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Chapter 812—The Witness of Ice and Fire (2)

The "crackling" gunshots echoed in the mountains, and the second brother of Yang Jiuxiao, who was dressed in messy clothes, turned around and put his gun while fleeing, and the team of more than 1,200 people was sparse and chaotic, not much better than the rout of the army fleeing, and the officers and soldiers seemed to be exhausted, and when they saw the Japanese troops chasing behind them, they could only take out the strength to fight and flee, but they ran for two miles, and the distance between the brigade and the Japanese troops who were chasing them was still the same as when they were first discovered, and they were just outside the effective range of the rifle. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The 800-odd Japanese troops of the Yamazaki Brigade who pursued from the peach blossom pond in the south were very fast, running five kilometers in the snow in less than an hour, and their reaction speed and marching ability were extraordinary.

From the moment the "Feng Zhanhai bandits" resting were found at the intersection of Niejiagou Road, the command knife brandished by the Japanese officer and the loud voice of the command officer who ordered to speed up the pursuit did not stop for a moment. The rabble who fled in front did not know where the strength came from, and from the very beginning, the Japanese troops who saw their morale was greatly boosted turned around and fled westward for their lives, and the rifles and machine guns thrown down along the way abounded, which was enough to prove that the remnants of the bandits had reached the edge of the terrified dying struggle, but the Japanese troops who had run for five kilometers in a row had also reached the end of their crossbows, and although they had been shouting and chasing, the distance of six or seven hundred meters could not be shortened for a while.

The Japanese pursuers passed through the village, rushed through the narrow bend covered with snow, Captain Yamazaki, surrounded by a small group of cavalry, rode his horse and ran up the small dirt slope on the side of the road, raised his binoculars to observe carefully for a moment, and decisively ordered to speed up again, the open area of nearly two kilometers ahead completely dispelled Yamazaki's doubts, and it was impossible for the "remnants of Feng Zhanhai's bandits" who were already unable to run to set up an ambush here, and his troops only needed the last sprint to catch up with the more than 1,000 Northeast peasants who had lost their armor and were tired of running for their lives within one kilometer. A heart-wrenching slaughter ensued, to vent the hatred of being defeated several times in the past few days by the elusive An Jia army, who had now fled back to the Guannai.

There is also an important reason that Yamazaki can't say, Siguan Yingzi Town originally belonged to the defense area of his Yamazaki brigade, but Yamazaki, who loves nurses, has not yet recovered because of the trauma in his headquarters, and the more than 300 recruits who have been replenished have not been able to integrate well into the whole, Yamazaki took Siguan Yingzi to Nie Jiagou for front-line defense, and quietly handed it over to the puppet army cavalry regiment under the guidance of his old classmate Kuroda Zomitsu, and used the rare rest time to strengthen training, restore morale, and prepare to perform fiercely in the upcoming war. In order to revive the prestige of the 6th Division and his Yamazaki brigade. Feng Zhanhai, who didn't want to be in turmoil for more than a year now and had been beaten by the Japanese puppet coalition army several times with nearly 10,000 armed forces, had only a hundred people left, but he still quietly sneaked into the hinterland of the Sixth Division again and attacked him, how could he not make the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Division of the Japanese Army, who already felt disgraced, angry? If he could not eliminate all the cripples of more than 1,000 people, Yamazaki would not only be sorry for the wing commander who had committed suicide by drinking bullets, but would definitely suffer severe punishment from the division.

Where does Yamazaki know about this thought? What he gambled on was that the Sixth Division, which was recovering in this area, would definitely be angry, not to mention that he suddenly slammed into Karaqin and Jianchang, where the Sixth Division was heavily stationed, and it was strange that the Japanese army, who had been contemptuous of the squadron for a hundred years, but had just been beaten to a bruised nose and swollen face, could calm down.

Now it seems that Gu Changfeng was right, he stood on the hill in the west, seeing the Japanese army chasing more than 1,000 brothers of the Duer Division into the ambush circle like a duck, and suddenly the ends of his beautiful mustache were cocked, and Yang Jiuxiao, who was like an iron tower beside him, also laughed, making the telescope in his hand shake.

