One hundred and fortieth chapters brilliant beginning (11)
After the Battle of Taipingchuan, Yang Zhen, who had been sharing the joys and sorrows with the officers and soldiers, this time, in addition to only wearing a pistol instead of carrying heavy rifles and ammunition, was finally substantially different from ordinary officers and soldiers. [.Com text]
When they were breaking up, they saw Yang Zhen's face looking a little pale due to lack of rest and overuse of his brain. In order to prevent Yang Zhen from being too tired and allow him to rest for a while on the road, Dong Ping brought him a captured maroon horse.
Ocean horse.
This horse was Sasaki's mount. When Yang Zhen bombarded the Taiping River, it escaped because it was tied near the ammunition depot with other pack horses. As a native of the Northeast, Dong Ping still has a certain understanding of horses.
Known.
When counting the captured horses, he could see at a glance that this horse could only be temporarily mixed with a group of ordinary pack horses due to its condition. The horse was different from other horses. It was definitely a good war horse. So he took this horse.
The horse was given to Yang Zhen as a mount.
It's just a pity that his little flattery came at the wrong time. In later generations, Yang Zhen, who has ridden in military transport planes, helicopters, and various vehicles including various tanks and armored vehicles, is...
He has never ridden a horse. Let alone riding a horse, he can't even ride one.
As the army's development was limited, the horses were given to the artillery and baggage troops. Although Li Yanping once said that he and Guo Bingxun would pick a few horses as mounts. But after thinking for a while, Yang Zhen was not willing to part with them.
For the army that currently lacks transportation capacity, horses are too precious. I am not that delicate, so I can just as well march on foot. As for the mounts, I will wait until I get a sufficient number of horses.
The Northeast is one of the few horse-producing areas in China, with a huge horse output. Although the quality is not very good and cannot be compared with Qinghai and Xinjiang, there is no shortage of horses. The former Northeast Army had a quite large cavalry force.
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As long as the troops are defeated, there will still be horses. Therefore, Yang Zhen has never learned to ride horses. Moreover, he really does not have the energy now, so he dedicated part of his time to learning to ride horses.
Time was tight and Yang Zhen, who was unable to practice his riding skills, could only watch the horse and sigh. He gave the horse to Du Kaishan, who was taking care of him after the break, and asked him to use the horse to carry soldiers who were in poor health and might fall behind. And he was still an officer and soldier.
Consistent, driving pace.
In fact, Yang Zhen did not ride a horse. He used the mount given to him by Dong Ping to transport weak soldiers. It was not only because he did not know how to ride a horse. The main reason was that under the current situation where everyone in the army was extremely tired, Yang Zhen, as the leader,
I still want to show the consistent style of officers and soldiers that I have always advocated.
Except for the two trucks that carried the captured ammunition, especially the artillery shells, and the large vehicles that carried the sick and wounded, the entire army marched on foot. As the supreme leader, he always had to show some leadership and exemplary role at this time.
Although Yang Zhen is also very tired, and even overuses his brain, his fatigue is still higher than that of ordinary soldiers. But Yang Zhen knows better that what he needs to do now is how to boost morale so that the soldiers can defeat the continuous marching battle belt.
To get tired in order to prepare for the next battle, not to rest.
But Yang Zhen didn't know that he handed over the horses given to him by Dong Ping to Du Kaishan to carry the weak soldiers, and his actions of marching on foot like other officers and soldiers greatly boosted the morale of the troops.
To be honest, after continuous heavy physical training, they continued to march and fight without taking any rest. Although the food was guaranteed and the food was quite good, most of the soldiers were only new recruits who had only been in the army for more than a month at this intensity.
For the troops, it is really too strong.
Not to mention the new recruits, even the old cadres who were trained by the old Heidingzi secret camp who is now the company platoon leader can't stand it. The entire army now has a strong sense of fatigue from top to bottom. For Yang Zhen's continuous
There is some complaint about marching and continuing northward without resting after the battle.
