The beacon of youth

A small army that suddenly appeared made the soldiers of the Qingma Army nervous. The soldiers of the Majia Army guarding the Yellow River Iron Bridge were not all useless. Even though Ning Erzi and the others were all wearing Kuomintang military uniforms, they still had some clues . **()

The slight difference in weapons and uniforms made the soldiers of the Qingma Army behind the roadblock tense up. While asking for the password and serial number, they raised their weapons.

"What the hell, didn't you see my clothes? I belong to the Jingwei company of the [-]th Brigade Headquarters. I just came back from a meeting with our brigade commander. According to our brigade commander's request, I came to set up the police on the big iron bridge in advance. Prepare, do you understand? I belong to the Jingwei Company of the [-]th Brigade, quickly remove the roadblock, and our brigade commander will be there soon."

Ning Erzi, who was wearing the uniform of a Kuomintang captain officer, covered the training of these soldiers guarding the card. It seemed to be the right way to say it. , but I have never heard of any meeting held by the headquarters in the city.

"When was the meeting? Why don't we know?"

"You guys are shit! If you want to know the content of the meeting, ask your teacher Ma Ying, hurry up, we are still waiting to return to the defense zone." Ning Erzi shouted presumptuously.

A soldier asked in a low voice: "Squad leader, why are the people in the [-]th Brigade so arrogant? Aren't the [-]th Brigade under the control of our Eighth Division?"

"No reason, people have enmity with our Eighth Cavalry Division, and it is understandable for us to get angry. There are not many people left who were beaten by the Communist army in Guguan. How can they be mentally depressed? They are all around the commander. Niu X is used to it. This is still light, maybe you have to hit people with your hands, forget it, let them pass by."

The large railing used as a simple barricade was moved over.The machine gun in the sandbag bunker also pointed its muzzle at the sky that was about to darken, and the soldier with the machine gun lighted a cigarette leisurely.

The red flames of the cigarettes were flickering, and the smoking soldiers simply stopped looking at Ning Erzi and the others, chatting and laughing about interesting topics.

This was a good opportunity, what the scouts wanted was the enemy's arrogance, Ning Erzi gave a wink, and several soldiers quietly approached the relaxed machine gun bunker, and it was too late.At that time, Erzi Ning and several soldiers took off the grenade on their bodies, fired it and threw it into it.

The time was too short, so short that the soldiers of the Ma family army had no way to react.With a delay of [-] seconds, white smoke grenades rang out in the semi-enclosed environment of the machine gun bunker. Boom, boom, several dull explosions sounded from the bridgehead of the Yellow River Iron Bridge. The machine guns and soldiers followed the explosion. The sound flew into the sky.The unprepared bridge guard soldiers of the Eighth Cavalry Division were beaten into panic by a reconnaissance platoon from the Duli Brigade.

After the grenade rang, Erzi Ning commanded the soldiers to sweep with submachine guns, and hundreds of Tommy-style fires were fired crazily, with fierce firepower and close combat.The short-range firepower of the submachine gun quickly took over, and after seeing the enemies at the bridgehead being entangled.Zhang Jinsong commanded the follow-up troops of the reconnaissance battalion to rush over, and the battle started near the big iron bridge.

The Eighth Cavalry Division of the Qingma Army has only more than 5000 people.This is the number after supplementation. The troops guarding the bridge are called a regiment, but the so-called regiment is only about 1000 troops. Counting the empty-paid and wounded soldiers, it is estimated that it is not even a thousand. Under the fierce firepower of the reconnaissance battalion, this group of people couldn't support it within ten minutes. The officers and soldiers who lost confidence ran along the iron bridge. On the way to escape, some people panicked and fell headfirst. .

The entire battle took less than half an hour, and the reconnaissance battalion defeated a regiment of the bridge guarding troops of the Qingma Army with swift and violent actions, and occupied the bridgehead position.

Seeing the signal from the reconnaissance battalion, the main force of the du li brigade arrived. So far, the battle has gone smoothly. They defeated an enemy regiment and captured the bridgehead position. There were no major casualties in the troops, but the battle has just begun. Qing The Ma Jun will not let the du li brigade succeed easily, and will fight the PLA desperately for the only way out of the big iron bridge.

The loss of the bridgehead position made Ma Ying, the commander of the Eighth Cavalry Division, very frightened and furious. Although it was only a bridgehead position and the other side was still in the hands of the Qingma Army, occupying the bridgehead position was no different from occupying the entire bridge, as long as the People's Liberation Army nailed it there , the Ma family army in Lanzhou City had no way to break through.

It was already a crime and meritorious service, but this made the situation worse. Without saying a word, Ma Ying, who took out the pistol, shot the head of the regiment who ran back, and then shouted to command the troops to counterattack, saying that he could not let the People's Liberation Army occupy Otherwise, the brothers in the city will have no choice but to die. Even if they are not killed by the People's Liberation Army, they will have to be shot by the commander.

Ma Ying didn't know that the commander-in-chief Ma Jiyuan just ran out not long ago, and the cavalry commander of the Qingma Army was still naively imagining how he would perform meritorious service after the battle, how he could take a step forward and become a bigger officer, but Fantasy is fantasy after all, it seems that his wish will never come true.

