Looking at the actions of the tank company at the foot of the mountain, Yang Jicai knew very well that they were venting their anger on the remnants of the puppet Mongolian army. However, although he knew the tank company's thoughts clearly, Yang Jicai did not stop it. For the courage to He always believed that subordinates who wanted to fight should be encouraged.
There is no way anyone can bring the entire Huangganliang to the front line. They are the only Japanese and puppet troops left. The cadres and soldiers of the tank company, if they are not angry with them, they can find someone else. In Yang Jicai's view, this is normal, but there are some things. He still needs to pay attention. Don't let these guys get jealous. If they put down their guns and refuse to let go, it won't work.
Regarding the prisoner policy of the Japanese and puppet troops, the Anti-Japanese Alliance has strict distinctions and regulations. The captured Japanese officers of second lieutenant and above must first be interrogated by the intelligence department of the military region. All ordinary soldiers must be sent to various mines. They were forced to work as coolies, and for the puppet army, officers above the company level were dealt with in the same way. Some puppet personnel who were born in the military police were even directly sentenced to death by the military court of the military region because of excessive blood debts.
However, for ordinary soldiers, except for military police, spies and other people who are qualified as war criminals according to military region regulations, the rest are generally subject to circumstances. Those with bad records, ordinary middle- and lower-level officers and backbone officers will be placed in farms for labor reform. As for ordinary military personnel, Soldiers who are short-term and have no evil deeds will be recruited into the army after strict review and mobilization as much as possible.
Regarding the killing of prisoners, especially the killing of prisoners without authorization, except for a few cases, the military region generally dealt with it very seriously. The Japanese army ran away, and the remaining ones were the pseudo-Mongolian army. He was worried that his subordinates would kill the Red Army. If you are blind, no matter if you kill someone indiscriminately, you will be in trouble. When the time comes, your superiors will definitely hold you accountable. At that time, your elder brother will probably be the first to spare you.
He had been observing the battle at the foot of the mountain, mainly because he was worried about the killing of prisoners. As for other possible abnormal situations, he did not think about it, and firmly believed that the overall situation was now decided, at least in Kashgar. The Japanese and puppet troops in Keten Banner currently have no possibility of coming back. On this point, he is still very confident.
Just kidding, the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops who have been chasing me these days has been defeated. Now in the entire Keshiketeng Banner, there are only a few Japanese and puppet troops left in the economic shed where the Japanese and puppet regime is located. I will not go to them to cause trouble. They should just have fun secretly, as they still have the ability to cause trouble for themselves.
Unless the Japanese and puppet troops have the ability to mobilize a large number of reinforcements from other directions in a short period of time, judging from the surrounding enemy situation, the Japanese and puppet troops who are most capable of reinforcing the Heshiketeng Banner are either restrained by the advancing army within the territory of Rehe, or We are already unable to protect ourselves, but we still have the energy to reinforce here.
He is still very confident about the current enemy situation in the entire Keshiketeng Banner. The straight-line distance between the Huangganliang line and the Jingpeng line is not very far. The sound of gunfire here can't be heard over there. The battle is almost over, but there is no movement from the sutra shed, which is enough to explain the problem.
For him, how to end the battle here as soon as possible is an important issue. Looking at the puppet Mongolian troops in the valley who have not yet gotten rid of the chaos, Yang Jicai knew that these puppet Mongolian troops in the valley had collapsed mentally, that is, It is said that the battle here will not last long.
The only pity that he came here is that he has not used too many methods. His original idea of using these pseudo-Mongolian troops to hone his lack of actual battlefield command experience seems to have come to nothing. In other words, a very rare opportunity was thrown away in vain.
In the valley, the Japanese and puppet troops who were still able to escape the fire net slipped away with oil under their feet. But now they were blocked in front, facing fire from three sides, and the three cavalry divisions that had already suffered two-thirds of their casualties were seen. When the back road was cut off, the steel monster that had previously blocked the pass in front was approaching him, so he simply dismounted, threw the gun and saber to the ground, and raised his hands. His movements were done in one go, which was quite skillful.
Seeing that the puppet and Mongolian troops at the foot of the mountain raised their hands, while the Japanese and puppet troops behind them had retreated, Yang Jicai left some artillery to pursue the retreating Japanese and puppet troops with firepower, so he could only order the troops to cease fire and accept surrender. In fact, there was no need to accept the surrender. , At this moment, there were nearly 5,000 puppet Mongolian cavalry in three divisions at the foot of the mountain, which were originally organized according to the puppet Mongolian army. Under this period of firepower, only less than 2,000 people were left in a chaotic organization.
The two Puppet-Mongolian divisions that escaped were less than half of the more than 3,000 troops who were able to break through the fire net and escape. The rest were either captured or killed. In addition, they were crippled by artillery shells at that time. The First Division of the Puppet Mongolian Army ranks first in combat effectiveness and is also the most well-equipped.
In other words, the tens of thousands of Japanese and puppet troops who set out from Duolun now have less than one-third of their strength left. At least before they mobilize new reinforcements, these Japanese and puppet troops have completely lost the possibility of joining the Jehol battlefield. nature, and this battle not only greatly reduced the pressure that the Jehol battlefield will face in the future, but also provided a great support to the development of the Suixi Anti-Japanese Base Area.
