Chapter 620 Large casualties are better than the destruction of the entire army!
"Da da da……"
Nearly twenty crooked weapons fired at the same time, the bullets flew out of the barrel, and in the blink of an eye, an airtight net of bullets was created in front of the formation!
The speed of the cavalry assault has reached its extreme. There is no way to turn or stop in a short time!
The thirty or so cavalrymen at the front ran headlong into the fire net!
But the bullets were fired so densely that they seemed to have hit an iron plate. Before anyone could react, the bullets had drilled several bloody holes in their chests!
"Rumble..."
More than thirty cavalrymen, in the fire net, only advanced less than thirty meters before they fell to the ground together with their horses!
Seeing that the situation was not good, the Japanese troops behind immediately divided their forces and tried to break through the temporary defense line from both wings!
"All machine guns are firing with all their strength. It doesn't matter if the machine guns are damaged. Kill as many Japanese as possible to reduce the pressure on the defense on both wings!" Li Hao shouted at the top of his lungs!
Amidst the gunfire, Japanese soldiers were constantly being killed by bullets flying from the side and fell to the ground!
But more than half of the little Japs still managed to reach the two wings, quickly turned around, and brandished their sabers to attack the reconnaissance company and the commando team!
Li Hao's heart suddenly rose to his throat!
Both nervous and looking forward to it!
As long as they can block this wave of Japanese cavalry attacks, there will not be many cavalry left on the battlefield, and they will never have the chance to break through the nearly twenty crooked interceptors and directly threaten the breakout troops!
If it had not been blocked, if the queen disobeyed, she would have been killed by the Japanese. There is no doubt about it!
"Bang bang bang..."
The first thing that sounded on both sides of the defense line was the sound of rifle fire!
Gunfire is very sparse!
On other battlefields, these bullets would not be a threat to the fast-attacking cavalry troops!
But today the little devil was dumbfounded!
The rifle bullets flying towards them seemed to have eyes, staring at them and biting their flesh!
One by one, the cavalrymen who charged at the front fell off their horses and fell to the ground.
With an assault distance of less than 100 meters and more than 20 rifles, he killed a dozen cavalry!
The Japanese squadron leader was heartbroken, but the close victory made him quickly forget these worries!
The troops are less than fifty meters away from the Eighth Route Army's defense line. With the cavalry's current assault speed, they can kill them in the blink of an eye!
No matter how accurate the bullets fired by more than twenty rifles are, a few seconds are only enough for each rifle to fire two bullets!
At worst, if I lose ten more cavalry, the remaining forty or so cavalry will definitely be able to break into the Eighth Route Army's defense line, then rampage and kill them all with sabers!
The squadron leader secretly thought, holding the saber high in his hand, preparing for the final assault to welcome victory!
"Pa bang bang..."
The familiar yet unfamiliar gunfire instantly shattered the squadron leader’s dream!
The gunshots coming from the opposite side were very dense, but no tongues of flame were visible from the muzzles. However, the subordinates rushing in front were like living targets, falling off their horses one after another!
"It's box guns and submachine guns..." The squadron leader suddenly reacted and shouted!
The confident expression on his face was gone, as well as his arrogance. He continued to shout with fear: "Retreat, everyone is retreating. They are equipped with at least twenty box guns and submachine guns. Even if we enter their defense line, we will be killed one by one."
Roll call!"
Of nearly two hundred cavalry, only more than eighty people successfully retreated!
"Captain, the kid has retreated, we won!" Chen Wei, commander of the reconnaissance company, shouted with excitement!
Li Hao shook his head and replied seriously: "It's too early to say we won now!"
Chen Wei replied confidently: "We can stop two hundred little Japanese cavalry when they attack together. Now there are only about 80 Japanese cavalry left. There will definitely be no problem in blocking them!"
"With our current firepower, as long as they dare to attack, I guarantee that they will not come back and kill them all!"
Li Hao replied seriously: "Come on, we are definitely not afraid, and we will raise our hands with inertia!"
"What I'm most worried about now is that they won't come!
Chen Wei looked puzzled and asked: "Isn't that just right? We just take this opportunity to quickly enter the mountains!"
"After we enter the mountain, we won't be afraid even if the Japs come to kill a thousand cavalry!"
Before Li Hao could answer, his expression began to change and became more and more solemn!
"The thing I was most worried about happened!"
"The Japanese no longer attack us. They want to bypass us and directly attack the breakout troops!"
"They have four legs and are fast. They can get behind us in the blink of an eye, catch up with the breakout troops, attack us from all directions, hit and run, and we are completely defenseless!"
Chen Wei didn't react until then, suddenly realized and shouted: "guerrilla warfare!"
"The little devils want to use guerrilla warfare to hold us back until their main force comes over!"
Li Hao replied solemnly: "This is what I am most worried about!"
"In the face of a cavalry assault, we either have to ignore it, head forward to join the artillery camp, and then enter the mountains! In this case, the breakout troops will definitely suffer heavy casualties!"
"Either fight and break out at the same time. In this way, although the casualties of the breakout troops will be small, the time will be delayed. Maybe the main force of the Japanese will come in front of us and block us!"
The confidence on Chen Wei's face disappeared, and he asked anxiously: "Captain, how are we going to fight?"
"Choose the first option, retreat immediately and catch up with the breakout troops!"
"The retreat speed cannot be slowed down, even if it costs some money, we must enter the mountain in the shortest possible time!"
