Fort Guide is more than 40 miles away from Yulin, Sanchawan is in between, the special battalion rushed through from Sanchawan, continued to move forward, out of Sanchawan and walked forward a few kilometers, Li Yong asked the troops to spread along both sides of the road, choose a favorable terrain to build a position and prepare for battle, Li Yong told one by one: "This battle is different from the past, the opponent is the Central Army of the Kuomintang, this is the first time our battalion has fought with the Central Army, we must do a good job." ”

More than an hour later, Zhang Jinsong rode back on horseback: "Battalion commander, instructor, the enemy did not all enter Yulin, some people chased down the road, and the other two battalion-level troops of our army who were responsible for blocking the task failed to stop the enemy, and they had already retreated to the east, seeing that they wanted to bring the enemy to the east, but this part of the enemy was not fooled, and continued to chase down the road to the south. ”

Li Yong asked, "How many enemies can there be?" What is the speed of the march? Zhang Jinsong replied: "The enemy should be a brigade out of the city, and the distance between regiments is several kilometers, and the speed of the march is not fast, so it looks like he should be very tired." ”

Li Yong fell into deep thought on the spot, at this time no one around dared to disturb Li Yong, Li Yong thought nervously for a few minutes, suddenly raised his head and said to Zhang Jinsong: "Jinsong, you go back again, find out what is the distance between the enemy's avant-garde regiment and the brigade headquarters, you must be careful, be careful not to let the enemy find out, you go in person." ”

Zhang Jinsong replied: "Don't worry, battalion commander." After speaking, he ran out on horseback with a few soldiers, and after more than an hour, the position of the special service battalion was basically completed, and Zhang Jinsong also ran back in Li Yong's expectation.

Zhang Jinsong wiped his sweat while panting and pouting: "Battalion commander, the enemy's avant-garde regiment is about four to five kilometers away from the main force of the brigade headquarters, and there are about two or three thousand people. ”

Li Yong asked: "How did you calculate the distance between the enemy's avant-garde regiment and the main force of the brigade headquarters?" Zhang Jinsong said with a smile: "Battalion commander, I am the reconnaissance platoon commander of our battalion, I paid attention to it when our troops came, and I also inquired about some fellow villagers along the way, Sanchawan is twenty miles away from Yulin, and Fort Guide is also twenty miles away from Sanchawan, Sanchawan is in the middle of the two, although it is now dark, but look at the enemy's marching position to know, this can't be wrong." ”

Li Yong nodded, this Zhang Jinsong is really good, he is a scout, and his mind is much more detailed than before when he fights.

Li Yong immediately convened a meeting of cadres above the platoon level, and Li Yong said: "Comrades, the enemy who reinforced Yulin has chased down the Xianyu Highway, and the enemy who has chased down is a main brigade of the 36th Division.

But the battle must also be fought, and it must be beaten, otherwise the enemy will not stop by itself, we must try to buy a little more time for the main force, this 36th Division is a rich man, it is different from the miscellaneous cards we played in the past, not only has a large number of personnel and excellent weapons, each brigade has a large-caliber long-range howitzer battalion, which is a huge threat to us.

When you withdrew from Yulin City, you also heard the explosion of the enemy's long-range artillery fire, and it was very dangerous to be covered by the fire of the enemy's large-caliber artillery, so we didn't do such a stupid thing as confronting the enemy head-on, although this 36th Division was crazy, but we didn't have no chance at all.

The avant-garde regiment of this brigade is four to five kilometers away from the main force of the brigade when it goes out of the city to chase down, and this time we will attack the enemy's avant-garde regiment and find a way to hit him with a time difference, a distance of four to five kilometers, and the normal speed of the infantry marching will take an hour, and an emergency will be enough for half an hour.

Therefore, if we want to fight this battle, we have only half an hour left, that is to say, we must end the battle within half an hour, and if the battle cannot be ended within half an hour, but is stuck by the enemy, our battalion will be very dangerous, and once we cannot withdraw, we will be in danger of annihilation.

