The beacon of youth

Chapter 358 The good steel of the Libei battle is used on the blade

The fierce attack by the first and second columns of the Northwest Field Army lasted for several hours. The No. 17 Division of the Kuomintang Reorganized Division, which was waiting for reinforcements but disappeared, was a little bit stunned. The strength of the two columns of the People's Liberation Army was very different. Once the confidence drops, it is even more impossible to persist, so the battle progresses very quickly.

The [-]th Division of the Kuomintang, who had no other choice, kept shrinking its forces backwards, hoping to hold out for a longer period of time, waiting for the main force to rescue, while the attacking troops of the People's Liberation Army continued to press forward and attack.

The [-]th, [-]th, and [-]th brigades of the second column successively broke through from their respective areas of attack. The fierce fighting made the cadres and soldiers of the independent brigade anxious like ants on a hot pot. The independent brigade was left alone by Commander Wang so that these people don't know what to do. Calls to ask for participation in the war and to find out the reason continued to hit the brigade headquarters.

Later, when even the political commissar Wang Chengde couldn't help asking, the brigade commander Li Yong told him, don't worry, the higher-ups have their own arrangements. At this point, Li Yong shouted at the door: "Who else is listening outside the door?" Get out, get out, if you don't come in again, I'll let Li Yuming arrest you."

Following Li Yong's yell, they pushed and shoved each other from outside the door, and a few people came in jokingly. Wang Chengde saw it, okay, who is it?The few people who came in were Ma Changsheng, the commander of the third battalion, Wei Gang, the battalion commander of the machine gun battalion, and He Cuihua, the deputy battalion commander of the supply battalion who couldn't hold back anything.

These people originally wanted to come to the brigade commander and the political commissar to request tasks, but they were frightened by Wang Chengde scolding Li Jiangguo on the phone when they were at the door.

A few people thought about it, it’s bad, even Li Jiangguo, who is very talkative, was scolded by the political commissar. After being scolded, when he was about to run away, Li Yong, the brigade commander, found out and called him in.

These guys were lying at the door and eavesdropping on the phone call of the political commissar. Li Yong knew about it a long time ago, but he didn't say it out loud. He listened as much as he liked, and didn't bother to care about them. Several times: "Brigade Commander, why don't we have any missions in our brigade? What did the superior think? Look, if there is nothing wrong with our brigade, how many people will be there at the door."

However, Wang Chengde, the political commissar, was so annoyed by this, he walked over and looked at several people side by side: "Oh, well, people always call to ask, you guys are good, go to the hotel The Ministry came and said, what do you want to do, I can't spare you if the reason is not sufficient."

He came in, but when the political commissar let him explain the reasons, he was a little bit stupefied, and then several people looked at each other, and the clever He Cuihua was at the back at this time, and he pushed the old cow tendon and horse Changsheng to the front without any conscience. He said the reason.

Ma Changsheng had no choice but to moan and say: "Well, brigade commander and political commissar, aren't we too anxious? We really can't help it. Watching others fight seems to have more than 100 people in our hearts. It’s like a rabbit, it can’t survive in peace, so, why don’t you come and have a look.”

"Ma Changsheng, what are you talking about? Donkey Chun is not right, what are more than 100 rabbits, that's all right, just wait around stupidly, Wei Gang, come over here, boy, tell me, what are you doing here?" Wang Chengde is deliberately trying to embarrass the guys who are lying on the door.

To talk about these three people, the most stupid and the most unspeakable is the third battalion commander Ma Changsheng, but He Cuihua and Wei Gang still pushed him out for reasons that made political commissar Wang Chengde feel a little funny, so Wang Chengde had Ma Changsheng Go away and let Wei Gang explain the reason.

Seeing that the political commissar called him to speak, Wei Gang knew that it would be impossible if he didn't step forward to deal with it. This guy thought about it, said what he said, what else could he do, wouldn't he just be scolded, even Li Jiangguo, who is so clever? What am I afraid of, let's go all out:

"Brigade commander, political commissar, our brigade followed the column and ran dozens of miles of mountain roads overnight, and our clothes were soaked in sweat, but why can't we get anything when everyone is eating meat and soup? Listen to the gunfire And the sound of the explosion of the grenade, it is impossible to estimate, our entire brigade ** thousand people followed the column for half a night, and in the end they didn't get anything back. Isn't this a waste of time? If you know this, it is better not to come and rest where you are Isn't it better? Anyway, I feel aggrieved and uncomfortable, that's what I mean."

