The beacon of youth

Chapter 229 Adjustment and Deployment - Target - West Mansion

After receiving Hu Zongnan's order to go out to support Luochuan, the Pei Changhui Corps adopted a very strange way of walking. It advanced forty miles during the day, and then walked back thirty miles at night. After a whole day, the troops only advanced about five kilometers. distance.

The officers and soldiers are very strange, what is the commander doing?Walking forty miles during the day, and then walking back thirty miles at night when it was dark, the whole army only traveled ten miles in one day, what a way of walking.

Some officers who knew a little bit of secrets said to each other in private: "Don't look at what our commanders said in the meeting. What is the brigade commander Yang of Luochuan who is a pillar and hero of the party and the country? If you don't save him, you can't do it. What is Luochuan's geographical location? It's extremely important, etc. In fact, the commander is sharper than us, and his mind is much more than ours. Have you seen it? This is where the brilliance lies.

Advance forty miles during the day and retreat another thirty miles at night. This is a good tactic. You can’t meet the Communist army and you can deal with Commander Hu Zongnan. It’s clever, it’s really clever, and it’s worthy of the eighth period of Baoding. There is really a bit of strategy in the stomach. "

Another officer said: "What strategy? If we did this, wouldn't we have sold Luochuan's Brigadier Yang? This is also called strategy?"

"What are you selling or not? You're unlucky if you catch up. Who can take care of who these days? It's good to be able to keep yourself, but then again, Luochuan and Yichuan are really different. Sichuan has too many supplies in reserve, and if we can not lose them, it will be enough for the 61st Brigade to toss for several years."

"Hey, it depends on how long the 61st Brigade can last. They are surrounded by the Communist army like an iron barrel. It's hard to figure it out, and it's really hard for Yang Yinhuan."

In a blink of an eye, the Northwest Field Army has been besieging Luochuan for more than 20 days. Luochuan has not been conquered, and the siege and reinforcements have failed, which shows that the current style of play is no longer suitable for Luochuan and Pei Changhui. Meeting again.

Holding a dead tree branch in his hand, Boss Peng pointed to the map on the wall and said to the commanders who came to the meeting: "Look, everyone, a large triangular land here is the area between the Jinghe River and the Weihe River called "Xifu" in ancient times. The enemy's defense in this large area is relatively lax.

I think that at present, when our army's siege and aid are both blocked, we can't go on here. It is a better choice to attack Xifu. The reasons are as follows.

First, Hu Zongnan's troops in the Xifu area are weak, with only a few reorganized brigades and the 2 Division of the Youth Army, which is convenient for our army to deploy.

Second, the Pei Changhui corps did not have time to come back to help. This Pei Changhui has really learned a lot. We have been around for more than 20 days, but we have not seen a single soldier from this large corps. Rescuing Luochuan is a serious matter, the troop's advance speed is only a pitiful few kilometers per day, which is still far away from us. It seems that Hu Zongnan's order doesn't have much effect on him.

Thirdly, in this area, Ma Jiajun and Hu Zongnan's Kuomintang Central Army have conflicts, and they are very wary of each other. We must make full use of this contradiction to find good opportunities to annihilate the enemy.

Fourth, we need to reserve a part of our troops to continue to contain the enemies of Luochuan and Peichang Huihui, and the main force will make great strides westward to establish Linyou Mountain and Yuanshan base areas to prepare for the future march into Gansu. Hu Zongnan's strategic rear is to build his supply base. As long as the enemy can be mobilized, we can look for opportunities to eliminate the enemy during the movement. "

Before the meeting, the first-level commanders of the field army column were thinking about how to act next. Some commanders felt that more than a month of combat showed that there was no way out to besiege Luochuan. It would be better to attack Yan'an directly, which would hurt even more. The nerve of the Kuomintang.

Some people think that there is nothing wrong with being around Luochuan, isn't Pei Chang afraid to come, then let's surround him for another month to see if he comes.

Some have the same opinion as Boss Peng. Since Luochuan did not achieve the goals and plans made before the war, should we adapt to the situation? The enemy changes and I change. It is a very good choice to attack Xifu.

Under Mr. Peng's explanation, the commanders who came to the meeting felt that the prospect of attacking Xifu was the most attractive. The camera captured Baoji, threatened Hu Zongnan's rear base, and mobilized the enemy. The movement of the field to wipe out the enemy.

There is another reason for the attack on the West Mansion. The corps of about 8 people consumes an astonishing amount of food every day. This is because the wounded and prisoners are sent away. Otherwise, the food will become more of a problem. That's it. The food of the field army It also seems to be gone.

what to do?In the past, Boss He Longhe sent people to transport them from Shanxi, but at that time the field army only had more than 2 people. Now it is not realistic to rely on Boss He to transport food. The food in Shanxi can only solve part of the problem. The field army has to rely on itself to solve the problem.

