Chapter 147: The Battle of Tianshui (I)

At 7 pm on the 29th, the Red Seventh Army held an operational meeting in Yuanlong, the Red 11th Division, the Fourth Unit, the Corps' direct artillery regiment, heavy machine gun regiment, cavalry regiment, engineer regiment, guard regiment, field hospital, communication battalion, reconnaissance battalion

The heads of other units attended the meeting.

Chief of Staff Zeng Zhongsheng pointed to the Tianshui map drawn by the reconnaissance battalion and said: "According to the report of the 13th Division, at 2 noon today, Qingma launched an attack on Tianshui with three cavalry regiments, and was severely injured by the 38th regiment that I guarded the city. At 5 pm

The Qingma infantry arrived and launched a tentative attack on the arc-shaped northern wing of the arc-shaped mountainous land behind Tianshui, and was defeated by our only regiment and the second regiment. The enemy immediately launched a full-line attack.

, the first security regiment was assigned to a cavalry regiment, two militia attacked the arc-shaped northern wing, the second security regiment was assigned to a cavalry regiment, two militia attacked the southern wing, the fifth cavalry division was assigned to a cavalry brigade, three security regiments, three

A militia attacked the middle of the arc-shaped mountain, with three infantry regiments of the 100th Division each belonging to a cavalry regiment, and two militia attacked the west gate, south gate and north gate of Tianshui County. Due to the strong position and strong firepower, our artillery was destroyed.

The enemy artillery position, so the enemy's full-on attack was not long before it had to stop. Now, the Ma family army surrounded by Tianshui City are Ma Bufang's 100th Division and two cavalry brigades of Ma Bufang's New Second Army, and two cavalry brigades of Ma Buqing Cavalry 5th Division.

An infantry brigade, plus some security regiments and militias, had a total force of about 70,000. In the afternoon's attack, the enemy lost about 6,000 people, and the main force of Qingma and the main force of Qingma has reached about 65,000. At present, the main force of Ningma Ma Hongkui's 7th Division has crossed.

Weihe River, joining the battlefield, the enemy's troops have reached 90,000. It is expected that the enemy will launch a night attack on our 13th Division and the only division's position today."

After the introduction of the situation, Zeng Zhongsheng said: "According to the enemy situation on the battlefield and the deployment of the corps commander, our army is determined to concentrate the troops directly under the corps, the 11th Division, the 12th Division, the 13th Division, the 13th Division, the 4th Division, a total of five divisions, under Tianshui City.

, between the river and the Wei River, Ma Bufang, Ma Buqing and Ma Hongkui's main forces were wiped out. The specific deployment is as follows: First, with the 13th Division, the only division guards Tianshui County and the mountains behind the county town, defends with fortifications, attracts the attack of the Ma family army, and gradually consumes the Ma family army's troops

.When the main force completes the deployment, when the Ma family army finally collapses, it attacks from Tianshui and strikes directly at the back of the Ma family army. The 2nd and 12th Division have secretly moved south from Pingliang and have now arrived at the Weihe Line. Today, we crossed the Weihe River, deployed defense lines along the Weihe River to block the attack

And oppress the enemy. When the enemy collapses across the line, they will steadily pursue them from north to south. The Third, the Fourth Division led a mortar battalion of the Artillery Regiment and a third battalion of the Heavy Machine Gun Regiment to secretly occupy Yuquan Town tonight, deploy defenses along the Jihe River, and block the enemy

Escape south and undertake the task of steadily attacking the enemy's main force from south to north. Fourth, Huang Su and Cai Zhong led the army artillery regiment, heavy machine gun regiment, engineering regiment, plateau, Yuan Guoping led the 11th Division to arrive at the Zhongliang line tonight to establish

Ambush the positions, cut off the connection between Tianshui and Gangu, and the plateau is responsible for unified command. The legion headquarters leads the cavalry regiment, and the guard regiment operates with the 11th Division, establishes a command center in Zhongliang, and the cavalry regiment and the guard regiment act as reserves for the entire legion. The overall idea of ​​the battle is

When the enemy was tired of attacking, they found that the main force of our army was surrounded on both sides of the north and south, and they would inevitably retreat in the direction of Gangu. After encountering heavy firepower attacks from our 11th Division and the legion, it is very likely that Ningma broke through the Wei River and Qingma broke through the direction of the Jihe River.

.At this time, the 12th Division was blocking the Wei River, and the fourth Division was blocking the Ji River. It surrounded the enemy under Tianshui City. In the narrow space between the Wei River and Ji River, our army surrounded the four sides and gradually advanced to force the enemy to collapse."

