The sound of horse hooves sounded, from far to near, and slowly reached the ears of the squadron leader.
At first, the sound was very sparse and not loud. After two or three seconds, the sound started to get louder and denser, just like thunder.
"Sir, what's the sound?" A second lieutenant walking next to the squadron leader asked with a puzzled look on his face before he could react.
"No, it's the cavalry!" The squadron leader was the first to react, and then his face showed a look of shock full of fear, and he shouted out loud.
"There are cavalry coming at us from the flanks. Light and heavy machine guns are firing immediately to block them, otherwise we will all die here."
"Others got on the railway and relied on military columns to fight."
The Japanese squadron leader responded quickly and chose tactics very well.
If the cavalry battalion was a little further away from them, they would definitely be able to rely on the military columns to block the cavalry assault.
But the cavalry battalion was too close to them, especially the second company.
All Japanese soldiers know one thing: two or three infantrymen cannot beat a single cavalryman on the plains, so after receiving the order, in order to survive, they run faster than anyone else.
Everyone wanted to climb onto the railway as soon as possible and hide behind the military columns to fight the cavalry.
But Zhou Wu didn't give them this time.
More than two hundred meters passed in an instant, and before the heavy machine guns were set up, the cavalry had already rushed in front of them.
He raised his saber high and used the huge inertia brought by the cavalry to strike at the nearest little devil with all his strength.
The sword flashed, and there was a bloody mouth on the Japs chest. With fear, he fell heavily to the ground.
Inside the mountain, Lieutenant Colonel Miki was about to be driven crazy.
God doesn't have much time left for him. Although there aren't many left in the Eighth Route Army, the ones who are left are obviously veterans and elites. Compared with the day, it is getting harder and harder to chase and fight.
It was still dark now, and night fighting was what the Eighth Route Army was good at. It was more beneficial to them, and the chance of annihilating them was even slimmer.
If he couldn't end the battle before dawn, wipe out the Eighth Route Army, and repair all the paralyzed roads, he would have no chance at all. He could only fulfill his promise in the military order and commit hara-kiri here.
Lieutenant Commander Miki didn't want to die yet, and he didn't want to give up his current status and honor, otherwise he wouldn't have asked his superiors to give him an extra day by issuing a military order and risk his life.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army we are chasing has stopped again!" A subordinate ran over and reported.
"Where?" Lieutenant Commander Miki asked with a pair of red eyes.
"On the high ground three hundred meters ahead!" his subordinate quickly replied.
Lieutenant Colonel Miki's despairing face rekindled hope, and he decisively ordered: "Send out all the troops, surround the high ground first, and then leave no one behind, and launch an attack at the same time. I will trap the remaining Eighth Route Army on the hilltop little by little.
Eliminate it, even if it costs one life for another, no matter what."
"Tell all officers above second lieutenant that each person is responsible for a section of the defense line. If there is any problem, I will look for him/her."
"If the Eighth Route Army cannot be eliminated in this battle and all paralyzed roads cannot be restored before dawn, all the officers here will be buried with me before I commit suicide."
"Hi!"
Under the threat of death, the remaining Japanese and puppet troops worked particularly hard.
In less than ten minutes, the hilltop defended by the guerrilla brigade was surrounded by Lieutenant Commander Miki.
"Start the attack!" Lieutenant Colonel Miki ordered with murderous intent.
"All participating troops advanced to the top of the mountain at the same time, working step by step. No one could advance rashly, and the Eighth Route Army was not given any chance to break out."
For more than three hundred days, the puppet troops, armed with guns and light machine guns, formed an encirclement around the high ground and slowly approached the top of the mountain.
The heavy machine gunners carried heavy machine guns, and the artillerymen carried mortars, closely following, ready to stop at any time to provide fire cover.
"Baba...dah...dah..."
Gunfire soon rang out on the battlefield, both from the Japanese and from the guerrilla brigade. It was very chaotic.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army on the mountain will definitely not be able to escape this time!" Seeing that the encirclement on the mountain was getting smaller and smaller, one of his subordinates, a captain, seemed to see hope of victory. He was obviously not as nervous as before, and shouted with his eyes shining.
Lieutenant Colonel Miki said nothing.
The opponents are too cunning and have endless means at their disposal. No one knows if they have any new plots to deal with them: if they don't take action, they will be fine, and if they do, they will slip away from the eyes of the imperial army.
This kind of thing has happened several times this afternoon, so Miki has no confidence at all.
Holding the binoculars and staring closely at the battlefield, I was deeply afraid that I had overlooked something that would cause the Eighth Route Army to break through again.
Whatever you are afraid of will happen.
A burst of gunshots suddenly sounded on the back of the mountain, becoming more and more intensive.
Less than five minutes later, a very embarrassed figure rushed towards him. It was a second lieutenant. After rushing in front of him, he panted heavily and reported anxiously: "Sir, the Eighth Route Army, there are a lot of people lurking behind us.
Eighth Route Army.”
"They suddenly came out from behind and attacked us, equipped with many machine guns."
"A humble infantry squad was defeated after only holding on for two minutes, and the Imperial Army was dispersed on the spot!"
"Could it be that there is only a part of the Eighth Route Army on the mountain, and the other Eighth Route Army is hiding around us? After we complete the encirclement, we will attack with the Eighth Route Army on the mountain from both inside and outside, carve a bloody path through the encirclement, and once again slip away from under our noses!" Lieutenant Colonel Miki said subconsciously!
Judgment.
"No, they are definitely not in the same group." The second lieutenant shook his head like a rattle and objected firmly.
"They all wore uniforms of the Eighth Route Army, and their attacking speed was cleaner and more efficient than the Eighth Route Army we encountered during the day."
The captain frowned and analyzed: "Sir, most of the Eighth Route Army we encountered during the day were not wearing military uniforms, and there were only a few dozen of them left. The gunshots on the mountain just now were so dense, it meant that they were all on the mountain, so they appeared behind them.
There should be another member of the Eighth Route Army."
Lieutenant Colonel Miki's face was extremely gloomy.
The Eighth Route Army had not been killed during the day, and now a new unit came over.
If his subordinates' judgment was correct, his chance of annihilating them before dawn would definitely be gone.
"Da da da... boom boom..."
The gunshots coming from behind the hilltop were getting denser and denser, with a lot of explosions mixed in between, and the scope of the firefight was getting wider and wider. This was obviously not a sound that dozens of Eighth Route Army troops could create.
"Sir, we have been fooled!" Another second lieutenant rushed over in a hurry.
"A large number of Eighth Route Army troops appeared behind and on the flanks of the troops. They were at least one company strong and equipped with heavy machine guns and mortars. They attacked us from all directions. The troops suffered heavy casualties and were almost unable to withstand it."
"Sir, this is a conspiracy!" The captain also became anxious, staring closely at Lieutenant Commander Miki and analyzing.
After his subordinates' judgment was confirmed, Lieutenant Colonel Miki had completely given up hope that he could complete the mission.
Since you are going to die sooner or later, it is better to die on the battlefield, so that your honor in the first half of your life may be preserved.
Thinking of this, Lieutenant Commander Miki became less worried. His eyes became redder and redder, and he stared at the battlefield while giving orders with a murderous look on his face.
"The troops will break away from the battle immediately and gather towards me. I will fight to the death with the Eighth Route Army here."
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