Five kilometers south of Yunqi Town, there is a relatively flat wilderness.

The wilderness was planted with corn, and by this time it had grown to half a person's height and green all over the place.

Sun Desheng led four cavalry companies and advanced south along the road in the middle of the corn. Wherever the cavalry passed, there was no smoke and dust rising on the ground, because it had just rained yesterday.

The Cavalry Regiment had just begun to have two battalions, one cavalry battalion and one recruit battalion.

Among them, the Cavalry Battalion has three cavalry companies and the New Battalion has three new recruit companies. They are specially prepared for expansion. Once the military horse is supplemented, it will be immediately expanded into a cavalry battalion.

However, the addition of military horses is really not easy.

Until now, only one company of military horses has been added and a cavalry company has been expanded.

This time, because it was a long-distance rapid raid, Sun Desheng only brought four cavalry companies, and the recruit battalion could only follow Wang Ye to march on foot.

While walking, three riders rushed from the front.

"Old Sun, it's a dog." Deputy Commander Gao Daquan said loudly.

"Huzi, walk slowly!" Sun Desheng signaled the horse under his crotch to slow down, and at the same time raised his right hand and clenched it into a fist. More than 200 riders following him slowed down.

In just a moment, Fan Guangou brought two riders to the front.

"Captain." Fan Guangou held the war horse and said gasping, "There is a situation!"

"Dog, don't worry, don't say anything." Sun Desheng said, "What's the situation?"

Fan Guan took a deep breath and said, "Since we were reconnaissance, we met the three reconnaissance cavalry of the Japanese unexpectedly. Two of them were killed on the spot. Just when we were about to chase the remaining one, we encountered the Japanese cavalry, and at least two cavalry squadrons were coming here."

"Two cavalry squadrons? They came just in time, destroy it first!"

A murderous intent flashed through Sun Desheng's eyes, and then turned his head and said to Gao Daquan: "Old Gao, you lead two companies to ambush here, I will leave you with the entire regiment of machine guns!"

After a pause, Sun Desheng shouted again: "Carry the 1st Company, 2nd Company, leave the machine gun and follow me!"

At the command of Sun Desheng, the 1st Cavalry Company and the 2nd Cavalry Company immediately left the machine guns equipped, and followed Sun Desheng along the road rumbling forward.

Gao Daquan and the 3rd Company of the Cavalry, and more than 200 soldiers from the 4th Company of the Cavalry quickly entered the cornfield on both sides of the road, first letting the war horses lie down in the cornfield, and then all the light machine guns were set up.

Let’s talk about Sun Desheng and continue to move forward with two companies.

After rushing for about five hundred meters, crossing a gentle slope, he encountered a large group of Japanese cavalry.

Almost at the same time, the Japanese cavalry on the opposite side also discovered the Eighth Route Army cavalry and suddenly became excited. They all held their horse rifles and shouted, and at the same time they accelerated their speed.

Sun Desheng turned his horse's head without hesitation and shouted: "Retreat!"

Fan Guangou and more than 200 cavalry soldiers followed him and turned his horses and retreated in a hurry.

The Japanese cavalry opposite him did not doubt that he was there at all. He just thought that the Eighth Route Army cavalry was timid in the face of the battle, and now he became more energetic and activated his war horses to chase him relentlessly.

While pursuing, the Japanese cavalry fired while shooting.

The Eighth Route Army cavalry occasionally turned back and shot.

But doing so is basically a waste of bullets.

Across nearly five hundred meters apart, not only is the target moving at high speed, but he is also on the bumpy and undulating horseback. If this can also ensure the hit rate, then is he still a human being?

While the pursuit and fugitives were pursuing, both sides kept firing, but no one was shot and fell off.

Soon, the Eighth Route Army cavalry crossed the gentle slope and returned to the large cornfield just now.

Sun Desheng glanced at the left and right, and saw only the lush corn in his eyes, without a single figure. Obviously, Gao Daquan and the soldiers of the 3rd Company and the 4th Company were very hidden.

In the blink of an eye, the Japanese cavalry also crossed the mountain ridge and chased after him.

At this time, the Japanese cavalry had already opened the Queyue Formation, and the cavalry on the left and right wings were obviously moving forward, obviously trying to form a half-encircle of the Eighth Route Army cavalry and then eat it in one bite.

Seeing this, Sun Desheng just sneered in his heart.

The Japanese cavalry opened the Moon-Failed Formation, which would only make the machine guns more effective in killing.

Otherwise, if the Japanese cavalry crowded on the road to chase and kill, they could only kill the one in front of them at most.

In just a moment, Sun Desheng had already taken two cavalry companies to cross the position he had stayed before, but Sun Desheng did not stop, but continued to rush forward quickly.

He rushed forward about two hundred meters.

Fierce gunshots suddenly sounded behind him.

The cavalry regiment was equipped with 24 Type 96 light machine guns.

In addition to one company as a horse stake, there is also another company that can participate in battle.

24 light machine guns and more than 100 horse rifles fired at the same time. The dense bullets instantly intertwined into a barrage, covering the Japanese cavalry who were chasing them two hundred meters away.

The Japanese cavalry, caught off guard, fell from the horse's back in rows.

The Japanese cavalry, who were still in high spirits just now, were in chaos in an instant.

Some cavalry stood there in a daze, some cavalry turned around and fled, but more Japanese cavalry continued to rush forward, and quickly divided into three cavalry in a short period of time.

