Chapter 355: Li Yong's Jianyì in the Battle of Libei

In order to coordinate with the large-scale counteroffensive of other field armies on the battlefields of the whole country, the Northwest Field Army prepared to attack the Kuomintang troops deployed in the area east of the Guanzhong Plain and in the vicinity of Dali County at the end of September or early October, and used the initiative to attack the main force of the Kuomintang Hu Zongnan's corps so that it could not get out, and then achieved the goal of cooperating with other battlefields throughout the country. The full-text and ad-free novels are all biquge.info on Aishang Novel Network

At the pre-war meeting held by the Second Column, Commander Wang was somewhat accustomed to asking Li Yong, commander of the Independent Brigade, what his opinion was on the campaign plan.

This is also an old habit when the second column is in a meeting, Commander Wang likes this young commander very much with a very forward-looking mind, so he likes to ask a few words when he has nothing to do, the independent brigade commanded by Li Yong is a trump card under Commander Wang, and such a commander must of course be valued by his superiors.

Li Yong turned a few times in his heart, how to say? Say yes or not? As a person who has come over, Li Yong is very clear about the process and results of this campaign, in the history of our army, the Libei Campaign did not annihilate the encircled enemy as planned by the field army, but became a defeat battle that the field commanders did not want to see, and it should be said that the campaign attempt was only half of what it was when it was formulated.

During this period, the field army headquarters also encountered unexpected dangers, and even Mr. Peng and the commanders of the field division were in an extremely dangerous situation, but fortunately, in the end, there was only a thrill, which was not expected before and after the start of the campaign.

How to euphemistically say or react to the little information he can grasp is the problem that Li Yong needs to consider now.

Not saying anything must be Li Yong's reluctance, and he is sorry for his identity as a person who has come over, and he is afraid that his role will be disgusted by his superiors.

Li Yong, who thought about it for a while, still stood up, no matter how he was understood by his superiors, what should be said must be said that when it comes to the question of how to destroy the enemy and protect himself, the ** people of the older generation are very tolerant and generous, and they should not embarrass themselves, and it is not appropriate to put the thoughts of modern people on the older generation.

Li Yong, who had figured this out, no longer had any worries psychologically, he just said it, and it was good to say it, as for how the superiors arranged it, it was not up to him to decide: "Commander, I don't have any opinion on Noji's battle plan, but I'm a little worried." ”

Hearing Li Yong say that he was a little worried about the battle plan, Commander Wang's heart flashed, because Commander Wang knew Li Yong's personality very well, and he would not speak like this without a certain degree of certainty and judgment, this guy should not look at his age, sometimes he saw the problem very accurately, and his judgment was very accurate before several major battles, which is why Commander Wang often called him up to speak: "What are you worried about?" Say it all, don't hide it, and no one blames you for saying it. ”

"Commander, there is nothing wrong with taking the initiative to contain Hu Zongnan's main force in the northern Shaanxi battlefield, and it is also the most important task of our field army at present, but I personally think that our appetite is a little bigger."

When Li Yong said this, Commander Wang encouraged: "It's nothing, if you continue to talk about it, it's a good thing to put forward Ye Si's plan, don't worry about it." ”

Li Yong: In the previous campaign, our field army took the destruction of one division of the enemy as its operational goal, but through the efforts of all the commanders and fighters of the field army, we achieved our goal and completely annihilated the 36th reorganized division of the Kuomintang.

The 36th Division of the Kuomintang was reorganized after the destruction of Shajiadian, and its personnel and combat effectiveness were not very good, and it was just a name, but our Second Column was strong and strong, with sufficient weapons and ammunition, and it was in the process of being cleaned up by fighting a war of annihilation with superior forces.

Second, in order to create an opportunity for our column, the field army used all its main forces to contain the enemy's main corps, with the result that the Kuomintang reinforcements were not in place, or there were no reinforcements at all, and our column attacked with all its might without any worries, and the above two points were the key to the victory of the campaign.

When Li Yong said this, not only Commander Wang, but also the brigade and regiment cadres who came to the meeting of the column also nodded frequently, these people did not have any pride and complacency because they fought well in the last battle, and without the full cooperation of the fraternal troops, the Second Column would not have been able to wipe out the 36th Division so smoothly, and the victory was the result of the joint efforts of all the field army soldiers, and this was the consensus of everyone.

Seeing that everyone supported his point of view, Li Yong was a little more confident in what he said: Although our field army rested for a period of time, replenished some prisoners and a large number of North China soldiers, and greatly improved its weaponry, its strength was still in a weak position compared with the enemy, and it was difficult to destroy the enemy's two divisions in one battle, and the 17th Division of the Kuomintang, like the 36th Division, was formed after it was eliminated (the 17th Division of the Kuomintang was eliminated in the Yan'an Campaign, and the current 17th Division was reorganized). The combat effectiveness is not high.

