The beacon of youth

The second teaching brigade in the bitter battle of the 265th Xifu Battle

The 82nd Division of the Qingma Army spent less than an hour to reorganize the team when the first attack failed, and then launched a second attack on the position of the Sixth Column Teaching Brigade of the Northwest Field Army. (Apex Fiction hand-written novel)

The strategic intention of the 82nd Division was to go around behind the Northwest Field Army and cut off the field army's retreat back to the old liberated areas. This sudden movement disrupted the field army's logistics supplies and shook the determination of the commanders and fighters.

Taking advantage of the cavalry, Ma Bufang and Hu Zongnan in Qinghai had a lot of conflicts with the Pei Changhui Corps, which used surprise attack tactics and a frontal attack. But this time, after the Northwest Field Army captured Baoji, Ma Bufang felt a huge threat, so it was also necessary to send reinforcements to cooperate. very positive.

Therefore, the position of the teaching brigade of the sixth column is very critical. If the cavalry of the 82nd Division breaks through, it is like being stabbed in the back, and the field army is also caught in the dilemma of fighting on both sides.

The nearly [-] horses and soldiers of the three cavalry regiments rushed forward much more aggressively than the infantry, and the smoke from the horses' hooves covered the battlefield.

The soldiers in the teaching brigade had to aim and shoot at the beginning, but later faced the overwhelming 82nd division rushing up, they stopped talking about aiming or not, and just fired at the brigade. Now what is needed is the rate of fire, Use the density of bullets to offset the fierceness of the enemy's charge.

Besides, although the distance of 500 meters is within the effective range of rifles and machine guns, there is no difference between aiming and not aiming at such a distance. Even if there is a sniper rifle, the deviation of the bullet and the wind speed must be calculated, and the war horse must also be calculated. The amount of time to start running, with that time, it is better to hurry up and fire a few more shots, no matter how close the firepower is, you can catch one of them.

All the front-line positions of the teaching brigade were thrown into battle. Light and heavy machine guns and small cannons were killed. The shells of the "boom, boom" mortars exploded in the cavalry group, and each shell exploded. The soldiers with rifles also had a good time this time, and the commander shouted loudly: "Just shoot at the cavalry, don't need to aim, shoot quickly."

Since it is not allowed to aim, it is not easy to do. After the soldiers loaded the bullets, they probably pulled the trigger at the cavalry rushing towards them. After the bullets were ejected, they were loaded and fired.

Fortunately, after taking Baoji, we seized a lot of materials that Hu Zongnan had stockpiled, and now the ammunition is sufficient, and each soldier has at least 150 rounds of rifle ammunition. What do soldiers do when they have only a few bullets?

Only soldiers with submachine guns in their hands watched the excitement on the ground. Basically, the squad leaders and deputy squad leaders of each infantry combat squad were equipped with submachine guns. Submachine guns were really useless against cavalry hundreds of meters away.

The commander's method of asking the soldiers to shoot quickly really worked. The bullets woven a fire net in front of the position. The cavalry of the 82nd Division suffered a large number of casualties as soon as they charged. After being knocked down, the soldiers on horseback were trampled to death by the horses that could not escape later.

Ma Jiyuan, the commander of the 82nd Division who was observing from behind, saw his troops being killed in piles by the firepower of the opposite PLA. He was so angry that he dropped the cigarette butts in his mouth, came to the heavy machine gun position, kicked a shooter aside, and surpassed himself. A heavy machine gun fired at the position of the teaching brigade.

The style of the young people is indeed different from that of the old warlords. Although Ma Jiyuan's skill in manipulating heavy machine guns is not very good, it is very encouraging. Most of the officers of the Ma's army have a certain relationship with the Ma Bufang family, and they are also very cohesive. Seeing Ma Jiyuan like this Gan Ye also manipulated the machine guns to shoot, and the soldiers below shouted wildly: "Brothers, hurry up and charge up, the division commander used heavy machine guns to cover our charge."

The 82nd Division deployed more than a dozen heavy machine guns on both sides of the charging cavalry, and there were about thirty of them together. This is a rather troublesome firepower.

The volley of dozens of heavy machine guns made the teaching brigade feel unprecedented pressure, and the dense heavy machine gun bullets caused continuous casualties to the soldiers on the ground.

With the suppression of heavy machine guns, the shooting speed of the soldiers also slowed down. The charging cavalry was getting closer and closer, and the ruthlessness of the Qingma army was revealed at this time. The guy kept rushing forward.

The command post of the brigade commander Chen Haihan is not far behind the position, and he can see the battlefield situation clearly without binoculars. He kept calling the frontline commanders at all levels on the phone: "Increase the firepower, increase the firepower, We must control the momentum of the cavalry charge."

Easier said than done. Compared with the 82nd Division of the Kuomintang, the rapid-fire firepower of the teaching brigade is too weak. The soldiers also know the benefits of increasing the shooting speed, but the rifle is a rifle after all. Increase the firing rate It can't be turned into a machine gun either.

