Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 236 Machine gun interception, cavalry duel

Ci County outside the county seat.

The third regiment of Wuqin pulled out the gun towers in front, and the accompanying militiamen and young men set about destroying the railway behind them. From south to north, they soon approached Cixian County.

However, many Japanese and puppet troops in the outskirts of Cixian County near the Qinghai-Han Railway have abandoned their gun towers and are shrinking towards the strongholds of Cixian City's fortifications.

"The Japanese army has reacted now, abandoned their outlying strongholds, and retreated their troops towards the county!" Xing Zhiguo had already returned to the headquarters after organizing the manpower to destroy the railway.

"Actually, I'd like the Japanese army to stick to their stronghold. Although it will consume some shells, it will also consume the strength of the Japanese army. Even if the Japanese army recruits new recruits, our situation will be much better in the future!" Zhou Weihan said with emotion .

"At present, Xu Dali's second regiment has already cleared several strongholds in the south and is approaching the headquarters; Wang Yigong's fourth regiment came to report to Changzhi. The airport is marching; Jing Dagang's regiment is firmly blocking the Japanese reinforcements in the Yaojiamiao area, and according to Jing Dagang's report, the Japanese reinforcements have low combat effectiveness and can retreat with one blow. It seems that they are not Japanese field troops!" Xing Zhiguo will count The information that came up was reported one by one.

"Haha, what does this mean? The 108th Division's remaining troops are running low. This reinforcement is probably composed of miscellaneous soldiers!" Zhou Weihan judged sharply.

While the two were talking, a telegraph operator took off the receiver and stood up to report: "Detachment leader, chief of staff, the New Ninth Brigade in southern Hebei sent a telegram, and the department found a group of people when they destroyed the railway in the north of Handan. The Japanese cavalry unit from the execution platform is coming towards us, there are about [-] people!"

"The reinforcements from the Xingtai? It seems that the enemy divided the reinforcements into two groups. It seems that Jing Dagang just intercepted the infantry!" Xing Zhiguo said.

After Zhou Weihan heard this, he took a wooden ruler and measured it roughly: "Suppose the Japanese cavalry has arrived in Handan, and it is more than [-] miles from Handan to Ci County where we are located. If the horses ran to death, it would take two hours at the fastest to arrive. !"

"Zhu Dashan!" Zhou Weihan shouted.

"Here!" Zhu Dashan, who had been with the headquarters all the time, responded immediately when he heard the shout.

"Did you hear what I just said?"

"I heard that, I am familiar with the situation of the little devil's horses. If you run hard for an hour, it will be thirty or forty miles. You must take a rest during the march. Otherwise, the horses will be useless. When we arrive here, we will be 12." Too much!" Zhu Dashan said.

"Didn't you keep yelling that you can't win a battle? This time your cavalry battalion can go on the field, and you will destroy this group of Japanese cavalry together with the third regiment!" Zhou Weihan said.

"Yes! Detachment Captain, but I suggest that the headquarters move to the west!"

"What? You can't deal with more than [-] Japanese cavalry with a cavalry battalion?"

"Don't say that the cavalry reinforced by the Japanese army are exhausted, even if they are physically strong, my cavalry battalion will not persuade them, but" Zhu Dashan said confidently.

"There is nothing but, let's carry out the order!" Zhou Weihan interrupted Zhu Dashan.

"Yes!" Zhu Dashan saluted, turned and left.

Now the headquarters of the independent detachment is located between the third regiment, the artillery battalion, the militia, and the young and strong. After the cavalry battalion leaves, only Dong Jiang's reconnaissance company is left. Once the Japanese cavalry breaks through and intercepts, the headquarters will bear the brunt. Zhu Dashan That's why I have such scruples.

Zhu Dashan went out and summoned the troops of the cavalry battalion.

Today's cavalry battalion consists of four companies and one platoon, with 465 horses alone. In addition to mounted soldiers, there is also a platoon of 42 auxiliary soldiers, a total of 507 people.

"Fourth company commander, you stay and guard the security of the headquarters, and the rest follow me on horseback!" Zhu Dashan did not relax the guard of the headquarters in the end.

"Yes!"

The sound of horseshoes sounded, and a group of cavalry battalion shouted and left.

In the headquarters, Zhou Weihan did not stop making arrangements.

"It's unexpected that the reinforcements came from the execution platform!" Zhou Weihan said after thinking about it.

"This shows that the Japanese army in Handan has no soldiers to send, and the reinforcement Japanese army fighting against a regiment is not very effective, which shows that the Japanese army in Xingtai is also stretched!" Xing Zhiguo analyzed.

"Yes, it's a rare opportunity, take this opportunity to eat up this group of reinforcements!" Zhou Weihan clasped his hands together and said, making up his mind to take this opportunity to weaken the strength of the Japanese army.

"Dong Jiang, send out a squad of soldiers to inform Xu Dali's second regiment on horseback, and go straight to the Yao family temple, and join forces with the first regiment to encircle and wipe out the Japanese reinforcements!"

"Yes!" Dong Jiang replied.

