The beacon of youth

Being persuaded by Li Yong, Brigadier Liu laughed and patted Li Yong on the shoulder: "Dayong, you are right, look at the bears of the Kuomintang troops, and after a few more battles, we will have everything. We are not With Chiang Kai-shek, the captain of the transportation team, as the backing, the equipment will get better and better, and our brigade has gained a lot from fighting the 36th Division this time, how about you?"

Li Yong knew that Brigadier Liu was easy-going and knew him very well, so he said happily: "Who am I, Li Yong? Can we lose the benefits? But there is one thing, my army has too many prisoners. Too little, after a while we have educated, please go to review."

Brigadier Liu didn't mind and said: "Dayong, what you said is almost the same in our entire Northwest Field Army. The same is true for our three verticals. The veterans are all treasures, and the casualties are less than one. They have passed the test of the War of Resistance. I know every veteran soldier in my heart. I have been with me for several years, some for almost ten years, and I can name one-third of them. The development of the army depends on these veterans.

You use old soldiers as seeds, put one or two in each squad, if it’s really not possible, put two in a platoon, and then train for a period of time to do a good job in the ideological work of the soldiers, fight a few small battles first, and then they will be good force. "

Li Yong nodded: "It has to be like this. When we were in Longdong, we asked the main force for a hundred old soldiers. Now we really can't open our mouths. The situation of the main force is not much better than ours. They are recruits and new liberation fighters."

To be honest, Li Yong admired Brigadier Liu very much. Being able to name one-third of the old soldiers in his army means that the brigade commander spends all day with the soldiers, and a brigade commander spends all day Living and training with the soldiers, how can this army have no combat effectiveness.

Early the next morning, Li Yong took his team to bid farewell to the comrades of the Ninth Brigade, and returned to his unit's station near the Second Column Headquarters. Before leaving, Li Yong asked the soldiers to leave their tents for the Ninth Brigade headquarters. Top, no more, no less, at least let Brigadier Liu, the big brother, be more comfortable when marching in the future.

Although he didn't meet Brigadier Liu much, Li Yong still has a good impression of this big brother. He has a rigorous style and a down-to-earth job. He is a very good senior commander of our army.

Seeing that Li Yong didn't come back for anything, and brought back a large number of captives, Wang Chengde's heart was finally in his stomach.Li Yong happily asked everyone how the harvest was?

The fourth row of Changning Jinshan and the second row of long horses came first, but they were all pushed aside by the third row of long horse Changsheng. This horse Changsheng was impatient, so he grinned and said: Commander, the task you sent us to capture the prisoners has finally been completed, but the instructor said that it was a bit too much, and there were too many captured."

Li Yong hurriedly asked how many were caught?The three-row long horse Changsheng scratched his head, and said in a muffled voice: "We picked all the more than 4000 prisoners according to the conditions you said. There are more than 24 prisoners above and below the age of 1000. Let us get them back and pick the rest. Leave everything to our team leader."

Hearing Ma Changsheng say that more than 1000 people were captured, Li Yong felt a little dizzy. More people are a good thing, but the equipment, supplies, and clothing cost a lot. The equipment is fine, but what about the clothes? Li Yong, who was poor at the column quilt factory, still remembers it fresh, and there are more and more troubles.

The fifth platoon leader Wang Huo squeezed in from among Ma Quanyou and the others: "You guys have finished reporting, it's up to me, Battalion Commander, according to the method you said, our platoon can go seven or eight kilometers, and we finally found it." The enemy's artillery position was cleared, and the artillery disappeared, leaving only the artillery standing there.

Twelve brand-new American-style howitzers, all of which are written in foreign characters, I don’t understand what is written on them, and each gun has a car responsible for towing, and they are all good cars that have not broken down at all. This Chiang Kai-shek is the captain of the transportation brigade, and he is really right. Didn't he send us so many cannons again. "

Li Yong was elated when he heard it. He knew it was an American m1o1 howitzer with a caliber of 1 mm, a rate of fire of three to six per minute, and a range of 5 meters. It was used to shoot targets in the dead angle of wild mountain guns or under cover. The best frontline suppression artillery.

He punched Wang Huo with a fist: "With your tiger, well done, we can form a battalion of large-caliber howitzers in the future. Gao Xiang, where is Gao Xiang? Don't you thank the tiger?"

Wang Huo didn't dodge either, and after being hit for a while, he continued with a smile: "Battalion Commander, don't be too happy, I haven't finished talking yet, there are guns, and there are also cars that pull the guns, but the shells are all gone." No more, there are not many soldiers who can drive cars. It took me a lot of effort to get a dozen cannons back. These big guys couldn’t push them anymore, so I had to go back again. Sun borrowed a few captives who could drive cars, and finally got the cannons back."

Li Yong also smiled and said: "It's okay, as long as there are guns, we will figure out a way later. As for soldiers who can't drive cars, it will be easier. If they don't know how to drive, they will learn. In the future, everyone will learn to drive cars. It's nothing difficult, and you can learn it in a few days."

At this time, Sun Quanhou squeezed in from behind, and said as he squeezed, "It's my turn to report this time, you all stand aside."

Everyone laughed to make room for Lao Sun, and Sun Quanhou took out a notebook and said: "Battle Commander, let's do it again this time. The Central Army of the Kuomintang is really rich. I, who came from a poor background, have finally seen what it means to be rich." people."

Everyone laughed and told him to stop being a fool. If you have anything to say quickly, Lao Sun cleared his throat: "A total of 29 walkie-talkies, 32 120-point mortars, 500 heavy machine guns, and 2000 light machine guns were seized in this battle. More than 1 submachine guns, more than 5 rifles, various types of bullets, countless grenades, and finally some big guys, twelve American [-]mm howitzers, two anti-aircraft machine guns, but unfortunately no large-caliber shells.

In addition, the [-]st, [-]rd and [-]rd Brigade also had a supply battalion, all of which were captured by us. There were a total of [-] large trucks, four of which were filled with large gasoline barrels, which were full of gasoline. The supplies and ammunition were shared equally with our second regiment. Our regiment leader said that they don't want to give us all the gasoline and cars, and the other seizures have not been counted yet. "

Li Yong was very happy to hear that several gasoline-powered vehicles had been seized. Counting the cannon-powered vehicles, there are now 26 large trucks and nine jeeps. Of course, having these vehicles is convenient, but gasoline is also a big problem. Well, this time it can finally be used for a while, and I have to find a way to get more gasoline in the future. Without this thing, the car is a waste.

What I didn't expect was that there were two anti-aircraft machine guns in the seizure. These are good things. What the troops lack now is anti-aircraft firepower. It would be better if there were more anti-aircraft machine guns.

I thought about it again, having two anti-aircraft machine guns should be a high incense. The Northwest Field Army doesn't even have an aircraft, let alone an aircraft. I guess this is why the 36th Division, a rich and wealthy man, took a fancy to this weapon. High-level dual-purpose performance was brought out.