The beacon of youth

The soldiers of the No. 20 Ninth Army of the attacking Kuomintang Reorganization were beaten fiercely by Wang Huo's Fifth Battalion, and retreated scrambling.

Seeing the opportunity coming, Battalion Commander Wang Huo ordered two infantry platoons to chase after him from both sides in order to expand the results of the battle. .

This made Li Yong, the commander of the regiment watching the battle with binoculars, and Wang Huhu, the battalion commander who directed the battle at the front, very anxious. The enemy who was repelled was not a miscellaneous brand of tofu buns, but the Central Army of the Kuomintang. Not very good, but the infantry and artillery coordinated operations are better. Seeing the People's Liberation Army chasing down, the covering artillery fire immediately began to shoot.

The soldiers of the two infantry platoons opened up the skirmish formation, widened the distance between each other, spread out and ran back along the hillside, the enemy's artillery kept looking at them, and watched as some soldiers were bombarded by artillery fire. By the time the soldiers of the two platoons ran back panting, there were dozens of casualties.

This made Wang Huo furious, and shouted at the two platoon leaders who ran back: "Did you see that? Are you stupid? Why are you two running back? Are you still expected to be a commander? Dozens of What about the casualties? How do you want me to explain to the head of the regiment and the political commissar?"

Wang Huo is a very introverted soldier. He doesn't talk much at ordinary times. His character is to work more and talk less, and just do things well. He has almost never yelled at soldiers like this. Today is really urgent. .

The two platoon leaders who were trained did not dare to say a word. After a long pause, one platoon leader said: "Battlemaster, we are all to blame for today's incident. Our two platoons chased after each other smoothly and didn't hug each other. Look at the KMT. I wanted to chase him all the way to the bottom of the mountain when he looked like a bear, but I realized it later."

Another platoon leader also said: "Battalion Commander, the heavy casualties comrades are the responsibility of both of us, and it has nothing to do with you. After the battle is over, we will ask the regiment party committee for punishment."

Wang Huo sighed: "Don't talk nonsense, it has nothing to do with me. I am your battalion commander and the direct commander of this battle. Is it okay for the troops to suffer casualties? The punishment of the two of you has been dealt with before this." Let’s talk about it in one battle, now lead the troops and send the wounded down.”[

Li Yong saw all this clearly through the binoculars. Our soldiers are not brave enough to say that after the new-style whole army and three investigations and other complaint education, their consciousness has been greatly improved, but sometimes they are still tactically ineffective. It needs to be strengthened, a battle like today is a bit underestimating the enemy.

Li Yong said through the walkie-talkie: "Comrades, have you seen the situation just now? The two of our attacking troops were destroyed by enemy artillery fire dozens of times. This is the consequence of underestimating the enemy. What we are facing is the regular army of the Kuomintang. It's not a local turkey. Although it's a bit embarrassing to be chased here by the main force of our army, the basic strength is still there. The enemy's artillery responds quickly. When the people are withdrawing, the artillery is synchronously covering. This shows that the enemy's infantry coordination is better. , In future battles, we must learn the lesson of today, which is a lesson we paid for with blood."

Wang Huhu, an old soldier, is usually difficult for Li Yong and Wang Chengde to talk about him, because he does everything very well, and sometimes he is more thoughtful than you when you were the regiment leader and political commissar. What do you say about others?

Hearing Li Yong's voice on the walkie-talkie today, Wang Huo was so uncomfortable that he almost gritted his teeth, and his face turned red.

The instructor of the Fifth Battalion was his old comrade-in-arms and one of more than 20 veterans when the Independence Regiment started. He persuaded him: "Tiger, don't be too uncomfortable. The responsibility is not all yours, but also mine. , When the battle is over, we both go to ask for punishment."

Wang Huo didn't say anything, just nodded, and led his soldiers along the traffic trench into the artillery hole to avoid the artillery fire.

Liu Kan, who has been observing with a telescope at the foot of the mountain, has a livid face. Damn, the communist army on this mountain can really bear it. The first-line defense troops only exposed their heads after fighting for the third day. What can they do if they can bear it? In this way, I don't believe that there can be any large army of the Communist Army on this mountain. "Come here, order the artillerymen to plow the hill again with cannons and charge up again. Don't stop, charge continuously."

After preparing for another round of artillery fire, the Kuomintang soldiers at the foot of the mountain rushed up again. This time, the defense lines of the Independence Regiment were basically exposed. The fifth battalion of Wang Huo on the front line, the machine gun battalion of Wei Gang on the second line, and Gao Xiang's artillery on the third line The battalion, together with Ning Jinshan, who was free to shoot on the ground with a special shooter, went into battle except for the regiment headquarters and the reserve team.

The fighting became more and more intense, the enemy kept being repulsed, prepared with artillery fire, and attacked again and again.

The soldiers were all strafing, light and heavy machine guns, submachine guns, rifles and pistols when the barrels of the guns were red, anyway, whatever weapons were available, the battle reached a fever pitch.

