"Report, we have lost contact with the Qingchuan troops in Gaoyou City......"

In the mighty marching procession of the Sano detachment, which was advancing north along the Shaobogong Highway, the leader of the major general's detachment, Taro Sano, received the news of the fall of Takayou.

They lost contact with the defenders of Gaoyou City, and the situation is self-evident, the defenders of Gaoyou have been completely annihilated, and the head of Gaoyou City at this moment may have planted the blue sky and white sun flag.

"Order, all departments are moving forward at full speed, and stay in Gaoyou tonight!"

"Send a report to the artillery brigade, cavalry brigade and other troops that are assembling in Yangzhou, and order them to quickly go north to Gaoyou to join me——"

After receiving the news of the fall of Gaoyou, the Sano detachment, which was slowing down the march, suddenly accelerated its speed as if it had been beaten with chicken blood, and swooped towards Gaoyou Castle.

Now that Taro Sano has more than enough reason to boost morale, and the corpses of those Imperial soldiers who died in the battle of Gaoyoucheng will make every soldier angry, and make them turn hatred into combat effectiveness, then this battle will be won for the first time.

The mighty devil marching troops were crowded, and the cold steel helmets shone with a ghostly light, and the people of the villages along the way saw the devils coming, and they were so frightened that they scattered and fled.

But this time, the devil soldiers didn't care about looting the villages along the way, and their target was Gaoyou, the Chinese army in Gaoyou City.

The leader of the major general's detachment, Taro Sano, had a sneer on his face, and when his troops suddenly appeared under Gaoyou Castle, those people who celebrated the victory would probably drop their jaws in surprise.

But he not only wanted to shock these Chinese soldiers, but also to kill, and Sano Taro had always believed that the occupation policy formulated by the Central China Dispatch Command was too weak to allow the guerrillas to be unscrupulous.

In his opinion, only the conquest by force and the bloody slaughter can deter those who are in China, and it is necessary to make an example of all those who support the guerrillas, otherwise the occupied areas will always be in chaos, and they will be restrained and consumed a lot of their troops, so that they will fall into the quagmire of war.

In the past, he did not have the opportunity to lead the troops into battle, but this time, he personally commanded seven brigades of heavy troops to press the Sulu theater of operations, and he wanted to sweep the Chinese soldiers in the Sulu area with a thunderous force to show his command skills and show the iron and blood methods of the empire.

When the devil advanced towards Gaoyou at full speed, the cavalry reconnaissance squadron galloping in front of the large army had already begun to meet with the Chinese cavalry reconnaissance company that was heading south to investigate.

In the densely networked Lianghuai region, there are so many rivers and ditches that irrigate farmland that the roads are confined by various bridges.

In such a terrain operation, the cavalry was also greatly restricted, and could not charge and maneuver on a large scale like the cavalry under the command of General Fu Zuoyi in the northern region.

The cavalry reconnaissance company under the Sulu Guerrilla Corps, which went south to Shaobo Town to investigate, was expanded by the communications squad, and generally carried out the task of defending the commander and reconnaissance, and rarely engaged the devil cavalry head-on.

"Platoon commander, look, devil cavalry!"

As soon as the officers and men of the more than 20 cavalry reconnaissance companies turned around a forest, they saw a ghost cavalry stationed on their horses not far away, holding binoculars and looking around to reconnoitre.

And these devil cavalry who went out to reconnoiter the enemy's situation were also shocked, they didn't expect to encounter Chinese cavalry here, and they were shocked and drew their guns and swords, as if they were facing a big enemy.

After all, in the Chinese army, except for many veteran troops in North China who have cavalry, most Chinese troops are not equipped with cavalry, after all, cavalry horses need a lot of money, and they really can't afford it.

Another important reason was that the terrain in the south was not suitable for large-scale cavalry operations, and in this era of long-range weapons dominated warfare, cavalry was already outdated.

In the right terrain, a heavy machine gun with enough bullets can wipe out a full-fledged cavalry battalion, so the cavalry is not as powerful as it used to be.

