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Chapter 272: The Charge of the Battle of Xifu - Independent Regiment

The sudden burst of firepower from the three infantry battalions of the Independent Regiment terrified the cavalrymen of the 82nd Division who were charging, and the entire battlefield was turned into a hell on earth by the fierce attack of the Independent Regiment. (Apex Fiction hand-written novel)

In the headquarters of the teaching brigade, not only the staff officers were shocked, but even Brigadier Chen Haihan, an old Red Army soldier who had gone through the Long March, and a young veteran, couldn't close his mouth.

Holding the binoculars, Brigadier Chen muttered softly: "What a guy, that's amazing."

Brigadier Chen, who had been observing the situation on the battlefield, turned his head and shouted at Li Yong: "Commander Li, with you, the independent regiment has done a good job. Is this the prestige that our PLA should have?"

The strength of the independent regiment surprised people who didn't know the details, but our head Li Yong Li had already considered this situation. In Li Yong's eyes, he was a bunch of idiots.

(Historically, the 82nd Division in Qinghai did use this kind of rubbish tactics many times, and in the Battle of Lanzhou, they also changed the cavalry into infantry. This is something later, and we will explain it later.)

This kind of tactic depends on who you encounter. It can be useful when you encounter a teaching brigade. If you encounter an independent regiment that is all rapid-fire, it is really courting death.

The independent regiment used three infantry battalions and one howitzer battalion. With the cooperation of the six-column teaching brigade, it defeated the group charge of the 82nd Division of the Qingma Army. Faced with huge casualties, the division commander Ma Jiyuan and deputy division commander Ma Quanyi both sprouted. Withdrew.

The ever-changing battlefield situation was keenly captured by Brigadier Chen Haihan, who had been observing the situation, and Li Yong, the head of the independent regiment. Brigadier Chen glanced at Li Yong: "Commander Li, the situation has changed. The 82nd Division was frightened by the casualties."

Li Yong nodded: "Brigade Commander Chen, the 82nd Division wants to join if they have a bargain, and wants to quit if they can't get a bargain. Things in the world are not so easy to fool."

At this moment, the phone in the brigade headquarters suddenly rang again, and Brigadier Chen, who answered the phone, laughed loudly after hearing a few words: "Commander Li, he is Commander X of the Cavalry Division, this guy can't help it!" Now, I called and asked if I should let their division attack, and also beat the dog in the water."

In the division headquarters of the cavalry division, Division Commander X shouted on the phone: "I said, Lao Chen, it's almost done. The Ma's army has been dealt with by your counterattack. I can see that they want to run away. Let our division attack!" Chasing after him, can you get some benefits? Our division is short of everything, whether it is horses or soldiers, so you can order our division to go out and get him a hand."

Brigadier Chen Haihan stared at Li Yong and asked, "Commander Li, what do you think?"

Li Yong: "Brigade Commander Chen, my idea is this, let's teach the brigade to stand firm, and our independent regiment and field cavalry division will attack from both sides to chase, so as not to delay us from holding on to the position, but also to fight for a bigger victory." The results of the battle can also increase the casualties of the Ma family army."

Brigadier Chen: "It's not good to let the comrades who come to support do all the drudgery. Isn't our teaching brigade too leisurely? Do you want to chase us together?"

Li Yong: "Brigade Commander Chen, the family, no one is gossiping, the enemy is all cavalry, and the speed of withdrawal is very fast, the teaching brigade is all infantry, two legs can't catch up with a horse's hoof, our regiment has a lot of cars , together with the cavalry division, are exactly two troops that can compete with the enemy in speed, and it is appropriate for us to pursue them."

Brigadier Chen Haihan: "Okay, let's do this." Brigadier Chen, who was holding a microphone, shouted loudly: "Commander X, I ordered that the cavalry division attack from the left and the independent regiment attack from the right at the same time, and let the 82 Let me taste what it's like to be chased by our People's Liberation Army, and the attack will start in 10 minutes."

While Brigadier Chen announced the order, Li Yong also kept shouting on the walkie-talkie: "All the battalions and companies of the independent regiment heard clearly, the artillery fire extended, and the whole regiment began to charge in 10 minutes."

After giving orders to the battalions and companies of the Independent Regiment, Li Yong saluted and bid farewell to Brigadier Chen Haihan: "Commander, I'm back to our regiment headquarters."

Brigadier Chen held Li Yong's hand: "Commander Li, I know what you want to do. You want to go out with your regiment to chase after Ma's army. It's okay to chase, but you must pay attention to safety. Let's go together again when we have a chance. cooperate."

Li Yong and political commissar Wang Chengde, who returned to their regiment headquarters, discussed nervously. They decided to keep only the health team and cooking team, and some personnel from the supply battalion. The rest of the forces were dispatched together. We must seize it, now is the best time to teach the 82nd Division a lesson.

Gao Xiang commanded the howitzers of his battalion to extend backward bit by bit from the front of the strike to the depth of the blast, and used the platoon guns to create conditions for the troops about to attack as much as possible. After 10 minutes, the artillery finally stopped firing.

Li Yong ordered word by word in the walkie-talkie: "Squad number one, blow the charge horn, and the whole regiment goes out." A dozen or so soldiers from a number squad stood up together and held up the soldiers with red silk wrapped in their hands. Trumpet, blew it vigorously.

