Niu Daozhenxiong thought of the enormous sounds coming from the artillery positions.

He coldly asked, "What movements are our enemies making?"

Colonel Dazhong Xiong reported, "The front lines report that an enemy force launched a night attack tonight and is still engaged in fierce fighting."

As he spoke, Lieutenant Colonel Yamazaki Tatsuo of the 114th Regiment's 1st Communications Unit had already connected the phone with his signal corps.

Division Commander Niu Daozhenxiong could finally command his troops again.

When he learned that the Nationalist army positions in front had not been bombarded, he was utterly enraged and immediately ordered, "Connect me to the artillery positions!"

But the phone at the artillery positions wouldn't connect, no matter what they tried.

Lieutenant Colonel Yamazaki Biannan was sweating profusely. Failure at this crucial moment was deadly.

Fortunately, Division Commander Niu Daozhenxiong had already made his own judgment. "Dazhong Regiment, immediately organize your troops to surround the 18th Mountain Artillery Regiment's position.

Notify all troops near the 18th Mountain Artillery Regiment to attack the artillery regiment's position."

Colonel Dazhong Xiong noticed: It was an attack!

"Attack? Division Commander?" Colonel Dazhong Xiong was afraid the division commander had made a slip of the tongue.

"Attack! Put all the members of the mountain artillery regiment under surveillance.

If they resist!

Show no mercy!"

Division Commander Niu Daozhenxiong's rage had reached its peak.

His orders were immediately relayed.

The 56th Infantry Regiment, stationed behind Fengjing Creek, was a reserve force for the entire division.

They had been conserving their strength, waiting for orders.

They had not been attacked tonight, and everything was normal.

Just when everything was normal, Regiment Commander Sato Matazaburo of the 56th Regiment received the order: "Attack the 18th Division's 18th Mountain Artillery position."

Sato Matazaburo knew this position.

He was afraid he hadn't heard correctly, so he asked the other party to repeat it, and then he repeated it himself, before confirming the order.

The 56th Regiment was stationed about two thousand meters from the target position.

For speed, the cavalry battalion was naturally the fastest.

Ten minutes after Regiment Commander Sato Matazaburo received the order, the 56th Regiment's cavalry battalion had already set off.

Battalion Commander Oie Tatsunosuke led his 736 cavalrymen, galloping along the road towards Fengjing Creek like a whirlwind.

A distance of three thousand meters was the best attacking distance for cavalry.

The warhorses gradually accelerated, and when they reached their destination, they would be at their fastest speed.

At this time, every cavalryman would be at their strongest when slashing.

Because the speed of the warhorse was added to the saber in the cavalryman's hand, basically no one could withstand it.

Oie Tatsunosuke's battalion had only landed on the seventh. After they came up, they had always been used as a reserve force.

They had not been to the battlefield once, nor had they experienced a single battle.

Tonight, after receiving the order, the regimental commander immediately thought of their cavalry reconnaissance battalion.

Mainly because Division Commander Niu Daozhenxiong's order was very urgent, extremely urgent.

The division commander suspected that the entire 18th Mountain Artillery Regiment had defected, and the entire mountain artillery regiment was fully bombarding the 18th Division's camp.

Therefore, the advantage of Oie Tatsunosuke's cavalry battalion being able to quickly reach the position was magnified.

Private Akachi Taigo's family was originally fishermen from Hokkaido. Ten years ago, his parents responded to the empire's call to develop the Northeast.

The whole family moved to the Northeast and joined the reclamation group.

The family's life suddenly became better.

A total of four people came to the Northeast: his parents, his older sister, and Akachi Taigo. When they first arrived in the Northeast, the empire immediately allocated a piece of black, oily land to them.

The land was clearly still growing wheat, but the officials of the empire managing the reclamation group said that it was all wasteland!

Wasteland full of lush wheat?

Akachi Taigo's parents were so happy that they walked around the allocated wasteland for days.

Every day when they looked at this "wasteland," they could always see several local people watching them from a distance.

Later, Akachi Taigo finally learned that his family's "wasteland" was the land of those people watching them from afar.

