In the mountains behind Liujiagang, fierce gunfire rang out, and three infantry battalions and one machine gun battalion of the Second Brigade of the Third Brigade of the Second Division of the 42nd Group Army of the Kuomintang Revolutionary Army had already encircled the Aoki Brigade of the devil cavalry in the back mountains.

The combat effectiveness of the devil cavalry must have been greatly reduced after dismounting, especially in this mountain forest, and under the siege of the superior forces of the second regiment, hundreds of people were beaten and had no power to fight back.

Lin Tian took his guard company to supervise the battle, seeing that the second regiment had firmly gained the upper hand, Lin Tian's frowning brows couldn't help but stretch, but at this moment, a soldier in charge of the guard ran over out of breath.

He stood up and said, "Brigade, a large number of devils have come from the entrance of the village in the north!" It seems that the devils who are under siege have come to reinforce them! ”

"What? A large number of devils? How many people are there? Lin Tian suddenly frowned and said.

"The devil who came is a cavalryman, and the strength should be about a brigade!" The warrior replied with his chest held high.

"A brigade?" Lin Tian glanced at the battlefield where the fierce battle was raging, thinking that if he transferred troops from the second regiment to intercept at this time, it would probably create an opportunity for the devils, thinking of this, Lin Tian suddenly turned around with an awe-inspiring expression and shouted at the more than two hundred officers and soldiers of the guard company behind him: "Brothers, get on the bayonet!" Stop this dog's cavalry brigade with Lao Tzu! ”

"Yes!" More than 200 officers and men responded to the promise and immediately began to load their rifles with bayonets. More than two hundred warriors followed Lin Tian and rolled down the mountain like a flood of excavation.

At the foot of the mountain, in Liujiagang Village, Lidao Shaozuo is swarming into the village with the Second Cavalry Brigade, at this time Liujiagang has already been unrecognizable, some houses have been set on fire when the devils just evacuated, and they are emitting thick smoke, and the poultry and livestock in the village have already been looted.

Just when Tateshima Shaozo and the Second Cavalry Brigade had just entered the village from the north entrance of the village, Lin Tian also rushed down from the mountain with steel guns with more than 200 warriors from the guard company and entered the village.

Lin Tian leaned against an earthen gun, picked up the binoculars and looked at the road ahead, only to see that on the road between the villages, which was not narrow, a large group of devil cavalry was roaring on horseback.

Lin Tian immediately turned his head and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Brothers, prepare to fight, the devil is a cavalry, let's make full use of the terrain and kill them!" If they dismount, then fight a guerrilla war with them in the village! Do you understand? ”

"Yes!" Everyone responded with a bang, and immediately began to disperse under the leadership of several platoon commanders, and the muzzles of black holes stretched out from all corners of the house.

Lin Tian's guard company is in the second division, and its combat effectiveness can be regarded as a top-notch first-line company, although it is not necessarily stronger than the original guard battalion, but compared with the general companies of other troops, the combat effectiveness is still much stronger.

The whole company of the guard company has four infantry platoons, one machine gun platoon and one mortar platoon, and the four infantry platoons are lined up along the line of houses in the village, bounded by the village road, and divided into two parts.

One and two rows guard the houses on the east side, and three or four rows guard the west side. A platoon of machine guns and mortars was held at the rear to provide fire support.

In particular, the machine gun platoon, three heavy machine guns and four light machine guns were all deployed on the houses on both sides of the road, and the dense fire network could block the way for the devils to advance.

After the guard company was fully deployed, the devil forward about a small group of dozens of cavalry rushed from a distance. Lin Tian was lying on an earthen wall, watching the devil cavalry from far and near, he couldn't help but show a trace of bloody ferocity in his eyes, he took a grenade from the side and pulled the fuse, and shouted: "Brothers, fight me!" Grenades greet them! After speaking, he shook his right arm fiercely and threw the smoke-emitting grenade in his hand into the devil cavalry group.

The grenade emitting green smoke fell in the crowd of devil cavalry who were advancing rapidly, and suddenly exploded, and the single piece produced by the violent explosion suddenly broke the abdomen and legs of several war horses, and the war horses were in pain, and suddenly neighed again and again, and the front hooves were suddenly raised, and the cavalry on the horse could not grasp it and suddenly fell off the horse, and was trampled into meat by the hard hooves.

