The beacon of youth

After several days of preparation, the Battle of Qamdo, which had been brewing for a long time, finally started. In fact, it is not accurate to call such a battle a battle, because the PLA has only one 52th Army, and the 53th Army did not put all its strength into it. The front-line attacking troops Only two divisions, the 1nd and [-]rd, were used, and the total number of guards and militiamen of the Tibetan army was only more than [-].

The scope of the battle is only a small scale of tens of thousands of people, which cannot be compared with the major battles fought by the People's Liberation Army in the past, but in terms of importance, it is not an exaggeration to call it a battle.

At the beginning of the battle, the fierce attack of the People's Liberation Army made the Tibetan army taste the bitter fruit. In the eyes of the Tibetan army, the strongholds and fortresses that were like iron walls were smashed to ashes. half of the sky.

Under the cover of powerful artillery fire, the Sharp Knife Troops of the [-]th Army launched simultaneous attacks across the Jinsha River. The Tibetan soldiers were stunned by their ferocious attacks, because—they had never seen such a battle before.

Looking at the battlefield full of corpses bombarded by artillery fire, those guys who clamored for a decisive battle with the People's Liberation Army before the battle couldn't even fart. Only now do they know what is called a regular army and what is called a powerful field battle Troops, why the Kuomintang's millions of troops are not the opponents of the People's Liberation Army, but it will be too late to understand.

The first-line troops of the Tibetan army were on the verge of collapse, and calls for reinforcements hit the official residence of Lalu, the general manager of Chamdo, asking him to send troops, but Lalu had no soldiers to send, and he only had one left in his hand. The guard company used.

Lalu didn't lie when he arrived. Chamdo really couldn't provide reinforcements. A total of tens of thousands of troops had to guard a defense line of more than 1000 kilometers and a depth of more than 700 kilometers. This was simply an impossible task. Fighting just started.The strength of the troops is stretched. Lalu has sent out all the soldiers he can send out. At present, there is only one guard force in his hands. There are more than 100 people. It should be the size of a guard company. The 100-odd people The guards were the last strength in Lalu's hands, and he had to rely on them to escape, so the guards would not be sent up until the last moment.

Knowing that there is no hope for reinforcements, the commanders of each generation became active.Because it is really unable to stop the impact of the large troops of the People's Liberation Army, if you push it down, you may die here. Since you can't beat it and don't want to die, there is only one way, and the calf should face forward.

The Tibetan troops along the Jinsha River ran away.Running all over the mountains and plains, the elite Tibetan army, which claimed to be able to stop the advance of the People's Liberation Army, was defeated before even holding on for a day.

A group of more than a dozen people.A large group of hundreds of people.The disintegrated Tibetan army was like ducks scrambling to escape. Guagua screamed and ran back, while the troops of the People's Liberation Army chased after them.

It is better to cut off one finger than to injure its ten fingers. Concentrate superior forces to fight a war of annihilation. This is the fine tradition of the PLA, and it is also the guiding principle for the troops to fight.Therefore, defeating the Tibetan troops is not the desired result of the attacking troops, but complete annihilation is the goal.

Commanders at all levels of the frontline troops of the People's Liberation Army are ordering the troops to pursue fiercely, and they must catch the defeated troops of the Tibetan army.in order to achieve complete eradication.

But after such a chase, the problem came. It is very difficult to march long distances on foot in high altitude areas. The soldiers of the [-]th Army are all soldiers in plain areas, and they are very uncomfortable with the hypoxic climate on the plateau. The soldiers of the Tibetan army are very used to it, and most of the Tibetan army is cavalry. Although their fighting skills are not very good, the speed of escape is not slow.

The two divisions of the [-]th Army chased after them, and they must catch up with them. Only by destroying them all can the enemy's ambition be dispelled.

The order from the superior is to catch the enemy, but the soldiers of the People's Liberation Army are not gods. Objective geographical reasons have a great impact on the troops. No matter how desperately the soldiers chase after the collapsed Tibetan soldiers, the fleeing The back is still getting further and further away.

The disintegrated Tibetan army ran away without a trace. There was no way for the infantry to catch up with the cavalry. This is beyond doubt. The commander of the Eighteenth Army, Zhang Guohua, crumpled up the telegrams in his hand. The commander of the army yelled at the combat staff officer of the military department and asked how many enemies the front-line attacking troops had eliminated.

The statistical data was reported, and the report showed that during the storm and the subsequent pursuit operations, as many as 6000 Tibetan troops were wiped out by the attacking troops of the [-]th Army. Quite a big gap.

"Old Tan, take a look. Not a single unit has been wiped out. All of them have been defeated. These bastard Tibetan soldiers can run faster than rabbits."

Commissar Tan Guansan, who was ten years older than the army commander, was much less angry. He and Commander Zhang Guohua stood in front of the wall chart in the war room to carefully check where the attacking troops had arrived, and replied with a smile while watching:

"Commander, if you are defeated, you will be defeated. It's not that the head of the headquarters didn't think about it beforehand. The brother troops from the northwest have already arrived at the predetermined position. If everything goes well, the Tibetan army will not be able to escape."

