Chapter 252: The soldiers of the Battle of Xifu are approaching the city

At the operational meeting held by the Second and Fourth Columns of the Northwest Field Army, Li Yong poured out all the thoughts in his heart, did his best to obey the destiny of heaven, did everything he could, and had a clear conscience, and the commanders at all levels who came to the meeting also changed from initial enthusiasm to calmness.

The commander of a fourth column commented: "What Regiment Commander Li said is reasonable, after the battle of Yichuan, the troops suffered no casualties, and the captured prisoners are still in training, and they cannot be replenished for the time being, and when we came out of Yulin, our column had more than 20,000 people, but now there are less than 15,000, and the combat effectiveness has dropped a lot." ”

The commander of the second column also said, not only are you few people, but also the casualties of our second column, but fortunately, we have one more independent regiment than your fourth column, but that's it, the strength of the entire column is just 20,000 people, which is much less than before the Yichuan battle.

Wang Chengde didn't discuss anything with others, but just muttered a few words to Brigade Commander Chen and Regiment Commander Zhao: "When our regiment came out of Yulin, it was more than 4,200 people, and now it is just over 3,000 people, which is still the number of lightly injured people who have been discharged from the hospital. ”

Brigade Commander Chen told Wang Chengde not to be sad, the task of the Independent Regiment at that time was difficult to complete, and it was not bad if all the troops were not wiped out, and the casualties of more than 1,000 were still within an acceptable range.

The commanders of several columns who came to the meeting also looked at each other, saying that if things really went on as planned by this regiment commander, it would really be troublesome, and the field army would face a great passive situation.

Not to mention the commanders at all levels below, even Commander Wang was a little uneasy and couldn't sit still: "What's the matter, this guy can surprise me every time, it's really right to let him stand up and speak, and I have to let this guy talk more in the future, and he is reasonable." ”

Another commander of the fourth column asked a question: "Commander Li, if things are really as you think, how should we deal with them?" ”

Li Yong thought to himself, what did I imagine? Things are about to happen, I don't dare to say how to deal with it, I, the regiment commander, are here to analyze and analyze the battlefield situation or what our commander said after his support:

"I'm sorry, that's all I can think of, how to deal with it is Director Ye's business, what I said just now is also something that several people in our group have studied together, and not all of them are my personal opinions."

Li Yong didn't want to take any credit for himself, and sometimes it was not a good thing to be too sharp, but Wang Chengde snorted lightly when he heard Li Yong say that his idea was the result of their collective research:

"Dayong, this is, when did I study it with you? Phew, I didn't even ask, but I was embarrassed to say that I studied it with me. But this can only be thought about, not spoken.

"Okay, don't be embarrassed for him, Li Yong is the head of the regiment, not the commander, it's not easy to analyze so much, let's just reflect everything that can be thought of at the meeting to the noji, as for how to deal with it, we don't have to care." Of course, it was Commander Wang of the Second Column who said these words.

Before Commander Wang's words could land, someone outside the door shouted a report, and then pushed the door and walked in a confidential person, who walked up to Commander Wang and handed over a telegram in his hand.

Commander Wang and several commanders of the second and fourth columns circulated the telegram to each other for a while, and after the commanders had read the telegram, Commander Wang announced the contents of the telegram, and the meeting place where there was a lot of discussion immediately fell silent:

Comrades, Noji ordered

The four columns were deployed in the area of Qishan to guard against the Pei Changhui Corps, which the enemy might reinforce.

Second, the Sixth Column instructed the brigade to deploy defenses in the northwest direction of Baoji to contain the enemy's Ma cavalry, and the remaining two brigades of the column were the reserves of the Ye Division.

Third, all the main forces of the 1st and 2nd Columns, a total of six brigades, launched an attack on Baoji, striving to enter the city with all their might, and destroy the enemy's 76th Division headquarters and the 144th Brigade.

After reading the telegram, Commander Wang looked at everyone: "Comrades, our two columns are about to separate, the task of the column is to block the Pei Changhui Corps that the enemy may come to support, and to win time for us to completely annihilate the enemy in Baoji, you only have one column of more than 15,000 people, but the enemy is more than 70,000 people in six divisions, the task is very arduous, we must be mentally prepared to fight tough battles and vicious battles, and inform the headquarters in time of any situation, we are leaving." ”

After speaking, Commander Wang shook hands with several commanders of the fourth column, and walked out with the commanders of the second column at all levels.

The military order is like a mountain, Ye Si's order has been issued, no matter what the situation must be carried out unconditionally, Li Yong walked a few steps to catch up with Commander Wang: "Commander, we have a direct railway to Baoji here, and our whole column can take the train to quickly move to the vicinity of Baoji, which can not only save time but also save the soldiers' body." ”

"Good way, just do it, notify the station staff, organize the locomotives and vehicles, the sooner the better."

At the meeting, Commander Wang decided to use the Fourth Brigade as the vanguard unit, and the other two brigades to follow up, and the independent regiment directly under the column still acted as the reserve of the column according to the old rules, and had no combat mission for the time being.

