Chapter 32 Countermeasures
The Japanese cavalry quickly entered within a hundred meters.
Wang Gensheng raised his rifle without thinking and prepared to fire.
Wang Ye quickly reached out to hold it down, and signaled Wu Sanxi and Xie Wei not to act rashly.
"My lord, what are you waiting for?" Wang Gensheng was stunned for a moment, then said, "The Japanese are already within range."
"I'm not blind, you don't need to tell me." Wang Ye growled, "But these are Japanese cavalry, not infantry. Do you think you can outrun a warhorse on four legs?"
The area around the Huting stronghold is a shallow hilly terrain.
The hills here are more like small mounds of earth than mountains.
The Japanese cavalry's actions here will not be restricted too much.
Moreover, the cavalry is always moving at high speed and is difficult to hit.
Therefore, once exposed, they would be hunted down endlessly by the Japanese cavalry.
Wang Ye didn't think that the two legs of the Wolf Warriors could outrun the four legs of the war horses, so as long as they opened fire, the Wolf Warriors would basically be finished.
"No one is allowed to shoot."
Wang Ye whispered an order: "Let the devils pass."
Since Wang Ye and his men did not fire, Wang Xikui, Wei Dayong and others behind them did not dare to fire rashly either. They could only watch as more than a hundred Japanese cavalrymen rumbled past right before their noses.
Not long after the Japanese cavalry passed by, Wei Dayong and a few others rushed over to meet Wang Ye.
Li Sigen saw the telephone wire still thrown on the side of the road, so he said, "My lord, I'll go and carry it back."
After saying that, Li Sigen stood up and was about to walk down the mountain. However, just as he stood up, Wang Ye shouted, "Don't move!"
Li Sigen was so frightened that he quickly lay down again and asked in a low voice: "My king, what's wrong?"
Wang Ye waved his hand and said, "The Japanese cavalry are coming back again."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Japanese cavalry that had disappeared in the valley ahead came back like a tide. Hundreds of their iron hooves pounded on the road, making a rumbling sound.
Wang Ye and his companions felt that the small hill where they were hiding was shaking slightly.
"Fuck, this little Japanese is really cunning." Wei Dayong cursed, "He actually came back to attack us. If the Cube Team had gone down just now, they would have suffered a great loss."
"Retreat!" Wang Ye gave the order without hesitation.
"While the Japanese cavalry is still some distance away and the sound of horse hooves is providing cover, retreat quickly!"
At Wang Ye's command, the fourteen war wolves of the War Wolf Squad quickly evacuated their original positions.
Less than five minutes after the Wolf Warriors withdrew, a group of Japanese cavalry climbed up the gentle slope to the hill where they had just been hiding.
If the Wolf Warrior Squad had not retreated in time, they would have definitely been discovered.
But now, this team of Japanese cavalry didn’t see a single hair.
…
Half an hour later, at Huting stronghold.
"Sato-kun, thank you very much for coming to reinforce us."
Maeda Tsuyoshi first expressed his gratitude to Kentaro Sato, the captain of the cavalry squadron.
"It's nothing. This is what I should do." Sato Kentaro smiled and waved his hand, then left, because he knew that the Maeda Jiro brothers must have a lot to say.
Maeda Gang said: "Jiro, why are you here too?"
"Just to see you." Maeda Jiro said with a smile, "We haven't seen each other for three years."
"Yeah, time flies." Maeda Tsuyoshi smiled a little sadly, and then said, "It has been three years since we last met since we set foot on Chinese soil."
Maeda Jiro said: "My brother asked me to tell you to be careful during this period."
"I'll be careful." Maeda Tsuyoshi nodded slightly and added, "And Jiro, you have to be careful too."
"The group of Eighth Route Army soldiers that recently appeared near the Huting stronghold are definitely not ordinary Eighth Route Army soldiers. Sooner or later, they will become a formidable enemy ."
"Oh, just them?"
Jiro Maeda laughed out loud.
What a joke, a bunch of peasants want to compete with Yamamoto’s special forces?
Maeda Tsuyoshi said anxiously: "Jiro, don't underestimate them. This group of Eighth Route Army soldiers is really extraordinary."
"Okay, I got it." Maeda Jiro said perfunctorily, then smiled and said, "Now that I see that you are okay, my brother and I are relieved. I will go back to Taiyuan then."
"What?" Maeda Tsuyoshi asked in astonishment, "Are you leaving now?"
"Why don't you stay at the Tiger Pavilion for one night? I still have a lot to tell you."
There is a big age gap between Maeda Tsuyoshi and his older brother Maeda Hide, so they lack common language.
But since my second brother Maeda Jiro and I are about the same age, we have endless topics to talk about.
Maeda Jiro said, "Originally I could have stayed one night before leaving, but my brother gave me a task at the last minute, so I can't stay any longer."
Speaking of this, Maeda Jiro patted Maeda Tsuyoshi's shoulder again and reminded him: "Be sure to be safe. Don't forget that your father, mother and Miko are waiting for you in Tokyo."
