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Chapter 258 Charge to the tank

The next day, Han Yuzhou, the Taifu of the current dynasty and the state affairs officer of the Pingzhang Army, announced the launch of the Northern Expedition in the Chuigong Hall.

For Han Yuzhou's hasty decision, whether it is the main peace or the main battle, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are opposed to it in their hearts. If you really object, at least you dare not be the first to refute.

All smart people are waiting for a daring early bird.

Soon, this early bird appeared, he was Xin Qiji who drew his sword in the street yesterday and wanted to be a chariot with his arms.

Xin Qiji heard about Han Tuozhou's abolition of the emperor and his youth, so he was angry and brought his sword to the court.

He originally thought that this trip would be bloody, but he did not expect that the minions of the treacherous prime minister Han Tuozhou did not stop him at all. Instead, they respectfully welcomed him into the Chuigong Palace and allowed him to stand in the civil and military circle of the Manchu Dynasty as a commoner. .

Xin Qiji couldn't punish him now, he wanted to see the situation first, and then decide whether to assassinate the traitor Han Tuozhou in court.

Then he heard the news that Han Tuozhou announced the launch of the Northern Expedition.

Hearing this, Xin Qiji was shocked at first, and then suddenly realized that Han Tuozhou did such a rebellious thing in order to enable the Northern Expedition as soon as possible, so Xin Qiji, regardless of his status as a commoner, hurriedly persuaded Han Xiang, hoping that he would make a decision before making a move. Hastily launched the Northern Expedition.

However, Han Yuzhou's attitude was firm, saying that the Northern Expedition was imperative, and threatened to have Daxia's soldiers to help him.

Seeing that Han Tuozhou's will had been decided, Xin Qiji had no choice but to settle for second best, accepted Han Tuozhou's promotion, and became the deputy general of the Dingyuan Army.

And the temporary chief general of the Dingyuan Army was Deng Yougang who wanted to pass his addiction as a general on a whim.

Of course, Deng Yougang still has self-knowledge, whether it is a whim or a whim.

He knew that he was not the material to lead the army to fight, so he asked Han Tuozhou for Xin Qiji, and Zhao Lihe for Ning Jianjun who had a good chat with him before. Zhao Lihe readily agreed and ordered Ning Jianjun to bring a The tank company accompanied.

The Northern Expedition launched by Han Tuozhou consisted of three fronts. The eastern front consisted of more than 1 Dingyuan troops and [-] forbidden troops as the main force, and flanked by the troops under the command of Li Shuang, the envoy of Dongdong in Shandong Province, and Li Shuang, who was in charge of the Jiankang government. .

The central front was fully entrusted to Zhao Lihe's Daxia First Armored Division. The Jiangling Mansion Deputy Commander Huangfu Bin and Jiangzhou Metropolitan Commander Wang Dajie who were originally assigned to this front were transferred to the western front, nominally to assist the commander in chief of the West Road Army Wu Xi sent troops from Chengdu to seize the hinterland of Guanzhong. In fact, he was following the secret orders of Han Yuzhou and His Majesty to seize power and take down Wu Xi, a traitor who would cede the land and rebel and establish himself as the king of Shu in the future.

After the armies from all walks of life were properly arranged, Han Yuzhou issued a call for gold in the name of the young emperor, announcing the start of the Northern Expedition.

The armies from all walks of life mobilized together, and Huangfu Bin of the West Road took the lead in launching the attack on the way to Dasan Pass, the gateway of Sichuan and Shu. Relying on more than a hundred personal guards sent by Zhao Lihe, he took down Wu Xi, who had long been against him, and sent him to Dasanguan. Sanguan reorganized the army on the west road and attacked Fengxiang to the north.

Guo Ni, Tian Junmai and others on the East Road suggested that the army adopt a feint attack strategy, first invade and lure the enemy in Shouchun, and then send the main force to attack Sizhou, and then take the entire Huaidong theater.

Deng Yougang, the commander-in-chief of the East Army, adopted his strategy and ordered Guo Ni and Tian Junmai to lead the army to attack Sizhou, while he led an army of more than 1 Dingyuan troops to attack Shouchun to lure the enemy.

But what everyone didn't expect was that the combat power of the new Dingyuan army was really amazing.

Under the fierce attack of Yang Tiexin, Guo Xiaotian and others, Shouchun fell in one day, and the main force of the Jin Kingdom's army was also shaken, and was lured outside Shouchun City.

Seeing that the trick to lure the enemy was successful, Xin Qiji wanted to persuade Deng Yougang to withdraw his troops, but Deng Yougang enthusiastically expressed that he would fight the Jin army.

It happened that the morale of Dingyuan's army was high and full of fighting spirit, Xin Qiji thought for a while, and there was no objection.

But Deng Yougang did not let the Dingyuan army take action, but used the tank company brought by Ning Jianjun for the first time.

In the next half an hour, Xin Qiji and Ding Yuan's army finally saw the terrifying power of the Da Xia soldiers in the field.

The tank company brought by Ning Jianjun has a total of 12 tanks, and is equipped with sufficient fuel supply vehicles, mechanized infantry units for coordinated operations, and other auxiliary forces.

And when the golden army let the twelve tanks line up neatly outside the city, and with the coordination of the mechanized infantry unit, aimed their guns at the golden army camp ahead, the outcome of this battle had already been decided.

