Beside Yumen Pass, 80 kilometers west of Dunhuang, Gansu Province
A light yellow Willys four-wheel-drive jeep parked next to the ruins of Yumen Pass, which was covered with sand and gravel. A bearded major officer stood at the site that had witnessed the thousand-year history of Yumen Pass. Under the square beacon tower made of loess.
The officer looked at this ancient beacon tower and was still howling the song of General Yumenguan Gai by Cen Shen, a famous frontier fortress poet of the Tang Dynasty.
"On his thirtieth year, Jinwu is in charge, and he is seven feet long and has a beard. The city of Yumenguan is far away and isolated, with thousands of miles of yellow sand and white grass. With Quanrong to the south and Hu to the north, he is unprepared for the arrival of the general. The five thousand armored soldiers are brave and powerful, and there is no one in the army. Things are just fun. The house is warm with embroidered curtains and a red stove, and the wall clothes are woven with flowers. In front of the lamp, the maidservant pours jade pots, and the gold pans are scattered around. Purple silk and gold medals are coming from left and right, asking only the pale-headed slaves .The pair of beauties are leisurely together, with red lips and emerald eyebrows reflecting the bright sky. There is a song of Qing Dynasty that is unprecedented in the world. Today I am happy to hear the phoenix will be young. The pitiful Qin Luofu is so pitiful that the king's five horses are hesitating. The weeds embroider the nest and purple Luo Ru. , The horse with red teeth and wisps is facing the thorngrass. The jade plate is scattered with delicate hands, and the crowd praises that it has never lost. There are horses on the stables, and the peach blossoms are the most special. The cavalry will hunt to the south corner of the city, and kill the thousand-year-old fox on the twelfth lunar month. .I came to the outside of the fortress to collect the leftovers from drunken wine for you. When I was drunk, I was arguing with each other about the wine cup, and suddenly I remembered the old drunkards in Xianyang."
"Hehehe, I remember the old drunkard in Xianyang." The officer murmured a few words in his mouth, jumped on a stone, and cursed: "I fucked his grandma, others are beating old fools in Siberia, or else... At Longmen Station, Duolun confronted the little devil, and once again went to find Ma Bufang to train troops. Why should I let you guys chew the sand here? Why am I so unlucky in my life?"
"Okay, Brother Xinqi, don't be sad. You are not here chewing the sand alone. Who among our brothers in the 10th Division has no resentment in their hearts?" At this time, a voice sounded from behind Ren Ran.
A young man of about twenty-seven or eighty years old, wearing a military uniform with the rank of captain on his shoulders, was lying on the armchair of the jeep, with his hands interlaced behind his head, his legs dangling up, and there was a man on the jeep. The M2 large-caliber dual-purpose machine gun was set up in his head. The more depressed he became, he simply jumped in the car and started the car, and the jeep started speeding across the Gobi Desert.
This heroic off-road jeep is Su Tong's imitation of the Willys MB jeep of later generations. This car became popular with countless people. During World War II, the output reached an astonishing 600,000 units. It can be said that as long as there are Americans There are jeeps everywhere.
Now this car has also been plagiarized by our Chief Su, and the person responsible for producing it is the Eighth Automobile Branch Factory in Chahar. However, the automobile industry in Chahar is still very weak, and most of the energy is spent on it. Put it on the truck that is more urgently needed on the manufacturing front. The current production of this jeep is only more than 2,000 units, and most of them have been deployed to the Siberian battlefield. Ren Ran's battalion also managed to obtain one with great difficulty. , I still treat it like a treasure on weekdays and don’t take it out easily.
The yellow "Jeep" dragged billowing yellow smoke across the deserted Gobi desert. The roar of the "Jeep" broke the dead silence on the endless Gobi desert.
With the strong wind blowing by my ears, the four-wheel drive Jeep's off-road capabilities are very good. It was born for this kind of terrain.
Ren Ran burst out laughing, and he stepped on the accelerator to the bottom. The low Jeep was like a sharp sword off the string, galloping in the vast wilderness. Ren Ran liked this feeling very much, this feeling was like something, right
Yes, it feels like flying, yes, it is flying, flying without restraint.
"This madman" Liu Jun, who was sitting in the passenger seat, cursed a few times in a low voice and held the armrest with his big hand tighter.
At this time, Ren Ran was surprised to find that there seemed to be a storm ahead.
"Hey Liu Jun, look, is there a sandstorm ahead?" Ren Ran asked Liu Jun next to him in surprise.
"Maybe. This season is prone to sandstorms. Brother Xinqi, it's time for us to go back. You should take it easy and don't ruin this treasure." Liu Jun squinted his eyes and said lazily.
"No, this is not a sandstorm." Ren Ran's eyes narrowed, "Open your eyes and take a look."
