Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 56: Cavalry Battalion!
The soldiers of the 769st and nd Battalions of the th Regiment raised their legs and ran to the rear.

Three of the 15 machine guns of the two battalions were destroyed in the recent artillery attack.

Faced with intensive artillery fire and the surging Japanese cavalry, the soldiers retreated madly.

"Kill them!!"

"attack!"

The more the Eighth Route Army fled, the more excited the Japanese cavalry captain Mori Shigeta became, and he kept giving orders to the Japanese cavalry behind him to attack.

When it comes to cavalry, there are two professional terms - lancers and light cavalry.

The so-called lancers can be summarized in eight words: march on horseback and fight on foot.

Lancer units often used the advantage of rapid mobility to reach designated positions, and then the cavalry had to dismount and fight, effectively becoming infantry again.

Light cavalry are different. They march on horseback and fight on horseback.

Both types of cavalry have their own advantages and disadvantages.

The disadvantage of Lancers was that during battle, at least one-third of the troops had to be assigned to tend the horses, which not only reduced the number of combatants but also made the horses vulnerable to attack. Light cavalry did not have this problem, but attacking from horseback made them too large a target and resulted in heavy casualties.

The Japanese Army and the National Army basically chose lancers, while the cavalry units of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army were not unified.

Although the Japanese cavalry combat concept is lancers, in actual combat, these Japanese cavalry who were brainwashed by the Bushido spirit forced themselves to act like light cavalry, and even considered it a shame to fight on foot.

Whether it was establishing cavalry units, combat concepts or guiding ideology, the Japanese were all lancers, but in actual combat they always regarded themselves as light cavalry.

The Japanese cavalry only took advantage of the Chinese army's weak firepower and insufficient ammunition, which is why they did not suffer much in the early stages of the War of Resistance.

As a result, the Japanese cavalry, who were used to being arrogant on the Chinese battlefield, fought against the Soviet army's steel torrent with their flesh and blood in the Battle of Nomonhan.

lost heavily.

In the past, the Japanese devils' war horses were short and ugly, and were ridiculed by the European and American devils. So the Japanese devils specially bred Japanese horses for this war. The cavalry was an aristocratic branch among the various branches of the Japanese army. The Japanese ordnance department also developed and produced the Type 44 cavalry rifle specifically for the Japanese cavalry.

Closer to home.

Seeing the Eighth Route Army fleeing in panic, the expressions and eyes of the Japanese soldiers became even more ferocious. They raised their Type 32 cavalry swords and shouted even more ferociously.

These Chinese soldiers, like the civilians on the south bank of the Hutuo River, will soon have their heads chopped off.

……

In the distance, seeing this scene through the telescope, both Tsuneoka Kanji and Ogawa Xueshou showed a sneer on their faces.

Although the cavalry brigade did not follow the standard attack procedure, it launched the attack in advance.

But the battle was almost over.

The advantage of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side is that they have a lot of automatic firepower from light machine guns and submachine guns and sufficient ammunition.

The Japanese army's advantage lies in its strong artillery firepower and high individual soldier quality.

The Eighth Route Army's weakness was its lack of artillery, a crucial weakness. Even if they had more firepower points and more ammunition, on such flat terrain with virtually no cover, the Japanese artillery of various calibers and grenade launchers posed a significant threat to the Eighth Route Army's firepower points.

If the Japanese army had not been in a hurry to reach Wangdongbao, they would have launched an attack without mountain artillery the first time and with insufficient artillery preparation the second time.

The artillery came up and bombarded the Eighth Route Army directly for half an hour, which could have directly destroyed half of the Eighth Route Army's firepower points.

Then send the infantry to attack. If the infantry attack fails, order the artillery to bombard, and then the infantry to attack...

Isn't war all about attrition? If this were repeated several times, even if the Eighth Route Army had thousands of firing points and millions of rounds of ammunition, they would be defeated.

But in that case, the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade would not be able to reach Wangdong Fort within the time set by Lieutenant General Itagaki.

Fortunately, the cavalry arrived in time and launched an attack on the Eighth Route Army under the cover of artillery fire.

The effect was immediate and the Eighth Route Army fled in panic.

But how could a human's two legs possibly outrun four strong and powerful horse legs?
"This battle must be over."

Major General Chang Gang Kanzhi said coldly:
"Order the 3rd and 4th Infantry Battalions to attack from the left flank and center, and outflanking the Eighth Route Army with the Cavalry Battalion. Order the Artillery Battalion to gather their artillery and prepare to advance on Wangdong Fort and Daixian County."

"Hi."

Ogawa Xuesong suddenly lowered his head.

……

The soldiers of the 769th Regiment of the brother unit were running wildly backwards.

Suddenly, I saw rows of light and heavy machine guns, as well as submachine gun barrels, appearing in front of me. There were dozens of light and heavy machine guns and dozens of submachine guns.

The soldiers realized that the situation was critical and their brains stopped working for a second when they saw this scene.

Supervise the team?
Are the brother troops going to shoot and kill their own people?
The Eighth Route Army did not have a special supervision team.

Compared with the Nationalist Army, the Eighth Route Army did not set up a special supervision team or law enforcement team to oversee the troops' combat operations.

During combat, military cadres, such as squad leaders, platoon leaders, and company commanders, are usually responsible for leading and supervising the troops. These frontline part-time supervisors can act at their discretion and deal with deserters.

But what about these machine guns and submachine guns pointed at him?
"Lie down!"

The machine gunners in front and the commanders of the squads, platoons and company commanders of the 769th Regiment shouted loudly, and the soldiers woke up from their dreams and fell to the ground one after another.

These soldiers were all elite veterans of the Red Army with extremely quick reactions. Within a few seconds, they all crawled on the ground, creating a good shooting range and excellent opportunities for the brother troops.

"Fire!"

Light and heavy machine guns and submachine gun reserves opened fire almost simultaneously.

Da da da da da…

Amidst the dense and continuous gunfire, tongues of fire suddenly shot out from the hidden dry grass.

The four quadruple-mounted Maxim guns equipped with optical sights, or 4 Maxim guns, also fired almost simultaneously.

These tongues of fire sprayed barrages of bullets towards the Japanese cavalry. These barrages flew over the heads of the soldiers of the 769th Regiment, passed through the smoke and craters, and directly formed a deadly barrage of bullets blocking the area.

When the Japanese cavalry encountered these barrages, they were thrown to the ground and the entire formation was in chaos.

The Japanese cavalry in front fell down like grass being cut, and the Japanese cavalry in the back didn't know what was going on and continued to urge their horses forward.

Once the cavalry starts a full-speed charge, it is difficult to stop. Either you die or I die.

25挺马克沁、45支捷克式轻机枪和50支冲锋枪组成的火力网，在769团战士们的身后200米处，形成了一个死亡的遮断地带。

Even if some Japanese cavalrymen grabbed the reins in fear to stop their horses and tried to run back, it would be of no use. No matter how fast the Japanese cavalrymen were, they could not be faster than bullets. The bullets, traveling at several hundred meters per second, caught up with the fleeing Japanese cavalrymen in an instant.

The Xinzhou Basin became the burial place of the Japanese cavalry brigade!

(End of this chapter)