Li Yunlong led his cavalry company to the highway to intercept the Japanese cavalry.
In less than half an hour, the ambush location was chosen.
The open space about 100 meters wide is convenient for cavalry to deploy.
On both sides of the road are soil slopes about two meters high.
Li Yunlong said to Sun Desheng: "Sun Desheng, I hand over the command of this battle to you, and even I will obey your command."
"Captain." Sun De's face turned bitter, "Aren't you making things difficult for me? How dare I order you?"
"What are you talking about?" Li Yunlong glared, "I've never been a cavalry officer, how do you know how to command cavalry in battle?"
Although Li Yunlong has never been in the cavalry, he has been a regiment commander for several years. He often rides horses, and his riding skills are better than most of the soldiers in the cavalry company.
Of course, there is no comparison with a veteran like Sun Desheng who has been in the cavalry for ten years.
Not only was his riding skills incomparable to Sun Desheng's, but even commanding cavalry in battle was not Li Yunlong's forte.
Beat gongs and sell candies, each doing his own job.
In terms of infantry tactical command ability, even the five Sun Deshengs could not keep up with Li Yunlong.
Li Yunlong then asked: "Tell me, how are you going to fight this battle?"
Sun Desheng carefully examined the terrain and said.
"Captain, the terrain here is not dangerous, and the Japanese cavalry will probably not be able to conduct reconnaissance."
"I'm going to put 60 cavalry in front to attract the attention of the Japanese cavalry."
"The advantage of this is that when the Japanese see that we only have 60 cavalry and they have more cavalry than us, they will definitely choose to fight us."
"Eight light machine guns were placed, four on each side, forming side-firing crossfire."
"The remaining 30 or so cavalry should be hidden behind the slope over there. After the front and cavalry begin to clash, they will then rush out from the rear wing and attack from both sides to annihilate the Japanese."
Li Yunlong listened to Sun Desheng's plan and carefully observed the terrain, feeling that there was nothing wrong with it.
So he nodded and said: "The key to this battle is whether the light machine guns on both sides can kill half of the Japanese cavalry. Therefore, the machine gunners ambushing on both sides must be hidden and no flaws should be exposed. In addition, let the machine gunners only shoot as much as possible." Japs, don’t shoot all my troops and horses to death.”
"This battle is the first battle since the formation of our new cavalry company."
"You must show off your skills and annihilate all this group of Japanese cavalry. When I get back, I will give credit to your cavalry company."
"Yes!" Seeing that the regiment leader agreed to his battle plan, Sun Desheng looked slightly happy, turned around and went to lay out the battle plan.
All the cavalry are Li Yunlong's treasures. There are currently 103 cavalry in the cavalry company. Each cavalry is equipped with the same Yunlong knife and Type 44 rifle, and carries 100 rounds of rifle ammunition when going out.
In addition, it is also equipped with 8 Czech light machine guns, and each machine gunner carries 500 rounds of machine gun ammunition.
In the future, Li Yunlong also plans to expand the cavalry company into a cavalry battalion, with a machine gun company and a mortar platoon under its jurisdiction.
By then the firepower of the cavalry battalion will far exceed that of the Japanese cavalry squadron.
Sun Desheng called the three platoon leaders and quickly issued the battle deployment order.
The organization of cavalry is different from that of infantry. Generally, a cavalry regiment can be considered as long as there are more than 600 cavalry.
A cavalry brigade with more than 1,200 cavalry is called a cavalry brigade, and a cavalry division with more than 2,000 cavalry is considered a cavalry division.
Although the Japanese cavalry regiment usually only has more than 1,000 cavalry, facing the Chinese army with sparse firepower, it can easily overwhelm a brigade from the front.
The cavalry horses are not ordinary horses used for transportation in the infantry, but war horses.
A horse is a good horse if it is not frightened by artillery fire on the battlefield, but such a horse can only bear the responsibility of transportation on the battlefield.
