Just look at the current cavalry regiment to understand what it would be like if more than a thousand war horses were frightened at the same time.
The Sixth Cavalry Regiment, which was originally preparing to pursue, was overwhelmed for a moment. The frightened horses were jumping around on the battlefield, and neighing sounds were heard one after another. Many cavalrymen were even thrown off their horses by the errant horses and were trampled to death by the horses' hooves.
, for a time the cavalry regiment was in chaos.
Just when the 6th Cavalry Regiment was in chaos, Ding Wei was not idle and quickly commanded the troops to break out from the position of the 45th Infantry Regiment that had just been severely damaged by carpet bombing. In view of the fact that the 3rd Battalion had actually already
Having lost their combat effectiveness, the new group easily rushed out from this direction.
The speed of the new regiment's breakout was also beyond the expectation of the cavalry regiment. The anxious and angry Colonel Mitani Nagakage slapped and cursed at the three captains for several minutes before the group managed to get into formation and pursue them.
Up.
However, Sangu Changjing did not expect that their suffering had just begun.
The First Cavalry Battalion had just caught up with the retreating new regiment from the left wing. With a dull explosion, another flare exploded above their heads, and a B-25 appeared above their heads.
The cavalrymen who were galloping did not notice the bomber overhead. Even if they did, they would not care, because in the cavalry's inherent knowledge, a bomber wants to hit the plane with a bomb at a distance of thirty or forty kilometers.
Galloping cavalry is unrealistic.
But it was this inherent knowledge that made these cavalry pay a heavy price. With a slight click, 14 napalm bombs fell from the cabin toward the ground.
The principle of napalm bombs is very simple. It can be made from 97% gasoline and 3% natural rubber. At the same time, aluminum powder, white phosphorus and other chemical accelerants are added. Compared with ordinary bombs, this kind of napalm bomb uses gasoline as the filling material and is thinner.
The Fire Dragon King, which has a shell made of tinplate, costs less than 10% of similar high-explosive bombs, but its power is no less than that of high-explosive bombs.
"Bang...bang bang bang..."
With a dull explosion, these napalm bombs fell around the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, and were detonated the moment they landed.
These napalm bombs only burned for a few seconds, and with a burst of rising black smoke, everything seemed to be over, but then a secondary explosion was triggered, and countless viscous gasoline began to splash everywhere, which was as viscous as lard paste.
things started to burn.
As the napalm bombs began to burn, the Japanese cavalry brigade fell into hell-like suffering.
As the flames spread everywhere, Japanese soldiers and war horses could be seen outside, their bodies burning with flames and screaming in pain.
The ignited war horse frantically threw its owner off the horse, and the Japanese soldiers who fell were in no mood to chase the war horse that they originally regarded as life.
There was only one thing they could do at this moment, and that was to slap the burning bodies with their hands desperately, but the fire became bigger and bigger. And those Japanese soldiers who tried to roll on the ground to extinguish the fire burned only part of the body.
The body was covered with fire. Occasionally, some Japanese soldiers whose bodies were burning were more on fire. The people on the side should try to stay away from the comrades who became the Pyroman, because the Pyroman struggled hard and threw the burning oil on his body to others.
Secondary kill effect.
Throughout the wilderness, panic-stricken people could be seen running around to avoid their companions who had turned into burning men and the Japanese troops who were bombing from the air.
The 3rd Cavalry Group on the left was trapped in a fiery purgatory, and the 2nd Cavalry Group on the right was not much better. They were also visited by a B-25 and received a round of napalm bombs.
Just as the Japanese troops of the two cavalry brigades were screaming and wailing in the flames, some Eighth Route Army soldiers who were desperately rushing forward looked back and found that several hundred meters behind them on both sides, several bombers were using incendiary bombs to attack them.
A wall of fire was built that once radiated dazzling light.
Behind the wall of fire, countless Japanese soldiers were wailing in the flames. Each burning man was wailing desperately while running around, like sinners being burned in hell.
Such a tragic situation stunned the Eighth Route Army. Even Ding Wei and Political Commissar Li, two old Red Army soldiers who had experienced snowy mountains and were afraid of grass, were dumbfounded.
"My God...those Major Xue are too fierce, aren't they?" Political Commissar Li's eyes were very good. Although he had walked nearly a thousand meters away, the firelight in the dark was enough to spread more than ten kilometers away, so he could still
See clearly.
Looking through the telescope at the burning people running around in the flames and the faint wailing sounds in his ears, even the battle-hardened Political Commissar Li couldn't help but feel a chill rising from his spinal cord.
He said quietly: "I have long heard that Western countries have developed a napalm bomb. I guess it must be this kind of thing?"
"I think it's almost the same!"
Ding Wei was not much better. He had a calm personality and his mouth was big enough to stuff an egg.
First the devastating carpet bombing, and then the barbecue-pig-like napalm bombs, each of which subverted his view of military war, and the impact was so great that he was stunned for several minutes.
Didn't even recover.
But after all, his mind was much stronger than that of many people. After being surprised, he did not forget about the business, "Okay, Lao Li, let's not look at it for now and let the soldiers speed up their march and leave here."
He looked at his wrist as he spoke, "It's already three forty-three in the morning, and we still have more than two hours. If we can't get rid of the Japanese by daybreak, we really won't be able to leave!"
"I'll go right away!"
Political Commissar Li was also frightened. If we really wanted to delay it until dawn, the Japanese planes would definitely arrive as soon as possible. Once we had no air cover, with the strength of the New Regiment, it was estimated that even two soldiers would be able to fight in the open field without any cover.
I can't last more than an hour.
In this way, under the cover of hundreds of bombers, the new regiment suddenly escaped from the sight of the Japanese army and disappeared into the dark night sky.
"Baga Yalu... damn the Chinese people, these damn Chinese people, I'm going to kill them all!"
Although Mitani Nagakei was so angry that he almost vomited blood, looking at the two cavalry brigades still struggling in the flames, his remaining sense told him that if he continued to chase, the Sixth Cavalry Regiment would probably be expelled from the Japanese Army.
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Angrily, he could only order the rest of the cavalry to dismount and rescue those cavalry and war horses that were still struggling in the sea of fire.
In this way, the new regiment quickly broke away from contact with the Japanese army and rushed towards Liantai County, and arrived at Liantai County at ten o'clock in the morning of the third day...