"What was that thing just now? Is it so powerful?" A Chinese soldier looked at the Russian cavalry who was swept down almost in the blink of an eye and said in surprise. "Have you ever heard of an air gun? This thing is an upgraded version of the air gun. It uses compressed air.

Pop the grenade out. Although it doesn’t hit far, it’s still within a few dozen meters.

No living creature within the range survived its blow." A noncommissioned officer said with some pride. "As long as you pull the joystick, the compressed air in the cylinder can push out the rows of grenades, and then a piece of grenade will be released.

Rain." The sergeant opened his hands in an explosive motion.

In fact, using compressed air as propulsion power has been very popular as early as the flintlock era. At that time, the Austro-Hungarian Empire even established a special air rifle unit. No one in this army used an air gun to fire steel balls as weapons. This

The effective range of this air gun reaches more than 100 meters, and its power is comparable to that of a flintlock gun. More importantly, this weapon

It can shoot without interruption, and all 20 steel balls in the magazine can be fired within one minute! Of course, filling the gas cylinder is more troublesome. If it were done manually, it would take about 3,500 hits with a special gas pump! This was a very important thing at the time.

A very sharp weapon, but later due to cost issues and the emergence of breech-loading rifles, air guns were short-lived.

Although air guns eventually became a toy for the nobles, their close cousin, the compressed air-powered mortar, was used until World War I! The Austro-Hungarian Empire, which was relatively backward in industry and national strength, was equipped with a large number of compressed air mortars.

The biggest advantage of this weapon is that

The close range projection is large enough. The compressed air grenade equipped on the Youlong 1 armored train is the best weapon specially used to kill all attackers at close range. All those who try to rely on close combat to defeat the Youlong 1

All attempts will be thwarted by these inconspicuous things!

Looking at the rows of fallen cavalry in the telescope, Garev suddenly shook his hand. As a Russian military officer, his first concern is always the outcome of the war. He is not particularly sensitive to the casualties of his men.

But in the blink of an eye, dozens of cavalrymen were shot dead by an unknown weapon, which still shocked and frightened him. A moment later, the Russian

The military officer finally realized that a simple cavalry charge was impossible to defeat this long steel dragon covered in deadly weapons. So now the only thing he could rely on were those small-caliber cannons and medium-caliber mortars, but

I hope they won't disappoint me. It's not easy to transport them hundreds of kilometers! They were all dismantled and used on pack horses!

Under the cover of the blood and smoke of the cavalry, several small Russian cannons finally rushed to a position less than 400 meters away from Youlong No. 1. Three 3-pound cannons spurted out tongues of flame. Two shells were fired a second later.

It fell on the opposite carriage, but the explosion only made a dent in the steel plate and nothing more happened! The lethality of the picric acid high-explosive bomb was really too low! Although murder and arson are good at it, how can we face it?

The armor is really soft!

Just after the 47mm gun completed two rounds of useless shooting, a short round of fire from the freed 37mm rapid-fire gun and 82 mortar destroyed the three 47mm guns that the Russians had worked so hard to bring over.

Fragments. Everything

Major Garev, who had exhausted his power, had no choice but to suspend the battle, let another cavalry cut off the retreat of Youlong No. 1, and then retreated to the jungle. All tactics during the day would not work. So the only way

The only chance is to see how it goes at night.

"The information has been sent out. There should be no more fighting during the day. Let's take a rest and wait for the battle at night." Ye Ming said to the messenger. Seeing that the Russians had withdrawn into the woods, Ye Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

, just now through wireless telegraphy, Ye Ming has contacted his superiors. The Chinese Army is currently gathering mobile forces to attack the Russian army, and Ye Ming's task is to kill the opponent as much as possible while supporting Station 1135.

The real challenge to the Youlong-1 armored train comes from the night battle. As night falls, the dark night is always an ally of the side that lacks firepower. Under the cover of night, the Russians can abandon their horses and organize demolition teams to blast.

The natural shady curtain is much stronger than smoke bombs. And even if Youlong 1 has a searchlight, it must not be easily

Open and close, because snipers are not only available in China, but also in Russia. Coupled with the excellent accuracy of the Mosin-Nagan rifle, a trained veteran can still knock out the searchlight with multiple shots from a distance of about 500 meters.

Possibly, even though there is an iron lampshade, Ye Ming still cherishes this kind of scarce product that will lose one if every lamp is knocked off.

However, Ye Ming was also prepared for the upcoming night battle. The tracer bullets were pressed on the ammunition chain, and the flares were also taken to the gun emplacement. The infantrymen accompanying the vehicle also secretly got out of the vehicle under cover and then entered to build positions and

The bunker. A few vanguard soldiers secretly moved forward to establish forward observation posts. While more soldiers and officers took the time to rest and eat. They took out the rationed compressed biscuits and dried meat.

