The beacon of youth

Chapter 41o

Commander Guo Peng and Political Commissar Wang Enmao asked Li Yong and Wang Chengde, who came to the military headquarters to ask for a battle, to help the staff to see how to fight the next battle.

The military situation was urgent, and Li Yong didn't have time to be polite, so he just lay down on the table covered with a map, picked up a red and blue pencil, and drew the distance back and forth on the map. The red flag is still not making much progress.

During the war years, the cadres were upright, not so stinky, and they would not hurt face because of their subordinates' ability, so Li Yong was also very open in front of Guo Junchang and Wang Enmao's political commissar, and he could say what he wanted to do. Just say what you want: "Army commander, political commissar, I think our plan has to be changed."

Commander Guo knew that Li Yong had a lot of ideas, and the old people in the second column didn't know that the famous Brigadier Li Da was a man with a lot of money in his head: "Say, how should it be changed?"

Li Yong: "The first plan formulated by the army was to use the fourth division to block the 57th army. While consuming a large amount of the enemy, let the fifth and sixth divisions attack from both sides of the enemy in a detour, and crush the enemy with sudden means. The psychological defense line of the 57th Army will tear open a hole in the defensive position of the 57th Army. If the enemy panics, our battle will be easy to fight. As long as our Fifth Division and Sixth Division succeed from both sides, we can let the independent brigade as the army reserve team fight against the enemy. The enemy launched a centripetal attack and wiped out the [-]th Army in one fell swoop."

Li Yong's analysis made Commander Guo and Political Commissar Wang nodded frequently: "The military party committee originally meant that, but now it seems that the situation has changed. The Fifth Division and the Sixth Division, which detoured to the enemy's side, played no role. The pre-estimation has a great effect. The enemy did not panic in the defensive positions of the two strategies, but relied on the solid trench fortifications to fight us. The Fourth Division fought very hard on the front. Judging from the current situation, the fifth and sixth It may be difficult for the division to break through the enemy's defenses in a short period of time, and the frontal combat of the fourth division is very difficult. If the position of the fourth division is broken by the enemy, all the battle plans we made before the war will go bankrupt."

Li Yong clicked, and then continued according to Commander Guo's train of thought: "According to the current situation, after most of the battle, our Second Army and the 57th Army should have a tie. We take the offensive from the side and the enemy defends. We were in a defensive position while the enemy was attacking, and the casualties were roughly the same. Unlike the 57th Army, our second army's trump card had not yet been fully played, and we still had a full-staffed independent brigade that had not yet entered the battle. "

Commander Guo: "That's absolutely correct. Now your independent brigade is our army's hole card. What do you think about how to use the independent brigade?"

Li Yong: "This is what I think. Since the enemy's situation has changed, we must also change. The original plan of the military party committee was to defend from the front and break through from both sides. Now our army is facing the situation that it is difficult to break through from both sides and defend from the front. It is also very difficult, so my idea is to change the frontal defense to a frontal breakthrough, and change the two-strategy breakthrough to containment from both sides. Specifically, let the Fifth Division and the Sixth Division contain the enemy from both sides, and our independent brigade will attack the enemy from the front. Attack head-on, hit the front hard, and use sudden movements to defeat the 2o3 Division of the Kuomintang. The 2 Division is the core of the 3th Army. As long as this division collapses, the entire 57th Army will be finished."

Commander Guo Peng and Political Commissar Wang Enmao looked at each other again, and Commander Guo asked excitedly: "Comrade Li Yong, your ideas are very good and bold, but the KMT 2o3 Division has no fewer personnel than you, and the weapons and equipment are not inferior to yours. Are you sure that you and the soldiers dare to go all out and attack from the front?"

This plan was discussed when Li Yong, Wang Chengde and others came. Seeing the commander's question like this, they were obviously very tempted, but they were also worried about whether the independent brigade could complete the task.

Li Yong and Wang Chengde stood at attention together, and Wang Chengde, who had not spoken since arriving at the military headquarters, said loudly: "Please rest assured, Commander, the more than 9000 cadres and soldiers of our independent brigade are confident that we will be able to complete the task and defeat the enemy's 2o3 division." .”

Li Yong continued: "Our brigade strives to defeat this so-called Kuomintang trump card within an hour, and then launch an assault on the enemy."

Commander Guo Peng and Political Commissar Wang Enmao burst into laughter. Commander Guo Peng nodded to Political Commissar Wang. Political Commissar Wang glanced at the two of them and said: "To defeat the enemy in an hour is not a small tone, but also a great determination. If you can really As you said, the 57th Army is doomed. Since you are so determined, the army commander and I have decided to approve your action plan and let your independent brigade attack from the front. The battle will start in half an hour. If the Independent Brigade needs any support, just ask, as long as the army has it, it will be given, but I declare in advance that our army is not as rich as your Independent Brigade, so we can’t speak loudly.”