To become a war horse, the horse first needs to absolutely obey the owner's orders and even charge towards the enemy's artillery fire.
This is why the brigade commander came to fight Qiufeng immediately after learning that Li Yunlong had captured 300 horses from a cavalry battalion.
Three minutes later, Sun Desheng walked up to Li Yunlong and said: "Report to the regiment commander that the combat deployment has been issued. Please go to the designated ambush location, comrade commander."
"What designated ambush location?" Li Yunlong asked, "I want to learn the sword skills of the Japanese cavalry from the front."
With a smile, Sun Desheng said: "Captain, I'm sorry, the command of everyone here is now in my hands, including you, the commander. You said this yourself."
"Political Commissar Zhao has said that if the commander's orders are changed day by day, it is a kind of exploitation of the command power."
"Captain, look at how educated Political Commissar Zhao is, and how well he uses words such as changing orders day and night and exploiting."
Li Yunlong glared: "Fart, political commissar Zhao is as educated as I am?"
But after all, it was his own order, and Li Yunlong was too embarrassed to change his words at this time.
Li Yunlong asked: "Where is my ambush location?"
Sun Desheng replied: "I will lead 60 cavalry to attract the Japanese from the front. Commander, you will lead 30 cavalry to outflank the enemy from the rear flank."
Li Yunlong took the Yunlong knife and walked towards the previously agreed-upon slope.
The soldiers were already ready behind the slope. When they saw the regiment leader coming to fight alongside them, they all cheered up.
These cavalrymen were all veterans selected by Sun Desheng from each battalion who could ride horses. After more than two months of special training by Sun Desheng, they have now become real cavalrymen.
Li Yunlong was a restless master. While waiting for the Japanese cavalry, he told several battle stories from his Red Army days, which attracted low-pitched cheers from the soldiers.
The atmosphere of the impending battle no longer seemed so tense.
Two hours flew by.
Seeing that the sun was heading west.
The scout cavalry lookout post on the hillside in front finally sent out a signal that the Japanese cavalry was coming.
After about 3 minutes, the rumble of horse hooves began.
A group of Japanese cavalry wearing yellow jerseys, carrying Type 44 rifles and Type 32 cavalry swords on their waists, appeared on the horizon of the highway.
The cavalry wing generally does not have a cavalry brigade, but is composed of a cavalry squadron, a cavalry artillery squadron and a machine gun squadron.
The leader is Major Takeshima Suda, commander of the 2nd Squadron of the Kuroshima Cavalry Regiment.
Although Wu Dao did not bring all the cavalry of the second squadron, these more than 80 elite cavalry are still a force that cannot be underestimated.
Just as Sun Desheng expected.
Takeshima Suda came to visit the Kotei stronghold this time. The new commander stationed at the Kotei stronghold, Captain Fujikoichiro, and Major Takeshima are friends from the same hometown. They are both from Hiroshima.
The cavalrymen of the Kuroshima Cavalry Regiment, including Takeshima Suda, are all murderous guys. They often use Chinese civilians and prisoners of war for chopping and shooting training.
They put the captured prisoners of war and civilians on the open ground and untied the ropes, and then the cavalry chased them, slashing with sabers and shooting with rifles and cavalry.
"Stop advancing!" Suddenly, Takeshima Suda at the front noticed the Eighth Route Cavalry in front of him, and then he reached up and clenched his fist hard, making a gesture to stop advancing.
The more than 80 riders following behind tightened their reins at the same time, and there was a neighing sound from the big Japanese horses under their legs.
In the blink of an eye, more than 80 Japanese cavalrymen came to a sudden stop, quickly advanced to a stationary movement, and it only took a few seconds.
This alone is enough to show that this Japanese cavalry is a well-trained elite.
Takeshima Suda looked at the Eighth Route Army Cavalry about 300 meters away with their sabers raised, and his eyes narrowed slightly, and a killing intent instantly filled the air.
80 versus 60, the advantage is mine.
(End of chapter)
