my bright sword career

Chapter 426 The Function of Flares
Just as the entire regiment of the Shinichi regiment packed their bags and prepared to leave, Shotaro Nagase, the captain of the 45th Regiment of the Japanese Army, was immersed in great grief.

In the round of bombing just now, even the Xinyi Regiment, who was a bystander, was dumbfounded, let alone the 45th Wing, who was the party involved.

That is a standard infantry brigade of 1100 people. According to the data just reported below, in the round of bombing just now, more than 700 people were killed in the third brigade, which was all exposed in the open space. Almost all of the more than 300 people in the army were injured. It can be said that he lost one-third of his troops in just one round of bombing. How could he accept this.

Nagase Shotaro, as the captain of the Japanese army's standing division, was among the top Japanese officers in terms of command ability and psychological quality, but he almost didn't recite such bad news suddenly.

Just when he felt that his whole body was about to explode, the messenger came to report that the Chinese army on the opposite side had shown signs of breaking through.

"The Chinese want to run away?"

When Nagase Shotaro heard this, he immediately stood up, and was about to order the whole army to pursue without hesitation, but then he looked up at the sky.

The flares thrown by the air force just now have been extinguished, and the ground has plunged into darkness again, but the sky is still filled with dull roars, which also proves that the opponent's plane has not left.

After rolling his eyes a few times, Nagase Shotaro said to the communication soldier: "You immediately contact Captain Mitani of the cavalry regiment and tell us that our regiment suffered heavy losses in the bombing just now, and the entire regiment is now rescuing the wounded. Please cavalry The alliance will attack first, and our alliance will catch up later!"

Nagase Shotaro spoke very politely. The mobility of the cavalry regiment was not comparable to that of the infantry regiment. Of course, they would go first in this kind of pursuit.

Soon, Mitani Changjing, the captain of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment, received the words from Nagase Shotaro, and he snorted softly, "The Infantry Regiment is the Infantry Regiment, and they can't stand even a little setback.

Now even the fled China's rout soldiers dare not chase after them. It is really embarrassing for the Imperial Japanese Army.Forget it, since he didn't dare to chase, let the loyal and brave cavalry regiment do it, order the second and third battalions to pursue the Chinese rout from the left and right sides, and I will lead the first battalion to support it!
This Eighth Route Army must be completely wiped out. Tomorrow I will personally report the good news to His Excellency the Division Chief with the head of the Eighth Route Army commander! "

"Hi!"

Soon, the cavalry regiment started to move, and groups of black cavalry rushed towards the direction of the new regiment's retreat like a tide.

Unlike the large formation of the infantry regiment, the Japanese cavalry formation has a small number of people.

The size of a complete cavalry regiment is between 1400 and 1700, and even as few as 800. Even the largest cavalry brigade is only 4000.

But don't underestimate the cavalry wing because of their small strength. It is not easy to feed a cavalry at any time.

You must know that war horses can't just eat grass, they need to eat food!

Corn, wheat, and even carrots are the favorites of horses, and sometimes eggs are even added to the feed to supplement protein.

In this way, the war horse can eat well, grow strong and run fast!
So it is also training, and the cost of feeding one cavalry is equal to feeding six infantry, which is not an exaggeration at all.

Of course, Japan is not a fool. The reason why they are willing to spend a lot of money to support the cavalry is because the cavalry has strong mobility on the battlefield. If it does not encounter tanks, a cavalry regiment can easily destroy the formation of a brigade.

For example, in "Bright Sword", Li Yunlong was intercepted by Brigadier Chen within a few hours after he captured a cavalry battalion, leaving only a cavalry company for Li Yunlong, which shows how much Brigadier Chen attaches importance to cavalry.

Once the cavalry regiment took action, there was a lot of movement. As soon as more than 1000 horses began to gallop, the rumbling hooves were immediately noticed by the soldiers of the new regiment.

Ding Wei, who had just commanded the troops to assemble, didn't talk nonsense, and immediately contacted the bomber fleet in the sky.

"Major Xue, I'm Ding Wei. As soon as our regiment was assembled, the Japanese cavalry began to outflank us. Please instruct us on the next course of action."

Although Ding Wei still looked calm, his mood was extremely uneasy. He followed Xue Shaogong's suggestion and ordered the troops to assemble and break through. If the fleet in the sky could not protect them, the Xinyi Regiment would really be here today. up.

You must know that in the unsheltered wilderness, the infantry facing the charging cavalry is no different from the lamb facing the flock.

Even though he knew the consequences, Ding Wei still chose to believe in the commander he had never met in the sky. He firmly believed that Gao Hongming would never send an unreliable commander to support them.

Accompanied by a rustling sound, Xue Shaogong's voice sounded again immediately: "Commander Ding... Please pay attention, we are going to throw flares in one minute, please close your eyes immediately to avoid damage to your eyes."

Ding Wei said to the correspondent without hesitation: "Quick... order all soldiers to close their eyes immediately, the plane is about to drop flares!"

"Quick... close your eyes!"

"Close your eyes!"

The order was quickly conveyed layer by layer.

Although the soldiers of the new regiment didn't understand, they all obeyed the order and closed their eyes.

Time passed slowly, the Japanese cavalry was getting closer, and the sound of horseshoes became more and more urgent. Hearing the sound of horseshoes getting closer, all the soldiers in the new regiment became anxious. Everyone knew that once the infantry lost their position And cover, in the face of cavalry can only wait to die.

"Bang bang bang..."

At this moment, a muffled thunder-like sound exploded above the head, followed by bright lights comparable to the sun that exploded in the night sky. The lights were so bright that even though the soldiers of the new regiment had closed their eyes, Still feel the bright light shining through the eyelids hurting the eyes.

After a while, after the human eyes got used to the light of the flares, the soldiers of the new regiment tried to open their eyes slowly. Even so, many soldiers still burst into tears under the glare of the light.

Generally speaking, the brightness of a medium-caliber flare can reach 40 to 50 candlepower, and the duration is 25 to 35 seconds, which can illuminate targets within a radius of 1 kilometer.

The flares thrown by the Stuka bombers are enhanced, each of which weighs about 20 kilograms, and the light emitted is several times that of ordinary flares. Kilometers of places are all illuminated like daylight.

The soldiers of the new regiment who were prepared were all teared up by the flares, not to mention the unprepared Japanese cavalry regiment, especially those delicate horses, which were already accustomed to the brightness of the night and were suddenly illuminated by the flares. , Almost all the war horses neighed loudly, and then they let go of the ladders and ran around, no matter how the cavalry shouted to stop it, it would not help.

(End of this chapter)