Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

Chapter 306: Complete Annihilation of the Japanese Cavalry Regiment

306th completely wiped out the Japanese cavalry regiment

"rush out!"

The Japanese cavalrymen galloped wildly, running forward along the road at a very fast speed.

If they continued at this speed, it would only take them one or two minutes to get out of the depression.

But unfortunately, the soldiers of the 209th Division Engineer Battalion will not give them this opportunity.

"The Japanese cavalry is coming, get ready to detonate!"

On the hillside, the commander of the engineering battalion shouted.

A soldier next to him was holding the detonator, ready to press it at any time.

Boom!

Soon, the front cavalry of the Japanese invaders broke into the minefield.

The mines were triggered and a series of mines exploded.

"Now, detonate!"

Rumble!

The next second, on the road behind, there were teams of Japanese cavalry.

There was an explosion that stretched for half a mile.

It turned out that the engineering battalion not only laid mines ahead, but also buried a large amount of explosives along a long section of the road.

At this moment, the Japanese squadron in the front of this section of road.

What a bad luck.

Such a violent explosion caused a large number of casualties even among the Japanese cavalry.

For a moment, the bodies of the Japanese horses and soldiers killed in the explosion blocked the road.

The second Japanese squadron behind them was unable to pass.

"Hit me hard!"

The Fourth Regiment Commander shouted loudly, and the Nationalist soldiers in the trenches on the surrounding hillsides started firing wildly.

"Damn it! Get off your horse and fight on foot!"

The Japanese commander saw that the road ahead was blocked.

In this situation, their cavalry advantage could not be brought into play at all.

There was no benefit in continuing to ride on the horse, except that he became an obvious target for the Kuomintang soldiers.

It's better to fight on foot.

"The Japs cavalry is finished."

A regiment commander saw that all the blocked Japanese cavalrymen dismounted and fought on foot.

Suddenly sneered.

I knew that this Japanese cavalry was doomed.

It is only a matter of time before they are annihilated.

Even so, they fought stubbornly and carried a number of 90mm mortars as heavy firepower.

But, after all, there are only a few hundred of them.

Faced with the siege of 209 men from the th Division, it was impossible to break out.

Behind them, the Japanese cavalry regiment commander, Maki Yamaguchi, was leading two Japanese cavalry squadrons.

He had already plunged into the nearest woods.

Originally, Captain Yamaguchi was thinking of entering the woods to avoid the attack.

After reorganizing the team, they fought their way out again.

However, he didn't know that at this moment, there were hundreds of machine guns in the woods, aiming at them.

After these Japanese cavalry rushed into the woods.

Da da da!

In an instant, dense machine gun fire rang out in the woods.

Machine gun fire points were spewing flames, directly illuminating the forest.

"idiot!"

Colonel Maki Yamaguchi, commander of the Japanese cavalry regiment, also showed a look of horror when looking at such dense firepower.

I felt extremely desperate.

He knew that they had simply fallen from one trap into a bigger trap.

"Quick, send a telegram to the 18th Brigade and ask them to come to support us as soon as possible.

We were ambushed by the Chinese Army's 209th Division."

The Japanese cavalry regiment commander shouted loudly and gave orders.

However, when he turned around, he found that the other Japanese soldiers beside him had been killed.

No one conveyed his orders at all.

Soon, the Japanese colonel also died under the dense bullets.

"Cease fire, stop fighting!"

Hundreds of machine guns in the woods roared for more than ten minutes.

Zhang Facai shouted loudly and issued a ceasefire order.

At this time, there were not many Japanese horses and soldiers standing in the woods in front of them.

Only a few dozen Japanese cavalrymen who fell behind fled from the woods in panic.

But he was shot dead by the Kuomintang soldiers waiting outside.

Zhang Fa walked out and looked at the corpses of Japanese soldiers and the corpses of killed war horses all over the ground.

There was also regret in his eyes.

"It's a pity for the devil's good horses."

Zhang Fa said in a deep voice.

These devils might as well die, but it's such a waste of the war horses they rode.

But there's nothing we can do about it.

"You clean up the battlefield and these dead Japanese war horses.

Let the kitchen staff take people to prepare it and take it away, and then give the soldiers extra food.

Don’t waste it.”

Zhang Fa looked at the corpses of war horses lying all over the woods and gave orders to the soldiers.

These war horse meats are also good stuff in this era.

For the soldiers of the National Army, it would take several days before they could get any benefits.

How can we waste this war horse meat?

With that, the battle on Zhang Fa's side ended.

He immediately led his troops to the Fourth Regiment to support the battle and annihilated the remaining Japanese cavalry on the Fourth Regiment's side.

The Fourth Regiment blocked the Japanese cavalry because they had a machine gun squadron.

They carried a lot of heavy firepower, including many Type 99 light machine guns, as well as several rapid-fire cannons and mountain cannons.

This gives them a strong counterattack capability.

So, after the battle on Zhang Fa's side ended, the battle here continued.

However, the resistance of the remaining three or four hundred Japanese cavalry was in vain.

When Zhang Fa led a regiment to attack, they joined forces with the fourth regiment and launched a direct charge.

An hour later, the battle was completely over.

At this time, the sky was just beginning to brighten.

"Oh, our Second Regiment rushed here all the way.

After all, I didn’t make it to this battle!"

The Second Regiment arrived only after the battle was over.

The Second Regiment was far away from Zhenjiang because they were blocking the Japanese reinforcements.

When the main force of the 209th Division moved south, they were left behind.

Moreover, in order to avoid being discovered by the Japanese cavalry, they took a long detour.

Finally I was late.

“Haha, your second group is not late.

Just in time to clean up the battlefield.

You won’t be able to get any war horses.

You can get some of the warhorse meat."

The captain said with a smile.

At this time, the commanders of the regiments and battalions of the 209th Division were fighting for the hundreds of war horses captured from the battlefield.

Although, this Japanese cavalry regiment has more than 800 cavalrymen.

However, after the battle, the soldiers of the 209th Division only found about intact war horses on the battlefield.

The other war horses were either killed or injured.

And the injured warhorse could only be killed in the end.

The 209th Division had no other options but to heal these wounded war horses.

"Okay, after this battle.

Without this cavalry regiment of the devils, we will be relieved."

Zhang Fa breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the soldiers cleaning up the battlefield.

In this battle, they completely wiped out the cavalry regiment of the Japanese 6th Division, and in the end only twenty or thirty Japanese cavalrymen escaped.

It was their first major victory after going behind enemy lines.

The victory in this battle is of great significance to the subsequent actions of their 209th Division.

Not long after, Sun Mingxu also returned with his men.

"Won?"

Sun Mingxu looked at the chapter and asked.

"Ah."

Zhang Fa, who usually had a stern face, smiled and nodded.

"Hahaha, it's good as long as we win, it's good as long as we win.

Quick, report this news to Commander Ye."

Sun Mingxu laughed.