Chapter 228 Cavalry Showdown
Zhang Jiawang has participated in all the battles since the establishment of the guerrillas. He is considered an experienced veteran. He did not panic. He took the chopsticks and pulled them a few times, finished the remaining food at the bottom of the bowl, put down the rice bowl. After wiping his mouth, he asked: "How many Japanese are there?"
The warrior said, "Many, there are hundreds."
"So many!" Zhang Jiawang became a little nervous. He pulled out the shell gun from his waist and said, "The whole platoon gathers."
The soldiers from three companies and one row of soldiers hurriedly got together. Zhang Jiawang said, "The Japanese are here, there are many people. We cannot implicate the fellow villagers, and evacuate immediately." As he said that, he took the lead in running towards the west end of the village.
Although Zhang Jiawang has combat experience, he has only been in the guerrilla team for three months. The most important thing is that he has never seen the Japanese cavalry. At this time, his most correct tactic should be to use the complex body shape in the village to fight against the Japanese cavalry, rather than running to the wild. Outside the village is a flat crop field, and the wheat has just been harvested, bare, and there is a hidden place wherever there is?
Zhang Jiawang did this with his own reasons. On the one hand, the independent battalion has strict discipline. It is stipulated that when fighting, try to avoid conducting it in densely populated villages, preventing the people from being accidentally injured by the Japanese artillery fire during the battle, and preventing the Japanese from revengeing the people. Zhang Jiawang experienced the Zhangjiazhuang tragedy, and he was particularly concerned about this.
Another point is that he really knows nothing about the Japanese cavalry. According to the method of dealing with enemy infantry, he led his team to rush out of the village and follow the retreat route that had been chosen long ago, and run while fighting. The Japanese infantry also relied on two legs to chase them, so they had the opportunity to break away from contact with the Japanese and move to a safe place.
Major Gan Qiro, the captain of the 18th Japanese Cavalry Brigade, is true that he is a cavalry commander with rich combat experience, and it is also true. He may not be as cunning as Wang Zhankui, but he is very skilled in using cavalry.
When Gan Qilang of Tiancheng saw Daguo Village, he was not arrogant. He led a large group of people into the village regardless of the situation, but sent a scout to investigate. The Japanese cavalry had strong mobility. They would first send a small team of cavalry to encircle Daguo Village in two routes, and then sent a few cavalry scouts to the village to investigate. When there was no danger, the large group of people would enter the village to camp.
After Zhang Jiawang and others ran out of the west entrance of the village, they ran forward along a canal. Although some shrubs and weeds more than half a person tall grew on the edge of the canal, they could not block their figure at all. The Japanese cavalry who had already detoured to the back of the village soon discovered them.
Then the two sides began to fight.
Zhang Jiawang's third company and one platoon, one platoon leader and one deputy platoon leader, eight soldiers in each squad, plus one female soldier who cooperated with them in the publicity activities, a total of 27 people. As soon as the battle started, they soon discovered that they had fallen into the siege of the enemy.
There were many Japanese cavalry on both sides and in front of them. The Japanese had very accurate shooting skills and shot on horseback, which still caused great casualties to the soldiers of the Independent Battalion.
Then, the Japanese cavalry appeared from the direction of Daguo Village. They saw that Zhang Jiawang and others were very small, so they simply formed a team outside the village. Then they drew out the saber and rushed towards Zhang Jiawang and others.
Zhang Jiawang and others looked at the enemy cavalry rolling in. They shot at the Japanese in despair. They had no machine guns, each of them had only 11 bullets, and the weak firepower could not stop the Japanese cavalry's charge. Some Japanese were also caught and dropped, but other Japanese cavalry rushed over quickly.
The tragic massacre began. The Japanese cavalry howled, raised their shiny sabers and slashed down. The soldiers of the independent camp who were panicking, fell one by one in the pool of blood.
Zhang Jiawang was quite experienced. He lay on the ground and caught two Japanese cavalry in succession. The third Japanese cavalry rushed to him, with his legs clamped with war horses, and he leaned down, and slashed Zhang Jiawang's head with one knife.
The soldiers from the third company and one row were soon killed in battle, leaving only one female soldier in the female soldier squad. The Japanese cavalrymen rode tall horses and surrounded the female soldier in the middle, making a grim smile.
The young female soldier was unwilling to be captured and humiliated, so she pulled the grenade on her waist. In this way, the first row of the Third Company of the Independent Battalion, plus the female soldier, 29 young and lively lives, died in the fields outside Daguo Village.
The cavalrymen of the 18th Battalion of the Japanese Cavalry were killed and no longer humane, and were simply a group of wild animals. The bloody sacrifice of the soldiers of the independent battalion such as Zhang Jiawang did not bring peace to the people of Daguo Village.
