Chapter 16: The Scarecrow Under the Airplane
Jinsha River is the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, connected to the Tianhe River, from the southern foot of Kunlun Mountain at an altitude of five or six thousand meters, the eastern foot of the Hengduan Mountain Range rushes down, a thousand miles, the water flow is turbulent, non-human can cross, since ancient times, I don't know how many literati and ink writers can feel comfortable here, feel the surging of this water potential, as a river through the ages, it has been in awe of the world.
Kyaukpingdu, located at the junction of Huili County in Sichuan Province and Yuanmou County in Yunnan Province, is one of the important ferries on the Jinsha River.
In the early morning of May 4, Kong Er, the commander of the first battalion of the third regiment, under the order of Lin Dashan, led his men to rush overnight and arrived at Kyaukpingdu, but he helplessly found that the national army had captured the ships on the opposite bank, controlled the ferry on the other side, and occupied the danger of the river to block the Red Army.
Fortunately, the national army did not expect Kong Er to come so quickly, so when Kong Er arrived at Kyaukpyeongdu, there were still two wooden boats left on the south bank of the ferry.
Kong Er, the commander of the first battalion, immediately made a decision and sent a battalion and a company to cross the river as an advance team, while he led the rest of the men and horses to cover the soldiers of the first company to cross the river.
The battle began, although the river was wide, but it was still within the range of guns, and the national army on the opposite side came in a hurry, and there was only one battalion of men and horses, and the two sides were firing at each other, and they were in a state of stalemate for a while.
The commander of the company that crossed the river was named Xiao Yingtang, who was a general under Kong Er, and when he started a battle, in Kong Er's words, "his grandmother's is simply dead." ”
Braving the rain of bullets, Xiao Yingtang organized the soldiers to slide the boat frantically, and the enemy naturally discovered Xiao Yingtang's intentions and tried his best to block them, but Kong Er's firepower on the opposite side was suppressed too fiercely, and there was almost no room for them to breathe, so their main firepower was difficult to pour on Xiao Yingtang and the others, and only sporadic bullets were fired on the rushing plank.
In this situation, after sacrificing seven or eight soldiers, Xiao Yingtang finally successfully crossed the river a little downstream from the enemy.
After going ashore, Xiao Yingtang did not stop, and took a large number of grenades assigned to him by a battalion commander and charged towards the enemy frantically, and the soldiers of the next company under his leadership also charged, each holding several grenades wrapped together, which was bound to smash the artillery fire on the enemy's head.
Xiao Yingtang's madness made the national army a little frightened, and they didn't dare to be careless, so they desperately ignored the attack of the opposite face and the second class, and turned the gun to attack Xiao Yingtang and others when a large number of people were killed.
The gunfire was dense and resounded through the sky.
The terrain on both sides of the Kyaukpyeong crossing is a gentle and plain area, and there is no barrier to rely on in the battle here, and the bullets are directly poured on the bodies of the soldiers of the company.
One by one, the figures fell beside Xiao Yingtang, he did not stop, did not hesitate, and charged forward with crazy steps, like a crazy wolf, under those cold eyes, the enemy became more and more frightened.
"Shoot Him for Me"
The enemy roared desperately, and a bullet finally landed on Xiao Yingtang's left arm, Xiao Yingtang staggered, and blood flowed down, but it did not interrupt his running footsteps, and accelerated a few points in vain, throwing several grenades tied together in his hands violently.
Bang!
The power of the grenade was particularly terrifying, and a white cloud of smoke rose on the spot, temporarily stunning the enemy and blocking the enemy's sight, and when the smoke cleared, it was the grenades thrown by the soldiers of other companies flying in the sky that relied on the company commander's desperate efforts to get the grenade.
Bombs flew and roared, and the enemy who had no time to react was blown up alive, his flesh and blood blurred, and he completely lost his fighting spirit.
"Withdraw!"
I don't know who shouted, the national army was amnesty, one by one lost their armor and began to flee, Xiao Yingtang naturally would not give up the opportunity to beat the water dogs, and once again harvested the lives of many enemies.
Then the whole battalion crossed Kyaukpingdu, and in accordance with Lin Dashan's instructions, crossed Zhongwu Mountain, defeated a battalion of the enemy that was blocked, and penetrated directly into Tong'an Town, and then routed the enemy's small reinforcements, and after receiving the vanguard of the main force of the Red Army, the vanguard of the Red Army went straight to the city of Huili, ensuring that the main force of the Red Army would not be attacked at both ends when crossing the river.
The other side.
After the large army arrived at Longjie and prepared to cross the river, the river was turbulent here, and the enemy planes came to bomb from time to time, so the pontoon bridge was not successful.
Based on this situation, the central authorities ordered the Lin Dashan Division of the Third Regiment to continue to erect pontoon bridges here to confuse the enemy and make a gesture of crossing the river, while the main force dispersed to the Hongmen Ferry and the Kyaukpyeong Ferry and crossed the river in a mobile manner.
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"Regiment commander, this fucking enemy plane is really disgusting, come and bomb once in a while, and you can't hit it, the soldiers have sacrificed nearly a hundred, it's not a way to go on like this!" At the Longjie ferry, the military uniform of Zhao Zhuang, the commander of the third battalion, was already covered with dust, but the two bright eyes flashed with hatred, and he looked like he was gritting his teeth.
