Chapter 192: The Great Battle of Western Anhui (8)
If Feng Yuxiang had contempt for the young officers of the Tenth Army at the beginning, then the battle to this day is enough for Feng Yuxiang to regard them as mortal enemies.
Of course, Jiang Xianyun was not close there, all the scouts were sent out, and the troops were ready for combat at any time, to paraphrase Liu Yuan's often saying that they despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically. Liu Yuan kept saying that this was what he said, but Mr. Mao was always chuckling beside him, so that Jiang Xianyun couldn't figure out what the two of them were doing.
However, this did have a great impact on Jiang Xianyun, although he had commanded most of the troops of the Tenth Group, he was not a little arrogant, and he respected the officers and major generals around him, all for today's war.
Jiang Xianyun was not very annoyed by Feng Yuxiang's defense on the spot, because in his opinion, only offense was the best defense, Feng Yuxiang chose to defend, first proving that in terms of momentum, he was cowardly first.
Jiang Xianyun ordered the troops to attack from Yujiatun on the eastern front, the artillery shells were poured into the position, and the soldiers of the brave Tenth Army rushed up with the smoke of the shells, they were the soldiers of the Tenth Army, they had their own pride, and there was nothing to fear from the battle, just move forward.
No one can defeat the soldiers of the Tenth Army, looking at the soldiers who are advancing forward, the troops of Dabie Mountain are very envious, but they are much worse than the veterans of the Tenth Army in terms of equipment, and when it comes to combat quality, they are also much worse.
The military regulations of the Tenth Army were very strict, and even the regiment commanders had no possibility of hiding in the rear, especially in this kind of large-scale operation, where the regiment commanders rushed in front of the sin with their troops.
Although the shelling just now was very fierce, it did not mean that Feng Yuxiang would show weakness to Jiang Xianyun, and before he set foot on the position, the machine gun on Feng Yuxiang's position opened fire.
The artillery couldn't count on it, and after the first round of artillery fire was over, Jiang Xianyun asked them to change the artillery position, and sure enough, the place where the artillery position was arranged just now suffered a fierce shelling, so that the artillery commander didn't know how fortunate Lu Dao was, fortunately, the training in the past did not fall, otherwise it would be dangerous today.
The Northwest Army under the command of Feng Yuxiang was surprisingly capable of fighting, and some troops even had a lot of Hanyang, but it was this kind of backward army that gave great trauma to the attacking troops.
Even under the personal command of Feng Yuxiang, the Northwest Army launched a counterattack on the positions of the Tenth Group Army, they learned the combat method of the Tenth Group Army, concentrated all the machine guns together, formed a powerful firepower, and a counter-assault caused huge losses to the Tenth Army, and almost forced Jiang Xianyun to put the reserves into it several times.
In the past, when the Northwest Army won by stratagem, it did not feel how capable the Northwest Army was, but only today did it feel the huge pressure, and the Northwest Army under the command of Feng Yuxiang was extremely brave, and it was obviously much taller than the people of the Tenth Army.
As soon as they approached the soldiers of the Tenth Army, they abandoned the guns in their hands, which obviously had no advantage in firepower, and fought with the soldiers of the Tenth Army with their bayonets.
If it's the Guards, it's okay, they are all the descendants of Liu Yuan's lineage, and the old skills will definitely not be thrown away, but many newly formed troops are not good at fighting bayonets. Moreover, most of the Northwest Army were northerners, who were obviously taller than southerners, and their strength was much smaller.
Often stabbed down, one shot can change a life, this is certainly not the result Jiang Xianyun wants, Feng Yuxiang has a lot of people, of course he can squander it, but the Tenth Army can't, if the soldiers are gone, Liu Yuan will be finished, and the Eastern Crusade will be over.
The Guards were sent to the main position, Du Yuming finally had a bright day, Du Yuming stood on the high platform, and was not afraid of snipers on the opposite side, and said loudly, "Our predecessor was the Tenth Army, the predecessor of the Tenth Army was the Tenth Division, the Tenth Division was so majestic back then, less than 20,000 people fought with Sun Chuanfang more than 100,000 people, and we can't fall into the glory of our predecessors, I want to create more brilliance with you, everyone is willing." ”
Du Yuming's words blew to every corner of the position along the smoke and wind, and the veterans of the Tenth Army didn't talk much, they just silently tightened their gaiters, straightened the steel helmet on their heads, and checked the guns and ammunition at the very least, and the boundless killing intent on the battlefield permeated.
The Guards were equipped with their own firepower, with six or seven mortars and a lot of grenadiers, and when they entered the main battlefield, it was impossible for Feng Yuxiang to counterattack the position of the Tenth Army.
Du Yuming has been following Liu Yuan for a long time, and of course the troops under his command will not rush forward regardless of manpower, in his opinion, Jiang Xianyun fights guerrillas, mountain warfare is okay, it is really on the plains, and Jiang Xianyun is not very good at it.
Du Yuming ordered the soldiers to keep rushing forward, and the losses caused by grenadiers and mortars to Feng Yuxiang were more serious than those caused by field artillery, because the shells of mortars were flying arcs, and no matter what machine gun points or bunkers, even the soldiers hiding in the depths of the trenches were difficult to hide.
From time to time, soldiers were killed, and most of the soldiers crawled forward, and after reaching a certain range, they did not advance, but only used firepower to suppress Feng Yuxiang's troops.
At this time, a team of engineers appeared in the ranks, they were armed with sapper shovels, specially born for civil engineering operations, and one by one the communication trenches were dug out, and they were tight for two hours, less than a hundred meters away from Feng Yuxiang's troops.
Feng Yuxiang is not a fool, since Du Yuming's troops were getting closer and closer to his position and the dust was flying, he had already made a plan, but he didn't stop it.
Just when Du Yuming was desperately digging a communication trench, a unit suddenly appeared in the rear of the Tenth Army, which turned out to be the legendary cavalry, which was also a loophole in Jiang Xianyun's military arrangement, and he never thought that a cavalry would suddenly appear in his rear.
The cavalry used all the rifles, all Soviet goods, although the cavalry in Europe has no value, but in the East it has its unique role.
The cavalry regiment had a regiment tightly, more than 2,000 people, launched a strong attack on the back of the Tenth Army, and it was the first round of attacks, Jiang Xianyun lost more than 1,000 people, and in the rear were mostly troops from Dabie Mountain, in the face of the cavalry that suddenly arrived and came and went like the wind, there was no way at all, and with the expansion of losses, there were signs of rout.
And Jiang Xianyun, who has always been in command, panicked for the first time, and Jiang Xianyun couldn't help but think of Liu Yuan, if he was here, he would definitely not be as flustered as himself.