The Libei Campaign had been fought for more than a day and a night since the Northwest Field Army launched a general attack, and by the evening of the second day, hundreds of thousands of men and horses from the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were inextricably intermingled together. To read the latest chapters, please lock the biquge.info of Aishang Novels

The situation on the entire battlefield was that the attack of the 1st and 2nd columns, the main forces of the Northwest Field Army, on the 17th Kuomintang Division was very smooth, and the major battles were basically over, and all that remained was a scattered skirmish.

However, the battle of the 3rd and 4th columns was very difficult, and the stubborn resistance of the 38th Division, a veteran Kuomintang unit, not only made the PLA pay the price but also brought the two armies together, and the PLA failed to succeed in several attacks, and it was not easy for the third and fourth columns to withdraw if they ate the enemy, and this result was very unwilling to be seen by the leaders of the field army.

At a time when the fierce battle of several main columns was in full swing, the Sixth Column, which was responsible for blocking the reinforcements of the enemy's large corps and buying time for the main force to encircle and annihilate the enemy, was under tremendous pressure, and under the continuous attacks of the Kuomintang troops in turn, not only suffered heavy casualties, but also ran out of ammunition, especially the main teaching brigade of the Sixth Column, which suffered more than half of the casualties, and such casualties made Luo Yuanfa, the commander of the Sixth Column, and Chen Haihan, the brigade commander, very uncomfortable.

At this time, the Li Yong Independent Brigade, the second column that was ordered to reinforce the Sixth Column, made a small ** in the predicament, not only helping the Teaching Brigade to consolidate its position, but also using a sudden counterattack to eat up the 160th Brigade, the main force of the 65th Division of the Kuomintang that was attacking.

This situation was not only unexpectedly realized by the Kuomintang offensive troops, but even the cadres and soldiers of the Sixth Column on their own side were very surprised.

But in any case, the tactical actions of the Independent Brigade still disrupted the entire campaign deployment of the Kuomintang Assault Corps, and bought some more valuable time for the main force of the field army.

After more than a year of fighting, the Northwest Field Army has made great progress, and its personnel and weaponry have undergone earth-shaking changes, but because its foundation is very thin, its strength is still inferior to that of its opponents, and every battle is to fight more with less and to attack stronger with weak, which requires that the entire field army must leave with one blow and must not become entangled with the enemy, otherwise it will bring heavy losses to the troops, and the favorable situation it has worked hard to create will also be lost.

In the main assault direction of the Kuomintang Corps, the 160th Brigade, the main force of the 65th Division, was in chaos, and the main force of this brigade not only failed to break through the defense line of the People's Liberation Army, but was also caught off guard by the sudden attack on the Eighth Road, and even the commander of the Major General Huang Zhiyu was killed.

People don't walk without heads, birds don't fly without heads, so that the soldiers can still have any resistance, those who were not killed raised their hands and surrendered, and all the independent brigade has to do is to clean up the battlefield.

But the brigade commander Li Yong did not do this, what kind of cleaning the battlefield, cleaning the battlefield and letting the teaching brigade of Brigade Commander Chen Haihan, who was still holding the position, do it, their ammunition and weapons have not been effectively replenished, and it is the best way to do this work, and the independent brigade is under the command of Li Yong, using tank troops to take the lead, attacking and advancing against the 65th Division, and the arrow troops are directly pointing at the headquarters of the 65th Division of the Kuomintang.

The actions of the independent brigade made political commissar Wang Chengde feel a little risky, and reminded the brigade commander Li Yong to be careful, because it was easy to be surrounded by the Kuomintang troops if he broke into too deep.

Wang Chengde's reminder is still very timely, this political commissar from the old Eighth Road is not in vain, but Li Yong does not want to shrink his troops so early, the battlefield situation is ever-changing, and it is difficult to capture a good fighter.

An excellent commander must have keen insight in order to be invincible on the battlefield, Li Yong explained to his political commissar the reason: "Lao Wang, I don't have the appetite to eat the 65th Division, and our brigade can't eat it, but it is very possible to get rid of his headquarters, this 65th Division is engaged with the 6th Column on the whole line, in addition to the 160th Brigade, the other two brigades are also inseparable, and he can't draw troops if he wants to encircle us, so let's take this opportunity to beat him up for a time difference. Taking advantage of the rapid maneuvering of our tanks and cars, boldly interspersing them, giving him a cold shot, what Cheng dù can get, at least it can delay the enemy for a little more time, rest assured, I will not fall in love with the war. ”

At the headquarters of the 65th Division of the Kuomintang's reorganization, an officer shook the handle of the telephone hard, shook it a few times, and then picked up the microphone and shouted: "Hey, hey, is there a 160 Brigade, hey, hey, is the 160 Brigade there?" But no matter how hard he tried, what was waiting for him was a slight blind voice in the microphone.

