Chapter 669: Great News
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Hongliuxia Ranch is a place where people are born and raised, with abundant water sources and large wetlands, which has all the conditions to become a large oasis.
The Usman gang has worked hard in this area for decades, and their families are very thick, with all kinds of food and drink, and the grazing animals are more like stars in the sky, and they can't count them clearly.
The soldiers are happy, it's better to fight such a battle to dig out the nest, the bandits are too rich, the fat is not like words, the troops need these supplies, and taking Hongliuxia is like rain falling from the sky, and the effect is too great.
In the past, the Duli Brigade had always been competing with the southern part of Hu Zong's Kuomintang army in the northwest, because of the extra care of President Chiang, the king of the northwest in the first phase of Huangpu had what he wanted, weapons, ammunition and logistics materials were very sufficient, and the equipment of the troops was not a little stronger than that of other local warlords.
It was with the light of the transport brigade commander (the name of the PLA troops for Chiang Kai-shek) that the Northwest Field Army, which later developed and expanded, and the powerful Duli Brigade
But this was all in the past, and after the Duli Brigade followed the First Corps of the People's Liberation Army to the northwest border, there were no major captures.
The opponents who fought with the Duli Brigade had nothing to capture except for the poor and the poor, the weapons and equipment of the bandits were not good, and there were a lot of war horses, but the Duli Brigade, which was all mechanized, could not use much, so the development of the troops fell into a bottleneck.
What does the PLA rely on for the development of its troops? Rely on superiors? That is impossible, whether it is in the period of the Red Army or the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, until the later period of the War of Liberation, the development of the army has always relied on capture, to put it bluntly, all weapons and equipment are looted, including soldiers. After a little time of education, the personnel of the Kuomintang troops were taken prisoner, and they became soldiers of the People's Liberation Army.
Of the 10,000 commanders and fighters of the Duli Brigade, how many can there be without the status of prisoners? Even the brigade commander Li Yong was half captured and half captured, but when he arrived in Xinjiāng, this qiē changed.
The bandits' weapons were not worth it, the tattered rifles were captured, and the personnel, not to mention, had nowhere to start, and the original Kuomintang troops were organized into the 22nd Corps of the People's Liberation Army after the uprising. These more than 100,000 people have nothing to do with the Duli Brigade, so let's not go to our own homes to rob people.
In addition to the 22nd Corps, the rest of the armed forces of Xinjiāng also have a national army, but the national army is also an authentic person, which was reorganized into the Fifth Army of the People's Liberation Army by its superiors a few months ago. He also sent the old commander of the Duli Brigade, Deputy Commander Chen of the Second Army, to be the political commissar. It would be good if the Fifth Army didn't care about itself and wanted cadres. I wanted to hit them, but the door was gone.
In addition to the above troops, the armed forces of Xinjiāng are bandits of all sizes, large and small, and there is no way to carry out any education and probation only by eliminating these habitual bandits who kill people and goods, so there is a problem, and there is no way for the Duli Brigade to continue to expand. Stagnation from personnel to weapons, this is the reality.
How long have you been in xinjiāng? In addition, the time on the road should have been half a year, the armament of the Duli brigade has not been improved, and the personnel has not increased. The material reserves were slightly reduced, but fortunately, the replenishment of ammunition was quite timely, so that the combat effectiveness of the Duli brigade did not decrease.
Since the formation of the army in March '47, the Duli Brigade has been developing rapidly, but after more than half a year of work in Xinjiāng, the troops have not only not developed, but have a downward trend (the sacrificed and wounded soldiers have not been replenished), which makes the majority of commanders and fighters, including the brigade commander Li Yong and political commissar Wang Chengde, very worried.
Eliminating the bandits' lair in Hongliuxia was the biggest operation of the Duli Brigade in recent times, and it was also the largest battle captured.
Brigade Commander Li ordered the soldiers to go through the entire Hongliu Gorge Ranch and get all the supplies that the Duli Brigade could use like a sieve.
Everyone was very experienced in carrying out such an order, and the soldiers were divided into squads, platoons, and battalions to search the entire Hongliu Gorge as if they were digging three feet into the ground.
The troops from the Eighth Route Army are the most experienced in cleaning the battlefield, if this is also called cleaning the battlefield, Brigade Commander Li's consciousness is not so high, as long as it is the enemy, regardless of the old or weak, he will start when it is time to start, an old bandit who has burned and looted for decades, can he alleviate his sin after retirement?
A few hours passed, and the large ranch that the Usman gang had run for decades was as clean as if it had been added by dogs, and all the supplies that were considered useful were packed into carts, and at most there were herds of cattle and sheep, which had no way to be loaded on, so they had to be guarded by special personnel.
During this period, some people also raised doubts, what will happen to the tens of thousands of bandit families after the Duli Brigade does this? Let them live in the future, so that they will not starve to death.
