Rushing, rushing wildly, the Chinese cavalry brandished their sabers and rushed through the positions of the Japanese infantry that had collapsed. They rushed through the first artillery position and hacked to death most of the khaki soldiers that could be seen in the field of vision, but they did not stop.
He stopped and ignored the Japanese artillerymen who had lost their fighting spirit and were running around.
There was no need to launch flares at all. In order to clearly see the enemy in front of them, the panicked Japanese army used flares rising everywhere on the huge battlefield, and the line of sight was as clear as two to three hundred meters.
"Charge!" Gong Shaoxun hacked a Japanese soldier to death, kicked the horse's belly and swung his knife forward.
Keep moving forward, like a sharp knife, cutting the heavy artillery brigade into pieces. This is the most important combat mission of the cavalry.
The cavalry carried their speed and the power of their sabers. Wherever they passed, the Japanese troops were like snow thrown into a soup. The ice melted and disintegrated in an instant. The smooth progress was far beyond Gong Shaoxun's surprise.
But Gong Shaoxun was not dazzled by the victory in front of him. He strictly ordered the cavalry not to pursue the defeated Japanese troops, nor did he blow up the huge cannon with its muzzle shining coldly under the flares. That was done by the infantry.
With the speed of their horses, the infantry cannot keep up. If they go deep alone, they may be surrounded by counterattacks after the Japanese army reacts. They may be killed in the wilderness by the huge Japanese army with various firearms. This depends on the cavalry commander.
The art of command and will.
Can you break through obstacles with speed and smash all resistance with your saber?
200 meters away, a group of khaki-colored busy figures were clearly visible. Gong Shaoxun vaguely saw the cold light flashing from the muzzle of the khaki-colored gun, and an inexplicable chill ran down his spine.
"Kill them!" Turn the horse's head and increase its speed at the same time.
The cavalrymen followed their commanders and turned towards the Japanese positions that were trying to shoot at them.
The cavalry battalion's good luck ended here.
The group of Japanese troops on the opposite side had obviously set up defenses. Before the Chinese cavalry rushed over, blood-curdling gunshots suddenly rang out from the Japanese position!
"Dong dong dong!"
Gong Shaoxun, who was riding on a war horse and started to accelerate, suddenly felt two strong winds flying past his ears. The usually obedient war horse suddenly started to neigh and started to slow down. It was a machine gun that made a well-trained war horse instinctively feel terrifying.
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Horses were neighing all around him. When he turned around quickly, he saw that the two cavalrymen following him had been killed by machine guns. One cavalryman's head had completely disappeared, and the right side of the other cavalryman's body had also disappeared.
Blood spurted out, but the remains were still sitting on the horse. The horse beneath him must have felt the warmth of the blood of his comrades. It raised its front hooves in panic, and the shrill neigh of the horse resounded throughout the battlefield.
"Machine gun! This is a machine gun! The Japanese army is also equipped with machine guns!" Gong Shaoxun's eyes suddenly turned red.
The cavalrymen who were speeding up were probably frightened by this extremely tragic scene, and their horse speed quietly slowed down.
But the battlefield will not stop because of the hesitation of a group of Chinese cavalry.
"Dong dong dong..." On the front position, the Japanese army's terrifying machine guns rang violently again.
As if they were struck hard by the sickle wielded by the god of death, the cavalry at the front either fell off their horses silently, or fell heavily to the ground with their horses and men.
There was no human sound, only the desperate neighing of the horse before it died.
It was definitely an extremely bloody scene. Anyone hit by a machine gun shell would basically be in a half-shattered state. Even the huge body of the war horse would have large holes visible to the naked eye. The strong smell of blood would linger on this battlefield.
It ripples up.
The Chinese cavalry did not know that this was a 25mm machine gun equipped by the anti-aircraft artillery wing of the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade. It was specially designed for air defense. There were 18 guns in total.
This type of anti-aircraft machine gun, named Type 96 in Japan, has a theoretical rate of fire of up to 260 rounds per minute. It is the only standard machine gun equipped by the Japanese navy and army. It is divided into single, double and triple installations.
A format.
What the cavalry encountered were twin 25mm machine guns.
Fortunately, they were not facing the entire anti-aircraft artillery unit. According to the triangular position air defense principle, the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade placed the anti-aircraft artillery unit's 18 25mm machine guns in three directions of the position. Each air defense position had
Six twin 25mm machine guns.
Even more fortunately, since the Chinese fighter planes disappeared from the sky, the anti-aircraft artillery wing responsible for air defense found itself useless. Moreover, the autumn in southeastern China was too humid, and the exposure of the gun barrels would too much reduce the life of the weapons, so
At night, the anti-aircraft guns were disassembled for maintenance and put into special wooden boxes.
Up to now, this group of Japanese anti-aircraft artillerymen had only been able to install two machine guns in a hurry.
If they had known earlier that their anti-aircraft cannons would have to fight against the infantry, the six anti-aircraft cannons aimed at Gong Shaoxun and the others and fired flatly, they would have beaten half of this elite group of Chinese cavalry.
The Chinese cavalry didn't know that their opponents were actually panicking. The two newly installed machine guns seemed to be awesome, but in fact the Type 96 machine gun only had 15 bullets. If one bullet was empty, it would be necessary.
Stop shooting and reinstall the bullet plate. The continuation of the firepower is not as terrible as it just appeared.
But the Japanese also didn't know that the opponents in front of them were also frightened and hesitant by the tragic sacrifice scene.
Although the distance is only 200 meters, these 200 meters are definitely the road to hell. If they continue to charge, I don’t know how many cavalry will die on this road filled with machine gun shells that will kill them immediately.
It is not that the cavalry cannot die, but they should not die in a nearly suicidal charge, and now is far from the time for a suicidal charge.
Gong Shaoxun rarely hesitated.
However, the time left for hesitation may only be a few seconds or even less. Because the Japanese machine guns may continue to fire soon.
It was already too late for the infantry's mortars and machine guns to arrive. If we did not speed up and rush over to completely crush the Japanese resistance and give the Japanese enough time to regroup, the consequences might be more terrible than the death of the entire cavalry battalion.
"Follow me, kill!" Thousands of thoughts flashed through his mind. Gong Shaoxun pulled out his dagger and stabbed the butt of his beloved horse without hesitation, shouting loudly.
The war horse, which had been hesitant just now, raised its hooves under the severe pain and galloped forward.
The terrifying sound of the machine gun sounded again, but it no longer affected the war horses or the people on them.
The brave cavalry major, faced with the choice between life and death, resolutely chose the latter.
"Kill!" The cavalry behind him followed suit.
Some of them lay as low as possible on the back of the horse, holding the sword flat in their hands. The light of the sword flashed across the cold wind. Some of them bit the knife in their mouths, pulled out their carbines, and fired while galloping.
Lu Sanjiang rushed almost to the same level as his battalion commander.
He did not make any move to avoid the situation. The eyes of the strong cavalry squad leader were red, and the tears that had just fallen from the corners of his eyes were dried in the autumn wind.
The two cavalrymen in his squad were smashed to pieces by the terrifying machine gun shells right next to him. The blood splattered on his face, and the warmth on his lips reminded him that it was the blood of his brothers.
That moment reminded him of the veteran squad leader.
The veteran squad leader used his body to protect everyone, but he once again witnessed the death of his comrades.
Just like that, everyone died!
Then I won’t be alive anymore!
Then stop living!
Lu Sanjiang has gone crazy. The bay-red horse under him may also feel the master's thoughts. His muscles are angry and he is moving forward with all his strength.
