Chapter 44: The Annihilation of the Army
"Commander Sun, the second company is going to fight outside the city, and the defense of the county will be handed over to your garrison regiment." When he received the report, Tang Cheng was inspecting the trenches dug by the people outside the city gate, and before he had time to tell Sun Liansheng, who was full of reluctance, Tang Cheng took a platoon of soldiers from the second company into the defensive position outside the city. Tang Cheng's outer defense line in Macheng this time was not just a flat push defense line lined up like Liu Goat, but a circular trench position divided into two inner and outer trenches, and the inner and outer trenches were connected by several communication trenches, and Tang Cheng was now in the outermost trench.
After crossing the slope controlled by the patrol, the horse bandits under Yang Tianlei rushed forward more than 400 meters away, and then regrouped and killed the county seat. Although there were only 50 soldiers in the second company in the trenches, most of them were veterans who had fought with the Japanese army. The bullets had been loaded, the grenades in front of them had been unscrewed, and Tang Cheng in the trenches was ready to meet the gang of horse bandits.
The roar of horses' hooves on the ground sounded terrifying, and the people who were digging trenches outside the city were led by the soldiers of the garrison regiment to retreat into the city. "Speed up and bite them and rush into town." Yang Tianlei tried in vain to break through the city gate with the high-speed speed of his horses, but he didn't even notice the trench 200 meters away from them.
"Machine gun preparation" Yang Tianlei led his horse bandits to surging like a tide, and the sound of countless iron hooves knocking on the ground was like a drumbeat, which could break people's hearts. Tang Cheng didn't have a trace of expression on his face, and after the two Czech light machine guns were set up in the trench, Tang Cheng suddenly raised his right arm diagonally. Niu Laogui lay beside Tang Cheng and silently counted the distance between the horse bandits and the trench, 200 meters, 150 meters, 80 meters, 70 meters, until Niu Laogui looked at the horse that rushed to the front was less than 69 meters away from the trench, Tang Cheng's raised arm waved down suddenly.
"Fire" The two Czech light machine guns suddenly let out a roar, and the two dazzling tongues of fire that erupted from the muzzles of the guns had swept towards the surging horse bandits like a whirlwind. Once the speed of the horse runs, it is difficult to turn or slow down the speed immediately, and the sudden appearance of the light machine gun caught the horse bandits under Yang Tianlei by surprise, but under the pressure of Yang Tianlei's bullets, the horse bandits showed all the strength in their bones, and in the face of the roaring light machine gun fire, the horse bandits who kept their bodies close to the horse's back still charged against the machine guns.
The horse bandits' actions seemed crazy, but they were actually the right choice, because at this time they were less than 100 meters away from the trenches in Tangcheng, and under the full speed of the war horses, they could get past the two machine guns with just a few breaths. Although the strafing of the machine gun was powerful, after all, Tang Cheng only had two machine guns firing in his hand, and a few breaths of effort could at most allow Tang Cheng's Professor Qian to empty two magazines, and the two three shots of the Czech light machine gun were only 60 rounds, and it was impossible to intercept the full charge of the horse bandits with such a firepower.
However, Yang Tianlei obviously miscalculated, when the two light machine guns in the trench emptied the first magazine one after another and replaced the magazine, Tang Cheng shouted, and a row of muzzles stretched out from the trench. There was only one volley of guns in the trenches, and the horse bandits who had high hopes for Yang Tianlei turned over from their horses like dumplings, especially the more than 30 horse bandits who rushed to the front of the entire horse team. A distance of 50 meters was as simple as eating for Tang Cheng's veterans, and even if they couldn't hit the rider on horseback, they could at least hit the horse running at high speed.
"Big brother, no, the brothers have suffered too many casualties, and almost half of them will die in this kung fu, if it goes on like this, let alone enter the county, maybe we will all die here, let's withdraw, anyway, the Japanese are also dead." The black whirlwind galloped back from the front, urging Yang Tianlei to order a retreat.
Seeing that the horse bandits under his command were shot and fell one after another, Yang Tianlei's heart was not a good feeling, but the families of his brothers were still in the hands of the Japanese, even without the-stirring stick of Araki Hero, Yang Tianlei did not dare to retreat, and they were followed by a wave of bandits. "Continue to rush, we must fight the county seat today." Yang Tianlei opened his shirt and rushed towards their defensive position in Tang City with his two 20-ring beating horses.
"Protect the eldest brother, let's rush." The black whirlwind had no choice but to follow Yang Tianlei to rush forward, and the horse bandit who heard the black whirlwind shouting was crazy and rode his horse in front of Yang Tianlei, no matter how Yang Tianlei rushed left and right, there were always horse bandits blocking his way. "Big brother, brother, I'll go first." Yang Tianlei saw the black whirlwind who was shot in the chest and crashed into the gunfire with his own eyes, and couldn't help but shout sadly.
