The beacon of youth

Chapter 258: Conquering Baoji in the Battle of Xifu

The armored vehicles rampaging on the railway line were dealt with by Gao Xiang's artillery battalion and the commandos of the second regiment, and the soldiers rushed up under the cover of smoke. (Apex Fiction hand-written novel)

Commander Zhao of the Second Regiment and Battalion Commander Gao Xiang of the Artillery Battalion also ran over behind the commando. The meaning of the two was obvious. See if Xu Bao, the lieutenant general and division commander of the Baoji 76th Division, was on the armored vehicle. If you can catch a live one, it will be beautiful.

Let alone our old 2nd Regiment, even the [-]th Brigade has shown its face. Even in the column, this is a big deal. The lieutenant general and division commander with two stars is no small figure anywhere.

The armored vehicle was full of smoke, and the smoke from the explosion of the shells had not yet completely dissipated. No matter whether the people inside were alive or dead, they were lying horizontally and vertically, covered in blood, and it was impossible to tell whether they were dead or alive. .

Head Zhao kicked each of them a few times: "F*ck, why are these bastards not rampant now? Get up and let me see if your iron shell is hard, or our PLA's shells are hard."

Gao Xiang looked at Head Zhao's face and laughed secretly. He knew that the casualties suffered by the Second Regiment made his old head very angry. Originally, there were not many veterans in the Second Regiment, and every one of them was very precious. There were another batch of casualties, and it was hard for Commander Zhao not to get angry.

A veteran soldier with great combat experience can lead a squad, a platoon, or even a company. Such fighters are especially valuable in the Northwest Field Army where prisoners account for the majority. It is remarkable to be brave with more than 20 veterans.

It's no wonder that Commander Zhao is very angry. Commander Zhao, who was born in the old Red Army, has a strict sense of discipline. He just kicked the captives in the armored car a few times. It's not clear how to deal with such things when it's left to Li Yong, the leader of the independent regiment. It's nothing new for people to collapse.

Just as Commander Zhao was kicking wildly, a soldier on the other side shouted: "Commander, there are some alive here, and several of them are pretending to be dead."

Head Zhao and Gao Xiang walked over to have a look, isn't it? There are several boys trembling, lying on their backs in a corner with their buttocks facing the sky.

Looking at the appearance of these guys, Commander Zhao became even more angry. Can he pretend to be dead at this level?Can a body trembling like a dead person?Commander Zhao hit the backs of these half-dead guys a few times with the butt of his gun in his hand: "Drag these guys here, give each of them a few big mouths first, and then ask questions after they wake up. .”

According to the command of the regiment leader, the soldiers dragged the soldiers who were pretending to be dead, and then slapped their faces hard.

Commander Zhao's method really worked. With a few mouths down, these guys who pretended to be dead all came back to life, shouting hoarsely: "Sir, please forgive me, Chief Eighth Road, please forgive me, it's all that kid Xu Bao Let us fight, there is nothing we can do."

It turned out that these guys had seen the casualties caused by armored vehicles to the People's Liberation Army in the car. At this time, they were afraid of being shot dead by angry soldiers, so they lay down together and pretended to be dead.

Gao Xiang went up and kicked his feet alone: ​​"What the hell, pretend to be dead, go to your Master Xu Bao, Master Xu, if you find it, you will be fine, if you can't find it, you will be dragged out and killed."

After hearing Gao Xiang's words, the guys trembled and rummaged around, and when they turned over a face-down corpse at the door, a prisoner shouted in surprise: "Chief Eighth Road, I found it, I found it, sir, no!" , it's Xu Bao here."

Commander Zhao and Gao Xiang hurried over, only to see a corpse lying at the door of the armored vehicle was turned over by several captives. This guy's chest was shot with a row of holes from a submachine gun, and his head and body were left with grenade explosion marks. Fragments, blood was still oozing from the wounds caused by the holes and grenade fragments, and the appearance of the wounds indicated that the man had not been dead for a long time.

The face of the corpse was black and blue from the smoke, and the clothes on the body were also shredded by the grenade, so it was impossible to tell what the military rank was.

Head Zhao looked at the prisoners and said, "Look carefully, this is Xu Bao? Who can see clearly if you make a mistake, I can't forgive you if you make a mistake."

"Sir, it's not bad. You can see if you take a closer look. Isn't there half a star left from the explosion on this shoulder?"

Several captives tried their best to confess that the corpse was Xu Bao, the commander of the 76th Division. Commander Zhao and Gao Xiang squatted down to observe carefully, and finally saw a relatively complete military uniform pocket from the corpse. Gao Xiang put his hand into it. In the pocket of the military uniform, I turned out all the miscellaneous things inside.

After digging out everything, Gao Xiang and Commander Zhao glanced at each other, both of them had a hint of surprise in their eyes, almost, this should be Xu Bao.

Why do you say that, because although there are not many things in the pocket of this corpse, it is by no means something that ordinary soldiers can have. When Gao Xiang opened a piece of folded paper, he was finally sure that it was from the 76th Division of the Kuomintang reorganization. Teacher Xu Baolai.

