At three o'clock in the afternoon, the first company of the independent regiment and the guard company all rushed to the assembly area of the cavalry battalion.

Looking at the cavalry battalion in the woods, their eyes were full of envy.

Although the regiment replenished all the light and heavy machine guns captured last night to the front-line combat units, and the firepower of the two companies increased more than twice compared with before, it was still a small amount compared to the cavalry battalion.

In order not to affect the mobility of the cavalry, the cavalry battalion was not equipped with heavy mountain artillery and infantry guns, but the war horses were equipped with mortars and heavy machine guns that could carry the march.

Everyone knows that light and heavy machine guns are the nemesis of cavalry, and the cavalry battalion will definitely fight the devil cavalry on the battlefield.

If there is a heavy machine gun to cooperate with the battle, the devil cavalry will be caught off guard at the critical moment, and unexpected results will definitely be achieved.

Therefore, the cavalry battalion specially formed a fire company, equipped with two heavy machine gun platoons of six heavy machine guns, and one mortar platoon of three mortars.

In addition to these heavy firepower, each cavalry company was armed with three light machine guns, ten submachine guns, and each man had a horse rifle and a saber for the captured devils. ”

The submachine gun is a Jin-made submachine gun bought back in the transaction between the garrison regiment and the Jin Sui army, with strong firepower, long range, and large ammunition load, especially suitable for cavalry assault when the two armies face each other.

In the face of such firepower, it is impossible not to envy the two main companies of the separate regiment, armed with only three or four light machine guns.

"Report to the battalion commander of Zhou, the guard company of the independent regiment, and the first company was ordered to come and report." The two company commanders found Zhou Wu and reported.

"Just in time!" Zhou Wu didn't talk nonsense, pointed to the map and asked.

"You are more familiar with the terrain here than me, and you know the three beams three kilometers northeast of Tangjiazhuang, right?"

"Know there." Commander Zhang of the guard company replied.

"Three mountain beams with an altitude of more than 30 meters are across the road, so they are called three beams."

"It's good to understand!" Zhou Wu continued to order!

"I ask you to bring your troops there immediately, build a defensive line on the first mountain beam, and stop the Japanese puppet army that has been killed."

"The intelligence shows that the devils will need two hours to get there, and you can pass in half an hour with a quick march, and there is one and a half hours left to establish a defensive line."

"It's three o'clock, the battle starts at five o'clock, you guys are nailed there for two hours, is there any problem!"

The commander of the guard company hesitated and replied: "The question is no, that is, the devil has artillery and heavy machine guns, and the casualties of the troops will be very large." ”

"I will strengthen the fire company of the cavalry battalion to you, and then temporarily reinforce each of your companies with three light machine guns and 20,000 rounds of rifle machine gun ammunition, and return them to me after the battle." Zhou Wu ordered decisively.

The two of them didn't expect Zhou Wu to be so generous, and they shot with so many weapons and ammunition, and it took them a few seconds to react from the shock, and then swore and promised.

"Battalion Commander Zhou rest assured, there is so much heavy firepower to support us, not to mention two hours, we can withstand four hours."

On the highway that is still one kilometer away from Sandaoliangzi, the puppet army of nearly 800 days has advanced mightily and very fast.

A cavalryman suddenly appeared in front and galloped along the road towards the captain.

Before the horse could stop, the cavalry turned over and jumped off the horse, panting and rushing to the captain.

"Sir, there is the Eighth Route Army on the three beams one kilometer ahead of you to establish a blocking position."

"How many!" The captain asked expectantly.

"At least one battalion!" The cavalry replied.

"With so many troops, it must be the independent regiment we are looking for." The captain shouted happily.

"Just now I was worried that the independent regiment would temporarily avoid the front, and as soon as we came, they would re-enter the mountains and fight guerrilla warfare with us. I didn't expect them to leave, this is an opportunity given to us by God. ”

"Order the third squadron, the seventh company of the Imperial Allied Army, to march forward in a hurry, and launch an attack when you reach Sandaoliangzi, kill them if you can, drag them if you can't, and then annihilate them when the heavy machine guns and artillery are all in place."

