―― The main force of the Northwest Field Army was approaching rapidly, and the Kuomintang Liu Kan Corps knew that it was at the most critical time, so it attacked the position of the ** regiment at the fork in a frenzy, and under the cover of various firepower, it constantly launched a battalion and regimental charge, wanting to break through in one fell swoop and throw off the pursuing soldiers, the forward position of the ** regiment suffered casualties Yan zhòng, and the regiment commander Li Yong asked Sun Quanhou and He Cuihua's baggage battalion to reinforce it.

On behalf of the soldiers, He Cuihua, deputy commander of the baggage battalion, told Li Yong and Wang Chengde that he would definitely complete the tasks assigned by the regimental party committee and defeat the enemy.

Li Yong nodded, and said to Sun Quanhou and He Cuihua, as well as Xiaocheng and Sanniu: "When you get to the front position, listen to the command of Wang Laohu, the commander of the fifth battalion, and you must also pay attention to your own safety, the task must be completed, and you must give me an arm and a leg to come back and set off." ”

Li Yong was also ruthless and asked He Cuihua to lead the team up, but this girl who had been good with him didn't say anything to him at this time, and rushed up with the troops.

A battalion plus two companies with a total of more than 700 people quickly reinforced, Sun Quanhou and He Cuihua and others arrived to make Wang Laohu, who gradually felt that the strength was insufficient, very happy, the reinforcements have not been put into battle for several days, and their body and energy are very good, and they are a new force.

Wang Laohu did not use all his strength, and only used about one-third of his troops to the front-line position, while the remaining troops were kept in his hands as reserves.

After Sun Quanhou and He Cuihua left with the soldiers, Ma Quanyou, the commander of the second battalion, Ma Changsheng, the commander of the third battalion, plus Gao Xiang and Li Yuming, all asked Li Yong why they didn't let a few of them go up? Instead of sending He Cuihua?

Regiment commander Li Yong also has Ma Quanyou's second battalion, Ma Changsheng's third battalion, Gao Xiang's battalion and Li Yuming's two guard platoons that have run out of shells have not been used, and these units are the most effective combat units in the ** regiment.

These people are not because He Cuihua is a woman, He Cuihua has already proved to everyone with her own actions that she has all the qiēsu zhì of an excellent commander, and she has also been recognized by everyone.

A few of them just wondered why the regiment commander sent heavy troops to the front-line positions, and let them, the main combat battalions, watch the excitement.

Li Yong just glanced at a few people lightly: "It's very simple, because you are the last force, our regiment has not yet reached the last and most critical time, don't worry, there will be a time when a few of you will be used." ”

Liu Kan, commander of the 29th Kuomintang Army at the foot of the mountain, was restless in his own headquarters, and the communist army on the mountain stubbornly called out his imagination, and all the methods he could think of were used, and even Hu Zongnan of Xi'an also sent a large number of planes to help in the battle, and the artillery fire and aircraft bombs blew up the entire mountain several times, and the incendiary bombs burned the soil and stones to black, but so far the resistance of the communist army on the mountain has not decreased, what should I do? What to do? Can't I rush out of this little fork in the road with a heavy military group?

Just as the ** lieutenant general and corps commander was turning the curse back and forth in his headquarters, an officer came over and reported: "Report to the military seat, the 42nd Guards Division reports that the brigade of the Northwest Field Army of the Communist Army has caught up, and they are about to engage the Communist Army." ”

This Liu Kan shouted at the officer like a conditioned reflex: "Order the 42nd Division, we must block the main force of the communist army, buy time for the whole corps, and we will be able to break through the communist army's position immediately." ”

Hearing that the 42nd Guards Division had already engaged fire with the main force of the Northwest Field Army, Liu Kan was like crazy, put on a steel helmet, and came to the front attack unit regardless of the danger, and he entered the machine gun range of the People's Liberation Army on the mountain for the first time in the past few days.

It seems that this Liu Kan was really anxious when he heard the news that the communist brigade had arrived, and he personally came to the side of the supervising team and directly commanded the officer who supervised the battle, no matter who it was, no matter how big the official position was, as long as he dared to retreat, he would be disciplined on the battlefield, and it was time for Liu Kan to jump off the wall in a hurry.

In several large ravines more than ten kilometers away from the position of the ** regiment at the fork, crowds of black girls were crowded, mules, horses, vehicles, and all kinds of materials and ammunition were everywhere, and soldiers wearing gray military uniforms and sweating on their faces were running forward rapidly.

People crowded, people touched people, people shouted horses neighed, weapons bumped and clanged with each other, at the beginning everyone wanted to go out a little earlier, but how to go there were not a few people, some to the east, some to the north, staggered and crowded together, full to go out a few miles away from the crowded situation is a little better, some troops from this ditch, some troops from that ditch, gradually the troops dispersed, the speed of the march is also higher, the brigade of the Northwest Field Army finally arrived after a hard and rapid march.

