Chapter 1020: Fire Sweep
Yuan Mura's brows were furrowed, and in his heart, he didn't want to face the enemy with the PLA, and it was strange if he didn't run away when he encountered the main force of the PLA at this time!
"Retreat immediately, hurry!" Haramura roared as he rode his horse to the rear.
The Japanese brigade quickly turned its horses, preparing to leave before the PLA cavalry rushed up. At this time, the two sides were still about four kilometers apart, and the Japanese army still had time to leave.
Suddenly, a shell fell on the Japanese cavalry as they prepared to evacuate. Suddenly, hundreds of devil cavalry were overwhelmed by artillery fire, and they were devoured cleanly.
"It's tanks, the tanks of the PLA are attacking us"
The devil cavalry finally saw what was firing at them, and just behind the rushing PLA cavalry, roaring tanks were rushing towards them at the fastest speed, and the fast ones even chased behind the cavalry.
The tank opened fire as it advanced, and in the blink of an eye, hundreds of large-caliber shells fell on the devil's cavalry. Flesh and blood fly, people neighing and horses screaming. The shells fired in all directions in the devil ranks, instantly blowing up the originally neat formation.
"Retreat, retreat!"
Shouts erupted in the Japanese cavalry brigade, and the officers desperately restrained their subordinates in an attempt to regroup the already disorganized troops.
This was a sudden encounter, and the devils couldn't react quickly at all, plus Major General Haramura had already made up his mind to run away and not have a head-on conflict with the PLA, so it was impossible to stop his effective counterattack for a while.
The onslaught tanks instantly scattered the Japanese army's front troops, and thousands of devils frantically fled in all directions under artillery fire.
And at this moment, the rear army of the devils has been transformed into the front army, and under the command of Haramura, they spread their legs and rushed towards their fortress.
Listening to the explosion behind him, Haramura secretly shouted bad luck in his heart. He knew that he would send a reconnaissance force to explore the road first, but how could he have thought that a fortress would encounter the main force of the People's Liberation Army, and it would be chased by people's tanks.
How could a cavalryman have ever hit a tank, Haramura, who was a high-ranking Japanese officer, certainly knew this. At this moment, he just wanted to use the speed of his cavalry brigade to escape from the pursuit of the tanks as quickly as possible and escape back to the fortress to be safe.
The explosions behind the boom kept coming, and the continuous explosions were mixed with the miserable howls of countless devils before they died. One after another pierced Haramura's heart like a pinprick, making him frightened and unable to help but have a trace of curiosity. It's been a long time, and the explosion is getting closer and closer.
When he turned around, he almost fell off his horse in fright.
The PLA's tank units have been thrown away by them, but they have not thrown off the PLA's cavalry units.
Thousands of horsemen chased after them, throwing bombs at them as they galloped. The whistling bombs drew a trajectory of death in the air, and the sharp whistling sound pierced Haramura's ears with pain, and his eyes were staring at the extreme in disbelief.
"Can cavalry still carry mortars?" Haramura finally couldn't help it, and yelled in disbelief in the wind: "Are the cavalry of the People's Liberation Army all perverted? How did the mortar come on horseback? And it's so accurate, how did you do that? ”
But no matter how much he didn't believe it, the PLA cavalry chasing them still smashed the grenades into the fleeing devil team one after another.
A large number of devils, like Haramura, fell on the way to escape with incredible fear. Death is like a huge scythe, reaping the lives of devils fiercely.
Chasing after him was Li Haolin's cavalry division, and his troops had expanded to 8,000 men at this time. The new additions are all the best cavalry selected from the Kachin Division!
Over the past month, Li Haolin has taught the new cavalrymen to speak Chinese, use weapons, and increase the ability of the troops to fight together.
In just one month, the newly joined cavalry was perfectly integrated with Li Haolin's cavalry division, becoming the most reliable and solid foundation in this cavalry unit.
Li Haolin saw that the Japanese cavalry killed by his troops was powerless at this moment, and his heart almost blossomed with happiness.
"Scatter the formation and outflank their wings. Don't let them run away, you must kill them today! Li Haolin yelled loudly.
The pursuing cavalry immediately split into two groups and flanked the Japanese flanks. Guns and grenades roared vigorously towards the Japanese troops, and fire balls exploded from time to time in the fleeing Japanese ranks, and batch after batch of devils died with hatred.
At this time, Major General Haramura, who was running at the front, was completely panicked, and he has been running away with his troops since the encounter. Not only did not a single shot be fired, but nearly half of the troops were lost.
He had never fought such a battle, and all his heavy weapons had been discarded. But he didn't dare to lead his troops to turn his head and fight with the cavalry of the People's Liberation Army, not to mention that the cavalry of the People's Liberation Army had "mortars" that he had never heard of. Even the tanks that are chasing after them can quickly destroy them.
"Sir, the speed of their pursuit is too fast, we are about to be outflanked!" The adjutant of Haramura yelled in his ear, his voice terrified to the extreme.
