Chapter 356 The Field Army of the Explosion of the Battle of Libei

A reconnaissance platoon of the Independent Brigade led the way for the large force at the front of the second column, and the battalion commander Zhang Jinsong personally led the soldiers of this platoon to search and advance in the dark night. To read the latest chapters, please lock the biquge.info of Aishang Novels

The task of the reconnaissance platoon is too important, not to mention that there are only a few dozen people, but they are the tip of the knife of the whole column, and they must accurately bring the whole column to the position designated by the Noji at night when the visibility is very poor, and then attack the integrated 17th Division of the Kuomintang within the specified time, and together with the first column, strive to encircle and annihilate this Kuomintang unit that was reorganized after being wiped out in Yan'an in the shortest possible time.

Once the troops get lost or fail to arrive on time, it will delay the start of the entire campaign and will affect the success or failure of the campaign.

In order to seize the initiative in the campaign, the Northwest Field Army could only achieve the effect of taking the Kuomintang troops by surprise by taking advantage of the darkness of the night to launch a sudden attack; if the best time for the attack was missed, it was difficult to say whether the field army, which fought more with less, would be able to win the battle.

Although Ning Erzi and the soldiers of his platoon are all smart and clever guys, Zhang Jinsong couldn't put his mind at ease after accepting the task, why? The burden is too heavy, and the weight makes people feel heavy, and Ning Erzi's shoulders may not be able to pick it up.

It was tens of thousands of horses in the whole column, and Commander Wang and the commanders were all in it, and if something happened, it would be a big thing, and no one could afford the consequences, and in the end, this young old scout handed over all the work in the battalion to the instructor, and personally led the team in front to open the way for the whole army.

Seeing that the battalion commander Zhang Jinsong was with them, Ning Erzi and the soldiers of a platoon had the backbone, and a big stone on the heart fell to the ground, and the soldiers thought very simply, with the battalion commander and the platoon commander planning in front, of course they would save some snacks.

With these clever and alert scouts, the progress of the troops has not been slow, and the large army has taken advantage of the cover of night to move forward, up to the commander of the column Wang and some commanders in the headquarters, down to every soldier, and tens of thousands of horses are all in the rapid march.

The Second Column drew up its own battle plan on the basis of the intelligence analysis obtained from various aspects in advance, and it was necessary to make full use of the characteristics of the Kuomintang reorganized 17th Division and the 38th Division being too far apart, the soldiers being tired and lax, and the characteristics of lax defense, boldly using the tactic of detouring through the chariot to divide and encircle the enemy, and prepare to deal a surprise blow to the Kuomintang 17 Division after the battle began, first striking at their defensive arrangements and the determination of the soldiers, and then eating them in one bite.

How to avoid being cut through the junction of the 17th and 38th Divisions of the Kuomintang was the first problem faced by the Second Column.

There is a fundamental difference between a large army march and dozens of scouts going to conduct reconnaissance, weapons and equipment, food and baggage must be brought, and there are a large number of cannons, mules, and cavalry and messenger horses in the troops, so it is simply impossible to have no movement at all.

But the second column is to make the impossible possible, in the eyes of the people, nothing can not be done, as long as there is determination, people's will can overcome a difficulty, this is also a habit formed by the PLA troops in many years of conquest career, there is no can't do it, only can't think of it, what's the big deal about the difficulties? Difficulties are meant to be overcome.

The large army marched silently in the dark night, and the commander's short command came from the mouths of the soldiers from time to time, and passed one after another: "Close to the distance, no smoking, no exposure to the fire, good insurance, heart fire." ”

Tens of thousands of horses marched together, only the soles of the soldiers' feet trampled on the earth, even the hooves of the war horses were wrapped with cotton cloth, the horses with chews in their mouths, the war horses are spiritual, these war horses seem to know that now is not the time for them to scream, one by one is very honest, follow the troops quietly forward, what is discipline, this is discipline, the discipline of the People's Liberation Army is made of iron and steel.

Wearing cha, wearing cha, and wearing cha again, it was necessary to rush to the position pointed out by Ye Si in the shortest possible time, five kilometers had passed, ten kilometers had passed, and twenty kilometers had also passed, and according to the road taken during the previous reconnaissance, the second column and the first column were very smooth, and they did not encounter the Kuomintang patrol and search troops, and Zhang Jinsong, who was holding the map at the front of the troops, left the front of his clothes completely open, and the heat kept rising from his head.

