The first battalion of cavalry knocked out the devil cavalry search squadron on the spot. Don't talk about the devil who walked in front, naturally he is dead and can't die anymore; The devils behind cleverly turned around and left, and the stupid ones rushed up with a screaming and slapping their horses, and some of them were still playing the stunt of hiding in the kick to avoid the rain of bullets. These little devils don't want to think about what troops they are fighting against, and they can still escape the guns of the Eighth Route Army with these tricks? The 1st Cavalry Battalion has a lot of submachine guns and Bayi automatic rifles, and the rate of fire is much higher than that of rifles, and the soldiers are all old hunters who fight devils, and they are not in a hurry, and they cooperate with light and heavy machine guns and grenadiers, 60 mortars, and they reap the lives of devils one by one. In the end, the Devil Cavalry Search Squadron only ran back to report the death of a dozen horsemen.

At the end of the battle, seeing that the devil's army had not yet come up, Zhu Quanle ordered the soldiers to quickly clean up the battlefield, take away the weapons and ammunition, and leave only the two soldiers who were responsible for lifting the explosive packs and mines, and surprise it when the devil came up.

The large force of the Third Brigade of the Devil's Cavalry came up, stopped galloping six or seven hundred meters away from Zhu Quanle's ambush point, and first used artillery and heavy machine guns to reconnoiter the ambush position of the Eighth Route Army. As a result, this group of devils raised their swords and struck their horses, rushed forward with great momentum, and finally they were all wrapped in explosives bags and smoke and dust from mine explosions.

After the explosion, the devil commander saw through the smoke and dust that the two cavalry of the Eighth Route Army were lying on their horses and running along the main road, and he couldn't care about the corpses and wounded soldiers. Unexpectedly, the two squads were quickly defeated and retreated, reporting that the Eighth Route Army was blocking the attack. However, the number of people is not large, it seems that there are only two or three hundred people.

At this moment, the devil's murderous surname was completely aroused, and the devil commander slapped the two pursuit squad leaders a few times and scolded a few stupid pigs, and then ordered to contact the aviation unit to bomb the positions of the Eighth Route Army in turn. Because he knew that the cavalry had a big target and was most afraid of the firepower network, if the firepower of the Eighth Route Army was particularly strong, no matter how strong the cavalry was, the impact force of the cavalry would be useless.

Not to mention, the efficiency of the devil plane was really high, it appeared on the battlefield after 20 minutes, and quickly discovered the position of the Eighth Route Army, and immediately dived and bombed and strafed, until the position of the Eighth Route Army was ravaged to the point of smoke and dust, and it was a mess that the pilot reported that the position of the Eighth Route Army had been destroyed, fluttered his wings and flew away.

After receiving the pilot's report, the devil commander shouted a few yo xi, and ordered the troops to start capturing the positions of the Eighth Route Army. As a result, when I went to the position of the Eighth Route Army, where were there any wounded soldiers and corpses? Only a few straw men in military uniforms were found that had been blown to pieces.

Only then did the devil commander understand that he had fallen for the Eighth Route Army again, and the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army who had caused damage to his troops slipped away again. But it doesn't matter, they are all cavalry, and the hoof prints of the war horses have already exposed the whereabouts of the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army. Judging from the traces, there are indeed not many Eighth Route Army, only two or three hundred horsemen, this should be a cavalry battalion of the Zhina people!

Having mastered the accurate situation of the strength of the Eighth Route Army, the commander of the 3rd Brigade of the Devil Cavalry was completely relieved. Immediately reported to the regimental headquarters of the 2nd Division, saying that it had caught the tail of the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army's Jilu Border Army, with a strength of about 300 cavalry, but the firepower was very fierce, and it was good at using mines and explosives to ambush the imperial army, and the 3rd Cavalry Brigade was ambushed three times, and the loss of troops was close to two squadrons. It was judged that the combat intention of the Eighth Route Army was to block the imperial army's attack on Huimin.

After receiving the report of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, Lieutenant General Okamura Ningji, the commander of the 2nd Division, who had arrived at Qingyun to command, thought about it, and felt that the 3rd Cavalry Brigade encountered the cavalry of Liu Yimin's instructor Jilu border troops, and the combat methods were the same as those of a series of small cavalry units reported by the North China Front, but one thing was not yet certain, that is, whether this small cavalry unit was fighting or luring the enemy to go deeper, if the former was not terrible, the main force would follow behind, It was wishful thinking to stop the advance of the Imperial Army with a small cavalry unit. If the enemy is lured to go deeper, then the problem will be serious, not to mention the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, even the 2nd Division that will follow up will have to consider whether to build a position on the spot and hold on.