This guy Wei Gang is worthy of being a soldier from the Eighth Route Army. He has a keen sense of the battlefield. He can roughly judge the progress of the attacking troops just by listening to the sound of gunfire and the explosion of grenades. Being a brigade commander is not an opponent. This kind of ability cannot be taught in books. It is purely learned from years of fighting on the battlefield.

Wei Gang was such a nonsense that even Wang Chengde, the political commissar, didn't know what to say. He scolded Li Jiangguo earlier because of the endless phone calls from the lower level. He Weigang and He Cuihua are both excellent commanders, so he should be encouraged as a political commissar.

Wang Chengde had no choice but to look at Li Yong. Sitting on a chair like a father-in-law, Brigadier Li stretched his waist, took a sip of water slowly, and then said under the expectant eyes of several people: "Stupid!" , not ordinary stupid, how can you guys, why can't you figure it out, the column didn't give us an order because there are more important tasks waiting for our brigade to execute, good steel should be used wisely, it's as simple as that Can't you figure out why?"

Before Wei Gang could respond, Ma Changsheng couldn't help but asked: "Brigade Commander, let's not talk about those who are stupid, the [-]th Division of the Kuomintang is about to be ruined, so why use good steel on the blade?" , Wait for a while and we won't even have a chance to draw our swords."

Just when Li Yong, Wang Chengde, Wei Gang and others were studying why the column did not give them the task in the headquarters of the independent brigade, an unexpected situation appeared.

The first and second columns of the Northwest Field Army attacked very smoothly. Judging from the progress of the troops, it may not take long to eat up the 30th Division of the Kuomintang, but the third and fourth columns attacked the No. [-] Eighth Division of the Kuomintang The offensive operation encountered great difficulties.

Although the 38th Division was surrounded by the third and fourth columns, it was not as panicked as imagined. Instead, it used tenacious resistance to deal with the PLA's attack.

The No. 30 Eighth Division of the Kuomintang reorganization is complete, with sufficient weapons and ammunition, and it is a unit that has experienced war. The artillery preparations of the People's Liberation Army also brought a lot of casualties to this division, but it has not yet reached the point of injury. The combat effectiveness is still there, and it is actually impossible to expect artillery fire to wipe out all the enemies. Therefore, as soon as the battle started, the soldiers of this division desperately resisted under the command of officers at all levels.

The personnel of the third and fourth columns of the Field Army are about twice that of this division, but they do not have much advantage in front of the 38th Division, which is good at defensive warfare.

Commander Xu Guangda of the third column and Commander Zhang Dazhi of the fourth column knew the seriousness of the problem. The most critical part of this battle was to end the battle before the Kuomintang large corps rushed over, but a few hours had passed , although the troops paid a certain price, there was still no progress, and many attacking troops at the front encountered nails.

At this time, you can see the difference between the newly formed troops and the old troops. The front-line officers of the 38th Division of the Kuomintang did not panic after being suddenly attacked by the People's Liberation Army, but ran on the ground, shouting as they ran : "Brothers, hold on, our large army will arrive soon, and if we hold on for a while, the Communist Army will have nothing to do with us."

The attack by the Northwest Field Army also alarmed Hu Zongnan who was far away in Xi'an. The Northwest King of the Kuomintang could no longer fall asleep. This division, not only the commander of the front-line corps, but even he cannot escape the responsibility, and will definitely be dismissed by Chairman Jiang in Nanjing and investigated.

The commander of the Corps who fought against the People's Liberation Army in the Guanzhong area was none other than Pei Changhui, the commander who lost in the Battle of Baoji.

Although the commander-in-chief who graduated from the eighth batch of Baoding was defeated in the last battle, he was not dealt with because of his connections in the Kuomintang army.

However, this old fox also understands that one thing cannot be separated from the other. If the communist army eats up the troops under their noses, it will be unreasonable, and he, the commander, should be done to the end.

Therefore, as soon as the battle started, I racked my brains to judge the PLA's combat intentions. When the 38th Division and the [-]th Division called for help, this guy had a cold war, and finally understood the PLA's combat intentions. , The appetite of the communist army is getting bigger and bigger, this is to attack my two divisions, hum, our ** troops are not grass-rooted, even if it is to kill pigs, it will take a while.

Thinking of this, Pei Changhui became ruthless and ordered all his subordinate troops to withdraw from the current defensive positions, rush up to fight the Northwest Communist Army, and at least rescue the two besieged divisions.

The Kuomintang’s large corps combined totaled more than 20. This is almost all the troops in the south of Hu Zongnan in the Northwest, and it is also where his family is located. .