"Stop, the roadbed in front seems to have been moved!" The burner at the observation post in front of the Youlong Type 1 armored train suddenly said into the microphone! The roadbed in front of it was turned over again, and there were some traces of heavy objects towing next to the roadbed, so it was obvious that the railway in front had been tampered with.

With a tooth-aching grinding sound, the roaring steel dragon finally asked for a foothold, since they received the task, the dragon has been running for 1 day and night, and it is about 20 kilometers away from the target station, at this time the train's route is next to the edge of a jungle, when the railway was built, in order to ensure a wide enough field of vision, all obstacles within 500 meters of the railway line have been cleared. The edge of the jungle is about 600 meters away from the railway.

"Huh?" Through the 8x telescope in his hand, Ye Ming saw some vague figures on the edge of the jungle. "The engineering team is ready to get out of the car to check the road situation, and all personnel are on alert." Ye Ming ordered. Then the bulletproof iron door in the carriage was opened, and several engineers, under the cover of their comrades, quickly rolled down from the land base and then walked to the front with a cat on their waists.

"Good guys, this is at least 20 kilograms of explosives. Once it explodes, it's enough to finish the carriage in front. "When he was still more than 10 meters away from the target, an engineer saw a shallow crater under the land base and estimated the size of the pit and the amount of explosives it could contain. Just as they were trying to clear the explosives, a sudden screaming sound from a distance made the people immediately stop the idea!

As a veteran of the last Russo-Chinese War, they can easily distinguish the sounds of various weapons and shells. The sound of this shell is very long, and it can be seen that it should be a mortar shell, and it is a mortar shell fired close to the limit. If it's just a shot, it doesn't matter much. Several engineers who came out of the front immediately looked for shelter nearby and lay down. Immediately after the shells landed, they got up and prepared to run back to the train in a low profile, and now the situation is clear, they were ambushed, so don't be delusional about defusing the bombs.

At the same time, the machine guns and mortars on the Youlong No. 1 also began to look for targets to shoot, and the scale of the opponent was definitely not small. The cavalry that can carry mortars is at least 2 companies or more. But then, the successive shelling made Ye Ming have to reassess the situation in front of him, "The other party is at least a battalion!" Ye Ming frowned and said as he looked at the smoke rising around his carriage.

The opponent's artillery attack point is very clear. It was the section of the roadbed where the explosives were placed, and they wanted to detonate them, because it was a long-range raid by cavalry, so they couldn't have enough wires with them. A few hundred meters of wire and the corresponding detonating device seemed to them to be far less realistic than a pressure mine as a detonating device. But once this trap is discovered. If you want to detonate again, you can only use picric acid high-explosive shells fired from mortars. Fortunately, the Russians marked the distance from the beginning, so even at the extreme range, it could still hit, and with a deafening loud bang, more than ten meters of rails and sleepers were blown into the sky, and the path of Youlong 1 was completely blocked.

It is definitely not the style of the Chinese army to just be beaten and not fight back, and the mortars are arranged on the edge of the jungle because of the immature relationship between the ballistics, and the reason is very simple. The mortar's curved trajectory can easily hit tree branches, and sensitive high-explosive shells will explode as a result. THEREFORE, THE MORTAR POSITION OF THE RUSSIANS IS ABOUT 700 METERS AWAY FROM THE YOULONG 1, AND BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUOUS FIRING, THE CHINESE ARMY IS EASY TO LOCK ON THE OPPONENT'S POSITION, AND SOON, THE TWO 82MM MORTARS ON THE YOULONG 1 SPEWED OUT TONGUES OF FIRE, AND AFTER A SHORT 7 BURSTS, THE ENTIRE RUSSIAN LIGHT MORTAR POSITION WAS BLOWN TO PIECES. And at this time, the battle between the two sides officially began.

"Ready, brethren, there is a fat sheep waiting for us to slaughter." A Russian sergeant said as he carried a cluster grenade into his arms, and behind him were more than two dozen daredevils who were also armed with cluster grenades. This is the second plan of the Russians, that is, under the cover of smoke bombs and heavy firepower, let the death squad throw these extra-large grenades weighing more than 3KG onto the train with the help of the inertia of horses, the Russians do not have medium-caliber cannons, so the only thing they can rely on in the face of this steel monster is explosives.

Bang bang bang! As shells exploded in the air, a smoke screen slowly obscured Youlong 1's vision. Then a hurried sound of horses' hooves came from the opposite side. The opposing cavalry began to charge! 600 meters, just to allow the horses to increase their speed to the maximum distance, at this time the tactics of the Russians are very similar to the tactics of the flintlock cavalry of the year, that is, rush over, then attack, turn away, the only difference is that the flintlock pistol in the hand is replaced by a cluster grenade.

But one thing is the same, that is, the flintlock pikemen were not very good back then, and the hands of the Russians were not very good either! Although only the general direction of the road can be known, the dense bullet rain of Youlong 1 still blocks the entire attack point through blind fire, the length of Youlong 1 itself is only a car in its early 20s, but on this carriage section, there are more than 10 machine guns constantly strafing, and the dense bullet rain instantly forms a tight fire net to tear any enemy who dares to challenge his authority to pieces. Although nothing could be seen, the curses coming from one end of the smoke screen, the neighing of the horses, and the wails of the wounded soldiers could already tell the outcome of the men.

