Chapter 95: The fight between trapped beasts, the courage is commendable!
More than a dozen reconnaissance cavalry sent by Kuroshima Morita ran to Tsim Shan Tsui to conduct reconnaissance.
No trace of the Eighth Route Army's ambush was found, so the flag-ordering soldiers signaled safety to the large forces in the rear.
The flag-ordered soldiers bowed their heads to Kuroshima Morita and said: "Report to the captain, the front is safe!"
Kuroshima Morita ordered: "Let the scout cavalry search and advance quickly!"
"Hey!" The flag commander next to him shouted the flag command forward.
Immediately, Kuroshima Morita waved his hand: "The Second Cavalry Squadron is ahead!"
This old devil knew very well that Li Yunlong was cunning and might have set up an ambush in the front, lest the main force would make the same mistake as Takeshima Suda and Sasaki Isamu.
So the 2nd Cavalry Squadron was sent as the vanguard to pursue. The squadron of the 2nd Cavalry Squadron was originally Takeshima Suda, but Takeshima Suda was already in pieces.
Now there are only more than 150 cavalrymen left in the Second Cavalry Squadron.
No. 150 or so of the Second Squadron rode out from the queue and pounced towards Tsim Shan Tsui.
I saw horses hooves beating and iron hooves rolling, as more than 150 Japanese cavalrymen chased the Eighth Route Cavalry and disappeared under Jianshan Tsui.
Seeing this, Kurojima Morita didn't stay much, and led the main force of the Kuroshima Alliance to pursue them along the road with a rumble.
About forty minutes later.
On a peak more than ten miles away from Yelang Valley.
Using telescopes to look at several huge streaks of dust rising several kilometers away, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were immediately shaken.
The ones at the front are naturally the Eighth Route Army cavalry, and the two streaks of dust rising behind are the Japanese cavalry.
Needless to say, both Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang knew that the Black Island Cavalry Regiment must be chasing them.
After laughing, Li Yunlong said: "Old Zhao, look, the Black Island United Team is dispatched!"
"This Captain Sun is really capable." Zhao Gang praised, "He actually mobilized the Black Island Cavalry Regiment."
"Of course." Li Yunlong said proudly, "You don't even have to look at whose soldiers it is. It seems that Sun Desheng, the boy with the most outstanding achievements, can't escape."
Zhao Gang rolled his eyes at him and said: "Don't be too happy too early. Although the Black Island Cavalry Regiment has been led out, it is hard to say whether they can enter the ambush position in Yelangyu as you envisioned."
Li Yunlong said firmly: "If you were an old man from Heidao and led the cavalry to chase for more than 50 miles, would you give up easily?"
"As long as they are led out by us, they will definitely step into my trap!"
As he spoke, Li Yunlong patted his butt and stood up from the ground: "Let's go, we should go to Yelangyu."
Zhao Gang also quickly stood up, and the two of them ran to the foot of the mountain, got on their horses and rode off toward Yelangyu.
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The more Kurojima Morita chased, the less it seemed like a trick by the Eighth Route Army.
We just passed through several places, all suitable for ambushes, but there were no Eighth Route Army ambushes in them.
This made Kurojima Morita feel more and more that Li Yunlong was out of luck this time.
He was very sure that Li Yunlong must have felt that he would not lead the main force of the Black Island cavalry in pursuit, so he dared to come so blatantly to provoke outside the county town. At this time, Li Yunlong must have been so angry that he was yelling.
Ahead is Yelangyu, the intersection area of the guerrilla zone and the Eighth Route Base.
As long as you pass Yelangyu, you will be within the sphere of influence of the Eighth Route Base Area.
However, Kuroshima Morita does not intend to give up. Not to mention pursuing him to the Eighth Route Base, even if he pursues him to Java, he will cut off Li Yunlong's head!
Even if the base area is besieged by the Eighth Route Army, the cavalry regiment can return to Qixian by virtue of its rapid maneuverability.
More than ten minutes later.
Sun Desheng led the temporary cavalry battalion and finally led the Black Island Cavalry Regiment to its destination.
