On the machine gun position of Shaozhong, more than 100 heavy machine guns shouted happily, wantonly harvesting lives. The machine gunners of the Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Heavy Firepower Battalion had never fought such a hearty battle, and their hearts were about to explode with excitement.

Especially the battalion commander Zhang Cong, who was in a beautiful mood and was about to fly into the sky. To tell the truth, watching the commanders of other columns directly under him rise to the high positions of regiment commander, brigade commander, and even division commander one by one, as a member of the Zhangcheng Township Party, he is still standing still, and it is impossible to say in his heart that he is not wronged or envious.

However, Zhang Cheng has always taught him that good steel should be used on the blade, so he has been waiting for the opportunity. Fortunately, after holding it for so long, it was finally his turn to make a big show of his heavy firepower battalion.

The heavy machine gun spewed bullets as much as it could, causing extremely heavy casualties to Qingma. The green horse cavalry, which gradually realized that they could not rush through, took advantage of the cavalry's strong mobility ability to quickly detour from both sides, in a vain attempt to attack from both flanks of the position and attack them unprepared.

However, the artillery regiment, which had not been dispatched by Shaozong, also opened its fangs, and the mountain artillery and mortars roared in bursts, making the strategic intention of Ma Jiajun's army to open the gap from the two wings completely become a flower in the water.

The guns and cannons rang out, constantly tearing the cavalry of the Ma family army to pieces, and in the face of huge sacrifices, the fierce cavalry of the Ma family army gradually became afraid, and even began to appear that the cavalry fled.

Ma Fengyun, the cavalry battalion commander who was left behind, saw that the cavalry in front of him was swept to the ground by the Red Army's heavy machine guns one after another like cutting wheat, and quickly tightened the reins, and said to Ma Yuanhai eagerly: "Commander-in-chief, we have fallen into the trap of the red bandits, these red bandits have fierce artillery and strong firepower, and the brothers can't rush out at all, what should we do?" ”

Ma Yuanhai was also a little anxious, and he said loudly: "Damn, why are these red bandits so evil, artillery and machine guns are endless. We can't fight hard with them anymore, so the losses of the charging cavalry are too great, and if we continue like this, our cavalry will not be able to rush out even after the fight. I see that the southwest direction is our way home, the red bandits are extremely strong, immediately gather troops, we break through to the north, as long as we rush out, with the speed of our cavalry, the red bandits will not be able to help us at all, maybe we can fight back and avenge the dead brothers! ”

Ma Fengyun responded, his blood-red eyes looked fiercely ahead, and he vowed in his heart that once he broke through, he would make a comeback, slaughter the Red Army, and avenge the blood hatred of the brothers.

At this moment, a stray bullet flew over, and half of Ma Fengyun's ear was smashed at once, Ma Fengyun stroked half of the ear that was flowing with cold blood, only to feel that fear was born, and his hatred turned into nothing, thinking: What's the matter, let's talk about revenge and blood hatred later, the top priority is to flee for your life.

Ma Fengyun sighed, smacked his horse's buttocks fiercely, shouted at his subordinates to retreat, and galloped northward, and the standard-bearers around him shook with him, and after the surrounding cavalry saw the flag, they immediately turned their horses' heads and quickly retreated behind Ma Fengyun, eager to get out of the Red Army's firepower coverage.

However, the artillery shells of the Young Column Artillery Regiment continued to pursue them, and many of the slower cavalry were smashed over, leaving a river of blood in one place, and the green horses had to pay great sacrifices for every step forward.

Ma Yuanhai was coerced by the guards around him and fled north. At this time, he was already mourning more than his heart died, the casualties of the troops were so large, not to mention the revenge of the Red Army with a counterattack, it was a fluke to be able to escape back to Qing Province.

However, other officers and soldiers can go back, but how should they explain to Chairman Ma after they go back? More than half of Qingma's casualties have been killed, and he was shot dead by Chairman Ma when he returned to Qingzhou.

