The beacon of youth

Because of the hard work and great sacrifices made by the independent regiment, Boss Peng and political commissar Xi personally issued a commendation telegram, and Commander Wang of the Second Column who received the telegram asked to send the telegram to the independent regiment, so that the commanders and fighters of the army with huge casualties Be happy too.

At this time, the independent regiment was dealing with the follow-up work after the battle. The sacrificed soldiers had to be buried, and the wounded had to be transferred to the rear hospital of the field army as soon as possible.

When the whole regiment set off from Yulin, there were more than 200 people. In this battle, there were more than 500 casualties. After sending away the wounded, there were still more than 700 people left in the regiment.

This is because the independent regiment has a very powerful health team, there is no shortage of medicines and equipment, and soldiers with smaller wounds do not like to go to the hospital. The health team in the regiment can deal with it completely. Counting all these people, the number of casualties of the independent regiment is even greater.

In fact, there is no way to calculate the number of casualties too carefully. The numbers Li Yong reported to his superiors were sacrificed and temporarily incapacitated personnel. None of them arrived.

Now there are more than 700 fighters with combat effectiveness. Although compared with other regiment-level troops, they are not small, and the number of personnel is not small, but compared with when they first set off, they are much worse. In addition, the loss of weapons and equipment However, the combat effectiveness of the independent regiment dropped by more than one-third, which made the cadres and soldiers very depressed. Although the field army won the battle, the casualties of the independent regiment were indeed a bit higher.

In the fierce battle, even if one's relatives are sacrificed, everyone can't feel anything, but after the battle is over, when thinking of those comrades who were with me just now, they will never see them again, and they want to cry, and they can't eat anymore .

The staff of the cooking team made delicious food in different ways, and the supply camp also took out a lot of belongings, and made large boxes of canned beef casually, but it was still useless, and even a third of the food in a pot could not be eaten , just when everyone was in a bad mood, the column headquarters sent someone to send over the telegram of Ye Si's award.

It has to be said that Wang Chengde, the political commissar, is an experienced political worker. It is not good for the troops to be immersed in grief all the time. This will easily affect morale. Morale is the foundation of an army. [

Wang Chengde took this opportunity to encourage everyone: "Comrades, our regiment suffered a lot of casualties, but a soldier of the People's Liberation Army and a member of the Communist Party must have a big picture and a long-term perspective. great victory.

In this battle, we also wiped out at least one-third of Hu Zongnan's mobile force. From this point of view, it is appropriate to wipe out our entire regiment. As the old saying goes, if there is struggle, there will be sacrifices , we communists are not afraid of death, cheer up, comrades, there is a bigger battle waiting for us ahead. "

Wang Chengde's words made the soldiers think of many oaths they made in the new army. The political commissar is right. It is because of our sacrifice that such a great victory has been achieved. It is an honor for soldiers to fall on the battlefield. Yes, we have to pay the price for the establishment of a new China.

Li Yong also admired Wang Chengde, a young old political worker. Li Yong engraved two lines of words on the tombstone where the sacrificed soldiers were buried: In order to have a great ambition to sacrifice, dare to change the sun and the moon into a new sky.

With the efforts of the cadres and soldiers of the whole regiment, the independent regiment quickly came out of grief, and all work was back on track.

The whole regiment needs to do too much work from top to bottom. A large number of prisoners need to be trained, and the captured weapons, medicines and food have to be sorted out. Fortunately, the column did not give other tasks. Commander Wang also specifically told Li Yonghe Wang Chengde, the task of your regiment is not only to rest and reorganize, but also to rest and reorganize. This guarantees the time for the various tasks carried out by the independent regiment.

During this period, the field army was not idle either. Boss Peng ordered Xu Guangda of the third column and Luo Yuanfa of the sixth column to return to Yichuan to deal with the enemy's 24th Brigade in Yichuan. Liu Kan's large corps was dealt with. For the rest, it's time to clean up the little fish like Zhang Hanchu in Yichuan.

There are more than 4 people in the two main columns. Some field chiefs suggested to Boss Peng that there are too many people. There are only more than 6000 defenders in the Kuomintang brigade in Yichuan, and they were beaten seven times by our field army. How many people can be left out of eight dozen, one column is enough.

Boss Peng does not see it that way, war is not a child's play, we must despise the opponent strategically, but we must pay attention to the opponent tactically, and a dead dog should be fought as a tiger. Of course there is a reason for going to the two columns. In the war, I have never had a good rest, and just after the big battle, my physical strength and combat effectiveness have dropped sharply. Going to more troops will give you a better chance. No one wants to capsize in the gutter.

Putting aside the two columns that turned around and marched forward, just in the city of Yichuan, Zhang Hanchu, the brigade commander of the 24th brigade, has been scratching his heart like 25 little rabbits in his arms recently.

