Chapter Thirty-Six: War Cavalry

  Xiu 'flower' brought over thirty or so 'women', and Hou Dashi stood still with a frightened expression.

  "You want to be a company commander? I've worked hard till now, but I'm just a small company commander." Hou Dashi muttered, looking at the group of weak 'girls': "Go home, we're going to war!"

  "Hey, Little Shunzi, you think girls can't shoot? Honestly, these sisters are all secretly trained by me. Guaranteed to march without falling behind, fight bravely, stop and cook laundry, and at night, who knows, maybe even warm your bed. Xiu 'Hua' was born into a wealthy family and has been called a wild child since childhood. In the past, Hou Dashun taught him that if he didn't agree with something, he would slap his ear and even knock you down and squat on your butt three hundred times."

  The old and new soldiers were all smiling, surrounding the bold and daring 'daughter' secretly cheering. Hou Dashi had not yet opened his mouth when news came: "Company Commander, a large number of cavalry is approaching, what should we do?"

  "How many people?" Hou Dasun's heart skipped a beat, and he hastily grabbed his binoculars and ran towards the mountain ridge.

  Three kilometers away, wolf smoke rose and horse hooves sounded like thunder. The formation had at least three thousand war horses, but strangely, there were very few people on the horses. Judging from their clothing, these men were Mongolian warriors, shouting in their mouths to urge the horses forward.

  A row of long.

  "Arrived!"

  "Lead them to the back of the enemy's position, and when I fire my gun here, you cut off their retreat. Remember, shoot people not horses, if one horse is injured, I will punish you!" Hou Daxun thought it through, this was probably for the little devils to transport cannons on horseback.

  "'Hua', brother Hou is asking you for a favor!" Hou Daxun said to Hua who followed him, "Up ahead we will be fighting, you and the newly recruited brothers must take good care of our food and supplies!"

  "Is this what it's about? Alright, give me a gun and I'll listen to you."

  Xiu 'flower' takes advantage of the situation, Hou Dajun throws over a pistol: "Be careful not to misfire. Second row, third row, firepower row, do not use grenade launchers, mortars, machine guns, all use rifles, pistols single 'shot', seize the horse!"

  "Yes!" The warriors quickly dispersed, and Hou Daxun continued to watch with his binoculars, thinking happily in his heart: "This achievement will surely delight Young Master!"

  There were only one hundred and fifty Mongolians, among whom more than twenty were women. As they got closer, the guns slung over their shoulders ran from north to south.

  At a distance of 100 meters, Hou Dashun ordered the shooting to start. The snipers fired first, followed by the assault team who began killing the enemy with single shots. After one round of firepower, all the men leading at the front fell off their horses.

  The horses were startled, and the three horses rushed forward together, scaring the soldiers to hastily hide in the ditch by the side of the road. Fortunately, there were countless large carts blocking the way ahead, and the war horses stopped and crowded together.

  A row of people had already gone around to the back, and when he looked, they were all women. He hesitated about whether to open fire. The Mongolian women saw that all the men were killed after the shooting started in front, and these women jumped off their horses, shouting incessantly.

  "Line up, no fighting!" The squad leader said to his superior, looking at the unarmed 'woman'.

  "What's going on? Everyone has surrendered!" A row of long commanding soldiers walked over to ask those "women" about the origin of these horses.

  "Hurry up and retreat to Bian'gou!" Hou Dashun commanded urgently, as they might run into the Japanese army at any moment on this main road.

  "Commander, what about these 'women'?" a row of soldiers asked anxiously.

  "Let them drive the horses, when the situation is stable, send them back home!" There were nearly 4,000 Mongolian horses. Hou Daxun's heart was extremely excited. They were all infantrymen and really couldn't take care of the horses. Fortunately, these women listened carefully and drove the horses towards Bian Gou.

  "Form a line, you'll be the last to leave! We won't withdraw until we've retreated to a safe area!" Hou Daxun knew that with such heavy losses, the little devils would not let up easily!

