1729, Steam tanks battled the Eight Banners Cavalry
At this time, a large number of cavalry troops rushed through the car array, raising their sabers one after another, preparing to kill the infantry behind them.
However, at this time they were dumbfounded.
Because there were no soldiers a hundred meters behind the car. There were only fifteen tanks, drawn in a row and rumbling forward.
These tracks shook the ground, and even the cavalrymen felt the tremors from their horses' hooves.
All in all! Three green flares flew into the sky.
The car in front immediately turned to the left and right. Because the 30mm cannon's firing range was too far, it would accidentally hit the car in front. The thin steel plate of the car could not block the 30mm cannon's fire.
The armored vehicle battle line was already deeply wedged into the Eight Banners infantry formation and almost broke out of the formation. At this time, they suddenly split into left and right directions, completely disrupting the infantry formation.
There were panicked infantrymen everywhere, running away from forklifts. They couldn't run fast in armor. Car drivers, when they saw people huddled together, they would immediately turn the steering wheel and rush in their direction.
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Immediately, they will be pushed over by cars and shovels, and then limbs will fly all over the sky.
They attacked the armored cars like crazy, stabbing them with spears and slashing them with long knives. But it was of no use. The three-millimeter carburized hardened steel plate was much better than their own triple armor. It couldn't be opened at all.
Bai Baiya's soldiers fired fiercely with their tiger-powered bows.
It's a pity that the steel plates of these cars cannot be penetrated by the power of the Huli Bow. That's where the windows are. There are steel plate shutters outside the glass. You can see the outside from the inside, but it is basically impossible to shoot from the outside. Unless you are diagonally below.
Only a specific angle will do.
However, the armored vehicles speeding on the battlefield are still maneuvering at high speeds left and right. How can they give you this time window? The opportunity passes by in a flash and you cannot grasp it. And it is useless to shoot through it. Because the glass is bulletproof glass
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The Ulan-Ude factory knows very well that these armored vehicles are for use by Ali, the great warlord of the Horn of Africa, the poorest country in Africa.
Ali is already famous among Da Mao. Although his reputation is not very good, he is called Funny Ali. However, he is willing to spend money to buy arms. Although he is not clear-headed, he is unwilling to buy a million-dollar anti-ambush mine.
Cars, they are only willing to buy steam-powered armored cars worth 100,000 US dollars. They are also willing to serve this customer with all their heart.
After all, Ulan-Ude is a very poor area in the Far East. This factory and the design institute in Tula have solved the problem of feeding thousands of workers. This is very beneficial to the local economy. Therefore, the local area also fully supports it.
The design institute felt that although Mr. Ali was stupid and did not understand modern warfare, they still designed and designed materials with the best performance for him within the scope of requirements.
As a result, the current Eight Banners' small Fran cannons and artillery pieces below the Third General are basically useless. The front of the armored car is covered with ten centimeters of armor, and the sides of the cab are three centimeters of armor. The curved shape of the car body is an inverted U.
The shaped ceiling is made of three millimeters of carburized armor.
Therefore, the shovel of the armored car is like a groundless meat grinder, which rushes into the meat with different stirrings and grinds them all into minced meat. Whether they are cavalry or infantry, they are treated exactly the same.
Huang Taiji and Daishan had no idea what to do at this time.
They had never encountered this kind of weapon before. Just the impact of the shovel in front and the riveted guillotine on the side chopped up the cavalry and infantry wherever they passed. These iron wagons drove past at high speed and opened an alley made of flesh and blood.
Wherever it passes, everything is invincible and there is no single enemy.
Li Yongfang tried to bombard these cars with Fran machine cannons, but this primitive gun truck did not have pitching and horizontal steering devices, so it was impossible to aim at high-speed maneuvering trucks driving S-turns.
Fortunately, after these cars wreaked havoc for a while, they completely disrupted the Eight Banners infantry formation, throwing dead corpses and wounded soldiers, as well as corpse fragments, broken carriages, etc. on the ground. After the ground was in a mess, from the left and right,
Go away in one direction.
Before Huang Taiji had time to breathe a sigh of relief, he saw a taller chariot in the distance, with thick black smoke spraying out of the smoke windows and roaring sirens rushing over.
Nearly 10,000 of the 70,000 cavalrymen of the Eight Banners and Mongolia were killed and injured by cars. The remaining 60,000 people rushed towards the tanks with their sabers high.
At Yang Fan's order, the six-barreled 30mm Gatling machine gun installed in the main turret immediately rotated its muzzle and opened fire at the tide of cavalry rushing in front of it like a wave.
The six barrels rotated at high speed, making a buzzing sound. The golden metal shells rolled down like a heavy rain and fell into a special sack for collecting shells. These were all good copper, and Yang Fan couldn't afford to throw them away.
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As the Gatling cannon opened fire, with a rate of fire of 1,500 rounds per minute, the flames quickly swung and licked towards the cavalry rushing towards them like a tide.
Suddenly, a blood mist rose up in front, and the front was completely obscured by the fire from Gatling cannons.
There was a burst of red mist and a lot of debris. It was hit by 30mm large-caliber artillery shells.
Any war horse is extremely fragile. This is a 30mm lead-packed bullet. The soft lead can seal the barrel to prevent air leakage and ensure the maximum range.
The steel core bullet wrapped inside is very powerful. Whether it is a carriage or a war horse, it will be shattered instantly.
And on the bullet chain, use a single-point armor-piercing bullet, a shotgun shell (embedded with 30 three-millimeter small steel balls.), plus an incendiary bomb filled with aluminum powder and magnesium powder as accelerant.
This kind of artillery shell chain is composed of three groups, every three hundred rounds, that is, one hundred groups per box.
The artillery crew will lift boxes of artillery shells from the ammunition magazine in the car body and install them into the gun bore.
Under the command of the gunner, the shooter stepped on the firing pedal and fired everything!
At this time, in the car in the middle, Yang Fan personally served as the gunner, Xiao Niangpi sat on the left side of the turret, serving as the first gunner, and Lin Yueru sat on the right, serving as the deputy gunner, also known as the ammunition hand.
Lin Yueru was so angry that she thought it was because the madam was bullying her. She was asked to do it, which was a heavy and tiring job. The little girl could be spanked until her face turned red with excitement.
Yang Fan adjusted the periscope and sight.
"Pay attention to the three o'clock direction ahead. A large group of cavalry with a true yellow flag appears. There are about three hundred people, about one person. The gunners are ready."
As soon as Yang Fan finished speaking, the girl's sweet voice responded:
"The gunner receives it, finds the target, and whether to shoot."
"Fire!" Yang Fan ordered.
Under her leather trousers, she wore a pair of size 36 women's army hooks (a special leather officer's leather shoe with arched steel plates lined in the toe).
He immediately stepped on the shooting pedal.
Boom, boom, boom! The entire turret and the hull of the vehicle trembled. The six-barreled gun barrel rotated at high speed.
The firelight obscured the realization. Yang Fan, Xiao Niangpi, and Lin Yueru's eyes turned red. They could not see anything.