The beacon of youth

Chapter 411 The two armies meet and the brave wins

At the most critical moment in the battle of the Fourth Division, more than 20 artillery pieces were dragged up by jeeps from the back of the position. For cars and artillery, everyone knows without asking, it must be the independent brigade of rich and powerful families.

The battalion commander Gao Xiang rushed up with the troops himself. This guy set up the main position of these small-caliber artillery directly near the division headquarters of the Fourth Division.

Seeing Gao Xiang standing straight in front of him standing at attention and saluting, Deputy Commander Chen and Commander Zhao were very happy. Although Gao Xiang was not very old, he was an old man from the Fourth Brigade and a soldier from the Eighth Route Army. Deputy Commander Chen and Commander Zhao also Very familiar, this kid is really promising. Two years ago, he was just a deputy platoon leader of the old 2nd regiment. Two years later, he became the battalion commander of the main battalion. He is also the battalion commander of the main battalion with nearly a thousand people. He can grow Not all that fast.

Master Zhao gave Gao Xiang a fist when he went up: "It's just in time, how many people come up?"

Gao Xiang smiled and grinned and replied: "Reporter, the whole brigade has pulled up, our battalion is the first to come, and the brigade will be here soon."

Deputy Army Commander Chen: "Heh, why did you come up here? The mission of your brigade has changed?"

It's no wonder that Deputy Commander Chen asked this question, because Deputy Commander Chen has been assisting in commanding the battle in the fourth division. He didn't know about the new decision in the army. Gao Xiang replied loudly: "Reporter, it's a new mission. Make a strong attack and destroy the 2o3 division."

Deputy Commander Chen and Commander Zhao exchanged glances, and Commander Zhao, the old regiment leader of the 2nd Regiment, circled around Gao Xiang who was still standing at attention: "Good guy, let's attack from the front and destroy the 2o3 Division. Is it easy?"

Gao Xiangfu replied: "Reporter, our brigade commander will do what he says."

Deputy Army Commander Chen and Commander Zhao couldn't help laughing, and Commander Zhao snorted: "Okay, the morale is pretty good. As for how the battle went, we'll have to finish watching it."

A few minutes later, Li Yong and Wang Chengde also arrived at the headquarters of the Fourth Division and met the two elders. Li Yong hurriedly explained to the two elders the plan formulated by Commander Guo Peng, Wang Enmao and him.

Deputy Commander Chen and Division Commander Zhao turned around again and again. Deputy Commander Chen pointed to the forward position and said: "2 Division is very difficult to deal with. There are many die-hard elements, and they are well equipped with sophisticated weapons and strong combat effectiveness. They are difficult opponents, but the enemy also has weaknesses. They The strength of the several divisions of the 3th Army is not balanced, and the combat effectiveness of the other units of the 57th Army is far from that of the 2 Division. As long as this young army is defeated, other units will lose confidence in combat.”

Deputy Commander Chen is indeed an old Red Army who has fought for more than 20 years. He is very accurate in seeing problems. The strength of the 57th Army is that it has a 2 division. This powerful 3 division is their advantage, but it is also their disadvantage on the other hand. The 2th Army allocated most of its resources to this unit, which created an artificially large gap in strength among the units. Once the 3o57 Division collapsed, other units would not have the confidence to continue fighting. , This is also the reason why Li Yong wanted to attack the 2o3 division head-on, to break the enemy's courage first, and see what fighting power they can have.

Looking at the troops of the Independent Brigade that kept coming up, Deputy Commander Chen nodded secretly. The wings of the Independent Brigade had hardened, and it was no longer the small company with only a few dozen people.

"Li Yong, Wang Chengde." Hearing Deputy Commander Chen's voice, Li Yong and Wang Chengde agreed "here."

Deputy Commander Chen said calmly to the two: "The next battle will be under the command of you and Wang Chengde, and Lao Zhao and I will be your assistants. Don't worry about it. Command as you like."

This is the style of the old Eighth Route Army. Let go when it is time to let go. Although Deputy Army Commander Chen has the highest position in the field, and Division Commander Zhao is still their old leader, but in terms of familiarity with and mastery of the Independent Brigade, of course, you have to be For Li Yong and Wang Chengde, it is indeed appropriate for them to command the battle.

Li Yong did not humbly say that he is not good enough, and that he should ask the leader to command, etc., but said calmly: "Resolutely complete the task, and please correct me at any time if there is something that cannot be done."

Li Yong, who turned around, shouted at Gao Xiang, who had been following him all the time: "5 minutes to prepare, 5 minutes to start, first use mountain artillery and infantry artillery to clean up the enemy tanks on the forward position, and 10 minutes later, the main force of your battalion will open fire!" , Destroy the follow-up attack echelon of the 2o3 Division, understand?"

The attack momentum of the 2o3 Division is getting more and more fierce. The tanks and infantry continue to charge upwards. The time to break through the communist army's position within two hours as promised to the army commander Xu Rucheng is coming soon. There is no joke in the army, especially when fighting When talking nonsense, you will lose your head, so this teacher has also been banned to a certain extent.

