"Chief of Staff Li, the little devils are coming in a large group. The cavalry here cannot be deployed, and the cavalry regiment is difficult to deal with."
"How about setting up an ambush in the mountain forest where you are walking your horse, and leading the little devils there to annihilate them!"
The idea of a map appeared in Gao Jianwu's mind as soon as he thought about it, and he quickly revealed the nearest terrain. The place where the cavalry regiment was hiding was in the middle of three mountains. It was a wide place, and more than a thousand horses could be well hidden. If the Japs were introduced there, , attacking downward from the mountains on three sides will take advantage of the terrain.
"Yes, correspondent, order the second and third battalions to take the horses from their hiding places and ambush them on the two mountains on the left and right. The first battalion will go back to me and ambush on the middle mountain!" Chief of Staff Li changed his battle plan.
"Go tell the regiment leader to lead the enemy to where we hide our horses!"
After speaking, Chief of Staff Li said to the cavalryman who reported the news.
Gao Jianwu led the commando team and followed the first battalion of the cavalry regiment back to the mountain just now. He began to call the mountain artillery battalion to prepare. He quickly calculated the elements for bombarding the little devil and preset the bombardment coverage. If he hadn't happened to meet him at the right time, the cavalry regiment might have struggled this time. .
You must know that a cavalry regiment is only over a thousand years old. There is no cavalry charge here, and the horses have become a burden. They can only dismount and use them as infantry.
Although the weapons and equipment of the Cavalry Regiment have been greatly strengthened by Gao Jianwu, and the Cavalry Regiment is equipped with more than 30 machine guns and 4 mortars, the Little Devils' brigade has slightly more weapons, equipment and numbers than the Cavalry Regiment.
In terms of tactical coordination, the well-trained little devils are much stronger than the cavalry regiment.
If Gao Jianwu was not here, even if the cavalry regiment could win this battle, it would be a miserable victory.
A miserable victory in which both sides suffer losses. Because no one in the cavalry regiment can bear the heavy responsibility of artillery observation and command, even if the mountain artillery battalion is nearby, it is useless.
As long as the mountain artillery battalion cannot directly observe the enemy and test the distance, then artillery support cannot be provided.
But now, the mountain artillery battalion that had just replenished ammunition had Gao Jianwu's human-shaped map hanging as a guide, and the accuracy of the artillery bombardment was frighteningly high. As long as the little Japanese brigade entered near the forest in front, it would be a trap.
"Chief of Staff Li, the Japs will be lured over later. Don't rush to open fire on the two wings. It is up to you to open fire and lead the Japs completely into the forest." After Gao Jianwu was fully prepared, he said to Chief of Staff Li.
The little devil arrived in a hurry, so he probably didn't have enough time to scout everywhere.
After Chief of Staff Li's battalion opened fire and exposed its firepower, in the eyes of the little devil, it was just a battalion size. The guards of the same mountain artillery battalion were usually equipped accordingly. Who would have thought that Gao Jianwu would directly deploy a cavalry regiment to defend it? With a mountain artillery camp?
Commander Liu was reassured when he heard the cavalry messenger reporting that Gao Jianwu was here!
Calmly leading the cavalry squad, they gradually sneaked the little devil to the woods at the foot of the mountain where they were usually hidden.
The leader of the pursuing kid squad, Tsuchise Akijo, Shao Zuo, observed the terrain ahead and felt a little uneasy. He pressed down the brigade and sent out a squadron to continue the pursuit. When they reached the foot of the mountain, sure enough, a large number of gunshots rang out from the mountain. There was a sound, Tsuchise Miancheng observed it with a telescope for a moment, and a grin appeared on his face.
"Kill me!" Tsuchase Miancheng pulled out his command sword and howled loudly towards the front.
Although Tubal Road, a mere battalion, had more machine guns, with 10 or so, but relying on this little firepower to block a large group of them, the other side was really overthinking.
More than a thousand little devils swarmed into a skirmish attack formation and entered the forest to attack the position of the first cavalry battalion on the mountain!
Heavy machine guns and 90mm small steel cannons were found and set up at about 1,000 meters away, and began to provide fire cover for the attacking Japs. Light machine guns and grenade launchers followed the attacking soldiers and began to target the machine gun fire points of the cavalry regiment's position.
Gao Jianwu saw that the enemy had basically entered the artillery coverage circle and immediately ordered the artillery fire!
Almost instantly, the artillery shells fell into the dense formation of skirmishers of the little Japs. One round of shelling blew up hundreds of the unprepared little Japs!
Because the distance was too short, the shells flew in the air for less than 3 seconds, and ordinary people couldn't react at all, not to mention that it was still a battlefield in full swing.
"Oops! The enemy's mountain artillery camp is nearby!" Tsuchase Kanjo was surprised and happy. He quickly sent a report to report his findings, then blew the bugle and launched a desperate charge!
At this moment, Tsuchase Mikijo chose to fight hard and bring the battle to the cavalry regiment position to form a stalemate to avoid shelling!
Theoretically speaking, Tsuchase Kanjo was not wrong at all. Retreating at this moment was of little significance. Soldiers with two legs would definitely not be able to outrun the shells, and retreating would be a dead end.
Only by desperately moving forward and stalemate with the cavalry regiment can we gain a chance of survival.
He has a large number of people, and his firepower is not bad. There are more than a thousand people in the cavalry regiment and several hundred people in the cavalry regiment. If they pile up people, the cavalry regiment will be killed!
