Soon, the first group of the enemy, a dozen scattered cavalrymen, appeared on the top of the grassy slope in front of the machine-gun company, cautiously stopping to watch, apparently the reconnaissance unit at the head, and the machine-gun squads were hidden in the bushes at the edge of the grove, waiting for the fighters without firing a single shot.

A few minutes later, more Russian cavalry poured up to the top of the slope, spread out in formation, and the whole team went downhill, followed by large and small carriages and artillery carriages, and a long column of machine guns and cannons was erected on the top of the slope.

Zhang Xinyu, who came to the front line to monitor the enemy's situation, saw it really in the binoculars, and hurriedly asked someone to answer the telephone of the cavalry artillery battalion and personally substitute the enemy situation and artillery bombardment to the artillery hidden in the woods.

"First concentrate the fire on the enemy artillery and machine guns on the top of the slope, and hand over the enemy's vanguard to the machine gun company, and ...... after the suppression is successful."

Only halfway through the explanation, the enemy's cannon on the top of the slope suddenly spewed out a stream of eye-catching fireworks, and the machine gun also spit out a shallow orange-red tongue of fire, and swept into the woods without a head, only to hear the roar and explosion around it, and a coniferous tree with the thickness of a sea bowl was blown off by the waist, the branches flew wildly, and the upper half of the trunk fell to the ground with a clatter, and the residual leaves and branches that rushed up made Zhang Xinyu's face confused.

scolded a few dirty words, wiped his face indiscriminately, patted his clothes, Zhang Xinyu raised the microphone and tried it, it was okay, although there was an impulse in his heart, he wanted to kill the past and fight in one go, but the command quality accumulated over the years since entering the military academy kept reminding him: "If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, the enemy is outnumbered, if you want to succeed in counterattacking in one fell swoop, you have to work hard from suddenness, you have to wait, and wait until the enemy's large army shows its face......"

"Without my order, no fire is allowed, and violators will be dealt with by military law!"

Ignoring the urging on the other end of the phone line. Zhang Xinyu resolutely ordered.

Seeing that the dozen or so Russian cavalry who were beating the head rushed all the way to the edge of the woods, finally some people couldn't hold it back, and several shots were fired together, and the two Russian soldiers fell off their horses in response, and the rest turned their horses and fled at full speed.

Seeing this, Zhang Xinyu was angry and anxious, but he didn't have the time to investigate the responsibility, the situation was urgent, and he couldn't watch the exposed machine gun company's position covered by enemy fire, so he clenched his fists and ordered angrily: "The artillery battalion listens to the order, all of them have it." Target - enemy fire position on the opposite slope, shrapnel shells, thirty rounds of rapid fire, start! ”

Then quickly connected the machine gun company: "Who fired the gun just now!" I don't have time to investigate it now, so I'll repeat it again after the last minute, no fire is allowed without my orders! There is another violation of the order. Let's take you first and ask Company Commander Xu! ”

Zhang Xinyu didn't know what to say. At this moment, his 29th Cavalry Brigade is facing an enemy with one infantry division, one infantry brigade and two cavalry divisions, more than ten times his strength, five or six times his artillery, and even more than 20 armored vehicles.

At that time, he also did not know that the 29th Cavalry Brigade was not alone, on its left flank. The 2nd Battalion of the 31st Cavalry Brigade and the 1st Cavalry Artillery Battalion and 1 Machine Gun Company were deployed. It is equipped with a 1st Battalion of 16 Brigades of Combat Vehicles, with nearly 1,000 officers and soldiers and more than 30 combat vehicles; On its right flank, the 3rd Cavalry Brigade and most of the brigade's mounted artillery battalion and machine gun company were deployed, and the 1st Battalion of the 13th Brigade was equipped with more than 1,200 officers and men and more than 20 combat vehicles.

Commander Xiao mentioned it only in the order. When necessary. You can apply for heavy artillery support directly under the headquarters, Zhang Xinyu's understanding is. There is no need to waste valuable heavy artillery ammunition in the rear until you see a large enemy force.

There was a rapid sound of artillery in the woods in the rear, and the oppressive feeling of 75mm caliber shrapnel scrambling overhead made Zhang Xinyu's scalp numb and full of joy, and in the telescope, the top of the slope full of cannons and machine guns was instantly covered by dense fireworks-

The large group of Russian cavalry, which had already descended the slope, quickly judged the location of the artillery fire, and quickly divided into three teams: one team dismounted and cautiously approached the woods from the front, and the other two teams outflanked from both sides of the woods, intending to cut off the rear road of the Chinese army.

