The road to survival was in front of him. Looking at the empty intersection, Ma Biao led the remaining cavalry and rushed forward at the fastest speed in his life.
"Go ahead"
"rush out"
"If you rush out, you will have a way to survive."
The "rumbling" sound of horse hoofs sounded on the official road. Ma Biao was in front, and the remaining three thousand cavalrymen rushed towards the exit in a hive behind.
Ma Biao, who suddenly rushed to the front, felt as if he had been punched in the face by a giant. He flew backwards and fell into the arms of a cavalryman behind him.
This cavalryman had quick eyesight and quick hands. He hugged Ma Biao's body and shouted: "Master, are you okay?"
After not hearing Ma Biao's answer for a long time, the cavalryman lowered his head and saw that Ma Biao's face was ferocious, but his eyes were tightly closed. At this time, the cavalryman also felt strange. With Ma Biao's sturdy body, what could he do?
Perhaps such a light cavalryman lifted Ma Biao's body with all his strength, only to find that he only had half of Ma Biao's body in his hand, and the other half was still running wildly with the horse in front.
"Master's Seat"
The cavalry's shrill cry lasted for less than a few seconds and was interrupted by a 12.7 large-caliber bullet. Less than two hundred meters in front of them, someone did not know when a machine gun was built.
In the position, hundreds of machine guns are densely arranged at the exit less than 100 meters away. The average density of one machine gun per meter would probably make even flies fly out, let alone the cavalry.
"Dong dong dong" is the roar of the M2 Browning large-caliber heavy machine gun.
"Crack, click, click" is the unique firing sound of the mg34 machine gun, like tearing an oilcloth.
Anyone who has never seen this scene cannot imagine the tragic fate of the cavalry in a narrow area under the fire of more than a hundred machine guns. All the metal projectiles were gathered at the entrance of the official road.
There was a golden barrage. This barrage lasted for nearly ten minutes. In these short ten minutes, more than one hundred machine guns fired nearly two hundred thousand rounds of ammunition.
All these bullets were absorbed by more than 3,000 cavalry, with an average of 70 or 80 bullets per person. When the gunfire stopped ten minutes later, there was no longer a living creature that could stand up at the entrance of Guandao. There were more than 5,000 cavalrymen in the area.
There were stumps of limbs and broken arms everywhere on the square meter of land. For the first time, the permanently thirsty land on the ground became saturated due to absorbing too much liquid.
When the gunfire stopped, Liu Jun pushed away the M2 heavy machine gun in front of him and stared blankly at the hellish scene ahead, not knowing what it was like.
"vomit"
"vomit"
The sound of vomiting sounded next to him. Liu Jun looked back and saw that it was the recruits who had just been added to the first battalion in the past few days who couldn't stand the sight in front of them, causing their stomachs to twitch. Each one of them gave up their lunch.
male.
There was silence on the battlefield at this time, with only a few surviving horses lying on the ground occasionally letting out hoarse screams. Ren Ran walked to the front, looked at the scene in front of him, exclaimed in disbelief, and said: "
This is how the first division plays.”
"Yes, Ma Bufang's First Division is playing." Liu Jun walked to Ren Ran's side, his face full of melancholy. When the First Cavalry Division was not destroyed, he hated them with all his teeth, but when the First Cavalry Division
When all the teachers were really wiped out in front of him, there was a burst of sadness in his heart. When will this war of one's own people fighting one's own people end?
Half an hour later, a telegram was sent to the distance from the official road entrance next to Dule County: "Peng Zeyuan, commander of the 10th Infantry Division of the Ministry of Staff, called Commander Su and Chief of General Staff of Chiang Kai-shek. The 10th Infantry Division on May 26th of the Republic of China
At 3:47 pm on the 17th of the month, more than 3,200 remnants of the 1st Cavalry Division under Ma Bufang were completely wiped out at the pipeline entrance in the suburbs of Dule County, Qinghai Province. No one escaped the net. At this point, Ma Bufang's troops eliminated the defenders in Xining City.
, have all been eliminated by our army."
"Well, the 10th Division has done a good job." Jiang Baili looked at the telegram in his hand from the temporary headquarters outside Xining City and nodded with satisfaction.
"Chief of Staff, now that the first phase of the mission has been completed, should we launch a general attack on Xining City next?" Zhang Lengmo, commander of the 11th Division, saw Jiang Baili in a high mood and asked beside him.
"Yes." Jiang Baili nodded and ordered the staff: "Order the 10th Division to return to the army immediately. We will launch an attack at five o'clock tomorrow morning."
Now the Chahar army outside Xining City has reached three infantry divisions, one armored division and one artillery division, with a total strength of about 60,000. Jiang Baili, who has sufficient troops and ammunition, is confident that he can capture Xining City within three days.
The setting sun shines on the city walls of Xining City and the densely packed fortresses outside the city. At this time, after half a month of intensive deployment by Ma Bufang, Xining City has formed three peripheral defense lines and temporary reconstruction of residential buildings and streets in the city.
