Amidst the roaring sound of cannons, the biting horses carrying the guards ran wildly at the risk of their lives. From time to time, around them, some cavalrymen were hit by shrapnel or bullets, rolling and falling into a ball.

There was no more movement.

During the retreat, not only the regiment led by Ma Jintao, but also reinforcements coming from the surrounding areas and those who had been resisting desperately were all retreating and withdrawing from the shelling area!

In the mad dash for the road, the cavalry finally returned to their own position after crossing a hillock.

Many soldiers have been temporarily transferred here and hastily formed a defense line. Among them, there are even some civilians who were found from unknown sources to help dig trenches.

"Gather the team"

Ma Jintao gave an order to Wei Ran, threw the word "shao" to him, and then ran towards the signal soldiers who were waving flags near an abandoned farmhouse not far away.

"All come to my place to gather!" Wei Ran blew his whistle, calling for the remaining cavalry to gather over.

After some counting, there were only more than 150 cavalrymen left alive in this cavalry regiment, and less than 20 members of the pistol team were still alive.

Fortunately, there were no serious casualties among the more than 150 cavalrymen. Not far behind, Zhao Jinyu and his men were guarding the position, and no sound of exchange of fire was heard.

On the other hand, most of the remaining cavalry regiments were in better condition than them, but not much better. Especially a small number of those who were still crying were obviously attacked by poison gas bombs.

But what worried him was that, regardless of their regiment or other regiments, most of the cavalry who were lucky enough to survive had more or less fear on their faces.

Wei Ran did not laugh at them because of this. This battle with a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves has reached this point, with so many casualties and yet they have not yet been defeated. This is already very commendable.

"Company commander, please take a picture of us."

In the cavalry team, a young soldier who looked to be in his early twenties said, "We probably won't survive. Let's take a picture of us."

"Yes, company commander, please take a picture of us." More cavalry soldiers requested. They all knew that Wei Ran had a camera in his hand.

"good"

Wei Ran nodded slightly, reached into his horse sack as cover, and took out Robert's camera. At the same time, he also saw the joy on the faces of the cavalry around him.

Wei Ran sighed silently, and took advantage of this short time to take a few group photos of the more than 100 surviving cavalrymen.

Before he could take some photos of other cavalry regiments, Ma Jintao also rode over.

"Captain, what is our mission?"

One of the cavalrymen asked impatiently, "The company commander took a picture of us, now we don't even have to worry about it even if we die."

After a brief silence, Ma Jintao sighed, "Our group retreats."

"Retreat?!"

Everyone was stunned, some had a look of relief on their faces, while others clenched their sabers still stained with blood unwillingly.

"That's right, retreat." Ma Jintao said, "There is a bridge five miles to the west. Let's go there to set up defenses."

After a short pause, Ma Jintao added, "Call Zhao Jinyu and ask him to rush over with the people in the position."

"We don't want our position anymore?" one of the cavalry asked unwillingly.

"We can't defend here, so we can only abandon our position and retreat."

Ma Jinta shook his head and stopped explaining, "Go and inform Jin Yu, we'll set off right now."

"you go"

Wei Ran said to the young soldier who suggested taking a photo.

The latter gritted his teeth, slapped the horse's butt with the saber in his hand, and quickly ran towards the position guarded by Zhao Jinyu's men not far away.

"Let's go"

After Ma Jintao finished speaking, he was the first to run.

"Let's go"

Wei Ran also muttered something and then rode up to follow. He put away his camera and refilled the two box cannons with bullets.

Halfway through the journey, Zhao Jinyu also followed up on horseback, shouting dissatisfiedly about what was going on.

"How many rounds of poison gas bombs are left?" Ma Jitao did not answer Zhao Jinyu's question, but instead asked what he was concerned about.

"All 10 rounds are here"

Zhao Jinyu said with increasing dissatisfaction, "The Japanese on the other side are as honest as dead, so why don't we just put the formation..."

"The Japanese who landed over there are about to attack."

Wei Ran explained helpfully, "At this time, we can only retreat, otherwise we will get dumped."

"Then let's just run away like this..."

"Let's go guard the bridge"

Ma Jintao finally explained, "The engineer company has also passed. They will plant bombs on the bridge. Only by retreating to the other side of the Shaying River can we have a chance."

"Is it just our group?" Wei Ran asked the question he had been wanting to ask just now.

