Although the speed of the carriage was not as fast as that of the horseback, it was not comparable to the infantry, and although it set off half a day later than the Japanese army, before dark, the cavalry regiment had already caught up with the 3rd Division, which had already begun to prepare for camping.

"What? The cavalry of the Chinese is coming? Katsura Taro was shocked when he received the report, and he was slightly relieved after learning that the enemy was limited in number, but his expression was still grim, because the military rations were getting less and less, and he had to divide the troops as soon as possible, but there was an enemy cavalry sticking like kraft candy, how could he dare to divide the troops? And the cavalry attack is very powerful, with such a cavalry following behind, I am afraid that the devils of the third division will not even want to sleep well, or it will not be long before they will collapse!

In desperation, Katsura Taro had no choice but to order the cavalry brigade to be dispatched, and it was best to drive them away, or even destroy them, or at least to entangle them, so that the main force of the Third Division could camp smoothly and recover the physical strength that had been lost after a day's trek.

However, since the Battle of the Isthmus of Jinzhou, the lesson of many losses in the rebel army still made Katsura Taro have a few more eyes, and according to his orders, the devil's cavalry brigade did not dare to pounce directly in one go, but first sent a cavalry squadron to find out the bottom, and this decision saved the other two squadrons, although it was only temporary.

After hearing the legendary sound of fried beans, the cavalry captain's heart suddenly chuckled and secretly screamed, "Damn, how did they bring that secret weapon with them?" So lightweight? ”

Realizing this, even the safety of the more than 200 subordinates seemed less important, because the cavalry captain had already vaguely foreseen the tragic end of the entire Third Division. As one of the only seven cavalry captains in the Japanese Army before the war, although his talent could not be compared with that of Akiyama Yoshiko, the captain of the first cavalry brigade, who could almost be said to be the founder of the Japanese cavalry, he was an excellent talent who would become a general sooner or later

The unexpectedly annihilation of the cavalry squadron sent out for a tentative attack made the cavalry captain's concern even stronger, and he told his adjutant to lead his troops to keep an eye on the cavalry regiment from a distance, not to approach, let alone attack, while he rode his horse back to the camp where he was still busy and reported the situation to Katsura Taro.

"Nani?" , Katsura Taro listened to the report of the cavalry captain and the tactics he deduced from it, and immediately stood on end, if the other party really fought like that, he and the third division would die without a place to be buried.

It took a dozen seconds for Katsura Taro to force himself to regain his composure, but he still couldn't think of a particularly good solution.

The cavalry captain has a strategy to deal with it, but that can no longer be said to be a "strong man breaking his wrist", but simply the earthworm gave up most of his body and only escaped in a small section, such a price is too great, even Katsura Taro, who has always been decisive in killing, can't make up his mind.

"It's still a night raid, right? Although that kind of weapon is powerful, it shouldn't play much role in the dark, as long as the imperial army uses its strengths in melee combat and night combat, there is still a good hope of victory! Katsura Taro thought about it, and in the end he could only move out the strategy he had thought about a long time ago but never had a chance to use. In fact, the Japanese army's ability to fight at night in close combat during this period was not very good, but just like the red armed forces in history, they were not forced to be helpless, who would be willing to fight at night in close combat?

The captain of the cavalry brigade also nodded after hearing this, although the night attack was very risky, even if it failed, the loss was not as great as his method, and at that time, it was okay to use his own method, and it could reduce some resistance.

As a result, Katsura Taro partially suspended the ration of food taken to save military rations, and at least allowed the soldiers who participated in the night raid (the officers were naturally always fed) to have a full meal at night, so as to increase their physical strength and morale as much as possible.

However, neither Katsura Taro nor the cavalry captain expected that this night attack would not be successfully carried out, because before the sun set, the haunting Chinese cavalry regiment launched an attack on the main camp of the third division

Listening to the unique sound of the 37mm machine gun firing, Yuan Shikai couldn't help laughing, "No wonder everyone calls it 'Bang Bang Cannon'." ”

"'Bang Bang Cannon' is transliterated from the West, and at that time it referred to the old-fashioned machine gun that took 3 seconds to shoot 1 round at the earliest, and our new machine gun that uses the bullet chain feeding method and can shoot 25 shells in an instant has a rate of fire that is too fast, and it is difficult to clearly distinguish each shell, in fact, it is not so similar." , Regiment Commander Zhang was obviously in a good mood, and he still had time to patiently explain to Yuan Shikai, "But one thing hasn't changed, the price of this shell, even if the white explosives are very cheap, it costs more than one or two silver for a shot, it's really fucking expensive!" ”

"Yes, in just such a short period of time, we have already eliminated the annual tax revenue of almost a small county, right?" , Yuan Shikai also sighed, but his knowledge is still much higher than Li Hongzhang, and he did not devalue the value of this weapon because it is too expensive, "But war is the most expensive thing, as long as the weapon is really easy to use, no matter how expensive it is, you have to buy it!" Although this 'bang bang' burns silver, it's really easy to use! ”

Although due to the distance, even if you pick up the binoculars, you can't see clearly how many devils were killed by the bangbang cannon, but seeing the figures running around in the Japanese camp and countless burning tents, Yuan Shikai is sure that this attack has been a great success, and his mood is suddenly very good, his decision to follow out this time is really right, the cavalry regiment will definitely not be able to run this time, and he will be able to get some of it, which will definitely be of great help to Yuan Shikai to gain a foothold in the Datong Party in the future.

And the devil who became Yuan Shikai's entry into the body was as desperate as if he was in hell at this time. When the cavalry regiment first started to shoot artillery, due to the poor long-distance accuracy of the bang gun, it could only fire one shot at a time, the charge of the 37mm shell was small, and the explosion was not large, plus the officers and men of the third division had already experienced more terrifying artillery bombardment, and their psychological endurance was far better than before, so the devils at that time were quite calm, and most of them were just surprised by its long range.

But when the cavalry regiment completed the school firing and dozens of bangbang guns were fired at full power, the camp of the 3rd Division turned into a literal hell on earth almost in an instant. )