At this time, several platoons of infantry opened fire one after another, and more than a hundred light and heavy weapons opened fire at the same time, and the dense rain of bullets suddenly attacked the devil cavalry who were already in a mess.

The devil cavalry was in the narrow road, unable to deploy, so it provided the most comfortable shooting for the [***] soldiers, and after the first round of shots, there were less than twenty of the dozens of devil cavalry left.

The remaining devil cavalry hurriedly rode their horses and turned around and wanted to run back, seeing this, Lin Tian opened his throat and shouted: "Kill them, don't let one go!" ”

"Da-da-da... Papapa......" Dense gunfire rang out, and the remnants of a dozen devil cavalry suddenly fell again.

In just five minutes, a cavalry squad only escaped five or six horsemen, and the rest were all annihilated, this is the cavalry in the street battle, after the machine gun interview, the identity of the king of cavalry warfare was gradually replaced.

Not to mention in this narrow mountain village, even on the plain, if the defenders rely on field fortifications to set up light and heavy machine guns, the cavalry will not do anything.

In fact, it's not that the devil commander is stupid and doesn't know the disadvantages of the cavalry in the street fighting, but he wants to rush to the battlefield to support the Aoki brigade.

He never dreamed that the Zhina army would also have an ambush in the village, so that he suffered a big loss, losing more than 30 brave imperial warriors in vain.

After the extremely angry Tachishima Shaozo stopped the war horse, he immediately turned over and dismounted, and roared at the hundreds of devil cavalry behind him: "All drop off the horse, hurry up!" ”

After all the cavalry dismounted, Tachishima Shaoza drew his command knife and shouted forward: "Warriors, kill Gaga!" Break through the defense line of the Shina Army and reinforce the Aoki Brigade! Fast! Shoot! Kill Quack! ”

The reason why Tachishima Shaosa immediately chose to attack was because from the exchange of fire just now, he found that the number of machine guns of the Shina Army on the opposite side was very small, no more than two light machine guns, he thought that this must be a small number of [***] blocking troops, there were not many heavy weapons, and the real [***] elite went to encircle and annihilate the Aoki brigade.

Thinking of this, Tateshima Shaozo immediately made a decision and immediately urged his subordinates to attack.

Lin Tian lay behind the bunker, and saw a large group of devil soldiers who were pressing black and pressed towards them along the village road, and a ball of fire flew down from the sky from time to time, which was the masterpiece of the devil's grenadier.

Seeing this, the commander of the guard company next to him said to Lin Tiandao: "Brigade seat, this little devil is really anxious, in such a terrain, he actually took a group charge!" Look at them and get tired of it! ”

"It's not that the little devils are tired of being alive, but they think that we don't have machine guns and heavy weapons, so they order the machine gun platoon and the mortar platoon to prepare for battle, and immediately open fire after the devil enters the firing range, and the devil is caught off guard, and the order is to go down and after the machine gun platoon and the mortar platoon give the devil a large number of kills, all of them will be bayoneted! Counter charge! Lin Tian said with an awe-inspiring expression.

"Yes!" The commander of the guard company answered in a low voice, and then turned around to convey the order.

At this moment, about two squadrons of devil "infantrymen" were already rushing up with carbines, under the cover of grenadiers and heavy machine guns.

It seems that Tachishima Shaozo made up his mind this time and planned to break through the block of the guard company in one fell swoop, and even used two "infantry" squadrons at one time, and he personally led the command of the team.

Seeing that he was about to rush to the edge of the position of the people on the opposite side, Tachishima Osa immediately waved his command knife and howled like killing a pig: "Kill Gaga, rush up and kill the people of Shina!" ”

"Kill! Kill the people of Hiroshina. For a short time, the "devil" infantry "picked up the horse pistol in his hand and kept shooting forward.

At this moment, behind the position of the guard company, the four 62mm caliber mortars of the artillery platoon were lined up, and with the order of the artillery platoon commander, the four main gunners took the shells from the hands of the deputy gunners and loaded them into the chambers.

The devil soldiers who were charging quickly suddenly heard the sharp and piercing sound of cannonballs.

Looking up at the scarlet fire mass that was roaring in the sky, Tachishima Shaoza's face changed drastically, and the corners of his mouth twitched violently and shouted: "Yaga, the despicable and shameless Shina people, all lie down!" Lie down! ”

However, on the narrow village road, because there are houses on both sides, the devil soldiers can't disperse and lie down, and the shells fall into the crowd, and a large area is blown up.

