The beacon of youth

() On a snowy day, two observation posts of the People's Liberation Army found a flock of sheep crawling in front of the line of defense. Hu Qingshan, the deputy battalion commander who was a farmer, shot with two rifles in turn, killing six or seven of them in the blink of an eye.

But at this moment, a strange phenomenon appeared. I saw this large group of sheep crawling over with their buttocks digging their buttocks all of a sudden stood up from the ground, walked on two legs, and ran back towards the way they came from frantically. While running, he threw the sheepskin on his body everywhere.

At this moment, everyone understood what kind of sheep crawled over there. It was clearly a group of bandits in sheepskins who wanted to take advantage of the wind and snow and make a sneak attack, but it was a pity that they met Hu Qingshan. The old soldier was recognized at a glance.

Now that you’re here, don’t think about going back so comfortably. The People’s Liberation Army’s bullets are not vegetarian, because the distance is too far, and submachine guns are not easy to use. Everyone uses rifles and light machine guns to shoot at the back of the fleeing bandits.

Hu Qingshan brought over only a dozen soldiers, plus two observation posts, two Czech-style light machine guns and the first rifle. After a fierce hug, the running figures were knocked down one by one, and the last few rolled and crawled. Hu Qingshan simply estimated that in such a short period of time, there were at least dozens of bandits lying down on the position in front of this small observation post who wanted to sneak attack. ..

The sneak attack that the bandits thought out was repelled. Everyone was very happy. Hu Qingshan and a few soldiers leaned against the low wall and laughed and joked together. , I didn’t see how you aim, just shoot with a rifle, why is the aim so good, if you have any secrets, please teach us.”

Before Hu Qingshan could answer, an old soldier beside him explained: "You are stupid, the deputy battalion commander has fought more battles than you have heard, so if you shoot too many guns, you should be able to hit the head naturally, what's so strange about that?" of."

Hu Qingshan said nonchalantly: "It's nothing, it's not because I got used to the poor days and practiced in the past. Needless to say, the hard days I had with our battalion commander and instructors, during the Yan'an Defense War , I only have six bullets and a grenade on me, and I’m so poor.”

The soldiers were surprised, six bullets and a grenade?How to fight this battle?You know, the submachine gun is the most basic equipment for the soldiers of the ** brigade now. After a battle, whoever doesn't do it will go out and throw a few hand grenades, what is it called fighting? Like the deputy battalion commander, they only have a few bullets. Dare to think.

Hu Qingshan lit a cigarette, took a deep puff and continued to chat with these soldiers: "I'm still fine, and I still have a grenade on me. Some people in our class only have a few bullets, even the grenade nothing."

The soldiers who heard the story were even more surprised. There were only a few bullets and no grenades. How did this battle go?

"There is still a way. During the Yan'an defense battle, we fought Hu Zongnan's central yang army. Although our field army was poor enough, but the central yang army was rich, we had to snatch them from them and fight them again. , and won the battle."

What Hu Qingshan said was an understatement, as if it was a common thing to snatch things from the Kuomintang central army, but these soldiers all knew that the Kuomintang central army was not tofu. In order to seize weapons and equipment, Hu Qingshan I don't know how much effort it took and how many people were injured or injured back then. This was actually done, not blown out with mouth.

A veteran also said: "Isn't it? I also heard from our battalion commander that when our field army attacked Panlong, the main attack brigade only had eight shells. This was specially approved by Boss Peng after asking for instructions. Otherwise, there wouldn’t even be these few shells, it’s like we are now, not to mention the artillery battalion, even the small mortars in our battalion can throw shells in with all their strength.”

The stories Hu Qingshan told made the soldiers who later joined the army sigh, and it also strengthened the confidence of the soldiers to defend. The deputy battalion commander was able to win the battle under such difficult conditions. Now we have to eat and eat, and our weapons and equipment are better It is much better than the enemy, and there is nothing you can't win.

Similar things are constantly happening in various parts of Yiwu. Some bandits dress up as sheep in heavy snow, and wear bearskins as bears in the dark night. Anyway, they have tried everything, but They were all seen through by the PLA soldiers guarding the position, and the so-called sneak attack was nothing more than a joke and left dead bodies all over the place.

Time passed day by day. The brutal Yiwu offensive and defensive battle lasted for nearly 20 days. The rebel bandits killed at least 1000 people. However, the main position held by the People’s Liberation Army was still not taken down. At this time, the Beishan position became another focus.

