In the night sky, the silvery-white band of light that crosses the night sky is the Milky Way. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The Milky Way is obviously hanging in the starry sky, but tonight, the Milky Way appears on the ground, on the road to Ulan-Ude, orange lights are lit up, lighting up the earth, the thousands of lights, just like the Milky Way illuminates the earth, forming a ground Milky Way on the ground.

And here the "Milky Way" seems to be moving, the symmetrical lights either up and down in the night, or moving forward quickly, if you are very close, you can also hear the roar of the engine, this is a huge convoy.

In that car, the soldiers huddled each other and rested with their eyes closed, and it seemed to them that there was nothing more important than rest, but they all held their guns as if they were resting, and no one would doubt that if there was any trouble, they would immediately stand up, and in front of the canvas canopy, the machine gunners with machine guns, looked equally vigilantly ahead, into the darkness of the deep twilight.

At the far end of the convoy, a few kilometers apart, several side fighting motorcycles were speeding forward, and the soldiers on the side fighting operated machine guns, looking to the left and right from time to time, trying to find a trace of movement in the twilight.

It seems that no one notices them in this night.

"Oh! God"

Almost as soon as he pushed open the wooden door, André saw the lights on the prairie, and although he didn't know what they were, he believed that they were the fastest "carriages" he had ever seen, based on the speed at which they moved.

But this was by no means carriages, and by the light Andrei, who was holding a shotgun, finally saw those vehicles. The vehicle in the light was not towed by horses. And the roar that came to the ears. It made Andre look at those vehicles dumbfounded.

This, what is this?

In the eyes of Andrei, a farmer in the Siberian countryside, these vehicles seemed to be a symbol of the devil, and he stubbornly believed that the vehicles he saw that did not need to be towed by horses and gave off a choking smell were undoubtedly the devil's mounts.

"They must be the devil. It must have been a deal with the devil......"

While Andrei was stubbornly muttering, a convoy of thousands of cars was rapidly approaching Ulan-Ude on the plain of the valley between the mountains leading to Ulan-Ude.

The road to the target is very flat, thanks to many years of "staff reconnaissance", so that the troops can be said to know the roads in this area very well, although there are no roads here in the strict sense, but the natural roads in the steppe are enough to support the movement of cars, even a few rivers, can be bypassed a certain distance. It is then crossed by improvised wooden bridges and even some rivers. It is possible to cross the river directly, and the gravel bed is large enough to support the passage of cars.

This stretch of convoy stretches for tens of kilometers. Although the headlights of the vehicles were covered with cloth, the light still illuminated the blackened steppe into daylight, and from five hours ago, after the huge convoy crossed the border into Russian territory, it was approaching Ulan-Ude, and in front of them, several elite commandos were traveling at a faster speed on motorcycles, and when the commandos were moving, they could see the commandos who had infiltrated the Russian territory a few days earlier, disguised as Buryat Mongolian herders, They showed the way to Ulan-Ude with instructions, and at the same time they cut the telephone or telegraph lines, and it was because of the sabotage of these fighters who had infiltrated ahead of time that the Russians were unable to deliver information to Ulan-Ude even if they spotted the convoy.

Even some patriotic Russians tried to inform the army on horseback, but the horses were nowhere near as fast as cars, let alone motorcycles, and hundreds of motorcycles armed with machine guns provided protection around the trucks.

And every truck was packed with soldiers, and on the floor between them were crates of rations, equipment, and weapons, and the soldiers sat in rows on small planks, heavy steel helmets, which they would throw in the middle of the trucks. If they could, they would even throw their gear in the car.

Of course, this is impossible.

Although the motorized march made them no longer endure the pain of long-distance marching as in the past, the bumps of the vehicle made them feel as if their bones were about to be torn apart, and what was even more uncomfortable was motion sickness, and from time to time someone spit in the rear of the vehicle.

The faces of the soldiers on the truck were covered with dust, fine sand, gun oil. From the moment they received the order to cross the border, they never rested.

"Pull me tight!"

A soldier in the canvas canopy squeezed past his comrades in the carriage, shouted at his comrades at the back of the car, and then took off his pants. When his comrades-in-arms grabbed his armed belt and harness, he stood in the back of the truck and urinated on the back of the car, which was the helplessness of a long-distance march. In order to be in a hurry, they don't even have time to get out of the car to urinate, so they can only choose this way to solve their physiological problems.

Since 7 o'clock yesterday night, the convoy has been moving, almost never stopping except for refueling, and the motorcades and the soldiers on board the car, eating, drinking, and lazing, are all in the car, and although the car is bumpy, the speed of the march is so rapid that no one can doubt that before dawn the troops will reach Ulan-Ude.

Unlike ordinary soldiers riding in trucks, Wu Peifu, as a brigade commander, sits in a car, which is undoubtedly much more comfortable than the soldiers, at least the shock absorption of the Dongfang sedan reduces the bumps of the vehicle. This also allows him to sleep safely in the car.

"Where have you been?"

Wu Peifu, who had not fully woken up, asked casually when he opened his eyes. The yellow dust obscured his vision, and even by the light, he could only see a burst of dust, because the car was very low, so the vehicle was completely in the dust, and the open canopy made all the dust fall on the four people in the car, which forced him to tie a towel to his face to cover the dust.

"It seems that if you want to march motorized in the future, you will have to wear goggles like a motorcycle soldier!"

Without goggles, it's really not a good thing to sit in an open-top car and drive in a truck shop.

"Give! Rub it off! Just get used to it! ”

Received a towel from the hands of the chief of staff. Wu Peifu wiped his face.

