Chapter 374: Soaring All the Way

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, this section of the river at the mouth of the Liao River was called the Sancha River, and the huge barge fleet of the Liaohe detachment came all the way here along the coastline under the escort of more than a dozen sailing ships.

When the barge fleet reached the vicinity of the estuary, a drone was also released. Several steam-deck barges, untowed boats, sped away from the fleet and headed toward the shoreline.

In order to strengthen the firepower of the river barge fleet, the Military Commission deliberately used a number of steam barges without towing vessels. Each barge was equipped with a newly developed Type 31 105mm mountain gun. It can not only provide fire support for the fleet, but also conduct reconnaissance, alert and patrol on the river. If necessary, you can also take a commando and conduct a special operation.

Two steam barges slowly landed on the coast, and dozens of War Department personnel armed with modern weapons entered a Tartar fort near the mouth of the Liaohe River, and used guns equipped with silencers to knock out the fort silently, killing dozens of Tartar armor soldiers.

As the estuary was charged, several steam-deck barges took the lead in entering the Sancha River, using drones to continue to explore and move forward. Although Song Tao and the special combat team have already reconnoitred this section of the river, for the sake of safety, Wang Yaowu, the leader of the Liaohe detachment, is still very careful.

The main force of the Liaohe detachment this time was two regiments of the field division, one daredevil's brigade, two overseas brigades, and some combat and logistical support detachments. When a large number of river deck barges slowly sailed into the Sancha River, the fleet began to accelerate sharply.

All the boats turned on their headlights, and the whole river suddenly became as bright as day. The stokers of the steam barge frantically added coal to the boiler, causing the steam engine to roar violently.

The whole river suddenly became noisy, and the Liaohe detachment sailed as fast as possible, striving to reach Shenyang in the shortest possible time. The speed of their march was very important for the operational planning of the Western Theater of Operations.

As long as a flanking attack is formed on the north and south sides of Shenyang. If they were a qiē shun lì, they would be able to rush to the city of Shenyang before dawn. Before the Tartars could react, they launched an attack on Shenyang. Therefore, the speed of their march determines the key to whether they can surprise Shenyang this time.

Gaizhou Wei, the city was already full of blood, and Song Tao led the special combat team to successfully touch the city again and occupy the city wall. He also opened the gates of the city and put the main army into the city.

During the city sweep two years ago, Gaizhouwei had not yet recovered, and the population of the city was not even half of what it used to be. Many of the houses are still in ruins. After the troops entered the city, the attack was very rapid, and the more than 1,000 Tartar armor soldiers stationed there were already asleep, and they responded in a hurry, and they were wiped out after only a short time.

Li Ming led the motorized regiment to the city of Gaizhou, he jumped out of the armored car, raised his hand and looked at his watch. Then he shouted to the headphones: "Song Tao, I'll leave with the motorized group." For the time being, you are in charge of commanding the troops around Gaizhou City. Don't forget to contact the Liaohe detachment at any time, they expect to be able to land at Hunhe and Puhe at four o'clock in the morning, don't delay your business. ”

After he finished speaking, he got into the armored car and ordered the motorized infantry regiment to march north. Three armored vehicles roared out first, six jeeps, six light off-road vehicles and three 105-mm recoilless gun trucks, as well as dozens of KAMAZ trucks, nearly a hundred agricultural vehicles, like a rolling iron stream. There was a long convoy roaring in the direction of Liaoyang.

Li Ming, with three armored vehicles, twelve light vehicles, and three 105-mm recoilless guns, took the lead in rushing to the front of the team at the fastest speed. All the commanders and fighters of the armored vanguard company are composed of officers and men of the War Department and the Admiralty. They were followed by a battalion of motorized infantry regiments, consisting of more than a dozen KAMAZ trucks.

The armored vanguard company traveled at a speed of nearly 100 kilometers per hour. In less than half an hour, he rushed to Yaozhou Station, Li Ming yelled into the earphones: "All 105mm recoilless guns come to the front, target the city gate of Yaozhou Station, three rounds of rapid fire, give Lao Tzu a damn blow." ”

"Boom...... Boom ......"

Three 105-mm recoilless guns rushed up, and the vehicle had just stopped for a while. The gunner on the car had already finished loading and aiming, and fired the gun in an instant. Facing the earthen fence a few hundred meters away, the three cannons only fired one round, and the broken door of Yaozhou Post was shattered, and even the city wall next to the gate was brought down a large section.

"Rush into Yaozhou Station at full speed. Do your best to clear the enemy forces in the city and hand this place over to the motorized infantry battalion behind. Hurry up, what I want is speed, and strive to hit Shenyang City today. ”

After Li Ming finished speaking, he waved his hand violently, and the armored car rushed out at a sharp acceleration, and rushed into Yaozhou Post with a roar. The Tartars in the city were awakened by the sound of several loud cannons, and they ran into the streets in rags.

The city guard of Yaozhouyi loudly greeted the panicked Tartars in the city and ran towards the gate of Yaozhouyi. As soon as they reached the gates, they were broken.

"Someone called, everyone immediately found something to seal the city gate, hurry up......"

Before he could finish his words, two dazzling rays of light shot in through the gaps in the two broken city gates of Yaozhou Station, shaking so that the tartars covered their eyes. A violent roar followed.

