Chapter 1159: Armor Activation
Brusinov looked at the military map in his hand, has penetrated more than 150 kilometers into the territory of Mongolia, according to reason, should have encountered the Northwest Army a long time ago, the battle in 1911, he lost a little unwillingly, on the one hand, the Northwest with advanced trenches and machine guns, resisted the attack of their hundreds of thousands of troops, and then the monster-like night attack, so that they completely collapsed, millions of troops plummeted, and there was no chance of recovery, which was the fundamental reason for their failure. In addition to artillery and monsters, the northwest left a deep impression on him in terms of reconnaissance, they couldn't even do basic reconnaissance back then, and no matter how many people were sent, they would be killed by the elusive scouts in the northwest.
Originally, before the attack, Brusinov was worried that this was a trap, but the flaws in the trap were too big, plus the Russian army concentrated its forces, it was not so easy to swallow, and it might not be meritorious, but at least there was no fault, which made him order to open, after all, the Russian army is gathered in the Far East, not just eating dry food, there must always be some action, and the city of buying and selling is gathering heavy troops, and even the protection is not weaker than Chita, so it is definitely not a suitable direction of attack, and can only choose other directions, This huge flaw is the best option.
But the further he went, the greater the doubts in his heart, the gathering of millions of troops, gave him a sense of security, in his opinion, in the field, as long as he was careful, strengthened reconnaissance, and did not hit the other party's pocket, it should be okay, but the kind of intuition generated by often leading troops made him feel that things were not so simple.
Therefore, Brusinov not only ordered the two wings to concentrate in the central position, but the distance between them has changed from the original separation of more than 20 kilometers to the present, basically only thinking about 5 kilometers, such a marching distance. Basically, there is not much difference from a whole, and on the basis of the original reconnaissance force, it has been increased by three times, and there are a large number of cavalry scouting almost within 50 kilometers around. Not an inch is spared.
But no matter how much he investigated, nothing was found, on the battlefield, peace and quiet is almost synonymous with conspiracy, the calmer it is, but it is like a heavy pressure pressing him, but unfortunately he entered too deeply, intuition told Brusinov, if he turned now. Maybe it can be recovered, but he has no choice, even if he can retreat with the army, his net worth and life will not be guaranteed, the reason is very simple, the army of millions has been conscripted for a month, and the cost is huge, but there is no gain at all. I can't say anywhere, the same account from 3 years ago. is still hanging on the tsar's place, plus this time, it is really no one can protect him.
Perhaps, the Northwest will attack them using a method that they do not know about, and this possibility is growing in Brusinov's mind. It's a pity he doesn't know what it is. I'm worried that from half a month ago to now, Brusinov has been unable to sleep at night, but the journey is coming to an end, and not far ahead, there is a copper smelting base in Mongolia. No matter what conspiracy the other side has, before that, it must be shown, there are only less than 70 kilometers, and the reconnaissance force of the forward has approached the vicinity of the copper mine, although it has not been connected to fire for the time being, but as long as it continues, it will definitely be connected to fire tomorrow.
On September 29th, a sunny day, the armored cluster began to prepare from the early hours of the morning, their location is almost 70 kilometers away from the main cluster of the Russian army, just on a parallel line with the copper mine, the main force of the Russian army, 70 kilometers away from the copper mine, there is still a day to go, at most let his small cavalry force come to the vicinity of the copper mine, but there is a battalion of scouts and a battalion of infantry guards in the copper mine, with the combat effectiveness of the reconnaissance battalion and the infantry battalion, and relying on the solid defense of the copper mine, There's no concern here.
Stayed in the valley for almost half a month, daily maintenance is carried out, only need to check the engine and spare parts, and then it is filled with fuel, heavy tanks due to the advantages of the northwest in terms of engines, fuel consumption relative to this era, save a lot, the cruising range has reached 240 kilometers, carrying auxiliary fuel tanks can even reach 360 kilometers, enough to shuttle the entire trap area, on the road, there are not only 3 divisions of positions, but also several refueling points, to the northwest professional vehicles, can be within 3 hours, Refuel the entire armored forces.
