Chapter 19: The Chinese Cavalry
Goto Shaosa took the remaining two infantry squadrons, machine gun squadrons, transport squadrons, artillery squadrons, and brigade headquarters to chase Hu Fei and the infantry battalion behind.
Hu flew out of the county seat and went straight to the mountains. He can't do the devil in the plains, and only when he reaches the mountainous area, due to the complicated terrain, the speed of the devil's artillery squad and transport squadron can't be improved, will he have the hope of reversing the tide of battle.
Taiyuan is surrounded by mountains, and it is too easy for Hu Fei to enter the mountains from here, and the kung fu troops rushed into the mountains after running west for less than half a day.
Before the Goto brigade could catch up, their opponents entered the mountains. Goto Shaosa looked at the vast green mountain in front of him with a saber in his hand, and was a little undecided, whether he would enter this mountain or not? At this time, the signal corpsman of the brigade came over with a wireless telephone, and it turned out to be Major General Suzuki, the brigade commander of the 9th Independent Brigade, who called.
General Suzuki told Shiro Goto that the main force of the 9th Brigade was less than five kilometers away from Yuji Prefecture, and the general asked where Goto Shaosa's troops were. Where is the enemy?
"Your Excellency, the rebels have fled into the mountains, and I am leading my troops to follow and pursue!" Since the general asked, Goto Shiro must have said that he was in pursuit. As for the enemy, whether it is the rebel puppet army or the police, they are all rebels!
"Yo Si. The people of China are cunning and big, Goto-kun must pay attention to safety. Keep in touch if you have any situation, and I will lead the brigade to provide support behind your back! ”
"Hey! Thank you for your support, I will catch up with them! After Goto Shiro gritted his teeth and made a grand wish, he put down the phone and ordered the troops to march. In Goto Shiro's view, with the 9th Brigade behind him, what mountainous area is he afraid of? It's Hu Fei who should be afraid! The spies had already gotten the name of the supreme commander of the Chinese army, and Goto Shaozo knew that his opponent was named Hu Fei.
At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded behind the devil's team, and at the same time, there was a gunfire like popping beans, "Smack!" Bang Bang Bang! "Dense gunfire cracked, cracked, rang out. Immediately after the team, there was chaos, "Cavalry, Chinese cavalry!" ”
Goto Shiro hurriedly jumped on horseback and took the binoculars to look at the back of the group. I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it! After seeing clearly what was happening behind him, Goto Shaosa gasped! Good fellows, a cavalry force of several hundred people is rushing in! The dust that rose along the way was more than a man high. The gang was galloping on horseback and shooting guns, and Goto Shosa could no longer see the Takahashi team in charge of the broken back.
"Yaga! Call the Matsumoto squadron! Goto Shaosa suddenly roared at the signal soldier, and the signal soldier with the wireless phone trembled so much that he hung the phone and dropped the phone. I dialed the number with trepidation, told Shaozo that he wanted to talk to Captain Matsumoto, don't hang up, and then carefully handed the microphone to Shaozo.
Goto Shiro snorted, took the microphone, and ordered Matsumoto's squadron to immediately go to the back of the line to withstand the onslaught of the Chinese cavalry. The troops are about to enter the mountains, and it is good to go up the mountains. At this time, Goto Shiro remembered the advantages of entering the mountain, at least the cavalry in the mountain could not give full play to the advantage of speed.
The cavalry that Goto Shiro saw was, of course, the 88th Column Cavalry Regiment. After Ji Jinbiao and Yang Jinsheng separated, they ran wildly with the cavalry regiment, hurrying and hurrying, and finally caught up with the devil in front of the mountain. With Ji Jinbiao's quick temper, where does he have the leisure to wait for the second regiment? When he saw the devil, he came to the spirit! Rush with me! Drawing a circle on the saber above his head, Commander Ji rushed up with his cavalry.
Cavalry battles depend on speed, and as long as the speed rises, it will be easy to handle. Rush Rush! The cavalrymen roared, running and shooting. The horses were galloping, the wind was whistling in their ears, and the valiant cavalry launched a stormy attack on the evil Japanese invaders!
The cavalry regiment was armed with a medium formal rifle, and the soldiers frequently raised their guns to aim and shoot while riding their horses forward. The sound of gunfire was like bursting beans, and the shouts of the soldiers resounded through the sky.
Getting closer and closer to the devil, Ji Jinbiao's eyes were already narrowed, his upper body was close to the horse's neck, and he clenched the middle form with one hand. Raise your hand and shoot, "Smack!" Seeing a devil fall in response, he pulled his gun back and fired the bullet casing, and when he fired the next shot, the war horse had already rushed half a mile over.
The cavalry was charging, and the warriors were shooting with their spears or galloping on their horses. A team of hundreds of horses rushed towards the enemy line like a hurricane. The Japanese soldiers, who claimed to be armed with the spirit of bushido, were frightened by the overwhelming onslaught of our steel cavalry. Some were killed, some threw their guns and fled, and the devils in front of the blinking kung fu cavalry had already made way for the way.
Give way and don't fight? Where is it so cheap? Ji Jinbiao knew that the cavalry regiment played a role in harassing the enemy. In the era of thermal weapons, no commander would think of defeating thousands of infantry with a few hundred cavalry, and Ji Jinbiao understood it. But if you can't fight, it doesn't mean that you can't fight, and if you disturb the enemy, you have to make a difference, so that the enemy can really be harassed.
"Rush! Kill the devil! Ji Jinbiao shouted slogans and rushed through the opening of the devil's concession, and at the same time, the gun in his hand fired again, firing the fifth round at the devil's group.
The magazine of the medium rifle can be pressed five rounds at a time, and the gun has to be pulled back from the cartridge case for each shot, which sounds like a lot of trouble. In fact, at that time, this was already the most advanced rifle made in our country. High accuracy, low failure rate, easy to use and easy to use, fully meet the standards of a good rifle.
Five bullets are very fast, but if you add the control of the war horse and the shooting on the running horse, it will not be fast. The horses run fast and bump fiercely, that is, veterans with outstanding marksmanship like Ji Jinbiao can shoot all five bullets before rushing through the gap, and most soldiers actually only shoot three or four bullets, and some only put one shot. These are all recruits, and they are guaranteed to shoot a shot on a horse, and it is not easy to throw people and guns under the horse.
Looking back, the devils had been left far behind, and more devils in the distance were rapidly approaching this way. Ji Jinbiao flicked his horse's head, "Let's go, let's go and join the second regiment, and go up the mountain to find the commander to fight devils!" ”
Major General Kuichiro Suzuki was the commander of the 9th Mixed Brigade, and this guy was ordered by the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Suzuka, to set out from Toyo to fight in Yuci.
Yoshio Suzuka was a military commander who treated his subordinates quite harshly, and no one in the First Army dared to disobey Commander Suzuka's orders. After receiving the order, General Suzuki went out of Toyo on the same day, and when he was about to arrive at Yuji, he contacted Goto Shaosa, and knowing that Goto's brigade was fighting, Major General Suzuki immediately ordered the troops to speed up.