"You fucking little verbose, what can you do with the fierce enemy plane? This is an order from the superiors, here to disguise the large army to cross the river, even if our whole regiment is dead, we can't retreat. ”
"Hey!" Zhao Zhuang grabbed his scalp fiercely and pulled off a few hairs, "This fucking battle is too shitty." ”
However, this is also something that cannot be helped, the central government's plan has succeeded, and Long Yun and Xue Yue of the national army have been fooled, judging that the main force of the Red Army will cross the river at Longjie, so their attack is very strong, on the one hand, the continuous bombing of aircraft, on the other hand, the main force of the army rushed to the Jinsha River to destroy the Red Army.
Therefore, a regiment in the Lin Dashan District is afraid that it has no ability to fight back.
"Lao Lin, why did you forget Comrade Han Xin and call him over to see if he had any ideas", political commissar Xiao Xiang walked over, and he was also a little embarrassed by the enemy's plane, and the spectacle lenses on his eyes were all extending out of the cracks, and it seemed that they would fall apart at any time.
"He, what's the fucking situation, I'm afraid Zhuge Liang didn't recruit ...... alive"
"It's good for multiple people to find a way!"
"Alas, forget it, third battalion commander, go and call Han Xin's stinky boy over."
Han Xin was still depressed when he was called, the scene was really exciting when the enemy plane came to bomb just now, even the exercises of later generations were not so exaggerated, he was stunned and fought at the plane for a long time, but he helplessly found that "handjob" is not an easy thing.
After all, they use rifles that shoot one at a time, and even if they hit enemy aircraft, they won't play much of a role.
"Commander, you're looking for me," Han Xin asked, putting down the Springfield rifle he was carrying.
Lin Dashan spat fiercely, mixed with a few traces of dust, looked at Han Xin, and said without much hope: "Han Xin, now the enemy's firepower is too fierce, we can't parry it at all, and we still want to confuse the enemy here, we can't retreat, but if we continue like this, I'm afraid that our entire three regiments will be finished, do you have any good ideas?" ”
"This ......" Han Xin was silent, and when Lin Dashan and the others said that this was indeed the case, he sighed secretly: "Commander, there is a way." ”
"Oh, you say", Lin Dashan and the others were pleasantly surprised.
"Commander, the reason why we have no power to fight back is because the enemy planes bombed too fiercely, and after my private observation, these pilots are afraid of being shot down by us, so they fly at a high altitude."
"And then?"
"Then, the head of the regiment should know about the use of scarecrows in the rural rice fields to confuse the birds and protect the crops of the farmer!"
"Oh! Are you saying that we also make some scarecrows to confuse enemy planes? ”
"That's right" Han Xin looked at Lin Dashan and said confidently: "The enemy planes fly higher, the line of sight will not be clear, and we can't tell whether the target of their bombing is a scarecrow or not, if we dress up the scarecrow well, put on the soldiers' clothes, put on the soldiers' hats, and the planes are extremely fast, in comparison, even if these scarecrows are motionless, they will not have any notice."
As for us, we can hide in the blind spot of the plane bombing, that is, the place where the plane cannot bomb, and wait for the "communist bandits" in the eyes of these enemy troops to be killed in large numbers, and then these planes will be evacuated, and at that time, our time has come. ”
"What a great idea! Good boy, you're a fucking clever man, you can't stop you! Lin Dashan's eyes lit up, and he patted Han Xin's shoulder with great joy, and poor Han Xin was scolded by Lin Dashan for the first time in excitement.
Immediately, the soldiers of the three regiments moved, found a large number of straws, or tree vines, anyway, no matter what, the whole figure and then put their military uniforms and hats on their bodies to the top, fortunately, the time has come to May, the weather is not cold, and the soldiers can still bear one less clothes.
The speed of the warriors was very fast, and it did not take long for thousands of scarecrows to be tied up, erected in twos and threes on the dirt floor, and some were planted on pontoon bridges that had not yet been successfully laid.
It didn't take long for the enemy planes, which were once again filled with shells, to come again, and with a bombardment, the scarecrows were gone, and the pontoon bridges that had not yet been built were shattered and scattered on the river, drifting down.
The bombing went unexpectedly smoothly, and the flight captain of the national army was a little stunned, not knowing how these Red Army troops suddenly became stupid and were so easily hit by themselves. However, these thoughts were only fleeting, thinking of the rich reward promised by Chairman Chiang, and then looking at the pontoon bridge below that had been shattered, the captain of the flight team excitedly ordered the nose of the plane to turn around and walk away.
Chiang Kai-shek, who did not know what was going on, was also overjoyed when he heard the battle report of the captain of the flight team, and immediately rewarded him with a bonus of 10,000 yuan, and published the results in the "Yunnan Daily", "The communists and bandits will be chased to the river to settle down, and the pontoon bridge will be completely blown up." ”
Later, when the news came that the Red Army had successfully crossed the Jinsha River, Chiang Kai-shek was even more furious under the shock, and almost shot the captain of the flight team, although in the end due to the scarcity of pilots, the old Chiang kept his hand, and the sad captain of the flight team was also imprisoned.
Of course, that's an afterthought!