newbobooks Chapter 167 The ghost of the cavalry army, crushing with overwhelming force!
Chapter 167 The ghost of the cavalry army, crushing with overwhelming force!
They went straight to Hunyuan County, and all the Japanese strongholds within a radius of more than 350 miles were turned into lonely and empty rooms!
The bodies of the Japanese and puppet troops also turned into charred corpses.
Many Japanese strongholds were also captured, burned, and turned into ruins.
This is the scorched earth zone where the Japanese soldiers shed tears of sorrow.
More than 350 puppet army prisoners were converted, which was the result of repeated selection. Otherwise, the number would have exceeded 1,000.
When they arrived at Hunyuan County, the Japanese army no longer dared to move out.
They received a notice from their superiors to defend the county town and never go into battle.
"Recently, a Chinese army under the banner of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army has appeared. They are small in number, but extremely powerful. They are equipped with a large number of machine guns and artillery, and most of them are cavalry. They are like ghosts and are wandering around everywhere. Our army has suffered heavy losses. You must not attack them rashly!"
Lieutenant Mizusawa of the Japanese garrison found it funny and thought the notice from his superior officer was a joke.
After discussing it with Lieutenant Watanabe, the captain of the county's military police squad, he was actually looking forward to the battle.
In the Japanese army, the spirit of overthrowing superiors is very strong.
Mizuzawa didn't think the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was that powerful. Although the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's Seventh Army in the north could still hold out in Suiyuan and Chahar, under the suppression of the Imperial Army, weren't they just acting like Ninja Turtles?
"Captain, the enemy is the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army!"
After receiving the alarm, Shuize immediately rushed to the city wall to watch and was furious on the spot.
I saw a few Shanxi-Suiyuan Army cavalrymen driving a group of Japanese and Imperial Army soldiers passing by more than a thousand meters west of the county town!
Although Lieutenant Watanabe repeatedly reminded him that this might be an enemy trap, he was speechless after Mizusawa asked only one question: "What if the Imperial Army was captured by the enemy? Are we afraid of these fools of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army?"
A Japanese infantry company of more than 170 people, a military police squad of more than 40 people, a company of the puppet Mongolian-Han cavalry coalition of more than 120 people, and a company of puppet army infantry of more than 100 people, all came out in full force and pounced on those people.
Most of those people are in disguise.
They were baits of Su Fei's troops, with a few real Japanese prisoners and a large number of Imperial Army prisoners. When the captured Jinsui Army saw the enemy coming out, they immediately drove and gathered the prisoners together, and searched for gullies and obstacles around them as defensive positions.
Then, Su Fei's cavalry rushed out from behind.
Shuize refused to give in, "Come on, let's destroy them together!"
It seemed that the Jinsui Army was small in number, and Mizuze didn't take it seriously at all. Past experience showed that an equal number of Japanese troops and auxiliary forces fighting against an equal number of Jinsui Army troops would be an easy victory! Victory is a sure thing!
Ordering the cavalry to deal with the bait troops, Mizuzawa led the main infantry and quickly stopped to build fortifications.
"Quick, quick, dig individual pits and set up firing points. Once the enemy cavalry is within 200 meters, we will completely annihilate these foolish Shanxi-Suiyuan troops! Using cavalry and sabers to charge now is simply courting death. Don't even consider the firepower of the Imperial Army!"
More than 210 Japanese soldiers and more than 100 puppet soldiers quickly crawled on the ground.
500 meters away, Su Fei's cavalry quickly split up and surrounded the enemy in a fan shape.
The Japanese army was brazen and calm, not afraid at all.
"Hmph, you guys are showing off your might. Soon, I'll let you experience the power of the Imperial Army's machine guns, grenade launchers and mortars."
Mizusawa and other Japanese soldiers were extremely contemptuous when they saw these Shanxi-Suiyuan Army cavalrymen, all of whom were waving sabers and had no rifles or machine guns.
9 light machine guns, 1 heavy machine gun, 3 mortars, and 8 grenade launchers are all ready for battle.
They were looking forward to a one-sided massacre of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.
"Come on! Quick!"
At this time, Su Fei's cavalry troops were hiding the top secret behind.
The mortar troops who had stopped at a distance of 1000 meters behind them bombarded the Japanese infantry line fiercely.
At a distance of 500 meters, another grenade launcher unit dismounted and fired.
The Japanese army seized mortars and shells, grenade launchers and grenades many times, but Su Fei's army did not use grenade launchers at all.
30 mortars and more than 40 grenade launchers are no joke.
There was a violent bombardment.
"How could this be?"
"Where did these damn guys get so many shells?"
Mizusawa and his subordinates didn't know that most of these artillery shells, mortars and grenade launchers were contributed by their Japanese army!
In a blink of an eye, the Japanese army was blown to pieces, dozens of soldiers were blown away, and they let out horrifying screams. Smoke enveloped the Japanese positions, and some puppet army infantrymen, already terrified, turned and fled.
In particular, the Japanese army's firepower points, light and heavy machine guns, and grenade thrower positions were chased and bombed, causing terrible damage.
