Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 455 Cavalry Regiment Soldiers!
"Boom, boom, boom..."

In the distance, several mortars of the Japanese cavalry artillery squadron opened fire, and some grenade launchers fired simultaneously. Shells fell into the tank formation, but there was no explosion. Instead, dense and thick smoke rose up.

Obviously, the Japanese knew that mortars could not pose an effective threat to the Eighth Route Army's tanks, so they fired smoke bombs.

After firing the smoke bombs, the Japanese artillerymen blew up all the mortars, then mounted their horses and chased after them.

"Kill me..."

At this time, the cavalry regiment was divided into three waves, and the horses had already started running.

Accompanied by the rumbling sound of horse hooves, they surged towards the tank formation like a tide.

When the two sides were several hundred meters apart, the tank guns and vehicle-mounted machine guns of the New 1st Regiment Tank Battalion opened fire.

With every explosion, several Japanese soldiers rolled and wailed as they fell from their military horses.

"Fire, fire!"

Sun Desheng shouted orders loudly and murderously on the radio channel.

What did he see?
The Japanese cavalry regiment actually launched an attack on the tank troops?

Sun Desheng naturally had to respond to the Japanese cavalry's behavior with the most powerful firepower.

In an instant, the M1919 machine guns and M2 heavy machine guns opened fire, forming an impenetrable firepower network.

Sun Desheng also picked up the M2HB heavy machine gun on top of the tank and opened fire.

This thing is used for air defense and has a caliber of 12.7 mm, but it is now used by Sun Desheng to fight against Japanese cavalry.

In the open area, the Japanese cavalry were almost living targets. Every time Sun Desheng pulled the trigger, he was able to hit the Japanese. Even if he didn't hit the Japanese cavalry, he could hit the Japanese horses.

The fire suppression of automatic weapons was obviously almost a massacre for the cavalry. In the blink of an eye, half of the Japanese cavalry were killed or wounded.

The more than 300 elite Japanese cavalry in the first echelon were almost wiped out.

The Japanese soldiers behind were also a little scared when they saw this scene.

But at this point, it was obviously impossible to stop on the charge.

Because even if they stopped, turned their horses around and ran away, they could not outrun the tanks, let alone the tanks' shells and bullets.

"Attack, attack..."

Colonel Yasuda, who started the attack first but was relegated to the second echelon, urged them hysterically.

He looked up and saw that the first echelon of locust cavalry were either dead or wounded. There was originally a wall of cavalry in front of him, but now it was empty.

The next second, Kaneto Yasuda was hit by several 12.7mm machine gun bullets, and his body was directly split into two.

"Is the firepower so strong..."

In the last second before his death, this thought popped into Kaneto Yasuda's mind.

The Japanese cavalry had no experience fighting tank troops.

After all, the national army was weak, not to mention tanks. There were almost no tank units. Even if there were, they were just some thin and old stuff bought from other countries, with very few spare parts and fuel.

When the other Japanese cavalry saw Kaneto Yasuda being killed, they continued to charge even more ferociously.

Soon, more than 500 Japanese cavalrymen in the second echelon were shot to death.

But at this time, the third echelon of Japanese cavalry finally rushed into the tank formation.

Sun Desheng, Qi Yilin and the tank commanders quickly got into the tanks.

And quickly close the tank's roof to prevent the Japanese from throwing grenades into the tank.

If a grenade is thrown into a tank, it can kill an entire tank crew.

"Ding ding ding..."

Sun Desheng heard a clanging sound in the tank.

He was stunned. The Japanese were using their Type 32 cavalry swords to attack tanks...

The armor thickness of the M24 light tank reached 30 mm. Even if the Japanese cavalry swords were cut off, they could not hurt the tank at all, not to mention the M100 medium tank with an armor thickness of nearly 4 mm.

Unable to see any Japanese cavalry units ahead through the observation window, Sun Desheng immediately led the Second Tank Battalion to turn around.

After the Japanese cavalry crossed the Eighth Route Army tank troops.

The adjutant of the cavalry regiment led the remaining several hundred cavalrymen to continue the attack.

However, the cavalry battalion of the new regiment in front had already been deployed and was waiting for the Japanese cavalry to arrive.

Dozens of machine guns and submachine guns from the cavalry battalion launched a sudden attack, and the Japanese cavalry fell off their horses wailing.

