"The veterans we brought out from the northwest of Shanxi Province only survived one-fifth, if there is no way, who wants these Kuomintang soldiers!"
This is what Li Yunlong said to him angrily when he came to the prisoner of war camp to borrow troops from Zhao Gang in "Bright Sword", and Zhao Gang was moved by compassion when he heard this, and lent the other party 2,000 captive soldiers.
During the Battle of Zhaozhuang during the liberation period, the ace army led by Chu Yunfei took advantage of the firepower advantage to defeat Li Yunlong's second division and retreated, and only one-fifth of the veterans who crawled all the way from the northwest of Jin Province survived.
It was clear that Li Yunlong could borrow troops from the commander General Li Yu, but he found Zhao Gang in the end, you must know that the Battle of Zhaozhuang was very important, and Li Yunlong was personally detained by General Li Yu to the Huaye Theater.
Therefore, no matter what aspect it is, as long as Li Yunlong speaks, General Li Yu will lend troops to the other party for no reason, but as a result, Li Yunlong kept silent and went straight to Zhao Gang.
In fact, what everyone doesn't know is that it is not that Li Yunlong is unwilling to borrow troops from the commander General Li Yu, but because of two reasons, Li Yunlong neither wants nor can to borrow troops.
"Battle of Zhaozhuang"
Speaking of the most exciting battle in the liberation period in "Bright Sword", it was undoubtedly the Battle of Zhaozhuang, the Second Division Field Army led by Li Yunlong and the 89th Division of the National Army led by Chu Yunfei launched a fierce battle in Zhaozhuang.
Although in the Huaihai Campaign, one of the three major battles of the Liberation War, the Battle of Zhaozhuang was just a small-scale war, but the significance to Li Yunlong was not trivial, because the other party was Chu Yunfei, who led the ace division.
In order to save Huang Baitao's corps, which was encircled and suppressed by the Huaye People's Liberation Army, Chu Yunfei was ordered by his superior, Commander Qiu, to lead the 89th Division to support there, and Zhaozhuang was the key place of transportation.
If the 89th Division once joined the battle, it was very likely to bring a chance for Huang Baitao's corps to breathe, so in order to prevent the tide of the battle from being reversed, Huaye Commander General Li Yuda immediately sent Li Yunlong's second division to fight against it.
After both sides made combat deployments, the war was about to break out, and Chu Yunfei was well aware of the disadvantage of the lack of weapons in the PLA, so he directly used fire suppression, howitzers, tanks, and planes took turns to fight.
Seeing this situation, while Li Yunlong was desperately defending, he also envied Chu Yunfei's equipment, only to see him say to Zhang Dabiao, the chief of staff on the side: "The caliber of howitzers is larger than the other, and if you move your body casually, you will be covered by tanks and aircraft, which is really pompous, and I can see Lao Tzu's drool." ”
Through Li Yunlong's words, we can see that Chu Yunfei's equipment is very good, and this is exactly the case, because the 89th Division is under the command of one of the five main forces of the national army, so the weapons and equipment are all American-style equipment.
Although Li Yunlong led the Second Division to fight very strongly, and they were all veterans who fought side by side in the eight-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, they could not take advantage of the powerful firepower.
As time passed, Chu Yunfei saw that the firepower was almost suppressed, so he asked the soldiers to launch a fierce attack, preparing to "harvest corn", but in the end, he still underestimated the combat effectiveness of the second division.
In the face of successive artillery strikes, Li Yunlong's troops were not only not timid but more courageous, forming a stalemate with the other party, and Chu Yunfei's troops never pushed forward.
However, this battle also greatly damaged Li Yunlong's vitality, and there were only more than 3,000 people left in the entire division, of which the 3rd Regiment suffered the worst losses, the cadres of the 2nd Battalion were almost exhausted, and the veterans brought out from the northwest of Shanxi were only more than 1,000 people.
"Borrow troops from Zhao Gang"
At the same time, Li Yunlong knew that with Chu Yunfei's temper, he would not give up on this, so in order to prepare for the next battle, he began to deal with the problem of troops.
Then after thinking about it, Li Yunlong thought of his old comrade-in-arms Zhao Gang, knowing that the other party had more than 2,000 captive soldiers in his hands.
Immediately afterwards, Li Yunlong came to Zhao Gang's location from the command headquarters, and when Zhao Gang was halfway through the ideological work of the captured national soldiers, he met with the other party.
When Zhao Gang asked Li Yunlong about the battle damage in Zhaozhuang, Li Yunlong went straight to the point, saying that he urgently needed 2,000 captive soldiers, only to see him eagerly say: "Lao Zhao, give me all the 2,000 captive soldiers in your hand, I am in a hurry to replenish the source of soldiers!" ”
Hearing this, Zhao Gang was very embarrassed, first, this move was a mistake, and second, he had not done a good job of ideological work for these captives.
And Li Yunlong saw that even if he had an IOU, it would be useless, so he said angrily to Zhao Gang: "If there is no way, who wants these Kuomintang soldiers, I don't want those original soldiers?" Those veterans who rolled over with us from the eight-year war of resistance! ”
Seeing that Li Yunlong said so sadly and indignantly, Zhao Gang was also moved by compassion, plus Li Yunlong was an "old lai", so he lent all the 2,000 captive soldiers in his hand to the other party.
