The sun finally rose over the ridge. The valley that had been dark suddenly became bright. "It's a sunny fit, and it's very good for a quick march.

On the road in the valley, which is hardly called a road, an army is marching at the fastest speed, of course, the so-called "fastest" is also comparatively speaking, referring to their march before the sun rises on the ridge, without sufficient light, the march of this army is indeed not fast, because there are many armored vehicles in the army, marching in this valley, the drivers of these armored vehicles must be very cautious, the light is not enough, the road is narrow, and they can only move slowly.

Of course, even though the valley is very bright now, but those armored vehicles are still cautious, on the one hand, the road is not easy to walk, on the other hand, it is also to take care of the infantry that follows, here the terrain is dangerous, on both sides are steep peaks, sandwiched between a narrow road, in order to prevent being ambushed by the enemy, the best marching form is to march at intervals, several armored vehicles accompanied by a group of infantry, divided into several battle clusters, once attacked, can quickly carry out coordinated operations, cover each other.

Now, Bai Lang is sitting on one of the armored combat vehicles, this is not an ordinary armored vehicle, but a "Marmot" type anti-aircraft armored vehicle, which is a new type of armored vehicle made in China, equipped with two millimeter machine guns, which can fire both flat and anti-aircraft, and the two machine guns are installed side by side on a semi-open turret that can rotate 360 degrees, and the ammunition is fed by a metal drum, which is quite high, which can effectively deal with low-flying aircraft, and has a certain penetration of the armor of light armored vehicles, which can accompany tank combat.

This batch of "marmots." The anti-aircraft armored vehicle was just installed with Bai Lang's troops a few days ago, although it cannot be said that it has formed combat effectiveness, but because of the urgency of the task, Bai Lang can only catch ducks on the shelves with him, "Marmot." Even sorted.

This mission was to go to the small city of Tashkent to quell the riots there, and Bai Lang brought a total of five catties. Armored companies, one of which is a "Marmot" company, equipped with anti-aircraft vehicles, two. The "Yellow Dog" company, equipped with armored vehicles, two "flank" companies, equipped with tanks, in addition, there is an infantry regiment and a cavalry battalion in coordination with him, as well as a lifting battalion that provides logistical support, and there is also a servant force composed of locals, these tactics form a mixed force alone, this strength is not big, and it is not as long as the logistics support is sufficient, in this small country of Tashkent can basically go sideways.

The small city of Tashkent is located in the Syr Darya Valley, next to a tributary of the Syr Darya River, this small city with a population of only 50,000 is now this, the capital of the Republic of Tashkent, the economy is dominated by animal husbandry, and because it is close to the plateau, there are some minerals, but since Central Asia fell into chaos, the mineral mining industry has basically declined, and now the economy in the city is very withered, and this is probably an important reason for the local riots.

Originally, five days ago, an infantry battalion of the Chinese Defense Forces had assisted the local pro-Chinese faction in controlling the situation in Tashkent, but who knew that just one day later, the situation suddenly changed, the leader of the pro-Chinese faction was assassinated, and then there was a battle in the city. Bai Lang and this mixed army came to Tashkent.

Although Tashkent is a small city, but the strategic position is very important, no matter which side, as long as the city is controlled, you can condescendingly overlook the entire Syr Darya Valley, control the entire region, back then, Tsarist Russia and Britain competed for hegemony in Central Asia, in order to threaten the interests of Britain Russia had stationed heavy troops in Tashkent, but since the anti-Russian riots in Central Asia, these Russian ** teams were transferred to the lower reaches of the Syr Darya River to suppress the riots, Tashkent's defense became empty, which gave the local nationalists an opportunity, so, When the Russian Revolution broke out, it was also lit here, and the flames of armed rebellion were ignited.

It is precisely because of the strategic importance of Tashkent that when the Chinese defense forces marched into Central Asia, it also became one of the fierce battles between China and the British, and control of the city changed hands several times in just a few months, and now it is temporarily owned by the British, but soon, China will regain control of the city again.

In order to get to Tashkent as soon as possible, Bai Lang led his troops out before dawn, but due to the difficulty of the mountain road and the lack of light, the road was slowly swallowed until the sun rose on the ridge, and the advance of the troops was slightly accelerated.

Although it is summer now, but it is too close to the plateau glacier, and it is a valley, the wind is indeed strong, and the temperature is also low, all the officers and soldiers are wearing military coats, and they are difficult to advance in the mountain wind, looking everywhere all the way, vigilantly watching the movement of the nearby mountains, after all, they are now deep into the enemy's depth, and under this kind of terrain, ambush warfare is quite threatening.