The officers and soldiers on Youlong No. 1 enjoyed a not-so-luxurious but nutritious dinner on the train, but the Russian cavalry were not so good at this time. In the biting cold wind, they could not even raise their fires.

!We can only huddle together to keep warm. Because we set up the ambush lightly, a lot of baggage and tents were left behind. When we were hungry, we could only eat black bread that was as hard as a rock. When we were thirsty, we could only grab a handful of snow nearby.

The Russians are also very strategic in fighting. Those who can only fight with pig-headed tactics are at the bandit level. Especially after fighting to the death with the Chinese Army, the pig-headed ones have long since died. The remaining veterans still have some experience or

What's outstanding is that, for example, the harassing attack in the first half of the night was done in a stylish way.

From time to time, a few rounds of grenades will be fired next to the train, and then the flying shrapnel will clang against the car body. Or some soldiers will sneak forward to pretend to attack. They will even send troops from a distance.

Bypass Youlong No. 1, come to the other side of the armored train and lurk to wait for the fighter plane.

War is never about picking up a gun and charging forward as people imagine. The most a person can do with weapons, ammunition and other things is to maintain a rapid speed of about 200 meters. If you stand up straight and charge from 400 meters away, then

It can guarantee that it is basically impossible for you to survive. Wild

During the battle, the attackers will reduce the charging distance. They will build bunkers and advance positions. However, under the current situation, the dismounted Russian cavalry will never be able to build even the simplest starting position. The ground is too hard.

, it is definitely not something that can be dug with an engineer shovel!

So the Russians could only bend down and move forward little by little in the field. In their opinion, the Chinese Army did not use searchlights to search, so it was still very safe under the cover of night. After all, the naked eye wanted to see 500 meters away.

It is not an easy task to catch a figure that is close to the ground. They need a chance. If they can rush to 300 meters, then they can try to throw the explosive bag onto the other side's train!

More than 20 minutes passed after the first wave of soldiers set off. The second wave of soldiers also climbed out of the jungle with the explosive bags in their hands. Although 20 minutes had passed, the first wave of soldiers only climbed out about 100 meters. On average, they still climbed out in one minute.

Less than 5 meters! After the second wave of soldiers set off, the third wave followed. About 50 minutes had passed. The first wave of soldiers should have crawled through half the field? Garev murmured while estimating the time.

Said to himself.

At this moment, the first wave of soldiers rushing to the front could vaguely see the huge outline of the Youlong 1 armored train. As well as the little lights emerging from the gaps in the steel plates. At this time, they were only a few meters away from the target.

More than 300 meters away, if you get closer, you can prepare to charge. "What is the opponent doing? Is he sleeping or wiping his weapons to prepare for tomorrow's battle?" A Russian soldier suddenly had a strange idea in his mind when he looked at the enemy in the distance.

A few seconds later, the officers and soldiers of the Chinese Army told the Russians with practical actions that they did not sleep but were always ready to fight! A Russian soldier moved forward laboriously and suddenly felt that his left arm seemed to be hanging.

Something, and then he subconsciously grabbed it with his other hand, but the result was not

When he touched that thing, he felt a pain in his left arm, like a body tearing apart. He could even see blood droplets spurting out from his side! "It's a landmine!" The Russian finally understood that he had encountered something.

What was it! Just when he wanted to save himself, a bullet from a distance ended his life!

The explosion of the mine is like blowing the horn of attack. Several flash bombs slowly rise. Then these flash bombs fired by the 120mm gun will open a small parachute and let it slowly fall to the ground. In about 5 minutes, it will

Illuminating everything below! The searchlight that has been hidden until now

It suddenly opened, and the white beam of light instantly locked onto the entire battlefield. The strong beam stimulation caused almost all Russians to become temporarily blind. The smarter ones immediately pressed their bodies to the ground, while those who reacted slowly,

Then I subconsciously want to lift my body to see what is happening on the ground in front of me!

The entire battlefield instantly lit up like daylight, and all the Russian soldiers participating in the attack were exposed to the empty and silent wilderness. Ye Ming looked at the Russian soldiers lying on the ground at a loss and gave the battle order with a smile.

Dragon One's powerful armaments are in operation again, just like flying

Locust-like bullets and artillery shells flying along various trajectories covered the entire battlefield. Although the Russians had all lied down and minimized their frontal projection, the numerous shrapnel shells among them made the Russian army lying down

Still unable to escape the scythe of death! The night slaughter has officially begun!
Chapter completed!