All 60 men of the 1st Cavalry Company were buried in an open space halfway up Qinglong Mountain.
There, facing the north, you can not only see the Jehol Province they fought and died for, but also their hometown. The Cavalry Brigade hopes that the brothers can watch them kill the little Japanese for them here.
The designation of the 1st Cavalry Company was also withdrawn first by Deng Wen's order. It was not to cancel the designation, but because Deng Wen swore in front of the tomb of the 1st Company that on that day the Japanese 3rd Cavalry Regiment was eliminated, the cavalry brigade would be rebuilt on that day.
First Company.
The reason why they were buried together was because the idiot man personally requested it from Deng Wen. The details of the battle he described made many officers of the cavalry brigade burst into tears.
Charge, charge, charge again. From sixty people to thirty people, from thirty people to three people, in the end, all of them died in the battle. Of the 60 people in the first cavalry company, no one was a coward, and they all died in the sun.
Kou's charge.
They died on the same battlefield and with the same heroism. After death, they should be shoulder to shoulder, head to head, just like they once relied on each other to attack the huge Japanese cavalry group like moths to the flames.
Like a charge, they cling to each other and watch each other.
Deng Wen agreed to the cheap man's request and dug the grave with him. It took the two men, who felt deeply guilty, a full day to dig a grave that could accommodate the bodies of 60 people.
The bluestone tombstone is engraved with the words "Grave of All Heroes of the First Company of the Qinglong Mountain Volunteer Cavalry". Behind the tombstone are also engraved the names of everyone from the company commander on down: Boss Zhou, Youngest Ma, Wang Dahai...
And the idiot man stubbornly carved his name Diao Ye at the end. In his words, although he was not a cavalryman in the first company of the cavalry, they were his comrades who lived and died together, and they were the only ones in this battle.
A survivor, no matter where he died on the battlefield in the future, this tomb would be his final destination. This is Qinglong Mountain, and it was his long-cherished wish to be born and buried here.
I am afraid that everyone present will not know that this tomb of the volunteers was named "Charging Tomb" by the people in the north decades later and became the most important tourist attraction in Qinglong Mountain's red patriotic tourism. All those who come here
You will hear a recording of an old voice panting slightly introducing the origin of the "Charging Tomb" and the story of their battles that took place in the icy wind and snow of northern China decades ago.
And the old man who recorded the story of his never-ending charge to death that he had personally experienced also passed away and was buried here ten days after recording the audio that took him two days to record.
In a tomb.
On that day, the number of soldiers wearing gold star epaulettes who solemnly saluted in front of this tomb was definitely no less than the number of Chinese soldiers buried in this "Charge Tomb".
In this era, it is extremely unlucky to carve a person's name on a tombstone while he is still alive. This shows that the idiot man's attitude is extremely determined, and Deng Wen can only agree.
Zeng Shui could only sigh silently. He knew the temperament of his boss very well. Although the Japanese army that set up an ambush was almost wiped out in the end, the self-blame in Diao Ye's heart never faded away, and he even still harbored thoughts of death.
Zhi. If it weren't for the sudden appearance of his rescuer, and for fear that he and the Japanese invaders would try their best to harm his brothers, he would not have chosen to escape and would have continued to fight with the Japanese invaders until they died.
But Shui couldn't help him once. He could help him escape from the siege of the Japanese invaders, but he couldn't help him break the shackles he had set on his heart.
Fortunately, they have a group member named Liu Lang.
On the night when the cavalry battalion returned to Qinglong Mountain carrying the remains of his fallen comrades, Liu Lang also learned from the telegram the major defeat of the Qinglong Mountain Volunteer Army.
This defeat was not due to how many people were sacrificed, nor was it due to being captured on the inside and being ambushed, but that the Qinglong Mountain Volunteers should adjust their combat methods.
From a grand strategic point of view, there is nothing wrong with the strategic intentions of Deng Wen's Cavalry Brigade. They relied on inside intelligence from the Japanese strongholds in the city and used Qinglong Mountain as the base to launch attacks with the super mobility of the cavalry to attack the Japanese supply lines and carry out attacks on the Japanese.
Kill.
Even the cavalry had no problem with the specific battle tactics. Faced with the sudden appearance of superior strength by the Japanese army, they chose to retreat. If the Japanese army had not used the lives of Chinese people as bait, they would not have chosen to face death calmly like moths rushing to a flame. They would have chosen to retreat.
Use your life to explain what it means to be a soldier, and what it means to be a soldier in China.
However, their mistakes were that they relied too much on the intelligence inside the Japanese invaders' city. Once there was a problem with that most important link, they would become a fish, a fish that was lured by the bait. If this is still the case, they may still be able to return to the Japanese invaders in the future.
If the Japanese were tricked by the Japanese, they might lose not a cavalry company but a cavalry battalion or even an entire cavalry brigade.
In fact, even if they tried their best, the Qinglongshan Cavalry Brigade could not defeat the Japanese army.
The Japanese Kwantung Army was so powerful that they lost one cavalry regiment. They would transfer another cavalry regiment from the three northeastern provinces. But the Qinglong Mountain Cavalry Brigade was not good enough. There were only a thousand men in total, so every loss was one less.