"Report! More than 300 enemy cavalry had already entered the crossing and were rushing towards our ambush area at high speed. "The operational staff officer reported loudly.

Gu Changfeng snorted: "Isn't it slow, less than two hours after being attacked by a sudden attack, it was able to organize a high-speed pursuit of more than ten kilometers, which shows that the combat effectiveness of this puppet army cavalry regiment is very good......"

"What about being strong? Nearly a thousand iron horsemen are now only chasing after more than 300 horses, which is enough to prove how capable Guo Haiqing's beast is, hum! Ni Zhiqiang scolded unconvinced.

Gu Changfeng put down the binoculars, turned his head and said solemnly: "Brother Ni, don't look at the problem with emotions, how is the combat strength and equipment of the junior brother's special brigade Brother Ni is probably very clear, this raid has been repeatedly investigated and analyzed, fully prepared in advance, and firmly grasped the initiative before suddenly attacking, ordinary troops are two regiments can't withstand this head, let alone the eight hundred cavalry who can't find horses?" Again, through the analysis of the encounter between our reconnaissance team and this puppet cavalry brigade some time ago, we did not take advantage, but fell into the disadvantage due to poor mobility, so it seems that this cavalry regiment is also a strong enemy like the other two regiments, at least the combat effectiveness is not inferior to the other two regiments, otherwise Guo Haiqing will not get the number of the first cavalry regiment, let alone let the Japanese army rest assured that he will be stationed in the middle of the two brigades of the Sixth Division.

"These factors are all related to our victory or defeat, and to the lives of the 10,000 elite soldiers left behind by our three divisions, Brother Ni, you can't help but think about it!"

Although Gu Changfeng's voice was small, it fell in Ni Zhiqiang's ears, but there was a sense of deafeningness, so that his face was red, his eyes were full of shame, and he lowered his head and respectfully hugged his fists to thank Gu Changfeng: "Little brother has been taught!" Thank you Brother Gu for the point, the younger brother will definitely remember it. ”

Gu Changfeng shook Ni Zhiqiang's hand away, and said with a big grin: "Our own brothers, what are you polite?" Can grasshoppers on a rope not remind each other? Ha ha! Look ahead, it's time. ”

Ni Zhiqiang smiled gratefully, raised the telescope again, Yang Jiuxiao on the side saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart, he suddenly found that the gap between him and Gu Changfeng was not ordinarily large, and at the same time, he also found that Gu Changfeng, who was usually full of foul words when he was very happy, originally had such a deep scheming, such careful thinking, and such a ruthless and sleek means.

The battle in the east finally began, and the more than 1,000 brothers who were chased by the Japanese army like lost dogs heard the sound of dense machine guns, and suddenly became excited as if they had drunk chicken blood, and suddenly exerted their strength as a whole, rushing to the slopes on both sides, and when they reached the bottom of the mountain, they flew into the snowy ditch one by one, shouted and took over the weapons handed by the comrades who had been ambushed here in advance, turned around and put the gun on the edge of the ditch, panting and scolding their mothers, one by one with red eyes, determined to avenge the hatred of being chased and killed for three kilometers just now.

More than 300 Czech-style light machine guns and 24 air-cooled heavy machine guns with thickened barrels from the German MG15 aviation machine guns on the basis of the German MG15 aviation machine guns fired a rain of bullets, which swept down a large area of the Japanese troops who were desperately pursuing, and the crossfire strike composed of more than 100 meters long highland firepower points on both sides splashed blood. Falling one after another like wheat harvesting, the angry roar turned into a desperate wail before death, and the Japanese army team more than 200 meters long in the middle of the open field had not had time to react, and more than a third of the casualties had already been killed.

Captain Yamazaki, who was riding at the rear of the procession, was very lucky, and the moment the gun rang out, the experienced Yamazaki suddenly jumped off his horse, and after two very embarrassed rolls in a row, rolled into the low groove beside the road, the thick snow did not hurt Yamazaki, but covered his head and face to cover his vision.

