Just as Li Yunlong was cursing, a communications soldier carrying a walkie-talkie trotted up to him and handed the microphone over.
After fighting side by side with Gao Hongming for so long, the biggest gain for both Li Yunlong and Ding Wei is that their understanding of communications has been greatly improved.
In the past, the Eighth Route Army basically relied on walking for transportation and shouting for communications. Radios were only available to brigade-level units, not to regiment-level units. They could only rely on communications troops to convey orders.
Since the emergence of Gao Hongming, especially the independent regiments that are closely related to Gao Hongming, the New Regiment, the New Regiment, and the New Regiment 2, are not only equipped with radio stations, but also SCR-300 walkie-talkies are equipped at the company level. The communication conditions can be said to be improved.
Earth-shaking changes.
Let's put it this way, the current team of Li Yunlong, Kong Jie and Ding Wei can understand and command units at the company level at any time as long as they are willing. This was unimaginable before.
"Old Li!" Ding Wei's voice came from the microphone, "It seems that the little devil has some tricks up his sleeve. I guess this cavalry unit should have arrived last night and hid in order to attack us.
A sudden attack caught us off guard. Can you hold on? If not, I will immediately send a battalion to reinforce you."
"Old Ding, who are you looking down on?" Li Yunlong became angry when he heard this, "You had just joined the army when I was the deputy squad leader, and I taught you how to shoot. Now you actually dare to look down on me?
Just wait, isn't it just a cavalry regiment? I will let him walk around without food."
After saying that, Li Yunlong put down the phone, connected to another channel and said loudly: "Zhang Dabiao, listen to me, no matter what method you use, I must block the little devil's cavalry.
Don't let them break through your position.
Once you cannot hold on, our blocking mission will be in danger, do you understand?"
"Captain, please rest assured. I, Zhang Dabiao, cannot guarantee anything else. The only thing I can guarantee is that as long as I am still alive, I will not let a Japanese cavalry go!" Zhang Dabiao's resolute voice came from the microphone.
A large group of mighty Japanese cavalry, waving sabers that glowed coldly in the sun, charged on horseback with heavy Type 44 lances on their backs.
Their cavalry was in an orderly manner with clear lines, with eight men and eight riders in each line. They charged mightily in the noisy sky and dust, with hundreds of horses galloping and hundreds of sabers waving in an interlaced manner.
The cavalry charge was very fast. When the Japanese cavalry waved their sabers and made heart-shaking screams as they did in the past, looking at the cavalry approaching like waves, Zhang Dabiao found that he was holding the rifle.
Beads of sweat broke out from my palms at some point.
"Click!"
The machine gunner in the machine gun fortification shook the dust that fell on him from the previous artillery fire, and pulled back the bolt of the Type 92 heavy machine gun, while the ammunition hand beside him also immediately inserted the bullet plate into the slot.
There was a clicking sound.
The machine gunner held his breath with a solemn expression, looking nervously at the Japanese cavalry rushing in like waves hundreds of meters away. As the leader of the regiment who first dealt with Gao Hongming, Li Yunlong received the most care on weekdays.
Take Zhang Dabiao as an example. As the most elite first battalion of the independent regiment, it has nine Type 92 heavy machine guns and 27 Czech light machine guns. This firepower configuration is equivalent to two squadrons of the Japanese army.
"beat!"
When the Japanese cavalry approached, Zhang Dabiao shouted loudly, and the light and heavy machine guns, rifles, and pistols on the position immediately rang out. The crossfire formed by dense bullets instantly poured into the Japanese cavalry charge formation like a wave, and continued
Harvesting the lives of these Japanese cavalry.
Many cavalrymen and horses fell down after being hit by bullets, but these obviously could not stop the Japanese charging. The cavalrymen jumped over the obstacles in front of them and continued their charge.
"Quick...mortars...what are you doing with grenade launchers? Hurry up and shoot out all the shells. I can't get over it!"
Li Yunlong from the back was very anxious when he saw the cavalry rushing toward the first battalion like a tide. The cavalry was different from the infantry. The rhythm of the charge was very fast. Once the position was broken through, it would only take a few minutes. Don't be careless.
"Whizzing……"
Located behind the second line of defense, twelve 60 mortars kept firing shells. Wang Tiezhu, who had been promoted to the artillery company commander, directed the gunners to continuously put the shells into the barrels. With the booming sound of the guns,
The shells were continuously fired, and the flying shrapnel and shock waves kept spreading among the Japanese cavalry. From time to time, Japanese cavalry fell off their horses.
Although the artillery battery of the independent regiment continued to provide fire support to the first battalion, the Japanese army was not idle either.
The four Type 41 75mm mounted guns, six Type 90 mortars and more than a dozen Type 11 machine guns located at the rear were also firing artillery fire and bullets towards the independent regiment's position.
Although this kind of firepower cannot be compared with the infantry regiment, it still suppresses the firepower of the independent regiment to a certain extent.
The shells falling from time to time ravaged the position of the first battalion, especially when the shells of the Type 41 cavalry gun came with a sharp roar, accompanied by loud explosions, countless cast iron fragments, and whizzing bullets.
When passing by the first battalion's position, it would always cause many casualties to the soldiers of the first battalion who were hiding in foxholes and desperately aiming and shooting. The originally somewhat weak defensive firepower was suddenly weakened.
"Onboard!"
Although the cavalry has begun to gradually withdraw from the stage of history with the development of thermal weapons, many Japanese military leaders still insist on being optimistic about the cavalry and equip each division with a cavalry regiment.
Under the cover of various firepower from the rear, the Japanese cavalry stubbornly used their own flesh and blood to break out of the way. As they got closer and closer to the independent regiment's defense line, these Japanese cavalry still shouted loudly, or they waved their sabers,
Or brandishing the Type 44 lance in his hand, shooting at the Eighth Route Army soldiers in the front position, and at the same time controlling the horse to rush towards the nearby first battalion position.
"Fire the bayonet!"
When the Japanese cavalry was getting closer and closer, Zhang Dabiao helplessly shouted out an order that the commander was least willing to give. At this time, when the Japanese artillery fire from behind finally stopped, the Japanese cavalry was now close at hand.
Distanced.
"Brothers, behind us are the retreating troops. We must not let the little devils pass by and fight with them!" When the Japanese cavalry was about to break into the first battalion's defense line, Zhang Dabiao jumped out of the foxhole with a loud roar and said:
The shell gun was charged forward, and he raised his hand to shoot at the approaching Japanese cavalry.