The beacon of youth

"After the war, the ten men continued to dig for several days and nights. The independent regiment had almost seen the Jiaba lineage in Chakou Mountain. The news from the column and the field division said that the enemy was not far away, and the Kuomintang's large corps were fighting each other. Cover retreat.

Li Yong decided at the Youth League Party Committee

[-]. The fifth battalion of Wang Huo sticks to the first line of defense, that is, the first big trench and some of its auxiliary fortifications below the ridgeline of the mountain top.

The character of an army is similar to that of its military commander. Among the battalion-level cadres of the Independence Regiment, Li Jiangguo is the most witty, and the battalion he leads is also known for his wit and flexibility in battle.And Wang Huo has the most calm personality, and the five battalions he leads are also known for their steady and steady fighting.

This time the battle was a positional defensive battle. Of course, Li Yong wanted to pick Wang Huhu's fifth battalion to defend the most important first line of defense. This was also recognized by the political commissar Wang Chengde. Wang Chengde knew better than Li Yong, they were all veterans from the Second Regiment, they were very familiar with each other.

Second, use Wei Gang's machine gun battalion to stick to the second line of defense. When the order was issued, Wei Gang thought he had heard it wrong. His machine gun battalion only had five anti-aircraft machine guns, and the rest were some rifles, shell guns and grenades. Why does such a powerful leader put himself on the second line of defense?

Seeing Wei Gang's puzzled eyes, Li Yong explained: "Okay, old Wei, I also know the family background of your battalion. Of course, just those few anti-aircraft machine guns will not work. The battalions will return the heavy machine guns in this battle. You guys, but after this battle is over, you have to think about sending them back to Wei Gang. The heavy machine guns of their battalion have just been allocated to each infantry battalion. It is not easy to train a heavy machine gun shooter. The same heavy machine gun can be used by veteran shooters and ordinary The power wielded by the soldiers is different. Of course, the shooters of other battalions are not as good as the veteran shooters of Wei Gang and his machine gun battalion. This is why Li Yong put Wei Gang and his battalion on the second line of defense.

Li Yong's intention was to use the powerful firepower of the second line of defense to inflict massive damage on the enemy when the first line of defense was tight, thereby consolidating the position.

[-]. Gao Xiang's artillery battalion is used to defend the third line of defense. It is still the same as the machine gun battalion defending them. The infantry battalions will exchange the transferred mortars for them, and return them after the battle. The reason is the same as above. several.The gunners of the infantry battalion and the old gunners of the artillery battalion are incomparable at all. Even though they are the same cannon, the power they wield is different.

The main weapon of the artillery battalion, more than 20 large-caliber howitzers were hidden behind the mountain in three places. The trump card is also the last strength of the independent regiment, and they are reluctant to use them until the critical moment.

Gao Xiang, the battalion commander of the artillery battalion, was in charge of guarding the third line of defense, and the instructors were in charge of the large-caliber artillery of their battalion. Li Yong also assigned them several anti-aircraft machine guns from the machine gun battalion. Also pay attention to air defense.

Although the Kuomintang in the northwest did not have much air power at that time, Li Yong still had a little more security in his heart because of the extra anti-aircraft machine guns. Judging from the current situation, it will also be the main suppressive firepower of the troops for a long time to come.

The fourth line of defense is the big trench on the ridgeline of the mountain top, and Li Yong's regiment headquarters is located on the fourth line of defense on the top of the mountain.

The advantage of setting up the headquarters here is that it has a good line of sight and can see far away, and the quality of the walkie-talkie is also very good. Li Yong can easily see the defense situation of each battalion's positions, and it is also easy to use the walkie-talkie to call the battalion commander and instructor. It is very convenient, but there are also disadvantages. The position here is easy to become the enemy's target and be bombarded by enemy artillery.

Therefore, Li Yong designed the fourth line of defense as a fortification with a roof, and the requirement was to withstand the direct bombardment of large-caliber artillery. Of course, this kind of work was completed by Xiaocheng's engineering company.

Not too far from the position on the back of the mountain is the newly dug large cave, and the rest of the independent regiment's troops are all placed in these large caves.

The characteristics of positional defensive warfare require commanders to deploy less and more troops, which means that there should not be too many people on the position to prevent mass destruction by enemy artillery fire. At the same time, in order to ensure that the position is not lost, the reserve force must be sufficient , You must have a strong reserve team in your hands, and be able to reinforce the main position in time. This is the reason why you need to deploy fewer troops and more troops in defensive warfare.

Li Yong put only one battalion in the main first line of defense because of the above considerations. The firepower configuration is to be heavy at the front and light at the back. This is also the reason for placing the heavy machine gun battalion on the second line of defense. The range of the heavy machine gun Far away, with high firepower density, it can inflict as much damage to the enemy as possible. If the enemy rushes up regardless of casualties, the light infantry on the first line of defense can also protect the heavy machine gun position.

