Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 569 The Tank Stuck in the Mud

In the South Asian subcontinent, another war is also going on.

A Ming Type [-] medium tank got stuck in the mud. Although the Type [-] was not a particularly heavy tank, it was still easy to get stuck in the mud in this rotten land in India.

The company commander of the tank company, Xie Aman, wiped the sweat from his head, picked up his clothes with his fingers, and flapped them, fanning a little wind. Since he came to India, he felt that his body had never been dry, no? The humidity of the air is the sweat coming out of oneself.Now that his command car fell into the mud, he was even more anxious.

"The road environment here is too bad." The instructor Zhou Cungang sighed.

Xie Aman nodded and said with hindsight: "Since we have considered the terrain and environment here from the beginning, we actually shouldn't get on the Type [-]. The Type [-] is still a bit heavy. We should just get on the light tank. Anyway, The Mughals also had no anti-tank firepower."

At the beginning, they also sent infantry to spread hay on the dirt road, but it was too troublesome, so basically the chariots drove forward, and if any car had a problem, it would stop first, and the other vehicles continued to move forward. OK.

The 12th Army's reorganization system came to the subcontinent and began to be used on the battlefield.In fact, in such a war, there is no need for "big guys" like the 12th Army to participate in the war.Bai Mingxiu mainly has a task to complete, which requires a certain size of regular army to fight.On the other hand, Bai Mingxiu also considered that this would be a good opportunity to test the combat power of the Ming army.

It is true that the Mughal army could not resist the Ming Dynasty's army at the end of World War II or even the early stage of the Cold War, but no matter how sharp the weapon is, I don't know if it is really sharp and easy to use, and I don't know if there is something Short boards and problems.Therefore, Bai Mingxiu wanted to see how adaptable the local regular army of Ming Dynasty was in the actual combat environment.

Although the Ming army will still encounter things like tanks getting stuck in the mud, various flaws are constantly being staged, but these things are not particularly fatal, and the Ming army also has a remedy plan.The Ming army will ensure that these problems will not affect the overall battle situation.

For example, even if the chariot was left behind to escape, the Ming army would try to provide flank and rear protection as much as possible, and leave a small number of infantry for cover.Bicycles without protection are actually very dangerous, at least that's what it says in the Ming Dynasty's military textbooks. Of course, the Mughal Army did not have any weapons that could destroy tanks.

Xie Aman took his portable notebook and began to record things, and said: "This must be brought up to the army headquarters at the post-war summary meeting. Our number of armored rescue vehicles is still seriously insufficient. Once there are more vehicles with problems , the armored rescue vehicle is too busy, and when we are marching with medium-to-high-intensity armor, in order to ensure the speed, we have to abandon the vehicle, resulting in unnecessary non-combat attrition."

Zhou Cungang was convinced. He took out the map and studied it: "We have advanced for more than 200 kilometers. The areas we have traveled along the way are basically the areas conquered by the feudal army. There is no real battle. It seems that our army The progress is very smooth, and we will soon be able to take Delhi and achieve a phased victory in this war."

Xie Aman is better at armored tactics and so on, but he is less able to grasp the overall situation. However, he still asked a question: "Now our army is basically fighting the Mughal army stationed in place. Seeing If our rear is lost, the Mughal army must return to the defense, but in fact, the area where our 12th Army is going is not completely safe."

The area captured by the Ming army basically disintegrated the administrative system of the Mughal Empire, but in fact it did not achieve much complete control, and the local leaders still relied on the Indian priests and nobles to take charge.These Indian aristocrats have no opinion on whether the people who ruled them are Ming Dynasty or the Turkic Mongols from Central Asia, as long as they can maintain their privileged status.

The Ming army did not directly manage these occupied areas for a while, so they appointed these nobles and high castes to stabilize the local situation. In fact, the war had little impact on the people in the occupied areas.Unless the war happened directly in the towns or villages where they lived, the Mughal army would basically be defeated at one touch, and the Ming army left soon in order to catch up with the progress, so everyone's life was as usual.

While the two were chatting, suddenly a somewhat hasty Ming army soldier ran over.

"Report, Company Commander Xie, the lookout post has discovered a group of enemy cavalry operating nearby, and the number is about 100 people."

Both Xie Aman and Zhou Cungang were startled, Xie Aman said: "So there are enemy troops in the rear? This means that the Mughal army should have returned from the Deccan Plateau."

Zhou Cungang also nodded and said: "I'm afraid they want to stop our rear. After all, our army has been advancing very far these days, and the supply line is also slightly difficult, and there are still some loopholes in the defense of the rear."

Zhou Cungang said again: "The cavalry team of more than 100 people is probably the horse scouts of the Mughal army. We are still here waiting for the rescue vehicle. We cannot do without it for a while. If they come, we will definitely fight a tough battle. .”

Xie Aman jumped onto the tank directly, and said with a smile: "If you want to come, come, relying on our tanks, what are more than 100 cavalry?"

Although the car was stuck in the mud, the performance of the tank was not affected, especially the shooting range of the turret was basically clear, which allowed Xie Aman and the others to have a certain amount of heavy firepower to attack.

Zhou Cungang arranged for the infantry to cover the vehicles to start preparations. It was impossible for them to temporarily dig trenches, and it was unrealistic to surround the tanks, so Zhou Cungang arranged for a platoon of infantry to cover in a small forest not far away.

Sure enough, not long after the arrangement was completed, the Mughal cavalry came unexpectedly.The Mughal cavalry quickly discovered the tank vehicle that fell into the mud, but no one was around, which made these Mughal cavalry have some surprises and some doubts.

Slowing down the speed of the horse, the group of cavalrymen slowly came up like this.

Xie Aman, as the commander, observed these Mughal cavalry.He silently calculated the distance, and when he found that the Mughal cavalry had entered the range of the tank's main gun, he immediately shouted: "Fire!"

A tank high-explosive shell shot out of the gun barrel with a bang, and hit the Mughal cavalry group directly.

(End of this chapter)