Chapter 609 The Battle of Manchuria (2)
"01 report, at 1 o'clock, the distance is about 6 kilometers, and the number of enemy cavalry was found, with about 300 people."
"01, have you seen clearly? Is the enemy Russian or Mongolian?"
"From the appearance of the costumes, it should be the Mongolian army."
"Very good, 01 continues to monitor and report enemy actions at any time."
"Do we need to take action this time?"
"You don't need to take action if there are only 300 enemy troops. Let our cavalry practice, just keep monitoring the enemy."
"clear."
Yang Yongjun put down the conversation and said, "What did I say? It's impossible for us to fight this time."
The driver Gao Feng said, "Chief, we have been out for three days and have destroyed several enemy troops, but the cavalry took action and we did nothing. Isn't this a waste of trouble?"
Yang Yongjun said: "Why is it in vain? We are mainly responsible for reconnaissance, which is the most important thing. Although we have not yet fought, there will always be a chance. As long as we fight the Russian army in a decisive battle, we will definitely need to take action. So now we should do a reconnaissance mission first. Keep an eye on this enemy."
At this time, Xu Bin, the commander of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the People's Army, also ordered the 2nd Battalion to attack, attack the enemy army at the position provided by the 01th Warrior Car, and at the same time ordered other Warrior Cars to remain vigilant.
Although the People's Army Cavalry was expanded into two brigades, the 1st Brigade retained most of the veterans and had practical combat in the early stages of combat, so it has strong combat effectiveness. Although there is still a certain gap compared with the Russian cavalry and Mongolian cavalry, it is not far from that. Moreover, the People's Army Cavalry is organized according to the 44th, with the number of people in a cavalry camp of about 650. According to the reconnaissance of the 01 warrior chariot, the force is about twice that of the enemy, which is completely enough to deal with this enemy. With such a battle, the cavalry soldiers can accumulate experience and improve themselves.
The distance of 6 kilometers is not even 10 minutes for the cavalry, so the People's Army Cavalry quickly approached the Mongolian cavalry. At this time, the battalion commander Han Kui, who led the team, received a notice from Car 01. It turned out that the Mongolian cavalry also discovered the People's Army and was moving towards the People's Army.
Han Kui was a native and the first soldier to be elected to the cavalry. He participated in most of the cavalry battles. He was promoted to battalion commander based on his qualifications and military merits. He had certain practical experience. After receiving the notice from Car No. 01, Han Kui immediately ordered the 1st Company and 2nd Company to launch an attack from the front, and the 3rd Company and 4th Company detoured to the enemy's side attack.
After the order was issued, the 3rd Company and the 4th Company immediately divided their troops from the side, while Han Kui led the 1st Company and the 2nd Company to continue advancing, and after less than 1,000 meters, the enemy had already appeared in front. Han Kui immediately ordered the army to stop advancing, arrange arrays on the spot, and prepare for battle.
This Mongolian cavalry was originally a subordinate of Babudhab. Babudhab was a Mongolian noble, originally from Tumot Left Banner, and had great influence in Mongolia and was very ambitious. Therefore, when Japan and Russia competed in Northeast China, both sides were rallying Babudhabhab. However, during the Russo-Japanese War, Babudhab fell to Japan and struggled with more than 1,000 troops, known as the Manchurian rebel army, and helped Japan fight. However, when the People's Army participated in the war, both Japanese and Russian troops were defeated by the People's Army. Babudhabhab then turned enemies into friends with the Russian army and helped the Russian army to fight. This time, Babudhab sent his capable general Zamuk to lead 500 cavalry to assist Russia. He has attacked many times and attacked the People's Army's stationed and patrol teams. However, after several fierce battles, the army reduced to more than 360 people.
The People's Army marched into Yakeshi, and the Russian army also knew that it was not good, so they ordered the Munch cavalry that depended on them to attack and hinder the People's Army's supplementary line. However, this time they met the People's Army's cavalry on a narrow road. However, seeing that the number of People's Army's cavalry was roughly equivalent to that of him, Zamuk also breathed a sigh of relief. Over the past period of time, he had fought with the People's Army's cavalry twice, of course, they were all platoon-level battles. He knew that the People's cavalry had a certain gap compared to himself. If the number of people was equivalent, he would be at least 70%. So Zamuk also ordered an attack to fight this cavalry.
The equipment of the Mongolian cavalry is very simple, it is a rifle, a sabre, and more than half of the people are equipped with bows and arrows or crossbows. This is because the rifles equipped by the Mongolian cavalry are uneven, including continuous rifles, single rifles, and pistols. There are about 100 people who do not have guns, so they can only use bows, arrows, crossbows and other cold weapons. Moreover, only a few soldiers equipped with continuous rifles. Although Babuzabu is a Mongolian noble, he still has no strength to maintain an army. Therefore, he can only equip his own guard with continuous rifles, with a number of about 100, but they are not in Zamuk's army.
Although the cavalry of the People's Army is not large in scale and has not been very experienced, its equipment is not bad. Now tactical helmets have been popularized in the People's Army, while the cavalry's helmets have added protective surfaces. At the same time, a layer of 3mm thick steel plate is also added to the tactical vest, and there are protective plates on the arms, which is stronger in defense than ordinary army. This is because the cavalry conducts more hand-to-hand combat than ordinary army, and the cavalry has war horses to carry on transportation, and the weight-bearing ability is much stronger than that of ordinary army, and can withstand a certain weight of protective gear.