Yuan Cun looked back and saw that the troops of the People's Liberation Army outflanking him had begun to gradually encircle, and nearly half of his troops were in this encirclement. Haramura knew that in less than ten minutes, half of his troops would not be able to escape, and they would be completely annihilated after being encircled!
With the terrifying firepower in the hands of the PLA, Haramura had no doubt that if his troops were surrounded, they would be completely annihilated in a moment.
"We're not going back to base, turn around immediately, quick!" Haramura suddenly roared!
"Aren't you going back to the fortress?" The adjutant asked in shock: "But the fortress is the only place that can keep us, if it is in the vast grassland, we will definitely be wiped out by the People's Liberation Army!" ”
Haramura roared: "They are chasing so fast, before we return to the fortress, they will definitely catch up!" Now we have to gamble that the main target of their attack is the fortress, and they will spare us remnants of the defeated army, so that we can have hope of living! ”
When the officers around heard Haramura say this, they could only nod helplessly. There was no way out, their horse speed was not as fast as that of the pursuers, and with the special rifles of the Japanese cavalry in their hands, they obviously could not compete with the firepower of the People's Liberation Army. If this is overtaken, it will inevitably be the end of the total annihilation.
At this moment, a desperate scream came from behind. Li Haolin's cavalry division suddenly closed the encirclement, surrounded more than 3,000 devil cavalry regiments, and even cut off the fleeing Japanese troops.
Seeing this scene, Yuan Cun no longer had any hesitation and shouted: "The whole army immediately turns with me, discard all burdens, and advance lightly!" ”
Suddenly, the unsurrounded devil cavalry kept throwing all kinds of supplies from their horses. Tents, sapper shovels, and backpacks were not afraid of dying of thirst or starvation, and they had to throw away even the kettle and the bag of food.
The devil cavalry, who had lost their armor and abandoned their armor, suddenly increased their speed and quickly broke away from the pursuit of the People's Liberation Army. However, they still did not dare to return to the fortress, but rushed towards the depths of the vast grassland under the leadership of the original village.
At this time, the devils who were surrounded by Li Haolin's cavalry division were facing the catastrophe of overthrowing.
The People's Liberation Army did not attack after surrounding them, but suddenly retreated backwards, and opened a 300-meter-long buffer zone with the devils.
Just when the devils were pleasantly surprised and thought that they would escape, suddenly a dense stream of bullets came from all directions, and the intertwined firepower network instantly passed through the devils' troops, and the devil cavalry fell off their horses one after another, and blood shot everywhere.
They were trying to distance themselves and sweep the Japanese with the superior firepower of their assault rifles.
The devils have no way to face this kind of fighting style of the PLA, the rifles in their hands can't hit the cavalry of the PLA at all, but the PLA can ride on a horse and laugh and kill them.
The strafing lasted for five minutes, and was surrounded by more than 8,000 cavalry, and not a single one of the more than 3,000 devils died, and they were beaten into a sieve along with their horses.
"Call the infantry in the back to come over, you can have more horse meat tonight!" Li Haolin laughed proudly, looking at the remaining devils who were fleeing to the depths of the grassland in the distance, with a look of contempt in his eyes.
"Divisional commander, aren't you chasing?" Pu Lu calmly put on a new magazine, and looked at the devil who had only his back left in the distance.
"What are you chasing them for, a bunch of lost dogs, let them go. Didn't the chief of staff say that all actions are under command, and we can't make mistakes again! This time, the target is the fortress of the devils, so you can't lose a big one because of a small one! Li Haolin said.
"Commander, this is not like your style, when did you become so obedient!" Pu Luping said with a smile.
"Just you kid talk a lot!" Li Haolin's eyes widened, and he roared: "Take stock of the battlefield and see if there are any devils who have slipped through the net." ”
The main force in the rear soon arrived, Gao Dong glanced at the battlefield along the way, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "The little devil actually sent it to the door to find death by himself, it seems that he knew that we were coming, so he sent troops!" ”
"Chief of Staff, do you mean, do the devils already know what we're doing?" Ren Minjian sat opposite Gao Dong and asked.
"The whole army immediately accelerated forward, and we were not far from the fortress of the devils. Since they have been given the power to dismount, let's go to the city! Gao Dong sneered: "To do a show, you have to do a full set, and we haven't let the little devil really know our strength!" ”
The troops accelerated suddenly, and Li Haolin's cavalry division and tank troops took the lead in advancing forward, arriving in front of the devil's fortress two hours later.
The army then arrived and was stationed three kilometers in front of the Japanese fortress. The continuous troops descended like dark clouds, and the fortress that frightened the devils was immediately completely sealed, and the sound of sirens sounded everywhere.
Hachiro Hiratani panicked from his headquarters to the perimeter of the fortress, standing on the tall defensive wall and looking out.
"How did you come so fast? What about Major General Haramura, where did his people go? Hachiro Hiratani roared in surprise, his eyes bloodshot!