The distance between the oncoming Tang Empire's ironclad convoy and the Dutch cavalry quickly shortened, and when it approached the kilometer range, the Dutch cavalry regiment began to gallop at full speed.

On the other hand, more than 20 Gray Wolf armored heavy machine gun vehicles that rushed to the first line began to slow down, and lined up in a horizontal formation, and the off-road speed quickly decreased from 23 kilometers per hour to 5~6 kilometers per hour.

This speed is almost the speed of ordinary people walking in big strides, or the speed of morning exercise.

The commander of the armored convoy raised the red flag in his hand and shook it from side to side a few times, indicating that all members were in combat mode.

The ammunition feeders on both sides of the heavy machine gun held on to the support legs, and the heavy machine gunners sitting in the back pointed their guns at the Dutch cavalry with a cold expression.

Through the gaps in the steel heavy machine gun shields, they could clearly see the excited faces of the screaming Dutch cavalry, as well as the shiny sabers wielding in their hands.

When the distance between the two sides was rapidly approaching within 300 meters, the commander gave an order, and the advancing armored heavy machine gun vehicles stopped one after another, and then made people's scalps tingle "Da Da Da...... Dada......" The sound of shooting came out.

The distance is too close, the target is too big, and it is difficult to miss.

The 22 armored heavy machine gun vehicles at the forefront spewed fierce tongues of fire, as if the 22 flame scythes of the Grim Reaper were frantically slashing past, and they were injured when they were touched, and they were killed when they touched.

The charging Dutch cavalry regiment seemed to be punched head-on by an invisible giant hand, tumbling and falling down at high speed, and tumbling with the force of great inertia.

In an instant, smoke and dust rose, and the terrifying sound of heavy gunfire accompanied by screams resounded all over the place, making people feel chills from the bottom of their hearts.

The heavy machine gun bullets were so lethal that they created a wall of blood mist in the Dutch cavalry regiment, a wall of blood mist of death, and the Dutch cavalry rushed into it with no life or death.

It seems that there is still no end to it

The scalp-numbing heavy machine gun fire lasted only 4~5 minutes, and the commander of the armored vehicle waved a green flag and shouted "ceasefire", and there was a momentary silence on the battlefield.

However, fear spread among the Dutch army and soon reached a tipping point......

The smoke and dust swept away by the cavalry charge, and in front of him was a tragic scene of unilateral slaughter.

The 1,109 Dutch cavalry, along with the carcasses of their horses, were scattered in a strip of less than 1.2 square kilometers, and the closer they got to the ironclad convoy, the more corpses piled up.

The severed limbs and arms broken by heavy machine guns spread all over the field, and the strong smell of blood filled the field, and in the brighter sunlight of the morning, it looked extremely tragic and helpless.

Look at it all

The officers and men of the Dutch second-line defensive positions, who were still under artillery bombardment, were seized by great fear in their bodies and minds, and the collapse threshold instantly broke through the critical point.

The bullets fired at the armored vehicle grazed a long and dazzling spark, or simply collapsed, and it could not hurt the steel monster at all, and the bullets hit the body as if tickling.

In particular, the Dutch officers and soldiers saw that the armored convoy, which symbolized death, was activated again, and they split into two and swooped towards the second and third lines of the Dutch army......

Desperate screams followed, and unsurprisingly, the Dutch army collapsed on all fronts, including the Dutch positions on the third line.

The terrified Dutch soldiers don't know what the origin of this invulnerable iron guy is?

It looks like a devil's chariot from hell, and the tongue of fire that the heavy machine gun shoots and spews is like a flaming scythe from hell that harvests human lives.

It was so terrible that everyone wanted to get away from this gray-black armored vehicle with a strong smell of death and flee to a far place.

This time

The brutal and unsatisfactory supervision mechanism of the European armies did not play a role, and the defensive positions of the second and third lines of the breastwork collapsed at the same time. The terrified Dutch soldiers scurried around like a dam burst.

The tracked armored vehicle landed on the world battlefield for the first time, and when it appeared again, it won a full house and achieved a huge victory that is difficult to replicate.

The remaining 50,000 Dutch troops fled on all fronts, and the officers and soldiers of the Second Corps of the Imperial Royal Praetorian Guard, which had approached within 700 meters, immediately accelerated their pursuit, covering the past like a tide......

The follow-up troops of the armored division led by Brigadier General Tang ~ Li Yi also joined the battlefield, and the transport trucks carrying the soldiers followed closely behind the armored convoy and pursued the soldiers of the Dutch army who fled all over the mountains.

In the midst of chaos

It can be clearly seen that with 2~3 armored platoons as a unit, they cooperated with the infantry to carry out efficient encirclement and suppression, and achieved great results.

Wherever the Dutch commanders did their best to gather their forces and organize them to resist step by step, they were the key targets.

The armored vehicles rushed over, a few cannon shots, and then heavy machine guns took turns to strafe the plough, and it didn't take long for the Dutch soldiers, who had just gathered, to collapse again.

Looking up, the Dutch who fled all over the mountains only hated their parents for missing two legs, and they were really scared of their guts.

The defeat is like a mountain, and it is difficult to save the gods when they come.

