The beacon of youth

After the Independent Brigade set off from Qamdo, it walked for a whole day. The chief of staff and his staff calculated the result that the troops that had fully realized the mechanized march only traveled more than two hundred kilometers. That is to say, the speed of cars in the plateau area was only It is more than 20 kilometers, it is no different from a snail.

However, this is already very good. The tanks and heavy artillery that Li Yong is most concerned about passed through smoothly. There was no accident of overturning the vehicle or overturning the artillery, and there were no casualties.

This is the result of Xiaocheng and Zhou Daxing leading the vanguard to open the way ahead. Without the efforts of the engineering company, such a speed would not have been achieved. Li Yong and Wang Chengde were mentally prepared, and the physical strength and equipment consumption of the engineers would become more and more serious. Big, the later speed may be slower.

The brigade commander Li Yong was not only concerned about these marching issues. The troops camped at night were full of joy, the tents were stretched out, and the soldiers were eating, drinking and laughing, but Li Yong had a trace of worry on his face. The two chief officers of the group quietly discussed the issue together:

"I've thought about it a little bit, but I'm not mature enough. You can add something to me." Li Yong said a little bit of his own thoughts.

"I just went to the supply camp once, and I called Sun Quanhou, He Cuihua, and Lao Yang together for a small meeting. According to their estimates, there is no problem with our brigade's food and material support for two or three months. It will depend on our performance at that time in a month's time."

A few days before the departure, Li Yong specially informed the logistics department that even if he brought less medicine, he must bring enough daily necessities for the troops, the more the better.Bring what you have, and buy it with money if you don’t have it.It doesn't matter how much it costs.

As the leader of the brigade, Li Yong, he would rather carry less medicine and pack more living supplies. It can be seen how much Brigadier Li Da attaches importance to logistics. You must know that the independent brigade is a combat force, and there are many unknowns waiting for them It is dangerous, and entering Tibet is not tourism.

Li Yong was confident in doing so, and the entire strength of the Tibetan army was nothing more than a dozen surrogates and some temporary militias.Most of these forces have been wiped out in Qamdo, and what is left in the Lhasa area is only a few surrogate regiments with poor combat effectiveness. They suppress or eliminate. [

Having been a brigade commander for a while, Li Yong has a good habit of carefully summarizing after every battle or battle, summarizing the gains and losses in the battle.See if you can find a better way. Every time you finish a summary, Li Yong has a deeper understanding of strategy and tactics, and he admires **'s strategic policy even more, that is, not to compete with the enemy for a piece of land. The gains and losses of a city and a place.Instead, it focused on destroying the enemy's vital forces, and the Battle of Qamdo was won based on this theory.

Before the start of the campaign, the superiors did not give an order to seize Qamdo, but to send a partial division from the northwest to block the back of the Tibetan army, and wait until the interspersed troops reached the predetermined area before launching an attack.The purpose of doing this is to wipe out all the forces sent by the Tibetan army living in Qamdo, and prevent every soldier from fleeing back to Lhasa.The attack on Chamdo was just a handy move, and the real purpose of the superiors was Lhasa.

The results showed that the decision-making of the field army and the Southwest Military Region was correct. The People's Liberation Army wiped out the main force of the Tibetan army on the front line of the Jinsha River.

The victory in the Battle of Qamdo created extremely favorable conditions for the Independent Brigade to enter Lhasa and other large Tibetan areas. It was precisely because of such conditions that Li Yong was confident that the troops would rather bring less medicine and more food.

But even so, according to Sun Quanhou and He Cuihua's estimates, the troops could only hold out for two to three months after they arrived in Lhasa.

There is no doubt that the superiors will definitely do everything possible to supply the Independent Brigade and other troops entering Tibet, but the real problem is that even if the superiors try everything possible, the supplies will not arrive on time, so the Independent Brigade still has to rely on itself Think of ways, this is the experience that has been summed up in the past few years. In the barren Northwest, if everything depends on the superior, then this army will definitely be so poor that it can't even eat bread.

Political commissar Wang Chengde is also thinking about this issue. Although the superiors have not clearly decided how long the Independent Brigade will be stationed in the Tibetan area, judging from the current situation, the time will not be short. It will put huge pressure on the logistics. Are there ready-made troops not using them and deploying other troops?The superiors will not be so stupid, so the Independent Brigade must be stationed and trained in Tibet for a long time, and must be mentally prepared.

