Chapter 576 Steel, Storm! 2

2214, early morning, 2 o'clock sharp.

The Siberian cold current in September is already obvious. Soldiers need to be wrapped in thick cotton-padded clothes at night to work. If they don't wear gloves to touch the tank armor, it must be cold to the bone.

Two armored regiments, a heavy infantry regiment, plus a reconnaissance battalion and two cavalry battalions, 270 M3 cheetah tanks, 68 wildcat armored vehicles equipped with 12.7mm venomous snake machine guns, light machine guns or 80mm vehicle-free rear-free guns, and 100 troop trucks.

If such luxury equipment is placed on the plain, except for ammunition and fuel, there is basically no need to hurt others, but it is absolutely not enough to attack a fortress.

Although there is still a cavalry division in hand, Yongshan will not be stupid enough to expose the cavalry to the enemy's fortress and machine guns for the time being.

He knows very well that whether he can successfully capture the Tomusk fortress depends on whether the air force can destroy the most threatening cannons, and whether the subsequent infantry can arrive and send them in time. Otherwise, this mission is no different from being killed.

The Frontier Command has spent a lot of energy on this mission and has successfully emptied the troops near Tomsk. Success, this will be a perfect long-distance attack. Failure may lead to the vigilance of the Russian army, which will take several times the strength to overcome in the future.

The tank soldiers shook the refueling handle and couldn't wait to fill every inch of space in the tank and the temporary oil barrel behind the buttocks. After a box of bullets was disassembled, it was stuffed into the tank and armored vehicle.

The machine repairman is doing the final inspection. If it weren't for them, they would have left at least one-fifth of the equipment along the way, but even so, eleven trucks and a tank had to blow up important parts and then push them to the bottom of the lake along the way.

The infantry are also making a final inspection. Under the heavy pressure of 100,000 Russian troops, even an extra bullet can sometimes save lives. Several bombers with iron fist rocket launchers on the side made the corners of Yongshan's mouth slightly hooked. Since the success of the night eagle in the actual battle in Paris, this kind of rocket launchers have begun to be equipped in large quantities, and they have become infantry attacks. One of the most important means.

"Master." Baking gluten trotted all the way with a telegram: "The headquarters will call back, and the bomber will take off at four o'clock. According to the distance, it can arrive and drop the bomb at 5:30 at the latest."

"In addition, the first regiment of the 23rd Infantry Division is still 20 kilometers away from us. Their commander said that it would arrive in an hour at the latest."

5:30.

Yongshan calculated the time in his mind. The speed of the M3 cheetah on the plain can reach at least more than 35 kilometers per hour. That is to say, it is time to set off now, otherwise it will not be able to launch a sudden attack in the panic period of the end of the air force dropping bombs.

"Notify Shen Hao, let's start!"

"Yes." After a salute, he quickly ran to the command car.

A moment later, three thousand cavalrymen as bait rushed out of the woods like a flood. Although there were armored divisions and steppers, a large number of tanks, trucks and even three-wheeled motorcycles were equipped, after consideration, the general staff still retained four cavalry divisions as mobile forces.

At this moment, it seems that this choice is right. These guys who do not need fuel can launch a surprise attack close to the enemy, which is most suitable for small-scale surprise attacks at night. For example, if you use tanks and armored vehicles as bait this time, I'm afraid that the enemy will hear the noise before approaching.

As the cavalry quickly disappeared into the darkness, after the defense line temporarily built with trees, tractors and trucks, 48 105mm howitzers quickly lifted the barrel, and the infantry and machine gunners also drilled between the truck and the stake.

Because most of the trucks need to be left for subsequent army transportation, many soldiers got into the Wildcats or climbed to the top of the tanks of the two commando regiments and used them as free mounts.

Half an hour later, a dazzling fire suddenly exploded in the darkness in the distance, and the north wind quickly brought an explosion. Hearing this sound, Yongshan immediately raised his right hand and turned it above his head.

This is the signal of the tank soldiers' departure!

Continuous explosions covered the roar of the engine. Nearly 400 tanks and vehicles lined up and quickly drove west. They will launch the first major assault of the armored era after a big circle 30 kilometers west of VoloNikolayevsk.

At the same time, the reading armored regiment, which left support, was also divided into parts and scattered to the left and right wings. When the Cossack cavalry chased after it, it would become two sharp blades from the two wings to give the other side a fatal blow.

After the armored regiment disappeared in the dark, Yongshan walked to the commanding armored vehicle and said to Shen Hao and the baked bran left behind, "Here's for you. When the 23rd Infantry Division arrived, let them get on the car and chase them immediately."

"Yongshan (Master) Don't worry!"

After a salute with the two, Yongshan drilled into the activated armored command vehicle. The tank company directly under the division protected the command vehicle and followed the rolling iron to the north.

Half an hour later, the gradually quiet camp became tense with the sound of horses' hoofs. Each shell was stuffed into the gun, and everyone was in a twelve-one spirit.

A few minutes later, the cavalry who made the bait quickly returned to the back of the position along the deliberately left slits, and then a huge black line appeared on the horizon. Looking at the black line, the baked bran immediately ordered.

"A quarter of firepower!"

