Chapter 420: Heavy losses
However, his wish was dashed in an instant, and the order to continue charging had just come out of his mouth. A dozen heavy machine guns and hundreds of rifles on the positions of the first battalion fired a dense rain of bullets at the same time... The dozen or so little devil cavalry who charged at the front immediately fell into a pool of blood with people and horses.
However, the remaining more than 300 little devil cavalry is worthy of being the most elite field cavalry of the Yue Army. At the first moment when the gunshots rang out, the entire body of the cavalry soldier was immediately on the horse's back, ready to dodge the flying bullets... At the same time, he kept urging the war horse under his crotch to speed up the charge... As the little devil cavalry all retracted their heads, the bullets fired from the position of a battalion were almost no big lethality for the little devils who were galloping quickly and getting closer and closer, and the charging distance of dozens of meters only wiped out almost a small squad of cavalry troops..."Warriors, kill to... Rush up and wipe out the Eighth Route Army on the position..."Looking at the blocking position of the Eighth Route Army that was getting closer and closer, Yasuda Nakasa, the last wing commander who had been rushing to the entire wing, shouted loudly... However, as soon as he finished his order, huge obstacles composed of war horse corpses and thick tree trunks suddenly appeared in front of the cavalry wing, blocking their way of charging... Looking at the huge obstacles in front of him, looking at the extremely sharp tree tips that were erected high and sharpened, those little devils who were clinging to the horse's back had to slow down their charge, preparing to bypass these obstacles, and then continue to charge... However, what they didn't know was that just as they were bypassing the huge obstacle dozens of meters wide in front of them, their charging speed had already slowed down invisibly.
"Comrades, give me a hard beating, shoot people first and shoot horses, and fire at the little devil's war horse..." The commander of the first battalion personally picked up a light machine gun and shot a scorching tongue of fire at the little devil cavalry two hundred meters away..."Da da da..."Finally, under the strafing of the dense machine guns, the war horses that had slowed down the charge fell one after another in a pool of blood. And the fierce attack of the little devil was also stopped by the soldiers in an instant. However, after killing and wounding dozens of little devil cavalry, the corpses of dozens of war horses have piled up a gentle slope in front of the obstacles.
The Yue Jun, who followed closely behind, looked at his comrades who were lying in a pool of blood in front of him, and after seeing a gentle slope piled up with war horses. Without any hesitation, he rode his war horse directly, rushed up the gentle slope, and with the help of the corpse of the war horse, he was ready to cross the obstacle in front of him... However, just as they took to the air, they were astonished to find that just behind the obstacles, there was not a level ground, but also countless tree trunks that had been sharpened and erected. Looking at the unusually sharp tree tip that was getting closer and closer to the body of his war horse, the little devil riding on the war horse couldn't help but let out a painful wail before he died..."Baga, you are fooled, the Eighth Route Army is very cunning... Before he finished speaking, the sound of the tip of the tree piercing into the belly of the war horse reached his ears. A miserable neighing sound of a war horse sounded, and the little devil riding on the war horse, under the most use of the huge habitual surname, was directly thrown forward by the already injured war horse several meters away. Eventually, he fell heavily to the ground and lost consciousness.
Immediately after, there was a continuous neighing of war horses, and dozens of little devils who also did not find the mystery behind the obstacle fell in a pool of blood together with men and horses....Finally, under the double blow of traps and bullets, more than 300 cavalry immediately lost one-third of their strength.
As the casualties of the soldiers in front of him increased, rushing to the last wing commander of the entire cavalry wing, Yasuda Nakasa finally discovered the anomaly in front... When I saw the nearly 100 cavalrymen who had fallen in a pool of blood, and when I saw the soldiers who were still being shot and fell to the ground under the blow of the intensive fire of the Eighth Route Army. The face of the wing captain immediately turned pale for a while..."Baga, this is simply a massacre, the tactics of the cavalry are not like this, you can't attack blindly like this. Hurry, order the troops to retreat immediately, hurry, the troops will retreat immediately..."Wing Commander Yasuda Nakasa, in the final stage, reacted from the shock. At the rear of the troops, urging his own war horse, while dodging the flying bullets, he gave his remaining cavalry troops a loud order to retreat..."Hurry up, retreat....""Baga, retreat..."Immediately, the attacking formation of the army fell into chaos at the sound of the command of the wing commander. The screams of the soldiers, the neighing of the horses....completely mixed in... However, in the face of the dense bullets, these little devils still reacted from the shock in the shortest possible time, turned the horse's head, and left this place dedicated to devouring the lives of cavalry... However, although the retreat of the army was very timely. However, in the midst of this continuous blow, more than 300 cavalrymen, under the leadership of Wing Commander Yasuda Nakasa, finally succeeded in retreating only about one squadron and one hundred and fifty cavalrymen. With the retreat of the Yue army, the entire battlefield slowly fell into tranquility....Within a few hundred meters in front of the first battalion position, there were corpses of little devils everywhere, corpses of the Yue army... At the same time, more than a dozen war horses, which were lucky enough not to be injured, walked back and forth on the bloody position..." The Eighth Route Army was cunning and big..."Looking in front of him, there was only about a squadron of cavalry left. The eyes of wing captain Yasuda Nakasa, almost spewing anger... And the remaining more than a hundred cavalrymen were also stunned and looked at the scene in front of them in disbelief....
