Chapter 357 The Independent Brigade without a Mission in the Battle of Libei

After nearly half a night's journey through the chā and detours, the Northwest Field Army gave full play to the PLA's long-standing advantages in night battles, and several main combat columns had already arrived at the operational positions designated in advance, and in accordance with General Peng's orders, the artillery units at all levels of the field army opened fire together. To read the latest chapters, please lock in Aishang Novel Network biquge.info{Flash Dance Novel Network}

The positions of the 17th and 38th Divisions of the Kuomintang were full of ghosts and wolves, pillboxes, trenches, infantry bunkers, artillery positions, and all kinds of large and small command posts were all within the range of the PLA's artillery fire

The weak PLA dared to take the initiative to attack the heavily defended Kuomintang corps.

I have been competing with the ** people to lead the PLA for such a long time, but the generals of the Kuomintang still underestimated the determination of the PLA, and they did not expect the Northwest Field Army to drill into their stomachs and launch an attack.

In fact, this is normal, in the eyes of PLA cadres and soldiers, there is nothing called dare, and the word dare is not found in the dictionary of the PLA.

The artillery fire continued to bombard for about an hour, and I don't know how many shells were smashed out, and it was useless to know it, just do it, in the words of the soldiers, as long as the battle was won, there would be everything, and Chiang Kai-shek, the captain of the transport brigade, would send the ammunition again, and now was not the time to spare the shells.

The number of artillery pieces of the two integrated divisions of the Kuomintang is not less than that of the PLA, and it is possible that it is even more, but there are only sporadic shells on the artillery positions to return fire, and there is no scale at all, and once a single shell is fired, the PLA will retaliate with a dozen or dozens of shells.

It takes courage for artillery to confront each other, and it is not something that anyone can do in the face of a roaring shell that can still fire calmly without changing their faces, and not to mention tactics or tactics, at least they must not be afraid of death, and no unit can compare with the People's Liberation Army in this regard.

The People's Liberation Army lacks everything, and the most important thing is courage, and compared with the Northwest Field Army formed with the Red Second Front Army and the Northern Shaanxi Red Army (the fourth column, that is, later the Fourth Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army) as the main team, the Kuomintang army is too far behind, not a grade.

The soldiers were jubilant, especially those veterans of the Northwest Field Army, who were even more elated when they saw the huge power of their troops' artillery fire, and they had fought a lot of battles, and they had a deep understanding of hiding and being bombed by shells but not being able to fight back, and now was the time to raise their eyebrows.

Such a long period of artillery preparation caused great damage to the defensive positions of the 17th and 38th divisions of the Kuomintang, and the large number of casualties filled the entire position with panic, and the wails and cries of the wounded were everywhere.

The cries of wounded soldiers are miserable, especially when a certain number of cries are made, which will demoralize the unwounded soldiers, and the troops rely on morale to fight wars, and low morale has a great impact on the combat effectiveness of the troops.

The division headquarters of the 17th and 38th divisions of the Kuomintang unanimously appealed to their corps headquarters for help: 'We have been violently attacked by the communist army, we have been violently attacked by the communist army, yes, it is the main force of the communist army in Peng Dehuai in the northwest, the artillery fire of the communist army is very strong, the troops have suffered heavy casualties, ask for support, ask for support. ‘

As soon as the artillery preparations stopped, the sky was full of red flares, and the flares flew up to the air one after another, and then slowly fell down like a parachute, and the commanders at all levels of the PLA understood that it was time for the infantry to attack.

The soldiers in the sharp knife unit jumped out of the bunker under the cover of their comrades behind them, opened the way with short firepower, and jumped forward in the crater.

The 2nd Column, the main force of the Northwest Field Army, under the command of Commander Wang, launched a surprise attack on the 17th Division of the Kuomintang from the flank and rear, and Commander Wang commanded the 4th, 5th, and 6th main brigades of the column to break through from three sections and pounce upward, and the battle became white-hot from the very beginning.

After the initial panic, the Kuomintang reorganized the 17th Division desperately counterattacked, trying to stop the attacking troops of the People's Liberation Army and buy time for the main force of the corps behind them.

Although the officers of the Kuomintang army who were suddenly attacked were very frightened, they also knew that they were not far from the main force, and as long as they could withstand the PLA attack force in front of them for a while, they would have room for maneuver, and they might be able to entangle the communist army and let the main force of the corps behind them deal with it.

The commanders of the People's Liberation Army, who were contrary to the Kuomintang officers' thinking, did not know the enemy's intentions, and the tip of the knife that entered the enemy's heart must be pulled out quickly, and only by fighting quickly can they fully preserve their strength, so they must not let the enemy get entangled.