The road here is between two hills, and the Japanese cavalry cannot go up the mountain, so they can only be trapped in a pincer attack from two tank battalions and a cavalry battalion.

Not long after, the 18th Cavalry Regiment of the Japanese Army was completely wiped out.

"Is this the power of the tank..." After the gunfire stopped, Sun Desheng crawled out of the tank and looked at the Japanese cavalry and horses all over the ground.

"A cavalry regiment is equivalent to one of our cavalry brigades."

"Within just over ten minutes, the entire army was wiped out."

"If a cavalry battalion encountered a tank unit like this, it would be wiped out in two or three minutes at most."

Sun Desheng's eyes looked at his tank even brighter and hotter.

This stuff is really fucking good.

"Battalion Commander, when will we be transferred to the tank battalion?"

"Yes, Battalion Commander!"

"..."

At this time, the subordinates of the former cavalry battalion rushed over and talked to Sun Desheng one after another.

"Go away, what's so good about the tank battalion?"

Sun Desheng laughed heartily: "After this battle, your cavalry battalion will become a cavalry regiment."

When the soldiers opened fire, they basically tried to aim at the Japanese on horseback. Although a large number of military horses were killed, Sun Desheng roughly estimated that he could still seize about 360 military horses.

Together with the more than 300 military horses originally owned by the new cavalry battalion, it was a full cavalry regiment.

But the soldiers of the cavalry battalion still wanted to join the tank battalion.

Two tank battalions attacked an elite cavalry regiment of the Japanese. The Japanese cavalry regiment was almost wiped out, while the tank battalion was almost unscathed, without losing even a single tank.

However, the cavalry battalion lost some cavalry.

If it was cavalry fighting cavalry, even if the casualty ratio on both sides was one to one, it would still take the loss of two cavalry regiments to eliminate so many Japanese cavalry.

The Japanese cavalry regiment of the Type A division has even stronger combat effectiveness.

If the Japanese cavalry regiment wanted to annihilate the Type A division, it would even have to sacrifice an entire cavalry division.

The soldiers of the cavalry battalion were able to calculate this account clearly.

"Haha."

Sun Desheng smiled:
"After this battle, our regiment will definitely have dozens more tanks. When that happens, I will ask the regimental commander to transfer you to the tank battalion as trainees."

"Thank you very much, old battalion commander!"

The soldiers of the cavalry battalion had burning eyes and thanked Sun Desheng repeatedly.

The new cavalry battalion commander Dong Jianfeng looked at the cavalry soldiers with their elbows bent outward.

Suddenly, I felt that the hundreds of Japanese horses that had just been seized were no longer attractive.

"Not bad." After the battle, Li Yunlong arrived at the battlefield and his brows were immediately filled with joy.

At this time, the soldiers of the cavalry battalion were cleaning up the battlefield, reloading the Japanese cavalry, and gathering the fleeing and frightened horses.

"Damn it! The main force of the Japanese from the 28th Brigade escaped, and the 18th Cavalry Regiment became the scapegoat. This trip wasn't in vain."

Li Yunlong immediately gave a loud order:
"Pass my order, drive all the big trucks over here and bring back all the dead bodies of the Japanese horses."

"A Japanese horse weighs over a thousand pounds. This battle killed or injured at least seven or eight hundred Japanese horses, which means we can seize 700,000 to 800,000 pounds of horse meat."

"The soldiers said they were tired of canned pork, and now we can finally improve their food."

……

"General."

At the Taiyuan Japanese First Army Headquarters, Communications Staff Officer Kasai Toshimatsu hurried in and reported to Shinozuka Yoshio and Mutaguchi Ren'ya:

"The 18th Cavalry Regiment encountered the Eighth Route Army tanks on the Anhe Highway. The entire 18th Cavalry Regiment... was completely destroyed."

This is the news from the Japanese reconnaissance plane.

The Eighth Route Army tank troops arrived before the 18th Cavalry Regiment could contact the First Army Headquarters.

"understood."

Yoshio Shinozuka waved his hand expressionlessly, signaling Kasai to leave.

"Hi."

Toshimatsu Kasai lowered his head, turned around and walked out. Before leaving, he glanced at Mutaguchi and Yamamoto. Both of them looked unhappy.

"Commander, this isn't right," Mutaguchi Ren'ya was puzzled. "Didn't the 21st Aircraft Regiment already wipe out the Eighth Route Army tanks? Why are they on the Anhe Highway again?"

(End of this chapter)