"Drive to the left. On the left is the upper hand! ”

When Xu Shuzheng instructed the driver to adjust the direction of the car, Wu Peifu glanced out of the car, and vaguely saw that the truck was pulling a field gun, which was different from the ordinary field gun wheel, the gun wheel of the field gun was rubber wheels, which were new gun wheels specially developed for motorized traction.

Thousands of miles a day, maybe thousands of miles a day if there were roads like those in the city. Even, thinking that this sedan can run at a high speed of 80 kilometers, Wu Peifu can't help but fantasize about the kind of morning and evening from the northeast to Shanghai. This motorized march taught him a lot, and at least made him understand one truth, that is, the era of motorization has arrived.

The capacity of the car may be limited compared to the train, but the car is undoubtedly more flexible, and with the help of the car, the army can be quickly deployed to any area on land, of course, any area where vehicles can pass. As long as the carriage can pass, the car can pass.

Maybe. This is the future of the Army!

When this thought came to mind, Wu Peifu looked out of the car in the heavy twilight again.

"Where are we here?"

Wu Peifu is full of expectations for the battle in the near future, after all, this is the first time he has participated in a battle as a brigade commander.

For him, this battle will not only determine the fate of the country and the nation, but also his personal future, as long as he seizes this opportunity, he will have the opportunity to become a general and have the opportunity to stand out among the many brigade commanders.

"Soon, if all goes well, in three hours we will be in Ulan-Ude!"

To be exact, it is more than 20 kilometers outside of Ulan-Ude.

Recalling the distance on the map in his mind, Xu Shuzheng said thoughtfully.

"At this rate, in four hours at most, we will be able to make contact with the Russians!"

The Russians set up several defensive positions outside Ulan-Ude, and although the defenders of those positions were often only a company or battalion, they blocked the way of the convoys.

"Oh! It seems that when the time comes, we will only be able to carry out peripheral operations......"

Saying this, Wu Peifu looked at the cars around him with some pity and continued.

"If only these cars could fight, like warships, we could directly press the positions of the Russians and ...... with machine guns"

Only halfway through the words, Wu Peifu stood up suddenly, leaned on the chair and looked at the trucks, looking at the machine guns in front of the canopy of those trucks, he said suddenly.

"Youzheng, you say, what if we use a truck assault?"

"Truck assault?"

"That's right, it's to rush directly into the Russian line with trucks and suppress them with machine guns......"

Wu Peifu's expression was a little excited when he spoke, it seemed that at this moment, he saw a new future, looking at the brigade commander who was full of expectations, Xu Shuzheng said casually.

"Hey, don't forget, this car, for the General Staff, every one is like a baby, we arrived in Ulan-Ude, next, all the logistics have to be supported by cars, these thousands of cars are our lifeblood, I want to use them to rush the Russian defense line......"

Maybe before he could rush, the staff over there shouted.

"I'm not talking about this kind of car, such a car is definitely not good, the Russians' bullets will definitely be able to break the front of the car, I'm talking about can't, press a layer of steel plates on these cars, just like a warship, and then there is a turret on the warship, so that the bullets can't penetrate the steel plates, and they can't hurt the fighters in the car, and the soldiers can use machine guns, or even small cannons, to attack the Russians......"

When that thought moved, Wu Peifu's whole person became out of control.

"And this tire, it also has to be changed, you can't use this kind of pneumatic tire, you have to use the kind of rubber wheels on the artillery, when attacking, this kind of armored car can be directly organized into a regiment, or even a brigade, an army, you can directly turn from the march to the battle, directly kill the enemy's position, when attacking the position, you can even throw the soldiers directly in front of the enemy's eyes, and use machine guns to cover the fighters' attack......"

Whether it was a sudden idea or wishful thinking, at least at this moment, Wu Peifu seemed to see a new mode of warfare, and he even felt that this tactic completely exceeded any tactics he knew.

"The combination of armor and mobility will be unmatched by any traditional army, and we can not only make full use of the speed advantage of the automobile troops, but also use the armor of the car to defeat the enemy in a quick surprise attack......"

As if afraid that Xu Shuzheng would doubt himself, Wu Peifu said seriously.

"Believe me, this is definitely the future, motorization is the future of the Army, this, this ......"

What are the words to describe it? After a little contemplation, Wu Peifu said again.

"Armored, yes, armored!"

Motorized, armored?

Listening to these somewhat unfamiliar terms, Xu Shuzheng couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't feel unfamiliar with motorization, because he already knew this term from the mouths of those automobile soldiers, but for armoring...... This is obviously a term that Wu Peifu has just invented.

"Motorized, armored ......"

Repeating the word again, Wu Peifu said again.

"Well, the way of fighting in the future is like now, combining surprise attacks and fast attacks, but now we can only march quickly, and we can't fight quickly, if we can put armored vehicles, yes, armored vehicles, like armored trains, cars like armored trains combined with motorized marches, and some ordinary cars and armored cars are combined to form an army, believe me, when the time comes, no army in the world can stop us......"

It can demoralize the enemy under a sudden threat, so that it will collapse immediately at the first huge blow! Wu Peifu, who was a little excited, even saw the rapid collapse of the enemy under that sudden blow, not to mention other people, even if he put himself in his shoes, even if he was attacked suddenly, he was very likely to fall into chaos, and even collapse!

"Well, I'll admit it's a possibility......"

Xu Shuzheng nodded, and then looked at the car next to him, and an armored train came to his mind, since ordinary trains can be transformed into armored trains, then cars can naturally be converted into armored cars, but now, it is obviously not in a hurry, because there are more important practical issues to consider in front of them.

"However, don't forget, now we have to deal with the Russians in Ulan-Ude first, and then ......"

"Trust me!"

Wu Peifu, who sat back in his seat, suddenly smiled,

"By the time we reach Ulan-Ude, the Russians will be shocked!" (To be continued.) )