Under Ma Ying's command, the Qingma Army's bridge guard troops rushed over like a tide, trying to take advantage of their personnel advantages to regain the bridgehead positions occupied by the People's Liberation Army.

At the critical moment, Ma Ying raised his mind again. The bridgehead position occupied by the People's Liberation Army must be taken back, but it is another problem to use that force to compete with the People's Liberation Army. Of course, the Eighth Cavalry Division cannot be used, that's all. The family property is gone, and I can keep it for the rest of the day, not the [-]th Brigade, the [-]th Brigade is always playing against me, if I let them go first, I guess I will have to complain to the commander-in-chief Ma Jiyuan before the battle is over. So there is only one choice left, to use the newly formed first division to attack the positions of the communist army. This newly formed first division has not tasted the taste of the People's Liberation Army, so it happens to use them for training.

Under the order of Ma Ying, the newly formed First Division with more than 5000 people attacked along the iron bridge.

Li Yong, the brigade commander who rushed to the vicinity of the iron bridge, ordered the troops to counterattack with Li Jiangguo's first battalion, Ma Quanyou's second battalion responded and beat back the attacking Ma Jiajun, and Zhang Jinsong's reconnaissance battalion simply handed over.

Zhang Jinsong also knew that a few infantry battalions were more effective in positional warfare, so he handed over the position to the first and second battalions without any fuss. For this reason, Zhang Jinsong was also praised by Li Jiangguo and Ma Quanyou, who smiled Said: "Look, Lao Zhang still has style, don't worry, the benefits are indispensable to you."

Zhang Jinsong muttered indifferently: "Pull it down, what good things are there? With these poor Ma Jiajun who want to be trousers, I don't care if I can get back some good things."

This is why the brigade commander Li Yong only used two infantry battalions to deal with the enemy's assault troops. Why only two battalions were used. The new first division of the Qingma Army had more than 5000 personnel, a large number, but most of them The soldiers are holding old-fashioned rifles, even those made in Hanyang are not bad, even the old sleeves are still carried on their backs, and coupled with the narrow location of the iron bridge, Li Yong thinks that two infantry battalions are enough. It is also necessary to be ready to deal with the Majiajun brigade who retreated from Lanzhou City.

The battle started the moment the soldiers of the new first division of the Qingma Army rushed to the bridge. Li Yong ordered the first and second battalions to only use light and heavy machine guns, grenades, explosives, mortars and other destructive weapons. It is strictly forbidden to use.

The Yellow River Iron Bridge was hard-won. Li Yong did not want this iron bridge, which brought good news to the people of Lanzhou, to be destroyed in his own hands. No matter what the reason was, it would be a pity to blow it up.

Lanzhou City has always been the hub of transportation between the East and the West, the only way to communicate between the Central Plains and the Western Regions, and the Yellow River passing through the city is an insurmountable obstacle lying on the head of this transportation hub in Lanzhou City. The common people have a saying that " Across the river is like another day, and crossing the river is like crossing the gate of ghosts." A Zhenyuan pontoon bridge built in the Ming Dynasty took more than 500 years.

The Yellow River Iron Bridge was built during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty (1907). In the poor and weak era at that time, it was not easy to build such an iron bridge. It took a total of one and a half years and cost more than 30 taels of Kuping Silver has only just been completed, and all the materials and accessories have been shipped from Germany all the way, including thousands of barrels of cement, all of which are German goods.

(After the Yellow River Iron Bridge was renamed Zhongshan Bridge, the project was approved in 1906, started in 07, and completed in 08. The construction period lasted one and a half years, and was supervised by engineers from Germany, the United States, and China. In 1989, 80 years later, the warranty period of the iron bridge expired , German authorities once went to the government of Lanzhou City to inquire about the status of the iron bridge, and at the same time declared that the contract had expired. The rigor of the Germans can be seen.

Li Jiangguo, the commander of the first battalion, muttered: "If you don't want to use it, don't use it. What's the big deal? We haven't fought any kind of battle. I think we can fight a big battle with less than ten bullets. Listen to me." command, prepare to shoot."

Since the brigade commander did not allow the use of mortars, the first and second battalions put the two heavy machine gun platoons at the forefront in accordance with the principle of firepower deployment.

Dozens of water-cooled Maxim heavy machine guns fired violently after the new first division of the Qingma Army entered the firing line, and the bullets swept past like a gust of wind. The soldiers can only bend down, hold the rifles in their hands, and attack along the bridge.

There is no covering firepower, no wide area to deploy troops, everything can only be filled with the flesh and blood of soldiers, using this extremely rubbish tactic to attack a position defended by dozens of heavy machine guns, the result can be imagined Know.

Tens of meters away in front of you are the soldiers of the Qingma Army like a flock of sheep. Maxim's gun barrel spewed out a fire snake more than a foot long, and the empty bullet chains rushed past. The bullets of the PLA guards were so dense that The bridge components on the iron bridge were flushed red.

The dead bodies on the bridge fell layer by layer, and blood dripped into the rolling Yellow River along the gaps in the bridge components. Many soldiers of the newly formed First Division of the Qingma Army were sexually assaulted before they understood what was going on on the battlefield. The fate has been explained. (To be continued..)

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