Chapter 206: Frontal Attack (4)

This temporary rest is not only to relieve the fatigue of the cavalry troops, but also to allow the soldiers of the tank and motorcycle units to get out of the car to exercise their muscles and drink a little water, and it is also convenient and convenient. Because even in modern society, it is not a comfortable thing to sit in a car for a long time, although East China ** in the design and manufacture of these armored vehicles, has considered the comfort of driving as much as possible, but subject to the technical conditions of this era, of course, it is still far from being compared with modern vehicles, during training, almost all soldiers are turned upside down by the vehicle, so at the end of a training, the whole body is like falling apart, no less than the training consumption of infantry.

Trucks and armored personnel carriers are a little better, although the turbulence is a little bigger, but the space in the car is larger, not too cramped, and the ventilation is better; while the space in the tank is much narrower, the structure is tight, not only the activity space is small, but also dry, the smell of oil fills the space in the car, so the tank crew is the hardest, even if it is normal driving, it is also very expensive. Therefore, after analyzing the test results of the training, the technicians came to the conclusion that after 3-4 hours of driving, it is better to rest for 15-30 minutes in order to maintain combat effectiveness.

After the break, the convoy and the cavalry continued to set off, and after about 2 more hours, they walked more than 40 kilometers, and at this time the drones had spotted the Mongolian cavalry, and the two sides were about 18 kilometers apart, but at this time the Mongolian army was resting.

After Wei Li heard the news, he immediately ordered the convoy to stop advancing, rest on the spot, and eat a little dry food to prepare for battle. Therefore, at this time, the transport convoy and the Mongolian cavalry were actually resting less than 20 kilometers apart, but the People's Army knew about the existence of the Mongolian cavalry, but the Mongolian cavalry did not know that the transport convoy of the People's Army was not far away from them at this time, and the spies of the Mongolian cavalry only followed the routine and went out to the position of more than 10 kilometers before the army, so it was impossible to discover the transport convoy of the People's Army.

When the Mongol army had rested enough and set off again, Wei Li also immediately ordered to end the rest, and the whole army should get on the horses and get on the cars, but the trucks and cavalry stayed in place, and the tank companies and motorcycle companies went into battle. At the same time, Wei Li, the deputy company commander, and even the instructor also boarded their own tanks, and no one expected that the first formal battle after the establishment of the motorcycle unit of the People's Army would actually be started by a logistics and transportation team.

After driving for about 10 minutes, the Mongolian cavalry could already be seen in front, Wei Li played the flag of lining up in a horizontal line, so the tanks immediately adjusted their positions, 12 tanks lined up in a horizontal row, spread horizontally for more than 200 meters, and the armored personnel carrier behind the distance; and at this time Wei Li played the flag of preparing for battle, at this time the drivers and machine gunners of the tanks also closed their own hoods, and instead used the periscope in the car to observe the situation outside the car, at the same time the gunners also filled the shells into the chamber, ready to fire, and the commander of the tank was originally half of the body exposed the top cover, at this time also shrunk in, only half of the head is exposed, and both are covered with the handle of the machine gun on the roof.

In principle, after the start of the battle, the commander should also enter the car, close the cover, and use the periscope of the turret to observe the situation outside the car, but the periscope has a narrow field of view, the range of observation is limited, and the 12.7 mm caliber machine gun on the roof cannot be used, after all, the large-caliber machine gun is very powerful in dealing with infantry and general fortifications, and in the march of the frontal attacking troops, the tank gun was basically not used, that is, the roof machine gun and the front machine gun were used to deal with the attack of the Mongol army, of course, this is also due to the fact that in this era, the tank has no real opponent, and the actual risk is not great, so in the formal battle, the commander still took the risk of opening the roof cover, observe the situation, and personally operate the roof machine gun.

Wei Li only showed his eyes on the roof of the car, silently calculated the distance with the Mongolian army, and after feeling that the distance between the two sides had been shortened to within 1,000 meters, he immediately shouted: "Fire." ”

At this time, the gunner was already ready to open fire, and after hearing the order, he immediately opened fire on the Mongol army, and at the same time, Wei Li also pulled the trigger of the machine gun and fired at the Mongol army, and the machine gun in front of the car opened fire almost at the same time. When the commanders of the other tanks saw the company commander's car firing, they also started firing one after another, shooting at the Mongol army.

For a time, explosions broke out in the ranks of the Mongol army, and people turned on their backs, killing and wounding countless people.

After the distance between the two sides gradually narrowed, the Mongolian cavalry also shot on the horses, but the bullets hit the tank, although the "clanging" sounded, sparks flew everywhere, but it could not hurt the tank in the slightest, and after the distance was closer, the tank artillery did not play much role, but it was two machine guns, full firepower, but it was enough to hit the Mongolian army ambush corpses everywhere, blood flowed like a canal.

