Just when all the soldiers of the New Regiment were packing their bags and preparing to flee, Shotaro Nagase, the captain of the 45th Regiment of the Japanese Army, was immersed in great grief.
The round of bombing just now had even the Shinichi Regiment as bystanders stunned, not to mention the 45th Regiment who were involved.
That was a standard 1,100-man infantry brigade. According to the data just reported below, in the round of bombing just now, more than 700 people were killed in the third brigade, which was all exposed in the open space without cover. The remaining
Almost all of the more than 300 people under the attack were injured. It can be said that just one round of bombing caused him to lose one-third of his troops. How could he accept this?
As the captain of the Japanese standing division, Nagase Shotaro was one of the top Japanese military officers in terms of command ability and psychological quality. However, when he suddenly heard such bad news, he almost couldn't bear it.
Just when he felt like he was going to explode with anger, the communications troops came to report that the Chinese army on the opposite side was already showing signs of breaking through.
"The Chinese are going to run away?"
When Nagase Shotaro heard this, he immediately stood up and was about to order the entire army to pursue without thinking, but then he looked up at the sky.
The flares dropped by the Air Force just now have been extinguished, and the earth has plunged into darkness again, but there is still a dull roar in the sky, which also proves that the opponent's plane has not left.
After rolling his eyes a few times, Shotaro Nagase said to the signal soldier: "Immediately contact Captain Mitani of the Cavalry Regiment and tell him that our Regiment suffered heavy losses in the bombing just now. The entire Regiment is currently rescuing the wounded. Please ask the Cavalry
The alliance attacks first, and our alliance will catch up later!"
Shotaro Nagase spoke very politely. The mobility of the cavalry regiment was not comparable to that of the infantry regiment. Of course, they would be the first to attack in a pursuit like this.
Soon, Colonel Mitani Nagakage, commander of the 6th Cavalry Regiment, received the words of Shotaro Nagase. He snorted softly, "The infantry regiment is an infantry regiment, and it cannot bear even a small setback.
Now he doesn't even dare to pursue the fleeing Chinese troops. It's really a disgrace to the Japanese Imperial Army. Forget it, since he doesn't dare to pursue, let the loyal and brave cavalry regiment do it. Order the second and third
The brigade pursued China's defeated troops from the left and right sides respectively. I led the first brigade to provide support from behind!
This Eighth Route Army must be completely annihilated. Tomorrow I will personally carry the head of the commander of that Eighth Route Army and report the good news to the Division Commander!"
"Hi!"
Soon, the cavalry regiment began to move, and groups of dark cavalry pressed toward the retreating direction of the new regiment like a tide.
Unlike the large formation of the infantry regiment, the Japanese army's cavalry formation was smaller in number.
The size of a complete cavalry regiment ranges from 1,400 to 1,700 men, with a few as few as seven or eight hundred men. Even the largest cavalry brigade has only 4,000 men.
But don't underestimate the cavalry regiment just because they have a small number of troops. It is not easy to support a cavalry at any time.
You must know that war horses cannot just eat grass, they must eat food!
Corn, wheat, and even carrots are horses' favorites. Sometimes eggs are even added to the feed to supplement protein.
This way the war horse can eat well, grow strong and run fast!
Therefore, for the same military training, the cost of feeding one cavalry is equivalent to feeding six infantrymen. This is not an exaggeration at all.
Of course, Japan is not a fool. The reason why Japan is willing to spend a lot of money to feed its cavalry is because the cavalry troops have extremely strong mobility on the battlefield. If they do not encounter tanks, a cavalry regiment can easily overwhelm a brigade formation.
Like in "Bright Sword", Li Yunlong was intercepted by Brigadier Chen within a few hours of capturing a cavalry battalion, leaving only one cavalry company for Li Yunlong. This shows how much Brigadier Chen attaches great importance to the cavalry.
Once the cavalry regiment takes action, it makes a lot of noise. As soon as more than a thousand horses begin to gallop, the rumble of horse hooves is immediately noticed by the soldiers of the new regiment.
Ding Wei, who had just commanded the troops to assemble, did not waste any time and immediately contacted the bomber group in the sky.
"Major Xue, this is Ding Wei. As soon as our regiment completed its assembly, the Japanese cavalry began to outflank us. Please give us your next course of action."
Although Ding Wei still looked calm, his mood was extremely uneasy. He followed Xue Shaogong's suggestion and ordered the troops to assemble to break out. If the fleet of aircraft in the sky could not protect them, the new regiment would really have to leave them all here today.
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You must know that in the open wilderness, the infantry facing the charging cavalry is no different from the lamb facing the sheep.
Although he knew the consequences, Ding Wei still chose to believe in the commander in the sky whom he had never met. He firmly believed that Gao Hongming would never send an unreliable commander to support them.
Accompanied by a rustling sound, Xue Shaogong's voice rang out again: "Captain Ding...please pay attention, we will throw flares in one minute. Please close your eyes immediately to avoid damage to your eyes."
Ding Wei said to the correspondent without hesitation: "Quick...immediately order all soldiers to close their eyes, the plane is about to drop flares!"
"Quick...close your eyes!"
"Close your eyes!"
The order was quickly relayed from level to level.
Although the soldiers of the new regiment didn't understand, they all obeyed the order and closed their eyes.
As time passed slowly, the Japanese cavalry got closer and closer, and the sound of horse hooves became more and more urgent. Listening to the sound of horse hooves getting closer and closer, all the soldiers of the new regiment became anxious. Everyone knew that once the infantry lost the support of their position,
and cover, facing the cavalry they can only wait to die.
"Bang bang bang..."
At this moment, a thunderous sound exploded above their heads, followed by bright lights comparable to the sun suddenly exploded in the night sky. This light was so bright that even though the new group of soldiers had closed their eyes,
I still feel the bright light shining through my eyelids making my eyes hurt.
After a while, after the human eyes had adapted to the light of the flares, the soldiers of the new group tried to slowly open their eyes. Even so, many soldiers were still shed tears by the dazzling bright light.
Generally speaking, a medium-caliber flare emits light with a brightness of 400,000-500,000 candlepower, a duration of 25-35 seconds, and can illuminate targets within a radius of 1 kilometer.
The illumination bombs dropped by Stuka bombers are enhanced types. Each one weighs about two hundred kilograms, and the light emitted is several times that of ordinary illumination bombs. What's more, after more than twenty illumination bombs explode together, the area around ten
Everything for many kilometers was illuminated like daylight.
The prepared soldiers of the new regiment were all brought to tears by the flares, not to mention the unprepared Japanese cavalry regiment, especially those delicate horses. They were accustomed to the brightness at night and were suddenly illuminated by the flares.
, almost all the war horses made a loud neighing sound, and then they let go of the ladders and ran around, no matter how much the cavalry shouted to stop them, it was of no avail.