The beacon of youth

Chapter 255 The Bloody Battle of Baoji in the Battle of Xifu

Under the command of Boss Peng, the Northwest Field Army launched a full-line attack on Baoji with all the main forces of the first and second columns, trying to take down the material reserve base established by Hu Zongnan in the Northwest in one fell swoop, so as to solve the increasingly tense food problem of the field army. .

Under the transportation conditions at that time, it was unrealistic for 10,000+ people to rely on Mr. He Longhe to transport food from Shanxi.

The Kuomintang party also knew that the Northwest Field Army had food difficulties, so it used planes to continuously blockade the food transportation routes in the air. Therefore, the cost of food transportation was too high, and every bag of food might be exchanged for a human life.

Mr. Peng, political commissar Xi and the heads of the field divisions all tried their best to solve the food of the field army by themselves, so as to relieve Mr. He a little pressure.

It's not just the food problem that makes Boss Peng and the head of the field division more anxious. After entering April, the weather is gradually getting warmer, and it's almost time to change the seasons. ?

Baoji is good, there is everything in it. Thinking of this, the cadres and soldiers feel itchy in their hearts. Everything has to be solved by robbing, and it is really difficult for these leaders.

The second column took the lead in attacking the main regiment of the entire column, the old 2nd regiment of the fourth brigade. The equipment of the second regiment was improved compared with before, and its firepower was also greatly strengthened. Under the cover of heavy machine guns and small artillery, the commando jumped out of the trench and charged. up.

Although the firepower of the Second Regiment has been improved and strengthened, it is only improved and strengthened. It still lacks the most effective means of direct attack on the enemy's firepower points and defensive positions. Most of the time, the soldiers have to use explosives to solve the problem.

The direct firepower in the army is not even that much for the Independent Regiment, not to mention the old 2nd Regiment. They don’t have a supply battalion like the Independent Regiment to bring more equipment. All the ammunition of other troops has to be carried by the soldiers themselves. , In this way, the individual load of the soldiers is increased, and the amount of ammunition they can carry is also limited.

A soldier has to carry 150 rounds of rifle ammunition, four wooden-handled grenades, plus food bags, water bottles and his own rifle. The long-distance march on foot with a weight of four to fifty catties is a great test of physical strength.

This is still the most basic rifleman's weight, and the machine gunners and mortar gunners in those troops are even more difficult.

The Second Regiment is a hard-core unit of the People's Liberation Army with a glorious tradition. Someone on the ground was shot and fell down.

The 76th Division of the Kuomintang in Baoji has sufficient weapons and ammunition because Hu Zongnan has a logistics base set up here in the city.

The division commander Xu Bao told his subordinates that as long as you need it, all the military supply warehouses can be opened, and you can choose the weapons in the warehouse. Although the weapons here are not from the 76th Division, but now is an extraordinary period, and you can hold the city. It is better to use it by yourself than to be snatched by the Eighth Route Army. If there is any problem, he will explain it to the commander.

Most of the Kuomintang officers and soldiers guarding Baoji were equipped with new equipment under Xu Bao's order, and most of the rifles in their hands were replaced with submachine guns and machine guns, so the firepower was also greatly enhanced.

The commandos of the old 2nd regiment kept falling in front of the enemy's dense firepower. The artillery fire before the attack was ready to blow up most of the firepower points, but the artillery could not cover the whole world. The final solution to the problem was the soldiers with rifles in their hands. .

The artillery strength of the first and second columns of the People's Liberation Army is very average. Because the density and penetration of the artillery shells are not enough, many firepower points have been revived after the artillery fire extended, which caused great trouble for the commandos who rushed forward. Soldiers had no choice but to knock out the enemy with the grenades and dynamite packs they carried with them once again.

The commandos are the hardest troops among all the troops. They are sharp knives troops selected, but they cannot be used in too many numbers. Their task is to tear open a hole in the enemy's defense line. The most taboo is to attack the enemy in the area. Caught in a stalemate.

Although Li Yong, Wang Chengde and others from the independent regiment had no combat missions, they had been observing the progress of the battle. Seeing the casualties suffered by the soldiers of the old 2nd regiment in the telescope, these people in the independent regiment felt as if they were pins and needles.

It is uncomfortable for anyone to see the casualties of his old army, but he wants to help but has no orders from his superiors.

The hot-tempered Ma Changsheng came to the regiment headquarters and asked them to go up to the battalion. This guy said to Li Yong with a good reason: "Regimental commander, you can discuss with the head of the column. Our regiment has nine battalions. Just go up to one battalion. The battalion can just rush up behind the commando. Last time in Yulin we seized some rocket launchers for attacking tanks. Our second regiment sent people up to send explosives."

