The Jishui Bu Meng cavalry captain stared at the black smoke in the distance. Wu Zhizhi, the company commander of the 11th Company of the 1st Regiment of the Lunan Detachment, was also watching it from afar.

Company Commander Wu watched the Japanese cavalry brigade halt in place and had an ominous premonition: he feared the Japanese might change their route here.

After all, for cavalry, such plains offered paths in every direction.

Captain Jishui Bu Meng certainly knew that an infantry battalion and a tank company had already passed ahead of them.

If the units ahead encountered any resistance, he believed Yamada Yusuke’s infantry battalion and Mizuki Sora's tank company could handle it.

With that thought, he finally waved his hand, "Advance!" No matter what, the unit should first reach the Yi River.

Company Commander Wu watched the Japanese cavalry follow the same route as the previous units, entering his ambush zone. The ominous cloud in his heart finally dissipated.

In the distance, the Japanese soldiers of the Jishui Bu Meng Brigade could already see the Yi River and the pontoon bridge across it.

Seeing the pontoon bridge, Captain Jishui Bu Meng's sense of foreboding also disappeared: if there were really any Nationalist troops lying in ambush nearby, they would have blown up or burned the pontoon bridge at the first opportunity.

Thinking this, a smile appeared on his face. "I'm overthinking it. I really am."

Then Captain Jishui Bu Meng ordered, "Everyone, speed up and cross the Yi River. We'll rest on the opposite bank, feed the horses some concentrated feed, and let them drink some water."

The horses had run a long way and needed rest. In this hot weather, both men and horses were suffering.

Brushing the horses in the Yi River and letting the men cool off in the water was a win-win situation.

Receiving the order, the Japanese soldiers cheered. Company Commander Inokuchi Taiichi led his company at the very front of the brigade.

When he received the captain's order, his company was less than a kilometer from the Yi River.

Company Commander Inokuchi Taiichi drew his command saber, pointed it towards the opposite bank, and ordered loudly, "Charge!"

Although there was nothing in front of them, these Japanese soldiers, who had been traveling for half a day under the scorching sun, were already exhausted and listless.

Now, hearing the sudden order to charge from the company commander, they were as if stimulated by an injection of adrenaline. All the Japanese soldiers drew their sabers, waving them and shouting as they charged towards the opposite bank of the Yi River.

The Hirata Yohei company following behind imitated them, starting their own charge.

Soon, the entire Jishui Bu Meng cavalry brigade perked up, waving their sabers and shouting as they charged towards the Yi River.

They were all thinking about rushing to the other side to wash off the dust of the road in the river, quenching their thirst and cooling off, just thinking about it made their whole bodies feel much more comfortable.

The militiamen of the 11th and 12th companies of the Sishui Security Regiment, ambushing on both sides of the road, watched the Japanese suddenly start charging like madmen.

Che Peng of the 11th Company asked, "Company Commander! What are the Japanese doing? Are they rushing towards the river because they discovered our brothers on the other side?"

Company Commander Gong Weiqi looked at the Japanese charging route, which had nothing but air in front of it, and he was also puzzled.

After thinking for a while, he said, "The Japanese are crazy to begin with. They're just going crazy from walking in this hot weather."

Company Commander Wu, who had been paying close attention to this cavalry brigade, also felt very surprised by the sudden charge of the Japanese.

However, he had fought countless battles with the Japanese. No matter what the Japanese did, he only followed one method.

The faster the Japanese charged, the more intently Company Commander Wu stared at the leading Japanese cavalry. When they entered the directional mine's range,

Company Commander Wu then ordered, "Detonate!"

His order was not only for the soldiers of the 11th Company but also for the 12th Company. They were connected via radio.

Company Commander Kong Heze heard the order from the microphone and repeated loudly, "Detonate!"

"Rumble! Rumble!" Explosions rang out one after another.

The Japanese, riding their horses, singing songs, and waving their sabers as they galloped on the road, never expected to stumble here.

