The Fourth Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese Army was under the jurisdiction of the 35th Division. It was under the jurisdiction of the 25th and 26th Cavalry Regiments. Each regiment had four cavalry squadrons with a total of 400 people and 8 light machine guns.
Well, 8 grenades.
A machine gun squadron has 80 people and 4 heavy machine guns.
An infantry artillery squadron has 100 people, including 2 mountain guns and 2 infantry guns, with a total of 640 people in the regiment.
The 4th Cavalry Artillery Regiment has 180 people, 2 artillery squadrons and 4 mountain guns.
The baggage team has 70 people, including 1 passenger car and 25 trucks.
The brigade has a total of 1,675 people, 8 heavy machine guns, and 12 cannons.
The identity of Captain Fushiminomiya of the 25th Japanese Cavalry Regiment, who was responsible for commanding operations in southwestern Shandong, was not simple.
His full name is Fushiminomiya, he is not very old, but he has the rank of Daizuo, and his real identity is the Prince of Japan.
I saw Fushimi Palace giving an order, and the two cavalry squadrons that had been hiding in the dark, totaling more than 200 Japanese cavalry, galloped towards Liugang Village, where the battlefield was the fiercest.
Field battles were unfavorable for both warring parties, but the Japanese cavalry had clearly laid out its route during the day, with a clear target, and rushed directly towards the group that was launching an offensive behind the stubborn army.
The movement of the Japanese cavalry was quite large, and Zhou Weihan immediately noticed it.
"Just come out, monk, and tell Chen Jiandong's cavalry company to attack immediately. Once a group of heavy machine gun positions slows down the Japanese cavalry, bite me immediately!" Zhou Weihan said quickly.
Fushimi Palace was too arrogant and relied on a fast and mobile cavalry in his hands. He did not pay attention to the Eighth Route Army reinforcements and tried to use the speed of the cavalry to overwhelm the Eighth Route Army.
When approaching the battlefield, Fushimi Miya showed a deadly smile on his face: "Warriors, load up!"
"Onboard!" a group of Japs yelled.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, two illumination bombs soared into the sky again, driving away the surrounding darkness.
Fushimiyama took a closer look and saw at least a dozen heavy machine guns positioned in front of the cavalry.
"Nani?"
Before Fushimiya could react further, the heavy machine gun position in front suddenly burst into flames, followed by more than ten tongues of flame.
Dozens of Japanese soldiers rushing in front immediately ran into a dense fire net, and in an instant, they were pierced by scorching bullets.
Several guards around Fushimi Palace hurriedly protected him behind him. This move immediately attracted the attention of a group of machine gunners.
He immediately adjusted his direction and pointed the gun in the direction of Fushimi Palace.
"idiot!"
Fushimi Miya only felt a little warm on his face, and the several guards standing in front of him were beaten to pieces in an instant.
The distance between the two sides was only about 200 meters, but this short 200 meters became a death zone that was difficult for the Japanese cavalry to cross.
The continuous firepower of the Maxim heavy machine gun equipped by the regiment was much greater than that of the Type 92 heavy machine gun of the Little Japanese, and the Japanese cavalry was constantly being harvested.
At this moment, the deafening sound of horse hoofbeats came out from the north of Liu Gang, accompanied by the charging horn of the Eighth Route Army.
"Our cavalry is here, stop attacking, change ammunition, everyone is on alert!"
The person who spoke was the commander of the heavy machine gun company, and then two more illumination bombs were raised.
I saw that at least half of the Japanese troops on the battlefield had fallen due to the unexpected attack.
The Japanese cavalry was turning their horses under the command of Fushimiguya. At the same time, more than a hundred soldiers from the cavalry company were divided into three groups and came from the flank of the Japanese cavalry formation.
The personnel of the Zhu Dashan Cavalry Regiment had not recovered from the losses suffered in previous battles. Before coming to Hebei, Shandong and Yu, the accompanying cavalry company concentrated on the elite of the entire cavalry regiment.
