Because of the hard work and heavy sacrifice made by the Independent Regiment, Mr. Peng and Political Commissar Xi personally signed a commendation telegram, and Commander Wang of the Second Column, who received the telegram, asked him to send the telegram to the Independent Regiment, so that the commanders and fighters of this unit with huge casualties were also happy.

At this time, the independent regiment was dealing with the follow-up work after the battle, the soldiers who died were to be buried, and the wounded were to be quickly transferred to the rear hospital of the field army.

The whole regiment was more than 4,200 people when it set out from Yulin, and more than 1,500 casualties were suffered in this battle, and more than 2,700 people remained in the regiment after sending all the wounded away.

This is also because the independent regiment has a very powerful health team, there is no shortage of medicines and equipment, and the smaller wounded soldiers do not like to go to the hospital, and the regiment's health team is completely able to deal with it.

In fact, there is no way to calculate this casualty figure too carefully, the number reported by Li Yong to his superiors is the sacrifice and temporary loss of combat effectiveness, if you count all the injuries on the body, it will be too much, and the number of soldiers who are not injured is not even one-third.

At present, there are more than 2,700 fighters with combat effectiveness, although it is not small compared with other regiment-level troops, and the personnel are not small, but compared with the first departure, it is much worse, and in addition to the loss of weapons and equipment, the combat effectiveness of the independent regiment has dropped by more than one-third, which makes the cadres and soldiers very depressed, although the field army has won a great victory, but the casualties of the independent regiment are indeed a little larger.

In the fierce battle, even if their relatives were sacrificed, everyone didn't feel anything, but when the battle was over, when they remembered those comrades-in-arms who were still with them just now and would never see each other again, they wanted to cry and couldn't eat.

The personnel of the cooking squad changed their tricks to make delicious food, and the baggage battalion also took out a lot of household belongings, and the large boxes of canned beef were made casually, but it was still useless, and even a third of the food could not be eaten when a pot of food was served, and just when everyone was in a very uncomfortable mood, the column headquarters sent someone to send a telegram of Noji's commendation.

It has to be said that political commissar Wang Chengde, an old political worker, has experience, and it is not okay for the troops to always be immersed in grief, because this can easily affect morale, and morale is the foundation of a unit.

Wang Chengde took this opportunity to encourage everyone: "Comrades, the casualties of our regiment are very large, but a soldier of the People's Liberation Army and a member of the People's Liberation Army must have a sense of the overall situation and a long-term concept, and it is precisely because of the heavy sacrifices made by our regiment that the field army has achieved a great victory.

In this battle, we at least knocked out nearly one-third of Hu Zongnan's mobile forces, as far as this point is concerned, it is appropriate to defeat our entire regiment, or the old saying, if you want to struggle, there will be sacrifices, we are not afraid of death, cheer up, comrades, there is a bigger battle waiting for us ahead. ”

Wang Chengde's words reminded the soldiers of a lot of oaths made in the new style of army reorganization, and the political commissar was right, it was precisely because of our sacrifices that such a great victory was achieved, and it was glorious for the soldiers to fall on the battlefield, and we had to pay the price for the establishment of New China.

Wang Chengde, a young old political worker, also admired Li Yong very much, and Li Yong engraved two lines of words on the tombstone where the sacrificed soldiers were buried: For the sake of sacrifice and ambition, dare to change the sun and the moon into a new sky.

Thanks to the efforts of the cadres and fighters of the whole regiment, the independent regiment quickly came out of its grief, and the work was back on track.

There was too much work to be done in the whole regiment from top to bottom, a large number of prisoners had to be trained, and the captured weapons, ammunition, and food had to be sorted out in different categories, but fortunately, the column had not given other tasks, and Commander Wang also specially told Li Yong and Wang Chengde that now the task of your regiment is not only to rest and recuperate, but also to rest and recuperate, which gives the independent regiment a time guarantee for all the work to be carried out.

During this period, the field army was not idle, Mr. Peng ordered that Xu Guangda's department of the third column and the Luo Yuanfa department of the sixth column should turn back to Yichuan to solve the enemy's 24th Brigade in Yichuan, and Liu Kan's large corps was solved, and the rest should be cleaned up Zhang Hanchu, a small miscellaneous fish in Yichuan.

There are more than 40,000 people in the two main columns together, and some of the heads of the field divisions said to Mr. Peng that there are not too many people, and there are only more than 6,000 defenders of a brigade of the Kuomintang in Yichuan, and how many people can be left after being beaten by our field army, one column is enough.

Mr. Peng doesn't see it that way, fighting a war is not a child's play, we have to despise the opponent strategically, but we must attach importance to the opponent tactically, and the dead dog should also be treated as a tiger to fight, of course, there is a reason for going to the two columns, the soldiers have been fighting, and they have never been well rested, plus they have just finished a big battle, and their body and combat effectiveness have declined greatly, and they should go to some troops to grasp it more, and no one wants to capsize in the gutter.