When Akachi Taigo's family arrived, the empire directly seized that family's land.

They exchanged this piece of land, which the family had inherited and cultivated for hundreds of years, for a piece of real wasteland in the distance.

That winter, eight of the seventeen people in that family died.

Regardless of whether other families could survive, Akachi Taigo's family had a better year than any other year in the past.

This also made Akachi Taigo determined from that time on: he must maintain the empire and protect the empire's interests.

Not only did he think so, but his parents, older sister, younger brother, and younger sister all thought the same way.

In the past ten years in the Northeast, Akachi Taigo had added four more younger siblings.

He also joined the imperial army at the age of eighteen. Now Akachi Taigo had been a soldier for three years.

Although he had been a cavalryman for three years, he had never been on the battlefield.

Today was his first time participating in combat: I must cut off someone's head.

Akachi Taigo didn't have the fear of a new recruit on the battlefield, only excitement and anticipation.

During the day, Akachi Taigo was still chatting and bragging with other comrades. Every day, the soldiers were indignant about being assigned to the reserve force.

They all wanted to go to the battlefield and make contributions.

How could they gain any merit if they stayed behind like this every day?

Everyone talked about what they would do if they could go to the battlefield.

These days, they also knew that the 18th Division's offensive was not going smoothly. They had only advanced one or two kilometers each day for so many days.

They had not achieved the goal of a rapid advance at all.

Fortunately, the imperial army's offensive in other theaters was very smooth, so these cavalrymen immediately thought that the 54th Infantry Regiment was too useless and didn't know how to fight.

If they sent their cavalry team up, they would definitely advance fifty *li* a day.

They would directly attack Hangzhou.

Fortunately, tonight, their wish came true in the first step: they could go to the battlefield.

Riding on a speeding warhorse, he felt that the oncoming wind was cool and refreshing.

Private Akachi Taigo twirled the saber in his hand and slashed twice in the void.

He smiled with satisfaction.

His laughter aroused more laughter from the cavalrymen.

A distance of three thousand meters was not far for cavalry.

Soon they could hear the artillery firing from the position.

Although they didn't know why their first battle was to swing their swords at the imperial artillery unit, soldiers were bound to obey orders.

Battalion Commander Oie Tatsunosuke gave the order, and the soldiers followed it without thinking.

The muzzle flashes from the artillery firing on the front lines could already be seen clearly.

The entire artillery position was filled with torches. Although they couldn't see clearly from a distance, they could clearly see the figures running around on the artillery position.

The front was not far from the artillery position.

When the Oie Tatsunosuke cavalry battalion was still far away, the sound of horses' hooves had already alarmed Li Xian and Pei Xueyi, who had been waiting on the front lines.

They had been hiding ever since they set up the directional mines in this direction.

Half an hour had passed since the position started firing.

Pei Xueyi had been drumming in his heart because he hadn't been waiting for the expected Japanese devils to come.

He was afraid that the Japanese devils wouldn't come. If he could, he would have jumped up and shouted to the world: I'm here!

As long as he could get the Japanese devils to attack this position.

So when he heard the thunderous sound of hooves, he was overjoyed.

He whispered to Li Xian, "Company Deputy! The enemy is cavalry. They're running fast and their battle line is long. Should we let them get closer before we attack?"

Li Xian didn't hesitate. "Let them get to the third circle before we blow them up."

Pei Xueyi wanted to argue.

Li Xian said seriously, "If we let them get any closer, what if some of them slip through the net?

We won't have time to make up for it."

Li Xian and his team had set up five layers of explosive defenses in each direction.

The third circle was to let the Japanese devils enter the 300-meter bomb range and then detonate the bombs at the 300-meter, 400-meter, and 500-meter positions simultaneously.

When the Oie Tatsunosuke cavalry battalion was charging, Lin Fan was resting with his direct-line mortar squad.

Hearing the sound of horses' hooves coming from the east, Lin Fan became excited as well. The ambush he had set up could finally be used.