After Zeng Zhongsheng finished speaking, Liu Yimin stood up, glanced around the cadres' faces with his eyes, and said loudly: "The Battle of Tianshui is related to the overall situation of our army in establishing the strategic base of Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai. Chairman Mao and Deputy Zhou

Chairman and Commander-in-Chief Zhu are watching us, all the soldiers of the entire army are watching us, and all the knowledgeable and hard-working people in the country who are looking forward to uniting in anti-Japanese war are watching us. Ma Bufang Group has many cavalry and strong mobility. We usually

Even if he wants to hit him, he can't catch up with him. Now he dares to do his best to invade Tianshui. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. My Tianshui City fortifications are solid and as stable as Mount Tai. My 13th Division, the only division has advanced weapons, strong firepower and ammunition.

Not to mention that the Ma family army with simple weapons cannot capture it, even the Central Army cannot capture it. The Ma family army must be desperate under Tianshui City, with blood and returning in vain. We are just about to attack the Ma family army when it is unable to capture the city and morale collapses.

, , rush the army to fight out and completely annihilate him. Therefore, each unit must control the rhythm of the offensive. After reaching the designated position, it must establish an unbreakable blocking position to resist the impact of the cavalry in the event of the Ma family army's cavalry when they are fighting to the death

The offensive wave is blocked. It is strictly forbidden to show off your power and attack without authorization. Our strategy is to use fortifications and firepower to bully the Ma family army, so that they can know what modern war is. After repelling his large-scale impact, we will advance 500 meters and 500 meters.

, Every further push, you must build a position. Finally, you must trap the Ma family army in Tianshui City and force him to automatically put down his weapons. Do you know my guiding ideology?"

The cadres replied in unison: "It's clear!"

Liu Yimin nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "What is the main force? It is not the number, not the time of establishment, but whether it can be invincible and attacked. In my eyes, you can defend and attack fiercely.

The troops that cannot be dragged down, and the winning force is the main force. The 11th Division is of course the well-deserved first-class main force of our army. So what about the Fourth Unit? This battle is not only the first battle of our Fourth Unit and the One Division, but also ours

The battle of fame. I hope that after this battle, our only division, the fourth division, can make the enemy frightened like the original first, second and third battalions. Chen Dayong, Liu Yi, Li Deguang, and Shi Ran

, tell me, are you confident?"

Chen Dayong stood up and said, "Report to the commander of the army, the Fourth Division will never slander the battle flag of the Seventh Army. Please rest assured, complete the task resolutely, and not let a single Ma family army go."

Liu Yimin looked at Liu Yi, Li Deguang, Shi Ran, and several people shouted in unison: "Please rest assured that the commander of the army, the fourth division will definitely be invincible and will be invincible."

Liu Yimin stopped talking and waved his hand: "Set out!"

The cadres came out one after another. Liu Yimin told Zeng Zhongsheng to send his just-in-one deployment and his speech to Liu Jian, Li Qing and Feng Dafei, and organized the army headquarters to set off immediately. After that, he took the lead and led the team to set off.

After receiving a telegram from Ma Yuanhai, Ma Bufang was shocked. He didn't expect that the Red Bandits would have prepared for it. It seemed that Tianshui City was not easy to fight, so they might have to spend a lot of money.

After thinking for a while, Ma Bufang decided to take advantage of his night battle and close combat and launch an attack while at night. He didn't believe that only a few thousand people could stop his 90,000 troops from attacking. Even if he stepped on a horse, he could even put him on the small.

The little Tianshui stepped on the ground. So he ordered Ma Yuanhai to attack resolutely by night battle. Even if more than 20,000 people died, Tianshui would be taken down. As for Ma Yuanhai's request to resign from the commander-in-chief of the front enemy, Ma Bufang said this: "I just started fighting."

, What position should I quit? Could it be that my cousin's guy was kicked by the donkey? No?"

Thinking about this battle, I had to ask Chiang Kai-shek for something. So Ma Bufang sent a power to Chiang Kai-shek, saying that after an afternoon of attack, the Red Bandits suffered heavy losses and killed more than 3,000 Red Bandits Tianshui defenders. However, the troops suffered huge losses and killed 6,000 of them.

More than 2,000 people were injured and the food, grass and ammunition were seriously damaged. Please ask the Chairman to supplement it. In addition, in view of the heavy firepower of the troops, please ask the Chairman to send the air force to assist in the war tomorrow morning and blow up Tianshui City to flat ground.

After sending the telegram, Ma Bufang considered that Ma Hongkui's troops could not be commanded, so he sent a message to Ma Hongkui, asking him and Ma Yuanhai to command the front line battle together.