Considering that the 10th Division was pursuing Binxian, it was reported that it was blocked and harassed by a small group of cavalry of the Eighth Route Army along the way, and was also blocked by the infantry regimental scale of the Eighth Route Army. Okamura Ningji judged that since the main force of the Eighth Route Army besieged Dexian last time, it must have concentrated on concealment and recuperation between Binxian and Huimin. Although this force is part of the main force of the instructor, judging from the fact that it did not conquer the county seat of Dexian County last time, the total strength may be limited. They now have two ways out: one is to break through the encirclement and leave the Jilu border to go to the Qinghe area on the other side of the Yellow River, and the other is to disperse and fight guerrilla attacks along the Jilu border. There is only one way to die in the scattered guerrilla attacks on the Jilu border, and this is not a mountainous area, and there is nowhere to hide on the Tuba Road. It is possible to retreat to the other side of the Yellow River. Of course, there is also a possibility, that is, the main force of the Eighth Route Army has already crossed the river and marched eastward to participate in the Luzhong Campaign, and has not yet returned to the Jilu border. This may be the fundamental reason why the imperial army did not encounter resolute resistance from the main force of the Eighth Route Army after entering the Jilu border and fought to the death.

Thinking about it, Okamura Ninji issued the following orders: First, he ordered the air force to quickly reconnoiter the front line of the Yellow River to check whether there were any pontoon bridges or hidden ferries built by the Eighth Route Army, and if so, they must all be destroyed, and not a single pontoon bridge or ferry boat could be left. The second is to order the 10th Division to concentrate the main force and make a detour to Binxian, so as to capture Binxian and block the passage of the Eighth Route Army to cross the river to the east. The third was to order the 35th Division, which was attacking from Qingyun along Wudi, to advance rapidly, move south along the main road from Wudi to Huimin, and cooperate with the 2nd Division to attack Huimin. Fourth, the 41 st Division, which is responsible for maintaining law and order in the occupied areas, was ordered to immediately hand over its defense to the North China Public Security Army and move quickly south to serve as reserve units of the Second Division and the 35th Division. Fifth, the Third Cavalry Brigade was ordered to encircle and annihilate the small cavalry blocking troops of the Eighth Route Army in front of them, quickly advance to the Huimin attack, and bring out the operational intention of the main force of the Eighth Route Army's Jilu border troops. In the event of a siege by the main force of the Eighth Route Army, the 3rd Cavalry Brigade should retreat quickly and join up with the main force of the 2nd Division, which followed suit.

After receiving a telegram from Okamura Ninji, the commander of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade thoroughly understood Lieutenant General Okamura's thoughts, he was making the 3rd Cavalry Brigade change from a rapid attack to an attack and reconnaissance, purely using the elite 3rd Cavalry Brigade as a pathfinder.

The commander of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade was really angry, although his cavalry artillery wing did not keep up with the 2nd Division, but his two cavalry wings plus the supporting troops also had 3,000 men and horses, even if he lost 300 men and horses just now, but the main force was not damaged, and the brigade still had strong combat effectiveness. Lieutenant General Okamura actually used the 3rd Cavalry Brigade in this way, which is unbearable!

As a result, the commander of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade issued an order to pursue the whole line, fully deployed the two cavalry wings, formed an attack wave, and began to attack in a roundabout way from the left and the other to the right, in an attempt to destroy the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army that humiliated the 3rd Cavalry Brigade in one fell swoop.

As soon as the devil attacked wildly, the speed was indeed very fast, and after chasing for about 20 minutes, he saw the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army fleeing. At this time, the cavalry of the army went crazy, roaring, some brandished sabers and galloped on horseback, and some did not care whether the Eighth Route Army was within the firing range, and raised their guns on their horses and shot while running.

The blocking troops of the Eighth Route Army seemed to be unable to bear the strength, and began to abandon less important things to reduce the weight of the war horses, intending to speed up the retreat, and even the military uniforms, armed belts, lunch boxes, water bottles and other things of the devils they had just captured began to be thrown into the ground, making a mess all over the ground.

