On July 12, Yu Ningshuang led the Prince of Erjidan and the plundering artillery chariot troops to Mongolia, Lin Fei used Prince Erjidan to start a war against the Mongol Empire, no matter what the victory or defeat, Russia will definitely be weakened, and then Lin Fei will send a strong army, which is bound to take the whole of Mongolia in one go.

After taking Mongolia, continue to the north, you can cut off the Siberian Railway, as soon as the Siberian Railway is cut off, the entire Outer Northeast and the Russian mainland will be cut off, and at that time, Lin Fei can send troops to the Outer Northeast to take back the land of the Chinese nation that Lao Maozi took away.

But that's all for later, and the most critical thing in front of Lin Fei now is to clean up the Qing court as soon as possible.

Lin Fei has decided to temporarily let the Qing court occupy the "first ladder" and "second ladder" of Huaxia, and completely occupy the third ladder himself, so that there will be no need to worry about military rations, troops, and resources at that time.

At this time, on the third ladder, only the three provinces of Hunan, Hubei and Anhui remained, the elite Qing soldiers trained by Zhang Zhidong were resisting stubbornly, the Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant and the Hanyang Arsenal were producing weapons and equipment for them, and technicians from Russia, Japan, Britain and the United States were providing them with technical support, and the remaining three provinces looked really difficult to fight.

The focus of the battle appeared in two places, first, Xiangyang; Second, Anqing.

This Xiangyang is the very famous Xiangyang in Lin Fei's era, because of a book "The Condor Heroes", Xiangyang is almost everyone knows, Xiangyang is the key to Hunan and Hubei, Lin Fei's northern front army wants to wave its division south, Xiangyang is almost a must-pass place.

The importance of Anqing has no need to be said, in the previous battle, Zhang Zhidong dispatched a death squad, surrounded and annihilated the third regiment of the ninth division of the Chinese army in Tongling, this is the "Tongling Battle" that shocked the world, this battle broke the myth of the invincibility of the Chinese army, and it can be called a great shame in the history of the Chinese army.

Lin Fei decided to concentrate his forces, defeat Anqing, and wash away this great shame, so the burden of the attack fell on the Eastern Front.

In order to defeat Anqing as soon as possible and open the east gate of Hunan and Hubei, Lin Fei decided to put the plundered artillery chariots into the Anqing battlefield, and abused the artillery chariots of the little devils, Lao Maozi and the Mongolian cavalry, and finally wanted to try his skills in the Qing court.

At this time, it was 15 July, and the second batch of invading artillery and combat vehicles had entered service, and there were 30 of these invading artillery and combat vehicles, which were organized into the Second Armored Division of the Huaxia Army, and the division commander was named Bai Chenggang, who was also trained by the Huaxia Army University.

The number of artillery and combat vehicles plundered by the Second Panzer Division is relatively small, and it will be supplemented later, after all, the monthly output of artillery and combat vehicles of invasion is only seventy.

On 25 July, the 2nd Armored Division rushed to the Anqing front, and the entire front line was filled with an atmosphere of revenge, and slogans such as "Battle of Tongling in Shame" and "Capture Zhangzhidong" were plastered everywhere in the barracks.

Bai Chenggang had already learned in the pre-war report that the reason why Anqing was difficult to conquer was because the Qing army had deployed layers of fortifications in Zongyang County.

Zongyang, is a small county town belonging to Anqing, the geographical location is very dangerous, the north is Liancheng Lake, the south is the Yangtze River, if you want to attack Anqing by land, you must go Zongyang.

For Wei Zelong, the commander of the Eastern Front, attacking Anqing by land was his only option, and it had recently rained a lot in the Anqing area, and the water level of the Yangtze River had risen sharply, and the water flow was turbulent, making it impossible to sail.

Bai Chenggang went to see Wei Zelong to discuss the matter of attacking Zongyang, but he didn't expect Wei Zelong to be gloomy as soon as he saw Bai Chenggang's face, and said in disappointment: "Why did Your Majesty send the artillery chariot troops of the invasion?" ”

The plundering artillery chariot was already the most advanced and powerful land combat equipment in Lin Fei's hands, Bai Chenggang couldn't help but feel a burst of anger when he saw Wei Zelong's face full of disappointment, but Wei Zelong was his superior, he didn't dare to be angry, he could only ask with a smile: "Commander, isn't our plundering artillery chariot enough to break through the Qing army's defense line?" ”

Wei Zelong sighed, "It's not that I underestimate the plundering artillery chariots, your invading artillery chariots really can't break through the Qing army's defense line." ”

Bai Chenggang couldn't suppress his anger anymore, and his voice was full of anger, "Commander, if you say so, I won't accept it, what's so powerful about the Qing army's defense line, and our invasion artillery chariots can't move?" ”

"Well, I'll take you to the front." Wei Zelong took Bai Chenggang to Zongyang and went to the high ground where the headquarters was located, Wei Zelong pointed into the distance with his hand, "Look, those are the defensive positions of the Qing army." ”

Bai Chenggang picked up the telescope and swept around, only to see that there were deep trenches everywhere in front of him, and between the trenches were densely covered with barbed wire, and there were a large number of antlers tied up by sharp wooden stakes in front of the barbed wire.

