Chapter 329: Annihilation of Gama

The regiment commander in charge of luring the enemy to the north reported that Ma Jiajun had already begun to launch an artillery bombardment of Dingbian County, and that its vanguard had two divisions, both cavalry, and the rest of the troops were moving to the periphery with the intention of encircling Dingbian County.

Please tell the division commander whether the troops should immediately withdraw from the county seat? When Tang Qiuli heard that Ma Jiajun had artillery, he immediately became vigilant and asked, is the enemy's artillery fire fierce, and is there any large-caliber artillery?

"Division commander, there is no large-caliber artillery, look at the shelling range of Qingma and Ningma, at most the size of an artillery regiment, the vast majority of the equipment is mortars, from the point of impact, there are only a small number of mountain artillery, the sound of the enemy's hooves can already be heard in the city, please instruct our department to act" The voice was hurried, obviously the shape was very nervous, and the regiment was in danger of being dumpled.

"Evacuate the county seat immediately, according to the predetermined plan, choose the enemy who is weak all the way, beat them hard, pay attention to tactics" Tang Qiuli gave the order, and there was a dense sound of gunfire in the earphones.

The former commander-in-chief of the enemy in Ganma, knowing that the troops in the direction of Wuzhong had launched an attack on the county town of Dingbian, immediately ordered the troops to speed up the march, and went to Dingbian in Guò dress, calculated from the distance, and arrived by himself, just when Ningma and Qingma were fighting with the central army, and tactically speaking, it happened to be unprepared for a surprise attack.

The two cavalry divisions of the Majia Army in Gansu served as the vanguard, and the troops of more than 9,000 horses appeared on the horizon and appeared in Tang Qiuli's field of vision.

The dust raised by the march of a large number of horsemen, pressed down from the south like a dark cloud, accompanied by the sound of horses' hooves like heavy thunder, judging from the cavalry marching column of Ganma, it was evident that it was well-trained, more than 9,000 horses marched, the formation was not disordered at all, and at the front, about the vanguard of a regiment, was about two kilometers away from the brigade.

Such a distance was enough for the cavalry behind to make any reaction, and this cavalry regiment, while marching, was doing fire reconnaissance to the high ground on both sides, cautiously and vigilantly.

Tang Qiuli ordered the ambush troops, let go of the vanguard of Ganma, the artillery on both sides, and prepare for battle, and must use the most fierce artillery fire to drive all Ganma's troops into the ambush circle.

The vanguard cavalry regiment of the Quema, already in the guò ambush circle, was silent, nothing happened, and they waved the banner to the large force behind them that they could pass guò.

The large army of Ganma finally came up, and the soldiers waited all night, and now, the net can be closed, and the ambush position stretching for more than five kilometers, the commanders at all levels have given orders to prepare for battle, Liu Chun's artillery brigade, artillery of various calibers, quietly faded its camouflage, and the muzzle of the black hole pointed to the sky.

About a third of Gama's troops, who had not yet entered the ambush circle, suddenly stopped their advance with a commotion, and the heralds rode back and forth to give the order.

The commanders at all levels of the independent division were stunned, what happened?

Tang Qiuli suddenly realized that it must be Ningma and Qingma, who had pounced in Dingbian County, and did not see the main force of the independent division, and felt that the situation was not quite right, so he reported the information to Ganma's troops.

He immediately ordered Liu Chun to extend the ruler of artillery firing and block the way for the Ganma troops to retreat to Qingyang, Liu Chun for a while, more than a hundred large-caliber guns, long barrels, slowly raised the angle.

The chief of staff of Ganma is indeed a treacherous and cunning guy, after receiving the report from Ningma and Qingma, his first reaction is that it is meaningless to go to Dingbian County again, the trap is dug well, but there is no prey, the prey has fled, and it is a small prey, which does not match the strength of the Ningdong Security Brigade.

The second reaction is that this place cannot stay for a long time, the terrain is treacherous, which is unfavorable to oneself, and is conducive to the ambush of the Central Army.

Do you want to ambush somewhere and bite yourself hard? Wuzhong to Dingbian, are flat saline-alkali land, there is no dangerous terrain to use, Qingma and Ningma have more than 100,000 people, no matter how big the appetite of the central army is, it is impossible to swallow it in one bite, only their own team is dressing up in Tongguò, it is the most suitable place for ambushes within a radius of dozens of miles, and in the two directions, the relative strength is weak.

He suddenly gave a cold shiver, looked at the terrain on both sides of the dressing beam, and seemed to see countless muzzles, facing himself, he immediately ordered the troops, the rear team changed to the front team, immediately turned around, quickly withdrew from the dressing Liangshan Road, returned to Qingyang, and the first cavalry division was responsible for the rear cover.

The order was given in a timely manner, and the key was the force of more than 40,000 people, and it would take a while just to convey the order to turn around to each unit, and the situation of confusion appeared in the troops of Ganma.

This period of effort just gave Liu Chun's artillery brigade time to adjust the direction of the artillery bombardment, and for Ganma's troops, this short time would undoubtedly cause them to fall into a catastrophe.

