Chapter 642 of the New History of China in Jiawu: Hard Walnut
"Stop, the roadbed in front seems to have been moved!" The burner at the front guard post of the Youlong Type 1 armored train suddenly said into the microphone! The roadbed in front of it was turned over again, and there were some traces of heavy objects towing next to the roadbed, so it was obvious that the railway in front had been tampered with.
With a tooth-aching grinding sound, the roaring steel dragon finally asked for a foothold, since they received the task, the dragon has been running for 1 day and night, and it is about 20 kilometers away from the target station, at this time the train's route is next to the edge of a jungle, when the railway was built, in order to ensure a wide enough field of vision, all obstacles within 500 meters of the railway line have been cleared. The edge of the jungle is about 600 meters away from the railway.
"Huh?" Through the 8x telescope in his hand, Ye Ming saw some vague figures on the edge of the jungle. "The engineering team is ready to get out of the car to check the road situation, and all personnel are on alert." Ye Ming ordered. Then the bulletproof iron door in the carriage was opened...... Several engineers, under the cover of their comrades, quickly rolled off the land base, and then walked to the front with their waists bent.
"Good guys, this is at least 20 kilograms of explosives. Once it explodes, it's enough to finish the carriage in front. "When he was still more than 10 meters away from the target, an engineer saw a shallow crater under the land base and estimated the size of the pit and the amount of explosives it could contain. Just as they were trying to clear the explosives, a sudden scream from a distance caused the people to immediately stop the idea! β¦γ
As a veteran of the last Sino-Russian war, they can easily distinguish between the sound of various weapons and shells, this shell is very long, it can be seen that this should be a mortar shell, and it is a mortar shell fired close to the limit. If it's just a shot, it doesn't matter much. Several engineers who came out of the front immediately looked for shelter nearby and lay down. As soon as the shell landed, they got up and prepared to run back to the train in a low profile, but now that it was clear that they were ambushed, so don't try to defuse the bomb.
At the same time, the machine guns and mortars on the Youlong No. 1 also began to look for targets to shoot, and the scale of the opponent was definitely not small, and the cavalry that could carry mortars was at least 2 companies or more.
But then, the successive shelling made Ye Ming have to reassess the situation in front of him, "The other side is at least a battalion!" Ye Ming frowned and said as he looked at the smoke rising around his carriage.
The opponent's artillery attack point is very clear, that is, the section of the roadbed where the explosives are placed, and they want to detonate these explosives, because it is a long-range raid by cavalry, so they can't bring enough wires. A few hundred meters of wire and the corresponding detonating device seemed to them to be far less realistic than a pressure mine as a detonating device. However, once the trap is discovered, the only way to detonate it again is to use a high-explosive shell fired from a mortar. Fortunately, the Russians marked the distance from the beginning, so even at the extreme range, it could still hit, and with a deafening loud sound, more than ten meters of rails and sleepers were blown into the sky, and the path of Youlong 1 was completely blocked.........
It is definitely not the style of the Chinese army to fight back just by being beaten, and the mortars are arranged at the edge of the jungle because of the immature relationship between the ballistics, for a very simple reason γ»The curved trajectory of the mortar is easy to touch the branches, and the sensitive high-explosive shell will explode as a result, so the mortar position of the Russians is about a meter away from Youlong 1γ»And because of the continuous firing, the Chinese army is easy to lock on to the opponent's position, and soon, the two 84BM mortars on Youlong 1 spewed out tongues of fire, after a short 7 bursts, The entire Russian light mortar position, with its artillery and men, was blown to pieces. And at this time, the battle between the two sides officially began. β¦γ
"Ready, brethren, there is a fat sheep waiting for us to slaughter." A Russian sergeant said as he carried a cluster grenade into his arms, and behind him were more than two dozen daredevils who were also armed with cluster grenades. This is the second plan of the Russians, which is to let the death squad throw these oversized grenades weighing more than G onto the train with the help of the inertia of the horses under the cover of smoke bombs and heavy firepower, the Russians do not have medium-caliber cannons, so the only thing they can rely on in the face of this steel monster is explosives.
Bang bang bang! As shells exploded in the air, a smoke screen slowly obscured Youlong 1's vision. Then a hurried sound of horses' hooves came from the opposite side. The opposing cavalry began to charge! 600 meters, just to allow the horses to increase their speed to the maximum distance, at this time the tactics of the Russians are very similar to the tactics of the flintlock cavalry of the year - that is, rush over, then attack, turn away, the only difference is that the flintlock pistol in the hand is replaced by a cluster grenade ..........
But one thing is the same...... That is, the flintlock pikemen were not very useful back then, and the hand of the Russians was also not very useful! Although only the general direction can be known, the dense rain of bullets on the Dragon 1 still blocks the entire attack point through blind fire, the length of the Dragon 1 itself is only a car in the early 20s, but in this section of the carriage, there are more than 10 machine guns constantly strafing, and the dense bullet rain instantly forms a tight fire net to tear any enemy who dares to challenge his authority to pieces. Nothing could be seen, but the curses coming from one end of the smoke screen, the neighing of the horses, and the wails of the wounded soldiers could already tell the outcome of the men.