The grenades were thrown like raindrops, and one echelon of the attacking enemy was repelled, and another echelon came up immediately. The continuous attack made the soldiers of the independent regiment feel great pressure, especially the fifth battalion of Wang Huo, who faced the enemy directly. The impact on the enemy also bears the greatest pressure.

The covering fire of the enemy on the opposite side was also firing fiercely. The bullets brushed past the soldiers and hit the upper edge of the trench and collapsed. The sound of artillery, gunshots, and explosions of grenades became more and more intensive. Groups were knocked down, and the casualties of the soldiers of the independent regiment were also increasing.

The battle lasted from morning to afternoon, and the soldiers who charged the Kuomintang never stopped under the oppression of the machine guns of the supervising team.

The cooking team finished the meal and sent it up. The soldiers didn't even have time to eat. The barrels of the Czech light machine guns were changed again and again. A little carelessness in these ten seconds may cause casualties.

Gao Xiang's artillery battalion kept firing at the charging soldiers, from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain. The final blast point was only a few tens of meters away from Wang Huo and the others. Dangerous, but giving Wang Huo their support is also very direct. [

From the morning to the afternoon, a correspondent ran over to report to Li Yong and Wang Chengde, and Gao Battalion Commander of the artillery battalion said that they were running out of artillery.

Li Yong and Wang Chengde glanced at each other, and they both had something to say, good guy, when they came out, they brought some extra cannons with them, just in case there would be insufficient shots, but they didn't expect the cannons to be consumed so quickly.

Li Yong picked up the walkie-talkie next to him and asked Gao Xiang how many cannons were left. Gao Xiang shouted in the walkie-talkie: Commander, political commissar, I ordered with Lao Sun and He Cuihua just now. There are still about [-] rounds left, save enough to work until dark, and it will be enough for tomorrow.

Li Yong didn't say a word, and put down the walkie-talkie.This is really a problem. On the third day of the fight, the bullets on the head are gone. What about the next two days?Without the support of artillery fire, can you hold your position?

Today, Wang Huo's fifth battalion has been under tremendous pressure. Gao Xiang's artillery battalion has given them strong support. The nearest bombing point is only 30 meters away from their front-line trenches, which can be compared with hand grenades.

Li Yong thought for a while, then picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted: "Gao Xiang, save your money, leave [-] rounds for each cannon, and use the rest of the cannon to last until dark."

The mortar guns of the Independent Regiment on the mountain gradually thinned out, and the soldiers no longer dared to fire in a hurry. Li Yong was worried about the fifth battalion on the front line. He used the walkie-talkie to ask Wang Tiger how the situation was, and told him about Gao Xiang's guns. It's over.

Wang Huo said steadily in the walkie-talkie: "Don't worry, commander, with me, Wang Huo will have a position. We have to fight without artillery. I still have two platoons in my hand. It's useless to be a reserve team. Stick to it." It's fine until dark."

Li Yong, who put down the walkie-talkie, thought about it and was still uneasy, and then asked the soldiers to inform the supply battalion that the fifth battalion had enough medicine, and they had to prepare some more grenades.

The battles of the past few days have also inspired Li Yong a lot. Sometimes grenades play a more important role than rifles. In today's battle, there were several times when the soldiers of the Kuomintang rushed up were blown down by grenades. The soldiers lay in the trenches without lifting their heads, and threw out the grenades one by one. At a distance of about 30 meters, the ko grenades exploded a wall of fire.

Another advantage of throwing grenades while lying in the trenches without lifting them is that casualties can be avoided to the greatest extent. The reason is very simple, as long as they are not killed by artillery fire, they will not be able to hit the soldiers lying in the trenches.

The attack of the 29th Army was beaten down again, and Liu Kan shouted to his subordinates angrily: "What are you waiting for? What are you waiting for? Wait until the large forces of the Communist Army catch up with us and encircle us? Are they all going to give the Communist Army As a prisoner? Organize artillery fire to prepare for the next attack, I don't believe that the heads of the communist army on the mountain are all made of iron."

At this time, an officer came to report: "Report to the military seat, we are running out of artillery, and it is difficult to cover the positions of the communist army with firepower."

Liu Kan: "Nonsense, we had enough medicine when we set off. How long have we been fighting? How could there be no guns?"

The officer who came in to report lowered his head and said: "Secretary, there are really not many guns left. The communist army has sneaked in a lot of small troops in our defense zone. These small troops are very cunning and never confront us head-on. They wait until night They harassed our artillery positions and supply units, and our artillery suffered heavy losses. The medicine carts belonging to several regiments were blown up by the communist army, and many of the artillery pieces were also damaged.”

Liu Kan: "Can't even deal with some small units of the Communist Army? What a bunch of trash, how long can the artillery last?"

The officer replied: "Report to the military seat, today is enough, tomorrow will not know." v! ~!