On the potholed and dusty path, a long procession was heading southwest, a mix of mules, horses, infantry and even a handful of trucks, all covered in dust.

In the middle of this team, a gray-painted 4-wheel drive Type 95 reconnaissance vehicle was waddling in the middle of the road, and in this reconnaissance vehicle, Major General Satoichiro Katayama, the brigade commander of the 5th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, was sitting in his seat, holding a notebook in his hand, writing with a pencil despite the shaking of the body.

"Dear Sadako, I'm on my way to Jiujiang right now. The troops had just passed through Meixian, and it was estimated that they would arrive at Jiujiang tomorrow morning, and the defenders of Jiujiang were being besieged by the troops of the Zhina, and according to the information that came yesterday, their situation was very dangerous, and it was said that the supreme commander there, Yusho Tsuchida, had sent six telegrams in succession to the commander of Gangcun asking for urgent tactical guidance, and the commander of the Fujita division had given an order to our brigade to arrive in Jiujiang by five o'clock tomorrow morning. Sadako, you know what? I miss you and Nobita ...... so much"

Writing this, Ichiro Katayama sighed lightly, closed the notebook, and took out a photo from his jacket pocket and looked at it for a while, the photo was a beautiful young woman in a kimono holding a baby, and next to her stood a seven or eight-year-old boy, looking at him gently.

Putting the notebook in his backpack, Riichiro Katayama opened the window behind him, and a dazzling ray of sunlight shone in, making his eyes tingle and sting.

At this time, the scorching midday sun was shining on the fields and woods on both sides of the road, and the blue-yellow wheat glowed like gold, looking endless, and God seemed to be telling the Japanese troops walking on the road in this way that the place they were stepping on was not Japan, but another big country in Asia called China. The land is yellow, the crops are yellow, and the people who live in this land have yellow skin.

"Click!" Riichiro Katayama quickly closed the window, and the light in the reconnaissance vehicle began to dim again.

"Report!"

At this time, the voice of the communications officer woke up Richiro Katayama, who had just closed his eyes and was about to take a nap.

Riichiro Katayama still closed his eyes and asked lightly, "What's the matter?" ”

"Report to Your Excellency, Brigade Commander. The 3rd Cavalry Wing sent an urgent telegram, they were ambushed by the Chariot Unit of the Zhina people on the Lixi Slope, which was more than 70 kilometers away from Jiujiang, and now the cavalry wing suffered heavy losses, and Tanimura Haruma sent an urgent telegram asking for tactical guidance. ”

"What?"

Riichiro Katayama was taken aback when he heard this, opened his eyes suddenly, and habitually wanted to stand up, but forgot that he was in the car now, and his head hit the roof of the car with a muffled sound, so painful that he sat down and covered his head.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander!" The communications officer was shocked and was about to come over, but was stopped by Ichiro Katayama.

"I don't care. You hurry up and make it clear, what kind of armored forces of the China? What the hell is going on? Although his head was big, Ichiro Katayama didn't feel much pain, and his mind was already shocked by the news he had just received.

Seeing Riichiro Katayama's shocked appearance, the startled communications officer stammered, "Hai...... Tanimura Haruosa said that they were ambushed by the Shina people, and the other side had a large number of chariots, artillery and fire machines, and now their entire wing had been disrupted, and Tanimura Haruosa was trying to gather forces. But the opponent's firepower is too fierce, so ...... So......" At this point, the communications officer couldn't go on.

"Bagaya Deer...... How can this be, how can the people of China have armored forces...... Huh......"

Speaking of which. Riichiro Katayama stopped, and he suddenly thought of one thing, could it be......

"Fifth Army...... It must be the Fifth Army of the Shina people coming! ”

A startled voice rang out in the reconnaissance vehicle......

The noonday sun on the plains was particularly dazzling, and the indistinguishable sound of artillery once again shook the heavens and the earth. Dozens of shells, with their shrill and low whistling sounds, pierced the otherwise silent plain and swarmed into the ground like hail from far and near. Then there was the undulating sound of explosions, a cloud of orange-red ground smoke that expanded in the shape of mushrooms, sometimes soaring into the air for tens of meters, and the smoke cloud filled with gunsmoke gathered into a whole field, which completely covered the entire wilderness along with the darkness of the night.

"Woo......"

Accompanied by the sound of artillery in the distance, a dull whistling sound of the air being torn through flew over. This is the sound of shells weighing more than ten kilograms from the howitzers of the Chinese army several kilometers away, and it is only because of the distance that such a dull whistling sound can be made.

"Boom ......"

