Although he felt something was wrong, Franco still gave the order.
"Move out all the anti-horse posts that have not yet been installed and insert them at major intersections. The artillery is ready to fire!"
Although the Mexican army was beaten to the ground by the Americans half a century ago, and is destined to be beaten to the ground by the drug lords half a century later, at this moment, the foundation of Mexico's colonial era is still there, and the officers
They are all well-educated, and the soldiers are well-disciplined and well-trained.
They had only arrived in this town for a short time, but they had already built simple artillery bunkers in the direction of the Chinese army's main attack predicted by Franco, and placed the artillery of several artillery batteries in place.
Franco's order was quickly implemented, and the first round of artillery fell directly into the smoke and dust in the distance, but the smoke column set off by the explosion was instantly engulfed by the billowing dust.
Franco had a bad premonition in his heart. He always felt that the smoke was like a huge wave or a tsunami, rushing towards him with a devastating momentum.
He couldn't help but cross himself, hoping it would bring him good luck.
**
Although the name Zhu Daizhen looks like a name for a girl, the owner of the name is indeed a strong young man. Diligent labor gave Zhu Daizhen a stocky and powerful body and a simple and honest face, making him look like an officer rather than an officer.
A young porter wearing a boat-shaped military cap.
If it weren't for the big earphones and the "cavalry" military emblem on the military uniform, no one would have thought that this young man was the youngest mechanized infantry platoon leader in the cavalry force of the Chinese Federation Marine Corps.
Zhu Daizhen's No. 1001 car was running at the forefront of the huge impact formation of the 1st Armored Cavalry Division of the Federal Marine Corps, leading the diamond-shaped impact array of the entire armored cavalry regiment behind.
Zhu Daizhen himself leaned out half of his body above the turret and was using a telescope to observe the town guarded by the Mexican army in the distance.
"The intelligence is correct, the Mexicans are indeed stationed in this town." Zhu Daizhen reported to the command vehicle at the rear via radio, "Are we attacking as planned?"
"That's right," Chen Haihui's voice came from the earphones, "Don't slow down and don't release the infantry, just break through their peripheral defenses, and then the infantry will get off and the center will bloom!"
"learn."
After Zhu Daizhen finished speaking, she turned off the radio and turned to the infantry squad leader sitting behind the tank and shouted: "We are going to rush in directly, and then the center will bloom."
"No problem!" The infantry squad leader patted the bags piled next to the tank turret, "Isn't there a 'bunker' here?"
At this time, in addition to the infantry, the tanks of the Cavalry were also filled with supplies "collected" along the way, such as corn and so on. Empty oil cans and barrels were also used as bunkers and piled in front of the infantry. If it weren't for the tanks,
The 75mm cannon on the front door and the heavy machine gun on the top of the Tianling Gai will probably make people who don't know think that this is the migration of pioneers.
At this time, Mexican artillery fire fell into the formation, and one of the artillery shells hit directly in front of No. 1001. The exploding sand and gravel smeared Zhu Daizhen's face.
"Bah, bah," Zhu Daizhen spat several times to clean up the sand and gravel that entered her mouth. Then she lowered her head and shouted into the car, "Press the accelerator to the end! Go for it!"
The Mexican shells fell one after another, and the fragments of the shells and the sand and stones hit the tank's armor with a clanking sound.
From time to time, infantrymen riding in tanks were overturned by fragments, rolled off the vehicle, and then completely swallowed by the tracks of the tanks behind them.
The commanders got into the tanks one after another and closed the lids of the tin cans, but Zhu Daizhen still showed up from the turret without fear, observing the enemy's position with a telescope and reporting via radio.
"To the west of the village, I saw 4 artillery bunkers, and it is estimated that at least 10 artillery were firing at us. I also saw some simple trenches and horse-blocking posts, but there were no solid obstacles that could stop us. Repeat, there were no solid obstacles that could stop us.
A solid barrier!”….
"Very good, let's rush in!"
"Yes! All crews speed up and follow me!"
At this time, the enemy's machine gun began to fire, but the shooter obviously miscalculated the distance and set the wrong scale, and the bullets just kept flying above Zhu Daizhen's head.
The enemy's artillery was more violent and precise. Two unlucky tanks in the second platoon behind Zhu Daizhen's platoon were directly hit by artillery shells, turning them into burning scrap metal, and the infantry on board were covered in flesh and blood.
