"Xie Jiabao has been occupied by the Feng army!"

Just this sentence completely stunned Ma Hongbin, he thought that these fortresses could block the footsteps of the Feng army, but in fact they had no effect at all, and the strong fortress was like a fragile eggshell in front of the Feng army, shattering with one blow.

In fact, this is not to blame the Ma Jiajun, their fortress is a product of the era of cold weapons, all on the ground, this kind of building, even if it is reinforced concrete, can not withstand the bombardment of heavy artillery, if you want to deal with heavy artillery, you can only build fortifications below the ground, in addition, there is no other way.

Obviously, Ma Jiajun did not have this quality, Rong Zhen commanded the Feng army, and after occupying Xie Jiabao, the provincial wall was already in sight, striking while the iron was hot, and the main force of the Feng army did not stop, so it continued to move all the way south. According to Bingfeng, he has reached the northern suburbs of Ningxia, where Ma Hongkui also built a defensive line, and Ma Chenglong and Ma Buluan, who were in charge of defense, had two battalions under them, relying on the dense fortress area, to confront the Feng army.

Ma Hongbin also knew that there were not enough people for this, so he mobilized another militia brigade, plus 1,000 people, for a total of 4,000 people, to deploy on the northern front.

Just when they were waiting for the battle, the first to come was the bombers of the Feng army, this was already the second round of sorties, among the eighteen fighters, two of them could not participate in the battle due to mechanical problems, and the Feng army only had sixteen bombers left, but this was enough.

Bombshells fell on their heads, and the smoke and flames enveloped these ancient fortresses, and the flames that scurried in all directions consumed every living life. Part of the fortress, which had fallen into disrepair, collapsed in the blast, and all the soldiers inside were killed.

Seeing that the defense line was blown to pieces, these planes returned to the rear airfield arrogantly, and Ma Jiajun could only be beaten passively. Everyone huddled inside the fortress, not knowing what their fate would be next.

Of course, there are people who are worse than them, and those people from the militia do not even have a chance to enter the fortress. They could only hide in the trenches and wait to be bombed. A bomb fell nearby, a bomb of one hundred and twenty kilograms, more powerful than heavy artillery, and in an instant it became a no-man's land within thirty or fifty meters.

The edge of the huge crater was only a few pitch-black rags and scattered pieces of flesh, which seemed to show the severity of the explosion, and the two dozen militiamen were all reduced to nothing.

The rabbit died and the fox was sad, this taste of waiting for death was too unbearable, just after the Fengjun plane left. Dozens of militia soldiers could not bear it anymore and rushed towards a fortress, pounding the door of the fort violently.

"Get out of here, fight with the Han dog, what are you fighting to hide in the turtle shell. Let Lao Tzu suffer outside, get out of here! ”

"What are you yelling about!" There was also a sound of swearing coming from inside the fortress. Several soldiers ran out. They were dressed in tattered military uniforms. With a fur hat and a face full of indifference, he squinted at these militiamen and sneered: "What are you all doing, you deserve to rob with the masters, dare to tell Lao Tzu to get out." Believe it or not, it's going to collapse you now! ”

The militia is usually inferior to others, doing the dirtiest and most tiring work, but they do not get any military salary, and there has long been a gap. At this time, when their lives were in danger, their dissatisfaction all exploded, leaving aside their worries and fears.

A militiaman pounced and shouted loudly: "If you have the ability, you will kill Lao Tzu, it just so happens that Lao Tzu doesn't want to live, if the Feng army doesn't up, you will kill me!" ”

He pounced up, and as soon as one of the soldiers subconsciously raised his pistol, a bullet shot out, which hit him in the chest, a ball of blood splashed, and suddenly there was a fist-sized blood hole in the chest, and the corner of the guy's mouth smacked a few times, and his face was still full of disbelief, and with a plop, the body fell to the ground.

When the people died, the other militia immediately blew up the nest, and they pounced on the shooters with great numbers, punching and kicking, tearing hard, and soon everyone else joined the battle group.

These people were torn together, first dozens of people, and then others joined in, and the scene became more and more chaotic, I don't know who fired a shot, and another person fell, and then the gunshots continued, and the corpses went down one after another, and an unexpected farce of cannibalism was staged.

These militiamen and regular soldiers shouted and fought, and the despair for the future made them become extremely crazy, and they treated others as well as their own people, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen people were shot and fell to the ground, and dozens more were wounded.

