Chapter 14: The Battle of Prosperity

Back at the station, Li Yunlong brought the three battalion commanders over and began to arrange the tasks, and ordered Wei Dayong and Duan Peng to go to Kong Jie's independent regiment and Ding Wei's new second regiment to borrow weapons.

Originally, Ding Wei was going to Yan'an to study, but the 386th Brigade wanted to set up a new second regiment, so he was intercepted by the brigade commander by mistake.

The weapons and equipment that the brigade commander asked Li Yunlong for last time was for the new Second Regiment, after all, the newly established troops lacked everything, especially weapons and ammunition, and if it were not for Li Yunlong's support, the New Second Regiment would not know how long it would have to wait if it wanted to form combat effectiveness.

This time, Li Yunlong sent people to the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment to borrow weapons, mainly to borrow light and heavy machine guns, after all, there were more than 800 devil cavalry, and the dozens of light and heavy machine guns in the new regiment were still not enough to win the battle.

For this reason, Li Yunlong also offered a suitable price, promising that as long as he could take down the devil's cavalry wing, some of the captured materials would be distributed to the two of them.

As for how much, it depends on the sincerity of the two. It wasn't until midnight that the two people who had been sent to borrow weapons came back, because the independent regiment was established earlier, and although it could not be compared with Li Yunlong's new regiment, it was certainly more than the newly established new second regiment.

Li Yunlong borrowed a total of more than 30 light and heavy machine guns from the two regiments, as well as 20,000 rounds of ammunition, plus the new regiment itself, although there were less than 100 light and heavy machine guns, there were also more than 80, and don't forget that there were more than 50 submachine guns of the elite squad of the new regiment.

Taken together, taking down this devil cavalry is almost a sure thing. After Wei Dayong and Duan Peng returned with their weapons, Li Yunlong took people to the ambush site that had been detected before overnight, preparing to wait for the little devil to take the bait.

This was two days, during which Li Yunlong, who could not be idle, told a few stories about his battles during the Red Army's Long March while waiting for the devil cavalry, which attracted the soldiers to cheer in low voices, and the atmosphere of the upcoming battle did not seem so tense.

Two hours passed in a flash, and the sun was in the west, but at this time, the scout lookout post on the hillside ahead finally gave the signal, and the devil cavalry was coming immediately.

About three minutes later, there was a rumbling sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and a group of Japanese cavalry wearing yellow robes appeared on the horizon of the road, carrying 44-type infantry rifles and 32-type cavalry knives at their waists.

Fuji Ichiro, the commander of the cavalry wing, did not excavate the ambush around, after all, this is a large open field, and the cavalry is a mobile force, as long as it advances at full speed, it will take less than five minutes to pass through.

It is impossible for the enemy to ambush cavalry on such terrain, unless he has a large number of heavy weapons of his own, and he does not believe that the Chinese army has such troops, and there are only a few dirt roads operating in the vicinity, which is even more unlikely.

"Captain, something seems to be wrong up ahead." At this time, the adjutant on the side looked at the dirt slopes on both sides in the distance and said with a frown.

Hearing the adjutant's words, Fuji Koichiro looked a little unhappy, after all, he was the wing captain, and he was just an adjutant, but the words had already been spoken, and he couldn't act as if nothing had happened.

So he asked with a cold face, "Suzuki-kun, what did you find?" ”

"No, but I always feel that something is wrong on the dirt slopes on both sides of the front, so let's send someone over to investigate." Katsuo Suzuki said with a frown, staring at the dirt slope in front of him.

"Are you afraid of being ambushed by the enemy here?" Fujiko Ichiro looked at Katsuo Suzuki contemptuously and said.

He didn't believe that the Chinese army had the ability to compete with his cavalry wing in the field, even if there was an ambush ahead, then he would have to go over and take a look.

With the maneuverability of their wing, even if they are ambushed by the enemy, then what is it.

"Suzuki-kun, if you look at this terrain for yourself, even if the Eighth Route Army puts a division on it, it will definitely be broken through by our cavalry wing. There is nothing to be afraid of, you forgot the Battle of Xinkou a few years ago, and a division of the Zhina Army was not broken through by us in this way. What's more, I don't think the ambush exists at all. Besides, don't forget that the only enemies operating in this vicinity are Dirt Eight Roads. "Fuji Ichiro hopes that someone will ambush them again, just in time to serve them in a pot and let himself fight happily.

"This." Katsuo Suzuki was speechless. Yes, even if there is really an ambush here by the Eighth Route Army, but with the few broken guns of the Eighth Route Army, why ambush their cavalry wing.

