Chapter 231 The Beginning of the Riding Battle (Please subscribe, please vote!)
One chasing and one escaping.
The two Chinese cavalrymen ran for at least three kilometers and entered a hilly area.
There are many evergreen trees in the south of the Yangtze River. Although it has entered late autumn, they are still green and shaded. The two Chinese cavalrymen who entered the woods disappeared from the sight of the Japanese army.
Fujihara, who was riding at the front, frowned slightly, reined in the reins, and waved his white-gloved right hand slightly.
The Japanese cavalry, which were galloping at half horsepower, tightened their reins and slowed down. The nearly a hundred war horses were like one body. They only rushed forward for more than ten meters before they stopped one after another. It can be seen that the Japanese cavalry was well-trained on weekdays and lived up to the large amount of investment.
Seeing the commander picking up a telescope and observing the hills 800 meters away, the cavalry around Fujihara dispersed one after another. It was a formation that could both provide warning and avoid being bombarded.
"Deputy commander, do you want to inform the artillery regiment of the coordinates of this place? It's just that the hilly area is not large enough to hide enough artillery." The cavalry captain, who was also observing the distance with a telescope, urged his horse to come closer and asked cautiously.
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"There is no artillery!" Fujiwara's eyes suddenly became extremely cold, and his white gloves pointed into the distance. "It's the Chinese cavalry unit."
Following his words, hundreds of black shadows suddenly appeared in the hilly woods, urging the horses to slowly walk out.
Most of the Japanese cavalry remained silent.
For them, this was completely unprecedented.
In North China, although the 114th Division entered the battlefield late, it had fought a few battles. However, the northern Chinese army was already in retreat. Their main job was to pursue, pursue, and pursue again.
The small groups of infantry that were overtaken by them offered almost no decent resistance. It was common for them to scatter in a flash and be chopped down by their sharp sabers in the wilderness. The few who held on to simple positions were attacked by machine gun squadrons with machine gun and grenade firepower.
After suppression, once the cavalry on the two wings or even behind the enemy launches a charge, it will not take much effort to break through.
The cavalry regiment, before arriving in Songhu, already had an impressive record of killing more than 600 Chinese while suffering only ten casualties.
But here, a group of Chinese cavalry actually chose to come out of their hiding place to face them. Regardless of the final outcome of the battle, this already made the Japanese cavalry feel a provocation.
In their concept, the cowardly Chinese should not have the courage to fight against the noble imperial cavalry.
"What? You know that our army will not be fooled easily and don't plan to ambush you?" Fujiwara sneered and said to himself, but the expression on his face became colder. "However, in front of the imperial cavalry, he did not run away.
More or less smart."
The cavalry captain's eyes turned doubtful.
In his opinion, the Chinese cavalry, who were much more numerous than them, chose to take the initiative to walk out of the woods and no longer hide. Apart from a little bit of so-called courage, it was far from being smart.
From a tactical point of view, the woods hidden in the hills can be defended with guns. It is not the best battlefield for cavalry. It is far better than being killed one by one in a cavalry battle. It is even better to just flee to the main force without hesitation.
It is much better to take the initiative to fight in any direction of the city.
"They are smart because, hiding in the woods, our imperial cavalry does not have to waste a single shot. The four mountain cannons that follow my forward and stay on the other side of the river can turn this place into a sea of fire. They will definitely die if they walk out of the woods.
It is a choice they must make." Fujiwara looked at the Chinese cavalry in front of him who was slowly urging the horses to approach with cold eyes. His body was upright, but he was explaining to his subordinates who had not turned their heads.
"As for escaping, most of the horses used by the Chinese cavalry are Mongolian horses. Long-distance marching is the horse's strength, but short-distance acceleration is not as good as our army's horses. I wonder if they have a chance to run back to the city seven kilometers away.
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"Brother, why don't we wait for work and wait for the Japanese cavalry to come in and then kill them." The young cavalry who had just ran back to the cavalry company's hiding place also secretly asked his cavalry squad leader in confusion.
"The Japs are not that stupid. Didn't they stop 800 meters away?" the cavalry squad leader replied softly, stroking the horse that was breathing heavily and sweating under him.
He looked sideways at Tang Dao, who was riding a horse at the front of the team, and nuzzled at the young cavalryman: "Did you see that this dignified army lieutenant colonel is already going into battle with his saber? In war, you just want to be smart.
Fighting is not enough, and when it’s time to fight, you can’t be timid, and some blood will have to be shed.”
"No, brother, I'm not afraid, I am" the young cavalryman explained with a blushing face.
