After the general offensive order was issued, the 11th Division, 12th Division, 13th Division, the Only Division, the Only 4th Division and the troops directly under the corps of the 7th Red Army launched a centripetal attack on the enemy. The artillery regiment of the corps and the artillery of each division also focused their artillery fire on the enemy.
Where enemies gather. Fight wherever there are many enemies. After defeating large groups of enemies, defeat small groups of enemies to completely disrupt and disperse the enemy's structure.
At this time, whether it was green horses or Ning horses, the troops had completely herded sheep. Soldiers on horseback and runners were all running around, and they did not dare to stay together in one battalion or one company, otherwise they would attract swarms.
of artillery shells, let alone holding on to the spot.
There were fewer and fewer people around Ma Yuanhai, and he was being dragged by the skirmishers to the east, west, south, and north. His mind was already spinning. He didn't understand why the battle happened.
Make it look like this.
At this time, the snipers of the sniper brigade were already showing off their prowess.
Sniper battalion captain Wang Tongsheng led Liu Bin's third sniper squadron to start a hunting competition.
Before the Battle of Tianshui started, the sniper brigade was divided into three. Li Shuiniu's first squadron was responsible for cooperating with Li Lingfeng and Wang Laohu's operations and went to Shanxi and Luoyang; Wang Shangwu's second squadron cooperated with the Du Second Division in the Tongguan operation and the Du Third Division in the river defense operation. Only
The third squadron moved with the main force.
Now they no longer need to hide themselves too much. Under the cover of the main force of the legion, no enemy can harm them. Therefore, the enemy officers on horseback have become their hunting targets.
Seeing a group of cavalrymen rushing back and forth on the battlefield protecting a tall enemy officer, Wang Tongsheng knew that this guy was the biggest target on the battlefield, and immediately ordered the No. 3 Squadron to approach the target and resolutely kill him.
Seeing that the distance was not too far away, these cavalrymen were running towards the sniper brigade. Wang Tongsheng decisively gave the order to start hunting freely.
After the Battle of Fujia, Liu Bin was promoted to captain of the Third Squadron due to his outstanding performance on the battlefield. His original partner Li Xiaoshuai was abruptly transferred by Wang Tong to be Liu Yimin's guard. In Wang Tongsheng's words,
Killing a hundred enemy officers is not as important as protecting the safety of the regiment commander.
Liu Bin's No. 3 Sniper Squadron now has three teams, with Yi Chengfeng, Wang Xiao, and Li Aojie serving as team leaders respectively.
These three people are all old Red Army veterans, and they are all old Red Army veterans who have read books. Among the three, Yi Chengfeng has the highest level of education, and Wang Xiao also comes from a scholarly family. Only Li Aojie comes from a civilian family in Kaifeng, Henan.
When I was young, I liked to learn hunting from others, and I used the fox skins, pheasants, and hares that I caught in exchange for tuition fees, and I finished middle school. This was a popular story in Kaifeng at that time.
Liu Bin's tactics are very simple, that is, first kill the guards around the target, isolate the target, and then kill him with one blow.
The scene when a group of snipers were staring at a target was naturally very lively. After Liu Bin gave the order, he took up his gun and knocked off a cavalryman next to the target. As soon as he made a move, Yi Chengfeng said "bang, bang,
"Bang" fired three shots in a row and killed three cavalrymen. Wang Xiao and Li Aojie naturally refused to fall behind. Is this simply shooting at a moving target? For masters like them, it was too childish. They fired with guns, and with bang bang
The gunshots rang out, and the cavalry kept falling off their horses.
The snipers from the three teams seemed to be performing a shooting show, vying to shoot to see who could shoot more accurately and faster.
Ma Yuanhai has practiced marksmanship since he was a child, and is known for his outstanding marksmanship and strong martial arts in the Qingma Army. When he saw that the guards around him were shot one after another, and most of them were shot in the head, killing them with one shot, his mind was confused. Then I woke up: Damn it, I’ve been targeted by a master!