The machine gunner was torn to pieces, and the grenade thrower was blown away and rolled on the ground!
In the blink of an eye, more than half of the Japanese troops were killed or wounded.
Those shells kept exploding at an extremely fast speed. If we didn't leave, we would be blown up.
Most of the senior officers and soldiers of the Japanese army knew as soon as they heard that the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army had more than 30 mortars. How could they fight?
After waiting for a while, Shuize had no choice but to order a retreat.
The remaining 80-odd Japanese troops and 70-odd puppet troops fled in a panic.
The enemy ran away?
Su Fei's cavalry immediately gave chase, surrounded them in a fan shape, and opened fire at a distance of 400 meters.
Dozens of 81-bar automatic rifles in front kept firing and spewing continuous flames, killing a large number of Japanese and puppet troops.
In just a few minutes, more than 300 Japanese and puppet infantrymen were wiped out.
On the other side, more than 120 puppet cavalry company members, under the supervision of Japanese military advisors, attacked the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and prisoners. When the fierce charge reached a distance of 250 men, they were shocked by the sudden sound of machine guns.
More than 30 light machine guns, plus some rifles with more powerful firepower than machine guns, fired fiercely at the Japanese and puppet cavalry.
The Japanese and puppet cavalry immediately felt something was wrong, but it was too late to stop their horses. They were surrounded by a barrage of fire and bullets and fell off their saddles one after another.
The actual battle lasted only half a minute, and all the Japanese and puppet cavalry were wiped out.
There were also Japanese and puppet cavalrymen in the rear who were very cunning. They turned their horses and ran away, secretly congratulating themselves on their quick reactions and finally escaping danger. Unexpectedly, bang bang bang, they were hit on the back by the branding iron and fell off their horses. It was the sniper from Su Fei's unit who was chasing them.
All the Japanese troops who went into battle were wiped out, and the puppet troops were smart enough to surrender, trembling in fear.
Su Fei inquired about the situation and immediately sent people into the city!
All Japanese supplies and ammunition were seized.
He kept enough food for himself and distributed all the food he couldn't take away to the people. Coincidentally, some underground party members came out to negotiate, and Su Fei announced that he would give them the extra rifles and some bullets as well.
Eat barbecue of the Japanese and puppet army horses that were accidentally injured or killed!
Hearing that there were many Japanese and puppet army strongholds nearby and reinforcements might be sent soon to encircle and suppress the enemy, Su Fei had an idea and ordered more than 30 officers and soldiers to hide among the corpses of the Japanese and puppet troops.
Their troops retreated.
Sure enough, more than an hour later, the Japanese army gathered more than 200 people and advanced quickly. They were all cavalry!
Enter the battlefield littered with corpses and search for possible surviving Japanese and puppet troops.
At the same time, facing the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army hundreds of meters away, they took a defensive stance.
As soon as Su Fei saw the enemy approaching, he immediately ordered his cavalry to surround them from three sides.
The Japanese army immediately formed up to fight.
"Kill them!" The Japanese soldiers really came forward waving their sabers.
Su Fei's troops will not fight the enemy with knives, the cost is too high.
What's more, the Japanese and puppet troops here are skilled in bayonet fighting and horse riding, and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army is really no match for them!
"Little devils, this is the era of hot weapons!"
400 meters away, Su Fei's troops charged and shot at the same time!
With a burst of bangs, the Japanese soldiers fell off their horses one after another, or were thrown to the ground!
The Japanese soldiers were about to cry. Damn, they were shooting at such a long distance?
They are used to accurate shooting at 300 meters! They also carry rifles and are ready to shoot at any time!
Shooting from horseback is difficult at a distance, the optimal distance is 200 meters. After a few shots, the sword fight begins!
Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining Japanese soldiers immediately fled. Behind them, more than 30 Shanxi-Suiyuan Army soldiers who were hiding among the corpses fired a burst of shots with their 81 rifles.
The fleeing Japanese soldiers were hit head-on, falling one after another, and stumbling upon the following deserters...
After leaving Hunyuan City, they were intercepted by more than 80 Japanese and puppet cavalrymen near Cai Village. They first bombarded them with artillery fire to irritate the enemy and force them to charge for a decisive battle. When they got close, they fired 81 rifles to clear them out directly.
Guanling County was a place where Su Fei's troops had been before, so Su Fei naturally had to provoke them. He bombarded them with artillery fire to force the enemy out, and then fought head-on. A Japanese cavalry squadron and an infantry company were completely wiped out.
Outside Wei County, Su Fei's army was pursued by Japanese and puppet troops.
More than 700 Japanese and puppet troops waited for them to pass before coming out to pursue them. As a result, Su Feijun turned around and fought back. You little brats, don’t you know you’re deliberately fishing?
Cavalry charge!
From behind, the mortar troops launched a fierce bombardment to suppress the Japanese and puppet troops. When they were 400 meters away, they began to strafing. More than 200 Japanese soldiers were killed or wounded within ten seconds.
