The most enjoyable part of the Battle of Southwest Shandong, apart from the artillery group and the armored assault group, was Hu Laohu's cavalry brigade.
Last night, in accordance with Liu Yimin's order, Hu Laohu led the cavalry brigade south from Dingtao and hid in the Pulianji area of Cao County.
This area is where Shang and Tang established their capital. It is also the most famous hometown of opera and martial arts in Caoxian County. The terrain is flat and the land is fertile. It mainly produces wheat, cotton, soybeans, green goats, and Luxi cattle. In the fields, around the village
Standing tall and tall sycamore trees and poplar trees with all their fallen leaves standing everywhere.
After the Japanese troops secretly moved out at four in the morning, the intelligence had already reached Hu Laohu.
At this time, Hu Laohu was no longer the same as when the 18th Red Regiment first fought against Xiaoshui. At that time, Hu Laohu was the cavalry company commander under Liu Yimin, the commander of the 18th Red Regiment, but he didn’t even have a donkey. After defeating Xiaoshui, Hu Laohu was
During the Battle of Water, there were 50 war horses. Hu Huhu took these 50 cavalry to Xikou to monitor the actions of the Hunan 62nd Division, and boldly fired the first shot in the Battle of Xikou to eliminate the Hunan 62nd Division. Today's
Hu Laohu is already the commander of the cavalry headquarters and cavalry brigade commander of the Eighth Route Army Instruction Division. He is not only responsible for commanding the cavalry brigade in combat, but also responsible for the cavalry training, troop deployment and command tasks of various units in the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army. He is worthy of his name.
A famous general in hundreds of battles.
His name was often tossed in the minds of commanders such as Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and Zhu De.
Waiting and looking forward, he finally saw the Japanese army's chariot convoy. The convoy passed under the nose of the surveillance post along the road from Caoxian County to Dingtao. Hu Laohu said anxiously, why didn't the commander give the order?
Since Bowen, the political commissar of the Cavalry Brigade, was slapped by Liu Yimin in front of Jingjing's cemetery in the Anti-Japanese Mountains, he no longer mentioned sacrifice and the like, and he became calmer and more courageous. Listening to Hu Laohu's mumbling, he became calm
He said in a loud voice: "Why are you panicking? Luo Yan's report made it clear that the Japanese field artillery regiment, search regiment, and engineer regiment are following the convoy. This part of the enemy has not come up yet!"
Hu Laohu smacked his lips, and his eyes suddenly brightened. He knew that using his cavalry brigade to deal with the Japanese tank convoy and automobile convoy was making fun of the lives of the soldiers. The little Japanese's field artillery regiment, engineers
The Regiment and the Search Regiment are delicacies specially tailored for the Cavalry Brigade.
After waiting and waiting, the Japs' search regiment, field artillery regiment, and engineering regiment finally arrived. Although these Japs were marching behind their own rear, they were still quite vigilant. The Field Artillery Regiment was on the road.
On the march, the engineer regiment followed behind the artillery and ammunition trucks, and the search regiment searched front, rear, left and right, showing a high alertness.
After receiving the report, Hu Laohu couldn't believe that such a good thing would happen to him. Together with Bowen and several group leaders, he took a closer look.
Conway, the political commissar of the Cavalry Regiment, only looked at it for a while, then he began to count in a low voice. After finishing counting, he turned to Hu Laohu and Bowen and whispered: "Brigadier, political commissar, we are rich. There are thirty-six field guns, twelve
Menshan Artillery, I never expected that a garrison division like the 38th Division would be equipped with an artillery regiment the size of a permanent division."
None of the Eighth Route Army cadres knew that because of the outstanding performance of the 38th Division in the last battle of Liu Jianli commanding the Luxi Group to break through the Longhai Road, the division commander Fujii Yotomo was beaten by Naosaburo Okabe and others.