Company Commander Inokuchi Taiichi was at the very front. His horse was fast, and its hooves were quick. It rushed out of the range of the directional mines and was lucky enough not to be blown up.

However, the sound of explosions behind him forced him to look back. He saw many horses in the following ranks being blown down, and the Japanese soldiers of his company falling from their horses one after another.

At the same time, he heard the whistling of bullets whizzing past his ears. The machine guns and rifles of four companies were all firing.

"Tuk-tuk-tuk!" This was the sound of heavy machine guns firing.

"Da-da-da!" This was the sound of light machine guns firing.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" This was the sound of rifles firing.

Hearing so many sounds at the same time, even if Company Commander Inokuchi Taiichi was really a pig, he would understand that they had fallen into an ambush.

At this moment, he could only keep going forward: rush across the Yi River, rush to the other side, and there might be a glimmer of hope.

At this moment, the command saber in his hand was no longer waving but pointing straight towards the opposite bank, shouting loudly, "Satsugeki!"

His voice was full of urgency and anxiety. He was giving directions to the surviving soldiers of his company who were still able to ride their horses.

The Hirata Yohei company was following behind the Inokuchi Taiichi company. What the Inokuchi Taiichi company commander did, it did the same.

In fact, at this time, the Hirata Yohei company commander had no other choice. Although this was a plain, there were countless gun muzzles spitting fire on both sides of the road. It was clear that it was impossible to escape to either side.

Retreating was even more impossible. There were large numbers of Japanese soldiers blocking the way behind, making it impossible to escape quickly.

It must be said that Company Commander Inokuchi Taiichi's choice was correct, and his command was timely.

Despite the presence of two regular companies and two militia companies from the Lunan Detachment, a total of more than seven hundred men, ambushing on both sides of the road,

And despite the fact that there were sixteen heavy machine guns and at least forty light machine guns firing at the Japanese,

At least a hundred Japanese soldiers of the Jishui Bu Meng cavalry brigade rushed onto the pontoon bridge and charged towards the opposite bank of the river.

Captain Jishui Bu Meng, like the other Japanese cavalry, was originally waving his command saber, shouting loudly and urging his horse to charge forward.

He just wanted to create the illusion of being one with the common soldiers, so that the Japanese could think he was very approachable and would be willing to risk their lives for him when needed.

What he didn't expect was that this moment would come so quickly. His cavalry brigade had actually fallen into an ambush!

This was something he never would have imagined. A cavalry brigade had the greatest mobility on such plains.

Whether it was the Nationalist regular army or the guerrillas, they would be running away too late when they encountered him. When did they dare to ambush him?

It should be known that as long as the cavalry started fighting, even if the opposing side had tens of thousands of infantry, his brigade dared to slowly nibble away at the Nationalist infantry from the edges.

Listening to the "rumbling" explosions, followed by the whistling of countless bullets flying back and forth, Captain Jishui Bu Meng froze for a moment.

His mind went blank. He didn't think about anything, didn't do anything, just sat blankly on his horse, letting it carry him forward.

Even so, he passed through the 11th Company's ambush zone unscathed. The horses were all following the group. As the Japanese soldiers in front rushed onto the pontoon bridge, Jishui Bu Meng's horse followed.

This ambush battle happened suddenly and ended even more quickly. From the time Company Commander Wu gave the order to the last Japanese soldier riding his horse onto the pontoon bridge, it took less than three minutes.

Company Commander Wu had already ordered that, apart from the heavy machine guns chasing the Japanese cavalry to fire, the rest of the soldiers would all rush out to clean up the battlefield.

Company Commander Feng Ruili of the 1st Company, ambushing on the opposite bank of the Yi River, also saw the Japanese suddenly start charging madly, and then rush into the ambush zone of the 11th and 12th companies.

