Seeing the last troop escorting a batch of ammunition out of Taiyuan City, Wang Ping didn't have much of a smile on his face.
For these captures, the entire Eighth Route Army paid a very high price.
Wang Ping didn't know about the troops farther away, but he was very aware of the losses of the independent brigade and the guard regiment.
Not to mention the loss of combat effectiveness, it is certainly not an exaggeration to describe it with the words "broken muscles and bones".
More importantly, Wang Ping knew the Japanese very well. He caught the Japanese by surprise and took advantage of them. With the Japanese's vengeful character, after the battle, they would definitely gather heavy troops to retaliate.
The Eighth Route Army had just experienced this bloody battle and suffered heavy losses. Then it was about to face the Japanese's retaliatory raids. By then, the casualties of the troops would definitely increase greatly.
This is not counting the huge casualties that the Japanese raids will definitely bring to the base area.
"Old Wang, the last transport unit has retreated. Before the Japanese in the city react, we should retreat too!"
"Then retreat!" Wang Ping ordered directly without any nonsense!
"Where's this tank? You used one to attack Taiyuan City, what should you do with the remaining one?" Cheng Xiao asked, pointing behind him at a thin-skinned tank that was captured by the Japanese at the airport.
"It exploded!" Wang Ping replied through gritted teeth.
"It's definitely not realistic to take it back, but we can't just give it to the little devils, we can only blow it up!"
Although Cheng Xiao was heartbroken, he quickly replied: "Okay, I'll arrange for someone to blow it up right away!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the communications platoon leader rushed over: "Chief, there's an urgent call from headquarters!"
"The Japanese reinforcements from southwestern Shanxi are about to arrive. There are two cavalry regiments, one mechanized infantry brigade, and more than three thousand Japanese!"
In field battles, if infantry encounters cavalry, they will only be massacred. This is a subconscious thought in the minds of many commanders.
Therefore, as soon as the communication platoon finished speaking, Cheng Xiao's face turned pale.
Then he said firmly: "Old Wang, we must find a way to stop the Japanese cavalry!"
"The cavalry is too fast and has strong combat effectiveness. Once they catch up with our transport troops, it will be a disaster for the transport troops!"
"But we only have one company of troops here, and the Japanese cavalry has more than 2,000 people. They have strong combat effectiveness and powerful assault capabilities. How can we stop them? If we really want to fight a positional battle, maybe we can do it in less than ten minutes.
The entire army was destroyed!" Chief of Staff Yang Xiong also turned pale, and then raised the most realistic question in front of Wang Ping and Cheng Xiao!
At this time, Wang Ping spoke, and his words were shocking.
"It's not impossible! Lao Cheng, ask the soldiers not to blow up the tanks first. The infantry has no power to fight back in front of the cavalry, and the cavalry has no power to fight back in front of the tanks. Let's use the tanks to give the Japanese a good blow.
The energy of the pursuers!"
"Lao Cheng, have you transported all the anti-aircraft machine guns you seized from Taiyuan Airport?"
"There are three guards in the company, and each anti-aircraft machine gun has 500 rounds of ammunition!" Cheng Xiao didn't know why Wang Ping suddenly pulled the heavy machine gun again. Although he frowned, he still answered readily.
"Okay, with the anti-aircraft machine guns and the light machine guns equipped by the guard company, it will be even easier to deal with the Japanese cavalry!" The confident expression on Wang Ping's face became even stronger.
After glancing at the flat terrain in front of him, he quickly made a decision: "Just wait here for the Japanese pursuers and hit them!"
Cheng Xiao could hardly believe his ears and asked with a look of disbelief: "Old Wang, are you not mistaken?"
Chief of Staff Yang Xiong also looked shocked and looked at Wang Ping with a hesitant expression.
Wang Ping nodded and affirmed: "It's right here! Don't look at the flat terrain here, which is very suitable for large-scale cavalry charges. Similarly, the flat terrain is also suitable for us to unleash all our firepower, especially the firepower of tanks and three anti-aircraft machine guns."
"Tonight I will defeat the Japanese cavalry where they think they will win, and beat them to death. Even if they continue to pursue us, they will not dare to pursue us so close!" More than three thousand Japanese soldiers arrived in Taiyuan City but did not enter the city.
Instead, they pursued in the direction of the Eighth Route Army's retreat.
"Boom..." The cavalry at the front had just chased less than 500 meters when two violent explosions rang out on the road.
A fireball mixed with a large amount of black smoke rose into the sky, and several of the Japanese who were running wildly on the road fell down and were instantly reduced to a pulp.
"Baga, it's a landmine! There's the Eighth Route Army in front!" The Japanese commander who was accompanying the attacking team immediately received the news.
Under the moonlight, the captain could faintly see the Eighth Route Army blocking his path four to five hundred meters ahead.
He didn't dig trenches or build bunkers with sandbags. He just lay down on the ground, holding a gun, as if to block himself!
"Is the Eighth Route Army crazy? Is there something wrong with their commander's brain or am I seeing it wrong? They actually want to use infantry to stop us without a position!" The commander of the regiment was stunned at first, then quickly reacted and asked with an incredulous look on his face.
.
"Destroy them and show some color to the Eighth Route Army!" The deputy captain next to him quickly shot out two very fanatical glances, then he firmly grasped the saber hanging on his waist and suggested.
"It's time to teach them a lesson! The Imperial Army didn't attack them and raid their base, but they actually dared to attack the Imperial Army. They overestimated their capabilities!" The shocked Japanese captain replied matter-of-factly.
Then he began to issue orders: "Deploy two cavalry squadrons, and you will personally command them to kill them and destroy these Eighth Route Army troops who are overestimating their capabilities."
"Rumble..." Soon, the deafening sound of horse hooves sounded on the battlefield.
Nearly three hundred cavalrymen, wielding their sabers like sharp blades, attacked the Eighth Route Army.
At this moment, Wang Ping moved.
Quickly activate the tank, then drive the tank forward towards the Japanese.
When they were still three hundred meters away from the Japanese cavalry, two vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns opened fire quickly.
The Japanese cavalry who rushed at the front were caught off guard, and several of them were knocked down in one fell swoop.
The remaining Japanese cavalrymen were shocked and immediately lay down on their horses, clinging as close to the horses as possible to reduce their exposure to the Eighth Route Army's guns.
However, the power of a vehicle-mounted heavy machine gun is not comparable to that of ordinary machine guns.
After there were no more Japanese to shoot, two heavy machine guns were fired directly at the horses.
Even though the war horses had rough skin and thick flesh, the hot heavy machine gun bullets still easily drilled bloody holes in their bodies.
As a result, war horses kept falling down on the attack road, and the bodies on the horses were instantly trampled to pieces by the cavalry behind them.
After losing dozens of cavalrymen in a row, the Japanese deputy captain finally realized something was wrong. His eyes widened and he could hardly believe what he saw.
The first update is delivered today! Please collect it! Please subscribe!
