Episode 46 Chuanxiao Ding Sanqin (4) Bloody Battle on the Pontoon Bridge
Episode 46 Legend of the Three Qin Dynasties (4) Bloody Battle on the Floating Bridge
The distance between the Longmen Floating Bridge and the Zhengzhou Airport, the nearest airport controlled by the Ming army, has reached 300 kilometers, which is beyond the combat radius of fighter jets. Only dive bombers are sent to support the floating bridge battlefield without escort.
Because less than 100 kilometers northeast of Longmen Floating Bridge is Linfen Airport. There is also a fighter squadron of the Qing Army stationed here.
Although there is only one squadron, and although it is not a new type of Haidongqing, it is a fighter after all, and it can still pose a fatal threat to the Ming army's dive bombers.
At four o'clock in the afternoon on the 25th, the leading force of the Ming Army, the Sixth Division of the People's Guard, the First Mechanized Division, had just crossed Tongguan for half an hour, had entered Huayin County, and advanced to the foot of Huashan Mountain. In the westward sun
, you can see the majestic figure of Huashan Mountain in the distance. At this time, you received an emergency order from the headquarters Li Gensheng to suspend your westward advance and immediately turned around and headed north to seize the Longmen Floating Bridge.
The situation was urgent. In order to reinforce the Taihang Mountain Column in Longmen as quickly as possible, the First Mechanized Division of the People's Guard directly ordered the armored reconnaissance company of the leading reconnaissance battalion to waive the reconnaissance mission, break away from the reconnaissance battalion, advance at the fastest speed, and rush to the base 120 kilometers away.
Gantry floating bridge.
At the same time, the 1st Mechanized Division took out a light tank battalion, a mechanized infantry battalion, and an air defense company from the main force behind the marching column to temporarily form a mixed regiment to follow up behind and connect with the armored reconnaissance company in front.
In particular, the air defense company is indispensable. During the more than 100 kilometers from here to the north, the Ming army will fight for the first time when the Qing army has control of the air. In order to reverse this unfavorable situation as soon as possible, the People's Guard Mechanized First Division immediately started to
, we temporarily found a place in the north of Huayin County, transferred the entire engineering battalion behind it, and started building the runway with bulldozer tanks.
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120 kilometers north from here is the Longmen Floating Bridge. The west bank of the Yellow River here is Shaanxi, called Longmen Town. The east bank is Shanxi, called Hejin County. Longmen Town is located at the natural junction of northern Shaanxi and southern Shaanxi. South of Longmen
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It is still the Great Plains of Guanzhong. But north of Longmen, the terrain rises steeply and enters the Loess Plateau of northern Shaanxi. The plateau and the plains naturally meet here, with clear lines. The traditional concept of "Guanzhong" ends here.
The Yellow River north of Longmen is narrow and thin, bound by the tall loess on both sides. It is winding and winding. On both sides is the Loess Grand Canyon. The water flow in the middle is fast and the waves are rolling. It has a feeling of Wujiang, Nujiang and Dadu River in the southwest.
.But when we arrived at Longmen, the Loess Plateau suddenly ended, and there were no more high altitudes on both sides.
Bound by the loess layer, the river rushed into the gentle Guanzhong Great Plains. The river suddenly became very wide, and the water flow immediately became extremely slow, showing the kind of "kind old woman" that the Ming army soldiers saw in Tongguan.
"Feeling. Therefore, going down from Longmen, there are more floating bridges on the Yellow River.
Now, a company of the Taihang Mountain Column is engaged in a fierce battle with the Qing Army's floating bridge garrison in Hejin County.
Although the Taihang Mountain Column has reached more than 30,000 people and eight brigades, its troops are widely distributed in the two major mountain systems of Taihang Mountain and Luliang Mountain. Now it is necessary to control the various passes, mountain roads, and railways to cut off the Qing army.
To reinforce the roads, we also need to control each county and capture each county.
The Qing garrison in the county cleared the way for the Ming army to enter Shanxi... There were too many places to take care of. The Nanming headquarters received intelligence and learned that there was still a pontoon bridge that had not been blown up, and immediately ordered the Taihang Mountain column to control it.
The Taihang Mountain Column could only send one company to seize the bridge first.
The Taihang Mountain Column only had one company, but the Qing garrison in Hejin County had one battalion.
However, the combat effectiveness of the Taihang Mountain Column was stronger than that of the Qing garrison.
The Taihang Mountain Column was mostly composed of local mountain people who could not bear the oppression of the government, as well as many local green forest bandits. They usually endured hardships and were extremely brave. Coupled with the formalized organizational training of airdropped Ming Army officers, their combat effectiveness was even stronger.
As for those Qing army garrison troops who usually live in a loose manner, eat, drink, whore, gamble, and act tyrannically, their combat effectiveness is naturally not at the same level in the fish and meat village.
However, there is a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides. The Qing army is several times larger than the guerrillas. The most important thing is that the air superiority is in the hands of the Qing army. The Qing fighter jets flying from Linfen Airport kept swooping and shooting, suppressing the guerrillas and unable to raise their heads. The original combat effectiveness was very high.
