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Many years later, Ma Lanpo, a survivor of the Battle of Lanzhou, said in a chat with his grandson: "Don't use violence, don't believe in the so-called Allah, it's all tricks by those old men to trick you into working for them. If there is an Allah, then this Allah will definitely not ask you to kill and do evil for him, and anyone who asks you to kill and do evil for him will definitely kill the false god.”

Looking at the child who didn't seem to understand, he said: "In Lanzhou, hundreds of thousands of people were killed across the field, and the blood can be drifted. That is our most terrible memory, so children, be honest and follow the rules. Ji abide by the law, don't believe in some shitty Allah, if Allah really exists, then our hundreds of thousands of believers won't be so completely killed by Kafir..."

The Battle of Lanzhou was a farce for Wu Peifu personally. He felt that he had traveled, and directly traveled to the desert hundreds of years ago. The wind and sand flying all over the sky, and hundreds of thousands of nomadic fierce cavalry roared unscrupulously.

But Wu Peifu took a closer look at the troops around him. The equipment was all weapons of mass destruction. Could it be that these jihad fighters were as invulnerable as the Boxers? Wu Peifu couldn't help feeling a little worried.

Although the Northwest Frontier Army did not equip the equipment according to the standard configuration of the youth army's field troops, Wang Zhenyu was not stingy. He allocated the remaining part of the Beiyang Army's weapons captured during the National Defense War last year to the Northwest Frontier Army.This is nothing, as far as the monthly output of rifles and ammunition of the six major military factories under the Ministry of Armaments is more than enough to support Wu Peifu's 20 army, so the first to fourth divisions under Wu Peifu's command, Wen Zheng rifles The penetration rate is very high, and their logistical supplies have become relatively easy.

What really made Wu Peifu feel powerful was the cannons. According to the secret investigation report released by the Japanese Super High School, if it weren't for these cannons, Wu Peifu's army could at best be called riflemen instead of infantry.It was precisely these cannons that quickly widened the gap in combat effectiveness between the Northwest Frontier Army and the Hui army under the command of the Four Horsemen. All the supplements to Wu Peifu were 105mm large-caliber field cannons, and the ammunition was also very sufficient. Most of the gunners participated in the national defense war. Veteran, this makes the Battle of Lanzhou more like a massacre without any suspense.

The battle was first initiated by the Hui army, whose number was twice that of the enemy. On a front less than three kilometers wide, the Hui army, inspired by their imam, held the great ideal of dedicating themselves to Allah, armed with rifles, swords, etc. All kinds of weapons bravely launched a mighty charge towards the border guards who had just appeared in front of them and hadn't had time to prepare for battle.

This stunned the officers and soldiers of the Northwest Frontier Army who were originally full of confidence from top to bottom. They really couldn't understand why these Hui people dared to charge, just relying on faith?

Fortunately, the charging distance of these jihad fighters is a bit long, and they don't have as many good and strong horses as Ma's army. Otherwise, the outcome of this Lanzhou battle is really hard to say. Maybe Wu Peifu's regular army will be wiped out by Allah with a lightning strike.

At the forefront is the troops of Feng Yuxiang, the Third Division of the Northwest Frontier Defense Army. In fact, he is a little worried about Feng Yuxiang's defection to the Nationalist Government. After all, it is a question of whether people like himself will be replaced in the past. At least it is impossible to be a warlord. Who has ever seen a warlord whose logistics is in the hands of others?

With the appointment of his uncle Lu Jianzhang as the governor of Henan Province, Feng Yuxiang slowly changed his past concepts. He chose to follow Wu Peifu honestly and continue westward.

The third division is the base of Feng Yuxiang's former Beiyang No.16 mixed brigade. The biggest feature of this unit is that it is very disciplined, and it is very disciplined.Therefore, in the face of Si Ma's inexplicable attack, although the whole army panicked for a while, they did not collapse as Si Ma expected.

It is almost 600 meters from the starting point of the attack to the location of Feng Yuxiang's department, and it takes about two minutes to run fast, which leaves sufficient preparation time for the third division.When Feng Yuxiang gave an order to prepare for battle, the officers and soldiers of the third division immediately thought of Feng Yuxiang's harsh military law, and forgot the fear of the enemy. In their view, their own division was much more terrifying than the enemy.The effect of daily rigorous training was immediately revealed at this moment. The combat troops of the third division, two regular brigades and three regiments took advantage of the terrain. In the shortest time, they used backpacks, stones, and marching carriages to pile up a simple road. The hundreds of meters long semi-circular combat shelter, and the mortars and various light and heavy machine guns issued by the Armament Department have been placed.The infantry entered the creeping shooting action as required, and took out the eight standard grenades on their bodies without hesitation.A young soldier named Shi Yousan asked his battalion commander nervously: "Battlemaster Han, do you know demons these times? Is it impossible to kill?"

