Chapter 515: The Battle of the Muling River (11)
With two "booms", two Russian cavalrymen collided head-on with the warrior armored car, one of the war horses was knocked into a series of long neighings, retreated several steps backwards, and then sat on the ground and tripped over two war horses, and the Russian cavalry on horseback was even more knocked backwards and flew backwards, crashed into a cavalryman who was behind, and knocked him off his horse; the other war horse was knocked forward and planted on the front cover of the warrior armored car, and then slid down from the side, while the Russian cavalry hit the steel plate of the front window of the car and rolled off the front cover of the car.
The Warrior armoured car was only knocked down for a moment, and then continued to move forward, rolling over the Russian cavalry. It can be said that this collision ended with the complete victory of the warrior armored vehicles. The Russian cavalry is only 6 or 700 kilograms with men and horses, and the total weight of a warrior armored car plus the personnel and weapons on board reaches more than 6 tons, and the two sides are not in the same weight class at all, so the result of the collision is naturally conceivable.
Of course, the violent impact and the rolling over the body of a Russian soldier also made the people in the car feel a huge vibration, but fortunately, the driver Peng Yanwu firmly grasped the steering wheel, and braked to slow down at the extreme, so it did not let the warrior lose control.
At this moment, only a series of metal impact sounds were heard on both sides of the warrior car, and the original Russian cavalry close to the warrior car waved their sabers and slashed at the warrior cart, but like bullets, not only did they fail to cause any damage to the warrior car, but many Russian soldiers were shocked by the anti-shock force and their fingers were numb, and some of the sabers were even broken or out of their hands. Of course, there were also a few cavalrymen who still crashed into the warrior cart,
Xiao Yingpeng determined the situation of the other two warrior cars, although they also collided with the Russian cavalry, but without exception, the Russian cavalry was knocked on their backs, but the warrior cars were safe and sound, and they also stabilized the body, so he was relieved. In fact, Xiao Yingpeng also knows the huge gap between the warrior car and the cavalry, mainly worried about the loss of control of the body after the impact, in fact, the body of the warrior car is wider, the center of gravity is low, and the speed of the car at this time is not fast, plus the driver also has rich experience, can control the car body steadily.
Xiao Yingpeng asked the other two warrior cars to maintain a good formation with himself, and then manipulated the machine gun on the roof of the car, rotated the angle, and continued to shoot at the Russian cavalry. And Huang Tao also abandoned the machine gun in front of the car and switched to the 95 rifle to shoot outward from the firing hole in the side window. At this time, the Russian cavalry showed extraordinary bravery, and all rode after the warrior chariot and slashed with their knives, although it was basically meaningless, so whether it was the machine gun on the roof of the car or the 95 rifle fired from the side window, the guns were almost inmissible, and every shot was bound to hit, and the Russian soldiers constantly fell from their horses or their horses fell to the ground.
The three warrior chariots were like three monsters, although they were besieged by the Russian cavalry, but they did not move, and everywhere they went, the Russian cavalry all rolled on their backs, either dead or wounded. After only more than 10 minutes of fierce fighting between the two sides, the Russian cavalry lost more than half, and only about 60 of the more than 150 cavalry before the battle began. On the one hand, the combat effectiveness of these three warrior vehicles is really strong, and on the other hand, it is also related to the bravery of the Russian cavalry.
At this time, the remaining Russian cavalry finally couldn't support it anymore and began to retreat, while the three warrior chariots did not chase hard, but only fired with machine guns from a distance, killing more than 10 Russian cavalrymen.
It turned out that Xiao Yingpeng received an order from Ouyang Wen, the commander of the armored force, asking their squad to rush to the convergence and launch a full-scale attack on the Russian cavalry troops. The battle just now was only tentative, mainly to see how much advantage the warrior chariots had over the cavalry, and the battle situation on the other side was similar, and the three warrior chariots had almost an overwhelming advantage over a company of Russian cavalry. Therefore, it can be determined that the advantage of the warrior chariot over the cavalry is quite large, so Ouyang Wen also decided to concentrate all 9 warrior chariots, and launch a full-scale attack on the Russian army together with the cavalry regiment of the People's Army.
After sending two companies of troops to meet the warrior chariots killed on the left and right, Baumgerdan also rode his horse up a small dirt slope to watch the battle on both sides, and the result of the battle also surprised Baumgerdan, what kind of weapon did the People's Army use, so powerful, the cavalry he sent had almost no chance of winning, and now the three chariots on the left and right of the other side are leaning towards the middle, and three chariots appeared in the middle, increasing the number of chariots to 9, and the opponent's cavalry is also gathering behind the chariots, which is obviously to fight a full-scale war with the Russian armyγ
Should the Russian army fight now? Baumgerdan also hesitated in his heart, let's fight, to be honest, Baumgerdan really doesn't have much base, after all, judging from the battle situation on the left and right sides just now, the advantage of these strange cars of the People's Army is quite large, although the Russian army does not invest many troops, but this is not a question of how many troops, the war of this era, sometimes it is not won by pushing people; γ
What's more, now that the People's Army has set up a position, it is not that the Russian army can retreat if it wants to, because once the People's Army pursues it subsequently, it is very likely to cause heavy casualties to the Russian army, so Baumgoldan turned several thoughts in his heart, and finally made up his mind that he must fight a war with the People's Army.
