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Full Text No Ads Chapter 497 Fighting Lanzhou's Gangsters and Defending the City

Before the Battle of Lanzhou, Ma Bufang and his son did not place any hope on Hu Zongnan's Central Army, and they also knew that Hu Zongnan, who was far away in the Qinling Mountains, could not come to rescue them. (full-text e-book free download)

In the northwest region, the second unit of the central military system is the unit led by Liu Ren, the deputy director of the Military and Political Chief Office. This central army is also dispatched by Ma Bufang, the official military and political chief, but only in name. Ma Bufang also understood that it was extremely difficult for the military and political chief of the local warlords in his place to command the troops of the central military system, even more difficult than reaching the sky.

The third unit is the Ma Family Army in Ningxia, which is also the most variable force in the Lanzhou campaign. If the Ning Ma Army can really come to assist Lanzhou, the entire campaign plan of the First Field Army will have to be greatly changed. Will the Northwest Field Army It is still uncertain whether the Lanzhou campaign can start as scheduled.

But at this time, Ma Hongkui, the head of the Ningxia Majiajun, was wavering after being persuaded by his brother-in-law, General Fu Zuoyi. In addition, his dislike of the Qinghai Majiajun and the idea of ​​preserving strength were deeply rooted, and it was very difficult to get the Ningxia Majiajun to come to help.

As the saying goes, people are doing it, and the sky is watching. The blisters on the feet are all gone by themselves. When Hu Zongnan's Central Army and the People's Liberation Army fought decisively in the Guanzhong and Fumei areas, the Qingma Army was close at hand but kept watching from the sidelines, causing Hu Zongnan's main force to be wiped out by the People's Liberation Army.

Sit back and watch the main force of the Central Army be completely wiped out by the People's Liberation Army but remain indifferent. What's the use of such a friendly army?The officers of Hu Zongnan's Central Army system hated the Qingma Army so much that their teeth were itchy. Even without the siege and containment of the [-]th Corps of the People's Liberation Army, they might not be able to rescue the Qingma Army.

When fighting in the Pingliang area, Ma Bufang racked his brains and came up with a "Pingliang decisive battle plan". The plan is full of Ningma Army at the forefront and fighting the People's Liberation Army, but his Qingma Army has to choose an opportunity Picking the cheapest at the back, Ma Hongkui, the head of the Majiajun in Ningxia, is an old warlord who is extremely slippery. He was very dissatisfied with Ma Bufang and his son when he competed with Ma Bufang for the military and political chief of the Northwest and the chairman of the Gansu Provincial Government. After the "Pingliang Battle Plan", Ma Bufang completely lost confidence in him. At this time, Ma Bufang was in trouble, and wanted Ma Hongkui, an old fox, to give up his wealth and life to rescue the Qingma Army? ? ?Can it be done?

Finally, let’s talk about the troops of the Northwest Military and Political Chief’s Office. This part of the Central Army was originally set up to monitor and control the troops of the two horses. The central government of the Kuomintang established the Northwest Military and Political Chief’s Office in Lanzhou for this reason. Effectively control the local forces in Qinghai and Ningxia.

Usually, the Central Army and the Erma army look down on each other. Later, because of the general trend, the precarious Kuomintang government gave up the position of military and political chief of the Northwest to the always ambitious Qinghai warlord Ma Bufang. Use Ma Bufang to raise the banner of the blue sky and white sun for the Kuomintang in the Northwest.

The powerful Ma Bufang was ecstatic. After getting this appointment, he drove all the troops of the central military system in Lanzhou city out of the city. No matter what army commander or division commander you are, they all went out and replaced themselves in the entire urban area. The Qingma Army, the Qingma Army is arrogant and domineering in Lanzhou, no one dares to provoke them, and even the former Central Army has to retreat.

With Hu Gan in such a dark situation, how can the people in the Central Military System make up their minds to help Ma Bufang defend the city?Why not use the hands of the People's Liberation Army to wipe out all these Qingma troops, and want them to help Ma Bufang and his son to work hard?There are no doors.

This was the true mentality of the several Kuomintang troops on the Northwest battlefield at that time. Although the total strength of the Kuomintang army in the Northwest was not much smaller than that of the PLA, the weapons and equipment were also good, and the individual combat capability might be better than that of the PLA, but it was very difficult. It is difficult to form a joint force. The intention of Ma Bufang and his son to encircle and wipe out the People's Liberation Army under the city of Lanzhou with the help of the Central Army and the Ningxia Majia Army is nothing more than a wishful dream. Under such a general trend, the Qingma Army can only be a lone army Guard Lanzhou.

However, even so, the Battle of Lanzhou was very difficult. Ma Jiyuan yelled at his subordinates on several major defensive positions. Our Qingma Army is not the Central Army, nor is it the Ningma Army. Don't even think about taking our Lanzhou City for ten years. I want Peng Dehuai's communist army to be smashed under my Lanzhou City.

Ma Bufang, the mortal enemy of the Communists, in the autumn of 1935, when the Central Red Army marched into southern Gansu, the cavalry of the Qingma Army frantically chased the officers and soldiers of the Red Army who had just walked out of the grass. suffered heavy losses in the contest.

