Chapter 323: Fighting with all his might

Brigade Commander Guo of the Fifth Brigade admired Gao Xiang as an artillery commander, praised him in front of Li Yong and Wang Chengde, and said that he was much better than the artillery battalion commander of his brigade. Where are the novels updated the fastest? Please look for the biquge.infobiquge.info of Aishang Novel Network

Gao Xiang commanded the four artillery battalions of the whole column, while opening the way for the attacking troops, he also had to suppress the enemy's artillery group set up in the city, the task was not light, he was also the first time to command so many artillery fire, it was not easy to get the praise of Brigade Commander Guo, the old Red Army, this son did not dare to put the pride on his face, but said loudly: "Thank you for the compliment, this is what I should do." ”

The next meeting was dominated by Li Yong, although it was in the headquarters of the Fifth Brigade, Brigade Commander Guo, the old **, did not think that since the following attack was in charge of the independent regiment, of course, it was better to let the head of the regiment in charge of the family preside over the meeting.

When he was ready to fight, Li Yong did not postpone it, but summoned all the cadres above the battalion level of the independent regiment to the headquarters of the Fifth Brigade, which can be regarded as the joint headquarters of the Fifth Brigade and the independent regiment, and held a pre-war meeting of the independent regiment in the headquarters.

In this way, the guards in the headquarters of the 5th Brigade can be regarded as having seen the demeanor of the independent regiment, why? Because there is He Cuiua, the acting battalion commander in the independent regiment, knows that there are female soldiers in the independent regiment, but he can't imagine that this female soldier can be the battalion commander of the combat battalion, can this girl who looks like she is only about twenty years old do it?

In the surprised gaze of the soldiers, He Cuiua raised her head and walked over, this girl has seen a lot of big scenes, and she doesn't care about such a gaze anymore, what's so good-looking, what's wrong with the woman? I can also take you big men to fight, no worse than others.

These people who came to the meeting wore the standard uniforms of the independent regiment, steel helmets and leather shoes plus binoculars, including He Cuiua, who was also equipped with such equipment, such a dress was nothing in the independent regiment, and the soldiers were like this, but they had less binoculars than the commander, and everyone was used to seeing them in normal times, but when they came to the fifth brigade, they felt the surprised eyes of the soldiers.

At that time, the soldiers of the People's Liberation Army generally wore foot shoes and tied tuǐ, and it was really unusual to see these guys, especially in the Northwest Field Army, which was famous for its poverty.

(From the beginning of the Red Army period to the later Korean War, our army was not equipped with a large number of steel helmets, except for a few and individual troops, which was also caused by the country's insufficient industrial production capacity and logistical supply, and there was no other way to solve it except capture).

The guards and soldiers of the Fifth Brigade were discussing: "Look, the independent regiment is amazing, no matter how big the cadres are, the officers are expected to have a telescope, and the whole land is the same as the big one." ”

The other said, "Don't just look at the binoculars, if you look under your feet, there is no one wearing shoes, these guys are better than us." ”

Although Brigade Commander Guo and some of the commanders of the Fifth Brigade did not say anything, they were also very curious about what the pre-war meeting of this independent regiment was, and they all wanted to see how this young regiment commander, who had been rumored to be very powerful, commanded the battle.

At this time, the time was close to four o'clock in the morning, the summer was bright early, and the sky would be bright in another hour, and the political commissar Wang Chengde asked with some worry: "Dayong, the sky is almost dawning, is it a little inconsiderate for us to attack at this time, I think it would be better for us to wait until it gets dark at night." ”

The problem of Wang Chengde was also something that Brigade Commander Guo and others had been considering, and if they could not take the enemy's defensive position before dawn, it would bring a lot of trouble to the attacking troops, and the enemy's planes in Xi'an would come out and bomb indiscriminately, which was also one of the reasons why the troops attacked at night at that time.

"No, if we wait until it gets dark before attacking, the efforts of the Fifth Brigade in one night will be in vain, and the blood of the soldiers will be shed in vain, and the enemy will use this time to repair all the damaged fortifications, and we will have to blast again, so the gains outweigh the losses."

The Northwest Field Army made this mistake during the first Yulin Campaign, attacking at night and withdrawing to air defense during the day, and the battle progress made with great difficulty overnight was useless; at that time, our army thought that the Kuomintang air force was too strong, but in fact it was not the case, even if it was bombed by planes, it was more casualties than a re-attack

Seeing that Li Yong insisted on attacking from the early hours of the morning, Wang Chengde did not say anything more, as long as he did not make mistakes in principle in military command, Wang Chengde respected Li Yong's way of thinking, which is also a yardstick that should be mastered as a political commissar, and the battalion-level cadres of the independent regiment did not care, they thought that the regiment commander would definitely do what he said, as long as he followed the regiment commander, it was right.

Pointing to the map on the wall, Li Yong laid out:

The first regiment did not leave a rear hand, and the five infantry battalions were thrown into the attack together, and there was no such thing as a sharp knife battalion, or like we fought in Laoshan, whoever attacked first was the sharp knife battalion.