"Hey, boy, I won't care about you when we fight with the Japanese with real swords and guns later. Remember, after you shoot the bullets in the lance, you throw it away. In a cavalry duel, the saber is the real thing.
It's something that can save your life." The veteran reiterated to the young soldiers the key points in cavalry duels. "Don't try to hide from your opponent's sword. You will either hack him to death first or be hacked to death by him."
"What if the Japanese don't confront us head-on?" It must be the first time for the young cavalry to experience such a cavalry duel, and he used dialogue to relieve his extreme fear.
"They will." The veteran licked his lips. "When we choose to walk out of the woods, we are handing over a letter of challenge. How can the proud Imperial Japanese Cavalry refuse?"
The veteran's eyes were narrowed.
The young cavalryman could not see the complexity in the eyes of his cavalry squad leader.
As a new cavalry member in the Battle of Jiangqiao in Heilongjiang Province six years ago, how could he not know the stubbornness of the Japanese cavalry? They were proud, but they did have the capital to be proud. Their horses were strong and their riding skills were superb.
In that battle, although he and his comrades tried their best to kill more than a thousand Japanese cavalry and won the cavalry battle, their own losses were extremely heavy.
This time, for this veteran, he knew that it was time to say goodbye again.
But, he didn't know who would say goodbye to whom.
The only thing he can do is to kill all the enemies he can meet.
The veteran is right.
Two Chinese cavalry companies, with more than 130 horses, walked out in such a swagger. Not to mention that the pride of the Imperial Japanese cavalry did not allow them to refuse, even their commander Fujiwaraichi would never give in.
In his mind, not to mention that the number of cavalry on both sides is almost the same, so what if the Chinese cavalry is twice as large?
The Japanese troops were waiting, not for the commander to issue an order, but for the Chinese cavalry to completely walk out of the hilly areas.
They were very cautious. What if the Chinese cheated and hid heavy machine guns in the bushes, waiting for them to rush over and shoot them?
Most of the Japanese cavalrymen came from noble families, were proud, had excellent riding skills, and were very clever.
It wasn't until the Chinese cavalry array slowly walked 300 meters out of the hilly area and completely entered the fields. The distance between the two sides was only one mile. Fujiwaraichi then slowly took off the white gloves in his hands, threw them on the ground, and hung one hand diagonally on the horse's back.
He pulled out the 38-meter rifle from the holster on his head.
The Japanese cavalry began to move closer, forming a wild goose formation like the Chinese cavalry on the opposite side. With their two squadron leaders as arrows, the remaining cavalry were arranged on the two wings, and the 90 cavalry were arranged in two rows.
Of course, the two cavalry squadron captains each guard three cavalrymen, who have to defend the two chief officers when necessary.
The chief officer can die, but he cannot die easily, let alone a second-generation nobleman like Fujiwaraichi.
If something happens to him, not to mention the lieutenant general-level cavalry captain, even a lieutenant general like Suematsu Shigeharu may have to face criticism from the army base camp.
Otherwise, why don't the front-line army like this kind of noble second generation who come to get gold plated? It would be fine if these guys just have seniority. The key is that they all still feel that they have the halo of protagonists, and the more dangerous they are, the more they want to go up.
The gold-plated one is dead when it is dead, but the key is that the living one's head hurts.
Both sides had already set up their positions, and each slowly urged their horses forward.
This is the most commonly used tactic in cavalry duels. The horse retains its strength and gradually trots until the two sides are close to 300 meters before starting to accelerate. When the two sides come into contact, the horse reaches its peak speed. The horse uses the horse's power to fight with high-strength stainless steel.
The saber made by him can even split a human body in half.
"Deputy Director Tang, it's too late for you to retreat now. You are not a cavalryman." Gong Shaoxun looked at Tang Dao beside him and advised again.
He admired the courage of Lieutenant Colonel Tang, but he did not think that a pure infantry commander could play much role in a cavalry battle.
Riding may be something you can practice, and you should have received professional training when looking at Tang Dao's movements on a war horse, but a saber slash that can mean life or death in a riding battle cannot be trained. It requires actual combat, and it requires
The test of life and death cannot be compared to hand-to-hand combat with an infantryman holding a spear.
Anyway, from Gong Shaoxun's point of view, Tang Dao was joking with his own life, and he was not willing to take the life of an army lieutenant colonel who was relatively talented in command as a footnote to this cavalry battle.
"Captain Gong, maybe the Japanese will be knocked down before it's my turn to take action." Tang Dao pointed at the guns behind the cavalry beside him and smiled lightly.
Gong Shaoxun was speechless.
It seems that this is really possible. …
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