Colonel Yingteng was arrogant in his heart. Even though the cavalry corps had more than half of their casualties, three or four hundred cavalrymen emerged from behind and headed straight for his artillery positions. He still did not feel that the cavalry corps had reached a critical moment of life and death.

The firepower on the blocking position is very strong. No matter what their identities are found in the end, it is difficult to chew this hard bone with the current strength of the cavalry corps.

But there is definitely no problem with the safety of the Cavalry United.

No matter how well the opponent's equipment is, it is a group of infantry. If the cavalry corps want to leave here, they will not be able to catch up with them by two more legs.

Therefore, for Colonel Yingteng, no matter how difficult the enemy on the blocking position is to threaten the safety of the cavalry regiment.

As for the more than 400 cavalry suddenly emerged from behind the team, Colonel Yingteng was even more worried.

On the Chinese battlefield, except for some cavalry units in Inner Mongolia that had defeated the Imperial Cavalry, no other Chinese cavalry is the opponent of the Imperial Cavalry.

The cavalry that suddenly emerged was only more than 400. Although his cavalry unit suffered heavy casualties in the attack just now, there were still six or seven hundred cavalrymen who could fight on the battlefield, so it would be no problem to eat them.

In addition, Colonel Yingteng has a very selfish idea.

The first battle after the troops entered Shanxi not only did not start well, but also lost nearly two cavalry brigades.

After such a result is brought up, even if the superiors do not hold them accountable, they will become a laughing stock for their colleagues!

If we could kill more than 400 cavalry suddenly emerged from behind, the result would be different.

On the front battlefield, the battle of four hundred cavalry is not inferior to that of one main force regiment, and the cost of supporting more than four hundred cavalry is far more than that of one main force regiment, so the influence of eliminating more than four hundred cavalry is far more than that of eliminating infantry on blocking positions.

With such a result, you will not only not become a laughing stock in your colleagues, but also become a hero!

In order to achieve this goal, Colonel Yingteng has already started to do this!

"Sir, the enemy has more than 400 cavalry, and there are less than 200 cavalry left in the second brigade. Will it be too few if they are sent to them?" The deputy captain looked at the cavalry that was rushing closer and closer not far away, and his face was full of worry.

Colonel Yingteng shook his head: "It's not a big deal at all. Our more than one hundred cavalry fight against more than four hundred cavalry. The enemy will definitely think that they have taken a big advantage, and then fight with the Second Battalion without any scruples!"

"If we send an extra brigade to the enemy and make them feel that they have no chance of winning, they will definitely retreat directly when the situation is not good!"

The deputy captain of the regiment understood the implicit meaning of Colonel Yingteng's words: "Sir, you want to eat this cavalry!"

Colonel Yingteng nodded: "The firepower on the blocking position is too strong, and it is too difficult to eat them. In order to give an explanation from above, we will not hold us accountable for the loss of more than 600 cavalry, we can only settle for the second best and take action against the cavalry behind us."

"The second battalion came forward and fought with the enemy. The first and third battalions were roundabout and surrounded the enemy's rear route, blocking the enemy's rear route, and then the entire army attacked together to annihilate all the cavalry behind us."

"The Fourth Battalion monitors the enemies on the blocking positions to prevent them from attacking us in the chaos!"

Cavalry battalion commander Tao Yongsheng personally led more than 400 cavalrymen to launch an assault from behind the Japanese army.

Seeing more than a hundred Japanese suddenly crossing the front of the cavalry battalion, I rushed towards them without hesitation: "Kill more than a hundred Japanese in front... Cavalry battalion, kill with me..."

The cavalry's assault speed is very fast, especially when the two cavalry rushed toward each other, they ran away in the blink of an eye.

"Da da da da...b bang..." Gunshots rang among the two teams at the same time.

This is the long-range shooting of the cavalry before the fight. After shooting all the bullets in the gun chamber, the soldiers on both sides will replace the rifle in their hands with sabers to prepare for the final battle.