"Isn't it a sandstorm or something? It's impossible." Liu Junzheng looked at it impatiently with his eyes widened. Suddenly, the lazy look on his face swept away, and was replaced by a serious look. "
"No, it's a large group of cavalry." The sound of the large group of cavalry galloping is not the chirping of mosquitoes. It can be heard from miles away. Moreover, the cavalry rushing in front has discovered them and is now rushing towards them.
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"It's the cavalry, let's go quickly." Before Liu Jun could finish his words, Ren Ran had already changed gears skillfully, and the jeep turned a big turn and drove away immediately.
"Damn it, the cavalry showed up out of nowhere, could it be from Gansu?" Ren Ran cursed while driving. This group of cavalry was coming menacingly, and they must have bad intentions.
"No, it's definitely not from Gansu. Could it be?" Liu Jun's expression began to change drastically. Could it be that he was from Ma Bufang's subordinates in Qinghai?
"Hurry back to the battalion headquarters, order the troops to prepare the team immediately, and report to the superiors immediately." Ren Ran's expression was very calm at this time, but the slightly shaking hands holding the steering wheel betrayed his mood.
With the development of science and technology today, especially the emergence of automobiles, the cavalry, an ancient arm known for its excitement, has begun to decline. Although the cavalry behind them tried desperately to catch up with the car in front, they could only find that the distance was
Pulling further and further away.
Although the camp of this battalion is not far from Yumen Pass, it is still more than 30 kilometers away. The jeep finally arrived at the camp after traveling at full speed for more than half an hour.
After arriving at the camp, Ren didn't have time to find the fourth division bugler to blow the trumpet, so he took out the m1911 pistol in his waist and fired three shots into the air, "Bang, bang, bang."
For soldiers, the sound of gunshots is an order. The moment the gunfire sounded, the entire camp was like a pot of boiling water. Everyone ran out. After a while, more than 500 people from one battalion arrived in the open space of the camp.
The collection is complete.
"Everyone immediately collects the ammunition and enters the position. There is an enemy invasion." After that, Ren Ran said to Liu Jun: "You take the brothers into the position first, and then you take a final look at the fortifications and the ammunition situation."
"Yes" Liu Jun responded seriously and led the team to prepare.
Seeing the whole battalion entering the position under the leadership of Liu Jun, Ren Ran quickly walked into the battalion headquarters and said in a deep voice to the confidential personnel: "Get me from the regiment headquarters immediately."
"Hey, Regiment Headquarters. I am Ren Ran, the commander of the 1st Battalion. I want to speak to the regimental commander. Regiment Headquarters. Our troops found a large group of cavalry outside Yumen Pass attacking our troops. I estimate there are at least seven or eight thousand people.
This number is only a lot more. According to my analysis, it should be the headquarters of the Ma Jiajun. They come with bad intentions. Now I am asking for reinforcements. I am asking for reinforcements."
"Understood, hold on, I will report to my superiors immediately, and you must hold on until reinforcements arrive."
When the intelligence was reported to the division headquarters, the division commander Zhang Lengmo was shocked. The Ma Jiajun cavalry actually went around Yumen Pass. What did they want to do? Feeling that the matter was important, Zhang Lengmo did not dare to hesitate. He immediately called the Commander of the Thirty-seventh Group Army in Chahar.
The ministry sent a telegram reporting the situation here.
After receiving the telegram, Jiang Baili couldn't help but feel angry. He knew that this must be Ma Bufang's fault. Su Tong and he had just sent an armored division to Xining, and he immediately sent a cavalry division to Yumen Pass. Hey, everyone is really on the same page.
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"Yinchuan, it must be Yinchuan." Jiang Baili understood Ma Jiajun's purpose without thinking. They wanted to retaliate in kind.
However, Ningxia now only has one 10th Infantry Division on defense, so its strength is somewhat insufficient. The Third Armored Division has arrived in Qinghai again and has no time to spare, and Chahar's army is too far away to quench the thirst of the nearby.
"Report to Aviation Director Gao Zhihang to come and accept the mission and ask for instructions from the Chief of Staff."
Jiang Baili took a look and reached out to call Gao Zhihang over. After walking around the office twice, he asked: "Zi Heng, do you have a way to quickly transport troops to Yinchuan by plane?"
"Okay, I'll use Aunt Juncker," Gao Zhihang replied without thinking.
"Oh, please tell me carefully how to deliver it." Jiang Baili's tone was still so calm, but Gao Zhihang, who was familiar with him, still heard a hint of anxiety in his tone.
"At present, our army has more than 160 52 transport aircraft, each of which can transport 16 fully armed soldiers. After gathering them all, we can transport more than 2,560 soldiers at a time. And from then on
It only takes three hours to fly from Chahar to Yinchuan, so theoretically we can transport more than 7,000 soldiers to Yinchuan in just one day." Gao Zhihang answered calmly.