Chapter 315: The Great War is coming

With a small part of its strength and with the cooperation of a large number of militiamen, the Northwest Field Army created a false impression that it was going to attack from all sides, and successfully contained the mobile corps of the Kuomintang army in the northwest, while the main force of more than 90,000 people took advantage of the night and the terrain as a cover and quietly drove to the Ganguyi area, which was only more than 80 miles away from Yan'an, and the strategic intention was clear at a glance. Where are the novels updated the fastest? Please look for Aishang Novel Network biquge.info{Aishang Novel Network biquge.info}

Under the urging of He Wending's constant urgent telegrams, Hu Zongnan, the commander who was far away in Xi'an, insisted on flying to Yan'an to boost the morale of the defenders, regardless of his personal safety.

It is really a success and Xiao He, and a defeat is also Xiao He, and now this place that has given him a great honor has fallen into a crisis again (a general has been successful, more than a year ago, Hu Zongnan used the tactics of the sea of people to carry out a large-scale group charge, and finally occupied Yan'an after polishing the only dozen or so bullets of each of the soldiers of the Northwest Field Army, I don't know what method he used to hold it this time).

Hu Zongnan, who landed in Yan'an, accompanied by his old classmates, used all his body's solutions, and almost spit lotus flowers, in short, this place is too sensitive, people from all walks of life across the country are paying attention, even American friends are also paying attention, we must guard Yan'an, let the Communist army be all over the city of Yan'an, and cannot become a sinner of the party-state.

However, this commander Hu still did not have much courage after all, and he only stayed in Yan'an for a few hours, gave a lecture to the senior officers, and then flew back in a hurry, but when he left, he left 10 million legal currency, and asked these generals of the defending army to reward the money to those soldiers who had made meritorious contributions to the battle.

Fancy tickets are very good, but you also have to have a life to use, what's the use of these tickets when your life is gone? He didn't dare to say anything in front of Chief Hu, and after the plane flew away, the officers discussed: "The big war is approaching, can such an army last long if you rely on money to motivate the soldiers to work hard?" ”

The main force of the Northwest Field Army divided its troops into several routes in the Ganguyi area, surrounded Yan'an from all directions, and the second column went around the south of the city, while the independent regiment went straight to the south gate of Yan'an, and the natural danger was "Laoshan".

However, unlike in the past, the lineup of the independent regiment was less partial, and the howitzer regiment, as the absolute main force, did not act with the regiment, but was transferred to the direct team of the column by Commander Wang.

Gao Xiang's howitzer regiment is the most important strike firepower of the independent regiment, and some people in the regiment do not understand Commander Wang's order, the situation is all clear, without the support of artillery fire, the casualties in the regiment will definitely not be small, and Laoshan is a very dangerous place, and artillery fire is indispensable for the support of the troops.

The words of the soldiers reached the ears of Li Yong, the regimental commander, and Li Yong felt the need to take this opportunity to explain the traditions of the troops again.

At a meeting of cadres at and above the company level held in the regiment, Li Yong told these grassroots commanders that after they go back, they should make it clear to their comrades that our PLA is the people's army and the party's army, which is completely different from the previous warlords' troops, and that every gun and bullet in the army is the precious property of the party, and the same is true for the independent regiment, and this fighting collective is not Li Yong's own, but a part of the big family of the people's army, and as long as the higher authorities need it, let alone a howitzer battalion, it is necessary to pull away as many troops, don't say strange things, don't say sao words, you have to put your mind on how to solve the enemy and difficulties, everyone thinks about it, most of the troops of our Northwest Field Army are based on Mr. He's Second Front Army, but now Mr. Peng is not the same as the commander, is it easy to get started? Such a thing is not even thought of in the warlords and the Kuomintang troops, but isn't it very common in our PLA?

Most of these commanders were very well aware of Li Yong's origins, and knew that his regiment commander was just a deserter in the Kuomintang army more than a year ago, and that his consciousness was higher than that of some old people in more than a year.

Political commissar Wang Chengde admired Li Yong's words very much, and Wang Chengde, who was a political worker, knew that the troops would not be able to fight well with grievances, and the regiment commander's meeting was very timely.

Wang Chengde told these people that ideological education is a fine tradition of our army, and after returning home, we should take out these heirlooms and set up a good battle with our comrades, so as long as the ideological knots are unraveled, there will be no insurmountable difficulties.

Hu Xiaolian and He Cuihua also participated in the meeting at the same time, it is said that the qualifications are old, and it has to be said that it is He Cuihua, don't look at her young age, but she joined the militia to fight guerrilla when she was a teenager, and is an old qualified militia captain, she can fully understand what Li Yong said, and she also thinks that it should be, Hu Xiaolian is a little worse, she has always been a little daughter-in-law in an ordinary peasant family before she became a soldier, and she was hooked out by our Grand Master Li when she was recuperating from her injuries. I used to underestimate him a little.

