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Throughout the history of ancient warfare, cavalry has been a lingering nightmare for infantry. Since mankind mastered the perfect ability to smelt iron, powerful cavalry began to appear on various battlefields. In the plains, cavalry is the most troublesome type of infantry for infantry.

In the era of cold weapons, cavalry was absolutely almost invincible, with strong adaptability, and the mobility and attack power were impossible for infantry to resist. It wasn't until the advent of hot weapons that cavalry gradually lost its advantage over infantry.

But even after centuries of musket equivalence, the infantry still relied on phalanxes to defend against cavalry onslaught. But in the face of the increasingly strong attack ability of the infantry, the cavalry, which lost its impact and attack ability, finally withdrew from the stage of war.

But He Zhengdao knows very well that even after the founding of the People's Republic of China, there will be cavalry in the Chinese Army. Even before He Zhengdao was reborn, according to the information inquired, there were still cavalry companies in the Gannan area.

Even if the tasks of these cavalry companies are more for patrolling. But this can also show that cavalry is a branch of the army that has appeared in the history of the development of the military of any country. In a place like the Northwest, the importance of cavalry is self-evident.

As a control of the Hexi Corridor and the base camp of Qinghai, coupled with the management of several generations of the Ma family, the Ma family army is also known as the dominant party in the northwest. For this warlord force in the northwest, even the central army did not dare to provoke it easily.

And the reason why he didn't dare to provoke easily, except for the place where Ma Jiajun was located, most of them were sparsely populated ethnic minority gathering places. The Central Army felt that it would not bring them much benefit if it was hard work to take over.

Another important reason. It is the Ma Jiajun that has the most powerful cavalry unit in China at present. If such a force is to be exterminated, it will need to invest manpower, material resources, and loss of troops. It will also make the Central Army retreat.

It is clear that infantry has a natural disadvantage against cavalry. But He Zhengdao is going to have a good battle with the Ma Jiajun who came from afar in Longxi to see if the cavalry of this era is really invincible.

He personally commanded the blocking troops to build fortifications, and He Zhengdao also personally chose machine gun positions on the position. He wanted to let Ma Jiajun know that if he ran into the local army and the central army, maybe they could take advantage of it.

can run into the independent column in his hands. He had to tell Ma Jiajun why the flowers were so red!

In He Zhengdao's view, the biggest weapon for infantry to deal with cavalry is the heavy machine guns and light machine guns, which are still relatively rare against the Chinese army. But the separate columns, by all, were the most heavily armed units in the Red Army.

In addition to laying a network of cross-machine gun fire, He Zhengdao also ordered people to knock down fences at the front of the position to delay the cavalry's charge. If he couldn't find enough wire, He Zhengdao would like to get a few barbed wire cages.

Compared with the blocking position where He Zhengdao personally sits, the rest of the Red Army guarding the key roads of the pass. It undoubtedly seems more relaxed. Where they were responsible for blocking, the roads were not suitable for a large cavalry assault, and the places where the trenches were located were on a higher slope.

Under such circumstances, Ma Jiajun wanted to continue south. You can only choose the plain channel of He Zhengdao's open frame. Here, He Zhengdao placed two main divisions, and concentrated most of the machine guns of the four divisions.

Of course. Defending and not attacking is not He Zhengdao's combat style. Now in the rear of the separate column, five cavalry battalions are equally ready for battle. What they're going to do. When defeating the Ma family's army, bite the other party so that it can't escape easily.

Although He Zhengdao understands. The five cavalry battalions in his hands were still immature. Compared with the cavalry of the Ma Family Army, which was skilled in horsemanship, they did not have much advantage at all. But it should still be okay to provoke Ma Jiajun.

When the independent column was waiting for the day, the cavalry division of the Ma Jiajun Army, which had completed its rest in Yuzhong, also went straight to Longxi in three ways. As far as they are concerned, participating in the encirclement and suppression of the Red Army this time is still somewhat uneasy.

According to Ma Bufang's order, the three cavalry divisions only needed to exert the momentum of Ma's army and drive the Red Army out of the three areas he hoped to take. As for the possibility that the Red Army may flee to the Pingliang area in the next step, there is the Ningxia Majia Army waiting for them.

When the cavalry division that served as the vanguard arrived at the city of Longxi. Looking at the Red Army, which was waiting for the battle, he said with some regret: "Don't the Red Army dare to fight a field war with us?" Stay in the city, how can this be fought? ”

But even so, the cavalry division commander who led the team still said very arrogantly: "Send a cavalry battalion to give me a horse around Longxi City." Even if you can't capture Longxi City, you must let the Red Army see how powerful our Ma Jiajun is. ”

The fourth division and one regiment guarding Longxi City, looking at the arrogant cavalry of the Ma family army under the city, the regiment commander was also very angry and said: "Find the sharpshooters in the regiment and teach them a good lesson." As soon as you get into range, hit me hard! ”

With the sharpshooters of the battalions and companies of the whole regiment, they were called to the city wall one after another. Looking at the approaching cavalry, the sharpshooters pulled their rifles in their hands. Soon, some cavalry of the Ma family army fell off their horses.

