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After being touched by Bartel, Zhao Shizhen's expression was awkward on her face and she didn't say anything for a long time. Bartel asked him with a smile:

"What does it mean when you come to Batel in Mongolian?"

Zhao Shizhen shook his head, he knew nothing about Mongolian language.

"It means hero. When my mother gave birth to me, she dreamed of Changshengtian (Note: The Mongolian people regard "Changtian" as the eternal highest god, so it is called "Changshengtian" (pronounced "Tenggeli" in Mongolian language), and I am the little foal in Changshengtian's arms. Changshengtian gave him to his mother, and when his mother woke up, she gave birth to me."

"So, my name is Bater, a hero on the grassland. For me, I should be as open and honest as my predecessor, and be worthy of heaven and earth, so that I can return to the embrace of immortality after death."

"I didn't mean that, you misunderstood."

"You are always circling and twists and turns to call people. Unlike us Mongolians, we say whatever we have. In fact, I have been a regular job for so many years, but those deputy jobs have been promoted higher than me later. When I see me, I have to call me Batel respectfully. I am not a good soldier. I yearn for the vast grassland and be a rancher and take cattle and sheep across thousands of miles."

Speaking of this, Bartel sighed, Zhao Shizhen was interesting to hear and asked

"Then why come to join the army? I think no one can force you!"

"It was all the bastard Zhao Gang who caused me to take hundreds of horses away. Later, I said I would sell him some horses at a low price, but he ended up..."

Bater slapped his thigh hard, immersed himself in the memories of the past. Zhao Gang not only bought a horse at a low price but also deceived many people over, and these people were Bater.

"Not to mention these, the armored troops will be led by Shizhen. If the battle is not good, I will bring the reserves to fill the pit for you!" Bartel punched Zhao Shizhen heavily on the shoulder, showing how great he had expected Zhao Shizhen:

"Sezhen, see what else you need? Even though I agreed, my brother will try his best to cooperate."

Zhao Shizhen looked at Batel and tried hard not to let tears flow: "No other place, if I don't beat the Russians, I will be raised by a big girl! By the way, I want to know how many mortars we can mobilize at the moment."

Soon, Meng Minghai, director of the Military Control Department of the Armored Army, replied honestly: "According to the instructions of the former general, except for those heavy artillery, all the others are to be transferred by us. The entire army originally had 1,750 mortars, plus the spare 200, we can mobilize 1,950 mortars."

"Then there are nearly two thousand, plus there are about five thousand guns in our tanks and armored vehicles." Zhao Shizhen looked at Batel and asked for advice: "Batel. Those 75 guns are powerful, but they are too inconvenient to carry. I mean, we only carry light mortars. Just carry a base (20 rounds) of ammunition. These may be useful in combat."

Bartel was very generous: "No problem, as long as you make a request, my brother will do it."

"I also hope to install steel plates on the transport truck gang, which do not require it to be very thick. It is too thick and heavy. If the transport truck is installed with steel plates, it cannot be installed. My requirement is to prevent stray bullets and grenade fragments. If someone fires a fire on the car along the way, this steel plate can provide necessary help to the soldiers. The tank itself has armor, let alone rifles, small-caliber artillery may not take the lives of the warriors in the tank. Armored vehicles can also defend against the threat of rifles, but cars cannot. Those wooden car gangs have no protective capabilities at all. If there are bullets or grenade fragments flying up, they will not have any protective effect. The target is large, and one death is large."

"No need to deal with this. Recently, we have transferred 3,000 cars, all of which are made with iron plates. They can't even penetrate even if they are not strong in small calibers. I heard that it was made by President Zhao urgently. It's best for you to use these cars."

Zhao Shizhen was overjoyed when she heard this and asked Meng Minghai to deal with the matter of changing the car first.

When Bater saw Meng Minghai walking away, he turned his head and deliberately lowered his voice: "Brother Shizhen, see if our armored group should keep these steel plate cars? The tanks opened the way in front, and those steel plate cars were leaking behind, pulling infantry to the enemy's position. When they arrived at the position, the soldiers left the car and went into battle.

You know, it takes great sacrifices to move from the starting position to the front of the enemy position. Generally speaking, the main casualties of the attacking party in a war come from the process of moving towards the enemy position. If you really get into the fight, the casualties will not be so significant at this time.

And this kind of car is definitely much cheaper than armored vehicles, and it can provide a little less protection, so that we can quickly put a division or army into a certain point on the battlefield... God! I'm not dreaming, right?"

Bartel was shocked by his thoughts. If this were the case, the entire war situation would change. The war broke away from the limitations of space and became a mobility confrontation, and blitzed against any purpose on any defense line.

