Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 854

Chapter 854 The final trump card (Part 2)

South bank of Bihe River!

The battle started at dawn and has been fierce for more than 3 hours.

It is 10:20 am!

The winter sun has almost reached its peak, but winter in Henan Province is still cold.

2,500 meters away from the main battlefield between China and Japan, and 1,000 meters directly behind the artillery position where the Japanese army was bombarding the battlefield, all places that the Japanese army could not see.

Tang Dao was riding on the bay-red horse, looking at the bursts of gunpowder smoke rising in the distance with a telescope. Hammer squatted beside his horse, staring ahead with a pair of big eyes, as if he could see something.

The cavalry has changed from vertical to horizontal. More than 190 cavalry were divided into two columns, tightening their reins and standing behind their supreme commander. Everyone's mouth and nose were breathing white.

Horse, the same thing.

Nearly 200 people and horses, but they remained strangely quiet.

No one shouted, there was no noise, all the war horses were mounted on the horse's bit, the horses' hooves were wrapped with cotton cloth, and all the cavalry, except for the regiment leader Tang Dao, wore a black scarf around their necks.

There is actually a hint of fashion in the coolness.

"Regiment leader, you are not good at cavalry, so let me lead the team and you go to the second row to command! Otherwise, if something happens to you, I can't explain it to Lao Lei. Without the backbone of the Four Lines Regiment, its combat effectiveness will also drop sharply!" Gong Shaoxun! Seeing Tang Dao put down the telescope, he already had the intention of giving an order, so he rushed forward to make one last effort.

Of course, the cavalry and the infantry have completely different combat modes. Without superb riding skills, most people will fall down if they are just jogging in small steps, let alone the horse starting to run at a high speed of 16 meters per second.

Just being able to ride a horse is only the first step to becoming a cavalryman. To become a warrior who can fight on horseback, a cavalryman must also be able to control the horse with his legs.

Because when fighting, the hand holding the saber must use all the strength. If the legs are not strong enough to clamp it, the person will fall off the horse before he can cut himself.

During a cavalry charge, falling off a horse is almost equal to death. The cavalry running behind you at high speed will not care who you are. In fact, you can't care. Even if you are the supreme commander, you can only watch in despair as the speed reaches 60 A horse's hoof weighing more than 700 kilograms stepped over his body, and then he turned into a ball of meat with shattered fractures all over his body.

Publicly and privately, Gong Shaoxun did not want to see anything happen to Tang Dao, although he was extremely touched by Tang Dao's initiative to fight alongside the cavalry company. After more than a month of joining the Four Lines Regiment, he finally felt He and the cavalry company were completely integrated into the team.

Perhaps after this battle, the cavalrymen who originally kept silent about how awesome the cavalrymen of the 67th Army of Laozi will be much less. They will be replaced by the cavalry company of the Sixings of Laozi, but the commander of the regiment led the charge. What kind of guard company are you? Can the special squadron compare with me?

"Haha! Vice-President, if I say that I have gone through three months of equestrian training and have a record of hitting a bull's-eye 200 meters away with one shot on a high-speed charging horse, you may not believe it, but you have to believe me from Songhu. Veterans who crawled out of several piles of dead people on the battlefield, from Sihang Warehouse, and from Songjiang Cangcheng!" Tang Dao looked back with pride on his face. "I survived not by luck, but by strength! Maybe one day I may die in battle, but I will never die in the hands of these dead Japanese devils."

Yes, the reason why Tang Dao can become the strongest individual soldier in China in the future is not based on luck, but on strength!

In fighting, Tang Dao, who has practiced hard for ten years, can be ranked among the top five in the army of millions; in shooting, Tang Dao, who has extremely strong shooting talent, modestly said that he is only among the top six in the army; in endurance, Tang Dao has once been fully armed in the army. His record of running 80 kilometers on a mountainous road made even the most demanding instructors call him a monster; because of the need for promotion, his superiors sent him to the Army Academy for one and a half years of further study, but he used this year and a half to learn five foreign languages. , he also took the first place in foreign military history. The experience of wandering on the line of life and death all year round seems to have opened up his brain, making him stronger than most ordinary people in terms of neurological reaction, physical fitness, and brain memory. many.

