The beacon of youth

After Li Yong and Wang Chengde left with the secret service battalion, a cadre of the second regiment said to Commander Zhao: "Regimental Commander, our regiment suffered too many casualties in this battle. The company needs to replenish people and equipment, this time is good, one guy was sent away by the column headquarters with all the men and guns.

As soon as they left, there were only 500 people in our regiment who could hold guns. Even if some of the wounded could come back in the future, it is estimated that there would be more than 700 people. How about we learn from the secret service camp and pick some prisoners to make up for it? "

Head Zhao waved his hand: "That's not okay. We can't compare with Li Yong and the others. They are just a special case. The wild division and the column also used them as an experiment, otherwise the leaders wouldn't let them do everything themselves." call the shots.

Our Second Regiment is a basic unit. It is absolutely impossible to do this. Don’t fight this kind of idea in the future, otherwise you will make mistakes. If you don’t believe me, you can choose some people to try. Even if our brigade commander doesn’t say anything, if the commander knows , Scolding you is light, maybe a big-footed brat will make you slip away. "

The Second Regiment is the main regiment of the column, and it is also one of the old troops of the second column. Many cadres are the old subordinates of Commander Wang Zhen for many years. They are very familiar with the commander and know the commander's temper. This cadre thought about it for a while. Said: "But yes, it would be a shame if the commander found out. I don't dare to offend his bad temper, so let's forget it."

Not to mention what the members of the second regiment were talking about, even the trainer Wang Chengde was guilty of calculation in his heart: "Dayong, can the superior agree with us doing this?"

Li Yong: "Don't worry, didn't we encounter the headquarters of the column when we came here? The commander explained to me that doing this is not a mistake, otherwise I wouldn't dare."

Hearing what Li Yong said, everyone was completely relieved.But it was getting late, everyone suggested to do it tomorrow morning, Li Yong agreed with everyone, there are still a few hours before dawn, and it is still not cold in September, everyone is busy and has no tents, just use military blankets Wrapped up and fell asleep.

At dawn the next day, Li Yong pulled Wang Cheng aside: "Old Wang, I want to go to Shajiadian." Wang Chengde: "No, it's too dangerous there. Our mission has been completed. The enemies of Shajiadian ran away." No, your ass should be more stable, you can't get involved in everything."

Li Yong: "Old Wang, I'm not going to do everything. Now we are a regiment. Even if we count the prisoners, there are still few people. I want to catch more at Shajiadian. In addition, we seized two radio stations. , This is a good thing. In the future, I can communicate directly with my superiors and brother troops, but there has never been a radio operator. I will try my luck when I go back, and maybe I can catch a radio operator back."

Wang Chengde: "Dayong, the enemy's radio operators are all in the headquarters at all levels. It is too difficult to catch them alive. Even if you go there, it will be difficult to catch them back. No, this is too dangerous. I still don't agree with you. adventure."

Li Yong: "Don't worry, I'll take the reconnaissance platoon and the police squad to go. It's fine. I assure you that this is the last time. Although I don't have much hope, if I don't go, there is no hope at all. What are you doing?" Waiting for this operator won't fall from the sky."

Seeing that Li Yong really wanted to persuade Wang Chengde, he could not persuade him, so he had to say: "This is not an example, but it is not enough to take only the police squad and the reconnaissance squad. You take away Li Jiangguo's squad, and take another artillery squad."

Seeing that Wang Chengde had agreed, Li Yong explained to the cadres: "In addition to the conditions mentioned last night, we must also pay attention to find out the drivers and health soldiers who can drive cars. come over.

Also pay attention to looking for the enemy's cars. The [-]st, [-]nd, and [-]rd brigades have a heavy battalion, and they are all transported by cars. This time, we can't be like the brother troops. The prisoner drove the car back and explained to the prisoner that as long as he drove back a car, he would make a small contribution. "

Then he said to Wang Huhu, the leader of the fifth platoon, "Tiger, I will give you another task." Wang Huo said, "Speak to Battalion Commander, the task you entrusted to me must be completed."

Li Yong nodded: "Tiger, do you know why our second regiment suffered so many casualties? The main reason is that the enemy is crazy, and another reason is that this group of enemies has a battalion of large-caliber long-range howitzers, which blow up the positions. When we came up, the enemy’s shells had already been fired, which is the main reason why our battalion had no casualties in this battle, the task of your platoon is to find this artillery battalion and bring the artillery back intact.”

Wang Huo touched his heels, saluted Li Yong and left with five discharges.Wang Huo is the most stable of all the platoon-level cadres in the secret service battalion. Li Yong likes to let Wang Huo go on any more urgent tasks. The position of the large-caliber howitzer battalion of the [-]st, [-]nd, and [-]rd brigades should be within ten kilometers from the position. , It would be wonderful if these big guys could be brought back.

Li Yong is here to give Wang Huhu the task, and Wang Chengde also called Li Jiangguo, Zhang Jinsong and Li Yuming over on the other side: "We are now an independent regiment of the column, and you are all veterans of our regiment. Understand why we were able to develop from a company of more than 20 people to a regiment in half a year. The reason is because Li Yong is our regiment leader. The head came to see me, do you hear me clearly?"

Several people answered clearly, Wang Chengde: "Repeat again." Li Jiangguo and several people replied: "If the head of the regiment makes a mistake, we will come to see you with our heads, I understand."

In a ditch a few mountains away from Shajiadian, there are several abandoned cave dwellings at the bottom of the ditch. The weeds in front of the window grew as tall as a person.

The weeds in front of the window are left unattended, the grass leaves are about to enter the house, the weeds in front of the door have been pulled out, people come in and out from time to time, there are sentries standing in front of the door, from the gap between the window and the door There was a dim candlelight.

In the cave, several tables were set up by the soldiers. The tables were covered with hand-cranked telephones, and military maps were hung on the walls. There was also a simple camp bed and a few stools in the room.

This is the headquarters of the Northwest Field Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. General Peng Dehuai, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the commander of the Northwest Field Army, lived here, directing the campaign that reversed the situation in the Northwest.

The old general held a candle in his left hand and a magnifying glass in his right. He had been standing in front of the map for a long time. The phone on the desk rang from time to time, and the staff kept answering the phone and relaying the content to the general.

Another staff officer answered the call: "Commander, there is good news. The enemy's 4000st, [-]nd, and [-]rd brigades were wiped out by our army in Changgao Mountain. They captured more than [-] people under the enemy's brigade commander Liu Ziqi, with countless weapons and ammunition."

I'll be back very late today, I'll talk about it when I get home tonight.