Chapter 387: The Rampant 258th Division
At the beginning of '49, the contest between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party reached the most critical time, and unlike other battlefields in the country, the strength of the Kuomintang army in the northwest battlefield was still dominant, and Hu Zongnan, who had received Ma Bufang's strong support, greatly increased his strength, and launched a large-scale attack on the Northwest Field Army like a shot in the heart. Where are the novels updated the fastest? Please look for the biquge.info of Aishang Novel Network
For a time, Hu Zongnan's more than 100,000 men and horses, with the cooperation of ground and air superiority and the support of the Qingma Army, carried out an all-out attack on Pucheng, Melhua, Tongchuan and other places occupied by the Northwest Field Army.
In the face of the combined forces of Hu Zongnan and Ma Bufang rushing over, the Northwest Field Army did not fight hard with the enemy, but once again chose to retreat.
Retreat or retreat, we must take these Kuomintang troops around a few more times and bring them to the old liberated areas in the mountains, the PLA still uses the old war, and avoid it when the enemy is in full swing, and when will the Kuomintang army be tired and thin before starting.
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) used a war that could not be said to be incorrect, but the addition of the Green Horse Army made a change on the battlefield, and the PLA relied on the tradition of the old Eighth Route with the enemy back and forth, and no one could compare with the PLA compared to running away, nor could the Central Army, which had a large number of cars, and no matter how many cars there were, all the soldiers could not be loaded, and the Kuomintang troops did not reach the level of complete motorization.
However, the PLA used this set of warfare to deal with the Ma Jiajun very passively, the Ma Jiajun is a cavalry-based unit, and the biggest characteristic of the cavalry is that it is fast in maneuvering, and the speed of movement warfare and movement warfare cannot compare with the enemy, and the PLA troops will suffer a great loss.
On this day, the retreating Northwest Field Army was suddenly entangled by a cavalry unit of the Kuomintang, and followed from behind by the footprints of the large army.
The Ma family's army, which was known for its ferocity, attacked fiercely, the sabers were shining, the war horses rushed over with a roar, and the soldiers on the horses roared and charged.
The troops of the Northwest Field Army at the rear were the four columns, and the tail of the four columns was the Tenth Brigade, that is, the Tenth Brigade was the unit that the entire field army placed at the rear.
Since these cavalry can't run on two legs, they have to fight, looking at the cavalry troops rushing over, the 10th Brigade was a little caught off guard, I didn't expect the enemy to follow so closely, no need to ask, it must be the Ma family army, Hu Zongnan does not have so many cavalry.
The troops used the terrain to organize defense, but the speed of the cavalry was still too fast, and before the soldiers marching at the rear could react, the cavalry of the Ma family army rushed over, and the whistling horse team crossed through the middle of the troops in an instant, and the shining sabers kept chopping past, and it took only about ten seconds to cut a piece of soldiers.
The cavalry of the Green Horse Army was very skillful, and the 10th Brigade, which did not have much psychological preparation, suffered a big loss at once, and more than 100 soldiers were killed and wounded by a single assault of the cavalry, and they were all put down by swords, and the blood of the soldiers stained the position red.
The weather was clear, the vision was clear, and the blood foam on the heads and bodies of the warriors who had been slashed by the saber gurgled and gurgled out.
Gao Jinchun, the commander of the 10th Brigade, saw the situation very clearly in the binoculars, and the angry Gao Brigade Commander ordered the troops to counterattack the cavalry of the Ma Jiajun while reporting to his superiors.
The Northwest Field Army, which is overwhelmingly infantry, suffers a great loss from confronting the enemy's cavalry on the march, and what the PLA has always done is not to engage the enemy when it is unprepared or unprepared, which is called not fighting a battle that is uncertain, so the field army headquarters ordered the 10th Brigade to withstand the enemy's attack at any cost and cover the withdrawal of the main force.
This cavalry unit that rushed up with the heel of the People's Liberation Army was the 258th Division of the Qingma Army, and the division commander Ma Desheng secretly made up his mind from the time he left Xi'an that he must fight a beautiful battle for the Kuomintang Central Army to see, not only to destroy the communist army but also to give Chief Hu a long face, and to invite his old commander Ma Bufang, which is really a good thing to kill multiple birds with one stone.
Therefore, this 258th Division was also the hardest unit in all Ma Jia's army to pursue the Northwest Field Army, and under the encouragement of Ma Desheng's wish, more than 10,000 officers and men rushed forward with sabers.
The 10th Brigade is the unit that the entire field army puts at the rear, and the rear unit of the 10th Brigade is the 28th Infantry Regiment, and the 28th Regiment, which received the order, immediately organized a defense on the spot, wanting to counterattack the 258th Cavalry Division.
However, the soldiers who responded to the battle in a hurry were rushed into their defensive circle by the Green Horse Army before they could be organized, and the 28th Regiment had no experience in fighting cavalry, and was beaten in a hurry for a while.
Ma Jiajun gave full play to his speed advantage and attacked back and forth in front of the PLA's position.