Horsemanship is just one of the many skills that Tang Dao mastered in his previous life.

Because he had to perform missions on the border of Western Xinjiang, Tang Dao practiced equestrian skills hard for a while in the border troops of Western Xinjiang. With his strength and body flexibility that surpassed ordinary people, Tang Dao could hit a horse from 200 meters away with an AK. watermelon.

Now, Tang Dao, who has completely integrated with this young body, is even more confident in his equestrian skills.

“Yes!” Gong Shaoxun nodded heavily and handed a black scarf to Tang Dao. “It's cold, this thing can protect you from the cold wind!”

"Signal Corps, pass my order back to the regiment headquarters and tell them that the general offensive has begun! The first and second battalions will use all their strength to wipe out the Japanese invaders in the encirclement. The third battalion will continue to use firepower to contain the Japanese troops in front of them. If they want to escape, they must chase after them!" Tang said Dao ordered.

“Yes!” The signal soldier carrying the field radio quickly jumped off his horse and began to send out the telegram.

Gently pinching the horse's belly, the war horse took a small step with Tang Dao in front of the two horse teams. The sound of Tang Dao echoed in the open wilderness: "Brothers, have you seen it? Just in front of us, the Japanese artillery, Waiting for us to chop off their heads, tell me, are you ready?"

No one agreed with a bang, they just raised their already prepared lances together again!

There were less than 200 people, but under the winter sunshine, there were a forest of swords and guns!

“Very good, follow me and Deputy Gong, go forward and kill all the people in yellow uniforms.” Tang Dao took the reins and entered the cavalry formation.

When the cavalry charges, charging alone at the front is very impressive, but it is definitely the one who dies the fastest. This is what is said to be the target of public criticism.

Cavalry combat relies on group strength and does not require individual heroes!

The cavalry were all very close together, with horses touching horses and shoulders rubbing against each other.

In the cold winter wind, the horse's nose is spraying white mist, and its mouth is spraying white mist.

As the horses moved forward in small steps, all the cavalrymen pulled up the black scarves around their necks to cover their mouths and noses.

This feels quite like the Forty Thieves!

Perhaps, only those who have ridden a motorcycle in winter without wearing a helmet will know the sour feeling of the cold wind on the face.

These cavalrymen from the Northeast are all experienced drivers!

“Dong, dong, dong” the dull sound of horse hooves sounded, and the queue began to move slowly.

It's like a wall slowly moving forward.

After jogging for a while, the horses began to speed up gradually, and the queue began to disperse. Each horse was about five or six meters apart. More than 190 cavalrymen lined up in two rows, and the horse line drawn by more than 90 cavalrymen in one row was a mile long. On the road, the distance between the two horse teams was about 200 meters.

At the distance of 700 meters, the horse team, which had been jogging for 300 meters, began to sprint at full speed.

A thunderous sound resounded throughout the entire venue, and the whole world seemed to be filled with the rumble of horse hooves.

The sound was so loud that it seemed that even the violent gunfire that resounded on the Chinese and Japanese positions more than a thousand meters away was drowned out.

In the future, China's cavalry has almost completely withdrawn from the stage of history. Tang Dao saw with his own eyes a company of seventy or eighty horses charging at full speed from the Western Frontier Army. The movement was so shocking that the entire Gobi stone seemed to be jumping along with it.

But now, what Tang Dao saw and heard was that nearly 200 cavalry were charging at full speed.

Although the cavalry had covered their headscarves like the cavalry, the biting cold wind still hit our faces, just like riding a motorcycle in the cold winter. However, there was no sound around and there was no sound left. The rumble of horse hooves below was nothing compared to the sound.

Perhaps only those who have been there know that no matter who you are, in such a scene, you will only feel that your blood is burning and adrenaline is racing.

It is conceivable that as long as the cavalry rages, no one can stop them, and all obstacles will be reduced to powder.

