northernbook Chapter 247 Liao Jie: What tactics are needed? Just push forward
Chapter 247 Liao Jie: What tactics are needed? Just push forward
Against the four horses from the northwest, Liao Jie's tactics were very unremarkable, which was to push forward on three fronts.
In his words, whatever tactics you need, just push forward.
But the most important thing is the aircraft.
The Four Horsemen of the Northwest are different from the warlord armies of Northern Xinjiang, Southern Alliance and others that they had encountered before.
This was a local warlord force with cavalry as its main force.
According to intelligence, there are about 300,000 people in the four northwestern cavalry, and the number of cavalry alone accounts for 100,000.
This was an extremely large cavalry.
Although cavalry has been eliminated in this era, its mobility is unquestionable.
Therefore, how to find this highly mobile cavalry mainly depends on the air force.
After all, no matter how fast the cavalry runs, it is not as fast as the fighter planes.
Qin Province, Chang'an.
The four horses from the northwest gathered together, and the army gathered.
Although the Four Horses of the Northwest all belong to the Sima family, they do not belong to the same lineage.
That's why the four horses usually fight fiercely in private.
And this time they have a common enemy: the Renaissance Army.
Among the four Ma, Sima Bin is the oldest, so this time Sima Bin also became the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Sima Army, and the other three served as deputy commanders-in-chief, each leading a route.
To put it nicely, it means that each of them leads a different route, but in fact, it means that each of them leads his own team.
After all, none of the four of them would submit to the other, and Sima Bin would not be able to command the army unless someone could get Sima's cooperation.
"What the hell do these Tsarist Russians mean? They've waited so long, are they going to fight or not?"
The person who spoke was Sima Fang, one of the four horses.
Sima Kui had a peaceful expression on his face, like a Maitreya Buddha, but his eyes flickered, and no one knew what he was thinking.
After hearing Sima Fang's words, he also spoke up: "You gathered us all here in Qin Province, but you still haven't taken any action. Big Brother, won't you ask for an explanation for us?"
Sima Bin, who was wearing a pair of glasses and looked like a gentle scholar, was about to say something when the voice of the guard came from the door.
"The Russian envoy has arrived!"
After hearing this, the four horses all shut their mouths and focused their eyes on the door.
A moment later, a burly Slav dressed in the uniform of a Tsarist lieutenant general walked in.
Behind him followed a thin young man, who was Sima Fang's eldest son Sima Yuan.
He had previously studied at a military academy in Tsarist Russia, and not only could he speak fluent Russian, but he also had connections with Tsarist Russia.
The cooperation between Tsarist Russia and the Sima family was orchestrated by him.
"Everyone, the opportunity you have been waiting for has arrived."
Lieutenant General Tsarist Russia glanced at everyone and spoke in an excited tone.
After hearing this, the four horses were also cheered up.
After waiting for a long time, there was finally movement.
It wasn't just the Fuxing Army that seemed anxious; the four horses were also getting a little anxious.
“I received a call from home, asking you to start the operation as planned tomorrow.
Your mission is to attract the attention of the Restoration Army.
After we recover the lost land, we will fully support them in seizing control of the northwest."
The four horses had no intention of competing for world domination.
They also know their own strengths and weaknesses, so they just want to defend the territory in the northwest.
Tsarist Russia promised them that it was willing to help them, so the two sides naturally cooperated.
The battle plan formulated by the Russian Lieutenant General was one attack and one defense.
This dozen refers to Ningzhou, the northernmost of the three northwestern provinces.
This is also Sima Kui's territory.
A large number of cavalry were gathered along the way and put under his command, with a total number of more than 80,000 cavalry.
At the beginning, no one was willing to hand over his troops to others for command, but the Russian Lieutenant General was very powerful.
This also forced others to submit.
However, in order to prevent his own cavalry troops from being used as cannon fodder, he also sent Sima Fang as the deputy commander of this route to supervise Sima Kui.
The advantage of cavalry lies mainly in its mobility, and the Hetao Plain is very suitable for cavalry mobility.
Therefore, the Russian Lieutenant General ordered this cavalry unit to take advantage of its harassment advantage, divided it into groups of cavalry, and headed to the front of the Hetao Plain to harass Jinyuan and Guiyuan areas.
This will tie down part of the Fuxing Army's forces.
Although they could not contain much, the Tsarist Russians were very willing to do anything that could cause trouble for the Restoration Army.
This "one defender" refers to the more than 100,000 troops in Qin Province.
Except for Sima Kui's troops, the infantry of the other three Ma were concentrated in the two passes and along the Long River on the Qin side.
The two passes here refer to Hangu Pass and Tongguan.
Just as the four horses in the northwest were sharpening their swords, preparing for the next day's battle.
But he didn't know that the Renaissance Army had also begun to take action.
Not long after the sun rose in the early morning, various types of fighter jets located in the four provinces of Jinyuan, Jingbei, Guiyuan and Zhongyuan took off from various airports one after another.
The Air Force's first wave of air strikes concentrated more than 86 F-100 fighters, F-105, F-1 fighter-bombers and A- attack aircraft.
In the desert from Ulan Buh Desert in Ningzhou Province to the Yinshan area, a huge cavalry swept forward like a black wave.