After all, some people can still get away with rushing out of the smoke screen, several cavalry rushed out of the smoke screen at a rapid speed, at this time they were only about 200 meters away from the train, but the last two hundred meters became a curse that they could not cross! Suddenly, the dense firepower broke out in an instant, and the muzzles of the flames spewing from the side walls of the carriage directly dismembered the bodies of these survivors. In just a few seconds, the cavalry of a platoon or so participating in the assault was torn to pieces by the dense fire!

Major Galev, who was in charge of the ambush operation, waved his hand expressionlessly and signaled to continue the battle! More cavalrymen, armed with grenades and even packets of explosives, charged towards the steel dragon, which was constantly spitting tongues of fire in the distance. THE REST OF THE ARTILLERY PUSHED FORWARD THE 82MM MORTARS AND A FEW 3-POUNDER GUNS THAT THE RUSSIAN CAVALRY REGARDED AS TREASURES, AND AT THIS TIME MAJOR GALEV KNEW VERY WELL THAT IN THE FACE OF THE FIRE NETWORK COMPOSED OF MACHINE GUNS AND RAPID-FIRE GUNS, IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO RELY ON CAVALRY CHARGE ALONE, AND IT WAS STILL NECESSARY TO SHOOT 3-POUNDER GUNS AND MORTARS AT CLOSE RANGE TO REALLY CRACK THESE IRON BOXES.

Some people say that the Cossacks are the best cavalry in this world, they are fierce, they have been dealing with weapons and horses since childhood, and all kinds of combat skills and war sensitivities have penetrated into the bone marrow. And judging from the war between Napoleon and Russia that year, these Cossack cavalry did a really good job of intercepting the opponent's logistics line. But in fact, this understanding is biased, the Cossack cavalry is indeed a good hand at raiding or sneak attacking, but if you fight head-on or face a strong fortress, in the case of a long battle without victory, the Cossack cavalry, which lacks discipline and is used to being free and scattered, will plummet in combat effectiveness. Discipline is always the guarantee of the army's combat effectiveness, and without ironclad chances, no matter how strong one's individual ability is, it will not be able to give full play.

And now the Cossack cavalry, which once roamed Eastern Europe and Central Asia, encountered the last thing they wanted to see: strong defenses, fierce firepower, and determined warriors! In the face of waves of Cossack cavalry, the fire of the Maximine machine gun was slightly insufficient under the interference of the smoke screen, and the direction of attack of the Russian cavalry was very flexible, they would not hit the side of the train with strong firepower head-on, the dragon armored train was like a land warship, and its most powerful place was the fierce and dense fire of the side chord. And the encounter of the first wave of cannon fodder has proved that rushing directly to the side is looking for death. So they chose to attack the end of the train.

The first and last ends of the train are mainly miscellaneous cars and locomotives, as well as coal cars. Although there were some armaments on these vehicles, they were still somewhat powerless in the face of the surging Russian cavalry onslaught. Moreover, the Russians attacked both ends of the train at the same time, so that the Youlong would not be able to distance itself whether it was moving forward or backward. After paving the way with blood and lives, the Russians' "cavalry demolition squad" finally gradually approached the target, and the cavalry with the head was less than 80 meters away from the train at this time! By this time they had already entered the blind spot of most of the machine guns, and it was no longer possible to stop the assault of these cavalry with rifles and a small number of light machine guns, and in the eyes of the Russians, it seemed that everything was decided!

Bang bang bang! Suddenly, a rapid sound came from the middle of the train, and the 37MM cannon on the Youlong No. 1 began to fire at the highest rate of fire, and in just a few seconds, the 25 rounds of ammunition were all wiped out, and the grenades with high trajectory were used to draw an arc in the air, and the 25 shells rushed into the formation of the Russian cavalry like a fiery snake, accompanied by a series of explosions, the charging formation of the Russian cavalry fell down as if it was harvested by several sickles! The killing of picric acid explosives combined with shrapnel is definitely the most lethal for unprotected cavalry, and the shells after the air explosion are like a rain of bullets in the sky, obliterating a large number of cavalry!

But after the hasty shelling, there were still some people who rushed to the locomotive of the train! A distance of about 50 meters! As long as you go a little further, you can throw the explosive bag in your hand on the train, even if there is armor protection, the huge vibration will still cause some damage to the train!

"It's a pity." Looking at these hideous-looking Russian cavalry and the explosives package in their hands, a Chinese soldier pulled a lever beside him slightly, and then a low muffled sound came from the side of the car body, and something the size of a grenade suddenly popped out of the opening next to the train, and then exploded, and in an instant the side of the train car was wrapped in a barrage composed of steel balls, and all the creatures within a radius of 40 meters were destroyed by this sudden blow, and the Russian cavalry didn't even know what it was hit. There was a slight muffled sound next to it, and then a row of cylindrical objects exited from either side of the train, and then a rain of bullets tore itself to shreds.

Thanks to the book friend 057171 and Hanfeng Tang Yun for their tips, as well as the book friend IanMonne's monthly pass and recommendation ticket~~~. Today I recommend the most after the day, I hope you can support a lot~~. (To be continued......)