As commanders of the division and brigade level, Wang Chengde and Li Yong are well aware of the family background in the army. The foundation of the Second Army is already very weak, and most of the limited ammunition is supported by the Fourth Division. Now there is really not much left up.

Before leaving, Li Yong murmured to the two army commanders: "Please rest assured, the two commanders, our brigade still has this property, and we don't need any support from the army."

There is another sentence that Li Yong didn't say in his stomach, that is, since the army doesn't have anything he wants now, it's better not to want anything.

Li Yong and Wang Chengde, who returned to the Independent Brigade, nervously arranged combat tasks. Li Yong made the first call directly to the Heavy Howitzer Battalion, the ace unit of the Independent Brigade.

The current artillery battalion is no better than before. The battalion has nearly 70 personnel, and the total number of artillery pieces exceeds 1. Of course, among the more than 5 artillery pieces, the main force is about 20 American 20 grenades, and there are more than [-] pieces. Li Yong ordered Gao Xiang to move these more than [-] small-caliber direct-pointing artillery to the forefront of the Fourth Division in the shortest possible time, and make all battle preparations.

Gao Xiang was so excited by Li Yong's order. Seeing the sacrificed and wounded soldiers of the Fourth Division being carried down one by one, how can he, a soldier from the old 2nd Regiment, feel better?This guy is so anxious that he is about to jump back and forth on their battalion positions. It is not a big problem to maneuver these more than 20 artillery pieces to the forward positions. For the independent brigade with a large number of cars and jeeps, this is a piece of cake. .

The orders of the Independent Brigade Headquarters were conveyed in the shortest form and as soon as possible. Every battalion was ready for battle in the first time. Even the supply battalion pulled out a team with more than half of them. Of course , the leader of the team must be Deputy Battalion Commander He Cuihua. It only took ten minutes, and the whole team was like a volcano about to erupt, and it seemed to be reaching a critical point.

In the position of the Fourth Division, the battle is still going on fiercely. The soldiers use everything they have to fight the attacking enemy, use their teeth, flesh and blood, and use their loyalty to defend the honor of the Fourth Division.

At this time, the fourth division has reached the most dangerous time, and there are constant calls from various positions asking for support to the division headquarters. on the support.

But at this time, the Fourth Division really has no extra troops and ammunition to reinforce the troops below. What Master Zhao repeatedly emphasized to the commanders on the phone is that no matter how difficult it is, no matter how many casualties, no matter what How dangerous, as long as there is no order from the superior, you have to stick to it. If you don’t want someone, you don’t want to play the gun, it’s terrible. He only has one as a teacher, and you can take it at any time.

The leader of the first division said all this, which shows that the fourth division is really going to run out of fuel, and the mobile force has been exhausted, and the next battle will only be hardened with the personnel on the existing position.

The biggest threat to the soldiers on the forward positions is the steel armored tanks. Without good anti-tank weapons, the soldiers have to use their flesh and blood to fight the enemy's steel. From time to time, soldiers rush up to blow up the tanks with cluster grenades. But most of these fighters were knocked down when they rushed halfway.

Using cluster grenades to blow up tanks is easy to say, but it is really not easy to do. The so-called cluster grenades are just a few grenades bundled together. It is very difficult to use this most primitive weapon to blow up tanks. Sometimes even if all the soldiers in a squad are killed or injured, it may not be possible to blow up one squad. It is really a disadvantage if the equipment is not enough.

Knowing that there will be heavy casualties, knowing that it is very dangerous, and knowing that if you go up, you may not be able to come back, but none of the soldiers of the Fourth Division is afraid, no one complains, and no one complains to their superiors about weapons or ammunition. It is clear that the troops of the Red Army, the Eighth Route Army, and later the People's Liberation Army have always fought like this. In every battle, the weak must defeat the strong, otherwise they are called soldiers of the People's Liberation Army.

At a critical juncture, at a critical juncture, Deputy Army Commander Chen and Division Commander Zhao organized all the personnel that could be organized in the Fourth Division, and the personnel of the division headquarters also formed a small combat force, led by Deputy Commander Chen and Division Commander Zhao, ready to wait for the enemy to attack again. Use it when rushing up.

During this period, Commander Zhao asked Deputy Commander Chen to withdraw several times, but Deputy Commander Chen said, let my soldiers go back by myself. I have never had such a habit in my twenty years of service. He took the rifle beside the sacrificial soldier and pressed the bayonet, and lay down on the trench.

The general will have the courage of the soldiers, the deputy commander and the division commander are fighting directly with their rifles. What else can the soldiers say, just go all out and fight the enemy. After 20 years, he will still be a good man. At this moment, I only heard a burst of There was a sound of boiling, looking back, there were more than a dozen or more than 20 jeeps driving over, and a cannon was towed behind these jeeps.