The beacon of youth

Chapter 4o6 Encounter

The command given by the First Field Headquarters and Commander King of the Corps to the Second Army was to attack Xianyang and capture the city with cameras. The people who came to the meeting looked at each other with expressions on their faces full of agitation. Don't look at it The commander of the division level, the excitement is still uncontrollable.

The orders from the superiors are exciting. Although Xianyang is not big, it is a household in Xi'an. The field army obviously has ideas about Xi'an if they want to attack Xianyang. Can these people not be moved if they have ideas about Xi'an?These old Red Army and Lao Balu dreamed that one day they could catch Xi'an.

Where is Xi'an?It is the center of politics, economy, culture and Jiatong in the Northwest of our country. It is the core city of the Northwest region and the military and political lair of the Northwest Kuomintang. If this big city can be taken over, the impact will be too great. Like Yan'an, not only the military, but also the political influence is huge.

Looking at everyone's fiery eyes, Commander Guo also grinned. He has been dealing with the Kuomintang in the Northwest for so many years. It would be a lie to say that he had no idea about Xi'an. The strength gap between the Northwest Field Army of more than 2 people and the enemy is too great. Now that the opportunity comes, who doesn't want to go?He, the former brigade commander of the [-]rd and [-]th Brigade, now the commander of the Second Army, also thinks about it.

"Comrades, I know what you think. Not only do I know, but I also know that Xi'an is a good place. As an army commander, I really want to go there, but if we want to take Xi'an, we must first attack Xianyang. Xianyang is attacking and advancing, so it is better for our army to keep our feet on the ground, don’t think about Xi’an, think about Xianyang more, and eat food one bite at a time.”

Commander Guo's words gradually calmed down everyone's fiery mentality. Yes, you can't eat a hot steamed bun in one bite. As long as you have good teeth, you are not afraid of the hard bones of the Kuomintang. Xianyang is Xianyang, so let's eat it first.

Two hours later, the People's Liberation Army Second Army's three divisions and a brigade of tens of thousands of horses marched forward under the guidance of the avant-garde troops, and the attack arrows pointed directly at Xianyang City.

Xianyang City is located in the hinterland known as "Eight Hundred Li Qinchuan". It is located in the Guan Plain, on the north bank of the Weihe River, and south of the Wei Mountain. The border of Baoji City, the border of Weinan City and Yinchuan City in the northeast, and the border of Gansu City in the northwest are the key points leading to the Northwest from the original area of ​​our country.

Although Xianyang is not big, its geographical location is too important, because it is too close to Xi'an, so if you want to defend Xi'an, you must first defend Xianyang. .

The Seventh Army of the Kuomintang was guarding Xianyang City, which was the former Seventh Reorganized Division. Four years later, the Kuomintang government also changed the former Reorganized Division into an army.

The 57th Army is the trump card of the Kuomintang Central Army. The army commander Xu Rucheng is the proud student of Chairman Jiang’s Whampoa. He is very fond of and trusted by Chiang Kai-shek. Therefore, all kinds of equipment and materials can be supplied as long as they are needed. Weapons Rice, white flour, and canned beef can be whatever you want, so this army is an out-and-out American gunsmith, and the most common soldiers use American-style carbines.

The 57 army is a bull, it’s amazing, from ammunition to food and pay, it’s much better than other troops, so everyone from the commander to the soldiers has their eyes open, and they don’t look down on other troops at all, thinking that they are the only ones He is the pro-son of the Kuomintang government.

But no matter how good it is, the general trend is irreversible. Like other troops, the 57th Army received Hu Zongnan's order to retreat to preserve its strength.

I don't want to leave, I really don't want to leave, I'm used to staying in Xianyang, many officers have married wives there, and they have to take root after marrying wives and having children, but I can't do it if I don't want to leave, the army commander Xu Rucheng doesn't think that relying on his own army Then you can fight against the large corps of the Communist Army, and you have to withdraw if you have to withdraw.

The 57th Army has too many possessions, and they don't want to throw anything away, and they want to take everything away. For this reason, according to the order of Army Commander Xu Rucheng, a large number of civilian vehicles were collected in the local area to transport supplies for the troops. It was far behind the other troops, and it was still dawdling slowly when the other Kuomintang troops had already withdrawn. It was not until Hu Zongnan was in a hurry that he gave several orders before he withdrew reluctantly.

Withdrawal or withdrawal, the speed of the march is really too slow, from dawn to dark, from night to midnight, still did not reach the designated position.

Originally, the 57th Army had a large number of vehicles and other means of transportation. If you discarded some unnecessary belongings, it would be no problem to get rid of the pursuit of the PLA in the plains. I am used to living a peaceful life, and have a feeling of underestimating the enemy and paralyzing the People's Liberation Army.

