Just this sentence completely shocked Ma Hongbin. He thought that these fortresses could block Fengjun's footsteps, but in fact they had no effect at all. The strong fortresses were like fragile egg shells in front of Fengjun.
It breaks with one blow.
In fact, this is not to blame for the Ma Jiajun. Their fortresses are products left over from the cold weapon era. They are all above the ground. This kind of building, even if it is reinforced concrete, cannot withstand the bombardment of heavy artillery. If you want to deal with heavy artillery, you can only stand on the ground.
There is no other way to build fortifications and bunkers below.
Obviously the Ma Jiajun did not have this quality. Rong Zhen commanded the Feng army. After occupying Xiejiapu, the provincial capital was already in sight. Strike while the iron was hot. The main force of the Feng army did not stop and continued to move southward. The point pointed by the soldiers had already arrived.
In the northern suburbs of Ningxia, Ma Hongkui also built a defense line here. Ma Chenglong and Ma Buluan, who were responsible for the defense, had two battalions under their command, relying on the dense fortress area to confront the Feng army.
Ma Hongbin also knew that there were not enough men and horses, so he mobilized a militia group, plus a thousand civilians, for a total of 4,000 people to set up defenses on the northern front.
Just when they were ready, the first ones to arrive were Fengjun's bombers. This was already the second round of sorties. Among the eighteen fighter planes, two were unable to participate in the battle due to mechanical failures. Fengjun only had ten left.
Six bombers, but that's enough.
Heavy bombs fell on their heads, the smoke and fire shrouded these ancient fortresses, and the flames that shot up everywhere devoured every living life. Some of the fortresses that had been in disrepair collapsed in the explosion, and all the soldiers inside also
Lose your life.
Seeing that the defense line was blown to pieces, these planes returned to the airport in the rear with great arrogance. Ma Jiajun could only be beaten passively. Everyone huddled in the fortress, not knowing what their next fate would be.
Of course, there are people who are worse off than them. Those people from the militia didn't even have a chance to enter the fortress. They could only hide in the trenches and wait to be bombed. A bomb fell nearby. It was a bomb with a force of one hundred and twenty
A ten-kilogram bomb is more powerful than a heavy artillery, and within thirty to fifty meters it becomes a no-man's land in an instant.
There were only some dark rags and scattered pieces of meat on the edge of the huge crater, which seemed to show the brutality of the explosion. All the twenty or so militiamen were reduced to nothing.
The feeling of waiting for death is too unbearable. Just after the Fengjun plane left, dozens of militia soldiers couldn't bear it anymore and rushed towards a fortress. They violently beat the door of the fortress.
"Get out of here, you are still fighting with a Chinese dog. Why are you hiding in a turtle shell? Let me suffer outside, get out!"
"What are you yelling about!" There was also a sound of cursing in the fortress. Several soldiers ran out. They were wearing tattered military uniforms and leather hats. They looked at the militiamen sideways and sneered.
He shouted: "What are you doing? You are worthy of fighting with the elders. How dare you tell me to get lost? Believe it or not, I will kill you now!"
The militiamen are usually inferior to others. They do the dirtiest and most tiring work, but they don't get any military pay. There has been a gap for a long time. At this time, when their lives are in danger, all their dissatisfaction burst out, extinguishing all the worries and fears in the past.
Thrown aside.
A militiaman rushed over and shouted loudly: "Kill me if you can. It just so happens that I don't want to live anymore. If Fengjun doesn't blow me up, you will kill me!"
He jumped up, and one of the soldiers subconsciously raised his pistol, and fired a bullet, hitting him in the chest. A ball of blood spattered, and a bloody hole as big as a fist suddenly appeared in his chest. This
The guy's mouth twitched a few times, with an expression of disbelief on his face. Then with a plop, the body fell to the ground.
After a life was lost, the other militiamen immediately exploded. Taking advantage of their large numbers, they pounced on the shooter, punching, kicking, and tearing them apart. Soon other people joined the battle group.
These people were torn together, dozens of people at first, and then others joined in. The scene became more and more chaotic. I don’t know who fired the shot, and someone fell down. Then there were continuous gunshots, and the bodies were falling.
As the tools arrived one after another, an unexpected farce of cannibalism took place.
These militiamen and regular troops were shouting and fighting. Their despair for the future made them extremely crazy. They treated others cruelly, as well as their own people. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen people were shot and fell to the ground, and dozens more
was injured.