Bai Chenggang laughed, "Commander, I have seen the fortifications of the Qing army, the trenches are for the infantry to hide, the barbed wire is to block the infantry, and the antlers are to block the cars, these things are not the opponents of the artillery chariots of the invasion." ”

"The small trench of the Qing army, we rushed over directly, the thin barbed wire, we pressed it directly, and the antlers made of sharp wooden stakes, blocking the tires of the car was barely enough, trying to block the tracks of the invading artillery chariots, humming......"

Bai Chenggang's contemptuous "hum" is not only disdain for the Qing army, but also disdain for Wei Zelong, as if telling Wei Zelong that you can't look down on our plundering artillery chariots.

Wei Zelong shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Do you think what you see is all the Qing army's fortifications, let me tell you, no, the Qing army's most powerful defensive weapon, under the ground, they laid mines." ”

"Landmines? Did the Qing army lay mines? ”

"Yes, the Hanyang Arsenal under the command of Zhang Zhidong produced a large number of mines, which were buried in front of the trenches, with a depth of up to 400 meters, and we didn't know there were mines at the beginning, so we used armored trucks and armored attack vehicles to charge, and as a result, we suffered heavy casualties, ten armored trucks and five armored attack vehicles were destroyed."

"Although your Raiding Artillery Combat Vehicle is much stronger than armored trucks and armored assault vehicles, I know very well that the chassis of the Raiding Artillery Combat Vehicle is the most vulnerable place, and it will definitely not be able to withstand the explosion of the Qing army's mines."

When Wei Zelong said this, his expression changed and he was sad, but he didn't expect Bai Chenggang to laugh, Wei Zelong said in surprise: "What are you laughing at?" ”

"It's still our majesty who has the foresight, our plundering artillery chariot, this time with something special to break the mine array."

"Your Majesty has prepared something to break the mine array, hurry up and take it out for me to see."

"Let's go, the thing that breaks the mine array is in our second armored division." Bai Chenggang took Wei Zelong to the temporary station of the Second Armored Division, where Wei Zelong saw four huge cylinders, like the rollers of a road roller, Bai Chenggang gently patted a cylinder with his hand, and said with a smile: "This is the weapon we use to break the mine array." ”

"I think this is the roller of a road roller!"

"It's really similar to the rollers of a road roller, but this thing is called a rolling minesweeper, which weighs five tons, and when used, it is installed in front of the predatory artillery chariot, and it weighs enough to crush the mines buried in the ground."

Wei Zelong was a little suspicious, and asked suspiciously: "It's just such a thing, it can crush and explode the mines buried in the ground, is it really fake?" ”

"Of course it's true, Your Majesty guessed that the Qing army would use mines, so he equipped us with a crushing minesweeper, and we conducted experiments in the armored army base, which can completely open up a way in the minefield."

Wei Zelong swore by Bai Chenggang when he heard what he said, and also believed his words, so he said: "Since this is the case, then let's attack immediately, our troops have already been prepared, just wait for the minefield to be broken, and then overcome the Qing army's defense line." ”

Bai Chenggang immediately arranged for his subordinates to install a rolling minesweeper, which was connected with two rigid rods with a length of 10 meters, so that the mines crushed by the minesweeper would explode at a distance of 10 meters from the invading artillery combat vehicle, and the damage to the vehicle body would be minimized.

At one o'clock in the morning of 26 July, the Battle of Anqing officially began, Wei Zelong mobilized 60 HP-2 guns and 30 HP-3 guns from various participating units to launch a bombardment attack on the Qing army's position.

The reason why the Qing army's minefield can play a huge role is that the Qing army's protection of the minefield is very important, and the Qing army under Zhang Zhidong is well-trained and has superb marksmanship, which can cause fatal damage to the Chinese engineers who go to clear the mine.

The shelling lasted for about ten minutes, and Bai Chenggang gave an order, and four plundering artillery chariots equipped with crushing minesweepers drove into the minefield, and as soon as the four predatory artillery chariots appeared, they immediately stunned the Qing soldiers on the opposite position.

The Qing soldiers had long heard of the prestige of the plundering artillery chariot, and in their minds, the plundering artillery chariot was a monster-like existence, and the Japanese army and the Russian army were all packed up by this monster very miserably, and now they saw the predatory artillery chariot driving towards them, with a round thing in front of them, and suddenly had the idea of retreating timidly.

However, this Qing army was Zhang Zhidong's subordinate after all, and the officer's will to fight was still very tenacious.

The officers of the Qing army told the soldiers one after another: "We have a mine array, and the Huaxia army will never be able to defeat us!" ”