The beacon of youth

Ma Hongkui ran away, and ran away before the Ma Jiajun in Ningxia came into contact with the People's Liberation Army. After he ran away, he handed over all the military and political power in Ningxia to his second son Ma Dunjing

But he, the father, knows how much money the second son Ma has in his stomach. On the night before he left, Ma Hongkui said to Ma Tingxiu, secretary general of the Ningxia government and director of civil affairs, and others: "You are here because of me." Only the second child is respected as the commander. I know what he is capable of. To be honest, none of my children and grandchildren can take on this important task. This is the biggest failure of my life, Ma Hongkui.”

But Ma Dunjing, the second son of Ma, didn't think he was incompetent, and he tried to express himself as soon as he took office. He arranged defenses according to Ma Hongkui's "three light" policy, and set up three lines of defense along the Yellow River to deal with the People's Liberation Army, intending to defend to the death

The first line of defense is the 81th Cavalry Regiment guarding Concentric, the [-]st Cavalry Brigade guarding Jingtai, and part of the [-]st Army guarding Jingyuan

The second line of defense is that the Helan Army defends Zhongning, and the main force of the 81st Army defends Zhongwei.

The third line of defense is that the 128th Army guards Jinji, and the 11th Army guards Lingwu.

The three lines of defense are fortified layer by layer along the Yellow River. If the offensive of the People's Liberation Army cannot be stopped, the final trump card will be used, and the Yellow River will be dug in the Jinji and Lingwu areas to flood the People's Liberation Army.

The three lines of defense seem to be very fierce, and they even put on a decisive battle with the People's Liberation Army, but can they achieve their goals?To deal with the Ma family army in Ningxia, the Communists have already had countermeasures

At the beginning of its establishment, the Northwest Field Army led by Mao Zedong had only a mere 2 people. Not only were its soldiers scarce, but it also lacked food and clothing, ammunition, and powerful enemies around. There were Hu Zongnan's Zhongyang Army, Zhang Zhizhong's Zhongyang Army, Ma Bufang and Ma Hongkui and Ma Hongbin's local army, in this extremely unfavorable situation, the People's Liberation Army has formulated a strategy of dividing and disintegrating the enemy, making full use of the enemy's contradictions to achieve the goal of defeating each

The specific method is to first stabilize the local army of the Kuomintang, and then use all the main force to deal with the central yang army of the Kuomintang.

In the middle of 2, after the Battle of Fumei ended, Hu Zongnan's central yang army was gone, and the total strength of the People's Liberation Army in the Northwest increased from more than [-] in five columns to more than [-] in four corps. At this time, the wings of the Northwest Field Army had grown hard , no longer afraid of any threats

The People's Liberation Army, which is making great strides, began to prepare to eliminate the local forces of the Kuomintang after eating Hu Zongnan's central yang army. Hard work but once again made full use of the enemy's internal contradictions, using a small number of troops to contain the Majia Army in Ningxia, making Ma Hongkui unwilling to rescue Ma Bufang, and the main force was to concentrate on destroying the Qingma Army

In the Battle of Lanzhou, the Qingma Army was wiped out, and the main force was completely wiped out. At this point, the People's Liberation Army has completely freed up its hands to wait for the Majia Army in Ningxia to be wiped out.

For the head of the Northwest Field Army Headquarters of the Majia Army in Ningxia, this is the analysis. The main force of the Ning Ma Army has five armies. Army, Lu Zhongliang's 10th Army Ma Quanliang's Helan Army, Ma Chunjing's 11st Army

Among them, the 10th Army, 11th Army, 128th Army, and Helan Army are the troops of Ma Hongkui, and the 81st Army is the army commander of Ma Hongbin, Ma Hongkui's uncle and brother. Ma Chunjing is the son of Ma Hongbin.

Ma Hongbin and Ma Hongkui are uncles and brothers. The foundation of Ningxia was built by their grandfathers and fathers, but they are two completely different types of people, or two types of people. The Communists have a bloody feud. When the Red Army had just stepped out of the grassland, he and Ma Bufang from Qinghai surrounded and suppressed the weak Red Army soldiers, and then besieged and killed the Red Army West Route Army in the Hetao area. Large-scale destruction not only arrested a large number of Communists, but also killed Cui Jingyue, secretary of the Ningxia Working Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Ma Wenliang, head of the Muslim Work Group. When Hu Zongnan's troops aggressively attacked Yan'an, he took the opportunity to strike again The rear of the liberated area was destroyed, and the head and political commissar of the Jingwei regiment of the People's Liberation Army were captured. Later, the captured head and political commissar of the People's Liberation Army were escorted to Nanjing and dedicated to Chiang Kai-shek. Soon after, the two regiment cadres of the People's Liberation Army were arrested Chiang Kai-shek ordered to be executed at Yuhuatai. For this, Ma Hongkui was also rewarded by Chiang Kai-shek

Recalling the above actions, Ma Hongkui has no possibility of reconciliation with the People's Liberation Army. After the Northwest Field Army gradually became larger, Ma Hongkui also felt the crisis, and expanded the Helan Army on the basis of the original Ningxia Corps. The meaning of Helan Mountain Que is that in the future, he can go to Helan Mountain to fight guerrillas and deal with the People's Liberation Army to the end. However, I don't know if this old fox has seriously thought about it. For more than ten years, the People's Liberation Army is the formidable ancestor of guerrilla warfare. If you play guerrilla warfare with such troops, you will probably die quickly.

