Chapter 126: The Mongolian Soldiers Died Heroically, and the reinforcements supported the recalcitrant enemy

The Yaogang cavalry and the Mongol soldiers were all northerners, and it was very refreshing to see the tropical palm trees and date palm trees here. Especially along the coast, the scenery along the way is different from the north, except that it feels hotter, and the mood is very good.

Although Li Kui used the radio to inform the commander of the Yaogang cavalry company who led the team to open the way in front of him to be careful and vigilant, I was afraid that something would happen. The company commander also repeatedly reminded his company and the Mongolian cavalry to be vigilant.

The Mongol soldiers and the Yaogang cavalry all agreed well, but in such an environment, everyone still couldn't get nervous. In fact, even this company commander felt that it was okay to go all the way for such a long time, and the people here did not dare to provoke the Yaogang army. The prestige of the Yaogang army has long been spread here.

Their march was in such an order that 500 Mongol soldiers followed the guide brought by the Ottoman envoy to clear the way, and the Yaogang cavalry company followed behind the Mongol cavalry.

The forward team marched to Arish, and the more they walked, the hotter it became, and everyone was sweating, but fortunately, Li Kui used the radio to inform them to rest on the spot and avoid the noon sun.

Everyone dismounted and led their horses to a shade under a palm tree. The officers and men took out their kettles to drink some water, prepared to eat something, and then took a beautiful nap. But before they could bring out the dry rations and cans they had carried, a row of cavalry suddenly stood up in front of the left, where the sun-scorched desert and the bare rocks were intertwined.

Seeing this, the battle-hardened kiln cavalry and the Mongol cavalry did not hesitate, leaving everything in their hands and running towards their horses. Only when the cavalry itself sits on their own horses can they have a sense of security and correct thinking.

Before they could assemble their formation, a tidal wave of cavalry came out in the distance.

The commander of the Yaogang cavalry company knew that the situation was not good, and immediately ordered the signal corps to notify the brigade behind by radio!

The combat effectiveness of the Mongolian cavalry was really not given in vain, there was no organization, and there was no time to carry out any organization, and the horse cavalry, no matter how many opponents there were, rushed towards the opponent.

The commander of the Yaogang cavalry company knew in his heart that the power of the cavalry was in the impact of the rush, and the Mongolian soldiers knew this very well, they would not stop in place and wait for the enemy, but rushed over themselves. The cavalry company commander did not panic, and ordered a squad of cavalry, covering the cavalry with several machine guns, to occupy a slightly higher place behind, and his own cavalry company lined up in a horizontal formation with automatic rifles, followed the Mongolian cavalry, and slowly advanced. He would not allow his cavalry to fight with the enemy, and if he went back like that, he, the company commander, would not be able to do it without saying anything, and he would be shot if he couldn't get it. What can be solved by robbery must be solved with a gun. The use of sabers is only allowed if there are no bullets, this is the death rule of the kiln cavalry!

The Mongolian cavalry was originally good at fighting, and they were also eager to fight, especially when they fought with the Yaogang people, which made them more confident, and they always wanted to show their combat power in front of the Yaogang people. However, in addition to their bravery, they were also very experienced in battle, and when they rushed at the enemy, they took off their bows and shot at the enemy with a dense array of arrows.

However, to the surprise of the Mongol cavalry, the bows and arrows did not produce the usual situation where many enemies rolled and fell from their horses.

After a few arrows were fired, the hand-to-hand battle began.

The Mongolian cavalry was fast and fast, and fighting was originally their forte, and they rarely suffered one-on-one. This time, however, they did not take advantage of it, and were clearly at a disadvantage.

The cavalry company commander who followed behind to watch the battle made a preliminary judgment and found that there were at least several thousand enemies rushing over, some of them were hooded with turbans, and some were cavalrymen with shields in one hand and weapons in the other, wearing helmets.

Five hundred Mongol cavalry rushed over without shooting a few enemies, and it was clear that more Mongol cavalry were knocked off their horses than the enemy. It can even reach one to two. This really surprised the cavalry company commander. The Mongol cavalry is not stronger than the opponent, nor can it be worse than the enemy! What kind of enemies are these!

