Although Squadron Leader Tsumura reported that the Eighth Route Cavalry had less than 150 soldiers, Kuroshima Morita obviously did not believe it.

Less than 150 Eighth Route Cavalrymen wiped out 100 elite Imperial Army cavalrymen.

Do you believe it?

Whether you believe it or not, Kuroshima Morita doesn’t believe it anyway.

As for the number of 300, Kurojima Morita did not have too much doubt.

His men were all elite cavalry. Unless they were surrounded by cavalry several times their own size, they would not be completely wiped out.

When the Eighth Route Army chopped off the cavalry's heads, Hei Dao believed that it was definitely a provocation from the Eighth Route Army commander.

There are more than 300 cavalry. According to the establishment of the China Army, this is already the strength of a cavalry battalion.

However, according to the intelligence, the Eighth Route Army did not have a large-scale cavalry unit. Where did this cavalry regiment come from? And how did you know that the Yamada team returned to Zhaojiacun? Is it really a conspiracy of the Eighth Route Army?

A series of doubts emerged in Kuroshima Morita's mind.

It’s not like he has never fought against the Eighth Route Army Cavalry. Kuroshima Morita naturally knows what equipment the Eighth Route Army Cavalry has and what kind of combat effectiveness it has.

The average number of bullets per capita was no more than a dozen rounds, and even the cavalry could not afford to have one mounted rifle per person. The guns they held were all old-fashioned goods, made in Hanyang with smooth rifling, and crudely made sabers.

The horses of the Eighth Route Cavalry were even inferior to the tall horses of the Imperial Army in terms of endurance and speed.

How on earth did the Eighth Route Cavalry manage to crush the entire Yamada team in such a short period of time, with not even a single person able to escape?

A series of doubts made Kuroshima Morita's brows almost knitted together.

"idiot!"

In the end, Hei Dao, who couldn't think of a clue, could only squeeze out a few words through his teeth and cursed bitterly.

…

The sun is setting in the west, and the sky is covered with red sunset.

Yangcun, Independent Regiment.

Zhao Gang stood uneasy at this time, frowning, pacing back and forth in front of the village entrance, looking worriedly outside the village from time to time.

Li Yunlong, Wei Dayong and Zhang Dabiao set off with their cavalry company at the third watch.

It has been almost twenty hours since I left.

Just to see the terrain, according to the speed of riding, we should return to Yangcun at noon.

Even if it's a few hours late, I should be back in the afternoon.

But now it was getting dark soon, but there was still no one in sight, which made Zhao Gang feel upset and angry, with a look of worry on his brows.

There is a cavalry regiment in Yushe County, and the terrain we visited is not more than twenty miles away from the county seat.

Could it be that Lao Li and the others are in trouble?

Should we send a special operations battalion to respond?

Just as Zhao Gang was hesitating, a cavalryman rode up from afar, raising a cloud of dust.

The cavalry ran closer, and Zhao just saw clearly that it was Li Youcai, the communications soldier of the cavalry company.

Why did you come back alone?

Before he could get off his horse, Zhao Gang hurriedly asked: "Xiao Li, why are you alone, where are the regiment commander and Battalion Commander Wei?"

Li Youcai got off his horse and saluted Zhao Gang: "Reporting to the political commissar, the regimental leader said he was afraid that you would be worried, so he asked me to come back first to make sure he was safe."

"How long will it take for the captain and the others to come back?" Zhao Gang couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

"There are still six or seven miles."

"What happened?" Zhao Gang asked, "I haven't come back until now. It's almost dark."

Communications Corpsman Li Youcai spoke very quickly: "We annihilated more than a hundred Japanese cavalry. The regiment leader said that it was all meat and could not be wasted. When he came back, he brought the horses that were killed, so he came back now."

"Annihilated a hundred Japanese cavalry?" Zhao Gang asked hurriedly, "Are you telling the truth?"

"The report to the political commissar is true!" Li Youcai said, "I even hacked a Japanese to death, using this Yunlong knife."

Zhao Gang nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. You go back and tell the group leader that the cooking team has prepared meals and ask them to speed up."

"Yes!" Li Youcai got on his horse and rode off on the road he came from.

Zhao Gang's expression turned away from worry, and turned to happiness.

…

It wasn't until it completely darkened that Li Yunlong, Wei Dayong, Zhang Dabiao and the cavalry company returned to Yangcun.

On the grain field, there were more than a dozen large tables, and the soldiers of the cavalry company ate at the tables.

In addition to the millet that the cooking team had prepared long ago, there were also steaming stir-fried horse meat and horse meat soup.

When Li Yunlong came back, he saw that there were only pickles and millet. He immediately asked the cooking team to skin a dead horse and cut off the horse meat for cooking.

When it comes to treating underground fighters, Li Yunlong has absolutely nothing to say.

Even during the Long March, in order to prevent the soldiers from going hungry, he violated discipline and sent soldiers to seize food. He was immediately dismissed from his post and became a cooking soldier who took the blame.

It can be said that Li Yunlong treats soldiers as close as brothers.

This is also the reason why the soldiers are willing to follow Li Yunlong wholeheartedly to make revolution and fight the Japanese.

Each soldier in the cavalry company was given a bowl of sweet potato roasted wine, which was made by fellow villagers. Although it was not much, there was a bowl for each person.

The soldiers of the cavalry company fought brilliantly today, and Li Yunlong would not begrudge them.

Drinking was approved by Zhao Gang, but he could only taste it briefly and not drink more.

"Old Li, the harvest in this battle is very rich!"

Li Yunlong, Wei Dayong, Zhang Dabiao and Sun Desheng were sitting at the same table eating, when Zhao Gang came over with a statistical list.

Zhao Gang smiled broadly: "Eighty-two acquired military horses, six dead military horses, ninety-two Type 44 cavalry rifles and Type 32 sabers, three crooked machine guns, two hundred melon grenades, and Arisaka rifle ammunition.

More than six thousand rounds, four bastard boxes and some bullets."

Originally, the Japanese had more than a hundred military horses, but more than ten of them ran away and could not be recovered, so they only captured more than eighty horses.

The happiest thing is that Sun Des won. Excluding the horses that were killed in the cavalry company this time, the independent regiment now has a total of more than 200 horses.

This is already considered the number of horses in a cavalry battalion.

"Sun Desheng, how are the casualties?" Li Yunlong sipped his wine, ate another piece of horse meat, and asked Sun Desheng.

Sun Desheng replied: "17 people from the cavalry company were killed and 9 were injured, including 5 seriously injured. The wounded have been sent to the field hospital by soldiers."

Li Yunlong sighed with emotion: "The Japs' cavalry are indeed powerful. With my sword skills, I only managed to kill two of them!"

Zhao Gang rolled his eyes when he said this. A dignified regiment leader actually followed the soldiers into the battle. Let's see how I educate you at night!

Wei Dayong also said: "These Japanese cavalry react quickly and their marksmanship on horseback is very accurate, especially their equestrian skills, which are very impressive."

"That's right!" Li Yunlong said, "If we hadn't had the Yunlong Sword, it's hard to say whether we could have won this battle."

"It's such a good sword..." Li Yunlong turned to Wei Dayong and asked, "Monk, how many more sabers like this can you make with the steel you have?"
Chapter completed!