Chapter 567: Chinese Warriors, Don't Be Afraid of Death!
Tanaka Jun brought a total of nine 150 mm heavy guns this time, and in this case, he was able to give Sakamoto Haruto three guns for the attack on Xinghe, which shows his determination to capture Kowa in one fell swoop.
The main reason why there was no direct shelling of Xinghe before was that the number of shells and heavy artillery was also limited, and the hasty shelling did not achieve their expected goals until a certain number of defenders were consumed.
Moreover, according to Tanaka Junji's plan, it was to find Liu Cheng's key defense position before deciding the main attack target, so the purpose of Sakamoto Haru to fire those shots at the beginning was just like Tian Liuwa guessed, just to deter.
The Sakamoto Wing was also on standby more than a dozen kilometers away at this time, waiting for the 115th Regiment and the Kasawara Task Force to obtain certain results, or after Tanaka-kun and his side determined the main point of attack, they would go all out to attack Kowa and take the lead.
But now, the appearance of the cavalry company disrupted Sakamoto's plan, and he immediately ordered Sakamoto's wing to move forward quickly, trying to suppress and resist the repeated charging of the cavalry company with light and heavy machine gun fire.
Tian Liuwa turned around and called the herald as soon as she saw the cavalry company appear, and her voice trembled a little because of excitement:
"Immediately go and inform Hao Dabao and ask him to find a way to destroy the heavy artillery in the enemy's rear, and it is best to snatch it back!"
When Hao Dabao returned with the cavalry to launch a second charge, someone told him Tian Liuwa's order.
Hearing that the devil used a 150 mm caliber heavy gun this time, Hao Dabao's first reaction was not worry, let alone anger, but his excitement!
He slapped his thigh and shouted:
"The second platoon and the third platoon maintain the formation, continue to repeatedly impact the enemy's formation, assist the brothers here to kill the enemy, follow me in the first platoon, the devil has given us a gift!"
When the cavalry company turned back again, more than 400 cavalry company soldiers broke away from the brigade under the leadership of Hao Dabao and rushed straight towards the enemy's rear.
At this time, the Sakamoto Wing was also approaching in the direction of Xinghe, only about 1.5 kilometers away from the position of the three 150-mm heavy guns.
The reason why Sakamoto Chunyu arranged it this way was because he didn't know whether Song Zheyuan had this kind of large-caliber heavy artillery in his hand.
After all, the 150 mm and 200 mm heavy guns in the Zhang family's Fengtian Arsenal had already entered the test firing stage, and maybe one of the teams would have them.
If the Sakamoto Wing is advanced around the heavy artillery, although it can better protect the safety of the heavy artillery, the soldiers under him will have to take a certain risk.
In case Song Zheyuan also had this kind of large-caliber heavy artillery in his hand, then once he fired at each other, the Sakamoto wing would definitely suffer a serious blow.
But he didn't expect that the independent battalion would have such a number of cavalry companies, and there was such a company commander who didn't know whether to live or die.
Even if there was no large force to protect them, more than a dozen heavy machine guns were arranged around the three heavy guns.
Even if someone discovered the location of these three heavy guns and tried to destroy or snatch them, these dozen or so heavy machine guns would be able to stall for time and wait for support from the rear.
But in front of the cavalry, this seemingly safe, even foolproof arrangement instantly appeared full of loopholes.
After Hao Dabao left the battle circle, he immediately ordered all the soldiers in the platoon to disperse, urging the war horses to run at full speed.
When the two heavy machine gun squads guarding around the three heavy guns discovered the cavalry led by Hao Dabao, it was too late.
Due to the dispersion of the formation, and the lack of firing angles of several heavy machine guns on both sides, the ten heavy machine guns in the frontal arc defense could not effectively strike, and even watched as the soldiers of the cavalry company rushed up and threw grenades into their positions.
One charge, the lives of seventy or eighty soldiers, and the seemingly foolproof armament of Sakamoto Haru's acquisition instantly became a joke.
Hao Dabao has long been accustomed to rushing to the front when fighting, and after being injured in Lin Guozhong and Zhou Zuopeng's temporary command post last time, the scars on his body have completely surpassed Liu Cheng, becoming the "werewolf" with the most scars in the independent battalion.
But in front of ten heavy machine guns firing at the same time, not to mention a "little" werewolf, even if it is a Wolverine, it is estimated that he has to sum up his self-healing ability.
At such a time, the probability of survival of the person who rushed to the front does not need to be calculated at all, it can only be less than or equal to zero.
All the soldiers in the platoon were clear in their hearts, so as soon as they heard the sound of crane guns and gunfire on the opposite side, several soldiers stepped forward and forcibly pressed Hao Dabao to the back of the line.
But just as they had eliminated all the heavy machine-gun positions, the Sakamoto wing arrived.
Hao Dabao didn't want to fight at all at this time, because this was not desperate, but to die.
He had the heavy machine gun and the three 150mm guns mounted in the shortest possible time, and the whole process took less than a minute.
Looking at the Japanese soldiers who were getting closer and closer and had begun to shoot at them, Hao Dabao shouted:
"After the machine gun is broken, return with all your might!"
It was quite difficult to move a 150mm gun, but if a cannon was dragged by thirty horses at the same time, this theory would not hold up in an instant.
After twenty or thirty light machine guns were broken, the remaining 300 or so cavalry company soldiers continuously slapped the war horses under them and quickly moved away in the billowing smoke and dust.
After running out for a few hundred meters, Hao Dabao found that the enemy behind him did not have any effective pursuit, and he couldn't help but wonder a little.
Before he could ask, one of the warriors said to him in a loud voice with red eyes:
"Company commander, let's go! The devil can't catch up for a while, and our squad leader ...... Left with a couple of brothers, and six heavy machine guns! ”
Hao Dabao subconsciously wanted to rein in his horse when he heard this, but was stopped by the warrior:
"Company commander! Our squad leader said, tell me to stop you, can't let you go back, it's useless to go back, they also left dozens of grenades! ”
"Boom, boom, boom......"
Before the warrior could finish speaking, a series of explosions were heard behind him.
Then there was another explosion that was even more violent than before.
Hao Dabao looked back and asked in an astringent voice:
"Isn't it him, and there's a cannonball?!"
The warrior's face was filled with sorrow:
"Yes...... Two ......"
"Boom!"
Another explosion came, and Hao Dabao's clenched fist blood vessels rose, but in the end, he could only slowly let go.
Compared to his anger, Sakamoto Haru's anger was even greater.
Seeing that the three heavy guns were towed away, the heavy machine gun that he had left to protect the heavy guns turned around to stop his pursuit.
What made him even more angry was that after knocking out the heavy machine guns at the cost of the lives of dozens of soldiers, two heavy artillery shells exploded one after another, successfully stopping their pursuit......