After making up his mind, Baumgaldan did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the Russian cavalry to line up and prepare for battle. In fact, at this time, the Russian cavalry has always maintained a neat array, so that there is no need to make too many adjustments, and the Russian cavalry will take the battalion as a unit, spread horizontally for more than 200 meters, and the depth is about 150 meters, and advance in the direction of the people's army.
At this time, the distance between the two sides was about 1,000 meters, and the 9 warrior vehicles of the People's Army were lined up in 3 arrays in the shape of "Pin", which spread out horizontally for about 150 meters and advanced at a speed of about 20 kilometers per hour, while the cavalry of the People's Army was about 50 meters behind, following behind, and the width of the expansion was about 200 meters, which was about the same as the width of the Russian army, but the depth was significantly shallower, not 100 meters.
Although at a distance of 1000 meters, it was already within the range of the roof machine gun of the warrior car, but the warrior car did not open fire, it turned out that Ouyang Wen wanted to narrow the distance to the range of the machine gun in front of the car before firing, which can not only ensure that the intensity of the fire strike is stronger, but also after the distance is shortened, it is not easy for the Russian army to retreat.
At this time, Ouyang Wenji released a small four-rotor drone at an altitude of more than 500 meters, and transmitted the captured picture to the on-board computer.
The distance between the two sides was shortened to within 500 meters, the speed of the warrior car was increased to 30 kilometers per hour, and the cavalry of the People's Army also rode their horses and trotted up, Ouyang Wen nodded, picked up the walkie-talkie and said: "Pay attention to the cars, fire." β
With this order, the roof machine guns and front machine guns of the nine warrior vehicles opened fire together, and all kinds of bullets rained down on the Russian cavalry. In the array of the Russian cavalry, they were suddenly hit violently, and the Russian cavalry who rushed in the front row were almost not spared, all of them turned on their backs, and also tripped over many of their companions behind, and for a time the men and horses fell to the ground, and the screams and wails suddenly rang out.
However, at this time, the Russian cavalry did not retreat, and the cavalry in the rear row accelerated one after another, urging the war horses to rush forward, and the knights on horseback also consciously bent down to reduce their bomb area. This is actually the cavalry charge technology of the cold weapon era, because in the era of cold weapons, even if the European cavalry is not a heavy cavalry, it will also have protective gear on the face and strength of the war horse, and it has a certain defense against the bow and arrow, so the knight can indeed reduce his own casualties after tightening his body on horseback.
But now is not the era of cold weapons, people and horses have no protective gear, and the lethality of bullets is far from being comparable to bows and arrows, the average war horse takes a few arrows, as long as it does not kill the fatal part, it will not be a big problem, but a 7.62 mm bullet is enough to make a war horse completely incapacitated, not to mention the 14.5 mm large-caliber machine gun bullet. Therefore, it doesn't matter if he is a man or a horse, he will fight first.
As a result, in the process of charging, the Russian army lost 4 or 500 men and horses, although after the distance was shortened, many Russian soldiers raised their guns to shoot at the warrior car, but there was basically no damage to the warrior car, whether it was speed or firepower, it was not reduced, and the speed of the warrior car was even increased to 40 kilometers per hour, and the Russian cavalry was facing each other head-on.
The Russian cavalry who collided head-on with the warrior car were all knocked away and knocked away, but there were still many Russian soldiers urging the war horses, one after another to the center of the warrior cart, and waving the sabre, slashing and slashing on the warrior cart, and bravely impacting the steel mecha with flesh and blood. It's just that although the courage of the Russian cavalry is commendable, the tragic result is irreversible, the battle between the steel beast and the flesh and blood body, there is no suspense at all, just like the raging waves crashing against the reef on the shore, no matter the momentum of the waves is like a majestic worship, but in the end it still can't get rid of the end of scattering and splashing, and the reef is majestic.
The Russian cavalry was either knocked into the air, rolled over, or hit by machine guns, and could not stop the advance of the warrior vehicles at all.
Of course, after all, there are only 9 warrior chariots of the People's Army, and there is still a considerable gap in the middle, so there are also many Russian cavalry who finally staggered with the warrior chariots and did not lose anything, but at this time the cavalry troops of the People's Army were waiting for them, and at this time the cavalry troops of the People's Army had opened a distance of more than 100 meters, but the horses had galloped at full speed, and the knights on horseback held high the snow sabers and rushed up to the Russian cavalry who had just dodged the chariots.