After the second battle began, Gao Xiang transferred all the mountain artillery, field artillery, battle defense artillery, and other artillery suitable for direct attack to the front, and followed closely behind the butt of the attacking troops.

The observation post of the Third Artillery Corps should be close to observe, make a detailed number, use the main equipment of the artillery, and prepare the fire of the attack area with 5 howitzers, do not be stingy with shells, the faster the shot, the better, although the materials in Yan'an City are not as much as Baoji, they are enough for us to consume for a while, as long as we hit in, we will have everything.

Fourth, Wei Gang's machine-gun battalion was ordered to use anti-aircraft machine guns to suppress the defenders of Yan'an with condescending fire on the Laoshan position, and the harder the better, preferably so that they could not even lift their heads.

The infantry assault team of the fifth attack must rush forward closely behind the artillery fire, and the distance must be controlled at a distance of one hundred and fifty meters, and care must be taken to keep a good distance so as not to leave the enemy time to breathe.

When Li Yong said this, several commanders of the Fifth Brigade looked at each other, with a look of surprise and disbelief, the assault team was only one hundred and fifty meters away from the artillery fire? Isn't this one a good one, and you're going to blow up your own people? Is that okay?

Li Yongyong also did this because the artillery of the Independent Regiment was properly trained in peacetime, and the artillery fire was very accurate, and in the entire Northwest Field Army, no one dared to admit that the independent regiment was the second.

The combat deployment is basically the same, but it still didn't say what the reconnaissance battalion was doing, and the battalion commander Zhang Jinsong was a little anxious: "Regiment commander, what is our battalion doing?" Such a big battle can't just let us watch the excitement, we will work hard to fight Laoshan, and don't pull us down in this fight against Yan'an. ”

Li Yong didn't care what others thought, and finally said: "Go back and tell the soldiers, the Party Central Committee and ** and our commander are waiting for the news of our victory, and the political commissar and I will follow you with a reconnaissance battalion, and support the troops who failed in the attack at any time, hurry back to master the troops, and the attack will start in twenty minutes." ”

The twenty minutes of preparation time was given to Gao Xiang's artillery unit, and Li Yong ordered Gao Xiang to move all the caliber direct-aim artillery he could command to the forefront, so that a period of preparation time had to be given, and the artillery was still a gun, and it was slower to maneuver than the infantry.

Time passed minute by minute, and no one in the headquarters bothered Li Yong, waiting for the watch hand to point to the early morning... At forty o'clock, Li Yong asked the soldiers around him to use walkie-talkies to ask Gao Xiang how he was preparing.

Gao Xiang's clear voice came from the microphone: "Report to the head of the regiment, as soon as we are ready, we will wait for your order." ”

Wang Chengde, who was standing opposite, nodded, and Li Yong, who was holding the microphone, shouted: "Gao Xiang, the artillery fire is ready to start, hit them hard, and smash them to pieces." ”

The artillery preparations of the second column began again, but this time Gao Xiang also let go, directing the artillery fire of the column to bombard the area from which the attack started, of course, the focus was on the middle position of the independent regiment's upcoming attack, and the shells that were fired in other positions were only for the Kuomintang defenders in the city of Míuo.

The artillery fire shook the ground and shook the mountains, and the rocks flew in chaos, hitting the front line, the wire, the firing point, and the enemy's follow-up second echelon, suppressing the artillery group set up by the Kuomintang in the city.

Gao Xiang commanded the artillery of the whole column to shoot desperately, at the beginning of the city can still shoot a few shells to fight with the artillery of the People's Liberation Army, and wait until the artillery of the People's Liberation Army smashed the group of shells a few times and then there was no movement, the soldiers shouted with a smile while shooting: ", what is the difference between daring to play with our People's Liberation Army and looking for death, smash them to death with shells, see which of them dares to move." ”

In Yan'an City, the headquarters of the 17th Division was reorganized, which was also the headquarters of the Yan'an garrison, and the division commander He Wending kept wiping the sweat from his head with a towel.

Don't look at the fact that it's summer, and the temperature in a cave is not high, a guard also brought out an electric fan and took out a wire from the vegetable oil in the communication room to blow the air to the chief.

But it was useless like this, He Wending's body was sweating all the time, and an officer ran in to report: "Report to the division, the communist army has begun to attack again." ”

He Wending glared at the officer: "He also used your report that the communist army's artillery fire kept exploding, Lao Tzu's ears were not deaf, and he could hear that the communist army was attacking, why didn't our artillery open fire?" Are they all dead? You go and see, why don't the artillery fire? ”

The officer lowered his head and muttered: "I have been there a long time ago, our artillery has suffered heavy losses, most of the equipment has been blown up, and some of the remaining artillery is still there, but the soldiers are almost gone, and now no one dares to fight with the communist artillery." ”

He Wending shouted hoarsely: "Why don't you dare to fight with the communist army? This group of waste, rice buckets, can't the soldiers of the communist army even blow up shells? ”