Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 517 Slash Tactics
"Brothers, if you don't succeed, you will succeed, go for me!" Lei Biao, the commander of the 17th Brigade, shouted, commanding his soldiers to defend the front of their position with all their might.In this decisive battle, the two sides continued to fight each other. The tanks and armored vehicles of the 21st Army ran rampant on the battlefield. The rebel soldiers could only rely on limited heavy artillery, or were forced to become human bombs and rush towards the opponent's tanks. In the past, some successfully carried out the blasting, but more of them just fell on the way to charge up. At the same time, because the explosive packs had been ignited, many rebel soldiers were blown up with flesh and blood, and there were no dead bodies.

Li Liejun observed the battle ahead with a telescope, and said to his chief of staff, Xie Ruyi: "Old Xie, look, is Lei Biao crazy? He is making a meaningless suicide charge. I really don't know what they are thinking." Yes, such bravery, is it useful? Isn't this pure courting of death!"

"Commander, this is not surprising. They knew that if they retreated, Yuan Shikai would not let them survive, so they had no choice but to bite the bullet and fight us to the end."

At the same time, about three kilometers away from the rebel command post, Luo Peijin, the commander of the armored division of the 19th Division of Tiger Mighty Army, was standing on his armored vehicle Iron Lion, wearing a neat military uniform and wearing goggles. He wore a big hat, shiny leather riding boots on his feet, and the Army Silver Medal on his chest was extremely conspicuous.

Next to him are two 120mm self-propelled howitzers with tall barrels raised.Accompanied by a loud bang.The continuous firing shells rushed out of the thick and slender barrel, and landed on the target precisely, immediately forming fiery red and dazzling flames.This was the first attack of this self-propelled gun.All the artillerymen worked extraordinarily hard.Because of the heavy fog in the morning, all the artillerymen were scolded by the commander.Everyone was holding their breath.Now they vent all their grievances on each other.The shells flew towards the intended target as if they had eyes.

Luo Peijin nodded slightly: "Give me an order for the armored forces to assault, and I will end the battle within half an hour!"

Ten minutes later, the Huwei Army's large-scale bombardment of enemy positions finally stopped.Then one after another, the black imperial chariots began to roar.The tracks made of steel stirred the soft soil of Singapore and made strange noises.Sitting in the command vehicle in the middle, Ropekin looked very excited. He even put his head out of the tank's command tower regardless of the tactical regulations, and his reason was very simple, that is, in the tank Inside, he couldn't see the whole situation clearly through the periscope and observation window, so he had to go up, so that he could command. Of course, another reason for doing this was that he felt that doing so would look more cool.

When seeing such a large group of tanks approaching the position, the rebels had no choice but to bite the bullet and shoot at the steel monster. Ropekin only felt his eyes go dark, and then his eardrums buzzed, and then a black thing rubbed against him. The bridge of his nose flew over, and it took him a few seconds to react.So he immediately touched his nose, but fortunately his "parts" were still there.Only a little blood came out.When I looked down, I was startled. It turned out that half of my watchtower had been cut off.Obviously, if it weren't for the curvature of the watchtower to change the direction of the warhead.Then one's chest will definitely be pierced "to the heart" "Attention all cars! Attention all cars!" Ropekin shouted through the radio: "Pay attention to the enemy's grenades, they are very powerful and may penetrate you The observation window! Everyone immediately changed their tactics and speeded up! Attack in 2 formations, and attack in 2 formations!" After giving the order, he hurriedly got into the car body and cursed fiercely: "Son of a bitch, almost My son took my life."

After receiving the order, the armored troops immediately began to change the marching formation, from the initial parallel front to an oblique line.As the latest tactic researched by the Imperial Army General Staff, it has never appeared in military exercises. This time, Ropekin applied this tactic to the Singapore campaign and became the first practitioner of this tactic.The entire array is arranged in a large oblique line so that one's own battle line becomes a similar triangular formation, and most of one's forces are concentrated on one side of the arrow, while a small number of troops are used on the other side to take advantage of time and space The superiority on the ground implements containment to the enemy.The main principle of this tactic is to concentrate one's own forces to the maximum extent and form a powerful fist to smash the opponent's defense.The rudiments of this tactic first appeared in the Greek era. The general Epaminonda defeated the powerful Spartan army in the Battle of Luktra, but it was Frederick the Great of Germany who carried it forward. Emperor Lieter used this slash tactic to defeat an enemy three times stronger than himself, which made Prussia at that time a world power.Of course, as a powerful country in the study of military theory in the world today, China has also fully absorbed and learned the subtle tactics of its allies. The Imperial Army University even takes diagonal formation as a compulsory course, and students also focus on learning diagonal formation on the first day of enrollment. position.China not only applies this tactic to the army, but also creatively applies it to armored battle formations. In this regard, China is at the forefront of the world.

