At around two o'clock in the morning on the 13th, when Xiang Xiaoqiang was wrapped in a blanket and leaning in the car, Wu Yanbin pushed him gently and whispered:
"My lord! My lord!"
Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't know who he was, and his mind was filled with the "beheading operation" in the early morning. Now he woke up all of a sudden:
"Uh, uh! What? Has the fight started?"
He immediately discovered that the car was not running, but parked here. Moreover, it was very quiet both front and rear, and there was no engine sound.
"What's going on?" he asked, "Why are you parked here? Where is this? Where are the other cars?"
Wu Yanbin whispered:
"Sir, the other cars are all here. We have set up an ambush now..."
"Ambush circle?"
"Sir, just after one o'clock, the forward reconnaissance battalion encountered the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry. The enemy was a squad, and we were also a squad. The enemy was on horseback, and we were machine guns and motorcycles. We killed half of them at once, and the remaining
I caught them all..."
Xiang Xiaoqiang's ears twitched and he keenly captured the two key words:
"Reconnaissance cavalry?...Does that mean there is a large force behind? How can you be sure it is a reconnaissance cavalry? Aren't they out to hunt wild food?"
Wu Yanbin said:
"Sir, we have already interrogated them. They are the reconnaissance cavalry. There are three brigades behind them, nearly 20,000 people! There are still more than 20 kilometers away!"
Xiang Xiaoqiang was shocked:
"Twenty thousand people? Real or fake? Make no mistake!"
"Sir, this was arranged by Master Gao personally. Those people were beaten until their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen. They were interrogated separately and they all said the same thing! Master Gao saw that you were sleeping soundly. He was afraid that it would affect your command during the day, so he already made the decision.
An ambush has been set up. Now we are waiting for the enemy’s main force!”
Xiang Xiaoqiang sat blankly for a moment and understood.
"My day..." he murmured, "that old boy from Erdenmutu dared to come with me. I played with him and he also played with me... My tank army walked away struttingly
He used the west road as a cover, and he probably also used the west road as a cover to send troops arrogantly. I came to his lair from the east road, and he also came to my lair from the east road! He probably knew that I had exhausted all the combat power of the base, and wanted to do something.
Take advantage of the opportunity!"
Wu Yanbin nodded and said:
"My lord is wise, Lord Gao also analyzed it in the same way!"
Xiang Xiaoqiang laughed:
"It's a pity that this old boy is playing tricks with me, but he doesn't dare to confront me head-on. Now it's not as good as fate, and the main forces of our two families have met together. Haha, okay, then everyone is here
Let's have a head-to-head confrontation on the grassland! He uses a rifle, I use a machine gun! He uses a horse, I use a car! Let's collide! It's a pity that the tank is not brought, otherwise it would be more enjoyable... Hey, it seems that the Battle of Jutland was like this too
Right? Both sides are planning to set up an ambush for the other side to get through, and then the two main forces get together. Haha."
Wu Yanbin was born in a military academy. Although he was not in the navy, the Battle of Jutland was a classic battle, so he naturally had to learn from it. He nodded and said with a smile:
"Yes, sir, it's really the same as the Battle of Jutland! Moreover, this is a prairie with a flat plain, almost like the sea! But sir, now we are an armored ship versus a wooden sailing ship!"
"very good!"
Xiang Xiaoqiang was very satisfied and excited. He opened the truck canvas and jumped out of the car. Wu Yanbin also jumped out.
…
The surrounding fields were dark, except for the bright moon in the sky, which shed a few white lights. After a while, Xiang Xiaoqiang's vision adapted to the darkness, and he saw that the surroundings were no longer the Gobi Desert, but the prairie. The grass under his feet was not too high.
It's not even up to my knees. Looking around, I can't see any mountains.
It was very cold at night, bone-chilling. Xiang Xiaoqiang stomped his feet in place, wrapped his coat tightly, and put on a blanket, still shivering uncontrollably.
There are military vehicles in all directions, but the distance is very large. Each military vehicle has a Woodpecker machine gun on the roof. The cabs are all covered with canvas to prevent the glass from reflecting. Many foxholes have been dug in front, and the officers and soldiers carry
"Sir, we are now in Brentohai County. Ulungu Lake is about ten kilometers to the west, and Altay City is almost a hundred kilometers to the north."
He nodded to Xiaoqiang and said with a smile:
"Erden Mutu is the same as me. He wants to play the Six Hundred Mile Dash. I have four wheels and he has four legs. I am almost at his door, and he has just walked a hundred kilometers. Haha
, this old...spoon."
He used the first curse word he learned here, and it felt pretty good and quite appropriate.
…
Xiang Xiaoqiang held up the telescope and saw a gray thing a few hundred meters away. He could tell that it was a road.
Of course, the enemies are all cavalry, so they do not necessarily have to walk on the road. But the ambush location chosen by Gao Dayi is very good. Behind the ambush is about ten kilometers away from Ulungu Lake, which covers hundreds of square kilometers.