The reason why the Chinese army and the devil's army now retain the cavalry system is to make up for the lack of mobility, after all, they are not mechanized troops.

In the north, the Chinese army used cavalry as the main battle force, and in the south, it was used for defense and reconnaissance missions, and rarely confronted it head-on.

The devil cavalry spotted the Chinese cavalry in their field of vision, they were very fast, and after a little shock, they rode their horses and pounced, and even feared that the Chinese cavalry would escape, and sent five cavalry from the farmland on the flank to try to cut off the retreat.

"Platoon commander, what should I do?"

Seeing that the devil cavalry had already pounced, the cavalry of the reconnaissance company began to get nervous.

After all, they had very few opportunities to fight head-on with the devil cavalry, and the fierceness of the devil made them always have an unstrict fear of the devil in their hearts, which was the same as the psychology of many Chinese army officers and soldiers during this period.

"Let's run......" Some officers and soldiers have already begun to retreat, after all, they are here to investigate, and they can't fight with devils.

"Just a few little devils dare to rush at us, the dog day is too arrogant!"

The reconnaissance platoon commander raised the cavalry gun in his hand and roared: "Brothers, do you have any kind of follow me to slaughter these devils for me!"

The so-called generals are brave, hearing the voice of the cavalry platoon commander, everyone suddenly feels a lot more confident, there are more than 20 of them, only more than 10, they have an advantage.

"Fuck it!"

The brave brothers also brandished their spears and roared, as if to embolden the brothers around them.

"Kill—"

The cavalry reconnaissance platoon commander roared, kicked the horse's belly with both legs, and took the lead in rushing towards the devil cavalry.

Behind him, more than twenty cavalry brethren also rode their horses with shouts and shouts, and the horses' hooves rumbled over the dry fields, kicking up large clouds of dust.

"Bang ......"

"Puff puff ......"

After rushing to the firing range, both sides raised their guns one after another, and the bullets whistled by, and people on both sides were shot and fell off their horses, and wails rang out.

But the people who were still sitting on the horses did not have the slightest intention of slowing down, allowing the bullets to pass by with a scorching breath, and after the bullets were fired, they hung their spears on their horses, and pulled out their sabers, the sharp blades were cold and hard in the cold wind.

"Kill Gai-"

"Kill!"

Both sides could already see each other's tense faces, and both leaned low on their horses and crashed into each other.

Although it was only a small cavalry battle, it was still extremely dangerous, as if thousands of troops and horses were charging, and the momentum was like a rainbow.

"Poof!"

The cavalry platoon commander lowered his head and dodged the saber that swept towards his head, and the saber in his hand slashed towards the body of the devil soldier under the high-speed impact.

Driven by the speed of the high-speed charge, the sharp saber cut the body of the devil soldier in two without hindrance, bringing out a fountain of blood.

And all around, the sonorous clash of gold and iron and the popping sound of slashing into flesh and blood rang out, and both sides desperately beckoned to each other's bodies, wailing incessantly.

The staggered time between the two sides was very short, and the cavalry platoon commander only cut a devil, and the high-speed impact of the war horse took him out of the battle group.

He turned his horse and looked back, and in the blink of an eye between the two sides, the two sides had already left eleven corpses on the ground, six devils were dead, five Chinese cavalry, and the ownerless horses were running into the distance.

"Kill!"

The horses were in the white mist, and as soon as the devil turned his horse's head, the cavalry platoon commander pounced again with the remaining brothers, and the two sides collided again, and blood splattered.

After only three hedges, all the devils were cut off their horses, and the living Chinese officers and soldiers were covered in blood, like Shura from hell.

The five devil cavalry in the distance who were ready to cut off the back road were stunned, they still wanted to completely annihilate this Chinese cavalry, but who would have thought that in just a few breaths, their people would be cut down.

"Withdraw!"

After realizing the strength of this Chinese cavalry, the five remaining devil cavalry in the distance did not hesitate at all, and began to flee on horseback.

But can you let them escape? The Chinese officers and soldiers who were scouting quickly rode their horses to chase after them, and at such a short distance, the devils left their backs to them, that is, live targets.