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Chapter 407 Fighting for the Fifty-seventh Army

The 57th Army of the Kuomintang, which had withdrawn from the Xianyang area, and the Second Army of the People's Liberation Army, which was rapidly marching, collided in the dark of night, and the two troops scuffled like two war beasts.

One side wanted to withdraw, the other side wanted to stop, both sides had only one army, and both looked down on each other's opponents, and they were very unconvinced, and the battle suddenly became fierce at the beginning.

The 57 th Army was not easy to deal with, and the Whampoa students in the Kuomintang army were not all fools, but many of them were still very capable, and they had a set of methods for commanding operations, and after eight years of tempering in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, they had also accumulated a certain amount of actual combat experience.

Yiye was entangled with the Kuomintang army in the northwest for nearly three years, and the tactics he used were just as Xu Rucheng said, that in every battle, he must concentrate superior forces to fight a war of annihilation, drag down the enemy with mobile warfare, and use local superiority to make up for the shortcomings of the overall strength.

The 57th Army was developed on the basis of the 203rd Division of the Youth Army, and most of the command personnel in the unit came from the 203rd Division.

This 203rd Division is a diehard force of the Kuomintang, the officers are stubborn, and they are famous among all the descendants of the Jiang Army who dare to fight, plus the weapons and equipment are good, so the combat effectiveness is very strong, and the 57th Army with the 203rd Division of the Youth Army as the core did not panic much in the face of the blocking troops of the PLA, but calmly pounced forward.

The artillery of the 57 th Army and divisions were well trained, and after the battle began, they used heavy artillery to bombard the positions of the Fourth Division of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) at non-stop points.

After half an hour of fire preparation, a large number of infantry rushed forward under the cover of tanks, and the regular Kuomintang army was still good at fighting positional warfare, and the coordinated operation of infantry and artillery was stronger than that of the People's Liberation Army, which had just switched from guerrilla warfare to positional warfare.

The front of the 4th Division's position was filled with smoke, and more than half of the hastily constructed fortifications were blown up, and casualties occurred before they could make contact with the enemy's assault troops.

The weapons and equipment of the PLA units have made great progress compared with before, but the 57 th Army, which is not as powerful as its descendants, suffered a considerable loss in the first attack under fierce artillery fire.

The commander of the old 2nd regiment, the current division commander Zhao, was angry and ordered the troops to put the enemy closer before making a move, this is a very experienced old commander, what should I do if the artillery can't fight the enemy? Our People's Liberation Army will fight close combat with you, so that the enemy's artillery will not be able to exert its strength, and close combat to annihilate the enemy is the watchman tactic of our PLA.

It's easy to say, and it's easy to give orders, but the battle is really not easy to fight, the 57th Army not only has a lot of artillery fire, but there are also tanks rumbling open the way at the front of the infantry shock group, and there is a problem here, if you want to make the enemy's artillery useless, you have to fight close combat with the enemy, but the melee Kuomintang army is equipped with a lot of tanks, what if you put the enemy close and are rushed by the tank troops?

Not all Kuomintang troops in the northwest were equipped with heavy weapons such as tanks, and only the descendants of the Central Army had such qualifications, and using tanks to cover the infantry when they were attacking could not only cause greater trouble to the opponent but also improve the morale of their own side.

What to do? This depends on the courage and courage of the PLA soldiers, the troops at the forefront of the fourth division have always put the enemy's tanks and infantry at a distance of several tens of meters, which is also the distance at which the infantry weapons can exert their most power.

The Fourth Division has some anti-tank weapons, such as bazookas and anti-tank guns, but the number is too small, and there is no way to take care of it in the wide defensive front, so what if it can't be taken care of? At this time, it is up to our warriors to fight the enemy with the spirit of fighting bayonets.

It is not easy to fight the enemy's tanks with blood, needless to say, those who can rush out are all good, and they are the bravest fighters in their respective units.

The demolition team that rushed up had cluster grenades, explosive packs, and blasting canisters, anyway, all kinds of weapons.

The three-man warriors jumped forward, using various terrain to find the dead spots of the tank's firepower, looking for an opportunity to blow up these steel husks.

The war was brutal, and there were still a large number of infantry groups behind the Kuomintang tank units, and of course the infantry of the 57th Army would not watch their tanks being blown up by the PLA, and the soldiers howled and used their weapons to fire at the anti-tank groups that rushed up.

The main task of the anti-tank group was to blow up the tank, in order to reduce the load, the weapons on the body were taken off before rushing out, and the only thing in their hands was the explosive bag and grenades, and the anti-tank group that came out of the storm was powerless under the enemy's infantry fire, and from time to time someone was hit by bullets and fell.

The casualties made the eyes of the soldiers lying in the trenches red, and they fought desperately regardless of the situation, suppressing the enemy's infantry firepower and providing support for their comrades.

