Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1582 Initiative

Yoshikawa Saki even sent the anti-tank guns of the 39th Division... He originally thought that the Eighth Route Army would attack the cavalry from the flanks, and the long-range anti-tank guns of the 30th Division would be able to deploy Useful.

However, the Eighth Route Army began to "collapse" before hitting the flanks, which made the anti-tank guns useless.

Now, since the defeat of the Eighth Route Army has been decided, Iwata Kaoru can't let all the functions be snatched away. Anyway, some must be left for the 39th Division... So the devils carried the anti-aircraft weapons in groups of two under the cover of several teams of infantry. The tank guns went out of position to "snipe" the half-track vehicles of the Eighth Route Army.

However, at this moment the situation on the battlefield changed:

As time went by, the speed of the cavalry became slower and slower, and gradually they couldn't keep up with the devil's chariots and armored vehicles. After all, war horses were war horses, and their physical strength had a certain limit.

What's more, this period is just after the famine year and the devils are short of food, and the war horses are all half-starved and half-fed... They are quite lucky to be half-starved and not killed to eat, and quite a few of them A part of the war horses had to be used as the transportation capacity of the troops to "self-reliance".

So at this moment, after running wildly for a while, they were already out of breath and unable to follow up. After a while, the cavalry fell far behind the armored troops.

On the other hand, due to the small number of Devils armored units: 9 tanks and 10 armored vehicles, there were only 19 in total. At this time, 3 were destroyed in the battle, and only 16 remained.

If these armored vehicles and tanks are lined up tens of meters in front of the defense line, they can still provide cover for the cavalry with their armor and firepower. The cover provided is extremely limited, not to mention that the cavalry is still lagging behind at this time.

When Zhang Dabiao saw this situation, he knew that his chance had come, and he shouted: "Everyone is there, pick up devil cavalry and fight, pay attention to keep a distance from the enemy!"

"Yes!"

Following the order of the company commanders, the half-track vehicles turned a corner and turned back to head towards the enemy cavalry.

How could the cavalry of the puppet army think that the Eighth Route Army could kill the carbine at this time, so they immediately reined in their horses and organized defense in a panic.

However, the cavalry who lost touch with the armored vehicles and lost their cover could not defend against the firepower of the Eighth Route Army's half-track vehicles...

The Eighth Route Army had suffered enough from these cavalrymen before, and now when they started fighting, no matter whether it was a vehicle-mounted machine gun or a burst of rifles, they all fired at the cavalry crazily, and dense bullets rained down on the puppet cavalry. Mortar shells exploded among the cavalry.

The cavalry is just flesh and blood, how can they withstand such a bombing, they were beaten up on the spot, blood was everywhere, and the horses were excited by the sound of the cannon, and they ran and stomped, and they didn't know that the false cavalry was thrown to death How much has been trampled to death.

The commander of the pseudo-cavalry was Guo Wenyong, and he loudly ordered his subordinates to stabilize the formation and organize a charge.

This Guo Wenyong still has some skills. He knows that defense is useless at this time, and the cavalry has no capital to defend at all... A tall man, standing anywhere is an excellent target for the enemy.

Therefore, the cavalry has only two ways out:
One is to catch up with one's own armored vehicles for cover as before.

But this is obviously unrealistic, not to mention that the horses have lost their strength and cannot reach such a fast speed, and the armored vehicles have also been scattered because of chasing the Eighth Route Army half-track vehicles, and there is no time to take care of the cavalry.

Then there is only one way left: launch a counterattack against the Eighth Route Army by throwing explosives as before. If the half-track vehicles can be suppressed, the iron-blooded troops will win in the end.

Therefore, Guo Wenyong immediately pulled up an offensive force from the chaotic army. They controlled the horses and rushed towards the Eighth Route Army convoy, shouting and preparing the explosives in their hands.

Guo Wenyong even calculated that if the two armies are facing each other, it will only take 2 minutes to encounter the enemy. Therefore, as long as they survive these 2 minutes and break through the dense barrage in front of them, the iron-blooded troops will usher in the dawn of victory .

However, Guo Wenyong realized that he was wrong as soon as he had this idea.

Because the half-track car turned at a large angle again and changed the direction of travel.

To be exact, instead of changing the direction of travel, they circled in front of the cavalry, but this circle always kept a distance from the cavalry... The Eighth Route Army achieved this by using the mobility and speed of half-track vehicles.

Seeing this situation, Guo Wenyong was anxious and hated. This is a common tactic used by cavalry against infantry. Unexpectedly, the Eighth Route Army is now using it against cavalry!
This tactic has actually been around for a long time.

Archers of the ancient Mongolian cavalry used this method to deal with infantry.

The infantry set up a formation, and the archers did not have the ability to break the formation, of course they would not rush in forcibly. Their method was to use the mobility and speed of the cavalry to circle around the infantry, and shoot bows and arrows into the infantry formation while circling to consume the enemy's vital strength.

Developed to modern times, iron-blooded troops also often use this tactic to fight against the anti-union troops. The cavalry forms a circle in front of the anti-union troops, and keeps shooting or throwing grenades with carbine while turning around. Turn to the rear to reload and then turn back. shooting.

As the saying goes, Feng Shui turns in turns, but Guo Wenyong did not expect this tactic to be learned today.

But this is not surprising, whichever side has the fastest speed can use this tactic to keep a distance from the enemy.

At this time, half-track vehicles have a speed advantage, and of course this tactic can be used.

However, the puppet cavalry was weak even if they charged because the horses had exhausted their strength. Coupled with the powerful firepower of the Eighth Route Army to block them, the puppet cavalry was knocked down as soon as they rushed up, and they were still unable to get close.

Especially those horses that are knocked down will further become an obstacle for the cavalry to attack... The horses will not die for a while after being knocked down, they will still struggle on the ground and even half-get up and try to stand up again, which makes the cavalry, which is not fast enough, go further. restricted.

Kaoru Iwata, who was watching the battle from the rear, also noticed the problem at this time, and he quickly ordered: "Order the 'Iron Tiger Troop' to cover the cavalry, reorganize the defense line, immediately!"

Kaoru Iwata's tactics may be correct. Chariots and cavalry are indeed remarkable. It combines the firepower and defense of armored troops and the flexibility of cavalry. It once caused a big loss to the half-tracked car troops of the Eighth Route Army.

However, the problem with this tactic is that it requires close coordination and cooperation between the armored force and the cavalry, that is, the armored force must always become the shield of the cavalry.

But because war horses cannot maintain high speed for a long time like armored troops, this is difficult to achieve in actual combat.

Zhang Dabiao seized this flaw to launch a targeted counterattack, and immediately reversed the situation and regained the initiative!
(End of this chapter)