Every veteran of the Red Army who has stepped out of the grassland is a treasure, an elite and backbone who have survived a hundred battles, and a pillar for the future development of the army. Their massive losses are heartbreaking.

In the winter of 1937, when the temperature was minus 800 degrees, the Qingma army was mobilized to disperse the West Route Army of the Red Fourth Front Army who had thin clothes and insufficient food and ammunition in the Hexi Corridor, and massacred countless people. There were several thousand, more than [-] Red Army soldiers were lost, including the well-known Women's Independence Regiment.

Zeng Rishan, director of the Political Department of the Fifth Red Army, Dong Zhentang, commander of the Fifth Red Army, Yang Keming, director of the Political Department, Sun Yuqing, commander of the Ninth Red Army, the youngest military-level cadre in the Red Army at that time, Chen Haisong, political commissar of the Ninth Red Army, and thirteen Division Commander Ye Chongben, Chief of Staff Liu Peiji, Headquarters Cavalry Division Commander Dong Junyan, Political Commissar Qin Xiandao and other senior Red Army generals died one after another.

They are all well-known generals of the Red Army, especially Dong Zhentang, the commander of the Fifth Red Army, who fought against encirclement and suppression in the central revolutionary base area several times, and made repeated military exploits during the Long March. In the middle of the war, Commander Dong Zhentang and more than 6000 soldiers of his Fifth Red Army were all killed. When Chiang Kai-shek heard that Dong Zhentang had died in battle, he sent his head to Nanjing and rewarded the generals of the Ma family army for their meritorious service.

There is too much hatred accumulated between the Qingma Army and the army led by the Communists, and there is no condition to resolve it. At this moment, in the summer and autumn of 1949, near the ancient city of Lanzhou, neither the enemy nor the enemy has any intention of trying to resolve it peacefully. ** People can do the work of Ma Hongbin and Ma Hongkui, and even a Kuomintang general like Hu Zongnan can consider revolting or surrendering, but he doesn't want to do any ideological work of Ma Bufang in Qinghai.

The gangsters defended the city, and fierce battles were imminent. On the evening of August 19, under the cover of night, the large troops of the Second and No. [-] Corps of the Northwest Field Army approached the enemy in secret, moving forward bit by bit until Suitable for positions where troops launch their attacks.

At dawn on the 21st, the sky was just dim, and the First Field Army launched an attack on the enemy from the east, west, and south. Thousands of guns were fired, and the shells were empty. The smoke filled dozens of miles of positions, and the fire and the morning glow burned together. , The sky and the earth are red, and the ancient city of Lanzhou has experienced the baptism of blood and fire.

The Northwest Field Army developed to the second half of [-]. The artillery force was completely capable of confronting the regular army of the Kuomintang Central Army. In the exchange of fire with the artillery of the Qingma Army, it completely gained the upper hand. The artillery positions set up by the horse army in the city were silenced, and our army's artillery fire was all thrown into the attack on the positions outside the city after the enemy's artillery fell silent.

Wave after wave of artillery fire made the Qingma Army's position outside the city burst into flames, and the entire position was blown up like boiling water. Stones, shrapnel, and anything that could be destroyed were all thrown into the sky, and the smoke And the dust covered the area around the impact point so that people's sight can only be seen a few meters away.

But even so, the Qingma Army who stood firm did not show any panic, but held back in their respective caves, waiting for the opportunity to fight the PLA desperately.

Several artillery groups of the Northwest Field Army used a large amount of artillery fire to prepare for the position of the Qingma Army outside Lanzhou City for about half an hour. Half an hour later, several armies of the Field Army began to attack the Qingma Army from their respective assembly points. assault.

One after another, red flags were shot out from the starting position. After the artillery fire extended, the commando quickly charged in depth. The sudden burst of attack made the Qingma Army's defense position full of PLA soldiers.

As soon as the artillery fire extended, the soldiers of the Qingma Army who were hiding in the fortification jumped out howling, and under the orders of officers at all levels, they opened fire on our army's commandos.

The bullets poured down like a torrential rain, and the standing permanent fortifications were very effective in resisting the artillery fire. Although our army's artillery fire preparations were well prepared, it was impossible to destroy all the firepower points of the Ma's army. The Ma's soldiers in the fortifications faced the attack. The soldiers of the People's Liberation Army, first of all, take advantage of the geographical advantage.

As soon as the battle broke out, it was extremely fierce. In order to create opportunities for their comrades in arms, the covering firepower behind the PLA commandos fired desperately with the weapons in their hands, intending to suppress the enemy's firepower so that the assault troops could rush up quickly.

The bullets of the two warring parties are flying in the air. Every second, several bullets may pass through the body of the person. Clothes are smashed, hats are lost, and death and sacrifice are instantaneous.

But at this time, people have no time to think about what to do if they are injured or sacrificed. Everything is for the purpose of rushing forward.

The first difficulty the commando encountered was the large amount of barbed wire in front of the position. Most of these barbed wires had been damaged by the artillery fire of the People’s Liberation Army and were blown up and down. But it is undeniable that even the rotten barbed wire, It also caused a lot of trouble for the assault troops.

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