Liangjiagou.
After receiving the two squads of veterans who had stayed behind, Cheng Kang quickly led his men to meet up with Ding Wei. More than 1,500 soldiers of the Eighth Route Army retreated nervously but orderly along Liangjiagou to the Taiyue Mountain area.
In the northeast direction of the 8th Route Army, the Miyano Cavalry finally made their move.
Two minutes ago.
Senior Captain Miyano was still leisurely leading more than a hundred Japanese cavalry to the east of the retreating Eighth Route Army.
Miyano was full of confidence, but one of his cavalrymen captain felt that something was wrong. He quickly asked Miyano,
"Company Leader, we…Shouldn't they attack the Eighth Route Army?”
"Hahaha ~ Inoue-kun, are you impatient?”
Seeing the squad leader's slightly anxious expression, Miyano laughed and said,
"Hey, Inoue-kun, have you ever fished before?”
"This... No, I didn't." He had done it before.
"Hehe ~ Inoue-kun, you don't know, but when you're fishing, if a big fish bites the hook and you pull the rod back at this time, it's very likely that the big fish will break free, and even the fishing rod might be broken by the big fish. Therefore, the correct way to do it was to walk the fish.”
"Walking a fish?"
The cavalry captain named Inoue muttered to himself as if he understood something. Seeing this, Miyano chuckled and continued,
"That's right. Although humans were often stronger than big fish, when humans fought with big fish, the fishing line and even the fishing rod would often be damaged in the end. Therefore, skilled anglers would often walk the big fish after it took the bait until it gradually lost its ability to resist until the angler dragged it up.
Inoue-kun, we are Dangling Fishers now. And these 8th Route Army soldiers were the big fish that took the bait. If we rush up now, even if the imperial army can win, it will only be a miserable victory. Moreover, the greatest credit for the victory will very likely fall on the chariot troops that will arrive later.
But now, as long as we fall beside these Chinese people and slowly follow them, when they are tired of running and lose most of their ability to resist, then it will be time for our squadron to withdraw.”
“……”
Squad Leader Inoue looked at the confident Squadron Leader and opened his mouth. In the end, he couldn't help but say,
"But Company Leader, the Liang Family Ravine is right in front. If these Chinese soldiers were allowed to enter Liangjiagou, as long as they used machine guns to block the narrow valley entrance, even if the Imperial Army had ten times more cavalry, they would not be able to break through the Chinese defense line.”
"Hmm? Inoue Kun, what did you say? What Liang Family Valley?"
“... Squadron Leader, don't you know?"
Hearing Miyano's question, Squad Leader Inoue thought to himself," Sure enough." However, on the surface, he said with a shocked expression,"
"There's a ravine in front of us. Both sides of the ravine are loose yellow soil slopes. Only the ravine in the middle can be passed through. If this group of Chinese soldiers hid in the ravine, as long as they left a portion of them to cover the rear, it would be very difficult for the imperial army to catch up with them.”
"Nani?"
Miyano didn't usually like to go out of the city to clear out the guerrillas, so he was far less familiar with the surrounding terrain than his team leader.
After listening to Squad Leader Inoue's reminder, his expression changed drastically.
" Is what you said true?!"
"Absolutely true! Squadron Leader, I once led a cavalry team to chase after the guerrillas in this area. At that time, the cunning Chinese people drilled into the Liangjiagou in front and planted mines in the narrow valley. That was why I failed at the last step.”
“？！”
Hearing this, Miyano's face turned green.
Just thinking about how he had acted like he was smart, Miyano wanted to give himself two big ears. More importantly, if he let the elite troops of the Eighth Route Army escape because of him, even if he had an uncle who was a major general, he would not be able to bear the responsibility.
At the thought of this, Miyano, who was panicking, quickly pulled out his saber and shouted at his subordinates,
"Warriors of the Great Japan Empire, attack the Eighth Route Army of China immediately!!”
" Kill! Kill!" n
The Japanese cavalry were confused by Miyano's sudden order to attack. However, since the Company Leader had already led the charge, they naturally had nothing to hesitate about. They pulled out their sabers and followed Miyano as they charged towards the retreating 8th Route Army.
It was important to note that a cavalry charge wasn't just a charge. Like the cavalrymen in movies who rushed at full speed when they saw the enemy from afar, the horses would die of exhaustion before they could reach.
The entire process of a cavalry charge was generally the formation of a team, then a quick walk, then a slow jog, then an accelerated run, then a full sprint, and then the formation. The distance of a full charge was about 30 meters to 100 meters, and in extreme cases, it would exceed 100 meters.
The reason why he explained so much was that the 8th Route Army had already noticed their actions before the Miyano Cavalry Squadron launched a full-force charge.
“... What were these Japanese cavaliers doing?”
Seeing that the Japanese cavalrymen had been following them sneakily at first, and now they were rushing over in a hurry, Ding Wei and Cheng Kang looked at each other, expressing that they really didn't understand the thoughts of these Japanese cavalrymen.
Don't these Japanese cavalrymen think that it's too late to charge now?
In front of them was Liangjiagou. As long as they drilled into the ravine and left some machine guns to block the entrance, would the Japanese cavalrymen be able to grow wings and fly into the depths of the ravine?
Of course, for Ding Wei and Cheng Kang, it wasn't necessary to sacrifice some soldiers and machine guns to bring up the rear. That was because…
"Old Cheng, is our cavalry ready?”
"Yes, the cavalrymen of the 772nd Regiment have been handed over to Commander Liu of the Independent Regiment. Although there were only two platoons, the Italian submachine guns and the Japanese carbines were enough to catch the Japanese off guard. They had a chance of winning!”
"Chance? No, no, no, Old Cheng, you don't understand what I mean.”
As he led his troops into the ravine, Ding Wei took out a map to observe the terrain of Liangjia Ravine. Then, he said something full of killing intent.
"Your 772nd Regiment and Old Li's Independent Regiment both have a cavalry company.”
"Old Ding, you mean…"
"Old Cheng, look at the terrain of Liangjiagou. I was thinking that apart from that idiotic cavalry, the rest of the Japanese troops are still far away from us. I'm thinking, can we have the cavalry ambush in the small valleys on both sides of the inner area, and have a portion of the soldiers in front... We don't need too many of them. If we do, the Japanese will easily discover us. We will only send out two companies and have them hide in the valleys on both sides. The main force will continue to pretend to retreat. When the main force lures the Japanese cavalrymen into the encirclement of our cavalry forces, the infantry forces in the small valley outside will quickly seal the valley and cooperate with the cavalry forces and the main force to take down the Japanese cavalrymen!”
“……”
Old Ding, are you that greedy?
The Japanese's chariots and infantry were right behind them.
[P.S. The cavalry of World War II had changed their combat ideology to 'horse mobility and firepower combat'. Most of them had even given up on cold weapons.] The picture showed the polish cavalry of World War II. They carried anti-tank guns on their backs, which were good against German tanks.
However, in the eastern battlefield, the Chinese and Japanese cavalrymen still retained their cold weapons fighting style.
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