Chapter 882: The cavalry will face off
Sun Weiguo officially called back to the chairman of the committee and Yan Xishan, and in the reply, Sun Weiguo clearly stated his attitude.
The troops of the Honorary Second Division will coexist with Wutai County, and the Honorary Second Division will not abandon Wutai County.
The telegram was sent out at a loss, and Sun Weiguo began to issue combat orders to the various departments that entered Dai County, and Sun Weiguo asked them to achieve results in the shortest possible time.
Sun Weiguo was the commander of the Honorary Second Division, which was placed under the command of the Eighth Route Army, which in turn was directly under the Military Commission and was incorporated into the Second Theater Combat Sequence.
Now that Sun Weiguo's reply is to disobey the orders of the Second War Zone and the Military Commission at the same time, if Sun Weiguo does not show some achievements, I am afraid that he will not be able to stop the mouths of his superiors.
At 12 o'clock at noon on September 22, in Xingao Township, Dai County, a reconnaissance cavalry squad of the 110th Cavalry Brigade encountered the vanguard of the Honorable Fifth Regiment here.
The vanguard of the 5th Regiment of Honor was composed of four Type 95 tanks and a cavalry company, the cavalry company numbered more than 100 people, while the Japanese reconnaissance cavalry squad numbered only 30 people.
It was a small battle, with four Type 95 tanks taking the lead in cutting off the rear of the Japanese cavalry, while the cavalry company troops raised their sabers and began to charge.
After ten minutes of fighting, all the more than 30 cavalry of the little devil were killed, and the troops of the 5th Regiment of Honor did not pay any casualties.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, the main force of the Honor Fifth Regiment began to assemble in Xingao Township, and at this time the Japanese troops also began to assemble in the county seat.
Matsumoto Kurazang assembled the 1st Cavalry Wing, the 109th Division Cavalry Brigade, the 11th Division Cavalry Brigade, two mechanized infantry squadrons, two medium tank squadrons, two light tank squadrons, two armored convoys, and motorized units except for one light tank squadron left behind in the county seat of Daixian, and the rest of the troops were all dispatched.
So far, Matsumoto Cangzang has more than 700 cavalry troops, nearly 400 mechanized infantry, 24 Type 89 tanks, 24 Type 95 tanks, more than 30 Type 91 armored vehicles and Type 92 armored vehicles.
At half past one o'clock in the afternoon, four Japanese Type 95 tank units led the 300 cavalry of the 109th Division of the Japanese Army to appear in Xingao Township.
At this time, the cavalry units of the Fifth Regiment of Honor had begun to notice the movement of the Japanese troops, and the regiment commander Ge Haifeng immediately ordered the machine gun company and the cavalry artillery battalion units to begin to set up machine gun positions and artillery positions, and dozens of light and heavy machine guns and more than a dozen artillery pieces began to be erected, and the troops of the Fifth Regiment of Honor were ready to take precautions.
"Regiment commander, this should only be the vanguard of the Japanese army, the main force of the Japanese army must be behind, there are a lot of little devil cavalry, but they also have a lot of armored troops, we still have to deal with it carefully, in addition, the troops of the fourth regiment of honor have contacted us, and they will be able to rush to Dai County to participate in the battle immediately."
Chen Guitang, the deputy head of the Fifth Regiment of Honor, came to the head of the regiment, Ge Haifeng, and he looked at Ge Haifeng and immediately reported.
Ge Haifeng was holding a telescope, and after hearing Chen Guitang's report, Ge Haifeng nodded, he could feel that the Japanese troops that appeared in his line of sight were just the vanguard troops, and they would definitely follow a large number of Japanese main forces behind them.
Moreover, before entering Dai County, Ge Haifeng received a war briefing from the Intelligence Section, and he knew that Dai County had a large number of Japanese armored troops.
"The cavalry artillery battalion and machine gun company blocked the rear road and reinforcements of the Japanese army, and the anti-tank guns of each battalion first knocked out the Japanese tank troops, the first cavalry battalion, and the second cavalry battalion attacked both sides, and the first round of attacks will kill more than half of the Japanese cavalry, and the two rounds of attacks will completely encircle and annihilate the Japanese cavalry troops, and the third cavalry battalion will serve as a reserve!"
Ge Haifeng's eyes looked at Chief of Staff Chen Yang, and he immediately began to give orders.
"Yes, Captain." Chen Yang immediately saluted towards Ge Haifeng, and then he began to convey Ge Haifeng's order.
At this time, there was still no gap between the Japanese troops, and the commander of the Shaozuo Cavalry Brigade of the 109th Division was holding a telescope to observe the front, and he was searching for the cavalry units of the Eighth Route Army.
"Captain, no cavalry units have been spotted for the time being, but we can be sure that if we continue to march forward, we will definitely encounter the cavalry troops of China."
A captain came to the Captain of the Shaozo Brigade, and the captain immediately saluted the Captain of the Shaozo Brigade and said.
"Earlier, the troops continued to advance, and the tank squad was ordered to move on." Captain Shaozo immediately gave an order and said.
As the order of the commander of the Shaozo Brigade began to be conveyed, the four Type 95 tank units began to move forward, and more than 300 cavalry followed behind the four Type 95 tanks.
"Boom, boom." AT THIS TIME, FOUR 37MM ANTI-TANK GUNS OF THE 1ST AND SECOND BATTALIONS OF THE CAVALRY BEGAN TO FIRE.
Four armor-piercing shells quickly attacked the four Japanese Type 95 tanks, and one armor-piercing shell accurately hit the Japanese tank, and the Japanese Type 95 tank was destroyed on the spot.
The other three armor-piercing shells were all missed, and one of the armor-piercing shells hit a Japanese war horse, and the armor-piercing bullets smashed the Japanese war horse into pieces, and the ghost soldiers on the horse fell on the spot.
The devil soldier was wounded, and he wailed in pain, but no one was going to heal him at this time.
The Japanese tank units began to stop advancing, and they counterattacked towards the anti-tank gun positions, and grenades were fired by them.
A grenade landed next to an anti-tank gun, killing a gunner and ammunition driver on the spot.
"Boom, boom." THE REMAINING THREE 37MM ANTI-TANK GUNS CONTINUED TO FIRE, AND THE JAPANESE TYPE 95 TANKS PARKED IN PLACE WERE DIRECTLY PENETRATED BY TWO OF THEM THIS TIME.
The only Japanese Type 95 tank that was not hit immediately began to retreat, and the Japanese cavalry began to accelerate forward.
"Da Da Da!" When the Japanese troops were less than 500 meters away from the heavy machine gun position, ten Browning heavy machine guns began to fire.
Heavy machine gun bullets hit the ghost soldiers and cavalry, Browning heavy machine gun bullets became the scythe of death, and one bullet after another began to directly beat the Japanese cavalry and war horses into a sieve, and a lot of minced meat began to appear on the ground.
More than 300 cavalrymen were killed, and more than 60 were killed, and the remaining 200 or so cavalry still frantically rushed towards the heavy machine gun positions and anti-tank gun positions.
At this time, more than 500 cavalry units of the first cavalry battalion began to fight from the left under the command of the battalion commander Chen Zhongju.
Chen Zhong raised his right hand and shook his saber, he shouted loudly, and more than five hundred cavalry followed behind him, charging directly towards the devil soldiers.
"Kill, give!" After seeing a large number of cavalry units of the Eighth Route Army appear, the captain of the cavalry brigade of the 109th Division of the Japanese Army did not panic, he brandished his saber and shouted loudly.