"There are also several other cavalry regiments that have been disabled."

Ma Jintao explained very straightforwardly, "Our regiments can no longer charge into the formation, otherwise..."

"Otherwise what?" Zhao Jinyu asked urgently.

"Fear of mutiny"

Ma Jintao sighed worriedly. The casualty rate of this cavalry regiment had already exceeded 60%. Even from him, the regiment commander, down to the two company commanders, Zhao Jinyu and Wei Ran, were acting.

The reason why they were transferred to rush for a round of killing just now was because there were really no troops available at that time.

Now that the momentum of the Japanese attack has been temporarily curbed, their almost-defunct regiments will naturally have to withdraw.

Zhao Jinyu was also startled by this four-word explanation, and finally did not continue to ask.

"How many machine guns do we have?" Ma Jintao continued to ask.

"There are quite a few, maybe 20, but there are not too many bullets."

Zhao Jinyu immediately replied, this number is indeed luxurious for their team, which only has more than 150 cavalry, a hundred wounded and logistics troops left, but don't forget, in the battle, they will take turns.

Before, this was a cavalry regiment, a cavalry regiment with a special agent company!

"Where are the grenades?" Ma Jintao continued to ask.

"There are quite a few. It's no problem if each person can get five or six."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhao Jinyu paused and continued to explain, "There are also the fire attack jars. I just made forty or fifty more."

"Bring it all with you?"

"I've brought it with me, I must have brought it with me," Zhao Jinyu said quickly.

"Speed ​​up, we don't have much time." After Ma Jintao finished speaking, he urged the horse to increase its speed.

Although the order said that they were to guard the bridge over the Shaying River, in fact, they stopped when they were still one kilometer away from the bridge. At this time, civilians were already digging trenches here, and

The trench is already taking shape.

After Ma Jintao discussed with other cavalry teams that had been withdrawn from the front line, they were able to form an incomplete cavalry regiment of five to six hundred people and hastily assigned the defensive positions of this trench.

Under the leadership of one of the messengers, the war horses were hidden behind a mound more than 100 meters away from the rear of the trench. Many cavalry, auxiliary logistics soldiers and even the wounded immediately entered the trenches they were responsible for with weapons.

Fortunately among the misfortunes, in addition to the grenades and the ten precious poison gas bombs brought by Zhao Jinyu himself, the regiment of the Guards Ran also survived two mortars and three artillery shells.

Before the regimental commanders and acting regimental commanders could discuss how to fight the battle, wounded soldiers were already being withdrawn from the front line in a steady stream, hurried along the edge of their trenches to the vaguely visible bridge behind them.

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Although the bridge could not be seen clearly, Wei Ran could clearly see the condition of the wounded man on horseback.

Blisters on hands, face and neck, hoarse wails of pain, and blood-red eyes - these are typical symptoms of exposure to erosive poisons!

Looking at the cavalry around him who were busy deepening the trenches, Wei Ran hesitated for a moment and finally suppressed his speculations about the battle situation ahead, and worked hard to dig up the wet yellow sand with the captured Japanese engineer shovel.

This nearly one-sided battle did not give them much preparation time. As more and more wounded people and even the main force began to retreat, the messenger also brought a new order - to break up the rear.

"yes!"

Several regiment leaders or acting regiment leaders, including Ma Jintao, agreed to this desperate order that was tantamount to death without even thinking about it. They led their soldiers and watched as the wounded and large troops hurried past the position.

Towards the ferry bridge that was very close to them.

Gradually, the sound of artillery, gunshots and even the roar of Japanese tanks came closer and closer, and everyone could gradually see with the naked eye the enemy pressing in from a distance.

"pony!"

In the trench, a strong man with a beard and shirtless shouted angrily.

"Here!" Ma Jintao subconsciously stood at attention and straightened his chest.

"I'll leave my wounded soldiers to you!"

The strong, shirtless man had already drawn his saber as he spoke, "Hey guys! Our cavalry must die like cavalry! Four grenades for each person! Charge with me!"

"Charge! Charge! Charge!" The less than 100 remaining cavalrymen under the regiment leader shouted, waving their sabers.

"Come with me!"

After the shirtless captain finished speaking, he was already walking towards the sand dunes not far away from the hidden horse, holding a saber in one hand and a box cannon in the other!
To be continued...