Chapter 45 The Battle of Jinzhou (3)
"Master Tao, Master Tao, and Du Lisan sent people to deliver the letter. The People's Army has launched an attack on them and asked us to hurry up and reinforcements."
Tao Ke Tao Hu said in a deep voice: "I understand, I'll clean up my troops and prepare to set off." As he said that, he stood up from the stone and came to his war horse in a few steps.
Just as he was about to get on the horse, he saw a man walking over with a horse and said, "Taoke and Taohu, I think Du Lisan's Han people are not good things, and the Russians and Japanese are not very kind, so why should we save them? Why should we go and save them? Why should we take advantage of the emptiness of Jinzhou and attack Jinzhou. After taking down Jinzhou, we will rob a lot of Han people in the city, kill all the Han people in the city, and then go back to Mongolia. At that time, we will have money and can recruit soldiers and horses again, and we don't have to look at the Russians' faces and do things."
Tao Ke Taohu shook his head and said, "Bai Yin Dalai, you think things too simple. Without the support of the Russians, we will be unable to move forward. Besides, we raised our troops to raise our troops and opposed the Qing court robbed our land, but there was no resentment with the East China **. Although this time he was sent by Russia, he had to attack Jinzhou, but it was better to kill fewer people, because they were the common people." As he said that, he pressed his hands hard on the horse's back, and spread his legs and stepped on the horse's back.
Bai Yin shook his head and said, "Tao Ke Tao Hu, you are so kind-hearted. Whether it is the East China ** or the Qing court, I think it is the same, there is no difference. When the East China ** stands firmly in the three northeastern provinces, the next thing we will deal with is Mongolia. Besides, we have already formed a grudge with the East China **, so what else can we say? According to my opinion, it will be completely offended. Anyway, the Han people are not good people." Then he flew on his horse.
Tao Ke and Tao Hu pulled the reins of the horse with one hand and pulled the light platform on the front hoof of the horse, saying, "I won't talk about these things for now. Let's go and support Du Lisan first, and let's talk about it after the battle." As he said that, his legs were lightly clamped the horse's belly, and the war horse trotted and galloped.
Bai Yin Dalai also nodded, rode his horse to catch up with Tao Ke and Tao Hu, and said, "Okay, let's listen to you."
Tao Gu Taohu is 43 years old this year, with a medium figure and a little thin figure, but his eyes are full of spirit and a bit heroic. He was originally a small nobleman in the front banner of the Gorros League of Zhelim League in Inner Mongolia. It is said that he was the second brother of Genghis Khan, Habtu and Kasar. In fact, his family still has some assets, and it is not that he cannot survive. He raised an army to fight against the Qing Dynasty and became a famous bandit in Manchu and Mongolia, which is also due to the times.
In the Qing Dynasty, due to the introduction of large-scale planting of economic crops such as corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes from the West, the grain output increased greatly, and the population increased significantly. In addition, land annexes have become increasingly serious. Since the Qianlong period, refugees who have gone bankrupt in the relevant areas have been continuously selected for land farming in Outer Mongolia. Although the Qing court strictly prohibited this behavior, the princes and princes at all levels of Mongolia considered that they could increase their land rent and pay for their tribute, so they ignored the Qing court's ban and reclaimed banners and recruited refugees to plant.
In modern times, Tsarist Russia began to infiltrate Mongolia. In order to consolidate the border, the Qing court officially implemented the policy of "opening Mongolian land and immigrating to implement borders" in Mongolia and ordered "releasing wasteland to recruit reclamation". Seeing that it was profitable, the princes and princes at all levels in Mongolia bought the land of their alliance banners and recruited Han people to cultivate them. Ordinary Mongolians lost their land for generations and fell into a survival crisis. So many people chose to resist by force, and Tao Gu and Tao Hu gathered to fight back. This happened under this background.
However, although Tao Ke Taohu was highly anticipated in his hometown, and the people supported him when he was rebelling, he lacked long-term plans and had no political program to show off, and he did not know how to rely on the people, develop himself and strengthen his team. Therefore, after the Qing court strengthened his encirclement and suppression of him, Tao Ke Taohu's situation became difficult. At this time, Russia was bribing the upper princes and bandit leaders in Mongolia and actively instigated the so-called **** movement that was mainly armed rebellion. People like Tao Ke Tao Hu were exactly what Russia needed, so Russia immediately sent people to contact Tao Ke Tao Hu, on the one hand, supporting him with weapons and funds; on the other hand, it also encouraged Tao Ke Tao Hu to support ****.
Although Tao Ke Taohu also knew that Russia was using himself, on the one hand, he really needed weapons and funds; on the other hand, Tao Ke Taohu did not have much sense of belonging to Chinese civilization and was full of interest in establishing a country with Mongolians as the main body. Therefore, he not only accepted Russia's support, but also tended to promote the path of **** and ****.