In this way, the battle was very fierce, the Kuomintang army desperately wanted to delay time, and the PLA troops wanted to end the battle in the fastest time.

The second column used three main brigades to launch a ferocious attack, and each brigade put three regiments on the front line, leaving no reserves, and striving to win the battle in the shortest possible time.

The first and second columns were the old foundations of the Red Second Front Army, and the middle and high-ranking commanders were all from the Red Army, and such commanders had too much combat experience and understood very well the importance of fighter planes to the troops.

The so-called reorganized 17th Division is actually just a name, and all the reorganized divisions of the Kuomintang troops have brigade formations, and according to the principle of 33 establishments, there are 3 brigades and 9 regiments, plus divisions, brigades, and regiments directly under the regiment, and the strength of a complete reorganized division is very powerful; when it was first established, the Northwest Field Army could only attack one brigade in each battle, and it did not have the ability to eat the whole division. (When Hu Zongnan just occupied Yan'an, Mr. Peng often led the Northwest Field Army to lead the Kuomintang troops around the mountains in order to find fighters, and it was normal for him to run the mountain road for more than ten days in a row for a possible opportunity)

However, now the 1st and 2nd columns have to deal with the integrated 17th Division is not very good, this 17th Division was wiped out by the People's Liberation Army in the Yan'an Campaign, Hu Zongnan in order to retain the number of this unit and reorganized, combat effectiveness is very average, relying on the belief of waiting for support and the two columns of the People's Liberation Army for a while, and the PLA attack troops for several hours, the support units behind are still nowhere to be seen, and the confidence of the soldiers and officers is gradually gone. Without confidence, how could the battle be fought, and the first and second columns seized the opportunity to storm onslaught.

What made Li Yong, Wang Chengde and others anxious was that Commander Wang did not give any task to the Independent Brigade, but hung up the most powerful combat unit in the second column and left it there without any task.

Now everyone is a little confused, what does the commander mean? Didn't you say that there were no reserves, the tactics of a quick battle were planned before the battle began, and besides, the commander didn't say what reserves to let the independent brigade do, what the hell is going on?

The soldiers were so anxious that they were going to turn around, and the 17th Division of the Kuomintang was about to be finished, and if they didn't go up again, they wouldn't even be able to drink soup, let alone eat meat, and if they went on like this, the 17th Division of the Kuomintang wouldn't be able to hold out for long, and when the time came, whether it was guns, ammunition, weapons, or prisoners, there would be nothing to do with the independent brigade.

Not only are the soldiers in a hurry, but the commanders at all levels are even more anxious, who doesn't know about our independent brigade, it is a well-known unit, but seeing that the brother troops are fighting lively, what is the matter with resting here, is it that the leaders of the column look down on our independent brigade? It can't be.

The soldiers asked the squad leader, the squad leader asked the platoon commander, the platoon commander asked the battalion commander, and finally asked Li Yong and Wang Chengde's brigade headquarters.

Li Jiangguo, the commander of the first battalion, shouted on the phone: "Brigade commander, political commissar, hurry up and ask the commander for instructions, let our brigade go up, if you don't go up, it's too late, the daylilies are cold, it's really not okay, let's go to one or two battalions and make do, or how can we tell people after this battle, saying that our brigade didn't fire a single shot, and didn't catch a single prisoner?" Do you say shame or not? ”

Xiang such calls one after another, brigade commander Li Yong didn't bother to deal with them, the people who answered the phone were the work of political commissar Wang Chengde and chief of staff Fang Xin, Wang Chengde didn't know how many times he explained on the phone, and finally even Wang Chengde couldn't stand the sāo disturbance of these boys, and shouted on the phone: "Li Jiangguo, what kind of demon and hungry son are you, how to fight the chief, the chief naturally has an arrangement, what kind of coaxing you follow, what go up to one battalion or two battalions, I sue you, control the troops well, and I will deal with you if something happens." ”

Wang Chengde scolded Li Jiangguo back, but Wang Chengde, who had just finished scolding Li Jiangguo, turned around and asked Li Yong, who was leisurely and complacent: "Dayong, these guys let me scold back, but to be honest, I still can't figure out what my superiors mean, let's just watch?" ”

Brigade Commander Li is not as anxious as these people, not to mention the combat effectiveness of the independent brigade, not to mention the commander of the column, even the leaders of the field division are very clear, and there is naturally a reason why they have not been given any tasks so far, as for what the reason is, it is difficult to say, just wait.

Seeing that Wang Chengde couldn't help but come over and ask, Li Yong said a little funny: "Old Wang, what are you anxious about, the combat strength commander of our brigade knows very well, and he knows it in his heart." ”