Zhang Xinyu saw it in his eyes, and naturally he would not sit still, and gave an order into the microphone, "Fight!" On the position of the machine gun company, twelve 7.92 mm caliber heavy machine guns sprayed a total of thousands of rounds of bullets per minute, and more than 100 short-barreled cavalry guns belonging to the cavalry company also aimed and fired continuously, and the dense bullets swept a large area of bare and black ground into dust, and the Russian cavalry galloping on them fell one after another like dead leaves in a storm after autumn - although there were many brave and enthusiastic people, they simply turned their horses' heads and rushed to the Chinese machine gun position in the face of the rain of bullets. The emotionless blazing bullet smashed them into a mess of meat even faster! After less than a quarter of an hour of artillery fire, thousands of corpses of men and horses covered the slope in front of the grove, and the top of the slope, the machine guns and cannons were smoking, however, this was not enough to celebrate the victory, Zhang Xinyu knew very well that the price of this little superficial victory was likely to be the failure of the entire ambush operation.

When the silhouette of a long row of armored vehicles with two turrets slowly emerged from the top of the slope with black smoke, Zhang Xinyu broke out in a little cold sweat on his forehead.

"The cavalry artillery battalion listens to the order, all of them have it, take the top of the slope as the benchmark to advance 200 meters, high-explosive grenades, ten blocking shots, start!"

"The machine guns even listened to the order, all of them, reloaded with No. 3 bullet chains, targeted the enemy's armored vehicles, and when the enemy approached within 200 meters, they fired at one vehicle with a platoon, and indeed destroyed the rear of one vehicle and turned to attack another vehicle......"

After issuing this long list of orders in one breath, Zhang Xinyu immediately observed from the perspective that the Russian infantry in white uniforms and gray pants scattered like sprinkling beans followed closely behind the armored vehicles painted in grass green, pouring down from the top of the slope with a bang, and there was no end in sight.

Zhang Xinyu gritted his teeth, grabbed the phone crank and turned it around a few times, lifted the microphone, and said in as peaceful a tone as possible: "I am Zhang Xinyu, the commander of the 29th Cavalry Brigade, please pick up Commander Xiao for me." ”

A few minutes later, with one terrible whistling sound after another, rows of powerful artillery shells exploded on the carpet of armored vehicles and infantry, and one armored vehicle after another was either overturned or fell into a crater with a diameter of several meters......

In order to repel the enemy troops who broke through as soon as possible, Lieutenant General Xiao Bin also spared no expense. The 240-mm heavy mortar battalion attached to the group army, the 150-mm heavy howitzer battalion attached to the 8th Army, the 105-mm light howitzer battalion of two infantry divisions plus two 75-mm field artillery battalions, a total of 99 artillery pieces (including 9 240-mm heavy mortars) were concentrated.

I saw that the Russian armored convoy that was still vigorous at the beginning was mostly annihilated in the overwhelming artillery fire within a few minutes, and the few who were lucky enough to break through the Chinese machine gun position were successively beaten into a steel sieve by tungsten alloy armor-piercing bullets sprinkled with scoops. Smoke and smoke, fire and fire, and most of the surviving crew members who opened the hatch to escape became the prey of the 97-style cavalry spears in the hands of the cavalrymen.

"When the time comes, I order you to immediately lead a charge and press the enemy back."

Finally, he heard Commander Xiao Bin's order clearly from the huge explosions that were happening one after another, but Zhang Xinyu was a little hesitant.

"Commander. Can you play for another five minutes? I'm still too thin here......"

"Even if you are thin, you have to rush. Tank units have already launched assaults from both sides of the salient...... I'll tell you the truth, there are no shells, the old bottom is all planed, and then, it's all up to you to fight with meat, understand? ”

"Understood—"

It doesn't matter if you don't understand, Zhang Xinyu's own cavalry artillery battalion is almost running out of shells, tactics, strategies, and everything can be thrown out of the clouds, and there is only one thing left to do: get on the horse! Draw the knife! Charge!

Step on the "electric dragon" that has been restless and its hooves are digging straight into the ground. Zhang Xinyu galloped on his horse. Through the artillery positions in the forest with scattered branches and bullet casings, they came to the hidden position of the main force of the Central Land Brigade in the hollows behind the forest.

"All-up-on-horse!"

The "electric dragon" ran past the front of the position with a puff of smoke and dust, and Zhang Xinyu's rough voice evoked a large rapid leather friction sound.

The suicide note is not written, the stomach is full or hungry, and the urine is not in a hurry, at this moment, no one will. And no one dared to care.