With the support of Russia, Taoke Taohu's strength increased greatly, recruited troops and merged with other Mongolian bandit forces such as Baiyintus, Baiyin Dalai, Yash, Danpier, etc., either echoed each other, or met with one another, defeated the Qing army many times, and destroyed the Reclamation Bureau. Therefore, Taoke Taohu's reputation in Mongolia greatly increased and was respected by Mongolian herders as "Master Tao".
But Russia's support was not in vain. It was necessary to serve Russia when needed. During the Russo-Japanese War and East China's participation in the war, Russia recruited Mongolian troops to assist in the war. This time, Tao Ke Tao Hu and Bai Yin Dalai were recruited to assist Du Lisan and attack Jinzhou. The Mongolian cavalry acted alone and marched along the Daling River and arrived one day in advance.
At this moment, a sentry horse rushed to Tao Ke and Tao Hu and said, "Master Tao, strange cars, strange cars, two strange cars came."
Tao Ke Tao Hu said: "What strange car? Nonsense."
The sentry said, "You can see it yourself, you can see it on the river bank."
After hearing this, Tao Ke and Tao Hu immediately took the reins and rode their horses onto the river embankment. Baiyin Dalai and Cuima followed him. The two of them looked around the river embankment and saw that at about 7,800 meters, two square vehicles were colorful. Although they were not driven by cattle and horses, they were still driving as usual, following the avenue and towards the river embankment. Two ripples of dust were raised behind the car body.
Bai Yin Dalai said, "Is this what they call a weird car?"
Tao Ke Taohu nodded and said, "It's probably true. I thought they were telling lies, but it seems that they were not fake."
During the Battle of Musuo River and the Battle of Manzhouli, the People's Army dispatched warriors to participate in the war, assisting the cavalry forces to defeat the Russian cavalry, including a group of Mongolian cavalry.
After the Russian army retreated to Chita, the Mongolian cavalry also retreated to the Mongolian grasslands, but the warriors left them with a very deep impression of fear. This kind of strange car can be pulled by oxen and horses, and can drive as if it is flying. It is also wearing heavy armor, with swords and guns, and is as powerful as running mountains. The blockers are invincible. There are fast guns on the top, no one needs to use them, and the projectiles are like rain, and all the people are dead, and there is suspected evil power, etc.
Tao Ke and Tao Hu naturally heard some stories about such strange cars, but he didn't believe it at all. If there is such a thing, a car without a ox and horse rushing can walk by itself. East China ** has such great ability? What kind of evil skills can you do? It must be an excuse for your failure. But now I see that at least the statement "can be pulled without a ox and horse, and drive as if you are flying by yourself" is a good idea, but I don't know whether other statements are true or false.
At this time, many Mongolian cavalry rode their horses onto the river bank and saw these two warriors. They were also talking about it for a while, and everyone was talking.
Bai Yin Dalai couldn't help but feel a little angry and said, "I think these two strange cars are nothing scary. I led people to rush over and pulled these two strange cars over. See what tricks they have." As he said that, he shook the reins and was about to rush down the river bank.
Tao Ke and Tao Hu grabbed him and said, "Don't be impulsive. Let others rush up and kill for a while to see what's scary about these two weird cars."
As he said that, Tao Ke and Tao Hu ordered two teams of 100 to rush down the river bank and rushed towards the two warriors. Although there were only more than 200 cavalry, the horse's hooves were thundering and it was quite powerful. However, not many Mongolian cavalry equipped with guns, and most of them still used spears, scimitars, bows and arrows and other cold weapons.
At this time, there were three veteran officers in each of the two warrior cars, two of whom were the drivers and machine gunners of the warrior car, or Yang Xun and Zhang Yi, who also rode in a warrior car, on the one hand, they were responsible for commanding the battle, and on the other hand, they operated the machine gun in front of the car.
Nowadays, the Mengshi cars are basically used as light armored vehicles, so a layer of 10mm steel plate is installed on the body, and steel baffles are added on the windows. Six cameras and two periscopes are installed outside the car, so that they can also drive and move inside the fully enclosed car body.
In fact, the cavalry of the People's Army had been arranged in place at this time. However, due to the huge gap between the two sides, the Mongolian cavalry had a total of more than 2,000 people, while the People's Army's cavalry had only three cavalry companies. One of them was Zhang Zuolin's troops, with a total of more than 500 people. Although most of the Mongolian cavalry used cold weapons, the role of the rifle was greatly weakened when the cavalry fought. Therefore, when the head-on battle, the People's Army basically had no chance of winning.
But the People's Army has a bonus of two warrior chariots, which is where Guan Jian was able to win. The People's Army's tactics are also very simple. It is to use two warrior chariots to disrupt the Mongolian cavalry's formation, and then the cavalry attacked and defeated the Mongolian cavalry in one fell swoop.
Seeing the Mongolian cavalry taking the initiative, Yang Xun said on the walkie-talkie: "Now it is just the vanguard of the Mongolian cavalry, and the large force is still behind."
Zhang Yi said: "Yes, then don't be busy using the roof machine gun. Just use the front machine gun. When they rush to 200 meters, they will fire."
Chapter completed!