Chapter 577: Blockade
The Far Eastern Army held back for four or five days, and finally released the reins, so the attack was extremely fierce. More than 100,000 officers and soldiers killed from all directions almost simultaneously.
The cattle, sheep, women and children that the Chahar troops could not get their hands on lost the best opportunity to break through, and when the Far Eastern Army first attacked, they actually sent most of the elite cavalry to try to stop the Far East. Who knew that as soon as the main force of the Chahar Division was deployed, it was entangled by the main cavalry units of the Far Eastern Army.
By the time Erke Kongol's Ezhe discovered the strategic intentions of the Far Eastern Army, it was already too late. He took one of the most elite 10,000 people around him and fled westward in a frenzy.
But the Far East has already surrounded it from all sides, and the leaders of the Erke Konggol Ezhe and the Chahar tribes can only break through desperately. The 10,000-strong contingent guarding him desperately covered him to break out of the encirclement of the Far East.
But he rushed out to count, and the 10,000-person team around him was less than 3,000 people, and this 10,000-person team was the most elite and loyal warrior in Chahar.
But Erke Kongol, Ezhe can't care so much anymore, and escaping alive is the most important thing. However, they were already being watched by airships in the air, and they used military radios to make contact with the blocking positions of the field divisions.
Erke Kongguo Erzhe took more than 2,000 tribal elites, and after fleeing for a long time, he found that there were no pursuers behind him, and he couldn't help but let out a long breath. Finally escaped. He reined in his horse and turned his head to look behind him, wondering how many more people from the Chahar Department could escape.
He had already thought about it, and when he returned to the tribe this time, he would immediately organize the migration of the tribe, and the farther away from the Far East the better. Erke Kongol Ezhe is now extremely sad and regretful, he really shouldn't have a conflict with the Far East! I knew that the strength of the Far East was so terrifying, and if I killed him, I would not lead my troops westward.
Erke Kongol Ezhe shook his head bitterly, it was useless to regret it now. As long as he is alive, the Chahar will remain a descendant of the Golden Family. Thinking of this, he waved his hand violently and galloped west with the last elite of the Chahar Division.
Wang Haiyang stood behind the defense line, observing the situation in the distance with a telescope. The position of their battalion's defensive line was very important, surrounded by hills and low hills, and the position was set up in a wide river valley. There are several roads that the Chahar Department must pass through to return to the Xilin Gol grassland. Here's one of them.
"Into the position...... Enter the position...... The Mongols came up......"
The battalion commander's loud voice came from behind him, and Wang Haiyang hurriedly organized the company to enter the position when he heard it. They camouflaged their positions with camouflage nets and vegetation, and the defensive line could not be detected by the naked eye from a distance of several hundred meters.
At this time, more than 2,000 meters in the air, a Type 32 airship was floating, and they kept informing the ground troops of the marching route of Erke Konggol Ezhe and more than 2,000 Chahar elite cavalry.
The field division also made active deployments based on the information transmitted by the airship. Now this remnant army is about to rush to the defense line of Wang Haiyang's battalion. The 1st Brigade had already sent reserves and outflanked from both flanks of the defensive line. Artillery, armor and air support units in the rear also moved nervously.
Erke Kongor, Ezhe and the elite of more than 2,000 tribes finally came to this wide river valley. As long as you pass through here, you will not be far from the Xilin Gol grassland.
The vast valley is a flat river, and the rivers that used to flow through it have been dry for many years, and the entire valley is covered with gravel, sparse vegetation, and occasionally dotted with clusters of shrubs.
Erkekongol, Ezhe, they rode their war horses and roared into the valley. It was already far from the battlefield, and they did not expect that the Far Eastern Army would set up a blocking position here. They just want to get back to the tribe as soon as possible.
"Boom...... Boom ......"
More than a dozen directional mines were detonated almost simultaneously, and countless steel balls were sprinkled all over the cavalry and horses of the Chahar Division. The Mongol cavalry that rushed to the front was instantly beaten into a sieve with men and horses, and a large piece was swept away.
The cavalry behind hurriedly reined in their horses. Trying to stop, the whole horse team was in chaos.
Erke Kongol Ezhe heard a violent roar, and the front of the horse team became chaotic. He knew at a glance that it was broken, and the Far East had actually laid an ambush here.
"Retreat...... Retreat ......"
He shouted loudly, trying to escape from the wide valley with the elite of the tribe. But it was too late, and a dense burst of gunfire could be heard from a bush opposite. Six water-cooled heavy machine guns were firing wildly.
The chaotic Chahar cavalry was swept off their horses one by one by a barrage of bullets, and three 60mm mortars joined the attack with a piercing whistling. One after another, shells fell on the horses. It accelerated the collapse of the horse team even more.
In the face of such ferocious fire, they simply did not have the courage to fight, and they turned their horses and fled to the rear.
"Buzz...... Buzz ......"
Erke Kongol Ezhe, who was organizing the retreat of the horse team, suddenly heard a buzz, and he followed the sound and found four small black dots flying from a distance. Not only him, but all the Chahar cavalry did not know what was flying over.
Four delta-wing planes, divided into two groups, flew over the Chahar horse convoy and dropped two bombs converted from 120mm mortars.
"Boom...... Boom ......"
Eight bombs exploded in the densest place of the Chahar horse team, each explosion could sweep away the cavalry and war horses within a radius of tens of meters, and countless broken residual arms were shattered in all directions.
A bomb exploded not far from Erke Kongol's Ezhe, and he and his men and horses were hit by a wave of air and flew up, and fell to the ground so hard that he could not hear anything in his ears except for the "buzzing" sound. When the smoke cleared, he saw that there were stumps and severed arms all around, and there was blood everywhere.
Erke Kongol Ezhe lay on the ground, trying to struggle to get up, but he was crushed by half of his body by the war horse and couldn't move at all. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Immortal God, are you punishing the Chahar Ministry......
The Chahar cavalry, who had been lucky enough to escape the bombardment just now, were also frightened by the scene like a catastrophe and lost the courage to resist, they had forgotten to escape, and looked at this qiē in amazement, and many war horses were also frightened by the huge explosion, and desperately neighed and knocked the cavalry on the horse to the ground.
The officers and men of the field division of the forward defense line jumped out of the trenches and slowly walked forward, and dozens of armored vehicles and cars drove over from both sides. Four delta-wing planes were constantly circling around.
The cavalry of the Chahar tribe dismounted from their horses and fell to their knees. They don't even have the courage to run away now, and the loud noises just now have scared them out.
The officers and men of the field division came to the side of a group of Chahar horses and surrounded more than a thousand cavalrymen who were kneeling on the ground. These elite Chahar cavalrymen had lost their fighting spirit, and their eyes were full of despair. (To be continued......)
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