Section 283 Chaotic Battle: Pursuit and Escape

The battle of Shenjialing, as mentioned in the previous document, started at 6 a.m. according to the Wehrmacht, and Qingma said it started at 2 a.m. Although Qingma had accurately predicted the timing of the attack of the Feng army and was prepared, the Feng army still broke through the first line of defense in one fell swoop. Although Qingma stopped the continuous attacks of the Feng army, the battle was mainly in the second line of defense, and the Feng army had already gained a firm foothold on Shenjialing.

Of course, this is not how the Northeast Han is brave and brave, but the "courage pill" provided by the logistics of the Wehrmacht -- this thing is the perfect combination of Haloxin and steroids, which is the hope of mankind to break through 9.5 seconds on the Olympic field, and a batch widow making machine on the battlefield.

The strong men of the Feng army did not know that their Zhuang Xing wine bowl had already been put on the double "gall pill" that had been crushed into powder, and the regiment commander gave a speech before the battle, and in the greeting of the mother's target, these big men drank a bowl of 65 degrees of burning knives, and in the pocket of each person's clothes was the five oceans of life money issued by the peak, the wine was surging, the medicinal power was on the head, and the tinkling ocean, these small universes of the Feng army completely broke out, and they took off their military uniforms, and they were all bare-chested with bullet belts. Even the instructors of the Japanese Army University who taught them sighed after watching the film filmed at that time, Bushido is full of spirit, the charge is not afraid of death, the marksmanship is accurate, the tacit understanding is coordinated, and the bravery is great, and the regiment of the Fengjun is completely comparable to those cattle of the Sixth Division.

The 1st Battalion of the Feng Army was the main attack, the 1st Battalion was the main attack, and the 2nd Battalion assisted from the left flank. After the war, Fengjun's memories talked about the 1st Battalion and some talked about the 2nd Battalion, but they only mentioned the 3rd Battalion in passing, either on the right flank or on the front, but they did not specifically talk about the 3rd Battalion, so that the role of the 3rd Battalion is still unknown. Or maybe because the 3rd Battalion was only one company, and it was under the command of the 1st Battalion. (In fact, because the number of gall pills is insufficient, there is no way to guarantee that everyone in a group has double servings)

Judging from the fact that only 1,200 men remained from the 1st Battalion to 12 noon, and an infantry regiment of 4 battalions of Tsing Ma withdrew in the morning to rest and recuperate, the battle was extremely brutal. Under Qingma came several independent brigades of the Qinghai Security Corps, the Lanzhou Huiren Guardian Battalion and other troops. The green horse soldiers were also shirtless, carrying guns, holding shining sabers, shouting "the gate of heaven is open", and rushing over the mountains and fields under the fierce artillery fire of the Wehrmacht. In addition to the superior artillery fire and a small number of automatic firearms, the Feng army is driven by flesh and blood. When at 1 o'clock the 27th Regiment and 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Division of the Feng Army came up and firmly controlled the second line of defense, the scales began to tilt. At 3.4 o'clock in the afternoon, after repelling the last large-scale charge of Qingma, the Feng army had occupied the southern half of Shenjialing, which was higher than the northern half of the terrain and was in a favorable situation, and Qingma was already defeated. At more than 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the Feng army advanced step by step, and beat Qingma to the last line of defense in the north of Shenjialing, and Qingma never sent any more reinforcements. At more than 6 o'clock, the Feng army launched a full-line charge, and the officers and soldiers of Qingma broke down, and no longer paid attention to the flickering of the regiment commanders and patriarchs who supervised the battle, and went on in a rout. The Feng army occupied Shenjialing, of course, the price was also heavy, not to mention the proportion of more than 30% casualties, even if the surviving Feng army was depressed and extremely depressed, as a result, the casualties of self-mutilation and suicide after the war were only much more than the battle, and the entire regiment returned to Xi'an with only one battalion left. Zhang Fushuai, who didn't understand the situation, almost thought that the Wehrmacht was borrowing a donkey to pull the mill, and he didn't feel distressed. After the investigation, it was admitted in the internal report of the Feng army that these deaths and injuries were from suicide and self-harm, which can be said to be shocking, which also reminded the Feng army who planned to promote gall pills after the war, this thing is easy to use, but the side effects are too domineering, if it really doesn't work, take a copy before the decisive battle, you must follow the doctor's instructions, you can't talk nonsense, you can't eat medicine,

After dawn, Ma Bufang successively received the news that various positions were broken by the other side one after another, and Ningma did not leave the nest, and the right wing of Lanzhou Linxia had collapsed. Ma Bufang thought about it, and he was already thinking about how to exit Lanzhou. At one o'clock at noon, he talked to the third regiment of Shenjialing, the head of the regiment was supervising the battle in front, and the patriarch told him that it could be supported during the day, but it would not work at night. According to the recollection of Qingma's deputy chief of staff, Ma Jiyuan said "I know" at that time, and it can be heard from the tone that he has wilted.

In the early years, there was a saying in Lanzhou: Originally, both sides had reached the point when they couldn't fight, but they were still holding on. In the afternoon, Ma Bufang came to the main peak of Gaolan Mountain, the highest in Nanshan, where he looked at Shenjialing in the west "a sea of fire" (this is the description of the commander of the first regiment of the Qingma Cavalry). Ma Bufang looked at Shen Jialing with a telescope and said, "Babies, it's no good." Ma's father and son collectively refer to their subordinates as "babies". As soon as these words came out, the "babies" suddenly became distraught, and they no longer had the heart to fight, they rushed to flee for their lives, and there was chaos, so they were defeated. This claim was not confirmed by the Tsing Ma officer. The fact is that only on the 22nd after the "trial attack" defeated the Wehrmacht, Ma Bufang drove to the main peak of Gaolan Mountain to preside over the battle site meeting, and of course he would not say "Baby, no."