The enemy army is now rushing to the southeast. It is impossible to go west around the large lake of several hundred square kilometers. They can only pass by the east side of the East Road or pass between the road and the lake. The Ming army is ambushing the road and the lake.
Between the lakes, and only lurking on one side of the road, leaving the other side empty.
In this way, no matter whether the enemy troops pass by the road, pass by the east side of the road, or pass between the road and the lake, they will enter the ambush circle of the Ming army. Even if they pass far away from the east side of the road, they will still enter the ambush circle.
The Ming army's artillery was within the range of the Ming army. And the Ming army's automobile mobility advantage allowed them to quickly adjust their position and pounce on them.
The enemy troops were also afraid of losing their way on the prairie in the dark and did not dare to deviate too far from the road.
Xiang Xiaoqiang asked Wu Yanbin to take him to Gao Dayi's place. Gao Dayi was afraid of disturbing Xiang Xiaoqiang's sleep, so he moved the command radio to another vehicle. In a military vehicle dozens of meters away, Gao Dayi was talking to the people below.
A commander assigned a task. Seeing Xiang Xiaoqiang crawling in, several people quickly stood up to greet him.
Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled and nodded, letting everyone continue while he sat next to him and listened.
Gao Dayi continued:
"...If the enemy's confession is not too different, and if the enemy really dispatched three brigades with 20,000 men this time, that would be more than half of the total known strength of Erdenmutu. Therefore, our battle is
Try to annihilate all the enemies. If the enemy is dispersed, we will give full play to the mobility advantage of the car, chase the enemy on the prairie, and eliminate them one by one. We are cars and can gallop quickly for a long time, but the enemy's horses cannot
. Make full use of this. Blocking the enemy's way back to the north is the key. As long as the enemy does not run to the north, it doesn't matter if they run in the other three directions. To the west is Ulungu Lake, and to the east and south are hundreds of miles.
It’s all uninhabited land. Once daybreak, our planes will be able to go into battle, and none of them will be able to escape. Are you clear?”
"Clear!"
"What else do you have to say, sir?"
Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled and said:
"Dayi's arrangements are in place. Militaryly, I have nothing to say. Dayi is right. If we can completely annihilate the 20,000 enemy troops, then Erdenmutu's power in northern Xinjiang will be over. He
This time they traveled 600 miles to attack us, and they must be all elite soldiers and generals. With this one bite, we have won the judgment war. The rest is to wipe out the end. Now the Soviet Union and Japan are here
They are spying on us. Whether we can win this battle depends on whether they can put away their petty thoughts. We want to show them that although we have just finished the unification war, our combat effectiveness is still so strong!"
In the red light of the lantern, several commanders nodded solemnly and said at the same time:
"Don't worry, sir, I understand!"
…
On the dark prairie, hundreds of military vehicles and thousands of officers and soldiers used the cover of darkness to lurk in place, motionless. All vehicle engines were turned off, all radios were silent, and there was no sound at all. There was only the howling of wolves in the distance.
, came faintly from time to time.
Time passed by minute by second. At about 3:30 in the morning, there were soldiers lying on the ground and listening to the ground with their ears. Later, more and more officers and soldiers lay on the ground to listen. Everyone became excited.
Xiang Xiaoqiang immediately lay down on the ground and listened carefully.
The sound of "rumbling" came from the ground, and it was already relatively clear. Several local guides who came with the team came to their own judgments, ranging from five kilometers to three kilometers. Anyway, no matter five kilometers or three kilometers, it is
It's very close.
Some of these guides were local old herdsmen in northern Xinjiang, and a few were surrendered Qing army cavalry, and they were also very experienced. They all agreed that the other party's state was neither galloping nor walking at a leisurely pace, but rather
It was a trot between the two. It could be seen that the other party was rushing in a hurry. It was only because the total distance was very long that they did not run fast.
Gao Dayi put on the headset, broke the radio silence, and said:
"All preparations."
Suddenly, whistles sounded one after another in the darkness. This was a specially made whistle. The sound was silent and would not spread very far. At the same time, a large number of gun bolts sounded.
"Sir," Gao Dayi said, "please, the shelter has been dug. Let's go to the shelter."
Xiang Xiaoqiang still wanted to go to the front line in person, but when he thought about it, there was no tank this time, and he might not be shot by any bullet, so he didn't pretend to be a hero. He nodded, and together with Gao Dayi and the others, the entire division moved
Entered a newly dug semi-underground fortification.
Bathed in the moist smell of fresh earth, Xiang Xiaoqiang opened the observation window and looked out. At this time, he could already hear the "rumble" of horse hooves in the air.
Outside the bunker, a staff officer held a flare gun and pointed it at the sky. Gao Dayi held a wireless phone and looked outside.
The radio suddenly rang:
"Rabbit! Rabbit! Rabbit!"
This means that the enemy has moved into the ambush range and has seen the rabbit, so it is time to spread the eagle.