Many years later, Ma Lanpo, a survivor of the Battle of Lanzhou, said in a chat with his grandson: "Don't use violence, don't believe in the so-called Allah, it's all the tricks of those old men to trick you into working for them." If Allah really exists in the world, then this Allah will definitely not ask you to kill people and do evil for him, and anyone who wants you to kill people and do evil for him will definitely kill the false Lord. ”

Looking at the child who didn't seem to understand, he said again: "In Lanzhou, hundreds of thousands of corpses that have been killed are scattered all over the field, and blood can be bleached. That's our most terrible memory, so kid, be honest, obey the law, don't believe in bullshit Allah, if Allah really exists, then our hundreds of thousands of believers won't be killed so cleanly by Kafir......"

The Battle of Lanzhou was a farce for Wu Peifu personally, he felt that he had crossed over, and he had directly crossed into the desert hundreds of years ago, with the wind and sand flying in the sky, and the fierce cavalry of hundreds of thousands of nomads roaring unscrupulously.

But Wu Peifu took a closer look at the army around him, the equipment was all weapons of mass destruction, could it be that these jihadist fighters were as invulnerable as the Boxers, Wu Peifu couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Although the Northwest Frontier Army did not allocate equipment in accordance with the standard equipment of the field units of the Youth Army, Wang Zhenyu was not stingy, and he allocated the remaining part of the weapons of the Beiyang Army captured during the Patriotic War last year to the Northwest Frontier Army. This is nothing, just the monthly output of rifles and ammunition in the six major military factories under the Ministry of Armaments is more than enough to support Wu Peifu's 200,000 troops, so from the first division to the fourth division under Wu Peifu, the popularity rate of Wencheng rifles is very high, and their logistics supply has become relatively easy.

What really made Wu Peifu feel powerful was the artillery, in the words of the secret investigation report released by the Japanese Special High School, if it were not for these cannons, Wu Peifu's army could only be called riflemen and not infantry at best. It was precisely these cannons that quickly opened up the gap between the combat effectiveness of the Northwest Frontier Army and the Hui army under the command of the Four Horses, and all the 105mm large-caliber field guns that were replenished to Wu Peifu were also very sufficient, and most of the gunners were veterans who had participated in the Protectorate War, which made the Lanzhou Battle more like a massacre without suspense.

On a front less than three kilometers wide, the Hui army, inspired by their imams and holding the great ideal of dedicating themselves to Allah, bravely launched a powerful charge against the border guards who had just appeared in front of them and had not yet had time to prepare for battle.

This made the officers and men of the Northwest Frontier Guards, who were originally full of confidence, stunned from top to bottom, and they really couldn't understand why these Hui people dared to charge, just by faith?

Fortunately, the distance charged by these jihadist fighters is a bit long, and they do not have as many well-trained and robust war horses as the Ma family army, otherwise the result of this Lanzhou battle is really not easy to say, maybe Wu Peifu's regular army will be destroyed by Allah's lightning.

At the forefront is the troops of Feng Yuxiang of the Third Division of the Northwest Frontier Army, in fact, he is a little worried about defecting to Feng Yuxiang of the Nationalist Government, after all, it is a question whether his people will be removed in the past, and it is natural that the power in his hands will drop sharply, at least it is impossible to be a warlord, who has ever seen a warlord whose logistics are in the hands of others?

With the appointment of his uncle Lu Jianzhang as the governor of Henan Province, Feng Yuxiang slowly changed his past concepts, and he chose to follow Wu Peifu honestly to continue westward.

The Third Division is the old foundation of Feng Yuxiang's former Beiyang 16th Mixed Brigade, and the biggest characteristic of this unit is that it is very disciplined and very disciplined. Therefore, in the face of the inexplicable attack of the four horses, although the whole division was panicked, the four horses did not break up unexpectedly.

It was almost more than 600 meters from the attack starting point to the position of Feng Yuxiang's department, and it took about two minutes to run as fast as possible, which left the Third Division plenty of time to prepare. As soon as Feng Yuxiang gave the order to prepare for battle, the officers and men of the Third Division immediately thought of Feng Yuxiang's harsh military law, and left their fear of the enemy behind, in their opinion, their division seat was much more terrifying than the enemy. The results of the usual rigorous training were immediately demonstrated at this moment, and the combat units of the three divisions, two regular brigades, and three regiments immediately seized the advantageous terrain, and in the shortest possible time, they piled up a simple semicircular battle cover several hundred meters long with backpacks, stones, and marching wagons, and placed the mortars and various light and heavy machine guns issued by the armament department. The infantrymen entered the prostrate shooting action as required, and did not hesitate to pull out the eight grenades that came standard on their bodies. A young soldier named Shi Yousan nervously asked his battalion commander: "Battalion Commander Han, do these returns know the magic law?" Is it impossible to kill? ”

The battalion commander named Han Fuqu angrily directly rewarded the young soldier with a whip: "Fart, Lao Tzu has never seen a person who can't be killed, tell the brothers, wait for the enemy to rush into fifty meters, and then listen to Lao Tzu's gunfire and beat ...... fiercely."

