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From Xining in Qinghai to Zhangye in Gansu, the straight-line distance is 350 kilometers, which is the distance on the map at that time.

This is a road without people, and the so-called road is just looking at the map and the compass in your hand, and there is no road without people.

After listening to the briefing of the people left behind in Xining, Li Yong was so anxious that he ordered the troops to set off immediately and chase the troops as fast as possible, preferably before crossing the Qilian Mountains.

The brigade commander's anxiety made everyone very puzzled, and even the political commissar Wang Chengde couldn't help asking: "Dayong, don't be in such a hurry, don't you still believe in the combat effectiveness of our second army, even if the enemy has two armies, we won't be afraid of him, and we will still win the fight." ”

Wang Chengde was very confident in his old troops, and the enemy that the Second Army had to face was the 91st Army and the 120th Army of the Kuomintang, although the 91st Army and the 120th Army were the regular troops of the Central Army of the Kuomintang, but after the battles of Lanzhou and Ningxia, they had become frightened birds, and even if they were facing each other head-on, they did not necessarily dare to stand on the top even if they were facing each other head-on.

There is a reason why Li Yong is so anxious, he doesn't believe in the combat effectiveness of the Second Army, the Second Army is the main force of the Northwest Field Army and the First Corps, and it is the old Red Army unit, the commanders and fighters have a tenacious will to fight, an extremely tough style, and strong combat effectiveness, and the total strength is more than 30,000 even if the ** brigade is not counted, and it is simply impossible for the enemy to eat them in such a unit, Li Yong's worry has another reason.

"Lao Wang, I didn't say anything about the combat effectiveness of our second army, what I'm worried about is how they will cross the Qilian Mountain, and the biggest threat to our old army is not the Kuomintang army, but the low temperature on the Qilian Mountain."

Poor logistical support has always been a shortcoming of the PLA, and it can also be said to be a weakness, which has been the case since the Red Army and failed to reach the level of the Kuomintang army during the War of Liberation. The Northwest Field Army, in particular, was the poorest and worst of the major field armies, and most of its supplies had to be transported by animal power, and after entering the depths of the Hexi Corridor, it became farther and farther away from the rear base areas. The problem of lack of supply is becoming more and more prominent.

As soon as Li Yong said this, Wang Chengde also understood that the Second Army had been fighting continuously for more than two months since the Battle of Fumei, and had never been well rested. The fighters will not have much to eat in their stomachs, which will cause great distress to the troops.

Wang Chengde is a veteran, he knows very well the importance of equipment to the troops, knows that if there is no food in the stomach, he will not be able to resist the cold, and if he can't eat meat and man, he will not be cold-tolerant, and the Qilian Mountain has a high altitude and low temperature, and the top of the mountain is covered with snow all year round. There will definitely be a loss if you just go up the mountain like this.

"Dayong, what do you say you should do?"

"There is no way, it is impossible to rely on local governments to replenish food and supplies. Even if they want to replenish now, it's too late, and there is no one to find in the Qilian Mountains area, and the only way is to catch up with the troops, stop the main force, take out all the materials reserved by our brigade, and equip the main force, so as to reduce losses, and this is the only way. ”

Li Yong wanted to catch up with the main force of the Second Army as much as possible, and used the family funds saved by the ** brigade to supplement the troops. Don't look at Li Yong, it depends on when, you have to use it when it is critical, you have to use it when it is critical, and focus on the overall interests, this is the concept of the overall situation, Wang Chengde really has only this trick when he thinks about it. The Second Army has three divisions and one brigade, and if you want to talk about the abundance of material reserves, those main divisions are really not as good as the ** brigade.

**The brigade set off after eating only one hot meal in Xining, and in accordance with the order of the brigade headquarters, advanced at full speed, trying to catch up with the main force of the army by all means.

At this time, the benefits of mechanized marching were reflected, the wheels were rolling, the speed of the march was getting faster and faster, passing Datong, crossing Nantan, and finally catching up with the troops at the foot of Qilian Mountain, a small place called Ebao.

The Qilian Mountains are located in the northeastern part of Qinghai Province and the western border of Gansu Province in China, and are composed of a number of parallel mountains and wide valleys trending northwest to southeast. Because it is located on the south side of the Hexi Corridor, it is also known as Nanshan. The western end meets the Altyn Mountains at the Dangin Pass. The eastern end is connected to the Yellow River valley and the Qinling Mountains and Liupan Mountains. It is nearly 1,000 kilometers long. It belongs to the folded fault block mountain. The widest point is between Jiuquan City and Qaidam Basin, reaching 300 kilometers. From north to south, it includes Daxue Mountain, Tuolai Mountain, Tuolai South Mountain, Yema South Mountain, Shule South Mountain, Danghenan Mountain, Tuergen Daban Mountain, Qaidam Mountain and Zongwulong Mountain. The peaks are mostly 4000~5000 meters above sea level, and the highest peak, the Tuanjie Peak of Shule South Mountain, is 5808 meters above sea level. The peaks above 4,000 meters above sea level are covered with snow all year round, and the mountain valleys are also between 3,000~3,500 meters above sea level.