However, complaints are complaints, and the soldiers are very simple-minded. Because most of Yang Zhen's troops are rescued prisoners of war and laborers, the entire army looks very young. The entire army is relatively young, and the biggest shortcoming is the lack of experience. However,
As a result, veterans will have very little talent, and recruits will not have as many tricks.
Everyone has seen what Yang Zhen, the supreme leader, has done these days. When they were training, Yang Zhen, the leader, did not rest and led them to train. When they rested, Yang Zhen worked all night and all day long.
Sleepless nights to revise the training plan.
They have all heard from the brothers in the security company that the lights in the commander's lounge are always on all night long. Many of them have also heard that although the man in the military medical department is very beautiful, he is also very aggressive.
The director had several quarrels with the commander over the matter of rest.
They know that when they are tired, their leaders are even more tired. Because when they are training, their leaders are working. When they are resting, their leaders are still working.
Although the Battle of Taipingchuan didn't last long, everyone finally took advantage of the light to rest for a while. And their leader was still holding a telescope to observe the situation on the battlefield. He was still looking at the map and thinking about it with a flashlight.
The next battle plan.
Everyone knows that marching on horseback is easier than marching on foot. But now the commander gave up the opportunity to ride on horseback, not even riding in the two trucks used to transport ammunition and supplies, but marched with them on foot.
In the eyes of all the soldiers, following such a leader who shares the joys and sorrows with the officers and soldiers, they will not abandon them to escape alone in times of crisis. Especially those who took turns riding on the horses that Yang Zhen insisted on letting go despite Du Kaishan's objections.
The soldiers were even more excited.
Yang Zhen over there had no idea that his simple act of handing over a horse would cause such a big stir in the hearts of the soldiers. His mind was constantly brewing and revising the next battle plan to be carried out.
In order to conceal his whereabouts, Yang Zhen gave up the idea of crossing the Gejie River north of Taipingchuan and heading straight into Wangshazitun. Instead, he chose to bypass the Japanese group tribes set up in Dequantun with great fanfare.
After taking a posture of outflanking the Japanese troops' retreat in Jianshanzi to the west, they entered the mountainous area west of Dequantun and penetrated the marching route of the front line in Miaoling Mountain.
Although the route from the north of Taipingchuan to the Gejie River directly to Wangshazitun is slightly shorter on the march, this route is relatively densely populated. There are several Japanese and puppet groups and tribes. There is no time to deal with these groups at the moment.
Under the circumstances of the troops, this route is extremely easy to expose one's combat intentions.
Once the Japanese army finds out that its large troops have turned around, I am afraid that the Japanese troops along the Fasi River will immediately turn around and withdraw. Once the two Japanese army groups gather together, the following battle will not be so easy. Once the Japanese army forces a surprise attack regardless of casualties,
, Yang Zhen was not sure that the two battalions led by Guo Bingxun could hold back the Japanese army.
Although it is a little further to the west of Daodequantun, this road is relatively sparsely populated and can effectively conceal one's whereabouts. After the Taipingchuan Battle, the artillery had replenished a relatively sufficient number of pack horses, and the mountain artillery was divided into six groups.
After being transported by horses, the fatigue of the artillery troops can be greatly relieved.
After the Battle of Taipingchuan, Yang Zhen divided the artillery into two parts. The field artillery battalion was commanded by Qiu Jintang and went to Jianshanzi to cooperate with Wang Guangyu in the battle. He took two mountain artillery battalions and rushed to Miaolingzi Mountain at a rapid march.
The first line was trying to encircle Heli's enemy before they joined the enemy on Fasihe's front line.
At this time, with Sasaki's adjutant in hand, for Yang Zhen, all Japanese military deployments in Tangyuan are now confidential. This adjutant is not as stubborn as Yang Zhen imagined. He only told Yang Zhen with a few whips
Yang Zhen everything he wanted to know.