Upper Indragili is located in the central region of Sumatra, a flat and vast area with few hilly highlands, and is a traditional agricultural and pastoral area on the island, which has been cultivated for more than 1,000 years.

To the north is the county of Lower Indrajili, which is bordered by the Straits of Malacca and is hilly and far away from Singapore and the Malay Peninsula on the opposite side.

To the south of Upper Indrajili County is West Sumatra Province, which has large forests and continuous mountain ranges at an altitude of 1200~2600 meters, and countless undeveloped lands.

Such geographical conditions determined that a large-scale attack from the Upper Indelagi region would be relatively advantageous to the large corps of the empire, and the Dutch army would be more difficult to defend.

In the vast wilderness of Upper Indraji

The defeated Dutch army was running everywhere, and behind them was a massive pressure on the field troops of the Imperial Royal Guard, in full pursuit.

An armored convoy broke away from the battlefield at high speed, circled from the flanks, and formed a clear left hook trajectory, heading towards the county town of Upper Indragili, about 8 kilometers behind the Dutch army.

There is a wide river not far from the east side of the county town of Upper Indrajili, and there are 4 historic stone bridges on the river, as long as the stone bridges are occupied, the retreat of the Dutch army can be completely cut off, and the enemy's heavy army group can be completely annihilated.

This armored convoy was tasked with capturing the stone bridge and preventing the passage of any routed troops.

The Gray Wolf armored vehicle showed excellent off-road performance, speeding all the way across rice fields and ravines, and it took only more than half an hour to occupy several stone bridges and repel the Dutch soldiers guarding the stone bridges.

At this point, victory is firmly in the hands of hand.

"Brother 71, this armored division you have made up is eye-catching!

In particular, the armored assault power is very strong, which may subvert the three views of the royal army's old antiques, and I have to admit that a new era is coming.

Yes, it's really good, this battle has reduced the casualties of our army's expected attack by more than 8 percent!

71 brother, the combat effectiveness of the armored division is unexpectedly strong, which makes this king also change his original view of not paying attention to armored forces.

After this battle, the king will personally write to His Majesty and ask for merit for the emperor's brother. ”

His Royal Highness Tang Li Xin, Prince of Pingxi, who was wearing the uniform of the marshal, had a powerful aura, his eyes scanned the battlefield sharply, and an irrepressible smile appeared on his face.

The battlefield is advancing so smoothly, the overall situation has been decided!

Although the Dutch army claims to be 100,000 troops, all the field elites that can be drawn are here, and even the indigenous cannon fodder is an elite unit, and now it is completely wiped out.

In today's sea blockade, the Dutch can conjure magic, and they can no longer conjure up a heavy army that can compete with the imperial army.

The remaining defenders of several thousand or hundreds of people from all over the country could barely make a splash under the plough-sweeping offensive of the imperial army.

His Royal Highness King Pingxi won a major victory in this battle, and he really strategized for thousands of miles, his face glowed with a strange brilliance, and he was not stingy with praise for the seventy-first brother.

In front of the imperial brother, Tang Li Yi rarely bent down his tall body and bowed down to reply;

"Thank you for the kind words of the royal brother, the foolish brother is terrified.

The artillery unit performed an outstanding performance in this battle, and the officers and men of the whole army fought bravely to kill the enemy, and my armored division was just the icing on the cake.

Seeing that the armored division that had been prepared for many years had finally taken shape and played an important role on the battlefield, the foolish brother was overjoyed and overjoyed.

All the time

The foolish brother always takes his father and other imperial brothers as an example, and is committed to expanding the territory of the empire, promoting the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, deterring the barbarian race, and spreading my splendid Chinese civilization.

If the establishment of armored forces can be fully promoted in the Royal Army, it will greatly enhance the combat effectiveness and attack power of the Imperial Army, which is a long-cherished wish of the foolish brother.

If I can get the special recommendation of the royal brother and go straight to the holy hearing, it is really my luck and the luck of the armored troops. ”

"Brother 71, don't worry, with the wisdom of my father, the promotion of armored forces in the whole army will definitely be the trend of the future, and the military department will also strive for it."

"I don't dare to ask for it."

Speaking of which

Prince Pingxi and the generals all had heartfelt smiles on their faces, who was not happy after a big victory?

As a giant of the imperial military, Prince Pingxi ranks first among the princes and nobles of the royal family with his outstanding achievements, and his influence is extremely huge.

Marshal Tang-Li Xin, King of Pingxi, joined the army at the end of the Second North American War in 1862, when he was only nine years old, so that the imperial brothers could go through the bloody battle together.

Thirty-six years have passed, and the immature boy in the army has now grown into an imperial marshal commanding 110,000 land and sea troops.

A large group of generals surrounded him on his left and right, showing the momentum of the stars and the moon, observing the movement of the battlefield from a distance and making adjustments in time.

It was close to noon

A large number of Dutch soldiers were defeated and captured, and the sporadic sound of gunfire came in bursts, and many of them still escaped.

The Imperial Army has divided more than 10 pursuit units, together with the company-platoon armored detachments of the armored division, to encircle and annihilate the enemy, in order to completely annihilate it.

In some villages and towns, along the woods, ditches and rivers, large and small battles were still going on, and the few white troops fought and withdrew, and they were stubbornly resisting, and they would be completely destroyed. (End of chapter)