A strange scene happened on the battlefield. A large group of Polish cavalry turned around and ran away when they saw the Ming army tanks.

The last battle of Smolensk had a huge psychological impact on the Polish cavalry.

They also know that no matter how sharp the saber is, it cannot penetrate the armor of a tank.

Tank guns actually don't pose much of a threat to them. What they fear most is the 12.7mm machine gun used by the commander on top of the tank.

This kind of firearm with a range of up to one thousand meters can form a powerful fire net.

At a distance of one thousand meters, the cavalry could kill an entire company before they even had time to shoot.

If fighting alone, the Polish cavalry would frantically use casualties to get close to the Ming tanks, and eventually use explosives to destroy the Ming tanks.

But now the Ming army's tank density has reached nearly fifty tanks per kilometer.

This kind of density of firepower can definitely tear apart any opponent.

When tanks are chasing horses in the field, it is only a matter of time before they catch up. After all, the horses will tire and the tanks will not.

However, someone was more anxious and faster than the tank.

That is the Ming Air Force!

No matter how fast a war horse runs or a tank drives, it is still not as fast as an airplane.

Ming army pilots flew planes in the air to chase and kill Polish troops.

At the end of the day, I actually started to have fun.

They flew at very low altitude and then used the machine guns on the plane to shoot at the Polish troops below.

This kind of state, which had never been seen on the shooting range, made the Ming army pilots very excited. And it quickly became popular on the battlefield!

The tank soldiers behind could only angrily crush dead men and dead horses in pursuit, and then point at the pilot in the sky and curse.

By 14 o'clock in the afternoon on the day of the attack, the three cavalry divisions that the Polish army came to support were all wiped out except for a small part that escaped into the mountains and forests.

Because of the information gap, the Polish army had not figured out until the night of the attack day whether the Ming army was going to Kiev to fight the French to death, or whether it was going to eat up the 600,000 Polish troops in front of the Ming army.

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Taking advantage of the dark conditions at night, the Ming army established an airborne field in the Wetkoski area.

A large number of heavy airships of the Ming Army flew directly over the areas controlled by the Polish army under the cover of the dark night sky, directly delivering supplies to the Ming Army on the front line.

A whole night of supplies not only replenished the tanks for a whole day's combat consumption, but also established a stable field position in the Wetkoski area.

It has been used as a logistics supply base for the Ming Dynasty to supply the Ming Dynasty army behind enemy lines.

For this attack, the Ming army calculated the date accurately. There was not a trace of light in the sky, and the earth seemed to be covered with a layer of darkness. In the wild conditions, it was truly invisible.

Darkness may be the only fair place in this battle.

Because the Polish army couldn't figure out what the Ming army was going to do, they were in chaos all night.

The previous order was for them to retreat, and the next order was for them to take advantage of the darkness to attack the Ming army.

Unfortunately, the Ming Army engineers had already launched small trigger mines in various places.

These landmines are not very lethal, but they are very loud and can glow and heat for a long time.

It is September, and the light and heat can easily ignite the surrounding vegetation.

As long as there is burning vegetation, shells will fall in less than a minute.

As the sound of "bang" continued, the Polish army's night sneak attacks were all eliminated by artillery shells.

The Polish army command post often only learned of the failure of the attack an hour or two after its own troops were shelled.

There were only a few hours in the night, plus the time needed to mobilize troops, the entire night was basically wasted by the Polish army.

It was five o'clock in the morning, the sky was bright and the sun had not yet come out. The Ming army tanks had already started roaring, and they continued to advance.

However, there were some changes in the direction of the advance. Zukuan's 1st Tank Division began to cover the infantry and attack the Polish army positions from behind.

At this time, the Russian army in front of the Polish army also began to attack with the support of Ming army artillery fire.

The Russian army was as brave in attacking the Polish army as it was in attacking the Hebrews. They didn't even need to mobilize before the battle, the soldiers just charged "Ouch" and "Ouch".

Poland and Russia are feuding, and they themselves cannot tell how many times they have killed each other.

Anyway, the feud between the two countries has been entangled for almost a thousand years.

Stimulated by a thousand-year blood feud, the Russian soldiers were very brave.

In addition, the Ming army conducted an hour of artillery preparations before the Russian army attacked. The surface defenses built by the Polish army in the past few months were opened one by one like cans.