Wu Yunheng, commander of the First Armored Division, he is an old man in the northwest, a native of Baotou, from the beginning of the factory protection team, he entered the Northwest Army, and gradually grew up, not belonging to the historical generals in Yang Yuanzhao's mind, but his strength is no worse than those historical generals.
At that time, Wu Yunheng stood out from the factory protection team, and when the 54 Mixed Editing Association was established, he was one of the few battalion leaders who were not born in Feng Ying, and the other was Yan Xishan.
Yang Yuanzhao also specifically checked him, and recalled the history, I have never heard of such a person, but 20 years of warlord melee, I don't know how many people have been buried, the famous generals who rose in later generations, or have overseas military backgrounds, or the experience of Yunnan Martial Arts School, Baoding Military Academy, and Huangpu, but these schools are basically not ordinary people can go, either have a political background, or simply military personnel, ordinary ordinary people, it is unlikely.
Wu Yunheng is like this, his ancestors have been tenants for generations, that is, after the reform in the northwest, Yang Yuanzhao based on the development of Baotou and liberated them, so that he could have the opportunity to enter the army, in exchange for real history, Baotou is in turmoil, bandits gather, even if Wu Yunheng is really capable, he either became a bandit, or died early, with China's huge population base, such a genius who died young, I don't know how much.
After almost 6 years of military career, especially in the later period, in the orthodox study of a group of military educators such as Jiang Baili, Wu Yunheng's talent quickly stood out, he was resolute and resolute, and his military sense of smell was extremely keen, especially the mastery of new tactics was very prominent, the first armored division, which can be said to be the pilot of the entire northwest, this is a force that has never been owned, for the application of armored vehicles and tanks, that is, Yang Yuanzhao wrote something, and the rest is all by groping, Wu Yunheng was the first to put forward the idea of the centralized use of armor, and it was extended very well.
In Yang Yuanzhao's view, Wu Yunheng is China's Guderian, and the northwest can use advanced equipment far beyond this era to support the realization of his tactics.
There is nothing more suitable for the use of tank clusters than the steppe than the desert of the uninhabited, where hundreds of kilometers are uninhabited. The land is all grass, although there are occasional swamps and unsuitable for tanks, but in the past exercises and explorations, these places have been identified, and at least among the attack routes currently selected, there are no places that affect tanks.
High-altitude reconnaissance aircraft detected every move of the Russian army. Now on Wu Yunheng's military map, the location of the Russian army is quite clear, the precise distance from them is about 71.38 kilometers, and they have begun to pack up the camp and march, with the speed of heavy tanks at 45 kilometers per hour, if they set off at 8 o'clock, it will take more than an hour at most, that is, around 10 o'clock in the morning. Collide with the main force of the Russian army, it is the best moment of the day, and there are no other variables under the cloudless sky today.
Picking up the helmet and picking up the walkie-talkie from the command car, Wu Yunheng said calmly: "Attention all departments, all of them, let's go!" ”
The vanguard of 24 tanks crossed the crowd. And then there were others, and the entire 1st Panzer Division had 337 units of various tanks and armored vehicles. But this time only two heavy tank regiments and 224 heavy tanks came.
That's enough, in Wu Yunheng's opinion, if there is not enough preparation, forming a formation and digging anti-tank trenches, any position is papery. In addition to urban warfare, tanks have an absolute advantage in field warfare, not to mention the defenseless Russian army, even if it is the Northwest Army, take the first ace division as an example. In the case of unprepared in the field, when they are attacked by the 1st Armored Division, their best choice is to run, using motorized cars, running in all directions, so that they can survive a little more.
Viktor is a Cossack, in the Far East, Mongolia, that is the eternal pain of the Cossacks, at least hundreds of thousands of Cossacks fell forever in this territory, and even in 1912, the Cossack division was still not filled, one of Vidock's brothers died on this land, which made him extremely angry, this time the whole army sent troops, it was time for revenge, in his opinion, Brusinov was too conservative, should divide the troops into several parts, in that case, they would have already set foot in the copper mine base in front.
