The beacon of youth

After the start of the cloud fire, the deputy political commissar of the column will give an overview of the general situation of the column and the field army.Then the commander conveys the combat order from the Field Army Headquarters: .Comrades, after the decision of the headquarters, the next move of our field army is to attack Yulin again and pull out this revolutionary fortress in the northwest. The time is tentatively set for a certain day in December.Let's ask our chief of staff to introduce the situation in Yulin to you. "

When you see this, you may have a question, why is the deputy political commissar introducing the situation to you, not the political commissar? The political commissar of the second column in the Liberation War was concurrently held by Commander Wang Jian before [-]. There was no full-time political commissar. Explain.

After the chief of staff introduced the situation, the commander continued: "The situation is probably like this. Our advantage is that we have more troops and stronger firepower than before. The disadvantage is that the enemy's city defense is stronger than before. Our second column It has been named by the head of the headquarters, and it is the main attacking force in the battle of Yulin, so everyone can tell us how to fight this battle?"

As soon as Commander Wang finished speaking, there was a lot of discussion in the venue with dozens of people. All the army chiefs frowned and tried to find a way. The situation of the last Yulin battle was still vivid in my memory. Casualties were heavy in the last battle, losing nearly 3000 men.

This is only the casualties of the second column.Many of the casualties were battle-tested veterans. It's a pity and worthless to waste these veterans in siege battles. If they don't die, everyone can bring out a company. How big is that? O strength!

A leader sighed and said: "The last time we fought in Yulin, our regiment alone lost four company commanders and instructors, not to mention the rank and file. It's almost time for a change. These people are all from our regiment. My dear, there is an old Red Army who participated in the Long March. The party committee of our regiment has discussed and approved him to be the first battalion commander of our regiment. Unexpectedly, he died under the city of Yulin before the order was issued. It still hurts to think of them.

After the leader finished speaking, the meeting room fell silent. Everyone seemed to have remembered something and no one said anything. The situation of other troops was similar to what the leader said, and some of them were even more serious. They also had many old comrades in arms. The veterans who died in the first battle of Yulin were the backbone of their army, and there was a strange and rare silence in the second column's combat meeting.

The commander, the deputy political commissar, and the chief of staff looked at each other, and the commander pointed to Li Yong and Wang Chengde who had been silent all this time, and said: "Li Yong, Wang Chengde, your independent regiment fought well in Yulin last time, not only casualties were seized There are not many, you two talk about how we should fight this Yulin battle? .

Li Yong and Wang Chengde remained silent in a corner, and all the leaders of the troops present were present.Although the two of them are also regiment-level cadres, they are nothing compared to these old seniors.

The Second Column of the Northwest Field Army was developed on the basis of the [-]th Brigade of the [-]th Division, the Independent Fourth Brigade of the Shanxi-Sui Military Region and the Luliang Military Region during the Anti-Japanese War.Most of the people who came to the meeting were old Red Army soldiers who had served in the army in their teens, and their qualifications were very deep.

Anyone who has served in the army knows that the army is a place that is very particular about seniority. A soldier who is a year later is a recruit in front of a soldier who is a year earlier. The qualifications of the two of them are at best a company commander in other troops. , This has to be said to be Wang Chengde.Li Yong, a Kuomintang deserter who has been in the PLA for more than eight months, is also the seed of a squad leader. When he saw the commander calling them to speak, he also knew that this was a temporary solution for the commander to prevent the meeting from being left alone.

It was very refreshing to hear the commander tell the two chief officers of the independent regiment to speak.They also heard that the column had established a new independent regiment, but no one knew that Li Yong and Wang Chengde had met for the first time when they came to the meeting today. They only knew that this was a newly formed unit of the Fourth Brigade and Second Regiment.Because the battle was fought well, the commander asked him to go to the team directly under the headquarters.

Since the commander told me to say it, let's say it, and it's okay not to say it.Anyway, the independent group has been training against Yulin for more than a month, let Li Yong and Wang Chengde talk about their views on Yulin.It's really a bit crooked.

Li Yong stood up: "Commanders, just now the commander said that we fought a good battle with few casualties, that was to praise us, and he was also flattering us. We were still a special agent battalion of the second regiment when we fought Yulin last time. It is the reserve team of the regiment, and did not directly participate in the siege operation, so the casualties will be smaller, not because of how well we fought

"Okay, Commander Li Yong, we all know that your regiment fights well and is good at grabbing things. I heard that your regiment has been around for a while, so don't be modest. All of you here are Brigadier Chen of the Fourth Brigade and the Second Regiment. Commander Zhao’s old comrade-in-arms. No one is jealous of you, you can tell what you have.” As soon as the leader finished speaking, everyone laughed, and the atmosphere in the venue became active again. Li Yong scratched his head and grinned Smiled: "Since all the elders asked me to say it, then I will say it."

Then Li Yong explained in detail what he had learned over the past few days. As soon as Li Yong spoke, the venue fell silent again. remember.

Li Yong finally said: "Sun Tzu's Art of War said that if you know yourself and the enemy, you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles. The advantage of our field army is that after the battle of Shajiadian, our troops and firepower have been further strengthened. After a period of rest, the soldiers' physical strength has completely recovered. The ideological consciousness of the new army has also been greatly improved after the whole army, and the combat effectiveness has been further strengthened.

The disadvantage is that our heavy firearms are still not enough. For example, our independent regiment, after fighting the 36th Division, we captured more than a dozen large-caliber howitzers, but so far, there is not a single shell, and a cannon without a single shell is not as good as one Rifle works.

If our army has enough shells.Just use artillery shells to blow up all the defensive facilities and firepower points in Yulin, and then blow up a few more holes in the city wall, and then the infantry will go up and rush into the city to fight the enemy in the streets. As long as we can attack, it will be easy.The Kuomintang is not our opponent in street fighting, so our casualties will be much smaller.

But we don't have so many small shells, so we can only rely on explosives for blasting. There are many problems involved in blasting with explosives. Soldiers are not enough to be brave, and they must master various skills in using explosives. The key Only then can we not panic.