The captain of the cavalry squadron was riding on a war horse, holding a telescope with a gloomy look on his face.
The captain of the infantry squadron next to him also had an ugly expression on his face. The death of more than thirty cavalrymen also shocked him greatly.
Cavalry is different from infantry. It costs the same to train one cavalry, but at least two infantry can be trained.
Losing more than thirty cavalry at one time was definitely a big loss for Lingqiu City, which only had more than a hundred cavalry.
More importantly, the cavalry has strong combat effectiveness and is very good at surprise attacks.
On the frontal battlefield, a company of more than 30 cavalry can easily win against an infantry company.
But in front of him, on the battlefield suitable for cavalry assault, the elite cavalry of the Imperial Army were defeated. This showed that the strength of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side was much stronger than he had imagined.
After thinking for a while, the infantry squadron leader frowned and analyzed: "Suzuki-kun, we underestimated the enemy too much. I didn't expect that there were not many Eighth Route Army soldiers on the opposite side, but they were equipped with seven machine guns!"
"Machine guns are the nemesis of cavalry. The Eighth Route Army must have known this, and then they concentrated so many light machine guns to block our cavalry attack!"
"As long as we find a way to disperse their machine gun firepower, the cavalry will definitely be able to easily enter their position, disrupt the Eighth Route Army on the position, and kill them!"
The expression of the cavalry squadron leader slowly softened: "I think so too!"
"The Anji Town stronghold is in danger. We must quickly break through the Eighth Route Army's interception force and reinforce them!"
"I want our next two squadrons to go together!"
"The infantry squadron made a frontal assault, attracting machine gun fire from the Eighth Route Army!"
"The remaining two squads of cavalry were divided into two, and the left and right wings circled around to outflank the Eighth Route Army's blocking position in one fell swoop!"
The infantry squadron leader thought for a moment and made a decision: "I agree!"
After blocking the position, Chen Bing rushed to Li Hao and reported excitedly: "Battalion Commander, a total of 16 horses have been recovered, all intact!"
"The cavalry equipment has not been returned. Time is too tight. I am worried about the Japs attacking!"
Li Hao replied with a smile on his face: "Okay, as long as we get a dozen more horses, the cavalry company can be fully staffed!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the observation post shouted nervously.
"Battal Commander, the Japanese have begun to attack again, and the infantry are also coming to kill them!"
Li Hao immediately raised his telescope and looked hundreds of meters away. Soon, Shu's brows twisted into a "Sichuan" shape.
"The devils are going to fight us desperately. They will use all their trump cards at once to break through our blocking position in one battle!"
Chen Bing said with a serious face: "The infantry is attacking frontally, and the cavalry is attacking in a roundabout way. The Japanese want to distract our firepower... Battalion Commander, how should we fight?"
Li Hao snorted and replied: "The little devil has a trump card, and we also have a trump card!"
"Three heavy machine guns, one company and one row guarding the left flank of the position, you personally command!"
"Three heavy machine guns, one company and two platoons guard the right wing of the position. Instructor Gong, you will take command. I will take command of the others and six mortars, and guard the front of the position."
"Send a signal to the guards immediately so they can take action!"
"The battle here has begun. They launched an attack from the back of the Japs and attacked the Japs' reinforcements from the front and rear. Even if they cannot completely annihilate them, they can still inflict heavy damage on them!"
More than a hundred Japanese infantrymen, rifles in hand, formed a skirmish line and rushed towards the position in a mighty manner.
The cavalry guard remained motionless on both flanks, waiting for an opportunity.
"shot……"
Li Hao issued a counterattack order when the Japanese were still more than 200 meters away.
Three crooked rifles and more than fifty rifles opened fire at the same time.
Although the Japanese still looked like a figure to everyone, two or three of them fell down and became motionless corpses.
As soon as the guns were fired, the Japanese cavalry moved.
The charge speed became faster and faster, and they directly detoured to the two wings of the position and launched an assault on the position.
"Kill... shoot with the grenade and kill the Eighth Route Army's machine gun fire~" the Japanese infantry squadron leader ordered decisively.
"With machine gun cover, the infantry continues to charge forward, dragging all the Eighth Route Army troops on the position in front of us and distracting them from blocking the cavalry's firepower!"
On the blocking position, the troops who had just won a battle were still struggling to regain some morale. Then they faced a three-sided attack by the Japanese army, with cavalry and infantry attacking from three directions at the same time. The huge pressure made them panic again.
A tense atmosphere instantly filled the entire position, as if the position was about to be undefendable.
At the critical moment, Li Hao spoke and ordered with a serious look on his face.
"Heavy machine gun fire, mortar fire, let the little devils have a taste of our power!"
"Da da da……"
The heavy machine gun fired first.
Relying on his fast shooting speed and powerful power, he quickly spit out six tongues of fire in front of the formation, which was more powerful than a dozen crooked guns shooting at the same time.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of rounds of bullets were fired, densely intertwined, and collided with the Japanese cavalry.
The cavalryman who charged at the front was immediately beaten to the point of being knocked off his back.
"Boom boom boom..."
Six mortar shells fell from the sky and hit among the Japanese infantry.
More than a hundred meters in front of the formation, a dozen attacking Japanese soldiers were instantly blown over.
Before the living Japanese could react to the sudden shock, the second round of shells had already fallen, knocking over a dozen more soldiers.
"Baga, we have been fooled. The Eighth Route Army has heavy machine guns and mortars. We don't have heavy weapons, so we can only be beaten passively. If we continue to attack, all of us will die here!" the infantry squadron leader who accompanied the attack said with a look on his face.
exclaimed in shock.
Then he hurriedly ordered: "Retreat, all attacking troops retreat, we will not fight!"
"Contact the cavalry troops and ask them to retreat too!"
"There are heavy machine guns on the eighth route. The cavalry will definitely not be able to break through the heavy machine gun interception!"
The infantry could retreat by turning around, but the six mortars that chased them still left nearly fifty corpses behind.
The cavalry was not so lucky.
As soon as the heavy machine gun fired, the cavalry squadron leader knew that he had been fooled, and ordered the troops to turn around and retreat.
The cavalry assault speed is too fast. It is definitely unrealistic to turn around directly. They must make a circle in front of the position and retreat directly.
The entire circle process is within the effective range of the heavy machine gun.
Cavalrymen continued to be shot and fell off their horses, or they fell to the ground together with their horses.
By the time all the cavalry had withdrawn from the battlefield, there were less than thirty of the more than eighty cavalry, and almost every heavy machine gun had killed nearly ten cavalry.
"Mr. Suzuki, I suspect that we have been fooled. The Eighth Route Army mobilized so many heavy machine guns and mortars to stop us. This is a typical encirclement of reinforcements. I suggest that the troops retreat immediately and abandon the reinforcement of the Anji Town stronghold, otherwise we will have to deal with it here!"
"The infantry squadron leader suggested as soon as he joined the returning cavalry squadron leader.
Seeing less than thirty subordinates behind him, the cavalry squadron leader had the idea of committing suicide.
With this little cavalry, even self-protection is a problem, let alone reinforcements to Anji Town.
After thinking about it, he replied: "I agree to withdraw. This is obviously a conspiracy of the Eighth Route Army. They attack the stronghold of Anji Town to encircle reinforcements and eat our reinforcements. We must not be fooled!"
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