The beacon of youth

Chapter 498 The first battle against Lanzhou was defeated

The first obstacle the commando encountered was the mess of bombed barbed wire. Before the war, the soldiers of the Ma's army hung countless grenades and small aerial bombs on these barbed wire. Although some of them were destroyed by artillery fire, some of them were still missing. Detonate.

From time to time, the soldiers in the charge were caught by obstacles in disorder, and then were knocked down by the sudden explosion of grenades or aerial bombs. The advance speed of the troops slowed down. Use the pliers prepared in advance to cut the barbed wire blocking the road.

However, this seemingly innocuous task was difficult to complete. The covering firepower behind the commandos could not suppress the enemies hiding in the fortifications. This caused the commando soldiers to break through in the rain of bullets. Obstacles to kill.

Bullets flew over like locusts, one went up and fell down, and the other went up and fell down again. The commando was suppressed by the bullet rain of the Qingma Army and could not lift its head up.

what to do?Time passed bit by bit, and the casualties of the troops were getting bigger and bigger. The commandos lying under the fire net made the soldiers behind jump around anxiously, but they could only be in a hurry, and there was no way to rush up. At that time, the soldiers of the commando stood up under the enemy's fire net, divided into countless combat groups, and rushed forward against the rain of bullets.

What is Commando?The commando team also has a group called Death Squad or Sharp Knife Troop. They are all selected troops with strong combat effectiveness. The personal qualities of the soldiers are also very high. He was suppressed by the enemy's firepower on the opposite side. In this case, it was useless to lie on the ground and wait for help. He had to fight the enemy desperately.

Charged upward against the rain of bullets, under the dense fire net, soldiers continued to fall to the ground with casualties. Relying on their tenacious fighting will, they finally rushed over the obstacle set by the Qingma Army in front of the position, but the commando team also paid their way. At a considerable price, at least one-third of the sacrificed and injured soldiers fell.

The next difficulty encountered by the soldiers who had crossed the barrier and isolation zone was the minefield. After a long period of preparation, Ma’s army connected different types of anti-personnel landmines into plum blossoms or serial mines. The bandits call it a soil plane.

To deal with mine groups or specially set minefields, the best way is to use artillery fire to clear them. If the artillery fire of the Northwest Field Army is sufficient, you can use platoon guns to advance layer by layer until the minefields are exhausted. In the army at that time, it was impossible to completely eliminate landmines with artillery fire, and the artillery of the People's Liberation Army could not do this.

what to do?Of course, the soldiers of the commando cannot rely on artillery fire to clear the enemy's mines, everything has to be done by themselves.

A combat team of three, carrying simple tools to manually eliminate the enemy's bullet rain, this is the way soldiers do.

The actions of the commando team were clearly seen by the Ma Jiajun in the fortification, and the firepower was turned around at once. The bullets hit the side of the demining fighters with puffs, and blood sprayed from the hits on their bodies.

The soldiers were so anxious that their teeth were itching. When the enemy was in the dark, the weapons in their hands could not suppress the firepower of the Ma's army. Seeing that the demining comrades in arms lost one team after another, they made little progress.

The situation became more and more critical, and the casualties of the troops continued to increase, but the enemy's forward positions did not even break through. At this moment, three soldiers from a demining team stood up shouting slogans, and rushed towards the bullets. go up.

The actions of these soldiers were clearly seen by the comrades behind them and the chief behind them. After a moment of surprise, the soldiers figured it out. The body kills a bloody path for the comrades-in-arms, and uses this method to shorten the attack time.

The tenacity of the army is reflected here. Facing the bullets blowing over the minefield and the wind, how many people can do this. The moment they got up and rushed forward, they decided that these soldiers would never come back again. It is destined to become a hot spot on the eve of the liberation of New China.

A little soldier stepped on a landmine, with a bang, shrapnel shot out, it was a special anti-personnel landmine, in the violent explosion, he was blown down immediately, but the little soldier shook Then he stood up again, jumping forward with one leg, and the comrades behind could see clearly that one leg of this little soldier had been blown off, and the blood was splashing down the torn trousers, he was using one leg go ahead.

In a blink of an eye, he stepped on another landmine, and the only remaining leg of the little soldier was blown off. The little soldier fell down and never stood up again, but under the surprised eyes of his comrades, the little soldier The soldier is still moving forward, he is using his arms to support his body and crawling forward, because he knows very well in his heart that he can't go back, but he still moves forward, even if he can squash another mine , It can also reduce the danger to the comrades behind.