At this time, the front of the armored forces began to stretch.Then an arrow formed by the [-]st Battalion appeared on the right flank of the rebel position.Fourteen tanks are arranged in a sharp triangle, and behind the array are four half-track armored personnel carriers temporarily added by armored grenadiers.These personnel carriers are loaded with about two companies of armored grenadiers. Their task is to jump out of the vehicles to establish a defensive position immediately after the tank unit assault is completed, so as to block the counterattack launched by the opposing infantry.

And Lei Biao also knew that now was an important moment for the survival of his troops, so he began to concentrate all the artillery and infantry to counterattack the opponent's arrow, hoping to weaken the opponent's attack strength and speed.All of a sudden, the entire "slash battle group" became the focus of the counterattack on the entire battlefield.However, in front of the thick armor on the front of the tank and a good bulletproof shape, this kind of shooting seems so futile.Of course, occasionally a few tanks were hit, and some tanks were concentrated in the driver's observation window by shells, causing the entire tank to catch fire and be scrapped.But most of the tanks broke through the opponent's position very smoothly.

After the tank broke through the opponent's position, the half-track armored vehicle that followed put down the grenadiers on the vehicle.Those heavily armed grenadiers began to use their submachine guns, machine guns and semi-automatic rifles to start a massacre.They cleared the makeshift trenches and machine gun bunkers built by the rebels, and immediately established their own defenses.

At this time, the artillery regiment of the 21st Army also took the opportunity to launch a violent heavy artillery bombardment.The rebel right wing, hit by a double blow, quickly crumbled.In order to survive, the rebel soldiers began to flee in all directions.At this time, although Lei Biao shot several fleeing soldiers with his own hands, he had already lost control of his army.A large number of soldiers ran to their left flank like frightened rabbits, but soon the opponent's armored soldiers blocked the road with machine guns and grenades.All kinds of light and heavy machine guns, rifles, machine guns, mortars and light and heavy infantry guns formed a dense fire net.Coupled with the help of the bomber fleet, the defenders were even more unable to resist the mighty Tigers after paying the price of 3000 people.

The fighting lasted just over an hour, and the defenders in the entire Bukit Panjang area collapsed.The officers could no longer control the maddened soldiers. Many chose to take off their military uniforms and discarded their weapons and fled directly, while most of them dropped their weapons and headed towards the opponent's position with white flags.

Government House of Singapore.Yuan Shikai received sad news one after another, the fall of Shilong, the fall of Sarang, the fall of Bukit Panjang, and the fall of the airport. At this time, Yuan Shikai had lost any temper, and only despair and even annoyance filled his chest.After the soldiers captured the surrounding areas, they gathered outside the city one after another, and may launch an attack on the urban area of ​​Singapore at any time.Yuan Shikai was in a trance, and the majestic figure of the emperor standing on the red rhinoceros was always in front of his eyes. Now he had to admit that he had made the most stupid decision in his life. This decision would not only ruin his political career, but also make him and his family were punished with death.Now that he had nowhere to go, he had no choice but to put all his eggs in one basket. When he raised his head again, his eyes radiated like a beast, and he said to Lu Zongyu: "Immediately issue a warning to Cai E in my name, if his troops dare to enter In the urban area of ​​Singapore, I will first attack the hostages in my hands!"

The Huwei Army is located in the temporary headquarters of the real cage. After Cai E received Yuan Shikai's warning letter, he was at a loss. The 238 hostages were all important officials from various provinces in Southeast Asia, and their identities were extraordinary. If he invaded the whole of Singapore, he would also be reprimanded by the emperor. Now that he is riding a tiger, it is impossible to retreat, and it is even more impossible to advance. Yuan Shikai, who is insane, may do unexpected things at any time.what to do?The most critical problem now is that no one knows where the hostages are hiding, and even up to now there is no news of whether the hostages are alive or dead.Cai E looked at the senior generals present, all shaking their heads and sighing. If they paid attention to siege, they would not even frown, but facing the embarrassing situation in front of them, no one had any idea.

"Report! Secret telegram from the Ministry of the Army!" The communications soldier handed over a telegram marked top secret to Cai E. When Cai E opened it, he was stunned. There were only four words on it: stand by!
What does it mean?Don't you want to attack the city of Singapore?What about the hostages?A series of questions came to my mind, making Cai E puzzled.

(End of this chapter)