Chapter 110: Ambush of the Japanese Cavalry (Fifth Shift)

When Sasebo was under fire, the Sasebo Town Guardhouse, which was only 30 kilometers away from the port of Sasebo, was also alarmed for the first time.

The phone connected to the port of Sasebo came in an emergency. There were cries for help, then rumbling cannons, followed by busy sounds.

The port of Sasebo was attacked, and at this time, a telegram to the headquarters of the Ministry of War in Tokyo was also sent to the sea.

Major General Tanaka Kuichi, the commander of the garrison of the Sasebo Castle Guard, immediately gathered all the troops of the Castle Guard.

The troops of a brigade plus a cavalry wing, there was no artillery, and there was even only one machine gun in the entire town guardhouse, which was still placed in the town guardhouse.

Advanced combat weapons, all priority support for the war with Russia, the strongest mobile unit cavalry wing in Zhenshoufu, is still the only formed cavalry unit in the entire Kyushu Island.

After receiving the report of Sasebo's attack, Tanaka Kuichi immediately sent the cavalry wing out, this was to further understand the situation, and also because the cavalry was able to reach Sasebo as quickly as possible.

It took at least half an hour for the troops to assemble and set off, and it was seven or eight o'clock in the morning when they arrived in Sasebo.

If the cavalry advances, it will only take about an hour to reach Sasebo.

In fact, Tanaka Kuichi was not very worried about the situation in Sasebo, after all, there were three training divisions in Sasebo and 100,000 Japanese soldiers.

If these 100,000 people can't resist it, then even if you add the strength of the town guard, it will not be enough at all.

However, the soldiers are very fast, and when they are not aware of the enemy's situation, they naturally cannot procrastinate.

All the horses and cavalry of the cavalry wing gathered, leaving the infantry in the wing, and rushed to Sasebo.

The 71st Cavalry Wing, which belongs to the town guard, does not have many war horses, which is not as good as the number of cavalry wings of the standing division, plus the war horses used for training, all of which add up to only 500 horses.

The 71st Cavalry Wing, which supported Sasebo at full speed, rushed all the way, and arrived at Sasebo in less than an hour.

Sasebo, in the distance, burned the sky red, and a large amount of gunpowder smoke rolled in the sky, and as soon as he got closer, he asked about the thick smell of gunsmoke.

This made the cavalry wing, which came in a hurry, anxious.

Before coming here, no one thought that in such eyes, looking at the fire in the distance, Sasebo was probably going to be finished.

In the news received, it was said that a fleet had attacked the port of Sasebo, and the 71st Cavalry Wing, which was supporting, only wanted to rush to Sasebo and carry out rescue.

The sound of artillery and explosions that did not appear showed that the attackers had left, and the Japanese cavalry, who did not think that there would be danger, instinctively increased their speed one by one and rushed to Sasebo.

To enter the port of Sasebo, the garrison had to pass through a canyon more than 100 meters wide from north to south.

This is the only road near Sasebo Port, which has not yet been groomed, that allows cavalry to enter Sasebo Port.

It's said to be a canyon, but it's not really a flat road left behind in the place where the mountains on both sides hug each other.

The mountains on both sides of Sasebo stretch widely, and this is a fast road, unlike in the later decades, because of the increasingly important Sasebo base, many roads were built to speed up the flow and movement of goods.

The gorge is flanked by slightly steep hills with irregular undulations, flat roads, and solid roads.

By the time the 71st Wing approached here, the battle in Sasebo had long since ended, and there were no living Japanese in the entire Sasebo, except for the burning port and barracks.

And the battle had been over for almost half an hour, and by the time the Japanese cavalry was late, heavy machine gun firing points had already been built on both sides of the gorge.

The artillery firing was also readjusted, and in the area near the port of Sasebo, in the Gorge, a cavalry regiment of the Red Guard Corps was also recuperated here.

It is not only in Japan that there are cavalry units, but the Red Guard Corps has a large number of cavalry units.

The First Army Corps had a fully formed cavalry division with thousands of horses, and in this era when there were no tanks and tanks, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry was beyond doubt.

In the underground world of the Red Police Base, there are countless war horses, and these war horses selected from them are the best.

Quiet cavalry regiments, waiting for the moment of charge, machine guns on both sides, artillery on the hills, and infantry in ambush, waiting for the arrival of the Japanese cavalry.

The balloon spotted the cavalry running in the distance for the first time, and the heavy machine gun positions on both sides, all the machine gunners had turned on the safety of the heavy machine guns.

The barrel of a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun was aimed at the gorge in front, and the neighing of war horses could already be heard in the ears.

The unsuspecting 71st Cavalry Wing soon plunged headlong into the encirclement of heavy machine-gun fire.

Without warning, the dense heavy machine-gun fire rained down a rain of death bullets as most of the Japanese starters rushed into the gorge.

Dense tracer bullets formed a terrifying network of fire in the gorge, and brilliant bullet rays converged and flew in the dark night.

The unsuspecting Japanese 71st Wing, for a while, was passing through the gorge, Sasebo was already close at hand, but the terrible barrage, the dense crossfire network formed, the V-shaped fire trapped, just a moment of effort, hundreds of cavalry fell under the gun.

The artillery fire on the mountains on both sides blocked the rear of the gorge in a precise and timely manner, and the cavalry behind the cavalry wing was swallowed up by the dense artillery fire.

The unprepared Japanese cavalry did not know what to do at all, and when the cavalry ran into a network of machine-gun fire and even heavy artillery, the fate could be imagined.

Finally rushed through the net of fire, rushed past the Japanese cavalry in the Death Gorge just now, and in front of them was a mysterious cavalry armed to the teeth.

Dozens of Japanese cavalry, facing the cavalry of hundreds of people in front of them, the surviving cavalry wing commander, drew his sabers and shouted: "Cavalry wing." ”

All the other Japanese cavalry also drew their sabers of the 32-year style.

On the opposite side, every cavalry member of the cavalry regiment also drew his own combat knife in unison as soon as the regiment commander drew his combat knife.

"Cavalry wing, attack." The captain of the 71st Cavalry Wing, without timidity, suddenly waved his sword, slapped his horse, and led the team to rush towards the Red Police Cavalry Regiment.

"Cavalry regiment, attack." The commander of the cavalry regiment, a young lieutenant colonel, also slammed the battle in his hand and led the team to charge towards the Japanese cavalry.

The indifferent Red Guard cavalry, facing the Japanese cavalry who were shouting wildly, rushed like a torrent, the cold blades of the war blades flashed, and the blood sprayed like a pour.