Tachishima Osa, lying behind his adjutant, in order to prevent being injured by shrapnel, he immediately held his head in his hands and lay on the ground. However, inadvertently, Tachishima Shaoza may have raised his fat ass a little because of nervousness.

At this moment, a cannonball with a sharp whistle fell not far behind him, and several ghost soldiers behind him were suddenly blown up and blurred in flesh and blood.

And a high-speed rotating shrapnel flew towards Tachishima Shaosa's slightly upturned ass as if it had eyes.

"Flutter" A sharp shrapnel with a powerful habitual surname hit Tachishima Shaoza's fat ass fiercely, and the whole thing was submerged.

The severe pain suddenly spread all over Tachishima Shaosa's body, and suddenly a howl like killing a pig suddenly sounded, only to see Tachishima Shaoza ignore the danger of shelling, jumped up, covered his already bloody buttocks with both hands, screamed and jumped.

At this time, several adjutants also hurriedly stood up, gathered around Tachishima Shaosa, and asked anxiously: "Captain, are you okay?" ”

"Yaga Yalu!" Tateshima Shaozo was already sweating profusely in pain, and immediately waved his hand: "Retreat!" Fall back! Hurry up and drop! Yan Yan took the lead and retreated to the back.

Several adjutants hurriedly waved their hands violently at the troops behind them, and said hurriedly: "Retreat, quickly!" Hurry up and drop! ”

The devil cavalry, who had already lost their temper by the intensive artillery fire, got up one after another, turned around and ran.

Seeing this, the commander of the guard company said anxiously to Lin Tian: "Brigade seat, is it possible to attack?" The little devil has already started to run! ”

"Hmmm! Order the artillery to extend the fire! All the infantry put on bayonets to rush Lao Tzu! Kill these dogs! Lin Tian stood up as he spoke, took a machete from the guard's hand, and shouted, "Brothers, rush me!" Come on! Kill all these dog-called beasts! ”

The trumpeter immediately blew the trumpet of the charge, and the loud trumpet of the charge resounded throughout the mountain village, and the soldiers jumped up from their bunkers one after another, and chased after the devil with bayonets.

Due to the extended artillery shelling, the devil's retreat was bombarded by shells, and the devil's retreat slowed down by a beat.

Seeing that the [***] behind him were catching up, Tachishima Shaosa made an extremely stupid decision in order to successfully get out of danger, that is, to let the two dismounted cavalry squadrons immediately turn back to the battle, and start a white-knuckle fight with the guard company.

Poor devil cavalry, because there are no bayonets on the carbines, and all the sabers are left on the horses, except for a few officers who have sabers in their hands, the rest of the devil soldiers can only fight with carbines without bayonets and wolf-like guards and soldiers.

Due to the lack of bayonets, after the close combat, the devil cavalry, who had the superior strength, was defeated and retreated by the officers and men of the brave guard company.

On the entire battlefield, it soon presented a one-sided situation, [***] the soldiers became more and more courageous, and the devils became more and more cowardly, after paying nearly two hundred casualties, the remaining more than one hundred devil cavalry began to retreat one after another.

No matter how the two squadron leaders reprimanded, it was useless, those cavalrymen were completely untrained to fight the enemy with rifles without bayonets, to be precise, they used sabers for horse training when training, but at this time, not only did they not ride horses, but they did not even have a sharp blade to kill.

How can these "heroic" emperors be embarrassed? Seeing that the devil had become a rout, Lin Tian issued an order to stop the pursuit in time.

The soldiers of the guard company, after hastily cleaning up the battlefield, began to withdraw to their positions. After a while, the commander of the guard company walked up to Lin Tian with a bitter face and puzzled, and asked, "Brigade seat, why did you stop attacking?" In ten minutes at most, we'll be able to wipe out all those devil soldiers! ”

"It's not that simple! You kid have to learn to accept it when you see it, otherwise you will suffer a big loss, and the machine guns on the devil's sortie position are not decorations! As long as we can stop these devils, then we have already won, and the battle of the second regiment should be almost underway! Lin Tian said thoughtfully.

………

In the temporary headquarters of the Tateshima Brigade, Tateshima Shaosa was lying on a bench, and the military doctor was sitting on the wound on his buttocks for simple treatment.

