The beacon of youth

The large troops marched to cover the sky, and the first vanguard troops to come over was the 100th Regiment of the [-]th Army, which was also the vanguard regiment of the entire [-]th Army. Li Yong asked the reconnaissance company commander of this regiment to be responsible for finding houses for them. The company commander was happy He agreed, and then led his more than [-] soldiers all the way to meet him. Needless to say, the scene that followed was full of joy.

The [-]th Regiment passed by, and more and more troops followed, and the large troops that passed were also surprised to see the crowds standing on both sides of the road.

The higher-level commanders in the army can guess that they are specially transferred from the Northwest to cooperate with the operation. It is not difficult to guess that they are a field army. What is new is that these troops are transferred from the Northwest. The army has an obvious feature, everyone wears a steel helmet on their heads. Although the army has made great progress in the later period of the War of Liberation, it is still difficult to achieve a helmet for each person, especially the adult There is basically no possibility of this in terms of organizational equipment.

When the entire 52nd Division was over, about [-] minutes had passed. Just as Li Yong, Wang Chengde and the others were anxiously waiting, a series of small jeeps drove over again. The one sitting in one was the guard company commander of the [-]th Army who had come to report earlier.

After the two cars passed by, two people got off the middle car. One was in his thirties, and the other was about 50 years old. The two walked with big strides, guided by several guards. Walk towards the place where Li Yong and Wang Chengde are standing.

The guard company commander who arrived first introduced to Li Yong and Wang Chengde in a low voice: "It's our army commander and political commissar."

Li Yong's eyes lit up, that's right, the two people who came over must be the well-known generals of the whole army, Commander Zhang Guohua and Political Commissar Tan Guansan of the Eighteenth Army of the Second Army.

When the immediate superior arrived, Li Yong and Wang Chengde immediately trotted over, stood in front of the two army commanders and shouted a report:

"Report. Li Yong, the commander of the Independent Brigade, and Wang Chengde, the political commissar, were ordered to come, please give instructions."

Army Commander Zhang Guohua and Political Commissar Tan Guansan walked a few steps to Li Yong and Wang Chengde, grabbed one each, shook hands tightly and said, "I've been looking forward to meeting you for a long time, and I finally met you this time. It's really a promise." As the saying goes, it is better to be famous than to meet, and it is better to be famous when you meet, I never thought that the commanders of the Iron Army, which is brave in the Northwest, are such two young men."

No wonder the commander was surprised.In the second half of the 22s, Li Yong turned 22 years old. The 27-year-old brigade commander, let alone the only one in the first field, even the second field could not find a second one.Of course, mental age does not count.Wang Chengde, who is a few years older than Li Yong, usually looks like a big brother.In fact, he is only [-] years old.

After saying these few words, Commander Zhang Guohua turned his head and looked at political commissar Tan Guansan: "Comrade my political commissar, why do I feel like I'm getting old all of a sudden?"

Commander Zhang Guohua is less than 40 years old, and he is one of the youngest among the senior commanders of the People's Liberation Army. He is in his prime, but compared with Li Yong and Wang Chengde, he is indeed a little older.

Commissar Tan Guansan laughed loudly: "Don't say you are old, you kid. You say you are old. What about me, an old fellow?"

A first-level military commander in his fifties should be regarded as the right age in later generations, but he was really an older generation among the star-studded commanders of the People's Liberation Army at that time.

Commander Zhang Guohua waved his hand: "Let's not talk about this, Comrade Li Yong. The independent brigade fought very well. I have sent your battle experience and combat summary to the headquarters of the field army. Not only our second field, Including your family, as for how the superiors will award you for your meritorious service, we will have to wait for a while to see the outcome."

Although the Independent Brigade was assigned to the command of the [-]th Army, which is considered to be within the combat order of the Second Field Army, Commander Zhang Guohua, who is very good at being a man, still sent their combat history in duplicate to the command of the two major field armies. The agency can be regarded as respect for an old army, of course, it is also a disguised affirmation of the independent brigade.

Li Yong hurriedly said a few words modestly: "It's all what we should do, and the little achievements we have achieved are also due to the good command of the chief."

Army Commander Zhang Guohua laughed loudly: "You bastard, you flattered me as soon as I met you. You fought the battle, so there is no need for our command. Let's say that this time in the Leiwuqi battle, I sent the 52nd and 53nd soldiers to encircle the enemy. The [-]rd Division broke their legs, what happened? They didn't fire a single shot, and they didn't capture a single prisoner. The enemies who ran out from the Jinsha River and Qamdo were eaten by you without even a bone. Not even a sip of soup was left for us to drink."

Li Yong and Wang Chengde were somewhat embarrassed. The battle was won, and Commander Zhang Guohua didn't say anything, but the Independent Brigade didn't act according to the battle plan. To be honest, they were suspected of taking credit, even if they were criticized. of.

