Chapter 678: Waiting for Work with Ease
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Usman is an old bandit who has been roaming the desert and steppe for decades, and on the surface he gives the impression of being reckless, but this is all appearance, in fact, this guy has a deep scheming.
After some repeated thinking, this guy thought that the People's Liberation Army occupying the Hongliuxia Ranch could not be the main force of the anti-bandit force, and it was very likely that a small reconnaissance force capable of rapid mobility was going around with them here, in order to gain time for the large army to encircle.
Let Usman guess correctly, it is indeed not a large army of the People's Liberation Army that came here, the scale of the People's Liberation Army in the pasture is not small, more than 10,000 people, but it is not big compared to the bandits, and it is not the main force of the pursuit and suppression force, but there is one link that Usman still did not take into account, that is, the combat effectiveness of the Duli Brigade.
The reason why the Duli Brigade did not move was not because it was afraid that there would be more bandits, but because the size of the troops was several times smaller than the bandits, and there was no way to encircle it, and the so-called encirclement must be more than the opponent, how could the Duli Brigade of more than 10,000 people surround 60,000 or 70,000 bandits, and the speed of the bandits was very fast, and if one was not done well, it would become a rout, so it was necessary to find a good time, and when to attack, it depended on the ability of the brigade commander Li Yong to seize the opportunity on the battlefield
Xinjiāng's suppression of bandits is very difficult, it takes a long time, and it is more difficult than the northeast and southwest, and the difficulty is that the troops cannot catch up with the bandits, and the bandits of xinjiāng are the fastest bandits, and the Northwest Field Army is the poorest and poorest equipped field army in the PLA.
It seems to ask if the Northwest Field Army can also be equipped with a large number of automobiles and armored vehicles like the Northeast Field Army, and if it still uses the method of going around with bandits and interspersing encirclement in a large depth, it may be able to solve the problem at one time, but the premise is that the Northwest Field Army has no or very few troops entering Xinjiang.
Usman, who thought he had figured out a certain link, rode his war horse and shouted in front of the bandits: "Brothers. Don't be afraid, the communist army in the Hongliuxia Ranch is only a small force, their main force is still outside the desert, what we have to do is to surround all the pastures, not let a single communist scout run away, take back our pasture, and recapture our cattle and sheep. ”
The situation has turned, and now it is not to surround the bandits, but the bandits are to surround the People's Liberation Army that occupies the Hongliuxia pasture. Then take a bite and eat it again.
There is another sentence that Usman did not shout, that is, not only to recapture the pasture and cattle and sheep, but also to recapture his mother-in-law.
The occupation of Hongliuxia made the bandits' eyes red, ruining their homes and taking their wives. There is no greater hatred than this, therefore. Nor did Usman do anything to agitate. Bandits and bandits all screamed and wanted to rush up.
The terrain of the pasture is a large impact plain washed out by the river in the middle of the two mountains, the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, although there are many bandits, it is impossible to attack from all directions at the same time, from this point of view, the Duli brigade first took advantage of the terrain.
Second. The bandits marched continuously in the desert, physically and mentally exhausted, and they were far away, while the fighters of the Duli Brigade rested in the large pastures for several days. It was a wonderful few days, and the warriors' bodies and energy had been fully restored.
The first assault on Usman used the scale of several thousand men, launched a simultaneous attack from the east and west, and after mobilizing the light and heavy machine guns of the entire bandit team for fire support, countless war horses rushed with strange screams.
This was a large-scale attack, and Usman did not realize that the army occupying the Hongliuxia Ranch was actually his old opponent, and he thought that the troops of the People's Liberation Army had been thrown away by him, and only a small number of scouts appeared here.
This is the asymmetry of sources, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, invincible, it is stupid to attack indiscriminately when the opponent's strength is not clear, but Usman is no longer in the mood to think about this, even if he knows that the PLA on the opposite side is very strong, he must attack, his wife has been snatched away by the communist army, what are you waiting for this and that condition.
The sound of the horses' hooves hitting the ground was like a dark cloud, and the sound of the horses' hooves hitting the earth was like a war drum beating hundreds of sides, and the bandits on the horses grinned, eager to rush up and chop to death the soldiers who had snatched them.
Li Yong knew that the bandits were going to fight hard, and he ordered all the heavy machine guns and mortars of the front-line troops to be put into use, and to inflict as much damage as possible on the bandits.
A herd of small shells landed in the middle of the horses, and with the rumbling explosion, and then the fragmented shrapnel that flew away, and the popping sound of shrapnel into the flesh was endless, and whoever died or lived depended on luck, and no matter how old the old bandit was, he was not sure that he would survive.
