Suddenly, a series of faint roars reached the captain's ears.
The captain, who had just calmed down, suddenly turned pale.
"No, it's the cavalry. A new regiment of cavalry is coming to kill us!"
"Prepare to fight. The first squadron will set up defenses on the spot to hold them back... The second squadron, the heavy machine gun squadron, and the third squadron will stay here to set up positions, concentrate all light and heavy firepower, and kill them here. At the very least, they will be severely damaged.
, otherwise, all of us will die here tonight!"
The somewhat restless troops quickly stabilized due to this order.
A squadron of about a hundred Japanese soldiers quickly gathered together, and then they lay down on the ground and focused the squadron's five remaining light machine guns on the road. The riflemen lay around, staring motionless at the front of the road.
The sound of horse hooves became louder and louder, and when the ground under the Japanese's feet began to tremble slightly, the cavalry appeared.
"BaGeYa Road, the machine gunner will shoot immediately~"
Under the cover of night, although the Japs had just seen the cavalry, the cavalry had already rushed less than a hundred meters ahead. The squadron leader, holding the command sword in his hand, immediately shouted.
"Da da da……"
Five machine guns quickly sprayed five tongues of flame forward, which was very clear.
"Rumble..."
Amidst the loud sound of horse hooves, the Japanese could clearly hear the impact of the horse falling to the ground.
"Let's fight like this, everyone shoots, concentrate the firepower to withstand them, or we will all die!" The squadron leader waved his command knife and continued shouting, with a ferocious look on his face, as if he had been on stimulants.
The infantry faces the cavalry. If they cannot stop them, they will only end up being massacred. All the little devils here know this.
Therefore, they knew what to do without the squadron leader's orders.
Machine gunners, the best way to shoot is burst fire, but at this moment, they fired the machine gun into continuous fire, and the bullets shot out from the muzzle. Although the muzzle was red and started to smoke, there was still no
It means to stop.
The rifleman directly blocks the bullet at the most convenient position around him, and then shoots the bullet out as quickly as possible.
The dense bullets were caught off guard, causing casualties to at least one squadron of the cavalry battalion.
However, the response speed of the cavalry battalion is also very fast.
Hold the gun with one hand and shoot at the place where the fire is constantly coming out.
"Pap, crackle, crackle... Although the crackling gunfire was very sparse, the counterattack firepower fired by the Japanese was still obvious.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the cavalry battalion quickly dispersed.
The leading troops continued to attack forward, and the following troops split into two and directly circled the Japanese wings to outflank them...
At the Japanese division headquarters in Linfen City, the deputy chief of staff hurried into the war room with a solemn look on his face.
"Division commander, the Songshankou garrison sent an urgent message. They have encountered a new regiment of cavalry and are now fighting a bloody battle!"
Lieutenant General Fujino sat down on the stool, staring with a pair of big eyes, and a look of despair quickly flashed across his face.
"On Bageya Road, God is still on the side of the Eighth Route Army. They have no position and rush to fight. Coupled with the cover of night, the infantry is definitely no match for the cavalry!"
After saying this, Lieutenant General Fujino's face suddenly turned pale, and then he exclaimed: "I understand!"
"The New Regiment has been hiding in the area we occupied, not to eliminate many of us, but to occupy this area, completely turn the Linfen City we occupied into an isolated city, and cut off our land transportation and supply lines!
"
"How is it possible to occupy this area? They have such a big appetite?" the deputy chief of staff retorted with disbelief.
"I didn't have such a big appetite before, but now I have it!" Lieutenant General Fujino, who understood, replied calmly.
Then he stared at the deputy chief of staff and asked: "Excluding the losses of the transport team, how many troops will we lose in the next two nights, and how many mobile troops will we have?"
"Two and a half brigades, plus the Songshankou garrison that is fighting a bloody battle!" the deputy chief of staff replied.
"There are still three brigades of imperial troops in the area where the Eighth Route Army's activities are hidden. However, two brigades are being attacked by the Eighth Route Army. A lot of people will definitely be lost in one night!"
"This means that in such a large area, we only have two groups of infantry and one group of cavalry left~ By the way, there is also a field artillery group!"
"Hi!" the deputy chief of staff replied, lowering his head, with a shocked expression on his face.
It’s not that I don’t know, it’s just that I was shocked.
In just two nights, the five infantry brigades were reduced to only two brigades, losing more than half.
Lieutenant General Fujino did not stop and continued to analyze: "Looking at our opponents, the Eighth Route Army exposed tonight already has three infantry battalions and one cavalry battalion. Even if the total strength is not 3,000, it is not much different. To
You know, this doesn’t even count the unexposed forces of the new regiment!”
"In terms of military strength, we no longer have any advantage!"
The deputy chief of staff retorted with a look of unwillingness: "Division commander, we still have firepower advantage!"
"After daybreak, our aviation troops can come over and kill us!"
"As long as we resist these Eighth Route Army troops and find their hiding places, no amount of Eighth Route Army troops can withstand our aviation bombings!"
"And artillery... We have a field artillery brigade, which can completely suppress them with artillery fire!"
Lieutenant General Fujino stared at the Deputy Chief of Staff and replied: "This is our only hope to hold on to this occupied area!"
"Order the reconnaissance troops and guard troops to keep an eye on these Eighth Route Army troops and be sure to find their hiding places!"
"Contact the aviation force now. After dawn, at least two squadrons of aircraft will be dispatched to reinforce us!"
"In addition, we have to make other preparations!"
"If the aviation force cannot severely damage the Eighth Route Army hiding in our occupied area, the remaining three infantry brigades and two regiments of the Imperial Army in the occupied area must evacuate here before noon tomorrow!"
"If the occupied area cannot be saved, we can only retreat and do the next best thing to save the troops and defend Linfen City, and then use Linfen City as the foundation to form the Imperial Association Army for future counterattacks!"
"So, our remaining troops in the occupied areas must be prepared to retreat."
The Japs who withdrew from Songshan Pass did not escape in the end. Under the assault and suppression of the cavalry battalion, the entire army was destroyed.
Of course, the cavalry battalion also suffered heavy casualties of nearly one cavalry company.
At four o'clock in the morning, the newly formed fourth battalion dug through the trenches, successfully captured two trenches built by the Japanese army outside the stronghold, and killed nearly 300 Japs.
Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong also killed more than two hundred little Japs.
After looking at the watch on his wrist, Wang Ping knew that tonight's operation was coming to an end!
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