I am God of War in Snow Leopard

Chapter 176 Attack on Foot
Another adjutant behind Oshima Hirano immediately exclaimed: "Sir, it sounds like the sound of our Type [-] mounted rifles. It seems that the vanguard detachment is in trouble."

Oshima Hirano quickly calmed down, and immediately waved the horsewhip in his hand vigorously forward: "Attack immediately, support the vanguard unit! Hurry up!"

Following his order, hundreds of Japanese cavalry rushed forward with guns and knives.

On the battlefield ahead, Lei Xiong led seven or eight gathered scout soldiers, caught the devil's vanguard by surprise, killed five or six devil cavalry who had no time to escape, and quickly and decisively retreated on horseback.

When Oshima Hirano and others arrived with the main cavalry, they saw only a dozen of their own top soldiers firing back at the woods to the north of the road.

Around them, there were several corpses of imperial soldiers lying.

Seeing this, Oshima Hirano immediately rode his horse forward and led the people to rush over.

One of the leading cavalry sergeants quickly stopped shooting and rode over to greet them.

When he came closer, Oshima Hirano shouted directly and asked: "What's going on?"

The cavalry sergeant saluted with a panicked expression and replied: "Captain, we encountered an ambush."

"Where are the enemies?" Oshima Hirano looked around and saw that there was no movement, and he was immediately unhappy.

"It seems, it seems that a small Chinese army has escaped."

Cavalry Sergeant Cao looked towards the woods to the north of the road, and saw that there was no other movement except for some green smoke.

"Baga!" Oshima Hirano was still worried about not being able to find the national army just now, thinking about how to offend civilians and local armed forces and pretend to be a military hero.

Now, there was still a Chinese army that dared to ambush him. He suddenly became angry and ordered sternly: "Each squadron will pursue you immediately. This damned Chinese army must be completely annihilated."

"Hai!" Several squadron captains and deputy squadron captains paused to order.

The next second, at least 400 Japanese cavalrymen, riding their horses and raising their swords, roared and chased Lei Xiong and the others in the direction where they disappeared.

Oshima Hirano took the remaining hundreds of cavalry as a reserve team and followed up.

In order to attract the devils to take the bait, Lei Xiong did not retreat.

Instead, he stopped in another forest less than 500 meters away, and set up two booby traps in his busy schedule.

When he heard the galloping and shouting of the Japanese cavalry, a soldier who climbed to the top of the tree to observe the enemy's situation quickly slid down from the tree.

Report to him: "Platoon commander, the enemy is catching up and is less than 300 meters away from us."

"Okay, everyone remember, wait until the devil enters the [-] meters before shooting, don't ask for a hit rate, as long as the devil is enraged and attracted to come over."

Lei Xiong immediately got on his horse, held a gun in his hand and said: "After firing a row of guns, let's turn around and retreat."

"Yes!" The seven or eight veterans of the reconnaissance platoon took the order in unison, and immediately raised their rifles or lances in unison, aiming at the devil cavalry galloping out of the woods.

Guessing that the devil cavalry was almost approaching, Lei Xiong immediately yelled: "Fire!"

At the same time, he took the lead and decisively pulled the trigger.

boom!A hot [-]mm bullet flew out of the gun barrel with a whistling sound, and shot out from the woods at high speed, hitting a vanguard of the devil cavalry [-] meters away.

puff!The devil's vanguard who was in charge of holding the military flag let out a muffled grunt, and immediately fell off his horse, and the military flag in his hand kept coming out.

Just as it was about to fall to the ground, another devil galloped up from behind, picked up the general flag, and raised it again.

The seven or eight reconnaissance fighters beside Lei Xiong also opened fire one after another.

Bang bang bang bang... There was a sound of gunfire, and seven or eight hot bullets hit the other devils head-on.

But only two of them hit, and the others' bullets either hit empty spaces or hit the Japanese's horses.

The [-]mm bullet, unless it hits vital parts such as the eyes, cannot directly knock down a war horse that weighs over a thousand catties.

Obviously, not everyone has Lei Xiong's accurate shooting skills.

However, this is not important, the fighters followed Lei Xiong's previous order, regardless of whether they hit or not.

After firing a row of guns, they immediately turned their horses' heads and continued to flee in the direction of the cottage.

On the devil's side, he suffered a row of gunshots and lost a cavalry vanguard, so he was naturally even more furious.

A few minor sergeants and small captains were all furious, roaring and ordering the troops to continue the pursuit.

