The beacon of youth

Chapter 36o The Difficult Six Columns in the Battle of Libei

Due to the stubborn resistance of the 38th Division of the Kuomintang, the Northwest Field Army's planned attempt to encircle and wipe out the two enemy divisions failed. When the battle was at its most intense, the main force of the Kuomintang Corps rushed over under the pressure of Chiang Kai-shek and Hu Zongnan.Collection~Top*Point*Book City Book Friends Reorganize~Provide~Provide

In order to cheer up his subordinates, Pei Changhui, the commander of the Kuomintang Corps, promised that as long as any troops broke through the defense line of the People's Liberation Army, they would be rewarded.

I have to say that Pei Changhui still has a way of boosting morale. He knows exactly what these officers of the Kuomintang want, isn't it just for promotion and wealth?I will give you everything, as long as you work hard for me.

As the saying goes, there must be brave men under heavy rewards. These Kuomintang officers are all sperms who have been beaten in the officialdom for many years. I also know that Pei Changhui wants to use this method to make them work hard, but the bait is too rich. Knowing that you have to risk your life to change it, you have to go.

After one wave of attack was repelled, another wave of attack followed. The frenzied attack never stopped from morning to noon. Because of the influence of the terrain, the Kuomintang's large troops could not rush forward at the same time, so they could only attack by division. The units rushed up in turn, and all the defense lines of the Sixth Column of the People's Liberation Army met with the Kuomintang's offensive corps at the same time.

Pei Changhui called this method two-wing containment, centripetal breakthrough, concentrated main force on one point, and attacked the PLA's most central defensive force. He hoped that one point would lead to an area, one breakthrough would drive the overall situation, and then achieve the goal of breaking through for the 38th and [-]th divisions. .

Commander Luo Yuan was well aware of the importance of the position here, so he placed the brigade with the strongest combat effectiveness of the six columns in the middle position. Some people may ask, which brigade of the six columns has the strongest combat effectiveness?Do you still need people to say, it must be the teaching brigade commanded by brigade commander Chen Haihan.

At this time, the teaching brigade was under tremendous pressure, and the fighting had never stopped since the beginning. The enemy's attacks became more and more fierce, and the casualties of the teaching brigade were also increasing.

The young brigade commander Chen Haihan understands the weight of the burden on his shoulders. The field army has only five columns, and four of them are encircling and annihilating the enemy's 38th and [-]th divisions. With all the lines of defense under control, it is basically impossible to ask the superior for support. That is to say, the superior has no soldiers to adjust.

Under such circumstances, all the difficulties can only be borne by his own brigade. Brigadier Chen Haihan mobilized all the people who can hold guns, organized the logistics personnel into a fighting force, and prepared to fight at the most critical moment. When it was used, Brigadier Chen himself and his guards were included in this unit.

The battle lasted from morning to afternoon, and the Kuomintang troops could take turns eating and drinking, but the defending PLA troops could only eat a few mouthfuls of dry food on the ground because they were too small.

In the afternoon, the Kuomintang troops attacked even more frantically. They used all the heavy weapons they could put in. The tanks that threatened the Sixth Column the most, drove up dozens of them. The Sixth Column had no effective anti-tank weapons. These iron bumps had to be fought by people, and sometimes soldiers sacrificed in groups and rows in order to blow up a tank.

Brigadier Chen Haihan, who had been observing the battlefield with a telescope, was about to cry. The soldiers fought bravely, but it was too brutal. Weapons such as tanks pose a great threat to infantry. It's easy to deal with. If there are too many, it will be very troublesome. The weapons on the tank have shooting dead ends, but once they form an echelon, this defect will be made up for, and they can alternately cover each other to move forward. In this way, six columns The price paid by the soldiers was even greater. From time to time, the blasting teams that rushed up were knocked down by the machine guns on the tanks, and the bodies of the sacrificed soldiers could be seen everywhere at the front of the position.

Brigadier Chen Haihan is distressed, he is so distressed that he can't bear it. Although he said that the death of people cannot be avoided in wars, what kind of army is the teaching brigade? It is very likely that these fighters who were selected in the army and sacrificed will be the cadres of the squad, platoon and company level in the future, and they are the backbone and core of the army.

The constant casualties are worrying.

Relying on the bravery of the soldiers, the enemy's attack was finally stopped, but the price was too high, but tears didn't help, and heartache couldn't solve the problem. Broken teeth could only be swallowed in the stomach.

This puts even more pressure on the already limited manpower of the sixth column, and it is even more difficult for the teaching brigade in the center of the defense line, with fewer and fewer personnel and fewer ammunition, while the Kuomintang offensive The offensive of the troops was wave after wave.