"Hi ......"

The cavalry quickly climbed onto the horse and kicked the horse in the belly, and the horse galloped wildly, and the whole set of movements was clean and neat.

After five minutes, the sound of firefighting began to sound in the three beams.

In a col nearly two kilometers from the battlefield, three cavalry companies of the cavalry battalion were ready to go, waiting for the assault order.

The battalion commander Zhou Wu stood on a high ground not far away, where he could see the entire battlefield.

"Battalion commander, the devils have been repulsed again, this is already their third attack!" The commander of a company shouted excitedly.

"Order the troops to leave in ten minutes." Zhou Wu put down the binoculars and ordered.

The guard company and the first company fought very well, and did not give up an inch of land.

It only took more than an hour to kill sixty or seventy devils and half a company of puppet soldiers.

As soon as the third attack was disintegrated, all the remaining troops in the offensive position were deployed, infantry artillery, mortars, and heavy machine guns, all set up, ready to launch an attack with a thunderous momentum, and completely wipe out the Eighth Route Army on the mountain beam.

Of course, Zhou Wu would not let the devil's conspiracy succeed.

He decided to wait for the next attack of the Japanese puppet army to begin, and then launch a surprise attack directly from behind to catch them off guard.

"Start attacking!" The captain of the devil brigade stood in the offensive position, drew his command knife, and waved his command vigorously.

After inserting the command knife back into its scabbard, he raised his binoculars and looked at the battlefield.

Mortars and infantry artillery blew up the mountain beams themselves, and they couldn't see their fingers.

The only two remaining heavy machine guns did not stop from the beginning of the attack, and bullets rained down into the smoke to cover the infantry assault.

More than 100 imperial troops, more than 100 imperial cooperative troops, armed with rifles, holding light machine guns, lined up in a straggler line, approaching step by step.

Seeing this, the captain seemed to have seen victory beckoning to him, and a hint of an imperceptible smile quickly flashed on the corner of his mouth.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Three explosions suddenly reached the captain's ears, startling him a lot, and then he saw three clouds of black smoke rising from the middle of the attacking troops.

The moment the earth flew along with the firelight, several soldiers were also blown away.

"Baga, the separate regiment is also armed with mortars, why didn't the intelligence services report it." The captain was dissatisfied, but he wasn't too worried.

He has four mortars and two infantry guns, which are twice as many as the independent regiment, and because of the existence of infantry artillery, he can fight more than twice, and he can completely press the opponent.

Immediately ordered: "Artillery counterattack, take out these three mortars." ”

After saying that, he raised the binoculars again and looked at the battlefield.

The three rounds of shells have already caused at least 50 casualties to the attacking troops, and although they will not affect the overall situation, they will certainly weaken the morale of the attacking troops and cause many changes in the next offensive.

Only if the artillery quickly counterattacks and destroys these three mortars as soon as possible, there will be no surprises in the attack.

Most of the devils in the offensive positions are this idea, keeping an eye on the battlefield, hoping that the artillery will quickly counterattack.

The cavalry battalion touched the devil for a kilometer and could not continue to approach it.

The arrangement of guard posts and scouts around the battlefield is something that every commander on both sides of the enemy must do, and the devil is no exception, and the cavalry continues to approach forward, and it will definitely be discovered by the guard post, so it is better to start the assault from here.

"The first company assaulted the devil's artillery position and heavy machine gun position, and the second and third companies attacked the devil's attack position with me, and then killed their attacking troops after killing the Japanese puppet army there." Zhou Wu rode on his war horse, submachine gun in his hand, and ordered with excitement in seriousness.

"Kill ......"

This was followed by a loud roar, and he slammed the horse's belly both shoulders.

The war horse seemed to be frightened and rushed out, and the speed became faster and faster.

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