If the cavalry coming is the enemy, they will never come slowly. This is no different from alerting the enemy.
Less than ten minutes after the regiment headquarters moved out of the village, the cavalry company appeared at the entrance of the village, with their horses and rifles slung on their shoulders, without any hostility.
As soon as the three soldiers from the guard platoon emerged from the village, two men ran out from among the cavalry. One was carrying a horse rifle on his back, and the other was carrying a box cannon on his waist. They looked very powerful.
A few minutes later, the guard platoon led the squad leader back to the village.
"Commander, let me ask you clearly. They are the Eighth Route Army and belong to the Lingqiu Garrison Regiment. They are not little devils."
"This is a letter of introduction stamped with the seal of their regiment. We have been ordered to escort a batch of weapons and ammunition to support us and prevent the Japanese and puppet troops from reinforcing Baoding in Gaoyang City." After reading the letter of introduction, the regiment leader's last concern disappeared and he hurried to the entrance of the village.
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"Captain Li, this is our regiment commander!" the guard squad leader introduced to the cavalry company commander.
"Hello, Chief!" Captain Li saluted and then reported: "I am the commander of the second company of the cavalry battalion of the garrison regiment. I have been ordered to escort a batch of ammunition over and work with your regiment to block the Japanese and puppet troops in Gaoyang who are reinforcing Baoding."
"This is the weapons list: there are three mortars, three heavy machine guns, fifteen light machine guns, three hundred rifles, and one hundred thousand rounds of various ammunition."
After confirming that all the weapons and ammunition in the list were given to him, the regiment leader's face lit up with joy, and he immediately ordered the guard platoon leader behind him: "Why are you still standing there? Send someone immediately to contact the political commissar and return to the village. Friendly forces will send troops to reinforce us.
He also brought us a large amount of weapons and ammunition."
"Notify the cooking squad to take out all the good things stored in the regiment and cook them, so as to entertain our friendly troops..."
At eight o'clock in the morning, the gate of Gaoyang County opened on time.
A group of Japanese soldiers rushed out first, and indiscriminately broke up the villagers who were blocking the city gate and wanted to enter the city, ensuring that the city gate was open.
Two minutes later, more than a thousand Japanese puppet troops carrying heavy machine guns and mortars marched out of the city gates and headed toward Baoding along the official road.
At first, the Japanese and puppet troops moved smoothly, but this good thing only lasted less than twenty minutes before it was broken by an explosion.
What exploded was a landmine, and it was a bouncing mine brought by the cavalry company.
The metal shell exploded in the air, quickly spattering hundreds of fragments and sweeping away everyone and everything around it like a storm.
There were more than 30 Japs and more than 50 puppet troops in the vanguard. They were scattered on both sides of the road in a fighting formation. They held guns and marched forward while looking around with vigilance.
As for the middle of the road, no one pays any attention to it.
The machine gunner walking in the middle of the road detonated the mine, which quickly bounced off the ground and exploded just above his head.
The machine gunner and the two assistant shooters were closest to the mine, and they suffered the worst fate. There was almost no intact skin on their upper bodies, and there were fragments of blood everywhere. The blood gushed out like a fountain, dyeing their uniforms red. They screamed.
He fell to the ground and made no sound.
Several riflemen around him were not spared.
Those who are lucky will have one fragment stuck in their body, and those who are unlucky will have two or three fragments stuck in their body.
But they were also lucky. None of them were killed. They all lay on the ground wailing and screaming...
This was a wake-up call prepared by the cavalry company for the Japanese and puppet reinforcements.
During the next march, no matter where they went, they would always encounter a landmine every 180 meters, of all types.
If you go to a section with complex terrain, you will encounter cold guns and artillery prepared by the soldiers of the independent regiment, and even a surprise attack with light and heavy machine gun fire.
The reinforcements were led by a Japanese major who had stayed in Gaoyang County for at least two years and knew the terrain and opponents inside Gaoyang very well.
As I walked, I frowned.
He is very familiar with the Eighth Route Army operating in Gaoyang. Although the quality of the soldiers is not bad, their equipment is poor and their ammunition is very little. The limited machine guns and machine gun ammunition are usually reserved for critical moments and will never be used for sneak attacks. Too
Waste of bullets is not in line with their fighting style.
Today, not only did they use light and heavy machine guns to sneak attack on themselves from a long distance, but the riflemen also completely ignored the consumption of ammunition when attacking.
This is so abnormal.
The first subconscious thought was that other Eighth Route Army troops had arrived in Gaoyang.
To be cautious, the troops were immediately ordered to be on alert.
At one o'clock at noon, reinforcements arrived at a high ground.
The high ground stands on the side of the official road. As long as this high ground is controlled, the official road will be controlled.
Unless the high ground is taken, there is no other way to pass here.
Three infantry companies of the Independent Regiment were stationed here and decided to use the favorable terrain to engage in a head-on blocking battle with the Japanese army.
Of course, these are all the arrangements made by the Eighth Route Army...
"Artillery, heavy machine gun cover, the 1st Infantry Squadron, and the 1st Battalion of the Royal Association Army, attack at the same time. Give me the shortest possible time to capture the high ground in front." The Japanese Major pulled out his command knife and ordered with a murderous look on his face.
The Major had already identified the identity of the Eighth Route Army on the highlands by the color of their uniforms: his old rival, the Independent Regiment.
To deal with them, mortars and heavy machine guns are enough.
The battle started soon. The blocking firepower of the independent regiment on the high ground was much stronger than the Japanese expected. But the major was not worried at all because he had not heard any news of heavy machine guns and mortars joining the battle yet.
As long as the opponent is not equipped with these two heavy weapons, no matter how many soldiers and light machine guns they have, they will be killed bit by bit.
With this idea in mind, the major continued to urge the troops to strengthen their offensive.
As time passed, the Japanese and puppet troops who did not participate in the war also focused their attention on the battlefield, wanting to see how their own people captured the high ground and annihilated the Eighth Route Army.
"Rumble..."
A roar reached the ears of the Japanese and puppet soldiers from far and near.
The captain subconsciously glanced in the direction from which the sound came.
You won’t know if you don’t look at it, but you will be shocked when you look at it.
Three hundred meters away, there was a winding road at the end of the official road. Suddenly, a large number of cavalry appeared. Along the official road, they charged at the rear troops with their horses and rifles.
The rear troops were only over a hundred meters away from the curved road, and the fast-moving cavalry could rush over in less than ten seconds.
There was no time to react, and a terrifying scene appeared in the captain's field of vision.
The messy gunfire was better than nothing under the cover of the sound of horse hooves, but the casualties of his men were not affected.
The soldiers in the last few rows were beaten into pieces by horse rifles in panic.
In the blink of an eye, the cavalry had rushed to the rear of the army, and the horse rifles in their hands were replaced by sabers. They rushed into the crowd with roars, killing their men until they were on their backs.
"The attacking troops will get back immediately!" the captain ordered in shock.
"The heavy machine gun troops immediately turned to block the oncoming cavalry."
"All the machine gunners of the two squadrons were killed, and together with the heavy machine guns, they blocked the cavalry..."
These are all the ways the captain can think of to deal with the cavalry in a short period of time.
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