At the pre-war preparation meeting of the Second Column, Li Yong, the commander of the Independent Regiment, believed that although the Peichanghui Corps of the Northwest Theater of the Kuomintang was very fierce, as long as we were prepared, we could withstand its offensive. To read the latest chapters, please lock the biquge.info of Aishang Novels

What was more dangerous was the defensive position of the Sixth Column, and the Sixth Column, which was responsible for the defense, was likely to suffer a great loss if it did not understand the characteristics of the enemy's cavalry.

Therefore, Li Yong put forward a request to the commander Wang Zhen, wanting to support the teaching brigade of the Sixth Column, and use the advantage of the fast maneuver speed of the independent regiment to deal with Ma Bufang's cavalry troops.

Commander Wang very much appreciated Li Yong's request, at a critical time, there can be no division between the second column and the sixth column, and an excellent commander must have a sense of the overall situation, and this is the difference between the PLA troops and the Kuomintang.

Last time in the southeast mountain, in order to assist the second column in defending the position, Commander He of the first column sent his own column guard company up, and there was not a single case of such a thing among the Kuomintang troops in the entire liberation war:

"Just do as you say, I will immediately put your request up to the head of the headquarters, and you and Wang Chengde will go back to the regiment first to wait for news."

Before the end of the meeting, Commander Wang also demanded that commanders at all levels must prepare the fortifications for which they are responsible for defending the positions, and as long as Noji does not make the decision to break through for a day, he must prepare to defend to the death.

Not to mention how the first and second columns and the two brigades of the sixth column in Baoji City were prepared, the soldiers in the trenches were waiting for the positions of the six columns of the Northwest Field Army teaching brigades, and the bullets for machine guns, rifles, and submachine guns were all loaded, the safety was opened, and the covers of the grenades were unscrewed one by one and placed beside them.

The expressions on the faces of the soldiers were stern and nervous, and the sound of horses' hooves trampling the earth from a distance was like rolling thunder, and there were not many people in the brigade who had experience in fighting with cavalry, so everyone's psychology was somewhat uneasy and apprehensive, and no one knew what method to use to deal with it.

Gradually, the voices grew louder and louder, and after a few more minutes, the cavalry of the black girl appeared in the field of vision of the warriors.

The cavalry of the brigade shouted and neighed, and rushed towards the position held by the sixth column like an overwhelming force, and the soldiers in the trench took a breath of cold air, and a soldier couldn't help but say: "My good man, such a big formation? With so many people rushing over with horses, can we withstand it? ”

The other said: "Look at your bear-like, what is such a big formation, how can a big formation be?" What about horses and people? Our bullets and grenades can also kill them, steady, don't panic, if you panic, the gun can't be accurate, understand? "The man who said this was obviously an old soldier.

The cavalry flooded down the hillside like water, but did not rush all the time, and stopped when it was about seven or eight hundred meters away from the defensive position of the Sixth Column.

On the side of a relatively secluded hill, a dozen officers were gathered together, and not too far from them was a group of guards, a young officer on a horse holding up his chest binoculars and looking ahead.

This officer is not very old, it seems that he is in his thirties, but the rank on his shoulders is unexpectedly pressed by two gold stars, and the two gold stars are lieutenant generals, and it is extremely rare to be able to become a lieutenant general at this age in the Kuomintang troops.

Needless to say, this officer is none other than Ma Jiyuan, the son of the great warlord Ma Bufang in Qinghai, the commander of the 82nd Division of the Kuomintang, and the young general Ma Jiyuan.

Ma Jiyuan is the most favored one of Ma Bufang's children, don't look at it as the son of a warlord family, but he doesn't have the taste of a gentleman's son, his every move is very good for his father Ma Bufang's demeanor, he is remarkable, and he also has a set of methods for leading troops to fight.

Ma Bufang is very fond of his son's appearance, and when he is at home, he often tells other children that he must learn to help others, don't look at the Qinghai area is the world that Lao Tzu has beaten down, and the next generation can't keep it if he can't bear it (it's difficult to start a business and it's even more difficult to keep a business, which Ma Bufang is very prescient).

When Ma Jiyuan was not old, Ma Bufang often took him when he went out to run errands, and Ma Jiyuan also met a lot of old people of his father's generation, and these old teams who followed Ma Bufang were also very optimistic about Ma Jiyuan's appearance, thinking that this young man would be able to become a great tool in the future.

It is precisely because the appearance in all aspects is good that Ma Bufang relieved himself to hand over his old troops, the 82nd Division of the reorganized area, to his eldest son, Ma Jiyuan did not pay for it after becoming the division commander, and did a few things in a row to show his face, so Ma Jiyuan's reputation is getting higher and higher in Qinghai's military and political circles, and he is known as the best young general in the great northwest.

