The beacon of youth

At the foot of the mountain, an officer in charge of the [-]th Army of the National People's Army reported to the commander Liu Kan; there are not many orders.Liu Kan pondered for a while and said: "Okay, I understand, you go down."

The officer breathed a sigh of relief.Turned around and walked out.

It was getting dark again, and the offensive and defensive battle of the Chakou position had been fought for the third day. Both sides felt a little exhausted, both offensive and defensive.

The Kuomintang soldiers retreated again, and the sound of the guns on the small position gradually subsided until later, there were only sporadic gunfire once or twice.It's been a day of fighting, the soldiers on the mountain and down the mountain are hungry enough, now it's time to eat

The night was as black as ink.The moon hiding behind the clouds only showed a curved crescent.But even this little crescent soon got into a black cloud, and from the gaps in the big black clouds, there were a few stars shining coldly.Occasionally, one or two shrill gunshots came from unknown places.

Most of the soldiers of the Independent Regiment who had fought against the enemy for another day at the Chakou position fell asleep.Of course, those sentry posts and observation posts on duty dare not sleep.

Looking at the sleeping soldiers, the Fifth Battalion Commander Wang Huhu didn't know what was wrong and couldn't fall asleep no matter what, did he blame himself for being too stressed?Not right.I have been a soldier for so long, what scene have I not seen?You can sleep while lying among the dead, what happened today?If you can't sleep, don't sleep.Go ahead and have a look.Thinking of this, Wang Huo quietly got up and walked out from among the sleeping soldiers.

Wang Huo, who came out of the big anti-cannon hole, followed the traffic trench to his own fifth battalion position at the forefront.The battle has been fought for a day, and it is generally smooth.With the support of Wei Gang's Machine Gun Battalion, Gao Xiang's Artillery Battalion, and the special shooters from Ning Jinshan's belt, his Fifth Battalion made the attacking enemy pay a heavy price and successfully held the position, but there were also mistakes. The two attacking troops were killed by the enemy's artillery fire because they chased too far. This is their own responsibility.

Wang Huhu thought as he walked, and he arrived at the front line in a short time. When the soldiers saw their battalion commander coming, they all came to salute. It’s not that when we are resting, are you boys afraid that the enemy’s snipers will not be able to identify the target? Didn’t you see that our regiment leader never asked us to salute him on the battlefield? Have you forgotten?” [

It was stipulated by Li Yong, the head of the regiment, that he could not salute his commander on the battlefield. The reason was just like what Wang Huo said just now, that he could not provide targets for the enemy's snipers.

A few soldiers said with a smile that they knew it, and they would definitely not salute next time, so as not to be scolded by the battalion commander.Wang Huo lay down in the trench, exposed half of his head, and looked carefully at the dark position below.

At this time, the mountain is quiet and there is no movement at all. The line of sight is only less than 20 meters away under the current situation, and if it is further away, nothing can be seen.

Wang Huo asked several soldiers standing guard.Is there any movement or abnormal situation under the mountain?The soldiers replied: "The wind does not shake, the water does not move, there is no movement. After tossing for several days, the Kuomintang soldiers at the foot of the mountain are even more tired. I guess they have already slept like dead pigs. What else can they do?"

Listening to the soldiers' introduction, Wang Huo became more and more wrong.No, the foot of the mountain is a large corps composed of seven divisions of the Kuomintang, how can there be no sound at all, and the soldiers of the two battalions led by Li Jiangguo and Zhang Jinsong can't let the enemy sleep so steadily, it's not right.There is still something I didn't expect.

This Wang Huo is an old soldier who has fought for many years and has a very keen sense on the battlefield. Today he feels that something is wrong with the enemy's situation down the mountain, and why it is wrong can't be explained for a while.But something is definitely wrong.

Wang Huo once again lay down in the trench and looked down hard for 10 minutes.Still can't see anything, a few sentries on guard told their battalion commander to go back to sleep, they must be more careful not to miss anything.

Wang Huo looked at the hour hand of the watch on his wrist pointing to 12:30 in the middle of the night. Before he knew it, another day had passed and a new day had begun, and today was the fourth day in the fork position.The task given by the field army headquarters is to hold on for five days.Today and tomorrow, the enemy will definitely be more rampant in order to break through our army's defense. My fifth battalion is the first-line defensive position, and the pressure it will bear will be even greater. How can we hold our position in the next two days of battle? To minimize the loss of troops.The Youth League Party Committee puts itself and the Fifth Battalion here because it trusts itself.What should I do?What kind of tactics would be more appropriate?

