The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 150 The Trick of the Enemy
Time passed quietly. At first, only the shadow of cavalry was heard, and soon, the sound of horseshoes came faintly.

Saburo Fujiwara whipped his horse and took the lead, leading the cavalry squadron and galloping on the mountain road.

He enjoyed his status as a cavalryman very much, and even more enjoyed the high-spirited and high-spirited wind howling by while riding on a war horse at a fast gallop.

This is a feeling that infantry can never experience.

It's just that with the development of thermal weapons, cavalry has gradually been overshadowed in modern warfare.

Saburo Fujiwara's teacher once told him that the cavalry of the Empire of Japan will be completely replaced in the near future, and it will become history from then on.

In this regard, even though he was unwilling, Fujiwara had nothing to do.

Therefore, Fujiwara now cherishes every opportunity for cavalry to fight, even if the target this time is only those Chinese people who are even unarmed.

Wouldn't such an opponent be able to give full play to the sharpness of the cavalry's charge?
As they continued to gallop, Fujiwara and his party soon arrived at Luomapo.

As the captain of the cavalry squadron, Fujiwara not only has the arrogance of a nobleman, but also has the keen perception as a military chief.

Fujiwara, who was galloping at first, was about to plunge headlong into the falling horse slope. Perhaps he had sensed something keenly. He tightened the reins of the horse suddenly, and the horse neighed. The front hooves of the two horses even hung in the air, and they stopped suddenly. down.

The ghost cavalry behind them also tightened the reins and stopped.

"Sir, why did you stop?" The adjutant was a little puzzled.

Fujiwara stretched out his white-gloved index finger, pointed to the two sides of Luomapo, and asked, "Look at the terrain of this place, there are steep slopes on both sides, and there is only a relatively gentle mountain road in the middle. Our cavalry is at a great disadvantage, if there is an enemy ambushing here, we only need to block the two ends, and the mobility of our cavalry will disappear immediately, and the possibility of annihilation of the entire army is extremely high."

"What's the name of this place?"

"Map soldiers." The adjutant called out.

"Hi!"

A devil cavalry soldier with a rucksack on his back quickly patted his horse's back, rode over, then took off his rucksack, took out the map bag inside, and opened the map showing the terrain of this area.

The little devil's intelligence work is quite good. In order to strive for precision and detail, they don't even care about doing more useless work.

Some locations displayed on the map at the moment are even marked in Japanese plus Chinese characters.

The adjutant pointed out the location of Luoma Po with his finger, and said, "Sir, according to the Chinese, this place is called Luo Ma Po."

Fujiwara nodded, groping for his chin with his right hand, looking at both sides of Luo Ma Po, a little lost in thought.

"Luo Ma Po, Luo Ma Po! This name is not auspicious."

The adjutant said: "Sir, are you still worried that there will be ambushes on both sides of the hillside? In this case, I will immediately send scouts to the sides, and then move on after the investigation. What do you think?"

Fujiwara twisted his neck and said with a smile: "Why bother? Just use machine guns and grenades to investigate."

"Hi!"

The adjutant responded, and immediately issued an order. Four devils immediately jumped off their horses, took out the grenade launchers they had been carrying on their backs, and in groups of two, fired towards both sides of Luomapo.

The other four devils rode their horses to the sides, took out the light machine guns that had been hanging on the saddle, and fired at the half-person-high grass on both sides of the falling horse slope.

The sound of artillery and machine guns mingled.

The bullets broke the dead grass and shrubs on both sides of Luomapo, and after the bombardment, the soil and weeds splashed all over the place.

Zhao Gang, who was lurking behind the right side of Luomapo, heard the sound of artillery bombardment and bullets just 40 meters away, and couldn't help but feel scared for a while. What a cunning little devil. Fortunately, there were only some warnings on the front. troops.

The soldiers in charge of security were spread out widely, and only one person was arranged at a distance of tens of meters. He was responsible for the front-line secret observation, as well as the transmission of news, and timely notified the ambushes lurking behind the side to move forward.

As for the devils, it was just a test, and after three or five bullets were fired from both sides, they stopped attacking.

But on the side of the independent regiment, two security soldiers were accidentally injured and scratched by the shrapnel from the shells.

The willpower of the two was quite firm, they clenched their teeth tightly, and even covered their mouths with their hands, enduring the pain, trembling in their pale complexions, without saying a word.

