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Chapter 514 The Battle of Muling River (10)

In one day, the cavalry of the People's Army discovered a total of 6 Russian patrol and reconnaissance squads, basically in squads, with only two teams being platoon-level. The two sides naturally launched a battle, but in one day, the Russian army suffered a total of 42 people and 5 were captured; while the People's Army had only 4 people killed, and another 7 people were injured, and 3 horses were injured. In small-scale battles like Bijing, the cavalry still had a considerable advantage.

At this time, the Russian army from Mudanjiang had arrived at Beilin Station on the Binsui Line, about 30 kilometers away from Mulinghe Station. The 35th Division of the Russian army, who was waiting for the Northern Line, sent troops to meet with him. That night, the Russian army at Beilin Station received the results of today, and the Russian scouts also discovered the location of the People's Army's cavalry regiment and confirmed that the number of the People's Army was between 2,000-2,500. Of course, this was also the People's Army's intentional exposure of its position to attract the Russian cavalry attack.

The Russian army was also very surprised. It is said that fighting between small armies of both sides is very common. Sometimes it happens dozens of times a day. However, this time the People's Army dispatched the cavalry, which has never been before. Although the People's Army has won many victories on both the sea and the land line since the war started, and even fought a successful landing battle, the People's Army's cavalry troops have not had a high sense of existence on the battlefield, and it can be said that they have no sense of existence at all. Among the top leaders of the Russian army, many people think that the People's Army has no established cavalry at all. Now the People's Army has dispatched established cavalry and crossed the Muling River to fight. What is this operation? It is a bit like a challenge to the Russian cavalry.

Although the intention of the People's Army is unclear, since the cavalry of the People's Army has crossed the Muling River, the Russian army cannot ignore it. Otherwise, such a cavalry can still cause considerable trouble to the Russian army. Therefore, Major General Baumgardan, the commander of the 1st Cavalry Brigade, decided to lead the cavalry to attack and teach the People's Army a lesson. The Bijing cavalry is the best army to deal with the cavalry.

However, Major General Molozov, the commander of the railway garrison, believed that the 1st Cavalry Brigade was not suitable for attacking at this time. Now this Russian army is mainly supported by this cavalry brigade. Once it is time to wait for the troops sent by the 35th Division to arrive before attacking.

But Baumghaldan did not listen to Morozov's opinion, but insisted on attacking tomorrow, because the cavalry was moving fast. When the troops sent by the 35th Division arrived, perhaps the cavalry of the People's Army had already transferred its positions, and it would not be so easy to find the cavalry of the People's Army. In Baumghaldan, he had another plan in his mind. The cavalry had a high status in the Russian army, and unlike the "gray animals" of the Russian army, most of the soldiers of the cavalry were from aristocratic origins. Not only did they have a strong sense of honor, but they were also eager to make achievements, so they were very warlike.

However, since the war started, the Russian cavalry has almost no use for both the Japanese and the People's Army. This is mainly because the cavalry war requires broad space. However, since the war started, the Russian army has basically fought positional wars, so it is difficult for the Russian cavalry to find opportunities to fight on the battlefield. There is really no way to attack Mulinghe Station and launch cavalry wars. There is indeed no army. However, I did not expect that the cavalry of the People's Army took the initiative to attack, so Baumghaldan would naturally not miss this opportunity.

Moreover, Baumghaldan and Molozov had the same ranks, both of them were major generals. Before leaving Mudanjiang Station, they did not clearly specify who would be commanded. In terms of force, of course, the cavalry brigades accounted for the majority, but the attack on Mulenhe Station was mainly ground attack, so it was not appropriate for anyone to command. Moreover, Volkov also considered that after the troops sent by the 35th Division arrived, the officers of the 35th Division would naturally be commanded by the officers of the 35th Division, so they simply did not assign commanders. Anyway, it took a few days, but they did not expect this situation to happen.

Baumghaldan ignored Morozov and led the cavalry brigade early on the second morning. After walking less than 5 kilometers, the 1st Battalion, who was the vanguard, returned and found the cavalry of the People's Army, with a population of about 150, which was probably a cavalry company, which was fleeing to the east. After hearing this, Baumghaldan immediately ordered the 1st Battalion to chase, at least bite the People's Army and not let the People's Army run away. At the same time, he went down to the 3rd Battalion to detour and cut off the road for the People's Army's cavalry to withdraw to Mulinghe Station.

The battalion commander of the 1st Battalion was Lieutenant Colonel Kororav. He was born into a middle-class Russian family. This time he went to the Far East to participate in the war, and he saved up enough breath to establish military achievements and obtain titles so that he could own territory. Now he finally had the opportunity to go to war, so he led the cavalry of the 1st Battalion to chase the cavalry of the People's Army tightly.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was about 600 meters. At this distance, the range of the m1891 Mosinnagangoxa cavalry equipped by the Russian cavalry was not enough, but Kororav was still confident in himself, because the war horses equipped by the Russian cavalry were excellent Hedon horses, which had both speed and endurance. Most of the war horses of the People's Army were Mongolian horses, and the endurance was sufficient and the speed was average. Therefore, Kororav estimated that he could catch up with the People's Army within 10 kilometers.

