The beacon of youth

Chapter 252 The Soldiers of the Battle of Xifu Approach the City

At the battle meeting held by the [-]nd and [-]th columns of the Northwest Field Army, Li Yong poured out all the thoughts in his heart, did his best to obey the destiny, and did everything he could, as long as he had a clear conscience. Come on The commanders at all levels in the meeting also changed from initial enthusiasm to calmness.

A commander of the fourth column commented: "Commander Li is right. After the battle of Yichuan, the troops suffered a lot of casualties. The captured prisoners are still in training and cannot be replenished for the time being. When we set off from Yulin, our column More than 2 people, now less than [-], the combat effectiveness has dropped a lot."

The commander of the second column also said, not only do you have fewer people, but our second column also suffered a lot of casualties. Fortunately, we have one more independent regiment than your fourth column. Much less than before the Yichuan battle.

Wang Chengde didn't discuss anything with others, but murmured a few words with Brigadier Chen and Commander Zhao: "When our regiment came out of Yulin, there were more than 200 people, and now it's just over [-]. Count the number of people."

Brigadier Chen told Wang Chengde not to be sad, the task of the independent regiment was difficult to complete at that time, it was not bad if they didn't wipe out all the troops, and the casualties of more than 1000 were still acceptable.

The heads of the several column levels who came to the meeting also looked at each other. If things really happened as planned by this small group leader, it would be really troublesome, and the field army would face a very passive situation.

Not to mention the commanders at all levels below, even Commander Wang was a little uneasy and couldn't sit still: "Well, this little guy can surprise me every time. It's really cool to ask him to stand up and speak. By the way, I have to let this guy talk more in the future, and what he says is reasonable."

Another head of the four columns raised a question: "Commander Li, what should we do if things are really as you imagined?"

What did Li Yong think I imagined?Things are about to happen, so I don’t dare to say how to deal with them. I, a small regiment leader, analyzed the situation on the battlefield here and said it after the support of our commander:

"I'm sorry, Chief, that's all I can think of. How to deal with it is the matter of Chief Nosi. What I said just now were all researched and thought up by several people in our regiment, not all my personal opinions. "

Li Yong didn't want to take all the credit for himself, sometimes it's not a good thing to be too sharp, but when Wang Chengde heard Li Yong say that his idea was the result of their collective research:

"Dayong, this is nonsense. When did I study with you? Bah, I didn't even ask, but I had the nerve to say that I did the research together." But these words can only be thought about and cannot be said.

"Okay, don't embarrass him. Li Yong is the head of the regiment, not the commander. It's not easy to analyze so much. Let's reflect everything we can think of at the meeting to the wild secretary. As for how If you come to deal with it, we don’t need to take care of it.” Of course, it was Commander Wang of the Second Column who said these words.

Before Commander Wang's voice fell to the ground, someone outside the door shouted a report, and then a confidential person walked in through the door. The confidential person walked up to Commander Wang and handed over a telegram in his hand.

Commander Wang and the leaders of the second and fourth columns circulated to each other for a while, and after the leaders had read the telegram, it was still Commander Wang who announced the contents of the telegram, and the discussion hall immediately fell silent:

Comrades, Noji orders

[-]. The four columns deployed defenses in the Qishan area to guard against the possible reinforcements of the Pei Changhui Corps from the enemy.

Second, the teaching brigade of the sixth column was deployed in the northwest of Baoji to contain the enemy's Ma family cavalry, and the remaining two brigades of the column were the reserve team of the Yesi.

Three, all the main forces of the first column and the second column, a total of six brigades, launched an attack on Baoji, striving to enter the city in one go, and destroy the enemy's 76th division headquarters and the [-]th brigade.

After reading the telegram, Commander Wang looked at everyone: "Comrades, our two columns are about to separate. The task of the fourth column is to stop the Peichanghui Corps that the enemy may come to support, and buy time for us to wipe out Baoji and defend the enemy. You guys There is only one column with more than 5000 people, and the enemy has six divisions with more than 7 people. The task is very difficult. We must be prepared for tough and vicious battles. If there is any situation, we will notify the headquarters in time and we will leave.”

After finishing his speech, Commander Wang shook hands with several leaders of the fourth column, and strode out with all the commanders of the second column.

The military order is like a mountain, and the order of the wild division has been issued. No matter what the situation is, it must be carried out unconditionally. Li Yong took a few steps to catch up with Commander Wang: "Commander, we have a direct railway to Baoji, and our entire column can sit on it. The train moved quickly to the vicinity of Baoji, which not only saved time but also saved the physical strength of the soldiers."

"A good way, just do this, notify the station staff, organize the locomotives and vehicles, the sooner the better."

The second column that received the order held a separate pre-war preparation meeting. At the meeting, Commander Wang decided to use the fourth brigade as the vanguard force, and the other two brigades would follow up. The independent regiment directly under the column still served as the column according to the old rules. The reserve team has no combat missions for the time being.

