Chapter 74: Ambush and annihilate the enemy

Xu Guoren chose the ambush site in a valley twenty miles east of Pingyang, on the road leading to the direction of Thirty Miles. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The terrain here is very similar to the first line of sky, except that the terrain is east-west, the road passes between the two mountains, and the mountains on both sides are covered with green forests and strange rocks, which is an excellent place for ambushes.

Because the mountains are covered with pine trees, it is named Pine Forest Valley.

In peacetime, Chi Fengcheng might not rush through here with his troops, but with Guo Hu's Second Regiment luring in front, the officers at all levels of the Northwest Army who are eager to make meritorious contributions can't care so much.

Xu Guoren and Guo Danian led two infantry regiments to lie in ambush in the mountains and forests on both sides of the Songlin Valley, and the artillery battalion was deployed in an open area west of the Songlin Valley, responsible for waiting for the battle to start, covering the valley with artillery fire, and cooperating with the ambush troops to kill and injure the enemy to the greatest extent.

More than 200 cavalrymen of the reconnaissance company and the guard company were arranged by Xu Guoren early to hide in the east of Songlin Valley, and when the battle began, they would detour back to the rear of the Northwest Army and cut off their retreat.

Xu Guoren was lying under a pine tree, patiently waiting for the Northwest Army to be shortlisted.

A cavalryman rushed from the valley mouth in the east and reported loudly to Xu Guoren: "Division commander, the enemy is catching up, and Regiment Commander Guo is withdrawing here with his troops!" ”

Xu Guoren stood up, waved his hand and said, "I know!" Tell Regiment Commander Guo that when the guns rang out, he would immediately lead the second regiment to turn around and counterattack, and together with the main force, destroy the invading enemy in this pine forest valley. ”

The cavalryman saluted, and then turned his horse and left.

Xu Guoren took out his pistol and loaded it and said sharply: "All troops are ready to fight!" Take my gunshots as a call! ”

Thousands of officers and men of the independent division hidden in the forests of the valleys on both sides began to pull the bolts of their guns, and one after another spears stretched out from the woods and grass, aiming at the road in the middle of the valley.

About 20 minutes later, Guo Hu and the officers and soldiers of the 2nd Regiment retreated into the valley in a chaotic manner.

At the same time, the Chifeng Castle Headquarters also chased them out of the valley.

Seeing that the terrain in front of him had become steep in vain, he stopped and beckoned an adjutant and said, "Adjutant Li, come back!" ”

The adjutant was chasing Zhenghuan with the troops, but he was suddenly stopped, and he turned around and ran back a little depressed and said, "Shizao, what's the matter?" ”

"What's in front of here?" Chi Fengcheng asked, looking around.

The adjutant couldn't figure it out, so he ordered someone to bring the map and open it and look at it: "This map is not marked, probably an unknown small place, but from the perspective of location, Shizuo, we are less than thirty miles away from Pingyang City!" The vanguard of the enemy's main reinforcement force may have already arrived in Binh Duong.

Let's speed up the march and try to meet Commander Zhou as soon as possible! ”

Chi Fengcheng was a little worried: "I don't know what the battle situation is on Zhou Shibin's side, if only there were a few more radio stations and equip them with one!" ”

The adjutant said: "Division, Commander Zhou led more than 2,000 elite soldiers this time, and it was a surprise, he must have taken Xu Guoren's lair, otherwise Xu Guoren's main force would not have retreated to Pingyang so desperately."

I have already verified that the two brothers who came to report the news are indeed Shaanxi accents, and there will be no mistake.

The Jin Sui army is waiting to pick up the bargain in the back, we have to speed up the march, otherwise they will rob the battle merits, but it will be too cheap for those grandsons! Why don't I take the troops in front and you hold back? ”

Chi Fengcheng nodded and said, "It's okay, be careful, so as not to fall into an ambush!" ”

The adjutant said disapprerovingly: "Division, this independent 88th Brigade is already too busy to take care of itself, where can you still have the courage to ambush us!" Besides, even if there is an ambush, we are not afraid of him! ”

With that, the adjutant, together with the other two regiment commanders, led the troops into the Pine Forest Valley with a swagger.

The pine forest valley is about three miles long from east to west, and it can fully accommodate tens of thousands of people to travel.

Therefore, Xu Guoren did not take out his pistol and shoot into the sky until the Northwest Army of the 31st Division basically entered the road in the valley: "Brothers, give me a hard beating!" Herald, release the flares and inform the artillery battalion to fire! ”

The sound of gunfire was an order, and thousands of officers and men of the independent division who were ambushed in the mountains and forests on both sides opened fire one after another.

At this time, Chi Fengcheng had just taken his guards into the valley on horseback, and was taken aback when he saw this, and immediately stopped his horse and shouted loudly: "It's not good, there is an ambush, order all regiments to immediately change the rear team to the front team, and withdraw!" ”

After speaking, Chi Fengcheng also took out his pistol and fired back at the mountains and forests on both sides, but he didn't even see the location of the ambush troops clearly, so he could only shoot aimlessly.

However, before the guards around him rushed over to give the order, dense gunfire rang out on both sides, and rows of dense and hot bullets whizzed.

Several of the guards who tried to give the order were beaten into a sieve and fell to their deaths.

The main forces of the Northwest Army in the valley are even more miserable! Under the dense crossfire of the ambush troops on both sides, they were crowded together, unable to dodge, and fell down in groups of guns.

The Northwest Army in front rushed forward desperately, wanting to rush out of the valley, but at this moment, Guo Hu led thousands of officers and soldiers of the Second Regiment to block the valley with light and heavy machine gun fire, giving the Northwest Army a head-on blow to the Northwest Army that wanted to break through.

And occupying the valley mouth and constantly approaching forward, with dense firepower constantly pouring down on the Northwest Army in the valley, inflicting extremely heavy casualties on the Northwest Army.

To add insult to injury, the shells suddenly swept through the air and fell viciously in the valley, causing even more heavy casualties to the Northwest Army.

The Northwest Army in the valley was crowded, chaotic, and had no shelter to hide, so it was often possible to kill dozens of Northwest Army soldiers with a single shot.

The shooting elements of the artillery battalion have been marked a long time ago, so the runners only need to keep loading the shells and firing.

Under the combined coverage of the ambush troops' intensive fire and artillery fire, the casualties of the 31st Division in ambush increased sharply.

Chi Fengcheng looked at the rows of subordinates who fell down in rows, his heart was like blood, but he also felt afraid for a while, if he walked in front and led the team just now, he would definitely not be able to escape.

Seeing that the general trend had gone, Chi Fengcheng gritted his teeth with a sad face, turned around and left: "Withdraw, withdraw!" How much can be highlighted. ”

More than 100 guards around him rode their horses to follow, and fled out of the valley in a hurry, and the infantry behind also fled back one after another, but many of the Northwest Army were hit by the dense fire on both sides before they could run out of the valley, and they fell in a pool of blood.

At this moment, Guo Xiaoliu and Niu Dagen led the cavalry reconnaissance company, and the guard company suddenly killed from both sides.

A dense burst of fire came head-on, and the guards of Chifeng City immediately turned on their backs and fell off their horses one after another.

"Shoot or kill!" Niu Dagen was holding a Mauser pistol, and while firing, he shouted loudly in Xu Guoren's tone.

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