In the end, in the face of heavy casualties, in order to leave a little seed for his cavalry wing, the wing commander gave up the idea of continuing the attack. After leaving a small squad of cavalry to serve as a guard, the remaining nearly 100 soldiers, under the leadership of wing commander Yasuda Nakasa, quickly left the battlefield and retreated to the position where the main force of the division was... As for the battalion that held its position, there was no hesitation after receiving the news that the artillery regiment behind it had safely retreated. After leaving all the machine gunners behind, the remaining troops also withdrew from the battlefield in the shortest possible time and disappeared from the field of view of the imp cavalry. handed over a messy position full of corpses of little devils to the cavalry of little devils who came one after another.
"Yaga, your commander is not, it's dead, it's dead....Bang Bang..." Looking at the front of him, there were only more than a hundred cavalry left, and the commander of the cavalry wing Yasuda Nakasa, who retreated in embarrassment. The commander of the division, Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara, couldn't help but be furious, and vented all the anger in his heart on Yasuda Nakasa in front of him..."Hi... Your Excellency the Division Commander... In front of its artillery positions, the Eighth Route Army laid a large number of mines and built a strong fortification, and it was a fortification specifically for our cavalry. My cavalry wing can't break through their fortifications at all, and it can't give full play to any advantage of the cavalry...."Enduring the hot pain on his face, Wing Commander Yasuda Nakasa hurriedly explained..."Yaga... Your conscience is very bad, you have lost so many excellent imperial soldiers, not only do you not have a trace of remorse, but you dare to find a reason... After a few more slaps, the division commander, who was already full of anger, said angrily after hearing the reason in front of Yasuda Nakasa..."Hey, what the division commander said was right..."Looking at the eyes of the division commander in front of him who was almost about to erupt fire, Yasuda Nakasa quickly lowered his head, and didn't dare to say a word anymore, allowing the division commander's palm to hit his face... However, to the surprise of the division commander, Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara, what was even more annoying was still to come. Just when the anger in the heart of the division commander slowly subsided, and he was ready to inquire about the specific situation of the frustration of the cavalry wing's attack. The chief of staff of the division, Tadayoshi Sano, ran over out of breath. However, it can be seen from the miserable face of the chief of staff that what the chief of staff wants to report must not be good news....
"Sano-kun, what's going on, panicked, what kind of body is Cheng..." Looking at the chief of staff who was panting and running over, the division commander who was originally going to ask the commander of the cavalry wing in front of him about the specific battle situation immediately turned his head, frowned at himself, and asked dissatisfied..."Hi, division commander." The results of the shelling of the Eighth Route Army have just been counted... The losses of the troops are very huge..."The chief of staff stammered..."Nani, Sano-kun, say whatever you want. I know the news that the cavalry wing has just been wiped out, and I will report it immediately if there are any losses that I cannot hear. "The commander of the division, Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara, looked at the chief of staff in front of him who did not dare to say anything, and asked loudly..."Hi, Your Excellency the division commander. According to the statistics just now, in less than 10 minutes, the artillery of the Eighth Route Army assembled a total of one artillery regiment and fired at least 1,500 shells at our marching column, of which two-thirds of the shells were fired into the marching column, causing huge casualties to our troops, especially the artillery wing..." However, before Chief of Staff Sano Osa's words were finished, Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara, commander of the division, could not help but interrupt the words of the chief of staff in front of him.
"Yaga... How could an artillery regiment, the Eighth Route Army have so many artillery ... And more than a thousand shells, eight checks of tooth road ... Chief of Staff, I want to know the casualties of the soldiers, and report to me the losses of the troops immediately, quickly..."
"Hi, division commander....After statistics, our army lost a total of 3,421 imperial soldiers, of which 2,438 were directly killed. In addition, the artillery wing had 36 guns, and a total of 29 guns were lost in the shelling ... Now our field artillery wing has completely lost its combat effectiveness..."After listening to the question of the division commander, Chief of Staff Sano Osaku hurriedly replied.
"Yaga... The Eighth Route Army is very cunning, I must kill them with my own hands, Bage Yalu...."Looking at the officer beside him with his head bowed and not saying a word. Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara scolded loudly....
"Your Excellency the Division Commander, emergency..."Just around the Division Commander, because of his own anger, he temporarily fell into silence. A staff officer ran to the division commander at an inopportune time and said with a panicked face.
"Nani, what's going on again?" Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara stared at the staff officer in front of him with a pair of angry eyes, and asked loudly.
