Chapter 251: The shocking regimental commander of the Battle of Xifu

Li Yong, who was called by Commander Wang, had no choice but to stand up, and then raised his hands and saluted the commanders at all levels who came to the meeting: "Hello everyone, my name is Li Yong, and I am the head of the Second Column Independent Regiment. ”

There is also a reason why Li Yong salutes everyone and calls him chief, compared with these people here, he and Wang Chengde's qualifications are simply not daring to say it, it is great to be able to sit with others for a meeting, and it is also appropriate to be called chief.

As soon as Li Yong himself finished introducing himself, the people who came to the meeting in the column were surprised, and they all knew that the second column had a very good independent regiment, which was a hard card in Commander Wang's hand, but they didn't know who the regiment commander was, but it was estimated that such a powerful unit would definitely use a great regiment commander, maybe it was Commander Wang's old subordinates.

During the meeting, Li Yong and Wang Chengde sat behind Brigade Commander Chen and Regiment Commander Zhao, and the people in the column did not notice.

At this time, as soon as Li Yong stood up, everyone's eyes were focused on him, didn't he expect that the commander of the famous independent regiment of the Second Column was such a young man, looking at this appearance, he was just in his early twenties, and such a regiment commander could lead the troops to fight so many battles? And it won beautifully, is it possible?

Looking at the distrustful eyes of the commanders at all levels of the Fourth Column, Commander Wang laughed and said proudly: "What's wrong? Shocked by our regimental commander? Sue you, he is the commander of our independent regiment of the second column, and even Mr. Peng and several commanders of the headquarters know each other. ”

After the initial surprise, the commanders of the four columns calmed down, these people were all picked out from the crowd, there was no fool, to say something not very good, there were many eyes, the eyelashes were empty, they didn't know much about who Li Yong was, but who Wang Zhen was, could they not know? It is impossible for such a prestigious general to talk nonsense, it seems that this regiment commander must have real skills.

Li Yong, who stood up, kept turning in his head, saying that it was okay, but when it came to what Cheng dù was not easy to grasp, he was still ruthless in the end, and the key to the Xifu Battle was the commanders at all levels of the Fourth Column, that is, these people of the Fourth Column who came to the meeting.

There are various reasons why the Xifu Battle in history was not fought well, the victory of a battle is composed of various factors, and in turn, the failure of a battle is also composed of various unfavorable factors in all aspects, but the position that the fourth column is responsible for defending is broken through by the enemy's support corps is the most important inducement.

In the panic, the column not only did not organize more effective defensive measures, but retreated to the nearby mountains without permission, and while retreating, it forgot to report the situation to the field army headquarters, and by the time the field division received the news, the Kuomintang support corps was only less than ten kilometers away from Mr. Peng's headquarters.

Because of their operational mistakes, the field army was caught off guard by the sudden appearance of enemy reinforcements, not only failed to take away the materials in Baoji City, but also suffered heavy losses, the troops suffered heavy casualties, and even Mr. Peng's guards sacrificed several when they broke through.

The Kuomintang avant-garde forces had recently attacked only a few hundred meters away from Mr. Peng, and within the effective range of the rifles, Mr. Peng and the commanders of the Noji Division broke through amid the enemy's slogan of capturing Peng Dehuai alive.

Thinking of this period of history, Li Yong, who had made up his mind, felt that he should use this opportunity to remind the Fourth Column well, or that sentence, he just needs to try his best to have a clear conscience, as for how history is displayed, it can only depend on God's will.

Li Yong, who stood up, slowly expressed a different opinion from the commanders at all levels who held the meeting: Ladies and gentlemen, everyone is very confident in attacking Baoji, and believes that there is no suspense in this battle, and that it is a matter of our four main columns to attack one of his brigades and division headquarters.

That's right, the 144th Brigade of the Kuomintang in Baoji is not our opponent, and it is only a matter of time before we take Baoji, but we still have to think about what to do after we defeat Baoji? The geographical location of Baoji is different from other places, to the west can threaten Qinghai, Gansu and Ningxia, and to the east it directly threatens Xianyang and Xi'an, so the geographical location of Baoji is very important, and it is estimated that Hu Zongnan and their Chairman Jiang will mobilize troops to rescue.

Since the enemy will mobilize forces to come to the rescue, we have to consider how many men the enemy will send and what troops to send.

When Li Yong said this, the room was silent again, and the cadres of the second column were very accustomed to continuing to listen, and the people of the column also entered the state.

The Kuomintang is currently able to mobilize troops in this area as quickly as possible, first of all, Pei Changhui's Fifth Corps, which everyone is familiar with, with six divisions and more than 70,000 men, and our campaign attempt in Luochuan was frustrated because of the hesitation of this corps.