For a while, Ma Yuanhai, who was extremely pessimistic about the future and was about to commit suicide, raised his pistol and was about to commit suicide, but saw a guard next to him snatch his gun and shouted: "Commander-in-chief, you are calm and calm, what should we do if you die?" Who can get us out of the red bandits? ”

Ma Yuanhai was drunk as a head, and immediately came to his senses, looking at the dense group of foot riders behind, there were at least more than 20,000 horses. Yes, if you want to die, you have to take these horses out, if you don't have these horses, the green horses will become an empty shelf, and the red bandits will soon come to the door, then it will really be a catastrophe!

Ma Yuanhai regained his consciousness and said to the guards beside him: "Hurry up and gather the troops and arrange them into an attack formation, we will charge to the death, and if we don't succeed, we will become benevolent!" ”

Seeing that the commander-in-chief had regained consciousness, the guards around him were in high spirits, and quickly gathered the remnants of the soldiers around them and rushed up in an arrow attack formation, intending to penetrate the encirclement of the Red Army.

At the same time, Ma Hongkui, who parted ways with Qingma and took another road, was leading his new 7th Division to retreat south along the main road, and the violent gunfire from Qingma's side made him realize that Ma Yuanhai was probably in a desperate situation, so Ma Hongkui had an idea, and instead of taking the western road, he went south.

Unfortunately, there was also a long trench on one of the roads that had to be passed to the south at this time, and more than 5,000 Red Army soldiers from the 3rd Brigade were quietly hiding in bunkers, holding their breath and looking far ahead.

On a small dirt slope behind the position, Zhang Cheng, Zhang Fengming, Zhou Weiguo, and other leaders of the Young Column were climbing high and looking to the north.

Will the enemy retreat from here? Can more than 5,000 people block Ningma's 20,000-foot cavalry army? At this time, all the cadres set their eyes on Zhang Cheng, expecting Zhang Cheng to show his magic again and lead them to annihilate the enemy army.

To be honest, Zhang Cheng has no bottom in his heart, after all, he is a human being and not a god, but according to the historical records of Ma Hongkui in later generations, he knows that this person was mixed with the Beiyang warlords in the early years, and was deeply influenced by the deceit and deceit among the officialdom, and he was a person who was accustomed to stealing and playing tricks.

Therefore, according to Ma Hongkui's character, Zhang Cheng judged that he should not follow Qingma to fight to the west, but use Ma Yuanhai as a cover, and he took the opportunity to lead his troops south, so Zhang Cheng decided to set up an ambush on Ma Hongkui's southbound road.

Of course, Zhang Cheng also took a certain risk in making such a deployment, in case Ma Hongkui did not go south but fled far north, then Zhang Cheng would be blind. Not to mention the waste of 5,000 troops, the release of Ningma alone left a huge aftermath for the Red Army.

But just when everyone began to wait and gradually became impatient, suddenly, a cloud of smoke and dust gradually approached from the north, and 20,000 cavalry rushed wildly, billowing smoke and making a monstrous sound.

The soldiers of the 3rd Brigade, who had seen the cavalry group's charge for the first time, could not help but be shocked by this spectacular sight, their hearts suddenly beating faster with the sound of horses' hooves, and their fingers clenched their guns hard.

Seeing that Ning Ma arrived as scheduled, the generals couldn't help but look at Zhang Cheng with extremely admiring eyes, and Zhang Cheng put on an appearance that he had expected a long time ago, but in fact, he was relieved in his heart.

Although the officers and men strictly carried out his order out of great prestige and trust in Zhang Cheng, Zhang Cheng knew that in fact, many cadres were very dissatisfied with Zhang Cheng's order, felt inexplicable, and thought that it was a chaotic life.

Fortunately, Ma Hongkui's Ningma troops still appeared as scheduled, which undoubtedly saved Zhang Cheng's prestige and fulfilled his reputation for being clever.

Seeing that Ma Hongkui was hooked, Zhang Cheng finally put down his heart, and the next thing was to look at the soldiers.