In less than half an hour, the infantry that followed surrounded the Japanese troops behind the palace. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although they were armed with a large number of light and heavy machine guns, they became the best live targets in the face of mortars.

It only took twenty minutes for this reinforced infantry brigade to be eaten by the Liaodong Army, and there was not even any scum left.

Subsequently, these infantry did not even fight on the battlefield, and after replenishing some ammunition from the follow-up troops, they continued to pursue the main Japanese army.

At this time, the cavalry, which had made several more detours, caught up with the main Japanese force again.

In order to keep the main force of the division, the commander of the division, although he was very distressed, still transferred an infantry brigade to the rear of the palace.

This time, Wu Xin was not so lucky.

Wu Xin, who had the idea of bypassing the Japanese blocking troops, had just found Ji Yuanshan, the commander of the reconnaissance company, but before he could speak, Ji Yuanshan shook his head and replied: "Division commander, there is no way here to bypass the Japanese blocking position!" ”

Wu Xin only hesitated for a short time before deciding: "If you can't get around, you can kill it, they all say that the mortar that the commander has just equipped the troops is powerful, and ten mortars can be fired together to suppress the enemy's head, so let's give it a try today." ”

"Didn't the commander give us a mortar company? Immediately set up all nine mortars, concentrated artillery fire on the middle of the Japanese defense line, and smashed a gap for me with shells! ”

Nine mortars fired less than 200 shells in less than a minute, and a hole more than 200 meters wide was blown out in the front of the cavalry division.

As the shelling continued, the thick smoke from the explosion of the shells continued to expand to the positions on both sides.

Wu Xin, who had some understanding of the performance of mortars, immediately ordered: "The second regiment and the first battalion will immediately touch 50 meters in front of the Japanese formation, and as soon as the shelling stops, they will immediately attack and tear a gap in the Japanese defense line." ”

As soon as the more than 400 cavalry advanced fifty meters in front of the Japanese formation, they drew and raised their sabers, and put on a ready face to charge and kill at any time.

And the Japanese troops in front of them, because they didn't have time to dig and consume, could only lie on the ground in the face of the shells that kept falling overhead. Fragments of shells flew back and forth above their heads, so that they didn't even have a chance to look up.

At this time, even if they knew that the Liaodong Army was attacking, they could not raise their heads and raise their guns to counterattack.

In particular, the light and heavy machine guns mounted on the positions were taken care of by the shells, and almost all the Japanese troops around the heavy machine guns were killed. The Japanese troops at a distance were basically able to attract several shells as soon as they got close to the heavy machine guns.

The five-minute artillery bombardment was over quickly, but for the Japanese troops, it was a very difficult time.

At the end of the shelling, the Japanese troops who could still move their positions subconsciously rushed to light and heavy machine guns, or picked up their rifles and fired at the front, intending to block the cavalry of the Liaodong Army.

The sound of horses' hooves shaking as the earth shook was already within easy reach of them.

Although the gunfire of the Japanese counterattack was very dense, it caused more than 100 casualties to the cavalry division at once. But the cavalry division's charge was simply too fast. Fifty meters only took a few seconds, and the Japanese army fired two rounds of bullets in a row, and before they could shoot the third round of bullets, the cavalry of the Liaodong Army with their sabers held high had already rushed in front of them.

"Kill!" As bursts of shouting and killing roared out of the cavalry's mouth, the swords flashing with swords were directly chopped down by the cavalry, and the Japanese soldiers with exquisite eyes were immediately hacked to death and slashed by the sharp swords.

The speed of the cavalry was so fast that even when it rushed to the Japanese position, the speed did not slow down.

Three or four hundred cavalrymen, with the sound of roaring horses' hooves, rushed over the Japanese position.

Although their contact with the Japanese was brief, it was enough time for each cavalryman to perform at least one chopping action.

Therefore, after the cavalry battalion was killed, this gap of three or four hundred meters wide, after the artillery bombardment, the Japanese army, which was already small, was directly killed by the cavalry battalion.

The Japanese troops who were moving on both flanks of the gap, because the cavalry battalion was rushing too fast, they didn't have time to react at all, and the cavalry battalion rushed under their noses.

At this time, if they continue to stay here, they will have to face the situation of being attacked on their backs.

Just when they were still in shock and hesitation, the main force of cavalry a few hundred meters away moved.

As soon as nearly two thousand cavalry ran, an unstoppable torrent of steel formed and rushed along the breakthrough that had just been torn open.

Not only that, but the cavalry that had just rushed to the rear was not idle, and they were divided into two, guarding directly behind them with a fierce eye.

Although these cavalry did not charge or speak, the remaining Japanese troops on the position knew that as long as they fired at the cavalry of the Liaodong Army who were rushing towards the breakthrough, the cavalry staring at them behind them would definitely kill them from behind.

Therefore, in the face of the main force of the cavalry division of the Liaodong Army rushing over, the remaining hundreds of Japanese troops on both flanks of the gap chose to remain silent at the same time. They didn't shoot or speak, and they all watched in a daze as the Liaodong Army rushed towards the gap.

After rushing through the Japanese blocking position through the gap, Wu Xin did not order the troops to destroy them, and directly ordered the cavalry division to continue to pursue the main force of the Japanese army.

After all, they had been delayed for nearly twenty minutes in the battle just now, and in order to eliminate as many Japanese troops as possible, they had to race against time to tear off more fat from the Japanese soldiers.

In this way, the battle in which you chased me ended in less than three hours.

From the time the Japanese retreated to the time they withdrew to their garrisons, the cavalry division intercepted a total of five infantry brigades.

In this way, the division that was taken care of by the cavalry division was disabled by three infantry brigades during the attack, one wing was wiped out when the Liaodong Army counterattacked, and five more infantry brigades were intercepted when retreating.

In less than a day, the division with 16 infantry brigades directly lost nine infantry brigades, crippled three infantry brigades, and finally managed to escape back to the combat units where they were stationed.

The other two divisions, although not pursued by the cavalry division, were not vegetarian in their opponents, the Guards Division.

As the infantry with the strongest combat effectiveness in the Liaodong Army except for the special operations detachment, the pursuit speed may not be as fast as the cavalry, but the combat effectiveness is very strong.

Relying on its strong assault ability, the Guards Division pursued the Japanese army by sending assault teams to take small roads, and forced two infantry brigades from each of the two divisions.

In addition, the two infantry brigades that were destroyed when the guard division launched a counterattack, and the infantry brigades that were disabled or completely annihilated when the two divisions attacked.

The combat units of the two divisions that finally fled back to their garrisons were only a little more than two wings, and almost half of them were lost. (To be continued.) )