The beacon of youth

Chapter 4o8 The Rampant 2o3 Division

At the temporary headquarters of the 57th Army of the Kuomintang, Xu Rucheng, the commander of the army, asked some staff officers angrily, "? Have the attacking troops gone up?"

A staff officer replied: "Military seat, the brothers have charged seven or eight times, but were all counterattacked by the Communist army. Once they rushed into the Communist army's position, but they were still stabbed back by the Communist army soldiers with bayonets. This book is updated from"

Xu Rucheng: "Well, the communist army is strong enough, where is their detour force?"

Officer: "We have already engaged in fire with our flanking troops. However, our flanks have a large number of fortifications built by engineers. The communist army has launched several attacks, but to no avail."

Xu Rucheng, who was wearing white gloves on both hands, kept turning around in the command post for more than 20 minutes. This guy seemed to have made up his mind and shouted: "Order 2 Division, do a good job!" Ready for battle."

Xu Rucheng's order made the hearts of these staff officers tremble. These officers all understood that it was time for the 57th Army to go all out.

The 2o3 Division is known as the youth army of the Kuomintang army. There are no old, weak, sick or disabled in the whole division. From the officers to the soldiers, they are specially selected young men. They have good physical strength, good training, and good weapons. They are fully staffed. They are the 57th Army The core of the army is also the treasure and trump card of the army commander Xu Rucheng, who is usually reluctant to use it. Let the 2 division prepare for battle because they want to use their capital.

After fighting with the People's Liberation Army for most of the night, the forward troops launched seven or eight consecutive group attacks, causing a large number of casualties, but they still failed to break through the Communist Army's defense line. Xu Rucheng, who was eager to retreat, thought that time would be too late. The longer it is, the better it is for your own side, so you made up your mind and mobilized your old troops to prepare the 2o3 Division for battle.

The black and white crowd, all American M1 helmets, all grass green khaki uniforms, and all American carbines, more than 2 people from the 3o1 Division stood neatly.

Xu Rucheng, the army commander, stretched his neck and shouted in front of the team: "Brothers, don't you say that you will be loyal to the party country and the leader every day? Don't you say that you will be loyal to the party country every day? Today, the time to be loyal to the party country and the leader is coming. Everyone knows , We have been blocked here by the Communist Army for most of the night. The multiple group attacks of the vanguard troops were counterattacked by the Communist Army. After half an hour, I will withdraw the vanguard troops and let you launch the final attack. You are our 57th Army The last hope, as long as we break through the defense line of the communist army, we can follow Commander Hu and retreat to Sichuan together. When we arrive in Sichuan, our 57th army will still be popular and hot, and we will still be superior. Let the communist army wipe out here."

Xu Rucheng paused here for a while, took a few breaths and continued: "Brothers, cheer me up, don't think that our party and country are bound to be defeated, I can tell you responsibly that things are not so serious It's simple, it's not certain who will win the deer, the Nationalist government has already made Sichuan the base of our party-state, the Japanese couldn't break into Sichuan back then, and today's communist army is even less capable of entering Sichuan, as long as we can defend Sichuan In half a year, the world situation will undergo major changes. Brothers, World War III is about to break out. At that time, our American friends will fight side by side with us. With the full support of American friends, we still have What's scary?"

Xu Rucheng is worthy of being a Whampoa graduate, his words are true and false, very provocative, and he has a way of agitating before the war, and the eyes of the soldiers of the 2o3 division also lit up.

A big officer with a beard and a beard strode out. This guy is the commander of the 2 Division and also Xu Rucheng's confidant. He wears the same steel helmet as the soldier and holds a submachine gun in his hand. He shouted loudly : "Military seat, our 3th Army has never been afraid of the Communist Army, and our 57 Division has never been afraid of the Communist Army. You give me two hours. If you haven't broken through the Communist Army's defense line after two hours, I will come and see you .book updates from"

Xu Rucheng nodded: "Okay, I will give you the command of the artillery and tank units of the whole army. I hope you will succeed immediately. I will wait for your good news at the military headquarters."

The sky in the east was pale, and the line of sight gradually became clearer. The sun would come out in an hour or so. The Fourth Division of the Second Army of the People's Liberation Army used simple weapons and equipment to repel eight group charges of the 1th Army of the Kuomintang. The position was firmly controlled, but it is undeniable that the crazy attack of the Kuomintang army also caused heavy casualties to the Fourth Division, and the ammunition was almost consumed.

Taking advantage of the short interval of the battle, Deputy Commander Chen and Commander Zhao inspected the position together, looking at the soldiers, the wounded, the fortifications, and the bullets. , some things need not be said to understand.

Fighting from midnight to dawn, the Fourth Division once again suffered heavy losses, and the reduction in personnel reached one-third. This is the result of counting all the lightly wounded who can persist in fighting, otherwise the number will be even greater, and the ammunition will kill them. do.

