"Ping-pong, ping-pong." In front of the position of Huang Chao, a soldier of the first battalion of the 51st Regiment of the Red Party, a wisp of smoke and dust rose from time to time because of bullets.

Huang Chao's position at this time was a temporary position made of sacks of soil, and the first battalion arranged a heavy machine gun here, and Huang Chao was the shooter.

"Phew!" Huang Chao spat to get rid of the earthy smell in his mouth, then closed his left eye, followed the crosshairs, aimed at the enemy, and continued to pull the trigger, and the muzzle of the heavy machine gun spat out a continuous stream of orange-red flames.

"Burst~"

"Da, da, da!"

The sound of Type 56 assault rifles and Type 56 light machine guns shooting in the vicinity was also incessant, forming a death blockade, where Ma Bufang's attacking forces had left nearly 800 corpses behind.

"Attention! The enemy is coming up again! The commander of a battalion not far away, Li Star, reminded loudly.

"Boom, boom!" Several grenades kicked up a cloud of dust and black smoke in front of the positions of the battalion. As Ma Bufang's starting unit and descendant troops, the 100th Division can be said to be the most ruthless among the Qingma troops, and at the same time the best at observing the battlefield situation and using their brains to use their experience to fight. They did not come up and rush up, but spread out in a fan, first to pin down the east, west, and north, and then concentrated artillery fire and light and heavy machine guns to storm the south side of the Xinzhuang and Xiwa positions, so that the pressure on the battalion responsible for the defense here increased greatly for a while.

"Platoon commander, Qin Wei is injured!"

"Quick, stretcher, carry him to the main position in the back to bandage and treat!"

"Yes!"

"Be careful!"

"Boom!" (The sound of a cannonball falling and exploding)

"Ma San? Horse! You talk!! ”

"Hygienist! Ma San is injured!! ”

Although because of Wang Fan's appearance, the combat equipment of the Red Party army has been greatly improved, such as steel helmets, automatic rifles, mortars, mountain artillery, etc., a large number of them are in place, but the two armies are fighting, and no one can do it without dying, and there are always soldiers who die in battle.

More than an hour after the start of the battle, although the first battalion killed more than 800 people of the Ma Jiajun, but it also suffered more than 30 casualties due to artillery fire and stray bullets.

Tsing Ma Temporary Command.

"The losses of the attacking troops are too great!" Ma Bufang, who continued to observe the battle situation, frowned and said.

"Dad, this Red Party is amazingly well equipped, especially the number of light machine guns and flower machine guns, which is very large, and the brothers have suffered a big loss!" Ma Jiyuan also saw the signs and explained.

"Have you contacted your second uncle, Ma Hongkui, and Ma Hongbin?" Ma Bufang's mind has been thinking about the entire battlefield, and it is not limited to the Meridian Ridge area.

"After contacting, they have conquered the predetermined area and are advancing to the territory of Shaanxi!" Ma Jiyuan nodded and replied.

"Didn't encounter strong resistance?" Hearing that the other two routes were marching smoothly, Ma Bufang was a little surprised.

"No, I have confirmed it again and again, they all called back, and there was only a small symbolic resistance from the Red Party, and then the resistance quickly disappeared and moved, but there were many harassing forces along the way, so the advance was slow. Dad, you say we won't be so lucky, right, the elite of the entire Red Party has let us meet? Ma Jiyuan guessed.

"Well~"

"Report~" A green horse cavalryman suddenly ran from afar.

"Speak!!" Ma Bufang, who was interrupted from speaking, was not upset and immediately asked.

"Report to the commander and the army commander, the spies sent out have discovered the situation, a group of Red Party cavalry has appeared in the east, numbering about one regiment (two or three thousand people), is heading here, and a Red Party army has been found in the north, which is rushing here on foot, numbering about 4,000 people, with a reinforced regiment to the size of two ordinary regiments."

"A cavalry regiment plus two infantry regiments?" Ma Jiyuan frowned.

"Anything else?"

"No, there are no enemies in the west or south, these two forces should be coming from the direction of Yan'an."

"It's strange, the other two roads have been broken through, why don't they send troops to block it, but instead support here, is it ......" Ma Jiyuan said more and more quietly.

"What's wrong, Stephen?" Ma Bufang was silent when he listened to it, and asked.

"Dad, do you think it will be, it's not that our luck is too bad, but it's too good, we bumped into the top of the Red Party army here, or even the highest level, so they are so well equipped, and at the same time, they don't want to send reinforcements here."

"This is possible~ Well, no matter what, is it a big fish, take it and see again, notify the cavalry troops behind, let Ma Chengxian set off with his 14th Cavalry Brigade to the east to block the Red Party cavalry troops, and let Ma Ying take the 8th Cavalry Brigade to block the enemy from the north, and at the same time tell Ma Buluan to send an infantry division from his 129th Army to follow up with Ma Ying and eat them for me!" Ma Bufang thought for a few seconds, and then ordered.

"Yes!" After the cavalry saluted, they immediately rode and ran behind.

Operational Command of the Sixth Column of the Red Party.

"Rong Zhen, Ma Bufang has divided his troops!" Political Commissar Luo Ruiqing couldn't help but say happily when he saw the latest information.

"Good! The correspondent told Liu Jingsong (the commander of the cavalry regiment) to lead the enemy into the ambush circle according to the plan, and also instructed Zhang Taiheng (4,000 infantry troops) not to be too ruthless and surprise the enemy when the troops feint! ”

"Yes!" The communications soldier standing next to him saluted, and then ran to the telegraph room outside.

"Rong Zhen, now we should close the net and close the door and beat the dog, right?" Political Commissar Luo Ruiqing asked.

