On the snowy field, the three cavalry battalions of Bart, Cheng Luming and Zhao Hao, with more than 1,200 officers and soldiers, have been assembled and formed into three scattered square formations.
Xu Rui is lecturing.
"You all saw the confrontation between us and the little devil just now." Xu Rui's voice didn't sound very loud, but it was very penetrating, even in the open snowfield, and there was the sound of horses neighing.
Although there is no interference, it can still be clearly transmitted into the ears of every cavalry soldier.
After a slight pause, Xu Rui continued: "That's actually what the little devils are like. If we are timid and scared, they will be more energetic, but if we show that we are less afraid of death than they are, then they will immediately have nothing to do with it.
Advantages: When comparing riding skills, will we be afraid of them? When comparing sword skills, will we be inferior to them?"
"No, no!" more than 1,200 cavalry soldiers responded loudly.
Especially those Mongolian recruits who had just joined the army shouted especially loudly to embolden themselves.
Before recruits go to the battlefield, they will always be instinctively nervous and fearful, so they will try every means to embolden themselves.
Roaring at the top of your lungs and venting your emotions with all your strength is the most effective way to embolden yourself.
"Isn't it over now?" Xu Rui said, "Our riding skills are better than that of the little devil, our swordsmanship is better than that of the little devil, and in terms of physique, the little devil's little three-inch body is even more incomparable to us. So, we
There is no reason for the Chahar Independent Regiment to lose to the Japs! Brothers, do you think this is true?"
"Yes!" More than a thousand officers and soldiers responded with increasing enthusiasm.
Xu Rui was lecturing when a loud bugle suddenly sounded in the wilderness ahead.
The bugle sounded three times, which meant that the Japanese cavalry had arrived.
At that moment, Xu Rui said to the three battalion commanders: "Take the battalion as a unit and form an array!"
The three battalion commanders, Bart, Cheng Luming and Zhao Hao, immediately began to gather their own troops and began to form horizontal formations.
While the formation was taking place, Li Zhengrong, commander of the Fourth Cavalry Battalion, quietly came to Xu Rui again and begged in a low voice: "Captain, can you let our battalion also participate in the battle?"
"Shut up!" Xu Rui shouted coldly, "Go back quickly!"
Li Zhengrong could only retreat unhappily and soon disappeared.
In just a moment, the Second Cavalry Battalion, the Third Cavalry Battalion and the Seventh Cavalry Battalion had formed three cavalry columns in front and behind.
Each cavalry line is a battalion, with more than 400 cavalry, and a front width of one thousand meters! The arrangement order from front to back is the seventh cavalry battalion, the second cavalry battalion and the third cavalry battalion. The reason why Xu Rui arranged the seventh cavalry battalion
They are in the first row because there are relatively few recruits in the 7th Cavalry Battalion and their combat effectiveness is relatively strong!
The queue here had just been set up, and the rangers from the fourth battalion withdrew from the front. Behind them, on the vast snowfield, an earth-yellow line was slowly crawling in the sky. In just a moment, this yellow line
The lines became longer and thicker, and finally transformed into groups of cavalry. The Japanese cavalry had arrived!
…
Masahiro Baba raised his right hand leisurely and gave a soft drink.
Hearing this cry, the horse under the horseman's crotch immediately began to slow down and stopped after a moment.
The next moment, more than 3,000 cavalrymen from the 1st Cavalry Brigade who were following behind Masahiro Baba also stopped one after another.
Then, the commander of the first cavalry brigade, Shigeru Katagiri, rode up to catch up. He first used his binoculars to observe the Chinese cavalry a few kilometers ahead, and then said: "Your Excellency, Commander, there is no fraud, right?
"
"Is there a scam?" Masahiro Baba asked, "Katagiri-kun, what are you worried about?"
"Ambush!" Shigeru Katagiri said in a deep voice, "I am worried that there will be an ambush by the China Army."
"Ambush?" Masahiro Baba pointed forward with the spur in his hand and said, "Look at the nearby terrain. Is there any place suitable for hiding an ambush?"
Katagiri Shigeru was immediately speechless.
Because there are open areas nearby, a radius of more than ten kilometers is within sight. Within these ten kilometers, there are neither forests, mountains, or valleys. The only mountain is at least five kilometers away, and the slope is very steep.
It's such a gentle hillside, it's completely impossible to ambush.
At least Shigeru Katagiri couldn't imagine where else the Chinese cavalry could hide.
Hiding behind that low mountain? With the slope of that low mountain, you can see the back of the mountain from two kilometers away, so how can you hide people?
Should we dig a hole in the snow and hide both people and horses in it?
Let’s not talk about whether the Chinese cavalry had time to dig holes. Even if they had enough time, the Chinese cavalry should have left traces after digging the holes, right? However, just now, Katagiri Shigeru held up the telescope and looked carefully for a long time, but he didn’t notice it.
There is no trace of anything, the surrounding snowfield is pure, and there is no trace of being trampled by horse hooves.
Obviously, there can never be a Chinese ambush around!
After a pause, the horseman Masahiro continued: "What's more, there are at least a thousand Chinese cavalry on the opposite side. Xu Rui's Chahar Independent Regiment is only one regiment. The main force should be here! Even if there are still
I'm afraid there won't be much left in the ambush, so we won't be able to make any waves at all, so our only goal is to eat the cavalry on the opposite side!"
