Chapter 295 Brigade Commander, you have made a fortune!
That night.
Sun Desheng took the cavalry battalion to the vicinity of Lujiazhuang Station on the Zhengtai Railway.
Although the cavalry battalion has just been expanded, the new ones joining the cavalry battalion are all elite veterans.
The new cavalry's ability to fight on horseback, such as horseback shooting and saber slashing, has not been trained, and their combat effectiveness on horseback will be relatively poor.
However, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers dismounted and fought was first-rate.
Moreover, the Eighth Route Army is well organized, so even if it is newly expanded, the combat effectiveness of the army will not be affected much.
The newly promoted company and platoon-level officers are all veterans of the new regiment who have performed well for more than one year. They have rich combat experience, and they all know a little about culture and can read maps and lead troops.
This was the reason why Li Yunlong dared to send out the cavalry battalion to engage in side work as soon as the new regiment expanded.
The Japanese engineers were rebuilding the railway from Taiyuan to Yangquan, and the railway was quickly built to Shouyang County.
Lujiazhuang Station was captured and destroyed by the 385th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army during the Battle of Zhengtai in the Hundred Regiments War.
This section of the railway has been renovated by Japanese engineers, and the train station has also been renovated.
In order to prevent the repaired railway from being destroyed by the Eighth Route guerrillas, the Japanese sent the puppet cavalry battalion of the 2nd Independent Division to garrison at Lujiazhuang Station.
Wherever the railways were destroyed by guerrillas, the puppet cavalry battalion immediately rushed there.
Although it was a puppet cavalry camp, the Eighth Route Army guerrillas did not dare to provoke them easily, and the puppet cavalry also had strong pursuit capabilities.
The nearby railways have never been harassed by the Eighth Route Guerrilla Group.
On this very cold day, all the puppet cavalry battalions were huddled inside the Lujiazhuang Railway Station.
500 meters away from Lujiazhuang Station, Sun Desheng lay in the snow and observed for a while with a telescope.
Through the field of view of the telescope, in the stable under the light, several puppet soldiers were feeding the horses.
Sun Desheng said in a disdainful tone: "Such a good military horse would be really ruined if it were left in the hands of these Japanese devils. First company commander, take someone to catch my tongue and bring it back."
Although I really wanted to lead my troops into the train station immediately, wipe out the puppet troops, and take away the soldiers and horses.
However, Sun Desheng did not forget Political Commissar Zhao's instructions. What's more, even without Political Commissar Zhao's instructions, Sun Desheng would not fight such a battle because he did not understand the situation and rushed in blankly.
"Yes, battalion commander!"
First company commander Cao Jiang personally ordered a few scout cavalry, and soon disappeared into the night.
About half an hour later, Cao Jiang returned with several scout soldiers, carrying a sack containing the captured tongue.
Cao Jiang and the scout soldiers put the sack in front of Sun Desheng, opened the sack, and a puppet soldier tied up with five flowers was immediately revealed.
Li Dagen was patrolling with the squad leader, and while he was doing the cannon shit, he was suddenly covered with a sack.
First company commander Cao Jiang and several scout soldiers were elite veterans who had been with Li Yunlong for two years. They were good at kidnapping and beating with sticks.
Li Dagen looked at the several Eighth Route Army soldiers in front of him, with crazy murderous intent in their eyes. He knelt down in the snow with his feet weak and kowtowed frantically: "Eighth Master, please forgive me, Eighth Route Army, please have mercy!"
"I have an elder and a younger one. Without me in the family, my mother and daughter will not be able to survive."
"I worked for the emperor and the Japanese just to support my family, Hukou. I have never done anything harmful to nature, nor have I killed the Eighth Route Army."
"Chinese people don't kill Chinese people..."
At this moment, Li Dagen thought of at least 100 reasons to beg for mercy. It was not until a German mirror box was placed on his head that his voice suddenly stopped.
"If you say another nonsense, I will give you a peanut."
Sun Desheng's tone was cold: "I'll ask you to answer. If you dare to tell a lie, I'll give you two peanuts."
"Yes...yes." Although the weather was more than 20 degrees below zero, Li Dagen was frightened and sweated. He knew that the Eighth Route Army really dared to shoot.
"Which army are you from?" Sun Desheng asked.
"Cavalry Battalion of the Independent 2nd Division of the Imperial Alliance Army."
"Are there any Japanese at the train station?"
"Yes, there are two Japs, both cavalry." Li Dagen said, "They are the instructors sent by the Japs to our cavalry camp."
"How many machine guns are there? Are there any heavy machine guns?"
"There are 9 light machine guns and no heavy machine guns."
"Do you have any cannon?"
"No cannons."
"Where is the nearest Japs?"
"Dongzhao Railway Station is more than 20 miles away from here. There is a Japanese squadron there, and then there is Shouyang County, where there is a Japanese brigade."
Sun Desheng nodded. It is 20 kilometers away from Shouyang County and 10 kilometers away from Dongzhao Railway Station.
The sound of gunfire can't travel that far. As long as the phone line is cut, the devils won't be able to receive the message.
The Battle of Shotai destroyed all the railways and the Japanese strongholds on both sides of the railway. In such a short period of time, the enemy could only rebuild the railway. It was not possible to repair all the gun towers and strongholds that quickly.
Seeing this, Li Dagen quickly said: "The Japanese have two telephone lines, one on the telephone pole and one buried in the ground. I know where the buried telephone line is and I can help you find it."
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"Is there a bunker at the train station?" Sun Desheng asked sharply.
"Yes, there are two bunkers."
"Very good, now draw the locations of the train station towers, bunkers and bunkers." Sun Desheng said.