  "Yes!"

  Hu Zhiyong received a telegram from Hou Dashun and hastily dispatched the Special Warfare Group and the Guard Battalion. He said to Hu Pengsheng, "These horses are not daring to come back now, first find a suitable place to raise them. Later, I will send cavalry to train them, and then slowly transport them back to form a cavalry regiment."

  "Yes!" Eight hundred elite soldiers set out on the same day and marched towards their target according to the address provided by Hou Daxun.

  Shenyang, Lieutenant General Matsui Tarō, commander of the 16th Division of the Japanese Kwantung Army, was furious. In his own rear area, nearly four thousand war horses were stolen, which had already caused the Emperor's anger.

  The incident occurred in Guanshui Town, and he hastily withdrew the 19th Brigade from the front line, determined to find the missing war horses. The brigade commander, Nomura, had a total of 3,870 men, who were already feeling the effects of Guanshui Town on the third day.

  The guards regiment detected this situation and three troops hastily began studying how to deal with the current siege.

  "Tianhua Mountain!" Tianhua Mountain is sparsely populated, with unique peaks, steep canyons, secluded streams, and beautiful water features. Its majestic and towering Tianhua Peak, the magnificent "Mao" Gong Peak, the Guanyin Peak sitting on the clouds, the vivid Lion Head Peak, the towering Yu Xi Peak reaching the sky, and the Hai Bao Peak leaping above the clouds are all awe-inspiring. The Tongtian Gorge and the Tianmen Wind Pass are breathtaking and heart-pounding, with the Dragon Backbone Cliff being "the most unique in the world".

  Hou Dashun's suggestion, Hu Pengsheng and Su Xiqing both nodded in agreement. They began to act, all the horses pulling captured grain, each person with three horses starting to march towards Tianhuashan.

  After a day of forced march, finally arrived at a quiet valley in Tianhua Mountain. Took down the grain, put the horses in the ditch and let them run freely. The men started building houses, the women started cooking.

  "So many war horses, what if there's no fodder?" Su Xi Qing worriedly looked at the foraging horses and asked Hu Peng Sheng aimlessly.

  "Sū Yíngzhǎng, Hú Dàduìzhǎng, we have plenty of food! As long as we have food, the horses won't starve to death here. Besides, if all else fails, we can slaughter the horses but we cannot return them to those little devils!" Hou Dashun offered his plan and said to his brother who followed him: "You lead the new brothers to cut some hay for the horses to eat!"

  "Alright, I'll go and handle it!" Hou Dali hastily nodded and led the over 400 people towards the forest.

  In the Second Division, Liang Chengfu was on the phone with Hu Zhiyong. Hu Jiasan knew that this time the Japanese army would not easily withdraw their troops after making such a big fuss. He wanted to launch an attack with his other two companies in the northwest of Kuandian, and lure the Japanese away from the Tianhua Mountain area.

  "Right! The Japanese army advances, we retreat and lure them far away!" Liang Chengfu agreed with Hu Zhiyong's opinion and began to send telegrams to the other two attacking regiments.

  The guard company of the second regiment received orders to start a long-distance raid from secret to open. The first battle knocked down Taiping Town, and then began to attack Wulidianzi Town. The third regiment's guard company was quietly lurking in the southeast of Tonghua, observing the Japanese army's movements and preparing to attack Guosong Town.

  "Hurray!" The second team's guard company commander shouted loudly as he marched, and the column behind him increased by more than 600 people.

  "Commander, now you can be a regiment commander without any problem! Look, these new recruits are all good hunters, with a little training they will become an elite troop!" The second squad leader walked steadily behind the company commander, laughing loudly.

  "Alright, I'll promote myself first!" The guard platoon leader laughed: "Go, divide the new recruits into four companies, each of you will lead a reinforced company!"

