Songhu: Never Give Up

Chapter 152: The Arrogant Cavalry Regiment

Ji Jialiangfu's eyes flashed with panic, and he forced himself to remain calm and shouted coldly:
"Why panic? Even if there are thousands of Chinese, there is no need to worry. There are complete field fortifications outside the division headquarters, and there are mountain artillery regiments and cavalry regiments to assist in defense.
The Chinese are good at defense but not at attack. Under the coordinated defense of the Imperial Army, let alone a few thousand people, even tens of thousands of people would not pose a real threat in the short term. This is still Yue Qianli's harassment war, besieging Wei to save Zhao!"

As the division commander, Yoshika Ryosuke still had his own unique vision and the calmness of a senior general. After hearing his words, Nakagawa Hiroya calmed down a lot and continued to persuade:
"Your Excellency, the division commander, are indeed an expert on China. You hit the nail on the head. You saw through Yue Qianli's plot to save Zhao by surrounding Wei.
However, a gentleman does not stand under a wall. You are the lieutenant general and division commander of the empire, and you cannot afford any mistakes.

I still suggest that it would be safer to call back the 35th Infantry Regiment to assist in the defense, which would not affect the overall situation of the siege headquarters. "

Yoshika Ryosuke was just pretending to be cool. He valued his life more than anyone else and was about to capture Jinling. This was the thousand-year dream of the He clan, and he didn't want to miss it, so he took advantage of the situation and said:
"Yoshi, then let's do as you say. Order the 35th Infantry Regiment to quickly assist in the defense of the division headquarters, attack the Chinese from the right wing, and attack the 88th Division from both sides."

He now believed that there was more than one 527th Regiment in the city. The enemy that could force his A-class division to be stretched thin must be at least a German-equipped division.

Nakagawa Hiromi Yoshikasuke finally accepted his suggestion, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"Your Excellency the division commander is wise. You used the main force to hold off the 88th Division's attack, and the 35th Regiment made a detour from the flank. This not only solved the division's predicament, but also gave us a chance to defeat the enemy.
Once the Chinese are defeated, the cavalry regiment can play a role of strong mobility and pursue and annihilate the remaining enemies with all their strength, which will inevitably achieve unexpected results - high, high!"

Flattery never wears out, and Yoshika Ryosuke still finds it very useful despite Nakagawa Hiroshi's low-ranking flattery. He feels that it makes sense after hearing it many times.

The military situation was urgent, so he waved his hand and sent Nakagawa Hiroshi away. He continued to think about the next stage of the war and glanced towards Nanjing City. His mind was no longer on Shanghai.

In the outer positions of the Ninth Division, the 1st Battalion launched a fierce attack, while the defenders were significantly outnumbered;
Faced with the temptation of breaking through the 9th Division Headquarters, Li Jie was tempted, but reason told him that this was unrealistic.

Yoshika Ryosuke really guessed it right. The purpose of their stormy attack on the enemy division headquarters was to besiege Wei to save Zhao. Of course, there was also the strategy of besieging a point and attacking the reinforcements. It all depended on Yoshika Ryosuke's response.

The three battalions had already agreed that they would attack simultaneously at the beginning, giving the Japanese the illusion that thousands of people were besieging the enemy division headquarters.
Then the second and third battalions retreated secretly and set up ambushes on both wings in depth, while the first battalion continued to attack, forcing the Japanese to return for reinforcements.

Then the First Battalion pretended to be exhausted and fled towards the city government and Jiangwan line, luring the Japanese reinforcements to pursue. The Second and Third Battalions took the opportunity to attack the Japanese reinforcements from the direction of Jiangwan and the City Government. The First Battalion turned around and attacked the Japanese again, using the standard inverted triangle formation. It depended on whether the Japanese would take the bait.

In order to enhance the attack capability of the First Battalion, the mortar company of the Second Battalion was also assigned to the First Battalion. This made the firepower of the First Battalion stronger than that of a division of the Central Army, which put great pressure on the Japanese.

