Chapter 136: Friction Escalation

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The westernmost part of the area under the jurisdiction of the Northern Anti-Japanese Army is west of Baotou, at the bend of the Yellow River.

It already borders the defenders of Yinchuan, and it is only a matter of time before the two armies come into conflict.

And Feng Tian let Song Weizhao's Fourth Division approach Yinchuan, in fact, it also has a deep meaning.

The army that had friction with the anti-Japanese army in the north was one of the four horses in the northwest, Ma Hongkui.

Ningxia Wang Ma Hongkui, one of the four horses in the northwest.

The Northwest Ma Army refers to the warlords surnamed Ma who have ruled the Northwest for decades, among which the Northwest Four Horses are the most famous "Ma Buqing, Ma Bufang, Ma Hongbin, Ma Hongkui, known as the "Northwest Four Horses".

At this time, the four horses entrenched in Yinchuan had not yet reached their peak, and the troops in Ma Hongkui's hands were relatively insufficient.

In May 1929, Ma Hongkui accompanied Han Fuyu and Shi Yousan in Luoyang to jointly telegraph against Feng Yongjiang, and Lao Jiang immediately replied to the telegram to commend Ma Hongkui's 17th Division into the 11th Army of the Rebel Army, Ma Hongkui served as the army commander and commander of the 64th Division, the commander of the Zhengzhou garrison, and a member of the Henan Provincial Government. 300,000 silver dollars were allocated for military salaries and more than 1,000 new guns.

In 1930, in the battle of Chiang, Feng and Yan Zhongyuan, Ma Hongkui captured Tai'an City, Shandong, and was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the 15th Route Army of the Rebel Army and the commander of the Xuzhou garrison.

Later, Tang Shengzhi, Shi Yousan, and Han Fuyu conspired against Chiang, Han Fuyu took Xuzhou as a transportation hub and a military town, and was a close friend with Ma Hongkui when he overthrew Feng to Jiang, contacted Ma Hongkui to jointly overthrow Chiang, and appointed Sun Tongxuan to negotiate, and Ma Hongkui agreed to oppose Chiang.

Han Fuyu sent a brigade into Xuzhou to monitor Ma Hongkui. Ma Hongkui thought about it again and again, and felt that the old Jiang was powerful and it was difficult to succeed in defeating Jiang, so he told Jiang to inform.

When Lao Chiang learned of the secret report, he immediately took measures to oppose Chiang and failed.

Ma Hongkui won Chiang's trust and was ordered to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the bandit army. The 11th Army was reduced to the 31st Division by Lao Chiang, and the division headquarters was stationed in Xinyang.

Although the main force of the Ma Jiajun in Ningxia is fighting abroad, it does not mean that Yinchuan has no army, but only the number of them.

The friction between Ningma and the Northern Anti-Japanese Army began on the morning of 2 February, when five Ningma cavalrymen fled to Xiecheng Township, near the Northern Anti-Japanese Army, and robbed the residents' belongings.

The next day, the troops of a company of Ma Jiajun, stationed in Dengkou County, marched violently, preparing to retaliate.

The anti-Japanese army in the north are all arrogant soldiers, where will they treat these Ma Jiajun as dishes, and immediately give them a head-on blow and make them flee in embarrassment.

After the division commander Song Weizhao learned the news, he knew that Ma Jiajun would not give up, so he immediately asked the command headquarters.

After receiving Fengtian's instructions, Song Weizhao had followed Fengtian for a long time, understood his meaning very well, and immediately made military arrangements.

"Order the Seventh Brigade to go out of Xiecheng Township and build a position between it and Bulongnao Township. Small arms were mainly used in combat, rifles fired at long distances, and light machine gun fire was used only when the enemy was close to the position.

Moreover, the use of heavy machine guns was not allowed at any time in order to create the illusion of insufficient vitality of our army.

In short, the purpose is to repel the enemy army, and it is enough to hold the position. Do you understand? ”

"Yes, sir, Li Weihu understands." Li Weihu is an old subordinate who fought all the way out of the Northeast, where would he not understand the ghost name in this?