When the two sides first shot at each other, Colonel Yingteng did not see anything wrong. If he was asked to command the cavalry to hedge against the enemy, he would also fire a round of bullets at the opponent before the fight to weaken the opponent's strength.

But this firefight was not as simple as he thought.

The second brigade had more than 100 horse rifles quickly finished the bullets in the gun chamber. The short and dense gunfire lasted only two or three seconds before it ended. The gunfire on the opponent had lasted for five seconds, and there was still no intention of stopping.

Judging from the gunshots, this cavalry is not only equipped with a large number of horse rifles, but also equipped with a lot of submachine guns and box cannons!

The dozens of cavalrymen in the front either held box cannons or submachine guns, assaulting forward while shooting at the second brigade!

All kinds of bullets flew towards the second brigade like they didn't have money!

No matter how strong the combat power of the cavalry is, it is still flesh and blood. Facing the rain of bullets flying towards him, cavalry are constantly being shot and dropped from horses, or they are carrying people and horses on the assault road...

In just a few seconds, the Second Battalion had been defeated with a cavalry squad, and such losses were still increasing sharply.

In contrast, the opponent with more than 400 cavalry was killed by more than 10 horse rifles of the Second Battalion, and then there were no casualties...

The second battalion has very few cavalry, but the firepower attacks are much more serious than the opponent. One goes up and down. Once the two sides fight together, the pressure faced by the second battalion will definitely increase further.

Colonel Yingteng saw it and was anxious in his heart. He immediately ordered: "The First and Third Team will start to encircle now, and be sure to join the battle as quickly as possible!"

"Our opponent is too cunning and actually equipped the cavalry with a large amount of submachine guns and pistols, resulting in heavy casualties before the Second Battalion was killed with them. If the First and Third Battalion were too late, the Second Battalion would not only not be able to hold back the enemy, but would also be eaten by the enemy in one bite!"

More than 300 cavalrymen of the 13th Brigade moved quickly, and the dull sound of horse hooves became louder and louder because of the speed of the marching. Colonel Yingteng's eyes had just shifted from them to the 2nd Brigade, praying that they could persevere until the 13th Brigade arrived at the battlefield in time.

"Boom..." A more dull sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded on the left and right wings, and suddenly suppressed the sound of horse hooves of one or three groups.

Colonel Yingteng, who was shocked, quickly looked in the direction where the sound of horse hooves came.

A large number of cavalry suddenly appeared behind the ridge not far away, and at one glance, there were at least two hundred cavalrymen on the other side. They held their horse rifles, waved their sabers, and rushed towards the first and third brigades...

"Baga! Why do the enemy have so many cavalry?" Colonel Yingteng shouted in shock.

A worried expression appeared on his face immediately, for fear that the First and Third Team would be dispersed by these two sudden cavalrymen, so he quickly ordered: "The First and Third Team suspended the reinforcement of the Second Team, immediately turned around to face the enemies that emerged from their flanks, destroyed them as quickly as possible, and then continued to reinforce the Second Team!"

"The Fourth Brigade immediately distributed half of its troops to reinforce the Second Brigade, otherwise they would not be able to hold on to the first and third brigades to end the battle!"

"Comrades, rush..." As soon as the order was shouted out from Colonel Yingteng's mouth, a sound of killing came from the blocking position hundreds of meters away.

Nearly a thousand enemies were carrying rifles and submachine guns, jumping out of the blocking position, and people rushed towards them in rows!

Colonel Yingteng’s first reaction was that he couldn’t believe it and shouted: “Is the enemy crazy? If you use infantry to attack the cavalry, aren’t they worried that we will launch a counterattack on them?”

"No matter what, since these enemies hit us by themselves, don't blame us for being merciless. The remaining cavalry and guards of the Fourth Battalion are ready for counter-assault!"

"The heavy machine gun squadron is ready to fire. The enemy will shoot when they reach three hundred meters away. Then the cavalry assaulted, stormed our attack and disrupted our attack, and finally wiped them out!"

When he said the last sentence, Colonel Yingteng was particularly confident.