After the Japanese cavalry entered the village, dozens of women in the village were all ruined by the Japanese. Many women were still killed by them after being ruined by them. The men in the village were massacred, and the beasts did not even let go of the elderly and children. The Japanese drove them into the ancestral hall in the village, put firewood outside, and burned them to death inside.
After finishing these dirty and bloody things, the beasts of the 18th Japanese Cavalry Brigade made fires and cooked in the village where blood was flowing. They sat next to the bodies of the villagers in Zhangjia Village, chatting and laughing, and were completely ignored by the angry eyes of the villagers who had been cut off by them.
After the 18th Japanese cavalry brigade was full of food, he returned to the Jizheng Highway and headed towards Lu County. On their horses, some young women from Daguo Village with beautiful faces were tied up, and they continued to humiliate Jianyin by these beasts.
The route of the Japanese was a section of the Jizheng Highway from Jinan to Lu County. It was basically flat and had a wide view. Under such terrain, it was basically impossible to attack a cavalry ambush.
Gao Jiu has walked the road between Yu County and Lu County many times and is very familiar with the terrain here. There are only two areas that can fight the ambush of Japanese cavalry. One is in Yu County, and it is too late to go. Now there is only one place left, a two-kilometer-long hilly area. The Jizheng Highway passes through a valley about 500 meters wide. On both sides are gentle hills and some sparse shrubs grow on it. Gao Jiu and others lie ambushed the troops here.
However, for such a terrain, not only will Gao Jiu and others choose to ambush here, but the 18th captain of the Japanese, Gan Qiro, can also see the danger of this terrain.
When encountering such a terrain, he would send a small number of cavalry to conduct reconnaissance. Only after confirming that there was no danger could his cavalry brigade pass through this section of the road. Gao Jiu was the only one who wanted to attack the enemy's ambush here, and it was impossible for Gao Jiu and others to ambush the troops.
At 3:30 pm, the Japanese cavalry appeared. Several Japanese scouts were riding on high horses and saw several cavalry in the distance in the distance in the country's uniform. They were sitting on the side of the road to rest. The Japanese cavalry quietly approached them, and then shot them in a mess. Several Japanese cavalrymen were shot and fell down. The remaining ones were thrust on the war horses and ran forward, and the Japanese scouts also chased after them.
At this time, more than 20 cavalry from the National Army appeared not far away. They counterattacked the Japanese scouts and shot several Japanese scouts on the spot. Then they rushed towards the remaining Japanese scouts.
The captain of the Japanese cavalry brigade, Gan Qiro, was watching the situation on the battlefield with a telescope. He saw the military uniforms of the enemy's cavalry.
At the combat meeting held by the 128th Brigade, from the enemy situation report, Gan Qilang of Tiancheng had already learned that the puppet cavalry battalion stationed in Linchuan Town had rebelled and defected to the 792nd Regiment of the National Army. This cavalry unit was also the only cavalry unit in the Wunan area. He judged that the cavalry unit that appeared in front of him was the rebellious puppet cavalry unit.
Tiancheng Gan Qilang despised the Chinese very much. He looked down on the puppet troops who rebeled and defected to them, and even more hated the puppet troops who defected to the Huang army and rebelled again. He had long thought of finding an opportunity to destroy Wang Zhankui's cavalry battalion after he arrived in Lu County. Now that he met them here, Tiancheng Gan Qilang naturally would not miss this opportunity to annihilate the enemy cavalry battalion.
However, this guy was usually manic, but when he went to the battlefield, he could immediately calm down. At this moment, he was not in a hurry to command the troops to attack, but calmly observed the situation on the battlefield.
The cavalrymen in the cavalry battalion chased the Japanese scouts and shot at them. The Japanese cavalry kept falling from the war horses. Seeing this situation, Tiancheng Ganqiro ordered a small team of Japanese cavalry to attack.
The platoon of the Japanese scouts was chasing a platoon in the cavalry battalion, with a total of more than 20 people. When they saw so many Japanese came out, they stopped chasing, fired a row of guns at the Japanese, and then turned around and retreated.
The Japanese cavalry team chased the platoon of the National Army cavalry tightly. Tiancheng Ganqiro held up a telescope and carefully observed the situation on the battlefield. At this moment, he saw a team of cavalry from the National Army appearing in the distance, with about seventy or eighty people, which should be a company of national cavalry. They rushed towards the Japanese cavalry team, and the platoon of the National Army cavalry who had escaped before also turned around and killed them back.
Gan Qilang of Tiancheng felt that the situation was a bit strange. He believed that the national cavalry nearby should not be the only ones. He knew that Wang Zhankui had more than 200 cavalrymen, and about 100 people had appeared at this moment, and more than 100 cavalrymen should be ambushing nearby.