When a person is about to die, his first reaction is to protect himself. Ma Yuanhai is no exception. He immediately leaned down, pulled out his pistol, raised his hand and shot forward. After shooting, he turned the horse's head and wanted to run back. .
He was faster, but Liu Bin's gun was faster. At the moment Ma Yuanhai turned the horse's head, Liu Bin's gun rang again, and the bullet hit Ma Yuanhai's back, causing a trace of blood to burst out. Then, Wang Xiao and Li Aojie were hit one after another. Qingma's former enemy commander-in-chief Ma Yuanhai fell to the ground along with his horse.
When fighting in large groups, firepower comes first, and the role of snipers is often overshadowed by cluster fire and group charges. As soon as Ma Yuanhai was shot down, the cavalry regiment of the Seventh Red Army came up and followed them. It was the security group led by Zhang Haitao, Li Zongrui and Lu Maotian.
Hu Laohu mobilized his war horses and led the cavalry regiment to form an arrow, shooting through the Qingma and Ningma skirmishers. The light machine guns and submachine guns on the war horses fired in both directions, defeating the skirmishers. The generals only hated the target of their own war horses. , one after another hid on both sides.
The cavalry regiment rushed to the front of the 13th Division. Hu Laohu just circled the horses and drew his sword. Immediately behind him was a bright forest of knives. Hu Laohu shouted: "Cavalry regiment, rush up and kill all the horses." Bandit!" After shouting, he waved his sword and led the whole regiment to draw an arc, charging into the enemy group again, chasing the enemy's deserters, and killing them like melons and vegetables along the way.
The cavalry regiment was in front, and the guard regiment was behind. They rushed all the way and divided the remaining troops of Qingma and Ningma into two halves. All units of the Seventh Red Army rushed forward to divide the enemy.
The defeated soldiers of the Ningma Army were the first to surrender. The soldiers threw down their guns and knives and knelt on the ground waiting to be captured. The soldiers and officers of the Qingma Army had also completely collapsed. Ma Yuanhai did not know whether to live or die. Those brigade commanders , the regiment leaders were completely confused at this time. The troops were no longer troops. They no longer had the murderous and ferocious look of the past. They were just a bunch of lambs waiting to be slaughtered. When they saw the Ningma soldiers kneeling down and surrendering, Many Qingma soldiers also squatted on the ground. Those who tried to resist would eventually be killed by swords and guns.
The battle was over, and the troops began to gather the prisoners and clean the battlefield. Liu Yimin ordered the troops to gather the horses and prepare them for unified use. He also ordered Hu Di to urge the troops to quickly interrogate the prisoners to see if any top figures from Qingma and Ningma were arrested.
By noon, the battlefield was basically cleaned. In this battle, a total of 70,000 people of the New Second Qingma Army, the 5th Cavalry Division, the Security Group, and the Militia were wiped out, and 23,000 people of the 7th Ningma Division were wiped out. 23,520 people were captured, and 13,000 war horses were seized. The baggage of guns and ammunition is uncountable.
Liu Yimin asked Luo Ronghuan to immediately report the victory to the headquarters, and ordered all the prisoners to be handed over to the custody of the Fourth Independent Division, and other troops to rest and eat as soon as possible.
Hu Di reported that after interrogating the prisoners, it was found that Ma Bufang was not on the battlefield but in Gangu. The commander of the Qingma battlefield was Ma Yuanhai, who was seriously injured and captured. Ma Hongkui was on the battlefield, but he was not found among the prisoners.
Liu Yimin regretted hearing this. If he knew that Ma Bufang was in Gangu, he should have sent a cavalry regiment and a guard regiment to Gangu to capture him. Now Ma Hongkui has disappeared. If these two horses run away, they might reappear in the future. Ma Bufang doesn't
He said that he must have escaped, but he is a warlord with an army. Without an army, it will not be easy for him to make a comeback, but this Ma Hongkui must not let him run away.
Liu Yimin immediately ordered the entire army to dispatch and search the surrounding areas of the battlefield carefully to prevent Ma Hongkui from running away.
