Chapter 267: The Surprising Independent Regiment of the Battle of Xifu

Looking at the brigade commander Chen Haihan in front of him, Li Yong sighed with emotion, what is the younger cadre, this is called younger, this is a very handsome brigade commander, the founding general who died in 94 (80 years old), a descendant of a famous family, one of the most capable commanders in the Northwest Field Army, is only 34 years old now. To read the latest chapters, please lock the biquge.info of Aishang Novels

At the age of 34, he is already a senior commander who has experienced a hundred battles, and he is the soul of the People's Liberation Army. (His old superior, Commander Luo Yuanfa of the Sixth Column, died in 2 years, that is, last year.)

After introducing the situation, of course, it is necessary to organize the troops to defend, and here there is a question, the three troops are together, there is a teaching brigade of the six columns, an independent regiment of the second column, and a cavalry division directly under the Noji, who is the supreme leader? However, no matter how many troops are engaged in joint operations, there must be a supreme leader, and this cannot be questioned.

However, this question has nothing to do with Li Yong, and it is impossible for him to command the battle from where he is the commander of an independent regiment, and it is useless for you to know history.

The problem lies in the teaching brigade and the cavalry division, according to the old rules, who should have the final say in the position, this is also a common rule in the army, but if the commander of the cavalry division who comes to support is the commander, it is obviously not appropriate.

First, although his cavalry division is called a division, the size of the troops is much smaller than that of the teaching brigade of the sixth column. Second, he was not as familiar with the battlefield situation as Brigade Commander Chen. Thirdly, cavalry is also not suitable for positional defensive warfare.

The division commander smiled and said to the young brigade commander Chen: "Old Chen, there is nothing to postpone, when I came, Mr. Peng told the two of us, let us all obey your command, and you don't have to worry about me, what division commander is not the division commander, you are now the supreme commander of the battlefield, hurry up and assign tasks, we will resolutely carry out the order." ”

The commander of the cavalry division made Li Yong very moved, this is the mind of the old ** officer back then, regardless of fame and fortune, regardless of personal gains and losses, it is really admirable.

Brigade Commander Chen also smiled and said: "The military situation is urgent, I am not hypocritical, for the time being, it is up to me to decide, if there is anything that has not been done, or what has been done wrong, I will invite you two brothers to drink after the battle." ”

There is no joke on the battlefield, since it has been decided who is the supreme commander to announce the battle order, Brigade Commander Chen Haihan pointed to the map and said to Li Yong and the others: The order is for us to teach the brigade to continue to hold the existing defensive position and withstand the enemy's attack from the front.

Second, the independent regiment will build a second line of defense behind our teaching brigade to increase the depth of our defense, and at the same time build the second line of defense, it is necessary to organize mobile assault teams to counterattack the enemy who may break through.

When he was here, Brigadier Chen Haihan paused and said to Li Yong: "Commander Li, I won't tell you, I can't draw any strength anymore, if the enemy comes in in the next attack, please ask your independent regiment, you must counterattack the enemy." ”

Looking at Brigade Commander Chen Haihan in front of him, Li Yong said categorically: "Please rest assured, as long as there is still one person in our independent regiment, it will definitely be nailed here like a nail, no matter how ferocious the enemy is, we must destroy them." ”

In the face of the confident Li Yong, Brigadier Chen Haihan was very satisfied, that's right, soldiers, you have to come forward at the critical moment, you have to grit your teeth and go up, now is the time to be strong, this time must not be loosened, no matter what the battlefield situation, no matter how strict the enemy situation is, there must be a spirit of invincibility, this little regiment commander is good, there is ruthlessness.

Brigadier Commander Chen Haihan continued to assign tasks: "Third, the cavalry division is our reserve force, reserved for use at critical times, it's not that I don't trust comrades, the cavalry is really not suitable for positional defensive warfare, so you should rest first." ”

The commander of this cavalry division also knew that what Brigadier Commander Chen Haihan said was the truth, and that their cavalry division of about 3,000 men was not much different from a regiment of the 82nd Division of the Kuomintang, and this was still just a comparison of personnel, and if it was compared to the work on horseback, it would not be the opponent of the 82nd Division, and many soldiers in the cavalry division had just learned to ride horses, and it was too unrealistic for them to fight hard with the 82nd Division on horseback of the Green Horse Army.

While Brigade Commander Chen Haihan of the Teaching Brigade was nervously assigning tasks, the 82nd Division of the Qingma Army was not idle, and the commanders of each brigade and regiment, as well as the personnel of the division headquarters, gathered together for a meeting.

An older man was briefing the officers at the meeting on the situation of the two attacks: "We hit the front line of the communist positions in both attacks, but we did not hold out and were defeated in the end; judging from these two attacks, the communist troops on the opposite side did not have many personnel, nor did they have any decent weapons and equipment, and if our offensive was more violent, it would not be difficult to break through the positions of the communist troops." "The person who spoke was called Ma Quanyi, the deputy commander of the 82nd Division, and Ma Jiyuan's uncle.