The battalion commander named Han Fuqu directly rewarded the young soldier with a whip: "Fart, I haven't seen anyone who can't be killed, tell the brothers, wait for the enemy to rush into 50 meters later, I will hear my gunshot hit..."

On the side of the charging jihad fighters, the charge of 30 people may be the only time in their lives. Everyone is full of pride, and everyone thinks in their minds that they want to kill all the Kafirs for Allah. Even if you pay your life for it, you don't hesitate, anyway, there are 72 most beautiful virgins waiting for you in heaven after death (some people believe this kind of nonsense?).

The shouts of charging increased again and again, and every jihadist was filled with the belief of victory, but the impact distance of 600 meters was too long.However, this cannot be entirely blamed on the officers of the Majiajun. It is already a miracle that 30 Muslims who have not received professional military training can be gathered on the battlefield and most of them have not dispersed.

Since the other party planned to drown himself with the sea of ​​people, Feng Yuxiang was not polite, and he didn't have to wait for reinforcements, he gave the order to fight.

When the crowd poured into the distance of 50 meters, the third division opened fire unceremoniously.

Speaking of it, it is also the bad luck of the jihadists themselves. If it is changed to the normal configuration, if 30 people rush over with all their will, maybe it will really work, but the third division is different. Their division commander Feng Yuxiang is a serious person Warlord character.The specific performance is in terms of equipment. Anyway, it is supplied by Wuhan. Feng Yuxiang equipped his troops with machine guns three times the standard. As a result, every combat unit in each class has a heavy machine gun. Mortar.

Although these equipments are not used intensively, scattered use is equally fatal.Crowds of fanatical jihadists were knocked down by the ferocious firepower. They were not afraid of death. They tried to continue charging, but after the impactful machine gun bullets penetrated their bodies, they felt that their strength was draining at an alarming rate. No matter how hard they tried they couldn't charge anymore.And the successors also became more violent because the person in front fell down. They scrambled as if they were going to worship the holy stone, and stepped on the fallen person unceremoniously, and then it was their turn to be knocked down, and they were trampled by others .As for whether they entered heaven after death and slept with the 72 beautiful virgins, only they themselves know.

Although the third division shrunk its defensive position and used its absolute superiority of firepower to hit these jihadists who were almost unarmed (all with knives), it was inevitable that these fanatical jihadists The distance has been shortened by more than 20 meters.The barrel of the machine gun began to heat up, and subtle changes took place in the shooter's psychology.Feng Yuxiang, who can be regarded as well-informed, surprised the performance of the jihadists. He really didn't know how long this charge could last. If it continued, his army might really be overwhelmed by the sea of ​​people. The third division immediately fell into danger.

At this time, Tao Zhiyue, the chief of staff of the Northwest Frontier Defense Army who was following the third division, walked behind Feng Yuxiang calmly and said, "Mr. Feng, give the order to fire, otherwise the firepower of our frontier positions will be blocked for at most one minute." Can't stop the crowd."

Feng Yuxiang just woke up like a dream, turned around and shouted to the staff: "How are Sun Lianzhong and the others preparing? I want artillery now. I will continue to attack the enemy's follow-up troops and cut off their support to the front."

More than 30 seconds later, the cannon was fired, and with a sharp whistling sound, the shell unceremoniously smashed into the crowd of jihadists, blowing up a large area immediately.These jihadists are indeed fanatical, and their understanding of modern warfare is almost zero, but their fearless performance still deeply shocked their enemies.But when the shells fell from the sky, no amount of mental strength could resist the destructive power of industrial machines. After all, they were all flesh and blood, and they were suddenly harvested in pieces. No one could bear it mentally. A large blank space suddenly appeared in the gray and white crowd, and the pace of the follow-up crowd unconsciously slowed down.I don't know who it is, and suddenly shouted: "They are devils, they are devils, run away!"

Yes, besides the devil, who else can kill so many people at once? Although the jihadists think they are brave, they can’t fight the devil. According to the teaching, they can’t kill the devil. The devils are all from Allah and the Prophet, so a miracle happened. The 30-strong assault team suddenly ebbed less than ten meters away from the third division, and it cannot be said to be completely ebbed. The front personnel who were cut off by the shelling were still there. Charge desperately, while those behind ebb unceremoniously.The officers and soldiers of the third division naturally unceremoniously used the heavy weapons in their hands to chug the jihadists in front.

Then, Tao Zhiyue suddenly shouted to Feng Yuxiang: "Let's charge immediately, charge as many cavalry as there are, chasing after the buttocks..."

As a result, the escapees became even more frightened, and the four-horse army that had planned to charge later made the jihadists who fled back into chaos. The Battle of Lanzhou ended. A total of 5 Muslims died, 12 were injured, and [-] were captured.The only injury to the Northwest Frontier Army came from a recruit who tried to feel how hot the hot machine gun barrel was with his hand, but was burned.