The beacon of youth

The fierce firepower of the Machine Gun Battalion made the bandits lose their confidence in continuing to attack the ranch. Although they were still in the majority, they didn't want to fight anymore.

If women want to follow the People's Liberation Army, let them follow. Anyway, they have been in the hands of the Communist Army for a while, and they have done what they should do.

The front-line commanders are all very experienced veterans, like Li Jiangguo and Ma Quanyou, who can't hide the slightest disturbance on the battlefield from their eyes.

"Brigade Commander, Brigadier Commander, the situation has changed, the bandits have to run away."

Run if you can't beat it?Take our independent brigade as an ordinary bandit suppression force?Li Yongxin said, Usman, you have made a wrong calculation, and then I will show you the power of the mechanized troops of the People's Liberation Army.

"Jiang Tiexiong, Li Yuming, how is your battalion preparation going?"

In addition to the hidden machine gun battalion and the seconded artillery battalion, Li Yong also has a heavy firepower strike unit in his hand, which is also the most effective unit against cavalry - the tank battalion.

"Everything in the tank battalion is ready, please give instructions." The battalion commander Jiang Tiexiong replied in a deep voice.

"Brigade Commander, you just give the order, the fuel is full, all the machines have been overhauled, and the engine has been ignited." This is the voice of the instructor Li Yuming.

For a long time, Li Yong has been thinking about how to eat the Usman gang, and the focus of all his work is also tilted towards this aspect, including capturing Yilier alive in Yiwu.

The bandits in Xinjiang have two major characteristics. One is that they run fast, and the other is that they are very scattered. The PLA's bandit suppression troops are like a fist that swings very slowly. Although it is powerful, it can't be used anywhere. , the anti-aircraft guns hit mosquitoes, but they can't use their strength.

Features for bandits.The higher authorities of the People's Liberation Army believe that the pursuit and suppression forces must start from two aspects in order to achieve good results.

One, find a way to gather the bandits, and two, try to increase the mobility of the soldiers as much as possible.

After a period of hard work, the first goal of chasing and suppressing the troops was achieved. 10,000+ bandits gathered together to destroy the Seventh Cavalry Division and stick to Yiwu.The reason for capturing Yilier alive is to lure the bandits out. To put it bluntly, this is all a layout, a big game.

limited to current conditions.The second goal is difficult to achieve. The Corps and the Xinjiang Military Region are working hard.It's just two cavalry regiments that are not full of size.

Except for these two regiments.The only one that can run fast is an independent brigade.

No matter in terms of personnel composition or weapons and equipment, the independent brigade is much stronger than the two second cavalry regiments, and its combat effectiveness is not at the same level. The behavior of assigning the regiment to the independent brigade, that is to say, the superiors pinned most of their hopes on the independent brigade.This is the case even for Commander Wang. Although he didn't say it clearly, the matter is there.

Li Yong felt the pressure from the expectations of his superiors and chiefs. The first stage of the Yiwu battle was good.Successfully rescued the siege, eliminated the Seventh Cavalry Division, and captured Yilier alive, but it was unsuccessful in the second stage of the battle. The independent brigade failed to complete the tasks assigned by its superiors, and did not entangle the Usman gang, resulting in a long journey The chasing and suppressing troops who came rushed to nothing.

In the post-war summary, the superiors did not pursue the fault of the Independent Brigade, and Commander Wang even took the responsibility on himself, saying that he did not catch the bandits because of his own fault in command and lack of thoughtfulness, and he still gave the Independent Brigade to Yiwu. The brigade held a celebration party.

What is the reason for the superior to do this? It is to not put too much pressure on the independent brigade so that they can go into battle lightly. But as the chief officer of the front-line combat force, Li Yong, the leader of the first brigade, must consider these issues. Responsible for the superiors, responsible for the chief, responsible for the people in Xinjiang, responsible for the honor of the Independent Brigade.

After the celebration meeting, Li Yong made a special trip to the former enemy headquarters of Commander Luo Yuanfa and Chief of Staff Chen Haihan to apologize to the two chiefs. Tens of thousands of soldiers marched continuously in the desert and the Gobi for a long distance. The area surrounded the bandits, but unexpectedly they were almost empty when they were about to reach the ground.

This is not a joke. In order to get to Yiwu as soon as possible, the bandit suppression troops did their best. Every day they had to march tens of kilometers on foot. There were hundreds of soldiers who lost their feet and legs. If you don't catch it, everyone will have resentment.

Commander Luo and Chief of Staff Chen were magnanimous and did not blame anything. Li Yong also expressed his opinion to the two chiefs that they must plan well in the next stage of the battle and strive to fight a beautiful battle of annihilation.

Once the big words are spoken and the determination is expressed, the task must be completed. Surround 1 to [-] bandits with more than [-] people and fight a war of annihilation.