The Japanese cavalry, which had lost its mobility, suddenly became a live target. The cavalry company commander Chen Jiandong, holding a saber, chopped off two little Japanese one after another like melons and vegetables.
Chen Jiandong wiped the blood spattered on his face and shouted: "Happy!"
"Cavalry company, attack!"
The soldiers of the cavalry company who had just defeated the Japanese cavalry gathered into three groups again and attacked the Japanese army.
Chen Jiandong rode his horse to the front, and vaguely saw a Japanese officer in the middle, who was about to escape on horseback.
"Don't let the little devil get away!"
"Baga!" Fushimi Palace, which had always been invincible in the Hebei, Shandong and Henan areas, suffered a disastrous defeat at the beginning. Seeing the Eighth Route Army cavalry on the opposite side, they immediately ignored the obstruction of the guards around them and charged in the direction of Chen Jiandong.
go.
The men and horses from both sides collided, and they were instantly overturned.
Chen Jiandong looked at Fushimiyama coming towards him and snorted coldly. The moment the two of them crossed paths, Fushimiyama's saber slashed at him, but Chen Jiandong did not confront him head-on.
Instead, he turned sideways, hiding on the side of the horse's belly, and then put his foot on the leg of Fushiminomiya's horse.
Chen Jiandong's kick was so powerful that with a "boom!" sound, Fushimi Gong and his mount fell to the ground.
"Hey!" Chen Jiandong turned around on his horse, the dust dispersed, and Fushimi Gong was pinned under the horse, unable to move his lower body.
"Hey, little devil, your grandpa and I have grown up on horses. When it comes to equestrian skills, you are not even qualified to carry my grandpa's shoes!"
Fushimi Gong was thrown so dizzy that he did not hear Chen Jiandong's words.
At this time, the situation on the battlefield was excellent. Half of the Japanese cavalry were first wiped out by heavy machine guns, and then they were attacked twice by cavalry companies. There was not much left.
On the main battlefield, several groups of stubborn troops fought independently without unified command. As soon as they were attacked by one or four regiments, they were immediately defeated and scrambled to flee in all directions.
Upon seeing this, Jing Dagang immediately ordered his troops to spread out their formation, with the first battalion acting as a sharp knife in the center, the second battalion, and the third battalion encircling them from both wings.
"Detachment leader, look at this little Japanese cavalryman who is still a big fish, with a big left military rank!" Chen Jiandong pointed at Fushimi Palace and said,
At first, Zhou Weihan didn't care. There were more than one or two Japanese leftists who died in the troops of the Tainan Military Region. If they didn't have a gold star, Zhou Weihan didn't take them seriously.
But after taking a closer look, Zhou Weihan was greatly surprised: "Oh, this little Japanese officer is quite young!"
Suspicions arose at that moment. According to the normal promotion procedures in the Japanese army, even if he graduated from mainland China and had outstanding military exploits, he would not be able to reach the rank of Dazuo if he was still in his thirties.
"Monk, see if this Japanese guy has any ID on him!"
The monk stepped forward and actually found a certificate from Fushimiguya's body.
Zhou Weihan took a look by the firelight and saw that the name of Fushimi Palace was clearly written on the certificate.
"Fushimi-miya, Fushimi-miya!"
"Damn, this is really a big fish, Chen Jiandong, you have made a great contribution!"
"Chief, who is this little devil?" Chen Jiandong asked curiously when he saw Zhou Weihan was so excited.
"What is his identity? This guy is the Little Japanese Prince. Although we don't know what his relationship is with the Little Japanese Emperor, he is designated as a member of the Japanese royal family!"
"If we count him in our country, he should be the emperor's brother or son or something like that!"
When Chen Jiandong heard this, he said: "My dear, luckily I thought about catching this little devil alive at that time. It's a good thing I didn't kill him!"
Zhou Weihan knows this because he started studying Japanese culture with Yin Teng Zhengyuan in college.