Ma Jiyuan, who had been observing with a telescope for a while, jumped off the horse, kicked a stone with the leather boots on his feet, and said to several officers beside him: "It seems that the communist army has been prepared for a long time, and the trenches, fortifications, and machine gun bunkers are densely repaired, and it is not easy to get them." ”

An officer replied: "Division commander, the current communist army is not the same as before, we didn't have to deal with it much ten years ago, and we will have to be more careful in ten years." ”

Ma Jiyuan nodded: "Yes, the speed at which the communist army pulls the team makes people feel terrifying, and the situation of ten years has grown to this kind of process, how can it be good if it continues like this in the long run." ”

Ma Jiyuan is a young man, and the officers around him are not very old, and when they are together, they don't have as many scruples as the older generation, and there is no taboo in calling him, and they dare to say anything directly to him, which is also something that Ma Bufang and other warlords of the older generation can't do.

A young officer looked at Ma Jiyuan and said to him eagerly: "Division commander, our 82nd Division is an old unit when the old commander (Ma Bufang) started his home, but it is not a rice bucket like Hu Zongnan. ”

Young people are different from the older generation, and there may not be any old people who take the initiative to ask for an attack in the face of the PLA's defensive positions, but young people dare to take the initiative to ask for an attack.

Ma Jiyuan: "It's just like this, you just take a regiment to rush first, pay attention, pull out of the stragglers, don't crowd too densely, come back if you can't do it, don't work hard." ”

The young officer said yes and rode out on horseback, and a regiment of more than 2,000 cavalry roared towards the position of the sixth column after a few minutes of preparation.

The cavalry is very particular about fighting, and when marching, it cannot be too fast, the body of the war horse is the most critical, and when sprinting, it is required to rush up in the shortest possible time, leaving no respite for the opponent.

This requires that the horse should not be too close to the opponent when sprinting, first, the speed cannot get up, and second, it is not allowed to be within the range of the rifle.

But the distance of the cavalry charge should not be too far, and the reason is very simple, the distance is too far, and when they rush closer, the bodies of the soldiers and horses have already fallen, how can this still be fought?

And six or seven hundred meters is the best distance for the war horse to charge, and a hundred meters rushed over while speaking, and the speed of the war horse reached the maximum.

On horseback, the cavalry of the 82nd Division lay on the horse's neck, stepped lightly on the horse's pedals, and the buttocks were slightly off the saddle, and the shaking of the whole body was consistent with the rhythm of the war horse running (which could save the body of the war horse), and they lowered their posture as much as possible, and rushed towards the position of the teaching brigade with their shining sabers.

Looking at the approaching cavalry troops, the soldiers of the teaching brigade in the trenches were anxiously waiting for the commander's order, and the teaching brigade was placed on the front line with the strength of a regiment, from the regiment commander and political commissar to the soldiers, no one had ever fought with such a large-scale cavalry.

Both the Eighth Route Army and the People's Liberation Army (PLA) have an old tradition of putting the enemy as close as possible when fighting a war, so as to maximize their firepower and inflict maximum damage on the enemy.

The cavalry of the 82nd Kuomintang Division was getting closer and closer, from 600 meters to 500 meters, and then to 300 meters, and the teaching brigade had not fired a single shot on the defensive position. ”

When it was almost 200 meters, the commander still did not give the order to open fire. At this moment, the brigade commander Chen Haihan, who was observing with a telescope in the back, was anxious.

Brigade Commander Chen wiped the sweat on his head with his hand, picked up the phone and asked what kind of reputation the frontier troops were doing? Why didn't you fire yet? The regiment commander replied, put the enemy a little closer, there are still 200 meters, and it is very far away, and our Eighth Route Army only fires within 50 meters when fighting.

Brigade Commander Chen pulled off his hat, wiped the towel vigorously, and shouted loudly at the microphone: "You are confused, now we are fighting cavalry, not infantry, and the saber that is put fifty meters away will cut your head, how can you fight, hurry up and fire, hurry up, fire quickly." ”

The regimental commander, who had been scolded, immediately ordered the troops to open fire, and immediately taught the brigade to start firing all kinds of fire, light and heavy machine guns and rifles fired together, and a small number of mortars also began to bombard the running cavalry.

Heavy machine guns, light machine guns fired at bursts, platoon guns fired from rifles, and mortar shells that continued to explode, the cavalry of the 82nd Division in the charge kept people and horses being hit and fell, and the sound of "plopping, plopping" continued one after another.

However, this 82nd Division is indeed not simple, not to mention the troops of local warlords, but they are very capable of fighting, and their combat effectiveness is also very strong, although some soldiers and horses were killed one after another, the determination to impact was not shaken at all, and those who were not defeated continued to rush forward. V