Chapter 184: Artillery vs. Cavalry
"Tsk, it's still your cavalry that is full of style." Li Chengwen watched Yang Xing, who was dressed in military uniform, get on the horse surrounded by guards, with his hands behind his back, and couldn't help but sigh. "His grandmother's, no wonder those grandsons want to tie their heads into the cavalry brigade, this military uniform, and then match this horse, and jump into the streets and alleys, and I'm afraid I won't find my daughter-in-law?"
People rely on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, and the uniforms of the cavalry brigade are the same as those of the 53rd Division, but as soon as they are paired with war horses, the effect is immediately apparent.
"When you see our scenery, you can't see when you're tired, in this desert, in winter, the wind blows on people and cuts with a knife, when those recruits are training, which thigh hasn't worn off a few layers of skin? In the summer, when you go to the grassland to run a horse, you have to worry about how to escape from the wolf's mouth if you fall behind, but you don't fall behind, those mosquitoes, flies and other things, a little careless enough for you to drink a pot. Yang Xing said.
", if you get cheap, you still sell well, cavalry training is hard, infantry training is not bitter?" Li Chengwen argued, "I think I also followed the division to Taonan to fight Baiyin Dalai and exterminated Tao Ketao." Can I not know what happened on the prairie? If you're bitter, let's change the two of us? ”
"You have the ability to say this to the master." Yang Xing teased, and seeing that Li Chengwen's tone was stagnant, Yang Xingzhi said that this guy with a bit of a bandit temper didn't have the courage to do so. If the dispatch in the army is changed if it wants, the prestige of the commander is gone.
"I'm not that stupid." Li Chengwen shouted in a low voice, begging for no interest.
"Okay, time is running out, today I went to kill Babu Zabu, and then come back, Lao Li, you talk about it." Yang Xing smiled and turned over to look at it. Ride away.
"Look at what, stand guard for Lao Tzu to stand guard, sentry sentry, what to do, if you let those bandits from the grassland sneak into Taonan, don't say it's you. Even I can't eat and walk around. Li Chengwen was bored, and when he saw that some of the soldiers under his command were looking at this side, he said angrily, and walked towards the temporary headquarters with his hands in his hands.
"Bad luck!" Plans can never catch up with changes, and a sudden rain adds many variables to a war that has long been doomed.
"Brigade, it seems that today's battle is more difficult than expected." Liu Zhendong looked at the ground in the distance that began to become blurry because of the water vapor, and frowned.
"The bait has been scattered, and at this time, it is too late to inform Li Nianxiang that they have retreated, and they can't let the judgment army eat the bait and then retreat. Inform the Chief of Staff and Shang Zhen. There is also a cavalry regiment of the 27th Division, and the original plan remains unchanged. You send another battalion, bring 6 heavy machine guns, and go to Shang Zhen, if the artillery regiment makes any mistakes, no one can calm the anger of the division. ”
"Yes, Brigade!"
Looking at the continuous rain, Yang Xing frowned. The rain couldn't have come at a better time. He had learned of the convergence of Qu Kuisu and Babu Zab, and the two rebel forces had merged. With the addition of three or four thousand people, things have also added a lot of trouble. But it's just a little troublesome, Yang Xing has absolute confidence in the strength of the cavalry brigade. It's not comparable to the rabble who have just been converted from herdsmen to cavalry.
And then there are always surprises, especially on the battlefield where the fighters are changing rapidly. Babu Zabu also threw a large number of scouts outside before setting out, among which some of the scouts who had gone the wrong way because of the rain accidentally discovered half of the cavalry regiment brought by Shang Zhen. 20 cannons, as well as a contingent of seven or eight hundred people, immediately caused the shock of the scouts.
A large number of Mongol troops came at the artillery. This is exactly what Yang Xing is most worried about.
"What's going on? According to the operational plan, there should not be a large force of cavalry approaching us at this time. ”
When the regimental staff officer heard the thunderous sound of horses' hooves, he couldn't help but change color. Because of the rain, the target of transporting the artillery to the designated place was postponed according to the original plan, for the sake of safety. Shang Zhen also set off three hours early, but once it rained, the ground became soft, and with a cannon weighing nearly a thousand catties, it had become a luxury to want to transport it within the specified time.
"It's not our cavalry, it's the Mongolian army, I don't have time to ask what is going on, prepare for battle." Shang Zhen entered the Baoding Army Crash School at 17, and it has been seven or eight years now, among which he has actively participated in the revolution, has been born and died several times, and he can be regarded as a person who has seen a big scene, and the telescope can not see far under the action of water vapor at this time. Shang Zhen decisively ordered, "Turn the gun head, the carriage surrounds the other three sides, six machine guns are placed in front, two on each side of the other three sides, in addition to the artillery, the 5th battalion gets on the car and prepares to meet the battle." The muzzle of the gun is flattened for me! ”
The gloomy sky was low, and the black horses were coming, their hooves splashing muddy water on the ground.
