Chapter 530: Annihilation
The Mongolian cavalry battalion led by Zhao Guan only paid the price of losing dozens of Mongolian cavalry, and pierced the horse team of thousands of horse thieves on the opposite side twice, and also caused hundreds of casualties on the other side. And their two charges swept the horse team of the bandits and thieves into chaos.
In fact, the Mongolian cavalry battalion is not good at charging into formation, and the rangers are more likely to run long distances, interspersed with large depths, use flexible mobility to drag the enemy down, and then wait for the opportunity to find the enemy's flaws and carry out a fatal blow.
But at this time, the situation was more critical, and Zhao Guan could only choose to go head-to-head with the horse thief's horse team, delay the attack speed of the horse thief horse team, and buy time for the barge on the river deck on the river.
The horse thieves were charged twice by the cavalry battalion, and the horse thieves, who had been in a hundred battles, also recovered from the chaos, and they were caught off guard by the cavalry battalion of five hundred men because they were light on the enemy. The leaders of several horse thieves got together and studied it, and then decided on the next way to attack.
Several bandit leaders of the Mongolian bandits and horse thieves, with a large number of men, divided the team into three parts, and the frontal assault unit was responsible for attracting the attention of the cavalry battalion, and then sent two men and horses from both flanks to outflank the cavalry battalion left and right.
As long as the cavalry battalion assaults in whichever direction, the horse thieves in which direction will retreat, and the horse thieves in the other two directions will begin to look for the weakness of the cavalry battalion and wait for an opportunity to attack.
This is also the usual way of fighting of the Mongols, but even if you know the opponent's tactics, you are still powerless against them.
You can't stand still, you're bound to be shot into a hedgehog by the horse thieves who run around you. If you take the initiative, they will take the initiative to retreat, and the horse thieves from the other two directions will chase after you on either side or behind you, until they finally drag you to death.
Zhao Guan also saw the idea of the horse thief, if he met this group of horse thieves on the grassland. They're really going to have to suffer a bit today, because the other side has an absolute advantage in numbers, and if they play a game of cat and mouse with you, you'll have to fight them hard.
But now the situation has changed, and the horse thief's wishful thinking is doomed to fail. Because the steam-deck barges on the river had already docked, the officers and men of the field division on several ships were dragging the twin water-cooled heavy machine guns on the ships to the sides of the cavalry battalion. Machine gun emplacements are being arranged.
The twin water-cooled heavy machine guns on the river steam deck barge were designed by the military factory to be dismantled and installed at any time. Several soldiers can carry twin water-cooled heavy machine guns ashore, tow them to a designated position by trailer, and set up a machine gun firing position in a very short time.
Several 70-mm infantry guns fixed on the deck barge were also reported by the observation commander at this time, using the simple observation method, and several gunners quickly adjusted the guns. And loaded the shells one after another.
With the order of the squad leaders of each artillery squad, several 70-mm infantry guns roared one after another. Several 70-millimeter shells roared out of the barrel and smashed into the horse thieves and horses thousands of kilometers away.
"Boom...... Boom ......"
Several bright sparks exploded in the sky above the horse thief horse team that was charging head-on, but these few sparks spilled out deadly hot steel balls, covering the horse thieves all over the world.
Several 70mm shrapnel took heavy casualties in the dense squad of horse thieves. Each 70mm shrapnel swept off the horse thief with a radius of more than 10 meters. Even if the horse thief who fell off the horse did not die, he was immediately trampled to death by the horse thief who came after galloping after him.
The observers on several ships kept changing their shots, and several 70mm infantry guns also kept firing shells, and shrapnel shells continued to explode above the heads of the horse thieves, and countless horse thieves were swept off their horses by hot steel balls.
"Bang bang...... Bang bang ......"
Several twin water-cooled heavy machine guns arranged on both sides of the cavalry battalion also opened fire one after another, firing frantically at the Mongolian bandits and horse thieves who were outflanked on both flanks. Horse thieves rushing in densely. was hit by a dense rain of bullets.
The most powerful class of the Mongol Iron Cavalry in this era encountered the biggest nemesis in their lives, and the firepower density of several twin heavy machine guns was simply impregnable, allowing the brave and fierce Mongolian bandits and horse thieves to charge. They could not escape the slaughter of bullets and bullets.
Seeing that the situation was not good, several leaders of the bandits and horse thieves caused their subordinates to blow their horns. A desolate sound sounded, and the horse thieves turned their horses' heads and fled into the distance.
This is also the most difficult part of the steppe bandits and horse thieves, they will immediately break into pieces and disperse into the depths of the grassland, leaving the enemies pursuing them at a loss.
But today, the opponent of the Mongolian bandits and horse thieves is the Far Eastern Company, and their invincible tactics are useless in front of the Far Eastern Company.
Two huge airships have already flown over the battlefield from both sides, and the airships have landed at a height of two or three hundred meters above the ground, and the huge hull gives people a deep sense of oppression.
Scared the fleeing bandits and horse thieves into a scare of their souls, immortal heavens...... What the hell is this!!
For the airship on patrol duty, the military factory designed a turret with twin water-cooled heavy machine guns, just at the rear of the airship pod, which can form a firing angle of 180 degrees at the rear of the airship.
Two airships whizzed over the fleeing horse thieves, and the twin water-cooled heavy machine guns behind the pod fired wildly at the ground, and countless horse thieves were beaten into a sieve by the dense rain of bullets falling from the sky.
The two airships left two bloody paths on the ground where they flew, and the corpses of countless horse thieves and war horses were densely piled together, and the scene was extremely bloody.
At this time, two groups of men and horses rushed from both sides almost at the same time, and two nearby cavalry battalions also rushed to the battlefield, converging with Zhao Guan's cavalry battalion, and fiercely pursued the horse thieves who were fleeing in all directions.
The horse thieves fled the battlefield very quickly, but no matter how fast they were, they could not be faster than two airships, coupled with the crazy pursuit of 1,500 Mongolian cavalry from three cavalry battalions, and thousands of murderous Mongolian bandits and horse thieves, in the end only escaped less than a thousand.
It can be said that the team of these horse thieves has been completely disabled, and they will no longer be able to run rampant in the future, and can only be swallowed up by other bandits and horse thieves.
More river steam-deck barges and cavalry battalions arrived, and two other airships joined in the pursuit of the horse thieves.
The battlefield was littered with the corpses of horse thieves and war horses, densely scattered across the grassland. A group of Mongolian herders hired by the Far East witnessed the battle and were stunned.
Those are the bandits and horse thieves of the grassland, they are not only extremely ferocious and fierce, but also elusive. Even some big tribes didn't dare to offend them lightly.
But today is only a little more than a moment, and thousands of horse thieves have been annihilated here by the Far East Company. Those bandits who escaped were no better, and those god-like things would definitely catch up with them. (To be continued......)