Zhang Jinsong, who was sweating profusely, was not tired, and the distance of more than 20 kilometers was not a problem at all for this old Eighth Route Army soldier who was accustomed to mountain roads, and sweating was urgent.

The pressure he was under was enormous, and it should be about the same in terms of time and the distance of the soldiers, and all the men and horses of the second column had already circled the position behind the 17th and 38th divisions of the Kuomintang, but fighting a war was not a joke, let alone a drill, what should, estimated, probably, and probably such words were not allowed to appear in the scouts' mouths.

The closer you get to the destination, the more you can't make mistakes, Zhang Jinsong put his head on the clothes door, and then asked the soldiers to cover a few clothes, lie on the ground and look at the map with the faint light of the flashlight, compare whether the forward route is accurate, walk a section to compare, and then walk a section to compare.

Zhang Jinsong, an old scout, got down and stood up more than ten times, and finally determined that the soldiers of their platoon had brought the whole column to the position designated in advance for the start of the battle, and the scout's first task was completed smoothly.

Not too far from the place where the second column came out, there was a dilapidated earthen cave, the doors and windows of the cave had long been gone, and now it was tightly blocked by people with a few grams of quilts, and occasionally someone lifted the quilt blocking the door and shot out a few faint rays of light from the cave when they entered and exited.

Mr. Peng and the headquarters of the Northwest Field Army were set up in this abandoned cave that did not even have doors and windows, and under the dim light of a few candles, several commanders of the field division and some staff officers were constantly busy, while Mr. Peng was sitting on a chair and didn't know what he was thinking, as if he was closing his eyes before the start of the war.

A commander-like figure lay on the table, marking something back and forth on the map with the red and blue pencil in his hand, and still muttered vigorously: "The second column arrives at the designated position, the first column arrives at the designated position, the third column arrives at the designated position, the column arrives at the designated position, and the sixth column arrives at the designated position." ”

When the last stroke was finished, the commander raised his head and said to Mr. Peng, who was sitting on a chair with his eyes closed: "Mr. Boss, the troops have arrived at the designated position, and the movement is very smooth, and it is estimated that the 17th and 38th divisions of the Kuomintang are still asleep. ”

As if this was all expected, Mr. Peng, who opened his eyes, looked at his watch, and then said very calmly: "Sleep well, let them continue to sleep Aishang Novel Network, order the troops, and the attack begins." ”

In fact, for more than a year, every battle fought by the Northwest Field Army has been like walking a tightrope, using more than 20,000 troops to confront the regular army of more than 300,000 Kuomintang. At the very least, there will be a draw.

This requirement is too high, and it is difficult for later historians to understand how the best people at that time could win the battle.

The microphones of more than a dozen telephones were picked up at the same time, and there was only one voice transmitted from the microphones: "Start, start, start." ”

The battle broke out violently, and the Northwest Field Army once again took the initiative to attack the Kuomintang heavy army group after destroying the Kuomintang reorganized 36th Division.

After more than a year of exhibition in the Northwest Field Army, by the second half of the 48th year, all kinds of weapons and equipment had made great progress, and in particular, the artillery firepower that had been lacking all along, from scratch and from weak to strong, and the current PLA artillery was able to directly confront the Kuomintang artillery.

Mountain artillery, field artillery, battle defense artillery, howitzers, artillery of various calibers opened fire at the same time, shells flew overwhelmingly, the ground shook the mountains, and the flames soared into the sky.

The firing of the artillery has long been calibrated, and there is the credit of the scouts here, and the scouts got back all the numbers that the artillery wanted a few days ago, and now the artillery has to shoot hard, according to the order of Mr. Peng, all the shells that have been prepared for a long time are fired.

Attacking the forward positions, the minefields and blockade lines before the attack, the second echelon in depth, and the Kuomintang artillery positions, the soldiers stripped off their arms and encouraged each other while firing artillery: "Fall hard, use the Kuomintang shells to smash these gray grandsons, so that they can see what the artillery of the People's Liberation Army is." ”

The artillery fire of the People's Liberation Army was prepared one after another, and the dense rain of bullets blew up the positions of the Kuomintang in all directions, and the infantry soldiers who were preparing to attack at the forefront were jubilant for bursts, and everyone shouted to their heart's content: "Look at Aishang Novel Network, our People's Liberation Army also has artillery, look at this artillery shell is like heavy rain, fight well, kill these lackeys of Chiang Kai-shek, and see if they can show off their might in northern Shaanxi." ”