The beacon of youth

The trainer next to him, Wang Chengde, was observing with a telescope like Li Yong, and he heard Li Yong talking to himself and said, "Dayong, you are right, we have such good fighters, no matter how many or crazy enemies there are, it's useless."

A platoon leader, Li Jiangguo, lay beside Li Yong and said, "Battle Commander, the tunnel was dug in vain, and not a single hole was blown up. The city wall of Yulin can be more than ten meters high. We will be at a disadvantage if we use a ladder to make it hard. Yulin is just opened up." The loss is not small, our casualties are too great."

Li Yong didn't say anything. He knew that our army not only failed to capture Yulin but also suffered heavy losses in this battle, but what's the use of saying this to Li Jiangguo?

After the enemy's counterattack was repulsed, the artillery fire began to bombard again, and then continued to counterattack. This continued until it was almost dark and finally retreated. As soon as it got dark, our army dominated the world again, and the various departments of the Northwest Field Army began to attack Yulin again. The attack, the fight has been fought all night.

Just like the night before, due to the lack of effective means of attack, our army has not made much progress, and the battle has fallen into the most difficult stalemate. This is the last thing our army commanders at all levels want to see.

Soldiers at all levels of the Northwest Field Army were reluctant. It was dawn again. Li Yong lay down on a mound to observe the surrounding scene. He saw black craters everywhere on the yellow sand dune, and many fortifications and traffic trenches were blown up. The leaves of the willow tree were also shot away by the bullets, the birds on the tree were killed and fell under the tree, and several big trees were uprooted by the shells. All the signs showed the fierce fighting last night.

As soon as the sun came out, the enemy started to shell fiercely like yesterday. The place where the shell exploded was full of flames, and the splashed soil fell down. The gunpowder smoke made people unable to open their eyes or breathe. The bumpy broken car was shaking like hell, and the collapsed stones, mud, and shrapnel fell on the soldiers, and the enemy in the city started a new round of counterattack under the cover of artillery fire and aircraft.

Seeing that the frontline battle was not going well, the field army headquarters transferred the independent first brigade directly under the headquarters to support. This independent first brigade took advantage of the fierce exchange of fire between the two armies and quietly dug a hole leading directly to the city wall, drawing on the experience of other troops. The first brigade planted a large amount of explosives in the cave.

He was going to blow up the city wall in one fell swoop and use it as a breakthrough to break in. Tiangang saw the Heidu Brigade detonate the explosives, but this time it failed again. The explosives planted by our army was quite sufficient, but it was still due to inexperience , The calculation was wrong and the hole was dug short, and the explosives exploded three or four meters away from the city wall.

After the gunpowder smoke passed, there was still nothing wrong with the city wall, and this time they fired empty artillery. Seeing that the blasting was unsuccessful, the Solitary Brigade and other troops had to attack Yulin together. This was the third night of the Northwest Field Army's attack on Yulin.

On the position of the second regiment, the sharp knife troops once again carried the ladder and attacked under the cover of limited firepower. Commander Zhao put ten heavy machine guns and only a few mortars on the front line, and stepped forward. The positions were fired at close range to cover the attacking troops.

Close-in shooting can maximize firepower, but it is also very dangerous. After three consecutive days and nights, there is no progress. Commander Zhao is ready to go all out to fight for his money. From time to time, the shooter and deputy shooter with a heavy machine gun will be knocked down and carried down. The soldiers made up again.

Li Yong and Wang Chengde found the head of the regiment and asked to join the battle again. Head Zhao still said the same thing, no, it's not time to use you yet, I can't play all the cards in my hand.

Li Yong: "Regimental Commander, how about we pull up the heavy machine gun platoon and mortar platoon, so that the firepower of our regiment can be greatly strengthened."

Commander Zhao: "No, once the heavy machine gun platoon and mortar platoon are pulled up, the firepower of your battalion will be weakened by more than half. Now I must ensure that I have a fist force in my hand to deal with emergencies." As for Commander Zhao didn't say what kind of emergency to deal with, and neither Li Yong nor Wang Chengde dared to ask.

The battle continued until around ten o'clock in the evening, when Commander Zhao suddenly arrived at the position of the spy battalion, Li Yong and Wang Chengde hurried up to greet him and asked, "How about it, Commander, are you letting us go to the camp?" Commander Zhao looked at it. Looking at the soldiers around, he lowered his voice and said to Li Yong and Wang Chengde: "Dayong, Chengde, we will stop fighting in Yulin, and our field army will take them all away."

Li Yong didn't say anything, he knew very well that the most difficult moment for the Northwest Field Army was coming. When the instructor Wang Chengde heard that the head of the regiment said that Yulin would stop fighting, he hurriedly asked, "Why didn't we fight? Why didn't we stop fighting after paying such a high price? We I will die on the head of Yulin City."

The head of the regiment turned his head and glanced at Wang Chengde: "Nonsense, we must not only win the war but also preserve ourselves, and we cannot do things that perish with the enemy. You are the instructor. If the soldiers say this, it is okay. If you say it is not good, you must not only pay attention You have to control the cadres and soldiers of your battalion, including Li Yong, and don’t be impulsive when things happen.”

Seeing that Wang Chengde didn't say anything, Commander Zhao said: "The enemy's 36th Reorganized Division has come for reinforcements from the northwest along both sides of the Great Wall. The forward is less than [-] miles away from Yulin. The troops must be pulled away immediately. When the main force retreats, we will The brigade is the cover force, our regiment is the cover force when our brigade retreats, and your secret service battalion will leave cover when our regiment retreats, it will take at least four hours, understand?"

Li Yong and Wang Chengde glanced at each other and shouted together: "When our regiment retreats, our battalion is in charge of covering. We must buy four hours for the main force. I understand."

Commander Zhao looked at the two of them and said: "You also know that the troops have been fighting for so many days, and the personnel are very tired. We suffered a lot of casualties in this battle in Yulin. I don't know what happened to the other brigades. Only our four The casualties of the brigade have already exceeded 800, and the situation of other troops is estimated to be no better.

"Because our second regiment has ten heavy machine guns, its firepower is better than other regiments, so the casualties are smaller than other regiments. Even so, the casualties are over 300. The other two battalions in our column were only There are about [-] people left, and ammunition is scarce, and the personnel are tired, so we cannot rely on them."

"Your battalion is now the most complete battalion in our brigade, and it is estimated to be the strongest battalion in the entire column. You must stand up to the enemy and buy at least four hours for the main force. After four hours, your battalion Withdrawing to the south, the 36th Division is very active in attacking, you must be fully mentally prepared."

After the head of the regiment left, Li Yong and Wang Chengde ordered the cooking team, the health team and the supply platoon to withdraw immediately, the artillery platoon stayed where it was, and the other platoons entered the position.

Gao Xiang asked Li Yong incomprehensibly why he kept them in the platoon, and Li Yong replied: "It's very simple, like our regiment leader, I can't play all the cards of our battalion, and your platoon should be used at the most critical time. "