Li Yong knew that Ma Changsheng was telling the truth, and he also knew that the veteran of the second regiment was worried about his old troops, but this guy was somewhat selfish, and he always wanted his third battalion to make a bigger contribution. No matter how fierce the enemy's firepower in Baoji was, they were no more than a brigade of troops. After a while, the troops would have nothing to do with them.

More than two hours after the battle started, Li Yong finally couldn't sit still. Although the progress of the second regiment was not slow, the casualties were too great.

Commander Wang, who was directing the battle in the column headquarters, saw Li Yong coming in and asked loudly, "What's the matter? Are you in a hurry? It's useless to be anxious. Remember, rest is also a task."

Li Yong: "Commander, I have an idea. Transfer the artillery battalion of our regiment and assign it to the second regiment. In this way, their firepower will be greatly enhanced, the casualties of soldiers will be reduced, and our attack speed will also increase. will speed up."

Commander Wang: "It's still a solution, just do as you say, go quickly."

Ten minutes later, Gao Xiang's artillery battalion maneuvered to the firing position. When he saw Gao Xiang's second regiment Zhao, he asked strangely: "Aren't you a reserve team? Why don't you stay here in your regiment? What are you doing here?" Isn't it a little tail-wagging when you become an official? Go back."

When he met his old regiment leader, Gao Xiang spoke very casually: "Captain, don't scold me as soon as you meet. I have always been very honest. The old people in our regiment are the least humble now. Li Jiangguo and Zhang Jinsong , It has nothing to do with me, I didn't come here by myself, it was the commander who temporarily transferred our battalion to strengthen the firepower of our regiment."

Commander Zhao became excited when he heard this. Others don't know the background of the Independence Regiment, but he knows it very well. There are quite a few units called artillery battalions in the field army, but a so-called artillery battalion can have ten or eight artillery pieces. Not bad, like the Independent Regiment, there is not one unit that has more than 40 artillery pieces and is still called the Artillery Battalion. If there are other units, they can be called the Artillery Regiment.

"It's easy to handle if the commander asked you to come here. It's not your pride. Hurry up and study it."

Gao Xiang: "Regimental Commander, our regimental commander told me when I came here that the headquarters of the 76th Division is set up on Jintaiguan, the commanding height in the city. This is what I think. Our battalion uses large-caliber 105 howitzers to command the enemy. The [-]nd infantry artillery and the [-]th mountain artillery with smaller calibers were used to attack forward, and directly used short-range firepower to support the commandos we attacked. As long as the enemy's command organization is in chaos, we can easily fight this battle. "

The tone of Gao Xiang’s words and addressing other people may sound a little messy, what is the head of the group and our head, but the head of Zhao is not at all messy, the first sentence Gao Xiang called the head of the group is his old man. Commander Zhao of the Second Regiment, the term "our regiment leader" in the second sentence refers to Li Yong, the current leader of the Independent Regiment.

After listening to Gao Xiang's opinion, Commander Zhao nodded in his heart. Gao Xiang is a promising kid, much better than before. More than a year ago, he was only a deputy platoon leader in the old 2 regiment. Although he was brave in war, he had a brain But it didn't work so well. After following Li Yong for more than a year, he has seen a lot, and his brain is also flexible.

"Good idea, let's do this, give your battalion 10 minutes, and the artillery attack will start in 10 minutes."

Ten minutes passed in a blink of an eye, and Captain Zhao, who was looking at his watch, heard the sound of artillery firing twice from his rear position, followed by neat artillery fire.

Battalion Commander Gao Xiang held a telescope in his hand, and kept shouting: "Target, Jintaiguan, two test shots, ready-release."

The whole battalion is quick-firing, six rounds per cannon, ready-to-release.Six rapid-fire, ready-release.The five hair clips are inserted, ready-release.

Following Gao Xiang's command, the small red flag in the hands of the commander of the launching position kept waving and falling, and the headquarters of the 76th Division of the Kuomintang on Jintaiguan was instantly covered by artillery fire.

In ten minutes or so, Gao Xiang's artillery battalion dropped a thousand or hundreds of large-caliber explosive grenades on Jintai Temple, and the entire enemy position was immediately covered by artillery fire and gunpowder smoke. Ah, what kind of machine gun bunker, what kind of observation post, they were all blown into the sky by shells.

The division headquarters of the 76th Division was pierced obliquely by a grenade, and then the shell exploded in the radio room next to Master Xu Baoxu of the headquarters.

The violent explosion blew up all the personnel and equipment in the entire radio room, and Xu Bao was also thrown away by the air wave for more than ten meters, but thanks to being carried away by the air wave, otherwise he would have died at that time Well, by the time this guy got up in a daze, his command center was already in shambles.

Not only the dozen or so telegraph operators in the confidential room were killed, but even Xu Bao's staff officers were not left. The corpses with broken arms and legs were all over the ground, and there was a lot of crying.

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