Chapter 22: Interception!

  Zhang Biao and Zhang Haisheng, with a machine gun squad and a sniper team, lay in ambush on a high slope, waiting for the arrival of the Little Devil's cavalry. The scorching sun beat down, and the soldiers hugged their weapons tightly, patiently waiting for the enemy to arrive.

  About twenty minutes after Zhang Biao and the others waited, they heard a loud rumbling sound coming from afar. Zhang Haisheng shouted loudly: "Prepare for battle, the enemy's cavalry is here! Soldiers, set up all machine guns and pull out the safety pins of hand grenades."

  These warriors all came out of the bloody battle in Nanjing, and it can be said that their psychological quality for combat is excellent! The elite are the elite, even if the enemy's cavalry was overwhelming, the soldiers didn't show any fear at all. Branch after branch of black gun barrels opened up towards the distance, as if they had formed a death zone.

  Soon, the distant horizon was filled with the dust of the enemy cavalry, blocking out the sky and sun. The earth shook as over 2,000 war horses galloped forward. The soldiers lying on the ground could clearly feel the tremors of the earth.

  As the devils drew closer, Zhang Haisheng took aim at the devil cavalry charging in front and pulled the trigger. The devil soldier fell with a loud thud! He was immediately trampled into mush by the galloping warhorses behind him.

  In an instant, the silent hilltop was filled with dozens of light machine guns and sudden angry roars. Flames crisscrossed, and the devil cavalry charging forward were instantly shot down one after another. Some horses were hit, throwing off the devils on their backs. The massive horse bodies also tripped up the cavalry rushing up from behind, causing many devils to be trampled to death by their own comrades and horses.

  Zhang Biao discovered this situation and hurriedly said: "Hai Sheng, you are a skilled shooter who specializes in shooting the enemy's horses. This can cause even greater harm to the enemy!"

  The blockaders fired at the enemy's war horses, and for a time, countless war horses' mournful cries and the enemy cavalrymen's roars before being trampled to death echoed through the sky.

  Because the Japanese cavalry was a long-distance raid, they were holding relatively light cavalry swords in their hands, while the Type 81 rifle was carried on their backs. Under the dense firepower of Czech-style light machine guns, the devils with swords in their hands had no power to fight back.

  In the sound of machine guns, hand grenades and explosions, the ghost cavalry suffered heavy casualties, and in just fifteen minutes, the ghost suffered about 200 casualties.

  To know that in modern warfare, cavalry has long been a misnomer. Originally the most powerful force on land, the emergence of automatic firearms is slowly exiting the stage of history, and the appearance of machine guns is even more a nightmare for cavalry.

  In 1894, during the war between British troops in South Africa and the local Matabele-Shona people, a British force of over 50 men repelled several charges by more than 5,000 Matabele warriors using only four Maxim machine guns, killing over 3,000. This demonstrates the power of the machine gun, especially against large targets such as cavalry, where aiming is not even necessary.

  The devil commander, Qinghe Yilang, ordered the cavalry to dismount and attack the Chinese army on the high slope like infantry. The devils behind unloaded light machine guns and grenade launchers from their horses, but were killed one by one by the sharpshooters who had been aiming at them before they could fire. Not a single machine gun or grenade launcher was able to provide firepower support for the devils in front. As the devils charged forward, they found that the Chinese army's firepower was getting stronger and stronger, while their own machine guns and grenade launchers were all silenced. The devil soldiers were killed or injured by the dense machine gun bullets and hand grenades, and had no choice but to abandon the bodies of their comrades and retreat.

  The devils who retreated were about to teach the machine gunners and grenade throwers a lesson for not providing firepower support. When they rushed back to their positions, they found more than ten devil corpses on several light machine guns and grenade launchers, shouting "Baga! Chinese divine marksmen!" At this moment, several devils were killed by the divine marksmen again.

  The devils picked up their machine guns and rocket launchers and retreated to the rear! The cunning Qinghe Yilang ordered the rocket launcher soldiers to fire at the machine gunners from a distance of one thousand meters, while the effective range of the formal rifles was only five hundred to six hundred meters, and the sharpshooters couldn't hit the devils' artillery.

  This time the enemy's artillery unleashed its fury, firing shells and grenades at the machine gun company's position with reckless abandon, as if ammunition was free. The machine gun company's soldiers were killed by the enemy's vicious artillery fire, six of them died, the remaining soldiers gritted their teeth but could not do anything about it.

  The devils' bombardment stopped soon, and a large number of devils rushed up to the position frantically. Zhang Biao and Zhang Haisheng were puzzled, why did the devils stop firing? Had they run out of shells?

  It really let Zhang Biao and others guess correctly, the Japanese cavalry was lightly equipped to pursue them when they left Nanjing, so they didn't bring many shells, and some were consumed in Huishan, so the shells were used up quickly this time.

  Seiichi Kiyoura, who was watching the Chinese troops being killed from time to time through binoculars and feeling good, suddenly couldn't hear the deafening sound of artillery fire. He asked: "Why did you stop firing? If we continue to fire, the Chinese troops on the battlefield will be wiped out soon!"

  Just then the artillery squad leader ran over to report: "Report to Lieutenant Colonel, sir! We've run out of shells and can't continue firing!"

  "Baragaya! You good-for-nothing! How could you be so reckless?! Now we've run out of shells, who knows how many more brave Imperial soldiers will be lost!" He slapped the young squad leader on both ears.

  "Kill! Fire!"

  The devils' troops began to swarm and launch an attack on the machine gun position, the familiar roar of the light machine guns sounded again, and flames shot out at the devils, countless devils fell one after another. The devils in the back still trampled over their companions' corpses and charged forward fearlessly.

  The grenade throwers threw the smoke-covered hand grenades at the enemy crowd again, with a loud roar! The devils were blown up with blood and flesh flying everywhere! Due to the terrain, the enemy's forces could not be fully deployed, and under the dense firepower of the machine gun company, the attacking devils fell down one after another. They never managed to rush up to the position.

  But soon the Czech-style light machine guns that were firing angrily fell silent one after another, and the light machine gunners shouted: "I'm out of ammo!" "I don't have any either!"

  The machine gun company's bullets, which had been brought out from Nanjing during the breakout and consumed during the breakout and Huishan, were now all used up. The firepower on the high slope suddenly became sparse, and the suppressed devils jumped up and rushed quickly to the position, shouting: "The Chinese have no bullets! Charge!"

  It was impossible to suppress the devils with only rifle fire, and soon the devils swarmed up like ants. Just as Zhang Biao was about to order a bayonet charge, the sound of Czech-style and slant-butt light machine guns rang out from behind.

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