Valley Emperor

Bi Zhian picked up his coat and put it on and walked out, while giving the order:

"Inform the nearby friendly forces, especially the division and cavalry regiment in front, and ask them to immediately reinforce my battalion!"

"Also, stop making breakfast, eat dry food directly, and line up quickly!"

From the moment Bi Zhian learned the news, and then to the order, the whole process took only ten seconds. It can be seen that his response was relatively decisive and quick.

At this time, you can't hesitate, if you wait for the enemy's cavalry to charge up and you haven't finished lining up, then you will be finished.

After Bi Zhi'an walked out, he directly picked up the telescope and looked towards the southwest, but there was nothing in the sight of the telescope, but even now they hadn't seen any sign of the Tartars, but that was because the terrain blocked the line of sight. , Bi Zhian knew very well that the Tatars were there.

After Bi Zhian gave the order, the entire camp also sounded a rapid whistle, and many soldiers began to come out of the barracks.

This camp is not a construction site, but a camp behind the railway line.

The construction speed of the extension line of the Northwest Railway is very fast, and soon more than 50 kilometers of roads will be built, and each time a section of the railway is built, the 14th Army will deploy corresponding troops in the rear.

Bi Zhi'an's troops completed the construction task five days ago and were then transferred to the garrison here.

This is not only along the railway line, but also a simple station.

Naturally, this site is not a site for passengers to get on and off the bus, but a material transfer site and a garrison site.

Therefore, simple barracks and warehouses were built, and a large number of building materials were stored.

Because the trains transporting construction materials from the rear are relatively large, it is inconvenient to unload the goods if they go directly to the construction site, so they are often unloaded at a small station near the rear, and then transferred to the front by a small train. construction site.

There are actually many similar small stations along the line. Basically, there is one at intervals of more than ten kilometers. The reason why they are so densely built is that the main reason is to garrison the troops and prevent the Tatars from attacking the railway.

Once the reconnaissance cavalry troops patrolling on the outside found the Tatars, these garrisoned troops could immediately be mobilized and then headed to intercept them. In addition to the infantry troops, there would also be armed trains.

At this time, following Bi Zhi'an's order, the armed forces that had maintained a state of combat readiness for a long time also slowly drove out of the warehouse and then drove onto the railway, but they did not continue to advance, but remained in a standby state.

They don't yet know what the Tatars are trying to do.

Should they attack their camp, or should they just run to the railway line, drop explosive packs and blow up the railway before leaving.

When Bi Zhi'an's troops began to gather urgently, the Tatars five or six kilometers away continued to advance.

At this distance, these Tatars also knew that it was impossible for them to hide their tracks. They had seen Datang's scout cavalry before, but they were unable to stop them.

Now that their whereabouts have been exposed, they simply stopped hiding and continued to march in a certain formation.

When they walked up a small hillside, they also saw a railway line several kilometers away, and a building not far away. Thousands of Datang soldiers were lining up outside the building.

The leading Colonel Tartar took out a pair of Datang-made monoculars to observe carefully, and continued to lead the troops on horseback, but the speed was slightly faster than the normal walking before.

Anyway, they are still riding on spare horses, and the war horses still maintain good physical fitness.

And the situation is more urgent, and he is not going to continue to maintain the physical fitness of these backup horses.

When they continued to advance at a slow trot, these Tatars did not head towards the barracks, which made Bi Zhian frown on the opposite side.

Then he said: "Let the armed forces list forward and prepare for a fire blockade!"

The Tatars did not come to their barracks, but to the railway line, and it was obvious what they wanted to do.

However, he had no plans to divide his troops. The number of cavalry on the opposite side was large, so his infantry battalion could only protect itself if it was concentrated together.

So he put his hope on the armed train!

On the armed train, there are dozens of small and medium-caliber artillery pieces, and there are even a lot of nine-jin artillery pieces. At the same time, there are about a hundred musketeers.

At the same time, it can move forward or backward at any time. As long as it is on the railway, its mobility is quite flexible.

Flexible mobility combined with powerful firepower, in addition to more important protection performance, is enough to let these Tatars know what an armed train is!

The Tatars also saw the armed trains slowly driving out from the opposite side, but they had never come into contact with these armed trains before, because this thing can only be driven on the railway, and it was deployed in the country before. Still the first time.

See such a big iron lump!

After a brief discussion with the leading Tatar officers, they decided to go further.

Although I don't know how powerful the iron lump is and what specific effect it has, it doesn't seem to be easy to mess with.

It's better not to provoke them, anyway, their task is very simple, rush to the railway line, bury the explosives, and then detonate to evacuate.

Yes, their mission is not to destroy many Tang people, their mission is to destroy the railway!