This time, the Russian offensive troops were equipped with a new piece of equipment, the Ming Dynasty version of the rocket launcher.

This kind of rocket launcher has a long booster and a warhead at the entrance that exceeds the caliber of the rocket launcher.

The super-caliber warhead is so powerful that as long as it advances to a distance of two hundred meters, it can penetrate the machine gun position with one shot.

Moreover, the Ming army also sent some mortarmen with mortars to follow the Russian army for close fire support.

Although the mortar is not very powerful, it is the infantry's best friend.

When the Ming army discovered the opponent's mortars, they could also use signal flares to call out the self-propelled artillery ahead.

Although the number of self-propelled artillery was not large, it still suppressed the mortar firepower of the Polish army.

Many mortars only fired a dozen shells before being locked by howitzers. Then they were covered by a round of artillery fire!

The Ming army became more and more experienced in using howitzers to attack mortars, so much so that it helped the Russian army break through across the board even when the air force dispatched very few troops.

By 12 noon that day, the Russian army had advanced five kilometers. In some areas, it had advanced as much as seven kilometers.

You must know that this is an infantry attack, not the Ming army's armored force that is a torrent of steel.

Behind them, two Ming army temporary divisions, one Ming army infantry division, and fifteen Russian infantry divisions, behind the 1st Tank Division, launched an attack on the rear of the Polish army.

Soon, the Polish army, which was attacked from both sides, began to show signs of collapse.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Polish high command finally discovered that its troops were surrounded.

The Ming army plus the Russian army dispatched a total of 700,000 troops, most of whom were Russian troops with somewhat weak combat effectiveness.

In two days, the Polish army, numbering more than 600,000, was surrounded.

This was something unimaginable before, but...but it happened clearly before my eyes.

Many troops on the front line were attacked by the Ming-Russian coalition forces in the back, resulting in the destruction of a large amount of accumulated ammunition, grain and baggage.

It was easier to deal with the destruction of grain and fodder. After all, the battle had only lasted two days, and the frontline troops were not yet hungry.

But if the ammunition is destroyed, it will cost you your life.

The ammunition for the frontline troops cannot be too much. At most, there are only two or three bases!

These ammunition were basically used up in two days of fighting.

When it was necessary to shoot wildly to survive, the Polish army commander had to ask the frontline troops to save ammunition.

The artillery shells, especially the huge consumption of mortar shells, were basically all used up before nightfall.

The second night after the battle began, the Ming army immediately began to defend on the spot as it got dark.

One airship after another, once again taking advantage of the cover of darkness, delivered huge amounts of various supplies to Witkowski.

Then, these materials were broken into pieces and transported to various corners of the battlefield by countless tractors.

At dawn, the Ming Army's armored forces once again received additional supplies. But this night, the flares on the Polish position were not extinguished.

The Poles no longer had artillery shells, so the Ming army's artillery shells were a little reckless.

The mortars even advanced one kilometer away from the front line. As long as the flares found traces of the enemy, they would immediately bombard them with mortars.

The Poles were in chaos, and the Minsk headquarters on the front line had almost lost contact with the front line.

The communication with Warsaw is smooth, but the orders from Warsaw are disappointing.

They actually ordered the Polish army to defeat the Ming army in front of them and regain the lost position.

This is obviously an insane order, but it is required to be strictly implemented. If the night attack cannot be launched tonight, Commander Budoldowski will be arrested and receive the most severe punishment at the military court in Warsaw.

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Budordovsky wanted to commit suicide because he could no longer contact the frontline troops.

The Polish army did not have many telegraph machines, and each army only had one radio station.

Although Budordovsky was able to contact the military headquarters on the front line, all divisions had lost contact.

We can only send scouts to contact each division, but now it is as dark as a curtain, and the Ming army is still firing cold shots from time to time, so many division command posts have been forced to move.

How many troops can be contacted before dawn, only God knows.

The anxious Budoldovsky was jumping anxiously in the Minsk command post, when suddenly another piece of bad news came.

A large number of Ming Army armored units were discovered in the Jilawsky area, which is only more than 100 kilometers away from Minsk.

"How did they get in!" Budordovsky roared angrily.

No one answered him. God knows where this tank force came from.
To be continued...