Chapter 326: No mercy

The troops of the independent division, at the south gate of Andingburg, concentrated all the mortars, a total of sixty-eight, unfortunately, there were no large-caliber artillery, and the supply of shells was absolutely sufficient, even if all the mortars were scrapped, it would be more than enough.

There were more than 90 light and heavy machine guns, blocking the north and south fort gates, Tang Qiuli did not intend to let the troops storm the strongly-fortified Anding Fort, in that way, the troops would suffer heavy casualties, after all, they were not pure field troops.

The cavalry and the guard brigade fought positional warfare, which was originally based on a short and long battle, relying on absolute firepower superiority, sixty-eight mortars, sufficient shells, to bomb the small Anding Fort into ruins, there was no problem at all, why use the precious lives of the soldiers to embody the so-called brave spirit?

When the guard sentry of the Ningdong Security Brigade fired a warning gunshot, Ma Chaozong was mobilizing his subordinates before the battle.

This guy's pre-war mobilization is also unique, he rode a tall horse, looked at the neatly arranged more than 4,000 cavalry with fierce eyes, and asked in a loud voice: "Brothers, can you stand the days without wine, meat, and women?" The cavalry of the Ma family army below replied violently, "I can't stand it."

Ma Chaozong looked at his subordinates' feelings with satisfaction, and was provoked by himself, he pointed the direction of the side with his hand: "There is there, the one that the brothers want, there is one in Dingbian City, it depends on whether the brothers dare to rob and grab it?" ”

"Dare" The cavalry of the Ma family army shouted in unison, like a group of bloodthirsty hungry wolves, as if they saw gold and silver treasures, plump and beautiful women were in front of them, these guys, doing this kind of thing, it was commonplace, and the remote and isolated small city Dingbian had also become a piece of fat in their eyes.

"Okay, brothers, let those Han people tremble under our swords, let their women, scream under the brothers, and set off" Ma Chaozong had just given an order, and a gunshot sounded to frighten him.

A few sentries came running with the leader, "Brigade, brigade commander, it's a big deal, we are surrounded by thousands of people, there are both the south gate and the north gate, and there is a big black guy in that one." ”

Ma Chaozong was stunned for a moment, and scolded: "He's ** dizzy, there are still thousands of people and horses who fell from the sky?" What are the eyeballs and is it the **? ”

"Report to the brigade commander, it's the Central Army, and they are all wearing the clothes of the Central Army," the sentry replied tremblingly as he looked at Ma Chaozong with a fierce light in his eyes.

Central Army? Ma Chaozong can't figure it out, he hasn't even touched a single hair of the Central Army, where is the knotted beam? Besides, thousands of central army long wings flew to this desolate salt-alkali flat?

There was no time for him to ponder, there was a strange whistling sound in the air, a group of mortar shells, like black eagles, hitting the top of his head, the sharp whistling sound, the hair on his body stood up.

Fortunately, the mortar shells swept over the heads of thousands of Ma Jiajun and exploded in the distance, sending up plumes of smoke and collapsing the building in a violent explosion.

Ma Chaozong reacted at this time, the other party was serious, fortunately, the cannon was not accurate, he rolled the saddle and dismounted, and shouted loudly: "Quickly hide" He knows the goods and knows that this thing is powerful.

Those cavalrymen of the Ma Family's Army, who have seen this battle, have only heard the movement of the guns, what is this rumbling thing? Why is the brigade commander scared of this virtue?

This is also to blame for the northwest at that time, the equipment level of the warlord troops was too poor, a division with a few mortars is quite good, light machine guns are heavy firepower, the Ningdong security brigade is even worse, the whole brigade does not even have a mortar, no wonder these bandits do not recognize mortar shells.

Ma Chaozong was wrong, it was not that the artillery of the independent division was inaccurate, Tang Qiuli wanted to use intensive artillery fire, indiscriminate shelling, carpet bombardment from north to south, and cover every inch of land in Anding Fort with artillery fire, which is called catching turtles in the urn.

The artillery observers at the north gate, constantly reporting the impact points and flying shells, gradually pressed towards the cavalry team of the Ma Jiajun concentrated in the middle of the fort, looking at the columns of smoke rising into the sky, the deafening explosions, and the collapsed houses, these bandits, who were accustomed to slashing people with sabers, finally realized that something was wrong.

Hurriedly turned his horse and fled in all directions to avoid this terrible steel storm, this thing is not something that the guy in his hand can resist, this battle is so aggrieved that the other side does not see a single figure, and knocks down a large part of the house.

After more than two hours of shelling, more than 10,000 shells fell into the Anding Fort, which was only two kilometers in radius, and the inside of the fort was filled with smoke and dust, and the explosion caused a large fire, with flames rising and black smoke billowing out.

The artillery repeatedly plowed the fort several times, and almost every square meter was hit by a shell, and all the surface buildings in the fort were destroyed, turning into piles of rubble and ruins.

There were quite a few bandits of the Ma Jiajun who climbed the fort wall, fiercely knocked down and shot out, all of them were in vain dying and struggling, their bullets could not reach the position of the independent division at all, but were bombarded into pieces by mortar shells, and as the fort wall was broken bricks and stones flew into the air, the stumps inside and outside the fort wall flew with broken limbs and legs.

