The beacon of youth

Ding Yong left two jeeps for his regiment headquarters, one for the head of the regiment, one for the political commissar, and one for the political commissar to Fang Xin, the chief of staff. Wang Chengde, the political commissar, thought it was a bit too much. It's a bit wasteful, the head of the group and the political commissar can sit together in one car.

Li Yong told Wang Chengde that it is necessary for the political commissar and the head of the regiment to have a car. There are many accidental factors on the battlefield, and no one can guarantee that they will not be damaged. A landmine or a shell can destroy the jeep. If there is such a situation Unexpectedly, they all went to see Marx in the same car. It is not a good thing for the leaders of the two regiments, the regiment leader and the political commissar, to die together. Wang Chengde saw that but Li Yong had no choice but to agree.

Soldiers of the Independence Regiment also found some novelties in the ammunition depot of the occupied 22nd Army of the Kuomintang. The quantity was small but the appearance was strange. The large grass-green wooden box was filled with foreign characters. It was a long barrel-shaped thing that no one had seen before. The soldiers fiddled with it a few times, but no one knew what it was. They had no choice but to ask Li Yong, the leader of the regiment, who knows everything.

When Li Yong saw these weapons at the scene, he almost didn't jump up. Oh, the queen mother, the land grandma, I really picked up some good things. These treasures are like sending carbon in the snow to the independent group. It turned out to be a brand new anti-tank rocket launcher.It's no wonder that these bazookas are all new, the Northwest Field Army led by the Communist Party of China has been in the field all year round.Fighting guerrillas in the ditch has never had any armored weapons, not to mention tanks and armored vehicles, and there are not many cars. These anti-tank rocket launchers of the 22nd Army of the Kuomintang are really useless, right? The Communist Army is so poor No, there is no place to use the bazooka.

The current independent regiment's anti-armor firepower is a weakness or a flaw. What should I do if I encounter an armored target?At this stage, the soldiers can only send explosives upwards. Li Yong is very clear that this most primitive method will increase the casualties of the troops. With these bazookas, these defects can be overcome, and the anti-armor firepower will be improved. Not much, but it can solve big problems when used well.

Li Yong pointed to the foreign words on the wooden box and told everyone that this is the bazooka rocket launcher produced by the United States. It was the main anti-armor weapon of the US infantry in World War II. This guy can not only deal with tanks and armored vehicles, but also hit fixed targets, bunkers and The firepower points are all within its strike range. If our regiment had these weapons long ago, the casualties in the Battle of Yulin would not be so large.

Listening to Li Yong's introduction, everyone remembered the casualties suffered by the first battalion and the second battalion during the Battle of Yulin. If the weapons mentioned to the commander were really so good, the two battalions could indeed reduce casualties during the assault. There is no need for someone to send explosives to the bunker, and this guy can solve the problem 100 meters away.

The bazooka may have a flaw of one kind or another, some would say it fires too slowly.Some people also said that the effective distance of this weapon was too short, and it would have no effect beyond 100 meters, but at that time, it was a weapon against the sky in the Northwest Field Army where even explosives were precious.

Li Yong counted carefully that there were only twenty of them, and they were all unopened new products. It is probably because our army has no armored weapons, and the enemy's rocket launchers have not come in handy. This time it will be cheaper for us, and they all said Chiang Kai-shek is the captain of the transportation brigade. It seems that the soldiers are not talking nonsense, it really is the case.During the National Research Ceremony, all the weapons in the hands of the soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army were captured. This can be said to be a miracle in the history of world wars. May I ask which country or army can do this?

The twenty bazookas Li Yong gave each of the five infantry battalions four. As for how to use them, the battalion can figure it out on their own. Li Yong just gave suggestions. It's a pity that the rockets A little less, and there is no way to make up, one less and one less.

Seeing the bazooka, Li Yong thought of the enemy's flamethrower. When crossing the moat, the enemy's flamethrower caused trouble for the independent regiment. The soldiers of the commando were not sacrificed. There are dozens, and there are still more than a dozen lying in the hospital.

It would be even better if this guy can capture a few of them, and when he encounters a bunker or something, he can put this guy in the hole of the gun and pull the trigger to solve the problem, but Li Yong and the soldiers searched every corner of the warehouse and found nothing. This thing, it seems that there are not many flamethrowers in the 22nd Army of the Kuomintang, and they are all used to defend the city, and they were destroyed when our army attacked.

After the distribution plan was finalized, the whole regiment was on fire. The soldiers screamed and yelled, and it was almost time for Sun Quanhou and He Cuihua to carry the heavy battalion to grab things. There was no way for the poor and frightened Eighth Route Army soldiers to see The good thing is a little bit out of control, and all the battalions are happily going to receive weapons and equipment.

