Two rounds later, the cavalry suffered heavy losses.

It was said that the captain of the army, Okazaki, was killed on the spot, and the remaining dozens of remnants fled in a hurry, and when the Chinese cavalry was about to chase after him, he was stopped by Liu Fengsheng.

"Alright, don't chase it." Liu Fengsheng stopped his horse, and immediately turned around and shouted, "3 battalion commander, you lead people to collect the war horses, the cavalry of the little devils is not very good, but the horses are all Oriental horses, which are much stronger than the Mongolian horses of our cavalry regiment. ”

"Yes!" The commander of the 3rd Cavalry Battalion immediately led people to collect the scattered horses in the wilderness.

Although Liu Fengsheng's cavalry regiment had more than 2,000 people, there were only more than 700 horses, and three cavalry battalions were barely formed, but after this batch of Oriental horses, the cavalry regiment could form two more cavalry battalions.

Liu Fengsheng said again: "1 battalion commander, you take people to install explosives and prepare to blow up the bridge." ”

"Yes." The commander of the 1st Cavalry Battalion suddenly agreed, and immediately turned around and shouted, "You guys, bring explosives and come with me!" ”

Liu Fengsheng shouted to the remaining officers and soldiers: "Brothers, the cavalry just now is just the vanguard of the little devils, and then there will definitely be a large army, take advantage of the fact that the big army of the little devils has not yet arrived, hurry up to repair the fortifications, brothers, we have to nail the north bank of the Muma River like nails, and never let the little devils cross the Muma River for half a step!" ”

"Yes!" The officers and men of the regiment responded violently, and immediately dismounted one after another to rush to repair the fortifications.

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Ten miles south of the Muma River, the motorized infantry brigade directly under the 20th Division of the Chinese Army was rolling north along the road.

Although the motorized infantry brigade and the 28th cavalry wing set out from Yangqu County at the same time, because the northbound highway had been damaged by the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army, and it had to be repaired by sappers before cars and chariots could pass normally, the motorized infantry brigade's maneuver was greatly delayed, and its movement was not as fast as that of the cavalry wing.

At this moment, the captain of the motorized infantry brigade, Jiro Shimada, was already anxious.

Ten minutes ago, the 28th Cavalry Wing was strongly blocked by Chinese cavalry on the bank of the Muma River, and the entire army was destroyed, and now the [***] team has seized control of the Muma River Highway Bridge, which is quite unfavorable for the imperial army, once the Chinese blow up the bridge, then the main force of the First Army Corps, which is heading north along the road, will be in trouble.

It is necessary to prevent the Chinese from blowing up the bridge, and it is necessary to ensure the smooth passage of the retreat of the main forces of the corps.

Shimada Jiro gritted his teeth, and immediately turned his head and shouted to the deputy captain behind him: "Order, all squadrons immediately speed up their march and move forward at full speed." ”

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The north bank of the Muma River.

The explosives have been installed, and the cavalry regiment is rushing to repair the fortifications.

Since the north and south banks of the Muma River were open plains, there was no danger to defend at all, so Liu Fengsheng could only order the officers and men of the whole regiment to dig two circular trenches on the north bank of the bridge.

Whether or not the First Army of the Yue Army can be blocked south of the Muma River depends on whether the cavalry regiment can hold the bridge.

Just blowing up the Muma River Bridge is not enough to stop the Yue Army, because the Muma River is now in the dry season, and the water surface is not wide, just by blowing up the bridge, the military engineers can definitely erect two pontoon bridges for chariots of less than five tons to pass within 12 hours, while the main infantry force of the Baoshan Division will need at least 24 hours to arrive.

Therefore, the cavalry regiment must not only blow up the bridge, but also defend the northern end of the bridge and prevent the army engineers from building the bridge.

As long as it lasts for 24 hours and until the main infantry of the Baoshan Division arrives, the First Army of the Yue Army will never think of crossing the river.

"Brothers, do your best!" Liu Fengsheng frantically waved his sapper pickaxe while loudly encouraging the officers and men of the regiment.

As soon as the words fell, a gunshot rang out from the south side of the Muma River Bridge, which was a warning signal from the warning post.

The little devil's infantry came so fast!

Liu Fengsheng's heart sank slightly, and he jumped out of the trench and raised the telescope at the moment.

Looking out through the binoculars, he saw that billowing smoke and dust had been raised on the highway south of the Muma River, and a large convoy of the army was marching north along the highway, the corners of Liu Fengsheng's mouth suddenly twitched, and he whispered to himself: "Dog, look at this posture turned out to be the motorized infantry brigade?" ”

"1 battalion commander, blow up the bridge!" Liu Fengsheng did not hesitate to give the order to blow up the bridge.

If it was only the devil's infantry brigade, Liu Fengsheng was really not scared, but it was the motorized infantry brigade, Liu Fengsheng would not dare to be careless, the little devil's Iron King Eight was not easy to deal with, and the cavalry regiment had no battle defense artillery, once the devil's Iron King Eight crossed the bridge, the defense line of the cavalry regiment would be crushed to pieces, and there would be no need to fight this battle.

"Yes!" The commander of the 1st Cavalry Battalion suddenly agreed, and immediately pressed the detonator heavily.

Hearing only a loud bang, more than a dozen bundles of explosives installed under the bridge exploded at the same time, and the highway bridge that ran through the north and south banks of the Muma River for more than 200 meters was immediately blown into more than a dozen pieces, and in the smoke and dust, the bridges that were blown up fell one after another on the river beach, and only dozens of lonely bridge piers remained on the riverbed.