This group of Japanese troops were very smart and fought to the death to avoid being chased by the cavalry. So, Su Fei's troops used 35 grenade launchers and bombarded the Japanese army with 30 grenades in rapid succession. They accurately aimed at the Japanese firepower points and hit them from 800 meters away, instantly blowing away the Japanese machine gunners, mortar soldiers, and grenade launchers.
A few minutes later, the cavalry rushed forward and launched a second round of fire. The Japanese army was destroyed and most of the puppet troops surrendered.
The Japanese commander, Major Taro Komatsubara, actually raised his hands in surrender. He just wanted to know why the rifles in the hands of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army could fire continuously!
After seeing this with his own eyes, he bit off his tongue and committed suicide.
"There is no hope for the Empire."
In Xihe City, the Japanese army has three large bunkers, blocking the main road and controlling more than ten miles of land. This Japanese army is very brutal, burning, killing, looting and doing all kinds of evil. After hearing the complaints of the people, Su Fei decided to eliminate the enemy strongholds, but what should he do without mountain artillery and infantry artillery?
It's very simple.
Su Fei gave the order and the troops approached stealthily. From a distance of more than a thousand meters, they used multiple mortars to bombard the Japanese bunker.
More than 30 soldiers, the skirmish line approached the castle 400 meters away.
The Japanese army was dizzy from the bombing and soon prepared for war.
How could an important large stronghold garrisoned by a Japanese infantry company be afraid of being attacked?
The Japanese mortars also fired back in this direction.
However, the Japanese army still ignored the scattered Shanxi-Suiyuan Army infantry hiding in trenches and bushes 400 meters away.
There are too few people and they are too scattered, they are just a reconnaissance unit.
The Japanese army was observing, when suddenly, a series of gunshots rang out, and more than a dozen Japanese officers and soldiers were killed one after another!
The Japanese army was furious and immediately opened fire with light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers.
The Japanese army was attacked by snipers from Su Fei's unit.
They dug individual pits, cat-ear holes on the flanks, or used trenches for concealment. They not only killed some Japanese soldiers and provoked the Japanese firepower, but also started real combat.
35 grenade launchers were aimed at the firing holes of Japanese bunkers and the like, and the grenades were fired directly into the firing holes of the Japanese army. Boom boom, the Japanese machine gunners and officers and soldiers inside were killed.
More than a dozen grenades were fired, killing the Japanese machine gunner twice!
The Japanese army found that bunkers were not a hiding place, so they had to come out in full force and launch an active attack.
More than 100 Japanese soldiers rushed out and headed straight for Su Feijun’s "reconnaissance unit".
Unexpectedly, as soon as they rushed more than 300 meters away, they were covered by a barrage of machine gun fire. More than 80 people were killed or injured on the spot, and the rest had to turn around and flee.
During their rout, they were hunted by a barrage of bullets and almost completely wiped out.
More than 20 Sufei officers and soldiers, under the cover of mortars, directly rushed into the castle.
Outside Yangyuan City, Su Fei's army cleared out eight Japanese strongholds after a day of fighting. The Japanese were furious and mobilized troops to encircle and intercept them.
This time, more than 200 Japanese cavalrymen and more than 300 puppet cavalrymen swept in and chased Su Fei's army more than ten miles outside the city.
Su Fei saw it through the telescope, and immediately lined up and returned to prepare for battle.
Led by Captain Zimu, the Japanese and puppet troops waved the flag of the 1st Reinforced Squadron of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Ace Cavalry Regiment. Together with the Black Wolf Battalion, an elite force under the former bandit cavalry Liu Qi that had been reorganized and trained for five years, they were determined to wipe out Su Fei's entire army with a single charge.
They believed that this Jinsui Army of unknown origin might be the elite force of the Seventh Army of the Northern Route of the Jinsui Army, known as the Seven and a Half Eighth Route, or the Xianzhen Camp cavalry of the 35th Army.
"Destroy the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army! Leave no one behind." Captain Zimu waved his sharp saber and was the first to charge.
The Japanese and puppet troops all used improved Oriental horse breeds. They were tall, powerful, explosive, and as fast as lightning. From a distance, they looked like rolling dark clouds in the summer, which was chilling.
Captain Zimu simply disdained the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's gunfire. Even if the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army had 20 machine guns firing at the same time, it would only kill or wound half of his troops. The remaining cavalry would chop the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army into meat sauce!
Moreover, in the eyes of Captain Azusa and other Japanese puppet troops, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army did not have so many machine guns. No, they hardly had any machine guns at all.
One Imperial Army cavalryman is equal to five Shanxi-Suiyuan Army cavalrymen!
One Black Wolf Battalion cavalryman is equal to three Shanxi-Suiyuan Army cavalrymen!
The Japanese cavalry charged confidently and soon approached the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.
Rifle shooting? Humph, it's too late!
When a normal rifleman sees the cavalry coming towards him, he can only turn around and flee!
The two sides were 200 meters apart, and the charge of the war horses reached its climax, which was only a matter of ten seconds or even a few seconds!
At this moment, all of Shusu Fei's cavalry drew their rifles and fired fiercely at the Japanese army.
Bullets rained down, killing all the Japanese and puppet troops!