The current situation made it impossible for Wang Deyao to clearly judge which direction there would be new enemy situations and which direction had more Japanese troops. After an hour of repeated attacks, Wang Deyao only had one company left. As for the rest, The troops had been dispersed by the Japanese army.
Although there are modern communication tools, they cannot play much role in this chaotic night battle. The walkie-talkies of each company are always on, but two adjacent troops cannot find them. When you reach your friendly forces, you have already seen them, but you cannot get past them despite repeated attacks.
The development of the matter was completely opposite to what Wang Deyao had expected. Wang Deyao, who wanted to completely disrupt the 28th Regiment, actually messed up his originally orderly attack formation. The battle sequence was in disarray. He opened his palm to hit someone, but his fingers were grabbed by others.
What Yang Jicai said was correct. Wang Deyao was too careless in his considerations before the war and underestimated the enemy in his judgment. However, this problem is definitely not just for him, but is a common problem among a large number of generals in the Anti-Japanese Alliance. The problem is that although Yang Zhen repeatedly emphasized that the Japanese army had no weak brigades, the consecutive battles and victories since re-emerging had a great impact on the thinking of the general division-level cadres of the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
In the minds of the cadres at the current level of the Anti-Union Division, there is a common thought of underestimating the enemy. They believe that the Japanese army is indeed strong in combat effectiveness. However, when facing the current Anti-Union Army, the Japanese army is still too different. On the battlefield, as long as they seize Fighters can definitely take advantage of the opportunity to bite off a piece of their flesh.
In direct proportion to the general underestimation of the enemy by middle- and lower-level commanders, the higher-level personnel pay more attention to the Japanese army and are more cautious when formulating and implementing combat plans, especially Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun, the two actual leaders of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. The top military commander is extremely cautious in every battle.
The current Wang Deyao is a very representative figure among the mid-level commanders who generally underestimate the enemy. Especially in the battle against the 51st Division, this guy has made great achievements and even captured the 51st Division. After becoming the regiment lieutenant general and division commander, he did not look down upon the Japanese army.
Of course, it's not that he doesn't care about the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army at all. The saying that No. 1 and No. 3 keep talking about all day long is that the Japanese army has no weak brigade. Hearing it more often will at least make him feel more at ease, but for him , what is more in my heart is confidence in the combat effectiveness of my own troops, and contempt for the Japanese army's rigid tactics.
In his opinion, the Japanese soldiers are indeed well-trained and their combat effectiveness is extremely strong. The junior officers of the Japanese army have a strong sense of initiative in combat and their command level is quite good. However, the Japanese army's rigid tactics and poor night fighting skills are invisible. This offset the Japanese army's training advantage.
As long as you feel the right pulse and find the right fighter, it is not difficult to defeat them, especially when the Anti-Alliance has a clear advantage in heavy firepower. The current Japanese army is no longer the opponent of the Anti-Alliance. This mentality also directly affected his consideration of details when deciding to fight.
In this current battle, almost half of the Anti-Alliance forces in Alukorqin Banner were used, but Wang Deyao, who did not think highly of the Japanese 7th Division at all, faced the so-called fighter plane and made up his mind as soon as he slapped his head. There was no careful thought at all, not even a specific idea.
There was no detailed plan at all when executing it, not even a contingency plan. According to what he said when he was deploying when approaching the battlefield, he just waited and saw, so when the battlefield fell into chaos, his His subordinates either have to fight independently, or they can only rely on him, who doesn't even know where they are, to command through radio remote control.
Fortunately, Wang Deyao is not in the habit of being a battalion and company commander. He is still relatively fully delegated in tactical command. His habit is to only take care of the overall command that he should be in charge of. As for the combat command at the battalion and company commander level, as long as he does not step out of his control, He basically doesn't interfere with the way of thinking.
Otherwise, when the battlefield is in chaos, and even Wang Deyao himself is somewhat unclear about the situation, his subordinates can only scratch their heads even more. Although their hands and feet are not bound, there is one disadvantage in fighting independently, that is Each unit was unclear about the situation of its neighboring units. It was a bit difficult to determine the position of its own units when a chaotic battle broke out in front of them and the sound of gunfire was everywhere.
Even in the end, each unit could only rely on casting flares to determine the location of friendly forces, but in this way, it was tantamount to pointing out the direction of attack to the surrounding Japanese troops. Listening to the intensive gunfire ringing around, Wang Deyao knew that he was quickly The idea of a quick victory has failed. Now it is not a question of whether we can kill a few squadrons of the Japanese army, but whether we can escape easily.
In other words, at this moment, the situation that he least expected and that Yang Jicai was most worried about had emerged. Whether he wanted it or not, he and the troops he led were stuck. Facing the Japanese troops swarming around him, although Wang Deyao said he was not afraid, But he also knew that he had made mistakes in judging the situation, and his underestimation of difficulties and surprises had actually put him in certain danger.
Fortunately, Wang Deyao's determination in this battle was a bit impulsive, but he was not a fool, and his rich practical experience also played a considerable role at this time. Although his plan had been completely disrupted, Wang Deyao had previously His head, which was still burning at forty degrees, actually calmed down at this moment. The current battle situation was completely different from what he had judged, and he quickly noticed it.
