Chapter 542: Come to Death
The defeat is like a mountain, and it is very appropriate to use these words to describe the current Japanese army. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Seeing the increasingly chaotic situation on the battlefield, the chief of staff, who was also retreating, wanted to order the troops to stop, gather the troops and then continue to retreat.
However, the shells that kept falling overhead, the pursuers of the Liaodong Army who followed closely behind them, and the bullets that were constantly fired from hundreds of light machine guns...... All forced the chief of staff of the Japanese army to watch the situation continue to deteriorate.
At this time, Lieutenant General Murakami on the side suddenly said fiercely: "I can't continue to escape." Chief of Staff, I ask to lead a wing to stay behind! As long as the Liaodong Army can be blocked for half an hour, the main force may be able to break through. ”
In the face of more than a hundred heavy artillery hits, the chief of staff knew very well that staying and breaking off would mean death.
But after thinking about it, he still agreed, after all, in addition to this infantry wing, there are still more than 10,000 elites in his own hands who need to be brought out by himself.
"Except that you want an infantry wing, I'll leave you fifty more heavy machine guns! Also, Murakami-kun, you only need to block the Liaodong Army for half an hour. After half an hour, you have to retreat, regardless of the outcome. There is really no way, I allow you to abandon the troops and retreat on your own. The chief of staff said with a serious face.
When Lieutenant General Murakami gathered his troops, the chief of staff continued to retreat under the protection of the guards.
The Japanese army left the troops behind the palace to cover the retreat of the main force, and this situation did not surprise Yang Xingguo.
However, it is a bit surprising that the Japanese army actually left the very difficult Lieutenant General Murakami behind.
Because the Liaodong Army was equipped with a large number of heavy artillery, a large number of casualties were caused by a single artillery fire.
In order to buy time for the main force, Lieutenant General Murakami did the same, dividing one of his own wings into three and defending with the brigade as a unit.
Not only that, in order to prevent a brigade from being directly given a pot by the heavy artillery of the Liaodong Army, a brigade of defenders on the same line of defense could not be concentrated together, but dispersed in small teams for defense.
Such a loose line of defense, although it is easy to tear a hole.
However, the Liaodong Army, which was pursuing and attacking, did not wipe out all the Japanese troops on the entire defensive line, but blindly rushed forward. It is certain that the scattered troops scattered on the defense line will definitely cause a lot of casualties to the Liaodong Army before they die in battle.
In this way, this formation forced the Liaodong Army to clear all the Japanese troops on the three defense lines before it could continue to pursue and attack.
At that time, even if one line of defense could only hold the Liaodong Army for ten minutes, the three lines of defense would add up to half an hour.
When Lieutenant General Murakami racked his brains and desperately blocked the pursuing troops of the Liaodong Army, the two cavalry wings they sent had already crashed into the unformed defense line of the Third Division of the Liaodong Army.
"Division commander, the Japanese army is coming!" More than 2,000 cavalry galloped together, and the deafening sound of horses' hooves reached Zhao Zhigang's ears as early as the Japanese army was still four or five miles away.
As soon as he asked the commander of the reconnaissance cavalry company of the division headquarters, Zhao Zhigang knew that the Japanese army had more than 2,000 cavalry rushing towards him quickly.
Because the position has just begun to dig trenches, it is not even half a man deep. In addition, the cavalry is afraid of light and heavy machine guns, which is a truth that Zhao Zhigang has long understood.
After listening to the analysis of the commander of the reconnaissance and cavalry company, Zhao Zhigang did not say a word, and directly concentrated all the light and heavy machine guns of the whole division 20 meters in front of the formation, and prepared to use the nearly 200 light and heavy machine guns of the whole division to prepare a steel feast for the Japanese cavalry.
No, as soon as the Japanese cavalry emerged, nearly two hundred light and heavy machine guns and a battalion of riflemen were ready for battle.
Hearing the reminder of his subordinates, Zhao Zhigang immediately raised his binoculars and looked at the end of the official road.
More than 2,000 Japanese cavalry, along the official road, quickly rushed towards him.
The dense cavalry, at a glance, is a large area of black press. It's like a black dragon that can't see the end at a glance in a day, and everywhere it goes, it directly raises a lot of smoke and dust.
The more than 2,000 sunsets that came in a hurry may have seen the line of defense in front of them.
The dense cavalry, quickly breaking away from the official road, actually formed a huge cavalry triangular offensive formation in the run.
In less than a minute, this military formation turned into an unstoppable huge chariot, overwhelmingly pressing on itself.
"Sure enough, a group of well-trained cavalry elites! However, Zhao Zhigang is unlucky for you to meet me. Today, I, Zhao Zhigang, want to teach you a good lesson, so that you know that the cavalry is outdated in the face of light and heavy machine guns! In addition to sighing, Zhao Zhigang quickly showed a sneer on his face.
He decisively ordered his subordinates around him: "Inform the brothers to prepare for battle!" The cavalry rushed to three hundred meters in front of the formation, and heavy machine guns fired! Rushed to two hundred meters in front of the formation, opened fire from light machine guns, one hundred and fifty meters, riflemen fired freely, fifty meters, greeted with grenades. However, I'm sure they won't be able to reach the front 50 meters! ”
As the speed of the more than 2,000 cavalry rushed faster and faster, the deafening sound of horses' hooves became louder and louder like thunder.
Not only that, the ground shaking brought by the cavalry rushing to the peak made the position under the feet of the Liaodong Army can't help but start trembling.
Because it was the first time that almost all of the troops encountered such a large-scale cavalry attack, in the face of the huge momentum created by more than 2,000 cavalry, many of his subordinates began to feel weak.
None of them who had experienced such a battle knew whether they could hold off the cavalry.
If you can't stop them and let them rush into your position, will you be directly trampled into pulp by these cavalry, and you won't even have a chance to resist.
There were no longer a few subordinates who had this idea, especially when the cavalry was getting closer and closer, and the roaring hooves of the horses were becoming more and more deafening, and even the hands of some soldiers holding weapons could not help but tremble with fear.
A distance of a few hundred meters was fleeting for the cavalry, so the Japanese cavalry did not give them time to adjust.
Although the division commander Zhao Zhigang has seen the performance of many people, because of the tight time, he has no way to change anything.
One can only hope that after the battle starts, the heavy casualties of the Japanese cavalry will allow them to come out of their fear as soon as possible, regain their morale, and continue fighting.
As soon as the 300 meters arrived, nearly 60 heavy machine guns equipped with the whole division opened fire one after another.
The dense bullets quickly intertwined in front of the Japanese army, forming an impenetrable storm of steel.
The Japanese troops who rushed to the front were beaten on their backs as soon as they collided with them, and there were constantly cavalrymen and horses who fell on the road to Chongfeng. Then he didn't even have a chance to react, and was directly drowned in the torrent of cavalry behind.
But because there were too many Japanese troops, the cavalry rushed to the peak and the speed was fast, although the cavalry was constantly killed on the battlefield, the Germans turned on their backs, and the Japanese cavalry behind them kept pushing forward.
After losing four or five hundred cavalry in a row, they managed to rush to two hundred meters in front of the formation.
At this rate of loss, after they entered the position of the Liaodong Army, at least a thousand cavalry would survive. With so many cavalry entering the defense line of the Liaodong Army at once, they will definitely be able to tear a hole in the defense line, and even defeat the Liaodong Army in front of them. (To be continued.) )