I am an industrial worker during the War of Resistance

Chapter 96 General Chen Fei can stop the Hu horses from crossing Yinshan.

Since its invention, artillery has been hailed as the god of war.

Its immense destructive power and deterrent effect are unmatched by other light weapons.

There's a saying on the battlefield: "Veterans fear machine guns, new recruits fear artillery."

But whether they were veterans or new recruits, when these Japanese soldiers and Prince De's puppet cavalry encountered the combination of artillery and machine guns...

They will never be afraid again.

Because the dead have nothing to fear, at least in this world, they no longer have anything to fear.

The warhorses were running wildly out of control, and a Japanese cavalryman on one of them was hit by shrapnel from an exploding shell.

It wanted to leave this hellish battlefield, but the jolting of the warhorse caused one of its feet to slip out of the stirrup, while the other foot got stuck in the stirrup as it fell off the horse.

The warhorse frantically dragged its former master through every gap it could find.

Completely ignoring its owner's agonizing screams as it dragged it across the ground.

Before long, the warhorse also fell to the stray bullets flying everywhere.

Its fallen body landed heavily on its owner, who was now a bloodied, mangled mess and barely breathing.

The warhorse was breathing heavily, and its eyes were slowly losing their light.

When the first 75mm high-explosive shell landed among the crowded cavalry, the outcome was already decided.

After the eight grenades landed, eight huge gaps appeared in the cavalry center, which consisted of more than two thousand men.

Everyone wants to leave as quickly as possible, but because everyone wants to leave, the result is that no one can leave.

Not to mention the more than two thousand warhorses crammed together, and the cavalrymen on their backs.

Even if there are two thousand people, if they are gathered together, after being frightened, everyone will push and shove in all directions without any sense of direction.

The more crowded, the more chaotic. The more chaotic, the more crowded.
In this way, even if there is open space not far from them, they just can't get out.

This is the crowd fluidization effect.

Now, the central army, composed of the Japanese soldiers and the puppet cavalry of the German prince, has entered the flow of the crowd and the effect of the flow of the crowd.

The warhorse tried to turn around, but was blocked by the warhorse next to it.

When it tried to return, its spot had been taken by another warhorse.

Everywhere was crowded with people and warhorses, and everywhere there were the mournful cries of warhorses and the screams of people.

But the shells never show mercy.

Seconds after the first volley of shells landed, the second volley struck the Japanese cavalry.

Thus, eight more empty gaps appeared in the crowded cavalry formation.

Amidst the interplay of flames and blood, and the chorus of wails and curses.

The gates of hell have been opened here.

Those cavalrymen on the outskirts, who were completely disorganized, began to scatter and flee.

But what awaited them was an infantry charge from all sides, and a hail of bullets fired from their guns in a fit of rage.

The bullets were fired from the general-purpose machine gun mounted on the three-wheeled vehicle, which was fitted with bulletproof steel plates, and the large-caliber 12.7 mm heavy machine gun.

Like a sickle reaping wheat, it was constantly harvesting these cavalrymen.

The heavy 12.7mm bullet, propelled violently by the propellant.

After cutting the first Japanese cavalryman in half at the waist, they smashed a large hole in the chest of the Japanese cavalryman behind him.

After it smashed the head of the third Japanese cavalryman, it flew a distance before falling to the ground due to exhaustion of kinetic energy.

The puppet cavalry of the former King of Germany completely collapsed when they encountered the first wave of attacks.

Under the bombardment of eight 75mm mountain guns and the attack from both sides, the central army had nowhere to escape.

Then, the army's supply train would have to face not only the infantry that were closing in from both sides, but also a thousand cavalrymen who were flanking them from behind.

The cavalry, who had already dispersed and formed a battle formation, delivered several hundred 40mm rifle grenades to the Japanese supply corps.

This thing does not have a very long range; its maximum range is only about 400 meters.

Its accuracy was indeed not high when used by cavalry.

When cavalrymen are moving at high speed, they can only use parabolic firing to carry out probabilistic coverage attacks.

The explosive power of these grenades is indeed not that great, about the same as a hand grenade.

But when hundreds of such grenades, like hail, flew in from three or four hundred meters away.