The soldiers knew very well that at this critical time, a little movement might destroy the overall plan of the regimental commander, causing the devil cavalry to flee.

Therefore, the soldiers in charge of vigilance were mentally prepared, even if they died, they would never make a sound.

They have a will of steel!

The sound of the guns stopped, and the sound of the submachine guns also stopped, and there was only the whirring of the wind, and the rustling of the weeds and shrubs on both sides of Luomapo when the wind moved them, and the smoke from the shells scattered. It was quickly blown away by the wind.

Looking at the still peaceful Luomapo, Fujiwara couldn't help but smile.

"It seems that I am suspicious, so be careful!"

"Sir, wise, after this test, if there are ambushes hiding on both sides of the hillside, they must have been exposed, but the villagers of Xinzhuang may have noticed the sound of the cannon on our side," the adjutant said.

Fujiwara said indifferently: "It's okay, I prefer to slaughter the panic-stricken prey, they flee in all directions under the cry, you and I gallop on horses, let them become the souls of the cavalry one by one, wouldn't it be an interesting thing? "

"Hi!"

"Set off."

"Yes!"

The devil's cavalry team continued to advance, but this time, perhaps to protect Fujiwara, the devil's adjutant waved his hand and let a few cavalry walk in the front.

The guard soldiers on the right side of Luomapo immediately passed the news to Zhao Gang, Li Yunlong, Kong Jie and his party lurking behind the side through gestures.

Li Yunlong couldn't help cursing inwardly, "You little devil finally came in."

While cursing in a low voice, suddenly there was the wailing of war horses and the panic of devils, coming from down the slope.

"Happy, it looks like the little devil fell into the pit!"

Falling down the slope.

The three devil cavalrymen who ran in the front with their horses fell directly into the horse trap dug by Wang Leihu, the commander of the first battalion.

This horse pit was dug out yesterday afternoon by Wang Leihu and dozens of soldiers, who spent nearly two hours digging it out.

According to the sketch drawn by Kong Jie, it is roughly a circular deep pit, the smallest diameter is two meters, and the depth is more than two meters.

After digging the horse pit, dig out a lower small round mouth along the circumference of the opening circle, and then use branches longer than the small round mouth and shorter than the big round mouth to place them horizontally and arrange them densely , and then put some large leaves on top of the horizontal branches, and finally spread a layer of soil to smooth the entire big round mouth.

Sprinkle some dry dust and the whole trap is finished.

The branches at the entrance of the trap can block some light objects, but with the weight of the ghost cavalry, it will naturally collapse the entrance of the trap and fall into it.

It is no exaggeration to say that such a trap, even a wide-eyed living person walking step by step, may not be able to detect the flaws, let alone a little devil on a war horse.

The three devil cavalry in the lead, after stepping on the front hooves of the horses on the top of the trap, directly broke the branches paved at the trap entrance, and fell down with their horses, and they fell on their backs.

The sudden trap was completely beyond the devil's expectations.

Even Fujiwara, he had guessed that the enemy would lay mines and other obstacles underground, but he never thought that there would be such a primitive horse trap.

The sound of wailing came from the horse trap, and Fujiwara quickly waved his hands, asking the medical soldiers to rush to the rescue, and ordered to hide, watching his surroundings vigilantly.

Fujiwara thought there was an ambush, but after waiting for a while, there was no movement.

This made him a little suspicious again. It stands to reason that after his team fell into the horse trap, if there was an ambush, the ambush would be because they immediately launched a surprise fire attack.

What about people?
Fujiwara was on guard.

Down a gentle slope on the right side of the sinking horse pit, a monk who also changed into ordinary clothes looked out a little and saw the devil cavalry fell into the deep pit. Brothers, do it!"

The monk took the lead and emerged from the gentle slope first. He was afraid that the little devils would not know the identity of his party, and shouted, "Brothers of the militia, fight, these little devils, absolutely don't let them enter the village!"

Gunshots rang out immediately, with various sounds, some of them were holding old sockets in their hands, and more of them were holding old shotguns and the like.

Some even took homemade bows and arrows and shot arrows in the direction of Fujiwara.

There are also a few holding hoes and sickles in their hands, and they don't know what they are here to join in the fun.

This sudden attack directly made Fujiwara dumbfounded.

sneak attack?

ambush?

That's it?

Those peasants wearing patched civilian clothes didn’t even seem to know how to use guns, let alone marksmanship. At this time, there was more than 100 meters between the two sides, and when they heard the gunshots, they didn’t hit half of them. .

