Chapter 084: Catching a Turtle in an Urn Five
Ma Hongbin didn't explain much, and he didn't have much time to explain in detail, just briefly talked about the current situation, and then asked Ma Buqing and Ma Bufang how to crack it, Ma Buqing and Ma Bufang had no opinion, only one word - hit.
Originally, the purpose of their operation this time was to cooperate with the Central Army to encircle and suppress the Red Army, although now they are besieged, it does not mean that they will die if they are surrounded. As a cavalryman, if he is surrounded and annihilated by infantry, it will not become a joke in the world.
The Red Army received Soviet reinforcements, and the combat effectiveness of the troops was stronger than theirs, but after they dispersed, they were still relatively strong locally. Taking advantage of the mobility of the cavalry and concentrating forces to storm one place may not be impossible to defeat the Red Army.
It's just that the direction of the attack still needs to be discussed, and indiscriminate attack is not a choice that a commander should make.
At this time, although it is not clear how many troops the Red Army has sent to encircle them, there are at least 6 regiments that have been contacted so far, 3 are from Dingbian County, and 3 are scattered between Dingbian County and Yanchi County, and there should be only a lot more hidden in the shadows.
In this way, the Red Army almost put the main force on their side, and the three horses were a little surprised, which was too much to think of themselves.
The main forces of the Red Army are used against them, and the defenses in other directions must be very fragile, and regardless of the choice of the Jin Sui Army in the east and the Northeast Army in the south, the Central Army in the southwest will definitely attack the Red Army with all its might, and I am afraid that it has already arrived in the Qingyang area at this time.
Thinking that the Central Army had triumphed all the way, but he was besieged by the Red Army in the Dingbian area, the three horses couldn't help but sigh a little, and they didn't know why the Red Army aimed the direction of the main attack at them.
Although the three horses are now temporarily obeying Chang Kaishen's orders, there is no reason to put themselves in for the benefit of Chang Kaishen, and after weighing the pros and cons, the three of them want to retreat at this time and lead their troops back to Yinchuan.
Ma Hongbin was the first to make this suggestion, and his 35th Division suffered a great loss outside Dingbian County, and now the mood of the troops has not yet eased, and when his brothers think of the overwhelming shells of the Red Army, they all have no will to fight.
In such a situation, Ma Hongbin naturally did not want to continue fighting, and had to take the opportunity to escape back to his own territory to recuperate.
Listening to Ma Hongbin talk about the performance of the Red Army in Dingbian County, Ma Buqing and Ma Bufang obviously couldn't believe it, but when they saw the downcast appearance of the 35th Division, they couldn't help but beat the drum in their hearts, if it was their own to be able to beat the Red Army.
Although Ma Buqing and Ma Bufang still don't believe that the Red Army is as powerful as Ma Hongbin said, they no longer have any plans to fight the Red Army, and there is no need to lose all their capital for the Standing Chairman.
After making up their minds, the three of them turned around, and the whole army retreated in the direction of Yinchuan.
Since the 35th Division no longer had combat effectiveness, the matter of taking the lead was handed over to Ma Buqing's 5th Division, and his unit was considered a relatively strong one among the three, so he naturally opened the way.
When Ma Jiajun turned around and was about to return to Yinchuan, the reconnaissance unit of the Red Army had already reported the situation, and Nie Rong, the commander of the new Second Division, was very happy after receiving the information, everything was not much different from the expectations of the general headquarters, and Ma Jiajun wanted to flee when he found danger.
In order to prevent the Ma Jiajun, who had the advantage of mobility, from escaping, there was a consideration when setting up the pocket array, and there was a short narrow strip between Dingbian County and Yanchi County, which was a necessary place between the two counties, with plains on one side and hills on the other, which can be described as two worlds.
If the Ma Jiajun is besieged in this narrow strip, even if they are the Monkey King who understands the seventy-two changes, they will not be able to escape from the palm of the Buddha.
So at the beginning of the battle, the Red Army troops seemed to fight fiercely, but in fact, they did not force Ma Jiajun to death, but just drove Ma Jiajun away step by step, hoping to drive Ma Jiajun to the predetermined battlefield.
It's just that I didn't expect Ma Buqing and Ma Bufang to be so righteous that they ran to rescue Ma Hongbin regardless of their own safety, and now that the three divisions have met, it is not so easy to eat them in one go.
However, what the Red Army is best at is interspersed with detours, division and encirclement, and gradually encroaching little by little, even if the three horses are gathered together, they have the ability to break them up again.
In order to break up the three horses, Nie Rongzheng set up a regiment at the mouth of the east well, where they had to pass, and after seeing the three horses appear, the first thing to do was to fire a salvo of 107 rocket artillery and give the three horses a greeting gift.
When Nie Rongzheng's department found the 5th Division of the Ma Family Army that was taking the lead, Ma Buqing also found the Red Army that was waiting for him, he really didn't expect that after the Red Army raided him here, not only did not pursue him, but set up a position here to wait for him.
Seeing that his actions were all in the calculation of the Red Army, Ma Buqing was not only frightened, but also full of bravery, and ordered the troops to prepare to attack the Red Army's position. But he didn't expect that as soon as his order was issued, the Red Army on the opposite side gave him a big gift -- 107 rocket artillery to wash the ground.
Although I had long heard Ma Hongbin say that the Red Army had a very powerful artillery, when he saw the salvo of 107 rocket launchers for the first time, Ma Buqing was also startled, and the feeling of watching the shells flying towards him was much more shocking than the cannon that hit him in an instant.