Due to the limitation of railway transport capacity at that time, a temporarily organized train could only transport the troops of one regiment (transporting troops is different from ordinary transporting personnel, and the equipment and ammunition of the troops take up a lot of effective space)

In view of the complexity and arduousness of the task, the Fourth Brigade handed over this sharp knife task to the old 2nd regiment, which has the strongest combat effectiveness in the whole column.

That is to say, the old man was the first to maneuver to Baoji by train, and then he was the first to go into battle to occupy and launch positions for subsequent troops to occupy and attack.

The locomotives and vehicles that can be organized at Jiangzhang Station are limited, and there are too few flatbed vehicles for large-scale equipment. Li Yong asked Commander Wang whether the independent regiment could move to Baoji alone by road.

(To transport large equipment such as artillery and automobiles, there must be a special flatbed truck, and the load of the flatbed truck determines the weight of the equipment. The weight of our country's latest main battle tank 99g does not exceed 60 tons, which is also similar to that of the current railway flatbed truck. The load of 60 tons has a certain relationship. The long-distance transportation of large military equipment still depends on the railway. If the main battle equipment such as tanks is driven on the road with motorized tracks, the loss will be too great and the cost will be too high)

Considering the number of vehicles in the Independent Regiment, Commander Wang also agreed to Li Yong's plan. In this way, the Independent Regiment left the large force of the Second Column and moved quickly from the highway to Baoji.

Baoji is an important industrial town in western my country and the second largest city in Shaanxi Province.Known as "Chencang" in ancient times, it is the hometown of Emperor Yan, the ancestor of China, and the birthplace of the Zhou and Qin Dynasties.

Located in the west of Guanzhong, Shaanxi, at the junction of Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Sichuan provinces, in the center of the four provincial capitals of Xi'an, Lanzhou, Yinchuan and Chengdu, it is an important transportation hub leading to the southwest and northwest of the motherland. Longhai Railway This intersection is the third grand cross hub on the Eurasian Continental Bridge in China.

In the second year of Tang Zhide (757 A.D.), it was renamed Baoji because of the auspicious sign of "rock chicken crowing" on Jifeng Mountain in the southeast of the urban area.

Here is the gathering place of Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism. Famen Temple, famous for its unearthed Buddha bone relics, has become a royal temple and the center of world Buddhist culture during the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, the Baoji 76th Division Division Headquarters and Garrison Command was in a panic. Xu Bao, the commander of the 76th Division, was throwing things and cursing: "*** Communist Army, I really think that I, Xu Bao, are easy to bully. I’m coming, I’m coming, I’m not going to run away, let’s see what he can do to me? I want to live and die with Baoji, if you don’t succeed, you will be benevolent.”

To say that this Xu Bao is very famous in Hu Zongnan's army of the Kuomintang. This guy is addicted to gambling. When he was the head of the regiment, he once received the army's salary from the whole regiment, but he lost it all in one night. , But this kid has a way. The next day at the whole regiment meeting, he pulled his neck and shouted: "Brothers, I brought back all the military pay of our regiment yesterday."

Hearing what his regiment leader said, the soldiers below applauded and cheered. Is it a good thing to get the military salary back, but Xu Bao changed the subject and continued: "But brothers, your luck is not good. I wanted to gamble last night so that I could give some benefits to my brothers, but I didn’t expect to lose all my military pay.”

After the call was over, there was a mess, and the soldiers shouted angrily: "You have lost all your military pay and you blame us for being unlucky. What kind of regiment commander is this?"

Hearing the yelling of the soldiers, Xu Bao didn't change his face or his heart beat: "Everyone, don't worry, the head of the regiment will go to gamble again tonight, and if he wins, he will give everyone double pay."

Later, this absurd story reached Hu Zongnan's ears. Hu Zongnan found this Xu Bao in his office and scolded him. When he was full of energy, Commander Hu suddenly left because of something.

When Hu Zongnan came back in the evening, he found that Xu Bao was still standing in the office without moving, and the floor was wet with sweat from his body.

Seeing this scene, Hu Zongnan was a little moved. Although this Xu Bao has shortcomings, he also has advantages. The biggest advantage is that he is very loyal, and the loyalty of his subordinates is more important than anything else.

Therefore, Commander Hu specially approved Xu Bao's military salary for one month more, and gradually promoted him to be brigade commander and division commander. Xu Bao was also grateful to Hu Zongnan, and regarded the commander as his own reborn parents.

Xu Bao can be regarded as frustrated in the casino and proud in the officialdom. Those who know the details say that he is, and he is a blessing in disguise.

From then on, no one dared to provoke Xu Bao, the division commander. He lived in his mansion in Xi'an all year round, either drinking or recruiting jocks.

Of course, Xu Bao's tossing around is not small, and the people in the Military Law Department and the Military Department also turn a blind eye. Who dares to care about the commander's celebrity? He can do whatever he likes.

Hu Zongnan's way of employing people is very similar to his principal, regardless of ability or character, as long as he is loyal to himself, but can such a person fight?It can be dealt with in peacetime, but in wartime it is a joke about the fate of the country and the army.

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