The rain has stopped and the sky is still cloudy. At five o'clock in the morning, you can't even see the white fish belly on the horizon.
As one of the most important agricultural areas in China at this time, Jiangnan had endless farmland near the roads. In winter, the wheat seedlings in these cultivated fields glowed green.
It's just that at this moment, some invisible bumps appeared in the wheat field, although the light of the illumination bomb passed by. But in this early morning, five hundred meters away, it was impossible to distinguish what was in the flat farmland with the light of the illumination egg.
"Rumble..."
On the muddy ground, a large group of Japanese cavalry ran past, and the thunderous sound of horse hooves could not be concealed. Hansen, who was lying underground, could feel the vibration of the ground as those war horses ran past.
His blue eyes peeked out from among the wheat saplings, looking at the cavalry on the road and thinking quietly:
"Fortunately, I was not trampled to death by the Japanese war horses, but how can the commander conclude that the Japanese will not get off the road?"
Of course, the Japanese cavalry will not get off the road. Now because the Japanese military attaches great importance to Zhang Sixing, the preferences of the Four Elements Demon King have gradually been grasped by the Japanese army.
The Four Elements Demon King likes to use landmines, especially the "Cripple Maker" and bullet mines made with steel helmets, which are the most favorite types of mines used by the Four Elements Demon King.
However, the Japanese army, which emphasizes spirit rather than technology, hates helmet mines, but has not yet studied them carefully. Just like the Japanese army suffered from bullet mines during the Vietnam War, but never made this simple and effective one.
of mines.
Along the road, several war horses and cavalrymen wearing ponchos came running back. They were the scouts of the large army. The reason for being careful was that the Demon King of the Four Elements liked to ambush people.
As soon as the leading Japanese officer raised his hand, the entire cavalry unit immediately stopped. It looked like they were elite cavalry that had been trained for a long time.
When the scout captain came to the horse, he had already begun to report before the cavalry officer leading the team asked.
"Sir, we found Chinese infantry, about two companies in strength. In addition, we found the lights of vehicles on the road near Niushou Mountain."
After hearing the scout's report, the Japanese officer of the cavalry brigade asked,
"Are you sure they don't have tanks? Maybe it's a trap."
Upon hearing the question from the cavalry brigade officer, the scout captain's answer showed that he was a serious person.
"Sir, we rode horses far around the infantry and chased two kilometers forward. We arrived near Niushou Mountain and still didn't see their armored troops. In addition, the infantry may have discovered us. When we came back, we saw them in a hurry.
Ready to fight."
He raised his head to look at the sky and then raised his wrist. The adjutant with eyes immediately turned on his flashlight. The officer of the cavalry brigade nodded slightly.
"At 5:54, it's going to be dawn soon. Maybe we're afraid of being attacked by our air force at dawn, so the armored fighting vehicle returned to the mountains first."
This is true, but what came back was not an armored fighting vehicle, but a truck carrying captured supplies. They even turned on their car lights. On the mountain road around Niushou Mountain, the lights inevitably appeared on the hillside.
"Sir, then we... heard that the Four Elements Demon King is a guy who likes to play tricks. Could it be that the soldiers in the two companies are just bait?"
The adjutant who put away the flashlight asked hesitantly. This cautiousness also attracted the attention of the cavalry commander. He murmured to himself,
"Bait..."
Indeed, according to the descriptions of the surviving Japanese infantrymen at the heavy artillery base, the enemy's infantry had at least one battalion strength, which was five to seven hundred people. But now there were only more than 300 people in front, which was almost an obvious bait.
But now that their tanks and armored vehicles have penetrated into Niushou Mountain, do they have the confidence to use a battalion of infantry to fight against the cavalry? This is definitely not a choice that a normal commander would make.
But the other party is the infamous "Demon King of Four Elements". No matter how ingenious his arrangement is, it is probably a normal choice.
This is not important, what is important is how to deal with the current problem now.
Touching the beard on his chin, the commander of the cavalry brigade suddenly came up with an idea.
"Pass my order, one squadron will pursue the Chinese infantry of the two companies in front, and the rest will be ready for battle to support the battle of the squadron in front at any time."
If you use a bait to catch my cavalry, then I will first use a squadron to eat your bait. If you want to ambush, the cavalry unit in front will only suffer a slight loss, but my large group can annihilate all your infantry.
In the plains outside the hills, how could the infantry resist the cavalry attack? Even if the loss was slightly larger, it was nothing to save the face of the general, the commander of the division who had lost the battle at night.
As the commander of the Japanese cavalry brigade made a decision, a group of cavalry from the Japanese cavalry brigade quickly galloped out and then quickly galloped away.
Two minutes after the squadron of cavalry ran out, and before they dispersed into combat formation, several sharp charge horns were suddenly heard from the wheat field not far away.
The Japanese cavalry commander, who had just watched with satisfaction as the cavalry squadron he had sent out spread out into combat formation, looked at the dots of lights in the wheat field in surprise.
Looking at the hundreds of lights, which made the cavalry horses make a slightly panicked sound, he murmured in his heart:
You bastard, he is worthy of being the Demon King of the Four Elements. He established an ambush position five hundred meters away from the road. There is a wheat field with soft soil, and the war horses cannot run fast. But how can such a small obstacle affect our cavalry brigade.
But on the surface, he pulled out his cavalry sword with a "choking" sound and raised it high in the air, and then ordered the buglers on the side,
"Blow the charge horn, don't let the ambush Chinese infantry escape, they don't even have fortifications..."
Following his order, the entire cavalry brigade galloped down the road in large numbers, charging toward the infantry standing several hundred meters away.
The moment they began to charge, the infantrymen in the wheat field opened fire.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
In order to attract the Japanese cavalry to penetrate deeper into the ambush site, Zhang Sixing asked the soldiers who were ambushing around him to only fire single shots.
Firstly, it was very difficult to supply 6.5mm short ammunition before reaching Kunming. In addition, he really didn't want to scare the Japanese away and couldn't attract them to the tank.
Listening to the bugle sound of the Japanese cavalry, the Japanese cavalry rushing down the road were like a flood, covering the ground in an instant. However, the mud on the ground prevented the sound of their horses' hooves from sounding like war drums, and seemed to lose a little momentum.
In addition, the sights of the hp90 are good. It is the simplest red dot sight. You can quickly aim and fire with both eyes open. This is an aiming technology that absolutely transcends time and space.
With the sneezing sound of the HP90's gunfire, the mud-splattered cavalrymen kept falling off their horses. Zhang Sixing, who wanted more horses, told the soldiers to aim as hard as possible.
Just as the Japanese cavalry was approaching quickly, a series of headlights suddenly lit up in front of them, forcing them to use their saber-raised arms to block their dazzled eyes.