With a loud bang of "bang ......", the already broken city gate was smashed by armored vehicles.

The city guard of Yaozhou Station saw a monster roar and rush in, and the two beast eyes emitted two blinding lights. He and more than a hundred Tartars were so stunned that they stood there in a daze, forgetting to even dodge.

The speeding armored car slammed into the city captain's body, knocking him into the air, falling into the crowd behind, knocking down a few Tartars, and then convulsing a few times before moving.

The armored car did not slow down at all, continued to maintain its maximum speed, and fiercely crashed into a crowd of Tartars standing there stupidly. It wasn't until they "crackled" and knocked over a dozen Tartars that the others ran around crying loudly.

Li Ming shouted: "Ignore them, continue to rush towards the city, control the city gate, don't let one go." "Three armored vehicles roared into the city. The machine guns on the jeeps and light vehicles swept wildly towards the fleeing Tartars.

"Bang bang...... Bang bang ......"

One by one, the Tartars were riddled by the dense bullets and died in the streets, and some fled into the shops on both sides of the street, but still could not escape the slaughter of the machine guns.

Three BTR-60 armored vehicles equipped with 14.5 mm anti-aircraft machine guns, twelve jeeps and off-road vehicles equipped with PK general-purpose machine guns, plus three 105 mm recoilless guns, ravaged the Yaozhou Station, and most of the living forces in the city were wiped out.

"Comrade Commander, the first battalion of the motorized infantry regiment has arrived outside Yaozhou Yicheng, please instruct."

Li Ming heard that the first battalion of motorized infantry had arrived, and hurriedly shouted into the earphones: "The vehicles in the city are okay to stop attacking, hand over Yaozhouyi to the first battalion of motorized infantry regiments, and we will continue to assault north, and the next stop is Haizhouwei." ”

More than a dozen trucks roared into Yaozhouyi, occupying all gates of Yaozhouyi and important positions in the city, and hundreds of officers and soldiers of the field division jumped out of the trucks, holding rifles with bayonets, and rushed out like wolves.

Li Ming led more than a dozen chariots to gallop out of the city, and before leaving the city gate, Li Ming shouted into the earphones: "Zhang Tao, I don't want to have a living Tartar in the city." After a while, you contact the 2nd Battalion of the Motorized Infantry Regiment and ask them to march at full speed and quickly rush to Haizhou Wei ......"

Thanks to the wide and smooth official post road established by the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong, after the old slave occupied Liaodong, he repaired and widened the post road again, so the vehicles of the armored vanguard company could travel quickly on the wide post road. Li Ming took the armored vanguard company and rushed all the way, and in less than half an hour, he had already reached the Acropolis of Haizhou.

They stopped a kilometer away from Haizhou City, and Li Ming shouted into the headphones: "Li Bo, where is the second battalion of the motorized infantry regiment?" ”

"Report to the commander-in-chief, the second battalion of the motorized infantry regiment is still about half an hour's drive from Haizhou, and if the situation is urgent, it can still arrive five minutes early."

Li Ming nodded and said, "You can arrive at the normal time, pay attention to the safety of driving at night." ”

After he finished speaking, he put down the radio microphone, and then said in a deep voice into the headphones: "There is a moat in Haizhou City, the convoy should slow down as much as possible and turn off the lights to avoid alarming the Tartars in the city." After the platoons crossed the river, the engineer squad prepared to blow up the iron cables of the drawbridge. ”

The convoy started cautiously, turned off the lights all the way and drove towards Haizhou City. After the vehicle stopped in front of the moat, several platoons of the armored vanguard company took out their self-inflating rafts one after another, and then crossed the moat in a raft full of gas.

Several sappers crossed the moat, took out explosives one after another, climbed the moat drawbridge, and tied TNT explosives on the iron cables of the drawbridge. More than a dozen snipers stood on the vehicles outside the moat, nervously scanning the head of Haizhou City back and forth with night vision scopes.

Fortunately, at the head of Haizhou City, a group of Tartar defenders were dozing off the edge of the female wall, and several sappers were progressing very smoothly. Suddenly, a torch swayed out of the female wall at the head of the city, and a tartar shouted loudly.

"Who's ...... down there"

With a ......"snap", a sniper instantly pulled the trigger, and the Tartar was immediately punched with a bloody hole in his chest, and the Tartar was knocked to the rear, and the torch fell to the city.

The Tartars at the head of the city were awakened by the gunshot, and a group of Tartars began to shout loudly. Several of the armor soldiers ran to the side of the slain Tartar, and they also stretched out their torches and leaned out of the city wall to see the situation below.

"Smack...... Smack......"

A few more gunshots rang out, and it was particularly crisp and loud on such a quiet night. Several Tartars were knocked over at the head of the city. The city walls of Haizhou City also suddenly became noisy.

Several sappers, having completed the arrangement of explosives by this time, were throwing the lead into the distance, attached to a launcher. A sapper shook the starter's handle.

"Boom...... Boom ......"

There were two dull loud noises, and the two iron cables of the moat of Haizhou City had been blown up, and there was a huge muffled sound of "bang ......", and the suspension bridge fell heavily. (To be continued......)

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