After giving the order, Liu Yimin also picked up his gun and took Li Xiaoshuai and Huang Wenhu to the battlefield to search.
Ma Hongkui led the guard battalion commander and three personal guards, dressed as civil servants, and crawled into a bomb crater with several corpses piled on top of him. He wanted to wait for the Red Army troops to clean up the battlefield before running away.
Hearing that there was not much movement outside, the guard battalion commander quietly poked his head out and looked around. He saw that the large army had passed and only scattered small Red Army units were still searching carefully. He told Ma Hongkui to wait a little longer.
Then you can run.
After a long time, there was almost no sound outside. The guard battalion commander got up and saw that there was no one around. He picked up Ma Hongkui and the others hurriedly headed towards the deep ditch under Zhongliang. As long as they entered
Ditch, it's safe.
When a few people were running away in secret, they heard another noise on the battlefield. When they turned around and looked around, they saw that the Red Army troops were coming up again. Ma Hongkui had a clear idea in his mind that this must be the Red Bandits knowing that he was on the battlefield.
Here comes the second search.
Seeing that we were only two miles away from the ditch, we could get in after running for a while. A group of red bandits came down the main road from the direction of Zhongliang. Now the way into the ditch was blocked. Ma Hongkui complained in his heart that he couldn't run anymore.
, could only pretend to be dead anymore. He climbed to the ground first and rolled into the pile of dead people.
Coming down from the direction of Zhongliang were the cadres and security forces of the Legion led by Liu Yimin.
As soon as he heard that Ma Hongkui, the chairman of Ningxia Province and commander of the Seventh Division, had slipped through the battlefield, the army commander ordered all troops to go to the battlefield to search. Luo Ronghuan, Cai Zhong, Zeng Zhongsheng, and Huang Su all took out their pistols and left the army headquarters with cadres and soldiers.
The battlefield search is coming.
Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing came up with several members of the art troupe and also carried small pistols. As soon as they arrived at the battlefield, seeing the tragic scene, several members of the art troupe immediately vomited, and Zhao Xiaoman was so angry that he wanted to chase them away.
go back.
After several female soldiers finished vomiting, they quickly followed Zhao Xiaoman, Jingjing and Liu Yimin to carefully inspect the battlefield. Other troops expanded the search area, and the cavalry regiment was divided into several groups to pursue in all directions.
Liu Yimin demanded that every corpse must be turned over to make sure it was dead.
Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing searched and searched, then walked to the place where Ma Hongkui and others were lying. Seeing several civil servants being beaten to death, Jingjing couldn't bear it, so she said "poor people" and wanted to go
Arrange their bodies.
Zhao Xiaoman grabbed Jingjing. Jingjing lowered her head and took a closer look to see why these dead people were still shaking. She immediately raised her pistol and shouted: "Stand up!"
At this time, Liu Yimin and the soldiers were alerted and gathered around.
Seeing that he couldn't hide, Ma Hongkui stood up. Several guards also stood up and stood in front of Ma Hongkui.
As soon as Liu Yimin took a look, he recognized Ma Hongkui, who had a mustache and was chubby. He smiled and said: "Chairman Ma, I have admired him for a long time!"
Ma Hongkui said dejectedly: "I want to see Mao Zedong and Zhu De."
Liu Yimin smiled again: "Okay, come with us to meet in Xi'an!"
After the soldiers pushed Ma Hongkui down, Liu Yimin nodded to Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing: "Not bad! The female regiment leader and the female editor-in-chief captured the provincial chairman, can they make the headlines of the "War Flag"?"
Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing both had bright faces. Liu Yimin turned around and said to Luo Ronghuan: "Political Commissar, the troops should take a break and eat. We will rush back immediately."
At this time, at the Yellow River ferry between Yichuan and Hancheng, the Jinsui Army was rushing to cross the Yellow River.
The Dusan Division and the Northern Shaanxi Red Army, in accordance with the pre-war deployment and Liu Yimin's instructions, left one unit at the first-line ferry in Yichuan to intercept the delayed enemy, and the main force was placed at the first-line ferry in Longmen Town, Hancheng, determined to attack the enemy with firepower when they crossed the river. Wait.