In the age of cold weapons, thousands or even tens of thousands of cavalry often charged together. What kind of scene would that be? Tang Dao even doubted whether it would be like a small earthquake. People standing on such a battlefield might not be able to stand firmly.

Even now, there are less than 200 cavalry in charge mode, and the entire battlefield is stunned by the thunderous sound of horse hooves coming from behind.

At the beginning, it was like thunder in the sky. In the end, the thunder was like ringing in everyone's ears. There was no sound of guns and cannons in the whole world, only the sound of thunder. The soldiers of the two Japanese artillery squadrons were working hard to carry heavy artillery shells. In this cold winter, they even took off their yellow military uniforms. As for the steel helmets, they had long since been thrown away, and their faces were covered with hot sweat. , and there was steam coming out of my head.

As the last resort of the 2nd Infantry Regiment, hundreds of strong men from two Japanese artillery squadrons are working hard to show off their muscles and excellence so that thousands of their colleagues can go home.

Then, the thunder boomed from far to near, shattering their efforts. When they looked back and their pupils suddenly shrank, a row of black "walls" jumped out from the horizon and moved towards their own position at high speed.

That is of course an error caused by the distance. Only when they get closer can they see the shocking deep blue!

“What is that?” Matsumoto Umon, who had just survived the front line and was re-assigned to the mountain artillery squadron as a war officer, groaned like a dumbfounded man.

The suddenly widened pupils and the twitching muscles on the face vividly interpret the artistic conception of the word “unbelievable”!

“Enemy attack.” The soldier next to him, who was still performing the role of the stunned Japanese army captain, screamed in a miserable voice, as if he had been stabbed in the back door with a mace.

On the main battlefield in the distance, as three red signal flares hit the sky, two infantry battalions, six infantry companies, and three fire support companies collectively roared "Kill!"

No longer concealing their firepower, as all the light and heavy machine guns began to roar, the soldiers threw out the grenades around them that had already unscrewed the back cover!

According to incomplete statistics, in less than ten seconds, the two infantry battalions and the recruits responsible for dropping bombs dropped a total of more than 3,000 grenades, and the density was far higher than before the war.

When the thunderous sound of hooves was heard two thousand meters away, the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Line Regiment jumped out of the trenches. The infantry squad organized according to the three-three system was basically a spearman with a bayonet and soldiers equipped with submachine guns or shell guns. , forming a firepower group that can engage in both hand-to-hand combat and continuous fire.

There were still six to seven hundred Japanese infantrymen who were still lying in the grass and shooting at the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Line Regiment, but the coverage of 3,000 grenades sang their last elegy.

It was later proven that this wave of grenade fire coverage, which made Chief of Staff Zhuangda distressed, caused heavy losses to the Japanese infantry who were caught off guard. In the end, fewer than 400 infantrymen were able to jump out of the grass and engage the Chinese soldiers in hand-to-hand combat.

You should know that the two infantry brigades of the originally surrounded Japanese army had 8 infantry squadrons and 2 heavy machine gun squadrons. Although they were not full after successive battles, they still had more than 1,800 infantrymen.

But it only took three hours. As the Chinese soldiers entered decisive battle mode, only a quarter of their troops were able to participate in the battle. This is extremely rare in the history of world wars.

The nearly 10,000 grenades thrown on the battlefield may be the decisive factor!

After the war, the North China Front Army Headquarters also issued guiding orders to its ministries. The Chinese were not to be easily allowed to approach the defense line forty meters. The German-made grenades with long wooden handles were simply a nightmare for infantry at this distance.

Ishiguro Sadazou's expression at that moment was definitely not much better than that of Captain Matsumoto Umon who was facing a cavalry charge.

It's not like a mouthful of old blood would spray out far away, but looking at his instantly red face, you can tell that this old guy's blood pressure was at least 200 at that moment, just a little bit close. There is no need to waste bullets. This guy was used to deal with the fat man. The captain of the elite Japanese infantry regiment of the Four Lines Regiment, Dazuo, was bleeding to the sky and had a cerebral blood vessel burst.