Three red signal flares rose into the sky, and there was a loud sound like the sky cracking down, and countless shells flew over the Ganma cavalry troops and the Chinese army with strange screams, and landed in the pile of people of the rearguard troops who had just turned around.

The shells fell to the ground, exploding yellow earth flowers, flesh and blood flying, stumps and broken arms mixed with broken military uniforms, flying all over the sky, terrible blows, descending on the heads of the Ganma troops, the first volley of the 1st Artillery Brigade shrouded the rearguard troops of Ganma in the steel fragments of death.

The dense artillery shells, on the wide mountain road, exploded into a wall of fire of death, completely blocking the road for the Ganma troops to retreat to Qingyang.

With no way back, the Ganma troops, who were dizzy by the bombing, instinctively rushed forward to flee for their lives to avoid the fate of death, and finally all entered the ambush circle, and what awaited them was a terrible fate.

On the high loess cliffs on both sides, there was a roar of light and heavy machine guns, and grenades like flying locusts flew in, and the first to bear the brunt were the two cavalry divisions of Guima, which were the key targets of the ambush troops of the independent division, and the mortar shells exploded in the cavalry ranks indistinguishably, and the war horse and his master were torn apart.

More than 60,000 people, ambushed more than 40,000 people, occupied dangerous terrain, exceeded the firepower advantage of nearly 100 times the battle, and there was not much suspense in the battle.

The cavalry regiment in the vanguard heard the sound of explosions behind them, and when they looked back, the large army was already shrouded in billowing gunsmoke, and knew that things were not good, so they hurried up and wanted to rush out of danger.

They were greeted by more than 10,000 cavalry, three cavalry brigades of the independent division, blocking the road of advance, the soldiers lined up, the sabers in their hands, like a forest shining with cold light, in the front row were light machine gunners, hundreds of light machine guns, in the hands of the soldiers on horseback.

The commander of the vanguard cavalry of the Ganma army wisely chose to abandon his sword, dismount, and surrender, as far as his more than 1,000 horses were compared with the cavalry troops of the Central Army opposite, they were no less than a small drop of water in the sea, not enough for the other party to stuff his teeth.

In less than two hours, the battle ended, with more than 46,000 of the main force of Gama, of which only 4,500 escaped, more than 15,000 were captured, and the rest were all killed.

Tang Qiuli stared at the battlefield where the smoke of gunpowder had not yet dissipated, and there was no joy of victory in his heart, the corpses of the Ganma soldiers and the fallen war horses were covered with the wide mountain road that was five or six kilometers long, and the scarlet blood stained the yellow earth.

Because the difference in strength was too great, Tang Qiuli had to choose this ferocious fighting method, otherwise, it was possible that the one who was wiped out was an independent division, and he would rather use the tactics of forcing the other side to surrender after encirclement, rather than adopt this tactics of indiscriminate artillery bombardment.

The fallen, after all, are all Chinese, and if this is the Japanese troops, Tang Qiuli will not leave a single living mouth, and will make them all a pile of minced meat.

In the first battle of Liang, Ganma was completely defeated, and the strategic attempt of the three horses to attack on both sides and attack together was completely crushed.

The two cavalry divisions of Ganma were completely annihilated, and the independent division captured more than 4,000 war horses, enough to equip another cavalry brigade.

There were countless weapons and ammunition, piled up, but unfortunately, they were all tattered weapons that the independent division could not look down on, and the only artillery regiment in Ganma was so pitiful that it did not have time to unload the mortars from the pack horses, and all of them belonged to the independent division.

Ganma's housekeeping capital was all knocked out, and he lost the last pair of underwear, especially the cavalry troops that Ganma relied on, which was completely wiped out.

Dingbian County, in the evening, Ma Hongkui and Ma Buqing, who were sitting in the empty city, were relatively speechless, mobilized all their troops, and poured out, but they just grabbed an empty city, just like a punch with all their strength, the target suddenly disappeared, not to mention the waste of energy, and almost flashed their waists, so depressed that they were about to vomit blood.

The main force was just about to form an encirclement of Dingbian, but it was chased by a small force of the Central Army in the direction of Etoke in Inner Mongolia.

There is no main force of the Central Army in Dingbian, so where are they? You won't run away, will you? Even if it is to escape, there should be some traces, just when the two horses were puzzled and very distressed, the chief of staff of the green horse ran in in a panic.

This morning, in the Yiliang area, north of Qingyang and south of Dingbian, more than 46,000 troops of Qingma were ambushed by the Central Army, almost all of them were wiped out, and only 4,500 people fled back to Qingyang.

The telegram was sent by Ganma himself, between the lines of blood and tears, the pain was unbearable, Ma Hongkui and Ma Buqing, hearing the news, almost didn't believe their ears, their bodies shook a few times, and they almost fell on the spot.

Brothers' troops, that's it? The Central Army deliberately abandoned the county town of Dingbian and attracted itself here with a small force, while its main force set up an ambush in the Liangliang area and wrapped the brothers' troops in dumplings

Ma Hongkui and Ma Buqing now fully understand, but unfortunately, after the battle is over and the entire army of Ganma is annihilated, it is too late, and there is no point in going to reinforcements now.

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