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Ma Bufang convened a meeting of the heads of all regiments in Miaotanzi on the north bank of the Yellow River and issued an order to retreat. The retreat began at 4 p.m., logistics went first, the 2nd Cavalry Regiment and the 3rd Infantry Regiment began to retreat at 5 o'clock, the 1st Cavalry Regiment began to retreat at 7 o'clock, and the 3rd Cavalry Regiment and the 1st Infantry Regiment began to retreat at 9 o'clock. After the meeting, Ma Bufang led the former enemy headquarters of the Ning Navy to leave Lanzhou and rush to Yongdeng.

After a fierce battle during the day, the front-line positions of the Wehrmacht's main attack were all breached, and Tsing Ma decided to retreat, and the Wehrmacht had won the victory. What happened next was that both sides made major mistakes. For Tsing Ma, the mistake was fatal and led to a total rout. For the Wehrmacht, the mistake was regrettable, and the opportunity to completely annihilate the main force of Tsing Ma was lost.

Qingma's mistake was that the retreat fell into chaos soon after it began, and the original retreat plan did not work at all. The mistake in the retreat was that there was no provision for light equipment and simple obedience, and every grain and ammunition had to be taken away, as was the case with the logistics department and the soldiers themselves. As a result, all kinds of vehicles, large bags and small items, and injured animals poured into the Yellow River Iron Bridge, causing immediate congestion on the narrow iron bridge (the road surface of the iron bridge barely allowed two old cars to meet, and it is still the same).

Originally, judging from the later facts, the vanguard of the Wehrmacht only arrived at Tieqiao at 0:00 on the 26th, and Qingma had eight hours to organize a retreat, and if the blocking was arranged in Hualinping and other places, it could still be fought for at least two hours, and if the organization was good, except for the more than 1,000 people who were killed and injured on the position, the rest of the troops could come out. What is absurd is that after the loss of Shenjialing, the two main battalions of the 3rd Infantry Regiment guarding Gouwa Mountain (Gouwa Mountain is not the main target of the National Defense Force, and the battle damage is not large) and the 2nd Cavalry Regiment actually rushed to cross the river first (according to the regulations, Shenjialing and Gouwa Mountain should be evacuated at 5 o'clock in the afternoon), and even the covering troops were not arranged, so it suddenly became a situation where each unit fled for its own life. The first cavalry regiment coming down from Gaolan Mountain was a little closer, and the third infantry regiment in the east was more than 20 miles away, although it could theoretically be reached within a few hours, but the reality was not so simple. Although the logistics departments of the command organs can withdraw at the specified time, the troops on the front can only be withdrawn after dark. Lanzhou in August will not get dark until 7 o'clock. Part of the cavalry regiment and most of the infantry regiments did not reach the iron bridge before 0:00. The command of the Ning Navy, which was the first to retreat, arrived at Tieqiao after 8 p.m.

The major mistake of the Wehrmacht was that it did not accurately predict and take measures against the possible movements of Qingma after the capture of Shenjialing, and did not carry out continuous attacks. The fact is that after dark, the enemy on and off the Gouwa Mountain has already abandoned his position and fled for his life, that is to say, if the enemy's movements can be discovered in time, and the various armies can attack rapidly, especially from the road on the east side of Shenjialing and the Leitan River directly into the Xiguan Iron Bridge, the results of the battle will be much greater, and the enemy can be basically annihilated. At that time, the enemy's morale was completely lost, and it was entirely possible to defeat them at once. It was all the more regrettable when later military scientists learned that the Wehrmacht armies kept strong reserves that were largely useless in the end.

The fact is that after a day of bloody fighting, all the armies of the Wehrmacht (except for the 11th Independent Cavalry Division) were regrouping and preparing to continue the bloody battle the next day, or build fortifications to defend against a counterattack by Tsing Ma. It is no wonder that at this time, the national defense forces, from the top to the grassroots level, have learned the tenacity and ferocity of Qingma, and the guiding ideology of action is to be cautious, fully prepared, and steady and steady. If this is understandable, it is difficult to understand it again.

The 5th Infantry Division of the Wehrmacht learned that Qingma had fled at night, and sent troops to enter it, so did the 5th Division point to it before reporting? What did Du Zicheng think after he found out? Did you inform the armies? Did you arrange an immediate attack on the armies? You know, it's dangerous to have only one infantry unit of the 5th Division inserted along the Yellow River from the west. In the War of Liberation, when the Battle of Hengbao approached the central and southern regions, the 135th Division of Siye went deep alone. If Qingma retreats in an orderly manner and sets up a covering position, the German troops of the 5th Division, even if they are not dumplings, will not play a role in advancing towards the iron bridge from one direction alone.

Therefore, the next morning, the Han Division "attacked" all the positions of Majia Mountain on Shili Mountain and entered Lanzhou from the east, and the National Defense Army "planted the military flag on the main peak of Gaolan Mountain" and entered Lanzhou from the south. In fact, where is there still the shadow of a green horse in these positions. At this time, the remnants of the Feng Corps that were resting were also pressed down from Hualinping and engaged in the battle to cooperate with the 5th Division to attack from the west to the east of the city. In short, after learning that Qingma was defeated and fled, except for the Sheng Tang Division, which had been in contact with Qingma's cavalry, the Wehrmacht was generally slow to respond.

The summary of the war history of the Wehrmacht admits this, "underestimating the enemy's retreat, resulting in the escape of the enemy's main force". The top echelons of the National Defense Forces also believed that one of the reasons for the serious rebellion in various parts of Qinghai in the coming year was that the main force of the Qingma in the Lanzhou Campaign escaped, and in particular, almost all the officers above the Qingma regiment escaped the net.