"What about the Japanese sneak attack troops?" This is what Chen Wei is most concerned about!
The breakout troops are guard companies, reconnaissance companies, and commandos that can fight. If the troops encounter fighting on the way to breakout, they can only fight!
As a company commander, he must understand the leader's thoughts and have a clear mind. He cannot randomly fight against the Japanese!
"When the Japanese are approaching, use machine guns to greet them and use firepower to drive them back!"
"Ignore it if the distance is too far, gather the artillery camp in the shortest possible time, and then enter the mountain!"
"Although the casualties will be a bit high, it is better than being blocked outside the mountain by the little devils and the entire army being destroyed in the end!"
"It's decided, retreat immediately, catch up with the breakout troops, and protect them into the mountains at all costs!"
"Rumble..."
Amidst the dull sound of horse hoofbeats, a dozen Japanese cavalrymen galloped towards the breakout troops!
The difference from the previous cavalry assault was that the Japanese held rifles instead of sabers!
With the flat end in hand, when he was still two hundred meters away from the breakout troops, he fired decisively!
"Bang bang bang...machine gun fire, force them back..."
The moment the gunfire rang out, Chen Wei's order followed the exit!
"Da da da……"
The two crooked handles spurted out tongues of fire, and bullets flew towards the Japanese cavalry who was approaching diagonally!
Unfortunately, the Japanese did not continue to attack forward. The moment they fired, they quickly thrust out in a direction away from the breakout troops!
The cavalry were too fast and their shooting distance was so long. The bullets chased them behind and they couldn't kill any of the cavalry!
On the other hand, the breakout troops formed a particularly dense formation in order to concentrate their firepower to prevent Japanese sneak attack troops!
The cavalry only fired a dozen rounds of bullets, but two soldiers still screamed and fell to the ground!
"Captain, the army has lost 16 soldiers. At this rate of loss, at least half of us will suffer casualties when we enter the mountain!"
"And the little devils are too cunning. They used the fast speed of the cavalry attack to sneak up on us two hundred meters away. They hit and ran away. Our counterattack couldn't hurt them at all!"
"I lost a dozen veterans before killing two of their cavalry. Our garrison has never fought with such a humiliating sound!"
Li Hao replied solemnly: "It is better to suffer heavy casualties than to be blocked by the Japanese outside the mountains and the whole army is destroyed!"
"Order comrades to continue to speed up!"
"There is only one way to reduce casualties, hurry up and get into the mountains!"
"Rumble..."
As soon as Li Hao finished speaking, another cavalry rushed over, very fast!
The sneak attack method is the same as before, insert it diagonally from a few hundred meters away!
Under the cover of night, everyone could only judge the number and position of the cavalry by sound, but could not see it at all! The machine gun counterattack also judged the shooting position by the sound of horse hooves, so the accuracy was very poor!
"The cavalry is coming. The machine gunners are ready to shoot. All machine guns should be aimed at the position 20 meters in front of the sound of horse hooves. Do not directly shoot at the position where the sound of horse hooves is heard!" This time, before the reconnaissance company commander Chen Wei could speak, Li Hao had already
Give the order first!
"Rumble..."
Li Hao had a sullen face, silently calculating the distance between the cavalry and himself. Just as he was about to give the order to fire, another sound of horse hooves came from far and near!
Stop the sound. There are also more than a dozen of these cavalrymen, and they directly bump into the cavalry that is approaching diagonally!
Li Hao keenly felt that there was a story in it!
If both cavalrymen were little devils, how could they collide with one another?
They are fooling around, so they are not afraid of misunderstandings and killing each other!
"Pa bang bang..."
The familiar sound of submachine gun firing, box cannon fire and the sound of horse hooves reached Li Hao's ears!
Li Hao's tense nerves relaxed immediately!
He knew he was right!
One of the two cavalrymen is a Japanese, and they have always been one of our own!
"The cavalry battalion must be here to reinforce us. Zhou Wu arrived just in time!" Li Hao exclaimed with a sigh of relief!
But before I had time to be happy, another sound of horse hoofbeats came over, and there were at least thirty people on the other side!
"It's a Japanese!" Hong Linfeng shouted, a look of worry quickly appearing on his face!
"The total number of Japs is at least forty, and the cavalry battalion seems to have less than twenty. Can they win?"
Li Hao's heart also felt like his throat was itchy!
Because he couldn't see the battlefield and could only hear the sounds, even though he was very nervous, Li Hao could only stare!
Under the cover of night, Zhou Wu could only judge the strength and position of his opponent through his voice!
When he first decided to join the battle, Zhou Wu was also very worried!
When the cavalry battalion is full, there will be more than forty people, and a dozen people will be divided to protect the artillery. There will only be thirty soldiers who can participate in the battle!
The Japs also have more than 80 cavalry, which is almost three times as many as themselves, and their combat effectiveness is definitely better than that of the cavalry battalion. Almost all the advantages lie with the Japs!
But in the end Zhou Wu decided to join the battle!
He saw the Japanese tactics with his eyes. If the cavalry battalion did not attack, the breakout troops would definitely suffer heavy casualties, and maybe even the regiment commander would have an accident!
Although the advantage between the two cavalry forces lies entirely with the Japs, Zhou Wu also has his own support and secret weapons!
In the next battle, he decided to use the secret weapon on the battlefield to see if it was useful!