What the people in the northwest have is money, which is recognized by the Russian army, copper ore is a precious metal, and I heard that it is also accompanied by gold, as long as you go in, you will definitely be able to make a fortune. Thinking of this, Victor shouted loudly to his subordinates, the Cossacks were born on horseback, for horses, they are their close companions, his subordinates are almost a company, more than 300 cavalry, today's task is to the east, to explore that small hilly area, to see if there is any protection in the northwest, and the other two battalions can carry out a tentative attack on the copper mines.
"Company commander, listen, what kind of voice is that!" A slightly thin soldier said to Vidocq, Vidocq also heard something, like the roar of some machine, could it be that there is also a mine here, is that a mining machine?
Thinking of this, Vidocq had some fanaticism on his face, and immediately ordered his subordinates to go in that direction, he dreamed of reaping benefits, but he didn't know where the abyss was.
Just about 10 kilometers away from Vidocq, hundreds of tanks formed a neat formation, marching quickly towards the west, followed by more than 500 light tanks and armored vehicles, more than 700 motor vehicles, so that the desert yellow sand was rolled up, and the silent four fields, the roar spread far away.
The fast horse galloped for 10 minutes, the roar became clearer and clearer, and the yellow sand rolled up was also quite amazing, all the Cossacks were dumbfounded and looked at all this, this is the mine and wealth, this is clearly something rushing towards them at high speed, what is it, it doesn't look like a cavalry, because it is completely different from the dust rolled up by the cavalry, Vidocq picked up the telescope, carefully captured the scene a few kilometers away, the speed of the heavy tank was 45 kilometers, 3 minutes, it advanced more than 2 kilometers, in the telescope, I clearly saw a huge black guy, charging towards them quickly.
"What is this, car?" Vidocq subconsciously said: "But why can't you see the wheel, from the outside, it is still dark and swarthy, like steel!" ”
In Vidocq's company, there was a man who had participated in the 1911 war, named Sovsky, when he was a deserter, he easily ran back to Russia, hiding incognito, but he didn't expect to be caught back in this war, if it wasn't for the large army, he might have run away, Vidocq said a few sensitive words, so that his heart suddenly, I couldn't help but think of that night, more than a dozen steel monsters, invulnerable into the position, their machine guns, grenades, and even artillery, There is nothing they can do about them, if it weren't for the slow speed, maybe they wouldn't be able to escape.
Sofsky's heart tightened, and he snatched the telescope from Vidocq's hand and looked in the direction of the smoke.
Vidocq was startled by Sofsky's movements, and for a moment he didn't notice it, but Sofsky snatched the binoculars, and was angry in his heart, and was about to reprimand, but found that Sofsky's whole body was shaking like a sieve, and his mouth was wide open, as if he had seen a demon. His movements slowed down, and he asked in his heart, "Sovsky, do you know what this is?" ”
The telescope in Sofsky's hand slipped silently, he didn't know where he was, and the nightmare of the past was once again stirred up in his heart, and he muttered and repeated: "Black demons, slaughter cars, they have appeared!" ”
Himself was not much nervous Vidocq was shocked in his heart, these two names, among the Cossacks, are simply thunderous, the defeat in 1911, almost more than half of the Cossacks died from this demon, because I don't know what it is, invulnerable, powerful firepower, harvesting Cossacks, it is much faster than cutting rice.
Of course, a doubt flashed in Vidocq's heart, didn't it mean that the demon was very slow, and even people ran faster than him, but looking at these in front of him, it was obviously running at high speed, even faster than a galloping horse.
Sofsky was already stunned, Vidocq couldn't get anything more from his mouth, although he didn't know what this high-speed operation was, but he also knew that the other party was not good, and it was not appropriate to stay here for a long time, so it was better to go back first and report the news of these monsters.
The Cossack cavalry quickly turned and turned the horse's head, but they didn't know that when they found the first armored division, the first armored division also discovered them, the speed of heavy tanks was about the same as galloping horses, all of which were more than 40 kilometers, but the speed of light tanks and wheeled infantry was more than 60 kilometers, these Cossack cavalry, put back will cause the alarm of the large Russian army, and it must be cleaned up, a small detachment of almost 20 armored vehicles, under the order of the commander, has begun to accelerate, Chased from the back to the front and chased in the direction of the Cossack cavalry fleeing. (To be continued.) )