What Gao Xiang found was Hu Zongnan's telegram telling Xu Bao to stand by and wait for help. Once this telegram was found, the identity of the corpse was immediately revealed.

Commander Zhao happily shouted to a soldier beside him: "Inform us to the heads of the brigade and column that the Second Regiment has broken through the enemy's outer fortifications and destroyed an armored vehicle of the enemy. Xu Bao, the commander of the enemy's 76th Division, is here The armored vehicle has been killed by our attacking force, please ask our department for the next task."

Brigadier Chen of the Fourth Brigade, who received the notice, happily said to a staff officer: "Let the Second Regiment verify it again. Be sure to get it right. This matter must not be sloppy. If you make a mistake, it will be a big joke."

The Second Regiment immediately reported to Brigadier Chen that the officer who was killed on the armored vehicle was Xu Bao. That’s right. After finding several prisoners, they confirmed that they were their commander. In addition, they found the telegram sent by Hu Zongnan to Xu Bao from the pocket of the corpse. No mistake, it was the headquarters of the 76th Division and Xu Bao himself who were destroyed by the commando of the second regiment.

The news was quickly conveyed to Commander Wang of the second column. Commander Wang was very excited. It was great. The enemy's headquarters and the supreme commander were killed not long after the battle started. The next battle will be There is no suspense anymore:

"Notify the attacking troops, use the loudspeaker to shout at the enemy's defending troops first, tell them that Xu Bao is dead, and there is no point in working hard anymore, let them surrender their guns and surrender."

There is a saying that is good, call the tree to fall and the monkey to be scattered. This Master Xu Baoxu is the backbone of the Baoji Kuomintang defenders anyway. After his death, the remaining soldiers no longer have the confidence to stick to it.

At first, the defensive troops in various areas thought it was the psychological tactics of the PLA, but when they couldn't contact their headquarters and superiors, they realized that what the PLA was saying might be the truth. Not only the division commander, but the entire command organization might be blocked *Lost.

What else is there to fight in this battle? Some troops raised the white flag and surrendered under the leadership of junior officers. Only a few troops resisted and refused to retreat.

In this way, the battle between the first and second columns progressed very quickly. By dusk, most of Baoji City was in the hands of the Northwest Field Army. Boss Peng and the head of the headquarters also shut down the field drivers at this time. Transferred to Baoji City.

As soon as the assault force entered the city, the main forces of the two columns and six brigades that followed immediately engaged in street fighting with the recalcitrant personnel of the 76th Division.

The so-called 76th Division is just a team directly under the 144th Brigade and the division headquarters. Part of the defensive positions on the periphery have been consumed, and part of them have surrendered. How can the remaining personnel fighting in the streets be the two main columns of the Northwest Field Army Opponents, in the middle of the night, the gunfire in Baoji City basically subsided, and the KMT's material reserve base in the Northwest completely fell into the hands of the People's Liberation Army, which was short of food and clothing.

The cadres and soldiers are happy, the eyes of the commanders and fighters are about to glow green, this time it’s good, the big warehouse in Baoji City has everything you want, guns and ammunition, food supplies, clothing, shoes and hats, and large barrels of gasoline for cars , Just like Ah Li Baba's treasure house, take it casually, no matter how you take it, you can't use it up.

My God, the Kuomintang troops are too rich. Chairman Jiang is worthy of being the captain of the transportation brigade. It's really a face. Knowing that our People's Liberation Army is poor, isn't that right? Everything is prepared.

At that time, there was a jingle: when Baoji was opened, battalion-level cadres wore serge, company-level cadres carried roast chicken (pistols) on their backs, and the soldiers resisted with seven or nine big guns.

Not to mention how happy the soldiers and grassroots commanders are, even the middle and senior officers of the field army, Boss Peng, Political Commissar Xi and others at the headquarters are also very excited.

The field army is about to run out of food. The daily consumption of large troops is huge. Food shortage is terrible. At this time, food is everything. What else can people do without food?You have to eat even when you are dry.

Commander Liu Jingfan, who was in charge of the logistics of the field army inspecting the warehouse, was even more happy. Commander Liu gave instructions to the commanders guarding the warehouse one by one. The task at this stage is to keep an eye on the warehouse. Food is the lifeblood of our field army. Come and let me settle accounts with you.

The soldiers answered him with high emotions: "Report to the chief, we must keep an eye on the warehouse and the grain. No matter who it is, a mouse will be strangled to death."

Commander Liu gave each of his soldiers a fist: "That's right, you can't let a mouse go, strangle it if you see it, and whoever grabs food from us is the enemy."

Commander Liu, who returned to the headquarters, was still excited, and said to Boss Peng and Political Commissar Xi: "Boss, political commissar, this time we have solved a big problem. There are too many large warehouses in Baoji. There are other things in it. I haven't figured it out yet, the food alone is enough to feed our more than [-] people for two years, two years, I can't even imagine that we can seize so many supplies, it's too much to solve the problem."