My demand is that the battle should be over within 15 minutes, whether we win or not, we must withdraw, and if we win, we must use 10 minutes to clean up the battlefield, and I repeat, if we can win this battle, it will only take 10 minutes to clean up the battlefield.

If the battle does not go well, when our battalion retreats, Wang Laohu's fifth platoon will be responsible for covering, Speaking of this, Li Yong glanced at Wang Laohu and aggravated his tone, Tiger, the current shape is very unfavorable to us, and it is not easy to be a hero at this time. ”

Wang Laohu stood up and straightened his thick chest: "Battalion commander, instructor, I am an old soldier, I know what it is to cover, please rest assured that the battalion commander and instructor will not retreat without the orders of the battalion commander and instructor." ”

Li Yong was very moved, and the troops designated as covering were basically meat buns and dogs, and there was no return, and this was a task of nine deaths and a lifetime, and a soldier like Wang Laohu, who seemed to be at home, could only be cultivated in the people's army.

As an aside, at the beginning of the Liberation War, the Central Plains Field Army was surrounded by the Kuomintang with more than 300,000 heavy troops, and when it broke through, the Central Plains Field Army used a meat bun to beat the dog, and opened up a brigade to attract the attention of the Kuomintang large corps, while the rest of the troops broke out while the enemy was encircling this brigade, and returned to the base area along the way.

Pi Dingjun was later the commander of a column, and when he was awarded the title in five or five years, according to the regulations at that time, the rank of column commander was given the rank of major general, and he said a very famous sentence: "Pi has merit, and he is promoted to the middle of the year." "As a result, General Pidingjun is a lieutenant general.

Therefore, the work of covering is one of the most difficult tasks to complete, and Commander Zhao has never used the special battalion is also based on this consideration, and one more battalion participating in the siege of the city will not solve the big problem, if all the forces are used, once they encounter danger, they will not be able to take out the troops in their hands at the critical time, and the facts have proved that Commander Zhao's worries are completely correct.

Li Yong continued: "This battle is different from the cavalry that fought the enemy before, although the enemy is also a regiment, but this regiment has less than 3,000 men, more than three times as many as ours, and it is well-armed and has sufficient ammunition.

This is a battle of pulling teeth out of the tiger's mouth, so in this battle, our battalion must go all out, in addition to the health team and the cooking class, the baggage platoon must also be pulled up, and the horses and baggage of the whole battalion are responsible for the cooking squad and the health team.

The enemy's regimental unit is equipped with a mortar company, which is a great threat to us, this mortar company is a direct unit in the regiment, the position of the march should be near the regimental headquarters, and the location of the regimental headquarters is also easy to find, didn't Jinsong say that the enemy still has three jeeps, and the enemy's commander should be in the car.

The position of the artillery company should be a little behind the regimental headquarters, Gao Xiang, the task of your platoon is to destroy this mortar company, after the battle begins, your platoon will not participate in the attack, and after the enemy's artillery company exposes its position, you will concentrate all your firepower and strive to get rid of the enemy's artillery in the shortest possible time.

Once again, I emphasize that the enemy who came back this time is a rich man, and there should be some communication equipment to find a way to grab it, and the jeep should not be damaged, comrades, do you understand? ”

Li Jiangguo shouted: "Battalion commander, what do we want jeeps for?" No one will get this thing together, and it's not the same as Fei Tie when it comes back. ”

Li Yong: "If the jeep is useful, we can use this thing to pull the wounded, now we have a lot of horses, the lightly wounded can ride horses, but the seriously wounded have to carry them away, with this thing is much easier, our marching speed can also be accelerated, we no one will drive, it doesn't mean that the enemy won't, just take their drivers prisoner, besides, who said that we don't know, I will, when the jeep is captured, I will teach everyone, it's not difficult, I will learn it in a few days." ”

Or Li Jiangguo said loudly: "Battalion commander, how can you do anything?" I don't think you're going to have a baby right now. ”

After Li Jiangguo finished speaking, the soldiers laughed, Li Yong thought to himself, what is the great thing about this car, Lao Tzu can not only drive but also repair, I used to drive our car every day, but these words can only be thought about and cannot be said.