Under heavy and light machine gunfire, as well as mortars and a large number of submachine guns, the bandits retreated after leaving behind large numbers of corpses.
Usman, who personally supervised the battle, was furious, he had no way out, even if there was a sea of hellfire in front of him, he had to jump down:
"Come on, organize a continuous attack for me, whoever dares to retreat without authorization will all be shot, Sheldman, where are your men and horses, and those who dare to shake the hearts of the army will be corrected on the spot."
Usman was determined to eat the current force of the army, and wanted to use continuous attacks to shake the confidence of the soldiers in the defensive position, and the horse team charged upwards in waves, but there was no doubt that they were all beaten down by the soldiers on the position with fierce fire.
The continuous attack lasted for more than an hour, and the bandits launched a total of seven or eight large-scale attacks, all of which were defeated and retreated, seeing that the sky was about to get dark, and the charge of the war horse would be affected as soon as it was dark.
In a fit of rage, Usman did not lose his mind, and attacked several times, killing and wounding a large number of people, but these dead and wounded personnel were not his descendants, and his most elite men had not yet been used.
This situation also made some bandits dissatisfied, because the family members who were captured by the People's Liberation Army were from Usman, and they did not have a copper relationship with these outsiders, but now that it is good, the people who are desperately working with the communist army are bandits from other places who came to Hongliuxia for the first time, and their wives are still indifferent to the caught, and anyone will be estranged from this situation.
A cronie quietly came to Usman's side and said in a low voice: "Commander, the brothers in the field are very angry, they think that we should do our best to save our families, and it is unreasonable to let them fight hard in front. ”
Wu Simman's yellow eyes rolled, he should have considered this situation a long time ago, and it was time to move his old book when the battle reached this point:
"Since they are not satisfied, let these guys see the true strength of my Usman, let them know my capital across the prairie, come here, and transfer the brothers from the old camp."
There are a total of seven or eight thousand descendants in Wu Siman's hands, and more than 1,000 people have been lost in the nearly month-long campaign, and there are still more than 6,000 people left who are really reluctant to use them, but today's situation is special, and it seems that it is impossible to use the old book.
More than 6,000 people, more than 5,000 were brought over by the eldest young master Sheldman, and only left about 1,000 guards for his old son Usman, which was already Usman's entire family background, and it was also the soldiers he brought out from the Hongliuxia Ranch.
"Brothers, you have all seen the situation, the communist army has occupied our home, and the brothers from outside have rushed several times but have not gone up, and some people have said that they still use others to save their mother-in-law, so they are still not men? So, I'll give you an hour to break through the communist positions and get your mothers-in-law back, otherwise in a few months, they will have children for the Han, go, warriors. ”
These five or six thousand bandits have red eyes, they have been bandits for so many years, they have been robbing other people's property and occupying other people's wives, and they never thought that their mother-in-law had other men on her belly, which is simply too deceitful.
This is the logic of bandits, allowing them to do anything wrong, and they can't accept it when it's their turn, but it is undeniable that these guys are very combative, and their combat ability is much stronger than the previous bandits.
In order to provide cover for these thousands of descendants, Usman transferred almost all the automatic firepower in the bandit team, in addition to the light and heavy machine guns that were put on the table, there were also a few very rare mortars.
These things are all treasures, they are the family funds that he Wu Siman has accumulated with decades of painstaking efforts, let's just talk about those small mortars, which he spent hundreds of thousands of yuan to exchange from the hands of the Zhongyāng army, and they are all used today.
With the explosion of several shells, under the cover of machine gun fire, the bandits' attack began again, and Li Yong in the command post was constantly observing the situation on the battlefield with a telescope.
Kindness? Just when everyone thought that the bandits had exhausted their skills, suddenly a few shells exploded on the position, and the density tended to increase gradually.
This is new, I have been fighting with the Usman bandits for almost a month, and I have never seen bandits use artillery, even if it is the most commonly used small-caliber mortar in the infantry, I have never seen bandits use it, and today I surprisingly encountered it.
Political commissar Wang Chengde was observing the battlefield situation like Li Yong, and this old Eighth Road was very sensitive to feel that something was wrong, and Lao Wang hurriedly reminded the brigade commander Li Yong on the side:
"Dayong, the situation has changed, the bandits are preparing for fire on our position, you listen to the sound of mortars and light and heavy machine guns, the fire has never been so fierce, have the bandits come out?"
You can also learn a little bit by fighting against powerful opponents, and after fighting wits and courage with the Duli Brigade for so long, Usman has also learned a little bit of small means, before the team impacts, he must first use firepower to inflict certain casualties on the opponent, and then use people to occupy, which can reduce casualties. (To be continued......)