As soon as those people saw that the Ma Jiajun was infighting, they also knew that things were not good, and they would mess up their positions without fighting, so they all took advantage of the chaos to flee for their lives.

At this time, Ma Chenglong and Ma Buluan also rushed over with their subordinates, they saw that these people had already killed red eyes, they had no choice but to aim their guns at them, a burst of dense bullets fired, and the fighting soldiers fell more than 30 people, their heads finally cleared up, and the fight stopped.

Ma Chenglong looked at the mess in the place, and his eyes were red: "Bastard, if you have the ability, you have the ability to kill the Feng army, what is the ability to fight with your own people, you are afraid that the Feng army will not win, right?" ”

The more Ma Chenglong spoke, the more angry he became, he rushed to the front of these soldiers, slapped them roundly, crackled and beat them violently, venting the depression in his heart.

At this moment, there was another roar in the sky, reflecting the setting sun, and the bombers of the planes appeared again, which was the first time in their day that Zuihou attacked, and the planes were full of bombs.

As soon as they saw these planes, Ma Jiajun's men completely lost their courage, Ma Chenglong and Ma Buluan also hurriedly ran to the bunker, and the others were also hiding everywhere. Some militiamen were about to rush into the fortress, and the situation on both sides was instantly chaotic.

At this time, terrible explosions had already sounded on the position, and the militia exposed outside became the best target for bomber attacks, and his trenches were taken care of, and from time to time explosions sounded, and dozens or hundreds of people died.

The heavy losses made these militiamen also waver, coupled with the contradictions just now, so some militiamen began to flee, and when the bombing was over, Ma Chenglong and Ma Buluan counted their soldiers, and as a result, seven or eight hundred people escaped, and more than five hundred people died in the air raids.

Before he officially fought with the Feng army, his combat effectiveness was reduced by a third. Their hearts also became cold, and Ma Chenglong hurriedly reported the situation to Ma Hongbin and asked him to send reinforcements.

Ma Hongbin had just finished discussing with those elders, and they also had distrust of Ma Jiajun, but they had no choice but to try to mobilize loyal believers to help Ma Jiajun fight.

Ma Hongbin drew 500 men from his subordinates, and transferred more than 1,000 fanatical followers to strengthen the defense of the northern front, and they built a defensive line overnight. We are fully prepared to deal with the Feng army.

"Hurry up, keep up!"

Rong Zhen beckoned the soldiers, taking advantage of the night to march quickly, the soldiers continued to fight fiercely, and they were already very tired. However, Rong Zhen knows the truth of the speed of soldiers. With each fortress captured, Rong Zhen swept away all the livestock. It's all for transportation.

The Feng army did not spare the cattle at all. Just desperately whipping until he completely ran to death, on the Yellow River not far away, the heavy artillery was quickly following up.

Finally, when the sky was bright, the cavalry battalion of the vanguard of the Feng army had reached the outskirts of Ningxia and had marched all night. All were exhausted.

The battalion commander Yu Xuezhong stood on horseback, looking at the defense of Ningxia Province from a distance. Yu Xuezhong defected to his cousin Zhao Ronghua, who was the brigade commander under Wu Peifu, and in the battle with the south, Yu Xuezhong also made contributions and began to emerge.

With the increase in cooperation between the Feng army and the direct army, Zhang Tinglan proposed to exchange officers, and the direct line held the Baoding Military Academy in his hands, which is the cradle of modern Chinese generals. With the rise of Fengjun, there is also Jiashi who has become the first school in the country, so Wu Peifu also wants to learn some skills from Fengjun.

Therefore, the two sides hit it off, and Yu Xuezhong was sent to the Fengjun as an exchange officer, and they were first educated in the lecture hall.

Yu Xuezhong also finally understood the power of the martial arts, and the tactical knowledge taught here is all shijie's top-notch, such as infantry and artillery coordination, infantry and tan coordination, air-ground coordination, armored assault, air force long-distance transfer flight, shuttle bombing, etc., most of which Yu Xuezhong dare not think of.

Even tactics that he was more familiar with, such as infantry and artillery coordination, were completely different from those of the Beiyang Army when used in the Feng army, especially the quality of the artillery, which was even more different, and the Feng army was even able to try to be guided by the ground and bombed by aircraft.