How can this be good, even Liu Kan is defeated, what should I do?Go all out and fight the communist army?Of my own more than 6000 people, there are now only less than 4000 people left in the early [-]s. With this strength, it is not enough for the main force of the Communist Army to fit between the teeth.

run, where are you going?If you run without an order, you will be killed by Shangfeng even if you go back. Just when the brigade commander Zhang Da was undecided, someone reported: "Report to the brigade commander, the communist army is back, and it is a large force. You can see it from a distance." It is very clear that there are countless people who are black girls."

This Zhang Hanchu's face turned green when he heard it. He knew very well that this was the little guy who came to deal with Liu Kan after the Communist Army cleaned up Liu Kan's main force.

What the hell, the communist army came back too fast, this Liu Kan is really a waste, how can all the armed forces of the United States plus planes and cannons be inferior to the crappy rifles and grenades of the communist army.

Not to mention what Zhang Zhang thought at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, but he was still a brigade commander after all. This guy immediately ordered the whole city to be under martial law, strengthened defenses, and then asked his officers to come to a meeting. If he had no idea, let his men think about it. Can come up with something better. [

It didn't take long for all the officers under his command to arrive. Zhang Hanchu looked at these officers: "I won't talk nonsense. Everyone knows the situation. If you have any ideas, tell us. Can we still have a way out?"

After a long silence, an officer said: "Traveler, we still have a lot of strength to defend the city. Although we are small in number, Yichuan's geographical location is dangerous, and the communist army will not be able to attack for a while. The problem is that we have to defend the city." When? It is impossible to have reinforcements, and sooner or later the city will be broken by our own strength, it is only a matter of time."

After the officer finished speaking, no one spoke for a long time. When Zhang Hanchu saw that no one was speaking, he shouted angrily at his subordinates: "Don't you have any ideas? We can't fight and defend, can't we just defend?" Is there a way to surrender? Do you all want to be in the Communist army? The Communist army is an army that has lived a hard life, can you bear it?"

An officer said cautiously: "Brigade, can you see if this works? We still have nearly 4000 people. As long as we can make full use of our geographical advantage, we can deal with the Communist Army for a while. The Communist Army has just finished fighting Liu Kan." , although we won the victory, the officers and soldiers must be very tired. Let them attack for a while, and when the communist army's several attacks have no effect, we will choose a chance to break out. As long as we can rush out, we will break it up and disperse it , I don’t believe that the Communist Army can catch all of us. When we enter the mountainous area, we can go back to Yan’an or Xi’an by taking a small path in disguise. Whether we can go out or not will depend on everyone’s luck. Do you have any other suggestions?"

After the officer finished speaking, no one said anything for a long time. Zhang Hanchu sighed: "It's useless to fight hard. Since everyone doesn't want to be a prisoner of the Communist army, they have to do so."

Seeing that there was no objection, the officer who came up with the idea just now said, "Traveler, if we want to go out alive and not be taken prisoner by the Communist army, there must be a prerequisite."

At this time, many officers said anxiously: "Just say it, no one will blame you for being right or wrong now."

Officer: "If we want to break out of the siege, we must hold on to the first few attacks of the Communist army. Only when the momentum of the attack of the Communist army is stopped can we have a chance to get out. To put it bluntly, we have a chance to escape. We can’t control the soldiers, let them attract the attention of the communist army, so that we can break out of the encirclement while taking advantage of the chaos.”

Zhang Hanchu: "Have you heard that? This is a good idea. Don't worry, as long as we can go out, it doesn't matter even if we don't have a single soldier. We are still good brothers when we arrive in Xi'an. With me, Mr. Zhang and Commander Hu We still have a chance to make a comeback, so what we have to do now is to defend Yichuan first, for a few days, and then I will lead everyone to break through depending on the situation."

Not to mention how the enemies in Yichuan City studied, let’s talk about the three and six columns advancing rapidly. After leaving Yulin, the soldiers have been fighting and marching non-stop.

But everyone knows the importance of Yichuan, the barrier in Guanzhong. The leaders at all levels of the army asked everyone to work harder. As long as Yichuan can be taken down, they can rest for a while.

On this day, the soldiers finally came to the city of Yichuan again. Yichuan city is easy to defend and difficult to attack. There are a lot of cement bunkers and fortifications built. Because of the shortage of personnel, Zhang Hanchu's 24th Brigade shrank the defense line and withdrew unnecessary troops. Inside the city, only stick to the two commanding heights of the main city and outside the city.

Among the commanding heights around Yichuan, there are two most dangerous terrains, forming a corner with Yichuan City. The three positions can provide mutual fire support. The reason why Yichuan defenders are confident that they can hold for a period of time is also based on These two dangerous fortifications.Lao Ba thanked everyone, every bit of support from the brothers made Lao Ba very pleased. v! ~!