How to solve it, attacking Baoji is a good choice. Baoji is an important station on the Longhai railway line, and its strategic position is extremely important. It is also Hu Zongnan's logistics warehouse in the Northwest. Weapons, ammunition and grain are piled up like mountains. For the Northwest Field Army whose soldiers often don't have enough to eat, the temptation is simply irresistible.

As long as the food in Baoji City is mentioned, whether it is cadres or soldiers, even the senior commanders of the headquarters are just like the soldiers. Nothing can be solved without food, let alone war. Reasonable, for the troops who are often hungry, sometimes the soldiers will scream when they hear that there is food, which is faster than the political workers doing ideological work.

In contrast, fortified battles like the siege of Luochuan were his weaknesses. In war, it was the best policy to attack the enemy's weaknesses with his own strengths.

Political commissar Xi explained to these column commanders and political commissars: "If a dog is in a hurry, he jumps over the wall, if a person is in a hurry, he will fight for his life. The enemy in Luochuan wants to fight with us, but we don't want to fight with him. We are going to Baoji to eat fat.

But one thing to note is that the Xifu area is an enemy war zone. The troops must emphasize discipline to the soldiers. The common people there are different from the old liberated areas and don’t know us well. Therefore, our troops not only go to fight, but also carry out mass work well.

It is very difficult to run a long-distance attack, to surprise the enemy, and to do mass work well. After returning, the commanders must fully mobilize the enthusiasm of the soldiers, think of ways, consider the difficulties, and do a good job of preparation. "

Now that the thinking is unified, the proposal to attack the West Mansion was approved.

The Northwest Field Army consisted of Wang Zhen's Division of the Second Column, Zhang Dazhi and Wang Shitai's Division of the Fourth Column as the left army, He Bingyan's Division of the First Column as the center, and the Luoyuan Division of the Sixth Column as the right. A total of four columns attacked the Xifu area.

The troops who received the order withdrew from their positions immediately, leaving only Xu Guangda of the third column motionless, still restraining the enemy in this area.

Li Yong's independent regiment has never had any tasks these days. Commander Wang asked them to take a good rest, and they are not needed yet.

In the battle at Chakou, the independent regiment suffered heavy casualties. The commander didn't say anything but felt uncomfortable. He originally planned to transfer the whole regiment to Yulin to rest for a while. The wish didn't come true either.

What is exciting is that the second column has been carrying out the task of supporting Pei Changhui's pockets for a while. Although the troops did not fight and the deployment of the field army's campaign was not realized, it gave the independent regiment a rare rest time, not to mention the independent regiment. Other troops have not had any tasks or activities for more than a month.

In the entire second column, the independent regiment was reserved by Commander Wang as a reserve force, so the other three main brigades of the column had to go to the ambush position every day, and only the independent regiment stayed near the column headquarters.

Because of the existence of the independent regiment, Commander Wang is more motivated than the other column. The other column can only use two brigades to enter the position at most, and the remaining brigade is used as a reserve team, while the second column does not need it. Although the independent regiment has fewer personnel than other first-level brigades, its combat effectiveness is not inferior to them. This is why Commander Wang dared to use all three brigades at once.

During this period, Li Yong and the soldiers of the Independence Regiment were of course not idle. The battle was imminent, who could be idle?In addition to the normal training, Li Yong let Sanniu's maintenance company work on the car again.

In the last battle, the Independence Regiment seized a large number of vehicles and supplies, especially Li Jiangguo's first battalion, which brought back more than 100 large trucks alone. For this, Li Yong praised him a lot, and Li Jiangguo is also very beautiful .

In his words: "What kind of character is our regiment leader? It's not easy to praise people, but as long as he is really praised, it means that this person has really made great achievements. For example, our first battalion is Such."

The veterans of the Independence Regiment all said that Li Jiangguo's face was thicker than Luochuan's city walls, and bullets and shells couldn't dry it out.

But no matter what, it is true that Li Jiangguo and his soldiers of the first battalion have made meritorious service. No, Li Yong doesn't care what the soldiers say about Li Jiangguo, let alone what Li Jiangguo himself talks nonsense. He doesn't have that time.

Now Li Yong handed over the work of the regiment to Wang Chengde, the political commissar, and Fang Xin, the chief of staff, while he himself was stuck in Sanniu's repair company all day long.

The head of the regiment Li Yong and the company commander San Niu led more than a dozen soldiers and didn't know what they were doing all day long. Anyway, they were tinkering and tinkering, which seemed very mysterious. If you were curious, ask them what they were doing. : "Military secrets, can you tell everything, you will know when the time comes."

After a few days of work, they really let them come up with an object. I heard that the regiment leader and San Niu made something. The cadres and soldiers all went to see it. However, this object looks familiar no matter how you look at it. Everyone understands, isn't this a car, how did it become like this?

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