The beacon of youth

The sky was getting darker and darker, only the crescent moon and the faint starlight. The tens of thousands of horses of the Northwest Field Army suddenly became silent. The enemies in Yulin City were very surprised. Why didn't the Communist Army attack?There was a strange silence on the fierce battle field, except for the occasional sporadic gunfire.

The battlefield where there was a fierce exchange of fire just now suddenly became deadly quiet. This kind of silence makes people feel even more terrifying. Li Yong told the soldiers to calm down. It is best if the enemy does not react well. Let us stay here for four hours and then retreat, which will save trouble.

But the enemy is not an idiot either. About two hours later, the gate of Yulin City opened again, and a battalion of hundreds of Kuomintang soldiers came up quietly. It was the first time to counterattack at night, and it seemed that the defenders in the city had also vaguely noticed something.

Li Yong took Li Yuming and a few people from the proficient class to run back and forth in the trench, telling the soldiers to hold on, this is the enemy's tentative attack, and no fire is allowed without an order. The enemy is getting closer and closer, from 400 meters to 300 meters Then to 200 meters, and then to 100 meters, at this time the bent enemies straightened up.

They chatted with each other and said, "Damn it, it seems that the eighth road really ran away. What our chief said about the arrival of the 36th division is true. It's not easy. I can't die this time."

Another soldier also said: "Isn't it? These gangsters are really ruthless. They dare to climb such a high city wall with a ladder. If I change it, let alone climb it, I will feel dizzy."

The soldiers of the Kuomintang became more at ease as they walked forward. When they were about 50 meters away from the trench defended by the spy battalion, they completely relaxed. They put back the big guns in their hands, and some even lit them. Cigarettes, humming a little tune and walking forward.

The eight roads have all run away, and the outside of the city has become our world again, and I can finally breathe a sigh of relief, 'Speaking of the third son, the couple smoked opium, had no sons in their lives, and there was only one daughter, Chanjuan, and only one daughter, Chanjuan. '

The shell gun in Li Yong's hand did not go off, and the soldiers sweated in their anxious hands. Finally, this group of enemies was only more than 20 meters away from the spy battalion's position. Under the moonlight, he stared at them coldly with various weapons, stayed for a while, turned around and ran away.

But it was too late to run away again. In the sound of Li Yong's order, the various weapons of the secret service battalion opened fire at the same time. The firepower of the special secret service battalion was too fierce, especially Wei Gang's machine gun platoon. The first salvo fired by the twelve Maxim heavy machine guns was terrifying at close range. A string of bullets swept over like a gust of wind, and the dozens of enemies who fell at the back were hit waist-high by intensive firepower. It was hard not to withdraw from the strings of bullets hitting the body. From time to time, soldiers of the Kuomintang were sent flying a few meters away, and the screams of the soldiers before they died continued. In just a few minutes, these hundreds of people only There are no more people alive.

The power of the twelve Maxims at a distance of tens of meters even made the soldiers of the secret service battalion a little numb. He said: "Don't look at me as the platoon leader, what's wrong with the platoon leader, he is better than the company commanders of their other troops." What Wei Gang said really makes sense.

This incident confused the enemies in Yulin City. The commander of the 22nd Army kept thinking in the headquarters whether the communist army was withdrawing or not? Didn't the 36th Division say that they will arrive soon? Why is the Communist Army still not withdrawing? Aren't they afraid of being encircled by our 22nd Army and the 36th Division?

Judging by the firepower, it must be that the large forces of the Communist Army are still outside the city. Why are the Eight Routes still not moving?Why is it still not moving?We can only wait until dawn to see the situation.

Putting aside how confused the enemies in Yulin were, Li Yong saw that the enemies who had tried to attack were wiped out, so he ordered the troops to withdraw as soon as possible, and let the enemies think about it, the longer the better.

Instructor Wang Chengde asked: "Dayong, didn't the commander tell us to hold on for four hours? It's been just over two hours. Is it okay to withdraw?"

Li Yong replied: "Old Wang, you heard it wrong. The head of the regiment asked us to fight for at least four hours for the main force. He didn't say that we had to stick to our positions. The 36th Division will be here soon. There are more than 3 people here. As long as we take our As soon as we get stuck, our battalion will be finished, and we won’t even be able to run away. Time must be bought, but we can’t tell the whole battalion here.”

He smiled and said to Wang Chengde: "Old Wang, listen to me. The task must be completed. We can't suffer big losses. We can't do business that loses our money."

Not long after the secret service battalion had just withdrawn, the enemy's reorganized 36th Division came over from the northwest, and a large force of tens of thousands rushed over. Random bombing, the smoke and dust billowed on the battlefield, and the flames shot up to the sky. Seeing from a distance that his previous battlefield was completely flattened by artillery fire, Wang Chengde felt lucky in his heart.

The enemies at the head of Yulin City jumped and cheered, and lit torches everywhere, illuminating the inside and outside of Yulin City. The gate of Yulin City was opened again, and the dark enemies poured into the city.

Zhong Song, the lieutenant general and commander of the reorganized 36th Division, came down to the headquarters of the 22nd Army surrounded by everyone. The commander of the 22nd Army greeted him with all the generals from afar. He grabbed Zhong Song's hand and said, "brother, I dare not thank you for saving my life. I dare not thank you for saving my life. My brother can only say that my brother has worked hard." After speaking, let Zhong Song enter the military headquarters.