"No, you didn't dream, that's the case. In the past, we used the people to fight, and used the general staff to exert their power to the extreme. But now, this is a deadlock that cannot be broken by manpower. We first invented the tank, which can break the deadlock to a certain extent. But it is just a tank assault, which is useless. It is not a tank to occupy a position, but only infantry. However, the advancement speed of the infantry cannot keep up with the tank, which can only cause the tank to reduce the speed of the tank and greatly reduce the tank's assault ability. If you want to maximize the power of the tank, you can only let the infantry fight with the tank in a car. This time, let's try it in Tarjikurgan first to see if this plan is feasible."

"It's feasible, it's definitely feasible!" Bartel was a little regretful: "It's a pity that someone must take care of it here, otherwise I should lead the troops to advance in person to see how the enemy faces this steel impact. It's a pity, it's really a pity."

Zhao Shizhen smiled and said lightly: "Bater, this time it's just an experiment. Although the theory seems beautiful, we will encounter many difficulties. Long-distance raids will definitely lead to many supply problems. It is the first time we use this tactic, and we are not sure that we will succeed.

If feasible, we will have many opportunities in the future. Central Asia, Siberia, and Europe have many opportunities to look for us. I am only worried about the condition and performance of our tank troops. If the tanks break down on the road, it is unrealistic to talk about any assault."

"Tanks? I believe our tanks, these tanks have been tested many times and can basically run for hundreds of hours without any trouble!"

Bartel cheered up on the side, and he was also cheering for himself. He had no confidence. The tank was famous for its delicateness and failed when the road conditions were bad. Who knew what the test environment conditions were. Perhaps they were tested on the plains, so the rate of failures was naturally much higher.

After a day of preparation, from the golden crow to the stars, although the preparations were carried out in a slight slight manner, efficiently and orderly manner. However, the huge amount of action made these preparations a little difficult, and they were still not ready so far. However, the previous order was to attack at 4 a.m. The previous six hours were the preparation time for artillery fire, and it was also the preparation time reserved for the armored cluster. It could definitely be completed by that time.

What surprised Zhao Shizhen was that after the headquarters was ready to use multiple Xu Jin barrage shooting during the Zhuangjia Group's assault to cover the advancement of the armored cluster.

Xu Jin's barrage shooting is simply a tactic of infantry or armored soldiers charging or advancing, when the artillery extends artillery fire in a certain order, always hitting shells hundreds of meters in front of the infantry or armored soldiers, providing fire cover for infantry.

This kind of infantry and artillery coordinated tactic uses the powerful artillery power and accompanied by infantry attack tactics. Generally, the artillery shell barrage is maintained at a safe distance in front of the infantry attack line and gradually extends its shooting, so as to kill and block enemy troops attacked by infantry. The shooting requirements for artillery are high and sufficient ammunition is required.

Xu Jin's barrage shooting is divided into single-layer Xu Jin's barrage shooting and multi-layer Xu Jin's barrage shooting.

Single-layer Xujin barrage shooting usually shoots at an average 7 minutes of volleys, which will provide a certain defense to the charge/assault troops with a frontal width of the reinforcement force.

Multi-layer Xu Jin barrage shooting generally provides cover for infantry with two layers of barrage. The latter layer of barrage mainly kills and avoids the first layer of barrage and enters the defensive position. It also shoots at an average speed of one volley. Compared with Xu Jin barrage shooting, the defense rate provided is doubled and the defense width is reduced by half.

At present, only the Germans can use a single-layer Xu Jin barrage on the battlefield. Zhao Shizhen is envious of this. Unexpectedly, he can see multiple Xu Jin barrage today, and a sense of pride arises naturally.

January 1, 1901.s.|, As two signal flares rose into the air, thousands of artillery gathered by the Chinese army opened fire at the same time, hundreds of thousands of shells poured violently on the Russian positions with the anger of the Chinese.

The artillery fire was so powerful that the Russian army was completely shrouded in a sea of ​​fire. The Russian soldiers were blown away in their sleep. The Russian army, who were beaten to death, immediately began a counterattack of artillery fire. The Russian artillery was also very fierce, but over time, the shortcomings of the Russians' insufficient ammunition appeared undoubtedly. In the last hour, it became a one-man show for Chinese artillery, and the voice of the god of war sounded on the Russian positions.

Zhao Shizhen knew that it was his turn to go on the field! He jumped into the command tank, and behind him were 400 tanks, nearly a thousand armored vehicles, and three thousand protective cars, all of which were already launched and waiting to attack.
Chapter completed!