The beacon of youth

() In the following period of time, the bandits frequently used this tactic, using a few fast horses to carry out sao harassing attacks at the front of the position.

It is undeniable that Yilier's tactics have achieved a certain effect. The bandits sent out to harass the front of the position are all very good marksmanship and riding skills, and they are the middle and backbone of the bandit team. These bandits Sao harass the position from time to time, each time there are only a few fast horses and a few human guns, rush to the front of the position, fight and run, which brings difficulty to the defending side.

There are only a few bandits, so it is not worthwhile to fire from a distance with a heavy machine gun, and the range of a large number of Tom-type submachine guns is not enough. The bandits seized this feature or weakness, and used cavalry to stay out of the range of the submachine gun , Wait until the soldiers can't help sticking their heads out before shooting.

The cavalry also has its own advantages. The horsemen sent by Eliel are sharpshooters with very good skills on horseback, and they can accurately hit the target when they shoot from the back of a galloping horse.

The soldiers were lying in the trenches, depressed, shooting the horses that were hard to hit with rifles. Horses were moving targets, and it was difficult to hit them with slow rifles when they were running fast. The range of the submachine gun was out of reach, and the bandits on horseback took this opportunity to fire at the soldiers. ..

Soldiers lying in the trenches are fixed targets, and bandits on horseback are moving targets. It is difficult to hit moving objects with fixed targets, but bandits are very accurate when hitting fixed targets.

Yilier has a group of bandits who grew up on horseback. It is also very good to shoot on the back of a running horse. She took advantage of this advantage. After several contacts between the two sides, the bandits took advantage of each other. Soldiers died and were wounded.

The soldiers were so angry that only a few bandits on fast horses would come over each time, and the horses were jumping around at the front of the position.Rifles are inaccurate, submachine guns are out of reach, and at a distance, the Tom's head is very poor. The ammunition for light and heavy machine guns needs to be saved to deal with the bandit brigade, and the bandit's marksmanship is very good. hit.

The soldiers suffered more than a dozen casualties in a row, but none of the bandits were hit. The atmosphere on the battlefield was very depressed, because this was not a small loss.There are not many people in our army in Yiwu, and it is impossible to lose like this. The deputy battalion commander Hu Qingshan lay in the trench and tried his best.

Looking at the past, Hu Qingshan also saw some tricks, the sharpshooter of the bandits is very arrogant.But they also dare not approach the front of the position, that is to say.The bandits dare not get too close to the position.They also understood that no matter how close they were, they would be within the effective range of the submachine gun.

Now that the characteristics are easy to handle, Hu Qingshan ordered the troops not to get entangled with the bandits. A few cavalry won't do much, and it's easy to eliminate them. The key is to grasp the timing of shooting.

Everyone hides when the bandits rush over.Wait until these bandit sharpshooters turn their horses around and run back, and then fire at their buttocks. No matter if they hit or miss, they will definitely not suffer casualties.

This method does solve the problem, and the soldiers hide when the bandit's sharpshooter rushes over.Let them have no chance to shoot, anyway, a few bandit sharpshooters can't take the position, and then shoot when the bandits turn around. I lost a dozen good shooters one after another.

In the battle of wits and courage between the enemy and us, time passed bit by bit. The offensive and defensive battle in the Yiwu area has passed for more than 40 days. This is a very unusual 40-odd days. It is Hu Qingshan and the soldiers hour by hour. Came hard.

On this day, Hu Qingshan was still waiting in full force like the soldiers to prevent any new tricks from the bandits.

Suddenly, a soldier stabbed Hu Qingshan with his hand: "Deputy Battalion Commander, listen, what is the sound?"

What other sound can there be? After more than 40 days of fighting with the bandits, it was either the sound of gunfire or the explosion of grenades, or the sound of horseshoes coming from the bandits. Anyway, the bandits have not had the guts to launch a large-scale attack recently.

Hu Qingshan was a little too lazy to answer the soldier's question, and took out half a box of crumpled cigarettes from the jacket pocket of his military uniform, ready to light one to refresh himself.

kindness?Although a little disapproving, under the reminder of the soldiers, Hu Qingshan also clearly heard a howling sound coming from the air. Hu Qingshan, an old soldier, can definitely conclude that this is the sound of shells passing through the air, or Large caliber heavy artillery.

Heavy artillery?Hu Qingshan was also taken aback by his own conclusion, his head spun around quickly, the bandits who besieged Yiwu had no artillery, this is certain, those with such large-caliber heavy artillery were basically troops of the People's Liberation Army, so Said, could it be that his troops have arrived?Hu Qingshan became ecstatic.

Boom, boom, the explosion point of the several shells was obviously not too far from the position. After careful observation with the binoculars, the shells all landed near the bandit's brigade.

Did his troops arrive? Hu Qingshan couldn't believe his own judgment. Just as Hu Qingshan was half-doubting, a few more shells fired over, and the explosion points of the next few shells shot towards the bandits again. After a while, it was almost at the position where the bandits and Hu Qingshan faced each other.

