There were tanks in the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 173
Yanchang is located in the west of northern Shaanxi. The terrain here is not the high loess slopes of Shaanxi, but overlapping mountains, mountains and ravines, and the mountains are also the kind of tall pointed mountains. The extension here is hundreds of miles away. In this kind of terrain, there is no place where a plain is spread out at all.

Only on both sides of the river are the river plains formed by the impact of the river. Even if it is a river plain, the flat area impacted here is very small.

Yanchang County is located on the plain next to the river flowed by the Guanjin water.

This kind of plain is very inconspicuous in the high-altitude shooting map, and it looks like a ditch in the mountains.

Li Chu originally wanted to land near Yanchang County, but the situation nearby made him difficult.

In the vicinity of Yanchang County, except for the county seat of Yanchang County, the nearest small plain that can accommodate the landing of airships is downstream of Guanjinshui, and the nearest one is at the bend of the 4000-meter river. The other side moved, resulting in an alluvial fan plain in shallow water.

But this alluvial fan plain is a relatively low slope, and it is possible to barely stop.

And there is a huge problem when parking here, that is, there is no road to the county seat.

Yanchang County is on the east side of Yan'an. It is the eastern boundary of Yan'an Mansion and the eastern boundary of Yongxing Army Road. With the Yellow River as the boundary, Yanchang County is east of the Yellow River. The water in front of the gate is poured into the Yellow River. Among them, the road was cut off as soon as it reached Yanchang County. To the east of Yanchang County, there are no major roads, but all small roads, which can be walked by people. If it is tanks and cars, and transporting oil is a big problem.

And you can't go by water.

I don't know what's going on, but after the Qingshui River passes through Yan'an, the water volume of the river is scarce, and boats can only be sailed during the flood season, and the water level above the river on weekdays cannot support boats at all.

We only considered oil extraction, but did not consider the terrain here.

Fortunately, satellites took topographic maps. In the end, Li Chu found an open area for landing on the top of a big mountain in the upper reaches of Yanchang County.

Yes, at the top of the mountain, on the top of a mountain range to the north of the Grout Water, there is a flat area where the Flying Fish airship can land.

Not only that, although this is an alpine ditch, many of the mountains here are bare grasslands, and there are no huge potholes and cracks extending all the way down, it looks almost like a slope of an alpine.

In this way, both tanks and cars can drive directly down the slope without roads, and the terrain of the slope is also flat.

It's just a little far away from Yanchang County, nearly seven miles away.

After the landing site was selected, the system also started to move.

The task of oil exploration is a cooperative nature between the two parties. Li Chu provides equipment and equipment, and the customized system provides personnel for operation and construction.After the airship flew into the area of ​​Yanchang County, the construction operators provided by the system had already done a good job of cleaning up the landing area, removing all nearby things that were not conducive to landing.

And a board room has been built here.

On the ground, navigation lights were also placed to guide the landing of the airship.

The soldiers in the airship had also rested. At this moment, under the supervision of the captains of each team, they checked their clothing and weapons and equipment, and were ready for battle.

Li Xuan also gave each soldier the goal of this mission.

Three hundred quick-response troops and four teams of the Fushui Army, together with tanks and cars, were the first team to take charge of the raid and capture of the county seat of Yanchang County, and to control the county seat.

The remaining six teams of soldiers from the Fushui Army were responsible for capturing the oil mining points, and cooperated with the engineers in the construction of the wall to do a good job in various security protection work.

At night, everything is quiet.

No one noticed that a huge guy fell from the sky, and the navigation under the airship was also turned off, and it landed quietly at the selected location.

There is no name for this mountaintop, so Li Chu temporarily named him Feiyu Gaopo as a base in the future.

After the airship landed, the engineers and architects inside were already ready.

As soon as the hatch door opened, the soldiers ran out of the hatch one by one, and quickly assembled in the open space beside them. Finally, the liberation cars and tanks drove out from inside.

The tank has now been handed over to Li Qun to drive. Li Chu was in the commander's position, raising the seat to expose most of his body on the turret.

Torch, no need.

Each soldier on this mission is equipped with a special helmet, which is nothing special, it is the kind of helmet of later generations, and a flashlight is installed on it.

After the Leopard 1 tank came out, everyone's attention was on Li Chu.

Li Chu waved his hand, and the team captain at the front immediately roared, leading the team forward.

There are 300 people in the quick reaction force, and three cars are obviously not enough to take them.

Three cars drove ahead to open the way.

Li He was in the car, holding a map of Yanchang County in his hand. The route down the mountain and the route to capture the county town were marked in the map. As the first person to open the way, he had to be responsible for navigation.

At the end of the news, Li Xuanze jumped on the Leopard 1 tank, climbed onto the turret, sat down on the turret, and took a ride.

A map was spread out on the turret, and Li Chu asked Li Xuan to use the flashlight to study with him how to quickly capture the county.

This map is the same as the one Li He saw.

In addition to the route down the mountain, the most critical thing is satellite aerial photography.

The location and structure of the houses in the entire county were all photographed by satellites.

The location of the county government office is easy to find, with several distinctive features, and the shooting effect on the map is also clear, even people walking around can see the color of his clothes and so on.

Li Xuan didn't have time to sigh how Li Chu got such a detailed topographic map, he listened carefully to Li Chu's strategic plan, and digested it in his heart.

The construction team and mining technicians from the system followed at the end of the team.

Because of the poor mountains and bad waters of this generation, there are very few residents living here. Now it is midnight, and no resident has noticed the difference here.

The county seat of Yanchang County.

Because of the topography here, Yanchang County has very little effect.

Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty to the present, there has not been any major war.

Even bandits and robbers...

Yes, there are many cottages hidden in the poor mountains and bad waters, but none of the bandits are willing to come to Yanchang County.

The reason is that this county town is poorer than their cottage, and there are only some poor ordinary people who walk on weekdays, and a meal is not enough for people to walk and eat, so ghosts will rob them.It's just that the terrain here is very convenient for them to hide, so the stockade was built here.

Usually, they all go west to rob Yan'an.

The garrison soldiers in Yanchang County have become the most vacant positions in the county, and they don't even need to stand guard, just stay at home and sleep well.

As for the safety of the county seat?
Except for some sneaky people, where even robbers and bandits don't want to come, what safety is there to be afraid of?

As for the affairs in the city, only those county lieutenants will handle them.

It's winter again now, and it's so cold to sleep on the city wall, who is willing to suffer this?

Therefore, the city walls of Yanchang County are dark and desolate, without even a torch to illuminate the light...

(End of this chapter)