The beacon of youth

The [-]th Regiment was the vanguard of the entire Second Army. Because they left in a hurry, the soldiers only brought some dry food, and added some freshly obtained yak meat and soju to the army before departure.

That's all, the fourteenth regiment with thin clothes set off, as if God is also deliberately testing this heroic army. As soon as the soldiers arrived at the foot of the mountain, the sky that was originally clear was suddenly covered with dark clouds, and then it was pouring down with rain. Down.

The soldiers of the [-]th regiment didn't have raincoats, and they didn't have any tools to shelter from the rain. What should they do?Stop the troops and wait for the heavy rain to pass before leaving?The troops of the People's Liberation Army don't have that rule, they can only climb to the top of the mountain in the heavy rain.

The terrain is getting higher and higher, and the peaks are getting steeper and steeper.

1000 meters, 2000 meters, and when the altitude reaches 3000 meters, the temperature drops significantly. What's more terrible is that the clothes on the soldiers have already been soaked by the heavy rain. Once they are attached to the body, they feel cold and uncomfortable, and then climb up , the temperature dropped even more, the heavy rain turned into heavy snow, and the oxygen content in the air was getting lower and lower, and every step I took, I had to gasp for breath.

Qilian Mountain is a vast expanse of whiteness, and the clothes soaked by the heavy rain are frozen like iron plates. When walking, it makes a creaking sound, and the only little heat on the body seems to be sucked away by it. Broken stones and ice and snow have to be beaten with every step.

The low temperature, lack of oxygen, the physical strength of the soldiers dropped severely, and the speed of marching also slowed down. As the main combat force of the field army and the corps, the Second Army has always been in use throughout the whole process, and there have been constant battles. After three months of not getting a good rest, the walking shoes worn by the soldiers quickly rotted after soaking in the rain. The soles of the feet first cracked small holes one by one, and then swelled up.

After several hours of climbing, the physical strength of the soldiers dropped rapidly, and their stomachs were so empty that they couldn't resist the cold. When someone wanted to eat something, they found that the yak meat they brought up the mountain in the morning was as frozen as ice. Just can't bite.Not to mention biting it, you can't even gnaw it, and it will be a white mark after one bite.

When the troops climbed to 4000 meters, it was completely a world of ice and snow. They wanted to drink two sips of soju to keep out the cold.But after taking a few sips of wine, he felt even more bitingly cold, and he couldn't resist the cold at all.

The mountains are getting higher and higher, the oxygen content is getting less and less, the temperature is getting lower and lower, and the road is getting more and more difficult to walk. The head of the [-]th regiment is a soldier from the old Red Army, and he knows the horror of the Daxue Mountain.Before the team goes up the mountain, tell the soldiers that they must not fall down, that they cannot sleep or rest on the mountain, and that they must climb over the mountain even if they climb.

In order to reduce the load, all unnecessary equipment was thrown down, but the weapons and ammunition on the body could not be discarded. Soldiers kept falling and could not get up again.

The [-]th regiment stipulated before going up the mountain.The head of the regiment went to the front, and the political commissar to the back, trying to bring all the soldiers across the mountain without losing.But the gap between desire and reality is huge. During the difficult march, soldiers constantly exhausted their last bit of physical strength and fell down without a sound.

Walk, keep walking, even if you see comrades sacrificed, you can't stay even for a second. After 28 hours, the [-]th regiment of the Second Army's vanguard finally crossed the snow-covered snow mountain.

The mountain is coming, and when the troops concentrate on counting the personnel, an unexpected number weighs heavily on the hearts of the head of the 130th regiment and the political commissar.In the process of crossing the Qilian Mountains, more than 100 members of the [-]th Regiment were frozen to death, and more than [-] people were unable to walk because their feet were frozen.

The news quickly spread to the Second Army, and then to the First Corps. Commander Wang of the Corps was very distressed, because the Second Army was led by Commander Wang.The old troops formed on the basis of the 130th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, especially the [-]th Division, was the old [-]th Brigade. Among the more than [-] cadres and soldiers who died, several of them were veterans that Commander Wang was very familiar with. .

After crossing a snowy mountain, more than 100 soldiers were sacrificed, which is no different from fighting a medium-scale battle. According to Commander Wang, these more than 100 soldiers are the backbone of the army. The company commander and battalion commander are fine, the loss is too great.

In order to allow the troops to restore their physical strength and combat effectiveness as soon as possible, Commander Wang ordered to call Commander Guo Peng and Political Commissar Wang Enmao of the Second Army. After the Fifth Division passed the Qilian Mountains, they rested in place. Rotten and eaten.

It stands to reason that the orders of the superiors must be strictly followed, but this time the Fifth Division did not do so. It violated the commander's orders for the first time, and the troops launched an attack on Minle County as soon as they left the mountain.

