The beacon of youth

Chapter 245 Attacking Qishan in the Battle of Xifu

Ning Erzi shut his mouth a little bit, and stopped talking to these soldiers. The jeep was heading east all the way, getting closer and closer to the hidden position of the independent regiment.

It was already dark when Erzi Ning and his soldiers came back. The soldiers in the reconnaissance battalion looked at this drunk KMT officer curiously. He was captured by the People's Liberation Army.

Seeing that the captured guy was still fast asleep, Erzi Ning simply drove to the regiment headquarters with his men and the car, and when he saw Li Yong, he shouted: "Regimental leader, catch one, he is still a captain, but let me give you a drink." There are too many, and now I am still confused, what do you think should I do?"

The second son Ning and the soldiers returned safely. Li Yong and Zhang Jinsong were very happy. They looked at the bewildered guy and said, "What should we do? It's easy, Li Yuming, go get a bucket of cold water."

Not long after, the soldiers of the guard company brought a bucket of water.Li Yong ordered several soldiers to drag this guy out of the car, and then poured cold water down his head.

I saw that the officer who had been captured had a quick wit, shivered all over, and suddenly woke up. This guy is awake, but he still doesn't know where he is.

"Oh, who the fuck is this? I'm covered in water. Do you guys still want to live?" This guy cursed a few times, but no one around said anything, this guy was also puzzled, Who has the guts to make such a fool of me.

When I opened my eyes, I felt that something was wrong. This guy is from the old army. He has a lot of experience and has a lot of eyes. When he saw that the people around him were not dressed like a military army, he took a closer look, my mother , These people are all wearing gray military uniforms, isn't the one in gray military uniforms Balu?How did I get here at Eighth Road?We haven't heard of any Eighth Route Army troops in our area.

A cold sweat rolled down the back of the spine, and all of the wine suddenly woke up. Something was wrong. It seems that I was arrested by the Eighth Route Army. Why did the Eighth Route Army arrest me:

"Sirs, what do you mean by this? I have never done anything bad, I have never offended your army. I belong to the Qishan security regiment, and I have never fought against your army."

Li Yong, who had been observing coldly, asked at this moment: "Are you sober?" This guy is a veteran, and he knew at a glance that the person who was asking the question was the leader of this gang. Regardless of his young age, he must be the officer, so he hurriedly stood at attention. Answer: "Report sir, all are awake.

Li Yong: "Do you understand what kind of army we are?" "Report sir, I understand, you are the Eighth Route Army."

"It's good if you understand it. Let me introduce it to you first. Your Qishan County has become the target of our People's Liberation Army. We brought you back because we want you to explain the situation in Qishan in detail. That's it. Explain all the situations clearly. Your life is fine. If you deliberately conceal it from our PLA, you will know the consequences. I would like to remind you that you are not the only one who was arrested by us. The one who speaks out first will count as meritorious service. , I was wrong, or it was too late, if I think you are of no use to us, I will just pull you out and kill me, do you understand what I said?"

Although it is said that it is April, the temperature at night is still quite low, but this guy kept wiping the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve: "I understand sir, I understand sir."

"Understand and repeat our request to me."

"The People's Liberation Army is going to attack Qishan County, and ordered me to explain the situation in Qishan in detail. If I explain it, I will count it as meritorious service. If there is any concealment or unclear explanation, I will be taken out and shot."

"Very good, I heard it very clearly. You are a captain and officer. You should be very clear about the defense situation of Mount Qi. Tell me what you can know."

This guy trembled and told the situation of Qishan. The officers did know more than the soldiers. In addition, he went to a military academy, so his description was more orderly. The commanders knew it in their hearts.

After the prisoners were taken down, Li Yong once again called commanders at all levels to a meeting with one purpose, how to deal with this Qishan County.

According to the captives' explanations and the information gathered by the reconnaissance battalion, Qishan, like Fufeng, is defended by a Kuomintang local reporting group. There are only more than 1000 people, and the weapons and equipment are generally not as many as Fufengcha. The only difference is that there are certain differences in the settings of some defensive positions.

The commanders at all levels of the independent regiment have won battles with ease, especially the last time they attacked Fufeng County, not only easily wiped out a local security regiment of the enemy, but they themselves did not suffer any losses. From this point, it shows the strength of the enemy's local troops Their quality is very poor, their weapons and training are not good, and they have no combat effectiveness. Therefore, they all suggest that Li Yong, the regiment leader, launch an attack overnight, destroy Qishan County in one fell swoop, and have dinner in the city tomorrow morning.

