The beacon of youth

The short battle ended in no time, but it caused heavy losses. Of the twelve soldiers in a squad, only three came back.

Scouts are different from ordinary soldiers, all of them are selected from thousands of people, plus dozens of battle experience, it can be said that every scout is the treasure of the unit.

The second son of the reconnaissance platoon, Chang Ning, was chatting with the reconnaissance company commander of the brother army about the "brilliant" battles of the Independent Brigade in the Northwest and Xinjiang in the past few years. Of course, there was a little bragging, but anyway, the independent The brigade's equipment is not fake, it is actually captured from the enemy, this is a fact, and there is no water in it.

As the reconnaissance company commander of the second field, of course, I also want to talk about how to honor my troops, and how amazing their [-]th Army is. The grassroots commanders of the two reconnaissance troops are making money for their troops. They refused to give in to each other, but at this moment, a soldier ran over on horseback:

"Company Commander, there is a situation. Our avant-garde squad encountered a sudden attack and suffered heavy losses."

The second son Ning and the company commander were both stunned. The words of heavy losses cannot be said nonsense. Once they are said, it means that the matter is serious.

The three soldiers who ran back were picked up. They were all people who had rolled on the battlefield. Seeing the expressions of a few soldiers, they knew that something was wrong. Sure enough, several people reported that they encountered a group of unknown armed men. The squad leader suddenly shot when he was shouting, and only three of them came back. The total strength of this group of armed personnel is about 1000, all of them are cavalry, and they move very fast.

The company commander's face was livid, but Erzi Ning slapped his thigh angrily.What unidentified armed personnel! !There were more than a thousand people, and their identities were unknown. Although they couldn't understand their clothes, they must be the main combat force of the Tibetan army.

Ning Erzi couldn't bear it anymore: "Company commander, my opinion is this, send them to the brigade headquarters as soon as possible, and let them explain the situation to the brigade commander and political commissar carefully."

This squad is a vanguard squad sent out, because it was too careless, and the distance from the reconnaissance company was too far, which allowed the sixth generation of the Tibetan army to take advantage of the loopholes.

not long time.Several soldiers were sent to the headquarters of the Independent Brigade. Li Yong, the brigade commander who heard what had happened, almost dropped the cup in his hand. What era is it?It is the second half of the [-]s, and it is no longer the era of the Red Army, and now it dares to confront the People's Liberation Army blatantly.I really don't know how to live or die.

According to the analysis of telegrams sent by the telegraph operator Suo Langpingcuo to Qamdo, the enemy encountered by the avant-garde squad is almost certainly one of the two copies sent by the chief executive Lalu.Either the sixth-generation version of the Tibetan army or the ninth-generation version.

Li Yong was a little strange in his anger.Why didn't the two generations of the Tibetan army who received the task together act together?Are there other tasks?But no matter what, since it can be judged that the reconnaissance troops encountered the Tibetan army, it is time for the Independent Brigade to do something.

"Order the troops to attack forward and encircle the Tibetan army."

The Independent Brigade only found out one of the two copies sent by the Tibetan army, and the other disappeared.However, Li Yong still issued an order to encircle the Tibetan army. Li Yong believed that no matter what conspiracy the enemy had, there were no more than 2000 people at best.The strength of the Independent Brigade is very different. In the face of absolute strength, all plots are like boiling soup and snow, and have no effect.

The independent brigade, which had sacrificed a dozen or so scouts, was like a hornet's nest that had been stabbed. The large force quickly moved out to meet the direction where the Tibetan army came.

According to the reports of the soldiers who came back, the Tibetan army has more than 1000 people, which should be a complete generation of troops. Li Yong thinks that it is very good to use this generation of Tibetan troops. It can be regarded as the fighting since the independent brigade entered the Tibetan area The first big battle.

All kinds of combat orders are continuously passed down, and the soldiers who have no energy are like chicken blood, because the troops who are used to fighting feel uncomfortable when they have no mission for a period of time. Bigger action.

But at this time, the sixth generation of the Tibetan army, which was very active in action, stopped. Maoxia, the leader of the sixth generation of the army, ordered the troops to find favorable terrain nearby to defend, and did not blindly chase forward.

More than 1000 Tibetan troops chased more than a dozen scouts of the People's Liberation Army, but they were looking for favorable terrain to defend after chasing halfway. What is the reason for this?

The reason is not complicated, because Mao Xia, the commander of the sixth generation of the Tibetan Army, had a shadow in his heart. He was shocked by the vicious performance of the PLA scouts.

They killed more than a dozen communists, and they did a good job, but behind the appearance of glory, many problems were concealed. The PLA killed less than ten people, but what about them themselves?The sixth-generation version had dozens of casualties. In the case of an absolute superiority in military strength, the casualties were several times more than that of the opponent. There is nothing to brag about.