Weapons such as firecrackers and shotguns, which have long been eliminated by war, can't even hit such a long distance.

Only the monk held a gun made in Hanyang in his hand. He originally aimed at the chest of a devil cavalryman, but after thinking about it, he shifted the muzzle of the gun a few inches to the left for fear of scaring the devil, and there was a bang. After the gun shot, the devil fell off his horse and was hit in the shoulder by a bullet.

"Bastard, blast them!"

Fujiwara was a little annoyed, the opponent who made him extremely vigilant turned out to be such a mob.

Several grenadier soldiers opened fire quickly, and the monk had already given the order to retreat, and ran away with the militia soldiers.

After a burst of bombardment, the small slope where the monk and his party had been hiding was almost flattened by the artillery fire.

Looking at the peasants who fled away, the adjutant said: "Sir, it seems that the Chinese peasants have fled to the direction of the village. The Eighth Route Army often organizes some militia organizations in the village. It should be the militia of Xinzhuang. They are here to stop us. "

"idiot!"

Fujiwara cursed, and looked at the soldier who fell from the horse earlier, but fortunately, the soldier was only hit in the shoulder by a bullet, and did not hurt his life.

It seems that the bald-headed leader of the previous leader's marksmanship is not very good.

It's just that the cavalry warriors of the great Japanese Empire were unexpectedly attacked by such a militia organization, and some people were injured.

This is simply unforgivable.

When the rescued devils fished out the horses and devil soldiers who had fallen into the horse pit, two of the horses plunged down at one end and broke their necks because they were running too fast. A soldier was also seriously injured.

Seeing the miserable appearance of his subordinates, Fujiwara wished to gallop over immediately, catch up with those Chinese militiamen who fled earlier, and kill them all.

Looking at the flawless ground in front of him, Fujiwara ordered: "It seems that the Chinese militiamen have only this trick. They use stones to explore the road and expose all the traps and pits."

"Hi!"

A group of devils immediately jumped off their horses, picked up some big rocks from both sides of the road, and threw them down the road continuously, quickly testing whether there were traps and pits, and then continued to follow up.

It has to be said that the little devil Fujiwara really had an idea. He used stones to explore the way, and the devil quickly explored all the dozen or so deep pits.

Sitting on the horse, looking at more than a dozen large pits a few meters away, one after another, Fujiwara's anger grew even stronger. These despicable Chinese peasants have used despicable methods!
The pits and traps blocked the way to continue on Luomapo. There was a road gap of [-] to [-] centimeters between the pits, which could be easily passed by a single person.

But war horses can't. War horses have four hooves, so naturally they can't walk forward with their feet almost in a straight line like humans.

Under the signal of the devil's adjutant, some devil cavalry dismounted, trying to pull the horse and walk across the short slopes on both sides of the trap pit, but the landmine was soon triggered.

Well, the soil slopes on both sides are not suitable for horses to pass through, and there are mines, so it is impossible to pass in a short time.

Fujiwara, whose troops were damaged again, was completely annoyed. Looking at the outline of Xinzhuang not far away, he didn't care to think carefully why there were militiamen digging traps in advance, and ordered: "Get off your horse and fight!"

After the order was issued, the devil cavalry immediately jumped off their horses one by one, checked their weapons and equipment, and then lined up to quickly pass through the gap between the trap pits. Led by Fujiwara, who was leading the horse, they went straight to Xinzhuang.

Of course, some devils stayed behind the trap pit. Here we should talk about the regular formation of the Japanese cavalry, which is often a group of four. When it is necessary to dismount to fight, one person will stay behind to take care of the horse.

The guard soldiers on the right side of Luomapo quickly communicated to Kong Jie.

More than 30 devils stayed behind, and the other devils had successfully separated from their horses and headed for Xinzhuang.

Become!

This is exactly what Kong Jie wanted to achieve.

Kong Jie waved his hand immediately, ordered the troops lurking on the right rear to move forward, and told the messenger: "When the battle starts, try not to use machine guns and grenades. If anyone breaks my horse, I will not spare him later. Use the rifle as much as possible, there are more than 30 devils, and none of the three of us is enough."

"Use the gunfire from the Second Battalion Commander's side as a signal to start. After the battle is over, hurry up and pull the horse to a safe place, and then prepare to ambush the retreating devils."

"Yes!"

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(End of this chapter)