108171908 Far East Maniac Chapter 336 Under the Cavalry

The wind was still blowing softly. The fields were empty and empty, except for the incubation river, and the moon village was nestled in a small forest, and the curling smoke indicated that it was time for lunch.

A few miles east of the village is a small river. Maybe it's because it doesn't rain much before and after the summer harvest. The river was shallow, almost ankle-down, and the riverbed was narrow enough for an army to hide in the riverbed.

Now, an army in gray cloth uniforms and combat caps lurks in the riverbed. In order to completely hide the whereabouts of the troops, all the men were prostrate on the dry riverbed, and even their horses were pressed down by the soldiers. Lying on his side beside the soldiers, his nose rang and fell. Many war horses hate this posture and flirt with their hooves from time to time.

As the commander of this cavalry unit. Yang Banghan was also prostrate on the earthen embankment by the riverbed, his eyes fixed on the west.

There were only a few small villages in the wilderness, and there were hardly any people to be seen.

But Yang Banghan knew that the smoke rising from the cooking smoke in those villages was not the villagers cooking, but an enemy army occupying those villages, and they were blackmailing the villagers in the villages, and the cooking smoke was the one who was cooking.

It was an infantry unit of the Beiyang Army, which, according to the morning's reconnaissance, was about two thousand men. There were no heavy weapons, only rifles, and judging by the tattered uniforms and depressed morale. They were the troops of the Second Beiyang Army that had retreated from the direction of Xinyang, and although their exact numbers had not yet been ascertained, Yang Banghan was fully confident that he would fight a beautiful ambush battle here and defeat the defeated Beiyang army.

In order to completely annihilate this Beiyang army, Yang Banghan still decided to wait for reinforcements to arrive and come to Jin. Flanking from both sides, moreover, in order to reduce the casualties of the troops. He decided to wait for the enemy to have lunch and leave the village before launching an attack, trying to annihilate them in the wilderness and give full play to the tactical advantage of the cavalry.

The wilderness in front of me was indeed a good battlefield, it was originally farmland, and now the summer harvest was over. There were no crops in the fields, and the sun had dried the fields hard, which was just right for a cavalry assault, and in this terrain the infantry was not at all a cavalry opponent if there was not enough firepower.

To fight a war, what we pay attention to is to fight with superiority and disadvantage. Superior firepower and superior strength are indispensable prerequisites for defeating the opponent, and of course, the morale and morale of the army are also very important.

Yang Banghan's troops were superior in all aspects except for the fact that they did not have an advantage in strength, and he was fully confident that they would completely annihilate the two thousand Beiyang Army.

"Why hasn't the second regiment arrived yet?.

Looking at the watch, Yang Banghan was very anxious; He sent people back to Shangcai to transfer reinforcements, purely out of prudence, if the reinforcements could not arrive in time, he would not continue to wait, as soon as the Beiyang army left the village, he would attack immediately, but that way. The casualties of the troops will definitely increase.

"Could it be that Zhang Guoping rushed to Shangcai? Did he get in the way? ”

Yang Banghan thought about it, and his heart became even more anxious.

He is a little prejudiced against Zhang Guoping, and his heart is unbalanced. Commanding the Independent Cavalry Brigade for more than half a year, Yang Banghan is hardworking, meticulous, strict with his subordinates, and very considerate of his subordinates. He has a lot of respect for his superiors, although he never says anything flattering, but in the eyes of his superiors, he Yang Banghan is a capable officer, and the independent cavalry brigade is handed over to him, and his superiors are very relieved.

Originally, I heard that the commander-in-chief planned to expand the separate cavalry brigade into a division and form an independent cavalry division. This news made Yang Banghan very excited. To say that he doesn't want to be a division commander is a lie, although the revolutionary army is fighting for the revolution, but if it can get ahead, it is also a good thing, so Yang Banghan has been anxiously waiting for the appointment of his superiors since he got the news that the independent cavalry division is about to be formed, but he has never told others about this idea, just stuffed in his heart, waiting for the arrangement of his superiors.

waited and waited, but Yang Banghan only waited for a catty, and the appointment of "deputy division commander and brigade commander", the superiors did not promote him to be the division commander, but parachuted a Zhang Guoping over.

Who is Zhang Guoping? Isn't that a low-ranking officer of the Qing Army? What qualifications does he have to be the commander of an independent cavalry division of the Revolutionary Army? Just because he came out of the commander-in-chief's chamber? Just relied on him to be an adjutant to the commander-in-chief?

