march to victory

"Old Hu, no matter how anxious you are, don't be in a hurry. Seeing how tired you are, you must not have much rest. Or, why don't you wash your face and eat something before the meeting?"

Looking at the tired face of the old partner, some red silk in the eyeballs, and obvious signs of dust on the body, all of them showed that Hu Yingze was busy with the wind and dust. He must be rushing back to convey the important task of the division on the way. rest.This made Zhang Qingshan both moved and admired, and couldn't help persuading him.

"Forget it, let's have a meeting first, and it's important to convey the important tasks of the division." Hu Yingze couldn't help yawning, then smiled and said: "Just put a hot towel on your face later, as for eating, is it on the brazier?" Baking sweet potatoes? Just grab two."

Looking at Hu Yingze's back, Zhang Qingshan opened his mouth, but still couldn't say a word.

When he arrived at the command post of the regiment, Zhang Qingshan hurriedly sent someone to fetch hot water, and he personally selected two baked sweet potatoes, and ate them with Hu Yingze—he didn't have a good breakfast, and it was already noon, and he was already hungry 's cooing.

Tian Guozhong and Peng Peng, the deputy battalion commander of the Fourth Battalion (Luo Yingjie, the commander of the Fourth Battalion, also serves as the director of the intelligence department, is now moving around to establish a formal intelligence network. If they are not in Qinglong Mountain, Peng Peng can only attend the meeting on behalf of the Fourth Battalion ) Seeing this, I also understand that today's meeting may not be serious.So, the two of them also consciously gathered around, took the initiative to choose two sweet potatoes, and ate them too.

In this way, the four of them started the meeting by chatting and laughing while eating sweet potatoes around the brazier.On the other hand, Xiao Zhang, who was in charge of recording, waited while holding a pen and paper.

Since the meeting is held in this way, there is no need for everyone to be serious. According to the habits of the Chinese, it is naturally impossible to talk about business as soon as you come up.

After everyone finished eating the sweet potatoes in their hands, Zhang Qingshan said with a smile: "Old Hu, I ate this and chatted. Tell me, what important instructions does the division have?"

Hu Yingze looked around suspiciously, and asked, "Old Liu? Why isn't he at the regiment headquarters?"

Tian Guozhong was about to open his mouth, but now Zhang Qingshan was eager to know the order of the division headquarters, thinking that he would not be able to explain this matter for a while, and he should wait until the division order was finished, so he took the first step and replied: "Recently The little devil is restless, so I asked Lao Liu to take the first battalion around, and train the soldiers of the first battalion by the way."

During the war years, such things were normal, and Hu Yingze didn't doubt it. Instead, he nodded and said, "Forget it, this order from the division headquarters is very important. We must call up all the cadres above the company level in the regiment later. Hold a meeting to convey the instructions of the division headquarters. Now, the four of us will hold a briefing first, so that you can be prepared."

Peng Peng laughed as soon as he heard this, his eyes sparkled with excitement, and he opened his mouth and asked, "Old Hu, do you mean a big battle is going to happen?"

After Hu Yingze nodded solemnly, he turned around and grabbed his briefcase from the table, took out a document from it and handed it to Zhang Qingshan, and said to everyone: "There is only one document, I haven't had time to copy it yet, let me briefly explain Situation... When the organization summed up the reasons for the failure of the Battle of Xinkou, it was found that the little devil's weapons and ammunition had always been sufficient. (Victories such as Pingxingguan are a few times after all. Generally speaking, the transport and supply lines for the devils did not suffer as great damage as in the Hundred Regiments War). Therefore, in this Taiyuan battle, the superior ordered us to attack The regiment, which penetrated into enemy-occupied areas in advance, mobilized all forces and carried forward the fine traditions of our Eighth Route Army's guerrilla warfare. We must not only ensure that our own strength does not suffer excessive losses, but also deal a huge and heavy blow to the devil's supply line. Supporting the battle of Taiyuan from the side..."

When Hu Yingze finished speaking, Zhang Qingshan also roughly read the content of the document, which was basically the same as what Hu Yingze said.It's just that the task in the document says 'use all forces when necessary', not what Hu Yingze said, 'we must not only save ourselves from huge losses, but also deal heavy blows to the enemy'.However, at this time, Zhang Qingshan will definitely not point out this point, and I believe others will do the same. Isn't the old saying that 'you will be subject to military orders abroad'?Let's make a slight change, but also from a long-term perspective.

He handed the document to Tian Guozhong on the left and asked Hu Yingze: "Old Hu, is the Taiyuan battle starting?"

Hu Yingze lit a cigarette, took a puff, and said, "Counting today, it has been five days."

Zhang Qingshan's eyes darkened, and after a moment of silence, he asked, "How is the fighting power of the little devil? Where did he fight?"

"As soon as the battle started, I was ordered to come back, so I don't know what the battle ahead is like. However, when it comes to the fighting power of the little devils, Lao Zhang, Lao Tian, ​​and Lao Peng, let me tell you the truth..." Speaking of which , Hu Yingze glanced left and right slightly.But it was this kind of action that made the hearts of Zhang Qingshan and the three of them sink: Hu Yingze obviously did not want others to hear what he said next. Do?

