I really came here to fight against Japan

Sure enough, the Eighth Route Army's third artillery bombardment began half a minute later.

The Japanese were still secretly proud of themselves, thinking that they had mastered the rhythm of the Eighth Route Army's artillery.

Think about the Eighth Route Army’s mortar shells; they can’t keep firing indefinitely.

Just to deal with these thousand people, ten rounds would require five hundred artillery shells.

This is probably the limit of the Eighth Route Army. After they finish fighting, it will be their turn to escape.

Who knew that the Japanese miscalculated again this time, and the Eighth Route Army fired the incendiary bombs left for them by Song Wenwan.

The fuel-filled, compressed incendiary bombs produced by this system have two characteristics.

One is that the burning time is longer, and the other is that after the explosion, the burned area is larger.

This time, the Eighth Route Army only carried out two rounds of bombing, and a sea of ​​fire had already engulfed the Huting stronghold.

The Huting stronghold is now filled with firemen struggling to find a way out.

Some rushed towards those who were not on fire, hoping that they could save themselves.

It's a pity that everything they did was in vain.

They either set a new fireman on fire, or were shot to death by their former comrades.

Li Yunlong's cavalry battalion rushed towards the three gates of the Huting stronghold when another round of artillery bombardment began.

They set up two machine gun crews there, along with a platoon of soldiers.

The soldiers vowed to never let a single Japanese soldier escape from the Huting stronghold.

If there are any Japanese soldiers, we will dare to shoot at them from the wall.

The RGP-7 rocket launchers they brought would blow the Japanese away directly.

Unfortunately, the expectation was good, but the Japanese remaining brigade could not hold on.

No one fought back, and even few were able to break out of the stronghold’s gate.

Their attempt to block the gate did not yield much results, and the cavalry battalion that went out to pursue also ran into trouble.

The main force of the Akita United ran really fast.

The cavalry battalion of the Eighth Route Army was stopped by a large ditch when they were chasing to a highway.

The battalion commander was so angry that he screamed loudly, because the big ditch blocking the road was dug by our own team.

Not only did the Japanese soldiers run away, they also left a small team of them on the other side of the ditch to block the attack.

There was no other way, the cavalry battalion commander could only ask Li Yunlong to dispatch two mortars.

They coordinated with the heavy machine gun fire and finally eliminated the Japanese squad on the other side of the ditch.

The cavalry battalion commander said: "Brigade commander, should we continue to pursue them? We have dug a lot of trenches on the road behind us."

Li Yunlong said angrily: "Why don't you chase them? We fired hundreds of shells and set them all on fire.

But we didn't get any spoils, I won't do this losing business!"

"Commander, this place is full of ditches and bumps. I have cavalry but they are useless!"

"How did you get that brain of yours? Aren't your family members from the coal mining industry?

If you use explosives to turn the ditch into a slope, your cavalry will be able to charge through it."

The cavalry battalion commander said: "Hahaha, thank you for the reminder, brigade commander. Just wait and see."

After he finished speaking, he quickly asked the communicator to put away the walkie-talkie and immediately arranged for the soldiers to blow up the trench.

"Boom boom..."

With the explosion of the two explosive packs, the large ditch, which was two meters wide and one meter deep, was blown into two slopes.

Although the slope looks a bit difficult, it is not a problem for the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army.

They followed Li Yunlong's method and rushed through three trenches in a row before the cavalry battalion stopped.

They couldn't chase any further. If they continued ahead, they would reach the Japanese stronghold.

Although they asked Yoshio Shinozuka to withdraw the defenders from these strongholds yesterday.

However, the blocking troops left behind by Akita could hide in the fortifications of the stronghold and carry out blocking.

This time, he left behind a squadron of devils to defend.

The other Japanese soldiers followed him back to the Zhangjiaji stronghold.

He was now a little annoyed by the Eighth Route Army cavalry behind them, which was almost always chasing after them.

Akita is now a little bit nervous. The experience of being chased by cavalry is really exciting.

Their blocking position had just been built, and the cavalry battalion of the Eighth Route Army arrived soon after.

Fortunately, the Eighth Route Army dug a lot of trenches themselves, which blocked the cavalry's pursuit several times.

Only then did they have the opportunity to escape back and gain a foothold in a stronghold.

No matter what era it is, using cavalry to attack a city is tantamount to seeking death.

At this time, he was hoping that the Eighth Route Army would attack this stronghold so that he could take the opportunity to retaliate.

However, the six Type 92 infantry guns that were parked at the last trench could not be pulled back.

Since the bridge in Zhangjiaji was repaired, four 75mm field guns were transported over.

Six 37mm anti-tank guns were also sent to the trench.

When Captain Akita passed by here, his heart was bleeding.

You idiots from the Engineer Corps, why are you in such a hurry? Help me get the guns here.

Just when he was hesitating whether to blow up all the cannons and shells.

The sound of horse hooves, which seemed like a devil to him, came from behind and caught up with them.

He no longer dared to look back, as if if he stopped for another step, the shining saber would chop his neck.

Looking at the Akita Regiment fleeing towards the base, the cavalry battalion commander no longer planned to chase them.

Their strategic goal has been achieved, so there is no need to attack the Japanese strongholds head-on.

Well, the strategic goal of their First Rapid Reaction Brigade is to capture as much spoils as possible.

Comrade Li Yunlong, who was helping them, went to "apologize" to the brigade commander.

Four Type 75 field guns, six Type 92 infantry guns, and six 37mm anti-tank guns.

In addition, there were a large number of various artillery shells, as well as weapons and ammunition left behind by the Japanese on the road.

The Akita Regiment lost a lot of Type 92 heavy machine guns alone.

It’s not that they don’t want to bring it back to Taiyuan, that thing weighs more than 200 pounds.

Normally they could carry the load while marching, but now they were racing with the cavalry.

Almost all the heavy machine guns of the remaining two battalions were left behind on the road.

We seized so many weapons at once, it's just an apology.

This shows that our Brigade Commander Li is absolutely sincere.

At first, Captain Akita thought that the Eighth Route Army was a bunch of bumpkins who would not be able to transport the artillery back.

But he forgot that this group of Eighth Route Army soldiers were cavalry and they had horses.

When the Japanese in the stronghold saw that things were not going well, they immediately set up their machine guns and started firing, hoping to scare the Eighth Route Army away.

It was impossible for the cavalry battalion to be scared away, so they directly used mortars and fired smoke bombs.

Then they decided to use local materials and arranged the six Type 92 infantry guns in a row.

The Type 92 infantry gun, its black muzzle, was pointing at the stronghold.

Aim directly at the artillery tower in the Japanese stronghold and the fortifications on the wall.

"Dong dong..."

First, six artillery shells were fired, destroying the Japanese artillery tower and wall beyond recognition.

Then the ten mortars they brought fired three rapid rounds at the stronghold.

The stronghold was blown up so hard that flames shot up into the sky.

Finally, another row of smoke bombs were fired, hitting the area between the two sides directly.