"Battalion 1 comes with me. Go around the left side of the forest, and the 2nd battalion will follow Camp Commander Zhao. Go around the right side of the forest, and spread out in front of the left and right sides of the forest. At that time, each battalion will be deployed into the first line with 1 and 2 companies, rushing to the top of the slope, and will not stop until the assembly call is heard! 3. The company is a reserve, and the column follows up and attacks at any time. All of them have - go! ”

The sound of horses' hooves, the horse's tail swaying, the two battalions of cavalry immediately divided into two roads, quickly bypassed the grove, unfolded the formation, before they could breathe, more than a dozen military trumpets successively blew two long and two short "forward" orders, under the guidance of the bright red military flag, rows of war horses trotted longitudinally, and marched together, the cavalry in columns drew out the sabers on their waists, the back of the knife was on their shoulders, and they waited calmly.

The slope in front of the forest has been bombarded into the surface of the moon by the dense artillery bombardment like a storm, scattered with large and small craters, twisted and crooked armored vehicle wreckage, and sparse human stumps, which are not suitable for cavalry galloping, so Zhang Xinyu wanted to charge from both sides of the forest with better ground conditions, however, the Russian army that woke up also knew that the front of the forest was not easy to fight, and the follow-up troops were rushing to both sides of the forest to detour, just colliding head-on with the two counterattack troops of the 29th Brigade-

Losing the cover of armored vehicles, the Russian infantry hastily set up their machine guns and lined up in formation, but it must have taken a lot of time to switch from a loose offensive formation to a dense cavalry phalanx on a gentle grassy slope without concealment, braving the heavy fire of the opponent.

Of course, Zhang Xinyu would not give the other party the opportunity to calmly set up a formation and then leisurely use his troops as a target.

The poignant charge horn sounded, the cavalry of the 29th Brigade raised their sabers one after another, and the war horses under their crotches began to accelerate, faster and faster, chasing the wind, with the wind, throwing dust and grass, like lightning, and the rumbling sound of horses' hooves flooded the entire grass slope!

The machine gun in front of him spewed out a dazzling tongue of fire, rows of rifles were fired together, bullets continued to whizz past his ears one after another, and in front of the right, his comrades who were eating in the same pot suddenly stiffened, and the saber raised to the top of his head suddenly fell, and the reins were loosened, and the whole person fell to one side softly, but his body fell to the ground, one foot was still hanging on the stirrup, but the strongest war horse in his battalion continued to rush at full speed by inertia, dragging the unknown master to crash into the enemy formation that shot bullets one after another!

Closer, closer, this second, the next second, the saber can be flattened, see his face clearly, collide - facing the stabbing of the forest!

Under the impact of tall and strong Anglo-Norman mixed race war horses in rows, the still loose and messy Russian battle line collapsed in an instant like a dam broken by a flood peak, and the knocked human body beautifully drew a parabola with spiral rotation motion in the air, and under the trampling of iron hooves, a large amount of crimson blood, twitching and beating internal organs, and tofu-like brains burst out......

With the momentum of a warhorse, the sharp saber only needs to turn the blade sideways at the target, a small flick, a head, half an arm, or a huge wound that spurts blood, or just air - the disgrace of the cavalry!

Don't stop! Can't stop! The top of the slope is almost here!

Zhang Xinyu was anxious to see the scene behind the slope, not out of curiosity, nor for the purpose of calculating victory or defeat.

It's just that subconsciously anxious, subconsciously, want to be the first to see, that picture that is expected or frightening.

It's another beautiful one-handed diagonal cut, which should have been cut to the neck bone, right?

Zhang Xinyu, who had no intention of checking the results of the battle, and was bent on rushing forward, finally climbed to the top of the slope first, slightly reined in the panting "electric dragon", and looked at it, on the other side of the grassy slope, only the wounded soldiers on the slope were left behind, and in the distance, the people and horses and vehicles were chaotic, and they went away like a low tide - the enemy retreated?

Raising the telescope on his chest, Zhang Xinyu saw that farther away, dozens of heavy chariots with billowing smoke and dust were blocking the enemy's retreat, rushing back and forth, no one could stop them, so majestic!

"Damn, I didn't sacrifice my ...... even if I wanted to"

Zhang Xinyu laughed a few times, glanced back at his subordinates who were still slashing and killing the remnants of the enemy army, and lowered his head and patted the hot and sweaty shoulders of the "Electric Dragon": "Even if that's the case, I don't have anything to feed you...... Brother, let me ask, do you eat meat? "Climb ^ book ^ net, this chapter is first published by "".