Chapter 258: The Battle of Xifu conquers Baoji

The ironclad cars that were rampaging on the railway line were dealt with by Gao Xiang's artillery battalion and the commandos of the 2nd Regiment, and the soldiers rushed up under the cover of smoke. Where are the novels updated the fastest? Please look for the biquge.info of Aishang Novel Network

Commander Zhao of the Second Regiment and Gao Xiang, commander of the artillery battalion, also ran behind the assault team, and the meaning of the two was obvious, to see if Xu Bao, the lieutenant general of the 76th Division of Baoji, was on this ironclad car, if he could catch a live one, it would be beautiful.

Not to mention our old 2nd Regiment, even the Fourth Brigade is showing its face, even in the column, this is a big deal, and the lieutenant general and division commander with two stars are not a small figure anywhere.

The ironclad car was steaming with smoke, and the smoke from the explosion of the shells had not yet been completely emitted, and the people inside, whether they were alive or dead, were lying horizontally and vertically, mixed with blood, and it was impossible to tell whether they were dead or alive.

Captain Zhao kicked a few times one by one: ", why aren't these turtle grandsons rampant now?" Get up and let me see if your iron shell is hard, or our People's Liberation Army shells are hard. ”

Gao Xiang looked at Commander Zhao's appearance and secretly laughed, he knew that the casualties suffered by the Second Regiment before made his old regiment very angry, there were not many old soldiers in the Second Regiment, each of them was very precious, and there were a batch of casualties on this ironclad body, and it was difficult for Commander Zhao not to be angry.

A veteran soldier with a lot of combat experience can bring out a squad, a platoon, or even a company, and such a soldier is particularly valuable in the Northwest Field Army, where most of the prisoners are captured.

It's no wonder that Regiment Commander Zhao is very angry, Commander Zhao, who was born in the old Red Army, has a very strict sense of discipline, and he just kicked the prisoners in the ironclad car a few times, and this kind of thing is left on the head of the Independent Regiment Li Yong and Li Da, and he may not know how to deal with these people, and it is not a new thing that they have collapsed.

Just as Regiment Commander Zhao was kicking indiscriminately, a soldier on the other side shouted: "Regiment Commander, there are several alive here, and several of them are pretending to be dead." ”

Commander Zhao and Gao Xiang walked over to take a look, didn't they, there were several boys trembling on their bodies, lying on their stomachs with their backs facing out in one of their horns.

Looking at the appearance of these guys, Regiment Leader Zhao is even more angry, can he pretend to be dead at this level? Can you look like a dead man trembling on your body? Commander Zhao smacked the butts of the guns in his hands a few times on the backs of these half-dead guys: "Drag these guys over, give each of them a few big mouths first, and then ask questions when they wake up." ”

According to the instructions of the regiment commander, the soldiers dragged these soldiers who pretended to be dead over without a head, and then slapped a few big mouths in the face.

Captain Zhao's method really worked, a few mouths came down, and these guys who pretended to be dead came back to life again, shouting hoarsely in their throats: "Sir, spare your life, the Eighth Route Chief, let us fight, Xu Bao's kid let us fight, and we can't help it." ”

It turned out that these guys had seen the casualties caused by the ironclad car to the PLA in the car before, and at this time they were afraid that they would be shot by the angry soldiers, so they lay down together and pretended to be dead.

Gao Xiang went up and kicked him: "What's the matter, pretend to be dead, go find your Master Xu Bao Xu, if you find it, you are fine, if you can't find it, you will be pulled out and killed." ”

Several guys listened to Gao Xiang's words and hurriedly rummaged around, and when they turned over a face-down corpse at the door, a captive shouted in surprise: "Eighth Road Chief, I found it, I found it, Shizuo, no, it's Xu Bao here." ”

Commander Zhao and Gao Xiang hurriedly walked over, only to see a corpse lying at the door of the ironclad car turned over by several prisoners, this guy's chest was hit by a submachine gun a row of bullet holes, and there were fragments of grenade explosion on his head and body, and blood was still oozing out from the wound caused by the gun hole and grenade fragments, and the appearance of the wound showed that this person had not been dead for a long time.

The corpse's face was blackened by smoke and blue, and the clothes on his body were shredded by grenades, so he couldn't see what rank he was.

Regiment Leader Zhao looked at a few prisoners: "You guys look carefully, this is Xu Bao?" Who can see the black rumbling and understand, I can't spare you if I make a mistake. ”

"Sir, it's good, you can take a closer look and you'll know, isn't there still half a star left on this shoulder?"

Several prisoners tried their best to confess that this corpse was Xu Bao, the commander of the 76th Division, and the two of them, Commander Zhao and Gao Xiang, squatted down to observe carefully, and finally saw a relatively complete military uniform pocket from this corpse, Gao Xiang put his hand into this military uniform pocket and turned out all the miscellaneous things inside.

When they turned everything out, Gao Xiang and Head Zhao glanced at each other, and there was a hint of surprise in their eyes, almost, this should be Xu Bao.