After Ma Quanyi finished speaking, Ma Jiyuan, who had a bald head, pointed to the position of the teaching brigade on the map with a horse whip in his hand and said: "Everyone, we have almost touched the situation of the communist army, and their personnel and firepower structure are probably these, now it depends on how we fight."

After you go back, you should hurry up and prepare your troops, and after half an hour the attack will begin, first use heavy artillery to prepare for fire on the communist positions, blow up all their fortifications and trenches, and then rush forward with all the men and horses of the whole division.

In this attack, we did not leave the rear division to go up together, up to our horse to follow the reinforcements, down to a horseman, all of them had to rush up, use the horse's hooves to level the position of the communist army, and then join forces with Pei Changhui's corps to encircle the communist army in the northwest, so that Chairman Chiang in Nanjing could see who was the pillar of the great northwest.

As long as the old chief (Ma Bufang) can go up one step and become the chairman of Gansu Province, our life will be better, I will give you another bottom here, as long as we fight this battle well, Chairman Jiang in Nanjing is happy, our Qingma Army is very likely to expand its influence to Gansu, and then our territory will be two provinces, Ma Hongbin (Gansu warlord) That guy is too old, brothers, it's time for our Qingma Army to work hard. ”

Ma Jiyuan's words greatly boosted the morale of these officers of the Qingma Army, most of these officers have a kinship relationship with Ma Bufang's family, if Ma Bufang is promoted, they will also be beneficial, is it good to enjoy the shade under the big tree.

Li Yong used Ning Jinshan's 4th Battalion and He Cuihua's 5th Battalion to hold the position, and used Wei Gang's machine gun battalion, Zhang Jinsong's reconnaissance battalion, Sun Quanhou's baggage battalion, and the repair, engineer, and guard companies directly under the regiment headquarters as temporary mobile forces in his hands.

After such an arrangement, some people don't understand, especially the three battalion commanders and instructors of each battalion who were not assigned tasks, these six veterans don't know what the regiment commander Li Yong means, such a big battlefield, what's the matter with drying out their three battalions?

Li Yong glanced at a few people, and at this time, even Li Jiangguo, the commander of the first battalion who loved nonsense, did not say anything: "Let's go, I know that you are mentally confused, and you will understand in a while." ”

Li Jiangguo, Ma Quanyou, Ma Changsheng and a few instructors had to follow behind Li Yong, and at this time, only Wang Chengde, the political commissar who knew the situation, didn't say anything, just smiled and took over Li Yong's command.

Li Yong did this in consultation with political commissar Wang Chengde, Li Yong meant to directly support the three infantry battalions to the front-line position of the teaching brigade, Li Yong knew very well the personnel and firepower situation of the teaching brigade, if they did not strengthen their strength, it would be difficult to withstand the frantic attack of the 82nd Division, if they waited until the position of the teaching brigade was broken through and then the independent regiment counterattacked, it was better to directly take the 82nd Division down.

It didn't take long for a few people to come to the brigade headquarters of the teaching brigade, and Brigade Commander Chen in the brigade headquarters looked at Li Yong and the others and felt a little strange, the battle was about to start, what are you doing here?

Looking at the puzzled Brigade Commander Chen, Li Yong explained: "Brigade Commander Chen, I know that the casualties of the Teaching Brigade are not small, and I brought three battalions, I mean I want to strengthen these three battalions to your three infantry regiments and add some strength to the front-line positions." ”

Li Yong's words made Brigade Commander Chen Haihan overjoyed: "Great, Commander Li, I just feel that the troops are insufficient, so I will let their three battalions go to my three regiments and serve as reserves in the regiment." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Brigadier Chen Haihan felt that something was wrong: "No, Regiment Commander Li, you brought all three battalions over, how can the second-line position be guarded?" Can you do it with the little strength you have in the group? ”

Before Li Yong could say anything, Li Jiangguo and Ma Quanyou and a few others laughed, these guys didn't know what was going on until now, and the head of the regiment wanted them to go directly to the front-line position to deal with Ma Jiajun, great, they really wanted to come whatever they wanted, the independent regiment has been preparing for several months, just want to touch this Ma Jiajun, this is called an opportunity.

A few people grinned and grinned, and there was another layer of meaning, Brigade Commander Chen Haihan just knew that the independent regiment was very powerful, he didn't know the establishment of this regiment, and thought that Li Yong had brought all the three infantry battalions of the regiment over.

At this time, there was nothing to hide and be modest, Li Yong had no choice but to explain to Brigade Commander Chen: "Brigade Commander Chen, our regiment has nine battalions, I only brought three with me, and there are still six battalions in the second-line position behind, not counting the three companies directly under the regiment, and the strength of the second-line position is no problem." ”

As soon as Li Yong finished speaking, Brigade Commander Chen's mouth couldn't close in surprise: "Good guy, one regiment has nine battalions, what kind of establishment is this?" No wonder your independent regiment is so powerful, I really haven't heard of such a unit, since this is the case, do what you said, Commander Li, and strengthen them all to the front-line troops. ”

Before Brigade Commander Chen could finish his words, he heard the screams of cannonballs cutting through the air outside, followed by a violent explosion, and the artillery fire of the Green Horse Army was ready to begin, and the big battle was about to break out.

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