"Captain, the little devil is trying to escape!" Liu Senyun reminded.
"It's too late!" Li Hao replied with a sneer, and then began to give orders.
"Order the heavy artillery battalion to start extending artillery fire. The mobile battalion, the special agent battalion, and the independent battalion will all be killed. The Japanese will be wiped out."
"If the Japs divide their forces to the rear, we will also divide our troops. Some of them will surround the Japs' rear troops, call for heavy artillery support, and slowly eat them up. The other troops will continue to hunt down the main force of the Japanese reinforcements."
"Tonight I am going to cut the big cake of Japanese reinforcements into many small pieces like cutting a cake, and then break them one by one and eat them bit by bit."
The cavalry brigade was lucky. Except for losing half of the squadron at the beginning, it did not participate in the subsequent attacks. It was directly transferred to the rear by the chief of staff to protect the heavy artillery brigade and patrolled and guarded around the heavy artillery positions.
After receiving the order to retreat, the cavalry brigade should be the most well-organized unit among the reinforcements.
Without saying a word, the captain led the troops and ran in the direction of Laiyuan very fast.
As for the infantry behind them, they were beyond their reach and couldn't control them even if they wanted to.
We can't let them give up the mobility advantage of cavalry and use infantry to intercept the pursuing troops of the garrison! This is a taboo for military strategists. Even if the superiors have orders, the captain will not carry them out.
Under normal circumstances, the cavalry brigade can return to Laiyuan City in one hour.
At that time, no matter whether the garrison regiment dispatches heavy artillery or light and heavy machine guns, it will not threaten their own safety.
At the Jinguling position, the air defense battalion arrived half an hour earlier than the Japanese cavalry brigade.
It was definitely too late to build a position. Battalion Commander Chen Quan made a prompt decision and took advantage of the complex terrain on the mountains to arrange machine gun positions and prepare a pocket formation for the Japanese.
The nearly 100-meter-high mountain ridge does not block the middle of the road, but is located on the right side of the road, stretching for more than a thousand meters.
In some places, the highway passes directly through the front foot of Jingu Ridge, while in other places, it bypasses Jingu Ridge and passes nearly a hundred meters away from the foot of the mountain.
"Instructor, we have ten anti-aircraft machine guns, I decided to use them separately." Chen Quan pointed at the mountains at his feet and ordered.
"An anti-aircraft machine gun is placed every 100 meters on the mountain ridge. Others are scattered around these anti-aircraft machine guns and participate in the battle with rifles."
"When the Japanese cavalry brigade rushed to us, the first anti-aircraft machine gun fired, strafing the charging cavalry head-on to block them."
"Other anti-aircraft machine guns fire together. One machine gun is responsible for the 100-meter-long road. Find a suitable place to deploy the machine gun to ensure that there are no shooting dead spots on the 100-meter road."
Within half an hour, the ground beneath everyone's feet began to tremble, followed by the faint sound of horse hoofbeats.
The sound got louder and louder, and slowly turned into a roar like thunder.
After another two minutes, the first Japanese cavalry appeared at the end of the road, holding a torch to illuminate the road. Chen Quan could see it very clearly.
Then there is the second one, densely packed.
They had just walked this road a few hours ago and it was not dangerous.
The Eighth Route Army is now chasing infantry on the battlefield, so this place is safer.
The cavalry brigade was not vigilant and did not send a vanguard. Several hundred cavalry lined up along the way, stretching for nearly a kilometer, like a fire dragon, rushing along the road towards Laiyuan at a very fast speed.
In the blink of an eye, the first cavalryman rushed in front of Chen Quan.
"Fire..." "Dong dong dong..." The dull sound of machine gun fire and Chen Quan's command sounded at the same time.
The long barrel of the anti-aircraft machine gun immediately sprayed out a thick tongue of flame more than two feet long, and thick bullets flew into the night sky like meteors.
After drawing a beautiful arc in the air, it hit the road, causing dust to fly.
A bullet hit the cavalryman, passed through his chest, and finally entered the road behind the cavalryman.
The cavalrymen got off their horses and smashed them on the ground.
The speed of the war horse did not slow down, and it dragged the body forward for more than ten meters before stopping. The blood that kept pouring out of the blood hole directly left a blood mark on the road. It couldn't be more miserable.
What follows is a massacre.
A bullet streaking across the road will bring a rain of blood.
As long as the little Japanese cavalry and war horses are hit, they will be killed or wounded and they will definitely lose their combat effectiveness on the spot.
Ten anti-aircraft machine guns each fired two bullet chains before stopping...
The Japanese chief of staff did not know yet that the cavalry brigade was being killed.
At this moment, he was retreating frantically with more than a thousand infantry and artillery troops, worried about saving his life.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army's pursuers are coming again!" a second lieutenant reported from behind.
"What do the troops at the rear do? They didn't even stop us for ten minutes?" the chief of staff frowned and cursed, very anxious.
A major stood up and explained: "Sir, the rear troops are still holding on."
"The Eighth Route Army was too cunning. It separated a company to attack our rear troops, while the others bypassed the rear troops and continued to chase us."
"I just made an observation. Our four rear troops have already divided up half of their pursuers."
"There are only more than 500 people left. They keep chasing us and beating us. They are so arrogant and they simply don't take us seriously."
"Sir, please give me two squadrons to set up an ambush here, and use a counter-ambush to kill them. See if they dare to continue chasing us so closely."
The chief of staff also held back his anger and had nowhere to vent his anger, so he answered without thinking about it.
"Okay, let's hit them with a counterattack first, hit them head-on, and hit them hard."
"Then stop them on the spot and retreat after half an hour."
The major replied with confidence: "Sir, don't worry, I promise to complete the mission."
As soon as the chief of staff left with the others, the major shouted to the remaining troops, with an expression of eagerness to try.
"Everyone set up their machine guns, established a defensive line on the spot, and attacked the pursuing troops of the defense regiment head-on."
In the blink of an eye, the chief of staff had led the team four to five hundred meters, and the figures of the Eighth Route Army's pursuing troops also began to enter the major's field of vision.
"Be prepared for battle, follow my orders before firing, and bring the enemy closer to hit them, so that you can use the firepower to cause maximum damage to them."
The pursuers of the garrison were getting closer and closer, and the major slowly drew out his command sword and raised it above his head.
Wait for the last ten seconds and he will give the order to shoot.
At this time, a "rumbling..." sound of horse hoofs suddenly sounded behind him, and nearly a hundred cavalrymen, holding command swords, charged towards his back along the road.
"Did the chief of staff send the cavalry brigade to reinforce us?" A question flashed in the major's mind.
Soon, this question was rejected by himself.
After they rushed over, their own defense line must have borne the brunt, but their speed did not slow down, but became faster and faster.
"No, there are enemy cavalry behind us." The major suddenly woke up.
"The first squadron immediately turned around and faced the cavalry, blocking them at all costs."
"Rumble, rumble..." The sound of horse hooves was so noisy and deafening that only dozens of soldiers around him could hear the order given by the major.
The speed of the cavalry was so fast that after receiving the order to turn around, there were less than fifty Japanese soldiers. They had already assaulted to a position of fifty or sixty meters.
"Da da da... bang bang... bang bang..."
The horse rifles, submachine guns, and pistols equipped by the cavalry opened fire at once, and bullets flew towards them in dense masses like rain.
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