Beishan is more than 100 meters above sea level, and it is the commanding height of the entire war zone. Standing on the top of the mountain, you can clearly observe the entire defense situation of Yiwu County, and even the movements of defenders can be seen clearly. With a few machine guns firing randomly, the position at the foot of the mountain was very difficult to defend.

This is a position where life and death are a matter of life and death. Both the enemy and us understand this very clearly. When the strong attack has no effect, Yilier adopted the suggestion of Abadula and others to block the Beishan position.

The bandit's strategy is obvious. Since I can't attack, I can't let you down. Why should the People's Liberation Army hold on to the bare ground?Do you eat dirt or rocks?

There are two infantry squads and two reinforced heavy machine guns in the Beishan position, with a total force of more than 50 people. The ammunition and supplies consumed by these 50-plus young men are not a small number every day, because they have prepared in advance, and the ammunition reserves are very large before the troops go up the mountain. There is plenty of food, but the problem of drinking water is really difficult to solve. The troops do not have large water storage containers, so they can only rely on each soldier to carry a few more water bottles and some simple wooden barrels for emergency use. These preparations are far from enough to support until the end of the battle.

Before Hu Qingshan led the troops to Yiwu, he did not expect that the situation would be so complicated, nor did he expect that there would be a large-scale bandit riot, nor did he expect that the Seventh Cavalry Division would become an institutional mutiny. The brutal tug of war lasted for more than 20 days. We have to repel several attacks by bandits of various sizes every day, and the casualties of the soldiers have been increasing, but so far, there is still no sign of reinforcements from our army. All roads have been cut off, and the situation cannot be sent out. , had no choice but to continue to persevere.

Every few days at the foot of the mountain, they have to replenish supplies for the Beishan position. Although it is dangerous to replenish the mountain every time, they must continue to do it. The soldiers on the Beishan position must not be hungry and fight the enemy with bare hands.

The bandits blocked the road going up the mountain with rifles and machine guns, and they would sweep at random when they saw people. Every time they went up the mountain, there were casualties of people and livestock. It can be said that every bucket of water and every small package of supplies was exchanged for human life. , everyone understood that it would be too bad to go on like this, Hu Qingshan and the soldiers stomped their feet anxiously, but they couldn't think of any good way for a while.

Just when everyone was jumping around anxiously, an old soldier approached and asked for the task, and asked Hu Qingshan to give him the task of sending him up the mountain.

This old soldier was surnamed Yang. Because of his senior qualifications and age, everyone called him Squad Leader Yang. In fact, no one knew whether his real position was Squad Leader.

The so-called squad leader is just a respectful title for veterans in the army. All recruits can call the veterans they come into contact with as squad leader, but the position does not necessarily mean the squad leader.

Squad leader Yang is a very different existence among all the soldiers who came to Yiwu. He is so different that everyone is not very familiar with him. He doesn't know what this guy did before, and he doesn't know where the army found such a veteran.

There was such an old soldier among them, and everyone thought it was strange. He was so old. It is said that he must have joined the army for a long time, and he must have fought many battles. Why is he still a soldier?Impossible?

But no one knows his origin, the deputy battalion commander should know, but Hu Qingshan never mentioned it, and he didn't tell anyone who asked him, but said with a smile that he wanted to keep it secret. You think it's strange or not, but later he found out The insider said that he was not an old man from the ** brigade, but was sent by his superiors before the troops entered Xin Jiang.

Why did the superior send such an old soldier to the ** brigade? ?What are you asking him to do?The little soldiers were very curious, so they asked people everywhere, and later someone heard about it, saying that Squad Leader Yang was an old man, a very old man, an old Red Army soldier who had climbed snow-capped mountains and walked across grasslands.

The Northwest Field Army has the smallest number and the worst weapons and equipment among the major field armies, but the qualifications are the oldest. There are some middle and low-level commanders in the army who are outrageously old, such as the squad leader Yang in front of him, who was born in the Red Army The old lady is still a soldier. This is unimaginable in several other field armies, but it really happened here.

Squad leader Yang is really old. In the past, the big brother in the ** brigade was the battalion commander Jiang Tiexiong of the tank battalion. But after Squad Leader Yang came, the position of the big brother had to be given up to this Very old, very old squad leader (the so-called very old is just very old qualifications, the actual age is less than 40 years old).

Old Squad Leader Yang was brought back from the higher-level party committee when Wang Chengde, the political commissar, went to the army for a meeting. According to Wang Chengde, because Squad Leader Yang was really old and qualified, he had no way to stay in the front-line combat troops, so his superiors He was sent to the ** brigade, because the various conditions of the ** brigade were better than other troops, and there were a lot of cars when marching. The troops are easier.

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