Zhang Jinsong, the commander of the reconnaissance battalion, said excitedly: "Regimental commander, let's fight at night. Our Eighth Route Army is the ancestor of the Kuomintang. This is our specialty. Let alone a local security regiment, even his regular army is not ours." Opponents, our reconnaissance battalion assured the regiment party committee that as long as we go up, we will be able to break through immediately."

Li Jiangguo, the commander of the first battalion, also said: "Regimental Commander, I think what Lao Zhang said is reasonable. The Eighth Route Army is our old profession in fighting night battles. We also use the method of fighting Fufeng to drive the enemy out of the city, and take the enemy out of the city. They wiped out."

Looking at the enthusiastic commanders, Li Yong didn't say anything directly, but asked instead: "What everyone said is true. Our Eighth Route Army is the ancestor of fighting at night, and the enemy is not our opponent. This is true. I want to ask Everyone's question is, why does our Eighth Route Army often fight night battles, and why are we so good at night battles?"

Veteran fighters like Li Jiangguo and Zhang Jinsong are from authentic old Eighth Route Army. They are very confident that their troops will fight night battles, but they really can’t answer these two questions raised by Li Yong. They never thought about why they fight night battles before. Why is He Ye Zhan so good? I don’t understand why the team leader asks this question. What’s the point of asking? Isn’t it good to be great?

Seeing that no one answered, Li Yong himself continued: "Our Eighth Route Army is not born to fight night battles. We practice bit by bit to fight well, and we use our battles to figure it out. The life and blood of the soldiers were exchanged.

But why does our Eighth Route Army often choose to fight at night when fighting the enemy? Comrades, do you want to understand why?

The people who came to the meeting were silent, and Li Yong said again: "Let me tell you that our former Red Army and Eighth Route Army liked to fight at night because we were forced to do so because our strength is not as good as the enemy's, and our weapons and equipment are even worse. We are not as good as the enemy. When the enemy is strong and we are weak, night battles can make full use of the night as a cover to fight close combat and close combat with the enemy. This method can make up for the shortcomings of our army. To be clear, it is to use our tenacious fighting will To make up for the lack of weapons.

The situation is different now. We have more personnel than the enemy, and our weapons and equipment are even more incomparable to them. If we launch an attack tonight, it should be no problem to break through the enemy's fortifications. With the firepower of our regiment and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, we will definitely be able to break in.

But what about after entering?We would engage in dogfights with the enemy in the city. Some comrades would say, what’s so great about fighting in dogfights?

We fought against Fufeng very easily, and remind everyone to think about it, if we didn't blast the enemy out of the city, would our casualties be so small?The gun in the enemy's hand is not a stick for burning fire, it can also kill people. "

Night battles are our strengths, but it would not be a wise choice to fight night battles when we have the upper hand in personnel and weapons.

The reason why Li Yong did not directly oppose the opinions of these commanders was that he wanted to use every battle to instill his combat thinking in everyone.

Li Jiangguo, who was still quick to speak, asked: "Commander, what do you mean? When should we launch an attack?"

"Wars kill people, so the less casualties the better, we must make full use of our strengths and try to minimize casualties, my opinion is to rest tonight and start attacking tomorrow morning, or use our old method of fighting Fufeng , blast the enemy out of the city, and wipe them out in the wild.”

Soldiers are tricky, and wars are not static. A good commander must be good at making use of various conditions to obtain the greatest victory at the least cost.

After entering the 21th century and the [-]st century, the most powerful army in the world is the U.S. military, but this army, which was frightened by our volunteers in night battles on the Korean battlefield, has chosen to conduct several wars at night (using American It is said that the moon in North Korea belongs to the Chinese).

In the two Gulf Wars, in Iraq, Yugoslavia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan, every large-scale battle launched by the US military chose to be carried out at night.

why?The U.S. military, which is least willing to fight at night, has changed its approach. The answer is simple, because the modern U.S. military has been equipped with a large number of night vision equipment, and low-light night vision and infrared night vision devices have been equipped on every individual soldier. The battlefield has become relatively transparent for the U.S. military. With information sharing, night battles will no longer be their shortcoming. On the other hand, their opponents are still at the level of guerrilla warfare in World War II. Night will minimize their combat effectiveness. This is why the modern U.S. military prefers to fight at night.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning, the brigade of the Independence Regiment tore off their camouflage, launched a combat team, bared their teeth and claws, and went straight to Qishan County.

In the early morning, Qishan City was shrouded in a thin layer of cooking smoke.

[dedication]