Not to mention the two columns that turned around and marched in a hurry, just in Yichuan City, Zhang Hanchu, the commander of the 24th Brigade, has been scratching his heart with a hundred claws recently, just like carrying twenty-five little rabbits in his arms.

How can this be good, even Liu Kan's big army has been defeated, what can I do? Fight with the communist army? Now there are only more than 3,000 and less than 4,000 of his more than 6,000 people left, and this little strength is not enough for the main force of the communist army.

Run, where to run? If you run away without an order, even if you go back, you have to be killed by Shangfeng, just when this brigade commander Zhang Da was undecided, someone reported: "Report to the brigade commander, the communist army is back, and it is a large army, you can see it clearly from a distance, I don't know how many people are black girls." ”

This Zhang Hanchu's face turned green when he heard this, he knew very well that this was the main force of the communist army to clean up Liu Kan and later solve his small problem.

Why, the communist army came back too quickly, this Liu Kan is really a waste, how can the troops of the United States plus planes and artillery not be able to do the rotten rifles and grenades of the communist army.

Don't say what this Zhang Hanchu thinks, but after all, he is still a brigade commander, this guy immediately ordered the whole city to be under martial law, strengthen the garrison, and then let his officers come to the meeting, and let his subordinates think about it if he has no idea, maybe he can come up with some good way.

It didn't take long for all these officers under him to arrive, and Zhang Hanchu looked at these officers: "Nonsense, too."

Not to mention, the situation is clear to everyone, and if we have any ideas, can we still have a way out? ”

After being silent for a long time, an officer said: "Brigade seat, we still have the strength to defend the city, don't look at our small number of people, but the geographical location of Yichuan is dangerous, and the communist army will not be able to attack it for a while and a half, the question is how long will we defend it?" There can be no more reinforcements, and sooner or later the city will be broken by our own strength, it's just a matter of time. ”

After the officer finished speaking, no one spoke for a long time, and when Zhang Han saw that no one spoke, he shouted at his subordinates a little angrily: "Don't you have any ideas?" If we can't fight and fight, and we can't defend it, do we have only one way left to surrender? Do you all want to be a communist? The communist army is an army that has lived a hard life, can you stand it? ”

An officer cautiously said: "Brigade seat, you see if this will work, we still have nearly 4,000 people, as long as we can make full use of our geographical advantages, we can deal with the communist army for a period of time, the communist army has just finished fighting with Liu Kan, although the victory has been achieved, but the officers and soldiers must be very tired, we will let them attack for a period of time, and when the communist army has no effect on several attacks, we will choose an opportunity to break out, as long as we can rush out, we will be divided into pieces and dispersed, I don't believe that the communist army can catch all of us, When we enter the mountainous area, we can take the path and disguise directly back to Yan'an or Xi'an, can we go out and then it depends on your creation, that's all, I don't know if you have any other high opinions? ”

After the officer finished speaking, no one squeaked for a long time, and Zhang Hanchu sighed: "It's useless to fight hard, since you don't want to be a prisoner of the communist army, you have to do it." ”

Seeing that no one objected, the officer who had come up with the idea just now said: "Brigade seat, if we want to get out alive and not be taken prisoner by the communist army, there must be a condition first. ”

At this time, many officers were a little anxious and said: "You just say it, now no one blames you for saying right or wrong." ”

Officer: "If we want to break out, the first few attacks of the communist army must be held, only by stopping the momentum of the communist army's attack can we have a chance to get out, to put it bluntly, we have a chance to run out, and those who are soldiers can't manage it, let them attract the attention of the communist army, so that we can take advantage of the chaos to break through." ”

Zhang Hanchu: "I heard it, this is a good idea, everyone rest assured, as long as we can go out, it will be easy to do, even if we don't have a soldier, it doesn't matter, we are still good brothers in Xi'an, with the relationship between my Zhang and Commander Hu, we still have a chance to make a comeback, so what we have to do now is to guard Yichuan first, guard it for a few days, and then I will take everyone to break through depending on the situation." ”

Not to mention how to study the enemy in Yichuan City, let's talk about the rapid advance of the third column and the sixth column, since coming out of Yulin, the soldiers have been constantly fighting and marching, plus the food is not good, the body has dropped very much.

But everyone knows the importance of Yichuan, the barrier in the middle of the pass, and the leaders at all levels of the army asked everyone to work harder, as long as they can take Yichuan down, they can rest for a while.

On this day, the soldiers finally came to the city of Yichuan again, Yichuan city is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are a large number of cement pillboxes and fortifications, because of the lack of personnel, Zhang Hanchu's 24th Brigade has shrunk the defensive line, the unnecessary troops have been withdrawn to the city, only stick to the main city and the two commanding heights outside the city.

Among the commanding heights around Yichuan, there are two of the most dangerous terrains, forming a horn with Yichuan City, and the three positions can carry out mutual fire support, and the reason why the defenders of Yichuan are confident that they can hold for a period of time is also based on these two dangerous fortifications. Thank you, thank you, every bit of support from the brothers is very gratifying.