Blasted by the directional mines and then harvested by the machine guns, now nearly two hundred Japanese soldiers were riding their horses onto the pontoon bridge and charging towards the ambush zone he had set up.

The 1st and 2nd companies had received the task of ambushing here on a temporary basis. Although they were very familiar with the terrain here beforehand,

After all, the 1st and 2nd companies had almost set up an ambush position here at the beginning.

But they had come in a hurry and were afraid of being discovered by the Japanese in the distance, so their arrangements here were not perfect. Only three directional mines were deployed.

The Japanese came quickly and charged fast. While Company Commander Feng was thinking, the Japanese had already rushed into the trap.

He immediately ordered, "Detonate! Fire!"

The 1st Company deployed three directional mines, and the 2nd Company also deployed three directional mines.

Six bombs exploded at the same time, followed by a hail of bullets flying out simultaneously, firing at the Japanese horses.

When he rushed onto the pontoon bridge, the cool river wind blew, awakening Captain Jishui Bu Meng's dream. He finally came back to his senses from a state of not thinking about anything.

Looking at the daze just now, only a few of his entire brigade were still fleeing in panic.

He felt great sorrow in his heart. Now he knew that his ominous premonition was so correct.

Unfortunately, all of this was useless now.

Behind him, there were still many heavy machine guns firing. The splashes caused by the machine gun bullets hitting the Yi River constantly reminded him that now was not the time to relax.

Company Commander Inokuchi Taiichi commanded his unit to rush onto the pontoon bridge. When he rushed to the other side, he did not dare to stop.

The command saber in his hand was like it was fixed. He was still pointing straight ahead. This was the Japanese way of commanding. Wherever the commander's saber pointed, all the Japanese soldiers had to charge in that direction.

The charge could not be stopped until the commander's saber was lowered. The coolness that these Japanese soldiers had just enjoyed on the pontoon bridge disappeared without a trace when they reached the shore.

They had been thinking about rolling around and taking a bath in the Yi River when they spurred their horses to run fast.

Now, after the horses were rushing at high speed, their body temperatures rose sharply, and these Japanese soldiers riding on the horses were not feeling well either.

However, in order to escape for their lives, these Japanese soldiers had to endure this discomfort no matter what.

Company Commander Inokuchi Taiichi pointed forward with his command, he only had one thought now: charge forward! Rush to the smoky place in front, find the infantry battalion and the tank company in front, only by being with them could he feel safe.

In fact, these hundred or so Japanese cavalrymen were also considered a powerful force now.

After all, the horse's mobility was the best. As long as they started running, no one could catch up with them on this plain.

It was just that the three minutes just now had completely shattered the spirit of the Japanese soldiers of the entire Jishui Bu Meng cavalry brigade.

They were now like orphans without a mother, or stray dogs without a home, without any confidence at all.

When the sound of "rumbling" explosions rang out again, the cavalry soldiers of the Jishui Bu Meng Brigade, who had already crossed the river, did not know how many were blown off their horses or frightened off their horses.

They had truly become startled birds now.

Following the explosions, a dense hail of bullets was fired. Company Commander Inokuchi Taiichi's good luck finally came to an end.

He didn't know if he was blown off his horse or shot off his horse. Anyway, he dismounted and didn't have time to roll to the side of the road before being stepped on his chest by a horse following behind.

Company Commander Inokuchi Taiichi could only open his mouth and spit out large mouthfuls of blood. Now he was really unable to move.

Most of the Japanese soldiers who had charged behind him had already fallen off their horses at this time. Only a few of them were still whipping their horses with extreme luck and continuing to charge forward.

For these Japanese soldiers, there was no way to escape now. Only by charging forward, always charging forward, could there be a glimmer of hope.

One hoof after another trampled on Company Commander Inokuchi Taiichi, and soon he was trampled into a pile of minced meat.

Captain Jishui Bu Meng finally began to fulfill his duties at this time. Although he was following at the very end of this group of remaining Japanese soldiers, he still raised his command saber and loudly ordered forward, "Satsugeki!" when he was ambushed again.

