The beacon of youth

Countless people died, and when they thought they could break through the independent brigade's defensive position with their huge advantages in personnel, they were beaten back head-on by the sudden appearance of heavy machine gun fire.

For this reason, Wu Siman, the leader of the bandit, became furious and asked the people around him if they knew the details of the communist army on the other side. Yao Lebosi, who claimed to have his own independent intelligence system, became his best questioner.

Clearing his throat, Yao Lebosi expressed his opinion again: "Commander, in my opinion, the communist army on the opposite side is very unusual. You can see that they have been holding back all the time, and did not exert their strength all at once. Show it all, our tentative attack yesterday did not test out all the firepower of the communist army, to be clear, yesterday's tentative attack was nothing but a horseshoe to the minefield of the communist army, nothing else It can be seen, so today's loss is also reasonable."

Usman has always been very unimpressed with Yaolebosi, thinking that this guy is gloomy and wants to overthrow him to become king and sweat, but he has to admit that Yaolebosi is indeed quick-witted, The views at critical moments are also very unique, just like now, after Yao Lebosi’s reminder, Usman seems to understand at once, isn’t it, the PLA has been using landmines, shells and a large number of rifles to deal with him all the time , Only when the brigade of cavalry rushed to the front of the position did the heavy machine guns fire, and this firing made his carefully arranged continuous attack tactics come to nothing.

Well, the communist army is indeed unusual. Just when Usman and Yao Lebosi were both having headaches about the background of the People's Liberation Army on the opposite side, Yaole Bosi's wife, Feng Mengli, ran over. This veteran military spy had been in Xinjiang for many years, but I have never learned to ride a horse, and I can only ride in a car when I am marching. I usually walk on two feet if there is nothing urgent.No matter what she does, Feng Mengli always feels slow to others.

Feng Mengli, who arrived late, held a telegram in her hand and shouted loudly: "Sir, Commander, there is a situation."

Yao Lebosi and Wu Siman surrounded them, and the rest stood still. They were not qualified to read the telegram in Feng Mengli's hand.

There are not many texts in the telegram, and the specific content is:

The Yiwu Garrison is an independent brigade of the Communist Army, belonging to the Second Army of the First Corps of the Communist Army, and the direct descendant of Wang Zhen, a powerful general of the Communist Army.The total strength is more than [-], with strong mechanization capabilities and outstanding weapons and equipment. There are a large number of artillery and tanks equipped with this Communist Army. This department is also a famous ace unit in the First Field Army of the Communist Army.The fighting power is very strong......

In the late period of the Liberation War, even the Kuomintang government had already fled to Taiwan.Its intelligence-gathering capabilities are also remarkable.Especially the military command and the central command have key personnel lurking in the mainland. It is very possible to collect information similar to the independent brigade for a certain period of time. Feng Mengli can do this.

After reading the telegram, Usman and Yao Lebosi both took a long breath of cold air, what about him?No wonder the communist army is so capable of fighting. It turns out that it is the ace unit of the northwest communist army, and it is really difficult to deal with.

Yao Lebosi patted his head vigorously, as if he suddenly remembered what it was and let out a loud cry.Then a stream of sweat ran down his face uncontrollably, and he muttered to himself: "Oh, I seem to know this army of the Communist Army, and I met them in Hami."

What?Yao Lebos also met this communist army?Usman and the others were puzzled.

Feng Mengli said pantingly: "The one I just received was only spied on by the Bureau of Secrecy (the former military command) after it activated its latent forces. At present, this is all we know about this army."

Yao Lebosi waved his hand: "There is no need for any latent forces of the military command, and there is no need to do any investigations. I remembered that I saw them outside Hami City. They also told me the number of the troops. The name of the commander is forgotten. I just remember that they were two young men with a very violent temper. I was the district commissioner appointed by the government at the time, and I wanted to invite them to dinner. As a result, the two commanders of the Communist Army didn't give me face at all, and I didn't have a sip of water. drink."

There is another thing that Yao Lebosi didn't say. Yao Lebosi reported that the Han Chinese name was Jing Fuxiang. He didn't expect that young brigade commander to call out his real name in one mouthful. He was politely taught a lesson.

It’s not that friends don’t meet each other. Xinjiang is so big, but when Li Yong just entered Xinjiang, he had a confrontation with his later opponent. Such a coincidence, maybe even the two people who have experienced the incident did not think of it. That sentence is called a new opponent, an old acquaintance.

After Yao Lebosi's reminder, Feng Mengli also remembered that they were all in Hami at that time, but Feng Mengli did not go out of the city to greet them like Yao Lebosi did.

Usman gritted his teeth and said: "There are more than [-] troops in total, and there are also a large number of artillery and tanks. It seems that the artillery and tanks of the Communist Army have not been used yet, and they still have cards in their hands that have not been used. Come and pass on my information." Command, close the team, today's attack is temporarily over."

