Episode 11: Grassland Ambush

At around 2 a.m. on the 13th, when Xiang Xiaoqiang was wrapped in a blanket and leaned in the carriage in a confused manner, Wu Yanbin next to him gently pushed him and whispered:

"Sir! Sir!"

Xiang Xiaoqiang was originally untrue, and his mind was full of "beheading operations" in the early morning. Now he woke up all of a sudden:

"Hmm, um! What? Is the fight started?"

He immediately discovered that the car was not driving, but was parked here. Moreover, the front and back were quiet, and there was no sound of the engine.

"What's going on?" he asked, "Why are you parked here? Where are you? Where are the other cars?"

Wu Yanbin whispered:

"Sir, the other cars are here. We have set up an ambush circle now..."

"Ambushes circle?"

"Sir, at around 1 o'clock just now, the reconnaissance battalion in front encountered the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry. The enemy was a squad, and we were also a squad. The enemy was riding horses, and we were machine guns, sidewalks and motorcycles. They knocked them out half at once, and the rest were captured..."

Xiang Xiaoqiang's ear moved and he keenly captured two key words:

"Scam?...that means there is a large army behind? How do you determine that it is a scout? Not a jungle foodie?"

Wu Yanbin said:

"Sir, I've been interrogated. There are three brigades behind it, with nearly 20,000 people! There are almost twenty kilometers left!"

Xiang Xiaoqiang was startled:

"Twenty thousand people? True or fake? Don't make a mistake!"

"Sir, this was arranged by Mr. Gao himself. Those people were beaten to the point of being blue and swollen. They interrogated them separately. The statements were the same! Mr. Gao saw that you were sleeping properly, and he was afraid that it would affect your command during the day. He had already set up an ambush on the spot. Now we are waiting for the enemy's main force!"

Xiang Xiaoqiang sat for a while and understood.

"My Day..." he murmured, "That old boy from Erdunmutu, I thought of going with me. I played with him and he also played with me... My tank army walked the west road as a guise, and he probably sent troops as a guise on the west road. I rushed to his home from the east road, and he also came from the east road! He probably knew that I had time to fight the base, and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to enter!"

Wu Yanbin nodded and said:

"Sir wise, so did Gao Da analyze it!"

Xiang Xiaoqiang laughed:

"It's a pity, this old guy plays with me to avoid the real and just doesn't dare to fight with me head-on. Now the human calculation is not as good as the God's calculation, and the main forces of our two families have met together. Haha, okay, then let's fight head-on on this prairie! He uses a rifle, I use a machine gun! He uses a horse, I use a car! Everyone hits a collision! Unfortunately, the tank is not brought up, otherwise it will be more satisfying... Hey, it seems that the Battle of Jutland is the same? Both sides set up ambush with wishful thinking and let the other party drill, and as the main forces of the two families drill together, they go together. Haha."

Wu Yanbin was born in a military academy. Although he was not a navy, the Battle of Jutland is a classic example, so he naturally had to learn it. He nodded and laughed:

"Yes, sir, it's really the same as the Battle of Jutland! And it's a prairie, and it's flat, and it's almost the same as the sea! But sir, now we're about armored ships against wooden sailboats!"

"very good!"

Xiang Xiaoqiang was very satisfied and excited. He lifted the truck canvas and jumped out of the car. Wu Yanbin also jumped down.

...

The fields were pitch black, except for a bright moon in the sky, which dripped a few white light. After a while, Xiang Xiaoqiang's eyesight was adapted to the darkness, and he saw that the surrounding area was no longer the Gobi Desert, but the prairie. The grass under his feet was not too high, not reaching his knees. Looking around, he couldn't see the mountains.

It was very cold at night, and it was so cold. Xiang Xiaoqiang stomped his feet on the spot, wrapped his coat tightly, and put on a blanket, but he still shivered.

Military vehicles were everywhere, but the distance was very large. Each military vehicle was driven by a woodpecker machine gun on the roof. The cab was covered with canvas to prevent the glass from reflecting. Many fox pits had been dug in front of them, and the officers and soldiers were carrying submachine guns and machine guns, and were quietly ambushing.

"Where are we now?" Xiang Xiaoqiang asked.

Wu Yanbin said:

"Sir, we are now in Brentohai County. There are about ten kilometers to the west of Ulungu Lake, and there are almost a hundred kilometers to the north, which is Altay City."

Nodded to Xiaoqiang and laughed:

"Eerdunmutu is like me, and wants to play the 600-mile raid. I have four wheels, he has four legs, I am almost at his doorstep, he has just walked a hundred kilometers. Haha, this old...spoon."

He used the first swear word he learned here, and it felt pretty good and quite appropriate.

...

Xiang Xiaoqiang picked up the telescope and saw a gray thing a few hundred meters away. He saw that it was the highway.