Although he was walking at the end of the unit, and his command saber was pointing straight ahead, there was not a single Japanese soldier who was being commanded by him. Behind him, there was only air, or perhaps the souls of those Japanese soldiers.

This Japanese commander, who was clearly putting on a show, immediately attracted the attention of Pan Zhong and Deng Xian. Pan Zhong pointed at Jishui Bu Meng, who was falling behind, "Kill him! Seize his saber."

The two of them immediately aimed and fired, "Bang! Bang!" Two gunshots rang out, and Captain Jishui Bu Meng fell off his horse in response.

At this time, Company Commander Feng had already ordered to start charging. Pan Zhong and Deng Xian quickly rushed towards the target they had just hit.

They were going to snatch the command saber!

Although the six directional mines deployed by the 1st and 2nd companies did not kill all the Japanese soldiers, they also killed most of them here.

Those who were lucky enough to escape being blown up were also killed by the subsequent machine gun fire.

This was not because the directional mines used by the 1st and 2nd companies were more powerful. In fact, when the Japanese horses were rushing through the ambush zone of the 11th and 12th companies, they were full of energy, fast, and able to charge. After they escaped the first trap, they had been maintaining their sprinting speed.

Some of the frightened Japanese soldiers were even whipping their horses to make them run faster.

By the time these surviving Japanese soldiers and horses arrived at the ambush zone of the 1st and 2nd companies, the horses and Japanese soldiers were exhausted.

When the sound of the explosion rang out, some horses and Japanese soldiers fell directly to the ground. The horses foamed at the mouth, clearly running to death.

Company Commander Feng Ruili ordered everyone to attack and clean up the battlefield.

Chikaku Shoji was a lucky man. He was not injured in the first round of directional mine explosions, and he escaped the machine gun fire.

He was not injured again in the ambush zone of the 1st and 2nd companies, but his horse fell to the ground.

Now, Chikaku Shoji had just struggled to pull out his right foot, which was being pressed down by the horse, and had not had time to stand up.

Someone rushed over next to him. Chikaku Shoji first tried to resist. He had just made a waving gesture with his hand when he realized that his saber was gone at some point.

So he immediately thought of surrendering. It wasn't that he didn't want to fight, it was just that he had dropped his weapon and couldn't fight.

However, Chikaku Shoji was obviously overthinking it. His action of kneeling on the ground and raising his hands had not been completed yet.

A bright flash of light, as fast as lightning, directly pierced into his throat, ending his last bit of luck.

The soldiers of the 1st and 2nd companies, plus the 1st company of the Sishui Security Regiment, immediately cleaned up the battlefield.

In less than ten minutes, an entire Japanese cavalry brigade was wiped out. Such a battle was nothing to the soldiers of the Lunan Detachment.

For the villagers of the several militia companies who had personally experienced this ambush battle, this was a glorious feat worth talking about for a lifetime.

The Japanese! The legendary invincible Japanese were killed by them in less than half an hour, with more than seven hundred killed. And these Japanese were riding horses.

Although the villagers didn't understand how strong the cavalry's combat power was, they knew that the cavalry was smaller than the infantry, so the cavalry must be more powerful than the infantry.

Today's battle greatly boosted the morale of the militiamen of the Sishui Security Regiment.

Regiment Commander Gu Xiuming received a report: the Japanese cavalry unit that had just been reported was completely annihilated, and not a single Japanese soldier had escaped.

Regiment Commander Gu was very happy and immediately ordered to clean up the battlefield, and must clean up the battlefield so that it would not look like a battle had ever taken place.

This was a bit of a tall order.

However, no one in the entire regiment dared not listen to the regiment commander's orders. The militiamen of the Sishui Security Regiment were the most excited group of people at this time.

They heard that all the horses killed today would be immediately divided, cleaned up, and immediately cooked for everyone to eat.

