Chapter 36o The Difficult Sixth Column of the Battle of Libei

Due to the stubborn resistance of the 38th Division of the Kuomintang, the planned attempt of the Northwest Field Army to encircle and annihilate the enemy's two divisions did not go smoothly, and just when the battle was at its most intense, the main force of the Kuomintang Corps rushed over under the pressure of Chiang Kai-shek and Hu Zongnan. Where are the novels updated the fastest? Please look for Aishang Novel Network biquge.info{Aishang Novel Network biquge.info}

In order to cheer up his subordinates, Pei Changhui, the commander of the Kuomintang Corps, promised that as long as any troops broke through the PLA's defensive line, he would be rewarded heavily, and the officers of the units that broke through first would be promoted by one rank, and the division commander of the integrated division would be promoted to the deputy commander of the corps.

I have to say that Pei Changhui still has a very good way to boost morale, he knows very well what these officers of the Kuomintang want, don't they just want to be promoted? Lao Tzu will give it all to you, as long as you give Lao Tzu your life.

As the so-called heavy reward must have brave men, these Kuomintang officers are all sperm who have been rolling in the officialdom for many years, and they also know that Pei Chang will want to use this method to make them sell their lives, but the bait is too rich, so rich that they know that they have to exchange their lives for their lives.

After one wave of attack was repulsed, another wave of attack, the frenzied attack did not stop from morning to noon, because due to the influence of the terrain, the Kuomintang troops could not pounce at the same time, so they could only rush up in turn as a division, and all the defense lines of the six columns of the People's Liberation Army were engaged with the Kuomintang offensive corps at the same time.

Pei Changhui called this set of methods to contain the two wings, break through centripetally, concentrate the main force on one point, and attack the defensive troops arranged in the center of the PLA, hoping to lead the whole situation with a point and a breakthrough, and then achieve the goal of relieving the siege of the 17th and 38th Divisions.

Commander Luo Yuan was well aware of the importance of the position here, and put the brigade with the strongest combat effectiveness of the Sixth Column in the middle position. Do you still need to say it, it must be the teaching brigade commanded by Brigade Commander Chen Haihan.

At this time, the teaching brigade was under tremendous pressure, and the fighting did not stop from the beginning, the enemy's attacks became more and more ferocious, and the casualties of the teaching brigade became more and more large.

The young brigade commander Chen Haihan understood the weight of the burden on his shoulders, there were only five columns in the field army, all of which were encircling and annihilating the enemy's 17th and 38th divisions, and there was only one sixth column here, and the sixth column had exhausted its forces to control all the defensive lines, and it was basically impossible to ask the higher authorities for support, that is, the higher authorities had no troops to adjust.

Under such circumstances, all the difficulties had to be borne by his own brigade, and Brigade Commander Chen Haihan mobilized all the people who could hold guns, and organized a combat unit of logistics personnel, ready to be used at the most critical time, and this unit included Brigade Commander Chen himself and his guards.

The battle lasted from morning to afternoon, and the Kuomintang troops could take turns eating and drinking, but the defending PLA troops could only nibble on a few dry rations on their positions because of their small personnel.

In the afternoon, the Kuomintang troops attacked even more frantically, using all the heavy weapons that could be put in, and dozens of tanks that posed the greatest threat to the Sixth Column were driven up, and the Sixth Column had no effective anti-tank weapons, so in order to deal with these iron lumps, they had to use people to fight, and sometimes in order to blow up a tank, the soldiers sacrificed in shifts and platoons.

Brigade Commander Chen Haihan, who has been observing the battlefield situation with a telescope, tears are about to fall, the soldiers fought very bravely, but it is also too tragic, the threat of the tank weapon to the infantry is great, one or several are easy to deal with, the number is very troublesome, the weapons on the tank have shooting dead ends, but once the echelon form is formed, this defect will be made up, and they can alternately cover each other to advance, so that the price paid by the soldiers of the six columns is greater, From time to time, the demolition groups that rushed up were knocked down by the machine guns on the tanks, and the bodies of the fallen soldiers could be seen everywhere at the front of the position.

Brigade Commander Chen Haihan was distressed, and he was so distressed that he couldn't stand it, although he said that fighting a war could not avoid the dead, but what kind of unit the teaching brigade is, the teaching brigade is a unit that trains grassroots commanders for the troops, and many of the soldiers in the teaching brigade are selected from other units, and it is very likely that these soldiers who sacrificed will all be future squad, platoon, and company-level cadres, and they are the backbone and core of the troops, and such fighters are one after another

The constant number of casualties is worrying.

Relying on the bravery of the soldiers, the enemy's attack was finally stopped, but the price was too great, but tears could not work, and the distress could not solve the problem, and the broken teeth could only be swallowed in the stomach.

This put even more pressure on the already limited manpower of the Sixth Column, and the teaching brigade, which was in the most central position of the defensive line, was even more difficult, with fewer and fewer personnel and less ammunition, while the offensive of the Kuomintang offensive troops was coming in waves.