Everything came back again, saying that food is the root and core of all problems, and only food can gather troops. The principle of the ancestors has been verified again.

"I thought about it for a while, relying on waiting and if there is no way, this is not the style of our brigade. It is better if the superior has supplies, and we have to persevere without supplies. The food in our brigade can last for two to three months. During this period, the superiors will also allocate some supplies to us, and we will find a way to raise some after arriving at the destination, as long as our methods and measures are in place, we will definitely survive the long cold winter."

Wang Chengde: "You mean we have to use a three-pronged approach. On the one hand, we need to wait for supplies from our superiors, and on the other hand, we need to raise money by ourselves, plus our existing reserves, so that we can stick to the beginning of spring next year?"

Li Yong patted Wang Chengde on the shoulder, and replied in a rarely cautious tone: "That's what it means. This is likely to be the most severe logistical crisis since our brigade was established. It depends on whether we can raise enough food." How we are working in the Lhasa area."

In fact, Li Yong had other thoughts in his heart that he did not tell Wang Chengde. Raising food locally was not an easy task. The logistics system of the Independent Brigade is incomparable with that of the Independent Brigade. They need food more. The Lhasa area simply cannot afford to support so many troops. If the Independent Brigade raises all the food in this area, what will happen to the main force of the Eighteenth Army? ?If there is a food shortage in the large army, it will be very terrible.

I don't know what was going on in my head, Wang Chengde, who was often hungry before, sighed and said: "Dayong, I have an idea, let's see if it works. Starting tomorrow, we will release all the reconnaissance battalions, and expand the search area. It is also necessary to hunt as many wild animals as possible, supplement rations for the troops, and save part of the food that can be stored for a long time."

Wang Chengde's mind is enlightened. In the past, the most taboo thing for troops to march was to expose the target before reaching the designated position, so as to give the opponent an opportunity to take advantage of it. But now it is different. The current independent brigade has no troops in the areas it passes through. An opponent that can contend, the strength of the independent brigade can crush all enemies who dare to invade. With such strength, there is no need to be afraid of exposing the target.

Li Yong laughed loudly: "Yes, let's do it this way, tell the soldiers that any method can be used, you can shoot, as long as you can bring the prey back." [

In the early morning, a ray of sunlight rises from the horizon, the fiery red sun reveals half of its face, and the breeze blows away the light white mist. When they arrived, the camp of the Independent Brigade was also jubilant.

The reconnaissance battalion has dinner half an hour earlier than other battalions. They have a new mission. The order of the brigade party committee is to expand the search area and at the same time bring back the wild animals seen along the way. This is a very good idea. The task, while performing the task, can also experience the addiction of fighting, which is also very exciting compared to other battalions and companies.

More than 1000 soldiers screamed and climbed into their cars, and under the leadership of the battalion commander Zhang Jinsong, they scattered to the area where the independent traveling army was going to pass.

A new day has begun, and one or two sharp gunshots can often be heard not too far away from the independent wagon convoy. It must have been done by the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion.

The actions of the reconnaissance battalion made other battalions envious. While carrying out reconnaissance missions, they can enjoy fighting and solve part of the food problem for the troops.

Such a good job is enviable, so many people approached Li Yong and Wang Chengde, wanting to ask if they could take turns to come. Among them, He Cuihua, the trainer of the supply camp, was the most popular.

He Cuihua believes that it is also their battalion's responsibility to solve the food problem for the troops, and it is also their battalion's responsibility, so their battalion should send people to perform such tasks, and the commander who leads the team is none other than her.

In fact, the last point is He Cuihua's real goal. Ever since she became the instructor of the supply battalion, He Cuihua has very few opportunities to directly participate in the battle on the front line. Another person who had the same idea was Lao Yang, the deputy battalion commander of the supply battalion. The old man and the young were very angry when they got together. The two thought that with the strength of the independent brigade now, they wanted the supply battalion to go to the front and directly participate in the battle. It's not realistic, it's just to clean up the battlefield after the battle, and now the opportunity has come, it's okay for the brigade not to let us fight, but we can't even let us go hunting, right?

Li Yong, who was troubled by He Cuihua, told this militant girl that the reconnaissance battalion carried out search and reconnaissance missions around the troops, and hunting was just a matter of convenience, and the troops still had to focus on search.

However, such reasons cannot convince He Cuihua. He Cuihua believes that the reconnaissance battalion is right to perform reconnaissance missions, but can the task of raising food for the troops be entrusted to their supply battalion, so that there will be no delay.