Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"Captain, what should we do?!" The deputy captain didn't know what to do for a moment.

"What can we do? Surrender quickly!" The puppet army captain made a decisive decision. If they didn't surrender, they would probably be wiped out by the enemy.

"But we have lost the Japanese's war horses. If we surrender, will we be dead?" The deputy captain couldn't help but shudder when he thought of the Japanese's brutality.

"Damn it, if you don't surrender now, you'll be dead." The puppet army captain cursed.

"Besides, it's not that we want to surrender. The enemy's firepower is so strong and many of our brothers have died. No matter what the Japs do, they will not kill us!" the puppet army captain added.

"Why don't we hold on a little longer? The Japanese might come to support us soon." The deputy captain said tentatively.

When they were attacked just now, they called the Japanese and maybe they had already sent people over. After all, these were enough war horses to equip an entire cavalry battalion.

"What's the point of holding on? The county town is at least an hour or two away from here. When the Japs come, they can only collect our bodies. Listen to me and surrender." The puppet army captain cursed. He would not lose his life for the Japs.

bang bang bang...

Da da da………

Zhang Dabiao led a battalion to attack and defeated the puppet army. They did not dare to fight back at all. Finally, under the leadership of the puppet army captain, they chose to surrender, and the gunfire stopped all of a sudden.

Li Yunlong also brought Zhao Gang and others into the town.

"Zhao Wen, where are the war horses?!" Li Yunlong had no time to pay attention to these surrendered puppet soldiers, so he called the members of the Gray Wolf Squad to ask.

"Captain, it's over there, follow me." Zhao Wen pointed to a small alley not far away and said, the horses were over there.

"Okay, take me over to have a look." Li Yunlong was already impatient. He had run seventy or eighty miles just for the warhorse.

Zhao Wen didn't dare to delay and quickly took Li Yunlong there.

.........

In a large courtyard, hundreds of war horses were being led. Hearing the gunshots coming from outside, these horses were not panicked at all because they had all been trained and would not be panicked by these sounds.

"Captain, these are really good choices for war horses. You can tell they've been trained. If they were ordinary war horses, they would probably be anxious by now." A member of the Gray Wolf Squad couldn't help but sigh.

"Yes, we have picked up a great bargain this time. We don't need to do any other training for these war horses when we bring them back. As long as the cavalry can control them skillfully, they will be combat-ready within two months." Captain Shi also sighed.

Their new regiment finally had its own cavalry.

"Captain, those puppet soldiers won't really come here to kill the war horses, will they?"

"It's hard to say, but I don't think they have the ability to do so. They probably don't even think that we are coming for the war horses." Captain Shi said. These puppet troops with average combat effectiveness are no different from a group of mobs.

Soon, the gunfire outside stopped, and Captain Shi knew that the battle was over. It had been less than ten minutes since the start of the battle, and the puppet army should have surrendered.

After waiting for a few minutes, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang also came to the yard. Seeing the yard full of war horses, a smile immediately appeared on Li Yunlong's face.

"Haha, I'm rich!" Li Yunlong laughed loudly twice. When he looked at these war horses, his eyes were almost tearful. He was as happy as if he was looking at his wife.

"Hurry up, let Sun Desheng and the others come over and take the war horses away. We have to retreat quickly." Li Yunlong urged. He estimated that the Japanese were already on the way and they had to leave quickly.

"Yes!" A soldier nodded and immediately left to call for help.

Li Yunlong came to a war horse and reached out to stroke the horse's mane.

"It's obvious that these war horses have been well-trained. They are very strong and not afraid of gunfire. They can start training right after they go back. They are very good!" Li Yunlong is a more or less experienced person.

It would take a lot of time to train a warhorse that is not afraid of gunfire. Now, these warhorses are all trained, which saves him a lot of effort.

An untrained warhorse would easily lose its formation upon hearing the sound of gunfire, and would not be able to exert its full potential.

"It seems that our regiment will soon be able to have a cavalry unit." Zhao Gang was also a little excited. The role of the cavalry unit is still quite important.

Although current firearms still pose a great threat to war horses, that is when the enemy is well prepared and has set up many machine guns in advance to form a firepower network.

