Surrounding the Independent Regiment was the Fourth Brigade of the First Army of the Japanese invaders stationed in Northwest Shanxi. The brigade commander, Major General Morima Inoue, was riding on a large Japanese horse, watching the battlefield closely with binoculars from afar.
The moment the cavalry rushed out, Morishima Inoue's face unconsciously twitched. The warhorses that the Chinese man was riding on were originally the ones to supplement the cavalry regiment under his command, but they were snatched away by Li Yunlong of the independent regiment in Wanjia Town.
At this moment, Morijima Inoue could almost confirm that the troops surrounding him were the 8th Route 386th Brigade Independent Regiment.
Then, Sen Dao ordered,"Order the cavalry to wipe out this Chinese cavalry."”
The messenger received the order and left. He used flag signals to give the order to the cavalry regiment not far away to attack.
Immediately after, the 4th Brigade, which was made up of more than 1500 cavalrymen, began to whip their horses after receiving the order and chased after Sun Desheng's cavalry.
On the other side, Li Yunlong led the reinforced company of the regiment. Taking advantage of the gap between the cavalry and the Japanese heavy machine gun positions, they rushed out of the first encirclement of the Japanese. The troops were quickly retreating.
Suddenly, a soldier ran over and shouted,""Regiment commander, it's bad. The cavalry hasn't charged out yet!”
Li Yundong suddenly stopped in his tracks. He was a commander who valued friendship. From the first day he joined the army, he had never abandoned a single one of his brothers.
When he was still the new regiment commander, he had already broken out of the encirclement during the battle at Yujialing. When he found out that Zhang Dabiao had not broken out, he immediately led his troops back and saved the injured Zhang Dabiao under the Japanese's eyes.
Today, he couldn't have thrown Sun Desheng and the cavalry company to the Japanese. If the brothers of the cavalry company didn't break through the heavy machine gun position of the Japanese, he and his brothers in the regiment headquarters wouldn't have been able to rush out.
Li Yunlong grabbed the machine gun from the machine gunner beside him and held it in front of him. He ordered loudly,"Independent Regiment, turn around and open a gap for the cavalry to charge out!”
Zhao Gang immediately tried to persuade him,"Old Li, the Japanese's encirclement has closed. Hurry up and retreat!"”
Li Yunlong glared at Zhao Gang and said,""Old Zhao, Sun Desheng's cavalry company is still inside. I, Li Yunlong, can't leave my brothers to the Japanese. Independent Regiment, listen to my orders and charge with me!”
Just like what Li Yun Long had promised Zhao Gang, he was in charge of the military, and Zhao Gang was in charge of life. Once the guns were fired, the entire regiment had to listen to him.
With Li Yun Long's order, the reinforced company that had just rushed out of the encirclement immediately returned with their guns.
"Charge!"
Da da, da.
Boom! Boom!
The Independent Regiment's counter-charge was suppressed by the Japanese's fierce firepower. Under the combined attacks of the Japanese's light and heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, and cannons, a large number of soldiers on the road were instantly knocked down.
Li Yunlong, who was personally charging with the light machine gun, felt his feet go soft and he collapsed to the ground.
"Guild Leader!"
"Old Li!"
Not far away, the guards, Monk Wei and Zhao Gang, shouted at the same time. Then, they rushed to Li Yunlong's side anxiously and said,"Old Li, let me take a look. Where are you hurt?”
Li Yunlong took a deep breath and forced himself to say,""I'm fine. I slipped on a branch.”
In fact, he was having a fit. In order not to affect the morale of the army, he could only use his extraordinary willpower to stand up and continue fighting.
Zhao Gang, who was shocked, said with lingering fear,"You f * cking scared me to death. I thought you…"
Li Yunlong waved his hand and said,"Old Zhao, I'm fine. I'll immediately organize the troops to fight back and coordinate with the cavalry company to break out."”
Zhao Gang said," Old Li, we can't charge anymore. The Japanese have already closed in on us. In the charge just now, almost a row of people were killed or injured. We only have this much manpower left. There are still two more encirclement circles waiting for us."”
Li Yun Long looked at the cavalry company in the middle of the encirclement, his eyes filled with guilt and helplessness.
"Retreat!" Zhao Gang ordered decisively."Comrades, hurry up and retreat!”
At the same time, the cavalry led by Sun Desheng had already engaged with the Japanese cavalry. The soldiers retreated while raising their lances to shoot at the pursuers behind them.
In order to wipe out the cavalry company, the Japanese had mobilized an entire regiment of cavalry, which was ten times the strength of the independent regiment.
Sun Desheng had no choice but to command his troops to speed up and try to get rid of the Japanese cavalrymen behind him. However, the strong Japanese cavalrymen were like a piece of dog-skin plaster. They couldn't get rid of them no matter how hard they tried. Both sides fired at each other from a distance of more than 100 meters.
Unknowingly, the cavalry company had already approached the small temple that Chen Weidong's guard company was in.
Bang, bang, bang!
Gunshots continued to ring out, and people from both sides fell one after another. The warhorses continued to gallop at high speed. No one stopped, and no one dared to stop.
"Captain, I'm out of bullets!"
"Captain, I'm out of bullets too!"
At this time, the remaining dozens of cavalry soldiers around Sun Desheng kept reporting to him that they had run out of bullets.
Sun Desheng held the reins tightly and asked the rest of the soldiers behind him,""How about you guys? How many bullets do you have left?”
"Captain, we don't have any bullets!”
The soldiers all expressed that they had run out of bullets.
Sun Desheng let out a long sigh. His knife-like face showed an expression of facing death unflinchingly. His eyes were resolute, and he said in a firm tone,"Brothers, we have no more bullets, but we still have our sabers. We won't run anymore. Let's fight the Japanese cavalry here!”
As he spoke, Sun Desheng took the lead and reined in the reins. The warhorse that was running at full speed felt its master's thoughts. It raised its front hooves and shouted in panic to stop.
When the rest of the cavalry saw this, they also stopped their horses. They rode their horses and stood side by side with Sun Desheng. They pulled out their sharp sabers and raised them in front of their chests.
Behind him, the Japanese cavalry regiment, Daisuke Kurojima Morita, saw the Chinese cavalry stop and flash their sabers. He ordered his subordinates to stop as well. They put down their lances and pulled out their sabers, which were shining with a cold light.
This was an unwritten tacit understanding between the cavalrymen of various countries. Once the opponent chose to fight hand-to-hand with their sabers, they would definitely raise their sabers to fight instead of shooting their opponents with guns.
This concerned the honor of a cavalry unit.
The distance between the two sides was more than 200 meters. This distance was deliberately left to facilitate the warhorses to speed up and charge.
On this day, the wind was very strong, and the whistling of the warhorses echoed in the wind.
Sun Desheng waved the saber in his hand and pointed it at the enemy cavalry regiment. His hoarse voice let out a low roar,"" Cavalry Company, attack!"
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