"Hai!" Katagiri Shigeru said with a heavy pause, "If our enemy is just the Chinese cavalry on the opposite side, I am sure of victory! The imperial army will definitely win this battle!"
"Yo Xi!" Masahiro Baba nodded happily, and just as he was about to say a few more words, from the corner of his eye he suddenly saw a cavalry flying out of the Chinese cavalry formation and heading towards the Japanese cavalry.
A Japanese sergeant next to Masahiro Baba instinctively raised his mounted rifle.
But before he could shoot, Masaro Baba stopped him: "Matsumoto-kun, don't shoot."
The Japanese sergeant named Matsumoto put down his rifle unwillingly. A moment later, the Chinese cavalry galloped up to the front of Baba Masaro and shouted: "Excuse me, who is General Shiro Baba?"
Masahiro Baba does not understand Chinese, but there are soldiers in the team who understand Chinese.
After listening to the soldier's translation, Baba Masahiro urged his horse forward and said in a deep voice: "I am Baba Masahiro."
"Your Excellency, General." The Chinese cavalry bowed slightly on horseback and said, "Our regiment leader requests a fair cavalry contest with your army. Both sides will dispatch the same number of troops to conduct a traditional cavalry charge.
Decisive victory with sabers. If your army is defeated, you must withdraw from Erlianji immediately."
After listening to the translation, Baba Masahiro's eyes flashed instantly: "Is your group leader Xu Rui here?"
"Yes." The Chinese cavalry turned back and pointed to the formation and replied, "Our regimental commander is right there."
"Yo Xi." Masahiro Baba nodded happily and said in a deep voice, "I will go back and tell your regiment commander that the imperial army can send out equal forces to have a fair cavalry contest with you." After a pause, Masahiro Baba said again, "
If, I mean if, if your army is unfortunately defeated, I can give your captain a last chance for a fair duel."
"Give our regiment leader a chance to duel?" the Chinese cavalry asked blankly, "What do you mean?"
Masahiro Baba said: "What I mean is that if your army is unfortunately defeated and your commander Xu is not killed in the battle, you can designate any one of us to fight in a duel and decide the outcome one on one in a samurai manner. If he
If he wins, the Imperial Japanese Army can guarantee his safety and not kill him!"
"Okay, I will tell you what the General said truthfully."
After bowing their hands, the Chinese cavalry turned around and went back.
Shigeru Katagiri asked in confusion: "Your Excellency, Commander, do you really want to give the Chahar Independent Regiment a fair chance to fight? If the other party loses, do you also want to give Xu Rui a fair duel chance?"
"Baga!" Masahiro Baba said in a low voice, "Are you stupid? Do you really think I will give the Chahar Independent Group a fair chance to compete?" After a pause, Masahiro Baba continued, "As for Xu Rui,
That is His Majesty the Emperor's sworn enemy of the Empire, will I give him a fair chance to fight?"
"Nani?" Katagiri Shigeru said in shock, "Commander, you are lying!"
"Shut up!" Masahiro Baba said angrily, "Facing a cunning enemy like Xu Rui, if we still abide by the waiter's code, we will definitely suffer big losses, so we must use our tactics flexibly!" After a pause!
After a pause, Masairo Baba said again, "Hurry up and lead the 13th Cavalry Regiment to attack."
Although he was mentally unable to turn around, Katagiri still obeyed. After a while, the three cavalry squadrons of the 13th Infantry Regiment formed three cavalry columns and slowly faced the Chinese cavalry on the opposite side.
The Thirteenth Infantry Regiment originally had four squadrons, but one was deducted by Masahiro Baba.
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Two kilometers ahead, in front of the Chahar Independent Regiment.
Seeing that the little devil really only pulled out three cavalry lines, and the width of each line was almost the same as that of the Chinese cavalry, Batt, the commander of the second cavalry company, immediately groaned and said: "Hey, the little devil is really
Very obedient, let them use equal strength to have a fair cavalry battle with us, and they will really only use equal strength."
Xu Rui grinned and said coldly: "Bart, you are overthinking. Do you really think that the Japs will compete fairly with us? You don't even look at it. In addition to the attacking Japs, there are two thousand Japs cavalry behind them. Once
The attacking Japanese were killed by us, do you think the remaining two thousand Japanese cavalry will not react?"
When Bart heard this, he immediately let out a squeak, and after a while he said dullly: "Captain, since you know that the little Japs can't compete fairly with us, what are you going to say to the Japs with all your energy?"
"Aren't you talking nonsense?" Xu Rui said angrily, "If I didn't do this, the Japs would have divided their forces obediently and sent out almost half of their troops to compete with us. If not, the more than 3,000 Japs cavalry on the opposite side would have rushed away.
Come on, do you think you three cavalry battalions can withstand it?"
Bart whispered: "If we can't hold on, there will still be four battalions?"
"You are thinking too much." Xu Rui snorted, "The Japs are not stupid. If there is no foreshadowing and a sudden retreat, they will not be stupid enough to come after them. If the Japs don't chase, the play will not work.
Sung."
Bart became mute. Fortunately, at this moment, the little devil began to attack.