The guards of the division headquarters blocked the attack of the first battalion. They relied on a large number of urban buildings and barricades to fight street battles with the first battalion, which was very difficult.

The first battalion attacked for more than two hours but advanced less than 200 meters, suffered nearly a hundred casualties, and killed only over a hundred enemies. More than half of this was due to the artillery attack. The two sides could only be considered a draw at best.

The Japanese mountain artillery regiment also continued to bombard the first battalion, and many of the casualties in the first battalion were caused by the Japanese artillery.

On the nameless street, fierce fighting was going on. The second platoon of the second company of the first battalion launched two attacks on the barricades defended by the Japanese, but both were repelled, resulting in more than a dozen casualties.
The Japanese barricades were located on both sides of the street. There was a half-moon-shaped barricade on each side, with two squads stationed there. Two Type 2 light machine guns blocked the attacking street.
This was not the most difficult one to deal with. Behind the barricade there was a three-story building with concrete walls. There was at least half a squad of Japanese soldiers on it. There was a Type 3 heavy machine gun on the roof, and the second platoon was unable to reach it.

The second platoon leader was a veteran of the 527th Regiment, as were the six squad leaders. Most of the soldiers were newly recruited and were not yet familiar with the 6th Regiment's offensive tactics. Their formation was somewhat chaotic during the attack.

Most of these people were veterans of the Central Army, all from the Ninth Army Group, including the 87th Division, the 36th Division, and other divisions.

Their tactical skills were pretty good, but they were not very good at attacking. In addition, the gap in weapons and equipment meant they were suppressed by the Japanese.

The second platoon leader had no choice but to send someone to ask the company commander for help. The company commander then found the battalion commander, who finally sent them a mortar.

The second platoon's third attack was repelled again, with another 7 casualties and almost no results;
Just when the second platoon leader was at a loss, the mortar squad arrived. The second platoon leader immediately told the squad leader about the enemy's firepower configuration and asked:
"Captain Zhao, can you destroy them?"

Zhao Baojun said to Tang Guangning confidently:

"Don't worry, Platoon Leader Tang, leave it to us!
I will first destroy the heavy machine guns on the roof, then the light machine guns on the barricades. You guys launch a tentative attack to expose the Japs' firepower, and leave the rest to me."

Tang Guangning nodded heavily, and then sent out three squads to launch the fourth attack, still in an inverted triangle formation with two in front and one in the back.

When the Japanese saw that the Chinese were attacking again, the Type 7.7 heavy machine gun on the roof sounded again. Rows of mm fully loaded bullets made the ground dusty. From time to time, people were shot and fell down, either dead or disabled, and there was no such thing as light injuries.

Sergeant Junpei Koyama enjoyed this process very much. He was a veteran of the 3th Division and had participated in two Battles of Shanghai. He was very accurate and skilled in shooting with heavy machine guns. He fired short bursts of 5 to rounds. Basically, he could hit a Nationalist soldier with one burst. Countless Nationalist soldiers died under his gun.

The Type 30 heavy machine gun is very stable and uses a -round magazine to feed ammunition. It is extremely powerful and is considered a very advanced piece of heavy firepower in the East. It is as practical as the grenade launcher, Type rifle, and Type infantry gun. It is the first-level suppressive firepower for the Japanese battalion.

Zhao Baojun watched the enemy's heavy machine gun wreaking havoc, and immediately adjusted his shooting angle, aiming through the sight again, before confidently reaching out to the assistant gunner;
Deputy shooter Le Chengzhu handed Zhao Baojun an 81mm iron-cased bullet that he had prepared long ago. This iron-cased bullet was produced by the Jinling Military Factory and had a range of only over 1 meters.

They were only 400 meters away from the target, so there was no need to waste imported steel-cased bullets. Due to the limitations of the production process, the Jinling Military Factory could only produce iron-cased bullets.

