Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 19 What are these puppet troops doing?
"Bakayalu! You damn deer, push harder! We are more than 2 kilometers away from the vanguard!"

The person in charge of escorting the supplies this time was Shinji Yokoi, deputy captain of the Yanmenguan Supplies Brigade.

If possible, he didn't want to go out to escort supplies in this horrible weather.

And when he thought that the captain Watanabe Masao was sitting in the room, drinking tea and reading his copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Yokoi Shinji became even angrier.

"Baga! You damn idiots! The Locust Army recruited you from Frog Island into the army, which is a great gift to you! You are so sneaky! Hurry and push the cart hard!"

"If you tire the mules and horses out, you'll all commit seppuku! Seppuku!"

"Baga, they are all trash!"

"Hayaku! Hayaku!"

The people recruited by the Japanese from Frog Island were called soldiers, but in fact they only did dirty and tiring work.

But the Japanese were still somewhat proud of this. After all, they were selected by the Japanese from 600 million people. If they were not elites, would the Japanese choose them?

"Everyone! Try harder!"

"hey-hey!".
Shinji Yokoi looked at the soldiers who began to push the cart hard and nodded with satisfaction.

"Hey, you guys"

Before Shinji Yokoi could finish his words, the Japanese soldiers pushing the carts heard a gunshot.

Immediately afterwards, Shinji Yokoi fell headfirst into the mud pit.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

These traitors rushed to the car to get their weapons while shouting.

But at this time, dense rain of bullets had already come from both sides of the road, and along with the bullets came grenades, and they were the Japanese's melon grenades.

"Thump, thump, thump." "Thump, thump, thump."
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!".
“Snap!~” “Snap!~” “Snap!~”.
"Bang!" "Bang!".
Compared with before, the gunfire from the New Second Regiment was obviously less chaotic.

Faced with a pincer attack, the Japanese in the baggage train were completely unable to resist and were suppressed by the New Second Regiment and could not even raise their heads.

"Use the carts to build a circular formation immediately! Defend and wait for reinforcements!"

"Hayaku! Hayaku!"

A Japanese squad leader stepped forward to take over the command and began to direct the baggage team to build defenses on the spot. Now the most important thing for them was to block the enemy's firing range on both sides. As long as they could avoid direct fire attacks, they would be able to hold on.

On the other side, the Japanese vanguard troops who heard the gunshots immediately realized that the baggage train was attacked.

"Support the baggage train immediately!" ordered Yuzo Yasui.

"Major Yasui, I will lead the cavalry team first!" said the Japanese cavalry squad leader on the side.

"Please!" Yasui Yuzo nodded.

"Cavalry! Taoci, here you go!" The cavalry squad leader drew his saber, turned his horse's head and quickly ran towards the baggage train.

Yasui Yusanye and his infantry also started running for their lives.

Chen Chengxing had already made arrangements for the support of the Japanese.

The first company and the guard platoon blocked the southern end of the road, responsible for preventing the Japanese vanguard troops from returning for reinforcements.

The third battalion commander led the 9th and 10th companies to block the north end of the road, responsible for blocking the advancing Japanese rear guard troops.

The remaining troops were responsible for destroying the baggage train in the middle.

The Japanese cavalry was very fast and arrived at the battlefield in less than a minute. Just as they were preparing to enter the battlefield along the road and attack the enemy from the flank, a fire suddenly appeared on the hill in front of them.

"Hit me!" the company commander shouted. They had been waiting for a long time.

"Thump, thump, thump." "Thump, thump, thump."
“Snap!~”

"boom!"

"Snapped!"

The Japanese cavalry, who were suddenly hit by fire, immediately displayed combat skills that far surpassed their puppet army counterparts.

The moment they heard the gunshots, they pulled the reins, turned around, and hid behind the puppet cavalry.

Nearly 20 puppet cavalrymen who were used as shields fell off their horses immediately, while not a single Japanese soldier fell off.

Falling off a horse when moving at high speed means death. Even if you don't die on the spot, you will be trampled to death by the horses behind.

After the Japanese cavalry retreated to a safe position, the cavalry, which was originally composed of half Japanese and half puppet troops, became a 5:1 ratio.

The Japanese suffered few casualties, but the puppet army suffered almost all casualties.

This is normal. The level of the puppet army was originally low, and they were far behind in terms of horses. The Japanese rode Japanese horses, while the puppet army rode Mongolian horses.

Although Mongolian horses are easy to raise, they are far inferior to Japanese horses in terms of speed and strength.

Although the puppet troops were in the front when charging, they didn't even have a chance to flatter the Japanese when retreating.

The machine gunners on the position naturally shot whoever was closest to them, so those killed were basically puppet soldiers.

Even though many puppet soldiers fell to the ground because their horses were killed, they were basically half-crippled and could not retreat to the safe area on their own, so they could only lie on the ground and wait for the battle to end.

After retreating to a safe area, the Japanese cavalry squad leader immediately ordered his troops to dismount and prepare for an infantry assault.

The enemy's position was on high ground. Under normal circumstances, he could have attacked on horseback. But now it was raining heavily and the ground was muddy. Letting the horse attack from above in the mud would be tantamount to seeking death.

"Mr. Kitano, take a squad to go around to the right side and attack from the flank, and cooperate with me to break the enemy's position." The Japanese squad leader immediately gave the order after organizing the troops.

The flank attack was a common tactic used by the Japs. As long as the assaulting force could cause chaos in the enemy, the frontal assaulting force could take advantage of the situation and attack the position.

"Hai!"

Kitano waved his hand and immediately led a squad of 13 soldiers to take a detour to the opposite flank. They had to reach the designated position before the troops officially attacked.

After Kitano left, the Japanese squad leader did not wait, but immediately led his troops forward, preparing for a tentative attack.

"You guys! Go work in the front!" the Japanese squad leader ordered the dozen or so remaining puppet soldiers.

"Madam, Madam! No! We can't win." These puppet soldiers were almost crying.

They managed to escape with great difficulty, and now you tell me they have to go back?
"Hurry up and work! Otherwise, you will die!" The Japanese squad leader turned a blind eye to the puppet soldiers' pleas for mercy.

He just needs someone to risk their life to attract the enemy's firepower point, he doesn't need them to win.

Following the order from the Japanese squad leader, the Japanese cavalrymen surrounding them pointed their bayonets at the dozen or so puppet soldiers. If they dared to talk nonsense again, they would be stabbed back with their own knives.

Although these puppet soldiers wanted to kill the devils on the spot, they could not disobey orders and could only rush forward staggeringly as if their mother had died.

It was obvious that these puppet soldiers had not yet learned the unique skills of the later puppet soldiers, and they were all killed in just one charge.

The company commander on the battlefield was confused. What was he doing? Had he had enough of living?
(End of this chapter)