The beacon of youth

Several Tibetan army surrogate regiments were deployed around Lhasa. This was the last force in the hands of the Tibetan Kashag government. Li Jiangguo's avant-garde echelon apparently encountered one of them.

When the warning whistle sounded, they suddenly found that the People's Liberation Army was almost under their noses.

What Li Jiangguo saw through the binoculars was a panic. The simple camps, simple weapons, and simple fortifications, as well as the soldiers running in a panic, all showed that the Tibetan army in front of them had not done a good job at all. Preparations for battle are completely a performance of being slaughtered.

It would be a fool not to eat meat. Li Jiangguo glanced at the watch on his wrist. The 5 minutes had already passed. This time the political commissar would say that he did not pay attention to the ethnic and religious policy, right?After figuring this out, Li Daying Commander Li was a little bit pleased at his sudden change of ideas, and Li Jiangguo turned around and shouted: "How is the preparation of the artillery?"

A platoon leader replied: "All ready."

The two artillery platoons of the first and second battalions were concentrated, more than forty small mortars were ready, the ammunition packs of the guns were installed, and the shooting elements were calibrated, waiting for the commander to give orders.

"Target, enemy exposes infantry, focus fire, start."

Only a few hundred meters away, or even less than a few hundred meters, the position of the first echelon of the independent brigade's vanguard was just outside the effective range of the rifle. This distance happened to be the place where the small infantry mortars could exert their power the most.

Contemptuous of the enemy strategically, and valuing the enemy tactically, Li Jiangguo seems not to take the Tibetan army seriously, but he is still very cautious when it comes to contests. This is the basic quality of an experienced field commander. He He did not lead the troops to attack rashly, but first used artillery fire to prepare for the enemy's firepower, killing and injuring as many defenders as possible.Then the infantry attacked again. [

Li Jiangguo, who had fought against the Tibetan army, knew that his opponent basically had no organized artillery, which provided favorable conditions for the tactics he wanted to adopt.

The tactics of the avant-garde troops are not complicated. Use artillery fire outside the range of the rifles to bombard the enemy first. You can’t hit me anyway. I can do whatever I want. Li Jiangguo is very clear about how to deal with such a Tibetan army. If the troops suffer heavy casualties, the brigade commander probably won't be able to peel off a layer of his skin after returning, so.The actions of the avant-garde troops are still very cautious.

The Daiben Regiment of the Tibetan Army, which has lived in Lhasa for a long time, is an old-fashioned army. It has just transitioned from swords and spears to firearms. Its equipment level is similar to that of the Eight Banners soldiers in the late Qing Dynasty. It is just some of the simplest tasks such as suppressing the resistance of ordinary people at the bottom.These old-fashioned Tibetan armed forces have no combat experience in large corps, or.They have never contacted or seen large corps fighting.Coupled with the gap in weapons and equipment, tactical thinking, and soldiers' fighting will, the combat effectiveness of the Tibetan army is not in the same order of magnitude as the independent brigade that has been honed by the war, and there is no comparison.

The Kashag government placed several surrogate regiments of the Tibetan army around Lhasa for defense, each with less than 1000 men. In the absence of sufficient troops, this passive defense was tantamount to being beaten.

The vanguard of the Independent Brigade has more than 3000 people.Li Jiangguo did not encircle Lhasa with more than 3000 people, but concentrated his forces to strike in one direction, and used more than 3000 tiger and wolf soldiers to deal with the defenders in one direction. This was fighting with superior forces in local battles.It is also the most traditional tactics of the People's Liberation Army. Concentrate superior forces to fight a battle of annihilation, and first kill a substitute regiment of the opponent.

There were no tunnels, trenches, or artillery holes. The position of a Tibetan regiment had only some simple parapets and individual bunkers built with stones. Running around behind the parapet.

The corners of Li Jiangguo, Ma Quanyou and the others turned up slightly, and a smile shrouded the faces of several people, as if seeing the tragic situation of the enemy in a few seconds. They are all veterans who have been on the battlefield for many years. If such an opponent can't win, it's better to piss and drown.

Boom, boom, boom, first a few test shots, and then a large-scale bombardment. Under the premise that the opponent has no counterattack power, the artillery platoons of the first and second battalions exerted their maximum rate of fire and accuracy. Crowds of small cannons smashed down.

Usually I am used to being idle, and I have seen such a scene with the Turtle troops of the Tibetan Army. Facing the sharp howling sound from above, I was at a loss. I blame the Tibetan soldiers for being stupid, I really haven't seen them before.

