"How is that possible? How could the Eighth Route Army be equipped with so many multiple machine guns?" The Japanese deputy captain was confused by the sudden appearance of more than a dozen tongues of flame on the battlefield.
These flames are so thick and long that only heavy machine guns can shoot them.
The captain of the 2nd Cavalry Squadron did not accompany the team in the attack. He saw his men falling off their horses one after another under heavy machine gun fire, or falling to the ground with men and horses.
There were corpses of people and horses everywhere, so densely packed that they almost formed a half-meter-high roadblock, he quickly warned.
"Sir, the enemy's blocking firepower is too strong. It is impossible for the cavalry to rush through. We must retreat immediately, otherwise all the troops involved in the attack will die there."
The deputy captain immediately shouted: "Retreat, all attacking troops retreat!"
After saying that, he stared at the battlefield, praying in his heart that the troops would retreat quickly.
Twelve heavy machine guns, thirteen light machine guns, and more than a hundred rifles were firing at the same time, and the bullets fired were airtight.
The Japanese had no chance to take advantage of them. They had to either retreat or face these bullets head-on and die here.
But it is not that easy to exit the battlefield alive.
The light machine gun fires after the Japanese rush to a hundred meters, and the heavy machine gun waits until they reach fifty meters before firing. This does not mean that their effective range is only this large.
The real lethality far exceeds this distance, especially heavy machine guns.
When the Japanese retreated to a position about 700 to 800 meters in front of the formation, the heavy machine gun could easily kill them, but the distance was too far and the hit rate was lower.
Of the more than one hundred and seventy cavalrymen, fifty or sixty were killed by light machine guns on the attack route, and almost fifty more were killed in the instant of heavy machine gun fire.
When the Japanese received the order to retreat and wanted to turn around, there were still two squads of more than 60 people left in the attacking force.
They were completely exposed to the range of light and heavy machine guns, and someone was killed every step they took.
On the blocking position, Li Hao felt completely relieved.
Seeing the Japanese begin to retreat, he immediately ordered: "Send the signal and the latent troops can attack."
"Woooooooooooo...bah..."
Two signal bombs took off and exploded at the same time. When the Japanese deputy captain saw it, his heart skipped a beat and he had a bad feeling.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army is coming towards us on the left, with a strength of about one company." A guard post ran over and reported.
The captain of the second squadron shouted angrily: "These Eighth Route Army troops are too arrogant. A company of infantry dares to attack our cavalry."
"Although the cavalry is no match for light and heavy machine guns, they are by no means afraid of their infantry."
"I'll lead my men to kill them right now. I'm sure to beat them to a pulp. I'll show you how powerful the cavalry is."
The vice-captain was also very aggrieved, with anger all over his face.
In the army, cavalry are all soldiers who walk with their heads held high. Their combat effectiveness far exceeds that of infantry, and they are the envy of everyone.
Nowadays, the proud cavalry is being suppressed and beaten by a group of Eighth Route Army infantry. If word spreads about this, the cavalry brigade will lose face.
But he didn't lose his cool.
The Eighth Route Army that blocked the cavalry brigade only had one or two hundred men, but they were equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns and were well hidden. They deliberately showed weakness and waited for the cavalry brigade to rush in front of them before being exposed bit by bit and severely damaging the imperial army.
They could hide their firepower and catch themselves off guard, and so could the Eighth Route Army attacking from the flank.
There was only one cavalry squad left. If they were also equipped with a large number of light machine guns, if they rushed over rashly, they would definitely hit their heads and bleed.
The deputy captain didn't want the last cavalry squad to encounter something unexpected. In that case, the two cavalry squadrons would really be doomed.
Looking at the subordinates in front of him who were eager to attack, he refused without hesitation.
"What are you charging for? Do you want both cavalry squadrons to be killed by the Eighth Route Army?"
"We are also retreating. This is obviously a conspiracy of the Eighth Route Army. They want to keep everyone here."
"If we let the Eighth Route Army emerge from the flanks to attack us and hold us back, we will definitely have no chance to retreat."
"Tell the attacking troops not to stop after exiting the battle, and to retreat directly behind us and get out of here."
More than forty cavalrymen turned around and began to retreat faster and faster.
"Da da da……"
Gunfire rang out, coming from the flank where a large number of Eighth Route Army troops emerged.
Under the cover of night, the flames of the six machine guns were particularly dazzling, and several cavalrymen were shot in the back and fell from their horses.
The captain of the second squadron took a deep breath, quickly lay down on the horse, lowered his body, and kicked the horse's belly with both feet to speed up the retreat.
It was not until the six machine gun flames were far behind him that it was difficult to threaten him. The squadron leader regained his composure and said happily: "Sir, you are wise. Fortunately, you just refused to attack in a humble position, otherwise we people will definitely suffer heavy casualties.
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The deputy captain's face didn't look good, and he didn't look happy to have escaped from the gunpoint at all.
He replied calmly: "But we still lost a dozen cavalrymen."
"The Eighth Route Army that attacked us was so weird. Each company was equipped with six or seven light machine guns, and there were also a large number of heavy machine guns. It was completely opposite to the Eighth Route Army we had encountered before."
"With our current situation, we definitely won't be able to continue to reinforce Kato's brigade. Maybe even self-protection will be a problem."
"We must immediately meet up with the infantry and report the situation here to the Chief of Staff before deciding whether to continue to reinforce Kato's brigade."
The squadron leader looked frightened when he thought of the six tongues of flames that had just emerged from the flank, and had no more thoughts of counterattacking the Eighth Route Army.
The vice-captain said whatever he said without any comments.
But it is not that easy to escape from the dragnet Li Hao prepared for them.
Until now, only two of the four infantry companies brought by Li Hao have shown up, and two more have not shown up.
The attacking force of more than a hundred cavalry only returned less than twenty.
After meeting up with the deputy captain, less than forty cavalrymen ran faster and faster along the road, all wanting to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible.
After running for a kilometer, everyone's tense nerves slowly relaxed.
Just when everyone thought that this place was far away from the battlefield and there would be no danger, the familiar sound of machine gun fire rang out again.
Seven light machine guns blocked the road and fired simultaneously.
As soon as the dazzling flames appeared in the cavalry's sight, the bullets were already flying in front of them, and they didn't even have time to react.
The neighing of war horses and the screams of cavalry were heard in an instant.
The first dozen cavalrymen and their horses smashed to the ground together.
If you are lucky enough not to be killed by a bullet, you will also be killed by the cavalry who fell to the ground behind you...
"Go around to the left of the enemy?" The deputy captain's heart was in his throat again. Unexpectedly, there was an ambush of the Eighth Route Army so far away from the battlefield. With despair and shock, he commanded at the top of his voice.
"Rumble..."
The sound of horse hoofbeats continued, and the twenty or so cavalrymen quickly turned and followed the deputy captain to start a detour.
The machine gun continued to fire, and the gunfire slowly moved from the front to the flanks.
People kept being beaten to death during this process, but the deputy captain couldn't control that much.
If we don't quickly get around the Eighth Route Army in front and wait for the Eighth Route Army behind to catch up and fire light and heavy machine guns at the same time, everyone will definitely die.
"Speed up, we'll get around it quickly," the deputy captain shouted while urging the horse to speed up.
The remaining twenty cavalry seemed to see victory beckoning to them, and they accelerated closely with the deputy captain.
By rushing forward another fifty meters, they could completely bypass the Eighth Route Army's blocking position and evacuate here.
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