The battle lasted until two or three o'clock in the afternoon when a crisis emerged. Several positions of the Sixth Column were about to be breached by the KMT's attacking troops. In order to deal with emergencies, all available personnel in the column had been deployed to On the front line of the forward position.

The situation is very tense. Once the position of the sixth column is broken by the enemy, the main force of the field army that is attacking behind will be very dangerous. Commander Luo Yuan did not dare to conceal the situation. He reported the current situation of the troops in detail to the commander of the field division. Please Long-term decisions were made, and the Six Columns could not determine the time to stop the Kuomintang attacking corps. In other words, the position of the Six Columns may be broken by the Kuomintang attacking troops at any time.

At the headquarters of the Northwest Field Army, Boss Peng and several leaders were discussing something in front of the map. One leader said: "Boss, Luo Yuan doesn't complain easily. Once he complains, the situation is very dangerous. What he said is even more serious, hurry up and withdraw, or the loss will be even greater."

Another leader pointed to a point on the map and said: "Boss, our Yesi is too close to the front line. Once Luo Yuan's sixth column can't hold back, the enemy will arrive immediately. See if this works? Some comrades from the headquarters withdrew first, and the few of us stayed here to continue commanding the battle."

"Nonsense, what is this called? Why did Political Commissar Xi and I withdraw first? If you can die, I can't die? My life is my life, but yours is not. Give me one, two, three, four. Column's phone call came over."

While Boss Peng was speaking, the phone on the table rang, and a captain immediately picked up the receiver, and after listening to a few words, he said: "Boss, the first and second columns report, the battle to encircle and wipe out the enemy's Seventeenth Division It's going very smoothly, the progress is very fast, and it is estimated that the battle will be won in another hour."

Boss Peng's frowning eased a little: "Very well, order the first and second columns to quickly resolve the battle, and then turn around and surround and annihilate the 38th Division with the third and fourth columns."

At the headquarters of the second column, Commander Wang was exchanging opinions with a commander: "Old man, the situation is not very fast. The third and fourth columns have not made much progress. It seems that they are in trouble. The sixth column is fighting again." It has been more than half a day. According to our scout report, the Kuomintang’s attack was crazy. The sixth column suffered a lot of casualties. The position was once in danger. If we continue to fight, it is easy to be entangled by the enemy. The division can't solve the problem, once the position of the sixth column is broken by the enemy, it will be broken, and it will not be easy for us to withdraw."

The commander who exchanged opinions with Commander Wang also nodded slowly: "It's time to make a suggestion to the boss. If it doesn't work, we should withdraw first. If we can't eat two divisions, let's eat one division. It's better than that." Let the enemy stick to it, how about it, are you calling or am I calling?"

While Commander Wang of the second column was discussing how to give advice to Boss Peng, the sixth column, which was competing with the Kuomintang corps, encountered even greater difficulties.

Pei Chang, the commander of the KMT Corps, was very annoyed that the front-line attacking troops did not move forward for a long time. This guy kept circling in his headquarters, muttering incessantly: "Oh, I don't believe it!" Now, how many troops can the Communist Army have here, with which they can stop my large army? What a ghost."

Just when the old fox was worried, a report sounded outside the door, and a middle-aged officer walked in with the shout. Pei Changhui, who was circling around, looked up. vibration.

Li Zhen, who was wearing a neat general uniform, saluted Pei Changhui. Pei Changhui, who was in a hurry, stood down hurriedly, sat on a chair and resumed his commanding demeanor, no matter how worried he was, he could not show it in front of his subordinates. The tone said: "So it's Mr. Li, do you have any questions to respond?"

"Commander, our offensive has not achieved results for a long time. If this continues, the 38th and 38th Divisions will be in danger. I think that we must increase the intensity of our attacks and quickly break through the positions of the Communist Army. If the divisions encircle the Communist Army in the Northwest, not only will the Communist Army not be able to eat our two divisions, but it is very likely that they will be eaten by us, so that we can completely solve the Northwest issue."

Pei Changhui: "Mr. Li, you have also seen that our attack has never stopped. Commander Hu used all the planes in Xi'an, and the tank troops rushed up together, but they still couldn't open the breakthrough. It's not because we didn't Work hard, but the communist army is too difficult to deal with."

The commander of the 65th Division of the Kuomintang did not agree with Pei Changhui's statement, but argued eloquently: "Commander, I don't think so. I think it's not that the Communist Army is too difficult to deal with, but that our troops are too weak and defensive. The communist army does not have tanks, and its artillery fire is out of proportion to ours, let alone planes. They just use pure infantry to fight us, while we are a three-dimensional attack of planes, tanks and artillery. Such an attack cannot take down the positions of the communist army. It can only show that we have a problem, no wonder the communist army on the other side."