"Send a signal immediately and the cavalry battalion will start to attack and kill all the little devils on the road." Xiao Yuan ordered decisively.
"Bang bang bang..."
Three signal bombs were launched into the sky at the same time, bursting out three gorgeous fireworks.
Xiao Yuan saw it clearly, then raised the telescope again and looked at the battlefield.
Success or failure depends on this move. At this moment, he is more nervous than ever, fearing that something unexpected will happen in the next battle.
Lieutenant Commander Furuta also saw the signal flare rising into the sky.
It can't appear out of nowhere, there must be a reason for it.
He raised his eyebrows, a bad premonition came into his mind, and then he started to give orders.
"The troops have stepped up their vigilance. There was something wrong with the signal flare just now. The enemy must have hatched some conspiracy that we don't know about."
"Rumble..."
As soon as the order was given, the sound of horse hooves came from far and near.
At first it was intermittent and vague, but after a few seconds, the sound of horse hooves came like thunder, deafening.
"It's the cavalry!" Furuta reacted quickly, his face suddenly turned pale, and he cried out.
"Didn't you say that the Eighth Route Army cavalry is on the battlefield? Why did it come to us?"
The captain of the supplementary brigade also turned pale.
On the field battlefield, there is no position to support, and ordinary infantrymen have no chance to fight back in front of the high-speed cavalry, and can only be massacred.
Although the supplementary troops in hand are well-trained, they have never been on the battlefield. Facing the cavalry, they will definitely have no chance to fight back. If not, they may collapse on the battlefield.
Thinking of this, the captain's already pale face turned even paler. He looked at Lieutenant Colonel Furuta and asked anxiously: "Furuta-kun? What should I do?"
"From the sound of it, there were at least five cavalry groups charging towards us from five different positions."
"There are only more than a thousand supplementary troops left here, and the rest are all artillery and baggage troops. They have almost no experience in fighting cavalry. They will definitely not be opponents if they fight head-on."
Lieutenant Colonel Furuta had a stern look on his face, suddenly realized and shouted: "I understand."
"This is the conspiracy hatched by the garrison. Their real target tonight is not Mr. Yamamoto, but us."
"First harass and sneak attack us along the way, then block us head-on, drag all our limited combat troops onto the battlefield, and finally make a cavalry assault, using the cavalry's assault and speed advantages to attack our supplementary troops, artillery, and baggage troops who have almost no actual combat experience.
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"However, we have so many troops. I really don't believe that a few hundred cavalry can kill more than 2,000 people."
"No matter how inexperienced the troops are, they are still the imperial army."
"Order: The troops attacking the village must retreat immediately, especially the heavy machine gun squadron, and march back quickly."
"On the battlefield, cavalry is the nemesis of infantry, and heavy machine guns are also the nemesis of cavalry."
"As long as the heavy machine guns are set up, no matter how many cavalry the Eighth Route Army brings, they won't be enough for us to kill. As long as they arrive in time, they will definitely be able to stop the cavalry."
"Order the supplementary troops, the baggage troops, and the heavy artillery battalion guard troops to use all light machine guns to fight against the cavalry of the garrison."
"Although the firepower of light machine guns is not as good as that of heavy machine guns, as long as there are enough of them, they can still block the cavalry and destroy them."
After the commando team expanded, the sniper team also expanded to three, for a total of six sharpshooters.
The fire team was also expanded to three and six machine gunners.
The twelve team members were like hunters, lurking quietly beside the road, motionless.
After Lieutenant Colonel Furuta issued the order to strengthen the alert, the Japanese patrols and guard posts scattered around all retreated to the road.
The cavalry battalion of the garrison regiment is attacking, and continuing to stay away from the main force is no different from facing death.
Lieutenant Colonel Furuta is not stupid.
Dozens of guard posts and patrols are all elite veterans. With them fighting among the supplementary troops, the unit's combat effectiveness will definitely be greatly improved.
If you don't retreat and stay outside alone, you will definitely be massacred by the cavalry. That would be a big loss.
And now that the attack by the cavalry battalion of the garrison regiment has been confirmed, there is no point in continuing to guard outside.
Therefore, Lieutenant Colonel Furuta decisively ordered the guard posts and patrols to retreat.
What he didn't know was that doing so made it easier for these snipers and firemen to hide, making them more mysterious.
Soon, the cavalry battalion came into view of the Japanese and puppet troops.
Under the cover of night, they looked like five black shadows, quickly approaching the highway.
"Fire, everyone concentrate their firepower and shoot in the direction of the sound of horse hooves." Lieutenant Colonel Furuta ordered with a serious look.
Although the supplementary brigade of more than a thousand people was not equipped with heavy weapons, it was equipped with more than ten light machine guns. Along with the heavy troops and artillery brigade, the more than twenty light machine guns were divided into five and fired at the cavalry figures.
The sound of gunfire soon rang out, and the sound of horse hooves echoed throughout the battlefield.
"Team leader, do you want to shoot now!" the deputy shooter and observer at a sniper team lurking point asked carefully.
The team leader shook his head and replied: "Don't move yet."
"The cavalry are still hundreds of meters away from the road. Even though the Japanese machine guns are firing fiercely, they are not a threat."
"We wait until the cavalry is approaching before we fire. Then we will be covered by the sound of horse hooves, making it less likely for us to expose our target."
"boom……"
The moment the cavalry began to suffer casualties, the team leader opened fire.
A crooked gun named Zheng Huan came to an abrupt halt and stopped shooting.
The deputy gunners fired together, killing the machine gunner next to him and causing the machine gun to misfire.
The sound of horse hooves was too loud, the distance to the lurking point was so close, and the flames ejected from the muzzle of San Ba Gai's gun were very small. The little devil more than 100 meters away did not know the existence of these two murderers, so he just thought they were
The cavalry of the garrison fired, and the blind cat killed the mouse and killed two of its own crooked weapons.
So the remaining two crooked sticks continued to hold fire without realizing the danger at all.
Next to the two machine guns that had been silenced, the deputy shooter reacted quickly. He dragged the body of the dead machine gunner to the side, held the handle of the machine gun, pushed the butt of the gun to his shoulder, and continued to fire.
"Bang bang..."
The two snipers fired again.
The two crooked handles that had been holding the fire misfired at the same time, and the machine gunner fell to the side, dying.
At this time, the cavalry was very close to them.
Even if they knew there was a sharpshooter nearby, the Japanese would not be able to find him under the cover of the sound of horse hooves.
The two snipers were like gods of death. Under the cover of the night and the sound of horse hooves, they continued to snipe the Japanese machine gunners and escort the cavalry assault.
From the moment they started shooting, the four light machine guns in front did not fire continuously for more than five seconds, and three machine gunners fell beside each machine gun.
The intermittent machine gun fire was unable to stop the cavalry charging at high speed.
Cavalrymen were constantly being killed, and both men and horses fell down on the offensive road.
The remaining cavalry remained unmoved and continued to charge forward, approaching the road.
