Before the ambush battle began, Li Hao only carried a crooked rifle on his body. Due to lack of troops, he now carried two more rifles.
After walking for several hours, although Li Hao was now in good physical condition, he was still out of breath from exhaustion.
After glancing at the watch seized on his arm, Li Hao immediately frowned.
"Tao Yongbo, how long does it take to walk into the mountains from here?" Li Hao asked after finding the living map in the platoon.
He is a soldier sent by the underground party. No one in the platoon knows the topography of Lingqiu County better than him.
The name Tao Yong Bo Huo Map was definitely not blown out. He glanced at the surrounding terrain and replied: "Platoon leader, at the current speed, we will have to walk for another two hours to enter the mountain!"
"Our marching speed is still too slow!" Li Hao's frown deepened.
Then he analyzed with a serious face: "It has been more than five hours since we set off from Lijia'ao. It will take four hours for the Japanese scouts from Lijia'ao to go to the county to report. If the Japanese army in the county really sends cavalry to attack us, follow the cavalry's pursuit
Speed, we should be there soon!"
Hong Linfeng, an old Red Army soldier, also frowned and said solemnly.
"Platoon commander, we must not let the cavalry catch up with us!"
"I have seen cavalry troops, and their assault capabilities are too strong. Once, an infantry company of ours faced an enemy cavalry platoon. In less than five minutes, the infantry company was completely attacked by them!"
"The cavalry really came and caught up with us. We didn't even have a chance to escape!"
Li Hao nodded seriously, acknowledging Hong Linfeng's analysis.
Then comforted: "This is just my guess, it may not actually happen!"
"But if I were a Japanese commander, I would definitely send cavalry to hunt us down in this situation."
"Because cavalry is used to deal with infantry, and it is a group of infantry with a large number of wounded. As long as nothing unexpected happens, the cavalry will definitely win!"
"Just in case, we must be prepared, otherwise we will be too passive and we cannot afford to gamble!"
"The fire squad, the first squad and all the captured weapons are left behind. Hong Linfeng, please lead the others to continue retreating, enter the forest as soon as possible, and then go directly back to the secret camp."
"I and the rear troops will stay here until dark. Regardless of whether the Japanese cavalry will come or not, I will retreat after dark and go directly back to the secret camp!"
Hong Linfeng immediately objected: "Platoon commander, you lead the people to retreat, I will stay behind!"
"Do you have experience in fighting cavalry? Do you know how to fight cavalry?" Li Hao asked two direct questions that left Hong Linfeng speechless.
Not to mention Hong Linfeng, if you look at the entire fourth platoon, no one has experience in fighting cavalry.
But he couldn't do it if the platoon leader was in danger.
After hesitating for a few seconds, Hong Linfeng was unwilling to bite the bullet and replied: "I have no experience in fighting cavalry, but you, platoon leader, have neither. If you can stay, I can stay!"
"And you are the platoon leader and the backbone of our entire fourth platoon and all the seriously wounded soldiers. You must follow the main force!"
Li Hao replied confidently: "I know what you are worried about. Don't worry, although I have no experience in fighting cavalry, I know some ways to fight cavalry, so there will definitely be no problem!"
"If there are really Japanese cavalry coming to attack, it would be a good time to practice with them!"
"I, Li Hao, keep my word and I will absolutely guarantee that I will lead the rear troops to escape unscathed!"
"And leave me twenty of the captured grenades. I can use them!"
As soon as Hong Linfeng left with his troops, Li Hao began to issue orders.
"Weapons are all left on the road. Now we go up the mountain to the forest to cut down trees. Trees as thick as a calf are best. After cutting them off, drag them along with the branches to the road and place them one by one on the road!"
"Platoon leader, can this stop the cavalry?" Chen Bing, the leader of the fire squad, asked with a frown.
In his eyes, once the cavalry attacks, a brick wall can easily break open a hole. How can a tree that can be dragged by two people block it?
Li Hao smiled and said nothing.
What he wanted to do the most was a triangular horse with sharp barbs sticking up.
Although the cavalry's assault ability is very strong, it has no use against the resisting horses.
Unless the Juma is destroyed or bypassed, it is absolutely impossible to jump directly over the Juma and continue the assault.
But with limited time and no tools, it is definitely impossible to make a horse here.
So, he took a fancy to the trees in the woods on both sides of the road.
Although the trees with branches could not stop the horses, the Japanese cavalry only needed to jump over them.
But densely packed trees are powerful when placed together!
Although it still can't stop the cavalry's assault, it can reduce their assault speed to a minimum.
The main reason why the cavalry has strong combat effectiveness is their powerful assault ability.
Once their assault capability is gone, they will become tigers without fangs, and their combat effectiveness will be greatly weakened.
He hesitated and ordered: "Execute the order!"
"Then you will know how I use these trees to fight against the Japanese! I guarantee it will be an eye-opener for you."
More than a dozen trees were placed horizontally and vertically on the road, forming a roadblock more than 40 meters long.
A gentle slope less than thirty meters away from the roadblock is the blocking position selected by Li Hao.
Some people moved rocks, others dug soil, and built shooting shelters.
"Comrades, listen up. The cavalry is indeed very powerful on the battlefield, but it is not invincible! We have a trump card against the cavalry!"
"Use them well, no matter how many cavalry come to kill them, they will be killed!"
"What is it? Platoon leader?" Chen Bing asked anxiously.
No one was more anxious than him. The platoon leader gave him a pass on the problem just now, and now everything about this problem must be clarified.
"Machine guns... powerful machine gun firepower is the trump card against the Japanese!" Li Hao did not hide anything this time.
"I left a total of ten light machine guns. In order to ensure the firepower, after the war started, we used five machine guns to fire salvos at a time. The deputy shooter was dedicated to loading bullets for the other machine gun next to him. The gun would not stop to ensure the continuity of the firepower.
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"I promise, we will kill as many Japanese cavalry as they come."
Everyone, including Chen Bing, had a dubious expression on their faces.
It wasn't that they didn't believe Li Hao, it was just that the cavalry's assault speed was too fast.
Counting from the time they enter the machine gun range, they can rush in front of everyone in ten seconds at most.
Even if there are five machine guns firing at one time, not many bullets can be fired in just ten seconds.
More importantly, it is not difficult to hit fast-moving cavalry on the battlefield.
For bullets fired in less than ten seconds, if 10% of the bullets hit the target in the end, it is already pretty good.
In their view, it was impossible for these bullets to cause too much damage to the Japanese cavalry. It was even more difficult to kill them.
I never expected the impact that the dozens of meters of roadblocks on the road ahead would have on the entire battle.
Li Hao did not continue talking, but took out twenty grenades left by the main force and entered the brigade commander's area to lay booby traps.
He wanted to teach the Japanese cavalry an unforgettable lesson here.
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