Chapter Seventy-Nine: Lake Balkhash: I'm Going
"Little Five! Quickly inform the driver to transfer the parking space, a bullet chain is finished"
The main gunman had just finished firing a bullet chain and hurriedly instructed his assistant to inform the driver to transfer. Because the machine guns are all mounted on tripods and in heavy machine gun mode, it is difficult for one person to carry them.
Therefore, all the companies set up machine guns on trucks in accordance with the requirements of the division headquarters, and made improvised machine gun bunkers with sandbags. A chain of 1200 rounds of ammunition, in heavy machine gun mode is only a minute of shooting, "Hitler's chainsaw" is no joke, its rate of fire is simply too fast, after hitting a chain of bullets to transfer, there is no time for the opponent's artillery to aim.
Therefore, the latest military regulations of the Xinjiang National Defense Forces have added a hard and fast rule: If the machine guns are not in permanent bunkers, each machine gun group must move the machine gun position after firing a bullet chain.
At this time, the encounter between the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the 11th Division of the First Army in Xinjiang also started with the crippled 3rd Cavalry Division of the Russian Cossacks.
It turned out that the disabled Cossack 3rd Cavalry Division did not return to the hinterland of Russia for repair, and it was indeed the same as Zhang Dadudu's analysis, they retreated to the vicinity of [Lake Balkhash] for repair.
However, unlike what Governor Zhang Dadu expected, they retreated to the northern shore of Lake [Balkhash] and joined up with the Cossack Fifth Cavalry Division.
It turned out that in this area there was not only one Tsarist defensive division, but three Cossack cavalry divisions.
The 3rd, 4th, and 5th Cossack cavalry divisions were respectively. They were the permanent garrisons of Tsarist Russia in the region.
And the 5th Cavalry Division saw that the 3rd Division, although suffering heavy losses, was almost disabled. But the seizure is also huge! Weapons and ammunition did not have much attraction for cavalry.
Because as long as they participate in the battle, they are in a rapid charge, and there is no chance to shoot at all, that is, there are cavalry guns, and on the back of a horse that gallops at high speed, it is also a low probability event to shoot and stop the enemy, so the cavalry's saber is the best weapon for cavalry charging.
Therefore, what attracted the Cossack cavalry was the individual equipment captured by the 3rd Cavalry Division, and what made the officers and men of the 5th Division even more red-eyed was who captured these individual equipment. And the seizure of weapons has to be handed in!
These individual equipment ranges from military kettles and lunch boxes to military quilts, moisture-proof blankets, and leather boots. All kinds of individual soldiers, some of which they have never seen before!
These are all individual equipment carefully prepared by Zhang Dadu Governor for his soldiers according to the experience of later generations, not to mention practicality, Zhang Dadu Governor is even more meticulously built equipment at no cost, all exquisite and beautiful, and durable.
Where have these cannon fodder cavalrymen of the Cossacks seen such elaborate personal items? Tsarist Russia only regarded their Cossack cavalry as consumables, so it was impossible to build personal items for them except for the equipment used in battle, and many supplies had to be prepared by the soldiers themselves.
So the barbaric Cossack cavalry instigated their commanders and came to this well-planned encounter on the southern shore of Lake Balkhash.
For the tragic appearance of the heavy losses of the 3rd Cossack Cavalry Division, for these barbaric Cossack cavalrymen who had eaten human flesh and drank human blood, it was commonplace, and they did not care at all.
Unfortunately, they miscalculated this time! It is impossible for the Xinjiang National Defense Forces to plant two heels in the same pit. The divisions even discussed and studied tactics and tactics for dealing with cavalry.
Coupled with the automobile support of Governor Zhang, it made the divisions of the National Defense Force attacking outside the country like a tiger!
Although the speed of a car in the field is no faster than that of a military horse, no animal on earth has the stamina of a machine.
At this time, the 2nd Regiment of the 11th Division of the Wehrmacht was chasing the Cossack cavalry with the strength of a regiment, and the 5th Cossack Cavalry Division was holding its head and running away!
