Chapter 78: The End of the Japanese Cavalry

One hundred and fifty meters, one hundred and twenty meters, the Japanese were approaching. The soldiers hiding in the independent houses on both sides of the road held their breath, their fingers on the trigger, and their eyes stared at the Japanese without blinking.

They all pricked up their ears, waiting for the sound of the attack.

The Japanese cavalry only had the beautiful girls in the town in their eyes. They didn't even look at the few houses at the entrance of the town, let alone the small hole in the wall and the dark muzzle of the gun in the hole.

"Shoot!" Wei Jichen waited until the Japanese were about 80 meters away, and he could even clearly see the lewd and lascivious smile on the face of the Japanese in front of him. Then he shouted and pulled the trigger first.

The sound of a gunshot sounded the prelude to the song of death.

The god of death seemed to be awakened by someone's sweet dream, and he vented his anger uncontrollably.

Bang bang bang,

Da da da...

Countless bullets shot out from the gun holes in the house and went towards the Japanese cavalry.

In just two minutes, the Japanese went from their original ecstasy to the current terror.

The Japanese in front were shot and fell down one after another, and they didn't know what happened until they died.

The horse under Tamura raised its front hoof and almost threw him off.

"Enemy attack, the Chinese actually set an ambush here, whose army is it?" Tamura saw the soldiers falling around him, and he couldn't help but hide his head deeply on the horse's neck.

"Retreat, retreat." Tamura was not a mediocre general. When the Chinese army's gunshots rang out, he found that his army was in an open area, just like standing outside for people to shoot.

At this time, there were only two choices, one was to rush into the town as soon as possible, and the other was to retreat first and then make plans. It was obviously unrealistic to rush into the town. Not to mention that there was still such a long distance, even if he rushed into the town, he couldn't guarantee that the Chinese were prepared inside.

Therefore, he had to order the army to retreat to the back.

On the high ground, the cannons had already removed the cover that had been covering them. Wang Shizhen stood behind with a grim face, looking at the Japanese cavalry who were panicking and preparing to retreat to the back in the distance.

"Fire." Wang Shizhen gave the order expressionlessly. Because it was an ambush, the angle of the cannons had been adjusted long ago, and now only shooting was left.

The eight mountain-splitting cannons immediately roared.

Boom, boom.

The Japanese who were about to retreat to the back suddenly found that there was a violent explosion behind them. The dozen Japanese cavalry in the back had no time to react and were bombed into the sky.

Limbs and blood were blown to various places on the battlefield.

The smell of burnt human flesh constantly stimulated the nostrils of the Japanese, making them even more panicked.

There were gunshots in front and artillery bombardments in the back.

Where to escape? Countless Japanese were thinking about this question before they fled.

At this time, on the battlefield, the sound of guns and cannons was like thunder and the roar of thousands of lions, deafening. Hundreds of clouds floated over Mayang Town. They were the shrapnel shells that exploded in the air. The smoke floated deep in the willows. They were the residual smoke after the artillery fire.

Bullets flew like rain, and the smoke covered the sky. The Japanese were completely stunned for a while. They were just cavalry troops and should not have acted alone.

Of course, it was okay to use them as pursuers, but Tamura was too arrogant. He neither explored the enemy situation nor contacted the army behind him. Instead, he arrogantly thought that he could beat the Chinese army into a mess.

"Attack, attack!" Tamura shouted hoarsely when he saw the Chinese army pouring shells to the rear as if they were free.

If he retreated, he would not be able to kill even one enemy soldier, and he would also suffer heavy casualties. He did not believe that the Chinese army could be braver than the warriors of the Great Japanese Empire. Therefore, he made a quick decision and decided to approach the Chinese battle fortress despite the heavy casualties, and then fight a life-and-death battle. Only in this way would there be a glimmer of hope.

When the Japanese soldiers heard Tamura's shout, they could not help but change their retreat to advance, and charged forward without fear.

Although it is not easy to hide in the open area, it is also conducive to charging.

All the Japanese who can move, led by Tamura, rushed towards the detached house frantically.

Wei Jichen in the house was not surprised but happy when he saw it. He took a step back and shouted: "Hu Zi, give me the machine gun and light the fuel in front."

It's time to harvest merit points, Wei Jichen said with a sneer in his heart.

After Hu Zi fiercely knocked a few times, he gave up his position and hurried down to give orders.

