"What's on fire? Why is there smoke?"
The Japanese cavalry looked to their southeast in surprise, where some smoke drifted away.
The Japanese officer scolded: "Don't meddle in unnecessary business. Our goal is to supervise the corps."
"Hi!"
The Japanese soldiers did not dare to say anything more and could only bow and respond.
At the same time, the Little Japanese officer pointed his sword, and more than a thousand Little Japanese cavalry soldiers divided into three groups and rushed towards Shangguan's headquarters who were marching in a hurry.
At this moment, the earth shook, and it reached Shangguan Zhibiao's ears from a distance.
Shangguan Zhibiao looked into the distance and saw the little Japanese cavalry pressing over like a dark cloud. The iron hooves of the war horses struck the ground like an earthquake.
This is the sense of oppression of the cavalry. The cavalry has been severely suppressed in the age of firearms, but even so, the terrifying visual impact still makes every wartime palm sweaty.
At this time, Shangguan Zhibiao shouted: "Don't be afraid. Haven't the regiment already given us instructions on how to deal with the Japs' cavalry? The machine gun team is ready, and the artillery team is ready to meet the enemy. The rest of the people immediately cover the artillery and the wounded soldiers. Evacuate, quickly!”
"yes!"
The troops originally on the march quickly separated. More than 500 machine gunners formed more than 500 machine gun squads, and more than 100 artillerymen were behind the machine gunners ready to support at any time.
Everyone was kneeling on the ground, including machine gunners, ammunition carriers, snipers, and artillerymen.
And this is also one of the tactics of the Dragon Boat Festival. Compared with the cavalry, the target of the infantry is small, and if the little devil kneels in the grass and wants to confirm, it will be even more difficult to find the target.
This is the best tactic for dealing with cavalry. Of course, this requires you to have enough firepower.
Two battalions and more than 500 machine guns are not something that just a random unit can accomplish. I'm afraid the only one who can do this is the Supervisory Team.
Machine gunners and artillery quickly entered combat mode. But at this time, the little devils didn't know what happened, but suddenly felt that their enemies seemed to have become fewer.
However, this did not affect their performance. Their three cavalry teams were drawing a northwest arc, chasing the wounded soldiers and artillerymen who were running rapidly.
But they fell into another trap set by Dragon Boat Festival. If the Japs charge head-on, the target will look much smaller. But if the little devil is facing you from the side, both the war horse and the person will become about 1.5 times larger than before.
This way the hit rate will be higher.
Shangguan Zhibiao kept staring at the Japanese with his binoculars, calculating the distance of the cavalry:
"500 meters, 400 meters, 300 meters, 200 meters, shoot!"
When the little Japanese cavalry was less than 200 meters away from the machine gun position, Shangguan Zhibiao immediately ordered to fire.
The machine gunner near the Shangguan sign opened fire first, shouting loudly: "Shoot!"
The machine gunner positions are spread out. Shangguan Zhibiao's voice could not reach the ears of every machine gunner.
Therefore, the sound of gunfire was an order, and the machine gunner conveyed Shangguan Zhibiao's orders one after another.
So within a few seconds all the machine gunners pulled the triggers, and the artillerymen also fired at the little devil at this moment.
The machine gun bullets only formed a fire net in an instant, and the artillery shells fell in the gaps between the machine gun bullets and exploded.
The little devil cavalrymen were shot and fell off their horses one after another, but more of the horses were hit.
As the old saying goes, shoot the horse first before shooting the man. If the war horse is beaten to death, the little devil will fall off and be trampled to death by the war horse behind.
The captain of the Japanese Cavalry followed the team at the end, and the sudden appearance of the machine gunner really caught him off guard.
He never expected that their enemies would hide and ambush him instead of fleeing.
And why are there so many machine guns?
His cavalry seemed to be swallowed up by a huge net of bullets in an instant.
The devouring speed was very fast, and hundreds of Japanese cavalry fell off their horses the moment the machine gun sounded. The casualties of war horses were close to one-third of the entire cavalry regiment.
The little devil's cavalry regiment is about half of the infantry regiment, and the total does not exceed 1,600 men and 1,600 horses.
At this time, nearly one-third of the cavalry was lost in a very short period of time, and the captain of the 18th Cavalry Regiment was absolutely confused.
However, this old devil was quite experienced. After discovering that the enemy was on his flank, he immediately ordered the cavalry to charge towards the machine gunners.
There is less than two hundred meters between the two, and the cavalry can reach the machine gunner with a single charge.
For infantry, as long as the cavalry rushes over, the opponent will definitely lose.
It's just that the little devil captain thought very well, but he ignored a fatal problem.
The cavalry was originally charging, and it was simply impossible to change the direction of the charge quickly.
So just when the little Japs turned their horses' heads and wanted to rush back again, the machine gunners killed another group of Japs, and the Japs' horses also suffered more casualties.
"The sharpshooter is ready, cover the machine gunner to change the magazine."
At this moment, Shangguan Zhibiao roared again, and the machine gunner quickly retreated, holding the machine gun and waiting for the ammunition hand to load. At the same time, more than 500 sharpshooters came forward to shoot down the little devil's war horses.
The war horses were shot, and they all stumbled and fell to the ground, knocking off the little devils one by one.
At this time, the little Japanese cavalry saw that the entire battlefield was filled with the corpses of their own people, and they were also panicking.
But they had no way out at this time. The Japs who were still alive continued to charge on their war horses, while the Japs who were still alive on the ground also ran among the horses and rushed towards the machine gunners.
At this time, artillery had no effect.
Some of them were holding grenades and others were holding cannonballs, ready to rush forward and die with the little devils at any time.
Because everyone knows how terrifying the little devil cavalry is. As long as the war horses rush into the position, none of them will be spared and will all die under the iron hooves of the little devil.
The sharpshooters had already begun to put bayonets on their rifles. The Japs were too close, less than fifty meters away from them, and they might be able to rush over in an instant.
Although most of the little devil's cavalry was lost at this time, there were still more than 500 horses. And with so many war horses charging over, one can imagine the consequences.
Even Shangguan Zhibiao was ready to die in battle at this time. He pulled out the Browning pistol from his waist and was already aiming at the charging Japanese.
Just at this moment, a loud shout suddenly came. At this critical moment, a machine gunner had already finished loading.
Although it took a while, his bullets were finally full.
The little devil's crooked machine gun, with 30 rounds of ammunition, was pointed at the roaring little devil cavalry, and he pulled the trigger crazily! .
(End of chapter)