Some of the commanders at all levels of the Second Army are veteran Red Army veterans who have experienced the Long March and have experience in climbing snow-capped mountains, and now they are all trying their best to solve difficulties for the troops, looking for food, clothing, and ways to resist the cold.

There is no local government, no base area, no enthusiastic people in the old area, a large army of tens of thousands of horses, how can the materials needed by the troops be raised under the uninhabited snowy mountains, and the limited little reserves are also a drop in the bucket. ”

**Brigade? Commander Guo Peng and several people were stunned, for some time recently, the ** brigade has been frequently transferred by the headquarters and the head of the corps to carry out tasks alone, and the Second Army has not counted them in the plan for a long time when carrying out combat missions.

"Really? You're not mistaken, right? Commander Guo Peng asked a little disbelievingly.

"Chief, there's really no mistake, the ** brigade is only a dozen kilometers away from us now, and you can talk to them directly with a walkie-talkie after a while." Seeing that the commander didn't believe it, the little soldier's speed of speech was a little fast.

Commander Guo Peng looked at Political Commissar Wang Enmao, and then at Deputy Commander Chen, several people looked at each other a few times, and laughed together, Commander Guo Peng shouted: "Damn, it's really time for these boys to come, let the reconnaissance company go and pick them up." ”

More than ten kilometers of distance, with the marching speed of the ** brigade, it only took more than half an hour to arrive, and when the truck of the vanguard of the ** brigade appeared in the sight of the soldiers, the Qilian Mountain suddenly boiled, after going out for so many days, the ** brigade finally found its old unit, found its own home, and had not been together for a few months, and it was said that the time was not long, but in the war years, in the case of the possibility of sacrifice every day, a few months seemed extraordinarily long.

Cheers, shouts, laughs and scolds, the two troops hugged together in an instant, all the people are looking for old comrades-in-arms and old comrades, all of them are asking each other about the current situation of the old comrades-in-arms, the scene is lively as if it is in the New Year, of course, there are joys and joys, there are also sadness and sadness, and they are all good together laughing and scolding: He ***, why are you not dead yet, and then exchange souvenirs, and those who know that there are comrades who sacrifice can only wipe a handful of tears.

The Second Army and the ** Brigade have been fighting frequently in recent times, there are a large number of cadres and soldiers sacrificed, and they will never see each other again if they don't see each other for a few months, sadness is the long-term affection of people, they are used to sacrifice, and they are used to death, these iron-clad men don't look indifferent to casualties on the battlefield, but that's only on the battlefield, in the absence of a way to look like that, once the battle is over, sadness will be shrouded in their hearts for a long time, and the war is indeed cruel.

Li Yong and Wang Chengde, led by soldiers from several army reconnaissance companies, immediately went to the military headquarters of the Second Army, and the so-called military headquarters was a command post temporarily fenced with several tents in a low-lying sheltered place, with a few tables and a few stools in it.

I saw the figures of several old chiefs from a distance, Li Yong and Wang Chengde were excited, and rushed over at a trot, and several army leaders greeted them early, and Commander Guo Peng gave Li Yong and Wang Chengde, who were standing in front of him, a fist to each of them, and then shouted loudly: "It's good to come back, I know you did a good job, come, don't stand stupidly outside, come in and talk about it." ”

Or return to their old army cordially, see everything is good, there is no sense of restraint, the two of them followed a few chiefs to the tent, Wang Enmao political commissar a little proudly introduced to Li Yong and Wang Chengde: "How about it, our military department is okay, right?" It's not much worse than your ** brigade, look at this big tent, it was all captured from Ma Jiajun, they all said that Ma Jiajun was an old poor sour, I don't think it's necessarily true, it's still a little beneficial. ”

It really made Wang Enmao political commissar right, whether it is the Qingma Army or the Ningma Army, although the weapons and equipment are not very good, but because there are many cavalry in the army, the tent is a kind of military supplies that must be prepared, there are self-made, there are also imported goods, and the military headquarters of the Second Army is a few American-style big tents.

Deputy Army Commander Chen was the old brigade commander of the original Fourth Brigade and the direct leader of Li Yong and Wang Chengde, so he hurriedly pulled the two of them over at this time and asked them in detail about the situation of the troops, how many battles they fought, how the opponents they encountered, and whether the casualties of the soldiers were large, Li Yong and Wang Chengde answered them one by one.

The happy time flies quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it will be almost noon, and Political Commissar Wang Enmao told Li Yong and Wang Chengde that the two of you will have lunch at the military headquarters today, and you will have good things to entertain. (……)

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