In order to provide support for the anti-tank team that rushed up to blow up the tank, the soldiers in the fortifications were desperate to shoot with their lives, so as to provide a target for the tanks that rushed forward, and the weapons on the tanks were not only artillery, but also machine guns for anti-personnel personnel.

The turret turned, the side-by-side machine guns on the tank opened fire, and the dense bullets swept into the trenches where the fighters were stationed, and the fighters who were hit rolled silently.

It stands to reason that there are fortifications to cover, and the defending side will greatly reduce the casualty ratio, but the two troops met in a hurry in the dark night, and the fortifications of the four divisions were all temporarily constructed, and they were almost destroyed under the initial artillery fire, which made the PLA with inferior firepower suffer a lot, and the lack of anti-tank weapons increased the casualties of the forward troops.

The battle became more and more brutal, and the corpses of soldiers killed and wounded on both sides could be seen everywhere on the forward positions, and the Fourth Division of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) did not retreat, fighting with the enemy for courage and will, bayonets and grenades.

Division Commander Zhao put the three infantry regiments in his hands out to fight hard with the enemy, and then programmed the division's direct subordinate team into a reserve, preparing to pull it up at a critical moment, and the division command post was also moved to a place only a few hundred meters away from the front line.

This is the style of the old Red Army and the old Eighth Road, when you are dying, you have to grit your teeth and go up, Division Commander Zhao pointed behind him and shouted to the soldiers: "Comrades, not far behind us is our army headquarters, the chiefs are watching us, can we let the enemy rush over?" Can you make the enemy's tanks overpower? ”

The headquarters of the Second Army of the People's Liberation Army, Commander Guo Peng, Political Commissar Wang Enmao and Deputy Commander Chen and several other people were nervously watching the progress of the battle, Commander Guo put down the binoculars in his hand and said to a few people: "It seems that we are still a little underestimated, the forward momentum of the 57th Army is very strong, our fortifications are temporary, the pressure of the Fourth Division is too great, Lao Chen, what do you think?" ”

Commander Guo Peng asked this question for two reasons, one was to ask Deputy Army Commander Chen for advice, and the other was to ask whether the Fourth Division could withstand it, because Deputy Army Commander Chen was the old leader of the Fourth Division and was more familiar with the combat effectiveness of the Fourth Division than others.

Deputy Army Commander Chen: "If you can't stand it, you have to top it, if you want to kill the 57th Army, you must block his attack line, I believe in Lao Zhao, and I also believe that the cadres and soldiers of the Fourth Division have this ability, army commander, political commissar, I want to go to the Fourth Division to help Lao Zhao command the battle." ”

Although he said that he believed that the Fourth Division had this ability, Deputy Army Commander Chen was still anxious, because once the Fourth Division could not block the mouth, the Second Army not only could not destroy the Kuomintang 57th Army, but it was also very dangerous, so he asked the army commander and political commissar to go to the Fourth Division to help command the battle.

Commander Guo and Political Commissar Wang glanced at each other, and it was indeed appropriate to let Deputy Army Commander Chen go to the Fourth Division, because the Fourth Division had always been led by him, and Division Commander Zhao had just been promoted to the division for a long time, so letting Lao Chen go could make the command more comfortable, but the position of the Fourth Division was very dangerous, and several of them knew that the division command post of the Fourth Division was only a few hundred meters away from the front line, and it was too dangerous to be directly under the enemy's firepower.

Deputy Commander Chen: "Don't think about it, I'm a veteran, I know how to protect myself, it's not so easy for the enemy's bullets to hit me, besides, when you are a soldier, you can't be afraid of death, how to fight if you're afraid of this, let me go up." ”

Commander Guo Peng: "Okay, just let Lao Chen go up, I will let the Fifth and Sixth Divisions increase the intensity of the attack on the enemy's flank, reduce the pressure on the Fourth Division, and then bring the military headquarters guard company to you, pay attention, you have to come back to me without missing arms." ”

In order to relieve the pressure on the 4th Division, the 5th and 6th Divisions of the People's Liberation Army, which had made a detour to both sides of the 57th Army, started in a rapid movement, attacking, attacking, and attacking with one means.

The positions of the Fourth Division were scorched and black, and the soldiers fought with the enemy's artillery, the enemy's tanks, and the enemy's infantry, and with their tenacious will to fight, the 57th Army was desperately blocked in front of the position.

The arrival of Deputy Commander Chen shocked the morale of the soldiers, and some old soldiers were still used to shouting: "Hello brigade commander, why did the brigade commander come back?" ”

Deputy Army Commander Chen, who came to the headquarters of the Fourth Division, asked, "How is it?" ”

Division Commander Zhao replied steadily: "In three hours, he repelled four group charges, which is enough for him to eat and drink." ”

Deputy Army Commander Chen: "It's almost dawn, the enemy's firepower will be more intense, and the offensive will be more fierce, so be careful that the enemy jumps over the wall in a hurry." ”

As he spoke, another large-scale enemy attack began, and the heavy artillery fire knocked the earth on the top of the concealment area with a loud roar. f@！！

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