Lin Fan loudly ordered, "Chen Sichuan, you leave twelve men to fire the cannons, and the rest of you enter the east position and prepare to meet the enemy."

Chen Sichuan was delighted and immediately ordered, "Xiang Liguo, Gan Huaxing, Hua Deze, Chen Xing, Zhao Long, Lang Ziji, Kang Youjie, the seven of you come with me."

Among the seven names he called out, the last five were all organizational personnel who had just joined the Special Operations Company.

These five people were all accurate shooters, brave and daring, and they weren't very familiar with artillery, so it was most appropriate to let them go to block the enemy.

After thinking for a while, Lin Fan continued to order, "Liu Laopao, Xiao Dongbei, Jia Shusheng, you each leave twelve men to continue firing the cannons.

The rest of you enter the position and prepare to meet the enemy."

The three squad leaders also immediately took action.

They were all responsible for burying a row of directional mines, and now they were asked to return to their respective positions.

Four squad leaders had completed their missions and left, and the remaining four squad leaders were a little anxious. Yang Daren immediately shouted, "Company Commander! Our squad can also send out nine people."

Lin Fan smiled. "Squads five, six, and seven, each send out nine people to bury explosives under all the shells."

There were too many shells on the position. Lin Fan estimated that it would take at least three hours to fire all these shells.

Li Xian watched as the Japanese devils charging in the front had already entered 500 meters!

400 meters!

300 meters!

"Detonate!"

Li Xian issued the order in a low voice.

He pulled the wire in his hand with force. Pei Xueyi, who was next to him, heard the order and did the same.

Chen Sichuan was still leading his team, just rushing into the position.

They were still in the darkness, and at this moment, they saw clusters of intense fire suddenly erupting in front of them.

One loud explosion after another rang out.

Those were the directional mines they had buried earlier.

The original darkness was torn open by this sudden burst of fire, allowing these planners to glimpse a portion of the truth.

The Japanese devils charging on horseback all fell from their horses at this moment.

Blood mist rose in the 300-meter-long ambush circle.

An unknown number of iron pellets were released at the same time, carrying the anger and hatred of the entire Special Operations Company, instantly penetrating the ranks of these invaders.

The Oie Tatsunosuke cavalry battalion, which had endured all the anger and hatred, was suddenly struck by a fatal disaster.

Even those warhorses that had not suffered fatal injuries were frightened at this moment.

They dared not continue forward, neighing and struggling to run to the side.

They had been running on the road all the way, which was flat. The warhorses that rushed to the side fell off the slopes.

Strike while the iron is hot!

Chen Sichuan immediately fired two flares at the 300-meter position in front.

The team of nine people launched an attack on the Oie Tatsunosuke cavalry battalion in front.

Tonight, Oie Tatsunosuke's cavalry battalion was not the only cavalry team that was urgently dispatched to attack the 18th Mountain Artillery position.

It was just that Oie Tatsunosuke's cavalry battalion was the fastest. *Da Feng Novel*

The Guli Guiwu cavalry battalion was the reconnaissance battalion of the 56th Regiment. They were attacking the 18th Mountain Artillery position under the order of the regimental commander.

The Guli Guiwu cavalry battalion was also bombed tonight, so it took a lot of time to reorganize the team.

When they were still one thousand meters away from the target position, they suddenly heard continuous explosions.

The sound was not much different from the sound of artillery shells exploding.

Battalion Commander Guli Guiwu didn't pay much attention to it.

Immediately afterward, he saw flares rising in the front position. "The friendly forces have already launched an attack on the 18th Mountain Artillery position of the division."

Battalion Commander Guli Guiwu was anxious. "Speed up! Charge!"

His battalion originally had 753 cavalrymen.

After being bombed tonight, only 535 cavalrymen could be organized to charge.

The casualties and missing personnel exceeded 200.

This filled his heart with hatred for the artillery team in front of him.

The Guli Guiwu cavalry battalion also began to charge.

They were charging from the west.

The original plan was to attack from both sides, but due to inconvenient command, it turned into a charge from each side.