The brother army that Commissar Tan Guansan said was no one else, it was the independent brigade of the Second Army that came all the way from the Northwest. In fact, Commander Zhang Guohua also knew that the independent brigade had arrived at the designated position. As long as the independent brigade blocked the enemy, the Tibetan army would I can't run, but I really have a breath in my heart that I can't get out.

The Battle of Qamdo was fought by the Second Field. Of course, everything must be dominated by the Eighteenth Army of the Second Field. However, this battle has been fought over and over again, and the hope of completely annihilating the Tibetan Army must be pinned on the brotherly troops who came from afar. The young and energetic Commander Zhang Guohua really couldn't hold back his face.

"Commander, I know what you're thinking. Don't you just feel that you don't have a good face? The head of the headquarters has already ordered that the independent brigade of the second army has been allocated to our eighteenth army. The current independent brigade is also ours. As a member of the [-]th Army, what else do you have to be dissatisfied with? Besides, as long as the enemy can be wiped out, any army will fight the same, so don’t worry about it, kid.”

Army Commander Zhang Guohua smiled: "The political commissar was thoughtful, and immediately sent a report to the Independent Brigade, ordering them to resolutely block the escape route of the Tibetan army, and encircle and wipe out the large troops when they arrive."

With the sound of tick-tock telegrams, the command of the [-]th Army Commander was conveyed to the independent brigade that had already arrived in Leiwuqi.

After several days of hard marching, the independent brigade that rushed over from the Great Northwest finally arrived at the predetermined location before the war, and was constructing the fortifications nervously. command."

The telegram introduced in detail the scope of the [-]th Army's attack and the development of the battle after the Battle of Qamdo, and demanded that the Independent Brigade must ensure that no Tibetan soldier ran back to Lhasa, and must wipe out the enemy near Qamdo.

The tone in the telegram was very polite, and several words of invitation were used, but Li Yong understood that this was because the Independent Brigade came from afar, and the head office of the [-]th Army spoke in a polite tone, but an order is an order , It must be implemented without compromise.

"Call back to the front of the [-]th Army. Our troops have all arrived at the predetermined positions and blocked all roads, rivers, bridges, passes and commanding heights. We will resolutely prevent a single enemy from escaping our line of defense. Please rest assured, commander, and resolutely complete the mission." .”

"Old Wang, do you think it's okay for me to call back like this?"

Political commissar Wang Chengde: "Of course the orders of the chief of the [-]th Army must be resolutely implemented, and I fully agree."

The independent brigade that occupied Leiwuqi sent out a large number of reconnaissance troops while constructing fortifications intensively. There was only one task, to quickly determine the situation of the fleeing Tibetan army and prepare for the upcoming blocking battle. The reconnaissance battalion commander Zhang Jinsong They also learned the lessons from the past. In order to facilitate the reconnaissance, some soldiers were changed into the clothes of the local people. Fortunately, a platoon of Tibetan fighters from the Nine Generations Sect came to lead the way, and this time it played a role again. Li Yong came in person In the reconnaissance battalion, a platoon of Tibetan fighters and Zhang Jinsong's scouts were mixed together and set out together to perform reconnaissance missions.

It is a bit unreasonable to let the troops who have just revolted carry out combat missions, but there is no way to do it, because if you want to find out all the information the troops need, you have to deal with the locals, and language has become the biggest obstacle .

A platoon of Jiudaiben marched continuously with the soldiers of the Independent Brigade. The two troops were already very familiar with each other, especially eating and drinking with Zhang Jinsong's reconnaissance battalion. They had a certain relationship with each other. The head of the brigade came to talk to them in person. The soldiers of this platoon all expressed that they must cooperate with the army to complete the reconnaissance mission, and asked the head to watch their performance.

While the Independent Brigade was making frequent movements in Leiwuqi, Qamdo City, dozens of kilometers away, had fallen into chaos.

As the unfavorable news from the front continued to pass, the entire Qamdo city was in a state of panic and panic. The rich fled in all directions, some carrying their belongings, and some dragging items they thought would be useful in the future, and fled to a place they thought was safe. Place.

The Communist Army and the Communist Army want communism and wives, so those rich people who listened to the propaganda were scared to death by the news from the front, and some people went to the chief executive's mansion to find the chief executive Lalu and asked Are all the rumors flying all over the sky true, why the so-called elite Tibetan army can't withstand the attack of the People's Liberation Army? Didn't they say that the People's Liberation Army is nothing special when drinking?

But when they arrived at the chief executive's mansion, the people who came to inquire about the news became even more flustered, because the chief executive who had sworn to promise them the day before had long since disappeared.

Needless to say, he ran away, even the chief executive ran away, so there was no hope for Qamdo. (On Monday, the old bus and the old guys want a few likes, bow and thank you) (to be continued...)