The beacon of youth

Before the troops set off, the brigade commander Li Yong mobilized the troops for battle, calling on everyone to eat fat together, and the soldiers responded with earth-shattering shouts.

"Since you have the confidence to eat fatty meat, it's easy to handle, let the political commissar speak to everyone." Li Yong handed the loudspeaker to the political commissar Wang Chengde.

Wang Chengde was dumbfounded by Li Yong. The brigade commander is a senior commander in the People's Liberation Army. A senior commander would not mobilize like this. But he also admitted that Li Yong's few words made the soldiers' emotions soar. It's like really wanting to eat fat.

Wang Chengde, who took over the loudspeaker, had no choice but to say: "Comrades, don't misunderstand the meaning of the brigade commander. More than half of our brigade's supplies have been supported by brother troops. They are indeed poor now, but our purpose of attacking Zhangye is still to destroy the enemy's vital force." Mainly, seize the enemy, prevent them from entering the wider Xin Jiang, completely liberate the Hexi Corridor, and liberate the Northwest."

"Nainai's work is still done by the political committee. It's no wonder that he was a political worker." Li Yong muttered quietly before jumping off the stage and preparing to set off.

Although the so-called Lanxin Highway is also called a highway, it is incomparable with the later generations. It is not easy to run. Fortunately, the ** Brigade did not want to run fast, and it is not good to tow artillery equipment, and it is easy to overturn. Flip.

Once again, he left the main force of the army, but this time it was not an order from the superior, but a decision made by the Second Army. Compared with other troops of the Second Army, it really echoed Li Yong's words. The weather in this month, the temperature is just right, sitting in the car and watching the scenery along the road, there are no people along the way, and there is no Kuomintang army. In this way, it is not much different from going on a trip. It is the main force competing with snow, low temperature and lack of oxygen on the mountain. Comparing troops and soldiers is like entering heaven.

Of course, the corresponding vigilance is also indispensable. Brigadier Li Da didn't have to worry about the work of releasing the security for a long time. Zhang Jinsong commanded the soldiers of his battalion to put the vanguard squad a few kilometers away.If there is a situation, you can contact us in time.

Seeing the troop like rolling iron stream, seeing the soldiers in high spirits, and seeing Li Jia, the beautiful guard commander Li Jia who was sitting in the same car with him, Li Yong's spirit slipped a bit.I feel that such a day is very good, accompanied by beauties, and a large number of buddies are together, damn it, is it good! !

Gradually, the terrain along the way became more and more different, and Huang Hese's surface color looked obviously different from the road he had traveled before.The soldiers stretched their necks to look around. The locals didn't care, but the soldiers from other places widened their eyes in amazement. Li Jia, the beautiful girl sitting next to Li Yong, also looked around.

Li Yong knew that Li Jia, who was a student, was originally from the south of the Yangtze River. He was not familiar with the geographical features of Zhangye, so he must have been curious. Brigadier Li briefly introduced to her, why Zhangye is a good place.It is the only way of the ancient Silk Road. This area is a typical Danxia landform, and there is also the famous Shandan Army Horse Farm.Both are amazing places.

Li Jia looked at Li Yong somewhat strangely, knowing that this guy had a lot of strange things in his belly, but he didn't expect to have research on geography and military horses. Since entering Gansu and Ningxia, the ** brigade has often fought against cavalry, Li Jia Jia is also very interested in war horses. When it comes to war horses, Li Yong really doesn't understand. He just told Li Jia that the Shandan army horses near Zhangye have a history of more than 3000 years.It is the offspring of a cross between a Mongolian horse and a Western Region horse. It has good endurance and is also suitable for riding. As for other characteristics, he does not understand.

But even this simple introduction made Li Jia very surprised. In the Eighth Route Army, which is generally not well-educated, Brigadier Li's performance became more and more different.It also made Li Jia look at her with admiration.

A distance of several hundred kilometers would be far away if marching on foot, but it would be much easier to walk by car. After a few hours, the sky gradually darkened. Soldiers from the vanguard battalion came to ask whether the troops should continue to advance. Li Yong said: It is to order the troops to camp in place and wait until dawn the next day before leaving.

During this period, Wang Chengde, the political commissar, asked the troops if they could forcefully march overnight to buy time to block Zhangye's enemies. Li Yong told Wang Chengde that it is not advisable to be blindly anxious, and it is easy to be dangerous when traveling at night. Besides, the soldiers should have time to recover their physical strength. Only by sleeping more and resting can we have the strength to fight.

The troops camped, and unexpectedly the health captain Hu Xiaolian, who was always busy, also ran over. Not only did she come, but she also prepared a meal for Brigadier Li Da. Li Yong was somewhat surprised by the serious appearance of his wife. It's a bit strange, because Hu Xiaolian always thinks that she is just a good-looking brigade commander and not qualified to be a wife. What happened this time, her concept has changed?

No matter what happened to her, since she came, it was a good thing. Everyone, including the commander of the police guard Li Jia, hid out tactfully. Only Brigadier Li and Hu Xiaolian were left in a small tent. , Li Yong said shyly, "Honey, what brought you here? Aren't you busy all the time?"

