Chapter 967(1/2)
Belegutai did not benefit either. After being covered by the side fire of Ming tanks, he sadly found that he had lost nearly 2,000 men.
Fortunately, the Ming army did not have enough troops to continue the pursuit. Instead, they chose to besiege Luobuzangdanjin in the city of Tashkent. After all, there were still 100,000 people in Luobuzangdanjin.
For Cao Bianjiao and Zu Kuan, who are eager for military glory, the most important thing is to take the military glory in their hands. If they let Luobuzangdanjin slip away because of the pursuit of Bele Gutai, it is tantamount to picking up sesame seeds.
Throw away the watermelon.
In order to prevent the cooked duck from flying away, Cao Bianjiao and Zu Kuan surrounded Tashkent in a pincer shape. The next step is to wait for the Fourth Infantry Division behind them to come over and kill these damn Mongols!
This was also Li Xiao's special instruction that tanks were not allowed to participate in siege battles. Cao Bianjiao and Zu Kuan also felt that tanks were not suitable for street fighting.
The night wind blew across the battlefield, and even Luobuzangdanjin, who had experienced many battles, had never smelled such a strong smell of blood.
He knew that the smell of blood came entirely from his own people.
A whole day of fighting during the day brought very limited damage to the Ming people. The steel monsters that puffed out black smoke and made huge roars gave the Ming army perfect protection.
He even believed that if they were not afraid of escaping, they would pursue Beregudai.
War horses can run very fast, but running at full speed can only last for a short period of time. The horses will get tired, but the Ming army's chariots will not.
The cavalry of Peregutai will eventually be overtaken, and there is no doubt that the whole army will be destroyed.
This is also the reason why Luobuzangdanjin doesn't want to escape, because he knows that the war horses cannot outrun those chariots.
Under the moonlight, you can see the battles stopped there ten miles away. Although the moonlight is not as bright as the sun, you can still see the decline of those steel chariots through the telescope.
In a daze, Luobuzangdanjin seemed to have returned to ten years ago. At that time, he had followed his cousin Alabutan to attack Yinchuan.
The Zhungeer tribe was so powerful at that time that the Tugut tribe was driven away by them and had to move away from their pastures. All the good pastures in the entire Western Region belonged to the Zhungeer tribe.
The Jungar tribe even attacked the Khalkha tribe eastward.
Those guys who claim to be the direct descendants of Genghis Khan have now become as weak as lambs.
Without the help of the Han people, the Khalkha Mongolia would have been destroyed long ago. As for the Horqin Three Banners who used to follow the Jurchens, they were already the dogs of the Han people.
The opportunity came again for the Mongols to reunify the grasslands and even settle in the Central Plains.
However, the defeat in the Battle of Yinchuan made the situation take a turn for the worse. A large number of Mongolian warriors died in the battle, despite the arms support from the British.
However, in the confrontation with the Ming army, the essence of the Zhungeer Mongols was still wiped out batch after batch. In those years, the front line was a flesh and blood mill.
As long as the soldiers go up, they rarely come back.
It takes a Mongolian mother eighteen years to raise a warrior, but it only takes a moment to destroy them.
The catastrophic failure came from the loss of Xingxingxia.
The people of the Ming Dynasty used tactics they had never seen before to forcefully rush through the Xingxing Gorge. The war finally reached the Western Region, and soon the Ili Valley became a battlefield.
Too many people have died. The Jungar Mongolia, which once had millions of tribesmen, now only have more than 300,000 people left. Now even the continuation of the bloodline has become a huge problem.
At your feet! Those Mongolian soldiers were looking from the front to clear out those rockets from the ruins of the city wall.
Those Russian-made rockets are very powerful. Judging from today's results, only these rockets can cause substantial damage to steel tanks.
Luobuzangdanjin plans to place these rockets on traffic arteries and detonate them on the spot as soon as those steel chariots come over, destroying those invulnerable monsters.
The Ming army's position opposite was silent, as if no one was there. This made Luo Bu Zangdanjin very puzzled. Could it be that they didn't light a fire to keep warm? You know, the temperature difference between day and night in the Western Regions in spring is huge.
It still felt a little hot during the day, but after the sun set for a while, the weather began to slowly get colder.
Even Luobuzangdanjin, who was wearing a fur robe, now had to wear a fur cloak.
Facts have proved that Luobuzangdanjin's worries were unnecessary.
The weather is very cold, but everyone in the Ming army has a piece of clothing supported by duck down. This kind of clothing is not only warm, but also very light.
After putting this thing on, if you get into a duck down sleeping bag, the inside of the sleeping bag will be very warm even if it is icy and snowy outside.
The soldiers can easily survive this cold night by using their own body temperature.
Zu Kuan inspected the tank and then asked the engineers who had returned from laying mines in front. At this time, in addition to killing the enemy, the more important role of mines was to provide early warning.
In front of the position, a row of wooden stakes and barbed wire fences were connected. There were as many as four lines of this type of barbed wire fence and wooden stakes.
Facts have proved that this kind of thing has a good hysteresis effect on cavalry.
After doing all this, Zu Kuan got into the tank and slept peacefully. It was very cold inside the tank, but after getting into the duck down sleeping bag, Zu Kuan soon felt warm.
The exhaustion from a day of fighting surged up like a tide.
After a long yawn, Zu Kuan fell into sleep. In his dream, he reported to Zu Dashou, who was covered in blood, how many Mongolians had been killed today.
In the next few days, the main task of the tank regiment is to encircle it. This is very boring, but there is nothing that can be done. We can't let the cooked duck fly away like this!