The battle lasted until two or three o'clock in the afternoon, when a crisis arose, and several positions of the Sixth Column were almost broken through by the Kuomintang attacking troops.

Commander Luo Yuan did not dare to conceal the situation, and made a detailed report on the current situation of the troops to the head of the field division, asking the chief to make a decision as soon as possible, the sixth column could not determine the time to block the Kuomintang attack corps, in other words, the position of the sixth column could be broken through by the Kuomintang attacking troops at any time.

At the headquarters of the Northwest Field Army, Mr. Peng and several commanders were discussing something in front of the map, and one of them said: "Boss, Luo Yuan, this guy is not bitter, as soon as he complains, the situation will be very dangerous, maybe the actual situation of the Sixth Column is even stricter than what he said, hurry up and retreat, otherwise the loss will be greater." ”

Another chief pointed to a point on the map and said: "Boss, our Yesi is too close to the front line, once Luo Yuan's sixth column can't withstand it, the enemy will arrive immediately, you see if this will work, you and Political Commissar Xi and some comrades from the headquarters will withdraw first, and a few of us will stay here to continue to command the battle." ”

"Nonsense, what is this called, why do I and Political Commissar Xi want to withdraw first, if you can die, I can't die? My life is my life, yours is not, give me the phone calls of the first, second, third, and fourth columns. ”

Just as Mr. Peng was talking, the phone on the table rang, and a chief immediately picked up the microphone, and after listening to a few words, he said: "Mr. Peng, the first and second columns report that the battle to encircle and annihilate the enemy's 17th Division is very smooth, and the progress is very fast, and it is estimated that one more time will be able to win the battle." ”

Mr. Peng's frowning brows softened a little: "Very good, order the first and second columns to quickly resolve the battle, and then turn around and encircle and annihilate the enemy's 38th Division with the third and fourth columns." ”

At the headquarters of the second column, Commander Wang was exchanging views with a commander: "Old man, the situation is not too good, the third column and the fourth column have not made great progress for a long time, it seems that they are in trouble, the sixth column has been fighting for more than half a day, according to our scouts, the Kuomintang offensive is crazy, the casualties of the sixth column are very large, the position is in danger for a time, and it is easy to be entangled by the enemy if we continue to fight, even if we completely annihilate the 17th division, we will not be able to solve the problem, once the position of the sixth column is broken by the enemy, it will be broken, It's not easy for us to pull it down. ”

The commander who exchanged views with Commander Wang also nodded slowly and said: "It's time to mention the construction to the boss, if it really doesn't work, let's withdraw first, if we can't eat two divisions, let's eat one division, it's better than letting the enemy get wet, how about it, are you here to call or me to call?" ”

Just when Commander Wang of the Second Column was discussing how to build a yì for Mr. Peng, the Sixth Column, which was competing with the Kuomintang Corps, encountered greater difficulties.

The front-line attacking troops did not take a step forward for most of the day, which made the Kuomintang corps commander Pei Changhui very annoyed, this guy kept going around in circles in his headquarters, and he was still muttering: "Damn, I don't believe it, how many troops can the communist army have here, and with this troops, can I stop my large corps?" What a ghost. ”

Just when this old fox was worried, a report sounded outside the door, and with the shout, a middle-aged officer walked in, and Pei Chang, who was turning in circles, looked up and saw that it was Li Zhen, the commander of the 65th Division of the Kuomintang.

Li Zhen, who was wearing a straight military uniform, saluted Pei Changhui, who was in a hurry, and Pei Changhui, who was in a hurry, hurriedly stood down, sat on the chair and resumed the commander's style, no matter how worried he was, he couldn't show himself in front of his subordinates, and then said in an unhurried tone: "It turned out to be Senior Commander Li, is there any situation to react?" ”

"Commander, our offensive has not achieved results for a long time, and if it continues like this, the 17th and 38th Divisions will be in danger, and we think that we must intensify our attacks, quickly break through the positions of the communist army, and encircle the communist army in the northwest with the 17th and 38th divisions, and then the communist army will not only not be able to eat our two divisions, but it is very likely that they will be eaten by us, so that we can completely solve the northwest problem."

Pei Changhui: "Division Commander Li, you have also seen it, our attack has not stopped, Commander Hu has used all the planes in Xi'an, and the tank troops have also rushed up, but they still can't open the breakthrough, it's not that we don't work hard, but the communist army is too difficult to deal with." ”

The commander of the 65th Division of the Kuomintang did not agree with Pei Changhui's statement, but defended himself in a burst of words: "Commander, I don't think so, I don't think so, I don't think so, it's not that the communist army is difficult to deal with, but that our troops are too poor, the communist army on defense has no tanks, and the artillery fire is out of proportion to us, not to mention any planes, just using pure infantry to confront us, and we are a three-dimensional attack with aircraft, tanks, and artillery. No wonder the communist army on the other side. ”