"Platoon Leader Tang, are you ready for the first gift I asked you to prepare for the Japs?" Li Wen asked, staring at the Japs on the road.
Tang Guangxin answered immediately, his eyes gleaming, as if he was waiting for a good show!
"A set of chain mines, a total of five mines, and they are all added with ingredients, enough for the little Japanese cavalry to drink a pot!"
After hesitating for a moment, he asked: "Captain Li, in fact, the best way to deal with the cavalry is to concentrate all the light and heavy machine guns for strafing. Although our troops are not large, we are equipped with 6 light machine guns and a dozen submachine guns. As long as the terrain is suitable,
, you can completely concentrate your firepower and kill the dozens of Japanese cavalry in the vanguard!"
Li Wen shook his head and replied: "These cavalry are different!"
"They are all field troops who have just retreated from the battlefield. Their combat effectiveness is definitely not comparable to that of the garrison troops we have encountered before. If we attack rashly, we may suffer heavy losses. The reason why I used landmines is to test the water.
, judge the combat effectiveness of the Japanese cavalry through their reaction ability, and then determine how to fight!"
The forward cavalry were very fast, and within five minutes they reached the minefield prepared for them by the reconnaissance platoon.
Tang Guangxin and Li Wen raised their binoculars at the same time and stared at the road, trying not to miss a single detail.
"Boom boom boom..."
Soon, the sound of explosion was heard.
Five clouds of black smoke rose in the middle of the two rows of Japanese cavalry.
The stones and soil covering the mines were instantly blown into dust.
Three Japanese cavalrymen were blown over on the spot, and they fell to the ground together with their horses.
Many injured horses subconsciously scattered around and wanted to leave the road. However, the Japanese cavalry calmed them down in just a few seconds.
As for the cavalry who were not attacked, they reacted faster!
He conveniently held the rifle on his back in his hand, then controlled the horses with his feet, spreading them to both sides of the road, in a vigilant posture.
There were more than a dozen Japanese cavalrymen who jumped off their horses, set up the light machine guns and grenade launchers on their backs, and prepared to shoot.
Li Wen raised the telescope. Although he did not move, his expression gradually became serious: "The combat effectiveness of these Japanese cavalry is at least twice that of what we encountered before."
"If we don't have the absolute superiority in troops and firepower to ambush them, and kill most of their troops in the first round of firepower, then their counterattack will definitely be very violent. I can finally see that they are not pure cavalry at all, but
He is an elite who can be a cavalryman when mounted and an elite infantryman when dismounted!"
If the opponent is pure infantry, Tang Guangxin is confident that he can kill most of the opponent instantly with the firepower in his hands.
However, they are cavalry, which is more difficult to defeat than infantry. Unless they double the number of troops and firepower, Tang Guangxin definitely does not have the confidence to kill more than half of the Japanese cavalry in the first round of firepower.
Since this is not possible, the idea of concentrating the existing firepower to kill the poisoned Japanese forward cavalry is impossible to realize.
Just as Tang Guangxin's face became more and more ugly as he thought about it, and even showed an expression full of disappointment and sadness, Li Wen changed the subject and said immediately.
"To fight against garrison troops, there is a way to fight against garrison troops. To fight against elites, there is a way to fight against elites. Don't be discouraged, Platoon Commander Tang. We have plenty of ways to deal with them, but it's just a little more troublesome than fighting the Japanese before!"
The renewed confidence on Li Wen's face made Tang Guangxin look much better, and then he stared at Li Wen and waited for the next step.
Major General Kawaguchi, the leader of the Japanese Brigade, was also blown away by the sudden explosion.
Although the casualties of the three cavalrymen were very small, they could even be ignored for a brigade commander.
However, this place was too close to his original station. He was attacked less than two kilometers out of the military camp, which gave Major General Kawaguchi a very bad premonition involuntarily.
"General, the cavalry reports that there seems to be no enemies around us. Should the troops continue to advance?" Adjutant Major Ikeda did not know what Kawaguchi was thinking. As soon as he received the news from the cavalry brigade, he ran over and reported.
Major General Kawaguchi did not answer, but analyzed with a stern face: "Our opponent is not simple. We didn't even see the opponent's shadow, and the opponent killed three of our elite cavalry. If we lose three cavalry on the frontal battlefield, at least we can
Kill a platoon of the Chinese army!"
"Also, this is not an Eighth Route Army base. Usually there are only some guerrillas infiltrated by the Jinsui Army. It is impossible to have such a high combat level. Therefore, I am at least 80% sure that the enemy who attacked us must be from Linfen.
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"In order to slow down our march and delay our attack on Xiangfen County, they sent a small group of troops to sneak attack us. This is their usual guerrilla tactic!"
"Now that they are here, there will definitely be a steady stream of sneak attacks!"
Major Ikeda immediately asked: "General, are you saying there will be mines on the road ahead!"
"Then I will immediately dispatch the engineering squadron to clear mines in front to ensure the safety of the main force's march!"
Major General Kawaguchi shook his head and replied: "It's too slow. If we clear mines bit by bit to Linfen, we won't be able to cover the distance of more than a hundred attacks in half a month!"
After saying that, Major General Kawaguchi raised his telescope and looked around.
Major General Ikeda frowned, looking puzzled. A sneer quickly disappeared from Major General Kawaguchi!
"We have a solution!" Major General Kawaguchi ordered with a murderous look on his face.
"There is a village two kilometers to the left of the road. The cavalry brigade sent a squadron there to sweep the entire village. They captured fifty young men from the village and asked them to go at the front of the team to clear the way for the imperial army!"
"Tell the cavalry brigade that I only want the young and strong, not the old, weak, women and children!"
In less than an hour, fifty young men were captured.
Under the command of Major General Kawaguchi, these fifty young men were strung together with ropes and walked in front of the cavalry brigade to evade the mines.
"General, you are wise. In this way, the threat of landmines will be solved, unless the Eighth Route Army decides to use landmines to blow up the dozens of Chinese people in front. However, with the style of the Eighth Route Army, they will definitely not do this!" Major Ikeda immediately complimented.
Major General Kawaguchi's face was not as good-looking as he expected. For a soldier, grabbing civilians and using them as human shields is definitely not the behavior of a gentleman. If it weren't for the fact that he had no other choice, Major General Kawaguchi would never do this.
He frowned and continued to order: "The troops continue to advance, but they must be more vigilant. No one knows what method the Eighth Route Army will use in the next sneak attack!"
Li Wen and Tang Guangxin, two kilometers away, both had very heavy expressions on their faces.
They did not expect that the Japanese would be so ruthless and shameless, and would use ordinary people as a shield when they first come forward.
In this case, if the troops want to continue to attack them, they will face many more limitations.
Li Wen said solemnly: "If you have the chance, you must kill the leader of the Little Japanese Brigade. He is too ruthless. If he is in Linfen for a day, our base will definitely suffer huge losses and casualties. We must report this to the regiment as soon as possible.
Ministry, this old devil will definitely not treat our people as human beings on the battlefield, and will not care about the casualties of our people!"
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