At this time, the battlefield was filled with smoke, and Wei Jichen was hiding behind the wall, which affected his vision. Therefore, it was better to use a machine gun to shoot than to play sniper.

Da Da Da,

After a pause, the sound of the machine gun spewed out a larger tongue of fire.

Wei Jichen's skills were more than one level higher than Hu Zi's.

He estimated the relationship between the distance and angle of the muzzle bullet landing, and swept a machine gun back and forth.

Countless Japanese fell off their horses with screams. What was terrifying was that their lower bodies were still sitting on the horses, and only their upper bodies fell. The Japanese were actually split into two by machine gun fire.

Such a bloody scene constantly stimulated the charging Japanese, making them terrified and consciously shifting the position of the machine gun fire.

Unfortunately, Wei Jichen seemed to be able to guess their thoughts. He had already ordered several machine gun holes to be dug on the wall so that they could fire from different angles.

So after firing at a machine gun for a few minutes, Wei Jichen raised his hand, and the two soldiers who were loading magazines wrapped the wet clothes around the gun body. The two of them lifted the machine gun to another muzzle.

After several rounds of firing, the Maxim heavy machine gun had turned red, and the wet clothes stuck to it, and a white mist rose.

"Change the barrel." Wei Jichen said without hesitation.

The two sergeants ignored the burning barrel and did not pause for a moment. After hearing Wei Jichen's order, they skillfully replaced the red barrel with a new one.

They had practiced this action hundreds of times, so it was so smooth.

Tiancun saw that his cavalry team was only a dozen meters away from the detached house, and the enemy's heavy machine gun had already been silent. Tiancun, who was familiar with firearms, was happy to see that the enemy's heavy machine gun was overwhelmed and finally damaged.

"Warriors of the Empire, for the sake of the Great Japanese Empire, charge! The enemy's heavy weapons have become ineffective." Tamura raised his command knife and shouted loudly.

However, even this short distance of more than ten meters would become an unreachable target.

Boom...

A wall of fire suddenly rose up in front of them.

It separated the entire independent house from the attacking Japanese. What made these Japanese even more terrified was that some cavalrymen were unable to stop and rushed into the fire all of a sudden.

Needless to say, their whole bodies must have been on fire.

The miserable and shrill screams pierced the sky, and the Japanese on fire fell off their horses and rolled around on the ground. Soon the screams stopped, leaving only twisted and charred bodies.

It turned out that Wei Jichen had people dig a shallow ditch in front of every independent house.

Then fill the ditch with flammable dead grass and fallen leaves, and finally pour tung oil and other things on it.

Once the Japanese rushed to the independent house, the soldiers would ignite it and stage a good show of burning the Japanese.

Although the thick smoke obscured the sight of the soldiers in the detached house, they did not need to look carefully at all, but just stretched out the gun from the firing port and fired.

Bullets rained down like rain, and they would always hit the Japanese.

Staff officer Ishida died in such an unclear way. He lay on the horse's back and coughed continuously, thinking whether he should make a suggestion to Murata or retreat. Although retreating would also cause heavy losses, at least some people would escape.

If they continue to attack like this, they will only die or be wounded.

Ishida was about to express his thoughts, but in the smoke, a bullet suddenly flew through and hit Lieutenant Ishida's throat. Ishida fell down silently and became one of the many corpses.

Da da da...

Wei Jichen, who had changed the barrel, showed his power again. This time the distance was closer and the power of the machine gun was even greater.

The Japanese were shot one after another, and the flesh and blood were blurred.

This time, without Major Murata's order, the Japanese cavalry fled to the rear with terrified faces.

Major Murata, the captain, was shot in the left leg and fell to the ground. Looking at the dead and wounded soldiers on the ground, Murata looked dazed, his eyes were scattered, and he muttered something to himself.

"Adjust the angle and advance to the village entrance." Wang Shizhen had issued this order when the Japanese did not retreat but advanced, but he issued it again at this time.

Boom boom, another round of bombing, there were not many Japanese who could stand up on the battlefield.

Most of the war horses fell to the ground with a wail, and some war horses that lost their owners were kicking the ground alone on the battlefield, galloping in an unknown direction.

"Hurry up and ask Wang Shizhen to stop the bombardment." Wei Jichen heard the sound of the cannon outside, his face turned black, and he immediately gave the order.

You really don't know the preciousness of the shells if you don't run the house. You, Wang Shizhen, just shoot and cannon, and I, Wei Jichen, have to pay for you.

