After Li Yong and Wang Chengde left with the people of the special service battalion, a cadre of the second regiment said to Commander Zhao: "Regiment commander, the casualties of our regiment in this battle are too large, and I also hoped that the special service battalion could provide some personnel and equipment to our other companies.

As soon as they leave, there are only more than 500 people in our regiment who can hold guns now, and even if some of the wounded can come back in the future, it is estimated that there are more than 700 people. ”

Regiment Commander Zhao waved his hand: "This is not good, we can't compare with Li Yong, they are just a special example, Ye Si and the column are also using them as an experiment, otherwise the chiefs will not let them make their own decisions about everything."

Our second regiment is a basic unit, it will definitely not work to do this, this kind of idea should not be fought in the future, otherwise you will make mistakes, I don't believe you pick some people to try, even if our brigade commander doesn't say it, if you let the commander know, scolding you lightly, maybe a big foot will pick you up. ”

The Second Regiment is the main force of the column, and it is also one of the old units that started from the Second Column, and there are many cadres who are old subordinates of Commander Wang Zhen for many years, and they are very familiar with the commander, and they know the temper of the commander, this cadre thought about it and said: "But also, if the commander knows, it is really enough, I don't dare to provoke his stinky temper, so forget it." ”

Not to mention what the people of the second regiment discussed, even the instructor Wang Chengde made a direct mistake in his heart: "Dayong, can our superiors agree to do this?" ”

Li Yong: "Don't worry, didn't we run into the column headquarters when we came, and the commander explained to me, it's not a mistake to do this, otherwise I wouldn't dare." ”

Hearing Li Yong say this, everyone was completely relieved. But it's late, everyone will do it tomorrow morning, Li Yong agreed with everyone's opinion, there are still a few hours before dawn, and it is not cold in September, everyone is idle and troublesome and there is no tent, just wrapped in a military blanket and slept.

At dawn the next day, Li Yong pulled Wang Cheng aside: "Lao Wang, I want to go to Shajiadian." Wang Chengde: "No, it's too dangerous there, our task has been completed, the enemy of Shajiadian can't run, your ass is also stable, you can't follow everything to make peace." ”

Li Yong: "Lao Wang, I don't go to everything, now we are a regiment, even if the prisoners are counted, there are still few people, I want to go to Shajiadian to catch some more, in addition, we have captured two radio stations, this is a good thing, you can directly communicate with your superiors and brother troops in the future, but the operator has not been, I will try my luck this time, maybe I will catch a newspaper operator back." ”

Wang Chengde: "Dayong, the enemy's operators are all in the headquarters at all levels, it is too difficult to catch them alive, even if you go, it will be difficult to catch them back, no, this is too dangerous, I still don't agree with you to take risks." ”

Li Yong: "Don't worry, I'll take the reconnaissance platoon and the police squad, it's okay, I promise you that this is the last time, although there is not much hope, but if you don't go, there is no hope at all, and the operator will not fall from the sky." ”

Wang Chengde saw that Li Yong really couldn't persuade him, so he had to say: "Don't take it as an example, but it's not enough to only bring the police squad and the reconnaissance platoon, you take Li Jiangguo's platoon with you, and bring another artillery squad." ”

Seeing that Wang Chengde had agreed, Li Yong explained to the cadres: "In addition to the conditions mentioned last night, we must also pay attention to finding out the drivers and health soldiers who can drive cars.

It is also necessary to pay attention to the search for the enemy's cars, this 123rd Brigade has a baggage battalion, all of which are transported by cars, and this time it is not like the brother troops, the captured cars are all burned, and we must be as good as a baby, find a prisoner who can drive a car and drive the car back, and explain to the prisoner that as long as you drive back a car, it will be considered a small achievement. ”

He said to the fifth platoon leader, Wang Laohu: "Tiger, I'll give you another task." Wang Laohu: "Say it, battalion commander, the task you gave me will definitely be completed." ”

Li Yong nodded: "Tiger, do you know why our second regiment suffered so many casualties?" The main reason why the enemy is crazy is that there is also a large caliber long-range howitzer battalion in this group, which has blown up the position, and the enemy's shells have been exhausted when we come up, which is also the main reason why our battalion has no casualties in this battle, and the task of your platoon is to find this artillery battalion and pull the artillery back intact. ”

Wang Laohu touched his heels, saluted Li Yong, and set off with five rows. Wang Laohu is the most stable of all the platoon-level cadres in the special service battalion, Li Yong likes to let Wang Laohu go to any more urgent tasks, and the position of the large-caliber howitzer battalion of the 123rd Brigade should be within 10 kilometers of the position, if these big guys can be fished back, it will be beautiful.

Li Yong explained the task to Wang Laohu here, and on the other side, Wang Chengde also called Li Jiangguo, Zhang Jinsong and Li Yuming over: "We are now an independent regiment of the column, and several of you are all veterans of our regiment, and you all know in your hearts why we can develop from a company of more than 20 people to a regiment in half a year, the reason is because Li Yong is our regiment commander, without our regiment commander, there would be no such qiē, if something goes wrong with the regiment commander, you guys come to see me with your heads, do you hear clearly?" ”

Several people replied clearly, Wang Chengde: "Repeat one side again." Li Jiangguo replied: "If the head of the regiment is on a business trip, a few of us will come to see you with our heads, understand." ”

There is a ditch a few mountains away from Shajiadian, there are several abandoned caves at the bottom of the ditch, the windows are still there, the door has long been unknown where it has gone, and now a few curtains are simply hung on the door, and the weeds in front of the door and the window have grown more than one person high.

The weeds in front of the window were left unattended, the grass and leaves were about to enter the house, the weeds in front of the door were all pulled out, and from time to time people came in and out, and there were sentries standing guard in front of the door, and the dim candlelight came through the gap between the window and the door.

The cave was filled with hand-cranked telephones, military maps on the walls, and a simple marching bed and a few stools.

This is the headquarters of the Northwest Field Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, where General Peng Dehuai, deputy commander-in-chief of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and commander of the Northwest Field Army, lives and directs this campaign that turned the tide of the entire Northwest War.

The old general had been standing in front of the map for a long time with a candle in his left hand and a magnifying glass in his right hand, and the telephone on the table rang from time to time, and the staff officers kept answering the phone and relaying the contents to the general.

Another staff officer answered the phone: "Commander, there is good news, the enemy's 123rd Brigade was completely annihilated by our army in Changgao Mountain, capturing more than 4,000 people under the enemy's brigade commander Liu Ziqi, as well as countless weapons and ammunition. ”

I'll be back late today, and I'll talk about it when I get home in the evening.