The spectacle of the shelling completely petrified the Red Army soldiers, who had seen such a way of fighting, neither charging nor attacking the city, but bombarding them with shells, just like shells, just a stone picked up from the ground at random, without money.

The Kuomintang had never seen this kind of shelling in the fifth encirclement and suppression of the Central Soviet District, and they did not shout or shout anywhere, but stared blankly at the shells, screaming and flying into the fort, and boxes of shells were emptied of the trucks.

If the Red Army had so many cannons and shells, what kind of thing would Lao Chiang's million-strong army be, and there would be no shells in one shot, and they would still have to run 25,000 miles to settle in this barren and remote place.

The shelling stopped, the barrels of the mortars turned red, the smoke in the fort was gradually blown away by the wind, the battlefield fell silent, and there was an unbearable calm, and the fort was even more silent, revealing deceit and abnormality.

Tang Qiuli absolutely didn't believe that more than 4,000 horse bandit troops were all killed by shells, and not even a single wounded remained?

He ordered the troops blocking the north and south fort gates to prevent Ma Chaozong from jumping over the wall in a hurry, and with the remnants of the army, desperately break through the siege, and must not be careless.

The gate of the North Fort was crumbling, and the already tattered gate was suddenly rushed open, and more than 400 cavalrymen rushed out like a gust of wind.

The bandit soldiers on the horse, skillfully controlling the war horse, shooting while galloping, shouting feverishly in their mouths, a fierce momentum is pressing, rushing towards the blocking position of the north gate like a wild wave, with the meaning of breaking through the position in one fell swoop and leaving the dust.

Ma Chaozong insidiously chose to break through from the Beibao Gate, he thought that it was not the main direction, the ruthless Central Army, must have neglected to take precautions, he wanted to flee for his life, he had not lived enough, told the news to his uncle, and asked him to uphold justice and avenge this sea of blood.

When the shelling began, Ma Chaozong forced a part of his troops onto the fort wall, and then, with more than 400 cronies, hid in a large cellar in the fort, and even brought in the war horses.

The continuous explosion above the head tossed these guys enough, like sitting in a stormy boat, helplessly letting the wind and waves blow, really worried that the ground above their heads would collapse and they would be buried alive here.

The shelling stopped, there was no movement around, Ma Chaozong thought that the time had come, and began to break through with the remnants of his subordinates.

It's a pity that Ma Chaozong's wishful thinking was wrong again, and on the road to break through, a rain of bullets of death was prepared for him, dozens of light and heavy machine guns roared wildly, and the sound was as terrible as a typhoon, and the rain of bullets like flying locusts drowned them out in an instant.

At the end of the battle, outside the gate of Beibao, the corpses and dead horses were stacked on top of each other, and the blood was solidified on the ground.

Ma Chaozong, who rushed to the rear, and several regiment commanders and cronies, fortunately did not be killed on the spot by bullets like metal walls, they were all slightly injured, lying in a pool of blood and moaning loudly.

The soldiers rushed over, dragged these guys up, and sent them to the division commander, Tang Qiuli looked coldly at the leaders of the Ningdong Security Brigade who were covered in blood, and asked softly: "Is that Ma Chaozong?" ”

A few of the guys were so frightened that they forgot to howl and didn't make a sound, but secretly aimed their eyes at a big man with a fleshy face and a beard, and at the same time, a gold star on his collar badge also revealed his identity.

Ma Chaozong couldn't hide it when he pretended to be his grandson, and a few guys who usually wanted to dig out their hearts to show their loyalty had already betrayed themselves, so he simply came to be a good man, Lao Tzu was also a major general, and at this time he remembered his identity.

Ma Chaozong's neck stiffened, and his mouth was full of fierceness: "Lao Tzu is Ma Chaozong, you are also a ** army, how can you do such a poisonous hand to a friendly army, I want to go to Chairman Ma in Ningxia to accuse you, you wait for the military court, my uncle can't spare you"

Tang Qiuli was a little surprised, this guy with a fierce face and a gangster body, still knew that there was a military court? This freshness, he doesn't know his crime, it's enough to go to the N military courts, and it is estimated that he will have to use a box of bullets to shoot him.

After Ma Chaozong finished speaking, he stared at a pair of bull's eyes without fear, looked at Tang Qiuli fiercely, and made his identity clear, with the big tree of his uncle, the little white-faced ** lieutenant general in front of him, he didn't dare to do anything to himself.

Tang Qiuli just smiled coldly, Ma Chaozong's heart suddenly tightened, and he saw a bone-chilling chill and incomparable contempt from the eyes of this ** lieutenant general, as if he was looking at a corpse.

Ma Chaozong suddenly had little confidence in the big tree he relied on, which was as omnipotent as Allah's uncle.

Near the salt pond, the unknown earth fence, the strong wind outside the plug, the fine sand that rolled up the sky, a puff of alkali bala grass, the slender branch of the hard work, and the wind sat helplessly in the struggle.

The traces of the bloody battle the day before yesterday have been submerged in the long yellow sand, and only the bullet marks on the wall tell the life and death battle of the day.

Ma Chaozong struggled violently, and he understood that his life path had been cut off, and even Allah, the Almighty, could not save his life.

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