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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 326 Mortars are extremely powerful

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    ~Date:~November 02~

    >Sixteen SE5 biplane fighter jets filed down from the sky, and carried out precise aerial strafing and bombing against the Chapayev Cavalry Division that was still pursuing high-speed on the ground as if they were acting. Although the 64 25-pound aerial bombs were powerful  Far from being the largest, the effect and power of exploding in a dense cavalry formation has exceeded that of a salvo of 64 field guns, which is equivalent to a salvo of 10 artillery companies.  (1_1)

    What's more, the weight and power of 76- or 75-caliber field artillery shells are only half that of 25-pound aerial bombs. Chapayev was thrown down from his horse by his orderly to protect him, and finally escaped the bomb falling from the sky. The rest of the Red Army  The cavalry was not so lucky. The lethality produced by the dense explosions and machine gun bullets in the dense cavalry formation was absolutely beyond the imagination of ordinary people!

    By the time the sixteen coalition SE5 fighter jets dispersed and returned to a low-altitude formation at 1,000 meters, Chapayev's vanguard regiment had already suffered more than half of its casualties. The ground was full of dead men and horses, and Chapayev's own mount was cut off by shrapnel.  Half of his ear was bleeding!

    "Division commander! Hurry up and retreat. We don't even have machine guns. How can we hit the plane with a lance! If we fire a few more times, the whole division will be dead!" Furmanov, political commissar of the Chapayev Cavalry Division and commander of the second brigade  With a face full of smoke, he emerged from the smoke and rushed to his division commander's side. His mount had been killed and his leg seemed to be injured!

    "Hey! This battle is fought so fucking cowardly! Blow the trumpet and pass on my order. The whole division will retreat under the leadership of the political commissar and take the wounded with them! The guard battalion will stay with me to break up the rear! Furmanov, you ride on me  "Retreat first!" Chapayev picked up a Mosin Nagant rifle from the ground, half-kneeling, picked up the gun and fired at the SE5 fighter jet at an altitude of 1,000 meters. He fired three times without any bullets.  Know where to fly!

    The guy threw down his gun angrily and sat down on the ground. The cavalrymen in the surrounding guard battalion who had luckily escaped the strafing and bombing by the coalition planes got up from the ground one after another. Many of them had already lost their jobs. About three people  One-third of the soldiers in the guard battalion had been killed, as many as half were wounded, and many ownerless horses were wandering in the smoke.  *1*1*

    Political Commissar Furmanov pried a horse from a guard, got back on his horse, brandished the saber in his hand and shouted, "The whole division listens to the division commander's order, disperse and retreat to the west! The guard battalion leads the division commander first,  The first battalion of the second regiment stayed behind with me!"

    In fact, unless a squadron of fighter jets keeps firing at low altitudes repeatedly, it is not that easy to block three cavalry regiments. The greatest power of the air strike is the psychological oppression of the ground troops, because it is a one-sided massacre and lacks effective anti-aircraft weapons.  It is definitely not wise for the cavalry division to fight with rifles against the strafing aircraft. Fortunately, the SE5 fighter squadron of the coalition in the sky is not specially designed to attack the ground. This squadron is just the slowly circling Hawkeye 3 early warning aircraft in the sky.  Just the escort squadron.

    Hawkeye 3 has been tracking the movements of the main force of the Southern Cluster at an altitude of 3,000 meters. When it discovered that a Red Army cavalry division was chasing a White Guards cavalry brigade on the ground, it intervened without intending to do so. However, it turned out that it was impossible to escape.  The pursuers became more energetic, and then ordered the escorting fighter jets to go down and relieve the White Guards cavalry brigade.

    When Chapayev was brutally attacked by the coalition air attack, Petrovich's cavalry brigade had already turned its horses. Seeing the scene of blood and fire in front of them, they were surprised and happy, but this guy also recognized that what was in the sky was just a fighter jet.  If it were a heavy bomber, none of the Soviet-Russian Chapayev ace cavalry division on the opposite side would be able to escape today. Since it is only a fighter plane and has a limited ammunition capacity, it is estimated that if the opponent rushes over recklessly, it may not be able to stop it.

    "Commander, the fighter jets of the coalition forces are so majestic! This guy at least killed two battalions of the opponent's troops. Should we fight or withdraw?" Xiao Bochika, commander of the 7th Cavalry Brigade, said excitedly, completely forgetting that he had just met with the entire brigade.  I¡¯m still panicking and don¡¯t know what to do!