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South of the Muma River, on the highway.

Hearing the faint explosion from ahead, Shimada Jiro quickly leaned out and climbed out of the chariot turret, looked forward through the telescope, and saw that billowing smoke had been raised in the direction of the Muma River Bridge, although it was not very real, but Shimada Jiro could guess with his toes that the Chinese must have blown up the bridge first.

"Yaga Yaru!" Jiro Shimada slammed the turret down and immediately retracted into the carriage.

"Order, the tank squadron and rapid-fire artillery squadron line up along the south bank of the Muma River and shoot straight at it!" After Shimada Jiro retracted into the chariot compartment, he immediately issued an order for battle: "The 3rd and 4th Infantry Squadrons immediately cross the river on foot, and within half an hour they must seize the position on the north bank of Shina, and in addition, inform the engineer wing to immediately repair the bridge." ”

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On the north bank of the Muma River, the position of the cavalry regiment.

When Liu Fengsheng was observing the enemy situation on the south bank through a telescope, a buzzing roar suddenly came from overhead, and immediately the attendant adjutant beside him shouted: "Tuanzao, enemy plane!" ”

"Huh?" Liu Fengsheng raised his head when he heard the sound, and sure enough, he saw that more than a dozen military planes had appeared in the sky.

The six planes in front are slightly smaller, lined up in two arrow arrays, and they are estimated to be devils' reconnaissance fighters, but the ten planes behind are huge, and most of them are little devils' bombers! The corners of Liu Fengsheng's mouth suddenly twitched again, the little devil who said the dog really looked down on the cavalry regiment, and actually sent sixteen planes to bomb it!

Liu Fengsheng hurriedly looked around, but found that there were plains all around, and he couldn't find a hiding place at all!

Gritting his teeth, Liu Fengsheng roared angrily: "Set up all the light and heavy machine guns, shoot at the sky, and the rest of the brothers, don't care about the devil planes in the sky, and continue to repair the fortifications!" ”

At this juncture, it is impossible for Liu Fengsheng to think too much.

At this time, the evacuation of the troops, of course, can reduce the threat of the devil plane, and minimize the casualties of the troops, but the consequences are disastrous, after the evacuation of the cavalry regiment, the devil infantry who are killing from the south can easily seize the position on the north bank, and then it will be difficult for the cavalry regiment to recapture the position!

If we can't recapture the positions on the north bank, we won't be able to stop the army sappers from building bridges.

If the Japanese engineers could not be prevented from building bridges, it would not be possible to block the First Army south of the Muma River.

Once the First Army of the Yue Army successfully broke through, it would definitely be a heavy blow to the 39th Group Army, even if the entire territory of Shanxi was recovered, this battle would actually be lost, because the most important thing in the war is to destroy the enemy's living forces, and if the enemy's vital forces cannot be eliminated, it is meaningless to recover more lost territory.

Liu Fengsheng's thoughts turned sharply, and the three military planes in the front team had already swooped down.

The machine guns under the belly of the devil's plane opened fire fiercely, dragging out three long barrages on the ground, and quickly stretched forward, where the barrage passed, the officers and men of the cavalry regiment fell in a pool of blood, and only in the first round of dive strafing, sixteen [***] officers and men fell forever under the guns of the devil's plane.

More than a dozen light and heavy machine guns of the cavalry regiment opened fire when they were heavy, but they failed to hit the target, and the flight speed of the devil plane was too fast, and it was too difficult to rely on the infantry to suppress the fire to deal with the devil plane.

After the three planes of the front team crossed the position of the cavalry regiment, they suddenly pulled upward.

Immediately afterwards, the three planes of the second team swooped down from the sky with a piercing scream.

The dozen or so machine guns of the cavalry regiment had not time to turn around, and the dense rain of bullets had already poured water on the machine gunners of the two heavy machine guns, and the shooters, deputy marksmen, and ammunition men of the two heavy machine guns immediately fell in a pool of blood, and half of the heavy machine gun shooters were blown off by bullets, and his head was twisted at a strange angle and stacked on his chest.

Three planes of the second team were able to pull up, and five bombers of the third team swooped down from the sky......

This time, instead of machine gun bullets, aerial bombs fell from the sky, and the five devil bombers dropped 50 aerial bombs in one go, which continued to extend forward and explode in five straight lines on the position of the cavalry regiment.

Before the smoke and dust from the explosion cleared, the fourth group of five Japanese bombers swooped down again.

Immediately after that, there were a series of huge explosions, and at this time, the position of the cavalry regiment was completely blown up.

Liu Fengsheng struggled to get up from under the thick layer of soil, shook his dizzy head again, and when he looked around again, Liu Fengsheng's eyes suddenly turned red! In this round of bombardment, the cavalry regiment lost at least nearly 100 brothers! These are all elite veterans who have experienced a hundred battles, and Liu Fengsheng finally trained them into cavalry!

"Little devil of the dog, I'll your grandma......" Liu Fengsheng was like a wounded wolf, holding a crooked handle and violently strafing the sky, but the military plane that swooped down again swept over Liu Fengsheng's head unscathed, and the machine gun under the belly of the machine once again pulled out a long barrage on the ground, passing past Liu Fengsheng by a fraction of a second.

(To be continued)