When the 2nd Squadron of the Black Island Regiment's Cavalry came after them, they saw the Eighth Route Army in front of a hillside, with about 300 cavalrymen lined up in several rows, ready with sabers in their hands.
Upon seeing this, the deputy captain of the Second Squadron of the Japanese Cavalry had too few troops to dare to attack, so he stopped at a position 400 meters away from the Eighth Route Cavalry for a confrontation.
Not long after, Kuroshima Morita led the main force of the cavalry regiment to arrive, rumbling and then slowly stopping.
From a distance, the vast sea looks like a swarm of locusts.
What arrived were Kuroshima Morita's personal guards, two full cavalry squadrons, and the second cavalry squadron, which only had more than 150 men left.
The cavalry artillery squadron was still on the way. Because it was carrying mortars and shell boxes, the cavalry artillery squadron ran a little slower.
Kuroshima Morita, surrounded by Suzuki Tsuneo and two squadron leaders, appeared in front of the cavalry formation.
"Yo Xi, the Eighth Route Cavalry can't run anymore at last." Kuroshima Morita said with a happy expression.
Suzuki Tsuneo said: "I guess the Eighth Route Army wants to engage in a fight between trapped beasts and fight us to the death."
"The fight between trapped beasts." Kuroshima Morita laughed and said, "Your courage is commendable."
Kuroshima Morita raised the telescope on his chest and looked behind the Eighth Route Cavalry.
Behind it is a huge gentle slope. The slope is bare, with only some weeds at the top.
Tsuneo Suzuki said: "Captain, it seems that the Eighth Route Cavalry is trying to overwhelm our formation by rushing down the slope."
Although the slope was not too steep, the Eighth Route Cavalry charged from top to bottom, while the Japanese cavalry charged from bottom to top, so those on top must have taken advantage.
"Suzuki-kun, if I send the third and fourth cavalry squadrons to fight, how many rounds can the eight-line cavalry last?" Kuroshima Morita asked.
Tsuneo Suzuki replied: "Both the physical fitness and training level of the Chinese cavalry are not comparable to the imperial army. In three rounds at most, all the more than 300 Eighth Route Cavalry will be killed by the imperial army."
Generally speaking, in cavalry confrontation, they are mixed together first, and then quickly separate after the fight, using the sprinting strength and equestrian skills of the horses under their legs to chop and assassinate the enemy.
After they separated, the two sides turned their horses' heads and started hedging again, back and forth, until one side fell down.
There was no such scene in the first two battles between the cavalry company and the enemy. This was because Sun Desheng also ambushed the cavalry on the enemy's rear flank. They had to tightly entangle the cavalry, so that the cavalry in the rear and front formed a double-team on the Japanese cavalry.
The third and fourth cavalry squadrons combined have almost 500 men, while the eighth cavalry has a maximum of 300 men. Suzuki Tsuneo and Kuroshima Morita are very confident in the combat effectiveness of their cavalry.
500 versus 300, I have the advantage.
"Yo Xi!" Kurojima Morita laughed, "Suzuki-kun, we thought of it together, haha."
Seeing that the Eighth Route Cavalry actually took the initiative to die, Kuroshima Morita was almost grinning.
Immediately, Kuroshima Morita shouted: "Order the second squadron of cavalry to retreat, and the third and fourth squadrons of cavalry to line up to fight the Chinese cavalry!"
The flag order soldiers quickly issued several consecutive flag commands to the second squadron of cavalry in the front and the third and fourth squadrons of cavalry in the rear.
The 2nd Cavalry Squadron rode back, and the 3rd and 4th Cavalry Squadrons slowly rode forward to take over the position of the 2nd Cavalry Squadron, confronting the Eighth Route Cavalry.
About 500 cavalrymen from two squadrons formed three cavalry formations more than 100 meters wide 400 meters away from the Eighth Route Cavalry.
The sound of cavalry swords being unsheathed resounded loudly. Under the sunlight, the shiny blades of hundreds of swords reflected a fascinating cold light, chilling the skin.