"No matter how busy you are, you are not as busy as you. You are a great hero. You are trusted by the chief and accompanied by a beautiful woman. How comfortable. If I don't come to see it again, I might be kidnapped by others."

There was a sour taste in the words, who is Li Yong?As soon as I heard it, I understood that it turned out that Hu Xiaolian was a little jealous seeing him being with Li Jia all day long, and couldn't hold it back, so she ran over and announced that she was the official candidate for the brigade commander's wife.

Hu Xiaolian is very beautiful, a kind of beauty that is different from Li Jia and He Cuihua. In other words, she is a bit seductive. Otherwise, Brigadier Li would not have lost control and took this little daughter-in-law down on the spot Well, the glamorous Hu Xiaolian made Li Yong's heart itch, but he could only look at it anxiously. The current situation is not suitable for the two of them to do something to entertain each other together.

Traveling all the way in a hurry, at dusk of the next day, that is, around five o'clock in the afternoon, the ** Brigade finally arrived near Zhangye, and the reconnaissance battalion immediately released the sentry.

Zhangye, located in the northwest of Gansu, in the middle of the Hexi Corridor, was called "Ganzhou" in ancient times, which is the origin of the word "Gan" in Gansu Province. The population is mainly Han, and there are more than 20 ethnic minorities such as Mongolia, Hui, and Yugu. An important town on the ancient Silk Road and the main road of the New Asia-Europe Road Bridge, it has a long history, splendid culture, beautiful natural and cultural landscapes, and is known as the frontier of Jiangnan and Golden Zhangye.

In the second year of Yuanshou, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, that is, in 121 BC, Huo Qubing, the general of hussars, marched into Hexi. After defeating the Xiongnu, the two old Khan kings "Hunxie" and "Xiu Tu" led their troops to surrender, and the frontier was stable. (Some were eliminated, some went away, and some descended to Han, and were gradually assimilated by the Central Plains people)

In the sixth year of Yuanding in the Han Dynasty, in 111 BC, Zhangye Town was set up, taking the meaning of "Zhang Guo's arms to communicate with the Western Regions". After that, large-scale immigration and reclamation began, troops were garrisoned, and agricultural production was developed, which promoted the Central Plains and Western Regions. The economy, cultural transportation and prosperity of the city, this is the densely populated Zhangye Town.

Historical records: "Setting up farmland in the fertile fields, postal mail on the key road, rushing to go to the post, endlessly, merchants and peddlers, day money in the frontier."

Since then, Zhangye has become an important town on the Silk Road.At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, when Dou Rong served as the governor of Zhangye, he paid attention to the development of agricultural and animal husbandry production so that the people could live and work in peace and contentment. "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" records: "When Dou Rong occupied Hexi, the world was in turmoil, but Hexi was alone." .”

Generally speaking, Zhangye is a good place, but whether it is a good place or a bad place, Li Yong and the soldiers of the ** brigade have no time to appreciate it. According to intelligence and reconnaissance, there is a security camp of the original local army of the Kuomintang in Zhangye City. The so-called battalion has only two companies, and the total number is only more than 200 people, which can be ignored. Now it is different. In addition to these two security companies in Zhangye City, there is also a division of the Kuomintang regular army, which is a whole division.

After the Battle of Lanzhou, the 120th Army and the 91st Army of the Kuomintang central yang army fled in a panic. The 120th Division of the 245th Army ran all the way from Lanzhou to Xining, from Xining to Zhangye, and did not feel relieved all the way. When they arrived in Zhangye, they felt that they could do it now Take a breath, no matter how powerful the communist army is, they are not gods. They don't have cars, they walk and march on two legs, and the uninhabited Gobi desert is enough for them to go. Maybe the communist army doesn't like this place. But come on, um, it’s very possible. Didn’t Chief Liu Ren say that the target of the communist army is Hu Zongnan and Erma? After Hu Zongnan and Erma are eliminated, the entire Qinghai, Gansu, and Ningxia will be the territory of the communist army Well, the Hexi Corridor needs no people, no food, no food, what are the Communists doing? Since the Communists are not coming, our two armies with tens of thousands of horses can sit and wait for the situation to change.

But what is unexpected is that the Chinese People's Liberation Army didn't even let this barren land go, and chased after it.

Zhangye has arrived, but how to fight this battle is troublesome again, what should we do?The enemy has a division and two companies, with a strength of nearly 1 troops. They are covered by tall fortifications. To fight or not to fight, according to a safe plan, the ** brigade should be hidden and wait for the main force of the second army to cross the Qilian Mountains and join forces. In one place, use four times as many troops as the enemy to launch an attack. The three main divisions of the Second Army plus one ** brigade can form a superior force against the enemy, and can completely wipe out Zhangye defending the enemy.

This is also the thinking of some members of the ** Brigade, because it is an old tradition of our army to concentrate superior forces to fight annihilation battles. It is very smooth and confident to fight such battles, but Li Yong does not think so. Li Yong believes that although the enemy has city defenses Fortifications are used as cover, but the so-called city defense fortifications are only prepared for the two local security companies. (to be continued..)

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