After the enemy lands ashore, they use the terrain to launch a counterattack.
Crossing the river at Longmen was Yang Aiyuan's Thirty-fourth Army. This time Yan Xishan also came out with all his elite troops. He appointed Yang Aiyuan, commander of the Thirty-fourth Army, as the commander-in-chief of the attack on Shaanxi, and mobilized the Thirty-two, Thirty-three and Thirty-fourth Army.
The three armies, Zhao Chengshou's cavalry, Zhou Dai's artillery, and a hundred thousand troops marched towards Shaanxi.
The Dusan Division did not have mountain artillery, so field artillery and mortars were not effective in bombarding the ferry. The covering artillery fire of the Jinsui Army was very powerful. Zhang Hongtao and Liu Zhidan saw that they could not stop the Jinsui Army from crossing the river, so they had to wait for the Jinsui Army to land ashore before proceeding.
Fight back.
After the leading regiment of the 34th Army landed ashore, they did not rush to attack and advance. Instead, they controlled the ferry, covered the follow-up troops, and crossed the Yellow River one by one.
Yang Aiyuan was not only one of Yan Xishan's Thirteen Taibao, but also one of Yan Xishan's most respected people. In this attack on Shaanxi, the opinions within the Shanxi-Sui Army were not unified. Many people believed that the Jin-Sui Army had not regained its strength and was not suitable for the attack.
Others made wedding clothes. But Yang Aiyuan strongly supported it. The reason was that the Red Army in the hinterland of Shaanxi was empty of troops. Besides, Yan Xishan was really moved by the conditions offered by Chiang Kai-shek. It’s a joke, who doesn’t want to be the Executive Yuan! If you want to be, you have to pay.
cost.
Yang Aiyuan saw the old man's thoughts, and naturally advocated sending troops. In return, Yan Xishan appointed Yang Aiyuan as the commander-in-chief of the Shaanxi attack.
In terms of qualifications, this commander-in-chief cannot be compared to Yang Aiyuan. Shang Zhen, commander of the 32nd Army, and Xu Yongchang, commander of the 33rd Army, are older than Yang Aiyuan. However, when Yan Xishan was out of the field, Yang Aiyuan's
The performance was unanimously recognized by the Jinsui Army. At that time, Yan Xishan wrote a letter stating that Shang Zhen was responsible for politics, and Xu Yongchang and Yang Aiyuan were responsible for military affairs. Because Shang Zhen was not supported by the Shanxi generals, and Xu Yongchang had no strength,
Shanxi's military and political mess was actually supported by Yang Aiyuan. In particular, in order to bribe Yang Aiyuan, Chiang Kai-shek gave him 900,000 yuan twice. Yang Aiyuan realized that this money could not be taken because it would cause the Shanxi-Sui Army to fall apart, so he gave him the 900,000 yuan.
Ten thousand yuan was openly taken out and distributed evenly among the armies, allowing each army to sign for it. This shattered Chiang Kai-shek's conspiracy and maintained the internal unity of the Shanxi-Sui Army. Yang Aiyuan was therefore promoted to a figure in the Shanxi-Sui Army whose status was second only to Yan Xishan.
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In this attack on Shaanxi, Yan Xishan and Yang Aiyuan agreed that if the Red Army was indeed empty of troops, they would march directly to Xi'an. If the Red Army was strong, they would retreat quickly and stick to the Yellow River defense line to prevent the Shanxi-Sui Army from suffering heavy losses.
After the Ma Jiajun launched an attack in Tianshui yesterday, Yan Xishan was not in a hurry to send troops. It was not until the Tongguan front line started this morning that Yan Xishan ordered Yang Aiyuan to advance quickly.
It was said to be a rapid advance, but there was no bridge on the Yellow River, so we could only cross it by boat. It was not until noon that, under the cover of strong artillery fire, only one regiment passed by. The Jinsui Army in other directions did not make much progress, and it was not because the Red Army had a strong interception force.
, but the tool for crossing the river does not work.