Why do you say that, because although there are not many things in the pocket of this corpse, it is by no means something that ordinary soldiers can have, and when Gao Xiang opened a folded piece of paper, it was finally determined that this was Xu Bao, the commander of the 76th Division of the Kuomintang.

What Gao Xiang found was a telegram from Hu Zongnan asking Xu Bao to hold on to help, and as soon as this telegram was found, the identity of the corpse suddenly became clear.

Regiment Commander Zhao happily shouted to a soldier beside him: "Inform the head of our brigade and column that the Second Regiment has broken through the enemy's outer fortifications and knocked out a column of enemy ironclad vehicles, and the commander of the enemy's 76th Division, Xu Bao, is on this ironclad vehicle, and has been killed by our attacking troops, please instruct our department on the next task." ”

Brigade Commander Chen of the Fourth Brigade, who received the notice, happily said to a staff officer: "Let the Second Regiment verify it again, you must get it right, this matter must not be sloppy, and if you make a mistake, it will be a big joke." ”

The Second Regiment immediately reported to Brigade Commander Chen that the officer killed on the ironclad car was Xu Bao, yes, they found several prisoners and confirmed that they were their division commanders, and also found a telegram sent by Hu Zongnan to Xu Bao from the pocket of the corpse, it was not wrong, it was the command of the 76th Division and Xu Bao himself who were knocked out by the commando of the Second Regiment.

The news quickly reached Commander Wang of the second column, and Commander Wang was extremely excited, great, not long after the battle was launched, the enemy's command and supreme commander were killed, and there was no suspense in the next battle:

"Inform the attacking troops, use the horn to shout at the enemy's defending troops first, tell them that Xu Bao is dead, and there is no point in selling their lives again, let them surrender their guns."

There is a good saying, called the tree down monkey Sun San, this Xu Bao Xu is also the backbone of the Baoji Kuomintang defenders no matter what, he died, and the remaining soldiers no longer have the confidence to hold on.

At first, the defense units in various sections thought that it was the psychological tactics of the PLA, but only later did they know that the PLA might be telling the truth when they could not contact their own command and superiors, and not only the division commander, but also the entire command organ might have been killed.

What else is there to fight in this battle, some units raised the white flag and surrendered under the leadership of junior officers, and only a few units resisted and did not retreat, but the major events have gone, what role can the efforts of a few people play?

In this way, the battle of the first and second columns progressed very quickly, and by the time it was dark, Baoji City was already mostly in the hands of the Northwest Field Campaign.

As soon as the assault troops entered the city, the main forces of the two columns and six brigades that followed immediately engaged in street battles with the recalcitrant men of the 76th Division.

The so-called 76th Division is just a direct subordinate unit of the 144th Brigade and the division headquarters, and part of the defensive positions on the periphery have been consumed and part of it has surrendered, and the rest of the personnel are fighting in the streets, how can they be the opponents of the two main columns of the Northwest Field Army, and when it came to the second half of the night, the gunfire in Baoji City basically subsided, and the Kuomintang's material reserve base in the northwest completely fell into the hands of the People's Liberation Army, which lacked food and clothing.

The cadres and soldiers are happy, the commanders and fighters are about to glow green, this time it's good, the big warehouse in Baoji City is what they want, guns and ammunition, food and spare parts, clothing, shoes and hats, and large barrels of gasoline for cars, just like the treasure house of Ah Libaba, you can't use it up.

My God, the Kuomintang troops are too rich, and Chairman Chiang is worthy of being the captain of the transport brigade, so he really gives face, knowing that our People's Liberation Army is poor, isn't it, everything is ready.

At that time, there was a smooth saying: when the Baoji was opened, the battalion-level cadres wore beeps, the company-level cadres carried roast chickens (pistols), and the soldiers resisted with seven or nine guns.

Not to mention how happy the soldiers and commanders at the grassroots level were, even the middle and senior officers of the field army, as well as Mr. Peng and Political Commissar Xi of the headquarters, were also very excited.

The field army is about to run out of food, the consumption of the large army in a day is extremely great, and the food is very terrible. You have to eat.

Commander Liu Jingfan, who was in charge of logistics in charge of logistics of the field army who was inspecting the warehouses one by one, was even more pleased, and Commander Liu instructed the commanders guarding the warehouses one by one: The task at this stage is to take good care of the warehouses, and grain is the lifeblood of our field army.

The soldiers replied to him with high feelings: "Report to the chief, we must be optimistic about the warehouses and the grain, no matter who it is, a mouse will have to be strangled." ”

Commander Liu gave each of his soldiers a fist: "That's right, you can't let go of a mouse, you will strangle you to death when you see it, whoever grabs food with us is the enemy." ”

Commander Liu, who returned to the headquarters, was not yet excited, and said to Mr. Peng and Political Commissar Xi: "Boss, political commissar, this time it is a big problem, there are too many big warehouses in Baoji, I haven't figured out anything else in it, just food is enough for more than 100,000 people to eat for two years, it's two years, I don't dare to imagine that we can seize so many materials, it's too much to solve the problem." ”