The overall deployment of the Yesi and the Corps is that the Second Army quickly passes through the Qilian Mountains, and uses lightning-fast means to capture and destroy the enemy. Although it is good to rest, the enemy will run away in that way. It is meaningless to climb over the snow mountain at a huge price.

In Minle County, there is a brigade of the Kuomintang defenders. This brigade thought that the People's Liberation Army was still far away from them, and it was too early to march on the Lanxin Highway by foot.

Because of the experience and lessons of the [-]th Regiment, and the temporary increase in supplies from the [-]st Brigade, the losses of the remaining troops of the Second Army were much smaller than those of the [-]th Regiment. Folk music launched a fierce attack.

The Fifth Division is the main division of the Second Army. There are more than 1 people in the whole division, and the enemy is a brigade. Our army only has a slight advantage in strength. It is unwise to garrison a county with heavy troops, but the art of war is death, and people are alive, so everything can be fought according to the art of war. Proper command, regardless of the strength of the troops and the enemy, can also destroy the enemy.

The only heavy firepower that the troops could carry across the snow-capped mountains was light and heavy machine guns and mortars. Heavy artillery could not cross the mountains anyway. With such equipment, the Fifth Division launched an extremely swift offensive.

The deployment before the battle is to use the [-]th regiment to attack from the left, the [-]th regiment to attack from the right, and the [-]th regiment to go around and attack from the back of Minle County. The three regiments act together without any reserve Team, go all out and strive to win folk music in one go.

The battle broke out suddenly, and several main regiments of the fifth division concentrated all their heavy firepower to suppress and shoot the enemy. The light and heavy machine guns fired like a strong wind, and the mortar shells rained down on the city wall. The artillery shells do not pose a major threat to the city walls, but the firepower to suppress the enemy is still sufficient.

Under the cover of firepower, the commando launched a charge. The [-]th Regiment of the Vanguard, which arrived first, overcame enormous difficulties and took the lead in launching the attack. Numerous combat groups rushed forward with guns.

The Fourteenth Regiment is a glorious army. They don't have much food in their stomachs, the ice and snow on their soaked clothes have not yet dried, and the cloth shoes under their feet have long been worn out, but they fight with a fearless spirit. The soldiers think that , the enemy is not their opponent, as long as they can rush up, victory will be at hand.

The enemies on the city wall howled and cried. The soldiers of the Kuomintang were frightened by the soldiers of the People's Liberation Army who charged bravely. , why people can do this.

Three [-]-kilogram big gun bags were stacked together, and they were placed just under the gate of Minle City. When the fuse was ignited, a loud noise blew up the gate to pieces. The first soldier blew up the city gate, and the moment the city gate was blown open, the charge horn sounded.

The soldiers rushed in from the blasted city gate like tigers going down the mountain, and fought street, melee, and hand-to-hand combat with the Kuomintang defenders.

The Fifth Division, which is extremely good at close combat, did not leave any chance for the Kuomintang defenders. It took only more than two hours to end the battle, wiped out one brigade of the enemy, and captured more than 700 people under the enemy's brigade commander. Minle County at the foot of Qilian Mountain was captured. liberation.

When the Fifth Division passed the Qilian Snow Mountain, the ** Brigade also took action. However, the ** Brigade did not climb the snow mountain with the main force of the army. Instead, it took the Lanxin Highway and went straight to Zhangye.

This is because the ** Brigade is different from the other divisions of the Second Army. The ** Brigade has hundreds of heavy equipment, including trucks, tanks, heavy artillery, including a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns, and so on. Is it right to carry these equipment across the Qilian Mountains? It is possible, so the Party Committee of the Second Army decided to gather all the heavy equipment of the entire army together, carry it by the ** brigade, detour the Lanxin Highway, attack Zhangye, and return the equipment to the various troops after reuniting with the large troops.

Before departure, Li Yong, the brigade commander, mobilized the troops, and the mobilization of the brigade commander Li Da was refreshing. Li Yong, holding a big iron horn, shouted on a stage built with a wooden frame: "Comrade Ladies and gentlemen, the main force of the army is going to climb the Snowy Mountain. We are blessed. The superior decided that because we have cars, we don’t need to climb the mountain. We will take the Lanxin Highway to Zhangye. Everyone knows that our supply camp has shrunk by more than half , our ** brigade is now a poor person, a real poor person, the old grandson of the supply camp has to cry every night, but our ** brigade has never been used to being poor, let alone others, I am a The brigade commander is not used to it, what should I do? Let me tell you, there are ways. The Kuomintang stationed in Zhangye is the Zhongyang Army. Comrades, it is the Zhongyang Army!! It is not the Majia Army. Since it is the Zhongyang Army, it is a big piece Fat meat, as long as Zhangye's Kuomintang Central Army is captured, our ** brigade will become landlords and riches again, comrades, do we have the confidence to eat fat meat?"

The soldiers laughed and answered their brigade commander with deafening shouts: "We have confidence, we have the confidence to eat fat." (To be continued...)

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