The cavalry has always been an aristocratic branch of the Japanese army. These cavalrymen reveal a trace of their arrogance and arrogance as the best in the world. In the North China battlefield, when these cavalrymen faced the Chinese army, they
The more than one victory they achieved only fueled their arrogance.
Just when Major General Zuo Majiu was commanding his fourth cavalry brigade, he forgot the real combat target of the cavalry. He forgot that it was the emergence of tanks that completely eliminated the cavalry. The tanks in the group battle convoy were riding high with swords and horses.
Under the cover of armored vehicles and armored vehicles, when they rushed towards the anti-alliance tank troops rushing from the flanks, they were greeted by a hail of bullets.
When the first round of rockets fired by the 107th rocket launcher exploded among his cavalry charge group, the intensive artillery fire reduced the number of the first three cavalry squadrons he launched to charge by half. Not yet.
By the time he and his cavalrymen, who were like the pride of heaven, woke up from the smoke of the artillery shells, the anti-Union tank troops had already rushed over with guns blaring.
As for his remaining cavalry, during the collision with the tank, they were all swept off their horses by the machine guns mounted on the tanks before they could even get close to their targets. Even if there were one or two cavalrymen who were lucky enough to rush through the fire net, the weapons in their hands would
The saber could not break through the armor of the tank. The first three cavalry squadrons to charge were wiped out without even raising a whirlpool.
Looking at the overcoming Anti-Alliance tank troops, Major General Zuoma Jiujiu gritted his teeth and threw all the cavalry in his hands into the battlefield. They all spread out and charged in multiple directions, trying to get together with the Anti-Alliance tanks as quickly as possible.
Fight a melee with the Anti-Japanese Alliance to make the superior artillery fire of the Anti-Japanese Alliance lose its effect.
Seeing the Japanese army launching a multi-channel charge of the cavalry group, Mu Changqiu, who did not want to engage in close combat with him, evenly distributed his troops. He used the tanks in his hands to outflank the Japanese cavalry from both sides. He used the mobility of the tanks and his own protective power.
, in addition to the firepower, they always kept a certain distance from the Japanese charging cavalry, and only used machine guns and artillery to fight.
The 1st Battalion of the 15th Regiment, under the cover of a tank company, strengthened six 14.5 mm anti-aircraft machine guns, four double 23 anti-aircraft guns, as well as all light and heavy machine guns, battalion mortars, and strengthened the regiment's
Two 120mm mortars met the Japanese frontal charge.
Since the Japanese army took the initiative to attack the group, Mu Changqiu was also ready to take advantage of this rare opportunity and change the original defeat plan to annihilate all the Japanese troops under the Guisui City in one go, so as to reduce the pressure of the subsequent siege.
With the pressure and the number of casualties, the city of Guisui, which was well fortified, was completely captured in a short period of time.
Mu Changqiu, who has been dealing with the Japanese army for more than a year, is very familiar with the madness of the Japanese army. The power of the lances and sabers in the hands of these madmen does not pose any threat to him. But once he gets involved with these cavalry,
Together, they can certainly be eliminated more effectively. But the grenades carried by these guys also pose a certain threat to the tank's engine.
If they were mixed together, these Japanese soldiers who were always going crazy would use the impact and speed of the horses to get close to the tank and then fire grenades and jump to the engine, which would also cause some damage to the tank. Mu Changqiu did not want to let himself
The tank cluster in his hand suffered unnecessary losses in his eyes, so as not to be scolded by his old comrades when he returned.
After several charges were fruitless and he suffered a lot of casualties, Zuoma Kuato quickly changed his tactics after seeing that his charges could not achieve his goals. Instead of fighting tanks in close combat, he used the impact of war horses.
After getting close to the tank, use grenades to destroy the enemy tanks. Instead, under the cover of a cavalry artillery squadron, launch a multi-channel attack on the anti-alliance frontal infantry position.
At the same time, the tanks and armored vehicles of the group's battle convoy launched an attack on the right-wing anti-alliance tank group. They used it to hold back the right-wing tank group that posed the greatest threat to themselves, and covered the cavalry to launch an attack on the frontal infantry position. In his opinion, the 20 tanks in the tank group were
Multiple tanks and armored vehicles can buy you half an hour, which is enough for you to overwhelm the infantry positions facing the anti-alliance forces.
Zuo Jianjiu changed his formation quickly, and Mu Changqiu's reaction was also slow. In order to encircle and annihilate the Japanese cavalry in front of him in one fell swoop, Mu Changqiu did not adopt a hard-hitting tactic. Instead, he intercepted with intensive firepower on both wings.
A group of tanks were used to slowly squeeze. The tanks were used to squeeze the Japanese troops facing them into a small area little by little, and then carry out the tactics of complete annihilation.
However, considering that under this tactic, his tank cannon accidentally damaged his own tank, Mu Changqiu discussed with the commander of the 1st Armored Regiment to avoid using artillery as much as possible during the squeeze except against Japanese tanks.
, all changed to using two Soviet-made tank-mounted machine guns equipped with two tanks as the main firepower.
The cavalry moves very quickly and has strong maneuverability. However, the Japanese cavalry's poor firepower is almost only massacred in the face of a weapon that combines protection, firepower, and mobility like a tank. Facing the
Attacked by fire from three sides, no matter how the Japanese cavalry group dispersed their attacks, they were eventually squeezed together bit by bit.
As for the more than 20 Type 97 and Type 95 tanks and Type 92 cavalry armored vehicles that accompanied the cavalry group's direct attack convoy. Not counting the ones that were destroyed by the tank company covering the 13th Regiment when they attacked the 13th Regiment.