These things are also completely the most advanced concepts in the body of the great powers, and Yu Xuezhong was quickly attracted, the more he understood the strength of the Feng army, the more eager he was to integrate into this high-spirited collective. Rong Zhen was still teaching in the martial arts hall at that time, and he also took a fancy to Yu Xuezhong's talent.

Therefore, he persuaded Zhang Tinglan to allow him to enter the front-line army, in fact, in order to completely retain this general. Yu Xuezhong had already fought a lot of battles, but this was the first time he had fought as a Fengjun, so he couldn't help but be a little nervous.

Yu Xuezhong knew very well that using the cavalry to storm the fortress was completely an action to find death, but he would not just let go of the Ma Jiajun, the Ma Jiajun focused on the defense of the northern suburbs, and Yu Xuezhong deliberately bypassed the areas they focused on defending and led the cavalry to the western suburbs.

The soldiers guarding here were all frightened when they saw the sudden killing of the Feng army, and they were stubbornly guarded in the fortress, not daring to go out to meet the battle.

Yu Xuezhong commanded his subordinates, arrogantly passed back and forth in front of them, unscrupulous, and then organized several feints, whenever he rushed to a hundred and fifty meters away from Ma Jiajun's position, he took the initiative to stop, and the soldiers kept releasing their guns.

Although there is no shortage of sharpshooters in the Ma Jiajun, their shooting distance is only about 100 meters, if they are far away, a bad rifle can not guarantee their safety, so the Feng army can talk and laugh wantonly, and do not look at them at all.

After disturbing one side, they turned in another direction and continued to shoot. The people in the city could only hear the sound of gunfire all around, shouting everywhere, as if the whole city was surrounded, and the soldiers of the Ma Jiajun were also terrified, not knowing after what the Feng army would attack.

It was because Xuezhong went around most of the circle and returned to the northern suburbs that a large number of people gathered at the east gate of Yuandong in Ningxia Province, and they all wanted to leave.

As early as when they were bombed by planes, they were about to flee, but they were stopped by Ma Hongbin and not allowed to leave the city. However, the Feng army killed it so quickly, and there was a great siege of the city, many people were unwilling to continue to stay, and at the moment of life and death, the people of the province were more open than Pingluo and other places.

Except for a few diehards, everyone else wanted to escape, and one or two thousand people all poured to the edge of the city walls, trying to escape. But where did the Ma Jiajun dare to open the city, so they could only send a large number of people to disperse these ordinary people.

The soldiers of the Ma Jiajun were desperately beating these ordinary people, they cried for their fathers and mothers, and they became a mess. At this time, the bomber reappeared, and the huge fuselage was majestic in the morning light.

This bombardment was a perfect combination of paper bullets and bombs, and the Feng army once again set a timetable for the attack, so that the people in the city could flee as soon as possible, otherwise they would be burned.

These bombers bombed an area in the east of the city, and the grain warehouse of the Ma Jiajun was blown up, and the fire engulfed all the grain, and Ma Hongbin could only command the men and horses to fight the fire.

When the people saw this, they became even more panicked, and more people wanted to run away. Of course, Ma Hongbin knew that once he relented, running away would be contagious, and the army would have the possibility of collapse, so how could he be willing to take this risk. Therefore, he gave the order to die, and anyone who dared to say that he would run away would be shot on the spot.

He forcibly dispersed the crowd, and peace was restored to the city for the time being, but there was still an undercurrent, and the trouble did not go away.

Just when Ma Hongbin was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, Rong Zhen finally led the army to appear outside Ningxia City, and they arrived here from Pingluo, and they shared a day and a half.

That is to say, in another day and a half or so, the main force of the Ma Jiajun will return to Ningxia, and the time to decide the outcome will be in the next day and a half, to see whether the Feng army will take the provincial wall first, or the Ma Jiajun will return to help first.

Time was pressing, and the soldiers didn't care about resting at all, and from the Yellow River, they pulled the cannon over and entered the preset Haode artillery position, and the thick muzzle of the cannon was aimed at the position of the Ma Jiajun.

Twelve 152 mm howitzers lined up, showing the great power of the Feng army, Rong Zhen gave an order, the cannon roared, the shells smashed into the position of the Ma Jiajun, in the sky, the bombers also came to help, and soon the position of the Ma Jiajun fell into a sea of fire, scattered, the personnel suffered heavy casualties, and the wailing continued. (To be continued......)