Two more devil planes flew over and dropped a few bombs in front of the trench where the cavalry units of the Eighth Route Army retreated, forcing the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army to pass through the empty soil blown out by the bombs, and their running speed slowed down. The devil plane originally wanted to help the Third Cavalry Brigade and strafe at the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army, but the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and the plane swooped down and pulled up this distance too shortly, and it was likely to splash machine gun bullets on its own cavalry. Besides, how could these cavalry of the Eighth Route Army be the opponent of the famous Third Brigade of the Kwantung Army Cavalry, let the knights show their bravery. Otherwise, these knights, who could not find much opponents in Manchuria, would have scolded the aviation dogs for taking rats and robbing them of their military exploits. Therefore, the devil pilot dropped a few more bombs to block the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army from retreating quickly, and then flew away again.

The devil caught up, the distance between the two sides was less than 1000 meters, the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army simply did not walk the trench, jumped on the field, and galloped forward for about 2000 meters, in front of which was already a Dongxin Village at the intersection of two roads, the Eighth Route Army gave an order, stopped retreating, and all turned their horses' heads and formed a neat square formation. The commander gave another order, and the cavalrymen all put their guns on their backs, drew their swords, and formed a formation of the cavalry group with white blades.

At this time, if the devil's plane flew in and fired at the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army, the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army would become a live target, and it would be blown apart by the plane in less than five minutes. Even if the devil plane just left, if the third cavalry brigade concentrated firepower, then the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army would be beaten, you must know that the third cavalry brigade is a lancer cavalry unit, although their cavalry artillery wing did not come, but each wing has an artillery squadron, equipped with four infantry guns, and a machine gun squadron, each machine gun squadron has four heavy machine guns, and the firepower is still very strong.

But things were so strange, as soon as the commander of the Third Cavalry Brigade saw the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army lined up to greet him, his blood rushed to his head, and his hand holding the telescope trembled. Asumasu, from Liaoyang to Jiamusi, when did you encounter a cavalry duel between the regular cavalry unit of China and the Third Cavalry Brigade? The Yamato knights finally met their opponents today, although this cavalry only had the appearance of four or five hundred people, but looking at the appearance of them wearing steel helmets, carrying mounted spears, and holding sabers, this must be the elite of the elite, otherwise they would not dare to openly challenge the third cavalry brigade.

The commander of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade did not want to use firepower to deal with this cavalry of the Eighth Route Army at all, but put down his binoculars, pulled out his combat knife, pointed at the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army, and issued a battle order to kill with white blades.

The devil cavalry immediately formed a battle formation, brandished their sabers, and formed an attack arrow to rush towards the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army.

The noon sun was very hot and poisonous, the earth was steaming hot, and the hearts of the devils of the Third Cavalry Brigade of the Kwantung Army were also hot, as if they had drunk too much sake, they were dizzy, and they only knew that they were shouting and charging, and it seemed that the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army quietly lined up in front of them were a group of lambs to be slaughtered, waiting for their swords to be killed.

It's a pity that the devil cavalry didn't see it, and of course they couldn't see it, just when the devils launched a group charge, the commander at the front of the cavalry queue of the Eighth Route Army had a cold smile on his face.

Eight hundred meters, seven hundred meters, six hundred meters, five hundred meters, four hundred meters, three hundred meters, two hundred meters, one hundred meters, seeing that the attack arrow of the devil cavalry was about to collide with the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army, a change occurred, and the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army, which was still standing well just now, suddenly separated to both sides, revealing a black hole in the middle of the light and heavy machine gun muzzle, and the attack arrow of the devil cavalry poured bullets.

Suddenly, there was the neighing of heavy machine guns, and the singing of light machine guns, and the fire net composed of 27 light machine guns and six heavy machine guns beat the devil cavalry who were charging like dumplings.

This accident made the commander of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade at the back of the team completely stupid, and he even forgot to order the troops to retreat, and kept muttering two words in his mouth: "Despicable! ”

Of course, it was impossible to retreat, and the main force of the cavalry brigade was ambushed on both sides, but the soldiers were covered with grass and vines on their heads and bodies, and from a distance it looked like a completely green crop field. At this time, there was no need to camouflage, infantry guns, mortars, grenadiers, heavy machine guns, light machine guns, and rifles were all exposed, and all artillery fire and bullets rained down on the 3rd Cavalry Brigade.

