Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Chapter 291 The Destruction of the Kurokawa Brigade

Zhao Ziqing saw the Japanese cavalry retreating, and without paying any attention to them, he directly ordered his team members to gather their horses.

The Japanese cavalry is fast, so it is impossible to chase them.

If there really is a chance, he really wants to capture the Japanese cavalry. More horses would be very useful for the special forces.

In comparison, the Eighth Route Army had a much harder time.

The Japanese were equipped with cavalry rifles, cavalry swords, and Type 99 rifles, as well as long-range mortars, which caused heavy losses to two battalions of the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese cavalry was clearly bullying the Eighth Route Army because of their poor equipment.

But fortunately, Nanshan went away quickly and came back quickly.

At his command, the Japanese cavalry quickly retreated to their headquarters and began to evacuate towards the brigade commander.

At this time, Nanshan Jiu was no longer willing to waste time with the Eighth Route Army. In his opinion, since the brigade commander had already started fighting, the rescue was the most important thing.

Killing some local Eighth Route Army soldiers will not have any effect. The Laiyuan Independent Regiment is their threat.

"Damn it, are the Japanese cavalry at a disadvantage?" Zhang Caiqian couldn't help but say as he watched the Japanese cavalry fleeing away through a telescope.

He now understood why Gu Changfeng called back and said not to worry about it. It turned out that this artillery battalion had its own defensive capabilities.

The battalion commander returned to Zhang Caiqian with sweat on his face and said with a wry smile, "Commander, over 200 soldiers have been killed and over 300 injured. The Japanese cavalry's firepower is too strong."

Even though it was winter, the battle still frightened him.

There were more than 600 Japanese soldiers, and they were moving at high speed. Besides their heavy machine guns, it was considered a good thing if the other rifles could hit the Japanese soldiers with dozens of bullets.

"How much did the Japanese lose?" Zhang Caiqian asked calmly.

Hearing the regimental commander's question, the battalion commander smiled and said, "We killed more than 59 Japanese soldiers and seized 103 horses, 30 cavalry swords, two Type rifles, and Japanese cavalry rifles."

Zhang Caiqian was delighted and said with a smile, "Damn it, with these captured items, we can also form a cavalry platoon."

In fact, even though the Japanese cavalry was useless against Gu Changfeng's men, it was just that the firepower of the battalions under Gu Changfeng was strong.

They also have the M60 heavy machine gun, a powerful weapon against the Japanese cavalry. If other armies were to come, the Japanese cavalry would be completely crushed.

You can't defeat them because they run so fast and then attack you when you are not paying attention. Which army can withstand it?

Outside the east city of Ding County, Major General Kurokawa became panicked again.

First, news from the Cavalry Regiment: the mission failed.

Second, the Laiyuan Independent Regiment sent more than a thousand troops from the north city, which was only two kilometers away from him at this time.

"Nakahata Battalion stays to block the enemy, the others evacuate, quickly," Major General Kurokawa wisely chose to leave.

But is it really too late?

"Report to the brigade commander, the Chinese are surrounding us from the south."

"Reporting to the brigade commander, the Chinese coming from the rear have split up, and half of them are encircling our rear."

The two pieces of news made Major General Kurokawa's heart sink to the bottom.

"Bakayarū, these Chinese want to eat us."

Major General Kurokawa understood that it was his own decision to gamble everything and not evacuate with the Mizukawa Brigade, which put him in danger now.

Gu Changfeng also understood that it was almost impossible to keep the Japanese in the southeast, so after the camps left the city, he issued another order.

Just try to wipe out the Shijiazhuang devils in the west.

The weak are the ones to be squeezed, and the Kurokawa Brigade happens to be the weak one.

The Kurokawa Brigade was in trouble. As the encirclement gradually took shape, even though Kurokawa led his troops to break out to the southwest, they were still blocked by various battalions.

Nanshan Jiu was very fast, but they were surrounded and had no choice but to try their best to break out with the brigade.

Da da da!

As the sound of machine gunfire from the periphery became more and more intense, Kusunoki's expression changed. He looked at Major General Kurokawa and said:

"Your Excellency, Commander, I will do my best to protect you from the encirclement. Don't worry about anything else, just keep running."

Major General Kurokawa was silent for a long while before he spoke: "Kusan-san, please lead the cavalry regiment to evacuate. I can't go back."

The brigade itself suffered heavy losses, and now because of his wrong decision, the cavalry regiment and infantry battalion have become like this.

He knew very well that even if he managed to escape, he would still end up committing seppuku.

Especially in this case, it would be better for him to die heroically on the battlefield. At least the empire would treat his family well.

Nanshan Jiu also understood. He looked up at the brigade commander, waved his hand, and led the remaining 500 or so cavalrymen to break out to the east.

Just now, because of trying to rescue Kurokawa, many people were killed and injured again, and now his regiment has been crippled.

The loss of one-third of his troops, plus his mortars, greatly reduced his strength.

To be honest, even he himself was not very confident that he could break out.

"Report to the battalion commander, we have spotted Japanese cavalry coming in our direction."

The fifth battalion in charge of the east gate arrived last and was still on the outskirts, but they just happened to catch a big fish.

Deng Wu was overjoyed when he heard the scout's report.

I thought it was just a show, after all, the brothers from other camps were all bandits, so how could they leave any soup for him?

As a result, the Japanese cavalry broke out of the encirclement and bumped into him.

"Since you are here, just keep them. I also want to form a cavalry company," Deng Wu said with a smile.

"Hey, Battalion Commander, the Japanese war horses are good things. Will Commander Gu agree?"

Deng Wu's company commander asked cheerfully.

Deng Wu waved his hand and said, "Of course we have to hand over some of it, but we have to keep some for our battalion as well."

If it was any other weapon or something, he could guarantee it, but horses were indeed different, so he was not sure.

"Okay, the devils are coming,"

"Go find some ropes. We can't let the Japanese cavalry escape from here."

Deng Wu didn't give others a chance to speak and gave the order directly.

"Yes, battalion commander." Several company commanders around agreed one after another, and then walked towards the set position.

Nanshan Jiu was indeed fast. After coming out from Kurokawa, he lost more than 200 people and successfully broke out.

The Sixth Battalion in charge of the southeast did not stop the enemy. Seeing this, Zhang Guofu could only order the collection of war horses and continue to tighten the encirclement.

At this time, Major General Kurokawa was actually no longer able to survive, and there were only a few hundred people guarding him.

Seeing the encirclement shrinking, Major General Kurokawa glared with red eyes and ordered: "Warriors, the time has come to serve His Majesty the Emperor."

"Everything for the holy war. Long live the Emperor, long live the holy war!"

Following Major General Kurokawa's roar, the Japanese soldiers followed suit and shouted, "Long live the Emperor, long live the holy war!"

"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"

Major General Kurokawa drew his command sword and issued the last order of his military career.

Then the Japs began to charge following their brigade commander!

The momentum was indeed strong, but when surrounded by several battalions, the Japanese charge became ridiculous.

Da da da!

Bang bang bang!

Boom boom boom!

Heavy machine guns, Type 99 light rifles, mortars, and grenade launchers fired one after another.

The small slope where Major General Kurokawa was located became the burial place of the Japanese devils.

Major General Kurokawa, who was charging ahead, was killed directly by dense bullets, ending his sinful life.