The situation on the battlefield no longer allowed him to think too much, and from the Mongol cavalry ranks, the enemy rushed over and immediately came to his eyes. The automatic rifle in the hand of the Yaogang cavalry fired, and because the cavalry was too fast, the Yaogang cavalry fired all of them in bursts, or even long shots. Those who were armed with shields knew that their shields could easily block bows and arrows, that automatic rifle bullets could easily penetrate their shields and then into their leather breastplates, and that even the iron helmets they thought were extremely strong could easily be pierced.

With a burst of "snapping" gunfire, the cavalry who rushed over were all knocked off their horses! At this time, the shooters, who had set up machine guns in the back, began to suppress the rear of the cavalry that rushed towards them. The machine guns knocked many cavalrymen off their horses, but the thousands of cavalry who rushed up still rushed towards them with smoke and dust.

It didn't take long for more than five hundred Mongol cavalry to be overwhelmed by the rushing cavalry. I have never seen such a fierce army, and these enemies are simply terrible in their fighting skills. Basically, two Mongol cavalry can exchange for one enemy. At this time, the cavalry company commander of Yaogang had no choice but to order his more than 100 people to shrink the defense. What he was worried about was that his officers and soldiers had limited ammunition, and without bullets, his 100 or so people would not be enough to stuff the teeth of these opponents. Fortunately, the signal corps told him that reinforcements would arrive soon. The company commander knew that the team that reinforced them should not be far from them.

The company commander shouted: "Everyone pay attention to saving ammunition, our reinforcements will be here soon!" ”

The Kiln Gang cavalry company shrank in a palm grove, and one by one the enemy overturned and dismounted with their rifles. For a while, the opponent couldn't get close to the woods. The only concern of the cavalry company commander was that the ammunition was running out.

However, the Mongol soldiers and two cavalry companies who had come to reinforce them had arrived soon, and the commander of the cavalry battalion who had led the team had already contacted them by radio and told him that they had reached the periphery of the battlefield and were looking for an opportunity to join the battlefield. Hearing this news, the cavalry company guarding the woods was even more confident. The commander of the cavalry company in the vanguard told the battalion commander that our enemy has several thousand people, but it will not exceed five thousand, but their fighting skills are very skillful, and the one-on-one Mongolian soldiers are not their opponents, and the chaotic fighting is basically two for one. Therefore, when they are invited to send troops to war, they should take this into account.

The one who came to lead the team to strengthen the forward team was a cavalry battalion commander from Yaogang, who was the boss of the company commander in front. They knew each other very well, so the company commander in front was able to report to him the main points.

This cavalry battalion commander is also a very experienced officer, he came to the periphery of the battlefield and learned that the Yaogang cavalry company surrounded inside could hold out for a while, so he did not rush into the battlefield with the team. Instead, he was observing the timing of the attack, and hearing the report of the company commander in the encirclement, the battalion commander knew that the five hundred Mongolian cavalry he brought would not be of great effect, so he didn't want them to rush over and fight the enemy, which would be a waste of the lives of the Mongolian brothers!

After observation, he found that the enemy surrounding the Yaogang Cavalry Company were all cavalry, and although they had lost many of their lives, they could not rush into the woods where the cavalry company was defending. The battalion commander ordered the team to be divided into two parts, and a company of Yaogang cavalry with 300 Mongol cavalry bypassed the desert side to block the enemy's retreat.

After this part of the men and horses left, the cavalry battalion commander began to wait anxiously, he was worried that the cavalry company inside would not be able to hold out and encircle the enemy's rear line in place.

Just when the gunfire in the encirclement was getting thinner and thinner, the cavalry that had gone to encircle was in place.

The cavalry battalion commander did not dare to delay any longer, and immediately ordered all the soldiers of the cavalry company around him to suddenly jump up, line up in a horizontal line, and press the enemy. Approaching the firing distance, the cavalrymen's automatic rifles began to fire incessantly. The Mongol cavalry was following them this time.

The cavalry surrounding the woods saw that the terrifying gunfire had thinned out, and the officers leading the team knew that the people surrounded in the woods were running out of bullets, and the victory that had been won by the lives of many soldiers was just around the corner, and they were ready to rush into the woods with more strength to end the battle as soon as possible. Because they also know that the Ming Dynasty still has a large number of people behind.

But they didn't expect the Ming reinforcements to come so quickly, and the new charge was not ready, and a platoon of cavalry with automatic rifles pressed over while firing. They saw that the team that pressed over was not a row, but a team with a certain thickness. They did not know that the Mongolian cavalry following behind did not have rifles.