In the earth-shattering gunshot, Yamazaki hurriedly got up, wiped the snow off his face, and before he could speak, his jujube red war horse was already in the rain of bullets, and the tall horse was hit by the dense machine gun and retreated a few steps, suddenly the person stood up, looked up to the sky and neighed, and a blood mist splashed on his long neck, and then fell down violently, and slid rapidly on the snow with a "bang", stirring up a snowflake, and crashed into Yamazaki who had just squatted.

Another muffled snort sounded, Yamazaki was hit by his beloved horse and fell down five or six meters, a mortar shell immediately whistled, just landed in Yamazaki's original place, after a red light, blood and flesh splashed, mud and blood all over the sky, Yamazaki's war horse has disappeared, seven or eight meters away was hit and vomited blood, Yamazaki still did not stop rolling.

Frightened by the sudden attack and loss of command, the Japanese army retreated in panic, and because the dense mortar shells blocked the retreat, the helpless Japanese low-level commander led his subordinates to flee to the low terrain in the middle, in order to avoid the enemy's powerful firepower, and then find a way to organize a counterattack and break through.

Most of the Japanese troops retreated, and finally were forced to the low frozen river by machine gun fire from the high ground on both sides, and the mortar groups behind the ambush positions on both sides began to fire a salvo of artillery fire into the river.

The cavalry team, which was only 800 meters away from the place of the exchange of fire at high speed, was taken aback when they heard the sudden sound of gunfire that shook the mountains, and Instructor Kuroda did not wait for the puppet regiment commander Guo Haiqing to react, suddenly tightened the reins, and gave a loud order in pure Northeast dialect: "Stop advancing-"

The well-trained cavalry quickly stopped, Kuroda turned his horse's head, brandished his horse and spurred his horse to the right side of the mountain, took out his binoculars to observe carefully, Guo Haiqing and three Japanese instructors also came up and stopped beside Kuroda to look westward anxiously.

"Oh my God...... What kind of troops ambushed Yamazaki-kun......"

Guo Haiqing looked at the battlefield filled with gunsmoke and flying mud and snow, heard the dense sound of light and heavy machine guns, and saw the corpses everywhere, and finally became afraid, such a powerful firepower attack was impossible for the two wings of the Japanese army to fight together, and he realized very clearly that the Yamazaki brigade was finished.

Kuroda Zaomitsu suddenly put down the binoculars, shouted with several Japanese instructors around him, and suddenly turned to Guo Haiqing, almost gritting his teeth and roaring:

"Guo Jun, Yamazaki-kun is not dead, he is still stubbornly leaning against the hollow on the shore, commanding two machine guns and about two squads of Imperial warriors to counterattack the enemy, now I am going to go in to assist him in his retreat and bring him out safely! I cannot allow my old classmates, the top students of the Imperial Army University, and the stars of hope among the young officers of my Kwantung Army, to be martyred in this way. I just want to ask you now, do you want to come with me? ”

Guo Haiqing's heart sank, and then he raised his head and replied fearlessly: "It is my Guo Haiqing's honor to be trusted by Kuroda-kun!" ”

"Good! Guo Jun, you are an excellent soldier, you are completely different from your colleagues, if you don't die, I will personally meet the commander of the division, General Itamoto, and report to him Guo Jun's loyalty and bravery! ”

Kuroda made a solemn promise to take the lead in beating the horse and galloping down the hill, giving orders in Japanese as he ran, and more than 30 Japanese soldiers immediately grabbed their carbines and followed Kuroda without hesitation.

Guo Haiqing, whose face was pale, rushed down the hillside, and Lerma shouted: "Brothers, the time has come to serve the imperial army and Manchuria!" This battle will not die, all the brothers will be promoted to two levels, and a new cavalry brigade will be formed with Lao Tzu! Brothers, follow me and kill—"

"Kill—"

More than 300 cavalry drew their sabers and cold light, more than 300 iron cavalry gradually accelerated, and the rumbling sound of horses' hooves resounded throughout the battlefield like muffled thunder......