The beacon of youth

Chapter 292 The Battle of Xifu: The Iron Foot of the People's Liberation Army

The Kuomintang Pei Changhui Corps' attack on the Northwest Field Army lasted for nearly eight days. When it was about five kilometers away from Baoji, it was blocked by the second column in the Majiashan area with tenacious defense. (Apex Fiction hand-written novel)

Mr. Peng always used echelon defense tactics to consume the spirit of the Kuomintang's offensive corps, and exchanged space for time. First, he used four columns to fight for four days, and then replaced the defense with two columns. The remaining two columns (columns one and six) The main force of the army is still resting (except for the six-column teaching brigade).

At the temporary meeting held by Yesi, Boss Peng judged that the enemy had consumed a lot of manpower and material resources. Without the cooperation of the 82nd Division of the Majia Army, he had lost the courage to continue fighting.

The commanders of the various columns expressed that the Northwest Field Army had an opportunity to counterattack. After being suppressed and beaten for seven or eight days, it was our turn to take action.

After announcing the combat order, Boss Peng said again: "I know that each of your columns has a small fortune, so give it to me this time. No one is allowed to have selfish motives, especially your sixth column, take all your precious artillery. Go up, hide and hide, you can't practice your real skills, learn from the second column, there are plenty of shells in the ammunition depot in the city, let me smash them on the enemy's heads."

Commander Luo Yuanfa of the sixth column who was named smiled embarrassedly: "Mr. Peng, it's not that I don't want to part with the artillery of our column. People got blown up."

Boss Peng: "Don't give me a sloppy eye. It doesn't matter if your level is too low. Let Wang Huzi send you a few instructors to teach you well, Huzi, let your independent regiment send a few people to the sixth column, tell them, learn from them. If they are good, they will continue to work in the sixth column, and if they are not good, I will transfer them all to the second column."

Boss Peng's words almost scared Commander Luo to the ground. Is it easy to get the artillery of the sixth column back? It would be a big loss if the chief was transferred to the second column.

Seeing Commander Luo Yuanfa's weird expression, the heads of each column couldn't help laughing. Commander Wang Zhen raised his neck and said, "I'm talking about Lao Luo, how did you get so brave? A word from the boss Just scare you like this, don't worry, I will send you the instructor, we don't want your artillery, I will keep it for you at the head office."

Commander Luo said to himself, you are a full man, but you don’t know that a hungry man is hungry. It took me a lot of trouble to get some good stuff back, so much so that I almost had a fight with your independent regiment.

Time on the battlefield is very precious. As soon as the field division's combat meeting was over, the several columns of the Northwest Field Army all moved. Six columns moved to the left of the second column, and one column moved to the right of the second column. The fourth column with huge casualties quietly approached behind the second column after replenishing ammunition, and a regiment of the forward was almost in contact with the Li Yong independent regiment placed at the rear of the second column.

The fourth column, which has been resting for a few days, has breathed a sigh of relief. Although there is no way to replenish its personnel, it must participate in the battle again. Fortunately, no one cares about these soldiers. Are the troops of the People's Liberation Army as long as there are orders? There are so many casualties, and there are mountains of swords and seas of fire. There are no conditions to talk about.

Because they marched together a few days ago, the vanguard regiment of the fourth column and Li Yong's independent regiment are familiar with each other, and they can be regarded as old acquaintances. According to the leader of this regiment, they fought very hard in Qishan. There are only more than 1000 people left in the regiment, and there are less than 1 people in the entire column.

The battalion commanders of the independent regiments who were in a meeting all said bullishly after hearing the regiment leader's introduction, don't worry, let the regiment of the fourth column follow behind our independent regiment when the battle breaks out, and catch more The captives picked up the leftovers and made up for the losses by fighting for this battle.

The head of the group who came to contact me didn't know what to say. He knew that he was great, and he also knew that the people from the Second Column Independent Group were kind, but they were too arrogant, and they had to follow behind to pick up leftovers. Luo, it's easy and worry-free to follow other people's buttocks, but if this matter is really spread, where will the face of him, the head of the regiment, be put?

The head of the fourth column who came over hurriedly said, thank you comrades for your concern, our fourth column will not follow behind the independent regiment to pick up any leftovers, but will fight side by side with the second column.

Li Yong and Wang Chengde, who presided over the meeting, didn't say anything, but Li Jiangguo said to the head of the regiment a little funny: "Comrade, you still want to fight side by side with us? I see enough, our regiment fights at a very fast speed. Hurry up, it may be difficult for the comrades in the fraternal army to keep up."

What Li Jiangguo said made the head of the regiment leader feel like a blue vein popping up: "Comrades, our fourth column is also a unit from the old Eighth Route Red Army, and running is also our housekeeping skill. Don't worry, we won't drag you around." You are behind."

Wang Chengde glanced at Li Jiangguo hurriedly, and then comforted him: "Don't listen to this guy's nonsense, we know a little about the situation of the brothers' troops, and we promise to cooperate with each other."

All units of the Northwest Field Army are waiting patiently for orders from higher authorities.