These officers of the Northeast Army have not learned anything else, and they have learned to play tricks in wars and play tricks.

The so-called follow who to learn what skills, and follow Feng Tian to learn to play tricks.

Ma Jiajun suffered a big loss, and it was definitely not over, and sure enough, at about three o'clock in the afternoon, a battalion of troops came over from the south to the north.

The 1st Regiment of the 7th Brigade was already in full position, waiting for the enemy to come to the door.

The two sides met on a narrow road, and the armies of the two sides started fighting without saying a word, and the cavalry group of a battalion of the Ma Jiajun charged and rushed towards the position of the first regiment of the seventh brigade.

"Pap--pap--pap--" The cavalry of the Ma family army rushed towards it with great momentum, and the seventh brigade was not ambiguous, and the cavalry of the opposing party had already opened fire from the rifles on the position three hundred meters away.

The cavalry relied on its speed and rushed forward against a dense barrage of bullets.

To tell the truth, the Northwest Horse Army is also a fierce army, regardless of the impact process, how many soldiers were shot and fell off their horses, and rushed forward bravely.

The Northwest Ma Army is fierce, and it also depends on who it fights against.

This kind of army, which relies only on brute force and has backward weapons and equipment, encounters the northern anti-Japanese army, which is looking for bad luck.

A battalion of the Northwest Ma Army, in front of the Northern Anti-Japanese Army, was not even enough to plug the gaps.

What's more, the weapons and equipment of the anti-Japanese army in the north are extremely good.

If it weren't for the division commander's order to fight leisurely, this burst would have eaten up the strength of this battalion of the Northwest Ma Army.

The 7th Brigade of the Northern Anti-Japanese Army shot at a long distance, that is, to take advantage of the distance of the enemy's charge, constantly consuming the opponent's troops, and the distance of 300 meters is not far away, you have to run for a while, and when you run in front of our eyes, its combat effectiveness will be almost weak.

Besides, after the strict training during the large-scale military training some time ago, the bullets were fired open, and almost all the soldiers' marksmanship improved a lot.

With the continuous charge of the cavalry of the Ma Jiajun, the casualties were also increasing, and more than 300 people in a battalion ran a distance of more than 100 meters, and more than 50 people had already lost.

By the time they approached the position of the 7th Brigade, a small half of the troops were consumed, and they rushed into a distance of 100 meters and were strafed by a burst of light machine guns on the position, and the formation was already very loose.

There was no way to fight this battle, and the rest of the cavalry turned around and ran, coming and going as fast as they could.

Relying on brute force to fight a war is a big loss.

After this battle, the Ma army suffered a lot of losses, and the Ma army left behind in Yinchuan could not bear it.

Obviously, the other side has a lot of troops, and it is not something that can be dealt with by the horse army left behind in Yinchuan.

The Ma army left behind in Yinchuan didn't dare to fight anymore, so hurry up and report it.

Of course, Ma Jun will not say that it is his own side that is at fault, but that he has been provoked by the anti-Japanese army in the north.

Ma Hongkui learned that his army had suffered a big loss, and of course he would not give up. At the same time, I learned from the left-behind army that the equipment of the anti-Japanese army in the north was not too strong, mainly light weapons, with a small number of light machine guns.

The Northern Anti-Japanese Army rose on September 18 last year, less than half a year ago.

In such a short period of time, Ma Hongkui speculated that the Northern Anti-Japanese Army should still be very weak and too short, even if they were allowed to defend and expand the army, where could they expand?

Although, Feng Tian shouted, saying that he had eliminated the Japanese army of four first-class divisions.

There are people in the world who believe and those who don't, including Ma Hongkui.

However, the current Ma Hongkui also has difficulties, there are not many troops left in Yinchuan at present, and Ma Hongkui's main forces are in Henan.

Ma Hongkui complained to the government of the Republic of China, and then urgently transferred troops from Henan, preparing to return to Yinchuan and counterattack the anti-Japanese army in the north.