    "Of course we will fight! But we can't rush over and compete with them, we have fewer people! If we really get into a melee, the coalition planes in the sky won't be able to help if they want to help. Pass my order, and the whole brigade will dismount and form a ring of defense. The squad will use it.  The machine guns have established machine gun fire points, and the mortars have all been dismounted and set up ready for battle!¡±

    Soon, 4,500 tired, panting, and sweaty Cossacks dismounted and deployed a defense line on the spot. The combination of machine gun firepower and Garand rifles made the Cossacks dismounted in the temporary position increase their combat effectiveness.

    It's a pity that Chapayev on the opposite side has already ordered a retreat, so Petrovich, who was ready to use firepower to bully the opponent to gain some advantage, failed to meet the opponent's attack. In a blink of an eye, except for the dead men and dead horses 700 meters away,  In addition, the well-organized Red Army cavalry division has retreated 1,000 meters away and is still retreating westward.

    "F*ck! You've been busy for nothing. What are you still doing with the mortar? Let me blast it!" Petrovich scolded his mother angrily!

    The 2nd Ural Cavalry Corps has just been equipped with the Allied Forces Command.There are two types of mortars, the 60-caliber mortar is equipped to the platoon, each platoon has a 2-gun 60-gun mortar squad, and the 81-caliber mortar is equipped to the battalion, each battalion has an 8-gun mortar squad.  Mortar platoon!

    In a short time, a total of 80 mortars from the 81st Mortar Platoon of the 10 battalions of the 7th Cavalry Brigade were in place. A series of dense mortar shells chased the retreating Chapayev Cavalry Division.  Even though Chapayev's cavalry division had retreated westward across the mountains and plains in a dispersed formation, Petrovich's mortar salvo still achieved considerable results.

    After all, the cavalry has a big target with man and horse, and it is not as easy for the infantry to lie down. When you hear the cannonballs chirping in the air and falling like raindrops, there is really no good way except to pick up the reins of the horse and run as far forward as you can.

    The mortar of the 81st Battalion made in China has a range of up to 2,000 meters, and a grenade weighs 3.6 kilograms. Its power is almost as powerful as a field artillery, so Chapayev¡¯s cavalry division ran out between 1,000 meters and 2,000 meters.  They suffered huge losses during the journey. After running two kilometers away, the rearguard regiment was almost crippled. The additional casualties were more than 2 battalions. The soldiers of the Red Army Cavalry Division changed their expressions when they heard the chirping sound.  .

    Division Commander Chapayev was even more furious. He didn¡¯t expect that the White Guard Cossack Cavalry, which he thought was weak, was actually equipped with so many mortars, with very powerful range and power!  It seems that the weapons of our Red Army are really out of date!

    "Hey! If I hadn't been afraid of being trapped by the tens of thousands of infantry divisions behind him, I should have deployed artillery in Acehkovo to beat him to the bottom!" Petrovich was even more regretful here. Of course,  Turning back to look at the high-spirited mortar soldiers laughing together, the commander of the 7th Brigade, Xiao Bochika, also came over and said with excitement,

    "Commander, Commander, the Chinese artillery is really powerful, and it is light and easy to carry. I think we will not make the Malashan artillery field artillery thing too heavy in the future. Let's equip more of these mortars! Use it!"  It¡¯s so easy to get up!¡±

    "You still said! If you hadn't dragged my commander to retreat, we would have been running like this out of breath and in such embarrassment. If we had been closer just now, 240 60-meter mortars would have hit us with all their might.  How can Chapayev retreat?" Petrovich said proudly with his chest raised.

    The Chinese-made Platoon 60 mortar has a maximum range of 1,300 meters, and the grenade weighs 1.5 kilograms. It is much less powerful than the 81 mortar, but it still poses a considerable threat to the enemy at close range.

    "Yes, yes, next time we will arrange the artillery in advance and give them a good beating! But, division commander, should we withdraw or something? The brothers are really tired after most of the day!" asked Little Bochika.

    "Withdraw? Go and clean the battlefield first. We have gone all the way to pursue you. Can't we go back empty-handed? Bring back all the horses that are still alive on the opposite side. Leave the wounded where they are. You can take care of the prisoners yourself. You can also pack the weapons and ammunition for me.  Don't fall behind, go boldly, the coalition planes are still in the sky, my mortar group will cover you at any time, Chapayev will no longer have the strength to fight back!"

    Petrovich looked as if he had won the battle and was arrogant.
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