But if you can rush in within a short period of time before the enemy's position is completed and they are unprepared, you can disrupt the enemy's formation, cause heavy casualties to the enemy, and throw the enemy into chaos.

The cavalry also has strong mobility and can quickly get behind the enemy to launch a surprise attack, catching the Japanese off guard.

"Commander, we have captured a lot of puppet soldiers. What should we do with them? Should we take them back for ideological education?!" Zhang Dabiao came over to report the situation.

"What's the point of bringing them back? Bringing them back will waste our food. Besides, the Japanese are already on their way. They will be a burden if we bring them along. Just tie them up and give them a verbal education." In the end, Li Yunlong did not kill all these puppet troops because there was no need to do so.

Some puppet soldiers became traitors because they had no choice, so we should let them off if we can. The main reason is that we don't have time to take these puppet soldiers back for education.

"Yes!" Zhang Dabiao turned around and left after hearing this. According to Li Yunlong's instructions, he went to reprimand those puppet soldiers.

He also verbally warned the puppet soldiers that they would be killed if they dared to bully the civilians. Then he had all the puppet soldiers tied up and thrown into the room to prevent them from freezing to death outside.

Soon, Sun Desheng also came to the yard with his cavalrymen. When they saw the horses, they were all very excited.

"Hurry up and take the war horses away." Li Yunlong urged.

"Old Li, how about leaving some soldiers behind to attack the Japanese on the route they must pass?!" Zhao Gang suddenly spoke at this time.

There weren't many Japanese soldiers in Gao County, and the Japanese soldiers sent to support them were probably only two squadrons. He felt that he could set up an ambush and wipe out the Japanese soldiers who came to support him.

"No, the weather is too cold. If we don't move, the soldiers will soon get frostbite, and then it won't be an ambush for the Japanese." Li Yunlong shook his head decisively after hearing this.

Ambushing in such horrible weather would greatly affect the soldiers' combat effectiveness. By the time the Japanese arrived, the soldiers' fingers would probably be frozen, and even pulling the trigger would become a problem, and their accuracy would also be affected.

The Japanese soldiers rushing over would not become stiff due to the constant movement and blood circulation, and their combat effectiveness would not be greatly reduced.

"Yeah, it's my fault for not thinking it through." Zhao Gang immediately gave up the idea upon hearing that. Under normal circumstances, there would be no problem with his method.

With the combat effectiveness of a battalion, it was not a problem to ambush two squadrons of Japanese invaders, but he ignored the weather conditions.

"It's okay, let's go." Li Yunlong didn't say anything more. Everyone left the town quickly.

.........

Gao County, the Japanese army camp in the center of the county.

Bang bang bang!
The violent knocking on the door reached the ears of the Japanese commander, waking him up from his deep sleep.

"Captain, something bad has happened!!! Kaiyang Town has been attacked by the enemy!" An urgent voice came in, waking the Japanese captain up all of a sudden. He got up and opened the door without even putting on his clothes.

"What did you say?!" The Japanese captain's eyes were bloodshot and he suspected that he had heard it wrong.

"It's true. Just now, the Imperial Army in Kaiyang Town called and said that they were attacked and asked us to send people to support them as soon as possible." The Japanese soldier hurriedly told the story.

"What are you waiting for? Send someone there immediately!" The Japanese captain became anxious upon hearing this and gave orders while roaring.

These war horses were trained with great difficulty. If they were snatched away by the enemy, it would be a disaster. He might even be killed.

"Hi!" The Japanese soldiers ran away quickly.

The Japanese captain was now awake and not sleepy at all. He went back to his room to put on his clothes, then went to his office to wait for news.

"Should we tell the major about this now?!" The Japanese captain frowned. He was a little panicked. His intuition told him that the enemy who attacked Kaiyang Town was targeting the war horses.

If this is the case, the enemy will surely launch an attack and the warhorse will most likely be snatched away by the enemy. Thinking of this, the Japanese captain's face turned pale.

He thought that nothing would happen in such snowy weather, and planned to send someone to pick up the warhorse the next day. However, something unexpected happened at this moment.

He had made a promise to the major that nothing would happen to these war horses.

At this time, at the city gate, two squadrons of Japanese soldiers were rushing towards Kaiyang Town, led by a Japanese lieutenant.