A defensive fortification composed of several lines of defense. In Ma Bufang's view, with these lines of defense and his temporary one hundred cavalry division, now converted into an infantry division, and nearly 20,000 militia soldiers recruited from nearby
With the joint defense of more than 30,000 people, Chahar's army would need at least 100,000 troops to capture it for several months. If Ma Biao had to wait for Ma Biao to return to Xining with his 1st Cavalry Division, even a counterattack would be impossible.
It's not a bad idea, he wants to show the Chinese people that he, Ma Bufang, is not a vegetarian either.
Three kilometers away from the defensive position outside Xining City, Major General Wang Qinglong, commander of the Fourth Artillery Division, stood on an artillery position, holding up binoculars and looking at the Xining City's outer defense line in front of him without saying a word, but with a trace on his face.
A faint smile of disdain. Behind him was a regiment equipped with 18 M1 203mm heavy howitzers. Tomorrow morning they would be relied on to blow up the bunker outside Xining City and open a passage.
Seeing a group of people approaching from a distance, Wang Qinglong took a closer look and hurriedly walked over and saluted with a bang: "I have seen Chiang Kai-shek's Chief of General Staff in my humble position. Welcome the superior to come for inspection."
Jiang Baili pointed his finger at Wang Qinglong and said with a smile: "Don't play catch-up with me, kid. I'm telling you, if you don't complete your task tomorrow, I won't be able to spare you."
Wang Qinglong put down his saluting hand and said with a smile: "Look at what you said, how dare I, Wang Qinglong, don't worry, if you don't blow up the bunkers outside Xining City, you can just evacuate me."
Jiang Baili glared at Wang Qinglong: "Don't be careless about me, kid. Commander Su has already called to inquire about the attack on Xining City. If you can't take down the outer positions because of your artillery division, you can explain it to Commander Su yourself.
go."
"Yes." Wang Qinglong's face also became serious, and he promised again: "Sir, I promise, if the bunkers outside the city cannot be blown up, I will carry the explosives myself."
"Yeah." Jiang Baili looked slightly sad, smiled and nodded: "It's good if you have this confidence, I don't believe it. Just rely on your sixteen 203-caliber heavy artillery plus more than 150
Can heavy artillery with a caliber above 105 still be unable to blow open the earthen bunkers in Xining City?"
Wang Qinglong smiled bitterly: "Then you came here specifically to scare me. Don't you know that meizi is timid?"
"If you kid is timid, no one will be bold enough." Jiang Baili scolded with a smile: "I'm just reminding you that if a fight breaks out, your gunners are the most important, so you must not let me lose the chain.
"
In Ma Bufang's apartment in Xining City, Ma Bufang, who was walking alone in the small garden, looked at the setting sun and felt sad. Could it be that Ma's good days are about to come to an end?
Chahar's army has been surrounding Xining City for nearly half a month. During this half month, he sent telegrams and begged countless people or groups, but no one was willing to lend a helping hand. Thinking of this
Ma Bufang was so angry that she said, "A bunch of ungrateful bastards, who usually call me brothers and sisters, but now they are acting like turtles because they can't afford to offend others."
"There is also Su Tong, a man who can kill a thousand swords. Didn't I just rob a woman? Do you have to use such a high-sounding reason to beat me? After all, it's just because I'm interested in my family fortune. I'll give you a damn."
None of them are good."
Just as Ma Bufang was cursing secretly, Ma Zhanying walked in. He walked quickly to Ma Zhanying and whispered: "Chairman Ma, according to the reports from the people on the city wall, there are strange movements in the Chahar army outside the city, and their infantry are rushing.
After entering the position, the cannons took off their coats, and it is estimated that they will attack the city today and tomorrow."
Ma Bufang smiled bitterly and said: "They just told us clearly that they are going to attack the city, but what can we do? The initiative is in their hands. They can attack whenever they want. We are fighting for the sword and I am fighting for the fish and meat. I am shouting Naihe."
Ah." After saying that, Ma Bufang walked slowly towards the door. Looking at the stumbling old officer, Ma Zhanying felt for the first time that Chairman Ma, whom she had followed all her life, was old.
The dark night slowly took off its coat, revealing its pure white color. The distant sky has revealed the small corner of the rising sun, reflecting the morning glow, like the molten steel just poured out of the blast furnace.
People dare not open their eyes and look directly.
Wang Qinglong stood upright on the artillery position of the M1 203-caliber heavy artillery, holding the walkie-talkie transmitter in his right hand. With a solemn expression, he raised his left hand and looked at the watch produced by the Chahar No. 1 Watchmaking Factory.
A Leighton high-end multi-function mechanical watch that is only equipped for senior officers above generals.
The time on the watch now is 6:59 a.m., May 18, 1937 AD, Didi Didi
When the second hand reached the twelve position, Wang Qinglong shouted into the microphone: "All fire!"
"fire"
"fire"
"fire"
After the orders were conveyed, the deafening sound of artillery suddenly sounded from the position. The sound of artillery was relatively scattered at first, but later became more and more dense. Nothing could be heard on the position except the sound of artillery.