When Xiao Dongbei saw the vaguely visible Japanese devil cavalry in front, he was very excited.

The two soldiers he had just arranged here to pull the strings suddenly discovered that their comrades had returned.

Xiao Dongbei whispered, "Let them enter the encirclement, and only leave the last line of defense unexploded."

Turning his head, he ordered, "Machine guns ready!"

The same routine, the same result!

After detonating the bombs, Xiao Dongbei immediately ordered, "Liao Yushu, Wan Jun, Song Jin, the four of us replenish the bombs in the original positions; Qu Cun, Lu Dayou, Yu Junde, Ou Dazhong, Lu Shiguo, the five of you clean up the battlefield and leave no survivors."

After the order was issued, his squad quickly began to take action.

In order to facilitate the action, Xiao Dongbei also fired two flares.

Chen Sichuan led his nine men out.

His five newly joined men, Hua Deze, Chen Xing, Zhao Long, Lang Ziji, and Kang Youjie, had just seen everything that had happened in front.

The explosion had completely crippled the Japanese devil cavalry.

Those Japanese devils who had escaped with their lives had not yet reacted.

They were singled out by these five sharpshooters.

They stepped through the muddy road, and now the road was even muddier.

When they came over to set up the bombs, there was water on the ground.

Now the ground was filled with blood, the blood of the Japanese devils.

Chen Sichuan suddenly remembered, "Everyone dye the white cloth strips that were handed out with the blood of the Japanese devils."

This was specially instructed by the company commander when they set off.

When they returned, they had to wrap these cloth strips around their right arms.

And the company commander specifically said that they must use the blood of the Japanese devils to dye these cloth strips red.

Now was the time.

All the soldiers of the entire Special Operations Company knew about this.

Under the light of the flares, Chen Sichuan looked at the battlefield in front. Many Japanese devil soldiers and warhorses were lying on this road.

The painful groans and neighing of the warhorses and soldiers could be heard in his ears.

Chen Sichuan ordered, "Give each corpse a follow-up shot. Be sure to leave no survivors.

Ignore the warhorses."

After giving the order, he ordered again, "Pei Xueyi, Xiang Liguo, Gan Huaxing, the three of you immediately replenish the bombs."

Just now, in order to ensure the effect, he had pulled all the bombs on the 500-meter, 400-meter, and 300-meter lines.

Flares were fired on both the east and west sides.

Without thinking, he knew that they were cleaning up the battlefield.

Liu Laopao was anxious. "Why are these Japanese devils so slow?

Hurry up and reincarnate."

The thunderous sound of horses' hooves from the Japanese devil cavalry had disappeared after the violent explosions on both the east and west sides.

Now there were only occasional neighs from the warhorses.

These were all warhorses that had been slightly injured by chance and ran out of the battlefield, neighing and looking for their companions and masters.

The 56th Regiment's response was always one step ahead.

After their cavalry battalion set off, Regiment Commander Sato Matazaburo was still a little worried and had already ordered his Dongbao Chunshu infantry battalion to attack.

Battalion Commander Dongbao Chunshu's departure was no later than the cavalry battalion's.

It was just that their two feet were ultimately not as fast as the cavalry battalion's four legs.

Battalion Commander Dongbao Chunshu looked at the flares rising far away in front and couldn't help but think that the cavalry battalion must have made a contribution.

When his team arrived, they could only do odd jobs and there would be no merit to be gained.

Even though he thought so, Battalion Commander Dongbao Chunshu still didn't slack off in the slightest and urged the 1,200 combat personnel under his command to advance quickly.

By the time they could also see the artillery position, the flares had long since gone out.

The entire battlefield also returned to darkness.

However, the strong bloody smell in the air was something that the darkness could not cover up.

When the Dongbao Chunshu Battalion approached 600 meters from the artillery position, a soldier exclaimed, "Warhorses! Dead warhorses!"

Battalion Commander Dongbao Chunshu looked at the warhorse lying on the ground, breathing lightly, by the dim light of the torch.

From the bleeding wound on the warhorse's body, it could be seen that it had been injured in the recent battle.