Chapter 325 Fierce Attack

When the First Cavalry Brigade of the Independent Division arrived at Dingbian County, it caused great panic among the people of the county, and the residents were no strangers to the military uniforms worn by the soldiers of the First Cavalry Brigade, which was the most powerful central army in the White Bandit Army.

The small county town of Dingbian immediately panicked, chickens and dogs jumped, there were not many pedestrians on the street, and in an instant, every house was closed, and the old, middle-aged and young women who were 50 years old and 15 years old all coincidentally touched the ashes of the pot stove on their faces, the uglier the better.

The family of the more beautiful daughter hid the girl in the cellar, and then, with his ears on the crack of the door, listened to the sound of horses' hooves beating like drums outside, and his heart beat uncontrollably, praying for God's blessing and not letting these central troops break into the courtyard.

Almost all the residents had a question in their hearts, could it be that the Red Army was defeated by the Central Army and fled? Dingbian was occupied by the Central Army? Why didn't you hear the gunshots?

There was an atmosphere of panic, despair, and impending disaster in the town.

As soon as Liu Chun and his troops entered the city, he realized that something was not right, and it was not time to sleep, why was the county so quiet and there were no lights?

The soldiers of the reconnaissance company left by General Xu Haidong were responsible for the task of guiding, waiting in the cross streets of the small county town, and suddenly found that a large number of white cavalry had broken in, and they were shocked, and instinctively raised their guns to shoot, and the company commander who led the team hurriedly stopped them.

Liu Chun dismounted, the Red Army soldiers looked at him with a cold expression, vigilant, that kind of bitter hatred, not a simple order can be eliminated, but Liu Chun did not notice it at all, he saw the red five stars, the long-lost relatives were as affectionate and excited, he himself was from this team, on his head, he also used to wear red five stars.

Liu Chun shook the hand of the Red Army company commander vigorously, it was a kind of cordiality from the heart, the Red Army company commander looked at this Kuomintang major general in great surprise, the blue sky and white sun on the cockade were particularly dazzling, and he was a little at a loss for his affection.

Following the Red Army guide, Liu Chun saw Tang Qiuli, and he felt that the division commander had a fierce and murderous aura that he had not had before.

Tang Qiuli's first words when he saw Liu Chun were: "Why didn't the guard brigade arrive together?" There was reproach and a hint of resentment in his voice.

Liu Chun respectfully explained the reason, the guard brigade needed to deal with some aftermath, plus the number of trucks was insufficient, and it was necessary to borrow some from Zhang Xueliang temporarily, so the troops left in Xi'an were divided into two parts, the cavalry brigade arrived first, the guard brigade arrived a little later, and the Tang detachment leader and various departments followed the guard brigade to act.

Seeing that Liu Chun was always upright and very respectful, several Red Army soldiers were a little confused, this is a major general of the Kuomintang, his attitude towards this person, what kind of senior official is this young man of the Kuomintang?

In the early hours of the morning, the guard brigade and the division headquarters also rushed to Dingbian, and the residents of Dingbian saw that the Kuomintang troops were coming in a steady stream.

However, I didn't see these Kuomintang soldiers smashing the door and grabbing things, looking for big girls and little daughters-in-law everywhere, and there was no harm to the common people, and the more courageous people quietly lay on the crack of the door to spy out.

On the street, groups of soldiers lined up neatly, in an orderly manner, without any noise at all, and without looking around, these Kuomintang soldiers are different from the past?

After Tang Qiuquan got out of the car, he said hello to Tang Qiuli, and went directly to the two detachment leaders to understand the situation, his detachment had the largest casualty since its formation, as the detachment leader, he had an unshirkable responsibility, and he had to give Tang Qiuli an explanation.

Now, Tang Qiuli has a cavalry brigade, a guard brigade, five special operations detachments, and more than 5,000 horses to form the first attack wave, which is enough.

At dawn, the troops set off from Dingbian and went straight to Anding Fort, which was the location of Ma Chaozong's lair in the Ningdong Security Brigade.

If the follow-up troops arrive one after another, and a large army of tens of thousands of people gathers in this small border town that is neither a military location nor a rich product, even if he is a fool, Ma Chaozong will judge that he has become the target of attack, and if he hears the wind and flees, he will have a lot of trouble in the future.

If you can't capture or kill this thief on the spot, Tang Qiuli will be one of the biggest regrets in his life, not to mention, if he hurts the small one, the old one will come forward, so no matter from that point of view, Ma Chaozong is the primary object of annihilation.

The goshawk fights the rabbit, what is needed is to be swift and fierce, and the tactics adopted by Tang Qiuli doomed Ma Chaozong and his thousands of men and horses to the end.

Andingbao, a major pass fortress on the inner side of the ancient Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, was built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and was an important military facility built to prevent the southern invasion of the Mongolian Wara Department in the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

Since ancient times, the Mobei foreign tribes have entered the Central Plains, there are mainly two routes, one is in the Yanshan Mountains in the northwest of the Gyeonggi important place, and the other is Ningxia, which is known as the barrier between the Middle Plains, so that you can enter the Loess Plateau, turn over the Taihang Mountains, known as the roof of North China, under the iron hoof, is the Great Plain of North China that has no danger to defend, and the capital of the ruler of the Central Plains, Beijing City.