"It's the cannon of the Feng army!" Mozhigen on horseback was overjoyed, and the artillery of Tsarist Russia to aid Jebtsundamba VIII was hidden by his precious snow and left in Kulen, and the rest were directly given to his henchmen. Mo Rigen is just Qu Kuisu's subordinate, where can there be such a precious thing. I've heard that this kind of thing is really valuable. A door costs tens of thousands of taels of silver, which is not ordinarily expensive, and as for the weight, it is even more indisputable. Looking at the cannon in the distance, Mo Rigen seemed to see a pile of glittering real money and silver, tens of thousands of taels, how many cattle and sheep do you have to buy. Mozhigen had seen an occasional shelling and was deeply afraid of the power of the cannon, but the Russians said that it was very difficult for the cannon to hit a moving object, and it was very time-consuming to turn the muzzle. It's a pity that I heard that after all, I only heard that Mo Zhigen had never seen the lethality of the artillery group and the unparalleled deterrent power. When he was in Kulun, a cannonball cost dozens of yuan, and there was still money to buy it, so Zheba Danbuzun was reluctant to use it casually.
"Fire!"
Boom Boom –
The cannon group on the opposite side, the thick cannon hole, the cannon sound fell back, and the misty rain and fog could not hide the fire of the flash cannon.
Woooo
Shells whistled in.
Ahh
The terrible screams were drowned out by the rumbling cannons, and the rushing cavalry was ploughed alive by a few shells, and several wide roads were plowed. The shell hit the horse and exploded with a bang.
The burst of shrapnel cleared a large area of the vicinity into a no-man's land, with severed limbs and mist, and blood mist everywhere. What's more, half of the blown horse's head was thrown out of the air. Cloth to a handful of unlucky ghosts.
Many war horses suddenly went berserk and lost control under this sudden explosion. Immediately afterward, a second round of shells swollen. Once again, a bloody storm was set off among the frightened Mongolian cavalry.
"The Living Buddha is above, what the hell is this?" Many of the Meng soldiers, who were stunned by the violent explosion, came back to their senses with a frightened face.
A rush of anger, and then decline. At least the morale of the rebels has been knocked down by these two rounds of artillery fire. Shang Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, fighting with a courage, if the enemy army did not have the courage to fight fiercely, ten percent of the combat power would have played six or seven achievements.
"Spread out, spread out!" Mo Rigen was frightened and hissed and roared, but unfortunately under the rumbling artillery fire, personal roars did not have much effect after all. The formation of the Mongolian cavalry was completely pierced by artillery. The horse's hooves tread through the blood and stumps of the ground.
Due to the rush that was too fast before. At this time, it couldn't stop for a while, and the Mongolian cavalry, which was already in disarray, rushed to the Feng army.
"Finally got past the damn artillery."
At such a close distance, the artillery is no longer of much use. It's a pity that the Mongolian army was greeted not by the applause of victory, but by the rain of guns and eggs. Ordinary obstacles can't stop the impact of the horses, but no matter how strong the horsepower is, against this big guy weighing nearly a thousand catties, it is still a steel skeleton, even the horse looks a little angry. How is it possible to hit these German artillery?
"Fire!"
Machine gun. Rifle bullets rained down like a curtain of rain.
The Mongolian troops who rushed to the front were all beaten to pieces without exception. Red blood, white brains, and the muddy ground was everywhere. It was only a little muddy ground, and at this time it was a mess of red and black.
"Living Buddha, these people are evil ghosts from hell!" Some of the later timid people saw this infiltrating and terrifying scene, or forcibly reined in the horse. Or flee to the edge of the Fengjun position, there were not many regular troops in Outer Mongolia, and most of them were some generals raised by the princes in peacetime, and a lot of them were herdsmen, and they were suddenly combined. If you win the battle, everyone will be happy, and everyone will fight if you have a good wind, but if you hit the iron plate, your heart will not be so aligned.
The Feng army in front of him is like a hedgehog that is difficult to swallow, full of thorns. More than 2,000 Mongolian cavalry men were hit by their heads and bled out, and they didn't even catch the side of the Feng army, and under the shelling, machine guns, and rifle fire just now, more than 300 people were killed and wounded.
"Come back, give me back, bastards, you cowards!" Mo Rigen saw the scattered troops, his body trembled with anger, and the scout came back and said that the Feng army was only six or seven hundred people, and Qu Kuisu immediately asked him to bring two thousand people over, preparing to lead the other party with an absolute superiority of troops, and then converge with most of them, at this time, he didn't even touch the side of the Feng army, so he suffered heavy losses, so how could he go back and explain to Qu Kuisu? Thinking of Qu Kuisu's usual appearance of kindness and generosity, but in fact he was ruthless and vicious, and regarded human life like a mustard, Mo Rigen couldn't help but shudder in his heart.
"Damn, it's cool to fight with the Feng army." Liu Kangning held his rifle and shot at the target in his sight, and occasionally glanced at the machine gunner next to him with hope, if he could control that guy, that would be the real majesty. He used to be in Chahar, and he had only one battalion in his hands, and if he had encountered several times the cavalry of the rebels in such a sudden situation, he would have scattered and fled in all directions, and would have become the target of the enemy's pursuit. Unless it is relying on the terrain of absolute superiority and defending the ground, Liu Kangning still has some courage.
As for the current situation, relying on inferior troops, it is the first time that Liu Kangning has seen the rebels in disgrace. In addition, Liu Kangning further saw that Fengjun had a lot of money, and there were actually six machine guns out of twenty cannons. The last time I witnessed the battle between the 1,000 cavalry of the Feng army and the judgment army, there were also three. (To be continued......)