Brigade commander Li Yong has been pondering how to destroy the Kuomintang's artillery positions with minimal losses, and as long as this serious problem can be removed, it will be much easier to complete the task in the future. To read the latest chapters, please lock the biquge.info of Aishang Novels

Fortunately, the teaching brigade created a false impression to the enemy that the PLA had no artillery fire, which left Li Yong room to play, and after 10 minutes of extended fire from the 65th Division of the Kuomintang, Li Yong finally made up his mind and asked the artillery battalion commander Gao Xiang to prepare for five minutes, and the shelling began five minutes later.

The artillery command post of the independent brigade is just a few dozen meters away from the brigade headquarters, which is also what the battalion commander Gao Xiang meant; Gao Xiang, who hurriedly ran back, shouted with a walkie-talkie that the reconnaissance group he sent out should be evacuated immediately, and there could not be a second of delay, and the brigade commander only gave five minutes of time, and if he could not withdraw in five minutes, he would very likely be killed by his own shells.

The reconnaissance team sent out by Gao Xiang was equipped with a wireless walkie-talkie for each group, a total of more than a dozen walkie-talkies, which was already a great thing in the PLA troops at that time, and the reconnaissance team of a few people could be equipped with a walkie-talkie, which was a bit too extravagant.

The artillery battalion is the ace heavy firepower strike unit of the independent brigade, and it is the key object of care of the brigade commander Li Yong, and he is given preferential treatment when distributing materials, just like that, Gao Xiang also turned over all his family background to fully equip the soldiers, and it is much more convenient to connect with this guy, although the secrecy is not very good, but you can still use code calls.

There are not many soldiers in the PLA who are afraid of death and are afraid, but it is too unjust to be killed by their own shells, and the soldiers of the reconnaissance squad who are covered with branches and grass have received the order to climb down little by little, and they only have five minutes, and if they can't climb down at that time, they are very likely to be killed by their own artillery fire.

But it is not possible to be in a hurry, the speed is too fast and it is easy to expose the target, the Kuomintang artillery unit is surrounded by combat troops to guard, once it is discovered, it is difficult to retreat, it is a trivial matter to sacrifice himself, and it is a big deal to delay the plan of the brigade commander and the superior chief, so he had to climb a distance first, and then stand up and quickly retreat downward.

Fortunately, it was getting dark, and it was time for the troops to have dinner, and the vigilance of these artillerymen who were six or seven kilometers away from the front line was much lower than that of the front-line troops, and some of them even lit a few bonfires to make food, and the soldiers had already figured it out, and it was very far away from the Eighth Road, and there were still vigilant troops standing guard on the periphery, and the communist army had no artillery, so what else was there to worry about.

After a few minutes, most of the fighters withdrew smoothly, and the fighters who were sent out had the task of observing the effect of the shelling outside the range of artillery fire, and then report it to the battalion command post as soon as possible.

Five minutes of work, that is, a little longer than urinating, and before the soldiers who were rolling and crawling could even out their breath, the shelling of the independent brigade in the rear began.

Li Yong's order to Gao Xiang was to be fast, accurate, and ruthless, and to paralyze the Kuomintang artillery in the first wave of strikes, so that they did not even have a chance to shift their positions.

The artillery battalion of the independent brigade has developed to nearly 70 artillery pieces now, and it is the largest artillery unit in the first-level combat unit of the Northwest Field Army Brigade, except for some 92 infantry guns and wild mountain artillery, the main force of which is about 50 105 howitzers, all of which are American goods (the American 105 howitzer is the standard equipment of the Kuomintang army, and most of the artillery captured by the PLA in the Liberation War are of this type, and there are also some equipment of the Japanese army, the German army and the Soviet army), whether the Kuomintang artillery can be eliminated, Li Yong's hopes are pinned on these dozens of howitzers.

The Kuomintang artillerymen, who were eating with large bowls, heard countless bright spots with long tails sweeping from the distant sky, followed by a piercing scream, the sound of a high-speed flying object rubbing against the air.

The Kuomintang soldiers who were eating were stunned for a moment, and then immediately understood what was going on, they were all artillerymen, and what else did they not understand.

Several Kuomintang officers pulled their necks and shouted: "The enemy attack is an artillery attack by the communist army, quickly transfer the artillery, quickly transfer the artillery." "But the speed of people is limited, no matter how fast they are, they can't be faster than the shells that fly over, and if you want to transfer the artillery, how to transfer it? These big guys are all pulled by cars, how far can they be pushed out by manpower? It may not have been able to push out a few steps before it was shattered by a shell.

The Kuomintang soldiers are very clear about this truth, these soldiers spread their feet and ran, running anywhere without artillery, and still scolding: "Transfer your head, artillery, bullshit, want Lao Tzu to die?" If you want to die, you go by yourself, Lao Tzu still wants to live a few more years. ”

In the blink of an eye, the shells landed and exploded, and the first order of the artillery battalion commander Gao Xiang was the rapid fire of the whole battalion, eight rapid fires, and hundreds of shells were smashed in about a minute, and hundreds of anti-explosive shells blew up the entire artillery position.

