The scale of Dingbian County is not large, but Cheng Zhigeng has built three defensive positions decently, except for the last one, the other two are only a half-finished product, which is reserved for the Ma family army to occupy.

After the Ma Jiajun began to attack, the Red Army soldiers in the defensive positions pretended to resist, and then gave up half of the positions.

After occupying the position, the morale of the Ma Jiajun suddenly rose, and those who didn't know thought that they had won a big victory, and the Red Army soldiers who were ordered to retreat despised it in their hearts.

After hastily occupying the first line of defense, Ma Jiajun made a slight partial adjustment, with two battalions slowly advancing to occupy the position in front of the battalion, and the other battalion as a reserve ready to go, so that the chaotic attack took on a little shape.

Five hundred meters after the first defensive position is the second line of defense, and the high-morale Ma Jiajun launched an attack under the stimulus of money and high-ranking officials, but it was not as easy as it was at the beginning.

Although Cheng Zhigeng wanted to give the first two lines of defense to Ma Jiajun, it was not for nothing, and it would inevitably make people suspicious if the play was too fake, so on the second line of defense, he was ready to let Ma Jiajun suffer a little loss.

Due to the need to feign defeat, the self-propelled grenade launchers assigned to the squad level were not allowed to be used, and they were all put away for the time being, and machine guns and submachine guns were also ordered to be used as little as possible when they had to do so, so that the firepower of one squad was only seven 56 and a half.

Although the firepower was reduced by two-thirds at once, the remaining one-third was still much higher than that of Ma Jiajun, so it was not so easy for Ma Jiajun to break through the position of the second line of defense.

Because it was necessary to attract the enemy's 35 fierce pursuit and fierce attack on the Dingbian county, the tug-of-war of the second line of defense showed a stalemate from the beginning, and it seemed that both sides were fighting fiercely, but in fact the Red Army fought very comfortably.

Unlike the Red Army, which had plenty of ammunition, the warlord troops like the Ma Jiajun mostly decided the victory by bayonet white-knuckle combat, and almost did not shoot many shots in an attack, and would launch a charge almost after the bullets in the chamber of the gun, wanting to rush to the Red Army's position for white-knuckle combat.

Although the Red Army is not afraid of white-knuckle combat, when it can be solved with bullets, no one will be stupid enough to retract the bullet and fight the samurai spirit of the other party, so every time the Ma Jiajun charges, the Red Army does not launch a counter-charge as before, but waits for the Ma Jiajun to approach and use submachine guns, pistols and machine guns to drive the other party back.

Charging three times repeatedly, Ma Jiajun caused a lot of casualties, and each time it was the largest casualty during the charge, so that in the end, no one was willing to get up and charge, and they all lay behind the bunker and put cold guns, which made the officers of Ma Jiajun very angry.

"Get up, all the~ Mom get up for Lao Tzu, you are afraid of the three charges? Usually ~ girls when you are the eldest of the day, your second, why are they all soft now? ”

"Give Lao Tzu to get up and charge, if you don't get up, Lao Tzu will shoot you one by one."

Although the officers coerced and lured and resorted to all means, the thought of the abundance of machine guns and submachine guns on the Red Army's position after the charge was launched, gave rise to a chill in the hearts of the soldiers, and no one was willing to brave the rain of bullets after three charges.

That's not a simple adjective, but a real rain of bullets, after so many years of fighting, many people have never seen such dense firepower, it's scary to think about it.

Seeing that no matter how they urged, the soldiers were unwilling to get up and charge, and the first and second battalion commanders had no choice but to turn back and ask the regiment commander for advice.

After seeing the tug-of-war on the second line of defense, the shock in the heart of the first regiment commander was no less than that of the two battalion commanders, and when the first wave of charge encountered the dense intertwined firepower network of the Red Army, he understood why the Third Company would suffer so many casualties at Qidun Pass, presumably when the cavalry charged, it encountered the dense firepower network of the Red Army intertwined with submachine guns and machine guns.

Although he didn't want to admit it, the commander of the first regiment had to feel that the Red Army had far surpassed the warlord troops in China in terms of machine gun configuration, and it was no wonder that they were able to completely annihilate six cavalry regiments in one fell swoop last year.

It's just that the Red Army commander doesn't seem to be very good at organizing the use of machine-gun fire, and only uses him as a weapon to block the infantry charge. At this point, the commander of the first regiment has always been unable to figure out how there could be such a stupid commander in the Red Army.

Seeing that the three charges were forced back by the Red Army's machine guns, the commander of a regiment couldn't help but have a flash of inspiration, the Red Army would rather waste a lot of ammunition than engage in white-knuckle combat, the only explanation is that the Red Army's strength is insufficient, and the casualties in the white-knuckle battle are too heavy for the Red Army to bear at this time.