With the commendation from Emperor Hirohito, the firepower and equipment were greatly enhanced and even the battle fleet was approved by His Majesty the Emperor.
After the observation, Chen Cunyi, leader of the Second Cavalry Regiment, whispered: "Brigadier, let's get started! Let my Second Cavalry Regiment go up first. One charge can disperse these little devils, and then we can deal with them."
Song Xing, the leader of the First Cavalry Regiment, had an eager and eager expression on his dark and thin face: "The brigade commander asked the First Cavalry Regiment to come up. I can chop these little devils into pieces with watermelons all over the floor with just one regiment."
The cavalry battle was the most brutal. When the sword slashed down, it would either cut off the head or chop it in half, which is why there is a saying that watermelons rolled all over the ground.
Wu Meng, the leader of the Third Cavalry Regiment, rolled his eyes: "You two want to be the main attacker. Could it be that my Third Cavalry Regiment is here to see Lou?"
Hu Huhu glared and stopped the fighting among the three regiment commanders and said: "Listen to me clearly, no one is trying to rob me. I and the political commissar of the whole brigade, including the cooks, health corps, and communications corps, are all here. One regiment."
, the second regiment quietly moved forward to engage the enemy, and the third regiment went on the road to beat the little devil's ass. When the commander gave the order, the whole brigade rushed out. In the first round of shooting, only firing was allowed, but no artillery was allowed, and then everyone was fired.
Pick up the saber and cut it for me. This time, we must capture the Japanese field artillery regiment unscathed, including the pack horses and the search regiment's horses. The entire battle must be resolved quickly, from the launch of the charge to the end.
The battle should not exceed 10 minutes. After destroying the Japanese field artillery regiment, the political commissar led the brigade troops to quickly clean the battlefield and quickly transfer the concealed and captured artillery and ammunition. I led the 1st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, and 3rd Cavalry Regiment to attack Qinggang.
Concentrate on the battlefield, assist the infantry to deal with the remaining Japanese enemies, and quickly return to hiding after completing the task, waiting for orders. Do you understand me?"
The three regiment commanders and several direct battalion commanders all answered in low voices and heard clearly.
It was already past 8 o'clock, and it was not long before Liu Yimin ordered 10 minutes to prepare.
After the cadres returned to the army, they immediately ordered them to assemble and prepare for the attack.
When Liu Yimin ordered all units to prepare for 10 minutes, Hu Laohu turned over and mounted his beloved bay-red horse. With a wave of his hand, he led the troops directly under the brigade and began to jog in the direction of the Japanese march on the road.
When three signal bombs soared into the air, Hu Laohu drew his sword, yelled "kill", clapped his horse and began to charge.
The Eighth Route Army's signal flares and subsequent artillery coverage also alerted the 38th Field Artillery Regiment, the 38th Engineer Regiment and the Search Regiment that were marching on the road. The Japs immediately stopped advancing.
Busy unloading artillery trucks and preparing to build artillery positions on the spot to launch counterattacks against the Eighth Route Army artillery groups.
The little devil moves fast, and the Eighth Route Army cavalry hero is even faster!
The earth is shaking slightly.
Under normal circumstances, the Japs would have clearly judged that this was caused by the power of the cavalry group's collective charge. But now it was the time when the Eighth Route Army artillery group showed off its power, and the ground itself was shaking. The busy Japs artillery could not detect the abnormality.
The Japanese officers were still giving orders, and the Japanese artillerymen were still busy setting up cannons with their buttocks sticking out, testing the distance and position of the target.
Carrying artillery shells.
The 38th Search Regiment of the Japanese Army discovered an anomaly. They called the police and clapped their horses to meet them, trying to stop the Eighth Route Army cavalry offensive so that the field artillery unit could withdraw or turn their guns to bombard the incoming Eighth Route Army cavalry group.
The search wing of the 38th Division originally had only 319 men and 185 horses. After the last reinforcement, it was expanded to 542 men and 429 horses. This means that only 429 cavalry can be put into battle.