"Well, it's almost, calculate the time, the troops attacking Heshui City should arrive at the combat area, hmph, after capturing Heshui City, Ma Bufang's back road will be cut off, I'll see where else he can run!" Nie Shuai waved his fist and said loudly.

"Hehe, we didn't dare to say that we would be able to win Heshui before, but now, it's as easy as a snap!" Political Commissar Luo Ruiqing said very calmly and relaxedly.

"Yes, with heavy artillery, with armored vehicles, the defensive tactics of building high walls and digging deep trenches in the past are outdated!"

"By the way, the intelligence shows that Ma Bufang still has about 10,000 cavalry to maneuver, and it is necessary to lure them away as soon as possible and attract them into the encirclement, so that the green horse, which has lost the ability to move quickly, is not to be afraid!" Political Commissar Luo Ruiqing reminded.

"Don't worry, Lao Luo, if it weren't for the fear that they would jump over the wall in a hurry and scatter into Shaanxi to make trouble, I would have used a tank to go over directly!"

"Hehe, you~ However, after this war, there will be no war in the northwest!"

"Well, but the most worrying thing about this battle is probably Xu Xiangqian's 8 columns, I'm afraid he will be emotional!"

"Don't worry, no problem, the 8th Vertical Political Committee reminds him all the time, and this time he is responsible for encircling and annihilating the Ma Jiajun in Gansu, which is slightly weaker, is also taking into account that it is too much, and the overall war is mainly stable."

"I hope so."

In the northern part of Shaanxi Province, the Baibao area on the border with Gansu Province.

Because the terrain here is relatively flat, it is more suitable for the deployment of mechanized troops, so Xu Xiangqian in the Huachi area, sent troops to retreat after a little resistance, and after bringing Ma Buqing's troops here, he did not hesitate, and directly set up a tank battle formation, ready to crush Ma Buqing's troops.

"Chief, do you want to attack?" Wang Shusheng, deputy commander of the 8th column, asked.

"Wait, there is still more than half an hour before the planned time for the troops to carry out the general attack." Xu glanced at Qian's watch and said, "How is the front line?" ”

"Ma Buqing's troops have already launched two charges, both of which have been beaten down by us, according to the pre-arrangement, we have only sent a few troops in the position to make an illusion of insufficient troops, the enemy does not seem to have seen through, and is gathering a larger offensive to prepare for the third charge!"

"Okay, order the main force of the new 23rd Division to enter the position after 20 minutes, prepare to launch a countercharge, contact the armored forces, and prepare to encircle the Ma Jiajun!"

"Yes!"

At the same time, Ma Buqing commanded.

"How's the troop build-up?" Ma Buqing asked.

"Commander, soon, there will be a little more tea time to launch a third attack!" The adjutant replied.

"Tell the brothers, when we eliminate this Red Party force and capture Yan'an, Shaanxi, the whole army will have a day off, and you can play whatever you want, and grab whatever you want, give me all the strength to do it, and work harder!"

"Yes!"

Five minutes later, Ma Qingshan's third attack began.

"Da, da, da."

"Poof, poof, poof."

Compared with Ma Bufang's wealth, Ma Qingshan is not short of money, but he prefers to save his money and spend it himself in the future. Therefore, there is relatively little investment in military equipment. The troops mainly used long and short rifles and a small number of artillery pieces to support the façade, and there was no threat to the enemy in Gansu in peacetime. However, leaving the Gansu Plain, which was convenient for cavalry maneuvering, and reaching the western part of Shaanxi, where there were relatively many hillsides, was somewhat defeated.

"Watch out for grenades!"

"Boom, boom!"

"Kill!"

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

"Death to those who retreat!!" The voices of the Overseers in the Ma Jiajun warning threats sounded from time to time in the rear of the attacking troops.

Under the influence of the threat of the muzzle and the tyrannical factor in their bones, wave after wave of Ma Jiajun were ruthless and attacked again, but every time they were almost stopped, they were stopped by the Red Party army that "came back to life".

"Damn, it's just a broken 'hyazi', it's so difficult to attack!" After seeing that the third wave of attack troops had lasted more than 20 minutes and returned in vain, Ma Buqing in the command headquarters jumped to his feet and scolded.

"Commander, please calm your anger. The main reason is that the terrain of this 'Xianzi' is too special, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the red party occupies too much geographical advantage! The adjutant persuaded.

The blocking position selected by the 8th column of the Red Party this time was very ingenious, and it was placed on an ant-shaped fortress. The so-called 'Da Xianzi' is a kind of terrain unique to the local area, with an abyss on both sides and a concave loess mountain range in the middle, and the locals call this kind of terrain Da Xianzi.

"Do you have any good ideas?" Ma Buqing also knew that it was difficult to bite here, and asked as a dead horse doctor.

"I have an idea, Commander, look there!" The adjutant said with his finger, and following the adjutant's finger, Ma Qingshan saw a cliff about 4 or 5 meters high in front of the Red Party position.

"We can use the unharvested wheat as a cover, use artillery, mortars and other firepower to suppress the machine gun and grenade fire of the opponent's position, send a strange soldier to slowly touch there, and when the opponent stops shooting and dodges our artillery fire, suddenly enters the Red Party position, and then the army rushes up again to seize the enemy's position!"

"Okay, just do as you say!"

"Yes, then let's prepare!"

Five minutes later, just as the Ma Jiajun in Gansu was preparing to carry out a surprise strategy, several red signal flares suddenly appeared in the sky above the Red Party's position, and the Red Party's campaign to encircle and annihilate the Ma Jiajun officially began.