After receiving Ma Bufang's telegram, Ma Yuanhai hurried to see Ma Hongkui who had arrived at the battlefield. When Ma Hongkui heard that Ma Bufang was not in Tianshui, but in Gangu, he felt annoyed: He urged him one by one, one by one, and I was here.

, You are hiding in Gangu, isn't this a joke? Therefore, when Ma Yuanhai asked Ma Bufang to be jointly commanded by them to carry out night battles at night and close combat plans, Ma Hongkui said coldly, our army had just arrived

The battlefield needs rest. I won’t participate in this night battle. You attack first, and our army will plunder the formation for the brothers.

Ma Yuanhai had no choice but to send a telegram to Ma Bufang and reported that Ma Hongkui was unwilling to participate in the night battle. Then he arranged for the troops to prepare ladders and explosive packs to prepare for the city overnight.

After receiving the telegram, Ma Bufang sent three telegrams to Ma Hongkui, asking him to cooperate with the night battle attack, and at least to restrain the enemy. In the end, Ma Hongkui finally agreed to take on the feint attack.

Li Qing and Feng Dafei saw the Qingma troops at the foot of the mountain at the command center of the mountain shouting horses and the torches were clear. He knew that the enemy was going to launch a sneak attack and had a night battle. He immediately ordered the troops to eat, rest, strengthen the protection of the positions, and at the same time strengthen the two wings and the rear.

Mountain positions, ready to deal with the enemy's night battle.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, Ma Yuanhai called the commanders of the New Second Army and the Fifth Cavalry Division and said hoarsely: "The attack failed this afternoon mainly because our army's attack direction was too much and its troops were dispersed. However, the main loss was

It was a militia. The more than 30,000 main force of our army had basically no losses except for the three cavalry regiments. Tonight, we concentrated our troops to capture the county town, and the 7th Division was responsible for attacking the back mountain, and restraining the red bandits on the mountain from being unable to reinforce.

We still have more than 60,000 troops, and even with our feet, we must level Tianshui City. We must prepare more explosive packs and bundles of grenades to open the city gate. The Fifth Cavalry Division is responsible for taking down the North Gate, and the 100th Division is responsible for taking over the 100th Division.

Going to the west gate, the first and second regiments of Qinghai Security Regiments commanded the militia to take down the south gate. Ma Tingxiang, the commander of the siege of the north gate, Han Qigong, the commander of the siege of the west gate, and Ma Yulong, the commander of the siege of the south gate, was forced to attack in the afternoon.

The artillery position was destroyed and the losses were huge. At night, I pulled up the field cannons and aimed at the Ximen and bombarded me with a fierce breakthrough. The two cavalry brigades of the Fifth Cavalry Division and the Cavalry Brigade of the New Second Army set up ambush positions in the south and north of the city.

When the Red Bandits on the mountain come down to support him, kill him!"

Seeing Ma Yuanhai's murderous look, the officers were all excited as if they were injected with chicken blood, as if Tianshui City was already theirs.

Looking at the officers' expressions, Ma Yuanhai knew that morale was rising. He said, "We have a special point in fighting night battles. If we don't fight now, we will fight again until late at night. At that time, it is time for people to get into trouble, and it is easy to attack suddenly.

Effect. Now each unit is going back to arrange the soldiers to sleep, and ask the militia to make long ladders, make more torches, and create more momentum, so that the Red Bandits think that we will attack at any time and cannot sleep. By two o'clock in the evening, the entire army gathered secretly and killed together.

If you go straight to the city wall, whoever climbs up first will be the female red bandit in the city. Have you heard it clearly?"

The officers shouted together: "I heard it clearly!" Ma Yuanhai waved his hand and asked everyone to go out and prepare.

Li Qing and Feng Dafei waited until 10 o'clock in the evening when the Qingma troops were not in action. They were all surprised and called the leadership team of the 13th Division and the only division to study what Qingma wanted to do.

Lei Ming, the political commissar of the only division, looked at the camp of Qingma troops at the foot of the mountain, and said, "Two division commanders, this Qingma commander is not simple. He is a tired plan and wants us to stay asleep all night.

, and then launch a sudden attack when the soldiers were most trapped. And this attack must be a desperate bet, targeting a point on the county town or a mountain, with the purpose of breaking through in one fell swoop."

Feng Dafei thought for a while and said, "It makes sense. But this attack point must be the county town. Because although there are city walls, there are many people. As long as the ladder can be placed on the city wall, it can attack upwards. Moreover, the city wall of Tianshui is not high.

I can't stand so many people and ants climbing up. If they reach the city gate, they can blow up the city gate. Besides, our army has strong forces on the mountain, so we are not afraid of them coming to attack, but there are too few troops in the city. Although the 38th Regiment is the main force

The group, but the tiger cannot defeat the wolves!”