As soon as the civilians saw the Ma family's army fighting among themselves, they also knew that something was not good. They were disorganizing themselves without fighting. Is there any chance of winning? So they all took advantage of the chaos and fled for their lives.
At this time, Ma Chenglong and Ma Buluan also rushed over with their men. When they saw these people, they were already furious. They had no choice but to point their guns at them. A burst of bullets were fired out, and the fighting began.
Thirty more soldiers fell down. Their heads finally cleared up and the fighting stopped.
Ma Chenglong looked at the mess all over the place, his eyes turned red: "Asshole, if you have the ability, you can kill Feng Jun. How can you fight with your own people? Are you afraid that Feng Jun can't win?"
The more Ma Chenglong talked, the more angry he became. He rushed up to the soldiers, rounded his hands, and slapped them violently, venting his frustration.
At this time, there was another roar in the sky, reflecting the setting sun, and the bombers appeared again. This was their last sortie of the day, and the planes were loaded with bombs.
As soon as they saw these planes, the Ma Jiajun people completely lost their courage. Ma Chenglong and Ma Buluan also hurriedly ran to the bunker, and the others hid everywhere. Some militiamen were about to swarm into the fortress, and the situation on both sides instantly became chaotic.
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At this time, terrible explosions were heard on the position, and the exposed militiamen became the best targets for bomber attacks. His trenches received special attention, and explosions were heard from time to time, killing dozens or hundreds of people.
The heavy losses made these militiamen shaken. Coupled with the conflicts just now, some militiamen began to flee. When the bombing was over, Ma Chenglong and Ma Buluan counted their soldiers. As a result, seven or eight hundred people fled.
In addition, more than 500 people were killed in the air raids.
Before the official battle with Fengjun, the combat effectiveness was reduced by one-third. Their hearts became cold and cold. Ma Chenglong hurriedly reported the situation to Ma Hongbin and asked him to dispatch reinforcements.
Ma Hongbin had just finished discussing with the elders. They also had distrust in the Ma Jiajun. However, they had no better choice but to mobilize loyal believers as much as possible to help the Ma Jiajun fight.
Ma Hongbin drew out 500 men from his subordinates and mobilized more than a thousand fanatical believers to strengthen the defense on the northern front. They built the defense line overnight and were fully prepared to deal with Feng's army.
"Hurry up, follow everyone!"
Rong Zhen greeted the soldiers and marched quickly under the cover of night. The soldiers fought fiercely continuously and were very tired. However, Rong Zhen knew that soldiers must be quick and fast. Every time a fortress was captured, Rong Zhen swept away all the livestock. All of them were captured.
Used for transportation.
Feng Jun did not spare the animals at all. He just beat them desperately until they were completely dead. On the Yellow River not far away, heavy artillery was rapidly following up.
Finally, when the sky brightened, the cavalry battalion of the Fengjun's vanguard force had arrived at the outskirts of Ningxia. After a night of marching, everyone was exhausted.
Battalion Commander Yu Xuezhong stood on horseback, looking at the defense situation of Ningxia Provincial Wall from a distance. Yu Xuezhong initially held a position in Yijun. After Yijun was killed by Fengjun, Yu Xuezhong defected to his cousin Zhao Ronghua.
He was the brigade commander under Wu Peifu. During the battle with the South, Yu Xuezhong also made contributions and began to stand out.
As the cooperation between the Fengjun and the Zhili Army increased, Zhang Tinglan proposed to exchange officers. The Zhili Army held the Baoding Military Academy, which was the cradle of modern Chinese generals. Many well-known big shots came from here, so Zhang Tinglan naturally wanted to bring him over.
Several. With the rise of Fengjun, the martial arts schools in the three eastern provinces are on the verge of becoming the number one school in the country, so Wu Peifu also wants to learn some skills from Fengjun.
Therefore, the two sides hit it off immediately, and Yu Xuezhong was sent to Fengjun as an exchange officer. They first received education in the martial arts hall.
Yu Xuezhong finally experienced the power of the Jiangwu Hall. The tactical knowledge taught here was all top-notch in the world, such as infantry-artillery coordination, infantry-tank coordination, air-ground coordination, armored assault, air force long-distance transition flight, and shuttle bombing.
Most of the content, etc., are things that Yu Xuezhong would never even dare to think about.
Even tactics he was familiar with, such as infantry and artillery coordination, were completely different from those used by the Beiyang Army in the Fengjun Army. Especially the quality of the artillery was extremely different. The Fengjun Army was even able to try to guide it from the ground.
