Facing Deng Wen's prepared retreat, Liu Lang smiled slightly, pointed to a place on the map not far from here, and whispered a few words.

Deng Wen's eyes opened suddenly, he looked at Liu Lang in disbelief, and after a long time, he shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Commander Liu fought a few battles in Luo Wenyu, although the Eighth Division was beaten to the ground, but everyone only saw Commander Liu's strength in arranging fortifications, even if Commander Liu surprised the heavy artillery of the Eighth Division in one fell swoop, most people also blamed the defeat of the Eighth Division on the negligence of the enemy commander, but until today, I don't know that if you give Commander Liu the strength of an army, no, it is a division, and the Eighth Division have a field battle in a dignified manner, and the Eighth Division may not be able to eat and walk around. ”

After speaking, he sighed and added, "Commander Liu, it is really the most suitable soldier for a soldier that I Deng Wen has ever seen." ”

"No, speaking of which, Commander Deng is the most talented cavalry commander I Liu Lang has ever seen." Liu Lang complimented him back.

"Haha, are we flattering each other?" Deng Wen was happy after relaxing. "I'm still a little strange, why is Regiment Commander Liu so confident in me Deng Wen, you know, although the Eighth Division is a remnant, there are nearly 7,000 infantry, and I, but only more than 1,000 cavalry!"

"I won't say beautiful things like Commander Deng dedicating himself to serving the country and the people, and the reason why I have the confidence to come to Commander Deng to trouble the Eighth Division is very simple, Commander Deng fought at Jiangqiao." Liu Lang said very bluntly.

"Oh? Tell me about it? The expression on Deng Wen's face remained unchanged, but the pride in his eyes still jumped on.

The Battle of Jiangqiao was actually the most glorious battle of Deng Wen's military brigade in his life, and this battle sent him to the position of brigade commander and army commander.

The reason why the Jiangqiao War of Resistance was hailed by the whole world as the "first shot of anti-fascism" in later generations was that the Chinese military and civilians headed by Ma Zhanshan turned the Japanese on the banks of the Nenjiang River in China.

Even the Japanese did not expect that they had planes, artillery and even tanks, and they were blocked by the Chinese they looked down on for fifteen days at the river bridge, with heavy casualties.

Among them, what made the Japanese army feel the most pain was that the 2nd Cavalry Wing, the ace cavalry unit of the Kwantung Army on the banks of the Nenjiang River, was defeated and lost in a duel with a cavalry brigade of the Chinese defenders.

The establishment of a cavalry wing of the Japanese army was about 3,000 people, and the cavalry brigade under Ma Zhanshan at that time was said to be a brigade, but in fact, it was more appropriate to say that it was a regiment, and it was less than 3,000 people, which was not much different from the number of horses and men.

At that time, Deng Wen was a small battalion commander of this cavalry brigade, and there were only three or four hundred brothers under his command.

However, judging from the horses and equipment sitting on both sides, the Chinese cavalry at that time could not be compared with the 2nd Wing. The horses of the Japanese army are all improved high-headed horses, which are the so-called Oriental horses, while on the Chinese side, they are basically dominated by smaller Mongolian horses, which are congenitally shorter.

In addition to the fact that the horses are not good, the equipment is also far behind.

After the First World War, the massive use of machine guns led countries to begin to reduce their cavalry units. The reason is very simple, in the face of the dense ammunition of machine guns, the once invincible cavalry has become a live target, and the cost of cavalry is much higher than that of infantry, so it is inevitable that this type of army will be gradually eliminated.

However, both China and the Japanese army have chosen to retain the traditional branch of cavalry, the reason is also very simple, these two are slightly different from the Western powers, their opponents do not have so many machine guns, the Japanese army has a squad of two light machine guns has made the Chinese army red, where is the Chinese company only one light machine gun crying?

To put it bluntly, compared with the Western powers that have moved towards mechanized troops, the first-line firepower of the two Eastern countries can only be the eldest brother laughing at the second, and one is slightly better than the other.

There are two kinds of cavalry, one is called "light cavalry", and the other is called "lancers" and "dragoons".

The so-called "lancers" can be summed up in 8 words, that is, "march on horseback, dismount and fight". In other words, cavalry units often take advantage of their rapid mobility to reach their designated positions, and then the cavalry has to dismount and fight, in effect becoming infantry again. And the "light cavalry" was different, they marched on horseback, and they fought on horseback.

To put it bluntly, the "light cavalry" is the combat mode of the cavalry in ancient times, except for the extra short rifle, when charging, fire two shots at the opponent, and then carry the saber to cut people.

Both types of cavalry have their own advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage of the "lancers" is that in wartime, at least a third of the men must be assigned to look at the horses, on the one hand, the number of combatants is greatly reduced, and on the other hand, these horses are the soft underbelly of the enemy's attack. The "light cavalry" did not have this problem, but when they attacked on horseback, the target was too large, and the casualties were large.

Of course, both China and Japan chose "lancers" to avoid encountering the enemy's heavily guarded defensive positions and to have a certain combat effectiveness, so that they would not have to attack the machine guns of others stupidly. Both countries are relatively poor, and they don't dare to engage in that kind of ruined thing.

For example, the 2nd Cavalry Wing of the Kwantung Army, in addition to cavalry, is also equipped with a machine gun squadron and an infantry artillery brigade, which can be used as an infantry wing to fight at any time, and the entire cavalry that can fight on horseback is actually only 2,000 people.

However, the cavalry brigades on the Chinese side are much poorly equipped, except that each person is equipped with a horse gun, that is, a slender saber per person, and they have only seven or eight machine guns and two or three mortars.

In other words, judging from the situation at that time, no matter how you look at it, the ace cavalry units of the Kwantung Army can also crush the Chinese cavalry on the opposite side, which is about the same number as them.

2000 cavalry versus 2000 cavalry, the largest cavalry duel in the Far East of China began on the banks of the Nenjiang River in China.

At this point, it was time for Deng Wen, who was the most radiant in this battle, although he fought with the Japanese with the heart of death, but Deng Wen didn't want to die in vain, so he made a suggestion to the cavalry brigade commander at that time. Perhaps Deng Wen's performance in this battle was too radiant, and even the history books did not record the name of his cavalry brigade commander, because after this battle, Deng Wen was directly promoted to the commander of the cavalry brigade.

Deng Wen's suggestion was actually not complicated, and he directly asked a cavalry regiment of 800 people to line up and make it look like he was going to attack the Japanese army.

The commander of the 2nd Cavalry Wing of the Japanese Army, Nishitake Daisa, immediately believed it.

They are lancers, in addition to horses, machine guns and even infantry guns, but the Chinese army on the opposite side looks like poor "light cavalry", and charging with sabers on their horses is not their only option! The formation put forward by Deng Wen is a typical light cavalry attack tactic.

Unbeknownst to him, the Chinese cavalry brigade actually ambushed all the belongings of the cavalry brigade on both sides of the cavalry, eight machine guns and three mortars, and nearly 800 dismounted cavalrymen armed with rifles. Moreover, they were given the order that when the Japanese cavalry rushed up, they would use all the bullets on their bodies.

For the Chinese army, which is not rich in bullets, its subtext is a bit like the classic line of Li Yunlong, the "Bright Sword" TV series that is familiar to 90% of Chinese: "Dog day, the days are over." ”

PS: I would like to dedicate this chapter to the heroes and soldiers who fired the first shot of the anti-fascist "Jiangqiao War of Resistance", the Republic will not forget, you should be immortal.