coobybook Chapter 199 The Japanese cavalry’s death charge!
Chapter 199 The Japanese cavalry’s death charge!
The Guard Regiment was a German SS unit awarded to Zhou Weimin by the system, and was renamed the Guard Regiment by Zhou Weimin.
Therefore, the soldiers of the Guards Regiment are basically veterans with rich combat experience. Of course, there are also some new recruits in the Guards Regiment.
However, there are only more than a hundred new recruits in the guard regiment.
The Japanese bombarded for more than ten minutes, and the guard regiment lost more than 200 soldiers, including more than 50 new recruits.
The main reason why the Guards Regiment suffered such heavy losses was that the Japanese artillery bombardment was too intensive.
Although all the soldiers of the Guards Regiment hid in the small holes in the trenches, they were still under intensive artillery fire.
Some shells would fall directly into the trenches.
At this time, soldiers near the artillery shells are very likely to be killed even if they hide in small holes in the trenches.
"Damn it! When will this shelling end? Why hasn't the commander started counterattack yet?"
"Could it be that all the heavy artillery units of our Tiger Guard Division were bombed by the Japanese planes?"
The company commander who was hiding in a small cave with the battalion commander of the guard regiment spoke loudly.
"Shut up! You're also an officer. Don't you know the consequences of firing without spotting the enemy's heavy artillery?"
"The regimental commander hasn't ordered the heavy artillery to counterattack yet, so he must not have discovered the Japanese heavy artillery."
"It seems that this group of devils is not simple. The area outside the north gate of Chidong County is all plains, and they can hide their heavy artillery units."
The battalion commander of the guard regiment shouted loudly after hearing what the company commander said.
Although the battalion commander and the company commander of the guard regiment were together, the sound of the artillery shells exploding was too loud and they could not hear it at all unless they shouted loudly.
"Commander, I'm just complaining a few words!"
"Of course I know what you're talking about, but the Japanese bombardment lasted too long."
After hearing what the battalion commander said, the company commander grinned and shouted to the battalion commander.
"The Japanese are trying to use artillery shells to destroy the defense of our position. Just wait and see. As soon as the Japanese artillery bombardment stops, they will immediately start attacking."
"That's when we show our power. Don't save bullets and deal a heavy blow to the devils."
"And I guess the Japanese shelling will soon stop. After all, heavy artillery shells are very expensive."
After hearing what the company commander said, the battalion commander said harshly.
In fact, the battalion commander's guess was very accurate. The reason why the Japanese bombarded for so long was to destroy the barbed wire and machine gun fire points outside the north gate of Chidong County.
"Commander, the Japanese artillery fire has stopped."
"Commander, you are amazing. You said the Japanese artillery bombardment should stop, and the Japanese artillery bombardment stopped."
As the company commander watched the smoke and dust slowly dissipate, he spoke loudly to the battalion commander.
"Okay, shut up and get to the position quickly. The Japanese are about to attack." The battalion commander said loudly after hearing what the company commander said.
After saying that, he ran out of the artillery hole and shouted to the soldiers around him, "What are you waiting for?"
"Hurry up and get into position... Machine guns, quickly set up the machine guns... Quickly."
Following the shout of the battalion commander.
The squad leaders and platoon leaders in the trenches began to shout and curse loudly.
“Tick-tick-tick…”
Just as the soldiers took up their positions, a burst of hurried horse hooves suddenly came from the front, obscured by dust.
"Open fire... open fire immediately... these are cavalry... Japanese cavalry." The battalion commander roared with a changed expression.
The battalion commander never expected that the Japanese would attack with cavalry.
This is to quickly capture the first line of defense!
At this moment, in the dust and smoke, hundreds of Japanese cavalry charged towards the positions of the Tiger Guard Division.
The Japanese cavalry in the front were all holding Type 38 lances, and the Japanese cavalry in the back were all waving sabers.
It was obvious that the Japs wanted to end it with artillery fire.
In the few minutes that the soldiers of the Tiger Guard Division had no time to react, they attacked the position of the First Battalion of the Guard Regiment.
Indeed, the sudden charge by the Japanese scared the soldiers of the first battalion of the guard regiment.
But the soldiers of the Guards Regiment were all veterans with rich combat experience, so they took up their positions the moment the shelling ended.
After hearing the order from the battalion commander.
The soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the Guards Regiment immediately pulled the trigger.
“Da da da…da da da…”
“Kachaka…Kachaka…”
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The weapons and equipment of the Guards Regiment are the best in the Tiger Guard Division.
So the guards regiment has a large number of machine guns and submachine guns.
The firepower was extremely terrifying.
The terrifying automatic firepower is the cavalry's nightmare.
But the Japanese cavalry faced not only this terrifying automatic firepower, but also mortar shells.
Because the second battalion commander of the guard regiment on the second line of defense also discovered the Japanese cavalry.
In order to prevent the Japanese cavalry from breaking through the first line of defense.
The commander of the second battalion of the guard regiment gave the order to fire without hesitation.
The first and second lines of defense at the north gate of Chidong County are only two hundred meters apart.
The Japanese cavalry was less than 300 meters away from the first line of defense, so the mortar shells of the second line of defense could easily hit the Japanese cavalry.
But the distance of only three hundred meters only took the Japanese cavalry twenty seconds.
So even though the commanders of the first and second battalions of the guard regiment reacted quickly, some Japanese cavalry still broke into the first line of defense.
The Japanese cavalrymen who first charged with Type 38 lances were all dead. The Japanese cavalrymen who rushed into the first line of defense did not have lances, but sabers.
However, with the impact of the warhorse, the saber's lethality is even greater than that of the Type 38 lance.
Less than a few seconds after the first Japanese cavalryman rushed into the first line of defense, dozens of Japanese cavalrymen rushed into the first line of defense.
These Japanese cavalrymen waved their sabers and leaped over the trenches, killing a soldier from the Tiger Guard Division each time.
When the second battalion commander of the guard regiment saw this situation, he promptly brought people to support the first line of defense.
But behind the Japanese cavalry were Japanese infantry.
"what!"
A soldier from the Tiger Guards Division with his arm severed lay in the trench, pulling the safety pin of a grenade with his teeth.
Then he roared, jumped up and pounced on a Japanese cavalryman, followed by a loud bang.
This soldier of the Tiger Guard Division died together with the Japanese cavalry, and even the Japanese warhorse was killed in the explosion.
Although there were less than a hundred Japanese cavalrymen who rushed to the first line of defense, they had already torn a hole in the first line of defense.
It also disrupted the first line of defense.
And two hundred meters away from the first line of defense, there were still a large number of Japanese infantry charging.
The battalion commander and company commander of the guard regiment stood back to back in a trench, shooting desperately outside.
But they had little ammunition left, and the battalion commander, company commander, and a dozen soldiers of the guard regiment were no longer able to plug the gap torn open by the Japanese cavalry.