The puppet troops did not dare to play tricks, so they not only explained everything, but also mapped out the locations of the train station's turrets, bunkers and bunkers, and also pointed out the retreat routes left by the puppet troops.
Immediately, Sun Desheng asked several scouts to take Li Dagen to cut off the Japanese's light and dark telephone lines.
Then he quickly arranged combat missions and ordered 3 companies to launch a frontal attack, 2 companies to circle around and cut off the puppet army's retreat, and 1 company to serve as a reserve.
By this time, the puppet army had already discovered that they were missing people, so they sent a cavalry squad to follow the footprints in the snow to find them.
The cavalry soldiers of the cavalry battalion immediately rushed forward. When they heard the large-scale cavalry charging, the puppet cavalry were frightened and turned around and ran away.
Once the gunshots were fired, a surprise attack was impossible.
Fortunately, the cavalry was very fast. In less than a few minutes, the soldiers from the two cavalry companies responsible for breaking up the rear had arrived at the designated position.
The soldiers who attacked the train station head-on quickly used bazookas to take out the turrets, bunkers and bunkers of the train station.
Seeing the bad situation, the puppet soldiers were frightened and prepared to flee from the rear. The soldiers of the two companies behind them had already launched an attack.
Under attack from two sides, the two Japanese instructors were killed soon after. The puppet soldiers suddenly lost the courage to resist and surrendered obediently.
The puppet troops surrendered too quickly, and the battle ended in less than 10 minutes.
At present, there is actually a tacit understanding between the puppet army and the Eighth Route Army that can only be understood but cannot be expressed.
When the battle is unfavorable, unless the Japanese are pointing guns at them from behind, the puppet soldiers will almost always fire their guns randomly.
After the Eighth Route Army captured puppet soldiers, they were basically shot if they were hardcore traitors and guilty of unforgivable crimes. The puppet soldiers were usually released after being educated.
The puppet soldiers know that they will not die if they surrender, so who will fight to the end?
Without any unnecessary nonsense, Sun Desheng asked the soldiers to hold the captured military horses. The captured military horses were loaded with supplies and quickly left the train station.
Only a group of puppet soldiers were left shivering in the cold wind.
The puppet soldiers, who had lost their horses, weapons, equipment and supplies, knew that if the Japanese knew about this, they would definitely not get any good results.
At that moment, everything dispersed in a rush.
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Li Yunlong was reading and studying at the regiment headquarters. When he heard the neighing of military horses from outside, he guessed that the cavalry battalion was back.
As he expected, a moment later, Sun Desheng's voice sounded outside the door: "Report!"
"Come in!" Li Yunlong put the book under his pillow and said towards the door.
"Captain!" As soon as Sun Desheng walked in, he gave a military salute.
"How is it going?"
"How many good things did you get?"
Captain Li asked hurriedly, speaking a little faster, indicating that he was looking forward to it.
After all, Commander Li's favorite thing is to make a fortune, and a cavalry battalion is not a small fortune.
Although he plans to hand over this cavalry battalion to the brigade commander, it does not prevent him from making a fortune.
"Report to the leader."
"312 military horses, 293 rifles, 310 Type 32 sabers, 5 light machine guns, 11 pistols, and more than 20,000 rounds of ammunition were seized."
"In addition, more than 20,000 kilograms of grain and more than 70,000 kilograms of military horse concentrate were seized."
Sun Desheng knew his team leader, so he picked important reports as soon as he came up.
"Not bad!" Commander Li looked satisfied, "How are the enemy kills and casualties?"
Sun Desheng replied: "A total of 2 Japanese soldiers, 32 puppet soldiers, and 5 cavalry battalion soldiers were annihilated."
The dead puppet soldiers were mainly killed by rockets in gun towers and bunkers.
After surrounding the railway station, blowing up the bunkers and gun towers, and then bombarding them with mortars, the puppet troops laid down their weapons and surrendered.
"Well done!" Li Yunlong praised with a smile, "Your cavalry battalion is doing a business without capital this time. You lost nothing and gained a cavalry battalion's equipment in vain."
"The main thing is that the information is accurate." Sun Desheng said with a smile.
After a pause, Sun Desheng said: "By the way, Captain, there is something else I have to report to you."
"Many soldiers have reported that the rifle used by our cavalry feels a bit heavy when shooting on horseback."
"And after the bullets are fired, the magazine will automatically eject. The infantry can retrieve the magazine. But when the cavalry finishes firing the bullets during pursuit or transfer, the magazine will be dropped and cannot be retrieved. Otherwise, we
The cavalry battalion used the Japanese Type 44 rifles?"
The weight of the Japanese Type 44 rifle is 3.3 kilograms, while the M1 Garand rifle currently equipped by the 1st Cavalry Battalion weighs 4.37 kilograms, which is a full 2 kilograms heavier.
Although the firepower was very strong, the cavalry encountered some problems when using it.
Li Yunlong looked thoughtful. It was indeed a bit unsuitable for a cavalry soldier to hold a semi-automatic gun weighing nearly 9 kilograms and also have to ride a horse.
He nodded and said: "The situation you reported is very good. If there are problems, you must report them in time, otherwise it will be too late when problems arise."
Although the rate of fire of the Garand rifle is very high, after all, the weight is there, and it will definitely be easier for the cavalry to fight with it on horseback for a long time.
Li Yunlong said: "In this case, your cavalry battalion will use this Garand semi-automatic rifle first, and I will think of a solution."
"Yes!" Sun Desheng turned around and walked out.
After Sun Desheng left, Li Yunlong walked to the cabinet and called the brigade headquarters.
When the brigade commander picked up the phone, the two exchanged a few words, and Li Yunlong said with a smile on the phone: "Brigadier, you are rich!"