A troop whose casualties reach one-third means that the combat effectiveness of this troop will be reduced by at least half. This is still a conservative estimate. According to the US infantry cao code, a troop with such casualties can withdraw without asking for instructions. fighting.

Deputy Commander Chen is the elder of the Fourth Division. The original Fourth Brigade and the current Fourth Division were brought out by him, and the cadres and soldiers were also trained by him. He knew many of the soldiers who died and were injured, and they were all old acquaintances. , The large number of casualties of comrades who had eaten in a pot made Deputy Commander Chen feel like a knife.

In the end, it was Deputy Commander Chen who broke the dullness: "Old Zhao, hurry up and prepare for the battle, send all the wounded down, repair the fortifications, and dig more anti-artillery holes. I will immediately ask the army commander for more ammunition support." , the enemy's artillery fire will be more fierce at dawn."

Master Zhao: "How are the Fifth Division and the Sixth Division doing? Have they made any progress?"

Deputy Commander Chen understood what Commander Zhao meant. As long as the Fifth Division and the Sixth Division could defeat the enemy from behind, the pressure on the Fourth Division would be relieved immediately, otherwise it would have to be nailed to the position like a nail:

"The Fifth and Sixth Divisions are not fighting well. They have been engaged in battle for a long time and have not made a breakthrough until now. The army commander and political commissar are supervising them and asking them to increase their attack power. It seems that our Fourth Division will meet soon. Still can't withdraw."

Commander Zhao: "The KMT's regular army is very good at positional warfare. The troops directly under the army are equipped with a large number of engineers. The defensive positions are very strong. Once they stabilize their positions, they will be very difficult to deal with. The 57th Army is not simple. The guns are not panicked, a bit like the direct line of the Kuomintang, and the Fifth and Sixth Divisions may find it difficult to break through the enemy's positions in a short period of time, so I sent all the seriously wounded down, and kept the lightly wounded for use at the last moment."

Deputy Commander Chen understood that Commander Zhao was planning for the worst. Leaving all the lightly wounded showed that the fighters of the [-]th Division were also very nervous. Using the wounded to fight, no commander would be willing to do so until the last moment.

The Second Army of the People's Liberation Army is like laying a net, and the 57th Army of the Kuomintang is like a fish in the net. The problem is that the net rope of the People's Liberation Army is a bit thin, and the fish of the 57th Army is a bit big. Give it a break and rush out.

It's time for breakfast, and the cooking soldiers behind line up to pick up food from baskets on the battlefield. Steamed buns and pancakes are made along the way. The People's Liberation Army is no longer hungry like it was two years ago. Now the logistics supplies The department sent up not only dry food, but also soup and water.

While the soldiers were eating, they heard another ear-piercing scream from the sky, and the soldiers rushed into the anti-aircraft tunnel, cursing as they ran: "These Kuomintang dead goods don't even have a meal!" Let no one eat Ansheng anymore, and die a terrible death."

What surprised the soldiers was that the preparations for artillery fire this time were extraordinarily strong, the number of artillery pieces was a little more than the previous few times, and the density of shells was higher, with large-caliber heavy shells mixed in between.

What's even more strange is that before the artillery fire stopped, the sound of Galala's tank tracks came from the enemy's attack position. The Kuomintang army started the attack before the fire preparations on their own side stopped. .

The infantry rushed up without stopping the artillery fire preparations, attacking against the explosive point of the shells, the 2 Division was really extraordinary, it was indeed a desperate master.

The position of the Fourth Division has once again entered a fighting state. At this time, the sky is already bright, and the tanks rushing up and the infantry behind can be seen from a long distance. The soldiers of the Fourth Division thought that the enemy was just old-fashioned, so they bombarded them first. , and then use tanks and infantry to charge. To deal with such an enemy, of course we have to use the old method of our People's Liberation Army, and then fight when they are close.

But as soon as he got into a fight with the Kuomintang army that rushed up, he felt that something was wrong. They were all wearing the standard military uniform of the Kuomintang army. The troops that attacked this time were obviously more fierce than the previous few times. It was an officer wearing a big-brimmed hat, and the soldier stared like an evil spirit and couldn't stop firing with the weapon in his hand, stinging his body and going upwards.

After being knocked down one by one, the KMT's 2o3 Division attacked in multiple stages and immediately made the positions of the Fourth Division feel tremendous pressure, and the battle fell into the most difficult stage.

The soldiers used all the weapons they could use to fight the enemy desperately. They used grenades when they ran out of bullets, bayonets when they ran out of grenades, and engineering shovels when the bayonets were bent.

Under the desperate counterattack of the Fourth Division, the first two attacks of the 2o3 Division were beaten down. They retreated, but they only retreated halfway and stopped moving. They lay on the ground and waited for the next attack before rushing up.