However, how could Gao Jianwu allow him to do so? After observing the command position and machine gun position of Tsuchase Kanjo, four mountain cannons came to cover his position in the second round of bombardment, immediately destroying his heavy machine gun squadron and artillery. The squadron directly reimbursed most of it!
Tsuchase Mikijo was directly shot through the heart by shell fragments on the spot, and was instantly reimbursed!
At the same time, the little Japs who rushed up from the hail of bullets faced more than 100 Type 43 assault rifles from the commando team. The excitement they had just generated was instantly extinguished by Song Tiecheng and others with a new round of bullets!
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"Red deer! These Tubal soldiers are so cunning!" The little Japanese squadron leader who led the charge couldn't help but complain before he died.
After another artillery bombardment, Gao Jianwu saw that there were not many Japs left in the field, and immediately asked Chief of Staff Li to blow the charge horn. In an instant, the cavalry regiment and commandos launched a charge! Song Tiecheng got a lot of opportunities this time and ran faster than anyone else. When the three parties surrounded him, the remaining little Japs couldn't resist them at all.
When encountering Gao Jianwu and the cavalry regiment, they didn't take prisoners very much. This battle directly killed a whole group of little Japs! Gao Jianwu dropped dozens of boxes of ammunition next to Tosegan Castle, which just replenished the cavalry regiment's consumption!
There is no time to clean up the remaining guns now. After replenishing the machine guns and grenade launchers, we will save them for after the war.
Now, Gao Jianwu must take them for a big move. The little devil must report the location here. It is extremely unsafe for the Shanpao Battalion to stay here.
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Kenji Kojo received the telegram from Tsuchase Kanjo and immediately forwarded it to the crew of the Type 1 land attack aircraft hovering in the sky. Not long after, the Type 1 land attack aircraft flew to the place where Tsuchase Kanjo's brigade was annihilated. The crew reported to the division After confirming the situation of Tsuchase Akijo's brigade, he began to lower his altitude and search the area carefully!
800 meters, nothing found.
600 meters, still no discovery.
400 meters away, the crew discovered horses that were disappearing and appearing in the forest!
And the number is huge, at least more than a hundred!
The crew was excited, this should be the mules and horses of the artillery battalion.
After telegraphing the discovery to the division, the crew began to attempt an attack on the ground.
Although the mountain cannon has not yet seen its shadow, if the enemy's mules and horses are eliminated first, the enemy's mountain cannon will not be able to move. Even if the mountain cannon is hundreds of kilograms, even if it is disassembled into parts, it cannot be moved by humans.
Gao Jianwu looked at the Type 1 land attack aircraft hovering above his head and knew that this would happen sooner or later. The cavalry regiment and the mountain artillery battalion had more than a thousand horses and mules. It was impossible to hide in the mountains and forests without leaving any trace. As long as the enemy's If the fighter plane lowers its altitude, it will be exposed sooner or later after being locked on the general area.
Gao Jianwu frowned. Unlike Type 97 fighter planes with large white menus, Type 97 aircraft could not stay in the air for long. The round trip distance after takeoff accounted for almost half of his flight range. Here, he could only shoot all the bullets. Have to return.
But when the Type 1 land attack aircraft looked at its size, Gao Jianwu knew that it had at least several times the range of a small mosquito like the Type 97.
That's like sticking around like a stick.
A nearby map flashed in Gao Jianwu's mind, and after a quick search, a canyon called Dacaogou appeared in his mind.
That’s it!
Gao Jianwu looked at the map on the map with towering peaks on both sides of Dacaogou, forming a grand canyon several hundred meters deep. The middle of the canyon was two to three hundred meters wide and nearly 3 kilometers long.
This place is just over one kilometer away from the original position of the Shanpao Battalion. Gao Jianwu looked at the path shown on the map and made a decision in his heart.
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"Gumon-kun, the air force has found traces of the mountain artillery camp reported by Tsuchase Kanjo, and it has now been captured." Kenji Kojo said to Gumon Ikki with great relief, "The threat of this mountain artillery camp is too great. A large team from Sekan City held on for less than half an hour."
Kenji Kojo seems to have restored the scene of the destruction of the Tsuchase Kanjo brigade. Under the bombardment of the mountain artillery, Tsuchase Kanjo was helpless, and then was destroyed by the infantry guarding the mountain artillery battalion on the Tubal Road. From this, it is speculated that there is a powerful force next to the mountain artillery battalion. of infantry. In Kenji's opinion, it should be close to the size of a main force group.
If it weren't for artillery alone, it would be impossible to eliminate one of his own brigade so quickly.
"The enemy's infantry and artillery coordination is quite strong this time. Mr. Xiangcheng, since the air force has captured the enemy's mountain artillery battalion, I suggest that two Type 1 land attack aircraft be transferred to deal with the mountain artillery battalion with all their strength." Ikki Gumon suggested. , he also wanted to put other fighters into the battle to wipe out the mountain artillery battalion, but except for the Type 1 land attack aircraft, the other fighters did not have the ability to communicate in real time with the air and ground!
Xiangcheng Kenji nodded. The top priority was indeed the Eighth Route Mountain Artillery Battalion. To wipe out a large group in half an hour is really scary. The efficiency is astonishing.
Although there is a lot of bad news in other battlefields, and several brigades are about to be driven to the edge by the enemy, but after the arrival of fighter planes, relying on air superiority, they are now moving back bit by bit.
Facing the enemy on the hilltop, both bombing and machine gun fire are very effective. Each round of air force attack is the key to reversing the unfavorable situation.
Now, as long as the performance of the enemy's mountain artillery battalion is limited, Xiangcheng Kenji feels that there is still a chance to move back on the battlefield!