The Eighth Route Army's cavalry brigade was much larger in size.
After the Seventh Red Army Corps established the cavalry division, Liu Yimin ordered the cavalry division to go to Yulin to expand the army for training. By the time they went north to fight against Japan, the cavalry brigade already had 5,000 troops. After more than two years of resistance, the size of other troops had greatly expanded. The cavalry brigade had
War Horse Jingui has continuously formed cavalry battalions for each brigade. In addition, the cavalry brigade has been tasked with defeating the enemy twice in the Jiangsu-Anhui border area. The battle losses are relatively large, and the size of the force has not changed much. Until now, the cavalry brigade has excluding the artillery regiment.
The total strength is only about 7,000 people, not to mention compared to the main brigade and even the newly formed security brigade. However, this is cavalry, and 7,000 people is an amazing large-scale cavalry group. It is better than the Japanese army in a field battle.
The strength of the cavalry brigade is much larger.
When the cavalry group launched a charge, their speed and inertial momentum were overwhelming!
The Japanese 38th Search Regiment, which had about 400 people coming forward, could only splash a few waves in the face of such a huge cavalry group before being submerged in the tide.
Due to the search team's alarm and extremely brave fighting, the Japanese field artillery team and engineer team were awakened. The soldiers no longer cared about setting up artillery and hurriedly grabbed rifles and grenades in an attempt to resist.
It's too late, it's too late! It's too late to think about resistance at this time.
Song Xing, the leader of the 1st Cavalry Regiment, and Kang Wei, the political commissar, led the entire regiment towards the road. When they encountered a Japanese search unit trying to resist, Song Xing's eyes flashed, he raised his sword high and shouted, "Fire."
"The 100 German-made submachine guns of the 1st Cavalry Battalion and 1st Company that followed him opened fire, weaving a fire net and trapping the oncoming Japanese cavalry of the Japanese Search Regiment tightly into the fire net.
Song Xing drew his sword, pointed towards the road, shouted "kill" and then galloped onto the road. With the speed of the horse's impact, he waved his sword and killed a small boy who had just picked up a light machine gun.
The Japs split into two pieces. Song Xing laughed, withdrew his sword, and gently pulled it flat, severing the throat of a stunned little Japs, and blood spurted all over the floor.
There was such a thing as Song Xing, holding a rein with one hand and wielding a sword with the other. He was invincible among the Japanese army and killed four little Japanese in a short time.
After the 38th Field Artillery Regiment strengthened its firepower, the number of guns increased from the original 36 to 48, the number of personnel increased to 2894, and the number of pack horses was 2269, but there were only more than 500 guns. This is the virtue of the little devil.
The organized troops were obsessed with offensive operations, and they never thought about what they would do if the artillery regiment encountered enemy infantry or a cavalry surprise attack. Perhaps when they thought about it, the artillery regiment was behind the infantry regiment and could not be attacked.
The artillerymen saved all the guns they used for self-defense, freeing up the hands of the soldiers to carry the artillery shells. Now, the Eighth Route Army cavalry came in groups to kill, and most of the Japanese artillerymen were left with their bare hands, turning them into lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
The Japanese Army's Engineer Regiment is equipped with weapons, with more than 400 people, and everyone has a gun. Unfortunately, this is a cavalry group fighting infantry. In terms of strength, the Japanese Army's Field Artillery Regiment, Engineer Regiment, and Search Regiment are added to
There are only 3,800 people at most, which is half less than the Eighth Route Army Cavalry Brigade.
What's more, most of the Japanese army did not have weapons? Some of the soldiers of the Little Japanese Engineer Regiment fired their guns, and some of them went to see Amaterasu without even removing the caps of their guns and even opening the bolts of their guns.
Song Xing and Kang Wei led the first cavalry regiment to kill with great enthusiasm, and Chen Cunyi of the second cavalry regiment also did it with enthusiasm.