In the second half of the night, the stars all over the sky gave off a vaguely cold light. The retreating Kuomintang 57th Army Brigade collided head-on with the advancing People's Liberation Army Second Army. Fire, gunshots in the night.

The marching sequence of the Second Army of the People's Liberation Army is that the fourth division is at the front, the fifth and second divisions are on the left and right wings, and the independent brigade is still the same as before, following the military headquarters as the reserve force of the whole army.

The situation was immediately reported to Commander Guo Peng Guo. According to the information fed back by a large number of reconnaissance troops, it was the 57th Army of the Kuomintang guarding Xianyang who met the People's Liberation Army head-on. army.

Commander Guo, Political Commissar Wang Enmao and Deputy Commander Chen discussed nervously, what should we do?To fight or not to fight?

This is a typical encounter. Neither the enemy nor the enemy has much mental preparation. Judging from the information we have, the 57th Army of the Kuomintang is not weak in combat effectiveness. It is a direct line of the Kuomintang Central Army. The second army of the People's Liberation Army with one division and one brigade is less, but its weapons and equipment are much better than the second army. It is a tough stubble that is very difficult to deal with.

In the end, Army Commander Guo, Political Commissar Wang, and Deputy Army Commander Chen decided that since Ye Si gave us the order of the Second Army to seize Xianyang, this is the opportunity. Once the 57th Army withdraws, Xianyang will be an empty city. It doesn’t matter whether to seize it or not, as long as If we can kill the 57th Army of the Kuomintang, Xianyang will naturally be occupied by us.

If the 57th Army can't hold out in Xianyang, the second army's mission will be difficult to complete. One army is against one army. Without an absolute superior force, how can we wipe out the enemies defending the city? Now is a good opportunity to fight this 57th Army in the field Army will be much easier.

In the end, the party committee of the Second Army of the People's Liberation Army unanimously decided that seizing the city was secondary, and the main thing was to destroy the enemy's vital forces. They went all out and killed the 57th Army of the Kuomintang here, and then entered Xianyang generously.

Commander Guo, who made up his mind, immediately ordered the Fourth Front Guard Division to build fortifications on the spot to block the retreating enemy.

From Commander Guo’s decision, it can be seen that the appetite of the People’s Liberation Army is greater than before. More than two years ago, in order to eat up a brigade of several thousand members of the Kuomintang, it was necessary to mobilize the strength of the entire field army. Now one army dares to attack one army. The determination to eat up the opponent shows that the strength of the People's Liberation Army has been improved unprecedentedly.

An officer flew in from the Temporary Headquarters of the Seventh Army of the Kuomintang Central Army and reported to the frowning General Xu Ruchenghui: "Army seat, our army's vanguard troops have encountered the communist army, and they are now fighting."

At this time, Xu Rucheng, the general of the Kuomintang, did not have the elegant demeanor of the past. He asked the officer who ran in: "The Communist army is really a cat. It smells like a cat. Do you understand? The Communists who blocked our way Which unit of the army?"

"If you go back to the military seat, I found out that it is the Second Army of the Communist Army. His vanguard troops are building fortifications on the spot, and they use two troops to detour to our two sides. It seems that they want to surround us."

Xu Rucheng: "The second army, that is the former Second Column of the Communist Army. It is the army of Wang Zhen and Wang Huzi. It is an army capable of fighting. Is there any other army of the Communist Army nearby?"

"Reporting to the military seat, there is only one unit of the Communist Army nearby. Judging from the reaction of the Communist Army, they did not expect to meet us. From the analysis of the humble position, we and the Communist Army are accidental. Encounter."

Xu Rucheng: "Hmph, how dare you block our way by accidental encounter? How dare you turn around to my side?? A second army wants to surround us? The Communist army is too courageous. a little bit."

Officer: "Sir, what do you mean?????"

Xu Rucheng: "The common tactics of the Communist Army is to gather superior forces to fight a war of annihilation. In each battle, we must gather several times the strength of our army to surround the ** troops first, and then eat them one by one. Now one army is fighting one army. Still want to surround us? What a joke, our 57th Army is not those wretches, we will make a show today for the Communist Army to see, order the vanguard division, concentrate fire to break through the Communist Army's defense line, and order the troops on both sides to stop the Communist Army's detour troops , I want to see how capable the second army of the communist army is, dare to pull it out on the head of our 57th army

After the initial panic, the 57th Army of the Kuomintang has stabilized its position. Under the strict order of the army commander Xu Rucheng, the avant-garde troops rushed to the position of the Fourth Division of the People's Liberation Army.

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