In addition, Ma Hongkui also asked for help from the other three families and vowed to avenge this arrow.

Ma Hongkui, the word is less cloudy. A native of Hezhou, Gansu Province (now Linxia), he graduated from the Lanzhou Army School in 1910. He served as the commander of the Ningxia New Army, the commander of the Suiyuan Fifth Mixed Brigade, and the commander of the Ningxia Seventh Division.

After 1929, Ren Guo. Commander-in-Chief of the 15th Route Army of the People's Government and Commander of the 11th Route Army. Chairman of the Xia Provincial Government, Commander-in-Chief of the 17th Army and Deputy Commander of the Eighth Theater.

From 1932 onwards, Ma Hongkui served as the Ning. Chairman of Xia Province, State. Minmin. Party. The chairman of the department and the commander-in-chief of the 15th Route Army, which integrated the power of the party, government and army in Ningxia, began to work in Ningxia. Xia's 17-year secession rule.

In the reign of Ning. During the summer, Ma Hongkui was famous for his "three grasps", namely "grasping soldiers", "grasping power" and "grasping money".

Ma Hongkui is stubborn and self-serving, so happy, and is a typical "soil emperor".

During the current period of time, Ma Hongkui has not yet had a stalemate with Qinghai Ma Bufang, although there are some small disputes between the four horses, but it does not prevent the Northwest Ma Army from unifying the principle of foreign affairs.

It stands to reason that Ma Hongkui, who participated in the suppression of bandits, could not mobilize his troops to leave without receiving an order.

The strange thing is that here Ma Hongkui sent troops back to Yinchuan to meet the northern anti-Japanese army, which was quite smooth and without any obstacles.

The telegram reported by Ma Hongkui to the central authorities was also lost in the sea, and no information was received.

The vanguard of Ma Hongkui's 64th Division was the first to open up, but Ma Hongkui, the commander of the 11th Army of the rebel army, did not dare to leave Henan without permission before receiving an order.

Ma Hongkui knew very well in his heart, let alone going back to Yinchuan, just a card in Tongguan, without Lao Jiang's order, his 64th Division would definitely not be able to pass.

Ma Hongkui, who was very anxious, could only wait, and waited for two days in a row, without waiting for any orders from Lao Jiang's side.

Just when Ma Hongkui was about to send another telegram asking for instructions, he received a telegram from the vanguard, and the army passed through Tongguan smoothly and without hindrance.

Ma Hongkui is a little confused, how is this possible?

Although it is the vanguard force, it is also leaving the front line of the battle without permission, and it has a green light all the way, and no one checks it.

Ma Hongkui was puzzled, thinking hard, and couldn't sleep at night.

Lao Jiang, this is the play you played?

Late at night, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind, and Ma Hongkui's train of thought was suddenly opened.

Understood, Lao Jiang is pretending not to know.

Although you Ma Hongkui fight, as the central government, for some reason, it is inconvenient to speak, but I, Jiang someone, can only secretly support Ma Jiajun to start a war against the anti-Japanese army in the north.

Ma Hongkui was suddenly enlightened, and his brain was opened.

Everything is in plain sight, there is no way to have a message, and it is impossible for Lao Jiang to give such an order to Ma Hongkui. There is no evidence that the central government wants to deal with the anti-Japanese forces in the north.

After all, the Northern Anti-Japanese Army fought tenaciously and won the hearts of the people.

If the news is leaked, it will inevitably trigger opposition from the people of the whole country, and the central government will be extremely passive.

Thinking of this, Ma Hongkui was excited, this is another good time to make a contribution, eliminate the northern anti-Japanese army, he Ma Hongkui will definitely be appreciated by Lao Jiang, and since then he has been on the rise.

If you want to destroy the anti-Japanese army in the north, the Yinchuan horse army alone is a little insufficient.

Ma Hongkui immediately made a decision and sent a telegram to contact the Northwest Ma Army for joint operations.

The northwest is covered with dark clouds, and the war between the four horses in the northwest and the anti-Japanese army in the north is about to break out.

(To be continued.) )