The 28th Regiment was very unsuitable for the cavalry of the Green Horse Army, and under the impact of the cavalry several times, the joint between the two battalions and the battalion was broken open, and once the opening was opened, it was worthless to defend in place, and the 28th Regiment was defeated indiscriminately under the impact of the cavalry.
This situation is rare, and the defeat of a regiment before it can resist is a great shame in the PLA troops.
Brigade Commander Gao Jinchun's eyes were red when he saw the defeat of the 28th Regiment, and he scolded loudly on the radio: "What's the matter, do you still have the face to come back?" Is it still a PLA unit? β
Fortunately, Brigade Commander Gao is a very experienced commander, and the three regiments of the 10th Brigade are the 28th, 29th, and 30th Regiments, and while arranging the defense of the 28th Regiment, the 29th Regiment has built a second line of defense behind the 28th Regiment.
The Northwest Field Army is the weakest of the several major field armies, and it is not good for people and weapons, but the West Field also has an advantage that other field armies do not have, that is, the commanders of the Northwest Field Army are very senior, so deep that cadres at the company level may be from the old Red Army, which is very powerful; in other field armies, it is impossible for people from the old Red Army to serve as commanders at the first level, and those who have experience in the Red Army are all treasures in the army, and they are all senior commanders.
The commanders of the old Red Army were all people who had survived a hundred battles, had extremely rich combat experience, and were very flexible in fighting, and immediately organized a counterattack after suffering an initial loss.
The defeated soldiers of the 28th Regiment ran into the defensive position of the 29th Regiment one by one with red faces, and the senior brigade commander Tie Qing, who personally went to the front line to command the battle, looked at these soldiers with a face, and shouted in a tone that he had never had before: "Don't all hang your head, like a bear, our 10th Brigade has never fought such a battle, raise your head, puff up your chest, and use the weapon in your hand to take back the honor you once had." β
Brigade Commander Gao Jinchun, like Brigade Commander Chen Haihan, is an old commander in the People's Liberation Army, although he is not very old, he has experienced too many battles, and the so-called old Red Army is only about 30 years old, which is the time when he is in the prime of life.
The experienced brigade commander Gao commanded the troops to fire at a distance on the cavalry of the Ma Jiajun, and did not be afraid of wasting ammunition, so he beckoned to the cavalry's horses first, and knocked these cavalry off his horses.
This decision is very correct, the Eighth Route Army fought in order to save ammunition and developed the habit of putting the enemy close and then firing, melee annihilation of the enemy, but this habit is not suitable for dealing with cavalry, it is also very dangerous, the cavalry relies on the advantage of speed, so that the war horse rushed to the front and then fired too late, in addition, the cavalry of the Green Horse Army is skilled, the whole body is lying on the horseback when charging, aiming and shooting is useless to them, the 28th regiment has a large Cheng dΓΉ on the loss of this loss.
Although the weapons and equipment of the 10th Brigade are not as good as the ** Brigade of the Second Column, they have also been greatly improved compared to before, and the soldiers are no longer like before with only a dozen rounds of bullets in their pockets to fight a battle, rifles, machine guns, and submachine guns fired fiercely at the charging Green Horse Army, and if they couldn't hit anyone, they would hit the horses, and the horses would be killed first.
The soldiers who had the second line of positions to rely on used heavy fire to knock down the cavalry of the Ma Jiajun in pieces in front of the position, and the horses neighed and rolled so that the dense bullets were killed, and the cavalry on the horses pounced and fell.
However, the difference between the Green Horse Army and the Kuomintang Central Army was revealed at this time, the troops of the Ma Jiajun did not retract their heads when they encountered hard stubble like Hu Zongnan's Central Army, but rushed upward against the rain of bullets, even if the war horse was killed, they did not retreat, and became the cavalry of the infantry holding a saber and shouting to charge.
Ma Desheng, the commander of the 258th Division, ordered his four cavalry regiments to rush upwards at any cost, and to fight the People's Liberation Army for the first time.
The terrain where the 10th Brigade of the People's Liberation Army is located is mainly plains, and the terrain here is very suitable for cavalry play, and the positions of the troops are temporarily and hastily constructed, and the fierce battle is gradually approached by the enemy after an hour.
And the 258th Division of the Qingma Army is also uncomfortable, more and more war horses have been killed, horse corpses are all on the side, war horses are a valuable resource for the troops, such a large casualty Ma Jiajun can not afford to consume, so many war horses died at one time to make the division commander Ma Desheng feel distressed.
But this guy is Wang Ba eats scales, and he is iron-hearted, and he uses the warlord to force the soldiers who fell from their horses to follow the cavalry and continue to charge, and the infantry also has to charge, and whoever takes a step back will be shot immediately, and he doesn't believe that the communist army is made of iron and steel.
Brigade commander Gao Jinchun is at the front of the position to command the battle, his brigade command post is only 50 meters away from the forward position, and the brigade level command is only 50 meters away from the front line, which is no different from lying in the trench. Then you've found your opponent.