After breaking through the first line of defense of the Soviet army, the tank units of the Ming army encountered minefields in several places. Fortunately, the minefields of the Soviet army were obviously not carefully laid, but more or less a feeling of coping with the demands of their superiors. There are two types of mines, anti-tank mines and anti-infantry mines. The density of smaller anti-infantry mines is normal, but the density of larger anti-tank mines is very low, and the depth of the minefield is very shallow. The Ming army did not even let the engineer units clear the mines, but only put the mine-clearing tanks in the front, and the tank units still maintained their original formation and advanced forward.

The minesweeping tank used by the Ming army now is a front-mounted structure, that is, like a combine harvester, there is a row of very wide drums in front of it that are rotating rapidly, and more than a dozen large iron chains on the drum whip the ground with great force to directly detonate the mine. Unlike the combine, the minesweeper uses a long steel forearm to hold the minesweeper far away to avoid damage to the tank itself.

However, this method of "whipping and detonating" demining is only suitable for clearing anti-infantry mines. To detonate an anti-tank mine, you have to have more force, either with a large iron front device like a road roller, or a rear device like a tractor on a plough to turn the mine out of the dirt and then detonate it by a sapper. Now the Ming army is eager to attack, and they can't wait to transport the bulky stuff from the rear, so they directly cleared the infantry mines, and drove all the way with tanks, and there were really not many tanks that were hit. Moreover, the Ming army is now an attacking force, and the damaged tanks along the way can generally be repaired. Especially for this kind of blowing up the track, directly remove the two sections that are blown up, replace the spare track link, and install it.

The southern route troops of the Ming army were the main offensive force and advanced along the road. On this road there were many residential areas and oases, and they encountered the most Soviet troops. In the afternoon of the same day, the vanguard of the Ming army encountered the Soviet armored forces about 15 kilometers north of the road and 6o kilometers from Yumen.

And encountering the Soviet armored forces, this is also what the front-line commander of the Ming army has been looking forward to. They knew that there was no doubt that a tank battle would follow with the Soviet armored forces, and they could not avoid it. And when the armored forces of the Soviet army came into play, it means that the Soviet positional defense zone has broken through. The second line of defense is composed of armored mobile units.

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The scale of the first tank battle was not large, both sides were about the size of a battalion, that is, several dozen vehicles. Obviously, both sides were only confrontations between reconnaissance units, which were of a fire reconnaissance nature. The main tank force of the Soviet army is still the BT fast tank, galloping fast on the Gobi full of bushes and grass, dragging up curtain-like sand and dust in the rear, and the commander leans out half of his body, waving signal flags, and coordinating with his subordinate tanks...... Obviously, these fast tanks knew that their armor, firepower, and long-range artillery skills were inferior to the Ming tanks, and the only thing they were able to defeat was the same: degree. The Soviet tanks were relying on their heights and were approaching the Ming tanks quickly, preventing the Ming tanks from wielding a long-range advantage.

At this time, the vanguard tanks of the Ming army stopped in place and began to shoot at the Soviet tanks like fixed artillery. The sound of artillery rumbled, the smoke and dust drifted one after another, and the Soviet tanks began to suffer casualties after entering a distance of 1ooo meters, and from time to time the tanks were hit, some stopped burning, and some continued to charge with flames. By the last few hundred meters, Soviet tank casualties had increased significantly, and about a tenth of the tanks had already been shot.

After the two sides got close, the scuffle began. The steel behemoths roared and staggered past each other, their turrets turning, aiming at each other with malicious intent, spewing fireballs and smoke every few seconds......

As expected, in this battle of strength and weakness, the victory or defeat will soon come out. The Ming army surpassed the Soviet army in terms of firepower, armor, radio communication, and combat experience, and only lost 6 tanks of its own, while 24 tanks of the Soviet army were destroyed, and the remaining 20 or so vehicles were about to leave the battlefield and retreat.

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The initial victory of the tank battle was high, and the tank units of the Ming army marched along the road to the Yumen area. It's May, and the hot and dry southeast wind often blows, kicking up dense sand and dust. This wind came at the right time, because it could cover the movements of the Ming army and allow the political tank units of the Ming army to hide in the tent of the yellow sand mantle. What's even more valuable is that the wind is southeast, and the Ming army is attacking from west to east, basically with a tailwind.

At dusk, the wind and sand stopped.

After dark, the armored units of the Ming army continued to advance in the bright moonlight. The actions of this vanguard force, which had several thousand vehicles, were very well planned before the attack. The direction of action, the distance of the workshop and the degree of travel are precisely calculated. Dimmed lights made of gasoline cans indicated the marching route. The carefully maintained vehicles of the regiments were moving quickly towards Yumen Pass, which was dozens of kilometers away.

In the moonlight, the desert is as white as snow. The officers and men were highly excited, but at the same time highly nervous. Indeed, after a hard, hard-won victory during the day, now at night, the soldiers were expecting the night attack to have the desired effect and to take the Soviets by surprise.

In fact, the Ming army's move was completely unexpected by the Soviet army. Because night marching and even night fighting were originally considered a "difficult maneuver" in military operations. All officers and generals who have graduated from military academies know that there is no absolute necessity for such a thing, and it is better not to do it. In particular, the night march of armored units has set extremely high demands on the training and quality of the troops, the skillful coordination between various units, and the command art of commanders at all levels. In the past offensive battles of the Ming army's armored forces, they basically advanced quickly during the day and camped on the spot at night. There are very few things that have been pushed forward overnight. The Soviet army never imagined that the Ming army had just experienced a bloody battle during the day this time, and dared to advance overnight by taking advantage of the moonlight, and even the troops did not rest, so they forcibly marched day and night.

This arduous and bold move of the Ming army immediately reaped tangible benefits. First of all, the huge armored troops could only hide their scale by the wind and sand during the day, but now they are completely hidden in the field of vision of the Soviet army by taking advantage of the night. At night, neither side can send planes to reconnoiter the other. Then there is a military saying: the night is always the ally of the brave.

Secondly, the greater benefit is that the Soviet army was taken by surprise.

In the moonlight, the Ming armored troops arrived at the town of Yumen at about twelve o'clock in the night after a slow march of five hours. It wasn't until he heard the rumbling sound of motivation coming from a short distance outside the town that a Soviet tank regiment stationed in the town woke up and hurriedly called his superiors for advice. At this time, a large number of tanks of the Ming army were almost rushing to the open space where the tanks were parked.

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