However, the strength of the Kuomintang 38th Division is very complete, with a full strength (more than 25,000 men) and excellent weapons and ammunition, and there may be unforeseen difficulties in dealing with such a unit, so I think that after the battle begins, there will be no problem for our second and first columns to encircle the 17th Division, and our two columns have a combined personnel of nearly 60,000, and it should not be difficult to deal with a Kuomintang 17th Division with only 10,000 men, but it should not be easy for the third and fourth columns to encircle the Kuomintang 38th Division.

On the surface, the personnel of the 3rd and 4th columns exceeded 50,000, which was twice that of the 38th Division of the Kuomintang, but the 38th Division of the Kuomintang fought a defensive war, and the positional defensive war was the strong point of the Kuomintang army, and our advantage was a field battle of movement, and we used our own short to attack the enemy's strength, and the strength of the two to one troops did not have much advantage, and it was difficult to completely annihilate them in a short period of time, and once we became entangled with the enemy, it would be troublesome, and our field army was responsible for containing the main force of the enemy's large corps with only one sixth column. If the sixth column cannot withstand the attack of the enemy's main force, it will put the troops in a very dangerous and passive situation.

Therefore, there are two difficulties in our field army in this campaign, the first difficulty is whether the third and fourth columns can quickly solve the 38th division of the Kuomintang, and if they can solve it quickly, our worries are unnecessary and redundant, and it is enough for the troops to withdraw as soon as the battle is over, and if the battle cannot be ended quickly, then it will depend on the table of our sixth column.

The second difficulty lies in whether the Sixth Column can withstand the enemy's attack, although the command of the Kuomintang is very rigid, but the front-line commanders are not all fools, and it is impossible for the two divisions to be surrounded without rescue, once the enemy's main force pounces on us, we can only rely on the Sixth Column, the Sixth Column has only more than 20,000 people, and it is a great headache to use the Sixth Column of more than 20,000 people to meet the main force of the Kuomintang Corps that is rushing over with more than 100,000 people.

When Li Yong said this, there was a lot of discussion in the conference room of the entire second column, and the commander of the second regiment, Zhao, patted Li Yong on the shoulder: "Dayong, your son gives us a surprise every time, but what you say is really reasonable, our containment force is too small, I estimate that the commanders of the field division want to use a thunderous blow to quickly solve the battle, or they will not send out all the troops in their hands, leaving only a sixth column." ”

Commander Wang and several commanders around him looked at each other, and the meaning in their eyes was obvious, this brigade commander was becoming more and more incomprehensible, the analysis of the problem was the way, and the mature mind did not look like a young man of twenty years old, but it was not a bad thing, the more powerful the better.

Looking at the steaming conference room, Commander Wang pressed his hand on the table: "Comrades, Li Yong's opinion will be reported to the commanders of the Ye Division, if everyone agrees, it will be the collective opinion of our second column, but the battle will start tomorrow night, since the superiors have decided that we must resolutely carry it out, after everyone goes back, we will grasp the troops, prepare for battle, and start on time tomorrow night." ”

At night, it was pitch black, there was no moon or stars, thick clouds piled up in the sky, gusts of autumn wind blew with a bleak chill, shadowy men and horses groped and walked in the ravine beside the woods, the brigade could not see how many there were, but judging from the short command of the soldiers, the thin sound of the weapons on their bodies and the sound of the horses, this was a large army marching at night.

It was the main force of the Northwest Field Army, the famous Second Column, that carried out the task of piercing cha, and the visibility at night was very poor, but it was the best cover for tens of thousands of horses in the whole column.

At the forefront of the whole column was a platoon of soldiers who were responsible for leading the way, and dozens of clever soldiers, under the leadership of their battalion commanders, led the brigade of men and horses while identifying the terrain and features.

At the end of the pre-war preparation meeting of the second column, Commander Wang found Li Yong and Wang Chengde, borrowed a reconnaissance platoon of the independent brigade, and asked them to lead the way for the whole army.

The soldiers of this platoon, led by their battalion commander Zhang Jinsong, searched and advanced in front of the large army along the terrain and roads that had been reconnoitred a few days ago.

It is difficult to find the direction and position at night without the moon and stars, although it is easy to get lost after walking again, but fortunately, Zhang Jinsong and his scouts are professionally trained, and the growth of dead trees, stones, mounds, rivers, trees and weeds, and their sunny positions are all references for them to identify the direction