After the appointment of the division commander came out, Yang Banghan was so angry, if you want to say that there is no complaint, it is false, don't say that he is not convinced, even the commanders and battalion commanders below are also unhappy with Brigade Commander Yang, and everyone originally planned to jointly write a letter. The commander-in-chief was asked to retract his fate, but reason eventually prevailed over emotion, because the republican army did not want to blackmail the superiors!

Military discipline, which no one can disobey. The army is not a teahouse, and it is an iron law for subordinates to obey their superiors. This is what the commander-in-chief has repeatedly emphasized, and this revolutionary army has long been reborn and is no longer the new army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Yang Banghan reluctantly accepted the appointment, but this heart has not really been solved, although he did not dare to complain about the commander-in-chief, but he did not have a good impression of Zhang Guoping who was parachuted. Because as far as he knew, this Zhang Guoping had never led a cavalry unit before, and he could win

"If you say you can do it, you can do it, and if you can't do it, you can do it!"

This is the original words said by the commander of an independent cavalry brigade, which was originally used to comfort Yang Banghan, but Yang Banghan did not relieve himself because of this sentence, because in his opinion, the revolutionary army is different from the Qing army and the Beiyang army.

This is politics, not a tendon like Yang Banghan can understand, the army is certainly a war machine, but this war machine is for politics, and it cannot be separated from politics in any way. As the master of this army, it is indeed necessary to install enough cronies in the army, although Yang Banghan is excellent in military affairs, but the distance between him and the commander-in-chief is indeed too far, and it needs to be further tested.

Now Yang Banghan hasn't figured it out yet, but some officers have already understood that the commander-in-chief's small "attendant room" is an important department for him to cultivate his cronies, Zhang Guoping can become the commander of the independent cavalry division, and he has spent some time in the attendant room, and more importantly, Zhang Guoping is completely an outsider, he has no foundation in the army, and there is no small group of his own without a foundation. It is also necessary to stand by the side of the commander-in-chief without hesitation.

Although the commander-in-chief has always stressed that officers should stay away from politics, the army cannot do without politics, and those who do not talk about politics will stand aside, Lan Tianwei talks about politics, so he has been sitting in the position of chief of the general staff, and Wu Luzhen does not talk about politics, so he stood aside for a while. Now, Chief Wu has also learned to talk about politics, and I believe that it will not be long before the commander-in-chief will be entrusted with real power.

There are not many people who understand this truth, and there are many people who don't understand it, and Yang Banghan is a pound small.

Just when Yang Banghan was staring at Lin Zhuang's side, his heart, his heart was thinking about how to annihilate the defeated army in Beiyang. The famous nose official bent over and walked briskly from the direction of the riverbed thief state, dressed as a villager.

"Brigade commander, the 2nd Cavalry Regiment is coming, and it will assemble downstream. Zhang Guoping also came over. He said. You command this battle, you give the order to blow the trumpet, and he will lead the second regiment from the downstream to the west, and the first cavalry regiment will come to the east and west to attack, and completely annihilate the Beiyang army. ”

Listening to the adjutant's words, Yang Banghan was slightly stunned and said, "I'll command?" Since Zhang Guoping has come over, and now he is the commander of the Independent Cavalry Division, and the officer is bigger than me, why doesn't he command? ”

"Brigade commander, I see, that Zhang Guoping is a reasonable person, not a-stirring stick. I pondered, he knew that you were powerful, so this battle was left to you to fight, and he didn't interfere. This battle, let's fight it well, let him see what division commander Zhang is, our brigade commander is fully qualified to be a division commander. ”

Before the adjutant finished speaking, Yang Banghan had already received a blow to his head.

"you! Even if he Zhang Guoping personally commanded this battle, Lao Tzu would not have trouble with him. Zhang Guoping is the division commander, that is his own ability, we don't need to be angry with him here. ”

Yang Banghan glanced at the adjutant, although he was not convinced, but he did feel a lot better, it seems that this Master Zhang understands the world, and this top boss is okay.

However, Yang Banghan will not really regard Zhang Guoping as his top boss so soon, the battle has not been fought yet, and he will shout "division commander" after the fight. If he is a sycophant who can't fight, Yang Banghan will write to the commander-in-chief even if he is desperately accused of disobedience, and the cavalry is the treasure of the Republican Army, and it can't be destroyed in the hands of a sycophant.

"Herald! Ride a regiment to inspect weapons, horseshoes. No one is allowed to jump out of the river without sounding the bugle. It's all for me, and when the Beiyang Army approaches, let's give them a rifle first! Before rushing over, I waited for Lao Tzu! ”

Yang Banghan's orders were fully implemented. The cavalry were ready for battle, and before they rushed over on their horses to slash and kill, they had to do one more horse infantry to give the Beiyang army a fire attack.

