The beacon of youth

Chapter 254 Attacking Baoji in the Battle of Xifu

The Fifth Corps of the Kuomintang, which departed from Fuping, was different from the past this time. It advanced rapidly with a division as the vanguard. Because it was equipped with a large number of vehicles, it marched very fast.

Pei Changhui, a cunning old fox, has seen through the current difficulties of the Northwest Field Army and more or less seen through the PLA's combat intentions, so he wanted to take a bite.

When people are old and sophisticated, Pei Changhui will never attack when he is uncertain or not sure, but once he sees the weakness of our army, he will strike very ruthlessly.

The large troops stirred up smoke and dust, and the Kuomintang troops in yellow uniforms rushed towards Baoji like a flood that opened the gate.

While the Kuomintang Pei Changhui Corps was advancing rapidly, there was also a Kuomintang support force for Baoji that was also marching.

This army consisted entirely of cavalry, rushing over like a wave of evil, the horses trotted along, thousands of horses' hooves trampled on the ground, crushing the withered grass and leaves on the ground, the saber gleamed coldly, The hoofs nailed on the horse's hoof kicked the small stones into sparks.

Everyone here knows that this unit is Ma Bufang's reorganized No.80 Second Division in Qinghai. The Qingma Army is the most powerful of the three horse warlords in the Northwest, with a total strength of nearly 20.

The 82nd Division is the old army when Ma Bufang started his career. It is the direct line of the Qingma Army and the elite of the elite. The division commander is Ma Bufang's eldest son Ma Jiyuan.

It stands to reason that the troops of the family can't produce any good commanders, but this Ma Jiyuan is an exception. Among the juniors of the Ma family, he is the one who is most expected to succeed Ma Bufang. Known as the best young general of the Ma family in the Northwest.

In order to persuade Ma Bufang to send troops, the Nanjing government of the Kuomintang not only issued an order from the Ministry of National Defense, but also wrote a personal letter to Ma Bufang from President Jiang, in which he praised him as the pillar of the Northwest, the pillar of the party and the country, and promised to allocate advanced weapons and equipment after the battle To the 82nd Division and Ma Bufang's troops.

The Kuomintang government has always been wary of the Kuomintang local troops in Qinghai and Ningxia. Chiang Kai-shek strictly ordered these local warlords not to fight each other for the chassis, and strictly controlled their power in Qinghai, Ningxia and Gansu.

Of course, Ma Bufang is well aware of the Nanjing government's wariness. In order to show his loyalty to Chairman Jiang, Ma Bufang has repeatedly declared in public that Qinghai's army is the country's army, a part of the Communist Party, and does not belong to him. I am also the general of the country. As long as the chairman gives an order, all his troops can be mobilized unconditionally.

Ma Bufang did not express his loyalty in vain. Chiang Kai-shek thought that this person was okay, and he still had a sense of the overall situation. Perhaps to appease him, he allocated a full set of weapons and equipment for a heavy artillery battalion to Ma's army not long ago.

This time when the Nanjing Kuomintang government ordered the transfer, Ma Bufang also made various considerations. No matter how bad the Kuomintang is, it is better than the Communist Party.They are engaged in communism, and they are troops that serve the poor. If such troops win the world, they must first use people like themselves and their families for communism.

Judging from the land reform carried out by the Communist Party in their so-called liberated areas, he was the target of communism, and the family business accumulated over the years had to be distributed to the poor.

The land is divided, the house is divided, the money is divided, anyway, everything you own must be divided. In the liberated areas of **, the landlords and rich owners who have been divided have to work to support themselves. This is called self-reliance, abolishing exploitation, and this is not a life for people. Thinking about it makes my heart tremble.

This idiot Hu Zongnan has more than 30 troops and a full set of American guns, and he has made the police go crazy. This time our army in Qinghai has also made a contribution to let Chairman Jiang and those governments in Nanjing The officials are looking at who is the pillar of the Northwest Communist Party. It is Ma Bufang, not Hu Zongnan, who can save the foundation of the party-state in the Northwest.

Ma Bufang, who had made up his mind, did not dare to neglect. Since he wanted to fight the People's Liberation Army, he wanted to fight a handsome guy, so he sent a guy to him, so Ma Bufang sent out his own troops to reorganize the No.80 Second Division.

The Kuomintang's reorganization division has a brigade organization under the brigade, and there is a regiment under the brigade. In fact, it is the size of an army, which is at the same level as the PLA column.

The Ma's army is powerful, but they also have their own weaknesses. This weakness is that the equipment of the troops is always unable to improve. The industrial foundation in the Northwest is very weak. The Ma's army cannot produce by themselves, so they can only rely on the Kuomintang government to allocate.

The heavy artillery battalion specially approved by Chiang Kai-shek to Ma Bufang was also equipped as a treasure to his own 82nd Division.

In this way, the combat effectiveness of the 82nd Division has been raised to a higher level. The 82nd Division is mainly composed of cavalry. It is much stronger to add one more cavalry battalion to the 82nd Division.

There is a good saying that how much water a wooden barrel can hold does not depend on how long the long board is, but on how short the short board is. This heavy artillery battalion just made up for the short board of the 82nd Division, so it is youthful Sheng's teacher Ma Jiyuan is full of confidence.