At that time, artillery fire raged, and deafening bangs echoed on the battlefield filled with gunpowder and smoke.

Under the anti-explosive bombs specially carried by the tank company, the Golden Army camp instantly turned into a burst of flames. Countless shrapnel and steel balls that exploded shot in all directions at an extremely fast speed, instantly killing the guards near the camp. All the golden troops were slaughtered.

The Jin army affected by the explosion was not just turned into a sieve. It is very normal for the shrapnel to cut off limbs, shovel off the head, and penetrate the chest.

For a time, blood and stumps were flying all over the camp of the Jin Army, and the smoke and flames of war continued to spread.

It was only the first round of salvo, and the tents in the first half of the Jin Army turned into a sea of ​​flames full of screams.

Ning Jianjun didn't change his face, and ordered to continue to reload and shoot.

This tank company is equipped with a Type 54 medium tank imitating the Soviet T-59A, with a total weight of 36 tons and a crew of four. The main weapon is a 100mm rifled gun with a combat rate of fire of about seven rounds per minute.

As long as twelve 59 medium tanks are properly allocated, they are enough to shoot at the Jin Army camp without interruption.

As a result, the densely packed Jin army in the camp didn't know what happened until their death. They could only hear the continuous loud noises of thunder and see the deadly flames constantly exploding in the camp...

This scene of being killed by the sudden appearance of divine thunder and divine fire without even seeing the shadow of the enemy is a battle that they have never experienced or even heard of in their lives.

In an instant, all Jin Jun's hearts were covered with a layer of haze called fear.

In addition, the Supreme Commander of the Golden Army died as early as the moment the first shell exploded.

The [-] gold army had no leader, let alone a counterattack, they couldn't even organize a decent retreat, and they were defeated in an instant amidst the sound of artillery fire.

Looking at the Jin Army tent crying for father and mother, Xin Qiji recovered from the shock and asked Deng Yougang and Ning Jianjun if they could let the Dingyuan Army attack.

After obtaining the consent of Ning Jianjun, Xin Qiji quickly ordered the Yuan army to attack, and under the cover of the tank company, he wiped out the defeated Jin army.

Perhaps because of the help of artillery fire, the morale of the Dingyuan Army was greatly boosted. With the help of God, every soldier displayed extraordinary combat power.

But at the same time, Jin Jun, who finally saw the face of the enemy, also regained his sanity a little bit, and the remaining Jin Jun finally organized a decent counterattack.

A general of the Golden Army with a long spear even rushed out of the encirclement of the Dingyuan Army with thousands of riders. He locked his eyes on the twelve black steel behemoths that were constantly spewing flames outside Shouchun City, and led the remaining thousand riders of the Golden Army to roar. rushed over.

Watching over a thousand cavalrymen charging forward, Ning Jianjun let out a long sigh and quickly ordered.

The coordinated mechanized infantry units quickly stepped forward to plant mines, then retreated to the side of the tank and raised their rifles.

At the same time, one 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun and two 7.62mm machine guns mounted on each tank were aimed at the cavalry, and the smoke grenade launchers on both sides of the turret were also loaded with anti-infantry shrapnel.

"Boom!"

While the ignorant general of the Golden Army led the cavalry into the minefield, the machine guns on the coordinated infantry and tanks also fired one after another, and the bullets rained down on the cold weapon army ahead, and the dense bullet chains were like Satan's wipers. Sweep down the cavalry in front one by one.

Perhaps because of admiration for the opponent's courage, all the bullets subconsciously avoided the frontmost general of the Golden Army.

When the general of the golden army rushed in front of the black steel giant alone, there was no one around to follow him.

But he still roared, waving the spear in his hand and poking at the cylindrical thing densely packed like compound eyes in front of him——

He thought it was the eye of the Iron Behemoth, but it was actually a smoke launcher loaded with anti-infantry shrapnel.

The musket pierced one of the six barrels, while the remaining barrel spewed deadly anti-infantry shrapnel.

"boom!"

Countless steel balls pierced through the iron armor on his body in an instant, shooting the unknown general of the Golden Army into a sieve.

Since then, the Battle of Shouchun was a great victory, the Jin army suffered heavy losses, and the eastern front advanced steadily. It took only two days to win the Huaidong theater, and then divided the troops into two groups to attack Suzhou and Xuzhou.

Such victories have been achieved on the Eastern Front, not to mention the Central Front.

The commander-in-chief of the First Armored Division of Daxia was Sun Chuanting, a descendant of the Ming Dynasty. In order to show that he favored the general, Zhao Lihe handed over the most powerful First Armored Division of Daxia to him, and he did not disappoint Zhao Lihe's expectations. He mastered the tactics of the new army at a speed not inferior to that of young people, and even convinced those young officers who came from the Tongmenghui in less than a month.

Adhering to Zhao Lihe's will to fight quickly, the Daxia Armored Division led by Sun Chuanting made great strides all the way, conquering thirteen cities in two days, and even divided the troops into two groups, taking Luoyang and Kaifeng respectively, which is the later Nanjing. And the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty.

At this point, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, which had been away for a hundred years, finally returned to the territory of the Central Plains.

(End of this chapter)