Since 10 minutes into the battle, the artillery of the Cossack cavalry was killed by the artillery of the Wehrmacht, the machine-gun trucks of the 11 regiment of the 2 division were scattered, and all the machine gunners went crazy!
"Little Five! Change the barrel! ”
All three machine guns on the car were placed on the side of the carriage, and the fighters all attached themselves to the frame with ropes to prevent being thrown out by the bumpy car.
Since the driver of the two cars was a skilled veteran, they kept in the forefront, almost on par with the fleeing cavalry divisions, and all the machine guns turned their muzzles to shoot a rain of bullets at the side of the parallel Cossack cavalry.
The carriage is full of bullet shells, and there is almost no place to put your feet~~~
Such a situation was everywhere in the vast plains, where the 5th Cossack cavalry division was driven by cars and lost its armor, and the Cossack cavalry longed for their horses to have eight legs!
When did the Cossack cavalry get so embarrassed?
There is a saying in Russia: most of the territory of Russia, the Cossack cavalry rushed out. There is not a trace of moisture in this sentence!
The composition of the Cossacks is not easy to determine, they were a group of homeless people, such as criminals, runaway serfs, thieves, etc. Later, after mixing and merging with the remnants of the Mongol cavalry of the South Russian steppe, he inherited and carried forward the military bloodline of the Mongol cavalry, and lived by robbing on horseback, and was called a Cossack, which means a person who has no state and is not bound. A bit of a gypsy.
The Cossacks had no homeland, no homeland, no faith, no morality, the only thing they believed in was the sword in their hands. Tolstoy famously described the Cossacks: "The Cossacks had no cowards, they were born warriors!" ”
This is also the result of their group's long-term war and struggle with the surrounding ethnic groups.
Since the demise of the Mongol cavalry, the Cossack cavalry has become the most powerful cavalry warrior in the world, flying on their horses, bowing their heads, and rushing into enemy lines.
Since the annexation of this group to Russia, Russia has been regarded as the vanguard of the charge. They had defeated the French cuirassiers and the Polish hussars, and were called "devils" by the German army.
From the 16th century, the Cossack cavalry was a nightmare for all of Europe, and because of their connection with the Mongol cavalry, Europeans always regarded them as Mongols, and Europeans often said: "For every Russian you peel off, you will see a Tatar (i.e. Mongol)!" ”
So, although the Cossack cavalry made great contributions to the expansion of Russia's territory! But in the eyes of the Russians, they are just a bunch of aliens, a bunch of usable cannon fodder!
And in the eyes of Europeans, they are a group of barbarians without a state, because they eat human flesh and drink human blood.
At this time, these Cossack cavalry, who have always been invincible, were in a mess in front of the Xinjiang National Defense Army! The glorious era of cavalry will be gone forever~~~
"Little Five! What's going on? How did you park the car? ”
The machine gunner Lao Liu, with red eyes, asked his assistant urgently.
"Squad leader! There's no one in front of you! ”
Xiao Wu is a little complaining! Originally, I said that I would have let myself play a few bullet chains! But the squad elder Liu forgot everything as soon as he grabbed the machine gun.
"Oh! Fuck it! Why are you so unbeaten? Tell the driver to turn around and search. This time, Little Five, you are the main shooter! ”
Liu, the elder of the class, took out a cigarette and lit it and took a deep breath.
But Xiao Wu is going to be disappointed after all, how can he have a chance to shoot later! The machine gun car in the back is searching forward in a net! Not to mention, there are search infantry behind the car!
The 5th Kazakh Cavalry Division is worse than the 3rd Cavalry Division! Not a single fish slipped through the net and was completely wiped out by the 11th Division of the Wehrmacht on the vast plain on the southern shore of Lake Balkhash.
When the war report arrived at the Xinjiang Governor's Mansion, Governor Zhang Dadu just said:
"Tell the commanders and fighters on the front line, I want all the land south of [Lake Balkhash]!"
The implication of his Zhang Dadu Governor is that I don't care how you fight, these territories must be occupied by me.