The largest number of Japanese cavalry in the middle continued to hunt down Sun Desheng and others.

The Japanese cavalry on the left and right wings were divided into two groups and rushed towards the Eighth Route Army ambushing on both sides.

It has to be said that the tactical qualities of the Japanese cavalry are really good. When they are ambushed, they can react and make a quick counterattack in such a short time.

However, this is of no use.

A few cavalrymen on the left and right wings were soon killed by the Eighth Route Army ambush.

The Japanese cavalry in the middle also lost more than half of them under the strafing of machine gun fire, and only less than fifty cavalry were left, colliding with the Eighth Route Army cavalry that had been back in circles.

The sound of the sabers, the neighing of the war horses, the sound of the sharp blade cutting through the flesh, and the screams and howlings made by the soldiers on both sides before they died were instantly intertwined.

In this way, more than a hundred dead sides together.

Half of them were Japanese cavalry, and dozens of cavalry soldiers from the Eighth Route Army were also killed.

There were almost no wounded, and the cavalry hedged at high speed. As long as they hit the torso, they would basically be fatal.

Although the number of people has an absolute advantage with more and fewer people, this is how war is. Fighting with life on the battlefield, opportunities are equal for both sides.

Fan Guangou wiped the blood from the saber clean, and immediately stepped forward and asked, "Captain, do you want to restrain your body?"

"There is no time left to the local armed forces to restrain themselves." Sun Desheng shook his head and said, "Our mission is to hold back the main force of the Japanese and gain enough time for the Chief of Staff and the others."

Speaking of this, Sun Desheng said again: "Reorganize the team."

"Yes!" Fan Guangou agreed and shouted sternly, "The 1st Company is gathered, the 1st Company is gathered!"

In just a moment, the 1st Cavalry Company and the 2nd Cavalry Company completed the entire team. Gao Daquan also led the 3rd Cavalry Company and the 4th Cavalry Company to join, and then the four cavalry companies joined forces and continued to move south in a mighty manner.

...

On the mountain road, a large group of Japanese 73rd Division and 74th Division were advancing in a winding manner.

Although it was just shallow hilly terrain, it still caused great interference to the Japanese army's marching. In order to alleviate congestion and ensure the safety of the main force, Yoshio Ando and Kiro Takamura had to send infantry to march along the ridges on both sides. In other words, the main force of the division was walking in the middle, and four infantry corps were walking on the ridges on both sides, carrying the main force like a sedan chair carrying a sedan chair.

In this way, the safety of the main force of the division team is guaranteed, and the roads are not that crowded, but the speed is slow.

However, Yoshio Ando and Kiro Takamura didn't care much, because no matter how slow the speed was, they would definitely arrive at Yunqi Town at 10 o'clock this morning, and then they would definitely arrive at Heyuan County this evening.

The reason is very simple. The main force of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army was in the 28th Division at the Slayer of Zhukou, while the local armed forces of the Eighth Route Army in the Northwest Bandit Area were all in Tiandagang, and were fighting with the 27th Division and 75th Division of the North Cluster.

So now, there are almost no soldiers or soldiers of the Eighth Route Army in front of their southern cluster.

So this is not a battle, but just a marching. What pressure can a marching be?

Seeing the Japanese army lined up and walked past sweet potatoes, soybeans and corn fields, Yoshio Ando couldn't help but show a grim smile on his face.

"Kun Takamura." Yoshio Ando smiled, "Even if this sweep is ultimately failed, the Eighth Route Army Northwest Bandit Area will definitely be severely damaged, because they will not expect to receive a grain of wheat or a stick of corn for this year's autumn grain."

"Hey, Ando Kan said," Kiro Takamura frowned, "How could the sweep fail?"

"Ha, I'll just say that." Yoshio Ando smiled, "Is Takamura so superstitious?"

While the two old Japanese were talking, Kuroshige, the captain of the 73rd Cavalry Regiment, came to Yoshio Ando with a cavalry in a dusty manner.

Yoshino Ando frowned and said, "Kukuroshima, what's going on?"

Kuroshima Hiroshige said to the cavalry, "Takagi, please tell me."

"Hayi." Takagi paused and said, "Terminal Commander, when we were attacking Yunqi Town, we encountered a cavalry from the Eighth Route Army in the middle, with about two hundred cavalry..."

"What, more than two hundred cavalry?" said Kiro Takamura, "Is it the cavalry regiment of the 386th Brigade?"

Yoshio Ando waved his hand and asked again: "What? Did you two squadrons fight against the Eighth Route Army cavalry?"

"No." Takagi said with a dark face, "The Eighth Route Army cavalry ran away when they saw us, and we chased after us, and then when they chased into a cornfield, they were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army."

"I don't know how many Eighth Route Army soldiers are in the cornfield,"

"But there are at least thirty Type 96 light machine guns."

"We were caught off guard, most of us died in battle, and only a dozen people fled back to report the news."

After saying that, Takagi looked at Ando Yoshio with a nervous expression. Because he left most of the comrades in the same squadron to run away alone, and he wanted to apologize.

However, the corps captain or division commander has the right to pardon.

"Damn, these Eighth Route Army soldiers are really cunning." Yoshio Ando waved his hand, signaled Takagi to retreat, and then turned to Kiro Takamura and said, "Takamura, what do you think?"
To be continued...