The beacon of youth

Li Yong took the rest of the reconnaissance platoon, the artillery platoon, the machine gun platoon and ten members of the police squad, plus more than 20 veterans who had not returned to the team after recovering from injuries, a total of more than 140 people fought against the heavy machine gun and Xiao Pao, led the fat man out of the compound, and walked towards the various units of the regiment.

The streets were chaotic. Soldiers from the 31st and 51st groups were everywhere. The command organs of the cavalry regiment of the Kuomintang were paralyzed. The soldiers were bewildered and didn’t know what to do. , only wild guesses together.

Is there a saying that goes without a head, and a bird does not fly without a head? This sentence is very appropriate to describe these soldiers. Soldiers must carry out orders, but what should we do if there are no orders?

The fat regiment commander was very cooperative. Whenever he saw his soldiers on the street, he would shout, "I am your regiment commander. You are about to surrender. We are surrounded by the Eighth Route Army. Put your hands up and follow me."

Not to mention that the words of the fat regiment commander are quite effective, the soldiers running around on the street will surrender their guns obediently as soon as they hear the commander's shout.

Li Yong asked the soldiers to unbolt their guns, and the guns and guns still had to resist, and then sent a squad of soldiers to watch and let them follow behind the team.

This time, there were more and more people, and the team was getting bigger and bigger. It was very dark, and it was hard to tell who was a prisoner and who was a soldier without looking carefully.

However, this is also beneficial. At first glance, it looks like a large army. The small group of soldiers on the street didn't even have the intention of resisting when they saw such a large team, so they obediently walked over and followed the team.

Every time he arrived at a company-level unit station, the regiment leader would scream with his neck and force his subordinates to surrender. The journey went smoothly, and the enemy units also cooperated very well. As long as the regiment leader shouted, he would immediately come out and hand in his guns and surrender. .

These soldiers of the Kuomintang are also very smart. The regiment commanders have surrendered. What are we doing? We were beaten to death by the Eighth Route Army. Life matters.

Seeing that the team leader's words were very effective, Li Yong patted the fat man's head and said, "It's not bad, you did a good job, and your life is saved." The fat man became even happier when he heard Li Yong's praise. He also nodded and bowed his head and said: "I must work hard, I must work hard, and I am willing to serve you sir."

Li Yuming, Sanniu and Xiaocheng followed Li Yong, and they pursed their lips and whispered to each other: "Why are you willing to help? It's because our company commander scares you. Seeing his virtue, he almost peed his pants."

But at this time, Li Yong heard the sound of gunfire in a certain place, and the explosion of grenades from time to time. He felt that the battle was going on fiercely.

Li Yong told Zhang Jinsong to quickly approach the place where the gunfire was dense. The fighting was so fierce that our troops must have hit a nail.

After a short time, the team came to the back of a short wall following the sound of gunfire, and saw three rows of long horses Changsheng directing the soldiers to shoot and throw grenades. From time to time, grenades were thrown out of the yard in front of the wall outside the wall. explode.

Li Yong asked Ma Changsheng what was going on, and Ma Changsheng wiped the sweat off his face and said: "The enemy here has a company that has occupied this large courtyard. Calling out to make the enemy surrender, the front is still going well, the battalion commander came out to surrender as soon as he shouted, but when he got here, he met a master who was not easy to talk about, and said nothing to surrender, their battalion commander couldn't do it, the captured battalion commander shouted At that time, their battalion commander was killed by random shots from inside, you see, that's it." After speaking, Ma Changsheng pointed to a corpse lying next to him.

Li Yong carefully looked at a large courtyard guarded by the enemy in front, and saw that the enemy hastily stripped the courtyard wall into many shooting positions like gaps in the city wall. Within a distance of tens of meters outside the courtyard wall, grenades kept exploding, and seven or eight light machine guns fired continuously from different angles.

Because the enemy occupied a favorable position, Ma Changsheng's third platoon could not suppress the enemy's firepower with the light weapons in their hands. The soldiers were beaten back after several attacks, and the casualties were not small.

Ma Changsheng was a little anxious, sweating all over, because the troops fought too smoothly in the previous stage, how could he explain to the company commander and the instructor that there were so many casualties this time and the battle had not been resolved.

If Li Yong had enough shells to deal with the yard, it would be too easy to bomb the enemy's regiment headquarters, but it would be unacceptable to do so when there were not many shells.

Li Yong thought for a while and shouted: "Wei Gang, bring your platoon here."

Since the start of the battle, the four heavy machine guns of the rearguard had not yet had their turn to fire. Besides the four heavy machine guns, they also excluded the twelve shell guns assigned to them by Li Yong twice, and the 20 people transferred from the recruit platoon because of heavy The machine guns were not enough, and they all carried the submachine guns they used to use on their backs.

From entering the city gate to fight the patrol team, all the way to the enemy's regiment headquarters, there are submachine guns and shell guns in play. The four Maxim heavy machine guns that are the main force in the platoon have not made a sound. There are no other weapons for the machine gun, not even a grenade. The weight of the heavy machine gun is already enough, and there is no way to bring other weapons.

These shooters watched others capture prisoners and surrender their guns, while they themselves were surrounded by comrades like treasures, and they felt itchy and uncomfortable. After fighting for such a long time, they still haven’t fired a single shot. What is it called? matter.

Some of them even said to Wei Gang: "Platoon leader, what do you say if the enemy is eliminated and we still don't shoot? What kind of battle is this called? Afterwards, when people ask us, what should we say? If you ask whether you participated in the battle against Qingyang? We replied that we participated, but if people ask how you behaved? How can we answer, saying that the protected ones are safe without firing a shot? This is too embarrassing.”

When Wei Gang was getting annoyed, he heard the company commander calling him, and immediately said to the shooters: "Okay, stop talking nonsense, there is work to do, bring the heavy machine guns over."

Li Yong pointed to the continuous firepower on the opposite side and said to Wei Gang and Ma Changsheng: "Ma Changsheng, your twelve light machine guns in the third row and the four heavy machine guns in the machine gun row will suppress the enemy with firepower. Wait for our firepower to suppress the enemy." In the future, you lead people to outflank up from both sides, go up and throw grenades into the yard, and throw all the grenades in your hands. At this time, when our machine gun fire stops, you rush in, and I will give you 20 more people, you and The deputy platoon commanders each lead a group up from both sides."

Li Yong turned his head and said to more than 20 soldiers who were injured just now: "The third platoon suffered a lot of casualties, and they are not enough. It's time for you to go up. Listen to the command of the third platoon leader and do a good job." More than 20 veteran soldiers Without saying anything, he stood with the soldiers in the third row with the submachine gun in his hand.

After listening to Li Yong's words, Ma Changsheng said excitedly: "Don't worry about the company commander, I promise to complete the task." Then he and the deputy platoon leader each led a group, and each group of more than 30 people quietly moved forward from both sides using the terrain and features.