The beacon of youth

[-]. The national battalion seized many consumer vehicles and supplies, and the soldiers were overjoyed by all these automobiles, but how to bring them back has become a big problem.

Battalion Commander Li Jiangguo asked the reconnaissance platoon to move around to scout the terrain to see if there were any suitable places to hide. It was a pity to burn the captured cars and supplies like when he was in the old army.

Fortunately, many soldiers in the reconnaissance platoon are locals, and they are quite familiar with the mountains in this area. After a while, some soldiers reported that there is a large ravine within a dozen miles, and it is no problem to hold more than 100 vehicles. It's hard to be spotted unless you can't get close.

Northern Shaanxi is part of the Loess Plateau. Due to the lack of vegetation, countless large and small ravines and rifts have been washed out by rainwater for thousands of years. You have to walk all day, and the war years are indeed a good place to fight guerrillas.

Otherwise, Liu Zhidan's thousands of Red Army in northern Shaanxi would not have survived under the heavy siege of the Kuomintang. The support of the common people was one reason, and the geographical location of northern Shaanxi was suitable for guerrilla warfare was also a very important reason.

Since there was such a good place, of course Li Jiangguo couldn't let it go, and ordered the troops to advance in cover in the dark, and it would be easy to go into the ravine.

The supplies on these cars are urgently needed by the Independence Regiment. Li Jiangguo will not throw them away unless it is absolutely necessary. It stands to reason that his task is to find a way to harass the enemy. When encountering such a Kuomintang heavy-lifting unit, they set it on fire. In other words, if it explodes, it will be considered as completing the task.

But the Eighth Route Army is poor. Although the situation of the Independent Regiment is much better, most of the ammunition and food of the Independent Regiment are captured, and the fighting is less. The logistics supply of the field army is simply negligible. They can't even wear them, so the soldiers of the independent regiment have developed the problem of red eyes when they see good things, regardless of the cadres and soldiers.

After Li Jiangguo brought all the soldiers from a battalion into the big ravine, he hid the car with dead branches and grass, took a rest, and then divided the troops into small teams with platoons as units, and went out to harass everywhere.

When leaving, Li Jiangguo told the platoon leaders of each platoon that self-preservation is the first priority. If they can't get close, they will shoot at the garrison troops from a distance. If they shoot, they will run away. They can't love to fight. There is only one purpose. ?There are no doors.

The commander of the 29th army, Liu Jue, did not sleep through the night. The sound of gunfire and grenade explosions continued throughout the night. From time to time, soldiers reported that some place was attacked by the Communist army and asked for reinforcements. Liu Kan was so angry that he cursed: "A bunch of trash. It's obvious that the guerrillas of the communist army are making trouble. What's so scary about a large corps with so many troops? If you can catch it, you can catch it. If you can't catch it, destroy it. If you can't destroy it, blow the guerrillas away."

Seeing that the officer was angry, the officers below did not dare to report anymore, for fear of disturbing the officer's rest, so Liu Kan was at least confused until the morning.It seemed to Liu Kan that he was just confused for a while before dawn, and the various staff officers at the lower level came to ask for instructions on what to do today?

What else can we do? Continue to attack. Anyway, no one can survive unless we take down the fork position held by the communist army. Only after arriving in the war room did Liu Kan know that the howitzer regiment and the heavy lifting regiment were attacked by the communist army last night and suffered heavy losses. The troops have also been harassed to varying degrees, but fortunately the losses are relatively small.

Liu Kan really wanted to be angry, so he shot a few grass officials who were dereliction of duty.

Liu Kan, who inquired about the loss of the troops, ordered the troops to concentrate all available artillery fire as much as possible, bombard the fork position, and seconded the artillery of the [-]th Division to use it intensively.

Yan Ming, the commander of the reorganized 29th Division, was very open-minded, and knew that now was a critical moment, so he gave all the artillery in his hands to the officers and soldiers of the [-]th Army who attacked them without any kickbacks.

As a result, the pressure on the fork position of the Independent Regiment increased. The artillery fire continued from seven o'clock in the morning to almost eight o'clock, and did not stop until the soldiers of the [-]th Division said that their artillery shells were all gone.

The one-hour artillery bombardment brought huge damage to the position held by the Independence Regiment on the mountain. The entire position was overturned by artillery fire, and about half of the trenches were destroyed by artillery fire. Fortunately, most of the soldiers of the Independence Regiment were behind. There were only a small number of observation posts left in the forward position, and even the observers who stayed behind suffered casualties. As soon as the artillery fire stopped, the sacrificed and injured soldiers were quickly carried down.

As soon as the enemy's artillery fire extended down the mountain, the soldiers of the Kuomintang swarmed up. This was the first time that the 29th Army went into battle today. The mental state and physical strength of the soldiers were much better than those of the [-]th Division. It is in the middle of the army, so even though it has been fighting for several days, the organizational system is basically complete, and the loss of personnel and ammunition is not large.