Just like that, hundreds of devil cavalry plunged into the woods where Lei Xiong and the others were just now.

Two of the horses happened to break into the booby-traps temporarily set up by Lei Xiong and the others.

Boom!Two loud noises suddenly sounded. Not only were the two Japanese cavalrymen on horseback hit by the explosion, they screamed and fell off their horses.

The two tall oriental war horses were also mangled by the bombing, and they let out a miserable cry, and fell down one after another.

"Bagaya Road!"

The Japanese officers became even more angry, and they ordered with astonishment: "Continue the pursuit! We must kill all these damn Chinese cavalry!"

In this way, Lei Xiong and his men harassed and retreated all the way, attracting hundreds of Japanese cavalry to the mountain stronghold.

Under the support of the security post sent by the 1st Squadron, they quickly passed the ambush circle of the 1st Squadron outside the cottage, and withdrew into the gate of the village.

At this time, Xu Qingfeng had already taken Wang Changgui, Chen Qifeng, Yue Tieshan, Dao Scarlian and others to the gate of the village.

Seeing that Lei Xiong and the others retreated smoothly, he immediately ran to the female wall behind the gate of the village, and shouted to Lei Xiong below: "Platoon Leader Lei, how are you? Did the enemy take the bait?"

Lei Xiong quickly turned over and dismounted, stood at attention and saluted: "Report to the captain, the Japanese are catching up. They will be there in five minutes at most."

"Okay, you guys rest quickly, and prepare to fight back later!" Xu Qingfeng waved his hands, then walked back to the front parapet, raised his binoculars and looked out of the cottage.

Standing high and looking far away, Xu Qingfeng soon discovered a group of devil cavalry in khaki military uniforms on the mountain road in the distance.

The most conspicuous thing was the plaster flag of the Japanese army fluttering in the wind, and Chen Qifeng beside him couldn't help but excitedly said: "Captain, the devils are chasing you."

Xu Qingfeng nodded, and ordered in a deep voice: "Notify all troops not to fire without permission, and wait until the enemy enters the ambush circle before attacking!"

The three accompanying guards responded in unison and immediately separated to take orders.

As quickly as possible, Xu Qingfeng's orders were conveyed to the guard platoon, the machine gun squadron, and the 1st infantry squadron.

After about 3 minutes, the devil cavalry had entered a distance of less than 500 meters.

But as the distance got closer, their speed couldn't help but slow down.

It wasn't that the Japanese became suspicious, but that as they went further, the mountain road became narrower and more dangerous, and a dozen cavalrymen could still pass through it calmly.

However, there were four to five hundred people in the front and back of the devils. It is obviously impossible for so many cavalry to spread out and gallop at full speed like they did when they were chasing before.

As soon as the front team slowed down, the rear team led by Oshima Hirano naturally quickly caught up.

"What's going on?" Seeing that all the main players in the front team slowed down, Oshima Hirano immediately stepped forward and asked in a deep voice.

"Captain, the terrain ahead is getting more and more dangerous. Will there be an ambush?" A Japanese squadron leader finally calmed down and raised his concerns.

Oshima Hirano frowned when he heard this, reined in his horse, took out his binoculars and looked ahead.

After looking at it, he found the bandit village under Yue Tieshan, and he couldn't help being shocked and said: "Why is there a gate in front of it? What kind of place is this?"

As soon as he finished speaking, an accompanying service adjutant hurriedly got off his horse, took out a small map from his body, opened it, and checked it for a while.

He ran to Oshima Taira's side and said, "Sir, the map shows that this should be an uninhabited land, but there are many bandit activities in the Dabie Mountains. The wall in front may be a fortress built by bandits."

"Bandits?" Oshima Hirano frowned when he heard this, and turned to ask the squadron leaders who led the pursuit. The squad leader said, "Did the small Chinese army you chased just now escape here?"

One of the squad leaders hurriedly replied: "Yes, sir, they should have fled to the front cottage."

"So, it is very likely that there is a Chinese army entrenched here." Oshima Hirano fell into deep thought when he heard this, and said: "If this place was built by bandits, there would be no regular Chinese army.

Moreover, bandits are even less likely to have established cavalry.

Therefore, there is only one possibility, that is, a regular Chinese army Jiuzhan magpie's nest captured here!
And this group of Chinese troops, instead of going to other surrounding counties that still belong to the Kuomintang-controlled area, came to capture a bandit nest.

There is only one reason, and that is that they do not belong to other counties, or they just escaped from the Nanjing front line and ran here in a panic.