"Ahh The sharp pain made Tateshima Shaozo burst out from time to time with a pig-like howl, and he was sweating profusely from pain.

I saw Tachishima Shaozo gritting his teeth and said: "Baga Yalu, the hateful Shina people, dead and dead!" ”

A squadron leader next to him took the opportunity to say at this time: "Your Excellency Shaozuo, our brigade has suffered nearly two hundred casualties, and we are currently unable to rescue the Aoki brigade, do you want to report the situation to the wing headquarters?" ”

"Hmmm! Report to the Wing Commander right now! Tachishima Shaozo gritted his teeth and endured the sharp pain coming from his buttocks.

"Hay! Report it now! The squadron leader bowed his head suddenly, then turned and strode out.

………

Five miles northwest of Liujiagang, the temporary station of the Sixth Division, the commander of the cavalry search wing, Taro Akekawa, had already arrived here in advance with the guard squadron of the wing headquarters.

Just when Taro Mingchuan was ready to enjoy the few beautiful flower girls he had snatched, hurried footsteps sounded outside his tent, and the next moment a loud voice sounded: "Your Excellency, Tateshima Shosa sent an urgent call!" ”

"Tateshima?" Taro Mingchuan said with some hesitation: "Come in." In Taro Akikawa's opinion, with the reinforcements of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, it should not be a problem for the Aoki Brigade to successfully break through.

At this time, a communications staff officer strode in, suddenly retracted his feet and said, "Your Excellency, Wing Commander!" Tatejima Shaosa called and said that they were stubbornly blocked by the Shina Army and suffered heavy casualties, and Tateshima Shaosa was also seriously injured, and they were currently powerless to rescue the Aoki Brigade! ”

"What? What the hell is going on, how can this be? Taro Akekawa's face changed drastically, and he said in disbelief.

"Your Excellency, Wing Commander! He believes that the Aoki Brigade must have been besieged by the main force of the Shina Army, and the Shina Army has strong strength, so it is possible to have extra troops to block and re-establish the Island Brigade. The communications staff officer said with a unique eye.

"Huh? Do you mean that the main force of the Chinese army is exhausted, and Weishi County is empty? Taro Akekawa immediately understood.

"Hay! He believed that the Wing Commander should immediately report to His Excellency the Division Commander, for this was a godsend and the best opportunity for our Sixth Division to break through. The communications staff officer bowed his head abruptly.

"Yo Xi! Ming Changjun, telegraphed to Tachishima and Aoki Brigade, fight to the end, drag the main force of the China Army to the death, and win time for the main force of the division to break through! Taro Akekawa nodded happily. In his opinion, if the sacrifice of his search wing can be exchanged for the successful breakthrough of 20,000 soldiers of the whole division, it will definitely be worth it.

"Hay!" The communications staff officer bowed his head suddenly, and then turned and strode away.

After seeing the communication staff officer leave, Taro Mingchuan picked up the coat he had taken off, looked back at a few good-looking flower girls in the room with some reluctance, and then turned around and strode away.

About five minutes later, Taro Akikawa rode to the division headquarters of the 6th Division. As soon as he walked outside the division headquarters, Taro Mingchuan suddenly stood up and said: "General, there is an important military situation report for your humble position!" ”

"Mingchuan-kun? Come on in! Suzuki's voice came from within the divisional headquarters.

Taro Mingchuan strode into the division headquarters with his chest held high.

……….

"What? Weishi County is already empty? Mingchuan-kun, the information is correct? Suzuki asked as he stood up in surprise.

"General, this matter is absolutely correct, when our department was searching a mountain village in the southeast, the Zhina Army suddenly surrounded my two cavalry brigades, and the cavalry brigade is currently fighting fiercely with them, but it has suffered heavy casualties, and it is determined that these Zhina troops must be the Zhina Army of Weishi County, and now the Zhina Army of Weishi County is no more than one regiment at most!" Taro Akegawa bowed his head abruptly.

"A regiment? Yo Xi, the Imperial Army can solve the battle with one round of shelling! Suzuki Ichichi seemed to be talking to himself, and immediately fell into deep thought, and after a while, Suzuki Ichichi slapped the table and suddenly got up and said, "Order all wings to prepare for attack!" Target Weishi County! ”

"Hay!" Taro Akekawa bowed his head suddenly, and then turned around and strode away.

(To be continued)