, planes conduct bombings.
These things are completely the most advanced ideas among the great powers. Yu Xuezhong was quickly attracted to them. The more he understood the power of Fengjun, the more eager he was to integrate into this high-spirited group. Rong Zhen was still talking at the time
He taught in Wutang and also took a fancy to Yu Xuezhong's talents.
Therefore, Zhang Tinglan was persuaded to serve in the front-line army, in fact, it was to completely retain this general. Yu Xuezhong had fought many battles, but this was his first time fighting as a Fengjun, so
It's not unavoidable to be a little nervous.
Yu Xuezhong knew very well that using cavalry to attack the fortress was an act seeking death, but he would not just let go of the Ma Jiajun. The Ma Jiajun focused their defense on the northern suburbs, and Yu Xuezhong deliberately bypassed their key defensive areas.
, leading the cavalry in a circuitous route towards the western suburbs.
When the soldiers guarding here saw the sudden attack of Feng Jun, they were all frightened to death. They stayed in the fortress and did not dare to go out to fight.
Yu Xuezhong commanded his men and passed back and forth in front of them with great arrogance. He then organized several feint attacks. Whenever he rushed to a distance of 150 meters from the Ma Jiajun position, he took the initiative to stop.
, the soldiers kept firing.
Although the Ma Jiajun had many sharpshooters, their shooting distance was only about a hundred meters. If they were farther away, the poor rifles could not guarantee their safety. Therefore, Fengjun could talk and laugh as much as he wanted without taking them seriously.
After harassing one side, they turned to another direction and continued shooting. The people in the city could only hear gunshots all around, and there were shouts of death everywhere, as if the whole city was surrounded. Those Ma Jiajun soldiers
They were also terrified, not knowing when Fengjun would launch an attack.
Just when Yu Xuezhong made a half-circle and returned to the northern suburbs, a large number of people gathered at the east gate of Yuan, Ningxia Province. They dragged their families with them and all wanted to leave.
When they were bombed by planes, they were about to escape, but Ma Hongbin sent people to stop them and not allow them to leave the city. However, Fengjun came over so quickly and threatened to besiege the city. Many people were unwilling to do so.
If you continue to stay, at the critical moment of life and death, the people in the provincial capital are more open-minded than those in Pingluo and other places.
Except for a few die-hard elements, everyone else wanted to escape. One to two thousand people all rushed to the city wall and wanted to escape. But how could the Ma Jiajun dare to open the city, so they could only send a large number of people to disperse these people.
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The soldiers of the Ma's Army beat the common people desperately, and they cried for their fathers and mothers, and became a mess. At this moment, the bomber appeared again, its huge fuselage looked majestic under the morning light.
This time the bombing was a perfect combination of paper bombs and bombs. Fengjun once again set out a timetable for the attack, asking the people in the city to escape as soon as possible, otherwise they would all be destroyed.
These bombers bombed an area in the east of the city. Ma Jiajun's grain warehouse was bombed, and the fire engulfed all the grain. Ma Hongbin could only command his troops to put out the fire.
After the common people saw this situation, they became even more panicked, and more people wanted to escape. Of course, Ma Hongbin knew that once he let go, running away would be contagious, and the army might collapse. How could he be willing to take this risk. Therefore.
He issued a death order. Anyone who dared to talk about running away would be shot on the spot.
He forcibly dispersed the crowd, and peace was temporarily restored in the city, but there was still an undercurrent, and the trouble did not disappear.
Just when Ma Hongbin was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, Rong Zhen finally led his army outside Ningxia City. It took them a day and a half to get here from Pingluo.
In other words, in about one and a half days, the main force of the Ma Jiajun will return to Ningxia. The time to decide the outcome will be in the next day and a half, whether Fengjun takes the provincial capital first or the Majiajun returns first for reinforcements.
Time was running out, and the soldiers didn't even bother to rest. They pulled the cannon over the Yellow River and entered the preset artillery position. The thick muzzle of the cannon was aimed at the Ma Jiajun's position.
Twelve 152mm howitzers were lined up in a row, showing the powerful power of the Fengjun army. Rong Zhen gave an order, the cannons roared, and the shells hit the Ma Jiajun's position. In the sky, bombers also came to help.
, and soon the Ma Jiajun position was plunged into a sea of fire, scattered everywhere, with heavy casualties and constant wailing. (To be continued...)