Although there were still two or three thousand people in the ambushed army, they already knew that they could not afford to provoke the cavalry with guns in hand. People don't give him a chance to get close at all, no matter how high the level of fighting skills is, it's in vain, and a bullet is sent away.

The attacking army soon began to retreat south along the seashore. These people are cavalry, and their combat preparation is a sneak attack, and if they succeed, they will retreat, and if they can't, they will retreat. Their horses are all Arabian war horses, which are very explosive, taller than Mongolian horses, and they can run very fast.

But they didn't expect that they would encounter interception head-on.

Just as they fled south in a panic, a rain of bullets suddenly poured in front of them. This was the cavalry company and the Mongol cavalry that had bypassed their rear road, and they had set up a defensive line here. The general-purpose machine guns and light machine guns brought by the cavalry on the defensive line, plus more than a hundred automatic rifles, fired at the same time, and a rain of bullets knocked the cavalry running in front to a piece. The cavalry, who had been beaten a little dazed by the reinforcements, was hit head-on again, and it was immediately chaotic. The cavalry was huddled together. At this time, several mortars spoke, and the shells fell into the crowded cavalry pile, knocking down horses and men one after another. The cavalry company that was surrounded and the cavalry company brought by the battalion commander met and pressed at the same time.

These brave cavalrymen, where have they ever seen such terrifying firepower, and they have never heard of a battle that can be fought like this. Fire-breathing rifles were shooting at them from the north and south, with the Mediterranean Sea to the west and the sun-scorching desert to the east.

The cavalry battalion commander of Yaogang knew that it was impossible to completely annihilate so many powerful cavalry at once, and it was likely that there would be some price to be paid for doing so. So more than a thousand cavalry escaped from the desert direction.

In such a battle, the Yaogang cavalry basically suffered no losses, but more than 500 Mongolian cavalry as the vanguard died on the battlefield. This frustrates everyone.

Sun Chuanting and Li Kui rushed over to learn about the situation, and they both felt a little strange. It is said that the combat effectiveness of the Mongolian cavalry should not be weak, but the combat effectiveness of the opponents encountered today is obviously much higher than that of the Mongolian cavalry.

When the Ottoman envoy heard this, he smiled and said, "No need to ask, the person who attacked today must be the Mamluk cavalry of Egypt!" It's hard to say which lord it is! ”

"How can an army of slaves be so powerful?" Sun Chuanting asked puzzled.

"Huh! These slave armies are no ordinary army! It is compared to the Ottoman Janissaries and the Persian Praetorian Guards. The Ottoman envoy said, "These Mamluk soldiers were bought or plundered at the age of five or six, and then castrated. They are not just Arabs, there are many Armenians, Georgians, Mesopotamians, and so on. The process of training them is quite complex. That is, to train them to be loyal to their masters, but also to develop fighting skills. Brutal training leaves one-third of children unable to grow up to adulthood. The rest of the Mamluk soldiers are killing machines with no thoughts and no **. They are armed with a round shield in one hand and a hairy or scimitar in the other! The Mongol cavalry bows and arrows you are talking about did not work much for them, which is why each of them had a round shield. They were highly trained professional killers, and it was normal for ordinary Mongol cavalrymen not to be their opponents. It takes a lot of time and silver to train these Mamluks into warriors! They are the most terrible army! ”

"Damn, no wonder these guys are so wicked! It's a good thing they can't stop the bullets! Also, except for a single prisoner who was seriously wounded! Li Kui said.

"It seems that my previous opinion of Mamluk is completely wrong!" Sun Chuanting said, "Such Mamluk soldiers are difficult to tame if they are caught. If they were truly completely loyal to their masters, it would be really difficult! ”

"I'll do it well, kill it directly!" Li Kui said, "It's not okay to send them to labor. These people are a threat to those who care about them! ”

"In the whole of Egypt, there are more than 10,000 such Mamluk lords, and I don't know how many Mamluks are soldiers! The Egyptian Pashas, whom we have sent, are also to give these people some face. Basically do not infringe on each other's rights! Said the Ottoman envoy.

Sun Chuanting asked puzzledly: "We haven't had any contact with them, and we haven't had any conflicts of interest, so why did they attack us?" ”