"Kill me..." The speed of the cavalry assault was not affected by these casualties. The cavalry on horseback did not see the horse trap with their own eyes, and thought that the soldiers who fell to the ground were killed by the Eighth Route Army's machine guns.
They all pressed their bodies tightly against the horse's back to reduce the area hit by bullets. But there were too many horse traps on the ground. No matter how they tried to avoid bullets, the casualties of the troops were not reduced.
In order to prevent the war horse from tripping over the corpse, the surviving little devil had to slow down and dodge. As a result, the speed advantage of the cavalry was gone. Facing the light and heavy machine gun bullets flying towards them, more and more soldiers were hit.
Comprehensive casualties began to rise linearly. The captain rushed into the middle of the team, watching one after another of his subordinates turn over and fall from their horses, or even hit the ground together with their men and horses. The pain in his heart could not be described in words.
The eyes looking at the blocking position also turned red, and they wanted to rush forward and cut them into pieces.
At this time, a cry of surprise suddenly sounded beside him.
"Horse traps, sir, the Eighth Route Army dug a lot of horse traps on the ground, and we were fooled." The captain quickly looked at the ground.
After constant trampling by the cavalry, many wheat straws and corn stalks used to disguise the horse trap were overturned, revealing a one-foot-square hole.
He also saw a horse kicking on the ground not far away. The left front hoof was broken off by the horse pit, and the bones were exposed.
The cavalryman was pressed under his belly by the war horse. He didn't know whether he was unconscious or dead. He was motionless.
"Bagh Ya Road..." The captain finally understood why his subordinates suffered so many casualties. It turns out there is a trap on the ground.
Seeing that the casualties of the attacking troops exceeded 300, the idea of retreating suddenly came to mind. But it was quickly rejected by reason.
The fastest cavalry has reached a position less than 200 meters in front of the formation. The assault speed has also been increased to the extreme, and it can reach the enemy's blocking position in twenty seconds at most.
In melee combat, cavalry has a natural advantage over infantry. As long as one cavalry squadron breaks into the blocking position, the battle will be won.
The captain has great confidence in his cavalry. Even if the enemy dug a trap in the offensive position, he would still have the confidence to command the troops to advance into the blocking position.
If you continue to attack, the casualties will indeed be huge, but the final victory will definitely belong to you. If we retreat now, the more than 300 cavalrymen who fell to the ground will be lost in vain.
Unlike infantry, cavalry cannot turn around and run after receiving the order to retreat. They must slow down and stop before turning to retreat.
This series of actions takes several seconds. It seems very short, but on the battlefield, this time is enough for the enemy to destroy more than a hundred cavalry.
Not to mention returning without success, they also lost four to five hundred elite cavalry in vain. This is definitely an ending that the captain cannot accept.
In the next round of attack, the troops may have to lose several hundred people from the offensive position to this point, which the captain could not accept even more.
After a little thinking, you make a decision in your head. He pulled out his command knife and pointed forward and ordered: "The enemy is right in front, continue to attack forward."
"We will win if we get into the blocking position."
"Kill me..."......
"All light and heavy machine guns fire, riflemen shoot freely..." Kong Jie personally operated a heavy machine gun and ordered while holding the fire.
Hot bullet casings kept flying out of the barrel. The bullets on a feed plate will be empty in a few seconds, and the bullets will be fired forward at the fastest rate of fire.
Li Yunlong is even more exaggerated. The light machine gun is held in the arms and used as a submachine gun. It goes back and forth behind the bunker to reinforce. If there is a gap in the defense, it will stop and fire.
But there are too many Japanese cavalry. After killing the people in front, they immediately made up for it in the back. The total strength was at least 400 people.
The assault speed is also fast, reaching a hundred meters in front of the formation in the blink of an eye. According to the current killing speed, the two independent regiments can kill at most another two hundred people, and the Japanese cavalry will rush into the blocking position.
The remaining two hundred cavalry may not seem like many, but they should not be underestimated. If you go crazy, even if you can't take the blocking position, you can still severely damage the blocking troops.
Neither Kong Jie nor Li Yunlong could accept the loss of more than a thousand soldiers in order to eliminate two hundred cavalry.
Just as the two of them were fighting more and more anxiously, a string of flames suddenly appeared in the middle of the Japanese attacking troops. Orange-red flames wrapped in billowing smoke rose from the ground and spread out at an altitude of twenty to thirty meters, forming a huge mushroom cloud.
Thunderous explosions spread across the battlefield at the same time. Li Yunlong's tense nerves immediately relaxed, and the corners of his mouth were raised at the same time, with a happy expression on his face.
"It's a flying thunder cannon..."
"Hit the Japs attacking troops right in the middle..."
"This round of explosive charges will kill at least two hundred cavalry..."
"Hahaha……"
"The little devil in front of us is finished."
"Increase the firepower output of light and heavy machine guns...don't save bullets for me."
"Kill the little devil cavalry. I will replenish as many bullets as you need."
"Rifleman ready grenades."
"Kill the fish that slip through the net and rush to the front of the position." When Li Yunlong and Kong Jie surrounded and annihilated the remnants of the Japanese cavalry, the cavalry company of the Duer Regiment launched an attack at the same time.
More than a hundred cavalry formed a semi-circle and attacked from behind the Japanese. The Japanese captain was particularly unlucky.
Having just plucked up the courage, he commanded the troops to continue their assault, intending to capture the Eighth Route Army's blocking troops at all costs.
As soon as the order was issued, an explosive package the size of a millstone fell from the sky and hit him. In the violent explosion, the war horse weighing several hundred kilograms was blown over on the spot like a toy.
The captain was killed by the shock wave before he could vault his horse, and he fell to the ground together with his horse. ... On the railway five kilometers away, more than a thousand Japanese soldiers were advancing rapidly with tanks and armored trains.
The explosion of the thunder cannon shells was so loud that even though they were five kilometers away, the Japanese leader could still hear it clearly.
He glanced at the map and frowned. A solemn analysis: "Not good..."
"The sound of the exchange of fire came from five kilometers in front of us. The Tanwan stronghold there is still five kilometers away."
"Eighty percent of the cavalry troops were blocked."
"They are good at assault, not attack."
"We must fight over immediately and reinforce the Tanwan stronghold together."
"The marching speed of the troops must be accelerated, and all troops are ready for battle."
"We will join the battle when we get to the firefight point."......
"Damn it, what do machine gunners do? Why don't they take aim when plundering? Such good war horses were all beaten into pieces. I still expect them to form a cavalry battalion..." Li Yunlong looked at the corpses of war horses lying in front of him. He cursed with a heartbroken look on his face.
"Old Li..." Kong Jie ran over to comfort him from afar.
"Don't be dissatisfied."
"Thank God if we can kill more than a thousand cavalry. You guys still want to form a cavalry battalion. How can it be possible that all the benefits will fall on us?"
"Although the captured war horses are not many, it will definitely be no problem to gather a cavalry company for you."
"Tonight's battle has just begun here. Stop complaining. There is still a tough battle waiting for us."