No one could remain undaunted by such a sight.

From the very beginning of this battle until now.

The entire Japanese cavalry unit didn't even have a chance to take out their heavy weapons and set them up.

Not to mention using it.

Just as the supply train and the cavalry guarding the supplies were reacting...

The heavy machine gun bullets from both sides had already begun to reap their bodies.

The subsequent general-purpose machine gun ammunition.

Then came a hail of grenades and a hail of bullets from submachine guns.

They brought an end to the lives of all the Japanese devils and the puppet kings.

In less than an hour, this fierce ambush was completely over.

To be precise, it took a total of fifty-two minutes from when Commander Chen fired the first shot until the battlefield fell silent.

The battle was extremely fierce.

There were no prisoners or wounded.

In such a confined battlefield, under such intense firepower, no living thing could survive.

Cavalry warfare is unlike infantry warfare, where you can feign death or wait for rescue after being wounded.

But in such a plain, on such a narrow battlefield.

The moment you land injured, you've already been sentenced to death.

Because the warhorses that gallop around will be the final executioners.

The horseshoes of those warhorses, shod with horseshoes, could crush any bone in a person's body.

The soldiers, already bloodthirsty, would not allow any creature that might be armed and threaten their lives or the lives of their comrades to survive.

Commander Chen and Political Commissar Liu stared at the battlefield before them, which resembled a hellish scene, and pondered for a long time.

Commander Chen hadn't expected that his trap, reinforced by artillery and machine guns, would be so effective.

According to Commander Chen's initial estimate, this battle might last three to five hours.

It might take two or three waves of attacks to end this.

But now, only one attack has been launched, and the ambush has been completed in less than an hour.

This prevented Commander Chen from even having the chance to prepare another trap for the Japanese air force. However, Commander Chen didn't know if those Japanese soldiers had sent out a telegram requesting reinforcements before they died. If they had...

So the Japanese planes must have already taken off by now.

When Commander Chen and his men chatted with Chen Changzai, they also discussed the aircraft's combat preparation process.

Chen Changzai said at the time: "Based on my analysis of the data we obtained from the air forces of various countries around the world."

In a normal situation, when an air force unit encounters an enemy situation, the takeoff allocation and procedure should be such that the combat readiness reconnaissance lead aircraft takes off first.

They first need to locate the position and target type of the enemy in the air or on the ground, and then report back to the rear.

The rear guard is instructed to carry different bombs or ammunition to target different enemies.

Following closely behind the reconnaissance aircraft should be combat-ready air superiority fighters.

Their purpose is to block whatever target is coming from the opposite direction, whether it is in the air or on the ground.

The third wave of takeoffs was based on information transmitted back by reconnaissance aircraft at the front.

Begin configuring ammunition and aircraft types.

If the attack is against ground troops, they will choose to equip bombers with small aerial bombs and escort them with fighter jets to carry out the mission.

If it is a large ground target, or a hardened target.

The bombers will then carry heavy bombs to carry out their missions.

Of course, this is the operational procedure for bombers.

The time also ranges from thirty minutes to an hour.

For fighter jets, it would be very simple: if they have enough fuel and ammunition, they can take off directly; if they are short of fuel and ammunition, they can simply refuel and take off.

However, the ground attack effectiveness of fighter jets is not that good.

So, Uncle, if you encounter battles in the future where there might be Japanese aircraft support, please...

We must find a way to determine when the Japanese planes might come to provide support.

This is crucial for your withdrawal from the battlefield or for setting up ambushes for the Japanese air force.

Commander Chen and Political Commissar Liu took Chen Changzai's words very seriously.

This is why, even before the battle was over, Commander Chen sent scouts eastward along the railway line to set up four consecutive air defense observation posts.

Each of their groups carried a walkie-talkie, although the maximum communication range was only ten kilometers.

However, sending out four groups will give me at least 35 kilometers of preparation time.

When the battle is over.

All the anti-aircraft machine guns were also transported, along with their ammunition, to various high grounds along the railway line by three-wheeled vehicles.

Along with the anti-aircraft machine guns, the regiment's four 37mm single-barrel anti-aircraft guns also went along.

