On the hillside, Li Yunlong used an imitation Zeiss telescope to observe the Yuliao Highway.

I saw crowds of people on the road, the sound of hooves thundering, and a large cavalry force that could not be seen at a glance, advancing from east to west towards Yushe County.

Because it was night, even with a telescope with night vision function, it was difficult to see clearly whether the enemy was carrying heavy weapons.

However, it is completely consistent with what the intelligence said. This is an established cavalry regiment, with at least more than a thousand cavalry.

At the forefront of the cavalry, ten little sheep were driven forward.

"I asked why this group of cavalry came so fast. The emotions are like driving sheep to explore the road." Li Yunlong cursed.

So many landmines were laid on the road, but they were not able to slow down the march of the cavalry.

"Fortunately, we transported all the food and ammunition into the ant ditch before the enemy cavalry arrived, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous." Zhao Gang looked frightened.

"The cavalry regiment!" Li Yunlong drooled at the sight, "It would be great if we, Mr. Li, had a cavalry regiment."

"You dream." Zhao Gang couldn't help teasing, "Besides, if I give you more than a thousand military horses, can you afford them?"

"Our independent regiment can't afford it, but our 129th Division can't afford two cavalry regiments?"

The Japanese cavalry regiment has a different organizational system from the infantry regiment. The cavalry regiment does not have a brigade organization, and the squadron is directly under the regiment.

Therefore, the number of cavalry in a cavalry regiment is about 1,000.

The number of cavalry in a cavalry regiment of the Chinese army is about 600. Correspondingly, the number of cavalry in a cavalry division is about 2,000.

An adult military horse needs to eat about 10 kilograms of hay and about 5 kilograms of concentrated feed every day. A cavalry regiment must consume at least tens of thousands of kilograms of hay and 5,000 kilograms of concentrated feed every day.

The current independent regiment really cannot afford to raise thousands of military horses.

Wei Dayong also looked at this large-scale Japanese cavalry with binoculars.

Black Island Cavalry Regiment?

The cavalry company of the independent regiment was killed by the Black Island Cavalry Regiment in the 1942 raid.

In order to buy time for the large troops to move, Sun Desheng and his cavalry fought and charged fiercely, and were finally surrounded by the Black Island Cavalry Regiment.

Otherwise, with the mobility advantage of the cavalry, it would definitely be much easier to break out of the encirclement than the infantry.

Wei Dayong will always remember the scene that impressed him deeply. When the soldiers of the cavalry company ran out of ammunition and food, they launched a desperate charge towards the cavalry regiment whose strength was ten times his own.

In the end, only Sun Desheng was left in the cavalry company, and one of his arms was cut off.

They resolutely launched a desperate charge. Although they fell on the way to the charge, Sun Desheng and the cavalry company vividly demonstrated the spirit of the Chinese soldiers who dared to show their swords!

During the great sweep in 1942, the Black Island Cavalry Regiment was definitely one of the biggest threats to the independent regiment.

Wei Dayong's eyes wandered wildly, thinking in his mind, is there a way to annihilate the entire cavalry regiment in Yushe County?

It is not impossible to completely annihilate the Black Island Cavalry Regiment.

Attack with water, attack with fire.

Another example is the cavalry's natural enemy, the powerful Maxim heavy machine gun.

Thinking of this, Wei Dayong asked: "Commander, how many Maxim heavy machine guns does our 129th Division have?"

"Why are you asking?" Li Yunlong asked in surprise.

"Nothing, I just wanted to ask."

"You're talking about the Type 24 heavy machine gun of the Republic of China, right?" Li Yunlong said, "I estimate there should be more than a dozen."

The Type 24 heavy machine gun is an imitation of the German Type 08 Maxim heavy machine gun made by the Republic of China government.

The Type 24 heavy machine guns of the Eighth Route Army were all captured from the National Army during the Red Army period. In the Battle of Pingxingguan, the 120th Division used Type 24 heavy machine guns.

It is only found in regiment-level units that were transformed by the Red Army, such as the 771st Regiment and the 772nd Regiment.

Newly built gangster regiments like the Independent Regiment almost did not have this imitation Maxim heavy machine gun.

The firepower and reliability of the Type 24 heavy machine gun are better than the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun.

But in Shanxi, the Type 24 heavy machine gun is not as effective as the Type 92 heavy machine gun.

Because the Type 24 heavy machine gun uses water cooling to cool the barrel, clean water must be injected, not sewage, and the entire Shanxi is short of water.

If you want to maintain the continuous output capability of the Type 24 heavy machine gun, several people must follow it with water tanks on their backs, ready to serve at any time.

Furthermore, the barrel of the Type 24 heavy machine gun is easy to explode when the temperature is high, and it is also easy to explode when the temperature is low. It is not suitable to fight in winter weather with temperatures of more than 10 to 20 degrees below zero.

Moreover, during combat, the Japanese army usually focused on heavy machine gun positions, first sending small groups of troops to test the firepower points, and then knocking them out one by one with mortars and grenades.

Planes will even be sent to bomb the heavy machine gun positions, and aerial bombs and incendiary bombs will fall, making it impossible to escape.

However, this kind of heavy machine gun with fierce firepower and continuous output is the natural enemy of the cavalry.

Even if the independent regiment has more than 100 light and heavy machine guns, if it wants to deal with a cavalry regiment, the firepower output is still not enough.

The Czech type uses a 20-round magazine with a crooked handle, while the Type 92 machine gun uses a 30-round magazine and belt, and the continuous output is not enough.

While you are reloading, with the sprint speed of the cavalry, you may have been able to sprint over hundreds of meters.

The imitation Maxim heavy machine gun uses a 330-round ammunition chain, which can provide stable and continuous effective output.

Hearing Li Yunlong say that the 129th Division could assemble a dozen imitation Maxim heavy machine guns, Wei Dayong felt confident.

"Commander, do you want to eat this cavalry regiment?" Wei Dayong asked Li Yunlong.

"Nonsense, of course I thought about it." Li Yunlong rolled his eyes, "But this is not a bone. You can gnaw it if you want. It is a ferocious beast. If you don't mess with it, it can even swallow us up!"

"Wei Dayong, do you want to attack this cavalry regiment?" Zhao Gang was also startled by Wei Dayong's idea and asked in a low voice.

"Political Commissar, we have captured all the Japanese county towns." Wei Dayong said in a low voice, "Are you still afraid of this small cavalry unit?"

"The county town is dead," Zhao Gang said, "but the cavalry is alive. Besides, we only have one cavalry company."

Li Yunlong rolled his eyes slightly and asked immediately: "Monk, what do you want to do?"

He wanted to listen to Wei Dayong's method first and think about it. If he could make a profit, of course he would do it for his mother.

If you feel that you can't beat them and your business will lose money, you will naturally run as far as you can to stay as far away from this group of Japanese cavalry as possible.

"Head of the regiment, political commissar, let's do this..."

Wei Dayong put his left hand on Li Yunlong's shoulder and his right hand on Zhao Gang's shoulder. The two of them cooperated and put their ears together.

"Is this method feasible?" Zhao Gang frowned slightly, "The enemy has more than 1,000 elite cavalry."

The pained expression on Li Yunlong's face flashed away, and then he said.

"What the hell are elites? I'm fighting elites!"

"I think the monk's method is very good. Besides, you can only know if it is good or not by trying it."
Chapter completed!