Although Air Force reconnaissance planes had already reconnoitred the area several hours earlier, no one could

The pro-British forces in one place will not take advantage of the local terrain and topography to hide themselves, Na, so on the way, Bai Lang just sat on his "Marmot" anti-aircraft armored vehicle, holding a telescope, looking out at the ridge and the top of the mountain in front of him. He also uses the radio communicator to keep in touch with his subordinates from time to time.

"Pink side No. 1 called Zaootter No. 1, my car motor failed, and I asked to stop for maintenance.

"Agree to stop, take care to get out of the way, stay safe, and leave infantry for protection

The voice of a tank commander came from the headset, and Bai Lang replied with a throat microphone, it must be admitted that this communication technology is indeed very advanced, for the armored forces, this is a multiplier of combat effectiveness, with these new communication machines, China's armored forces can deal with a larger number of enemy armored forces.

According to the air force reconnaissance, the rebel forces in Tashkent also have armored combat vehicles, and judging from the appearance, they should be provided by the British, and according to the report of the Central Asian Military Region a few days ago, the British ** team has now arrived in the middle reaches of the Amu Darya River and is confronting the Chinese Defense Forces across the river, and as a manifestation of Britain's intention to control Tashkent, the rebel forces in Tashkent have received a large amount of arms assistance from the British.

Yesterday afternoon, the Air Force had already bombed several of the rebels' logistical facilities. In order to destroy those British ** fires and ensure the smooth advance of the counterinsurgency forces.

Since the road to the south had been completely blocked by the rebels, and it was too close to the British army, Bai Lang's mixed forces actually infiltrated from the northwest direction of Tashkent, and the further south it went, the lower the terrain became, which was equivalent to rushing down from the mountains, taking the momentum of building a bottle from a high position, and the rebel forces in Tashkent could not be unaware of the threat from the northwest of this ancient trade route, so Bai Lang and the staff officers agreed that it was almost certain that they would be intercepted by the enemy on the way to the army, and it was for this reason, They had to be vigilant and carefully search the direction of the ridge.

Finally, the voice of the commander of the leading unit came from the headphones.

"Marmot Five, call Morning Otter One! The road ahead was blocked by boulders, and sappers were preparing to carry out the blasting. ”

"Roger. Be vigilant. ”

Bai Lang immediately transmitted the information to all the commanders of the armored forces through the public channel, and asked them to inform the other units to stop their advance and move to the defense on the spot.

Ten minutes later, several loud noises were heard ahead, and the sappers cleared the obstacles in their path with explosives, and shortly after the explosions stopped, gunfire came from the front, followed by mortar shelling.

"Encounter the enemy! There are large groups of enemies in ambush on both ridges! ”

"Defend where you are! I immediately brought people over for reinforcements."

Bai Lang immediately gave an order for reinforcements, and rushed to the front with two "Marmot" anti-aircraft armored vehicles to support the leading troops.

The leading unit was also equipped with two Marmots and was accompanied by infantry, so they did not fall into confusion after being ambushed, but stubbornly resisted, and under the sound of gunfire, the Marmots also turned their turrets and fired fiercely at the enemies and bunkers on the hills with machine guns.

"Tom tom tom, tom tom

The four "marmots" used the eight millimeter machine guns on the car to carry out suppressive fire on the hills on both sides, and a string of red tracer bullets slashed across the sky, swooping diagonally upward, and exploding violently when hitting the target, because of the high elevation angle of the machine guns, in this kind of mountain warfare, this is also a fairly effective support weapon, although the power is slightly insufficient, but it is enough to deal with those rebels who only have rifles and machine guns.

At the same time as the "marmots" were shooting wildly. The infantrymen also stopped to one side under the command of the officer. The ridge touched, and the mortars also opened heavy fire at the foot of the mountain. Cover the onslaught of the infantry.

Under the cover of crossfire, the infantry quickly rushed up to one side of the ridge and wiped out all the enemy there, then transferred the mortar position to the ridge, and together they opened heavy fire on the opposite hill, and the battle ended in a very short time, so that the valley finally fell silent.

"Phew! With this ability, is it also worthy of competing with Lao Tzu? ”

Bai Lang stood on the turret of the "Marmot", looked around for a moment with a telescope, then took a sip and ordered to continue moving. Along the way, Bai Lang's mixed forces stopped and went, and carried out five counter-ambush operations, and by the time he finally led his troops to the Tashkent Pass, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon, and the city was to the south.

The city is in front of it, and the tributaries of the Syr Darya River wind its way through the eastern side of the city, with the valley lowlands to the south and the steppe mountains to the north, and the scenery here is very intoxicating in peacetime, but in times of war. The terrain here becomes a problem that must be considered by both the offensive and defensive sides.

Looking at the silent city, Bai Lang knew that a harder battle awaited him, and he had to take it at any cost.