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Chapter 216 The sound of hooves is like thunder

The grassroots commanders in Songjiang were amazed at the perfect and cruel firepower planning in the city.

The rumbling sound of horse hooves sounded like thunder, and suddenly came from far and near from outside the city.

Seeing a cavalry squad running towards the city command at lightning, the faces of the northern Hans in the Northeast Army became serious.

With the rise of hot weapons, the king of the cold weapons era - cavalry - has actually been marginalized, but it does not mean that it has been completely eliminated.

Looking at the armies of various countries, cavalry units actually exist, not just as a guard of honor for mounting the storefront.

The super maneuverability of cavalry at short distances is still an indispensable existence in the military at the beginning of this era of mechanization.

As the vast Northeast Plain in China, how can there be no lightning cavalry on the black soil?

The two infantry divisions under the 67th Army each have one cavalry battalion, plus the cavalry battalion of the secret service regiment directly under the military headquarters, a total of three cavalry battalions and six cavalry companies.

For the more than a thousand war horses used by these cavalry, the 67th Army used entire arrays to transport them.

If you even want to hang yourself outside the carriage to make enough space for your beloved war horses to be more comfortable during long-distance transportation, you can know how these northern men love cavalry.

The strongest cavalry is its mobile combat capability.

At this moment, under the planning of Tang Dao, Songjiang City has become a porcupine covered in armor. Leaving cavalry who is good at mobile combat in the city is undoubtedly a matter of binding one's own hands and feet.

Therefore, since General Wu saw the combat plan of Tang Dao's entire army retreating into the city and defending the city, he first ordered all his cavalry troops to be scattered out of the city.

The three cavalry battalions all carry a field radio station, centered on Songjiang City and a radius of 30 miles as the activity area. The main task is to investigate the movements of the Japanese army and report the Japanese defense information to the command center at any time. If they encounter the Japanese army, they can decide independently whether to fight or retreat, and do not specify specific combat tasks.

This is to give full play to the maneuverability of the cavalry. When encountering a small group of Japanese troops or baggage transport troops, they will rush up and fuck them. If they encounter their main force, they will run away, and their legs will not be able to catch up with their four legs.

Even if the Japanese army is equipped with motorcycles and cars, it is in vain. China's underdeveloped highway network itself is one of the reasons why the Japanese army, which has entered the semi-mechanization process, cannot advance rapidly.

Don't think that cavalry just rides a horse faster. The battle is like the age of cold weapons. Raise the sabers and rushes to harvest the opponent's heads with a sabers and rushes to harvest the opponent's heads at high speed. Since there were continuous firearms such as machine guns, the almost suicide tactics of cavalry charging with a sabers will never be used at critical moments.

Not only are the Chinese army equipped with cavalry, but the Japanese army even need more cavalry equipment. Almost every division has a special cavalry regiment.

The cavalry in the Chinese and Japanese troops are now basically "lancers", that is, they are equipped with cavalry and light machine guns, and even light support firepower such as grenade launchers and mortars. To put it bluntly, infantry riding on horses arrives at the target battlefield with strong mobility, dismounting and launching strikes on the enemy. Once they cannot be defeated, they will get off on their horses and then riding on them.

Of course, there is still a huge difference between cavalry and infantry holding a rifle. Once they ride on a horse to charge, the overwhelming posture, just feeling the vibration of the ground, can scare the timid infantry.

Once a cavalry thrown away from a rifle and a sabre and sabre rushes into the position, it will be the doom of the infantry. If you hardly use a knife to chop it, you will be hit by a war horse weighing hundreds of kilograms, and you will basically be disabled.

Therefore, the three cavalry battalions that were scattered within dozens of miles around Songjiang City can be regarded as a handful of "iron caltrops" scattered by General Wu of the Japanese army. It would be fine if they didn't step on it, but once they step on it, the Japanese army would feel heartbroken.