At the headquarters of the second column, General Wang Zhen, the commander, said excitedly to a staff officer: "Send a report to the ** regiment that the main force of the field army has arrived in the fork area one day in advance, and now it is about to encircle the enemy, let them hold on for the last period of time, and they must block Liu Kan." ”

Staff Officer: "Commander, the telegram from the Noji has been sent, in duplicate, one for our column and one for the ** regiment, do we still have to send it again?" ”

Commander Wang: "Fa, you must send it, tell Li Yong and Wang Chengde, they are both good, the soldiers of the ** regiment are good, my soldiers are good, after the battle, I invite them to drink and give them credits." ”

On the fork mountain, Li Jia, the commander of the communications platoon, took two telegrams and handed them to Li Yong: "Regiment commander, Ye Si and the column have sent telegrams to our regiment. ”

After Li Yong saw it, his frowning brows were stretched out because of the casualties of the troops, and he said to the political commissar Wang Chengde: "Lao Wang, good news, the main force of our field army has arrived a day ahead of schedule, and is encircling the enemy, and the general attack is about to start. ”

The excited political commissar Wang Chengde took the two telegrams and read them carefully: "Great, I was worried about how we could hold on for another day, but I didn't expect the main force to arrive, this is good, it should be no problem to hold on until the general offensive begins." ”

As the two spoke, the battle at the front became more and more intense, and the Kuomintang attack troops launched a frantic attack on the hill under the threat of the machine guns of the warlords, constantly shaking the positions held by the soldiers with group charges.

Because most of the fortifications were blown up, the casualties of the soldiers of the ** regiment increased significantly, Wang Laohu had to replenish a part of the infantry platoon with large casualties every once in a while, and gradually the soldiers in his hands became fewer and fewer, and the fierce battle was fought until about four o'clock in the afternoon, when Wang Laohu used all the strength of the reinforcements, and at this time he only had one battalion headquarters guard squad left in his hand.

Wang Laohu and the instructors of their battalion, as well as the battalion commander Sun Quanhou and the deputy battalion commander He Cuihua of the baggage battalion were all directly involved in the battle.

Of course, the tense situation on the forward position was also seen by the regiment commander, and the battalion commanders behind him turned around in a hurry, but Li Yong just didn't let them go up.

Just when Wang Laohu and the soldiers were throwing bombs together, suddenly a mortar shell hit the trench not far from him.

Wang Laohu felt that his body was lighter all of a sudden, it was like flying in the sky, he flew a distance and fell to the ground, Wang Laohu rolled and staggered and got up, but found that he couldn't hear anything, and he fell silent.

But the tearing on the battlefield continued, and his eyes were like watching a silent movie, and the corpses of both the enemy and the enemy were lying in a mess, and a blown thigh was lying in front of his eyes.

Wang Laohu picked up a warrior who had fallen beside him, and found that he had already stopped breathing, Wang Laohu staggered a few more steps and saw another fallen warrior.

Both of this soldier's feet were blown up, but this soldier was still alive, and was struggling to crawl forward, bleeding from the broken legs and feet, and the blood that flowed out was mixed with the soil on the ground.

He rushed over and wanted to carry this soldier back to the anti-artillery hole, but his mind was still thinking that he should hurry up and tie this soldier's wound with a rope, so that he could save his life in time, and it would be too late for the blood to dry.

But at this time, I felt that my whole body was weak for a while, I couldn't use any strength, I couldn't work hard, I worked hard, but my body didn't listen to the call, what's wrong? Are you also injured?

Another cannonball exploded not too far from Wang Laohu's side, and Wang Laohu, who couldn't hear the sound for a while, exploded in his ears, and then came back, and his hearing was restored, and the explosions of gunshots, grenades, and shells, as well as the shouts of the soldiers, filled his head again, and Wang Laohu could no longer exert any strength, and spread there like a puddle of mud, and the old soldier fell.

The news of the serious injury of the battalion commander Wang Laohu was immediately reported by the soldiers to the regiment commander Li Yong and political commissar Wang Chengde by walkie-talkie, and Hu Xiaolian organized the personnel of the health team to carry Wang Laohu down in the first time.

I can't see what is injured, but the steel helmet on my head has been blown out of a big crater by shrapnel, it seems that if there is no steel helmet king tiger, it will really be enough, Li Yong asked the health team to try their best to save this old soldier.

Seeing that Wang Laohu was injured, Ma Quanyou and Gao Xiang were all red-eyed, and the old comrades-in-arms who rolled out of the pile of dead people together, the feelings between each other could not be explained, if possible, they could all block bullets for each other, this is a lifelong brother. v