The six remaining tanks and armored vehicles were half destroyed by the 76 tank guns of the Soviet-made T-34 tanks in the first round of fighting from a distance of 600 meters.
The remaining dozen tanks did not escape the second round of fire. Less than twenty minutes after the battle, all the tanks in the entire tank convoy were turned into piles of burning scrap metal. And these Japanese troops
Even though the tank fired back, the shells also hit the front armor of part of the T-34 tank.
But neither the 57mm tank gun nor the 37mm tank gun can penetrate the main armor of the T-34 tank. Even a Type 97 tank that is not afraid of death can rush to the first place in the distance.
A T-34 tank fired from less than a hundred meters away, but its 57mm tank shells were still bounced away.
It's just that the crew of the Type 97 tank, which was immediately shot by the T-34 tank and the turret was blown off, was brave. But their bravery and senselessness did not bring any effect. Before they died
The 57mm armor-piercing projectile fired did not cause any damage at all, except for a scratch on the turret of the T-34 tank in front of it.
Facing a one-sided tank battle, Major General Zuo Majiu, who was still full of confidence due to the impact of his own tank-enhanced cavalry group, in just twenty minutes, felt a mixture of ice and fire in his heart.
.There were more than 20 tanks in a whole chariot convoy, and not a single enemy tank was destroyed, but our own army was completely destroyed.
The four cavalry cannons that served as fire cover in front of him were not able to escape. They were all destroyed in the first round of enemy tank fire. As of now, his fourth cavalry brigade, except for a few
Except for the light machine guns, all support firepower has been lost.
This situation made the long-time major general Zuoma's mind and self-confidence drop rapidly from the full health state. When his cavalry, which was dispersed as much as possible, was squeezed into a cluster state by the anti-alliance tank troops, his inner state
It completely turned into an ominous premonition.
The premonition in the heart of the long-standing Major General Zuoma soon became a reality. After the 4th Cavalry Brigade spread out to launch a frontal offensive, after several failed attacks, it was squeezed back to a length of 700 meters from east to west.
, within a small space less than one thousand meters wide from north to south.
After completing the squeeze on the Japanese cavalry, the anti-alliance tank troops only blocked the cavalry with machine gun fire to prevent the cavalry from breaking out of this limit. However, they retreated back more than a hundred meters. In addition to the continuous strafing of the machine guns, they were already compressed very much.
In addition to the dense Japanese cavalry, all tank guns also stopped firing.
Looking at the cavalry being squeezed back around him, Major General Zuo Majiu knew very well that once the Anti-Japanese Alliance completed the tank encirclement and squeezed in at the same time, there would be almost no other consequences waiting for him except total losses. Faced with the situation, the situation was about to take a turn for the worse.
, Major General Zuo Jianjiu gritted his teeth and directed all the cavalry to rush towards the frontal position of the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
In his opinion, a thousand meters of frontage is enough for his cavalry to spread out as much as possible. And the distance of 700 meters is only a matter of minutes for the cavalry. As long as he can try his best and use the speed of the cavalry,
With the impact force, breaking through the resistance line on the front of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, you can take a detour and return to the city.
Although he knew very well that facing the opponent's intensive firepower, the short distance of 700 to 800 meters would be quite costly. But it was better to fight to the death than to wipe out the whole army here. What happened just now
Twenty minutes of several frontal attacks made him realize that although the Anti-Japanese Alliance on the opposite side only had the simplest fortifications, its firepower density was far beyond what he could compare with.
However, the Fourth Cavalry Brigade is currently the only organized Japanese mobile unit in the entire Guisui area. If the entire army is destroyed here, even if there are thick city walls and a large number of fortifications to rely on, Guisui will really have no soldiers.
But it can be defended. Even if the Baotou garrison, whose commander refuses to retreat, is transferred back, the water from far away will not be able to quench the thirst nearby.
Just when he made up his mind and knew that the time left for him was running out, Major General Zuo Jianjiu had not had time to give the order to charge. Behind the anti-alliance position, there suddenly came a sound that he had heard before and was no longer unfamiliar to him.
The sound of swish volleys. Before this familiar sound could be heard, Zuo Jianjiu, who knew something was wrong, shouted out. Ninety-six rocket shells fired by two companies had already covered the area where he and his men were.
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The smoke from the explosion of these ninety-six rocket shells has not dissipated. A batch of high-explosive shells fired by the surrounding T-34 tanks collided with a 120mm mortar battery and an 82-mm mortar battery in the front.
, and a large number of four rapid-fire rounds from 60-gun cannons, fell in this area almost at the same time. The area where the Japanese Cavalry Fourth Brigade was located was thoroughly cleaned.
Before the explosions of all the artillery shells had fallen, Mu Changqiu, who was personally commanding the front line, issued the order for an all-out attack. The infantry was used in conjunction with the tanks, and the machine gun fire cover on the tanks was used to cover the few Japanese cavalry in the encirclement circle from all sides.
The fourth brigade pressed forward.
The anti-aircraft machine guns firing across the front and the firepower of the dual 23mm anti-aircraft cannons were constantly harvesting the remaining Japanese cavalry. Facing the already unfavorable situation, they began to break out in all directions, trying to open an escape route. He
What we need to do is not to defeat them, but to keep the entire Fourth Cavalry Brigade here.
After surviving the artillery fire and finally controlling his mount, Maj. Gen. Zuoma Hisato had completely lost the confidence to break out in the face of his few remaining subordinates. But the Emperor of Japan was obviously unwilling to give up.
The last dignified Japanese cavalry major general in the army, after many failed breakthroughs, also aroused the idea of a last fight in his heart.