Liu Kan, the old fox, has finally sent out his original troops. The 90-year-old: officers and soldiers also know that it is time for them to work hard. In the past, the army commanders would like to play the forward with the troops of Liangang, and reorganize the No.[-] Division Along the way, they rushed from the encirclement of the communist army. When they arrived at the crossroad area, they were already at the end of their battles. After another day of fighting with the communist army on the mountain, the soldiers no longer had the heart to fight.

The 29th Army can’t go up at a critical time. Liu Kan made a wish to the soldiers before the attack. No matter who they are, as long as they can rush to the fork position, they will be promoted to the third rank. In addition, as long as the large army can return to Yan'an smoothly, the hundred Japanese warriors who were the first to capture the communist positions will also go to Xi'an, the big city where Chief Hu lives, for a one-month holiday , Eat, drink, prostitute, gamble and do anything.

It is said that there must be a brave man under a heavy reward. Liu Qin's encouragement immediately shocked the morale of the Kuomintang soldiers, and some people rushed upwards screaming like chicken blood.

In the Chakou Independence Regiment position, the soldiers had already entered the position and waited for it. On the first day, Li Yong used Gao Xiang's artillery battalion to fight the [-]th Division of the Kuomintang at the foot of the mountain all day, and the rest of the troops did not reveal their strength.

Although this tactic effectively prevented the premature exposure of the strength of the troops and reduced casualties, the consumption of shells for the artillery battalion on the mountain also reached a shocking level.

The soldiers had a great time fighting the ground. The four or five quick shots made the shells more and more accurate. But at night, when the number of shells fired was counted, everyone gritted their teeth. A day's battle consumed more than 4000 shells. On average, more than 100 shots were fired per gun.

Battalion commander Gao Xiang shook his dirt-covered head and said, "This guy, this is too much. It's more shells than our second regiment fired in a year. It's too scary." Quan usefully snorted, "One year? Two years, you didn't fight as much. How many mortars did our second regiment have in total? It used to be an artillery platoon, but later it became a artillery company with a few more guns. The cannonballs are marching with people on their backs. Soldiers hold cannonballs that are more precious than their own sons. Who is willing to use them until the critical moment? If you are good, you can get more than 4000 in a day. You really regard yourself as a rich man

"At the party committee of the regiment, I remember that the head of the regiment said that each cannon can carry three hundred shells. You guys can kill more than 4000. What about the remaining days? The task of our regiment is to stick to the five, and the sky is not a day to talk It was Ma Changsheng, the commander of the third battalion.

Gao Xiang: "What about the poison? It's not like you haven't seen it all, and Changsheng. Yesterday we used mortars to fight with them all day. They attack upwards hard. You don't need shells to hit them down. back?.

At this time, Wei Gang, the battalion commander of the Machine Gun Battalion, said unhurriedly: "Look, I know that the consequences are serious. You see, Gao Xiang was beaten up yesterday, yelling and running around all over the mountain. It seems that the enemies down the mountain are all Like his grandson, now he knows how to keep a low profile?"

Gao Xiang was almost amused by Wei Gang's call, he grabbed Wei Gang and asked, "Old Wei, why don't you tell us what we should do?"

Wei Cai replied solemnly: "What's wrong with this? I'll take you down and use our battalion. Yesterday, our battalion didn't fire a single shot and killed more than a dozen people. You say you are aggrieved, but the regiment Commander, political commissar, use our battalion to fight against the enemy today, let Lao Gao and the others rest, and let them continue fighting as before, hanging up their small cannons as the bell."

Gao Xiang finally understood Wei Gang's thoughts: "Hmph, I said you boy, you didn't have any good intentions, didn't you just look at us fighting well, are you jealous? Although our shells are consumed a little more, our regiment's casualties are small. Ah, aren't people more important than cannonballs?.

Li Yong stopped a few people from arguing. It is not enough to shoot out more than 4000 shells in one day, and it is not a good thing to use up all the shells. Besides, the enemy's attack at the foot of the mountain today must be more crazy than yesterday, and it may not be able to stop it completely with artillery fire. Sure enough, Li Yong's tactic is to use Wei Gang's heavy machine gun battalion and Gao Xiang's artillery battalion together, trying to use the firepower of these two battalions to block the enemy down the mountain for another day. The first line of defense is Wang Huo's five The battalion should not be exposed for the time being.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the officers and soldiers of the 29th Army of the Kuomintang, after the artillery fire extended, there were about two battalions of soldiers, howling and swarming towards the Chakou Independent Regiment's position.

Li Yong commanded Gao Xiang's artillery battalion to bombard the attacking Kuomintang soldiers continuously. Soldiers continued to come down from the bombardment, and the attacking Kuomintang officers kept shouting in the crowd: "Don't be afraid, brothers, as long as we rush up, we will die." It's easy to handle, there are not many communist troops on the mountain, as long as we can rush up, we have the final say

Not to mention, the Kuomintang officers are not all useless, some officers are still very capable of fighting, and they also estimate that there will not be too many troops on the mountain anyway, as long as they can open a breakthrough.