At the mobilization meeting before the war, Li Yong shouted in front of the soldiers of the whole regiment with a loudspeaker made of iron sheets: "Comrades, the Kuomintang has occupied our Yan'an for more than a year, and today our People's Liberation Army has fought back, let the Kuomintang defenders and Lao Shan tremble under our feet, advance, heroes." ”

That night, when the watch hand pointed to eight o'clock, it was already completely dark, and all the artillery fire of the Northwest Field Army began to bombard Yan'an City and the surrounding marked targets at the same time.

The dark red ballistics reflected half of the sky, and swarms of shells flew over with a whistling sound, followed by non-stop explosions, and the bunkers, mines, barbed wire, and all the qiē were blown to pieces by artillery fire, and the Kuomintang soldiers defending in these strongholds also flew into the sky with these bricks and tiles.

Bombing and bombing, platoon shells kept coming, smoke and flames completely enveloping the bombed targets.

The soldiers are so cool, what is artillery fire, this is called artillery fire, I didn't expect my troops to have such a powerful artillery fire, I have always been bombed by the enemy before, this time it is our turn to tremble.

The excited soldiers could not hold back their joy, and some of them jumped out of the trenches before the departure, dancing and cheering on the position.

The commanders hurriedly jumped out of the position and kicked these soldiers in, and some of the bad-tempered commanders also scolded: "You guys, don't you want to die? That's a cannonball, isn't it just steamed out of your house, and you let your own people's cannonballs kill you? ”

The current Northwest Field Army is not the poor and sour it of a year ago, not only can they have enough to eat, but the soldiers have the final say on how much ammunition they want to carry, as long as they can move it, and the difference is too big from a year ago when each person only had less ammunition, not only is there sufficient weapons and ammunition, but also a lot of large-caliber howitzers are equipped, especially the southernmost second column, and the artillery fire is extremely fierce.

Before the battle began, Commander Wang gathered all the artillery of the whole column and named Gao Xiang of the independent regiment to take unified command, this order was not only incomprehensible to some people in the headquarters, but even Gao Xiang himself thought that he should send a more senior commander to command the artillery fire of the whole column, and his own level was really low.

Commander Wang didn't listen to that, he called Gao Xiang over, pointed to his nose and shouted: "What kind of senior commander, there are some officers in our column who are bigger than you, but how many of them know more about artillery than you?" We are fighting now, not a child's house, if you don't do it well, you will have more deaths, the cannonball doesn't matter what the officials are big or small, whoever understands it, it will listen to whomever it says, I think you kid is good, don't tell me you don't dare to do it, answer me loudly, do you have the courage to do it? ”

Commander Wang gives people the impression that he is rude on the surface, and he speaks like a big old man, but in fact it is not like that, Commander Wang, who has fought for many years, has a very fine mind, and directing artillery shooting is a meticulous job, and it is not good to do it without two strokes, and there is really no artillery commander who can be more clever than the independent regiment in the entire second column, at this time, it is impossible to distinguish between big and small officials, and the level is nonsense, whoever has real ability is on the job, and the artillery unit of the independent regiment has left a deep impression on Commander Wang in several battles.

The artillery battalion commander of the independent regiment does not look at his high rank, but the number of artillery under his command is the largest in the whole column, which shows that the commander of the independent regiment is capable of this post, so Commander Wang directly named Gao Xiang's name, which is the result of Commander Wang's many observations and considerations, and it is not a whim.

Gao Xiang this guy is an old soldier from the Eighth Road, crawling out of the fire in the blood, rolling out of the pile of dead people, and he doesn't know what it means to be brave and unprovoked when he fights, and when he saw the commander ask him if he had the courage to do this artillery commander, he immediately puffed up his chest and replied loudly: "Report to the commander, I have been a soldier for so many years, and I don't know what it means not to dare, so I will be the commander of this artillery and resolutely complete the task." ”

Commander Wang nodded with satisfaction: "Well, good boy, this is my Wang's bearded soldier, I will hand over the artillery of the whole column to you, and you have the final say on what to do, I and the people in the headquarters do not participate in your command, there is only one request, use your artillery fire, smash all the obstacles in our way, and let our soldiers step on the enemy's corpse to advance." ”

Gao Xiang replied loudly: 'Smash all the obstacles in our path with artillery fire, so that our soldiers can advance on the corpses of the enemy, and understand Comrade Commander.'