But now there is a new change in the situation, the enemy's slow action in Luochuan is frightened by our army's encirclement and reinforcement tactics, does not represent the enemy's real march, the regular army of the Kuomintang is equipped with a large number of cars, the terrain in this area of Baoji is gentle, suitable for automobile transportation, if the enemy really makes up his mind to reinforce, the degree of march is very fast, so fast that it is likely to surprise us.

Pei Changhui, the old fox of the eighth phase of Baoding, is not given in vain, as long as he seizes the opportunity, he will bite us hard, when we attacked Luochuan, the enemy's strength has not yet come out, and we don't know much about this part of the enemy, so we must not take this fifth corps lightly.

In addition to Pei Changhui's Fifth Corps, the enemy may also send reinforcements from the local Kuomintang troops in Qinghai and Ningxia, and some comrades will say that the enemy in Qinghai and Ningxia has a deep grievance with the Kuomintang Central Army and has been on alert for many years, so can they come to support the 76th Division in Baoji?

The matter should be viewed from two aspects: there is a contradiction between the Kuomintang Central Army and the local army, but this contradiction has not yet reached the point of irreconcilability; taking a step back, no matter how deep the contradiction between them is, they are all under the management of the same government, and they are all government troops in name, and they are the same in their general standpoint, and Hu Zongnan may not be able to command them, but Chiang Kai-shek in Nanjing can command them.

If the Kuomintang Nanking government intervened, the enemy in Qinghai and Ningxia would most likely attack us, and our field army would be attacked on three sides.

The first is to deal with the 76th division of Baoji. Second, it is necessary to deal with Pei Changhui's Fifth Corps. Third, we must also consider dealing with the Ma Jia Army that may come from the Great Northwest.

The most likely thing for Ma Jiajun to come to support is the 82nd Division they deployed in the Longdong area, this 82nd Division has more than 20,000 people in three brigades and nine regiments, although the number is not much different from other Kuomintang troops, but it also has its own characteristics, this integrated 82nd Division is all composed of cavalry, and the division commander is Ma Jiyuan, the eldest son of the great warlord Ma Bufang in Qinghai.

The Ma Jiajun in Qinghai is a unit of the whole world, and most of the middle and high-ranking commanders are related to Ma Bufang, and there is no problem in loyalty, but their command ability is very average, and they are very backward in tactics.

The difference between cavalry and infantry is their impact and mobility, most of our field army are infantry, infantry and cavalry fighting in the plain area is very disadvantageous, and it is also difficult to deal with, the enemy's troops on three sides add up to more than 100,000, and our field army because the three columns have not arrived, and now the four columns are less than 70,000, so we have a disadvantage in this battle.

Taken into account all of the above, I believe that the battle we are about to engage in is very risky and will face many difficulties.

Li Yong's call was like pouring cold water on the fire, and the steaming conference room immediately fell silent.

To tell the truth, no matter whether what Li Yong said was right or wrong, whether things could come as he predicted, the commander of the column was completely shocked, and he no longer dared to look down on this young regiment commander.

Commander Wang had already known this kind of scene, and he didn't speak with a slight smug look on his face, and he couldn't express himself too obviously if he liked his own soldiers, or someone would say that he was a king's beard and a calf.

After a long pause, a commander of the fourth column asked, "Commander Li, do you think that the enemy in Qinghai and Ningxia will definitely come to reinforce Baoji?" ”

Of course, Li Yong can't say it to death: "I think it's very likely, as long as the Nanjing government of the Kuomintang comes forward, Ma Bufang will not fail to give Chairman Chiang this face, he has the courage to offend Hu Zongnan, and he doesn't dare to offend Chiang Kai-shek, besides, our occupation of Baoji is also a threat to them, and several factors add up to a very likely way for him to send troops." ”

The commander nodded and didn't say anything more, and the other then asked: "Commander Li, when we attacked Luochuan, we used the tactics of encircling the point to send reinforcements, Pei Changhui's corps was not fooled, our campaign attempt failed, will he dare to come this time?" Won't he think we're still encircling the point to send reinforcements? ”

Li Yong: This issue is very crucial, some comrades will think that our attack on Baoji will also create a false impression that the enemy wants to surround the point and send reinforcements, and the enemy will have some scruples and may not dare to come to support, while we will take advantage of the enemy's hesitation to carry out a resolute attack on Baoji and take down his material reserve base.

In fact, our real purpose is for the supplies in Baoji City, and the field army is not a siege point to send reinforcements this time.

But comrades, think about it, the enemy is also a human being like us, they are not fools, they also know the most basic situation of our field army, when we were in Luochuan, we had more than 80,000 people in five columns, and we were facing more than 70,000 troops in one regiment of the enemy, and our troops still had a slight advantage, so the enemy would have some concerns, and now the situation has changed, our troops around Baoji are less than 70,000 in four columns, and the combined strength of Pei Changhui and Ma Bufang is already much higher than that of our army, what else do they dare not come? Lao Ba's results are ugly, and everyone doesn't give any recommendation votes or anything, ha.