They are all cavalry, and the soldiers love horses, except for the uncontrollable explosion of the shells, whether it is machine guns or rifles, they basically fire at the cavalry on the horses.

The attack came too suddenly, and the firepower was beyond the imagination of the army, and the little devil didn't even have time to use the heavy machine gun on the back of the war horse, not to mention the light machine gun and small steel cannon on the war horse, the little devil rode the gun on his back, and only the saber in his hand remained. It's a pity that the Eighth Route Army didn't even give them the opportunity to wield a saber to fight, and they were greeted by an endless rain of bullets.

It was not until the Third Cavalry Brigade was completely paralyzed on the ground that the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army rode their horses and rushed to the battlefield to mend knives and guns to individual devils who had slipped through the net, and clean up the battlefield.

The battle was over, and the first thing Zhu Quanle, the commander of the 1st Cavalry Battalion, said when he saw Hu Laohu, "It's really fucking enjoyable!" ”

Unexpectedly, Hu Laohu glared at him and roared: "Have a fart addiction!" Lao Tzu still thought that he finally had the opportunity to compete with the cavalry of the Kwantung Army to see who had a high level of equestrianism and sword skills, but it turned out to be like this, and all the bullets and shells wiped out the devil cavalry. It's a shame to spread the word, and the little devil will think that my old man doesn't look at the intersection of war knives, and he will only deceive! ”

The political commissar on the side, Bao Wen, was impatient, and directly counted Hu Laohu: "What are you talking nonsense? What else is there to deceive the devil! Lao Tzu didn't invite them to invade China, they have to die when they come, and the sooner they die, the better! This battle is so classic that it can be included in the textbooks of the cavalry school. Hurry up and get out, the devil plane will be coming soon. The 2nd Division will arrive soon, and we will have to continue to lure the enemy! ”

Hu Laohu didn't say much more, ordered the main force to be transferred, and ordered the 1st Cavalry Regiment and the 2nd Battalion to take over the 1st Battalion to take over the task of luring the enemy. However, Hu Laohu's order this time was slightly different from the last time when he ordered the first battalion to lure the enemy, but ordered the second battalion to try not to fight with the army, and the main idea was to deal with the devil plane, and never let the devil plane catch up. Otherwise, the losses of the troops will be great.

Liu Yimin, who was waiting in concealment near Binxian County, received a good report from Hu Laohu, commander of the cavalry brigade: "At 11:40 p.m. today, our brigade annihilated the Third Cavalry Brigade of the Yue Army near Dongxin Village in the northwest of Huimin, seized the military flag of the brigade, killed 3,024 cavalry of the Yue Army, captured 1,341 war horses, eight cavalry guns, 32 grenadiers, eight heavy machine guns, more than 2,600 cavalry guns, and reported sabers and ammunition separately. The only regret is that the cavalry artillery wing of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade of the Yue Army did not accompany it, so our army's plan to capture the field artillery of the Yue Army could not be realized. In addition, Zhu Quanle, commander of the 1st Cavalry Battalion, and Zheng Yao, instructor, suggested that our army should leave a main force on the Jilu border, and after the enemy's main force pursues our army's eastward advance, take advantage of the reduction of the enemy's main force of the Cangzhou defenders, attack and occupy Cangzhou, and seize or destroy the supplies of the Cangzhou army's supply base, which will be used as a secret hand to break the devil's encirclement and suppression of Shandong. If not, please consider it. ”

After reading the battle report, Liu Yimin was overjoyed, the cavalry brigade won the first battle, and eliminated the main force of the third cavalry brigade with the strongest mobility of the devils, which was equivalent to cutting off the long legs of the rapid attack of the army, which was not only important for the next anti-encirclement and suppression battle in Shandong, but also of great significance for persisting in the struggle behind enemy lines in Hebei and Shandong. Because if the Third Cavalry Brigade of the Devils stays on the Jilu border for a period of time, it will pose too much threat to small local armed forces such as county brigades and district squads.

Liu Yimin immediately briefed all units on the achievements of the cavalry brigade and ordered all units to learn from the cavalry brigade, carry forward our army's fine tradition of being particularly good at studying, using its brains, and fighting skillful battles; in the next battle to encircle and annihilate the 10 th Division, it is necessary to carry forward its firepower and save ammunition, do everything possible to increase the hit rate, and bring out a large number of sharpshooters and sharpshooters, so as to create a miracle with the lowest battle loss ratio in the history of war!

(To be continued)