"Order the 3rd and 4th Squadrons, move at full speed and quickly pass the intersection ahead." Fujita Ichiro glanced at Katsuo Suzuki next to him, and then ordered directly.

Li Yunlong, who was on the dirt slope, saw this scene, the corners of his mouth not only turned up slightly, but also said happily: "As soon as you make a move, it will be five hundred cavalry, God, this is to make my old Li rich." ”

"Prepare for battle." Zhang Dabiao, who was guarding Li Yunlong's side, saw that he gave a direct order, and then he heard the sound of pulling the bolt of the gun.

More than 500 cavalry colleagues charged, the formation was not trivial, the roaring horses' hooves were deafening, and the earth was trembling slightly.

At this moment, the grass on the dirt slope was lifted in an instant, and the barrels of more than 80 light and heavy machine guns lit up at the same time.

The devil cavalry in the front row suddenly realized that something was wrong, but it was already late at this time. More than eighty light and heavy machine guns opened fire almost simultaneously and screamed.

The next moment, the devil cavalry at the front of the queue fell to the ground with screams. The war horse was shot while galloping, and due to inertia, it continued to fall forward, and the devil cavalry on horseback was thrown out, and then trampled into flesh by the horse's hooves behind.

Because the formation of the devil cavalry was very dense, the war horses behind were tripped by the war horses that fell to the ground in front.

For a time, the devil's riding array, under the dense bullets, the person who was shot turned over on his back. Behind the Japanese cavalry formation, Fujita Ichiro was just about to lead the remaining cavalry to continue advancing, when he suddenly saw the cavalry in front of him fall in pieces.

Immediately after hearing the sound of gunfire, Fujita Ichiro raised the telescope in his hand and saw sparks flickering like stars on the dirt slope.

Fujita Ichiro instantly understood that someone was ambushing him, and a lot of automatic fire was prepared for this, looking at the enemy's clothing, it was obviously the Dirt Eight Road, but there was one thing he didn't understand, why the Dirt Eight Road was equipped with so many light and heavy machine guns.

Suddenly, Fujita Ichiro's face became extremely ugly, and Suzuki Katsuo on the side asked anxiously, "Captain, what now?" "As expected, there are enemy ambushes above, and looking at this scene, the third and fourth squadrons of the cavalry are afraid that they are about to end.

Zhang Dabiao operated a Type 92 heavy machine gun, frantically outputting towards the devil cavalry, and just finished firing a magazine of 30 rounds, the ammunition hand next to him immediately inserted a 30-round bullet plate, and Zhang Dabiao immediately opened fire again.

Li Yunlong, who was watching, was itching, pushed away a machine gunner, and personally operated the heavy machine gun to shoot at the enemy. "Bullets." As soon as he finished firing a thirty-round magazine, Li Yunlong shouted loudly behind him.

The ammunition man immediately inserted the 30-round magazine into the machine gun, and as soon as Li Yunlong pulled the bolt, he immediately pressed the pressure iron of the heavy machine gun, and the heavy machine gun roared again.

More than eighty light and heavy machine guns roared continuously, throwing barrage after barrage at the enemy.

At first, the devil cavalry did not believe in evil and charged towards the dirt slope, but the cavalry charged uphill and downhill significantly slower than flat and downhill, not to mention, facing a firepower network composed of more than 80 light and heavy machine guns, even if it was flat and downhill, they could not rush forward at all.

The devil cavalry behind followed one after another, but they could only rush to a distance of one hundred and fifty meters at most, and at this time, most of the devils who broke into the ambush circle were dead.

The rest of the devil cavalry was finally scared, knowing that they couldn't rush forward, and if they stayed here, they would all be shot.

So they turned their horses' heads and ran towards the rear. Seeing this, Zhang Dabiao stood up from behind the machine gun position and shouted loudly: "All machine guns, based on the position of the machine gun, block the shooting at 400 meters, block the shooting." Hearing Zhang Dabiao's voice, the soldiers aimed their machine guns at a position of 400 meters.

The continuous stream of machine-gun bullets formed a barrage of death barrage at a distance of 400 meters from the machine-gun position.

Those devil cavalry who tried to turn around and flee failed to break through the barrage. Less than a tenth of the horses without the director crossed the top of the slope, and after the devil cavalry was shot and dismounted, the soldiers no longer pointed their guns at the horses.

But there were still many war horses, shot dead dozens of meters away from the machine gun position, and with the last devil being shot to the ground, the slope was already full of the corpses of the devil cavalry and war horses.

