In June, the overall situation in the southern region has been decided, leaving only the two overseas places of Taiwan and Hainan, as well as the rugged roads and harsh environment of Xizang. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, the Qing court has been destroyed, and the four naval fleets have also been surrendered to the Han Kingdom, and it will not be long before the Han army does not march into Taiwan and Hainan, and the defenders of the two places will also return to the Han Kingdom.

As for Xiqiang, it will be a little troublesome, Yan Xueyi is still waiting for the oil extracted from the Changqing Oilfield, and then there will be enough diesel fuel for the airship to fly into the blue sky, and the airship can send a large number of supplies to the Han army in the distance regardless of the terrain, which is enough to support the Han army to conquer Xiqiang.

The south is progressing smoothly, but it will take a lot of time in the north, and the Han army has just stepped into the three regions of the great northwest, Mongolia, and northeast.

Two days before the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the 5th and 7th Divisions of the Suzaku Army marched into Mongolia in two ways.

Mongolia is divided into Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia, and implements the alliance flag system and the Zasak system, and rules according to the tribe and region, and sets up the Zasak Banner, the Metropolitan Banner, the Governor Banner, and the Lama Banner to rule.

At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the Mongolian population was 10 million, and the strength of the Mongolian cavalry was very strong, and the Manchus were afraid that the Mongols would also come to the customs and take away the rivers and mountains of the Qing Dynasty, so the Manchus adopted various methods to restrict the Mongols, making the productivity of the Mongols low, and they had been living by grazing.

More importantly, the Manchus took various measures to reduce the number of Mongols, such as building a large Horn Temple and letting the Mongols advance on the battlefield, and by 1888, the Mongols had less than one million.

In more than 200 years, the population of Mongolia has plummeted from 10 million to 1 million, which is nothing short of a massacre, comparable to the Indian massacre in the Americas.

Although the population of Mongolia is less than one million, the combat effectiveness of the Mongolian cavalry has not declined, and the Mongolian cavalry is rarely able to compete with the Cossack cavalry of Tsarist Russia.

There are very few cavalry in the Han army, and the highest cavalry system is only at the regimental level, which is not to say that the Han army lacks war horses, but that the Han army lacks qualified cavalry, and the cavalry of the Han army is said to be cavalry, but it is better to call it an infantry on horseback.

Before the First World War, cavalry was still an indispensable branch of the battlefield, although the replacement of firearms made the role of cavalry continue to decline, but cavalry has good mobility and is indispensable for the Han army.

Yan Xueyi also wanted to form a cavalry brigade and cavalry division, and the best candidates for cavalry were the Mongols living on horseback, but before forming a cavalry brigade or cavalry division, the Han army had to defeat and subdue the Mongols before it could.

On 5 June, Wang Xinwei's Fifth Division had penetrated deep into the Yikezhao League in Inner Mongolia.

In order to prevent the shortage of supplies caused by the Mongolian cavalry, the Fifth Division collected thousands of horses to carry supplies, and went deep into Inner Mongolia alone.

However, the Fifth Division entered Inner Mongolia for a week, but did not find any Mongols, which is really a strange thing, no matter how vast and sparsely populated, it is impossible that there is not a single grazing person in this grassland.

Wang Xinwei felt that the Mongols had a conspiracy.

It's just that Wang Xinwei is not afraid, how can the Mongolian cavalry, which uses sabers, bows and arrows as weapons, be the opponent of the Han army, but it is a pity that most of the cavalry of the Fifth Division has been transferred, making the Fifth Division lack "eyes".

In this way, another three days passed, and the 5th Division of the Han Army searched everywhere for traces of the Mongols, and the supplies it carried had already consumed more than a third.

Fortunately, although I didn't encounter the Mongol tribe, I found that there were Mongolian cavalry hanging in the distance, and I left after observing the Han army, and easily did not contact the Han army.

Wang Xinwei understood that he was afraid that the Mongolian cavalry would soon arrive.

Sure enough, as Wang Xinwei expected, a day later, the Fifth Division, which was on the march, suddenly found that large groups of Mongolian cavalry appeared in the four directions of the front, back, left and right, and the total number of Mongolian cavalry exceeded 30,000.

"Order the regiments to defend in place." Facing the Mongolian cavalry, which was three times the number of the Fifth Division, Wang Xinwei commanded calmly.

If it was in the era when firearms were not developed, only cavalry could fight, but the times have changed, and no matter how many cavalry attacked the Fifth Division, there was only one end.

Under Wang Xinwei's order, each regiment of the Fifth Division immediately arranged a defensive formation, with heavy machine guns in the front and mortars slightly behind, while the 75-mm field guns at the regimental and battalion level were not carried, but heavy machine guns and mortars were sufficient.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

It was not the sound of cannonballs exploding, but the sound of the Mongol cavalry's horses trampling the earth as they galloped.

Through the binoculars, the officers of the Han army could clearly see the Mongolian cavalry in the distance taking out their bows and arrows and rushing towards the Han army.

For a thousand meters, the Han army was unmoved, staring ahead.

Nine hundred meters

Eight hundred meters

Seven hundred meters, the string in the hearts of the Han soldiers was tight.

Six hundred meters

Five hundred meters, when the Mongol cavalry in front of the front took the lead in crossing the red line that did not exist, the Han officer resolutely gave the order to open fire.

"Fire! Hit me hard! ”

Suddenly, dozens of heavy machine guns in the front rainstorm opened fire at the same time, and countless bullets dripped like torrential rain on the Mongolian cavalry that was sprinting.

The next moment, the Mongol cavalry company that rushed to the forefront was blown by the steel storm.

This time, the Han soldiers aimed at the horses under the Mongolian cavalry, and if they only hit people, it would not be good for thousands of horses to rush to the Han army's position.

Although they could not get live horses, dead horses could also be used as food for the Han army.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

The mortars also began to exert their power, and dozens of shells smashed into the Mongol cavalry, killing nearly 100 Mongol cavalry.

The Mongol cavalry rushed to the Han position without fear of death, they did not need to rush into the Han position, as long as they rushed to a position of 200 meters, the strong bows in their hands could be shot into the Han army's position by impact, causing heavy casualties to the Han army.

However, the Han army could not give the Mongol cavalry this opportunity, that invisible line was the death blockade line of the Mongol cavalry, and all the Mongol cavalry who crossed that line would fall under the guns of the Han army, and no Mongol cavalry could rush closer.

After the battle on the frontal battlefield began, the battle on the two wings of the battlefield also started quickly, and the Mongolian cavalry that attacked the two wings of the Han army ended up with the same as the Mongolian cavalry on the frontal battlefield.

After a few more seconds, the battle on the rear battlefield also began.

"Immortal Heaven bless me, ah." The Mongol cavalry who rushed to the front was hit by bullets sprayed by heavy machine guns, and fell to the ground with his war horse, he could feel his life slowly passing, and he could no longer utter a word, Changshengtian did not save his life.

Ten seconds

Twenty seconds

Thirty seconds

One minute

A minute and a half

More than 4,000 Mongol cavalry fell on the frontal battlefield nearly two minutes after the 500-meter death blockade was crossed, and more than 4,000 Mongol cavalry fell on the frontal battlefield.

In fact, a minute after the start of the battle, the Mongolian cavalry saw that the compatriots rushing in front of them had fallen to the ground, so they wanted to turn their horses and flee, but how could the horses in a sprinting state turn their horses' heads, let alone charge in groups.

The Mongol cavalry had only two options to move forward, victory or death.

Only death awaited the Mongol cavalry! (To be continued.) )