There are still a few Japanese alive in the battle. Is it worth using cannons to deal with them?

Woohoo!

After the cannons stopped, the attack horn sounded, and countless Chinese soldiers rushed out from the independent house and the town entrance, shouting and rushing to the battlefield.

A burst of sporadic gunshots rang out. It was the Chinese army that shot the seriously injured but not dead Japanese. It was better than letting them scream on the battlefield.

When Wei Jichen stepped into the battlefield, the entire town entrance was cleared by Xiao Qing. What he saw was a desolate scene, especially the bombed intersection out of the town. It was like the uneven surface of the moon, with big pits left by the bombing everywhere. Around the big pits, you can still see some fragments of meat.

The most terrifying thing was the bodies of the Japanese around the independent house. They obviously tasted the pain before they died, and their death was miserable.

Every charred body was twisted, and there was no same posture.

Nie Cairong, who was walking beside Wei Jichen, smelled the smell of burnt meat, looked at the strange corpses, and finally couldn't suppress the churning in her stomach anymore, and vomited.

Wei Jichen walked behind her, gently patted her back, and asked softly: "How is it? Do you still want to go to the battlefield now?"

Nie Cairong's eyes were confused for a while, and then became firm, and she said without hesitation: "A real man should make achievements."

Wei Jichen raised a smile at the corner of his mouth, slapped Nie Cairong's hips, and said: "Yes, you are a real man."

Nie Cairong's important parts were attacked, and the whole person was like a thunderbolt, the whole body became stiff, the white teeth bit the soft lower lip tightly, the pretty face was red, and the heart was pounding.

"You," Nie Cairong raised her head, but saw that Wei Jichen had walked away.

Did Brother Wei do it unintentionally or on purpose?

Nie Cairong bit his lip and thought in his heart.

Wei Jichen sniffed his fingertips gently, and there was still a faint fragrance. Unexpectedly, he was not young, but he was very flexible.

"Sir, the captain of the Japanese cavalry brigade wants to see you." Cheng Bushi said to Wei Jichen respectfully.

After this ambush battle, he finally gave up on Wei Jichen and resigned himself to being a coward.

Although this battle was a bit opportunistic, it was won so happily that our own soldiers hardly suffered any losses. Except for those unlucky ones who were hit by stray bullets from the shooter's mouth, there were some losses when they finally came out to deal with the remnants of the enemy.

And none of the Japanese escaped, maybe, but not more than double digits, Cheng Bushi thought in his heart.

"Oh, he's still alive?" Wei Jichen couldn't help but sigh in his heart at the vitality of a little devil general Xiaoqiang.

"He can't save his left leg." Cheng Bushi said as he walked.

Not long after, Wei Jichen led Cheng Bushi, Nie Cairong and others to the place where the prisoners were temporarily held.

This is just a slightly cleaner open space without blood-soaked soil on the ground.

"Are you the Japanese commander, Major Murata?" Wei Jichen saw a Japanese with hollow eyes and his left leg still bleeding.

After hearing Wei Jichen's question, the Japanese man's eyes became angry.

"I am Major Tamura, captain of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade of the 5th Brigade of the 3rd Division. Are you Mr. Wei?" Murata was shocked by Wei Jichen's youth.

"If the Wei Jun you are referring to is Wei Jichen, then I am right. What else do you have to say?" Wei Jichen asked lightly. He was not leisurely to waste time insulting his defeated generals.

Murata shook his head and said, "I just want to see the true face of the person who defeated me, Murata. Are those women and the panic in the town all your plan?"

Wei Jichen curled his lips and said, "The panic in the town is real. I asked someone to pretend to be the woman. Come, pull him down and treat him. Whether he survives or not depends on his own life."

It's not that Wei Jichen suddenly felt compassionate, he just felt that he had a bad affinity with the Japanese with "tian" in their names. Why were the Japanese with "tian" in their names all the prisoners I captured?

"Master Wei, you have settled the battle!" Ma Jinxu hurried over with his soldiers.

He originally wanted to come to see if Wei Jichen needed support, but he didn't expect that when he arrived, he found that people had already started cleaning the battlefield.

"Master Ma, I suddenly discovered that you have great potential to be a police officer!" Wei Jichen joked with a smile.

"Police? What?" Ma Jinxu asked, somewhat confused.

Looking at the blank and unaware faces around him, Wei Jichen felt a little unmotivated.

Did he have to explain to this group of people that the police were the ones who always arrived late?