Not only are there few young people recruited from nearby villages, but it is even more difficult to train a qualified cavalry than an infantry, and the training cycle is too long. If the loss continues at this rate, there is no need to wait for the comprehensive training in two and a half years.
When the war broke out, there were only two or three big cats and kittens left in the Qinglong Mountain Cavalry Brigade. They really had no choice but to dominate the mountain and become bandits, even if they were just bandits who robbed the Japanese invaders.
An army without structure has lost the ability to deter the enemy. At least now, the Japanese transport team no longer dares to go deep within a hundred miles of Qinglong Mountain, preferring to detour further to the northern mountainous area.
Even though they spent more manpower and material resources, they did not dare to take shortcuts to supply the Japanese troops in various town strongholds. That was the huge deterrent effect of more than a thousand fully armed cavalry.
The second is that changes should be made in the way of combat. Cavalry requires not only high mobility but also stronger firepower, not just bravery and a saber in hand.
In particular, there were deviations in the cavalry brigade's use of the two special forces. Once used as a super sniper, Shui could be used to lurk and long-range sniper kills on the main officers of the Japanese army's strongholds, continuously damaging their morale.
The male Eagle does not only exist as a scout. He can use the special skills he has learned such as lurking, makeup, and disguise to infiltrate the Japanese stronghold to spy on intelligence, assassinate, or create disturbances.
Although special forces are not gods, the special operations capabilities they embody are no less important than killing the enemy on the frontal battlefield in this era when special operations are still poorly understood.
Liu Lang drafted a long telegram and sent it to Deng Wen, giving his own suggestions for this battle, and at the end he attached a sentence to the second-rate male Diao Ye who was deeply remorseful.
"The sign of a great warrior of a nation is that he is willing to die heroically for the country and the nation; the sign of a guardian of the nation is that he is willing to live humbly for the country and the nation."
Whether they die in battle or live, it all depends on what they can leave behind for this country and nation. The idiot man's eyes gradually lit up the moment he saw the teachings given to him by Liu Tuanzuo.
Of course, Liu Lang would never be soft on the responsibilities that the fool should bear due to his heroic fighting. With a military order, the fool was awarded the second-class military merit. At the same time, the rank of second lieutenant that had been regularized was also cancelled, and he became the second lieutenant.
A first-class soldier. The first-class soldier once was in the water. Although he was able to rescue dozens of Japanese invaders at the same time and shot a Japanese cavalry major to death, as the leader of the special forces duo, he was also responsible for command errors.
His responsibilities and military achievements are recorded, but his military rank will not be promoted and he will continue to be his soldier.
Regarding this military order from three thousand miles away, the two soldiers were sincerely convinced and had no objection. On the contrary, the two of them felt relaxed. Neither of them was willing to step on the blood of their comrades to receive military honors.
The proverb "A general's achievements will lead to the death of thousands of bones" does not apply to two small soldiers who have never thought of becoming generals.
However, Liu Lang not only expressed his deep condolences for the eighty-nine cavalrymen who died in this battle, but also purchased thirty-nine pieces of ammunition in the name of the Sichuan Army from Comrade Lao Yan's arsenal not far from Qinglong Mountain.
60mm mortars, 1,000 rounds of artillery shells, and 30 imitation Czech light machine guns and 10 Maxim heavy machine guns were transported to Qinglong Mountain by the Huashang Group.
Through this battle with the Japanese cavalry, Liu Lang deeply felt the lack of heavy weapons of Deng Wen's cavalry. If they carried enough mortars, machine guns and enough ammunition, they could take advantage of the favorable terrain during the retreat.
In a blocking battle, artillery and bullets are used to gradually consume the effective forces of the pursuing enemy.
Just like the "kite flying" tactic used by the Mongolian light cavalry in the past, there is no need to charge and slash like crazy, just hang on the outside and shoot arrows. You chase me and run away, and use long-range attack weapons to shoot. This is a simple tactic that is used
, the terrifying Mongolian cavalry once reached the Danube River in Europe in one go.
Of course, all this is based on the fact that Deng Wen's cavalry brigade is superior to the Japanese cavalry in terms of firepower and endurance of the horses.
Although the Mongolian horse's sprinting ability is not as good as the Japanese horse equipped by the Japanese cavalry, its endurance is much better. Not to mention the combat effectiveness of the cavalry. They have been fighting in the black land for thousands of miles for several years. They are extremely elite.
cavalry, then Liu Lang would equip Deng Wen's cavalry brigade with more light weapons.
Use small-caliber mortars to deal with grenades equipped by the Japanese army, and use more heavy machine guns and light machine guns to shoot against the Japanese invaders' Type 92 heavy machine guns and junk machine guns.
Sure enough, Deng Wen's cavalry brigade, which was heavily equipped with machine guns and mortars, completely gained the upper hand in more than ten battles with the Japanese cavalry regiment in 1935 and 1936 with the same strength. There was no heavy artillery support.
During the cavalry battle, the grenades carried by the Japanese cavalry were almost destroyed by the attack of larger caliber mortars.
This bad situation forced the Kwantung Army Headquarters to ask for help from the base camp and mobilize a large number of mortars to equip its own cavalry regiment. Only then did things get a little better.
But at that time, Deng Wen's cavalry brigade, supported by Liu Lang, had more than just mortars.