Chapter 365: Jin Northwest Battle 65
The cavalry of the Jin Sui army scrambled to evacuate to the south of Lanxian County, where they knew that this was the location of the headquarters of the first regiment of the reserve.
In the eyes of the cavalry of the Jin Sui army, if they wanted to get rid of the pursuit of the Japanese cavalry, they had to run to the regimental headquarters of the first regiment, and they thought that only Sun Weiguo could solve the Japanese cavalry.
Thousands of Japanese cavalry were like a flock of weak sheep, they didn't care about the death of their comrades around them, they all wanted to go back alive.
The Japanese army was chasing faster and faster, the Japanese cavalry rifle continued to shoot, and one bullet after another hit the cavalry of the Jin Sui Army, and the casualties of the Jin Sui Army cavalry became larger and larger, and some of the officers shouted loudly, they wanted to continue to organize a defense, but no one would listen to their arrangements.
Now all these cavalry wanted was to get rid of the Japanese cavalry quickly, and they no longer had the courage to continue fighting the Japanese cavalry.
"Kill and give, kill all the cavalry units in China." Kiyoshi Okazaki, the captain of the Osa Wing of the Cavalry Wing, brandished his saber and shouted loudly.
In Kiyoshi Okazaki's view, although these cavalry had a numerical advantage, they did not have any will to fight at all.
He felt that his more than 400 cavalry troops could completely eat the other side, and he felt that his cavalry wing could also flank the Chinese troops south of the city and cooperate with the 119th Wing to conquer the positions of the Chinese troops.
Kiyoshi Okazaki fought with a lot of confidence, and he felt that he would definitely win in this battle.
But just when Okazaki Kiyoshi was proud, shells began to hit the Japanese cavalry.
THE EIGHT 75MM FIELD GUNS OF THE EIGHTH ARTILLERY BATTALION, THE 14 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS OF THE RESERVE FIRST REGIMENT AND THE INDEPENDENT FIRST REGIMENT, AND THE 22 GUNS IMMEDIATELY ADJUSTED THE FIRING ANGLE AFTER RECEIVING SUN WEIGUO'S ORDER.
When the Japanese cavalry entered the range of the artillery, the gunners fired shells at the Japanese cavalry.
The sound of explosions rang out one after another, and the Japanese cavalry fell from their horses one by one, and the screams continued to sound.
Okazaki Kiyoshi's face became gloomy, he hurriedly raised his binoculars and looked ahead, seeing the artillery position of the Chinese troops a thousand meters away, Okazaki Kiyoshi gritted his teeth, he did not give the order to retreat, but encouraged the Japanese cavalry to continue to charge forward.
Seeing the artillery positions of the Chinese troops, Okazaki Kiyoshi began to get excited, and he decided to knock out the artillery positions of the Chinese troops first, and at the same time he thought that the command of the Chinese troops must not be far from the artillery positions.
Under the command of Kiyoshi Okazaki, the Japanese cavalry did not retreat, they whipped their horses and accelerated their advance.
The Japanese cavalry quickly changed their sabers, and a small part of the Japanese cavalry had begun to blend in with the Chinese cavalry units, wielding sabers and wantonly slaughtering the Chinese cavalry troops.
At this time, Tang Chunhua and Commander Li had already begun to establish a containment force, and when they saw the cavalry troops that were evacuated in a panic, Tang Chunhua's face became ugly.
One after another, the cavalry units of the Jin Sui Army began to stop advancing at the positions established by the containment troops, and these cavalry were quickly taken to the rear to rest.
Twenty-two guns were still firing shells, but the Japanese cavalry was desperately charging towards them.
The guard company led by Yue Wu was ready, and the officers and men of the guard company equipped with submachine guns had already opened the insurance, and looking at the Japanese cavalry that was getting closer and closer, the officers and men of the guard company showed solemn expressions on their faces.
They all knew very well that if they couldn't stop the Japanese cavalry here, then the cavalry of the Jin Sui Army that had just been contained would still be crushed by the Japanese army, and once the Jin Sui cavalry continued to run in all directions, then they would overwhelm the positions of many troops.
"Bulging." The submachine guns began to fire, and bullets were fired rapidly.
More than a dozen Japanese cavalrymen were hit by bullets along with their horses, and the Japanese cavalry fell to the ground at the same time with their horses.
A large number of cavalry of the Jin Sui Army quickly entered the rear from both sides under the command of the banner soldiers, and the Japanese troops were completely exposed.
Twenty-two artillery pieces fired three rapid rounds at the same time, dozens of shells were fired, explosions continued to sound, the charge of the Japanese cavalry was intercepted by the shells, and dozens of Japanese cavalry in the front fell to the ground one after another.
The cavalry behind wanted to continue the charge, but the guards fired hundreds of submachine guns at the same time, and the bullets formed a network of firepower, blocking the way of the Japanese cavalry, and after paying hundreds of cavalry casualties, Okazaki Kiyoshi quickly gave the order to retreat.
He knew that if he continued to fight, his cavalry wing would most likely be wiped out.
Weighing the comparison of firepower between the two sides, Kiyoshi Okazaki chose to evacuate very sensibly.
The Japanese cavalry withdrew quickly, and in the blink of an eye they disappeared from the sight of the troops.
Tang Chunhua was blocked in the trench, he wiped the cold sweat on his face, and looked at the head of Li beside him, the expression on Tang Chunhua's face was not very good at this time, he felt that thousands of cavalry troops of the Jin Sui Army were chased by the defeated Japanese cavalry, which was simply a loss of face for the Jin Sui Army.
"Brother Sun, I will severely punish those responsible for this matter, don't worry, I will definitely give you an explanation."
Seeing that Sun Weiguo came to the containment position in person, Tang Chunhua hurriedly said with a smile, even if his military rank was higher than Sun Weiguo, but in front of Sun Weiguo, Tang Chunhua did not dare to put on his own shelf as a major general.
And Tang Chunhua knows very well that with Sun Weiguo's character, he is saying that one is one, and there will definitely be no favoritism, if he is allowed to deal with the cavalry troops, someone will definitely lose his head because of this.
Even though Tang Chunhua was very dissatisfied with the performance of the cavalry units of the Jin Sui Army, he never thought of killing people.
"Chief Yan gave me the title of commander of the city defense, and asked me to command all combat units in a unified manner, there are rules on the battlefield on the battlefield, Tang Chunhua, if you can afford this responsibility, you will handle this matter."
Sun Weiguo's footsteps stopped, he glared at Tang Chunhua viciously, and said in a cold tone.
Tang Chunhua looked at Sun Weiguo with a blank look, an embarrassed expression appeared on his face, and he didn't know how to answer Sun Weiguo's words for a while.
The Lanxian operation was no longer a separate operation of the Eighth Route Army, but a combat operation in the Second Theater, and this operation was not only related to whether the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army would be able to recover the seven cities in the northwest of Shanxi Province that had been captured by the Japanese army, but also related to the morale of the Chinese troops fighting on the Jinpu Line.
The eyes of Yan Xishan, commander of the Second Theater, are staring here, the eyes of various units in the Fifth Theater of China are also staring here, and more importantly, the eyes of the chairman of the Military Commission are also staring here.
responsible, even if Tang Chunhua wanted to bear the responsibility for the failure of the cavalry unit of the Jin Sui Army, he could not afford it.
"Stand upright, salute." When Sun Weiguo came to the back of the containment position, the cavalry officers shouted one after another.