The instructor next to him, Wang Chengde, was observing with a telescope like Li Yong, and when he heard Li Yong's self-talk, he took over and said: "Dayong, you are right, we have such good soldiers, no matter how crazy the enemy is, it is useless." ”

Li Jiangguo, the platoon commander, lay beside Li Yong and said: "Battalion commander, the tunnel has been dug in vain, and not a single hole has been blown up, the city wall of Yulin can be more than ten meters high, and we will suffer too much if we take a ladder, and the loss of Yulin will not be small even if it is opened, and our casualties are too great." ”

Li Yong didn't say anything, he knew that in this battle, our army not only failed to defeat Yulin but also suffered heavy losses, but what was the use of saying this to Li Jiangguo?

After the enemy's counterattack was repulsed, the artillery fire began to bombard again, and then continued to counterattack, and in this way it continued to make noise until it was almost dark, and finally retreated, and as soon as it was dark, it was the world of our army again, and the various units of the Northwest Field Army began to attack Yulin again, and the battle lasted all night.

Just like the night before, because our army lacked effective means of attack, the various units made little progress, and the battle fell into the most difficult stalemate, which is also the last thing our commanders at all levels want to see.

In the reluctance of the officers and men of the Northwest Field Army at all levels, the sky was bright again, and Li Yong lay on a mound to observe the surrounding scene, only to see that the yellow sand dunes were full of blackened craters, many fortifications and communication trenches had been blown up, the leaves of the willow trees around him had also been blown out by bullets, the birds on the trees had been killed and fallen under the trees, and several large trees had been uprooted by shells.

As soon as the sun appeared, the enemy began to bombard again as yesterday, the shells burst into flames, splashed earth brushes fell, the smoke of gunpowder made people unable to open their eyes, unable to breathe, lying on the ground as if lying on a bumpy broken car, the collapsed stones, dirt, shrapnel crackled and fell on the soldiers, and the enemy in the city began a new round of counterattack under the cover of artillery fire and aircraft.

Seeing that the battle on the front line was not going well, the headquarters of the field army transferred the 1st Independent Brigade directly under the headquarters to support it, and this 1st Independent Brigade took advantage of the fierce exchange of fire between the two armies to quietly dig a hole leading to the city wall, and the 1st Independent Brigade, which had learned from the experience of other units, planted a large amount of explosives in the hole.

Preparing to blow up the city wall in one fell swoop, and use it as a breakthrough to break in, Tiangang saw that the Black One Brigade detonated the explosives, but this time it failed again, and the amount of explosives planted by our army was very sufficient, but because of inexperience, the hole was dug short due to the wrong calculation, and the explosives exploded three or four meters away from the city wall.

After the smoke of gunpowder, there was still nothing on the city wall, and this time the empty artillery was released, and the only brigade saw that the blasting was unsuccessful, so it had to carry out a strong attack on Yulin with other troops, and this was already the third night of the Northwest Field Army's attack on Yulin.

On the position of the old second regiment, the sharp knife troops once again carried the ladder and attacked under the cover of limited firepower, and the commander of the Zhao regiment put ten heavy machine guns and only a few mortars all on the front line, and advanced out of the position to fire at close range to cover the attacking troops.

Close-range shooting can maximize firepower but it is also very dangerous, three days and nights in a row have not progressed, Zhao Regiment Commander is ready to go out to fight the old book, from time to time there are heavy machine gun shooters and deputy shooters are knocked down and carried down, and other fighters make up for it.

Li Yong and Wang Chengde found the head of the regiment and asked to join the war again, but the head of Zhao still said the same thing, no, it's not time to use you yet, I can't play all the cards in my hand.

Li Yong: "Regiment commander, then let's pull up the heavy machine gun platoon and mortar platoon, so that our regiment's firepower can be greatly strengthened." ‘

Regiment Commander Zhao: "No, as soon as the heavy machine gun platoon and mortar platoon are pulled up, the firepower of your battalion will be weakened by more than half, and now I must ensure that I have a fist unit in my hand to deal with emergencies." As for what kind of emergency to deal with, Commander Zhao didn't say, and Li Yong and Wang Chengde didn't dare to ask.

The battle lasted until about ten o'clock in the evening, when Regiment Commander Zhao suddenly came to the position of the special agent battalion, Li Yong and Wang Chengde hurriedly greeted him and asked, "Regiment Commander, how is it, is it for us to join the battalion?" Commander Zhao looked at the surrounding soldiers, lowered his voice and said to Li Yong and Wang Chengde: "Dayong, Chengde, we won't fight Yulin, and our field army will all be pulled away." ”

Li Yong didn't squeak, he knew very well in his heart that the most difficult moment for the Northwest Field Army was coming, and the instructor Wang Chengde heard the regiment commander say that Yulin was not busy and asked, "Why don't you fight?" Why didn't we fight at such a big cost? We will die on the head of Yulin City. ”

The regiment commander turned his head and glared at Wang Chengde: "Nonsense, we must not only win the war but also save ourselves, and we can't do things that end up with the enemy, you are an instructor, the soldiers say it's okay, you say no, not only pay attention to yourself in the future, but also control the cadres and soldiers of your battalion, including Li Yong, you can't be impulsive in case of trouble." ”

Seeing that Wang Chengde didn't squeak, Regiment Commander Zhao said again: "The enemy's reorganized 36th Division has come from the northwest along both sides of the Great Wall, the forward is less than thirty miles away from Yulin, and the troops will be pulled away immediately, when the main force retreats, our brigade is a covering force, and when our brigade retreats, our regiment is a covering force, and when our regiment retreats, your special service battalion will leave cover, at least four hours, understand?" ”

Li Yong and Wang Chengde glanced at each other and then shouted together: "When our regiment retreats, our battalion is responsible for covering, and we must buy four hours for the main force, understand." ”

Regiment Commander Zhao looked at the two of them and said: "You also know, the troops have been fighting for so many days, the personnel are very tired, we suffered a lot of casualties in this Yulin battle, I don't know what the situation is in other brigades, the casualties of our four brigades alone have exceeded 800 people, and the situation of other troops is estimated to be no better."

"Because our second regiment has ten heavy machine guns and its firepower is a little better than that of other regiments, the casualties are smaller than those of other regiments, so the casualties are more than two hundred, and the other two covering battalions of our column are only about 300 people left, and there is very little ammunition, and the personnel are tired, so we can't rely on them."

"Your battalion is now the most complete battalion in our brigade, and it is estimated that it is also the strongest battalion in the whole column, you must hold back the enemy, give the main force at least four hours of time, and after four hours of persistence, your battalion will withdraw to the south, this 36th Division is attacking very actively, you must be fully mentally prepared."

After the regiment commander left, Li Yong and Wang Chengde asked the cooking team, the health team, and the baggage platoon to withdraw immediately, the artillery platoon remained in place, and the other platoons entered the position.

Gao Xiang asked Li Yong incomprehensibly why he left their platoon, and Li Yong replied: "It's very simple, I, like our regiment commander, can't play all the cards of our battalion, and your platoon should be used at the most critical time." ”