At the same time, several machine guns on the city walls also began to strafe. This sudden fire caused the cavalry battalion to hurry back. But even so, dozens of corpses were left here.

Stealing chickens doesn't make rice!

Originally, he wanted to show off the strength of his cavalry division, but he didn't want the Red Army to kill dozens of people. This made the commander of the cavalry division a little annoyed, but he knew that he had no problem with the Red Army, which had a fortified city as its backing.

But even so, he still looked at Longxi and said viciously: "The cavalry who dare to kill Lao Tzu, you wait and see!" Unless you are in the city, you will be a turtle with a shrunken head for the rest of your life. Otherwise, the day you go out of the city will be your time of death! ”

After scolding this, the cavalry division commander still waved his hand to command the troops and continued to advance in the direction of Tianshui. According to the order they received, they were to pursue and suppress the column of the Military Commission stationed in Tianshui. That's what Ma Jiajun wants to encircle and suppress!

Looking at the cavalry division in the distance, the Red Army on Longxi City said with a little regret: "These guys, why don't you attack?" Didn't you say that Ma Jiajun was still arrogant? Just send a cavalry battalion to test it, and bring more people! ”

Hearing the complaints of these recruits, the veteran next to him laughed and scolded: "You kid, is it really fun to fight?" Now, we are in the city, if we run into this cavalry division in the field, I'm afraid we won't be able to stop it for long! ”

Not long after the 'Qingma' cavalry division left Longxi City, the main regiment closest to Longxi looked at the telegram sent by the fourth division and one regiment. The same smiled and said: "Tell our troops, get ready for battle, the enemy is coming." ”

'Yes, Captain! ’

The main regiment of the Red Army, which could normally be used to block the border official road of the army, also began to set up its weapons, just waiting for the arrival of this cavalry division. What they had to do was to let this cavalry division know that this road was not going to work.

Not long after, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the distance alarmed the defenders in the defensive position. In view of this situation, the regiment commander in charge of defense said directly: "Let the first company pay attention to it, and push the wooden and rocky stones we prepared to the official road." ”

As a result, the cavalry company at the head had just arrived here and saw that a rumbling sound suddenly sounded on the slopes on both sides. Looking at the rolling logs and rocks rolling on the hillside, many cavalrymen immediately choked their horses and said, "Phew! Be careful, there is an ambush! ”

Even so, some of the cavalry, who could not dodge, were quickly stoned to death by the flying logs and rocks. Even some war horses, under this kind of flying wood and boulders, can't withstand a fatal blow at all.

The cavalry, who had escaped the catastrophe, had not yet reacted from the shock when they saw the sound of gunfire from the mountain. The commander of the cavalry company, who had picked up a life, immediately said: "Retreat, hurry up and retreat!" ”

Leaving behind dozens of cavalry corpses again, the cavalry company, which served as the outpost of the forward division, fled back to the rear in a hurry. Knowing that the official road was blocked and that there were Red Army ambushes on both sides, the cavalry division commander also seemed to have a headache.

Sending people to reconnoiter again, they found that although the officers and soldiers were not completely blocked, they wanted to pass through the official road full of logs and rocks, and their cavalry speed could not be exerted. This means that they have to deal with the blocking forces ahead.

'These Reds are so insidious! Is it true that when our cavalry does not attack? Cavalry is inherently offensive, order a regiment, dismount and launch an attack for me to test the firepower of the Red Army. I want to see how many men the Red Army has sent to block it. ’

It's a pity that the cavalry who dismounted was really inferior to the infantry. In this cavalry division, when the first regiment gave up the superiority of cavalry and launched an attack on the main regiment of the column defending the official road, the result was to leave a place of dead bodies.

Looking at the group of heavy casualties, the cavalry division commander who stayed behind also gritted his teeth, and finally said unwillingly: "Withdraw!" Withdraw to Longxi first, and then find another way to go! ”

With the same fate as this cavalry division, there is another cavalry division that goes to Tongwei. Two cavalry divisions, after hitting a head of the pack. Finally, it became known that the Red Army had blockaded the two places.

On the contrary, the cavalry division of another line found that the Red Army had set up a very spacious blocking position for them in the plain area where the cavalry was most advantageous. This discovery soon spread to the other two cavalry divisions.

Why did these two cavalry divisions be notified, and more of them were also the cavalry divisions that discovered this situation, and felt that it would be difficult to break through with the strength of their divisions alone, and it seemed that the defense was still very tight, and the Red Army was still blocking the position.

If the three cavalry divisions were combined, perhaps this would not have been the case. Thinking of this, how did the three cavalry divisions begin to converge one after another five kilometers in front of the blocking position, as expected.

Looking at the scout cavalry sent by the other party, He Zhengdao said very directly: "To the east, let the cavalry of your regiment attack in a row!" is so arrogant and doesn't give a warning, it's really easy for us to bully! ”

With a company of cavalry attached to the reconnaissance regiment, they rushed out of their own positions. These platoon-based Ma Jiajun scouts rushed forward without the slightest fear. Seeing this scene, He Zhengdao also felt that the cavalry of the Ma Jiajun was indeed very arrogant! (To be continued.) )