in2ebook Chapter 776: The Shura Field on Earth
Chapter 776: The Shura Field on Earth
About half an hour later, the company commander was gently pushed awake.
"Captain, a big fish has arrived. There are more than 20 vehicles! And we have confirmed that there is only one platoon of soldiers escorting them!"
"Hahaha, great! Let's proceed according to the plan!"
On the hillside, the company commander looked at the slowly moving cars, took out his treasured Type 40 firearm, aimed at the front car, and sent it into the sky with a bang.
Then came a barrage of grenades, which stunned the People's Army once again.
"Cavalry Company, charge!"
Except for the machine gunner, the rest of the soldiers jumped on their horses and rushed down with Type 44 cavalry rifles in hand.
When an unprepared platoon is attacked by a cavalry company, the result is predictable.
The battle was resolved in less than half an hour, and when the carriages were opened, they were filled with artillery shells of various calibers and a large amount of food.
"Take away all the food. If you can't take it away, ask the nearby herdsmen to move it. Destroy the shells on the spot!"
When the news of the attack on the logistics troops reached Choibalsan's ears, he was so angry that he even overturned his desk.
"Assholes, those cunning bastards from the Liberation Brigade actually resorted to such despicable means. Order an immediate attack!"
"Chairman, aren't we going to launch the attack tomorrow morning? It's already four o'clock in the afternoon. Are we going to launch the attack?"
Choibalsan was so angry that he lost his mind. Now was definitely not a good time to attack. After all, it would be very dangerous for the attacking troops after dark.
"Order the troops to prepare and launch the attack at 6 a.m. tomorrow!"
At six o'clock the next morning, the People's Army's artillery bombarded obstacles such as chevaux de frise on the attack route on time to ensure that the speed of the cavalry was not affected.
After the obstacles were cleared, they advanced like plowing the land. More than half of the bombs laid by the volunteers were lost, and of course the trenches dug by the people in the distant mountains were also exposed.
Yuanshan put down the telescope and looked at Wang Meng anxiously.
"Chief of Staff, most of our trenches and bombs have been destroyed. What should we do now?"
Wang Meng did not expect that even though they had destroyed a transport convoy of the People’s Army yesterday, they still had so much ammunition today.
"That doesn't make sense. Is the People's Army planning to do a one-time deal?"
Wang Meng became more cautious. If they risked everything and concentrated all their artillery and manpower on the north of Saida at once, it would be a terrifying situation.
Hundreds of war horses galloping across the plains would be enough to shake the earth, not to mention tens of thousands of war horses. It would be like a dark cloud pressing down on a city, sweeping across Saida like a strong wind.
"Captain Yuanshan, get the soldiers ready. They must withstand the first wave of attacks! I will mobilize the volunteers to organize a second line of defense."
When Yuanshan heard that the volunteers were preparing to enter the second line of defense, he felt relieved.
"Okay, I'll tell you right away!"
After Wang Meng finished speaking, he ordered the Volunteer Army to deploy more than 2000 reserve troops to the second line of defense and prepare a large number of machine guns.
About an hour later, the artillery fire gradually became sparse, and the sound of thunder gradually came from the distance, and the soil on the trenches was shaken off.
The soldiers of the Liberation Brigade on the first front line crawled out of the anti-artillery holes, shook off the dirt on their bodies, stood in the shooting position, and held their breath.
Inside the command center, Wang Meng and Yuan Shan, who were equally nervous, issued the order to cover the area with artillery fire.
The infantry artillery fired at the front of the charge formation, and the mountain artillery fired in the middle.
At this time, the People's Army's artillery seemed to have detected the artillery positions of Saida and began test firing and calibrating the impact points.
Wang Meng raised his walkie-talkie and shouted anxiously:
"Have you found the enemy artillery position?"
"Found it, calibrating the impact point!"
At this point, the artillery of both sides have discovered each other's positions. Now it depends on who can fire a salvo first and destroy the opponent's artillery.
Obviously, in terms of speed, the Volunteer Army is faster, because their remaining 9 107mm howitzers can fire rockets within ten seconds!
When the People's Army's artillery had finished loading and were ready to fire, they saw a sky full of rockets coming towards them.
In just ten seconds, the People's Army artillery position was engulfed in flames, and those cannons and artillerymen naturally turned into a pile of garbage.
Obviously, the enemy commander did not expect the Liberation Brigade to be so fast. Wasn't he still bombarding his own cavalry? How did he free up his hands to kill their artillery in such a blatant manner?
But now he didn't have time to find out the truth, so he could only grit his teeth:
"Full speed attack!"
The cavalry without artillery cover were like moths to a flame, their lives quickly consumed by the raging shrapnel, extremely fast airflow and high temperature, but they still advanced one after another, and the black storm continued to sweep forward!
Three hundred meters!
The Type 92 heavy machine gun began to spit out flames. There was no need to aim, just mechanically pull the trigger and load the magazine, and they could be eliminated one after another like cutting wheat.
"Order the 107 rocket launchers to attack the enemy cavalry group without restriction!"
Rocket launchers were like firecrackers, constantly falling into the cavalry formation. With one rocket, all the cavalry and horses within a ten-meter radius were knocked down.
Even so, the cavalry's momentum remains unabated.
"Two hundred meters, all light and heavy weapons open fire!"
The fighting lasted only about ten seconds. After enduring the test of shrapnel and rockets, the People's Army cavalry finally saw the faces of the Liberation Brigade soldiers, so they drew their sabers, ready to ruthlessly chop off their heads.
At this moment, two green flares went into the sky, but the soldiers of the Liberation Brigade on the first line of defense dropped their weapons, hid in the anti-artillery holes, and disappeared!
Although the cavalry in the front row noticed something was wrong, they could only charge forward with their heads covered, otherwise they would be knocked down or trampled to death by the surging war horses behind them!
The war horses crossed the trenches, but found that there were no other living people except the corpses of the Liberation Brigade. Only the cavalry in the first row were worried, while the cavalry in the back row believed that they had wiped out the defenders of the Liberation Brigade.
The first line of defense is one kilometer away from the second line of defense.
Countless cavalry crossed the first line of defense and were only 500 meters away from the second line of defense when rockets swept in again, completely covering the 2000x area of land!
At the same time, the machine guns and mortars in the hands of the volunteer soldiers on the second line of defense continued to fire.
The artillery of the Volunteer Army and the Liberation Brigade carried out blocking fire 500 meters in front of the first position.
Five minutes later, the only sound that could be heard in this Gobi Desert covered with blood and flesh was the neighing of war horses.
The blood and flesh have dyed the khaki battlefield into scarlet red!
It is like a Shura field on earth.
If nothing unexpected happened, at least more than two thousand cavalrymen would have died here.
"Count the ammunition and prepare for the second wave of attack!"