He was also keenly aware of his own weaknesses in deployment, but at this point, he knew that he had nothing to hesitate about. If he had hesitated even a little bit, he would not only have eaten several squadrons of his own Japanese army. The problem is now, but the problem is whether I can escape.
Facing the complicated situation, Wang Deyao no longer cared about eating meat at this time. Now, no matter how reluctant he was, he could only give up his previous plan and lead the remaining company around him to repeatedly charge and kill on the battlefield. Trying to regroup the troops who had been in a bit of a mess by themselves and were now even more messed up by the Japanese counterattack.
For him, as long as the troops can regroup, he will be sure of recovery. Although in this kind of melee situation, if he wants to regroup the troops, he has to take great risks. A large number of flares and flares will be launched. The signal flare will undoubtedly expose his own position.
But for Wang Deyao at this moment, he has no choice. Although he does not necessarily suffer from this chaotic situation, if the troops always fight in such a scattered manner, not only will they not be able to eat more enemies, but the most dangerous thing is, Once something happens on the main battlefield, he will not be able to take any action, because he simply cannot gather the troops scattered throughout the battlefield in a short period of time.
If this chaotic situation continues, not only will he be unable to escape, but he may even be bitten back. No matter how big the risk is, he must gather his troops back together as much as possible. He has realized that he has made a serious mistake. Wang Deyao, who made a mistake, was still very clear in his head and did not fall into chaos because of his mistakes.
Fortunately, even though it was at night and in the middle of a melee, the modern communication tools equipped by the Anti-Japanese Alliance units to the company, as well as a large number of flares issued before his departure, helped him a lot. After nearly an hour, With great efforts, the number of troops around him finally increased to a battalion.
However, even though the troops around him increased to a battalion, too many flares and signal flares attracted the attention of Ichiki Kiyoshi on the other side of the battlefield. With many years of experience, Ichiki Qingnao immediately determined that there was A sneak attack on the headquarters of the anti-alliance forces.
Seeing that most of his troops had arrived, Ichiki Qingzhi, who adhered to the idea of capturing the thief first, captured the king first, without any hesitation, immediately gathered as many troops as possible and surrounded Wang Deyao, trying to defeat him first. This anti-alliance command system then ate them all in one unhurried bite.
It's just that although there are a lot of Japanese troops coming over, on the chaotic battlefield, the troops that Ichiki Kiyoshi can gather around him are also not too many. Wang Deyao's troops are one battalion and one heavy machine gun. Platoon, two 60 guns, and on his side are four infantry squadrons, plus a heavy machine gun squadron.
The strength of the two sides was half a catty to eight liang. The Japanese army had slightly more troops, but not that much. In terms of equipment, Wang Deyao had some advantages, but the advantage was not huge. It was just a man who was carried away. Mu Qingzhi did not worry about this, but commanded the troops to kill in the direction of Wang Deyao regardless.
Wang Deyao and Yimu Qingzhi, the two top commanders of the enemy and our armies on the battlefield in the northern part of Aruhorqin Banner, collided fiercely at this moment. The troops were deployed. One was eager to capture the enemy's high command in front of them in order to quickly encircle and annihilate the enemy troops that came to attack. The other was eager to defeat the Japanese brigade that was rushing towards them in order to gather other troops.
The two men tried their best as soon as they took action, and the troops on both sides were entangled fiercely. From light and heavy machine guns, mortars, grenade launchers, to grenades, rifles, bayonets, and even weapons that could be used by engineer shovels, almost All of them were used, with only one purpose, which was to eliminate the opponent as quickly as possible.
Around them, Wang Deyao and Ichiki Kiyonao were still fighting in the melee. After seeing the situation here, they were also fighting each other desperately. They were either preventing their opponents from getting closer, or desperately trying to reinforce their commanders. , the originally quite tragic battlefield seemed even more tragic at this moment. At the same time, in order to determine the opponent's position as clearly as possible and provide targets for heavy fire support, both sides were firing a large number of flares without hesitation.
Looking at the melee in front of him, although he was worried that other Japanese troops would take advantage of Yang Jicai's side, he also knew that if he did not defeat the Japanese brigade that was frantically besieging him today, Over there, the rest of the Japanese troops launched an attack across the board, and Wang Deyao, who was unable to mobilize a single soldier to come back for reinforcements, could only gather his energy to deal with the situation in front of him.
Wang Deyao did not hesitate at all, knowing that if he delayed for one more minute, the danger of being stuck here would increase as the number of Japanese troops around him increased, and that there would be more accidents on Yang Jicai's side. Invest all the troops around you at the first opportunity.
Despite Qiu Jintang's guarantee, for a veteran on the battlefield like Wang Deyao, the initiative is still in his own hands and he is confident enough, whether the Japanese troops from other directions come to reinforce, or they use this opportunity to ignore heavy artillery and aviation night attacks Killing, injuring, and turning around to attack with all his strength are not good things for him. Wang Deyao knows that a quick victory is what he should do most.