Li Qing thought carefully and found that this was indeed the truth. The commander of the army repeatedly told Qingma to avoid life in the war. If they rushed up and rushed into the city, it would be troublesome. Although the 38th Regiment was ready for street fighting, he would not let him go.

Wouldn't it be better for the enemy to break through the city wall?

After discussing with Feng Dafei, Li Qing immediately ordered the 39th Regiment to hand over the position to the supplementary regiment, and together with the Unique Regiment, enter the county town from the east gate in front of the position. Lei Ming, the political commissar of the Unique Division, entered the city with the troops, and took charge of unified command and guarding the city. He also asked them to

Use the mortar companies of three regiments to exert the power of shelling.

After Lei Ming entered the city, he met Hou Sanxi and Yu Qingshan, and immediately arranged a shift to rest in the army and ordered the three battalions of the Unique Regiment to be assigned to the 38th Regiment to defend the three battalions of the west gate, the north gate and the south gate, and the 39th Regiment took the reserve team.

The former 13th Division straight troops guarded the east gate to ensure the connection between the mountain. Then Li Chang gathered the mortar companies of the three regiments together and appointed Li Sheng, the company commander of the mortar company of the 38th regiment, to unify the command and immediately establish a position.

Calculate the range and calibrate the bombardment area.

Li Chang really wanted all the mortars to aim at Qingma Camp to have a three-scattered volley. Unfortunately, the mortars of the three regiments were all small 60 mortars, and the range was limited, so he had to give up.

At 2 o'clock in the evening, Ma Yuanhai ordered the troops to gather, but the militia was in front and the elite troops were behind, and they quietly came to touch several city gates.

Song Wenhu's fourth battalion was in line with one row, and at this time he was responsible for the surveillance and defense mission of the city gate from Ximen, which was facing Gangu to Tianshui Road.

Since the battle won in the afternoon, the soldiers have high morale and have been waiting for Qingma to continue attacking. However, the waiters were almost asleep and there was no movement in Qingma.

Song Wenhu was about to smoke a cigarette and take care of his spirits when he heard a soldier say, "Platform leader, come up!"

Song Wenhu looked under the city wall and said, beloved, there was a large black area, and he couldn't see how many people were. Needless to say, the one who came to the city gate was preparing to explode the city gate, and the one who carried the ladder was preparing to climb the city wall.

Song Wenhu did not dare to neglect, so he asked a soldier to report to the company commander, and ordered the entire platoon to concentrate firepower on the enemy who came to the city gate, so that they could not get close to the city gate.

As soon as Song Wenhu and his teams were on duty, they immediately opened fire at Ximen. Soon the machine guns in the castle in the city wall and the half-middle-rise fire point also opened fire.

It took less time and the directions of the West Gate and the North Gate also started.

The person who was responsible for the Ximen attack mission was the 100th Division of Qingma, which was Ma Bufang's starting unit, and he himself served as the division commander. At this time, Han Qigong was responsible for commanding the 100th Division to fight. This person is an anomaly in the Ma family army, because the Ma family army basically

It is a family army, and the standard for employing people is the four words "Gan, He, Hui, Ma", which means that it must be from Gansu, Hezhou, Hui, and Ma surname. Han Qigong is from Xunhua County, Qinghai, Han nationality, and Ma Bufang

None of the four standards for employing people is connected. However, this person is indeed capable and can advance step by step in the seriously xenophobic Ma family army, which shows that he is indeed capable, has military achievements, and is also particularly loyal to Ma Bufang.

In history, Han Qigong has always occupied an important position in the Qingma army. Especially when Qingma eliminated the Western Route Army of the Red Army, Han Qigong was an important general of the Qingma army. The militia he mobilized alone to attack the Red Army reached 40,000 or 50,000 people.

Later, he was shot dead by the people's government.

At this time, Han Qigong, who was standing in the command post, saw that the sneak attack failed and ordered a strong attack on the whole line. So the soldiers carried long ladders and rushed towards the city wall.

When the fourth battalion commander of the 38th Regiment, who served as the guard of the West Gate, saw that the situation was critical, he immediately ordered the Fourth Battalion and the One Battalion to go to the city wall, and all fire points were opened, and the flying thunder cannons were fired immediately, and the artillery was called for support.

The Red Army soldiers were really open this time. No matter whether it is Hunan Army, Gui Army or Central Army, no one can compare to the Qingma Army in terms of bravery. Seeing that the Red Army's firepower was so fierce, the soldiers were still stepping on their comrades' bodies to move upwards.
To be continued...