"Step on the accelerator, don't be afraid, you are a living target if you stay here!" Zhu Daizhen shouted to her platoon over the radio.
At this time, a shell fell right next to Zhu Daizhen's tank, and the shock wave of the explosion blew off his boat-shaped cap. Finally, someone among the infantrymen on the vehicle screamed because he could not bear the pressure. This miserable howl made Zhu Daizhen frown.
frowned.
In order to suppress the howling, Zhu Daizhen turned on the loudspeaker equipped in each command vehicle and began to sing "Cavalry War Hymn" composed and lyrics by Lin Youde - the melody was a replica of the former Soviet military song "Prairie, Prairie", and the lyrics were written by Lin Youde
It was adapted from a German military song.
Perhaps it was to distract attention to fight fear, or perhaps it was just a simple surge in morale that needed to be released. Soon the entire impact formation was filled with loud singing, and the stirring melody and the roar of the engine were mixed into a majestic music, which almost completely overwhelmed Mexico.
The sound of human shooting.
Suddenly Zhu Daizhen's electromechanical technician reported: "I saw someone!"
Immediately afterwards, 1001's hull machine gun began to roar, and immediately the coaxial machine gun on the turret was not to be outdone and began to fire at the Mexican town that was getting closer and closer.
Zhu Daizhen just reached out to grab the machine gun on the top of the turret, but found that the squad leader of the infantry squad had beaten him to it.
He stood up on the tank and used his machine gun to fire wildly at the figures running out of the shallow trench in front of him.
The driver reported: "There is a horse-blocking stake in front of the platoon leader!"
"Run it over!"
As soon as he finished speaking, 1001 hit the wooden Juma stake directly, breaking the bowl-shaped nails and shattering them under the tracks.
Then 1001 drove directly onto a small earth wall, the front part of the car rose entirely, and then the dead weight of the car body crushed the earth wall to pieces.
Zhu Daizhen was jolted so hard that when he was dizzy, he heard people around him shouting in a completely unintelligible language, with a tone of horror.
The squad leader of the infantry squad in the vehicle was thrown directly under the vehicle, but he got up again and shouted to his subordinates: "Okay, get off the vehicle! Show some color to the Mexican!"
As he spoke, he picked up his submachine gun and fired wildly at the surroundings without any explanation.
At this time, on the roof of a foreign-style building not far in front of the tank, a Mexican machine gun suddenly fired, knocking the brave squad leader to the ground.
The tank turned the turret and aimed the 75mm short-barreled gun at the window of the bungalow that was spitting out flames.
"put!"
The shooting caused the entire car body to shake.
Half of the entire second floor of the bungalow was blown down. The machine gun and the shooter's body were thrown out and fell to the street. They were then crushed to pieces by Chinese tanks that entered the town along the main road of the town.
At this time, Shenji, who was originally shooting to suppress the enemy's generals from the sky, also boldly fell into the village - at this time, the frightened Mexicans could no longer organize effective firepower to fire rune ammunition at them.
"Step on the accelerator and let's move forward!"
No. 1001 moved again and crushed a small wooden house containing farm equipment in front of it to pieces.
Zhu Daizhen directed her car like this, running over all the way.
The Mexicans showed fighting qualities that surprised Zhu Daizhen. Although the ordinary soldiers were stunned, the officers were still trying to organize troops to rely on buildings for defense. Unfortunately, most of the buildings in the town are made of wood and masonry.
There are very few, and they simply cannot bear the tracks of the iron cavalry.
Although the Mexicans used portable rune cannons to destroy several tanks, none of the gunners could escape the hail of return fire.
Having lost all their anti-armor weapons, the Mexicans hoisted the white flag.
Amidst the thunderous cheers, Zhu Daizhen took off the heavy headphones on his head and wanted to wipe the sweat with his hat but found that the hat was gone. So he could only wipe the sweat on his forehead with his hands.
Breathe a sigh of relief.
It is said that the formation of a person's personality is not as cold as a day. The acquired experience has a very significant impact on a person's personality, value orientation, etc., and this influence is also reflected in Zhu Daizhen at this time.
The easy victory in the first battle put this young man on a completely different path from the previous time and space.