After all, some people can still get away with rushing out of the smoke screen, several cavalry rushed out of the smoke screen at a rapid pace, at this time they were no more than about a meter away from the train, but these last two hundred meters became a curse that they could not cross! Suddenly, the dense firepower broke out in an instant, and the muzzles of the flames spewing from the side walls of the carriage directly dismembered the bodies of these survivors. It's only a matter of seconds. The cavalry of a platoon or so who participated in the assault was thus torn to shreds by dense fire!
Major Galev, who was in charge of the ambush operation, waved his hand expressionlessly and signaled to continue the battle! More cavalrymen, armed with grenades and even packets of explosives, charged towards the steel dragon, which was constantly spitting tongues of fire in the distance. The remaining artillery pushed forward the 84BM mortars and several 3-pounder guns that the Russian cavalry regarded as treasures, and Major Galev knew very well that in the face of the fire network composed of machine guns and rapid-fire guns, it was not enough to rely on cavalry charging alone, and it would still be necessary to shoot 3-pounder guns and mortars at close range to really .........crack these iron boxes.
Some people say that the Cossacks are the best cavalry in the world, they are fierce, they have been dealing with weapons and war horses since childhood, and all kinds of combat skills and war sensitivities have penetrated into the bone marrow. And judging by the war between Napoleon and Russia in those years. These Cossack cavalry did a really good job of intercepting the opponent's logistical line. But in fact, this understanding is biased, the Cossack cavalry is indeed a good hand at raiding or sneak attacking, but if you fight head-on or face a strong fortress, in the case of a long battle without victory, the Cossack cavalry, which lacks discipline and is used to being free and scattered, will plummet in combat effectiveness. Discipline is always the guarantee of the army's combat effectiveness, and without ironclad chances, no matter how strong one's individual ability is, it will not be able to give full play.
And now the Cossack cavalry, which once roamed Eastern Europe and Central Asia, encountered the last thing they wanted to see: strong defenses, fierce firepower, and determined warriors! In the face of the onslaught of a ** Cossack cavalry, the fire of the Maxine machine gun was slightly insufficient under the interference of the smoke screen, and the direction of attack of the Russian cavalry was very flexible, they would not hit the side of the train with strong firepower head-on, the dragon armored train was like a land warship, and its most powerful place was the fierce and dense firepower of the side chord. And the encounter of the first wave of cannon fodder has proved that rushing directly to the side is looking for death. So they chose to attack the end of the train. β¦β¦β¦β¦γ
The first and last ends of the train are mainly miscellaneous cars and locomotives, as well as coal cars. Although there were some armaments on these vehicles, they were still somewhat powerless in the face of the surging Russian cavalry onslaught. Moreover, the Russians attacked both ends of the train at the same time, so that the Youlong would not be able to distance itself whether it was moving forward or backward. After paving the way with blood and lives, the Russians' "cavalry demolition squad" finally gradually approached the target, and the cavalry with the head was less than 80 meters away from the train at this time! At this time, they had already entered the blind spot of most of the machine guns, and it was no longer possible to stop the assault of these cavalry with rifles and a small number of light machine guns...... To the Russians, it seems that everything is decided!
Bang bang bang! Suddenly, a rapid sound came from the middle of the train, and the 37MM gun on the Youlong 1 began to shoot at the highest rate of fire, and in just a few seconds, the 25 rounds of ammunition chains were all wiped out, and the high-throwing grenade was used to draw an arc in the air, and the 25 shells rushed into the formation of the Russian cavalry like a fiery snake, accompanied by a series of explosions, the charging formation of the Russian cavalry fell down as if it was harvested by several sickles! The lethality of picric acid explosives combined with shrapnel is definitely the most lethal for unprotected cavalry. The cannonballs after the air explosion were like a rain of bullets in the sky, obliterating a large number of cavalry! β¦γ
But after the hasty shelling, there were still some people who rushed to the locomotive of the train! A distance of about 50 meters! As long as you go a little further, you can throw the explosive bag in your hand on the train, even if there is armor protection, the huge vibration will still cause some damage to the train!
"It's a pity." Looking at these hideous-looking Russian cavalry and the explosives bags in their hands, a Chinese soldier pulled a lever beside him slightly. Then a low muffled sound came from the side of the car, and something the size of a grenade suddenly popped out of the opening next to the train, and then exploded, and in an instant the side of the train car was wrapped in a barrage made of steel balls, and all the creatures within a radius of 40 meters were destroyed by this sudden blow, and the Russian cavalry didn't even know what was hit, only a slight muffled sound was heard next to it, and then a row of cylindrical things withdrew from both sides of the train, And then there was a rain of bullets that tore itself to shreds.
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