The machine guns in the trenches burst out again, pressing left and right to the two wings of the horse team, this is Tang Cheng's idea, he wants to concentrate the horses that were frightened by the bullets to the middle, only by letting the horse bandits concentrate, the bullets in the trenches can exert the greatest power. The horse bandits didn't want to do this, but in the face of fierce bullets, they could only concentrate towards the middle as Tang Cheng expected. Niu Laogui, who replaced Tang Cheng's command, waved his arm fiercely, and a platoon of guns was fired in the trench again, and the shouts of the war horses and horse bandits before death filled the front of the position.
"The wind is tight, pull the flag and go." Seeing that the situation was not good, Yang Tianlei gave an order, and the remaining dozens of horse bandits turned around and ran away. Although Yang Tianlei said that he was reluctant, the current situation had put him and his horse bandits in a disadvantageous situation, and the 130 men who brought Macheng were now less than 50 people, not to mention the impact on the county seat, even if they stayed here for a while, they might be wiped out here.
In just three or five minutes, dozens of horse bandits were stacked outside the breeding position in Tang City, and the horse bandits under Yang Tianlei failed to break through their firepower circle in Tang City, only Liao Liao's more than ten horsemen rushed to the front of the trench, but they were soon beaten into blood gourds by the veterans of the second company who swarmed up. In the face of ferocious, dense automatic fire, the cavalry had little chance, and the group's assault in a phalanx would only provide the opponent with more live targets.
"Stop chasing, they can't run." Stopping the soldiers who wanted to follow Niu Laogui out of the trenches to pursue, Tang Cheng only said a word lightly, and went down to clean up the battlefield. Niu Laogui led people to jump out of the trench with bayonets, and stabbed the seriously injured horse bandits who couldn't stop wailing to death in a pool of blood one by one.
"I've made a fortune, I've made a fortune this time." Niu Laogui played with the shell gun taken from the bandit's corpse, and looked at the rifles and short guns piled up by his soldiers, Niu Laogui's face showed a look of satisfaction, and finally the bullets that had just been fired were not in vain. Yang Tianlei, who had withdrawn from the queen of the cang, galloped as if he was dead, but before he could run far, a volley of bullets from the side of the road knocked down a dozen of his subordinates from their horses.
The patrol that had intercepted Yang Tianlei on the slope of the road did not leave, and the gunfire outside the city gate rang out, and the veteran who led the command had a little more mind and stayed in place without moving, not thinking that the remnants of the bandits really came back along the same road, and they happened to hit it. "Throw grenades to block the road, don't tell them to run." The condescending patrol threw grenades continuously, and the smoke-filled avenue was full of flying shrapnel, and Yang Tianlei's retreat was completely blocked.
"Go down, go down below." Yang Tianlei was completely panicked, there were fewer and fewer bandits around him, and seeing that there were less than 30 people left, Yang Tianlei had to order his horse to jump off the roadbed and escape from the field. If you want to go, it's not so easy, the veteran surnamed Wu, who commanded the patrol team to intercept the horse bandits on the slope, had already noticed Yang Tianlei riding a big black horse, this guy with two shell guns must be the bandit leader.
The bullet that "snapped" out of the chamber passed through the battlefield and went straight to Yang Tianlei's back, and the veteran on the top of the "poof" slope saw with his own eyes the blood mist that was vacated from Yang Tianlei going north, so he pulled the bolt out of the cartridge case and put the next bullet on fire. Yang Tianlei's shot and fall from the horse made the horse bandits who rushed down the roadbed panic, and several horse bandits who risked their lives jumped off the horse and dragged Yang Tianlei who was injured by the bullet from under the belly of the fallen big black horse, and when they wanted to get out, they found that only a few of them were left on the battlefield full of corpses.
"Lay down your arms, raise your hands, and surrender now to spare your death." There were shouts from the slope of the road, and the six horse bandits had only two spears in their hands, and it was difficult to hold back the patrols on the slope with their short guns, and surrender was perhaps their only chance. "Tell me, who are you? Why do you want to attack the national army? When Yang Tiantian, who was unconscious and not dead, and the last few horse bandits were tied up by the patrol, Tang Cheng arrived in a hurry with more than a dozen soldiers on horseback.
"We are from Qingfengtang, the Japanese arrested our family members and forced us to come to fight Macheng, and we were followed by a group of bandits, and I heard that they were also found by the Japanese." One of the bandits under Yang Tianlei was also stubborn, in the face of Tang Cheng's questioning, 1510 told the matter thoroughly, if there was no matter of Matou, maybe Tang Cheng would choose to let them go, but Matou and their class of people can't die in vain, Tang Cheng must use the lives of these bandits to pay tribute to Matou them.