These are all proper military achievements. The officers and soldiers of the tank regiment have trained hard for a year, waiting for this opportunity to be promoted and make a fortune.
Belegutai was lucky enough to escape the pursuit of the Ming army, and ran forward as if lifeless until the horse could no longer support him. He came out too hastily, and there was no preparation for one man and two horses.
The rations and ammunition carried by the soldiers were very limited. However, Beregudai was still confident about the way forward.
When did those idiots in Ashgabat have the courage to fight the Mongolian army? Most of those guys still have scimitars instead of rifles.
I ate some dried meat in a hurry and drank some turbid lake water.
Beregutai urged the soldiers to continue setting off. There was no supplies along the way. It was destined that his subordinates could only rely on looting to support them to Ashgabat.
And looting is the most unreasonable thing. God knows whether the things looted along the way are enough to eat.
We must leave here as soon as possible before the Ming Dynasty's pursuers approach. At the same time, we must also conquer the sheep-like Persians in Ashgabat before they get the news.
Ahead is the Kulbash Pass. As long as you cross this pass, you have left Tashkent. Calculating the distance traveled, we are already more than 100 kilometers away from Tashkent.
To cover such a distance in half a day was already the limit of the Mongolian cavalry.
Belegutai decided to let his men take a rest after passing through this mountain pass, resting their men and horses. There was still a long way to go, and without horses, it would be impossible to complete the task.
The front group of three thousand cavalry had just crossed the mountain pass, and the Chinese cavalry was advancing at full speed.
Suddenly! There was a sound of tearing linen in the night sky, and countless tongues of fire spewed out from the cliffs on both sides of the mountain pass.
The cavalrymen who were marching at full speed immediately fell on their backs. In the chaos, no one knew how many people were hit.
People were screaming and roaring, and war horses were neighing in fear. The entire marching team was in chaos, and before Belegutai could react, a few orange sparks bloomed in the densest part of the crowd.
Against the background of orange sparks, Belegu Terrace could clearly see people being lifted several meters high by the air wave of the explosion. The war horses were directly smashed into sieves by the hot shrapnel that was scattered in all directions.
In just an instant, the road in front of the mountain pass turned into a Shura slaughterhouse. There were corpses of people and horses everywhere, and those who reacted quickly had already started to turn their horses' heads and run backwards.
But some people behind were not so clever, some moved forward and others backward. The team suddenly became crowded, and many guys who were eager to escape actually waved their sabers at their own robes. Now, anyone who blocks the escape path is an enemy.
The scene became increasingly chaotic, and Belegutai was horrified to find that his soldiers were killing each other under the hail of bullets.
Almost at the same time that the Yamaguchi brigade was attacked, intensive gunfire rang out outside the mountain pass. Even the shouts of Mongolian soldiers could be heard among the gunfire.
Belegutai's heart suddenly fell to the bottom. Did the Ming army calculate that he would come here? God of longevity, does it mean that the army is all immortals?
There is no time for Belegutai to study this problem. The five thousand cavalry of the Chinese army are being massacred by the enemy. No matter what, we have to deal with it like this.
Two thousand men were lost when they rushed out of Tashkent, and the three thousand former troops who ran through the mountain pass would definitely have been destroyed. If they had lost another five thousand men, more than half of their own troops would have been lost before leaving Tashkent.
And at this time, Belekutai had no other choice.
If you want to take a detour, you can only take the Kulejin Mountain Pass, which is more than 200 kilometers away. Not to mention the lack of people and horses, even if you are full of energy, it will take two days to get there.
God knows! There will also be Ming troops stationed there.
"If you want to fight back from the high ground on both sides, rush over. Otherwise, there will be no way for everyone to survive!" Pulling out his saber, Belegutai yelled like crazy.
The Mongolian soldiers reacted quickly and began to fight back at the places where tongues of fire were spitting out on both sides of the cliff. After all, there were more than 5,000 people at the mountain pass. After the initial chaos of the attack passed, the Mongols began to fight back.
Accurate shooting made the machine gun firepower on the cliff weaker. But at the same time, the mortars were more effective.
The mortar shells fell down like raindrops, hitting the mountain pass more than 20 meters wide, creating a wall of fire.
Any person or horse who tries to cross this wall of fire will be torn into pieces by the scorching hot splashing steel.
On the other side of the mountain pass, the gunfire became more intense. At the same time, the shouts of the Mongols charging were much quieter.
Beregutai knew that his men were being massacred on the other side of the mountain pass.
But at this moment, he had no way to rescue his subordinates. Because now, he could not save himself.
He organized two cavalry charges in succession, trying to rush over. But he was swallowed up by the wall of fire twice!
The Mongolian soldiers began to climb up the cliff. After all, in addition to herding sheep, the Mongolians were also very good hunters.
As long as you climb the cliff and fight one-on-one, you won't be afraid of those Ming people.
It's a pity that the cliff is a bit steep. Moreover, the moon is very good tonight.
Those who climb the cliff are as visible as lice on a bald man's head.
The Mongols' shooting was very accurate, and the Ming army's shooting was equally good. Moreover, the Ming army used Aka rifles.
This kind of rifle does not have to pull the bolt after each shot like the Mongolians did.
The climbing Mongolian soldiers fell off the cliff one after another. With long screams, they also took away the hope of changing the situation of the war in Beregutai.
Beregutai was completely blocked in front of the Kulbas Pass and could not move! This made him anxious. If he continued to delay, the Ming army's pursuers might arrive.
The pursuers did not come, but Mangui, who had been waiting for a few days of leisure, came.
To be continued...