The Qing garrison, which was low on the ground, was boosted in morale by the air force. They shouted "crack, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle!
Originally, there were only a few Qing army engineers on the pontoon bridge, slowly loading explosives and preparing to blow up the bridge. At this time, the guerrillas suddenly appeared and seized the pontoon bridge. The escaped engineers ran back to report the news, and then Hua
The garrison of Yin County came out in full force, preparing to retake the pontoon bridge
The battle started at noon and has been going on for half the afternoon. The Qing army's garrison troops are fighting more and more, and the guerrillas are fighting less and less. Now the casualties have reached 20%, and the number of people is less than a hundred. As for the Qing army's garrison strength,
There is still a steady stream of people coming from two nearby counties.
The position controlled by the guerrillas is the small pier on the east bank of the pontoon. A narrow area of several thousand square meters is being compressed little by little. In other words, there are some small buildings, bungalows, low walls, etc. on the pier.
Only then can I barely hold on.
Neither side has heavy weapons, but the guerrillas' light weapons are stronger than those of the Qing army. This is also an important reason why they can barely hold on despite being suppressed by aircraft overhead. The Qing army's garrison has only one battalion of rifles.
Light machine guns. The guerrillas only have one company, but they have six light machine guns. This gives the guerrillas an overwhelming advantage in terms of firepower.
But the guerrillas also have a fatal disadvantage, that is, limited ammunition. They have no baggage to follow them, and carry all their supplies on their backs. Therefore, even though they have many machine guns, they have to save bullets. Fortunately, the Qing army is also afraid of death, and no one can
No charge, just a gunfight, a battle
Squeeze more and more people into the middle, and use the cover of each strafing attack from the plane to quickly move forward a few steps. This gives the guerrillas a chance to take careful aim. Otherwise, if the Qing army charges together, the guerrillas will
I had to shoot out the bullets like water.
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The bi-wing fighter jets in the sky swayed and swooped down, and three machine guns blew up three streaks of smoke on the guerrilla position. All the guerrillas lay down on the spot to avoid it. The Qing army on the opposite side seized the opportunity, shouted and rushed forward a few more times.
step.
Several light machine gun groups of the guerrillas took advantage of the gap between the aircraft's strafing, and immediately knelt down, mounted the Czech light machine gun on the stone reel, and aimed a burst of fire. Immediately, the two soldiers on the opposite side fell to the ground bleeding.
One of them died on the spot, and the other was hit in the thigh and lay on the ground howling miserably.
The sound of machine gunfire and screams immediately caused a large number of Qing soldiers to lie down on the spot and find a place to hide. Nearly half of the Qing soldiers turned around and ran back, giving up the position they had just captured.
After the Qing soldiers lay down, it took a long time before they slowly raised their heads, pulled the big bolt and opened fire, and the bullets flew past the guerrilla position with a roar.
Immediately afterwards, another "Zhebie" fighter jet swung down and aimed at the guerrilla machine gun team. Three streaks of smoke passed by, and another guerrilla machine gunner was killed. However, a guerrilla next to him suddenly shot up.
Came over and filled his vacancy.
This is the advantage of the Czech machine gun. It is easy to use, has straight trajectory and is very accurate. Novices can quickly get the feel for it. Moreover, in the daily training of the Taihang Mountain Column, everyone is required to at least know how to do it, whether they are machine gunners or not.
Using machine guns. At the moment, these two advantages are working. The guerrilla machine gunners seem to be "endless".
Looking at the tragic scene on their own battlefield, with the corpses of their comrades lying in a pool of blood, every guerrilla's heart is filled with tragic feelings.
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The Qing army on the opposite side is getting more and more reinforcements, and the garrison battalions from the two nearby counties are also arriving in levied cars, bicycles, and horses for reinforcements. The Qing army started from one camp at noon, and now
It has already reached the strength of more than two battalions. At this rate, it will increase to a regiment before dark.
As for the guerrillas, there were only so many people. Now it was said that they were a company, but in fact there were only more than 80 people. Opposite them, there were more than ten times the number of Qing troops.
The six machine guns of the guerrillas were stuck at several key points, and dozens of other rifles were also firing steadily. Everyone was saving ammunition and basically placed the Qing soldiers very close before firing. These guerrillas usually
He practiced hard every day and now aimed carefully, so his hit rate was very high. Basically, he could kill a Qing soldier with three to five shots.
The planes in the sky launched another round of dive and strafing fire, and the Qing soldiers on the opposite side seized the opportunity and threw grenades one after another.
During the strafing and explosions, several more guerrillas were killed on the spot. The morale of the Qing soldiers on the opposite side was greatly boosted, and they rushed over in large numbers, shouting, until several machine guns here spurted tongues of flame at the same time, knocking down more than a dozen people at once.
Only then did the Qing soldiers lie down on the ground again, each trying to escape.