After having this idea, the commander of the first regiment decided to strengthen the attack, he believed that the Red Army, which was short of troops, would not last long, so when the two battalion commanders came to him, he pulled out the shell gun on his waist and scolded directly: "Tell the brothers, the Red Bandit is not strong enough, and if you rush a few more times, you can take the position, and the first one to rush into the Red Army position will be rewarded with a thousand dollars, and the officer will be promoted to the third rank." As soon as the charge horn sounded, whoever he~ didn't dare to rush, Lao Tzu's supervising team hit someone's head in the back. ”

Hearing that the regiment commander had moved out the battle team, the two battalion commanders also knew that this battle would have to be fought if they didn't want to, so they immediately brought back the regiment commander's order, and kept emphasizing in their own positions: "Brothers, the regiment commander usually treats us well, and now it's time for us to repay the regiment commander." Although the red bandits on the opposite side have a lot of machine guns, I am afraid that there is not much ammunition left, and as long as we work together this time, we will definitely be able to seize the position on the opposite side. ”

"Brothers, the regiment commander has sent the supervising team up, and those who don't want to die will rush forward with all the strength of Lao Tzu, rush to the position of the red bandits, glory and wealth are waiting for you, even if you fall on the way to charge, at most you will have a big scar on your head."

Although no one is willing to brave the rain of bullets and bullets to charge, when facing the overseer, they dare not be the first bird. As the battalion commander said, if you lose a bowl of head and have a big scar, and you are lucky enough to rush to the position of the Red Army, you will enjoy endless glory and wealth.

Under the threat of life and the temptation of high-ranking officials, the morale of the troops was temporarily boosted, and they all waited for the next wave of attacks.

After reorganizing the morale, the commander of the first and second battalions immediately issued the order to attack, and the soldiers of the two battalions rushed out of their bunkers one after another, and after several rounds of shooting in alternate rows, the moment they heard the trumpet of the charge, everyone launched a death charge as if they were not dying.

Originally, after charging halfway, he would encounter the frantic strafing of machine guns and submachine guns on the Red Army's position, but this time he only heard the sporadic sound of rifle fire, thinking that what the regiment commander said was indeed right, the Red Army's ammunition was almost exhausted, and if he didn't rush to the Red Army's position at this time, he was afraid that there would be no such opportunity next time.

In a flash of thought, most people figured this out, and the pace of the charge suddenly doubled, fifty meters, thirty meters, twenty meters, the Red Army position was in front of them, the ocean of white flowers seemed to float in front of them, and happy days were coming.

Seeing that they were about to rush to the Red Army's position, the battalion commanders of the two forward positions couldn't help but hold their breath, for fear that other changes would make this charge fall short, so their eyes never left the Red Army's forward position from the beginning.

"Rush, ......"

Whose roar pierced the entire battlefield at this time, the two battalion commanders saw only the first soldier rushing into the Red Army's position, followed by the second and third.

No one thought that this charge would be so easy, at first when they did not encounter the Red Army's machine-gun fire network, the two battalion commanders thought that the Red Army had left some killing moves, until they saw the first soldier rush into the Red Army's position, and the two battalion commanders in the forward position jumped up with joy.

It's just that as soon as their joy rose, they heard a series of explosions, and in search of prestige, it was the sound of explosions coming from the Red Army position, and the soldiers of the Ma Jiajun who rushed in first had been lifted into the air by the shock wave caused by the explosion, and the separation of the corpses was very miserable.

Because the changes came too quickly, most of the people did not react for a while, and only after the explosion did they react and wonder what was going on, why did a continuous explosion suddenly occur on the Red Army's position, could it be a suicide attack taken by the Red Army's wounded soldiers, this is not uncommon, in order to avoid being captured, the Red Army soldiers often leave themselves a grenade, which seems to be called a glorious bullet.

After the explosion was over, the two battalion commanders who were in the forward position rushed forward, and when they came to the Red Army position, they found that the Red Army had withdrawn the large group of men and horses long before they launched the charge, leaving only a small part of the personnel to carry out the superficial resistance, and when they launched the charge, there were actually not many personnel on the Red Army position.

After knowing this information, the two battalion commanders realized that the reason why they were able to launch a charge so easily this time was that the Red Army did not effectively block them at all, and the charge they were proud of was just the result of the Red Army's charity.

Although the actual results made the two battalion commanders very discouraged, they still completed the task assigned to them by the regiment commander and were barely able to explain to the above.

After occupying the second line of defense, the city wall of Dingbian County was close at hand, but the two battalion commanders were not in a hurry to attack, on the one hand, they couldn't figure out why the Red Army suddenly retreated, worried about fraud, on the other hand, the "death charge" just now consumed the spirit of the soldiers, although they did not suffer at all, but the mental pressure was still very heavy, and after suddenly slackening, it would take a certain amount of time to reinvigorate.

The two battalion commanders stopped, and the commander of the first regiment understood very well, so he did not blame them, but comforted them well, and replaced them all, and transferred the third battalion as a reserve.

The third battalion has been recuperating for a long time, and it is time for them to come out and perform, so he said directly to the third battalion commander: "Third battalion commander, the first battalion and the second battalion have captured two positions in a row, and this last position will be handed over to your third battalion." Don't say that the regiment commander is biased and has never given your three battalions a chance to perform. ”