The captain survived despite the desperate protection of several guards, but a huge gash was made on his back by a saber. Bright red blood came out in large spurts, and the guards could not stop the bleeding.
More importantly, because there were so many guards around him, the captain became the main assault target of the cavalry company.
When the cavalry passed by like autumn leaves sweeping away fallen leaves, there were not many guards left alive around them. There were corpses everywhere, with broken arms. It was very bloody!
"Captain, the Eighth Route Army cavalry is too powerful. The troops have suffered heavy losses and cannot stop them at all!" A squad leader ran over and reported with blood on his arm.
"How many of us are left?" the captain asked with a frown on his face.
"Less than an infantry squad!" the squad leader replied with a pained look on his face.
"In front of the cavalry, the bayonets in the hands of the warriors have no effect at all, unless they hold grenades and die together with the cavalry!"
"Baga, there is no usable position here, and there is no forest to hide in. These cavalry have all planned it. They want to annihilate us here and kill us all here!" He slowly calmed down.
Captain Ninja cursed in pain.
"Rumble!" The roar of horse hooves sounded again on the battlefield.
The remaining cavalrymen of the cavalry company raised their sabers high and roared to launch a second round of attack on the Japanese army.
"Baggeya Road, these cavalry want to kill them all. Since you can't survive, then fight with them. Those who want to retreat break out, find the brigade commander, and tell him everything here. Those who don't want to break out, join me in attacking the cavalry.
Fight back and kill them with grenades!" the captain ordered in a deep voice.
After a brutal fight, all the Japanese including the captain were dead.
The cavalry company also paid a heavy price. More than thirty cavalrymen were killed in the explosion of Japanese grenades.
Seeing that nearly a third of his subordinates were missing behind him, Ma Ronghe was very heartbroken. After all, these people were all trained by him.
However, he also knew that the cavalry battle was brutal and life-and-death. Since these soldiers chose to join the cavalry company, they were prepared to die in battle at any time.
"The troops will assemble immediately and prepare to attack other Japanese soldiers! Cavalry company, follow me!" Mayonghe, whose face was once again filled with seriousness, ordered very decisively.
At this time, Ono had already led his troops towards Laiyuan City.
However, due to the drag of artillery and baggage troops, the marching speed of the troops was very slow from the beginning.
At this moment, a second lieutenant suddenly rushed over from the front of the team: "Sir, the mountain road ahead has been destroyed. It must have been destroyed by the Eighth Route Army just now, and the soil dug out is still new!"
"There is no problem for the infantry to advance, but the baggage brigade and artillery brigade must wait until the mountain road is repaired before they can go over!"
"It must have been done by the Eighth Route Army guerrillas. They wanted to slow down our return to Laiyuan City to buy them time to attack Laiyuan City!" the chief of staff immediately made a judgment.
"Baga, what are you waiting for? The engineering squadron will rush over to repair the road immediately, and the infantry will assist, so hurry up!" Ono ordered with a frown.
As soon as the second lieutenant left, a communications staff officer from the headquarters ran over, looking very anxious and panicked.
"General, urgent call from Laiyuan City!"
"An Eighth Route Army siege force has entered Laiyuan City. Captain Watanabe reported that he is organizing troops to fight street battles with the Eighth Route Army entering the city, but it will definitely not last long. Captain Watanabe asked us to speed up the return of reinforcements.
, return to Laiyuan City as soon as possible!"
"Nani? How could it be so fast? What does Watanabe do? With so many troops, they can't even defend a single city of Laiyuan City!" Ono was surprised at first, and then cursed with great dissatisfaction.
The chief of staff quickly reminded: "General, Laiyuan City must not be lost. Now that Laiyuan City is in danger, we must prepare for the worst."
Xiao Ye, who still wanted to vent his anger and dissatisfaction through scolding, calmed down.
Then he frowned and began to give orders: "Telegraph Watanabe to abandon the city wall fortifications, engage in street fighting with the Eighth Route Army, and hold off the Eighth Route Army's siege troops. If we really cannot defend Laiyuan City, we must blow up the arsenal at the last moment."
The weapons and ammunition stored by the empire in Laiyuan City must not fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army!"
"Chief of Staff, we will divide our forces immediately. The infantry will take the lead and march back to Laiyuan City to aid!"
"The baggage brigade, artillery brigade, and engineer squadron will follow suit!"
"Didn't the troops have a lot of extra rifles and machine guns? All of them are left to arm artillery and heavy equipment to prevent accidents!"
"Contact the cavalry brigade outside the mountain, the first brigade. The troops should not concentrate at the mountain pass and go directly back to Laiyuan City to aid!"
"As for whether the returning troops will be defeated by the Eighth Route Army one by one, I can't control that much. Even if some imperial troops are lost on the way back, I still have to ensure the safety of Laiyuan City!"
When the Japanese army began to retreat, Wang Ping followed behind with three compressed infantry companies, waiting for fighter planes to appear.
Not long after, good news came through.
"Captain, the reconnaissance force reported that the Japs have divided their forces. Nearly 2,000 Japanese troops and the Imperial Japanese Army marched back to Laiyuan City with only mortars and heavy machine guns, leaving more than 1,400 Japs behind to protect the baggage and artillery.
Build the roadside and hurry!”
"The opportunity has finally come, commander, where do you plan to deal with them?" Chief of Staff Zeng Quan asked with eyes shining.
Wang Ping was not as happy as he expected, and analyzed with a frown.
"It's a good opportunity, but we must be cautious. Our independent regiment has sacrificed nearly two thousand people in this battle. We must eliminate them while ensuring casualties!"
Zeng Quan's face also became serious.
When he heard about the fighter just now, he was just happy and didn't think about anything else. Now when he analyzed it carefully, Zeng Quan suddenly found that he had overlooked a big problem.
His opponents are not hundreds of Japs, but more than 1,400. Even though they are all technical units without much combat effectiveness, they are not as good as the real elite Japs. But when they pick up weapons, they still have combat effectiveness.
As for the Independent Regiment, even if one battalion and two companies hidden in the mountain pass are included, the total strength is only five companies and less than 1,000 men.
Apart from anything else, how can we fight this battle if our military strength alone is inferior to that of the Japanese?
With such a huge disparity in strength, the regiment commander still had to eliminate more than a thousand Japanese troops while ensuring casualties, which in Zeng Quan's view was almost impossible.
At this moment, Wang Ping spoke again: "In addition to this requirement, this raid and annihilation war must also meet these several conditions."
"The speed is fast. The time from the beginning to the end of the battle must be short. At the very least, the enemy must be separated from the artillery and baggage they protect, so as to prevent them from jumping over the wall and blowing up the supplies and artillery!"
"The terrain is good, and we cannot allow the Japanese to rely on the terrain to defend. In this case, the surprise attack may turn into a fortified battle, and our casualties will be uncontrollable."
Having said this, Wang Ping's eyes suddenly flashed with light.
"Yes!" Then he shouted with a look of surprise.
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