The guerrilla company commander lay on the ground and shook his head to shake off the dirt, spit a few more times, held the rifle in his arms, touched the tin loudspeaker, raised his head and shouted:
"Brothers, keep fighting! Hold the pontoon bridge! Our army has already entered the border, and our tanks will arrive in two or three hours! Then we will take revenge on the dead brothers! Kill all these bastards on the opposite side!
...Hey, those bastards over there, listen up.
Don't worry! Don't look at the fun you are making now, be careful about making lists in the future! This is not the future. Tomorrow the army will cross the river and draw lists for you! Surrender quickly if you know how to do it. When the army comes, we will beg for mercy and spare your life.
!Otherwise we will all be killed by then..."
On the Qing army's position opposite, another loudspeaker was also shouting:
"Hahaha... Are you asking me to surrender? Are you all scared? Now it's me asking you to surrender! Put down your gun quickly, come over with your hands raised, and spare your life! The Ming army can't cross the Yellow River! It's just a few of you.
, can we hold on for another hour? We will send cannons from Houma right away! By then, even the pontoon bridge and you guys will be blasted into the sky! Hahaha..."
Then, the voice shouted to the Qing soldiers:
"Brothers, fight hard. There is another telegram from Beijing, and the reward has been increased! The emperor has personally promised to blow up the Longmen Floating Bridge. I, surnamed Ma, will be made an earl, raise the flag, be promoted to the third level, and will be rewarded with 50,000 oceans! Brothers each
Everyone can be promoted to two levels and be rewarded with 5,000 oceans! Hahaha... Brothers, fight hard and work hard for this hour.
If you blow up the pontoon, you can be rich for the rest of your life! Brothers, you also heard what was shouted from the other side. As soon as the Ming army arrives, they will kill us all! Anyone who wants to surrender to the Ming army should think clearly.
Is there any fucking way out? So, no matter for the emperor or for ourselves, we cannot let the Ming army enter Shanxi!"
This encouragement was very effective, and there was another burst of cheers on the Qing army's position. During these few hours of fighting, a telegram came from Beijing almost every once in a while, raising the reward by a bit. These usually bad troops were now very active.
Generally speaking, everyone wants to strive for wealth for the rest of their lives.
On the guerrilla side, the company commander shouted again:
"Brothers! Hold on for two more hours! It will be dark in two hours, and the planes overhead will have to leave! Our machine guns will be able to deploy! Our tanks will be here soon!"
The Qing army on the opposite side immediately shouted:
"Nonsense! The plane will leave in two hours, and our cannons will arrive! Damn it, just blow up the pontoon bridge, and you guys will die without a burial place! ... If you have sense, surrender quickly, and I will spare your life..."
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"Surrender? Hahaha..."
The guerrillas burst out laughing loudly. Many people also looked up to the sky and laughed.
These people in the Taihang Mountain Column were able to kill officials and rebel, and went up to the mountains to fight guerrillas. They all had a blood feud with the Manchu and Qing court. In the beginning, they either had their land occupied and failed to get it, but were captured and killed instead, which cut off their livelihood.
; Or because the local police were short of money, they arrested their family members to extort "fine". Because they could not pay or did not pay enough, their relatives were tortured to death;
Either because the local government colluded with the bullies, and the family was ruined; or because he couldn't bear it, he went to the county to file a complaint, but was sent back to the local area because the officials were guarding him, so that the local government ruined his family... If
Without the Taihang Mountain Column, these wronged people would have no choice but to follow the traditional "handling method" of drinking a ladle of brine and be done with it.
These people have already "died once". Let alone hope now, even if they are completely in despair, they will never surrender, but will only resist desperately, fighting for one to make up for the loss, fighting for two to earn one.
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Behind the low wall, a machine gunner had blood on one shoulder and was still pulling the trigger with his other hand to shoot, aiming carefully with his eyes. As he fired, he shouted loudly:
"Brothers, let's sing!"
Immediately, everyone on the battlefield responded in unison. There was no need to join forces, several people sang in unison:
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"We are all sharpshooters, every bullet kills an enemy,
We are all flying troops, even if the mountains are high and the water is deep.
In the dense woods, campsites for comrades are arranged everywhere.
On the high hills, there are countless of our good brothers.
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We grew up here, every inch of land is our own,
No matter who wants to take it by force, we will fight him to the end!"
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"Whoosh" bullets passed by, and from time to time some team members fell down screaming, or were shot in the chest or face, and fell to the ground without saying a word... However, the singing on the battlefield had already reached its second verse.
, and sang louder and louder:
"Even if the government is fierce, our brothers are so brave in fighting.
Even if the officers and soldiers fired fiercely, they could not find us or our shadows.
Let the enemy run rampant and build our position on the enemy's side and rear,
The more arrogant the government bullies become, the more our team expands.
For light and freedom, forty million people are armed,
For the sake of future generations, for the sake of future generations, everyone must resist.
The more we fight, the stronger we become. The evil court will surely perish.
Look at the final day of victory, the dawn of light appears on the land of China!"