Of course, the enemy is all cavalry and may not have to walk on the highway. However, the ambush site chosen by Gao Dayi is very good. The ambush is about ten kilometers behind the ambush. The Wulungu Lake is hundreds of square kilometers. The enemy is now heading southeast, and it is impossible to go westward to the big lake of hundreds of square kilometers. It can only pass either from the east side of the East Road or between the highway and the lake. The Ming army was ambushed between the highway and the lake, and only ambushed on one side of the highway and the other side was empty.

In this way, no matter whether the enemy passes on the road, from the east side of the road, or from the highway and the lake, they will enter the ambush circle of the Ming army. Even if they pass far from the east of the highway, they are within the range of the Ming army's artillery. The Ming army's automobile maneuverability can quickly adjust its position and pounce.

The enemy was also afraid of losing direction on the prairie in the dark and did not dare to deviate from the highway too far.

Xiang Xiaoqiang asked Wu Yanbin to take him to Gao Dayi. Gao Dayi was afraid of affecting Xiang Xiaoqiang's sleep, so he moved the command radio station to another car. In a military vehicle dozens of meters away, Gao Dayi was assigning tasks to the following commanders. Seeing Xiang Xiaoqiang crawling in, several people quickly got up to salute.

He nodded with a smile to Xiaoqiang, letting everyone continue and sit by and listen.

Gao Dayi continued:

"...If the enemy's confession is not much, if the enemy really dispatched three brigades and 20,000 people this time, it would be most of the known total force of Erdunmutu. Therefore, our battle is trying to wipe out the enemy. If the enemy is dispersed, we will give full play to the maneuverability of the car, chase the enemy on the grassland, and eliminate the enemies one by one. We are cars, and we can gallop quickly for a long time, but the enemy's horses are not good. Make full use of this and block the enemy's way back to the north. This is the key. As long as the enemy does not run north, it doesn't matter. To the west is Wulungu Lake, and hundreds of miles to the east and south are unmanned areas. After dawn, our planes will be able to fight, and they will not be able to escape alone. Do you know?"

"It's clear!"

"What else do you have to say?"

Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled:

"Dayi has arranged it well. Military, I have nothing to say. Dayi is right. If we can wipe out these 20,000 enemy troops, then the power of Erdunmutu in the northern border will be over. This time he rushed to attack us for 600 miles this time, and all he dispatched must be elite soldiers and generals. Eat this mouthful, and our judgment war will be won. The rest is a finishing shot. Now the Soviet Union and Japan are spying on us. Whether we can fight this battle well depends on whether they can put away their little thoughts. We want to show them: Although we have just finished the war of unity, our combat effectiveness is still so strong!"

In the red light of the lantern, several commanders nodded solemnly and said:

"Don't worry, sir, I understand!"

...

On the dark grassland, hundreds of military vehicles and thousands of officers and soldiers lurked in place under the cover of darkness, without moving. All the vehicles and engines were turned off, the radio was silent, and there was no sound at all. Only the howling of wolves in the distance came from time to time.

Time passed by minute by minute. At about 3:30 in the morning, soldiers around him lay on the ground and listened to the ground with their ears. Then, more and more officers and soldiers lay on the ground and listened. Everyone was excited.

Xiang Xiaoqiang immediately lay down on the ground and listened carefully.

The "rumbling" sound came from the earth, which was clearer. Several local guides who came with the team made their own judgments, ranging from five kilometers to three kilometers. Anyway, no matter whether it is five kilometers or three kilometers, they are all right in front of you.

Some of these guides were old herders in northern Xinjiang, and some were surrendered Qing cavalry, who were also very experienced. They agreed that the other party was neither running fast nor walking forward, but trotting between the two. It can be seen that the other party was rushing in a hurry. It was just because the total distance was very long, so they did not run fast.

Gao Dayi brought the headset, broke the radio silence, and said:

"All preparation."

Suddenly, whistles sounded one after another in the darkness. This was a special whistle, and the sound did not sound and would not be transmitted far away. At the same time, the sound of large gun bolts sounded "hurryingly".

"Sir," said Gao Dayi, "please, the hidden place has been dug up, let's go to the hidden place."

Xiang Xiaoqiang wanted to go to the front line in person, but when he thought that if there was no tank this time, it might not have been opened by any bullet and he would not have been a hero. He nodded and, together with Gao Dayi and others, the entire division headquarters moved into a half-digged underground fortification.

Bathed in the damp and fresh earthy smell, I looked out at Xiaoqiang, pursing the observation window. At this time, I could already hear the sound of horse hooves coming from the air.

Outside the bunker, a staff officer was holding a signal gun and facing the sky. Gao Dayi was holding a wireless telephone and looking outside.

The radio suddenly rang:

"Rabbit! Rabbit! Rabbit!"

This means that the enemy has entered the ambush range and when they see a rabbit, they can cast an eagle.

Gao Dayi shouted:

"Say the eagle!"

"bump!"

A signal flare outside flew into the sky.
Chapter completed!