But why did a cavalry squad rushed into the city in the early morning? What important military information cannot be reported on the radio? Could it be that the military information of the Japanese army has changed?

The officers with a little brain were a little nervous and couldn't help but urge the soldiers to speed up the construction of fortifications.

Before sunrise, the fortifications that are being formed must be completed no matter how sunrise it is.

Under the huge threat of life, the entire city of Songjiang, regardless of military and civilians, almost all had their last potential.

Songjiang Command!

A Chinese soldier in rags and bandages was lying on a stretcher. His lips were cracked due to extreme thirst, revealing tender flesh. The straw sandals on his feet were gone, but the bloody soles showed that he had walked a long enough road.

However, when I think of walking on the ground with my flesh-and-blooded soles, even the most tenacious soldier can't help but feel a chill in my heart, and it's undoubtedly walking on the tip of a knife.

But this person is likely to have walked dozens of kilometers like this.

The armband of his military uniform is composed of the 367th Regiment of the 62nd Division of the 28th Army, and the division seems to be stationed in the Jinshanwei area fifty kilometers away.

The bandage was tied to him by the cavalry company. In the words of the major cavalry battalion commander who personally sent the Hunan Army soldier to Songjiang, "When he saw this high-ranking soldier, he was crawling on the road. According to the traces at the scene, he had at least climbed three miles, and the scars on his body were all rubbed out. If he had not seen it with his own eyes, it would be difficult for him to believe that a person would have such will. The three miles would have been crawled in a state of almost unconsciousness."

Yes, the top soldier who was still in a coma was not actually seriously injured, but was exhausted, so when the two cavalrymen took him back to Songjiang City from ten kilometers away with their soft pockets, he had been sleeping almost in a coma. Even Dan Tai Mingyue dipped a wet towel in clear water to moisten his chapped lips, he didn't move.

The reason why the cavalry battalion commander personally escorted the top corps from the Hunan Army to the command center was that before he completely fell asleep, the top corps confirmed that the 67th Army Cavalry Company was his own identity and told them that he came from Jinshan County.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Jinshan County is the second pass to land on the 10th Japanese Army. Maybe he has the information he wants about the commanders. The cavalry battalion commander dared to neglect and quickly escorted the live information himself.

In the command center, two lieutenant generals and Tang Dao were patiently waiting for the soldier who was so tired that he was unconscious.

Looking at his bloody feet and hands, no one could bear to wake up the Hunan soldier.

As for whether he is a Japanese spy, a spy who can make himself so miserable and even breathe, he really has a good mind.

It's still early to dawn, and the generals have time to wait.

When Dan Tai Mingyue used a spoon to feed the unconscious soldier several spoonfuls of rice soup, the soldier who had obtained some energy supplies gradually opened his eyes. Perhaps the bright lights in the room made him a little panic. He did not look at the shadows in the house carefully. In a panic, he first knocked the spoon in Dan Tai Mingyue's hand with his hand, and then turned over and rolled down from the stretcher, and his hands habitually touched his waist.

But obviously, he would be disappointed, the bayonet that originally hung there was still placed on the conference table a few meters away.

Tang Dao looked at the top-class soldier with some pity on his face, and stepped forward and roared softly: "This is Songjiang Command, Soldier, report your number!"

Until this time, the top soldier who gradually adapted to the bright lights in the house finally saw clearly the Chinese military uniform standing in front of him. Perhaps he also remembered the people he met before he was unconscious. Looking around, there were two soldiers wearing Chinese military uniforms, with golden stars on the collar seal and a gentle female soldier.

"Is this Songjiang? Where are you brothers?" the soldier asked blankly with a strong Hunan accent.

"Yes, this is Songjiang. This is the commander of the 67th Army, Wu Ke, is appointed as the commander of the 43rd Army, and that is the commander of the 43rd Army, Lieutenant General Guo Rudong." Tang Dao nodded with certainty.
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