But there is one.People are always unhappy, who is it?Wei Wang, the battalion commander of the machine gun battalion, during this adjustment, the heavy machine gun warehouse department of Erxin Battalion in the regiment has been transferred to several infantry battalions. Now they have five anti-aircraft machine guns in this battalion. Yulin later seized three of them from the enemy. Except for the five anti-aircraft machine guns, there were only some miscellaneous self-defense weapons left in the machine gun battalion, including rifles, submachine guns, and shell guns, and some grenades.

Wei Wang was so happy to see everyone else that he couldn't bear it anymore. After the meeting, he sat in the regiment headquarters with the instructor of their battalion and refused to leave.

Li Yong moved a stool and sat down beside the two of them: "What's the matter Wei Wang?" Wei Wang: "I said, head, you have transferred all the machine guns, and what do you want our brothers to do?Of the more than 400 brothers in our battalion, there are only five anti-aircraft machine guns left. If we go to war again, we will have to stare and watch. How can I explain to the soldiers when I go back? .

Li Yong: "What's the rush? It will be a matter of time before all your machine guns are transferred. Tell me, can their five infantry battalions do without heavy machine guns and small artillery? These units of our regiment can't stay together all the time. For example, if one of their battalions is sent alone to carry out the mission, what should we do if the firepower is insufficient? Then our casualties will be heavy, is this what you want to see? Besides, Gao Xiang Didn't they transfer the small cannons too?"

Wei Wang: "Regimental Commander, I understand the truth, but we are different from Gao Xiang and the others. Their battalion doesn't talk about mountain artillery and infantry artillery. They brought back more than 20 large-caliber howitzers. This time they even have shells. They are The 20-odd howitzers alone are enough for them, and if you look at our battalion again, hundreds of brothers are almost staring at each other."

Li Yong: "Don't worry, the direction of your battalion's development in the future is air defense. If you don't have air defense weapons, you will suffer a lot if you encounter a situation. Large-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns need to be installed in large numbers, but they are not available yet. That's the same sentence." , When we have it depends on how we fight the war in the future. If the war is successful, we will have everything.

Remember when our spy network was established?What did we have then?Nothing, I don’t even have a gun as a company commander, look at the present, we have so much wealth in only a year or so, go back and tell comrades, train hard, master the skills, don’t Don't worry, anti-aircraft machine guns will be available soon, and we are about to fight a big battle. If we win this battle, we will be able to seize a batch of

After Li Yong's explanation, Wei Wang figured it out, and went back happily. As soon as this guy Wang walked out of the gate of the regiment headquarters, he saw that there were still a few people outside the door who hadn't left. Who were they?First Battalion Commander Li Jiangguo, Second Battalion Commander Ma Quanyou, Third Battalion Commander Ma Changsheng, Battalion Commander Gao Xiang of the Artillery Battalion, and Zhang Jinsong of the Reconnaissance Battalion. Several people came up to inquire when they saw Wei Wang coming out of the regiment headquarters.

Li Jiangguo, the commander of the first battalion, was the first to ask: "I said Wei Wang, how is it? Did the regimental commander and the political commissar approve anything for you? I said you just didn't need to ask, what are you doing in our regiment? You know? Everything that can be left is gone, and the rest are some old-fashioned rifles and grenades. Don’t you go to ask for these junk things? If you even want these things, it’s not easy, next time you fight After the battle, our battalion is responsible for drawing a large number of them for you, but you are working hard to make them."

Ma Changsheng, the commander of the third battalion with a loud voice, followed up and said: "Don't be sad, it's nothing special. Didn't the regiment commander say that a big battle is going to happen soon. This time, our battalion will help you to be more careful. If there is any good thing, you can't do without you." of."

Gao Xiang, the battalion commander of the artillery battalion, was a little gloating. This guy said sourly: "I said, Lao Wei, this is really 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi. I still remember a person who asked us to camp in Longdong last year. Ring the small cannon with all the shells fired. At that time, you were not as dejected as you are now, always shy and claiming that you are the absolute main force

He pushed these people away with his hand, and said as he walked: "You guys know what a fart, of course the head of the regiment and the political commissar have their own considerations. You guys. What can a human pig brain know? Go, go, don't bother me

These people looked at each other: "Okay, I've made Lao Wei anxious, so we all go back.

The pre-war preparations for the independent regiment have been in full swing since the meeting. From weapons and ammunition to food, including gasoline for cars, everything related to the battle is being actively prepared anyway. By the end of the fifth day The combat order from the headquarters of the field army came down, and history continued to follow its own fixed trajectory. The Yichuan campaign did not change as Li Yong estimated.

That night, as night fell, most of the troops of the Northwest Field Army set out quietly from the Yulin area.