These caves are connected with the positions by means of traffic trenches, the reserve team in the caves can easily support the main team, and the wounded on the positions can also be carried out of the trenches to "exit※

A day and a half after the main force of the independent regiment came to the position, the enemy's large corps gradually approached. Liu Kan and his staff also knew the thinking of the guerrillas along the way. It was not easy to slow down the enemy's marching speed. The commander of the corps did not pay for nothing. He ordered the troops to control the firepower of the guerrillas from a distance, and sent a small group of scouts to deal with the night raids of the guerrillas. The main force did not entangle with the guerrillas too much. The harassment and delay attacks of the large corps did not achieve any effect.

On this day, it was just dawn, and the mobile post sent out by the independent regiment came back to report that the enemy's large army was not far away, only about a dozen kilometers away. At this time, Li Jia, the communication platoon leader who had been monitoring the enemy's radio station, also Come here to report, according to the monitoring of the radio station, the enemy's large army is about to arrive.

Each battalion of the independent regiment has a large cave, and each cave is equipped with two heavy lifting battalions.There was a big stove and two lanterns, and there was a thick curtain hanging on the door. The wind was howling outside, but the inside of the cave was warm as spring. The soldiers were lying on the grass-covered ground one by one. Sleep soundly.

The regiment headquarters is a big cave by itself. Sanniu's repair company, Xiaocheng's engineering company, Li Yuming's guard company, and the cooking team of the health team all live together. Hundreds of people live in a cave, especially There are more than 20 female soldiers, most of them are chattering endlessly, Li Yuming saw that it was too messy, so he dug another small hole in the big cave, and gave it to Li Yong and Wang Chengde as regiment commanders Place.

Li Yong ordered the troops to enter the position immediately and prepare for battle. After nearly four days of preparation, the enemy's large army will arrive soon. The current independent regiment with more than 4000 horses is basically fully prepared.

Why is it basically well-prepared? The Independent Regiment is well-equipped with strong troops and sufficient ammunition, but there is also a variable here. The artillery battalion does not have many large-caliber artillery shells. The shells of [-] large trucks are still in Jinsha Town. A platoon was sent to stay behind.

In addition, the deputy battalion commander He Cuihua still did not come back. Li Yong was always worried. Political commissar Wang Chengde asked Li Yuming to send a platoon of guards to pick him up. Every ounce of strength in Yong's hands is precious, and it is impossible to send troops to pick it up!

The sky is getting brighter, the snow has stopped, and the sky that has been cloudy for several days has gradually cleared up. The temperature in the morning after the snow is getting colder. Friends in the north know that there is a saying that the snow is not cold, and the snow is cold. As it melts, it absorbs heat from the ground, so the days after a snowfall are the coldest days.After a while, Li Yong looked at his watch. It was almost ten o'clock in the morning. Suddenly, he saw a large number of figures through Li Yong's binoculars. A line of enemy troops appeared at the corner of the mountain road. These soldiers Last night, he should have been camping in the wild in the open air. He obviously hadn’t warmed up yet. They all shrunk their necks and arms, put their hands in their cuffs, and carried their big guns on their backs. A thin layer of ice formed on Li Yong’s clothes. I heard the rustling of the soldiers' clothes rubbing against each other as they walked.

Gradually, there were more and more enemies in the binoculars. Trucks and jeeps drove up one after another. After another ten minutes or so, Huang Huhu's figure was about to fill up the mountain road. It's getting closer, the enemy in Li Yong's line of sight probably has about one regiment. Li Yong knew that it was almost the same, put down the binoculars, took Li Yuming and the others, and ran from the regiment command post on the top of the mountain to the third trench, which was Gao Xiang and the others. The battalion's line of defense.

The soldiers of the Artillery Battalion were very happy to see the head of the regiment, Li Yong, bringing a few guards over. Li Yong and political commissar Wang Chengde were under a lot of pressure to complete the task assigned by the headquarters of the wild division. After all, the gap with the number of enemies is too great.

The soldiers don't have this kind of mentality. They simply think that with the regiment leader, they will definitely win the battle, no matter what kind of enemy they are fighting against, and no matter how many enemies there are. Not the same as fuck.

The mentality of the soldiers is easy to explain. Since the day the army was established, no matter whether it was the former spy company or the later independent regiment, the soldiers have never suffered from following Li Yong. I'm used to winning battles, and now seeing the enemy's brigade at the bottom of the mountain, they don't feel nervous at all, and they all look eager to fight.

Now I can see clearly without binoculars. Li Yong asked Gao Xiang beside him, "Look at how close the enemy is to us now. Gao Xiang is the battalion commander of the artillery battalion. Of course he is very familiar with distance measurement. This guy He simply looked at it and compared it with his thumbs, and replied: "It is more than 700 meters away.