Oh, oh, he's nainai, isn't this the artillery of our army conducting tests? Hu Qingshan understood at once, these shells were obviously a firepower test before the large-scale bombardment.

Hu Qingshan's estimate was correct, that is, the main force of Du Li's brigade arrived, including brigade commander Li Yong and political commissar Wang Chengde, the entire brigade's tens of thousands of troops and all the heavy equipment drove over.

Outside Yiwu City, at the artillery position of the People's Liberation Army, Battalion Commander Gao Xiang shouted: "Target, the enemy has exposed infantry, shrapnel, six rounds of rapid fire, ready to fire."

There are more than 80 howitzers, the muzzles of each of them are raised high, and all shooting elements have been adjusted. With an order from the commander, as the red flag is waved, the muzzles spit out a red light, and then the guns fired. The whole body shook, and as the barrel stretched and contracted, a shell was shot out spinning.

This is the main artillery of the du li brigade, and it is also the most important strike weapon. After the firepower test, the whole battalion began to fire together. , The artillery shells fell overwhelmingly on the bandit positions confronting the People's Liberation Army, and then there were more violent explosions, corpses and bomb craters everywhere.

On the artillery position, Battalion Commander Gao Xiang kept yelling the password: "The height remains the same, the pitch remains the same, the eight rounds are crossed, ready to fire."

Veteran gunners all understand that when the battalion commander shouts rapid fire, he has to put shells in the barrel of the artillery as if he were dying, and then shoot them out at the fastest speed, trying to fight for the first round of firepower, but the enemy beats him into confusion The purpose of shouting "Jiachashe" is to let the gunners breathe a sigh of relief so that they can accumulate some energy for the next round of shelling.

Up to now, the artillery of the du li brigade is already very powerful. Not only can it fight with the regular army of the Kuomintang, but it can also win the battle. To deal with bandits, it is purely hitting eggs with stones, and there is nothing comparable.

Seeing the bombardment all over the sky and the bombed and chaotic bandit positions, there was no need to explain or notify, everyone knew that the main force of the brigade must have arrived, Hu Qingshan and the soldiers on the position cheered together.

I have fought hard for more than 40 days with an enemy dozens of times stronger than myself, and paid the price of blood and life. I finally looked forward to this day, to the long-lost reinforcements, to my comrades, and to their long-awaited The brigade commander Li Yong and political commissar Wang Chengde.

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The soldiers cheered, shouted, jumped and shouted on the ground, extremely excited.

"Damn it, let the bandits know what is powerful, let these country bumpkins understand what artillery fire is, and blow up these bastards to death, blow hard."

The soldiers came to release their emotions that had been suppressed for many days to their heart's content, cursing that the bandits on the opposite side should be blown up by the artillery fire at once.

The veterans are all like this, let alone the students of the dozens of work teams. The students grabbed the veterans and asked carefully: "Hey, is it true that our main force has arrived? Has your whole brigade arrived? Look at this cannonball The guns are so powerful, how many people are there in your du li brigade, it must be very good to fight with so many cannons?"

"It goes without saying that our du li brigade is a well-known hero brigade, the trump card of the Northwest Field Army. It has fought from Yan'an to Xinjiang. It has never lost a single battle. Look at our weapons and equipment, and there are many more The cannons were all captured from the enemy, and our brigade commander is even more remarkable, do you know Boss Peng?"

The students nodded frequently, nonsense, who doesn't know Boss Peng.

The veteran seemed to be deliberately emphasizing his tone, and said with a straight chest: "Our brigade commander is an extraordinary person. Boss Peng and the heads of the headquarters have praised him."

When it comes to their troops and brigade commanders, these veterans are extremely proud.

With the help of artillery fire, a small army quietly approached from outside the city. It seemed that there could be more than a hundred people in size. Gradually, they were getting closer and closer to the position that Hu Qingshan and the soldiers were defending.

What part of this army is it?

Taking a closer look, it turned out that Ma Hemuti, the leader of the sharp knife platoon, was in the lead. It turned out that Ma Hemuti was crazy about making meritorious deeds, and he really wanted to show his skills in front of the soldiers of the du li brigade and fight a good battle. After the battle is over, I can show off to San Niu and Xiao Cheng of the brigade, so I brought someone up to touch it in advance.

There are two sharp knife platoons in Du Li's brigade at the front of the brigade. In addition to their cavalry platoon, there is also a reconnaissance platoon of Ning Erzi, and the two platoons act together.

The sharp knife platoons of Ma and Muti are all cavalry. The cavalry marching on the Gobi is not as good as the reconnaissance platoon equipped with jeeps, but it is different when it comes to Yiwu. At this time, the horses and cars are no longer needed, so two A row of more than a hundred people mixed together to fight side by side. (To be continued.)