Later, after learning about the bandit's lair, Hongliu Gorge, the Independent Brigade quickly formulated a combat plan to lure the enemy in depth, and the plan was implemented in three steps.

One, control the Hongliuxia Ranch and strictly prevent information from leaking.Second, eliminate the Usman elite and destroy the morale of the bandits.Third, when the bandit army is in chaos, the whole army attacks, using superior weapons and equipment to divide and encircle the enemy, and finally eat them completely.

So far, the first two goals have been achieved. The Independent Brigade has completely controlled the Hongliuxia Ranch, and used superior firepower to kill thousands of Usman's elites by showing the enemy's weakness. There is still the last link , and also the most critical link, to divide and encircle the bandits.

The bandits' morale was in turmoil, and there were signs of a rout. This was an excellent opportunity for the troops to attack. If this opportunity was not seized, what would Li Yong, the brigade commander of the independent brigade, do? In other words, it is better to go home and hold the baby.

"Order the whole brigade to attack immediately and sue comrades. We need to let the bandits know what is the trump card of the PLA. Let's start." The command voice of the brigade commander Li Yong rang through all the walkie-talkies in the brigade at the same time.

It was getting dark in the sky, three red flares rose into the sky, and then three more, a total of nine red flares hung high in the sky like nine small lanterns.

This is the general attack signal of the Independent Brigade of the People's Liberation Army. Nine red signal flares go up to the sky. All the 2000 people in the brigade will attack, including the large supply battalion with more than [-] people, as well as the guards, engineers, repairs, communications, etc. directly under the brigade headquarters. Waiting for the troops to rush forward, even if it is the cooking class, they have to fuck.

While Usman was directing the bandit team to change from the rear to the front and the whole army was retreating, the People's Liberation Army guarding the Hongliuxia Ranch launched an attack. First, there were small shells like raindrops, then there were shouts like waves, and what happened next? The sound was the roar of the motors of the armored troops that the bandits had experienced before, and they would tremble when they thought of it in their dreams.

Li Yong's consistent method is that before the troops attack, they must plow the area to be attacked with artillery fire to create conditions for the attacking troops. It is a pity that Gao Xiang's artillery was borrowed, but the PLA's combat thinking is, what kind of Fight any kind of battle with equipment, fight if you have the conditions, and fight if you don’t have the conditions to create the conditions. Without the large-caliber artillery of the Gaoxiang Artillery Battalion, you can use mortars to do the same thing. Li Yong concentrated all the mortars of the whole brigade Get up, focus and shoot in one direction - beat hard.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom," the small shells were like heavy rain. The density of the shells was so frightening. There were more than one hundred small mortars gathered together. The psychological numbers, densely packed cannon barrels stand on the ground, let alone firing, it is scary to look at.

Li Yong ordered the artillery to spend all of his wealth. After the battle is over, our independent brigade will have a short rest period to replenish ammunition.

More than 100 small mortars fired at the same time, and the consumption of shells was unimaginable. Fortunately, the supply battalion in the brigade was powerful enough to support the shells.

A thousand rounds of shells is quite a lot, and it takes a lot of space to transport them by car. However, under the independent concentrated fire, each of the more than 100 mortars only has ten rounds, and there is no need to fart. If it is done, if the logistics support is not good, there will be no way to fight this battle.

From the day when the army was established, Li Yong paid the most attention to the logistics support of the army. The brigade set up a supply battalion, and the battalion set up a supply platoon. They were all large-scale establishments, and the ammunition carried by the artillerymen themselves was equal to three A high-level system to provide logistical support for the troops.

The supply battalion of more than 2000 people, plus a large number of trucks, is actually equivalent to assigning a car transport regiment to the front-line combat troops of the Independent Brigade, which fully guarantees the various combat operations of the Independent Brigade. What to guarantee with the superiors, what to use to eliminate bandits six or seven times more than myself, just dream.

The [-] to [-] bandits were stunned, because let alone looking at it, they never even thought that there would be such a density of firepower. The idea that fell from the sky was shells.

There are shells all over the sky, bomb craters everywhere, and small fragments flying in the air. After thousands of shells are fired, the entire bandit brigade collapses completely. Come on, the artillery shells of the People's Liberation Army are so dense that even if the bombs that come down are duds that don't explode, they have to smash their heads to pieces.

The terrain around the Hongliuxia Ranch is flat, which is very suitable for the cavalry to play, but everything must be viewed in relative terms. The flat terrain is conducive to cavalry operations, but it is a tragedy when it is hit by superior artillery fire. If they couldn't get to a place where they could hide and avoid the artillery fire, they had no choice but to ride on the horses and run around, so that the whole team was in chaos.

The establishment and organization are in disarray, no matter how many people there are in the team, the general trend is over. Usman's lips trembled. At this moment, the orders he shouted are worse than dog farting. (To be continued..)