This wait was more than two hours, and when the sunlight was not so poisonous, the Beiyang Army entrenched in a few small villages slowly drove out. After assembling, they continued to march eastward, but instead of cavalry, more than a dozen ploughing oxen opened the way. After they had eaten "Baijia Rice" in the village. I didn't forget to grab a handful before leaving.

"Attention! Take cover! ”

Before the Beiyang Army approached, Yang Banghan shouted, and all the people lay on the foot of the embankment. Only a few observation posts remained.

"Two thousand five hundred meters!"

"Fifteen hundred meters!"

"Five hundred meters!"

The observation post used the artillery mirror to measure the distance between the Beiyang Army and its own position, the distance was getting closer and closer, but the sound was getting smaller and smaller, while the soldiers adjusted the gauge of the carbine according to the reported distance, the carbine was no better than the rifle, because the gun body was short, the effective range was close, and the most violent fire effect was to be achieved. It is necessary to put the Beiyang Army at close range and then fight.

Yang Banghan set a firing distance of 150 meters, which was too close, but he didn't want the Beiyang Army's "Long Snake Formation" to drag on too long, and he also wanted to try the actual tactical effect of the submachine gun.

His cavalry unit was only equipped with a total of 200 submachine guns, which were the first batch of trial products produced by the Hanyang Arsenal, all of which were machine-made and hand-made, and had not yet been officially finalized. Handed over to the cavalry division, in addition to testing performance. Also to make up for the lack of carbines, which are now imported through German merchants in the troops. The number is limited, and if the independent cavalry division is expanded, it will not be able to meet the needs of the troops in a short time, so this submachine gun has become a new weapon and emergency weapon for the cavalry unit.

Due to the late arrival of this batch of submachine guns. did not catch up with the battle of Xiangcheng, therefore, this battle will be the first time that this submachine gun will participate in real combat.

"Two hundred meters!"

"One hundred and fifty meters!"

Yang Banghan stretched out half of his head and glanced at the Beiyang Army infantry who were coming again, the other party was still the "Long Snake Formation" in a single column, and the team dragged for several miles from front to back, and this marching formation was not the formation that the ambushers liked.

But the enemy's spearhead is already close at hand, and it will not be possible to fight it.

"Hit!"

"Hit!"

Yang Banghan roared, raised the submachine gun in his hand, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"Stacked tart bite, tart bite"

"Smack! Syllable! ”

The crisp sound of submachine guns and the sound of horse pistol fire were intertwined, and in just an instant, this originally peaceful field was turned into a killing field, and those Beiyang officers and soldiers who entered the circle of fire suddenly lay down and howled miserably.

The front team was hit hard, and the team behind reacted immediately, but instead of rushing to help their comrades, they turned around and ran wildly in the direction they came, even the ploughing oxen.

This military heart, this morale, that is simply a dish for the cavalry.

"Blow the trumpet!"

Yang Banghan put the submachine gun behind his back, lifted the leg that was holding down the war horse, and after the war horse turned over and stood up, he quickly jumped on the horse's back. Draw the Western-style saber that hangs from the saddle

"Didican... Tick tock..."

A loud trumpet sounded, and Yang Banghan took the lead in the first prancing horse to jump out of the river, brandishing his saber and rushing to the west.

"Cavalry, assault!"

"Cavalry, assault!"

All the cavalry moved in response, and as far as the eye could see, the calm river was like a huge wave, and nearly a thousand cavalrymen jumped out of the river almost at the same time, and the sabers in their hands shone in the sun, like the spray of a huge wave crashing against each other.

On a battle line several miles wide, a regiment of cavalry launched a surprise attack on the fleeing Beiyang Army, and from the air, it looked like a gray line, rushing at a very high speed to those earthy yellow points in the wilderness, and when those earthy yellow points met the gray line, it was when the cavalry swung their swords.

"Didi and... Tick tock

A charge also sounded in the west, and the 2nd Cavalry Regiment also launched a surprise attack under the leadership of Division Commander Zhang Guoping. From west to east, it was also a flat push, intercepting the Beiyang army before they could flee back to the village.

In the face of the cavalry of the Southern Army, all the Beiyang officers and soldiers lost their fighting spirit, more and more people threw away the guns in their hands, knelt in the field with their hands raised, and the few who raised their guns to shoot quickly died and were under the sabers.

Looking at the red flag that was getting closer and closer to the west, Yang Banghan's hanging heart finally let go.

"This Zhang Guoping, it turns out that not only can he make sycophants, but he also has real skills."