However, despite the heavy casualties, the Mongol cavalry did not retreat, and after paying a huge price, the two sides finally entered the distance of hand-to-hand combat, and only then did the commanders of each tank get into the car and cover the roof, after all, no one dared to joke with their own lives. Despite this, the Mongol cavalry was helpless against the tank, because even if they fired at close range, they could not penetrate the tank's steel plates, although some soldiers drew their sabers and slashed at the tank. At this time, although the tank can only fire normally with a machine gun in front of the vehicle, for the cavalry, the tank itself is a huge and terrible weapon, and it can easily crush the cavalry by virtue of its size and weight.

Of course, just by rolling with the hull, the Mongolian cavalry can still resist for a while, but at this time the motorcycle troops behind also followed, the infantry loaded on the car has all dismounted, and quickly rely on the perimeter of the tank and the Mongolian cavalry to fight, with the cover of the infantry, the commanders can open the roof cover, restart the roof machine gun shooting, and the Mongolian cavalry is also unable to assault the vicinity of the tank, so it is completely defeated by the tank, and the army is not able to collapse.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Maksarzab and Haishan had to hurriedly order a retreat, and on the way to retreat, they were pursued by tanks, and under the heavy fire, countless people were killed and wounded.

The tank pursued for more than 10 kilometers before stopping the pursuit, and at this time, on the battlefield where the two sides were fighting, the corpses of Mongolian soldiers and horses were almost everywhere, and guns, sabers, and flags were also scattered all over the field. Only a few soldiers and horses were moaning and screaming in pain, and of course a few Mongolian soldiers who had fallen from their horses were captured by the KPA.

At this time, the transport convoy behind, The cavalry also caught up, Wei Li was very excited, but he didn't forget the overall situation, although the time of this battle was not long, but plus the waiting time in front, it almost stayed for 1 and a half hours, so if you want to arrive at the Dalinor Lake camp at night, you can't delay any longer, you can't clean up the battlefield, you can only check your own losses, and after checking, in this battle, the People's Army did not have a single death, only 16 soldiers were injured, but they were not heavy, after a simple bandaging treatment, they could continue to march. In addition, 34 prisoners were captured and 37 horses were harvested.

However, almost two hours passed after this delay, so Wei Li ordered that the cavalry be left to clean up the battlefield, and he led the tanks, motorcycle troops, and transport convoys to the Dalinor Lake camp first. And the captured Mongol soldiers were also taken along with the convoy, but the horses were left for the cavalry units.

And the result of the final clean-up of the battlefield, the Mongolian soldiers killed by the People's Army amounted to 1,271 people, plus the wounded and fled, the casualties of the Mongolian army in this battle reached 2,500 people, and even the two main generals Maksarzab and Haishan were hung up, which can be regarded as a big defeat, so when Maksarzab and Haishan fled back to the station, the whole army was shocked, and no one thought that this strange chariot of the People's Army was so powerful, only a dozen vehicles were dispatched, and with 1, 200 infantry, unexpectedly completely defeated 3000 Mongolian cavalry.

When the main general Damuddin** summoned other generals to discuss, everyone also felt helpless, because this battle could not be fought at all, and even Tauktau Hu thought that the strange chariot dispatched by the People's Army this time was more powerful and powerful than when he fought with himself, so everyone could only decide in the end to stick to the camp for the time being, and at the same time send someone back to Kulen to report the news, and ask the Russian officer for advice on how to deal with it.

Due to the restrictions of domestic orders, the Russian officers could not leave Kulen and go out with the army, so when they first went to war, the generals were very happy, because the generals did not have much good impression of Russia, and at the same time they were afraid that the Russian officers would take away their own military achievements, and now they were cornered, so they could only pin their last hope on the Russian officers.

In fact, in the face of the KPA tanks, the Russian officers could not have any good way to deal with it, when he was in Kulen, Tauktahu had told the Russian officers about the situation of the KPA's armored fighting vehicles he encountered, but the Russian officers did not believe Tauktahu's statement at all, thinking that Tauktahu was completely nonsense, and that there was such a strange car, which was completely an excuse for his own failure.

It turned out that the Russian officers who were sent to Mongolia were all transferred from Europe, and they had not fought with the People's Army, and of course they were still somewhat unconvinced by the People's Army, and if they were soldiers stationed in the Far East, they would not so easily deny Tauktahu's statement, because the People's Army had also dispatched warrior armored vehicles in the battle with the Russian army, and even if they had not seen it, they had heard of some of it, and the Russian soldiers who had fought with the People's Army had seen the power of the People's Army, and they would not arbitrarily deny things they did not understand。

However, the Mongol army did not have a radio station, so they had to return to Kulen to ask the Russian officers for advice on how to deal with it, so after consultation, it was decided to send Haishan back to Kulen, and Bi Jing had the best relations with Russia.