: "Old Sun, it's almost time. We have to carry out the second phase of the battle!"
Sun Desheng nodded when he heard the roar and called to the two communications soldiers beside him. The two communications soldiers immediately took out the red flags and waved them back and forth.
The other cavalry soldiers quickly received the signal.
The clamping team that originally blocked the Japanese and puppet troops from the rear quickly changed direction and detoured to the left and right sides.
It actually opened the rear door directly.
At this moment, survivors suddenly appeared on the back and sides of the Japanese and puppet troops who had been besieged from all sides.
The Japanese soldiers, who were about to commit suicide and were preparing for the last crazy resistance, saw the survivors and their thoughts of survival broke out, and they immediately broke out toward the open door at the back.
Sensing the change, Mishima Nobuyoshi and Murai Hideo quickly gave up the idea of fighting to the death and ordered to maintain their formation and retreat.
The thought of survival made the two Japanese captains a little irrational.
They seem to have forgotten the fact that on this spacious plain terrain, it is impossible for two legs to outrun four legs and wheels.
The reason why Sun Desheng and Chen Dalian ordered to let go of the back and side blockade was to allow the Japanese to see a chance to survive and thereby lose their final fighting spirit.
This is the commonly used weapon in the military.
Surround three sides and open one side, forcing the enemy troops to flee. Finally, using the superior mobility of the cavalry, the Japanese and puppet troops were completely annihilated in motion.
As for what Murai Hideo and Mishima Nobuyoshi hoped for, the Japanese army could maintain their formation during the retreat.
Totally wishful thinking.
If the Japanese army faced only the infantry of the Eighth Route Army, this would naturally not be difficult.
The Japanese troops with excellent military literacy have always been like this. Even if they are defeated by the Eighth Route Army troops, they can retreat in an orderly manner, leaving the pursuing Eighth Route Army helpless.
But now, under the constant impact of the cavalry company soldiers, the Japanese and puppet troops lined up in a long line were quickly beaten to pieces while retreating somewhat blindly.
The so-called retreat defensive formation fell apart in an instant.