"Baga, who did this!" In the back seat of the military truck, the Japanese lieutenant couldn't help but curse.

In this horrible weather, the enemy actually launched a sneak attack. This is simply too much.

"It should be the Eighth Route Army. They are the only traces of their activities nearby." said the Japanese second lieutenant sitting nearby.

The enemy in Kaiyang Town was unlikely to be the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. After all, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army had been targeted by them before and suffered heavy losses. Therefore, it could only be an attack by the Eighth Route Army.

"Damn it, if this batch of war horses are lost, the regiment commander will not let us go easily!" said the Japanese lieutenant with a gloomy face.

The commander of the regiment had finally applied to his superiors for a batch of war horses to form a cavalry squadron, but something went wrong before the horses were delivered. One can imagine what happened to them.

Of course, the most unlucky person was not him, but the captain. The captain was the commander here, so he would naturally bear the main responsibility if something happened. He was at most a secondary responsibility.

"I hope the Imperial Army in Kaiyang Town can hold out a little longer." said the Japanese second lieutenant.

Now we can only place our hopes on the Imperial Army whose combat effectiveness is not strong.

It would have been better if he hadn't said this. Once he said it, the Japanese lieutenant's face suddenly became pale. It would be worse to rely on a dog than to expect the Imperial Army to withstand the enemy's attack.

He knew very well what kind of people the Imperial Army he recruited were. They could bully ordinary people, but if they were sent to fight, it would be of no use at all.

By the time they were away, the Imperial Army might have already surrendered.

But even so, you still have to go.

.........

Around two or three in the morning, the Japanese lieutenant finally arrived at Kaiyang Town with his troops.

But the town was eerily quiet, and the Japanese lieutenant's heart skipped a beat. Oh no! The enemy had defeated the Imperial Army and taken the war horses away.

"Lieutenant, are we going into the town now? Will the enemy ambush us in the town?!" The Japanese second lieutenant swallowed.

The dark town was like a ferocious beast that seemed to devour everyone who entered the town. It was creepy to look at.

"Send a sergeant to lead a team into the town to investigate the situation." The Japanese lieutenant gave the order. Although he thought the enemy had left, to be on the safe side, he still sent someone in to investigate to avoid being attacked by the enemy.

"Hi!" The Japanese second lieutenant quickly gave the order, and a Japanese sergeant led a small team of more than a dozen people carefully entered the town and advanced cautiously.

The Japanese lieutenant who was watching outside was also nervous. After more than ten minutes, the town was still very quiet, and a Japanese soldier came out to report.

"Lieutenant, we didn't find any enemies in the town. We only saw a lot of corpses of the Imperial Army. We also found some Imperial Army soldiers tied up by the enemy." The Japanese soldier reported.

"Where's the warhorse?!" asked the Japanese lieutenant. He knew that the warhorse was most likely missing, but he still had hope in his heart.

Perhaps the enemy attacked Kaiyang Town only for the Imperial Army in the town and did not know about the war horses. After all, these war horses were trained and were not afraid of the sound of gunfire and would be very well behaved. The enemy might not discover their existence.

"All the war horses are gone, and all the equipment is missing." The Japanese soldier hesitated, but still told the story.

"Sure enough..." The Japanese lieutenant took a deep breath. He was thinking too much. The enemy was coming for the war horses.

He led his men into the town, then came to the puppet army and found the captain of the puppet army.

"Tai, Taijun." When the puppet army captain saw the cold face of the Japanese lieutenant, he swallowed nervously and greeted him.

When the Japanese lieutenant heard the puppet army captain's greeting, his face remained expressionless. He just stared at the puppet army captain without saying a word.

"Taijun, we can't be blamed for the loss of the warhorse. There are too many enemies, at least two to three thousand. We can't stop the enemy's attack with just a few people.
You should have seen it when you entered the town just now. Many soldiers died in the battle. I did resist, but there were too many enemies and I couldn't stop them!" The puppet army captain explained in a panic, for he was afraid that the Japanese in front of him would pull out a gun and shoot him dead.

"If I hadn't seen that you showed signs of resistance, you would be a corpse now!" said the Japanese lieutenant coldly.

The puppet army captain did not lie and resisted the enemy's attack instead of surrendering at the beginning.

(End of this chapter)