Boss Peng and the chiefs in the headquarters were also constantly observing the situation on the battlefield. When another attack by the Kuomintang was defeated by the second column, one of the chiefs looked at his watch and asked, "Boss, is it alright?"

Boss Peng slapped the table with his powerful hands: "Start."

The orders from the headquarters were accurately transmitted to the various front-line troops by hundreds of telephone lines extending around Baoji. A few seconds later, artillery fire at all levels of the field army began to bombard.

Cannons of various calibers, including the Independence Regiment, did not care whether they could be fired accurately or not. Anyway, as long as they could hit the approximate position of the Kuomintang troops, it would suffice, blasting back and forth from the front to the depth.

Counting from the beginning of the battle between the Northwest Field Army and the Pei Changhui Corps, the People's Liberation Army has never gone out and used artillery to fight this way. This artillery fire also knocked the Kuomintang's offensive troops into a blindfolded direction. What happened to the Eighth Route Army today?Want to fight with us?

The artillery fire of the Northwest Field Army lasted for more than half an hour. The charge horn sounded in the billowing smoke. The six columns on the left, the one column on the right, and the two columns in the middle began to counterattack across the board. The troops who jumped out of the trenches followed the landslide It rushed over like a tsunami.

Pei Changhui, the commander of the Fifth Corps of the Kuomintang, who was thinking about something in the headquarters, suddenly received a report from the front: "Report to the commander, the communist army has begun to counterattack."

Pei Changhui: "If you counterattack, you can counterattack. What's the big deal? Isn't the communist army going to counterattack several times a day? Let the ones in front resolutely withstand it. As long as they can withstand it for more than ten minutes, the communist army will withdraw."

This subordinate said anxiously: "Report to the commander, that's not the case. The communist army is launching a large-scale counterattack. Judging from the posture, it must have brought out the main force. The brothers in front are about to be unable to hold on. Listen to the communist army. How fierce the artillery fire was."

Hearing the reports from his subordinates and the artillery fire from the People's Liberation Army, Pei Changhui was shocked and started a cold war, fuck, the Communist Army started to fight back across the board?Peng Dehuai is worthy of being a master who fights to the point of making you uncomfortable, every movement hits the deadly point.

The timing of the counterattack chosen by the Northwest Field Army was very particular. Just in time for the KMT's attacking troops to be knocked down by the second column, the large troops behind rushed down behind the defeated enemy under the cover of artillery fire. It's hard for you to turn around when you chase after him.

The Northwest Field Army, which had been preparing for a long time, made a centripetal breakthrough against the Kuomintang's attacking corps in the middle with two and four columns, and detoured from both sides with six and one columns, and used all its strength to prepare to attack the Kuomintang's attacking corps in one fell swoop. Pei Changhui Corps.

The troops who jumped out of the trenches were chasing desperately. Commanders who are accustomed to battles know that now is the time when the troops suffer the most casualties. The firepower can't respond and can't start.

This shows the characteristics of the Eighth Route Army's ability to run away. Of course, the fleeing Kuomintang soldiers also know that it is not a good thing to be chased by the People's Liberation Army from behind, but no matter how hard they try, they can't get rid of the Eighth Route Army that is chasing them. closer.

As for the ability to run, no one among the troops known to mankind can compare with the Eighth Route Army and the later People's Liberation Army. The troops of the People's Liberation Army, which relied on a pair of iron feet to conquer the world, showed this feature to the fullest.

To make a digression, in the second battle of the Korean battlefield, the 38th Division of the 113th Army of the Chinese People's Volunteers was ordered to perform interspersed missions. The whole division marched for 14 hours and went deep into the enemy's rear for 72.5 kilometers, which is 72.5 kilometers on the map. The distance is much farther, the terrain is complicated, and it is impossible to calculate how many there are. We fought the enemy four times during the interspersed way, and the enemy seized three miles in 5 minutes before the enemy, firmly guarding the retreat road of the United Army , As a result, tens of thousands of enemy troops were wiped out by our army.

From this period of history, it is not difficult to see that from the moment of accepting the task, the officers and men of the 113th Division, from the division commander and political commissar, down to every soldier, have been running non-stop There are mountains and valleys, vehicles are impassable), and they have been running non-stop for 14 hours. During this period, they have to fight with several enemy search and reconnaissance forces. I really don’t know how they did it. Unexpectedly, this record stunned everyone who knew it, including the volunteer army's opponent, the United Army.

This battle of the 38th Army broke the psychological barriers of the United States-led Allied Forces, causing them to be suspicious in future battles, always afraid that the Volunteer Army would penetrate their buttocks.

More than forty years later, their opponent, the U.S. military, used armored mechanized troops in the Gulf War to create a daily attack speed of 2.4 kilometers per hour (the famous left uppercut action) on the flat desert. Think about it, the U.S. military The speed created by mechanized troops in the desert is not as good as the feet of the volunteers, which shows that the People's Liberation Army is very good at running.

Later historians (both Chinese and foreign) once said this when studying this period of war history: In the history of mankind, infantry has never been so brilliant.