Chapter 144: Unexpected
The cavalry is the nemesis of the infantry, and in front of the cavalry, the infantry has only the fate of being slaughtered!
This battlefield truth is not only the Japanese army, but also the Eighth Route Army.
After hearing Wang Ping say that he would completely annihilate the Devil Cavalry Brigade, several people not only did not show the expected fanaticism and excitement on their faces, but looked worried, and no one was optimistic about this battle that had not yet started.
Wang Ping didn't blame them.
In Wang Ping's memory, whether it was the Red Army period or the Eighth Route Army period, the first battle with large-scale cavalry was the Western Expedition during the Red Army period.
There are so many elites of the Red Army, in front of the Ma Jiajun, a pure cavalry, there is almost no room to fight back.
After this brutal and bloody battle, although the Red Army had not yet reached the point where the cavalry had changed color. However, everyone is full of fear of cavalry, and they will never provoke cavalry unless they have to.
However, only Wang Ping knew that the reason why the Red Army suffered a crushing defeat to Ma Jiajun, in addition to various other reasons, a very important reason was that the Red Army had no experience in dealing with cavalry, and did not know how to concentrate automatic weapons for use in the face of cavalry.
Wang Ping also knew that the cavalry of other military powers, which had no room to fight back in front of tanks, had been completely eliminated by those countries because of the large number of tanks equipped with troops.
Only in the Asian theater of war, because of the general backwardness of the equipment of the troops, cavalry can be useful.
In the absence of heavy weapons such as tanks, cavalry is called the nemesis of infantry. But Wang Ping knew that there was a weapon in his army that could also be called the nemesis of cavalry, and that was light and heavy machine guns!
The seven heavy machine guns of the Independent Regiment, plus the six heavy machine guns of the newly captured Japanese army, all add up to thirteen.
With so many heavy machine guns fired in a row, it was impossible for the Japanese army to break through the dense interceptive fire network fired by so many heavy machine guns, even if they dispatched 500 cavalry at a time.
Wang Ping did not express his analysis and thoughts, and there were too many involved. And even if you say it all, you won't necessarily believe it. After all, the common sense that cavalry is viable for infantry is deeply ingrained in their minds. With just a few words, it is impossible to move them at all. Unless Wang Ping proved it to them with facts, they would never believe it.
So, Wang Ping didn't explain, and directly ordered: "I must eat this cavalry brigade that came out of the Japanese army, otherwise I will be sorry for the comrades who died on the battlefield!" ”
"In addition, everyone can rest assured, if I am not sure that I will eat the Japanese cavalry brigade, I will not make this determination."
"The next thing you need to do is to carry out the order, and I also plan to use this battle to tell everyone that the cavalry also had weaknesses in the infantry years ago, and it is not invincible!"
Zeng Quan, who has partnered with Wang Ping for the longest time, although he is still very worried, finally chooses to support: "Commander, you give an order!" ”
"The casualties of the first battalion are the greatest, so don't participate in the next battle against the Japanese cavalry!" Wang Ping did not hesitate and directly began to give orders.
Although Zhang Qing was worried about defeating the Japanese cavalry, he would definitely not want to let him participate in the battle, just when he subconsciously wanted to fight for it. Wang Ping waved his hand directly and said, "However, your battalion is not without tasks. ”
"The Japanese cavalry brigade is not stupid, if there is no gunfire here, they will be alert when they are seven or eight miles away from here, and it is even possible to retreat directly! So, you have to play a play for the Japanese cavalry here, so that the Japanese cavalry knows that the infantry they rescued is still there. Only then will they rush here at all costs! ”
"The second battalion, a company brought over by the third battalion, plus all the heavy machine guns of the whole regiment and the heavy machine guns that captured the devils, follow me to an open field more than three miles in front to clean up the devils and eat them!"
Fighting cavalry in the plain clearing, isn't this a death? The idea immediately came to the big guy's mind.
Just now, out of trust in the head of the regiment, everyone chose to believe in the head of the regiment.
Now hearing that the regimental commander had planned to fight with the cavalry on the plains, and had made such a low-level mistake, the subordinates had once again become worried.
Wang Ping reacted suddenly, and in order to dispel everyone's concerns, he explained directly: "Since I chose to clean up the devil cavalry in the plains, I must have already thought of a way. ”
"The reason why we chose to fight on the plains, which are conducive to the attack of the cavalry, and not to the mountains that are beneficial to us, is because when fighting in the mountains, the cavalry will be very cautious. One is not good, and the Japanese cavalry will die when they see that the situation is not good. ”
"But in the plains it is different, they will definitely think that they are invincible in the plains, and they will also look at us without anyone in their eyes, which is the so-called underestimation of the enemy. As long as he underestimates the enemy, I have a way to eat them and make them pay for their underestimation! ”
"Okay, even if you carry out the order and follow me Wang Ping to fight, you will definitely not suffer!"
Under the attack and harassment of the first company of the independent regiment along the way, the Japanese cavalry brigade walked for a full hour and a half, and also lost more than 30 cavalry.
At this time, the captain of the cavalry group, who was hurrying to the ground, could already hear the sound of gunfire looming from the ambush battlefield.
"Yo Xi, the infantry is still holding on, soldiers, speed up the reinforcements of the infantry, cooperate with the infantry to eliminate the main force of the Eighth Route Army besieging them, and kill it!" The captain waved his command knife and ordered loudly.
Soon, they rushed to the tomb that Wang Ping had prepared for them.
On a flat ground with a frontage of more than fifty meters, flanked on either side by some sloping land, not at all suitable for hiding in ambushes, a bunker made entirely of sandbags was improvised in front of them, blocking their passage to reinforce the infantry.
Seeing the blocking position in front of him for the first time, the Japanese captain suddenly had an idea in his heart: "The Eighth Route Army is crazy!" ”
With such good terrain, the cavalry could kill in front of the Eighth Route Army's blocking position with a single charge.
As for the bunkers they piled up with sandbags, they did not work at all in front of the cavalry.
The fast-galloping war horse only needs one jump, and it can easily cross the bunker, and then trample the Eighth Route Army behind the bunker into a pulp.
Although it was not clear why the Eighth Route Army chose to stop itself here, the Japanese captain was very happy, and then shouted with an arrogant face: "The stupid Eighth Route Army must not have seen the powerful assault ability of the cavalry units of the Great Japanese Empire. In that case, warriors, let the Dirt Eight Road show us our combat effectiveness today! Let them pay for their contempt! ”
The defense line of the Eighth Route Army, which was barely prepared on a flat bottom, seemed to many Japanese troops to be captured.
Therefore, as soon as the captain's scream spread, several captains rushed over to ask for battle.
"Your Excellency Captain, the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side will be handed over to my first squadron, and I promise to kill them all!"
"My second squadron can also be, please give the captain an order!"