As the whistling stopped, a continuous and violent explosion immediately resounded on the road, the explosion raised a large amount of dust and smoke and life-robbing cast iron fragments, and the concussion of howitzer shells made Tanimura Haruosa feel as if he was on a boat, and the dust raised by the explosions around him fell into the foxhole from time to time. He shook off the dust on his shoulder, and clenched the command knife that had been **** blood stained black beside him, and the sticky feeling of the blood-covered scabbard made Tanimura Qing feel very uncomfortable, so he grabbed the soil from the ground and rubbed his hands, and at the same time rubbed the blade with soil particles to prevent the hand holding the knife from slipping in the next battle.

Next to him was a dead black horse, the mount that had followed him for four years, and farther ahead, full of warhorses and soldiers who had lost their masters and were scurrying around.

"These bastards, are they still the glorious cavalry of the Great Japanese Empire? It's just a bunch of idiots! ”

Seeing such a scene in front of him, Tanimura Qing was angry and hateful in his heart, and at the same time, a sadness surged in his heart, is the cavalry that once dominated the world really coming to an end?

After entering the twentieth century, with the development of thermal weapons, the importance of cavalry began to decline slowly, and when the tank appeared, countries around the world began to reduce the number of cavalry, and some countries even retained only the honorary cavalry troops. However, Japan's reaction was very different from that of other countries, and Emperor Hirohito, who favored cavalry, praised the role of cavalry troops at the Imperial Council on more than one occasion. Under Hirohito's influence, Japan's cavalry units had the highest status in the army, and basically every division had a cavalry wing, not to mention standing divisions such as the Third Division.

However, the luck of the Japanese is really good, their main battlefield is in China, and Huaxia, which is weak, naturally has no good way to deal with the impact of the Japanese cavalry, which also makes many Japanese generals more and more convinced of the power of the cavalry. But today, they have met the nemesis of the cavalry...... Armored forces.

Tanimura Qing still clearly remembers that just over an hour ago, they were hurrying towards Jiujiang when they encountered a sudden armored force, and the rumbling cannon knocked down a large number of the unprepared Japanese troops. When the frightened and angry Japanese army reflected, a squadron of cavalry rushed forward to prepare for a counterattack, but what happened next made them fall into despair, the charging cavalry was swept down by the dense rain of metal bullets, and even if some cavalry were lucky enough to rush to the side of those chariots, but those swords that were originally considered indestructible were slashed on the thick armor of the chariots, and the swords either flashed a series of sparks or broke into two pieces. Under the sudden and fierce blow, the cavalry wing quickly retreated, unsurprisingly.

Listening to the rumbling sound in the distance, Tanimura Qing knew that the chariot of the Huaxia people was chasing after him again, he looked around, and then more than a dozen cavalrymen ran down from the front, he stretched out his hand to stop these people and pointed to a second lieutenant and said, "You...... Fight back right away...... A few of you rush up with explosives bags and go blow up the chariot of the China! ”

"Ah......" The second lieutenant was taken aback and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Your Excellency, Wing Commander! The chariot of the Chinese people is too fierce, and we are riding on horseback with too big a target, so we will become a live target if we rush forward! I think the infantry should be ......"

"Yaga...... Dismount...... Isn't dismounting an infantry? Tanimura Haruru was furious, stretched out his hand and dragged the second lieutenant off his horse, stretched out his right hand and slapped the other party in the face a few times, and shouted: "You immediately take your people and explosives bags, advance covertly, you must blow up the chariot in front, otherwise our wing will be finished!" ”

Tanimura Qing now knows very well that in the face of the attack of the armored forces, their former majestic cavalry is a group of lambs to the slaughter, if they can no longer stop the other party's offensive, their cavalry wing on this empty flat land will have no second end except for the total annihilation.

"Hurry up!"

Seeing the second lieutenant's hesitant expression, Tanimura Haru's face quickly sank. There was a soft sound of "rubbing", the war knife in his hand was already unsheathed, and a pair of eyes showed a fierce light.

Seeing this, the second lieutenant knew that if he hesitated a little longer, he would definitely end up with his head falling to the ground. Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and shouted to several soldiers beside him: "All dismount and immediately form a standing squad (death squad)!" ”

The cavalrymen dismounted and began to search for explosives packs, and soon more than a dozen soldiers with explosives bags began to rush forward.

......Seeing this, Tanimura Harushi nodded with satisfaction and said to the second lieutenant: "You go too, the time has come to be loyal to the emperor!" ”

"Hay!"

The second lieutenant answered, and followed with the explosives bag.

At this moment, dust and smoke rose in front of him, and a gray-green chariot suddenly appeared in the sight of Tanimura Haru and others.

The exclamations of the soldiers rang out all around: "It's not good, get out of the way!" ”

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

As soon as the words fell, the turret of the chariot began to turn, and I saw a flash of fire from the slender barrel, accompanied by a dull cannon sound, and the road crowded with cavalry suddenly flew with flesh and blood...... (To be continued.) )