Chapter 595: Don't Fight War Horses

The sky was getting dark, and the bright moon hung on the blue night, and the hazy moonlight shone on the ground.

Goto Koshiro Nakasa of the 108th Cavalry Brigade and Masasan Yamazaki Nakasa of the 109th Cavalry Brigade were riding on war horses, and they were chatting.

They are all classmates from the Army University, and the two of them are on a mission together this time, so naturally they have a lot to say.

Four brigades of baggage troops, more than 3,000 heavy soldiers used trucks, mules and horses to transport a large number of military supplies, the Japanese army pulled out a long marching troops, the headlights shining, like a fire dragon moving fast.

"Hebei is ahead, the 114th Cavalry Brigade will be able to pick us up immediately, as long as we enter Hebei, we will be safe. This mission was much easier than I imagined, what a pity, I have always wanted to fight Sun Weiguo's cavalry troops, I want to see if they are as powerful as the legend says. ”

Goto Kokoro glanced ahead of him, and he said in a somewhat regretful tone.

In Goto Jiazilang's view, if the troops of the New Second Brigade want to raid the baggage troops, they will definitely send cavalry troops, and Goto Jiazilang wants to fight with the cavalry units of the New Second Brigade, and he believes that his cavalry brigade is completely capable of defeating the cavalry units of the New Second Brigade.

"The combat effectiveness of the troops of the New Second Brigade is very strong, and it is said that they have a lot of experience in cavalry combat, but our two cavalry brigades have more than 600 cavalry, and if we encounter the cavalry units of the New Second Brigade, we can defeat them, and I am still sure of this."

Yamazaki Shozo also swore that troops like the 109th Division and the 108th Division, they did not have a cavalry wing directly under them, they only had a cavalry brigade, and each cavalry brigade had two cavalry squadrons and a machine gun squad, totaling more than 300 cavalry troops.

This time, Yamaoka Shigehou and Yuan Xiongya transferred two cavalry brigades and cobbled together more than 600 cavalry units to escort the baggage troops, but they had all the cavalry in their own troops, and if anything happened to the transport troops, they would not have any mobile troops to send.

The two cavalrymen were unashamed to say that they had always believed that their cavalry could defeat the cavalry of the New Second Brigade.

The truck was driving in front, and the captain of the Japanese army Shaozo who was sitting in the cab of the truck was already drowsy.

The status of baggage soldiers in the Japanese army was very low, and many Japanese officers and soldiers believed that baggage soldiers were not soldiers at all.

Like the baggage soldiers in the permanent division, they may still be trained, and they can still fight, but the baggage soldiers in a unit like the 108th Division, they are no different from the people.

The Japanese transport troops were advancing along the road, and at this time, on the road in Jingcheng County, the troops of the New Second Brigade had already set up an ambush position.

The armored battalion was deployed on the right side of the road, the cavalry battalion was deployed on the left side of the road, the 2nd Artillery Battalion and the mounted artillery battalion set up artillery positions on the nearby high ground, and the mechanized infantry battalion set up blocking positions nearby, and the officers of the various divisions waited for the arrival of Japanese transport troops.

Sun Weiguo held a telescope to observe the moving Japanese convoy, his face showed a calm expression, even when he saw the long headlights, he still did not change.

"There are more than 100 trucks alone, how many things did the Japanese army transport this time, brigade commander, if we can take them all, our brigade will be rich."

Zhao Lin, the section chief of the quartermaster section, stood in front of Sun Weiguo, looking at the long troops of the Japanese army, Zhao Lin couldn't help but say.

Sun Weiguo took a deep breath, he whispered a few words to Zhao Lin, Zhao Lin nodded immediately, and then he ran towards the village on the side.

The Japanese troops gradually entered the ambush circle, and the officers and soldiers had already aimed their weapons at the Japanese army, and as long as Sun Weiguo gave the order, they would immediately attack.

A red signal flare was hit into the air by Sun Weiguo, and in the dark night, this red signal flare was particularly eye-catching.

As the red flares began to rise into the air, the units of the mounted artillery battalion were the first to start firing.

The artillery of the cavalry battalion was all dragged by pack horses and mules, and when Wang Yanbo saw the red signal flare, he immediately gave the order to shoot.

Six infantry guns, six mountain guns, six mortars began to fire shells, while the anti-tank battery of the mounted artillery battalion did not shoot.

Eighteen artillery pieces of different calibers began to fire shells at the Japanese vehicles, one after another at the trucks.

The truck was blown up on the spot, and the cans transported on top of the truck were blown everywhere.

In the first round of firing, eighteen shells destroyed the truck headed by the Japanese soldiers, and then one after another, the flares began to be hit into the air.

The darkness of the night instantly became like day, and the Japanese troops on the road were completely exposed to the sight of the soldiers.

Ye Zimin, the commander of the Jibu battalion, began to give the order to attack, and the fighters immediately began to shoot.

Dozens of light and heavy machine guns fired, and bullets rained down on the Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese transport unit was taken by surprise, and dozens of cavalry and baggage soldiers were beaten into a sieve.

Goto Koshiro and Yamazaki Shozo were completely stunned, they did not expect to encounter an attack by Chinese troops here, but the two of them reacted quickly, and they immediately began to gather cavalry troops and prepare to charge the Chinese position.

The four captains of the baggage brigade also began to organize their troops to take up arms to resist, and the Japanese army soon began to engage in counterattacks.

A cavalry squad of more than fifty cavalrymen was already active, and more than fifty cavalrymen brandished sabers and rushed towards the position of the infantry battalion.

"Comrades, let them go, don't fight the war horses, these war horses will stay alive."

The company commander of the first company of the Jibu Battalion shouted loudly to Qin Yi, and he looked excitedly at the Japanese cavalry charging over.

At present, the company-level unit of the new 2nd Brigade has three infantry platoons, one machine gun squad, each machine gun squad is equipped with a Makqin heavy machine gun, a 60mm mortar, each platoon has three infantry squads and a grenadier squad, and there are two non-commissioned officers in the platoon headquarters, and these two non-commissioned officers are equipped with Mauser or Type 38 sniper rifles and shell guns.

Now the firepower of the troops has increased a lot, and Xiang Qinyi is sure that he will kill all the Japanese cavalry.

The fighters were ready to shoot, and the Japanese cavalry kept charging, but at this time, the armored battalion units went into action.

Twelve tanks of the first armored company began to sortie, the tank machine guns continued to strafe, rows of bullets came at the Japanese cavalry, the Japanese cavalry was killed on the spot more than thirty people, twelve tanks began to advance in a wedge formation, they ignored the remaining dozen cavalry.

"Tank, evacuate!" The cavalry lieutenant squad leader exclaimed.

At this time, the 2nd and 3rd Panzer Companies began to move, and twenty-four tanks appeared in the sight of the Japanese cavalry.