"I won't say much about weapons, everyone knows it in their hearts. As far as I personally feel, the little devil is better than us in terms of individual quality and overall cooperation." Speaking of this, Hu Yingze picked up a grill Good sweet potatoes, waiting while peeling the sweet potatoes.But he didn't hear anyone asking, he looked up at everyone suspiciously, and seeing everyone staring at them with wide eyes, he smiled wryly: "Don't look at me like that, I'm telling the truth. If you don't believe me, let me tell you something .”

"Haven't we never fought the little devil head-to-head? I was thinking about listening to those comrades who had fought against the devil, what kind of evaluation they had on the little devil's combat effectiveness... During the division meeting, I deliberately ran I went to the hospital a few times, and one of the soldiers told me about the first time he fought against the little devil." Speaking of this, Hu Yingze remembered something, paused, sighed, and said: "He is almost Crying and telling me his experience. He was stabbed in the abdomen by the little devil’s bayonet, but he held his stomach and endured the pain while crying and telling me this. Hey~! You don’t know, at that time my heart It’s really a mixed feeling, it’s very uncomfortable.”

Although the three of Zhang Qingshan frowned, they nodded almost in unison, and they all just shut up, looking straight at Hu Yingjie, waiting to hear the tragic story.

His name was Zhou Bo, and he was a deputy squad leader of the Second Battalion of a regiment in the [-]th Division of the Eighth Route Army.

The battalion is responsible for blocking the devils and gaining time for the main force to deploy.

As soon as the battle started, the uninterrupted coverage of the little devil's dense artillery let them know that this battle was difficult to fight.However, because the Red Army of Workers and Peasants, the predecessor of the Eighth Route Army, was often bombed by Lao Jiang when he was fighting with Lao Jiang in the past, he had already gained some experience in avoiding shells.Therefore, although the bombardment of the little devil is much more intensive and takes much longer than that of Lao Jiang, everyone has already made preparations for this in their hearts. Although they feel that the little devil is difficult to fight, there are not many Burdened in my heart, I always thought that after your artillery fire passed, you would always send troops to charge, right?Until then, let's see the truth again.

However, as soon as the artillery fire stopped, the little devils rushed forward screaming.

As soon as the two sides opened fire, they were immediately taken aback by the little devil's individual accomplishment... In Zhou Bo's evaluation, "the little devil has a strong reaction ability and good marksmanship"--the recruits of the Eighth Route Army wanted to shoot with live ammunition, but suffered from No bullets.And when the recruits of the little devils are shooting live ammunition, they can't be lazy. They will be severely punished if they don't fire the required amount of ammunition.Comparing the two, on the overall level of shooting, the advantages and disadvantages are clear at a glance (I try my best to restore the real situation fairly, and I will not make it up like a drama, it is harmful, it is very detrimental to the future of the Chinese people, and it is also disrespectful history).

Don't look at the little devils rushing in, it seems chaotic, but if you observe carefully, you will be surprised to find that the little devils are really good at cooperating with each other: they are in groups of three or four, which can increase a certain amount of attack power, and support each other.

Fortunately, the second battalion is also full of veterans who have been tested by the long-term war. After a fierce battle, they repelled the first wave of attacks by the little devils.

Afterwards, the little devil first bombed with shells, followed by the little devil's infantry charge, and was then repelled by the second battalion.

This seems to be able to keep the stipulated retreat time, but the problem is that a huge problem is in front of everyone - fighting is about strength, especially economic and industrial strength. In this regard, our side was seriously insufficient at that time.Therefore, after repelling the little devil's fourth charge, everyone basically ran out of ammunition.

The military order is too big, and the stipulated time to retreat has not come, who dares to retreat?But if we don't retreat, there will be no more bullets. Besides, the second battalion has suffered more than half of the casualties so far. What should we do?

We can only use the old method, and engage in the most cruel and iron-blooded battle on the battlefield with the little devil - hand-to-hand combat!

Some people say that when you meet on Xi'an Road, the brave wins!What this said is correct, but the problem is, if the two teams that meet on a narrow road are both brave men, at this time, it is only courage to fight, and there are more factors, such as weapons and equipment, such as the usual hard training , such as playing on the spot and so on.

After intentionally putting the little devil in about [-] meters, he shot out all the last bullets and grenades. Then, taking advantage of the opportunity that the little devil was busy evading, the remaining soldiers of the second battalion, including the wounded who were still able to move, all He picked up his weapon, shouted and rushed over, fighting hand-to-hand with the little devil!

The little devil has been under the influence of bushido for a long time, so it is naturally impossible for the little devil to be defeated by the Eighth Route Army. On the contrary, they also greeted him with howls.

The two brave teams collided like this.

Originally, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army thought that the reason why the little devils are so powerful is nothing more than their advanced weapons and better training at ordinary times. However, they have many years of hand-to-hand combat tradition, and their experience in fighting bayonets can be described as extremely rich—fighting with Lao Jiang When fighting, the weapon is not as good as the opponent, the economy is not as good as the opponent. When fighting, it is natural to make up for it in other ways. Therefore, there is the most classic melee style of the Eighth Route Army' hit the critical moment, put the enemy close, and then Throw a wave of grenades in the past first, taking advantage of the dust flying when the grenade explodes and the enemy evading in a panic and having no time to shoot, they swarm up to '...'No snatching, no guns, the enemy made it for us' I feel relaxed when I sing the lyrics, But if you savor it carefully, you can feel the helplessness, grief, indignation and blood of the guerrillas at that time.

However, what surprised them was that the little devil's hand-to-hand combat ability was so strong!