Since the death of Li Donghai, the old political commissar of the Second Cavalry Regiment, the Second Cavalry Regiment has not had a political commissar. Chen Cunyi is the regiment leader, and the political commissar has shouldered the responsibility. Especially after the incident of two comrades from the Ministry of Social Affairs pursuing Chen Cunyi for killing prisoners, everyone in the Second Cavalry Regiment was depressed.
With a strong spirit, we must perform more meritorious deeds, perform meritorious deeds quickly, and perform great deeds. Use military exploits to prove that the Second Cavalry Regiment is a heroic unit and a glorious unit. Therefore, in previous battles, the style of the three regiments of the Cavalry Brigade and the Second Cavalry Regiment were
The most ferocious.
After Chen Cunyi led the Second Cavalry Regiment from the east side of the road, they violently packed into the group of Japs. They were like tigers rushing into a herd of sheep. They slashed and shot with knives and shot until corpses were scattered all over the ground. The Japs could no longer hold on and began to attack.
Fleeed. But how could two tui beasts outrun four tui horses?
When the cavalry soldiers caught up with him, they struck him with their swords. The enemy's head was rolling around on the ground, and watermelons were rolling all over the ground.
Wu Meng's Third Cavalry Regiment was tasked with stealing the enemy's retreat.
When the Third Cavalry Regiment galloped onto the road, the Japanese rearguard noticed it, and immediately the Japanese officers' panicked shouts of "enemy attack, fire" rang out.
The Japanese officer is just yelling nonsense. The Japanese rearguard force is actually part of the Japanese engineering and search wing, and the total strength is only one squadron. The little Japanese are in a daze listening to the rumbling sound of artillery in front. Some soldiers
He knelt on the ground and called Amaterasu's name with tears streaming down his face, praying for his comrades who were hit by artillery fire, hoping that they could escape. At this time, the Japanese officer shouted "Enemy attack, open fire". Can the soldiers react?
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The Japs couldn't react, but the soldiers of the Third Cavalry Regiment, who rushed up in cavalry formation, opened fire on their horses. Machine guns and rifles rang out, and the bullets went straight into the little Japs' chest.
The horses were fast. In a short time, the Third Cavalry Regiment completed the first round of shooting and rushed into the group of Japs. Wu Meng shouted, "Little Japs, your Eighth Route Army Grandpa is here." He rode his horse and swung his sword to kill them.
A Japanese officer reacted quickly. He held up the command knife in his hand, screamed, and slashed at Wu Meng's horse. Wu Meng said, "Go to hell" and clamped the horse's belly with his tui, taking advantage of the horse's leap.
, the sword in his hand was swung out, splitting the Japs officer's head open in one move, and blood spurted out like an arrow.
Wu Meng kept running, swung his sword again, and chopped off the head of a little Japanese who was about to use a grenade. Then he laughed and looked for the next target.
A kid crawling on the ground had just fired a shot, knocking off a cavalry soldier behind Wu Meng, and Wu Meng's horse arrived. Before the kid could fire again, he was trampled on the backbone by Wu Meng's horse.
Blood flowed out of his mouth, and he was no longer alive.
Hu Laohu said that the battle ended 10 minutes after launching the charge, but in fact it only took 5 minutes. There was no way, the number of imps was small, and only two cavalry soldiers could be assigned to one imp. The slower soldiers could only walk on the battlefield.
The horse is gone.
Seeing that there were no living Japanese on the battlefield, Hu Laohu immediately ordered an assault on the main battlefield of Qinggangji. The three regiments of the cavalry brigade spread out and galloped north along the road. When they were approaching the battlefield, Hu Laohu drew his sword.
, the three cavalry regiments immediately divided into three large arrows, and then divided into countless small arrows, and finally turned into a line of cavalry skirmishers like waves at high tide, spreading towards the main battlefield.