According to various intelligence reports, there may be two or three hundred scouts from the communist army. If they really fight the communist army recklessly, even if they can wipe out the communist army's scout troops, there may not be many left in the sixth generation. Everyone is dead, where can I go to be a military commander?It was based on the above considerations that Sixth Generation Motoka came up with a method that he thought was the safest.

What method is the safest?Defense, we must take advantage of the advantages of the terrain to defend, even though we have more soldiers than the communists, we also need to defend. Anyway, the communist army is in a hurry. Aren't they going to Qamdo through here? Our sixth generation is nailed here , Blocking the roads for the Communist Army to advance, so that the Communist Army can be eliminated and casualties can be reduced. It is really a good way to kill two birds with one stone.

More than 1000 Tibetan troops stopped on the way to chase the scouts of the People's Liberation Army and occupied a hilltop position. Using favorable geographical conditions as a basis, they wanted to guard against danger and consume the strength of the scouts of the People's Liberation Army.

This plan is the choice made by the sixth generation of Maoxia according to the actual situation of his troops. There are many people, but the combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the People's Liberation Army. Therefore, defense is a good way.

The hill was not big, but it happened to be stuck on the road down the mountain. All the troops of the sixth generation of the Tibetan Army went up the mountain, nervously building what they thought was a strong fortification. Behind the big rock, let the guard spread a good felt cloth, chew a few beef jerky and drink a sip of wine, he really wants to see how the communist army passes through his defense zone.

How long did the sixth generation occupy this hilltop position?Is it three hours or five hours?No one is going to calculate these, anyway, the troops of the Communist Army have really arrived.

The avant-garde reconnaissance unit of the Independent Brigade reported that about a thousand Tibetan troops had occupied a hilltop position and were building fortifications. It seemed that they wanted to use their geographical advantages to confront our army.

Li Yong looked at the political commissar Wang Chengde: "Old Wang, let's go up to the front and see what kind of birds are there in the Tibetan army."

Wang Chengde smiled and replied: "Okay, let's go and have a look. I'm worried that they will run away. It's fine if they don't run away. Let the army and the Tibetan army come into direct contact."

The Independent Brigade came all the way from the Great Northwest, and there were a lot of small fights along the way. The so-called regular army of the Tibetan Army has never encountered it. This time, I have a chance. Of course, I really want to see it well, and I can use this battle to estimate Take a look at the combat effectiveness of the Tibetan army, and find some basis for confronting the large-scale Tibetan army in the future.

In a short time, the top commanders of the two independent brigades, Li Yong and Wang Chengde, came to the headquarters of the first battalion. His posture can be clearly seen in the telescope.

The Tibetan soldiers in the camera are very strangely dressed. They don’t have any obvious military rank marks. The general style of clothing is very similar to that of officials in the Qing Dynasty. They have long robes and mandarin jackets. The long helmet tassel, at first glance, thought it was the resurrection of the troops of the former Qing Dynasty.

Damn it, Li Yong sighed, no wonder the soldiers couldn't recognize them, with such clothes and attire, the soldiers who are used to fighting in the mainland would know that they are the army, if it weren't for the weapons in their hands, Li Yong wouldn't be able to recognize them. I think these people are common people.

"Hahahaha, Dayong, look, the fortifications built by these guys are really interesting. Isn't this a target for our artillery?"

Political commissar Wang Chengde seldom speaks like this, because speaking like this is a bit arrogant. As a political commissar, he pays attention to this point, but when he saw the fortifications of the Tibetan army, he couldn't help but tease Li Yong.

Of course, Li Yong could clearly see the fortifications that Lao Wang was talking about. He saw that the Tibetan soldiers who were still busy on the mountain were building their bunkers with stones of various sizes.

The simple bunkers are only half-person-high simple stone walls built with stones, and Tibetan soldiers are hiding behind such stone walls and preparing to confront the People's Liberation Army.

There are no trenches, no artillery holes, no individual combat bunkers, no ring fortifications, no traffic trenches connecting the front and back, and no anti-infantry minefields. The Tibetan army just built stones with varying numbers of stones on the bare hillside. wall.

Building fortifications with stones is a taboo for front-line infantry, because once they are attacked by artillery fire, the collapsed stones will amplify the killing effect of the shells. The Tibetan army's construction of fortifications is no different from suicide, and it is no wonder that they have always The cautious political commissar Wang Chengde was amused by their weird behavior.

"It's a good thing to want to commit suicide, pick me up with Gao Xiang's artillery battalion."

Gao Xiang's artillery battalion was connected, and Li Yong asked directly on the phone: "Gao Xiang, have you seen the enemy's actions?"

Gao Xiang's voice on the phone was very clear: "Report to the brigade commander, we can see clearly that my artillery command team has already started to move, brigade commander, give us some tasks, I beg you." (To be continued.. )