In the afternoon, the sky was gloomy and muddy road, three hundred cavalrymen were running forward slowly. Four "Chang'an" armored vehicles were mixed with this cavalry. Two of them were slightly larger, and the two were slightly smaller. The slightly smaller one was the "Chang'an No. 2" armored vehicles, and the slightly smaller one was naturally the original "Chang'an".

Han Ershun was on an armored vehicle of "Chang'an No. 2". To be precise, it was nicknamed "Chang'an Huihui" by armored soldiers. The reason why it was called "Chang'an Huihui" was because 107 rocket artillery barrels were installed on both sides. The barrel was designed for small up and down swing adjustment, and a rectangular artillery window was designed on both sides. The gun window was filled with gun barrels, just like a Hui word. Armored soldiers were not used to "Chang'an No. 2".

, This "Chang'an Huihui" was called "Chang'an No. 2" in private "Chang'an QQ". In Chongzhen's opinion, the name "Chang'an Huihui" is too rustic. You should know that what is called "Huihui cannon" is just a stone thrower. But what is not important, "Huihui" just "Huihui" is "Huihui"! Even if it is called "**", so what!

Han Ershun returned to the position of shaking the bar at this time, but now there are three horses in "Chang'an Huihui" that are pulled by, and there is no need to shaking the bar. In fact, Han Ershun doesn't need to be a shaking bar soldier at all, but he seems to be used to this position. He has been promoted to the company commander of the armored vehicle company. Han Ershun has made many contributions, first making contributions to the "Rhino" and then making contributions to the steam tank. With his qualifications and contributions, no one can argue with becoming the company commander of this armored vehicle. Han Ershun is not used to just commanding armored vehicles. Logically, he only needs to operate the machine gun when necessary.

This team of cavalry mixed armored vehicles was the first special vehicle cavalry camp in the Ming Dynasty. Qi Jiguang also used the name of "Carriage Cavalry Camp". However, in Qi Jiguang's formation, the so-called "car" refers to "strait van". The side vehicle was made by Qi Jiguang. There was a high and thick baffle in front to resist bows and arrows, four wheels, mules and horses to pull. The shield car of the Qing army was a side vehicle that was copied from Qi Jiguang. The "car" of the special vehicle cavalry camp where Han Ershun is located is a genuine armored vehicle. Its good passability and the speed of mules and horses to pull up to 40 kilometers per hour make the coordinated combat between armored vehicles and cavalry a real practical tactic.

Ni Fusheng, the battalion commander of the Special Vehicle Cavalry Battalion, was originally a subordinate of Huang Degong. After being trained in the Royal Military Academy for three months, he was transferred to the new army. Later, he formed a new cavalry. Ni Fusheng, who was a cavalryman, turned to the new cavalry tactical training and then served as the commander of the pistol cavalry. This time, Ni Fusheng was appointed as the battalion commander of the Special Vehicle Cavalry Battalion by the emperor. The four "Chang'an" armored vehicles commanded by Han Ershun were under the command of Ni Fusheng. The company commander had too little power. Although Han Ershun had experienced and made great contributions, he was honest and obeyed the arrangement. He was recommended by Qu Song and Meng Shihai to be the company commander of the armored vehicles under the cavalry. Now he is equipped with

The armored soldiers are very awesome, and they don’t take the infantry and cavalry seriously. Han Ershun was very content. Han Ershun’s dream was just to become a chariot commander, but this time he transformed into a company commander who commanded four "Chang'an" armored vehicles, which made Han Ershun flattered. Han Ershun secretly glad that he was right to take out the book "The Art of War" at the beginning, but he didn’t understand "The Art of War" by himself. Some of them were just listening to Lu Qixi’s nonsense to understand it. I don’t know if Lu Qixi was right. However, it seems that Meng Shihai attaches great importance to his own learning and progress, otherwise how could he get into such a company commander?

Chen Liangfan, who was driving, was Chen Youfan's younger brother. Both brothers were smart people. His brother invented the method of rotating striking, which was greatly appreciated by the King of Liao, but he was under Han Ershun as the deputy company commander. Of course, he was a little dissatisfied. Unfortunately, Han Ershun's contribution was there, so Chen Liangfan had to bury his dissatisfaction in his heart.

Ma Jinsan is an artillery selected by the new army. He always admires Han Ershun. In Ma Jinsan's mind, Han Ershun is a hero. He has to pester Han Ershun about the story of armored vehicles and tanks. No matter how many times he listens, he always listens with relish. However, Han Ershun's oral expression ability is very limited, and he speaks dryly, but Ma Jinsan has always been intoxicated. Ma Jinsan always thinks that Han Ershun knows everything, and at this moment he raises another question:

"Company Commander, how many Tartar cavalry can our chariot battalion defeat?"

Han Ershun thought about it and said unsurely:

"It should be OK to deal with one thousand five hundred Tartar cavalry."

In Han Ershun's mind, four "Chang'an" had four 12.7-caliber machine guns and four 6.83-caliber machine guns. According to the experience of sweeping the Qing cavalry at Hashan Pass, it seems that it is not difficult to deal with a machine gun for 200 Tartars. Besides, there are four rocket launchers. Well, I don't know if it is OK to deal with 2000 Tartars.

Chen Liangfan has investigated a lot of cases of armored vehicles. In addition, Brother Nai often instills and is particularly obsessed with the combat power of armored vehicles. When he heard Han Ershun's answer, he immediately interrupted:

"It's no problem for us to deal with two thousand Tartar cavalry, and there are also the 300 cavalry and pistol cavalry brought by Battalion Commander Ni. It's a piece of cake to deal with one thousand Tartar cavalry. If three thousand Tartar cavalry surrounded, it's afraid that we will be crippled in less than half an hour. It would be great if we could run away 500 cavalry."