Therefore, the pass of the Ming Great Wall here is mostly a dangerous place, and Anding Fort is more typical.

Ma Chaozong's troops were defeated and returned, gathered his subordinates, more than 1,800 people strengthened the regiment, only more than 400 people remained, the wolf bèi fled back to the lair, frightened, he couldn't figure out, it seemed that the people in the city, how could they have such strong combat effectiveness.

He fought hard for a day and a night with a reinforced group of himself, lost the lives of more than 1,400 brothers, and did not even break the ground to enter the enclosure, and this trip lost a lot of money.

He didn't dare to report his losses to his uncle Ma Hongkui, the Ningdong Security Brigade, named a brigade, in fact, the strength was only more than 5,000 people, and most of them were horse thieves and bandits from Zhao'an, and the rest were strong men who were captured.

Lost one-fifth of his troops at once, his uncle knew about it, and he would definitely not be able to spare himself, Ningxia is a place that is originally vast and sparsely populated, is it easy to get together this little bit of family money?

What's even more evil is that these people in the city, how did they get together with the red bandits, the red bandit Xu Haidong, the commander of the Red 25th Army, is quite capable of fighting, but the main force of the red bandits is not stationed in the Yanchi area, where did they come from?

Ma Chaozong wanted to hurt his head, but he didn't come up with a reason, this is a bold, greedy for money, lustful, bloody and murderous guy, he has suffered such a big loss, and he will never be reconciled.

Ma Chaozong's logic is very simple and direct, Lao Tzu suffers a loss, then he has to retaliate, the time is not ripe, bear with it for the time being, if he has the opportunity, he will take a bite, and take it back with interest, shrinking his head turtle, it is not Ma Chaozong's character.

Considering that in the end, Ma Chaozong had an extremely bold idea, according to the normal situation, those people in the city will definitely retreat to Dingbian County, and Dingbian County is not an important defense area for red bandits, and there are not many troops, it is a good opportunity, what is it called in the art of war? Surprise and attack unprepared.

After making sure that Bian Ma Chaozong was stimulated by his genius's bold idea, his heart beat fast, and his blood pressure increased, he immediately called a meeting of the three regiment commanders under him and explained his thoughts and plates.

These three regiment commanders are all outlaws, before putting on this official uniform, they were all professional horse bandits who immediately fought the world, and after recruiting An into the regular army, that kind of free and easy days are much less, in their words, they don't know what it feels like to be a woman?

Ma Chaozong's idea just fulfilled their wishes, and as for whether the settlement of the border violated the fundamental interests of the Red Army and caused the Red Army's retaliation, which caused a fierce conflict between the Red Army and their general boss, Ma Hongkui, it was not within their consideration at all.

That's the matter of the literati who grind their mouths, Lao Tzu eats this bowl of rice, puts on the banquet, pushes the cup and changes the lamp, and then sets down the matter of Dingbian, sets off in the afternoon, arrives at Dingbian City in the evening, attacks the city overnight, and sacks Dingbian at dawn.

For this reason, he concentrated all his troops in Andingbao, Ma Chaozong's idea coincided with Tang Qiuli's idea, but the 1st Cavalry Brigade and the Guard Brigade of the Independent Division set off half a day before him.

The summer wind blew salt foam all over the ground, sticky to the bare skin, hot and uncomfortable, the troops of the independent division, marching with difficulty in the yellow sand and saline.

The plainclothes of the Red Army's reconnaissance company, last night, on Tang Qiuli's order, lurked near Andingbao to monitor the movements of the Ningdong Security Brigade, and when they saw the arrival of a large force, they hurriedly ran over from a distance in front and reported an important situation to Tang Qiuli: At about 10 o'clock in the morning, two groups of the enemy left their station and concentrated at Andingbao, numbering about 3,000 people, all of whom were cavalry.

Judging from the situation, the enemy seemed to have some serious actions, Tang Qiuli was worried that Ma Chaozong had already left Anding Fort, and after getting a definite answer, he put his mind at ease and smiled gently at the plainclothes scouts of the Red Army: "Brother, it's hard work, let's have a good rest."

The Red Army scouts were stunned, this Kuomintang lieutenant general was different from other Kuomintang officials, and this unit was fundamentally different from the Kuomintang troops they were familiar with, but it was very similar to our troops, which was really a strange unit.

Anding Fort has no residents, it is a pure barracks, there are only two fort gates in the north and south, Tang Qiuli ordered all the artillery to concentrate at the south gate, and the troops were divided into two parts, and all the light and heavy machine guns were concentrated to block the fort gate.

The order he issued was that not to let go of a single Ma family army, and that it must be completely annihilated, this was an opportunity for Ma Chaozong to create a zào for himself, and that direction escaped an enemy, and the commander of this direction was dismissed on the spot.

Although the cavalry brigade and guard brigade were not equipped with a large number of heavy weapons like several other infantry brigades, the number of heavy firepower equipment also exceeded that of the ** field infantry units at that time, according to the principle of firepower superiority that Tang Qiuli had always emphasized.

The movements of thousands of people outside the fort were finally discovered by the sentries on the fort wall, and a terrible gunshot rang out, and the sentries fired to call the police, and a battle began.

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