“Artillery, it's over!” Ishiguro Sadazou closed his eyes in pain, and two lines of tears rolled down.

Perhaps, for this tearful but extremely clear Japanese Army Colonel, it is not just the artillery that is going to die, but also his entire infantry regiment!

The sprint distance of 700 meters only takes forty or fifty seconds for a galloping horse to explode at its maximum speed.

The Second Infantry Regiment, which transferred almost all its troops to the frontal battlefield and the flanks of its own regiment headquarters, left only a small infantry detachment in the artillery squadron to give the artillerymen symbolic peace of mind.

Ten rifles and one light machine gun were unable to cause much damage to such a running target.

Moreover, when they were close to 200 meters away, the cavalrymen hiding on the sides of the galloping horses sat back on their horses one after another, and then opened fire!

With the sound of gunfire, at least two or three of the fifteen Japanese infantrymen fell down in the simple trenches, and the rest of the infantrymen subconsciously crawled to avoid it.

A war horse that can gallop at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour is much faster than the Olympic 100-meter gold medalist. It can reach the distance of 200 meters in only 12 seconds.

About 100 meters before arriving at the Japanese artillery position, the cavalrymen dropped their lances and drew their sabers from their horseback saber pouches.

Under the winter sun, the gleaming saber is much more dazzling than the bayonet.

Until then, the two rows of cavalry in front and back roared in unison, "Kill!"

The rumble of horse hooves instantly drowned out the cries of killing from two hundred people, but the cold and blazing murderous intent could make people's hair stand on end even from a distance of a hundred meters.

Even Hammer, who was running so fast on all fours, could not help but stand up on the hair on his back.

That is derived from the biological fear of murderous instinct! Even if those cavalry are its comrades.

After the sacrifice of nearly ten horses and men, the first row of cavalry rushed into the 400-meter-wide Japanese artillery position.

Those who have never experienced being stabbed with a knife in the midst of thousands of horses will never know what it feels like.

There are sharp blades and roaring horses on both sides, and your ears are filled with the rumbling sound of horse hooves. There is no room for any other sound. You have no time to search for any enemies. All you know is, holding the knife, The enemy in your field of vision passes by, and then, there is a **** light rising into the sky.

You don't need to put in much effort at all. The kinetic energy and huge inertia of the horse's high-speed running are enough for your saber to split any hard object.

If the enemy is right in front and your knife can't reach it, it's easier to just hit him. The horse's strong forelimbs plus the thousands of kilograms of kinetic energy it carries can knock anyone into comminuted fractures all over his body.

Tang Dao feels like this now. Even if he is the best in the three armies in terms of force, he is confident that if he is under the horse, no one among the 200 cavalry here can be his top three generals.

However, when the cavalry charged, Tang Dao, who participated in this kind of cavalry charge for the first time, realized that this was not a battlefield to show personal force at all.

The cavalry, just like the heart-stopping formation they formed earlier, rely on collective strength. Even though they are more than 5 meters apart, they are still like a wall, using their strong horse bodies, heavy horseshoes and sharp snow. A wall composed of cold blades will destroy all resistance along the way.

If he faced this group of cavalry, Tang Dao's first thought would be to escape, to any place where he could escape the attack range of this terrifying group of cavalry.

Even if you give him a submachine gun, Tang Dao has no confidence that he can survive in this terrible battlefield. Even if you kill one, ten, or even dozens of them, it will still be like a row of cavalry coming towards you in a big wave. It will eventually overwhelm you.

The Japanese artillerymen, who were almost stupid and scurrying around like headless flies, faced such an overwhelming impact, what kind of despair must they feel in their hearts?

no one knows!

No one knows what Captain Matsumoto Umon was thinking at that moment when the first row of cavalry with thunderous hooves rushed towards him. He drew his samurai sword and faced the cold blade of the Chinese cavalry.

Anyway, quite manly!

It's just that, in the eyes of the Chinese cavalry, it's just food delivered to their door!

A tender and juicy Chinese cabbage!

(End of this chapter)

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