12 105mm howitzers spewed a dazzling mass of fire, and these artillerymen, who could not carry out a quick and hidden assault because of traction and ammunition, vented all their depression to the chasing Cossack cavalry.

The explosion exploded from the middle of the black line, and the fragments roared and swept away. The unexpected Cossack cavalry did not expect that the other side had heavy artillery. Originally, they wanted to retreat temporarily, but the sudden sparse shooting fire made them excited again, because the enemy did not seem to be many.

Wearing a black cloak and holding the famous saber, the sound of Ula resounded through the whole plain. The charge of 30,000 Cossack cavalry was enough to make the earth tremble. Even behind the deep steel defense line, the baked bran that experienced actual combat for the first time was a little color-changing.

"Don't be nervous. Fight when you get closer. There are very few rifles of the Cossack cavalry, so as long as they don't go out, they can't hit you." When the infantry were passing the news to each other, Shen Hao narrowed his eyes and patted the young staff officer on the shoulder: "Don't worry, they can't call out for a while!" After saying that, he immediately rode on a war horse and ran back, because he knew that when the Cossack cavalry was exhausted by machine guns and tanks, it was time to ride the first division.

Shen Hao was right. Major General Krasnov, who was dragged in the dark in the distance, had already felt bad. Looking at the black lines looming in the fire in the distance, his eyebrows suddenly frowned. As the commander of the most elite Cossack cavalry division, he could clearly feel that it should be a temporary obstacle, so his fingers immediately Point to the left and right.

In an eye, 30,000 cavalry were divided into three arrows, but before the arrows were completely separated, Major General Krasnov's eyes exploded!

I only saw that dozens of orange cannons spewed out in the darkness in the distance, and then countless tongues of fire spewed out from the middle of the black barrier, and the cavalry rushing to the front fell down like cutting wheat.

The war horse fell sadly. The soldier was shot through by bullets and rolled to the ground before he could save himself. He was crushed by the horse's hoofs of his partner behind him.

The fire tongue reddened the ferocious face of the machine gunner, and the muzzle swallowed every ten seconds, especially the big snake heavy machine gun, which almost became the biggest killer of the cavalry, with a strong range and thick bullets. In the face of the Cossack cavalry with intensive charge, almost every shot can be harvested.

But this did not scare the cavalry. Ula's charge was still loud, but when the first group of cavalry finally rushed to the black line, they were completely desperate, because the black line was not a simple pile and barbed wire, but a row of steel walls composed of trucks and tractors!

The infantry hiding in the middle finally opened fire. Although each bullet was not as fierce as machine guns and cannons, the concentration of thousands of semi-automatic rifles was also very considerable. In just ten minutes, the first wave of Cossack cavalry rushed to the dam-like position was all knocked down.

"Crush, go, go!"

When the Cossack cavalry behind saw that the situation was not good and was about to turn around, there was already a rumbling sound of motor in the darkness, leaving the assistance of the 120 M3 cheetahs of the reading armored regiment out of the darkness. These terrible steel monsters launched an encirclement in a scattered formation, and the two arms almost five kilometers wide of steel, like floods. Squeeze to the center little by little like water.

These steel chariots have become a nightmare for the Cossack cavalry. In order not to cause accidental injury, after the 37mm rapid-fire gun was fired for only a while, the tank soldiers simply gave up the machine gun and began to use faster machine guns.

Many Cossack cavalry began to rush to the gap between them, hoping to avoid the terrible rain of machine gun bullets, but the few cavalry who escaped the top machine gun blockade were followed by the tank and the infantry with steel as cover to the ground.

Major General Krasnov was stunned. He didn't know how many Xinhua troops there were in the darkness in the distance, because at this time, the sparks shining on the mobile phone guns and cannons on the battlefield showed that there were at least 300. You know, the most elite Caucasian Sixth Army on the eastern front of Russia, and the combined machine guns and cannons were not About a thousand doors!

Is there at least more than 200,000 troops in the dark opposite?!

Thinking of this, his back was cold, and all the cavalry guns in his cavalry division added up to less than 5,000. Even if 30,000 people were pulled up, I'm afraid they wouldn't last long.

Seeing the soldiers falling in the fire, Major General Krasnov's heart was dripping with blood. It was a war there, which was simply a massacre!

Kill the best Cossack warriors with machine guns and cannons!

"Retreat, retreat!"

In just 20 minutes, Major General Krasnov began to shout to retreat, but the sudden sound of horns in the dark made him despair. Maybe there was no Ural sound, but the voice was as if the devil's breath when he woke up was daunting.

The first cavalry division composed of thousands of elite Mongolian soldiers who grew up on horseback began to charge back. Unlike the Cossack cavalry who continued to use big knives, although the Mongolian cavalry also issued cavalry knives that imitated the Tang horizontal knife, they obviously prefer short but speed. Twenty quick barge guns.

After hundreds of years, these descendants of Genghis Khan gave up their bows and arrows, used more advanced rifles and barge guns, and returned to the Western Plains with pride!

Looking at the Mongolian cavalry rushing from all directions and listening to the sound of the eastern horn that had enslaved Russia for nearly a hundred years, Major General Krasnov seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar, leaving only a voice in his ear.

"Kill!"

(to be continued)