Tanshiro Tiancheng ordered a cavalry squadron to come forward to fight. He led other cavalry units to continue observing the situation on the battlefield.
The cavalry of the National Army whistled with sabers, and the Japanese cavalry believed in the spirit of Bushido. They also carried carriage rifles and drew out the sabers to meet them. Both sides launched hand-to-hand combat like ancient warriors.
The cavalry from both sides fought together, people shouted, horses neighed, slashed by sabers, and screams of the dead and wounded.
Most of the cavalrymen of the 18th Japanese Cavalry Brigade were veterans and had rich combat experience. Most of the cavalrymen under Wang Zhankui were veterans, and they were all extremely fierce. The two sides fought each other and the battle was in a stalemate.
Tancheng Ganqiro was very calm and did not join the main force to join the battle group, but led a large group of people to slowly approach. This tactic was very effective. The number of Japanese troops in the enemy and us fighting in front was slightly superior. The Japanese troops slowly approached forward, which caused psychological panic among the officers and soldiers of the cavalry battalion. They finally couldn't resist and began to retreat.
The Japanese cavalry immediately chased and killed them. Tiancheng Ganqiro led a brigade to pursue them, but he always kept a distance of more than 200 meters from the Japanese army in front, carefully guarding against the enemy's ambush.
The battlefield was constantly moving forward and gradually entered the hilly area in front.
Tiancheng Gan Qiro was always vigilant and carefully observed the movements around him. At this moment, the enemy's ambush indeed appeared. As a result, the Japanese army in the squadron in front was attacked, and more than a dozen people were shot and dropped on the spot. Immediately afterwards, more than a hundred national cavalry rushed out from both sides with their sabers.
As expected, the main force of the cavalry of the National Army was lying here. Tancheng Ganqiro smiled contemptuously and said to himself: "The capricious Chinese people are just these small tricks. How can they hide them from our great Japanese Huang Army?"
However, he remained vigilant and did not suppress the entire army.
At this time, Wang Zhankui's cavalry battalion had surrounded the Japanese army in the squadron in front. Qiancheng Ganqiro confirmed that the main forces of the enemy had all come out. So he pulled out his sabre and yelled: "Assault," and rushed forward first. The Japanese cavalry team also waved their shiny sabres and ran wildly.
The cavalry of both sides fought each other, and with the screams, cavalry on both sides continued to fall! The battlefield was covered with blood, and there were broken limbs and broken arms and a corpse everywhere.
Gao Jiu and Wang Zhankui fought side by side, waving their sabers to fight with the Japanese army.
Wang Zhankui had excellent sword skills and had killed two Japanese cavalry shortly after a while. While fighting with the Japanese cavalry, he still had the heart to observe Gao Jiu's situation.
Gao Jiu did not have so many sword techniques. When he saw the Japanese cavalry, he would be on the verge of a knife. Japanese cavalry usually raised their swords to block and then counterattacked. They did not expect that Gao Jiu's strength was infinite. After this sword, the heavy force was not something they could stop. Often, the saber in their hands was knocked away, and then Gao Jiu cut off his horse with one knife!
Sometimes it was even more outrageous. Gao Jiu slashed down with one knife, and the huge force actually bounced the Japanese saber on their own bodies and was directly knocked off the horse. Any Japanese cavalry fighting with Gao Jiu would have at most two swords.
Wang Zhankui was amazed and thought to himself: "Jiu Master is a god, he is so powerful!" He was excited and blocked the sabres cut by the Japanese cavalry, and cut off the Japanese cavalry in front with a backhand!
Seeing Gao Jiu and Wang Zhankui's strong combat power, a Japanese cavalry officer commanded a group of Japanese soldiers to siege them. Gao Jiu and Wang Zhankui were not afraid at all, and fought hard to kill the Japanese in the group, constantly chopping off their horses!
Although Gao Jiu and Wang Zhankui were powerful, the other cavalrymen in the Cavalry Battalion suffered heavy casualties. The number of Japanese soldiers far exceeded the strength of the Cavalry Battalion. As the cavalrymen in the Cavalry Battalion continued to fall, the gap between the forces between the two sides became increasingly larger and the situation was very critical.
Seeing this situation, Gao Jiu and Wang Zhankui knew that they could not annihilate the Japanese cavalry, and they might even be wiped out, so they ordered the retreat. The cavalrymen in the cavalry battalion turned their horses and ran towards Lu County to fight for their lives.
Qiancheng Ganqiro had already fired, so he was not willing to let the cavalry battalion leave. He led a large group of cavalry to chase after him desperately.
After a few minutes, the hilly terrain on both sides gradually increased and the terrain became complicated.
Qiancheng Gan Qilang suddenly became a little alert. Although he judged that the main forces of the enemy were all here, he still felt that there was something wrong with it?
Chapter completed!