Attack, attack again, use all resources, drive all the tanks up, shoot out all the shells, and blow up the communist army's position first into a sea of ​​​​flames.

Just as the division commander gritted his teeth and gave the order, he heard bursts of explosions coming from the positions defended by the People's Liberation Army. It is not accidental that the division commander of the 2 Division was able to climb to this position, nor is he a white man who knows nothing. One, something is wrong from the sound of the explosion, why?Because it didn't sound like the bombs and grenades used by the communist army, this guy raised his binoculars to take a closer look, and the scene in front of him made him tremble with fright.

The tank unit at the forefront of the attacking team was smoked and burst into flames from the sudden appearance of the communist army's firepower, and they were paralyzed there one by one, while the soldiers on the tank jumped out of the vehicles one by one to escape.

Why did the Communist Army suddenly have so many anti-tank weapons? Just when this guy was still in doubt, he heard the scream of shells hitting the sky from the sky, which is the unique sound of heavy shells tearing the air .

The 2 Division, which has always been in offensive operations, has no measures to defend against artillery shells. It has no anti-artillery holes like the People's Liberation Army, nor has it dug any trenches. The artillery of the People's Liberation Army is not worth their defense. The army doesn't have any artillery fire, but what's going on with the swarms of shells smashing over now?

In just a few seconds, the entire 2o3 Division's attack area was covered by artillery fire, thick smoke and fire, shrapnel and stones, all objects that could kill people flew up together in the huge explosion.

This division commander was also quick, and hurriedly lay beside the wheel of a truck, so he was not killed on the spot.

The reinforcements arrived, and the morale of the soldiers of the Fourth Division of the People's Liberation Army was greatly boosted. Everyone in the fortifications turned their heads to see how the Independent Brigade fought, especially some new soldiers. up.

Under the watchful eyes of the soldiers, more than [-] infantry guns were pushed directly to the forefront position, and then they fired head-on at the charging tanks.

Artillery versus artillery, machine gun versus machine gun, the comparison is a person who is not afraid of death and who dares to fight for his life. In terms of daring to fight, no one can compare with the troops of the People's Liberation Army, especially the old troops of the Northwest Field Army with a deep tradition.

Fire, fire, aim and shoot at the front armor of the tank that is rushing towards you, the high-speed shell spins and hits the armor plate of the tank, and then explodes with a bang. There are enough tanks. In the huge explosion, the turret of the tank was lifted and blown away. Of course, the people inside could not survive.

The Kuomintang tank troops rushing over were caught off guard by the sudden massive anti-tank firepower of the People's Liberation Army. The first seven or eight tanks that rushed up were paralyzed at once, and the rest turned around and ran away depending on the situation.

After turning around and running, it turned into a tui backwards. At this time, the tank was basically powerless to fight back. The soldier who set the cannon gritted his teeth and opened fire while cursing: "Isn't it very crazy? Isn't it very powerful? Let You run, beat you to death."

In 5 minutes, it took only about 5 minutes, and most of the tanks that rushed up were wiped out by the anti-tank firepower of the independent brigade.

The fighters of the Fourth Division watched the battle so close that they enjoyed it and shouted, "Okay, good fight."Amidst the cheers of the soldiers, the main force of the howitzer battalion of the Independent Brigade opened fire, and more than fifty 1 howitzers began to fire uninterruptedly, with five quick shots, six quick shots, eight quick shots, thousands of shells in the blink of an eye Just smashed it.

Gao Xiang's howitzer battalion started at 300 meters from the forward position, and carried out a large-scale saturation bombing of the Kuomintang 2 Division, turning the entire attack area of ​​the 3 Division into a sea of ​​flames, and the tattered guns and corpses flew high with the dust , and then fell heavily.

The artillery fire continued to bombard for about half an hour and then began to extend backwards. At the moment when the artillery fire extended, the thrilling sound of the charge horn sounded on the position of the Fourth Division. The two squads of the Fourth Division and the Independent Brigade More than [-] soldiers blew the charge horn together.

The sound of more than 2 charge horns blowing together can be heard for several kilometers, and the position of the People's Liberation Army, which has been defending hard all the time, is boiling. The main combat troops of the independent brigade began to countercharge the attacking Kuomintang 3o[-] .

During the mobilization before the war, Li Yong, the brigade commander, made it very clear that the enemy on the opposite side was a well-known youth army in the Kuomintang army, not only the trump card of the 57th Army, but also very famous in the entire Kuomintang army, with good weapons and equipment, and strong combat effectiveness , A large part of the casualties of our Fourth Division were caused by this 2 Division, and our Independent Brigade is the main force of the Second Army, known as the Hero Brigade of the Northwest Field Army. The Hero Brigade needs to show itself. The youth army vs. the Hero Brigade. It depends on who is strong and who is weak. The slogan of our brigade is: When the two armies meet, the brave wins. Let the Kuomintang’s trump card see what is called a hero of the People’s Liberation Army. force.