The officer's big-brimmed hat had long been thrown away, and there were fine beads of sweat on his bare head, and he wiped the sweat on his head with his hand, and turned his head to look at the division commander Li Zhen, who was constantly circling in the headquarters with a pleading gaze.

Li Zhen's psychology is like turning over the river and the sea at this time, what's wrong? What happened to the 160 Brigade? Why can't I even call the phone and walkie-talkie? Exterminated by the communist army? That's impossible.

Although it is impossible, things are full of weirdness, the 160th Brigade, which is full of confidence and wants to break through the communist position before dark, suddenly has no news, just like missing, there is no news, not to mention the division commander Li Zhen, and even the middle and lower-level officers feel that this matter is evil.

At this moment, an officer stumbled in from outside, his mouth was open enough to fit an apple, he pulled his voice and panted, his throat was almost catching up with the bellows, and finally he eased his breath, and under the gaze of the eyes of the whole room, this guy shouted loudly: "Division-division, no, the 160th Brigade was wiped out by the Communist Army, and the 160th Brigade was wiped out by the Communist Army." ”

Division commander Li Zhen was jumped by this guy's eyelids, jumped over in one step, grabbed the neck of the officer who ran in with his hand, glared at the beads of his eyes and shouted: "What the hell are you talking nonsense, you repeat it to me, what happened to the 160th Brigade?" ”

The officer who had just taken a few breaths was almost not taken a breath by Li Zhen, and he was so hung up that he died: "Division, according to your order, I sent a guard platoon to find the 160 Brigade to see what reason I couldn't contact them, this platoon was rushed back halfway, according to them, there were scattered soldiers everywhere along the way, and the car couldn't drive at all, they asked several waves of soldiers, and the answers were all about the same, the general situation was that a new unit appeared on the opposite communist position, The soldiers said that it must not be the troops of the sixth column of the communist army, the firepower was fierce, and they couldn't get close to the communist army's position when they charged, and then they were broken up by a counterattack by this group of communist troops, and Brigade Commander Huang didn't know whether he was dead or alive, and it was true that the brigade headquarters was blown up by artillery fire, and it seemed that the 160th brigade was finished. ”

The officers who ran in told all the information they had learned in one breath, and there was silence in the headquarters of the 65th Division, a deathly silence.

Division Commander Li Zhen held the table with both hands, and the Kuomintang lieutenant general and division commander said viciously like a wounded wolf: "That's right, it's a new unit of the Communist Army, or something we didn't know before, a very powerful unit, our division's howitzer regiment should have been destroyed by them, and Tubalu is not what it used to be." ”

An officer asked, a little panicked, "What then?" Why don't we pull it down first? ”

Li Zhen turned his head and glared at the officer: "What are you panicking about, no matter how powerful the communist army is, how many people can there be?" How can you explain to the commander when you withdraw it? ”

There is still a layer of unspoken meaning in Li Zhen's words, how can he do it if he withdraws, and how can he become the deputy commander of the corps if he withdraws? According to the information he has obtained, this guy believes that this is a small elite unit of the PLA, and although it can keep the 160 Brigade out of the cold, it will not affect the overall situation of the entire campaign, and as long as it is properly commanded, there is still hope for the 65 th Division.

"Someone come, pass on my order, order the troops to suspend the attack on the communist army, move closer to the division headquarters, encircle from both sides, eliminate the small units interspersed by the communist army, and send a report to the corps headquarters, we ask for reinforcements."

Li Zhen's command could not be described as incorrect, first ordering the troops to suspend the attack, and then moving closer to the division headquarters, encircling the small PLA units that had penetrated in, and at the same time requesting reinforcements from the main force of the corps following behind the 65th Division.

The 65 th Division used three brigades to attack the PLA's six columns at the same time, and it was not easy to suddenly withdraw the attacking troops at this time, at least in terms of time, and at least there was not enough time; when Li Zhen, the commander of the 65 th Kuomintang Division, adjusted his operational deployment according to the situation, an elite combat unit of the PLA was not too far from his headquarters.

There is no doubt that this unit that quickly penetrated in was the Li Yong Independent Brigade of the Second Column of the Northwest Field Army, and the officers and men of the brigade had already rushed forward with the exception of some people left behind by the baggage troops to look after their homes, and the vast majority of the remaining men and horses had already rushed forward, regardless of the danger of being surrounded by the enemy and the physical attrition caused by the long-distance attack, they had only one thought, to destroy the headquarters of the 65 th Division.

The eight tanks under the command of Li Yuming moved forward as if they were desperate, and not too far from them were dozens of large trucks of the machine gun battalion, and behind the machine gun battalion were the main force of the independent brigade desperately following up.

The fighters ran, shouted, opened the way with the short fire in their hands, and went forward with an oppressive attack, whoever he was, a charge to settle the battle. ~~~~！ ~！

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