They will deploy air defense networks according to the specific terrain.

Regiment Commander Chen and Political Commissar Liu determined that if the Japanese air force came to provide support...

They will definitely rely on the Ping-Sui Railway line, this landmark line, for flight guidance.

Deploying an anti-aircraft ambush along the edge of this line should be enough to catch the Japanese planes.

According to what Chen Changzai had once told them, the flight procedures of aircraft in other countries around the world.

Based on the arrival times of the Japanese planes over the past few days, it would take them at least two hours to get here to provide support.

Despite the Japanese occupation of Datong, Datong lacks a field airfield capable of handling fighter jets.

Even if the Japanese devils speed up the construction, it will still take a considerable amount of time.

Moreover, even field airfields need to have reserves of fuel, ammunition, and basic spare parts.

Therefore, the Japanese planes had to take off from a much farther place.

"Old Liu, you're in charge of the air defense on the east side. I'll move on after I finish cleaning up the battlefield."

"If those Japanese planes really come, Lao Liu, let's see if you can stop them."

"Old Chen, don't worry, as long as those Japanese planes dare to come over, I will definitely keep them all here."

"Alright, Lao Liu, then you should hurry over and get ready. Take care."

"Okay, Lao Chen, take care too."

This was the first time that Commander Chen and Political Commissar Liu had ever been involved in air defense combat. Although they had been studying and training in this area at home, they were not sure how effective it would be.

Don't be fooled by how loudly Political Commissar Liu spoke just now; it was just to boost morale.

Political Commissar Liu led his men eastward, needing to make the most of every minute to prepare.

Meanwhile, Commander Chen continued to clean up the battlefield.

There's nothing useless on the battlefield, not to mention guns, ammunition, and supplies.

Even the dead warhorses were extremely important supplies; they were meat.

For every extra bite of horse meat one can eat, three bites of grain can be saved.

These warhorses that died on the battlefield were one of the most important combat supplies that enabled Commander Chen and his men to maintain their ability to fight for an extended period.

The clothes worn by those Japanese soldiers and Prince De's puppets, as well as their personal belongings, also need to be collected.

After all, these things are still useful in the current situation of scarcity.

An hour later, on this battlefield where a fierce battle had taken place.

Apart from a few corpses placed aside, those that were only wearing loincloths and could still be considered intact, there were only the corpses of the Prince of Germany's puppet army that had also been stripped down to their underwear.

As for the corpses that were too scattered, they were simply piled up and left alone. After all, by evening, this place would become the domain of prairie wolves and vultures.

These corpses won't even last two days here; they'll turn into scattered bones all over the ground.

However, to Commander Chen's surprise, even after they had all finished cleaning up the battlefield and were heading towards the southern mountains of Yinshan, they still hadn't seen any Japanese planes coming.

Commander Chen felt that the Japanese radio station must have been destroyed immediately, and the popularity of the station had also been destroyed.

Because when Commander Chen was cleaning up the battlefield, he did find two radios that had been destroyed by the bomb, and one radio that was intact but had not been taken out of its bag.

Since the Japanese devils are unaware of what has happened yet, Commander Chen is happy to keep quiet and make a fortune.

He wouldn't go around telling the world about his achievements.

He will only transform himself into a tiger hidden in the grass.

He will pounce when the time is right and bite his prey's throat.

When it was almost 5 p.m., Political Commissar Liu led his air defense troops and Regiment Commander Chen into the southern mountains of Yinshan.

At 6:30 p.m., the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia headquarters received a secret telegram from Commander Chen.

When the vehicle-mounted radio transmitter carried by Regiment Commander Chen was set up with fifteen antennas on the mountaintop, its transmission range could reach several hundred kilometers.

The telegram received by headquarters via relay read: "Today, we annihilated over 800 Japanese cavalry and over 3,000 Mongol cavalry at the foot of Yinshan Mountain. We are now entering Yinshan Mountain and will launch a surprise attack on the Japanese and Mongols. We request that the news be postponed for now."

After seeing the telegram, the tall leader at headquarters said, "What a brilliant General Chen! He can stop the barbarian horses from crossing the Yin Mountains."

(End of this chapter)