On the main road leading to Ulanqab City, a black convoy is moving slowly, the convoy composed of more than 30 cars, large and small, is definitely a miracle in this era, and what is even more miraculous is that this convoy actually appeared in the backward Qing State. Come on,.!

More than 30 vehicles lined up in a column and drove slowly on the grassland, and there was a transport team and rescue team composed of horse-drawn carriages not far from the rear of the convoy. No way, the reliability of cars at that time can be described as tragic, especially in Inner Mongolia, where road conditions are not good. Breakdowns occur from time to time, and the speed can be called turtle speed. Even some of the officers and soldiers of this convoy did not know what they were doing when they rushed to Inner Mongolia from the northeast! Don't look at the situation, but this team has a very domineering name: Assault Tiger Task Force!

The task force was selected from the experimental mechanized unit of the Northeast Armed Guard. The personnel and equipment are the best. Originally, they were supposed to appear as a firefighting team in the Northeast Theater, but with the transfer of a large number of Russian troops from the mainland to Japan, the Russian troops in the Northeast were already completely on the defensive and there was no need for them. And a large number of highly mobile Russian cavalry had already entered Inner Mongolia, in which case this experimental unit was sent to Inner Mongolia. As for why he didn't shoot a large number of artillery and infantry, Xu Jie still kept these troops to attack the fortress in Vladivostok, not to mention that the mobility of artillery and infantry was even more tragic.

In order to let this "mechanized army", which has frequent failures and extremely expensive costs, enter the battlefield, Beiyang has been busy with a lot of work. The officers and men of the Assault Tiger Task Force racked their brains to let these precious Dongdong enter the battlefield as completely as possible!

"In the savannah there are not so many pillboxes for you to fight, in order to reduce weight. Let's replace the 3-pounder gun with a 1-pounder gun or machine gun. An officer said after studying the enemy he was going to face.

"I heard that the traffic situation there is terrible and we need to prepare some spare parts to prepare for repairs. All vehicles should not be overloaded, and those that can be thrown to logistics will be given to logistics, and each vehicle should be brought as little as possible except for ammunition, fuel and food. Another officer said.

"We also need to have some heavy horses to transport supplies and accessories. Let the friendly forces prepare the ammunition or something. A certain officer in charge of logistics said rather shamelessly.

"We can replace the car with an engine equipped with a new nozzle carburetor and a magnetic lighter (this technique is historically introduced in 1901), and the reliability will be greatly improved." The officer in charge of the technique thought for a moment and said.

In this way, the officers and men of the Assault Tiger Task Force threw away everything that could be thrown away, and everything that could be done to the friendly forces. Then I got ready to go, and before I left. The busy Xu Jie actually took out precious time to review this army. To flatter the officers and men of the Assault Tiger Task Force.

"It's all armored Alto." When the elated Xu Jie saw the "armored units" improved by boxcars in front of him, he could be quite shocked.

"There is no way, the self-propelled artillery chariot improved by the steam tractor has really limited maneuverability after leaving the railway, and these little things are okay, and they can barely and probably, almost complete this long journey." Nie Shicheng said a little depressed, to be honest, he really didn't understand why Xu Jie insisted on sending such a force to the battlefield, in his opinion, it was already a miracle that this army could successfully reach the battlefield!

"Uh, okay." Thinking about the path that this "Armored Alto" needs to take, Xu Jie sensibly chose to shut up. First of all, they want to get on the boat in Lushun now, and then arrive in Tianjin, and the rest of the way has to be walked little by little on wheels, and in order to reduce the wear and tear of the engine, they even have prepared a large number of horses to pull the car forward!

Xu Jie also realized that this "armored force" that was not even shoddy might not really play a role, but Xu Jie, as a traverser, still had a bit of luck with these things. "Let's just boost domestic demand. Think of it as an experiment. If it doesn't work, you should spend money to buy a lesson. Xu Jie struggled deep in his heart.

If Peng Yi was opposed to the formation of this task force, Xu Jie reported the attitude of experimentation to form this task force. The high-level bigwigs are not optimistic about the actual combat capability of this armored force, but the officers and men of the Assault Tiger Task Force do not think so. The officers and soldiers led by captain Xu Jingrong made some serious plans for the future battle.

"In general, our enemy is mainly cavalry, with a certain amount of field artillery. Cavalry is more mobile than fortified, although our little ones are very vulnerable. But anti-bullet is not a big problem. The Russians did not have heavy artillery, and the lethality of shell fragments was not strong. As long as we do not enter the direct firing distance of the opponent's field artillery. Then we are safe. Xu Jingrong said.

"That is to say, we need to be more than 1km away from the opponent's artillery, and experiments have proved that a target as large as a combat vehicle is basically inaccurate beyond 1km, and it is difficult to hit even if it stops there for you to hit. Resolutely not attacking artillery positions from the front is our first operational principle! Vice Captain Chen Ming said.