"Hi, Your Excellency Division Commander, just now the reconnaissance unit sent a telegram that our Advance Guard Reinforcement Brigade and the Second Infantry Wing behind it were attacked by the Eighth Route Army at the same time, and the two units have been... Already..."Seeing the eyes in front of him that were almost murderous, the staff officer in front of him finally did not have the courage to say the last few words....
"Eight grid tooth road, what is already. Don't say it's dead, it's dead..."As he spoke, Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara, the commander of the division, who had long been unbearable, finally pulled out his general's sword. A flash of sword light flashed, and the bright command knife was already placed next to the neck of the staff officer in front of him. As long as the division commander, Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara, exerts his hands and strength, the staff officer in front of him will be separated.
"Your Excellency the Division Commander spares your life...."Looking at the command knife that was hanging around his neck and emitting a cold light. The staff officer, who was already so frightened that he couldn't speak, quickly knelt on the ground and said..."The division commander, the avant-garde brigade and the second infantry wing were attacked by the Eighth Route Army at the same time, and now the two troops have been completely wiped out, and the emperor has collectively shattered jade..."
"Baga, impossible, absolutely impossible. With a full 5,000 men in two armies, plus a large number of artillery, it is absolutely impossible for the whole army to be wiped out in such a short period of time. You must be disturbing the morale of the army, your death is dead..."As he spoke, the division commander, who had already been shocked by this shocking news, was speechless, and he did not wait for the others around him to react. As soon as he exerted his hands, a bundle of blood gushed out from the neck of the staff officer in front of him, and the staff officer's eyes, with a trace of unwillingness, fell heavily in front of the division commander, Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara..."Ah, the division commander..."Looking at the staff officer who had fallen in a pool of blood in front of him, and there was no movement, several officers immediately reacted from shock under the stimulation of blood, and let out a burst of exclamations... However, after looking at the command knife in the hand of the division commander, which was still dripping with blood, he immediately closed his mouth. I'm afraid that I will become the head of the division, the second ghost under the knife..."Baga, what are you doing in a daze. Chief of Staff, immediately follow me to the front to see what is happening with the 2nd Infantry Wing. The others immediately returned to their command positions, and immediately..." The division commander, who had just killed someone, woke up from his shock and ordered loudly.
"Hi, Your Excellency the Division Commander...."Several officers quickly replied, and then ran towards their own troops as if they were fleeing, away from the Division Commander beside him, who could break out at any time... Immediately, under the command of the chief of staff, an elite infantry brigade and the remaining cavalry units of the cavalry wing, under the command of the chief of staff Sano Osa, protected the division commander, Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara, and quickly rushed towards the second infantry wing a few kilometers away... However, as the distance between the two armies became closer and closer, the smell of blood in the air became stronger and stronger, and even in the midst of these bloody smells, everyone also asked about the smell of barbecue... As the smell of blood became thicker and thicker, bursts of gunpowder smoke after the battle appeared in the eyes of several people. However, everyone could see tightly that a thick burst of gunpowder smoke was constantly wafting up a few miles away. However, what puzzled everyone was that they really couldn't hear the sound of gunfire at all... Could it be that his second infantry wing, thousands of Imperial soldiers, was really wiped out... This was the first thought of the division commander after seeing the scene in front of him. However, in a matter of moments, this idea was rejected by himself. Because, his Second Infantry Wing plus the Avant-garde Reinforced Brigade is a full 5,000 elite Imperial Army, and it is also equipped with a large amount of heavy firepower. Even if the Eighth Route Army gathered enough troops, it would not be possible to wipe out all 5,000 people in such a short period of time, and not a single one remained... However, this result will soon be revealed, because, the smell of blood is getting stronger and stronger, and everyone has been told that the distance between the battlefield and them is getting closer and closer....Finally, after the group climbed over a mountain beam, the whole battlefield finally appeared in front of these little devils... To everyone's surprise, on the battlefield, which stretched for several kilometers, there was billowing smoke rising everywhere... And in the midst of this billowing smoke, I didn't even find a living Imperial soldier... On this road, which has been blown out of countless deep pits, it is almost completely stained red by the blood of the soldiers, and there are stumps and broken arms of soldiers everywhere, and the internal organs and intestines that have been blown out are also everywhere... And a corpse with a missing limb and a broken arm, without exception, all lying horizontally and vertically around these craters..."Baga, how is it possible... Chief of Staff, check for me, I want to know how the Eighth Route Army eliminated the Second Infantry Wing in the shortest possible time, let me find out..."Looking at the tragic scene in front of him, although these little devils are all battle-hardened. However, there are still many little devils who can't help but start vomiting after seeing the scene in front of them. Even the commander of the division, Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara, couldn't help but draw his command knife and split the tree trunk in front of him, which was already half burned, to vent the anger in his heart and the incomprehension in his heart....
"Hi, Your Excellency the Division Commander, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer in the shortest possible time...", the chief of staff quickly replied.
(To be continued)