Of course, this kind of damage can't simply bury one or two explosive packs.

Even if you think about it with your toes, you only need to destroy a few meters. The railway of several tens of meters has no impact on the battle situation at all. The Datang people can repair it in minutes.

If you really want to cause some actual damage, at least you have to blow up railways of several hundred meters or even several kilometers, so that the train transportation can be paralyzed for a certain period of time.

Otherwise, the Tatars don't need to dispatch so many elite cavalry, they only need to send a few spies to secretly bury explosives.

In fact, the Tatars can also choose to destroy some important road sections, such as railway bridges. Unfortunately, the limited number of railway bridges are strictly protected by the Datang Army, and they are all garrisoned with a large number of troops.

Not to mention this cavalry regiment, many more cavalry regiments may not be able to win.

After the Tatars changed direction, the armed train continued to advance and followed!

This situation leaves the Tatars particularly speechless!

Because even if they are riding on horses, they can't seem to get around!

How to do?

It's already this time, what else can I do, rush up directly, and then look for an opportunity to see if they can blow up their armed train.

Although these Tatar cavalry did not carry cavalry guns, they carried a lot of explosives. In addition to the explosive packs for blasting, there were also a lot of grenades.

The Tatars are also advancing with the times, and they have all the equipment and tactics they should have.

Cannons, arquebuses, whatever.

There are also grenades, but because of the difficulty of gunpowder production, it is also difficult to obtain raw materials. Although the Tatars searched the world for raw materials and organized a large number of manual production, the number produced is only enough for guns and guns. As for freeing up Making grenades, mines, etc., is very reluctant.

Therefore, the Tatars are the same as the Ming army of that year. In fact, there are grenades, mines, and even the original arquebus fuze howitzers, but the number of equipment is not large.

No way, that's all for hand-made ammunition!

On the other hand, Datang is different. They have no shortage of raw materials, such as sulfur, but there is more in Beihai Province, and there is no shortage of saltpeter.

There is no shortage of raw materials.

And the production capacity is far more than other countries or regions. It can even be said that at present, Datang's black powder production accounts for at least 90% of the world, and it can't be used up!

The Tatars were getting closer, but a major on the armed train remained calm, holding a steaming cup of coffee in his hand.

This stuff was brought over from America in recent years. The original pure coffee is bitter and astringent, and it is difficult for most Chinese people to drink coffee for the first time.

Later, in order to increase the sales of coffee, a trading company specially studied several ways to drink coffee, such as adding sugar and milk!

Today, coffee has opened up a preliminary market in Datang. Although the sales volume is not large, not even a fraction of the sales volume of tea, there is still sales. Every year, there are trading companies that purchase from the Americas and ship them back. Domestic sales.

The middle-aged major on the armed train took another sip of hot coffee. The coffee with added sugar and milk tasted good.

Then he glanced at the Tatars who were only a kilometer away in front of him, and calmly ordered: "Go ahead and block them!"

When the Tatars advanced quickly and approached five hundred meters~www.wuxiaspot.com~ the major put down his coffee and said, "Fire!"

Immediately, the five-jin and nine-jin field guns on the armed train began to fire one after another. The howitzers fired fell among the cavalry, and then exploded.

This kind of scene made the Tatars who had not yet started to charge a little confused.

The iron lump on the opposite side actually has a cannon!

What a fart, thirty-six strategies, walking is the best strategy!

All the previous plans and plans were instantly abandoned by the Tatar officers, and then in a big turn, they ran away with the Tatar cavalry!

This scene made Bi Zhian in the back look a little speechless!

These Tatars are just here for tourism?

But although he was speechless, he still knew that the Tatars on the opposite side would be difficult to deal with.

The enemy who retreats when the opportunity is not good is much more difficult to deal with than the enemy who only knows how to rush up stupidly.

Moreover, they are cavalry, and they naturally control the initiative. After temporarily retreating, they can rush up at any time, but they cannot maintain a state of combat readiness all the time.

Armed trains can't be stuck on the tracks all the time!

Because this railway is only a single-track railway, armed trains are blocked on the tracks, and the trains behind cannot pass.

However, although helpless, we can only wait like this. If we want to kill the cavalry of the Tatars, we have to rely on the cavalry.

And Bi Zhi'an didn't wait long, he just saw from the binoculars a cloud of smoke rising from the west, that was the cavalry unit of Datang!

And it is not only the 31st Division of the 31st Infantry Division that belongs to the cavalry regiment, but also the 6th Cuirassier Regiment temporarily assigned to the command of the 14th Army.

After the two cavalry regiments received the news, the first thing they did was send reinforcements!

The next time has nothing to do with Bi Zhian, because that will be the performance time of the cavalry!