Zhong Song: Commander of the No.30 Sixth Division of the Kuomintang reorganization, a graduate of the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, a classmate of Northwest King Hu Zongnan, and of course a classmate of our General Chen Geng and General Xu Xiangqian. He is the most senior among the various units of the Northwest Kuomintang Of course, because the relationship with Generalissimo Jiang was not as close as that of Hu Zongnan, he had to be the commander of the division. This is because Hu Zongnan took care of his old classmate's face, otherwise he would not even be the division commander.

The reorganized 36th Division is also the main force of the Kuomintang's direct line of troops. It has three brigades, each with three regiments, all equipped with American equipment. The division is equipped with a howitzer regiment, and the brigade is equipped with a howitzer battalion. These two levels of artillery are all equipped with large caliber The American [-] howitzer.

The 36th Division traveled long distances at an extremely fast marching speed, detoured from the desert outside the Great Wall north of Yulin, and quickly launched an attack on our army's siege troops.

The Northwest Field Army's attack on Yulin and the idea of ​​besieging the city and fighting for aid all lost their chances because of the swift maneuvers and unexpected actions of the 36th Division.

So far, the Northwest Field Army's attack on Yulin has officially ended. The troops have paid a heavy price, but have not achieved the expected results. The entire Northwest War situation has fallen into an extremely unfavorable situation. In a large area, the room for manoeuvre left to the Japanese is getting smaller and smaller.

The reasons for the failure of the Northwest Field Army in attacking Yulin were: Yulin had strong defenses, the defenders were tenacious in resistance, and the reinforcements were quick to reinforce, while our attacking troops lacked the weapons and firepower to attack, and there was not enough time to attack. The 36th Division of the Kuomintang is here. In addition, our army’s attacking troops lack the experience of attacking big cities. During the battle, the first echelon and the second echelon lost contact with each other and the attacks were out of touch. There is also the 36th Division of the Kuomintang The confidence and speed of reinforcements in Yulin were not estimated enough, and subjectively exaggerated the contradictions among the various Kuomintang troops, thinking that the 36th Division of the direct line may not be able to work for the 22nd Army of the miscellaneous brand, and at the same time, there are not enough reinforcements.

At this time, Zhong Song, the commander of the 36th Division, was sitting on a chair in a cloak, and lazily said to the members of the 22nd Army: "It's nothing, you and I are serving under the chairman and Chief Hu, what should I do if the friendly army is in trouble?" Will you just sit back and watch?"

After drinking the tea that was served, Zhong Song turned around and said to an officer under his command: "Your brigade should not enter the city, chase down the Xianyu Highway, attack and move forward, and entangle the communist army as much as possible. What's the matter? Contact me in time." The officer promised, turned and walked out.

xxx, the commander of the 22nd Army, hurriedly said: "Brother, don't be careless, don't be careless, the Communist Army is very cunning, will it be dangerous for a brother from a brigade to chase after him?"

Zhong Song looked at xxx: "Commander x, don't worry, one of my brigades has more than 9000 people and is well-equipped. The communist army wants to destroy them with only a few rotten guns in their hands? No, as long as they find the communist army and entangle them, the main force of our division plus the troops of your 22nd army, Commander X, can wipe them out completely."

"It is said that the communist army is elusive in combat, what is elusive, these are all cowardly people say, the so-called elusive is not because we can't bite, if we can bite the communist army, why should they be elusive, I am 36 Didn’t the communist army run away upon hearing the news when the division arrived, and the communist blocking troops outside the city just now were defeated by our troops as soon as they came into contact.”

Looking at the arrogant officers of the 36th Division, Deng xx's 22nd Army and others could only nod in agreement.

The avant-garde brigade of the 36th Division did not enter the city, but went around in a circle under the city, and directly chased down the Xianyu Highway.

Li Yong led the spy battalion to retreat south along the Xianyu Highway, because they were all cavalry, and the speed was very fast. Li Yong asked Zhang Jinsong's reconnaissance platoon to send two squads to scout the movement of the enemy's 36th Division in the back, and then sent two squads to search in front. go ahead.

Wang Chengde asked as he walked: "Dayong, where are we going to retreat?" Li Yong replied: "First retreat across Sancha Bay, and then bring him a guy in the middle of Sancha Bay and Guide Fort. If we don't beat them If it hurts, this group of enemies will chase after you."

Here I would like to discuss Mr. Peng with book friends. Mr. Peng has fought countless vicious battles in his life. Of course, there were defeats like the Battle of Yulin, but he also fought many great battles, such as Qinghuabian, Panlong Town, Yangmahe, etc. , these battles are not the focus of this book, so they are only mentioned briefly.

In addition, I would like to share my personal opinion on the Hundred Regiments War. People who study party history in later generations believe that the Hundred Regiments War has a good side, but it also exposed the strength of the Eighth Route Army in advance, so that the Japanese invaders focused their energy on the Communists. The frenzied sweep of the base areas was launched, and the soldiers and civilians in the base areas suffered heavy losses, but if we look at it from another angle, from the perspective of the entire nation's resistance war, what's so bad about the Hundred Regiments War?

A little personal opinion is for reference only.Finally, I would like to thank the heartbroken love and the book friends who show the number for their support. The update of [-] words can still be dealt with, and it will not work if there are more, ha.