Now that he has mastered the entire deployment of the Japanese army, it is much easier for Yang Zhen to march and set up formations. Except for some worries about the movements of the Fourth Division stationed in Jiamusi, the rest of the Japanese army is already under his control.
In fact, Yang Zhen didn't need to be in a hurry. Because the first brigade of the 17th Regiment of the 8th Division, which was originally stationed in Heli and responsible for blocking the junction of Tangyuan and Luobei, received instructions from Sasaki to adjust the deployment immediately.
After receiving the order to rendezvous with the main force, they did not take immediate action. They only led the troops out of Heli Town and stopped before entering the mountains.
Since it was already dusk when he received the order, his brigade captain Zuo Jianjiu, who was a major, followed the tradition of never spending the night in the mountains and forests during the suppression of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. He insisted on delaying entering the mountains until dawn the next morning. Yang Zhen went to the mountains the next day.
When they arrived at the front line of Miaolingzi Mountain in the early morning, the first group began to enter the mountain one after another.
Although the Japanese army was marching very fast, Zuoma's previous movements were too slow, causing the distance between them and the main force that had crossed the Faji River to become wider and wider. The time wasted before could not be solved by speeding up the march now.
made up for.
Zuo Jian's delay before becoming a human for a long time not only made him truly alone in the subsequent combat operations. It also made Yang Zhen not only calmly set up an ambush circle, but also had a short half-day
The rest time relieved the fatigue of the troops.
Zuoma may have been stubborn, or he may have thought that the area that the regimental commander had already swept was safe. Not only did he follow the original marching route of the second brigade, but his defenses were also very lax.
The heavy machine guns were broken into several large pieces and placed on the backs of pack horses. Even the vanguard only sent a rifle group carrying a light machine gun instead of a small team as usual.
Although before setting off from Heli, in view of the outcome of the two brigades of the 11th Division, as well as the personal experiences of the 12th Division and himself, the commander of the regiment, Colonel Kawada Takeshi, had repeatedly warned him to be more careful when marching. This
The anti-Manchu armed forces were extremely cunning and had fierce firepower.
But Zuo Jian is still very stubborn and believes that he will be safe if he takes the route taken by the commander. Moreover, the main force of the anti-Manchu armed forces are on the Jianshanzi front line, so even if he encounters harassment by a small group of armed forces, it will not matter.
.The Eighth Division is not an idiot unit like the Fourth Division. A brigade was actually defeated by thousands of anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese elements.
Therefore, when his subordinates were marching, they sent more troops to clear the mountains on both sides of the marching route, and the leading soldiers were included in an infantry squad. Major Zusama refused without hesitation. In his opinion, he
The most important thing now is to rendezvous with the commander, not to march slowly while mopping up.
The person who was happiest about Zuo Jian's long-standing arrogance and lax defense was none other than Yang Zhen. Yang Zhen, who thought he was going to fight a head-on battle, immediately changed his tactics and turned the siege into an ambush.
The tactics Yang Zhen arranged for Zuo Jian Jiuwei's troops were completely replicas of the tactics used when encircling and annihilating the two brigades of the Japanese 11th Division on the South Road. After receiving a report from the scouts that the Japanese army was marching carelessly, Yang Zhen naturally thought of himself
Examples of successful battles that have been used before.
Since there are good plans that can be copied, and they are all ambushes, and the combat methods are the same, then why not bring up the old things again, and why bother to use your brain to formulate a new combat plan. However, Yang Zhen did not copy them all, and based on the changes in the terrain
We still adjusted our troop deployment.
After all, this place is a shallow mountainous area, and the terrain is very different from that of Yunshilizi. Moreover, it is close to the plains. If the war goes against the grain, the Japanese army can easily and quickly break away and withdraw to Heli.
