In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, the combat effectiveness and tactical level of the Japanese army far exceeded that of the Chinese army at the same period.
The guard company fought tooth and nail to repel the first round of attack by the Japanese cavalry squadron, killing and wounding nearly twenty cavalrymen.
In order to catch up with the Eighth Route Army headquarters, which was continuing to retreat, the Japanese squadron leader immediately changed his tactics.
The two squads stayed here to continue to eliminate the Eighth Route Army's rear troops and drag them here. Then they ordered the cavalry squad with the smallest loss to bypass the guard company's blocking position and continue the pursuit, trying to slow down the retreat of the First Army Division Headquarters.
The guard company, which killed and wounded nearly twenty Japanese cavalrymen, paid a heavy price of more than forty casualties.
This is the result of the fact that the Little Japanese Cavalry Squadron is only equipped with two crooked light machine guns and does not want to fight head-on with the guard company here. After all, Yang Chengwu is their real target.
If the Japanese army had to charge forward regardless of casualties, the guard company would never be able to stop them.
Therefore, facing the divided Japanese cavalry, the guard company, which suffered heavy losses and was short of ammunition, had no choice but to stare blankly.
A standard cavalry squad has more than thirty cavalry, and after some losses in the previous attack, there are still twenty-eight cavalry.
In less than ten minutes, these arrogant cavalry came into Wang Ping's sight.
Seeing the formation of the Japanese cavalry dragging them for nearly fifty meters, rushing towards him like a torrent, Wang Ping immediately showed an expression of regret on his face.
The formation of the Japanese army was too sparse. Even if several cluster grenades deployed by themselves exploded in the air, the results they could achieve would not be too great.
If I had asked someone to place some obstacles on the official road when I deployed the cluster grenades, slow down the cavalry, and make their pursuit formation more concentrated, the results that a few cluster grenades could achieve would be amazing.
However, it was too late to say anything now. I could only watch the Japanese cavalry rush into the booby trap array I had prepared for them.
Wang Ping stared at the battlefield with wide eyes. The Japanese cavalry had no precautions and rushed directly into the booby trap array.
Because the grenade had a delay of several seconds, the first cluster grenade did not explode immediately after the fuse was pulled out.
It was not until the cavalry at the front touched all the cluster grenade fuses that more than a dozen cavalrymen were scattered around the entire booby trap array, and then a violent explosion sounded on the battlefield.
"Boom boom boom..."
The first cluster grenade exploded in the air, immediately forming nearly a hundred pieces of grenade fragments flying in all directions.
Centered on the explosion point, the five or six meters of pipes in front and back were covered by these fragments. On the spot, three Japanese cavalrymen fell on the official road with screams.
A Japanese cavalryman followed closely behind. Perhaps because he was caught off guard, his galloping horse directly collided with the body of the horse in front, causing him to fall to the ground and seriously injure the cavalryman on his back.
At the same time, several other cluster grenades exploded one after another. In the violent explosion, each cluster grenade killed two to four Japs cavalry.
When the smoke from the booby trap array cleared, the remaining Japanese cavalrymen who were still alive came to a complete stop. The booby trap array was only thirty meters long, and fell down a total of fourteen Japanese cavalrymen and an equal number of war horses.
Faced with this result, all the recruits around Wang Ping looked at Wang Ping with admiration.
At first, they didn't really believe in the polite Wang Ping, and they didn't believe that he could lead them to stop the Japanese cavalry. Some of them were even determined to die together with the Japanese here.
But after the explosion just now, everyone looked at Wang Ping with admiration, and gained the confidence to stop the Japanese.
Successfully wiping out fourteen cavalrymen without losing a single soldier was an achievement that no one here could achieve. But Wang Ping did it.
After seeing the changes on everyone's faces, Wang Ping, who had already established his prestige, immediately ordered: "We have a terrain advantage. As long as the Japanese are not stupid, they will dismount and attack us. Everything else is easy to say, but machine guns are a problem."
Is there anyone in the platoon who is good at marksmanship, who is dedicated to keeping an eye on the Japanese and shooting them with crooked machine guns?"
The three squad leaders immediately focused their attention on the platoon leader Zeng.
Zeng Quan answered without hesitation: "My marksmanship is not bad. I am guaranteed to hit the target within 150 meters."
"One hundred and fifty meters is enough!" Wang Ping replied with a satisfied look.
Soon, an idea appeared in Wang Ping's mind, and he ordered to several squad and platoon leaders: "Our advantage is that we have more people, while the enemy's advantage is their fierce firepower and accurate marksmanship. Therefore, if you shoot against the enemy, you will suffer."
It’s definitely us.”
Zeng Quan, who was a platoon leader during the Red Army, immediately reacted: "Consultant Wang, you plan to fight the Japanese in close combat and hand-to-hand combat!"
"No!" Wang Ping shook his head and replied.
"We are no match for the Japanese in hand-to-hand combat. Don't forget that you are all new recruits."
At this point, Wang Ping directly ordered: "Let's fight like this. First, we will fire to attract the Japanese to dismount and attack us. Then we will hide them for me. When the Japanese approach, we will use grenades to greet them. The grenades are better than the grenades equipped by the Japanese."
It's far away, plus we have the terrain advantage, throwing grenades will definitely cause the enemy to suffer."
"After they started throwing grenades, platoon leader Zeng and three squad leaders started shooting. Platoon leader Zeng stared at the Japanese machine gunners and started shooting, while the three squad leaders stared at the remaining Japanese riflemen."
"Nearly thirty grenades, plus you all shooting at the same time, I don't believe we can't deal with the remaining fourteen Japanese cavalry."
"If there are still fish that slip through the net, the shell gun in my hand is not a vegetarian. It is no problem to kill two or three Japanese at close range with ten rounds of bullets."
Soon, a burst of gunfire rang out on the mountain ridge. There were rifles, shotguns, and even powder guns. The crackling sound was very scary.
But because the distance was too far, except for Zeng Quan who hit a Japanese soldier in the thigh, no one else achieved any results.
Faced with heavy casualties, the little Japanese who was holding back his anger quickly lay down on the ground and fired bullets at the ridge as if he had found a target to vent his anger. In particular, a crooked-handled light machine gun equipped by the cavalry team fired a bullet at the ground.
He fired a stream of bullets at the mountain ridge.
Even though he repeatedly told him to hide as soon as the shot was fired, the Japanese army's marksmanship was not a vegetarian.
But new soldiers are still new soldiers after all, and the Japanese army's reaction speed was much faster than Wang Ping imagined.
Five or six new recruits who were a moment slower to react were directly hit by bullets and fell to the ground.
This was not over yet. The bullets fired by the Japanese army's crooked light machine guns seemed to have eyes, flying close to the top of the mountain ridge and flying over their heads.
A shootout that took the initiative not only failed to eliminate a single Japs, but also lost several people. Wang Ping had a new understanding of the Japs' combat effectiveness, and then with a solemn face, he explained the more than 20 remaining men under his command.
Brother, hide well and don't get hit by the Japanese army again.
After the Eighth Route Army attacked him, the cavalry team, which had lost more than half of its troops, had no intention of letting them go.
More than a dozen Japanese soldiers who planned to take revenge immediately abandoned their horses and rushed up the mountain ridge with their rifles under the cover of the machine guns behind them.
Soon, the twelve Japs rushed to the bottom of the ridge, less than forty meters away from the top of the ridge where Wang Ping was lurking.