The soldiers of the commando team were all crying. The little soldier was a comrade they were very familiar with. Because of his young age, he was very active at ordinary times. Almost all the soldiers in the company were his good friends. They all understood that this The little soldier who was only 17 years old never came back.

The eyes of the commando soldiers were bloodshot, they couldn't hold back any longer, they all stood up suddenly from the ground, chanted slogans and rushed forward, even if they were all sacrificed, they would rush forward, otherwise they would still be dead. What is the name of the sharp knife unit.

The roadblock was rushed over, the minefield was rushed by the soldiers, more than half of the commando soldiers fell down, and the casualties exceeded 50.00%, but what awaited the soldiers was not the smooth road and the enemy's rout, but the nearly ten-meter-high cliffs.

These cliffs and cliffs were excavated by Ma's army on the basis of the original terrain. They spent great efforts to renovate the steep hills to form steep cliffs, and then dug various shooting holes and firepower points in the middle of the cliffs. The soldiers of the commando team Under the steep cliff slope, the enemy's shadow could not be seen at all, but the bullets and grenades of the Qingma Army fell like raindrops.

The casualties of the soldiers expanded rapidly, and the soldiers fell one by one. The commandos paid a heavy price, but they still didn't rush up. Not only did they not go up, they didn't even see the enemy's face. Another fire.

Just when the commando was at a loss under the cliff excavated by the enemy, they heard bursts of roars suddenly coming from the position of the Qingma Army, and then countless soldiers of the Majia Army rushed out, all of them holding sabers, Yelling wildly, a nest of madness rushed up.

This is the counterattack force of the Ma family army. After seeing the attack of the commandos of the People's Liberation Army frustrated, they seized the opportunity to carry out a countercharge.

Under the cover of their own firepower, the Qingma army counterattacked in companies and battalions. The offensive and defensive sides immediately entered a brutal hand-to-hand battle.

The counterattack of the soldiers of the Qingma Army made the soldiers of the commando feel very sudden, because when they fought against the Central Army of the Kuomintang, few enemies dared to countercharge the PLA. Such tactics were imposed on the enemy by the soldiers of the PLA. Yes, I didn't expect this soldier of the Ma family army to dare to do this.

The weapons and equipment of the soldiers of the Majia Army in Qinghai are not as good as those of the Central Army of the Kuomintang, and their strategies and tactics are even worse than those of the regular army. However, their sense of daring to fight is much stronger than that of the Central Army of the Kuomintang. In a certain sense, they are a bit like the troops of the People’s Liberation Army. Soldiers who dare to fight the People's Liberation Army in close combat and fight with the People's Liberation Army with bayonets are much stronger than the regular army of the Kuomintang.

The People's Liberation Army's commando team was originally small in number. After passing through several obstacles and blockades, not even half of them were left. , Wow, the guy retreated.

The first attack was thwarted, and the troops paid a high price, but no progress was made. The officers and soldiers of the People's Liberation Army at all levels did not lose heart, but launched the second, third, and fourth attacks in succession. Many attacks still failed, and the attacking troops often encountered Ma's army's fierce counterattack tactics at critical moments.

Outside Lanzhou City, on Majia Mountain, Yingpanling, Gouwa Mountain, Shenjialing, Shili Mountain, and in various areas attacked by the People's Liberation Army, the impact and counterattack were repeated several times, and fierce battles were fought. One day, the People's Liberation Army's attack on the outskirts of Lanzhou did not achieve any results. Except for some troops breaking through the enemy's second line of defense, most of the troops were blocked from attacking.

At dusk, the Northwest Field Army issued an order to stop the attack across the board. As the sound of guns gradually faded, the PLA's first attack on Lanzhou City failed.

Outside the city of Lanzhou, the headquarters of the First Field Army, the senior field army commanders of the Second and No.19 regiments are basically all present, and the person who is speaking is Luo Yuanfa, the commander of the Sixth Army of the Field Army.

Commander Luo Yuanfa's Sixth Army was in charge of attacking the main defensive position of Ma's army, Yingpanling. Yingpanling was the commanding height of Gaolan Mountain and the south gate of Lanzhou City, so Boss Peng asked Commander Luo to be the first to talk about his views.

Commander Luo Yuanfa picked up a stick, pointed at the map and said: "When we first attacked, our artillery fire only destroyed the enemy's superficial fortifications. When the artillery fire shifted or extended, the enemy hiding in the bunker came out again. , It is difficult for our army’s blasting unit to approach the cliff, and it is impossible to carry out effective blasting. Another point is that the obstacles set up by the enemy before the battle pose a greater threat to our army’s offensive.”

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