Seized the bandit's lair and settled down to rest. "

After listening to Oshima Hirano's analysis, a lieutenant and adjutant couldn't help guessing: "Sir, then could this Chinese army be the one that attacked He County and ambushed the Imperial Army's transport team?"

"It's very possible!" Oshima Hirano said with serious eyes: "The more than 100 imperial cavalry warriors brought back by Rong Shisan only have the corpses of cavalrymen.

The horses and weapons and equipment were all missing, and they should have been taken away by the Chinese army.

And the Chinese army in front of them actually had an organized cavalry.

This is obviously impossible for the troops who have just participated in the Battle of Nanjing.

Therefore, there is only one possibility, that is, they ambushed the transport team of our Kunizaki detachment and took away the horses and cavalry equipment that originally belonged to Ei Shisanrou's troops. "

Since Lei Xiong and the others did a good job in harassing them, the Japanese cavalry regarded them as an organic cavalry at least company and platoon level from top to bottom.

After listening to Oshima Hirano's analysis, the other Japanese military officers present all nodded in agreement.

A small captain of the second lieutenant said with red eyes: "Captain, if this is the case, then we and the Chinese army in front of us are mortal enemies.

Please order us to attack, flatten the stronghold, and kill them all. "

Hearing this, Oshima Hirano turned his head to look sideways, and saw that the second lieutenant's subordinate who had asked for Ying was Ei Shisanrou's younger brother, Ei Shishirō.

His brother died tragically in an ambush, and he naturally hated the independent brigade in front of him.

On the mountain village side, Xu Qingfeng and others couldn't help but become a little anxious when they saw that the Japanese had completely stopped.

Yue Tieshan couldn't help worrying and said: "Mr. Xu, the devil must have discovered our intention?"

Scarface followed suit and said, "Maybe it's true, otherwise why didn't they go after it?"

Chen Qifeng also looked at Xu Qingfeng and asked, "Captain, what should we do?"

Xu Qingfeng put down the binoculars, and reached out for a medium-sized rifle. While checking the condition of the gun and ammunition, he calmly said, "Don't worry, since the devils can't make up their minds, I'll help them out." Bundle."

After speaking, he suddenly raised his gun and started aiming.

On the Japanese side, all Japanese cavalry have stopped completely and are waiting for orders from Oshima Hirano.

Just when Oshima Hirano was hesitating whether to launch an attack.

A gunshot broke the silence of the scene.

Phew... Following the sound of piercing through the air, a bullet precisely hit the front door of the devil cavalry holding the flag.

The Japanese cavalryman grunted and fell off his horse, and the military flag in his hand also fell down.

When they were attacked suddenly, the other devil cavalrymen were shocked and became a mess in an instant.

Oshima Hirano and the others couldn't help being taken aback. They first reined in their horses and tried to avoid them, and then asked an adjutant beside them, "Do you see where the bullets came from?"

The devil's adjutant looked up and said, "Sir, it seems to be from the wall."

"The wall?" Oshima Hirano looked up at the wall, and said in horror, "The cavalry in front is at least 400 meters away from the wall. How could one hit at such a distance?"

"Sir, the enemy in front must be a regular Chinese army, otherwise it would be impossible to have such good marksmanship."

Before the Japanese adjutant's voice could finish, there was another gunshot, and a sergeant cavalryman in the front team fell off his horse again.

Shocked and angry, Oshima Hirano immediately ordered: "Withdraw, withdraw!"

On the wall of the village, Xu Qingfeng, who fired two shots in a row and hit his head, unhurriedly pulled the bolt of the gun again and was about to shoot a third time.

Suddenly, it was discovered that the devil cavalry had withdrawn, and Yue Tieshan, Chen Qifeng and others nearby also saw it.

Chen Qifeng suddenly became anxious and said: "Captain, the Japanese have withdrawn, should we pursue them?"

"Don't chase, the devil will definitely attack, just wait." Xu Qingfeng fired again very confidently!
boom! More than 400 meters away, a devil cavalry who had just turned his horse's head and was about to retreat was shot from behind by him and fell off his horse.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for a large number of devil cavalry to make a comeback with guns in hand.

However, this time, they did not ride horses, but all on foot.

It turned out that Oshima Hirano did not really retreat, but after he withdrew his troops a thousand meters away, he ordered his cavalry to dismount and attack on foot after making some adjustments.

This kind of terrain is not conducive to cavalry charges, so leaving the horses behind and attacking on foot is the most appropriate option.

(End of this chapter)