Before the shells arrived, the soldiers of the Ma Jiajun who saw them panicked, and when the rockets exploded, they were even more shocked and turned over on their backs.
Before the cavalry Ma Buqing had time to charge, the Red Army on the opposite position had already rushed out of the defensive position after the artillery bombardment, and the machine guns and submachine guns swept wildly, taking Ma Buqing by surprise.
After the Red Army soldiers rushed out of the position, the artillery positions in the rear did not stop, and a series of shelling followed, almost exploding along the Red Army's charging line, making Ma Buqing's troops frightened.
With a lifetime of soldiers, Ma Buqing never thought that he would face such a one-sided battle, the battle had just begun, and his 5th Division had already been defeated.
There was confusion in the Ma Buqing Division, which was responsible for opening the road, and the subsequent 100th Division and the 35th Division also panicked, and at this time, the 1st Division of the Red Army, which was pursuing from Dingbian County, also happened to feel that it was forming a flanking attack with the 2nd Division, and in an instant, the 3th Division's troops were split into two.
The troops were scattered, and the three horses had to take care of themselves, and scattered to both sides with their henchmen, all the way to the north and all the way to the south, trying to bypass the Dongjingkeng, which had been occupied by the second division of the Red Army.
In addition to Ma Buqing being pinned down, Ma Bufang chose to go north to the Chengliang area, Ma Hongbin chose to go south to the Fengwan area, the two had just gotten rid of the pursuing Red Army, and then met the 108th Regiment of the Third Division of the Red Army and the 105th Regiment of the Second Division of the Red Army.
After the Red Army changed its outfit, the combat effectiveness of the troops far exceeded that of the Ma Jiajun, and a regiment could defeat a division, so when directly facing the Ma Jiajun, there would not be too many troops dispatched, and other troops were scattered around, just to prevent the Ma Jiajun, which had the advantage of mobility, from escaping.
The 35th Division of Ma Hongbin's division was attacked continuously, and it was already a frightened bird, and after discovering that the 5th Division of Ma Buqing's division encountered the Red Army, it chose to flee south as soon as possible.
ran all the way to the Fengwan area, and before they had time to breathe a sigh of relief, the 105th Regiment of the Second Division of the Red Army gave them another big gift. At the moment, Ma Hongbin did not love to fight, and after leaving a force to contain him, he immediately turned around and fled, and when the 105th Regiment took the troops that were contained, Ma Hongbin had already run without a trace.
Unlike Ma Hongbin, who was frightened by the bow, Ma Bufang did not act rashly at the first time, and when the troops of the first division of the Red Army appeared behind him, he also sent troops to block the attack, but unfortunately there was no need to retain the strength of the army, the combat effectiveness of the Red Army was terrifying, and the 100th Division did not exchange fire for long, and it showed defeat.
There was nothing to do, so Ma Bufang chose to retreat north, and in a hurry, he forgot to inform his brother Ma Buqing.
First attacked by a surprise attack, and then abandoned, Ma Buqing never thought that he would have this day, when he tried to gather the chaotic troops failed, for the sake of his own life, he only fled from the path with some of his personal guards.
The 5th Cavalry Division of the Ma Family Army lost its supreme commander, and the chaos suddenly increased, so that the 2nd Division of the Red Army and the 1st Division of the Red Army delayed a lot of time in order to capture these soldiers running around the mountains, and the three horses could take the opportunity to escape.
When the Red Army was captured in the mountains, Ma Bufang had already fled north to the Chengliang area with his subordinates, and then met the 108th Regiment of the Third Division of the Red Army in the Chengliang area, and was beaten head-on.
was continuously attacked by the Red Army, Ma Bufang secretly scolded the hell, what is going on with the current Red Army, the military equipment is terrifyingly good, the submachine guns and machine guns are all assigned to the squad level, how to fight this battle. With such good equipment, it is simply incomprehensible not to bully the Central Army, but to fight their Ma Jiajun.
Originally, he was still mocking the 35th Division before and was afraid when he heard the name of the Red Army, but now after seeing the true strength of the Red Army, it was his turn to become a frightened bird, and in order to escape for his life after meeting the 108th Regiment, he directly left a force to contain him and chose to flee for his life.
Chasing and escaping all the way, Ma Hongbin had already run to the edge of the Ordos Desert, and then turned westward, rushing all the way to the narrow area between Dingbian County and Yanchi County, where he did not expect to reunite with his two brothers and sisters, Ma Buqing and Ma Hongbin.
After questioning each other, the three of them discovered that the Red Army had deliberately driven them here, and they were afraid that they had fallen for another trick, and they just wanted to speed up the pace through the valley and enter Yanchi County, but unexpectedly, the troops at the forefront had turned back and reported that the Red Army troops had been found in front.
Hearing this news, the three horses couldn't believe it, could it be that the Red Army had expected that they would return to Yinchuan and occupy Yanchi County in advance.
However, along the way, except for the area of Dingbian County, the Red Army has not been found, and when the Red Army occupied Yanchi County.
When the three of them were questioning, the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army did not give them extra time to think, and Yang Jingtang's department of the 107th Regiment, which had rushed from Yanchi County to block the way, had already launched an attack. At the same time, the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Red Army, which were in charge of the pursuit, also chased after Sanma's ass and besieged the remaining troops of Sanma in a narrow valley.