The long horse team stretched for dozens of miles, with no end in sight.
The horses neighed and their hooves thundered.
The cavalry was led by Sima Bin's uncle Sima Xian.
He was also the most powerful figure in Sima Kui's faction, second only to him.
At this time, in the sky, a U-2 reconnaissance plane was hovering at an altitude of 8000 meters, monitoring the actions of the cavalry.
To be honest, the Fuxing Army did not expect that they could find the main cavalry force of the Northwest Sima Army, which posed the greatest threat to them, so easily.
Moreover, judging from the scale of the reconnaissance, this main cavalry almost concentrated four-horse cavalry, so there was no need to search for them one by one.
Therefore, the Air Force dispatched the first batch of more than 200 fighter planes of various types to take charge of this area without hesitation.
The first to arrive over the Ulan Buh Desert was a group of F-105 Thunderfighter fighter jets, consisting of two squadrons and 60 aircraft.
Currently, the F-105 Thunder God is also the fastest fighter of the Restoration Army, so Thunder God is often the first to arrive at the battlefield.
After the Thunder King entered service, the Air Force stopped increasing the number of F-100 Super Sabre fighter-bombers, and the Thunder King gradually became the main fighter-bomber model.
In the clouds, a series of Thunder Gods dived down to attack at nearly supersonic speeds.
When the cavalry saw the fighter planes emerging from the clouds, they didn't know what they were.
Because very few of them have ever seen an airplane, and even if they want to see one, there is nowhere to go.
"airplane!"
Sima Xian, who was riding a Ferghana horse, couldn't help but exclaim after seeing this scene.
"Swish swish..."
“Chirp…Chirp…”
When the F-105 fighter-bombers began their attack, rockets and high-explosive bombs were thrown into the crowd.
Such a dense cavalry is simply the dream target for the pilots of the Restoration Army.
Rockets and aerial bombs can be thrown directly into the crowd at will.
Rockets and aerial bombs fell like raindrops, accompanied by sharp whistling sounds, and mercilessly smashed into the crowd.
Accompanied by bursts of explosions, the surrounding horses and cavalry were torn to pieces and overturned by the blast waves.
The shrapnel was like the scythe of the god of death, flying wantonly among the horses and the crowd, and then piercing into the bodies of people and horses, causing blood to spurt out.
Air raids are a disaster for cavalry, especially in a desert environment where there is no shelter at all.
The horses behind neighed in fear, raising their front hooves high, trying to avoid the sudden explosion.
At this time, even the most experienced cavalrymen could not control the posture of their horses.
The dense cavalry troops collided directly with each other, and people and horses were thrown to the ground.
At this time, the cavalry's formation was also in chaos.
Some tried to escape by riding their frightened horses, some drew their lances from the right magazines and fired into the air, and some were trampled in the chaos.
However, the cries of pain and the neighing of horses were instantly drowned out by the explosion.
The cavalry's chaos did not pause.
The F-105 fighter-bombers in the sky dived, attacked, and took off at will.
Sprinkle all the ammunition you carry into the dense crowd.
After all the rockets and bombs were dropped, they began to fire at the enemy with a 20mm 6-barrel Gatling cannon on the left.
The dense rain of bullets easily turned the people and horses into blood mist and fragments. For a moment, the limbs of people and horses flew everywhere, and the blood of people and horses mixed together, dyeing the yellow sand a bright red.
In the sky not far away, an even larger fleet of aircraft was approaching.
It was the F-100 fighter-bomber group that was a step behind Lei Gong, numbering 93 aircraft.
At the rear was a group of 40 F-86K Sabre fighter jets.
At this time, the pressure on the Leigongji group was still very great.
Because there were so many people, the ammunition they carried was totally insufficient.
Therefore, the arrival of 93 F-100 fighter-bombers at this time was very timely, and they directly took over the F-105 fighter-bombers.
This was a one-sided massacre from the air against the ground.
Tens of thousands of cavalrymen were powerless to fight back against the air strikes of hundreds of fighter planes.
The large number of cavalrymen marching together in a mixed group made it extremely difficult for them to evacuate.
Many people did not die in air raids, but were trampled to death by their own horses.
Sima Xian, the cavalry commander, was trapped in the middle of the troops and couldn't escape. He was hit by a 20mm machine gun in despair. He was blown to pieces and his body was never found.
After more than an hour of fighting, the entire desert seemed to be dyed red.
Everywhere there were struggling horses and wounded and wailing soldiers.
The earth was stained red with blood, and the tragic scene was like hell on earth.
This air raid directly dispersed the main cavalry forces of the four northwestern horses.
The number of cavalry casualties alone exceeded 30,000.
There were also tens of thousands of people running wildly in all directions, some rushing forward, some running wildly into the depths of the desert in the uninhabited area, and some walking back.
Tens of thousands of cavalry were in chaos.
This also means that the threat along the way has been eliminated.
In the Hetao Plain on the way from Guiyuan to Ningzhou, there was also a cavalry galloping wildly.
But this is an armored cavalry.
Hundreds of T-54 main battle tanks formed a huge steel torrent, driving recklessly across the plains.
This unit was none other than the 17th Armored Division of the Fourth Army, and also the vanguard of the Fourth Army.