"Although bullets can't penetrate our armor, grenades are almost enough, and a normal mine can make the tank fall apart. If a squad of cavalry rushes up and throws explosives or something, our vehicles will definitely not be able to carry it. Xu Jingrong pouted and said, how well he knew these "iron oaks" on the ground, but he had done experiments, and he used various weapons and various amounts of explosives to beat the simulated iron box in the shooting range without any trouble. Several times the result made him feel cold and cold.

"So the only way to protect yourself is to fight in groups, a single car or a squad can't deal with those suicide attackers, keep a distance, maintain enough firepower, and quickly evacuate when you perceive an unfavorable situation is the key to survival." After Chen Ming finished speaking, he took out a sketch he had drawn and said: "I suggest that 7 chariots form a V-shaped attack formation, 6 chariots equipped with machine guns are divided into two wings, and a chariot equipped with a 37-foot cannon is located at the top of the V-shape. Such a layout allowed the protection of vehicles equipped with heavy firepower, and the 37 guns could carry out indirect fire. If the opposing cavalry is to attack head-on, I recommend that the chariot unit immediately stop and increase the density of fire. ”

"Speaking of fire density, I have an idea, we can put two machine guns together, anyway, the machine gun emphasizes the amount of projection. And in doing so, when the machine gun on one side runs out, the other side can continue to shoot. Xu Jingrong patted his head and thought of a solution.

"Two heavy machine guns filled with 5kg of cooling water, it seems that the bracket has been strengthened again." Chen Ming pursed his lips and said with some disgrace, how crowded the chariot is, he knows how much he knows. It's hard to imagine adding another machine gun to the opening above. And it's hard to turn.

"That's okay, bring a light machine gun, don't need the exhaust cooling barrel, put it in the commander's position, and open a shooting hole in the front, that is, you don't need to make a major change, you can also increase the firepower of the enemy in the front." An officer thought for a moment and said.

In this way, under everyone's gossip, the entire fleet of chariots finally set off after a major change. Ten days later, the unit was on its way to Ulanqab. In front, Beiyang guarded the first fortress of Zhili. Behind it was the wagon of horses that provided logistics for these "noble" troops. The sky is blue overhead, the potholed road is under the feet, the outside is the endless grassland, and the inside is the upside-down occupant.

If there were no accidents, they would have spent the whole trip in boredom and had an armed parade on the grassland, but God did not let Xu Jingrong's Assault Tiger task force be at peace. A battalion of Russian cavalry suddenly appeared from the northwest, and the two sides quickly spotted each other.

The Russian battalion commander was very surprised, and suddenly saw a group of things crawling slowly on the road like iron turtles, which made him hesitate a little. "This thing looks like a car, and I remember seeing it at my eldest brother's wife's second aunt's house. It was supposed to be imported from Germany, which was very expensive. Why did you suddenly appear here? Could it be that some big official dragged his family over? This pomp is big enough, and the tsar will not take out more than 20 cars at once! "Yes, this buddy's first impression is that this thing is not used for war, and he regards killing weapons one by one as a luxury for dignitaries to show off!" Anyway, this is a big fish, let's talk about it! The Russian officer thought for a moment and paid attention. As everyone knows, although the big fish is good, if the fish is too big, it will eat people!

At the same time, Xu Jingrong and they also discovered the Russian cavalry. "Oh my God, this is the first battle! There are quite a few people on the other side, more than 400 people! Seeing the Russian cavalry in the distance, Xu Jingrong's first reaction was not the nervousness of the battle, but an excitement! Hurry, tanks with mortars and 1-pounder guns go to the inner line, and tanks with machine guns organize a line of defense on the perimeter! Xu Jingrong ordered.

Mortars are small and have a fast rate of fire and fierce firepower, which is very popular with the Beiyang armies, although the firing range is short, the accuracy is low, but in line with the idea that there is better than nothing, Xu Jingrong and others still decided to prepare some, of course, these mortars can not be launched in a mobile way, before fighting, the car should stop, and then unload dozens of kilograms of artillery from the car for design, and the self-defense weapon of this artillery truck has also been reduced to only one detachable light machine gun!

To say that the quality of the brethren of the Assault Tiger task force is still very high, and the combat readiness was completed in the shortest possible time, more than 30 combat vehicles of various types were lined up in two rings, the inner layer was a mortar truck and a Nga gun truck, and the outer layer was an "anti-infantry fighting vehicle" equipped with machine guns, and with the launch of a red signal flare, the mule and horse transport brigade in the rear also received the signal. began to hurriedly prepare for defense, but what made those frightened logistics troops laugh and cry was that the Russians didn't pay attention to the transport teams behind them at all, but stared at the "aristocratic big fish" in front of them!

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