Yang Aiyuan was very calm. He was not in a hurry. It didn't matter if he attacked later, as long as he didn't let the Red Army fight back. There was no bridge and there were few boats. If they encountered the main force of the Red Bandits, they wouldn't be able to escape. Therefore, he asked to cross the river.
The troops set up positions and guarded the ferry, waiting for the large troops to cross the river.
Yang Aiyuan's behavior really left Zhang Hongtao and Liu Zhidan helpless. The troops rushed forward. On the other side was the enemy's powerful artillery fire. The casualties would be a huge blow to Dusan Division and Shaanbei Division, which were also tasked with blocking and containing the enemy to prevent them from occupying Xi'an.
The Red Army cannot afford it. If it is crippled here, the enemy will be able to enter Xi'an unimpeded.
We had no choice but to watch the enemy cross the river and build fortifications. The two sides were in a stalemate at the Gantry line.
On the northern Sichuan front line, Lin Biao and Nie Rongzhen couldn't figure out what the enemy wanted to do. The Central Army, Deng Xihou's 48th Army, Pan Wenhui's Sichuan South Road Bandit Suppression Headquarters, and the three armies advanced steadily and built positions on the Mianyang front line. From 7 o'clock in the morning
From the beginning, he kept shelling the defensive positions of the Mianyang Red 9th Army, and kept sending small groups of troops to carry out infiltration attacks. As soon as you hit him, he would retreat. As soon as you stopped, he would start a small group of multi-channel infiltration attacks.
.Leave Luo Binghui, He Changgong, and Guo Tianmin not knowing what to do.
According to Lin Biao's plan, if the enemy launches a large-scale attack, they will abandon Mianyang, concentrate the two legions and the 33rd Red Army, lure the enemy deep, kill him all the way, and then take advantage of the victory to expand the results. The enemy's current situation makes Lin Biao very embarrassed.
If you take the initiative to attack, you will hit a rock. If you don't take the initiative to attack, the enemies will huddle together again. It is impossible to lure them or separate them. You can only hide the main force and wait for the opportunity.
The front line in eastern Sichuan is another scene. Except for the troops under the command of Pan Wenhui, the 21st Army of the Sichuan Army Liu Xiang, the rest of the main forces are concentrated on the front line in eastern Sichuan. They work closely with Sun Zhen, Li Jiayu, Yang Sen and other troops, relying on the Northeast Army to form a
They formed a thick defense line. However, they did not attack. They hid in the defense line and only used artillery to talk to them.
Peng Dehuai had a fierce temper. He discussed with Xu Xiangqian several times and wanted to attack, tear a hole in the enemy's defense line, and annihilate some of the enemies. However, after receiving a telegram from the headquarters informing Zhang Qun of the content of his protest, Peng Dehuai and Xu Xiangqian were no longer impulsive.
Reduce the strength of the troops, prepare positions, and be ready to respond to the surprise attack of 300,000 Central Army troops coming from Wuhan and Yichang at any time.
After receiving Liu Yimin's telegram reporting the victory, Mao Zedong personally wrote a press release on "The Great Victory of Tianshui by the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army" and handed it over to the Xi'an People's Broadcasting Station for broadcast, and distributed the press release to the whole country through the radio station.
Mao Zedong wrote in the press release: "On March 29 and 30, 1935, the Seventh Red Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army completely annihilated the Qinghai Ma Bufang New Second Army, the Ma Bu Qingqi Fifth Division, the main force of the Ningxia Ma Hongkui Seventh Division and the Qinghai Army in Tianshui, Gansu Province.
There were more than 90,000 people in the security and militia groups, and 23,520 people were captured alive, including Ma Hongkui, Chairman of the Ningxia Provincial Government, and Ma Yuanhai, the former enemy commander-in-chief of the Majia Army in Qinghai.
