Today's cavalry battalion has a total strength of more than 700 people, and Qiao Youhua has built it as an elite sword force in his hands, so he equips them with automatic weapons as much as possible.

More than half of the fighters were armed with submachine guns, and the rest were armed with as many light machine guns as possible in addition to captured Japanese carbines.

The cavalry battalion has three cavalry companies and an independent machine gun platoon, three companies with more than 600 people, and one machine gun platoon with dozens of people, equipped with more than 20 light machine guns.

In addition to the basic equipping of carbines, sabers and other weapons, dozens of soldiers carried as much ammunition as possible for the whole battalion, which can be regarded as an ammunition platoon.

After the troops were assembled, under the watchful eyes of the people of Luquan and the officers and soldiers left behind by the Second Regiment, Qiao Youhua took the lead and led them out of the east gate of Luquan and rushed away in the direction of Jingcheng County.

Before leaving, Qiao Youhua did not forget to ask the signal soldier to lead the team and Ma Biao to send a telegram to Ma Biao, instructing him to be ready to keep in touch with him at any time and prepare to fight jointly with the cavalry battalion.

Coincidentally, more than 1,000 cavalrymen of the 21st Cavalry Wing of the 21st Division of the Japanese Army were also ordered to set off from Shimen and advance along the railway line to Jingcheng County.

Although a cavalry wing of the Japanese army is the same as an infantry wing in terms of structure, there is a big difference in the size of its troops, and the strength of the main infantry wing of a division may exceed 3,000 when it is fully established, and the strength of the wing that has been strengthened to carry out special tasks may even reach 4,000 people.

The cavalry wing, on the other hand, is generally only about 900 to 1,000 people, and a cavalry wing has a total of four cavalry squadrons and one heavy machine gun squadron. Each of the cavalry squadrons was armed with two light machine guns, and the rest of the cavalry were armed mainly with sabers and 44 rifles.

A heavy machine gun squadron is subordinate to two squads, each squad is equipped with four heavy machine guns, a total of eight, the main shooter, the secondary shooter, and the ammunition commander are equipped with the Southern Type 14 pistol, as a weapon of self-defense, and some are equipped with the Type 44 carbine.

The devil equipped the cavalry with heavy machine guns, which can be regarded as a strange configuration, probably to enhance the firepower of the cavalry wing in some encounters of attrition battles or offensive battles.

The cavalry wing directly under the 21st Division has a total of more than 950 people, and its structure, strength, and armament are similar to those mentioned above.

Originally, this cavalry wing and the tank armored brigade that were wiped out by Ma Yunlong's artillery battalion were collectively called the search wing directly under the headquarters of the 21st Division.

Now that the tank armored brigade has been completely annihilated on the east bank of the Yongling River, Miura Shinichi Nakasa has lost an extremely important, and also the only armored force of the entire division.

He was also sent by the division headquarters to Shimen to carry out patrol and guard duties along the railway line, so you can imagine how depressed Shinichi Miura was.

Riding a horse and walking along the railway line with the troops, Shinichi Miura suddenly stopped, reined in his horse, and looked ahead, and an adjutant rode over and said, "Sir, are you tired?" Do you need a break? ”

Regarding the concern of his subordinates, Miura Shinichi Nakazo ignored it, and asked rhetorically: "Have you contacted the Jingcheng County garrison?" ”

The adjutant hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Fifteen minutes ago, we just sent a telegram to Guò, and they said that a reception banquet had been prepared for us in the county seat, and as long as the soldiers of our imperial army arrived, they could have a full meal." ”

"Bastard, are we all the way from Shimen to risk being attacked everywhere, just to eat their meal?" Miura Shinichi Nakasa snorted angrily: "Hmph, it's really a group of wine bags and rice bags, otherwise how could they be so stupid to fall for the Chinese army, with such heavy losses, and we need to transfer troops for reinforcements." ”

The adjutant didn't dare to interject, so he had to bow his head to the side.

Venting the depression in his heart, Mimiura Shinichi took out his cigarette, lit one, and took two puffs, and his mood eased a little.

Seeing the adjutant's submissive look, he probably felt that his attitude just now was a little too much, so he took out a cigarette and threw it over: "Kobayashi-kun, try it, our Sakura brand cigarettes of the Great Japanese Empire, authentic Kyushu Island flavor." ”

The adjutant hurriedly took it, his face was full of sincerity and fear, he thanked him repeatedly, took out a match and lit it and smoked it.

"How? Is it the flavor of Kyushu Island? Shinichi Miura asked with a smile.

Adjutant Kobayashi nodded again and again: "Yes, sir, authentic Kyushu Island cigarettes, it really makes people feel homesick!" ”

"Haha, I think you miss your wife!" Shinichi Miura said with a smile.

"Yes, I miss my wife, my children, and my parents, and I don't know how they're doing now." Adjutant Kobayashi said with a sad expression.

As long as we fight bravely and continue to expand the territory for His Majesty the Emperor and the Yamato nation of our Japanese Empire, then our compatriots of the entire Yamato nation, our relatives and friends will be able to live a good life." Shinichi Miura said with a yearning expression: "So, Kobayashi-kun, cheer up and work hard to fight for the common prosperity of Greater East Asia!" ”

"Hay! The lesson of the sir! Keep your duties in mind. Adjutant Kobayashi bowed his head sharply on his horse.

Miura Shinichi raised his head and laughed, rode his horse and continued to move forward, and said loudly: "The front is Shang'an Town, rush there, take a short rest, and then rush to Jingcheng County, eat and drink to your heart's content, and then return to patrol!" ”

Adjutant Kobayashi hurriedly followed, and a large number of devil cavalry who had stopped behind the two also followed and continued to advance.

On the other side, Qiao Youhua and Liu Jianhua led the cavalry battalion to finally arrive near Shang'an Town, and the deputy battalion commander Zhao Tiezhu took the initiative to invite Ying and personally took some skilled cavalry to reconnoitre.

It didn't take long for the reconnaissance unit led by Zhao Tiezhu to be accidentally encountered by a forward cavalry squad of the 21st Cavalry Wing of the Japanese Army in Shang'an Town.

There were forty or fifty devil cavalry, and Zhao Tiezhu only had more than ten people, so the devils took the initiative to charge them, and the sound of horse guns rang out one after another.

Zhao Tiezhu sent one person to quickly turn around and report to Qiao Youhua and Liu Jianhua, while he led the remaining soldiers to meet them brazenly.

As the first battle of the cavalry battalion, Zhao Tiezhu did not intend to avoid the battle and flee, even if the other party had an absolute advantage in strength, because he understood that this battle was extremely important for the cavalry battalion, which was overwhelmingly recruited.

Regardless of victory or defeat, it will have a great impact on the psychology of the soldiers, so this battle can only be attacked, and can not turn around and run, sacrifice can be had, but the determination and bloodiness to dare to fight to the death with the Japanese invaders cannot be lacking.

If the former is less, the soldiers can be recruited again, and if the latter is missing, the soul is lost, and it is difficult to find it back, so this is also a battle to cast the soul of the cavalry battalion!