Although the combat effectiveness of these puppet Mongolian troops is only third-rate, in terms of equipment and numbers, they are not comparable to the Da Qingshan Guerrilla Detachment of the 120th Division active in Suixi. Compared with the Japanese army, these puppet Mongolian troops, most of whom came from local snakes, , in many cases the trouble caused to the Daqingshan guerrilla detachment was greater than that of the Japanese army.
This time I defeated their main force in one fell swoop. Compared with the pressure over there, the pressure must be much lighter. At least for a short time, these pseudo-Mongolian soldiers can only squat in their lair and lick their wounds, and will not cause any more harm to them. Threats, in many cases, a seemingly simple game of chess affects more than just a game, doesn't it?
Naturally, Yang Jicai would not march with so many prisoners of the Puppet Mongolian Army. He disarmed the Puppet Mongolian Army, collected their horses, and all the supplies on them, and then sent them away on the spot. These people could not be killed, and the Anti-League had strict rules. The prisoner policy and the killing of prisoners in the Anti-Japanese Alliance was a very serious violation of discipline.
With such a large number of prisoners of war, which was almost more than the number of troops under his command, they were a considerable burden. Dismissing them became the only option. In fact, for Yang Jicai, he preferred These puppet Mongolian troops can resist to the end so that he can kill them all. He will not be stingy with some ammunition for these scum of the nation and country.
But these puppet Mongolian troops are not Japanese troops after all. Although they are equipped with a large number of Japanese military advisers, their fighting will and determination, as well as various tactical qualities are far behind. If they have an absolute advantage in terms of military strength and firepower, they can actually defeat them. For a while, they can even fight tenaciously, but as long as there is one shortcoming, their combat effectiveness and fighting will will decline extremely quickly.
Although Yang Jicai was very dissatisfied with the surrender of these puppet Mongolian troops, they could only accept them. If they were in the Northeast base area, these people would naturally be a good group of laborers, but at the moment there is basically no place to evacuate them. Under this situation, even if Yang Jicai was unwilling, he could only send them away on the spot.
In this battle, Yang Jicai accurately analyzed and judged the mentality of the Japanese and puppet generals, and strictly implemented the firepower priority tactics during the battle deployment, and adopted a variety of weapons to cooperate with each other, and defeated them in one fell swoop during the battle. Among the tens of thousands of Japanese and puppet troops, nearly 6,000 were killed or captured, and more than 2,000 war horses were seized.
In addition, more than 3,000 Jin-made 38 rifles, Liao-13 type rifles and some miscellaneous rifles were seized, more than 100 Jin-made and Fengtian-made submachine guns, more than 100 Japanese-made light and heavy machine guns, and more than 400,000 rounds of ammunition of various calibers , Fengtian built seven 80mm mortars with more than 300 shells.
There are more than 200 Mauser pistols made in Spain and Belgium, five radio stations, and 13 trucks. In addition, there are two 14-year-old 77-mm field guns made in Fengtian and a 14-year-old flat-fire cannon made in Fengtian. A 150mm heavy mortar with more than 100 shells, but only 77mm field shells among them, only more than 40 rounds, and these two field guns made in Fengtian, due to the long production time, how is the quality? Not to mention, it was in such poor condition due to poor maintenance that it was almost unusable.
As for the remaining 20 or 30 mountain field guns, they were blown into a pile of scrap metal during his first round of firepower. The result was not small, but he only paid the price of 16 casualties and the consumption of one ammunition. , this battle, for Yang Jicai, although it felt somewhat wasted because he mainly fought against the puppet Mongolian army, it was still considered to have achieved the greatest results at a relatively small cost, which was barely acceptable.
Looking at the mountains of equipment and supplies, as well as the groups of horses at the foot of the mountain, Yang Jicai looked at his watch. It took less than two hours from the start of the battle to the end. Yang Jicai was quite satisfied with this result. At the same time, he couldn't help but shook his head.
The combat effectiveness of these puppet Mongolian troops is really extremely poor. Not to mention the huge gap compared with the Japanese army, even compared with the puppet Manchu army, it is also far behind. If you fight against such an army, it will be impossible to lose. He was so embarrassed that even if he won the battle, there was nothing to celebrate. In his heart, he even felt like he was not victorious.
Although the fighting on the front line of Huanggangliang was over, and there was no sign of the Japanese and puppet troops on the Jingpeng front line, it did not mean that Yang Jicai really would not go looking for trouble with them. After the battle, when he went south and passed by the Jingpeng line, Yang Jicai poured all the dozens of 77mm field artillery shells captured on the Huangganliang front line into the prayer shed in one go, and then fired a salvo with a 107 rocket.
At the same time, a tank company was ordered to hold an armed parade around the small Mongolian settlement in the Jingpeng. Yang Jicai's move was to warn the Japanese and puppet troops on the front line of the Jingpeng not to harass him when he went south. This was a disguised demonstration to let them know the consequences of irritating them. Judging from the subsequent movements of the Japanese and puppet troops in Jingpeng Town, it was obvious that his actions worked.
When Yang Jicai was escorting the supplies south, he didn't even dare to show his head, let alone harass him. For fear of offending these great masters, he rushed in at once. Even a company of puppet Manchukuo troops stationed inside had already made up his mind. If these The evil spirit really came in, so he surrendered directly with his gun.