Chapter 262: Blood Debt Repayment
The midday sun was warm, and the battle between the cavalry battalion and the Japanese cavalry wing was over.
The Japanese cavalry wing had an absolute advantage in both weapons and strength, but the cavalry battalion was still fighting to the last moment.
After this battle, the cavalry battalion paid a heavy price, with Zhao Wei, deputy battalion commander concurrently serving as commander of the machine gun company, Lu Ziqi, commander of the first company, and Jiang Zheming, commander of the third company, killed in battle, and Wu Jianye, commander of the battalion commander Chen Guitang and the commander of the second company, Wu Jianye, was wounded.
The 1st Cavalry Company and the 3rd Cavalry Company, which had been undertaking the main attack, suffered heavy casualties, and the cavalry battalion troops were now evacuated in two groups.
Chen Guitang and Wu Jianye led a cavalry of less than 100 people to retreat to Pingding County, and Huang Gang and Huang Guohua withdrew to Laoshan with the remaining 40 or so cavalry as planned.
Of the more than 400 troops of the cavalry battalion, only more than 100 have survived so far, and in order to be able to keep the seeds of the cavalry battalion, these more than 100 people have to advance in two ways.
This time, the cavalry battalion paid 300 casualties, and according to the practice of casualties, the cavalry battalion became the third unit of the independent regiment to be crippled after the infantry battalion and the artillery battalion, which means that the three battalion formations of the cavalry battalion have been completely destroyed.
The casualties of the cavalry battalion were very large, but the cavalry wing of the 20th division of the Japanese army, which fought against the cavalry battalion, also paid the price of more than 300 casualties, and at the same time, the two tank squadrons paid the price of 14 tanks destroyed, in a sense, the cavalry battalion won the battle.
The casualties of the Japanese cavalry wing were heavy, and the tank squadron suffered heavy losses, but even so, they did not give up on the surviving cavalry of the independent regiment.
A cavalry squadron pursued the cavalry unit led by Huang Gang and Huang Guohua, who were responsible for covering the evacuation of Chen Guitang and Wu Jianye's cavalry, so they were the focus of the Japanese attack.
In the face of the pursuit of dozens of Japanese cavalry, Huang Gang and Huang Guohua flexibly commanded the troops to evacuate, they sometimes shot at the Japanese cavalry, sometimes engaged in white-knuckle combat with the Japanese cavalry, and sometimes quickly evacuated.
After paying the price of more than 20 cavalry, the leader of the Japanese cavalry squadron realized that it was very difficult for him to annihilate this small group of cavalry.
In desperation, the Japanese squadron leader gave up the pursuit, he felt that even if this small group of cavalry broke away from his pursuit, they would still encounter the resistance of the Japanese troops.
Anyway, after the heavy losses of the cavalry battalion, they kept the seeds.
Gaoling Village, Yangquan County, Sun Weiguo has come here with his troops at this time.
Now the breakout force led by Sun Weiguo has obviously reduced a lot of troops, Yin Jinshan evacuated in another direction with a tank platoon, an armored car platoon, an anti-tank gun platoon, a mechanized infantry platoon and a supply platoon, and Sun Weiguo took Liu Jingnuan's guard company and Wang Tieniu's infantry platoon to cover the regimental headquarters and evacuate to Gaoling Village.
Yin Jinshan was reluctant to have tanks and other heavy weapons blown up, so he decided to attract Japanese troops with an armored company, so as to cover the withdrawal of Sun Weiguo's regimental headquarters.
Even if these tanks and armored vehicles were to be destroyed, Yin Jinshan would have to use all the shells and bullets in the tanks and armored vehicles.
There are people in Gaoling Village, and when the people learned the number of the Independent Regiment, they showed great enthusiasm.
The fighters were served a hot meal, mixed noodles and millet porridge and pickles, which was simply the best food for the fighters of the independent regiment.
Sun Weiguo held the mixed noodles in his right hand, he stood in the courtyard and looked in the direction of Nanzhuang Village.
Thinking of the photos on the newspaper thrown by the Japanese plane, the expression on Sun Weiguo's face couldn't help but change a little.
Chen Zhengwei, who was also eating mixed noodles, looked at Sun Weiguo a little nervously, and felt that the expression on Sun Weiguo's face was abnormal, and he couldn't help but look at the pistol on Sun Weiguo's waist.
Fortunately, at this time, Shen Wei and Zhao Lerong came to Sun Weiguo's side, and Chen Zhengwei was relieved.
"Company Commander Yin is trained in a German professional school, through the observation during this time, I think Company Commander Yin is able to combine his knowledge with our situation here to command the operation, deputy regiment commander, you don't have to worry about Company Commander Yin, I can guarantee that he will definitely take the troops to make peace with us in Laoshan."
Zhao Lerong looked at Sun Weiguo, and he comforted him softly.
Sun Weiguo took a big bite of the mixed noodles, and he glanced back at Zhao Lerong and Shen Wei.
He had a very bad feeling in his heart, he always felt that there would definitely be a problem in the cavalry battalion.
In particular, the Japanese cavalry did not appear for a long time, which made Sun Weiguo extremely worried.
Yangquan County and Shouyang County are stationed here with troops of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army, and Sun Weiguo is very clear about this situation.
According to common sense, it is normal to send cavalry to conduct reconnaissance and search to deal with the independent regiment troops that broke through, but since entering the territory of Yangquan County, Sun Weiguo has not found the Japanese cavalry units for a long time.
This means that the Japanese cavalry unit is very likely to have other combat missions, Sun Weiguo based on the current situation.
He felt that the most likely place for the cavalry wing of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army to appear was Pingding County, where the cavalry battalion was located.
"I was negligent in this operation, and if our troops could have withdrawn earlier, maybe the losses would have been reduced a lot. Political commissar, chief of staff, I'm afraid that even if we get to Laoshan, the troops we can assemble will not exceed three hundred. Sun Weiguo looked at Shen Wei and Zhao Lerong, and he said in a sad tone.
There are only two people in the artillery battalion, Li Jiaxin and Zheng Jingjing, and Sun Weiguo only left two mountain artillery, and the rest were blown up.
At present, only Liu Jingnuma's two guard platoons and Wang Tieniu's infantry platoon and a dozen snipers can fight, and the rest are wounded.
Yin Jin, the commander of the first company of the infantry battalion, Fu Tao, the commander of the third company, and Yue Wu, the platoon commander, were all injured and followed the action together, while Liu Qian and Xu Ni and other nurses were responsible for taking care of them.
"Defend the country, the independent regiment will be rebuilt, you don't have any burden, I believe you can still build a stronger independent regiment."
Shen Wei looked at Sun Weiguo, and she said in a calm tone.
It's just that as soon as Shen Wei's words were finished, tears flowed from Sun Weiguo's red eyes, and two lines of clear tears flowed down Sun Weiguo's cheeks.
Shen Wei and Zhao Lerong couldn't help but be shocked, they had known Sun Weiguo for so long, but they had never seen Sun Weiguo cry.
"I want the original soldiers, I want them to come back to life and fight devils with me, I want these old brothers, but can they still come back to life?"
Sun Weiguo muttered to himself, his red eyes looking in the direction of Nanzhuang Village, his face full of unwilling expressions.
"Little Japan, as long as my Sun Weiguo is still alive, I will let you repay the blood debt!" Sun Weiguo roared loudly.