Another shaking soldier, Wang Gaolin, disagreed:

"You think the Taurus cavalry is all paper-free! I, Guanning Iron Cavalry, would be good if 1,000 cavalry can deal with 600 cavalry. The Taurus cavalry is extremely fierce. It is not that I am determined by others and destroy my own majesty. Once the Taurus cavalry exceeds 10,000, my Guanning cavalry will be useless even if I go up to 20,000. The only way is to send it to the chariot battalion. Hundreds and thousands of side vans are connected together, artillery and fire guns are fired at once. The Taurus cavalry cannot approach. The field battle is based on this method, so that we can compete with the Taurus cavalry. With these four armored vehicles and three hundred cavalry, in my opinion, it would be good if we can compete with the 800 cavalry. I have fought with the Taurus cavalry. A white-armored Taurus can beat us four or five. If one thousand Taurus cavalry surrounded it, it would be difficult to say whether the 300 cavalry outside could take a cup of tea!"

When Han Ershun heard this, he thought that the Guanning Iron Cavalry was afraid of being beaten by the Tartars. He knew that Wang Gaolin underestimated the combat power of the armored vehicles, but he just said:

"No, it's not like that."

Han Ershun was clumsy, but he couldn't say more truth when he said something wrong. However, Chen Liangfan was very good at opening his mouth, and his brother Chen Youfan was very attentive. Not only did he think a lot about armored vehicles, but he was also very interested in various battle examples, which made Nai Ershun know a little about tactics. Chen Liangfan could speak like a little about what Han Ershun could not say:

"Brother Wang, Qi Jiguang created the side van, and Yu Dayou created the artillery chariot train formation. Since then, the Ming Dynasty mostly used Qi and Yu's chariots against the Tartar cavalry in order to avoid falling behind in the field. Hong Chengchou and Songjin Battle were to use the chariots against the Tartar cavalry. However, this four-wheeled chariot was too poor to pass. When not fighting, it was pulled by mules and horses, and when fighting, it was pushed by people. Although it was four wheels, the road was bad, the chariots could not keep up. In the Battle of Songjin, the Tartars dug the road and let the cavalry pass through, and the chariots were unable to move forward. Once our Ming cavalry and chariots were divided by the Tartars, their combat power would be greatly reduced. As Brother Wang said, field battles were definitely not a match for the Tartars. However,

This is also the same time. The passing of the armored vehicles of the Chang'an armored vehicles is far superior to that of the side vans. If the cavalry can pass, the cavalry and armored vehicles are not so easy to be divided. Don't underestimate these 300 cavalry. Among them, the cavalry uses cavalry, which can shoot at the enemy in three hundred steps. The Tartars need to reach 100 steps to shoot arrows. The range of the Tartars' shotgun is less than 100 steps. The Tartars will be overwhelmed by machine gun fire from a distance. The cavalry can kill the fish that escapes the net if they are close. If they are close, it will be the turn of the pistol cavalry to show their power. I heard that the pistol cavalry is very powerful. Hehe, two or three thousand Tartar cavalry are afraid that they are not enough to sweep the machine gun!

The Ming army's previous series of gun cars had very narrow trains and had no bearings. In comparison, the wheels of "Chang'an" were much wider, and there were six. With bearings, as long as horses could run, "Chang'an" could run. In the Northeast Plain, "Chang'an" could almost be unobstructed, and any attempt to divide the Ming cavalry and armored vehicles would be difficult to succeed. In other words, if there were such six-wheeled gun cars in the Battle of Songjin, the Qing army might not be able to trap the Ming army.

Wang Gaolin still disbelief and said:

"You have never experienced the power of the Tartars. The Tartars don't know how to be afraid of death. They fight with their lives as soon as they rush up. My Guanning cavalry doesn't want to win, but after all, they don't want to die. The Tartars' fighting style is to fight with you. They are all like wild beasts. How can they fight this battle!"

Chen Liangfan smiled and said:

"You're better afraid of death. I admit that the Tartars are not humans, they are almost like wild animals. When dealing with wild animals, you can't wait for them to pounce on them. You have to kill them from a distance. You used to use bows and arrows, but now you have a gun, and you can kill them from a distance, so that they can't be close at all. What's the use of him not afraid of death!"

Seeing that the two of them were talking endlessly, Han Ershun had to say:

"Okay, maybe you will meet the Tatar cavalry next moment. Then let the Tatar cavalry rush over and try it, and you will know."

Before Han Ershun finished speaking, there were sounds of horse hooves in front of him. The Changan Type II was equipped with a periscope. Han Ershun looked in the periscope and surprised him that he saw the messy Ming cavalry fleeing, and it was obvious that he was defeated.

Immediately, Ni Fusheng's order arrived:

"The entire cavalry battalion welcomes the enemy, and responds to the retreating Guanning cavalry and armored vehicles are ready to fire at the enemy at any time."

The Guanning cavalry fled backwards, but the special chariot cavalry camp was heading towards the head, and four "Chang'an" were lined up, facing forward motionlessly. When the Guanning cavalry who had fled saw this situation, they immediately calmed down a lot and unconsciously slowed down their escape. After rushing over with some courage, they turned their horses and stopped, wanting to see what ambitious courage these two or three hundred cavalry and four armored chariots had, and dared to face the Tatar cavalry that was chasing behind.

Inside the armored vehicle, Chen Liangfan curled his lips:

"Is this a trap for the Tartars, or is our brave Guanning cavalry defeated again?"


Chapter completed!