Miaolingzi Mountain is not high, with an altitude of only more than 300 meters. It is incomparable with Yunshilizi, which has an altitude of more than 700 meters, and the mountain is far less steep than Yunshilizi. However, the vegetation on the mountain is no better than Yunshilizi.
Shi Lizi was sent there.
Even compared to Yun Shilizi, one of the main quarries for the Jiasui Railway built by the Japanese army, the vegetation here is better. The thinnest trees in the mountains are as thick as the mouth of a bowl. These lush vegetation can provide a good environment for the troops.
of concealment.
Zuo Jianjiu didn't know that as soon as he left Heli Town, several pairs of eyes had been secretly staring at him. After entering the mountain, more eyes were peeping at him. His every move was transmitted through radio waves.
Arrive at Yang Zhen's headquarters in Miaolingzi Mountain.
After receiving the report that all the Japanese troops had entered the ambush circle, Yang Zhen picked up the field phone and without any hesitation gave the order to fire artillery to Ma Qichang, who was already waiting for the enemy.
The scale has been measured long ago, and there is no need to aim or correct the trajectory. The artillery is the same as on the Yunshilizi front line, and only needs to concentrate on firing the shells according to the predetermined scale.
However, this time because the supplies from Qunce Mountain have not yet arrived, and after two intensive uses, Yang Zhen did not have many artillery shells on hand at this time. Although some ammunition was seized in the Taipingchuan Battle, the number of artillery shells among them
The number was not large, only more than a hundred 75mm mountain cannon shells.
In addition, the opponent did not have as many troops as last time, and only had one infantry brigade. Therefore, Yang Zhen only issued a quota of fifteen rounds for each cannon, and one more shot would not be enough. But with twenty-four cannons, even if each cannon
Only fifteen rounds of artillery shells were fired, which was more than three hundred rounds. These shells were not digestible by Zuo Jianjiu, who was unprepared at this time.
When the first artillery shell fell in the Japanese marching group, and the power of the explosion and the flying shrapnel almost sent more than thirty Japanese troops to the west, Zuo Jianjiu was awakened by the sound of the artillery and was confused by the scene in front of him.
was shocked.
He had heard the faint sound of artillery from the direction of Taipingchuan last night, but he thought it was the Japanese troops in Taipingchuan using artillery fire to repel the harassing anti-Manchu elements. He never expected that it was the Japanese troops attacking his superiors.
's headquarters.
Major Zuo Majiu, who was thrown off his horse by the explosive force of the shell and escaped unharmed, looked at the troops that were bombed to pieces and suffered heavy casualties under the intensive artillery fire. He not only cursed:
"Baga, aren't these anti-Manchu armed forces fighting with the 24th Regiment on the Jianshanzi line and resisting the attack of the main force of the Regiment? Why are they here? Are there so many shells and artillery from them?"
However, Zuo Jian, who was a top student of the Army Academy after all, realized in just a moment that he had been ambushed and immediately ordered the combat staff around him to contact Jiamusi immediately and request the dispatch of aircraft to cover the troops.
It's a pity that Yang Zhen didn't give him a chance to get in touch with the outside world. When the staff officer who received his order told him in frustration that the radio station and the horses carrying the radio station were destroyed by the opponent at the first opportunity, Zuo Jian
Jiu Weiren knew that in front of him was a trap carefully designed by his opponent.
After knowing that there was no hope of asking for help, Zuoma made the same choice as Colonel Murata Takao. He did not choose to break out because he knew that since his opponent had painstakingly set up such an ambush circle, he would definitely deploy it on his planned breakout route.
Heavy troops.
So he chose to stand firm and wait for reinforcements. After making up his mind, Zuo Jian immediately braved artillery fire and concentrated the remaining troops to seize a hilltop to seize a commanding height so that he could stand firm and wait for reinforcements.
Still unaware that his commander is in danger, Major Zuoma believes that as soon as the commander discovers that he has been cut off from contact, he will definitely send a
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