But his uncle and brother Ma Hongbin was different from him. In Ningxia, Ma Hongbin could not compete with Ma Hongkui in terms of politics and military. The ** people get along well, and during the Anti-Japanese War, they also expressed their support for the idea of ​​​​stopping the civil war and uniting against Japan. He also fought against the Japanese army on the front line in Suixi. What too much hatred, and no desire to fight the PLA to the end

Analyzing the situation of the Majia Army in Ningxia above, the head of the Yiye headquarters is fighting the idea of ​​Ma Hongbin in the Ningma Army. Specifically, it is necessary to try to win the 81st Army with Ma Hongbin's son Ma Chunjing as the commander, thereby shaking the Ningma Army's defensive posture. , hit the enemy's confidence in fighting, and psychologically crush the will of the officers and soldiers of the Ningma Army.

At the end of August and the beginning of September of 8, the total strength of the Majia Army in Ningxia was more than [-] in five armies. Although the number was quite large, most officers and soldiers had a bleak outlook and low morale. They believed that fighting the PLA had no way out, so It is said that the Ningma Army is no longer an opponent of the People's Liberation Army in terms of personnel quality and weaponry, and all they can do is linger on.

To deal with such an army, of course, it is not necessary to dispatch all the main force of the Northwest Field Army. After the field army party committee studied and approved, the [-]th Corps led by Commander Yang Dezhi and Political Commissar Li Zhimin would eliminate Ma Hongkui and liberate the whole of Ningxia.

The Nineteenth Corps has three armies, namely the 63rd, 64th, and 65th armies. On this basis, the field army headquarters has been strengthened to the Du Li First Division and the Du Li Second Division directly under the two military regions. Of course, there are also the former The star troop that has never appeared before, the Li Yong Department of the Du Li Brigade of the Second Army

With three armies, two divisions, and a du li brigade, the 13th Corps can control more than [-] people, plus a large number of artillery, tanks and other technical equipment owned by the Corps, the Field Army Headquarters believes that with such strength , the [-]th Corps with high morale is fully capable of dealing with Ma Hongkui in Ningxia

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Li Yong and Wang Chengde, who received the order from the headquarters of the Field Army, reported to the headquarters of the [-]th Corps as soon as possible, and met the two famous generals again

"I asked Boss Peng to transfer you here in private without your consent. Wouldn't there be any objections?" Commander Yang Dezhi asked politely.

Li Yong straightened his chest and replied: "Reporting chief, we are the army, and as an army we must be ready to fight at any time. It is our wish to fight Ma Hongkui in Ningxia. Thank you chief for trusting us."

Li Yong's answer satisfied Commander Yang Dezhi and Li Zhimin's political commissar. Li Zhimin's political commissar is a very thoughtful chief. At this time, he smiled and asked, "Hehe, tell me, why are you so desperate for it?"

"Chief, the reason is very simple. Currently in our northwest, the only unresolved enemy is the Majia army in Ningxia. This is our last chance. It is very likely that there will be no more big battles to fight in the future. Our brigade wants to make money." Seize the opportunity and make another great contribution, hehe, so that you can show off to others."

Li Yong's reason made the two chiefs laugh, and Commander Yang Dezhi said loudly: "The reason is not bad, you have passed, but the enemy is not made of mud, and it is wrong to underestimate the enemy. Our [-]th Corps just arrived I heard about the name of your du li brigade when I was in Xi'an, and the political commissar and I also visited your place. To be honest, your brigade left a good impression on me. It is said that you are very experienced in dealing with Ma Jiajun. In front of Political Commissar Li and me, develop your brain and tell us about the Ningma Army we are going to deal with."

Wang Chengde was afraid that Li Yong would not be able to answer for a while, so he hurriedly took it over and said, "The two chiefs are heroes who have fought in hundreds of battles. Our knowledge is not enough in front of the chief. I'm afraid we can't say anything."

"Nonsense, what is not enough to read? Has your du li brigade fought well in recent times? Why don't you say it if you have experience? Besides, it doesn't matter if you say something wrong. If it is useful, the commander and I will just listen. It is useless. If you don’t listen to him, what’s the point? You, the political commissar, can’t always protect him.” It was Li Zhimin’s political commissar who spoke.

In fact, on the way here, Li Yong was thinking about how to give Commander Yang Dezhi some advice. This is a good time. The Commander himself proposed it. It is a ready-made opportunity. (To be continued)