"Hayi!" Maeda nodded sharply.
Jiro Maeda quietly left the base alone.
Maeda Tsuyoshi invited Sato Kentaro over.
I asked, "Sato-kun, are you here permanently or temporarily?"
"Permanent!" said Sato Kentaro, "It is to ensure the communication between Huting stronghold and Yangquan County."
"That's great." Maeda Tsuyoshi was overjoyed when he heard this, and nodded slightly, "With your cavalry squadron stationed here, it will be difficult for the Tubalu to steal and cut the telephone lines again."
…
The Wolf Warriors made a circle and returned to the road.
But this time, I didn’t dare to get too close to the road.
Instead, he only dared to hide far away on a hilltop one kilometer away.
At such a distance, the human figure is like a grain of rice and can only be seen roughly.
However, you can still see that the Japanese telephone soldiers are climbing the telephone poles and connecting the telephone lines, and there are also teams of Japanese cavalry patrolling back and forth on the road.
Wei Dayong said angrily: "My king, what should we do now?"
Wang Ye frowned and said nothing. He was thinking about how to deal with the situation.
Wang Gensheng whispered, "How about we ride horses too?"
"Yes." Wei Dayong's eyes lit up and said, "Don't we have horses too?"
"Riding a horse is useless." Wang Ye said unhappily, "Do you think you can fight the Japanese cavalry by riding a horse? Dream on. Infantrymen are still infantrymen even if they ride a horse."
"If it were so easy to be a cavalryman, there would be no need to train cavalry companies."
"The regiment commander didn't have to spend five machine guns to exchange for Sun Desheng from the New 1st Regiment."
"What should we do?" Wei Dayong said, "We can't beat them in a fight, and we can't outrun them in a run."
Wang Xikui said: "If it doesn't work, report it to the regiment commander and ask him to bring the main force of the regiment over here, right?"
"Yes." Wang Gensheng and others also echoed, "I don't believe we can't defeat this group of devils."
"Don't be in a hurry. Don't alarm the main force of the regiment yet." Wang Ye was not greedy for credit, but he knew that the main force was stepping up their training, especially the newly recruited soldiers, and it was not time for them to go to the battlefield yet.
At this time, Wang Gensheng suddenly said, "How about digging a trap? When I was a kid, I herded sheep for a landlord. The landlord dug traps outside the sheepfold to catch wolves."
"Digging traps is probably useless." Liu Dongtang said, "There are so many Japanese cavalrymen , and the terrain here is flat. Even if the Japanese cavalrymen in front step on the traps, the cavalrymen behind can bypass them, and we will not be able to escape."
"Then find a narrow terrain that the Japanese cavalry can't bypass." Li Sigen said thoughtfully.
"Hey, there really is such a place." Wang Xikui said, "Do you remember that when we came here, we passed through a narrow valley. The two sides of the valley were steep slopes, and the cavalry could not rush up."
"You mean that narrow valley?" Wei Dayong said unhappily, "It's seven or eight miles away from here. Do you think we can run seven or eight miles without being caught up by the Japanese cavalry?"
Wang Xikui and others immediately became speechless.
"That's not necessarily true!" Wang Ye suddenly said.
"Ah?" Wei Dayong, Wang Xikui and others were stunned.
Wei Dayong even subconsciously reached out to touch Wang Ye's forehead to see if he had a fever.
"Get lost!" Wang Ye slapped Wei Dayong's hand away and said, "Of course one person can't outrun a warhorse, but if several people take turns, they should be able to outrun a warhorse."
"Relay?" More than a dozen war wolves were scattered in the wind.
…
For the Sato Squadron,
Today is a quiet day.
Because they were too bored on the road, Sato's squadron even massacred an entire village.
In the evening, Sato's squadron returned to the Huting stronghold with the chickens and ducks they had looted from the village, and were warmly welcomed by Maeda Tsuyoshi and the entire Maeda squadron.
Maeda Tsuyoshi specially asked the kitchen to prepare thirty tables for the banquet.
More than four hundred Japanese infantry and cavalry were sitting there tightly.
"Mr. Sato, thank you for your hard work." Maeda Tsuyoshi personally poured a glass of sake for Kentaro Sato.
Sato Kentaro didn't act pretentiously. He took the glass and drank it all. Then he praised: "Good wine. I can finally taste the taste of my hometown again."
"Everyone please feel free to do as you please."
Maeda Tsuyoshi signaled the Japanese soldiers to eat and drink as they pleased.
Then he said to Kentaro Sato, "Mr. Sato, didn't you encounter any Tubalu today?"
"No." Sato Kentaro shook his head and said with disdain, "The Tubalu have already run away and disappeared without a trace."
"It seems that if we want to deal with the sparrow warfare of the Tubalu, we still need your cavalry." Maeda Tsuyoshi laughed and said, "We can finally have a good sleep tonight, hehe."