But Gu Xiuming ordered, "These horses cannot be divided on the spot, they must be dragged at least two miles downstream to be cleaned up."

Gu Xiuming was afraid that cleaning up the horses here would leave the smell of horses in the area, which would alert the Japanese who came later.

Having just fought such a beautiful battle, everything the regiment commander said was right, was correct.

Not a single soldier questioned it, and everyone acted according to Regiment Commander Gu's orders.

Those Japanese tanks that had been destroyed were now being pushed to the side of the road, clearing a path so that the intact cars could pass through.

The three overturned cars had now been pushed upright and onto the road. One of the cars could not be started and had been attached to the front of another car, ready to be towed back.

The entire convoy had moved the empty oil drums together, and the full drums were put together. The full cars immediately drove to the rear.

They would come back again to continue transporting supplies.

The militiamen of the Sishui Security Regiment watched the regular army soldiers get into the cars and drive away.

One by one, they looked on enviously. They were now die-hard comrades who had fought in the same trench as the regular army soldiers.

Seeing the brothers they had just fought with get into the car and drive away, someone asked, "Big brother! Can you all drive?"

The soldier who was driving replied, "Yes!"

"Where did you learn it?"

"The unit teaches it. It's just like shooting a gun. Every soldier in the Lunan Detachment must know how to do it.

And everyone must be able to read, and know how to fire a cannon."

Hearing that everyone had to know how to drive, these militiamen were extremely envious. They knew that being able to drive a foreign car was a very remarkable skill. They heard that if you knew this skill, you could find a decent job in a big city.

Being a driver for those rich people was extremely respectable.

They also wanted to learn!

All kinds of supplies captured on the battlefield began to be loaded onto the cars by category. Guns were loaded first, and bullets were used to replenish what had just been used up, and then loaded onto the cars.

Tian Huacai, the regiment commander of the Sishui Security Regiment, watched the heavy machine guns and mortars being loaded onto the car, rubbed his hands, and smiled at Regiment Commander Gu, "Regiment Commander Gu!"

His hesitant look made Gu Xiuming a little puzzled, "Old Tian, ​​just say what's on your mind."

Regiment Commander Tian Huacai pointed at the machine guns and cannons and said, "Can we have some of these guns and cannons?

Regiment Commander Gu, look, we only have two heavy machine guns in a company, and only five infantry guns and fifteen mortars in a regiment.

When fighting the Japanese, it always feels like something's missing. If the weapons were better, it would be even better to fight."

Gu Xiuming said with a smile, "I thought it was something. Isn't it just a matter of one sentence?

These machine guns and cannons were all captured together by you today. If you want them, just keep them, and you can keep the bullets too."

Tian Huacai happily pulled a piece of tobacco leaf from his pocket, carefully wrapped it, and handed it over with both hands, "Old Company Commander is so good! Old Company Commander is still the best."

Gu Xiuming took the already lit cigarette, "I'm not happy when you say that! It's as if you're not my soldier, and I wouldn't give you these weapons.

You don't understand the rules of our Special Operations Brigade: whoever captures it gets to pick first!"

Tian Huacai said with a smile, "Didn't the brothers in the old unit contribute more to today's battle?

How dare I compete with the brothers!"

"You! How many days have you been here? And you've already got so many tricks up your sleeve.

Go and pick those machine guns and cannons, and let me remind you to consider the balance of the entire regiment's troop configuration, don't just think about machine guns.

It's not a good thing if the entire regiment is machine guns."

"Yes!" Regiment Commander Tian Huacai happily stood at attention and saluted.

He used to be the squad leader when Gu Xiuming was the company commander. When the militia was formed, he was transferred out to be the militia regiment commander.

All the regiment commanders in the entire Lunan base area were like this, all dispatched from the Special Operations Brigade's squad leaders and platoon leaders.

This was also to better control the militia and also to prevent the militia's combat quality from differing too much from the detachment.