It is said that the Communist Party is difficult to deal with, so it depends on who it is. In the eyes of our Majiajun, the Chinese People's Liberation Army is nothing special. Thousands of Chinese Communists died in our hands. Let them experience it again this time. Our Majiajun is very powerful.

Ma Jiyuan's words were not nonsense, but well-founded. At the end of 1935, after the Central Red Army (first-hand army) arrived in northern Shaanxi on the Long March, the Ma family entrenched in the northwest was terrified, fearing that the development and growth of the Red Army would threaten them. The second time he wrote to Chiang Kai-shek's central government, and took the initiative to invite Ying to encircle and suppress the Red Army that had just arrived in northern Shaanxi. Chiang Kai-shek was also very satisfied with this.

Chiang Kai-shek must be very satisfied. At that time, Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army was the most powerful in the Northwest. However, Zhang Shaoshuai, Lao Jiang's brother-in-law, had no interest in fighting the Communist Party and the Red Army. The implementation of the policy in Xian'an was not serious. At this time, Ma Jiajun's initiative to encircle and suppress the Red Army made Generalissimo Jiang as comfortable as drinking sugar water.

In October 1936, the Red Fourth Front Army formed the West Route Army, crossed the Yellow River west of Gansu, and marched into the Hexi Corridor. Fearing that Qinghai would be lost, Ma Bufang devoted all his troops to chasing and intercepting the Red Army West Route Army.

At that time, the West Route Army of the Red Army had no food to eat and no ammunition to shoot. The soldiers after the Long March were extremely weak physically, and it was the time when their combat effectiveness was at their lowest.

In this Battle of Hexi, almost all of the more than 1000 Red Army West Route Army died under the swords of the Majia cavalry. The corpses of the Red Army soldiers were scattered all over the field, and blood flowed into pieces.

After Ma Bufang returned to Zhangye, he executed more than 3000 captured Red Army officers and soldiers with torture such as burial alive, shooting, burning, heart digging, bile extraction, and tongue cutting.

In the West Route Army of the Red Fourth Front Army, there was an independent women's regiment, which was also wiped out in this battle (otherwise, it would be a pity that there would be many more female Red Army soldiers who had reached northern Shaanxi). The captured Red Army female soldiers were raped first, and then distributed to their subordinates as playthings. Those who disobeyed were pulled out and killed, or sold to the local brothel.

In the end, there were only more than 400 people left in the West Route Army of the Fourth Front Army. These more than 400 people traveled to Dihua (now Urumqi) in Xinjiang. It was relatively tolerant, so these 400 people set up a Dihua recruit camp in Dihua, and learned how to repair and drive cars, tanks, and airplanes in Sheng Shicai's troops.

Later, the warlord Sheng Shicai also defected to Chiang Kai-shek. The life of these hundreds of Red Army soldiers was not easy. Back in Yan'an, the tragic situation of the West Route Army is unbearable.

Later, these Red Army soldiers who had learned tank, automobile, aircraft repair and driving all became the leaders of New China in these fields. Among them was General Lu Liping, the Air Force Commander of the Shenyang Military Region.

Speaking of General Lu Liping, there was a small episode. During the Long March of the Red Army, Zhang Guotao wanted to set up a separate central government, and conspired to destroy the Party Central Committee led by the Red Army and Mao Zedong. However, this was discovered by Marshal Ye Jianying at the time. Ye Shuai Send someone to notify the Party Central Committee led by Mao Zedong.

After getting the news, Mao Zedong and the Central Red Army went northward by themselves overnight, and Zhang Guotao's plan fell through. The one who carried out Ye Shuai's order was General Lu Liping. Confused".

There is a lot to talk about, let’s go back to this chapter. While the Kuomintang’s Pei Changhui Corps and Qinghai Ma Bufang’s 82nd Division are advancing rapidly, the Northwest Field Army’s siege of Baoji has officially begun.

The first and second columns of the field army launched an attack at the same time. Commander Wang Zhen of the second column sent all three main brigades up in the first attack operation. Commander Wang's intention was very clear. Increase bit by bit, it is better to give him the first strike as soon as it comes up.

This is also related to the addition of an independent regiment to the second column. According to the combat effectiveness of the independent regiment, it can be used on top of a main brigade, so Commander Wang has more confidence than the first column attacking side by side.

The old 2nd Regiment was undoubtedly the one who took the lead in attacking the [-]th Brigade's attack area. After several battles, the equipment of the [-]nd Regiment has been greatly improved. As before, they took a few bullets and grenades as treasures Those days are long gone.

The artillery fire of the two columns first prepared for Baoji for more than half an hour, and then the assault troops began to break through. Commander Zhao closely observed the progress of the troops and issued new combat orders from time to time.

Thanks to my friend "Yuenv Fenghua" for her comments. The battle of Waterloo in Chapter 44 is indeed Lao Ba's mistake. Someone mentioned it before, but Lao Ba is a stupid person. I don't know how to modify it after writing it. I tried it several times. If it’s not done well, just don’t do it, just put the problem up so that everyone can see it should be enough. Friends are welcome to give more valuable opinions.

In addition, the subscription of the old bus is too pitiful, and it is a bit unmotivated. If you have any suggestions, you can talk about it. I don’t like the civil war or the quality of the book has declined. I’m sorry.

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