After taking the shell, Zhao Baojun decisively stuffed it into the barrel. His infantry brothers were still enduring the ravages of the Japanese heavy machine guns, and he didn't want to delay for even a second.

The shell slid down the barrel wall, and after the primer and firing pin came into close contact, the shell was fired, drawing a beautiful parabola in the air and heading straight for the enemy's heavy machine gun position;

Sergeant Xiaoshan, who was fighting happily, had a pale face. Before he could react, the shell hit the machine gun position. The 26-kilogram gun was thrown into the air by the shock wave, and Sergeant Xiaoshan was torn into pieces. He finally paid the price for his evil deeds. It's not that he didn't want to pay back, but the time has not come yet!
Platoon Leader Tang Guangning excitedly waved his fist and praised:
"Great job, artillery brothers!"

Zhao Baojun's face was calm, as if this had nothing to do with him. He then skillfully adjusted the shooting parameters, aimed, and fired. The Japanese barricades were destroyed one by one.

Three shots and three hits, the gun crew finished their work, skillfully dismantled the barrel, each man picked up a component and ran away.

The three attacking squads saw that their artillery brothers had finished their work, so they immediately got up from the ground and continued to attack the devils;
Almost all the Japanese soldiers in the barricade were killed or wounded, and the heavy machine gun team was also killed. Only a dozen riflemen and a Type 99 light machine gun were left in the building, and they were unable to suppress the attack of the three squads.

Several machine guns in the second row fired dense rain of bullets at the Japanese, which soon suppressed the Japanese machine guns. The two squads on the left and right wings finally rushed into the building after paying the price of three casualties.

Squad leader Liu Renping rushed to the front holding an MP28 submachine gun. A Japanese soldier holding a Type rifle just appeared. Before the Japanese soldier could take aim, Liu Renping fired a burst of bullets reflexively.

More than a dozen bullets flew out of the gun, shooting the Japanese soldiers into a sieve on the spot. Another member of his team took the opportunity to throw a grenade into the corner of the corridor, killing two Japanese soldiers who were about to launch a sneak attack on them.

Liu Renping then rolled into the corridor and fired two bursts of shots swiftly, emptying the magazine;

Another Japanese soldier was knocked down, and the other two team members quickly followed up to cover Liu Renping while he changed the magazine.

As a veteran of the first battalion, Liu Renping had very high tactical skills. His submachine gun could suppress half of the Japanese troops. With the cooperation of two team members, he quickly cleared the second floor.
Then they attacked the third floor. The other two groups of Class 1 also came up to reinforce. Class 1 attacked on the left and Class 2 attacked on the right. Under the leadership of the two squad leaders, they successfully reached the third floor.

There were 6 Japanese soldiers on the third floor, including a machine gun team and two riflemen. These Japanese soldiers were no match for the first and second squads in close combat and were killed by Liu Renping's submachine gun before they could even fire a single bullet.

With the assistance of artillery, the second platoon finally captured an important stronghold, annihilated three enemy infantry units and a heavy machine gun unit, seized two light machine guns, and destroyed the heavy machine gun.

Just as the second platoon was preparing to continue the attack, they heard the call to assemble behind them. Liu Renping and his men quickly retreated without even cleaning up the battlefield.
The military orders of the 527th Regiment are as firm as a mountain. Anyone who does not retreat upon hearing the military order will be punished by military discipline even if they win the battle. Although the second platoon leader did not know what happened, after receiving the call from Liu Renping and others, he carried out the retreat order without compromise and gave up the stronghold that was captured with great difficulty.

The troops of the First Battalion retreated very resolutely and quickly assembled. Tang Guangning then realized that the Japanese reinforcements had arrived.
After briefly reporting the enemy situation, Li Jie retreated deep into the enemy territory. In order to confuse the Japanese, they discarded the captured equipment and supplies along the way, pretending to be fleeing in a panic, and some even threw away their M35 helmets.