More than 50 howitzers, each cannon has more than 40 rounds, adding up to more than 2,000 shells, this number was not even thought of before, but now the independent brigade can completely afford it, although the battalion commander Gao Xiang is also a little distressed, but the completion of the task assigned by the brigade commander is still the most important.

The Kuomintang heavy artillery positions were in chaos, with artillery, cars, dead bodies, and tents all blown to shreds, and craters one after another.

The soldiers who were observing the effect of the artillery bombardment not far away happily reported to the battalion commander Gao Xiang on a walkie-talkie: "Battalion commander, you did a beautiful job, everything was blown up, even people with artillery, there is nothing left." ”

The battalion commander Gao Xiang's order was very strange: "Just guard there, don't come back without my order, and report the situation in time." ”

The soldiers wondered what we were going to do now that we had wiped out all the enemy's artillery positions, but the battalion commander's orders had to be carried out.

Gao Xiang, who ran out of the artillery command post, strode into the brigade headquarters, and after stepping in a few steps, he shouted in a loud voice: "Brigade commander, the enemy's artillery positions have all been solved, and our battalion has done more than 2,000 rounds, which is enough for them to drink a pot." ”

Brigadier Commander Chen Haihan, who was commanding the battle with Li Yong, asked happily: "Battalion Commander Gao, you fought well, great, how many enemy artillery have you knocked out?" ”

"There is nothing left of the artillery of the 65th Division and the 160th Brigade, and they are all called for us to be crippled."

After answering Brigade Commander Chen Haihan's question, Gao Xiang asked Li Yong tentatively: "Brigade Commander, is this time letting us deal with the enemy's infantry?" We don't have the strength to do it. ”

There is nothing too surprising about Gao Xiang that they can knock out the Kuomintang artillery Li Yong, with the intention to fight without intention, with preparation to fight without preparation, this is nothing remarkable, the artillery confrontation is like this, the first strike is strong, the second attack suffers, the opponent first discovered their own position, and their own side is not prepared, in addition to being eliminated, what can be the result, blame these Kuomintang officers for being too careless.

In ten minutes, more than 2,000 shells were consumed to kill the Kuomintang artillery, which seems very simple, but in fact it is not, just in these ten minutes, a lot of painstaking efforts as a commander have been condensed, the most important of which is to make a kind of illusion that there is no artillery, and use the illusion of no artillery to confuse the enemy, this is the deception tactic, for the success of this tactic, the soldiers on the front line paid with blood and lives.

The success of this deception tactic also has a lot to do with the teaching brigade, but they were unintentional and inadvertently fulfilled Li Yong's deception tactics, while the independent brigade was intentional, Li Yong said to Gao Xiang lightly: "Can you be sure?" ”

"Brigade commander, more than a dozen observation groups, dozens of people, it is impossible to be wrong, or you can call them directly."

The walkie-talkie is a common channel, but the battalion and brigade cannot be placed in one channel, otherwise it will be too chaotic, and the artillery battalion is its own network.

Li Yong: "No need, prepare in five minutes, and cover the enemy's infantry with fire after five minutes, and the specific target is up to you." ”

Looking at Gao Xiang who rushed out in a hurry, Li Yong said to Brigade Commander Chen Haihan again: "Old Chen, our artillery can take out the enemy's heavy artillery positions and also have a share of the credit of your brigade. ”

Brigade Commander Chen Haihan has been fighting on the battlefield for almost 20 years, and he understands what Li Yong means, and laughs: "Dayong, don't put gold on my face, I don't want to deceive these ** troops of the Kuomintang, our brigade really doesn't have it, and I can't take it out if I want to confront other people's artillery." ”

Brigade Commander Chen Haihan, who was in a good mood, said to Li Yong again: "Dayong, you have a very good artillery battalion commander, this kid is very good. ”

Li Yong replied a little proudly: "It's really good, this guy has commanded the artillery operations of our whole column, and he is a good piece of material." ”

Listening to the conversation between Li Yong and Brigadier Chen Haihan, Political Commissar Wang Chengde was a little funny, Dayong This guy spoke old-fashioned, as if he had a lot of qualifications, in fact, this guy was just in his early twenties, and he was several years younger than Gao Xiang he praised.

At the headquarters of the 65th Division in the Kuomintang reorganized area, the telephone rang non-stop, and an officer took the phone and listened to a few words, and then reported to the division commander Li Zhen with some hesitation: "Report to the division, it was the howitzer regiment that called, they were attacked by the communist artillery just now, and they suffered heavy losses. ”

Li Zhen, the division commander who was sitting on a chair and drinking water leisurely, trembled violently, and asked in disbelief: "What did you say?" ”