At noon on March 29, Qinghai Ma Bufang Group and Ningxia Ma Hongkui Group ignored the armistice order, sabotaged the peace negotiations, and launched an attack on our Tianshui base area. Our defending troops fought back and severely damaged the invading enemy. At around 5 a.m. on the 30th, the enemy
Concentrating all the troops and artillery fire, they rushed towards Tianshui City, but were driven back by our defenders. At 7 o'clock in the morning, the main force of our Seventh Red Army arrived and started a desperate battle with the enemy. After the Red Army commanders and soldiers fought bravely, they compressed the enemy under Tianshui City.
Divide and encircle to achieve the goal of total annihilation.
This Tianshui victory is another great victory for our army after the victory at Xiaoshui Xikou of the Hunan Passage, the victory at Zunyi, the victory at Zhenyuan Qingxi Town, the victory at Chengdu, and the victory at Fujia. This victory once again proves that all Red Army dares to encircle and suppress
, Those who dare to fight a civil war will end badly! This is the case with Hu Zongnan, Ma Hongkui, Ma Yuanhai, and others such as Yan Xishan, Jiang Dingwen, Liu Xiang, Xue Yue, Deng Xihou, etc., who dare to attack the Red Army and fight a civil war!
Now Yan Xishan is ready to make a move. He obeys Chiang Kai-shek's order and gathers 100,000 troops to attack Xi'an and fight fiercely with the river defense troops of our Workers' and Peasants' Red Army on the front line of the Yellow River. Yan Xishan only sees the emptiness of Shaanxi and forgets that his Shanxi is equally empty. The main force of our Red Army completed the Battle of Tianshui
Afterwards, about to return eastward under starry night, the fate of the 100,000 Jin-Sui army was worrying.
The Tianshui victory once again proved that the heroic Red Army of workers and peasants is invincible! We look forward to the great Red Army making new contributions in defeating the Japanese invaders and striving for national liberation!"
After writing the press release, Mao Zedong was high-spirited and ordered to inform the entire army that the Seventh Red Army had achieved a great victory in Tianshui, annihilating more than 90,000 enemies and capturing Ningxia Provincial Chairman Ma Hongkui alive. He asked the entire army to learn from the heroic Seventh Red Army and carry forward the fearless revolution of the Red Army.
spirit, resolutely repel Chiang Kai-shek's civil war offensive, and safeguard the achievements of the revolution.
At 6 o'clock in the afternoon, after cleaning the battlefield and completing battlefield rest, the Seventh Red Army held a meeting of company and above cadres in Tianshui. Luo Ronghuan conveyed Chairman Mao's briefing to the entire army to the cadres, and Cai Zhong reported the results of the Battle of Tianshui.
Finally, Liu Yimin made a passionate speech: "Comrades, in this battle of Tianshui, our 13th Red Division held firm to Tianshui to lure the enemy, our only division rushed to rescue in time, our 11th Division, 12th Division, the Fourth Division and the troops directly under the corps
Acting quickly, in just one day, the main force of the invading Ma's Army was wiped out at the foot of Tianshui City. After this battle, whether it is Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army or other warlord troops, they will be scared when they hear the name of our Seventh Red Army.
We mourned and ran away! Facts have proved that our Seventh Red Army is a force loyal to the party and the people, a force that can fight and dare to fight, a force that is invincible and invincible!"
After a pause and looking at the excitement on the faces of the cadres, Liu Yimin added: "I know, comrades are very tired. However, Chiang Kai-shek has mobilized 200,000 elite Central Army troops to storm Tongguan and fight fiercely with our Second Division. Yan Xishan's
One hundred thousand Jinsui troops are rushing to cross the Yellow River. We can't rest. I order: Red 11th Division, Legion Artillery Regiment, Heavy Machine Gun Regiment, Engineer Regiment, Guard Regiment all ride on horseback, with the Cavalry Regiment as the leader, quickly return to Xi'an. The 12th Division,
The 13th Division and the Only Division will follow up. The Fourth Division will stay in Tianshui to deal with post-war matters. Comrades, I will lead you to defeat the Central Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army. Do you have confidence?"
The cadres shouted "Yes!"
Liu Yimin waved his hand: "The meeting is over. Each unit will prepare for an hour and set off on time at seven o'clock!"