Due to the limitation of railway transportation capacity at that time, a temporarily organized train could only transport the strength of one regiment (transporting troops is different from ordinary transporting personnel, and the equipment and ammunition of the troops take up a lot of effective space)

In view of the complexity and arduousness of the task, the brigade handed over this sharp knife task to the old 2nd Regiment, which had the strongest combat effectiveness in the whole column.

That is to say, the old one took the train to maneuver to Baoji, and then went into battle first, so that the follow-up troops occupied the attack position.

The number of locomotives and vehicles that could be organized at the Jiangyi station was limited, and there were too few flatbed cars needed for large-scale equipment, so Li Yong asked Commander Wang for instructions on whether the independent regiment could go from Gongdong to Baoji alone.

(Shipment of artillery and automobiles and other large equipment must have a special flatbed, and the load of the flatbed determines the weight of the equipment, the weight of our country's latest main battle tank 99g is not more than 6o tons, which is also related to the current stage of the railway flatbed weight of 6o tons, the long-distance transportation of large military equipment still depends on the railway, such as tanks if the main battle equipment on the highway motorized tracks into the loss is too large, the cost is too high)

Considering the number of cars in the Independent Regiment, Commander Wang also agreed with Li Yong's plan, and in this way the Independent Regiment left the large force of the Second Column and moved quickly from the highway to the direction of Baoji.

Baoji is an important industrial town in western China and the second largest city in Shaanxi Province. In ancient times, it was called "Chen Cang", which was the hometown of Emperor Yan, the ancestor of China, and the auspicious place of the Zhou and Qin Dynasty, and was known as "the hometown of Emperor Yan, the hometown of bronze, the holy land of Buddha bones, and the hometown of folk art".

Located in the central and western part of Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningbo and Sichuan provinces, in the center of Xi'an, Lanzhou, Yinchuan and Chengdu, it is an important transportation hub leading to the southwest and northwest of the motherland.

In the second year of Tang Zhide (757 AD), it was renamed Baoji because of the auspicious omen of "stone chicken crying" in Jifeng Mountain in the southeast of the city.

It is the gathering place of the three cultures of Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism, and the Famen Temple, which is famous for its unearthed Buddha bone relics, has become a royal temple and the center of the world's Buddhist culture in the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, there was a panic in the headquarters and garrison headquarters of the 76th Division of Baoji, and the commander of the 76th Division, Xu Bao, was scolding while throwing things down: "Communist Army, I really think that I Xu Bao is easy to bully, I came all the way away, and Lao Tzu didn't run away, see what he can do to me?" Lao Tzu, I want to live and die with Baoji, and if I don't succeed, I will become benevolent. ”

To say that this Xu Bao is very famous in the Kuomintang Hu Zongnan's troops, this guy is addicted to gambling, when he was the regiment commander, he once received the salary of the whole regiment, but it didn't take a night of work to lose a fine light, but this son has a way, the next day at the whole regiment meeting pulled his neck and shouted: "Brothers, I received all the military salaries of our whole regiment yesterday." ”

Hearing what his regiment commander said, the soldiers below applauded and cheered, is it a good thing to get the military salary back, but this Xu Bao changed the conversation and continued: "But brothers, your luck is not good, the head of this regiment originally wanted to take a good gamble last night to give the brothers some benefits, but he didn't expect to lose all the military salaries." ”

After this call was finished, there was a mess at the bottom, and the soldiers shouted angrily: "You lost all the salaries and blamed us for our bad luck, what kind of regiment commander is this?" ”

Listening to the shouts of the soldiers, Xu Bao's face did not change and his heart did not beat: "Don't worry, everyone, the head of this regiment will gamble again tonight, and if he wins, he will give everyone double pay." ”

Later, this absurd incident reached Hu Zongnan's ears, and Hu Zongnan scolded Xu Bao in his office, and scolded him until he was in the middle of his energy, and Commander Hu suddenly left because of something.

When Hu Zongnan came back in the evening, he saw that Xu Bao was still standing motionless in the office, and the sweat on his body wet the ground.

Seeing this scene, Hu Zongnan was a little moved, although this Xu Bao has shortcomings, but also has advantages, the biggest advantage is that he is very loyal, and the loyalty of his subordinates is more important than anything else.

Therefore, Commander Hu deliberately approved Xu Bao's military salary for one month, and gradually promoted him to be a brigade commander and division commander in the future.

Xu Bao is also a casino frustration, officialdom is proud, and people who know the affection say that he is, and if he loses his horse, he knows the blessing and the curse.

Since then, no one dares to mess with Xu Bao, the division commander, who lives in his mansion in Xi'an all year round, either drinking or recruiting J, and the division headquarters of Baoji is handed over to the chief of staff to be fully responsible.

Of course Xu Bao is so tossed and moved, the people from the Military Justice Department and the Military Department are also turning a blind eye, the commander's celebrity, who dares to care, just do what you like.

Hu Zongnan's way of employing people is very similar to his principal, no matter whether he has the ability or not, no matter what his character is, as long as he is loyal to himself, but can such a person fight? It can still be dealt with in peacetime, but in wartime it is a joke about the fate of the country and the army.