But what is unexpected is that it is clear that Li Yunlong can go to General Li Yu to borrow troops, but he found Zhao Gang with his backhand, and the other party still lent him at the risk of being dismissed.
You must know that the reason why Li Yunlong went to the Battle of Zhaozhuang was precisely the order personally given by the commander General Li Yu, and it was also clearly stated that the other party was the 89th Division, which was known as the ace division.
Therefore, after the war, if Li Yunlong needs to replenish his troops, he can completely ask the commander General Li Yu to open his mouth and ask the other party to transfer some troops.
Although in the Battle of Zhaozhuang, the Second Division led by Li Yunlong did not defeat Chu Yunfei's 89th Division, but it also dragged the other side's pace according to the plan and completed the task assigned by General Li Yu.
However, what everyone doesn't know is that in fact, the reason why Li Yunlong chose to borrow troops from Zhao Gang instead of General Li Yuda, the commander of Chaohuaye, was mainly due to two reasons.
"Far water can't quench the thirst of the near"
The first point is that Li Yunlong's second division is too far away from Huaye's main force, and at this time, Huaye's main army is besieging Huang Baitao's corps, preparing to annihilate it in one fell swoop, and is still preparing for the next battle of Xu Beng.
And this statement is also shown in "Bright Sword", in the play, Li Yunlong couldn't help but say that Zhao Gang borrowed 2,000 prisoners, and after Cheng Blind learned the news, he made a small report to the commander General Li Yu.
I saw Cheng Blind complaining to the commander General Li Yu: "Anyway, he Li Yunlong is too disagreeable, he has the ability to catch prisoners by himself, what is this, isn't this a robbery?" ”
Originally, Cheng Blind thought that the commander would judge Li Yunlong, but the other party supported Li Yunlong's approach, and Cheng Blind was speechless with his words.
Later, the commander General Li Yu pointed out to Cheng Blind on the map the 800,000 troops gathered in the Xu Beng area, and showed the tactics of a large encirclement, eating this heavy army group at one time.
Therefore, the distance between Zhao Zhuang and Huaye Headquarters at this moment is too far, even if Li Yunlong calls General Li Yu, if the other party agrees to send reinforcements, it will take a certain amount of time, and it is impossible to be on call.
In addition, Li Yunlong's troops and Chu Yunfei's troops are in a state of stalemate at this moment, in case the other party suddenly launches a fierce attack, if his own troops are insufficient, it is very likely that Chu Yunfei will tear a hole open.
Therefore, Li Yunlong asked Zhao Gang to borrow prisoners, which was a very correct choice, because Zhao Gang's political department was very close to Zhao Zhuang, and there were still ready-made troops, which could solve the urgent need.
And if you blindly wait for the commander General Li Yu to replenish the source of troops, then it is very likely that you will indirectly miss a major event, after all, every minute and second on the battlefield is extremely important.
"Can't pull down"
In addition, the reason why Li Yunlong did not look for the commander was actually because the distance between the other party was too far, but also because he couldn't let go of his face.
Looking at the whole drama of "Bright Sword", before the Liberation War, Li Yunlong could not say that he won a hundred battles, but he rarely suffered defeat.
Whether it is facing the heavily encircled and suppressed Sakata United, or the well-trained Yamamoto Special Forces, Li Yunlong can always think of a way to deal with it, so as to defeat the opponent in one fell swoop.
In the battle of Zhaozhuang, although Li Yunlong was not defeated, he fought very poorly, not only did the veterans brought out from the northwest of Jin lose everything, but also did not hurt a single hair of Chu Yunfei.
Not only that, the reason why Chu Yunfei was defeated and withdrew his troops later was actually not directly related to Li Yunlong's Second Division, but also because of the suppression of the firepower of the commander General Li Yu.
Just when Li Yunlong borrowed 2,000 captive soldiers, Chu Yunfei on the other side also made a deployment of troops, preparing to launch a general attack to fight it.
However, at this moment, General Li Yu, the commander who was far away in the headquarters, took a look at the time and found that Li Yunlong's second division had been fighting in Zhaozhuang for a day and a night.
Seeing that there were only three hours left before the original planned time, the commander, General Li Yu, was worried that Li Yunlong would not be able to withstand it, so he immediately made a decision, that is, to replace Li Yunlong with five tons of artillery shells.
Immediately afterwards, as the commander's 4 artillery regiments were ready, Chu Yunfei's troops, who were unaware on the other side, were instantly surrounded by artillery fire.
Seeing this situation, Li Yunlong said even more happily: "Haha, five tons of ammunition for four artillery regiments, enough for him Chu Yunfei to drink a pot, feng shui takes turns, it's time for them to taste the taste of being bombed!" ”
But even though it was on par with Chu Yunfei's 89th Division in terms of firepower, the second division led by Chu Yunfei still did not eat the other party, but let Chu Yunfei and the others retreat unmistakable.
For such a record, others may think that it doesn't matter, after all, he completed the original plan and did not let the 89th Division cross from Zhaozhuang.
But in front of Li Yunlong, who wants to save face, he will naturally feel shy, which is another reason why he is unwilling to borrow troops from the commander.
Through the above two reasons, it is not difficult to see that the reason why Li Yunlong did not go to the commander General Li Yu to borrow troops after fighting his family in the Battle of Zhaozhuang was because he was too far away from the headquarters and could not let go of such a record.