Chapter 123: The End of the Fourth Cavalry Brigade
Although the Chinese New Year is already celebrated, the area around the western Liaoning Corridor is still very cold, with the north wind whistling. However, for the cavalry, they enjoy such a good weather. The thick military uniform and horse boots are a torture and torment for them in summer, especially the scorching sun.
More than 6,000 cavalry and more than 7,000 horses were venturing heat in their mouths, and the galloping horses were getting closer and closer to the ambush position. Perhaps because they had insufficient firepower to bully the Chinese army, or because of the urgent military situation, it was also possible that most of them were Shenma warriors and nobles.
They were very careless and felt that no one dared to ambush them. They did not send a large number of search teams to both sides of the mountain road. The 25th Regiment of the Front Army only symbolically sent 10 cavalrymen. These ten fools were talking and laughing like a quick look.
After the September 18th Incident, before fighting much, Zhang Xueliang was still dozens of miles away from the Japanese vanguard of cavalry, and he was invincible. The main force of the Northeast Army had already withdrawn from the pass. The Fourth Cavalry Brigade was very confident, but there were a few beards who were blinded and the volunteers ambushed them. They even felt that they could solve them without shooting, and a charge could be done.
The commander of the 4th Cavalry Brigade, Kennosuke Shimoto's thoughts drifted back to last night. Every time it was so short, why did he always have to be soaked in a stinky way? I heard that the stinky Taoist in China is good at ease and can practice both men and women. Well, there are many old imperial doctors around that little Manchu emperor Puyi. I heard that they can prepare some magical Chinese medicine, and the deposed man Puyi almost let them cure it. As the Supreme Emperor, the Kwantung Army, let them get some, and they will definitely not be rejected.
"The master, the 25th Regiment of the Front Army of Little Japan has passed, and the central and rear army are all squeezed into a group, which is still 1,500 meters away from here." The scouts came to report to Feng Quan again.
"Well, I understand, continue to inquire, tell your friends to wear a steel helmet, lie down and be careful not to let the Japanese discover it." Feng Quanyiyi was reluctant to put out the old knife cigarettes on the stone under her feet, and habitually crushed them with her feet.
In order to better ambush the Fourth Cavalry Regiment, under Feng Quan's instructions, the young men made camouflage. The gun body, barrel and tripod were all wrapped in white or yellow camouflage cloth, which was integrated with the nearby unique hilly landforms, snow and vegetation, greatly improving the concealment.
The friends' helmets were also wrapped in dense weeds, almost becoming straw hats. The clothes were even deliberately cut with grass and branches. Although the camouflage clothes were simple, they had a good effect. If they were broken, they would be broken. Anyway, there were many military uniforms in the clothing factory in the base, and they were all in the style of the horse.
With so many M2 heavy machine guns and mg34 universal machine guns in hand, Feng Quan didn't let his friends stop him at all. There were also those who were trapped in the trenches and trapped in the trenches. How tired.
Finally, the 25th Regiment of the Front Army entered the ambush circle behind, and the central and rear army also ran and rushed into the ambush circle in front. The arrogant and arrogant people grabbed the reins with both hands, and even sabers, rifles, and machine guns and horses.
"All units are careful, first hit their machine gun team. The deputy shooter of each m2 group uses mg34 first. Pay attention to installing the machine gun for half an hour and then hurry up and replace the spare barrel of the m2 heavy machine gun."
"Fight!" Feng Quan personally operated a heavy m2 machine gun, aimed at the dense Kanto cavalry, and pulled the trigger. At the same time, more m2 and mg34 roared.
"Nani? Where can I do the job of shooting? Hasn't the 25th Regiment been searched? Bagaya Road! All the 25th Regiment are dead! "
Kennosuke Shimoto, the commander of the 4th Kanto Army Cavalry Brigade, heard the gunshots and cursed. The wretched Major General Staff, Watanabe Yuichi, was even more despicable. He held the horse's neck and lay tight on the war horse.
"Tu Tu"
"Dada"
"Bang bang"
The flat firing range is 1,800 meters, and can fire more than 500 large-caliber bullets per minute, as well as mg34, which has a tripod that has become a heavy machine gun, have delivered speeches. Although the range of mg34 is not as far away as that of a heavy machine gun, the high firing rate of 800-900 rounds per minute makes it even more terrifying than the m2 heavy machine gun.
In the era without heavy artillery fire and machine guns, intensive charge was the main tactic of the cavalry. The first time I encountered this firepower, it was devastating to kill intensive charges. The German army in World War I had told us the consequences of doing so. The primitive four Maxim could torture 5,000 indigenous African soldiers.
Cavalry can't rush in the face of modern squad machine guns. If you don't use automatic rifles to fire, it's enough to 80% of the cavalry before the position gets engaged. In addition, war horses cannot rush all the time. Generally, they can move forward in small steps of 300 meters, accelerate 100 meters to prepare for impact, and advance at high speed of 50 meters. If you let the horse start running at high speed from 300 meters, it will exhaust the horse to death.
They were cavalrymen, without cannons, and they didn't know that there would be ambush. In the face of dense raindrop-like barrage, they were shot and fell to the ground. The cavalry's heads, arms and horses were beaten to the sky, and many war horses were even beaten into several sections.
After being shot on the butt of the lucky war horse, he ran forward stupidly, but the blood flowed faster. He fell heavily to the ground after running a few steps. The unlucky cavalry was not shot by the bullet, but was crushed to death by the war horse and injured.
The wretched staff officer Yuichi Watanabe lay on the back of the horse and did not escape the bad luck. A 12.7-caliber m2 heavy machine gun hit his waist. The commander of the brigade, Kennosuke Shiromoto, saw with his own eyes that before he could scream, a huge blood hole was punched out of his waist. He didn't see it. He had only a little bit of flesh and blood connected to the bottom. He was soon thrown to the ground by the bumpy war horse and finally became in half.
The cavalry and war horses were roaring, hoping to escape the scythe of the god of death, but this was futile. Heavy machine guns do not require precise shooting like rifles. When you sweep a large piece, the heavy machine gun can form fan firepower and have greater lethality. In addition, its high firing rate is particularly effective for the sea of people.
There is a face-facing strike on the positive shooting point, and there is a firepower suppression from the left and right sides. The Fourth Cavalry Brigade cannot raise its head at all. I have to admire the m2 heavy machine gun. Because the heavy machine gun is not subject to too much weight limitation, the barrel is thicker, and the heat dissipation device is of great quality, and the heat dissipation effect is better. Its firepower sustainability is never comparable to that of a general-purpose machine gun, not to mention its bullet caliber is 12.7 caliber, while mg34 is 7.92 caliber.
The brigade commander Shigerumoto Kennosuke, who was panicked in the middle of the team, did not notice the firepower point at all, and also began to speak, sweeping a large area. Even because the initial velocity of the m2 heavy machine gun reached an astonishing 930 meters in seconds, the bullet had an astonishing penetration after passing through a war horse, and could pass through another horse.
Kennosuke Shimoto realized that the team continued to rush forward meant death. He drew out his saber, raised it high, and roared loudly.
“Turn in!!”
But soon a powerful bullet hit his forehead accurately. Before he could scream, his little head exploded like a watermelon, bright red blood mixed with the gust and gust gushed out, a ball of red mixed with white blood mist was blooming like a flower!
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