The roaring cavalry approached tens of meters away again, and at this time the soldiers threw rows of grenades together again.

The grenade is indeed very effective. The exploding shrapnel caused huge casualties to the charging cavalry, but this time the 82nd Division attacked three regiments. The three cavalry regiments charging together made the soldiers a little overwhelmed. The dead horses were about to fall into the trenches by virtue of inertia.

The firepower of the teaching brigade caused heavy damage to the enemy, but there were also some positions that were about to be breached by the cavalry. At this time, the quality of the veteran soldiers was seen. When the cavalry approached within a distance of more than ten meters, it was too late to shoot Under such circumstances, the soldiers holding their positions jumped out of the trench with a roar. Instead of retreating, the soldiers used the bayonets of their rifles to pick at the cavalry on the horse.

If you want to fight the bayonet with the cavalry, you have to jump out of the trench, and you can get the cavalry on the flat ground, otherwise you will not fight the bayonet but be stabbed.

A hand-to-hand battle was about to start on the ground, bayonet against saber, blood against blood, flesh and blood flying everywhere. Although the Qingma Army was not as well equipped as the Central Army, they fought with much more viciousness than Hu Zongnan's troops. The soldiers with dead horses rushed forward with their sabers in their hands, screaming.

The soldiers of the teaching brigade first killed the charging horses with submachine guns, and then fought bayonets with the cavalry who fell off the horses.

It has to be said that the veterans of the teaching brigade have no fear in the face of the shining saber, and use the skills they have learned in fighting the bayonet with the little devils to fight with the cavalry of the 82nd Division.

The teaching brigade is the toughest unit of the sixth column, a well-known unit in the Northwest Field Army, and the old unit of Commander Luo Yuanfa. During the Yan'an defense battle, it was this brigade that relied on simple weapons and Hu Zongnan's Central Army to harden it It took seven days and seven nights, which won precious time for the central government to withdraw from Yan'an.

In the teaching brigade, there are many old soldiers who are from the old eighth road. The soldiers from the old eighth road are very good at fighting bayonets.

(The Eighth Route Army without a few bullets can only fight the little devils in close combat. Only when they rush together can they win. In the words of the old Eighth Route Army, "When the machine gun is fired, a few shells are smashed, and a few grenades are thrown down. Start charging.")

I have been fighting with the little devils for several years. At the beginning, the Japanese Army paid great attention to the fighting skills, and the skills of the veterans were also very good. However, as the number of soldiers was exhausted, there were fewer and fewer well-trained veterans, and they went abroad to participate in the war. Most of the soldiers in the army are teenagers, some women are also mixed in, and there are more and more veterans of the Eighth Route Army. At this time, the Japanese Army tried to avoid bayonet fights with the Eighth Route Army.

At this time, many positions of the teaching brigade fought hand-to-hand combat, and the soldiers insisted on using bayonets to clean up the cavalry who rushed in. How angry did brigade commander Chen Haihan rise? What happened?The enemy has just started two attacks, and he has to rely on the bayonet to beat the enemy down. What should we do in the future?How to fight the battle?

It's no wonder that Brigadier Chen Haihan was very angry. The 82nd Division of the Kuomintang did not use all of its strength. It seems that even half of its strength was not used. This put the position of the teaching brigade in a very dangerous situation. Can the teaching brigade still hold its ground with all its strength?

The routed cavalry left the corpses of horses and soldiers on the ground, and ran back panting. One by one, the officers said to Ma Jiyuan: "Master, we were defeated twice when we attacked, but the communist army also exposed a problem. , Although their soldiers are very capable, they don't have much rapid-fire firepower, and they don't have any backup forces. They have already been in a hurry just now, and I think it's almost the same if we charge again."

Ma Jiyuan nodded: "That makes sense. I want to see if the Communist Army can stop our 82nd Division from attacking a few times. Come here and bring me the heavy artillery battalion."

As we explained earlier, this 82nd Division is different from other cavalry units. It is not only fully equipped, but also has heavy artillery units. The two cannons were all brand-new American 20mm howitzers, which were pulled by a car from behind under Ma Jiyuan's order.

Ma Jiyuan yelled viciously on the phone: "Listen to me, wait a while and blast the Communist army's position back and forth several times with artillery fire. Don't be afraid of wasting shells. I'll go to the old officer (Ma Bufang) to ask for as many as I knocked out." How much, shoot out all the shells in your hand."

When the 82nd Division was planning the next attack, the teaching brigade was not idle. Brigadier Chen used all the forces he could use and organized the brigade staff into a commando to deal with possible enemy attacks. launch a bigger attack.

Brigadier Chen Haihan is very aware of the strength in his hands. When repelling the enemy's two attacks, he basically used all his strength. Although the soldiers are very brave, their weapons are really not good enough. They lack rapid-fire weapons and cavalry to fight against. Too bad.