The Fifth Battalion Commander Wang Huhu, who was thinking for a while, couldn't sleep because he had something on his mind, and he couldn't sleep well even after going back.Just don't go back.It was dawn with a few soldiers standing guard.

Leaving aside what Wang Huo thinks, this

Under the command of the nationals who reorganized the [-]th Army's Military Headquarters, it was a bit sleepy. Zhuo Yong's big tent was crowded with people, and there were several large lanterns lit in the four corners and the center of the tent, with glass shades. The oil twisters in the tent were strung up so high by the twisted long small flames, and every corner of the tent was illuminated brightly by several large lanterns.

Liu Kan, commander of the 29th Army of the Kuomintang Reorganization and Corps Commander, had a gloomy face, with his hands on the table in front of him.Looking at the group of people in front of him, he said: "Everyone, the situation is very serious. We have been blocked by the communist army for three days. Not only are there no casualties, but there is no progress at all.

According to the reports of the guard troops and our aircraft reconnaissance and intelligence personnel, the Communist Army’s Peng Dehuai and Xi Zhongxun’s troops are getting closer and closer to us. The forward troops of the Communist Army will contact our rear guard troops tomorrow, and they will not be able to take down the front. Don't say you want to go back to Xi'an in the Chakou position, you can't even go back to Yan'an.

Once the troops are surrounded, the gentlemen will either be killed or captured by the communist army as prisoners.We people are no match for soldiers.I believe that many of us here have blood debts from the Communist Army, right?The Communist Party will not spare us, even if we are not shot, who of you can eat the pickled vegetable buns from the Communist Army?tell me.Who of you can eat? .

After Liu Kan's call, there was no one in the tent to answer the call. It took five or six minutes for an officer to say: "Commander Liu, Commander Liu, what do you think we should do? The Communist army on the mountain is too tough. Yes, and the weapons and equipment are surprisingly good. There are very few such troops in the Communist Army in the Northwest.

Another officer said: "What is evil? It's not that our attack is not strong enough. The main force of the communist army is chasing after us, how many communist troops can there be on the mountain? Commander Liu, you are right, we people It’s different from soldiers. Most people have the blood debt of the Communist Party on them. They will not spare us lightly, now we will do whatever you want us to do, and we will obey you.”

As soon as the officer finished speaking, one of Liu Kan's eyelids twitched.Asked in a sinister tone: "Everyone, it is time for us to unite and serve the party-state sincerely. I will give you 5 minutes to decide whether to follow my command. If the elites of the party-state decide, I will continue." go on

Liu Kan said, the corps has seven main divisions, but he can only mobilize three, and the remaining four division commanders don't buy his account very much. Now Liu Kan is forced to say all these things. no solution anymore.

Several division commanders who were temporarily transferred glanced at each other, and one of them sighed: "Mr. Liu, now is an extraordinary period, and I have reached a critical juncture of life and death. It is meaningless to say anything else. Our divisions will listen to you." Yes. We will do whatever you say, there is no second word

Liu Kan: "Okay. Now that everyone has decided, I will issue an order. Tonight, no, tomorrow morning is the most critical day for us. Whether we can break out of Huanglong Mountain depends on our performance tomorrow. Tomorrow At two o'clock in the morning, the whole army launched a desperate attack on the fork position of the communist army. The rear guard divisions do not move, and your rear guard divisions must do their best to stop the main force of the communist army. Without my order, you are not allowed to take a step back. Even if you are dead, you must be nailed. There, the remaining six divisions attacked the Chakou position in turn. Each division’s attack time was one hour, and if the attack was ineffective within one hour, another division continued. I, Liu, have a lot of hearts, but now I have reached the end of my rope."

After Liu Kan finished the conversation, there was a dead silence in the tent. After a while, an officer said: "Hey, let's do this, otherwise there is no other good way. If you light it up, it's light, and if you don't, it's light. It’s better to fight with the communist army, we still have a glimmer of life if we fight him to the death.”

After the officer finished speaking, another officer continued: "You can't fight blindly, we have been fighting for three days in a row, and the effect is not good?"

Liu Kan turned his gloomy eyes and asked: "Then what do you say? If your brother has a good idea, just say it."

The officer looked at the staring eyes around him and said an idea: "I think so. The communist army has been fighting for three days in a row, and they are also human. Their physical strength must have dropped a lot, and they must be very tired. Commander Liu decided The method of storming in the second half of the night is good, but I think that since we want to fight the night battle that they are best at with the communist army, we can go all out and play a big game. We can send a smaller force. Under the cover of night, we can move secretly before the attack. Under their noses, they suddenly launched an attack after the battle started, catching the communist army by surprise, and letting them know that our national army can still fight well at night!~!