At the same time as the bugle of the Independent Regiment sounded, there was also a loud bugle sound from the left side of the position held by the teaching brigade. Li Yong and the people in the Independent Regiment knew that this was the bugle of the Cavalry Division, the only one in the field army. One of the cavalry divisions was about to charge.

More than a dozen bugles were blown together, and the sound could be heard far and wide. Inspired by the sound of the horns, more than 3000 people from the Independence Regiment rushed out screaming.

From the very beginning of the charge, I saw that the speed was different. The three infantry battalions at the forefront were not the fastest ones. They couldn’t catch up with the horses with just two legs. The first few battalions had to go back to pick up their cars. So there was a little delay in time.

Now it is the Fifth Battalion who is at the forefront of the whole regiment, but the Fifth Battalion who guards the second line of defense. Why can the Fifth Battalion be at the forefront?It's easy to explain, the Fifth Battalion has a very powerful acting battalion commander.

Before the battle started, regiment leader Li Yong ordered the first, second, and third battalions to go to the forward positions, while letting the fourth and fifth battalions stick to the second line of defense. There was nothing wrong with this order, but one person was very upset.

He Cuihua was so aggrieved that she managed to get an acting battalion commander to do it. This is a serious military officer, a battalion-level commander in charge of operations.

But after so many days, the Fifth Battalion under his command has not had a tough battle. Although he really wanted to go to the head of the regiment to get some tasks for the Fifth Battalion, but when he heard that the third battalion commander Ma Changsheng had been returned several times by Li Yongxun, he retired again Don't worry, Dayong doesn't care who he is. If he goes by himself, he will probably be trained back, so he won't do stupid things like Ma Changsheng.

He Cuihua thought about it again, if he didn't hurry up and fight a few more battles, maybe Wang Huo would come back that day when he recovered from his injury. As soon as he came back, he would definitely have to go back to the deputy battalion commander of the supply camp. Although the division of labor is different, all jobs are the same. But no matter what, I still feel that being the battalion commander of the infantry battalion is more enjoyable than being in charge of food, drink, and sleeping in the supply battalion.

He Cuihua, who has been thinking about these things in her heart, can she be slow when she hears the charge horn? This girl was the first to jump out of the trench and told them that all the soldiers in the battalion, no matter if they were big cars or small jeeps, were all moving. , the sooner the better, catch up together.

Just like that, the Fifth Battalion became the first infantry battalion to rush out. Holding a submachine gun in her hand, the girl kept urging his soldiers to charge forward.

After deciding to stop the attack first, Ma Jiyuan, the commander of the 82nd Division, discussed with Ma Quanyi, the deputy commander, and ordered the whole division to take turns to cover the retreat, withdraw first to rectify the troops, and then study how to fight against the Northwest Communist Army.

It's easy to talk, and it's easy to give orders, but it's not so easy to execute. To cover the retreat, what should be used to cover the retreat?The speed and impact of the cavalry have nothing to do with the cover retreat, and these strengths cannot be used.

Since the strengths of the cavalry could not be used, they had no choice but to dismount and change the cavalry into infantry, and stayed in place to fight against the People's Liberation Army.

According to the order of the division commander Ma Jiyuan, the 82nd Division took turns to retreat downwards in units of regiments, but at this moment, a passionate bugle sound came from the direction of the PLA position.

Ma Jiyuan was taken aback when he heard the sound of the trumpet, why did the communist army dare to chase him down?Just when he was doubtful, a brigade of cavalry and cars rushed out from both sides of the People's Liberation Army's position, and these People's Liberation Army troops rushed over shouting and killing.

Ma Quanyi, the deputy division commander, came over on horseback: "Jiuan, the situation is beyond our expectation. Two communist armies came from both sides. It seems that these communist armies came from later reinforcements, equipped with a large number of horses. The friendly car is very fast, we have to speed up if we want to retreat, otherwise we will be in trouble if we get caught by the communist army."

Ma Jiyuan: "Uncle, I am not reconciled to being chased and beaten. Our 82nd Division has never fought such a useless battle."

Ma Quanyi: "If you are not willing to withdraw, you have to withdraw. There is no permanent victorious general in the world. Leave a regiment to withstand the Communist army, and the rest of the troops will withdraw quickly. You go down first, and I will watch from behind. As long as the seeds of our 82nd Division are still there It will definitely make a comeback.”

The 82nd Division left a regiment of troops standing in place to block the charge of the People's Liberation Army, and the rest of the troops mounted their horses and quickly retreated.

I really answered that sentence, "Hedong for 30 years, and Hexi for 30 years." Just now, the cavalry of the 82nd Division were still desperately attacking the positions of the People's Liberation Army. attacked.

It's really difficult to use cavalry to fight defensive battles. It's really difficult for these remaining soldiers. Although they are the main force of Ma Bufang in Qinghai, cavalry is always cavalry. You can't let cavalry run around dragging heavy weapons. If that is the case, it is not called cavalry. up.

After several battles in the past, there are only more than 1000 people left in this regiment. When these more than 1000 people saw that everyone else got on their horses and ran away, they let themselves stay to block the PLA. Meat buns.