It wasn't until the cannon pierced through the air and hit their heads that these Tibetan soldiers, who looked a little silly, realized that disaster was imminent. The violent explosion became pieces, and the small cannon that fell to the bottom of their feet blasted the whole body into the sky, and fell to the ground. At that time, it was just pieces of meat on the ground, the entire battlefield was covered by thick smoke and dust, and there were countless steel fragments entrained in the thick smoke and flying dust. These tiny steel fragments were flying and spinning, using a kind of The extremely fast speed cuts the flesh and blood in the air.

Because there were no fortifications and preparations to effectively defend against shelling, the shelling effect was very good. On the exposed positions, a large number of Tibetan soldiers running around were killed and corpses filled the positions.

The soldiers of the Tibetan army had no experience in fighting major battles, and they had never encountered large-scale artillery preparations at all. They were many generations behind in terms of equipment and thinking, and it was inevitable that they would be beaten.

Commander Li Jiangguo was very satisfied with the effect of the shelling, but he was only satisfied, and it was not finished. The artillery fire was prepared over and over again for the position of the Tibetan army's substitute regiment. While the artillery fire was being prepared, the first and second battalions The commandos touched up from both sides. Their task was to kill with sudden movements when the artillery fire extended.

While the commando was moving, the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion were not idle. Half of the personnel of the reconnaissance battalion came, only more than 500 people, and the rest were still marching with the main force of the brigade, because the scouts were not suitable for fighting in positions They were not equipped with heavy weapons, so the attacking commando did not have their share, but this did not mean that they could only watch the show. The main task of half of the soldiers in the reconnaissance battalion was to monitor the Tibetan troops in other directions. When the enemy has a support action, hold back the reinforcements of the Tibetan army and create conditions for the first and second battalions to wipe out the enemy.

The battle plan formulated by Li Jiangguo, Ma Quanyou, and Zhang Jinsong is to use all the main forces of an echelon to attack one direction of the Tibetan army, that is to say, to concentrate their forces on one point and achieve the goal of annihilation in one fell swoop. The specific method is: , Attack the enemy with a sudden movement, while preparing with powerful artillery fire, use the first and second battalions to launch pincer offensives from both sides, encircle and wipe out the enemy before the opponent has reacted. [

There are actually two purposes of the battle. One is to eliminate the enemy's vital forces and create conditions for future stationing. The other is to deter and awe, to let potential opponents see the determination and confidence of the PLA, and to let them know that those who oppose the PLA There is only one end, and that is to be completely wiped out.

It is precisely because of the above considerations that Li Jiangguo and others have the idea that this battle must be fought, but the tactical arrangements of Li Jiangguo and others are not without shortcomings. The Tibetan army still has several thousand troops in Lhasa. It is impossible for a team of more than 3000 people to surround them all, so there is a tactical arrangement for attacking a little bit.

The key to the battle is not the opponent in front of him. With the combat effectiveness of the first and second battalions, Li Jiangguo is confident of winning the battle. What is more troublesome is the defenders in the other directions of Lhasa. If the defenders in the other directions Providing support to the attacked Tibetan army after the battle is launched will bring difficulties to the next battle. Therefore, how to deal with the opponent before the arrival of reinforcements becomes the core of the entire battle. The task of the reconnaissance battalion is When the first and second infantry battalions launched their attacks, they monitored possible enemy reinforcements and blocked them when necessary.

The battle plan drawn up by Li Jiangguo and others was arranged according to the set of fighting against the regular Kuomintang army. Obviously, the response ability of the Tibetan army is really far behind. It has been more than half an hour since the battle started, and a generation of Tibetan troops in front of them was bombed. Weeping ghosts and howling wolves, and I didn't see any support from the Tibetan army in the other directions.

It is of course a good thing for the enemy to be stupid. The first and second infantry battalions began to attack at the same time as the artillery fire attacked. With the help of the artillery fire, the soldiers moved quickly to both sides of the position.

Among the soldiers of the Tibetan army, it was not that no one saw the People's Liberation Army turning around to their sides, but one after another, the cannons fell, and the whole position seemed to be blown up. I don't know if he ran away or died. Who cares about whether the People's Liberation Army made a detour?

This is a standard infantry coordinated operation. While the artillery fire is being prepared, the infantry approaches the enemy's main position, and the final impact distance is shortened as much as possible.

The two artillery platoons were operated by very experienced veterans. Countless battles had tempered these veterans with a steel-like will, and their superb skills allowed them to dare to bombard them under the noses of the advancing infantry.

The independent brigade has always insisted on the actual training effect is very significant. When the artillery fire extended backward, the commandos of the two infantry battalions had already touched the distance of only tens of meters away from the Tibetan army's position. Already within the effective attack distance of the soldiers' submachine guns and grenades, the soldiers of the commando roared fiercely, sprinting with all their strength while shouting to kill.

Just over half an hour has passed since the start of the battle, and the position of nearly a thousand Tibetan troops has turned from heaven to hell