Seeing this scene, the Eighth Route Army and the devils were silent, and one of the devil cavalrymen seemed to be frightened, kneeling in the middle of the corpses of ghosts and war horses around them, crying and howling.

Without hesitation, Li Yunlong pressed the iron of the heavy machine gun, fired the remaining bullets in the magazine, and shot the devil cavalry into a blood sieve.

"Bagaya Road." Fujita Ichiro saw this scene in the telescope, and immediately croaked in anger, and his chest rose and fell.

In less than five minutes, more than 500 imperial warriors were shot and killed by the Eighth Route Army, and not only that, but the Eighth Route Army also shot the wounded soldiers in a grand manner.

It's a shame, it's a shame. If these Eighth Route Armies are all wiped out today, then I'm afraid that he Fujita Ichiro will end up with a seppuku apology.

After all, there were a total of 800 cavalry in their wing, but more than 500 were wiped out at once, how to explain to the commander when he went back, he didn't want to commit suicide.

"Wing Commander, the Eighth Route Army doesn't plan to leave, the machine guns are still in place, let's ask the garrison in Shouyang County for help, right?" Katsuo Suzuki, who was on the side, said to Fujita Ichiro through the binoculars while observing the position of the Eighth Route Army in front of him.

"Ask for help from the garrison in Shouyang County?" Fujita Ichiro frowned and said, "Could it be that we can wash away the shame of our cavalry wing by asking for help?" ”

"But the firepower of the Eighth Route Army is too fierce, and we can't rush up at all." Katsuo Suzuki said.

"Shut up, Suzuki-kun, do you want me to be a joke in the Imperial military world?" Hearing Fujita Ichiro's words, Suzuki Katsuo didn't say anything more, after all, Fujita Ichiro was angry, and even if he said it, he wouldn't listen.

………… At the same time, on the machine-gun positions of the new regiment. Li Yunlong looked at the war horses and the corpses of the Japanese soldiers all over the ground, and his whole mentality and mood were stable.

He even lit an old knife brand cigarette and took a puff, holding his right and middle fingers between them.

"See, no." Li Yunlong said loudly: "What kind of horse is elite, Lao Tzu is the elite." More than 80 light and heavy machine guns were placed at a distance of 400 meters, and it was not easy for the devil cavalry to come. hurriedly replenished my ammunition, and pressed the magazines, chains, and boards to Lao Tzu. The soldiers looked up at the slaughterhouse-like battlefield, and their mouths burst open with laughter.

This battle was fought too happily, each person operated a machine gun suddenly, and the feeling of seeing the devil cavalry fall in the rain of bullets, I have to say, it's not too cool.

Although the fight was very good, the consumption of bullets was also extremely staggering, and in less than five minutes, they had fired half of the number.

It was only after the last attack on the Huting stronghold that they captured a lot that they could fight such a rich battle.

Of course, the devil cavalry charged like this a few more times, and they couldn't eat it, but fortunately, one guy ate more than half of the enemy's troops, and there were not many devil cavalry left.

The Devil Cavalry Wing can only launch a charge at most.

"Commander, the devil hasn't left yet, what should we do?" Zhang Dabiao on the side asked out loud.

"See, Fujita, this old devil, must be unwilling and wants to wipe out our new group here." Li Yunlong was also a little uncertain at this time, what he was most afraid of was the little devil asking for help, but even if he was afraid, he couldn't retreat like this.

After all, the enemy is cavalry, and if he leads a new regiment of soldiers to retreat, the enemy will definitely press up, and when there is no dirt slope defense, and the infantry and cavalry are facing each other in the field, the side that suffers must be the infantry.

"Regiment commander, didn't the little devil want to bombard our machine-gun positions with artillery?" Zhang Dabiao on the side knew that there was an artillery squadron in the devil's cavalry wing, equipped with eight 97-type 90-millimeter mortars.

If the machine-gun position on your side is blown up by the little devils, it will not be easy. Even if there are few remaining little devils, it is extremely difficult, and maybe your side will suffer a big loss.

"What are you afraid of him for, isn't it just eight Type 97 mortars, don't forget, we have a 92 infantry gun, the reason why it was useless just now was to wait for the little devil to set up the mortar. We are not afraid of him using mortars now, we are afraid that he will ask for help. Li Yunlong said with a grin.

"I really forgot about the 92nd infantry gun when I patronized the machine gun position." Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Zhang Dabiao also laughed.

"Co-Captain." The devil's artillery captain stepped forward and saluted Fujita Ichiro and said.

"Immediately build an artillery position and blow up the machine-gun position of the Eighth Route Army for me." Fujita Ichiro was furious, and he didn't want to wait any longer.