Seeing that the troops finally began to retreat, the captain's desperate face quickly flashed with life, and then he shouted loudly.
"Retreat quickly, retreat immediately!"
The deputy captain next to him immediately reminded: "Captain, the Eighth Route Army's heavy machine gun firepower is too powerful. Even if they withdraw, there won't be many people left!"
"This is obviously a conspiracy of the Eighth Route Army. They definitely want to annihilate us here. Your Excellency, Captain, I suggest that we retreat immediately and leave here. Since this is a conspiracy of the Eighth Route Army, they must have a back-up plan, and maybe they already have one
The Eighth Route Army has detoured behind us and blocked our retreat!" the captain of the 3rd Squadron analyzed with a stern face.
The captain stared at the battlefield without speaking, but the deputy captain became anxious.
"The back road is blocked, and the Eighth Route Army has so many heavy machine guns, then our cavalry brigade will definitely be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, and the whole army will be destroyed here."
These four words were like a thunderclap, waking up the captain directly.
If the cavalry brigade is completely destroyed in his own hands, as the captain of the brigade, he will become the laughing stock of his colleagues and a shame to the empire.
And with this incident, my military career will leave a stain that will never be cleared away. At that time, because of the existence of this stain, I may never be promoted, or even be sent to a military court by my superiors.
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"No, the cavalry brigade will never be destroyed in my hands!" the brigade captain clenched his fists and swore.
Then he ordered the few remaining subordinates around him: "Ignore the retreating troops for now, we will retreat directly. If the Eighth Route Army really blocks our retreat, we can just defeat them!"
More than thirty cavalrymen surrounded the captain and directly urged their horses to retreat towards the county seat.
Wang Ping, who was also paying attention to the entire battlefield, immediately sneered: "It's too late to retreat now!"
"Comrades, increase the firepower output and try to eat up the Japanese attacking troops as much as possible!"
"Also, send a signal to the chief of staff. The Japanese are rushing toward him, so he can prepare to meet the enemy."
Zeng Quan only had one company drawn from the Third Battalion, but this company was equipped with six Czech-made guns.
Zeng Quan saw more than thirty cavalrymen when they were still five or six hundred meters away, and then ordered the third battalion to prepare for battle.
The Japanese captain, who was surrounded by his subordinates, also saw the activities of the Eighth Route Army a few hundred meters away, frowned and shouted.
"Warriors, speed up the assault. There is the Eighth Route Army in front, but there is no blocking position. As long as our assault speed is fast enough, the Eighth Route Army will definitely not be able to stop us. Kill us!"
More than thirty cavalrymen raised their spears and swords, shouting and charging forward.
"Comrades, the Japanese are coming. Get ready for battle!" Zeng Quan, who personally raised a 38-inch cap, also issued a battle order.
"Chief of Staff, the Japs have rushed three hundred meters away!" the guard next to Zeng Quan reminded with a serious look.
"Keep staring, remind me again after 200 meters!" Zeng Quan ordered while holding the rifle.
Soon, the guard's excited and serious voice reached his ears: "Chief of Staff, the Japanese have rushed to 200 meters."
"Pa..." Zeng Quan did not hesitate to pull the trigger. As soon as the crisp sound of gunfire rang out from the barrel of the gun, a Japanese cavalryman and horse fell down on the charging road.
The sound of gunshots was an order. Six Czech-made guns mounted on the slopes on both sides of the road were condescending and fired rapidly.
"Baga, the Eighth Route Army has machine guns, everyone, speed up and rush over!" As soon as the machine gun fired, the squadron leader realized something was wrong and shouted loudly.
More than thirty cavalrymen reacted very quickly, constantly kicking the horses in the stomach with their heels, urging the horses under their legs to speed up.
However, the speed of the bullets was faster, and the moment the machine gun fired, six cavalrymen fell to the ground.
The Japs gathered together felt as if a layer of clothing had been taken off, and a large part of them was suddenly missing.
The Japanese who were running wildly on the road did not stop at all and continued to urge their horses forward.
The bullets fired from six machine guns and more than a hundred rifles were all flying towards them. On the entire assault road, every few meters that dozens of cavalrymen rushed forward, one fell down on the assault road and was followed behind.
The cavalry were trampled to a pulp.
When they rushed to less than a hundred meters away from the third battalion's position, there were less than fifteen cavalrymen around the captain.
At this time, all the Japs who were still alive, including the captain, had expressions of despair on their faces.
However, the captain did not issue a retreat order. They had always been influenced by the spirit of Bushido and believed that only if they died on the charge like a samurai, their souls would be blessed by Amaterasu.
As a result, the remaining dozen Japanese soldiers showed farewell expressions on their faces.
After firing a round of bullets from the horse rifle at the Eighth Route Army's machine gun position, he inserted the horse rifle into the holster, then drew out his saber, raised it high, surrounded the captain and continued to charge forward, with a posture of fearlessness of death!
"Keep shooting, don't stop the machine gun, eat them!" Zeng Quan continued to order with a serious face.
But from the tone of his words, Yan Song beside him could clearly feel Zeng Quan's excitement.
As long as the dozens of Japanese troops in front of them are eaten and the independent regiment completely annihilates the Japanese cavalry brigade, there will no longer be any surprises.
Although many Japanese soldiers have died at the hands of the Chinese army since the beginning of the war, it is definitely not the case that an infantry brigade was wiped out and the entire army was destroyed, at least it did not happen in the Eighth Route Army.
Once the independent regiment reports this result to the headquarters, the head of the headquarters will definitely be shocked.
Of course, because the results of the battle have not yet been calculated, Zeng Quan will find out that when the troops complete the statistics of the results, the independent regiment not only annihilated a Japanese cavalry brigade, but also completely annihilated a Japanese infantry brigade, once again creating a miracle.
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"Keep shooting, don't stop!" As the number of Japs became fewer and fewer, Zeng Quan finally couldn't suppress his inner excitement, and continued to order with a face full of fanaticism.
The captain with his saber raised high ultimately failed to break through the third battalion's defense line.
Three machine guns were staring at him at the same time. Not only was he hit with five or six bloody holes in his body, but the horse under his crotch was also hit by several bullets. Then with a look of reluctance on his face, he fell heavily on the road!
"We won, we won, we destroyed a Japanese cavalry brigade!" Yan Song, commander of the third battalion, was the first to shout excitedly.
Soon, this excited cry sounded throughout the entire position.
Everyone in the third battalion stood up from behind the bunker, raised their weapons, and let out various cheers.
What's more, some machine gunners directly fired their machine guns into the sky to vent their inner excitement in this wild way.
It took ten minutes for the lively atmosphere on the battlefield to calm down.