  "Really? Company Commander, I'm now the Company Commander?" The Second-in-Command stopped in his tracks. With a company of one hundred and eighty men, this new Company Commander was not someone to be underestimated.

  "Alright then!" Lian Chang said in a low, cunning tone: "Let's just go ahead with it for now. Maybe Young Master will agree to our plan to expand the army."

  The Japanese army received the report and hastily set out with their troops. When they arrived at Wulidianzi Town on the fourth day in the afternoon, that mysterious unit suddenly disappeared. The regimental commander Nomura was arranging a dragnet search when news came through the communication: "Guosu Town was raided, an Imperial Army squad '玉' was annihilated, and a large amount of supplies were looted!"

  "Advance at all costs!" Nomura shook with rage, drawing his command sword and ordering the advance on Kao-hsiung!

  "Report, the Japanese army has again transferred a cavalry unit from Korea, with a strength of over 300 men." The scout from the guard battalion returned to report.

  "Location!" Hu Pengsheng asked without beating around the bush, spreading out the map.

  "Here, Qing Shan Gou Town!" The scout pointed at the map and reported on the Japanese army's equipment.

  "Damn it!" Hu Pengsheng slammed his fist on the wooden table and looked at Su Xiqing, saying: "Are you going? Or am I?"

  "Hehe, no need to use a cattle knife to kill a chicken, I'll go instead!" Su Xiqing gathered his armed belt, picked up his coat and was about to leave the door.

  "The little devils are tough to deal with, I'll lend you all the snipers!" Hu Pengsheng was clear that the 600-strong guard battalion would not be outdone by this group of devil cavalry.

  "Alright, let the little devils taste our strength! Signalman, bring some landmines and set off!"

  Qingshan Gou Town was not big, with only one long street running east and west. The guard battalion that arrived here in the dead of night detected that the Japanese army was stationed in the town. Su Xiqing looked at the company commanders and said: "Machine guns and grenade launchers block both ends of the road, snipers hide in key locations in the town, the first company surrounds the horse farm, the second company blocks the Japanese camp, the third company is mobile, pay attention, after the gunshot sounds, take out the sentry first, before the devils 'get out of bed', rush into the house and sweep them with assault rifles!"

  "Yes!"

  A fellow villager was brought over by the investigator, and the fellow villager choked back tears and said: "Officer, the little devils have no humanity. Fortunately, our town's young men and women all ran away. In these two days, they killed the elderly who stayed at home, not even sparing a child of one year old!"

  Looking at the middle-aged man in his 40s with a sorrowful and painful expression, Su Xiqing comforted him: "We will avenge our fellow villagers! Big brother, it's better to hide out for a while recently, the little devils will come to retaliate!"

  "Where to hide? The Japanese army is rampaging everywhere in the Northeast, where can we hide? Fellow villagers have discussed and decided to fight with you!" The middle-aged man was very resolute, looking at this powerful troop: "Only over 300 people are left in the whole town, we will fight to the death with the little devils!"

  "Fellow villagers, fighting is a soldier's job, you'd better focus on farming." Su Xi Qing couldn't bear the thought of them going to their deaths and firmly refused to let them join the battle.

  "We won't give you any trouble, officer. We'll show you the way!" The middle-aged man was very reasonable and begged Su Xi Qing to agree to his request.

  "Alright, choose five people with quick legs and feet, remember to listen to our command!" Su Xi Qing knew that the villagers had been enraged by the brutality of the devils.

  "Company commander, shall we start?" The company commander waited, standing soldiers gripping their steel guns ready to strike.

  "Charge! Remember, take no prisoners, let them taste the blood they owe!" Su Xi Qing was enraged, waving his right hand to order a sudden attack.

  "Yes! Kill the little devils!" PS: Today's excellent work recommendation, 12 o'clock noon will add more chapters. If there are 10 red flowers, I will add more chapters; three collections will also add more chapters; of course, the rewarders will not disappoint you!...