"It's a tank? How is that possible? How could the Eighth Route Army be equipped with tanks!" the deputy captain couldn't help shouting.
But he quickly came to his senses: "Warriors, don't be afraid, there is only one tank on Tubal Road! Make a detour on both sides, bypass the tank, and launch an attack from behind the tank with grenades!"
As the deputy captain of the cavalry regiment and a mid-level officer of the Japanese army, it is necessary to understand tanks.
In just a moment, he thought of the chariot's weakness and gave the order to continue the attack.
More than two hundred cavalrymen quickly separated and rushed down the road, preparing to outflank the enemy in a roundabout way.
"Da da da!" But at this moment, a duller sound of gunfire reached the deputy captain's ears, and then the deputy captain saw three tongues of flame that were thicker and longer than the flames of the heavy machine gun suddenly emerging from the Eighth Route Army position.
When the vice-captain subconsciously frowned and tried to figure out what kind of weapon could shoot such a thick tongue of fire, a very tragic scene came directly into his field of vision.
As long as the attacking cavalry is hit by the bullets flying from the three tongues of fire, no matter where the war horse is hit, it only takes one bullet, and the galloping war horse will plop down on the attacking road. As for the body of the war horse, it will be hit directly.
A bloody hole as thick as the mouth of a bowl.
If you are unlucky enough to hit the horse's leg directly, a thick bullet can break the horse's leg on the spot.
"Bagyalu! What kind of weapon is this and why is it so powerful?" the vice-captain couldn't help but gasped and shouted, with a look of fear on his face.
"It's an anti-aircraft machine gun, sir, the Eighth Route Army is actually using an anti-aircraft machine gun to hit us!" At this moment, a lieutenant next to him suddenly shouted.
The deputy captain suddenly reacted: "Yes, it's an anti-aircraft machine gun. Only large-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns can be so powerful!"
Just by being stunned, the two cavalry squadrons lost more than one squadron. Many cavalrymen were directly shot in two by large-caliber anti-aircraft machine gun bullets, which was very bloody.
At this time, the vice-captain had begun to regret his initial recklessness and arrogance, and shouted orders.
"Baga, we all underestimated the enemy. There are tanks and anti-aircraft machine guns on Tubal Road. We can't rush through at all."
"Order the troops to retreat immediately, go back!"
On a dark and chaotic battlefield, it is very difficult and takes a long time for the retreat order to be completely transmitted to the ears of every cavalryman.
When the surviving Japanese cavalrymen turned their horses around and started to vomit, more than two hundred cavalrymen were dead and injured, and less than a hundred were still intact on their horses.
However, Wang Ping, who planned to give the Japanese a hard time, did not intend to just let them go.
When the Japanese retreated, he directly pursued them in a tank stance, using two truck-mounted heavy machine guns to fire at them, harvesting the lives of the Japanese cavalry.
The vehicle-mounted artillery also began to roar at this time, and the screaming shells continued to hit the Japanese army assembly area a few hundred meters away, causing bursts of blood rain and waves of commotion.
In the end, the Japanese commander had to command the troops to retreat three hundred meters before stopping. Then he looked at Wang Ping's tank with anger and aggrieved, and retreated back like a show of force.
Because they were in a hurry to reinforce Taiyuan City. Except for the infantry behind them who brought a lot of mortars, they were not equipped with heavy weapons that could destroy the tanks. Unless they rushed to the tank and blew it up with grenades and explosive packs, there was no other way.
But in this way, the anti-aircraft machine guns equipped by the Eighth Route Army were not vegetarian. The powerful large-caliber bullets gave them no chance to get close to the tanks.
"Sir, only one squadron came back from the two cavalry squadrons. The artillery bombardment on Tubal Road caused 29 cavalry casualties to us. It was because of our humble position that we underestimated the enemy and caused such heavy casualties to the cavalry regiment. The humble position is guilty. Please punish the regiment commander!"
The vice-captain walked up to the co-captain and lowered his head to answer.
When it comes to underestimating the enemy, the captain also has it.
Therefore, facing the first large-scale loss since the formation of the alliance, the alliance leader could only swallow his anger no matter how angry he was.
In the end, he could only curse loudly: "Baga, all of us have underestimated the enemy!"
The deputy captain in front of him quickly asked: "So? Sir, what should we do next!"
"Wait! We don't have artillery to deal with tanks, so we can only wait!" the commander of the company replied helplessly.
"They will definitely not be able to hold on for too long before they retreat. As long as they retreat, we will follow them, but don't follow them too close. We will definitely find an opportunity to eliminate them. By then, as long as it gets dark, planes will be able to support us, even if there is no artillery.
, or you can let the plane blow it up!"
When Wang Ping's tanks retreated, they also captured dozens of horses that were not killed.
Seeing Wang Ping back safely, Cheng Xiao couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
"Old Wang, what should we do next?"
"Retreat, and leave a few mines for the Japanese cavalry!" Wang Ping replied immediately, and then got back into the tank.
In this way, the guard company was in front, the tanks were in the rear, and they began to retreat.
Because they were concerned about the tank's powerful firepower and protective capabilities, even though the Japanese cavalry followed behind them, they only dared to hang a few hundred meters away.
"Old Wang, it seems that the Japs are scared of us!" Cheng Xiao looked at the Japanese cavalry a few hundred meters behind him and was worried that the Japs would attack him during the retreat. Cheng Xiao couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
Wang Ping was even more nervous than Cheng Xiao.
My family knows their own affairs. Even if I easily killed nearly three hundred Japanese cavalry just now, I took advantage of the right time, place and people.
If the Japanese army really wanted to go all out and mobilize their infantry, they would definitely not be able to stop the Japanese attack with just one tank.
Therefore, the tense expression on Wang Ping's face did not relax at all. He frowned and ordered: "Don't relax yet, the little devils are only temporarily scared by us. Once they find out our true strength, things will be difficult to handle.
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"So, we must retreat into the mountains before the Japanese react. As long as we enter the mountains, the Japanese cavalry can't do anything to us!"
"Order the troops to maintain the marching speed, don't rush, don't let the Japanese see that we are guilty!"
In the end, Wang Ping successfully retreated into the mountain.
The tanks that should have been blown up outside Taiyuan City were not wasted by Wang Ping.
One hundred kilograms of explosives were packed inside, and a grenade was used to make a trigger mine for the Japanese.
Dozens of Japanese soldiers holding rifles and cautious faces surrounded the tank, and after confirming that there was no Eighth Route Army in the tank, a Japanese pursuer immediately climbed onto the tank, opened the top cover, and checked the conditions inside the tank.
Soon, the Japanese's face turned pale, and he shouted and wanted to leave the tank.
But the moment he jumped off the tank, a violent explosion sounded behind him.
Then the whole person was like a kite with its string broken. Before its feet even touched the ground, it was immediately lifted into the sky.
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