Wu Siman is an old treacherous old bandit. From the few lines in the telegram, we can see some clues. The People's Liberation Army has been fighting with him in Yiwu for a day and a half, but until now, I haven't seen the People's Liberation Army use it. What kind of tanks and artillery attacked him, is the People's Liberation Army stupid?Or show mercy to Wu Siman?Of course not, but what is the real idea of ​​the Communist Army?

Yao Lebosi, Usman, Feng Mengli and some of their cronies sat in a circle and sat together to study the intentions of the People's Liberation Army. The telegram clearly stated that the People's Liberation Army has a large number of tanks and artillery, but why not use them? , You know, tanks are the nemesis of cavalry. Even though Usman and others have 10,000+ people, there is nothing they can do about tanks. But Yiwu's People's Liberation Army doesn't seem to understand this usage.

After researching and researching, the bandits racked their brains and finally came to two conclusions. One is that Feng Mengli's intelligence system was wrong, and the communist army didn't have any tanks and heavy artillery, so they couldn't even talk about using them.The second is that the People's Liberation Army does not want to use it.

The first one is easy to understand. Of course, it cannot be used without it. The second one makes people think a lot. Why doesn’t the PLA want to use it? Why don’t they use the heavy artillery and tanks in their hands? What is the real intention?

Charades are really difficult to guess, but they couldn't stand the crowd and the long time. After thinking for an afternoon, Usman, Yao Lebosi and others came up with a guessed result.

If it is true as reported in the intelligence, the People's Liberation Army has a large number of tanks and artillery, and they can only have one intention. They don't want to drive the bandits away, and they don't want to frighten the mobs.

Usman slapped his thigh fiercely. The old bandit seemed to understand a little bit. The communist army wanted to entangle us in this area, waiting for their large forces to encircle us.

One sentence made Yao Lebosi, Feng Mengli and the others tremble. The Communist Army's ambitions are too great. It turned out that they wanted to delay time with us here. It was so insidious and vicious.

This is a typical bandit logic and thinking, why you can covertly gather, burn, kill and loot, and the tactics and tactics used by the People's Liberation Army are insidious.

After reaching a conclusion, the faces of the bandit leaders are uncertain, so what if they guessed it, why don't they attack?Withdraw?So many brothers who died, were scared away by a piece of information that was not sure whether it was true or false?If Feng Mengli's intelligence system is wrong, it will be a big joke, and the efforts of the bandits in the early stage will be in vain.

I really want to win a big victory in the Yiwu area, let President Chiang of Taiwan see it, and show our allies the Americans that I, Usman, is the king of Xinjiang, but suddenly an independent brigade pops up, not only He disrupted his plan and captured his daughter Yilier. To fight or not to fight, the heart of the bandit leader Usman is at war between heaven and man.

A violent shot from a heavy machine gun knocked the bandits back head-on. The bandits who left behind countless corpses failed to launch a new offensive after being defeated. The soldiers on the ground waited and waited for several hours. Seeing cavalry rushing up again, the commanders at all levels asked the observation post to continue monitoring, and most of the personnel entered a temporary rest state.

After finally getting over the addiction, the soldiers on the heavy machine gun position were all smiles. After repelling the bandits, they followed the old rules of the Independent Brigade, oiled the bullets for maintenance, and waited for the next attack of the bandits. God, I didn't see the bandits rushing up again when I was about to eat dinner. The soldiers wondered, why didn't the bandits attack again?

Not only the soldiers were puzzled, but the commanders at all levels of the Independent Brigade were also guessing. Li Yong and Wang Chengde in the brigade headquarters were analyzing why the bandits did not launch a new round of offensive. It can be seen from the actions of Usman and other bandit leaders. This big bandit leader is not simple. He calculated the footsteps and speed of the PLA infantry very accurately, and he can also deduce that the attack time is about a few days. The officials should use their utmost efforts to capture Yiwu before the arrival of the PLA large forces, and then they can withdraw smoothly. Sudden interruption of the attack is not logical.

Both the enemy and the enemy are guessing at each other's thoughts, trying to figure out what the opponent is going to do. Political commissar Wang Chengde laughed: "Dayong, there is no need to make simple problems so complicated. The reason why the bandits haven't launched an attack for so long is because we are afraid of being beaten." I was frightened by the firepower of our heavy machine guns."

"Hmph, a volley of heavy machine guns can frighten them, aren't you brave?"

Wang Chengde looked at Li Yong amusedly: "Dayong, it's not easy for the bandits to do this. Look at the casualties of the bandits in front of the position. It's super-level performance to be able to compete with us for such a long time." (unfinished to be continued..)