"Boom, boom, boom..." Hearing the explosion sound at the position where the heavy machine gun company's platoon was located, several company commanders looked at Ma Houshou with admiration.
"Battal Commander, you are really right. The enemy used mortars as soon as they came up. If the heavy machine gun company hadn't retreated with one hit, they would have lost a lot of people in the shelling!" said the commander of the first company of the cavalry battalion.
Said excitedly.
Ma Houshou's mind immediately recalled what his regiment commander had said before leaving, and then replied: "These cavalry are not the cavalry attached to the division that we have encountered before. They are only responsible for reconnaissance and raids, and their tactics are dull. They are all real cavalry."
Elite, fighting alone, flexible and changeable tactics on the battlefield, strong combat effectiveness, and good at adapting!"
"When fighting against such cavalry, we must be more cautious!"
"The reaction of the Japanese in front of us just confirmed our judgment. They were very cunning and knew their weaknesses very well. Then they used heavy weapons such as mortars and heavy machine guns to attack us as soon as they came up. Instead of like what we encountered before
Like the cavalry that I have seen before, they attack when they come up and treat the cavalry as invincible. There is no tactics at all!"
After saying that, Ma Houshi ordered with a serious face: "From here, the battlefield we selected for the Japanese is still ten kilometers away, and the terrain along the way is hilly and suitable for our sneak attack... Tell the fire company, I don't care if they use mines."
Let’s use heavy machine guns to attack the Japs at least ten times, killing and injuring 300 cavalry! Then quickly rush to the reserved position on the battlefield and prepare for a decisive battle with the Japs’ cavalry!”
The firepower company is also equipped with war horses, and all equipment is carried on war horses, so the transfer speed is very fast.
Although the sound of gunfire and explosions were always accompanied by the Japanese cavalry, and some cavalry fell to the ground. However, the speed of the Japanese cavalry was not greatly affected.
The battlefield chosen by Ma Houshi for the Japanese was an open area, which was very suitable for cavalry assault.
More importantly, it is only five kilometers away from the headquarters of the Third Brigade of the Japanese 135th Regiment. When the troops arrived here, they could clearly hear the sound of gunfire coming from the Third Brigade's headquarters.
Ma Houshi was sure that in this case, the Japanese cavalry and the Japanese cavalry would definitely choose to fight with him, quickly break through the defense line he had prepared for them here, and then rush to the battlefield a few kilometers away to rescue the 135th Regiment.
"Rumble..."
The dull sound of horse hoofbeats became louder and louder, which meant that the Japanese cavalry were coming in force.
Seeing the nearly 400 cavalrymen in the cavalry battalion forming a very neat cavalry charge, holding their sabers high and blocking the road, the Japanese forward troops immediately pulled their horses and stopped the troops.
"Sir, there is a cavalry unit of the Eighth Route Army blocking the road ahead, and there is only one battalion of cavalry~" the squadron leader of the forward squadron reported as soon as the regiment commander rushed over.
"The Eighth Route Army wants these cavalry to die!" the captain sneered after glancing at the neat cavalry formation a few hundred meters away with his binoculars.
"Although there are hundreds of Eighth Route Army cavalry on the opposite side, I am sure that less than 30% of the cavalry are battle-hardened. The rest are just infantry who have just dated on horseback. Let them go to the battlefield to charge and kill, and they will die!"
"Order... the second cavalry brigade to attack, kill them, and capture all the horses they equipped, so that we can form another cavalry brigade!"
"Hi~" The captain also saw some clues and answered excitedly. It was as if what he wanted to do next was not to go to the battlefield but to receive military merit.
"Rumble..."
The sound of horse hooves that stopped for less than two minutes echoed across the battlefield again.
More than 600 cavalrymen, wielding their sabers, formed three charging formations, like three pointed knives, thrusting straight into the cavalry camp formation.
Five hundred meters...the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side did not move...
Three hundred meters away, the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side has not moved yet...
At this moment, the speed of the Japanese cavalry has reached its extreme. As long as they maintain this speed and rush into the cavalry camp formation, they will definitely knock the cavalry camp upside down.
Two hundred meters away, the Eighth Route Army has not moved yet.
Faced with this situation, all the Japs showed enthusiastic and excited expressions on their faces.
One hundred meters... For the Japanese, it took ten seconds to reach the Eighth Route Army's cavalry formation. When the Eighth Route Army moved.
What excited the Japanese was that instead of attacking, these Eighth Route Army troops nodded and retreated.
At this time, the Japanese cavalry had no intention of stopping, but continued to attack the retreating cavalry.
The Eighth Route Army just started to retreat at a very slow pace. The speed of the cavalry brigade has reached its extreme. As long as it continues to pursue, it may not take more than ten seconds, and the cavalry brigade can still catch up with the cavalry battalion and kill them.
Fifty meters away, the cavalry brigade was less than fifty meters away from the cavalry at the end of the cavalry battalion. The Japanese cavalry with their sabers raised high seemed to have seen victory approaching them, when a very crude infantry defense line suddenly appeared in front of them.
However, there were nine heavy machine guns emitting cold light, a dozen light machine guns, and dozens of submachine guns held in the arms of soldiers on the defense line.
"Da da da……"
Gunshots rang out, and the whizzing bullets intertwined with each other, forming an airtight steel storm and crashing towards the Japanese.
"Rumble..."
The cavalry who rushed at the front had no time to react before they were beaten into a sieve together with their horses, and then fell down on the road.
The Japanese captain's face had turned pale.
Seeing his subordinates fall to the ground one after another, and the distance of fifty meters was like an insurmountable iron wall blocking their way, he immediately ordered.
"Retreat...retreat immediately...get out of here..."
The captain of the cavalry regiment supervising the battle behind also showed a dumbfounded expression, but he reacted quickly. He glanced at the surrounding terrain and ordered: "The artillerymen immediately set up the mortars, shelled the Eighth Route Army positions, and covered the second brigade.
Withdraw."
"Boom boom boom..."
It took the Japanese artillerymen more than a minute to finally fire the first round of shells. The machine guns on the Eighth Route Army's position a few hundred meters away agreed to stop firing at the same time, and then retreated back carrying the light and heavy machine guns.
As for his second brigade, more than 600 cavalry went out, but in the end only more than 300 people came back.
Including the more than 300 cavalry lost along the way, the entire regiment of more than 1,300 cavalry was reduced to less than 700.
Seeing the densely packed corpses on the battlefield and the horses without their owners, the commander's face turned red with anger.
But before he could curse, the dull sound of horse hooves came over.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army cavalry is coming towards us!"
More than four hundred cavalrymen, waving and cursing, formed a huge attack formation and rushed towards me in a mighty manner, getting faster and faster!
"Sir, give me the order. Let's go up to them, kill them, and take revenge!" the captain of the second brigade who had just retreated shouted with a pair of red eyes.
The captain of the third brigade then added: "This time, the Eighth Route Army attacked first. They have walked through the battlefield. There must be no conspiracy!"
"All troops below me, mount up and prepare to charge~" The captain finally made up his mind, and all the anger he had suppressed was vented in this order. He roared the order, then personally drew his saber and raised it above his head!
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