In terms of offensive weapons, each cavalry is equipped with a cavalry rifle type, a pistol, and a sabre, and another 1/3 of the soldiers are equipped with an assembled spear. In fact, in this era, it is very common for cavalry to be equipped with spears in various countries. After all, in cavalry operations, spears are actually better than sabres. Moreover, the spears equipped by the People's Army are divided into two sections, the main spear is 1.8 meters long, which is used for daily use. There is also an extended pole with a length of 1.2 meters, which is 3 meters long, which is convenient for daily carrying and has great advantages in combat.
Both sides adjusted their queues at about the same time. Bi Jing had only more than 300 cavalry, and it didn't take much time to switch from marching queues to combat formations. They rushed towards the other side at the same time. Moreover, the front row of cavalry on both sides raised their rifles and pointed at the other side.
When the distance gradually narrowed to within 300 meters, both sides fired almost at the same time and accelerated the running speed of the war horses. After the first round of shooting, nearly 10 soldiers on both sides fell from the horse's back, and several war horses fell to the ground in the cracked neighing. However, at this time, the advantage of the People's Army's continuous rifles was reflected. The soldiers quickly pulled the bolt, pulled out the shell casing, and immediately pushed the bolt back and fired again. Most Mongolian cavalrymen could only use one shot because they were single rifles. After all, it was too difficult to stuff the bullets into the barrel of the Mercedes-Benz war horse again. Of course, some Mongolian cavalry immediately stopped the horse and slowed down after shooting, so that their companions behind them caught up to shoot, but compared with the shooting speed of the People's Army, the original neat team became a little confused.
However, Zamuk was prepared for this. Bi Jing had fought with the People's Army twice and knew the weapons configuration of the People's Army. Therefore, he also urged the soldiers to advance faster, contact the People's Army as soon as possible, and engage in close combat. This is also the greatest advantage of the Mongolian cavalry.
At this moment, I heard the sound of horse hooves on the side, and saw a cavalry rushing towards the side of the battlefield. Zamuk was shocked because he had seen clearly from the flag and clothing that this was the cavalry of the People's Army. Unexpectedly, the People's Army had another cavalry, and had already deviated to the side of the battlefield. Therefore, the Mongolian cavalry is now in a very dangerous situation.
But at this time, the Mongolian cavalry had no way of retreat because once they turned around and fled, they would inevitably be pursued by the People's Army. Coupled with the attack on the flanks, there would be heavy casualties. Therefore, they could only rush forward to the People's Army and strive to break through the People's Army's array in a short period of time. Only in this way can they get rid of the People's Army and then retreat calmly. So Zamuk ordered the entire army to accelerate the attack. So the Mongolian cavalry also activated the war horses to accelerate.
At this time, the distance between the two sides had been closer to within 100 meters, and the horses of the Mongolian and Gu cavalry were galloping at high speed. On the side of the People's Army, most of the People's Army soldiers in the front row shot all the bullets in the bullet basin. Even if they did not shoot, there was only one shot left at most. At this time, the spearmen of the People's Army cavalry had already taken the spear and urged the horse to speed up. They jumped over the companions in the front row, holding the spear with one hand, pointing the tip of the spear at the enemy. The People's Army cavalry retreated to the back row put away their cavalry rifles, drew out their sabers and pistols, and prepared to fight in close combat with the enemy.
In just a few seconds, the two sides finally collided head-on and launched close-range combat. For a moment, people shouted, horses neighed, speared, slashed, and slashed. The two sides had more than a hundred horses falling to the ground or soldiers fell off the horse, while soldiers still on the horse continued to wield their spears and knives, and engaged in fierce fighting.
However, although the Mongolian cavalry and cavalry fighting were better than the People's Army, the spears and bayonets of both sides killed evenly, without distinguishing between the top and bottom. Zamuk hoped to penetrate the People's Army's queue as soon as possible, but it was not possible to achieve it. Because in the hedge and shooting between the two sides before the confrontation, the People's Army had the advantage of weapons and had a clear advantage. When the two sides were hedging and connecting, the People's Army was led by the spear cavalry. At this time, the spear was much more useful than the sabers, so the People's Army still had a slight advantage. Moreover, although the People's Army's cavalry capabilities were not as good as those of the Mongolian Army, they were not far from that of the Mongolian Army. It was not easy for the Mongolian Army to break through the People's Army's array.
Of course, if the two sides fought like this, the Mongolian cavalry might be able to win with their superb cavalry capabilities, and at least maintain a situation of equal strength. But at this moment, the People's Army cavalry, which was detouring to the flank, had already come from the rear of the Mongolian cavalry. At this time, the Mongolian cavalry was unable to take into account its side and rear, so they were killed by the People's Army and injured countless injuries. At this time, the People's Army, which was fighting head-on, was immediately energetic, while the Mongolian cavalry was attacked from both sides, unable to take care of the head and tail, and the entire team became in chaos.
Chapter completed!