The words are divided into two parts.

The Third Wuqin Regiment had just destroyed another stronghold near the railway. Zhu Dashan arrived with the cavalry battalion, and the two parties joined together immediately.

Zhu Dashan got off his horse and briefly explained the situation with Wu Qin and Chen Feng.

"Commander Zhu, I will deploy the third regiment on both sides of the railway, deploy all the light and heavy machine guns, concentrate firepower to destroy some of the Japanese cavalry, and then hand over the remaining Japanese cavalry to your cavalry battalion!" Wu Qin suggested.

"The artillery battalion withdrew from the battle first and moved to the nearby forest!"

Wu Qin's words are very pertinent, proceeding from the actual situation, both Chen Feng and Zhu Dashan agreed.

After a brief exchange, the three of them immediately started to make arrangements.

The soldiers of the three regiments gathered quickly, centered on the stronghold that had just been destroyed, and used the railway as the dividing line to arrange a circular fortification.

More than [-] miles away from Ci County, the cavalry of the Japanese army was taking a short rest.

Goto Koshiro, captain of the 108th Cavalry Battalion, got on his horse and shouted: "Assemble, move forward!"

Yuichi Kishitani's dispatched adjutant sent a farewell telegram, and was immediately attacked from behind by the reconnaissance company. Therefore, the Japanese army still does not know that Fengle Station has been breached.
At around 12 midnight, more than [-] Japanese cavalry galloped past, and Goto Koshiro, who was in the marching column, looked along the railway.

In addition to supporting Fengle Station, the Ministry also has the task of investigating the situation along the Ping-Han Railway.

In his view, the Eighth Route Army destroyed the railway in sections, but avoided the important towns along the line. The situation was corrupted only in Yongping in the north of Handan and Cixian in the south.

The sound of horseshoes can be clearly heard from far to near, and it can be heard from the east of the railway.

The muzzles of the machine gunners on the third regiment's fortifications shifted to the east, ready for battle.

Goto Koshiro didn't know that there was a stronghold ahead, but seeing the darkness ahead, he urged to speed up the march.

"Papa papa!" Three flares rose into the sky, and the Japanese cavalry suddenly missed their whereabouts.

Dozens of light and heavy machine guns on the third regiment's fortifications fired together with hundreds of rifles.

Bullets rained down on the Japanese cavalry, hundreds of cavalry on the right were immediately swept down, and a large gap appeared on the right side of the entire cavalry formation.

Goto Jiazilang saw dozens of tongues of fire suddenly appearing from the right side, sweeping towards his own formation.

"Crack, click!" Within three to five seconds, one magazine of the light machine gun was emptied.

The deputy shooter hastily handed over the magazine full of bullets, and many machine gunners picked up their light machine guns and continued to shoot at the roaring Japanese cavalry.

"Damn it, the little devil's cavalry is too fast, otherwise at least half of the enemies would be killed!" said a machine gunner from the third regiment.

"It's okay, the little devil can't run away, and there are comrades from the cavalry battalion!"

The cavalry battalion arranged in the rear heard the hooves of the Japanese cavalry approaching. Zhu Dashan raised his saber and shouted: "Cavalry battalion, attack!"

"Kill!" The soldiers of the first and second companies of the cavalry battalion drew out their sabers one after another, and charged towards the oncoming Japanese cavalry.

The Japanese cavalry traveled long distances, and some had just experienced a bullet rain attack, and most of them were still in fear.

Unexpectedly, the Eighth Route Army cavalry intercepted on the opposite side, and many people were afraid.

Goto Koshiro drew out his saber, and the hysterical ghost shouted: "Warriors, swear allegiance to the Emperor!"

Immediately, the two parties collided with each other, and immediately both heads fell from their horses.

However, the cavalry on both sides did not stagnate in the slightest, and fiercely inserted into the enemy's interior.

Zhu Dashan wore a wrist guard with his left hand to protect his chest, and with his right hand, he slashed fiercely at a Japanese cavalry soldier who was coming towards him.

The two sides staggered, the Japanese cavalry fell to the ground, and was trampled into mud by the follow-up Japanese cavalry in a blink of an eye.

In one round of confrontation between the two sides, the battle was extremely tragic. Hundreds of Japanese cavalry fell directly, and more than [-] cavalry battalions fell, and many people who were still on horseback were also injured.

Fortunately, Zhou Weihan specially made a lot of leather armor for the cavalry battalion to protect his upper body, and the casualties were much less than that of the Japanese army.

The cavalry that broke out from the Japanese army did not stagnate, but continued to break out to the south.

The third company of the cavalry battalion, which was used as the second line of defense, greeted them with shouts, and immediately entangled the remaining more than a hundred Japanese cavalry.

Zhu Dashan turned his horse's head, continued to raise his saber, gasped heavily, and shouted: "Cavalry battalion, attack!"

The shouts spread to the Lisan Regiment's position, and the soldiers couldn't help sweating.

The sound of horseshoes sounded again, like an arrow stabbing hard into the back of the Japanese cavalry.

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