Of course, it is not okay to starve to death, but Hongliuxia Ranch must change its owner in the future, and it is impossible for these old bandits and their families who have not been killed to live here again, Li Yong's opinion is that after the battle, they will all be handed over to the local zhèngfu, and how to settle them is a matter of zhèngfu, he only cares about fighting.
There are strict regulations on the materials captured by the troops on the battlefield, no matter how much is captured, they must be handed over to the logistics unit for safekeeping, and then distributed uniformly according to needs.
There is also a small episode about the number of livestock, in order to quickly calculate the numbers accurately, the soldiers came up with an idea, ask the captives to find out if it is clear, but after asking the past, the captives can not figure out how many cattle and sheep they have, and in the end it can only be a rough estimate.
The guard post was sent out more than ten kilometers away, and the settlement was full of jubilation, what good cattle and sheep, the soldiers had not eaten meat for more than a month, and this rush battle just solved the urgent needs of the troops.
The water in the marching pot boiled, the sound of killing cattle and sheep came and went, and more than 10,000 young men were full of food, but fortunately, the fat flowing oil in the Hongliuxia Ranch was nothing.
A large piece of beef and mutton rolled up and down the turned pot, and there was a circle of soldiers around the edge of the pot, everyone was holding the enamel jar issued by the army in their hands, and the saliva flowed for a long time, just waiting for the meal to start.
Are the fighters too greedy? Of course not, the troops have been marching and fighting continuously for more than a month, and these young men can't even see the oil star for so many days, and if they don't add a little hard food, they will decline, and Wang Chengde, the political commissar from the old Eighth Road, also understands this truth, so he also has a tacit attitude towards the behavior of the troops.
Hundreds of marching pots were turned over at the same time, and under the expectant gaze of the soldiers, the cooks announced the great news that the meat was cooked and ready to eat.
Except for the soldiers who put a guard outside, everyone took action, what are they going to do? The person who asked this question must have had his head in water, and he went to the cooking class to line up, and Li Yong, who was the brigade commander, was no exception, he ran to get dinner like the soldiers.
A large piece of meat and bones was scooped up from the pot by the cook, and then placed on the board and cut into a pound or two pounds, and the cook shouted while cutting:
"Everyone, come and take a look, take a look at the craftsmanship of our PLA army cooks, hey, slow down, you don't need money to eat for nothing, hey, what are you kid robbing, there is meat, you are not afraid of death, you eat hard, don't throw away the remaining bones, the soup made from bones is fragrant and delicious."
The soldiers each received a large piece of meat, or standing or squatting, eating with their mouths full of oil, and when Li Yong came to the front, the brigade cooks suddenly saw that it was the brigade commander who was queuing, and the old cooks said a little embarrassed:
"Hehe, brigade commander, why are you queuing up with these boys, and you are not afraid of crowding, I have already sent you and the political commissar and the chief of staff to the share."
The cook's surname at the brigade headquarters is Liu, and he is a veteran, and he is very familiar with Li Yong, Wang Chengde and others.
The soldiers who lined up with Li Yong made a mess:
"Lao Liu, you guy, you know how to shoot the brigade commander's ass, why don't you send our share over? Want us to help you capture a shell gun? Hmph, it's up to you to act later. ”
The cook Lao Liu's face was not red and his heart was not beating, and he argued with these soldiers while cutting meat: "What's wrong with the brigade commander, the brigade commander is busy with work and has more things to do, and he is more capable than you, and you were also the brigade commander that day, and I will also send you food to the house." ”
Li Yong was also quite puzzled, why, Lao Liu still wants a shell gun? Seeing the brigade commander asking, Lao Liu replied a little embarrassed: "Brigade commander, don't listen to those boys, I want them to get me a shell gun, what's wrong with the cook?" The battalion commander and grandson of our baggage battalion are also from cooks, how about it? Isn't it still the same with more than 2,000 people carrying a shell barrel? ”
Li Yong laughed, yes, it's a good thing to have such an idea, and the cooks of our Duli Brigade are just as good, and the shell gun should also be:
"Lao Liu, it's not easy for you, the cooking squad leader, to get a gun, I'll find a way for you."
With the brigade commander as a guarantee, Lao Liu was overjoyed, and when Li Yong and the soldiers were messing around together, Hu Xiaolian, the captain of the health team, came over.
The health team has its own separate cooking class, and the food is not under the management of the brigade department, but Hu Xiaolian is worried that Li Yong will not eat well, so she often comes to see when she has time, and often brings some food for Brigade Commander Li to open a small stove.
Li Yong enjoyed this atmosphere very much, and hurriedly greeted his prospective wife when he came over again today.
Although they often meet, Hu Xiaolian always brings Li Yong a feeling of amazement, feeling that this little daughter-in-law's health captain is more beautiful than before.
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