The remaining cavalry and guards of the Fourth Battalion still have nearly 200 cavalry. As long as the enemy is disrupted, the infantry of both regiments can be killed, not to mention that there are less than a thousand people on the other side.

“Baoba…”

The cavalry on the left and right wings fought first, and fired at a distance of more than 100 meters. After the gun was shot, they used a saber to fight at close range.

The battle process was as accidental as the battle that happened behind him, which made Colonel Yingteng scared.

Both 13 and 30 cavalry were less than their respective opponents. With the superb shooting skills of the cavalry, the casualties between the two sides should be almost the same when shooting.

But the real shot results of both sides are very different from those imagined by Colonel Yingteng.

The fundamental reason for this accident is the weapon.

The four cavalry companies that launched attacks on both wings of the battlefield all came from the four garrisons of the National Rescue Army.

As the only participating unit of the garrison, in order to accumulate experience in fighting with the Japanese cavalry and increase their adaptability on the battlefield, the four garrison captains made sufficient capital.

Under normal circumstances, each cavalry company is equipped with six submachine guns and two box cannons.

After several team leaders strengthened, the number of submachine guns equipped by each cavalry company reached an astonishing fifteen, ensuring that all squad leaders, deputy platoon leaders, platoon leaders, and each has a submachine gun.

When fighting with the Japanese, the two cavalry companies fired together thirty submachine guns, and in just three or four seconds, they fired six hundred submachine gun bullets at the Japanese.

With the bullets fired from horse rifles and box cannons, the Japanese need to carry more than 800 bullets on the front, more than five times that of the cavalry company.

Because the cavalry's teams are very close when charging, and the two sides are close to each other, whoever fires the more bullets they shoot will have the advantage, and the greater the casualties they cause to the other side.

So the result of the two sides shooting is the same as the second team.

The opponent killed and injured nearly fifty cavalrymen of the 13th brigade at the cost of more than a dozen people.

On the battlefield, the first and third brigades only had thirty or forty fewer cavalry than their opponents. After the shooting, the gap between the forces between the two sides actually widened to seventy or eighty.

Despite this, Colonel Yingteng was still confident in their next fight.

"Dongdongdongdong..."

The gunshots from the heavy machine gun positions instantly attracted Colonel Yingteng's attention.

The infantry that came out of the blocking position had rushed to three hundred meters away, and the heavy machine gun squadron fired and counterattacked according to the order it had just issued!

As soon as the gunshots sounded, nearly two hundred cavalrymen who were ready to go rushed out.

Colonel Yingteng's eyes immediately turned to the cavalry, wanting to see the scene of the cavalry defeating the infantry.

The result was not as he wished.

Faced with the sudden fire attack and cavalry assault, the troops rushing out of the blocking positions did not change, but quickly lay on the ground to establish a temporary defense line.

"Dadada..."

The light machine guns that were attacking with the team were quickly brought together by the machine guns, and they stared at the cavalry and fired violently.

I glanced over at one glance, and there were at least thirty light machine guns in a row... No, it should be more than forty.

Colonel Yingteng was stunned by the scene before him. It was only then that he understood why a group of infantry had the courage to leave the blocking position and attack the cavalry.

The more than 40 light machine guns that were shooting on the battlefield were their biggest reliance.

Under the cover of so many light machine guns, even if you send a cavalry brigade to kill you, you will not be your opponent.

Seeing that the attacking troops had begun to suffer casualties, Colonel Yingteng quickly ordered.

"The heavy machine gun squadron covers, and the Fourth Battalion and the Guards retreat immediately. The enemy has too many light machine guns equipped, so the attack is no different from killing now!"

The battlefield has been shattered, with violent gunfire everywhere, the shouts of soldiers, and the neighing of war horses...

Therefore, it took Colonel Yingteng's retreat order to reach the ears of the offensive troops. After several seconds, the offensive troops completed the turn on the battlefield with bullets and began to retreat.

At this time, there were less than one hundred cavalry left of nearly two hundred cavalry.
To be continued...