Sure enough, after chasing about 5 or 6 kilometers, the Russian army narrowed the distance to about 400 meters. Kororav was also very happy. If he chased for another 100 meters, the Russian cavalry could enter the range of the rifle, and of course there was basically no accurate head.

At this moment, he heard the sound of "whimpering" from behind the two small hills on both sides. He turned out three Kororavs who had never seen before. They were very strange in shape and large in size and had no animal power to drive towards the Russian cavalry. Many Russian cavalry were also very surprised and stood there to wait and see, and discussed.

Kororav was born as a nobleman and naturally had more knowledge than ordinary soldiers. He knew that some European countries had a vehicle that was driven by automatic force. Simply put, it can be regarded as a train that did not require railroad tracks. These cars were probably similar products. However, since they appeared on the battlefield and were enemies of the Russian army, they would not come here to travel. Therefore, Kororav ordered that each company of the army be divided into an army to attack the left and right vehicles, and the main team was not busy chasing the People's Army cavalry, but to look at the results of the battle on both sides. Although Kororav did not know how powerful this kind of vehicle was, the strength of a company had more than 150 people and 50 people attacked a car, which was enough.

So two troops were divided from the Russian brigade and rushed up to face the three cars that suddenly appeared.

"Close the window bezel and prepare for the battle."

The vehicles that appeared at this time were naturally the People's Army's warrior armored vehicles. They rushed towards the Russian cavalry at a speed of about 40 kilometers per hour in groups of three. Seeing that Russia also sent troops to rush towards the warrior armored vehicles, Xiao Yingpeng, the leader of the Group 1, ordered the order.

Soon, all the window bezels of Xiao Yingpeng's seat were closed, but there were two thin slits about 5 cm high and 30 cm wide on the two front windows for the driver and the driver to observe the situation outside the car.

Huang Tao, the deputy machine gunner in the rear row, said: "Chief, start fire, the distance is enough." The 14.5mm caliber machine gun equipped with the roof of the MWD armored vehicle can have a range of 2,000 meters, and all Russian cavalrymen are within range.

Xiao Yingpeng shook his head and said, "Don't be anxious, it's not up to the range of the secondary machine gun yet? When it's time, it will fire again, so the firepower will be stronger." He picked up the phone again and said, "No. 2 and No. 3, pay attention to it, and enter the range of the secondary machine gun and then fire again."

The Mengshi armored vehicles are equipped with a Type 86 7.62mm machine gun in front and back, with a range of 600 meters. However, Xiao Yingpeng waited until the distance between the two sides was close to about 400 meters before ordering to "fire".

Six machine guns on three armored vehicles fired together, spraying hot flames at the Russian cavalry. The bullets tore the air and crashed into the Russian cavalry. The body of the war horses was frantically destroying the blood organs of the body. The people and horses were shot screamed and fell to the ground. The 14.5 mm bullet was extremely powerful. Two war horses were shot in the neck and even broke the neck. After a single bullet broke the horse's neck, it hit the knight on the horse's back, and a hole the size of a bowl was created on the knight's chest.

Almost all the Russian cavalry rushed in the front row were spared. They were shot and fell to the ground and tripped many of their companions behind them. However, Kororav did not lead the charge, so he was spared. However, a bullet almost flew over his cheek, and a blood mark of 6,7 cm long and nearly 2 cm wide was drawn on his face, causing a scorching pain.

Kororav was shocked and angry. He didn't expect that the other party's car would have a machine gun installed, but at this time the Russian cavalry could not retreat because they had already entered the range of the other party's machine gun. Once they turned around and retreated, it would be like a target for the other party. They could only continue to charge, get closer to the distance between the two sides as soon as possible, get closer to the other party's vehicle, and kill the people in the car. Therefore, Kororav yelled: "Roar, rush, rush!" As he said that, he clamped his horse's belly with his legs, and the war horse suddenly increased its speed to the limit.

Other Russian cavalrymen were similar to Kororav's idea, and they all activated their war horses to accelerate their charge. Some Russian cavalry also raised their rifles and fired at the armored vehicles of warriors, but the bullets hit the armored vehicles and made a sound, and Mars shot everywhere, but they did not cause any damage to the armored vehicles.

At this time, the distance was closer to 100 meters. The Russian cavalry rushing in front had already put down their rifles, drew their sabers, and raised their swords high, flashing a cold light. They were just waiting to get close to the enemy and emit a thunder and lightning strike. However, some cavalrymen who had arranged their postures were shot and fell under the horse.

"Xiao Peng, if you want to collide with the Russians, the steering wheel must be kept steady." Xiao Yingpeng held the controller of the rooftop machine gun in one hand and grabbed the handle with the other, and said, "Huang Tao, grasp it firmly."
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