The 35th Infantry Regiment (missing a battalion) appeared on the flank of the first battalion. Their flanking attack was very effective, scaring the Chinese into fleeing.
Colonel Morishita Goroku, commander of the 9th Cavalry Regiment, finally seized the opportunity and immediately ordered a pursuit.

The officers of the Japanese cavalry were all aristocrats, especially Colonel Morishita. His title was baron, which, although not high, did not affect his contempt for Yoshika Ryosuke who came from a samurai family.

Yoshika Ryosuke had already strictly ordered them to only be responsible for guarding the division headquarters and not pursue Huaxia, as the city was not suitable for cavalry combat at all.

It is said that the era of cavalry is over, but Colonel Morishita refuses to believe it. He believes that nobles do not need samurai to teach them how to fight.
Colonel Morishita came to China to establish merits for the Emperor, but they have not achieved any success since their landing. Yoshika Ryosuke, the son of a poor samurai, did not give them any chance at all. Even the lowly baggage regiment had the opportunity to go to the battlefield, and their noble cavalry became a decoration.

"Cavalry Regiment, kill the chicken!"

This roar vented the dissatisfaction that had been pent up in his heart for a long time, and the same was true for the other Japanese devils. They were noble cavalrymen and the kings of the battlefield.

Colonel Morishita led the way, followed closely by Major Fujita Nobuhiro, and behind them were teams of cavalrymen who were full of energy.
They chased for several kilometers, and the battalion commander, Major Fujita, reminded Colonel Morishita:
"Sir, the 35th Infantry Regiment has not caught up yet. Should we stop and wait for them?"

Colonel Morishita said arrogantly:
“By the time those short-legged warriors arrived, the Chinese had already run away;

Look, they even threw away their M35 helmets, which they bought from Germany at a high price. They would not throw them away unless it was absolutely necessary. Keep chasing!"

Nobuhiro Fujita only mentioned it cautiously. Colonel Morishita rushed out, so he could only follow closely behind him and continue to chase the defeated Chinese at full speed.

The cavalry's movements were so loud that they could be heard from a long distance away. Second Battalion Commander Liao Jianping did not expect that it was a group of cavalry that had entered the net;
The Chinese have a natural fear of cavalry. As an agricultural nation, they have suffered from the nomadic peoples who came south to "forage for food" for thousands of years. They come and go like the wind, making it impossible to guard against them.

"Fight! Aren't they just a bunch of cavalry? They will be killed with one volley of bullets!"

After a brief hesitation, Liao Jianping made up his mind to defeat the Japanese cavalry regiment because he was attracted by their tall horses.

As the cavalry charged very quickly, the two battalions of the 527th Regiment set up hundreds of light and heavy machine guns on both wings and chose an open area as the ambush point. The left and right battalions were still in an inverted figure eight formation, with the first battalion trailing back two kilometers to block the front.
When the Japanese cavalry rushed into the ambush in several columns, Liao Jianping decisively gave the order to open fire.

Hundreds of light and heavy machine guns suddenly opened fire from the hiding places on both wings. Dense bullets rolled towards the cavalry in the center like a violent storm, sweeping them to the ground one by one.
After being ambushed, Colonel Morishita was not only afraid, but also screamed with excitement. He turned his horse's head and launched a desperate charge towards the machine gun position on the right wing.

In his opinion, with the high speed of the warhorse, they could rush up a few hundred meters in a few breaths, completely ignoring that the horses had slowed down during the turn;
As the horses slowed down, they lost even the last glimmer of hope. Facing the light and heavy machine guns, the cavalry were just a group of sitting ducks!

I forgot to change the chapter number again, the content is coherent and does not affect the follow-up reading. Today's four chapters are also 1 words. The first chapter was written as a 4-word chapter. Please support me, book friends. The author insists on updating words a day so that it can be longer.

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