Commissar Tan Guansan, who was very active, took the conversation: "Winning a battle and destroying the enemy is the real skill. Comrade Brigadier Commander, I remember that in the battle report it was said that more than 800 enemies were destroyed, and the Chief Chief Lalu was also killed. And three generations of Ben Mucha, the results are very good, how many prisoners have you captured in total?"

Political commissar Tan Guansan was afraid that Li Yong and Wang Chengde would lose the conversation, but this question about the captives really hit the spot. Wang Chengde looked at Li Yong, and Li Yong looked at Wang Chengde. No one spoke.

Commissar Tan Guansan looked at the expressions of Li Yong and Wang Chengde and felt puzzled. Is there anything difficult to answer?After a big victory, does it matter how many prisoners are captured?

It really made political commissar Tan guess right, the question was really difficult to answer, the faces of Li Jia and He Cuihua and others standing behind Li Yong twitched, and they were still prisoners, where there were still prisoners, they were all taken by Sanniu to solve them How can I answer this? In the end, Brigadier Li Da summoned up his courage and said: "Report to the commander, there are no prisoners."

Li Yong's answer made Commander Zhang Guohua and Political Commissar Tan Guansan stunned. More than 6000 enemies were wiped out. The battle is not small. How could there be no prisoners?

Thoughtful, Li Yong took a step forward and replied: "Report to the chief, the enemies we besieged in Leiwuqi were very tenacious and resisted to the death, so they were all killed by us, and none of them slipped through the net. The numbers are accurate."

The enemy resisted to the death, so they were all killed?It's okay to talk about it normally, but it seems too unreliable to use this set of words with the two army commanders and political commissars who have fought for decades. Are these two people who can be fooled casually! !

Brigadier Li Da also went all out. Anyway, the matter has been done, and it is useless to regret it. Just such a statement, there is no proof.

Who are Commander Zhang Guohua and Political Commissar Tan Guansan! !The two chiefs looked at each other with playful eyes, Mr. Zhang snorted with his nose, and thought to himself, if you kill them all, you kid is talking nonsense, but the two teams are meeting for the first time today, and they can't Because of the conflicts caused by this matter, in the end, political commissar Tan Guansan said:

"Since all the enemies have been killed, we don't have to worry about it. Comrade Li Yong, we won't let us stand here forever. You have arrived two days early, have you prepared some better food for us?"

Li Yongxin said that the political commissar Tan is still very powerful, and this is to make a fool of the independent brigade. Wang Chengde took a step forward: "Please head into the city immediately, the army headquarters has been prepared, and the food raised for the large troops is also stockpiled together, just wait for the leaders checked."

When it comes to food, the eyes of Army Commander Zhang Guohua and Political Commissar Tan Guansan light up. What is the army most lacking at present?Not to mention, it must be food. In order to raise food for the [-]th Army, the superiors and the Southwest Military Region really took a lot of effort. For this reason, the start of the campaign was postponed. Food is really the lifeblood.

The two chiefs heard that the Independent Brigade raised part of the food for the main force of the [-]th Army. It was like taking a sip of frozen honey water in the summer. It felt comfortable from the throat to the heart. If there are any prisoners or not, hurry in city.

When all the troops entered Qamdo City, it was almost noon, and the streets were full of people in military uniforms. The size of the troops was too large, and two troops that had never been seen before were stationed in the same city. The area appears tense.

There are many difficulties, but Li Yong and others have no good solution. Fortunately, the troops are only temporarily resting in Qamdo for a few days, and the troops will leave in a few days, so we have to let everyone overcome them first.

In the past few days, Li Yong and Wang Chengde have been by the side of Commander Zhang Guohua and Political Commissar Tan Guansan. While reporting on their work, they also introduced the situation of the Independent Brigade to the two chiefs. The superiors don't understand anything.

However, there was another problem with this introduction. When Commander Zhang and Political Commissar Tan heard that the independent brigade had more than 4000 people, they were stunned again. In the field troops of the PLA, the brigade is smaller than the division. Four to five thousand people can be called a brigade. Who would have thought that a brigade from the northwest could have more than 5000 people? You must know that among the major field troops of the People's Liberation Army, Yiye is not only the poorest, but also the smallest. When Hu Zongnan attacked Yan'an, the guard brigade and the teaching brigade as the main force of the battle had only a few thousand people, and Yiye, known for its poverty and small scale, also had an independent brigade of tens of thousands of people?This kind of staffing is more than a main division of the 4000th Army, both Commander Zhang and Political Commissar Tan were surprised.

This is not over yet, when Commander Zhang Guohua and Political Commissar Tan Guansan proposed to go to the Independent Brigade to take a look, the expressions of the two chiefs were shocked. (to be continued..)