And on the side of the charging jihadist fighters, the charge of 300,000 people may be the only time in their lives, everyone's chest is full of pride, everyone's mind is thinking of killing all the kaffirs for Allah, even if it is not at the cost of their lives, anyway, after death there are seventy-two of the most beautiful virgins waiting for them in heaven (this kind of nonsense is actually believed?). ）。

The shouts of the charge increased again and again, and the hearts of every mujahideen were filled with the belief that they would win, but the impact distance of six hundred meters was too long. However, this cannot be blamed entirely on the officers of the Ma Jiajun, it is a miracle in itself that they can concentrate 300,000 Muslims who have not received professional military training on the battlefield and not scatter most of them.

Since the other party planned to drown himself with a sea of people, Feng Yuxiang's side was not polite, and there was no need to wait for any reinforcements, he gave the order to fight.

When the crowd poured into a distance of fifty meters, the 3rd Division unceremoniously opened fire.

Speaking of which, it is also the bad luck of the jihadists themselves, if they change the general configuration, if 300,000 people rush over as one, maybe it will really happen, but the third division is different, their division commander Feng Yuxiang is a serious warlord character. The specific performance is in the equipment, anyway, it was supplied by the Wuhan side, Feng Yuxiang equipped his troops with machine guns according to three times the standard, and as a result, each squad combat unit had a heavy machine gun, and each company was equipped with three mortars.

Although these equipment are not used centrally, they are also life-threatening when used in a decentralized manner. Hordes of fanatical mujahideen were knocked down by ferocious fire, they were not afraid of death, they tried to continue the charge, but after the machine gun bullets with huge impact penetrated their bodies, they felt the power in their bodies draining at an alarming rate, and no matter how hard they tried, they could no longer charge. And the successors also became even more violent because the person who came before them fell, and they scrambled as if they were going to worship the holy stone, and unceremoniously stepped on the fallen person, and then it was their turn to be knocked down, and they were trampled by others. As to whether they entered heaven after death, and whether they slept with the seventy-two beautiful virgins, only they themselves know.

Although the 3rd Division contracted its defensive positions and used its overwhelming superior firepower to attack these Mujahideen, who could almost be said to be unarmed (all with knives), it inevitably shortened the distance by more than 20 meters for these fanatical Mujahideen. The barrel of the machine gun began to heat up, and the psychology of the shooter was undergoing subtle changes. Feng Yuxiang, who can be regarded as well-informed, also surprised the performance of the mujahideen, he really didn't know how long this charge could last, if it continued, his army might really be drowned by the sea of people, and the third division was immediately in danger.

At this time, Tao Zhiyue, chief of staff of the Northwest Frontier Army, who was following the actions of the Third Division, walked behind Feng Yuxiang with a calm face and said: "Division Commander Feng, give the order to open fire, otherwise in a minute at most, the firepower of our forward position will not be able to stop the crowd." ”

Feng Yuxiang woke up like a dream, turned his head and shouted with his staff officers: "Sun Lianzhong, how are they preparing, Lao Tzu now wants artillery to continue to fire on the enemy's follow-up troops and cut off their support for the front." ”

More than thirty seconds later, the cannon burst into the chamber, and with a sharp whistling sound, the shell unceremoniously smashed into the pile of mujahideen, and immediately exploded a large area. These mujahideen were indeed fanatical enough and had almost zero understanding of modern warfare, but their fearlessness to the death still deeply shocked their enemies. But when the cannonballs fall from the sky, no matter how strong the spiritual power is, it can't resist the destructive power of the industrial machine, after all, they are all flesh and blood, and suddenly they are harvested in pieces, and no one's psychology can bear it. I don't know who it is, but I suddenly shouted: "They are devils, they are devils, run!" ”

Yes, besides the devil, who else can kill so many people at once, although the jihadists consider themselves brave, but they can't do anything about fighting the devil, according to the teachings, they can't kill the devil, but those who can kill the devil are Allah and the prophet, so a miracle appeared, the 300,000-strong charging team suddenly ebbed less than ten meters from the third division, and it cannot be said that the tide completely receded, and the front personnel cut off by the shelling were still charging desperately, while the rear ones were unceremoniously ebbing. Naturally, the officers and men of the Third Division also unceremoniously used the heavy weapons in their hands to surprise these jihadists in front.

Subsequently, Tao Zhiyue suddenly shouted to Feng Yuxiang: "Immediately charge, rush out as many cavalry as you want, chase your ass and cut ......"

As a result, the fleeing people became even more frightened, and the four-horse army, which had planned to charge later, caused the fleeing mujahideen to rush and be in chaos, and the battle of Lanzhou ended, with a total of 40,000 Hui dead, 50,000 wounded, and 120,000 captured. The only damage to the North-Western Frontier came from a recruit who tried to touch the hot barrel of the machine gun with his hands, and was burned.