Chapter 452: There is no turning back when you open the bow
After explaining to the communications staff, Yang Jicai turned around and handed a map with the artillery coordinates from the stone table to the front of him marked to the artillery staff sent by Qiu Jintang to assist him and said: "The firing ranges of various artillery here have been marked. Once out, you follow the coordinates and various artillery blockade targets marked above and distribute them to various artillery units."
"But again, no one is allowed to fire without my order. Even if Political Commissar Yi and Deputy Chief of Staff Qiu personally give the order, it will never be allowed. Deputy Chief of Staff Qiu, I will naturally go to apologize after the battle is over. Whatever I have to do for you, you can just keep your heart in your stomach and just follow my orders."
Taking the map handed over by Yang Jicai, the artillery staff officer looked at it carefully and couldn't help but give a thumbs up secretly. The coordinates marked were almost more accurate than the professional artillery staff officer himself, and based on the different ranges of various artillery, The shooting range is also clearly divided.
The man in front of me is a combat staff officer, not a professional artillery staff officer. He can do artillery map work so accurately. I would not have this ability. Although according to the Anti-Japanese Alliance staff regulations, combat staff officers must understand and master artillery. Business, but to be so precise, I am afraid that all the combat staff members of the entire army will be recruited, and there will be only a few people.
After secretly praising him, the artillery staff officer also smiled bitterly at Yang Jicai's comfort and said: "Old classmate, I have offended our Deputy Chief of Staff Qiu very much this time. If your explanation after the war does not pass, Deputy Chief of Staff Qiu will probably You can't even send me to the cooking class to take the blame."
"In our artillery, this is the most severe punishment for those who violate disciplines. The mistake I made today is not standard enough to be shot and sentenced, but dismissal and demobilization are at least definitely qualified. You kid today Son, you have caused me great harm."
The combat staff officer sent by Qiu Jintang was a classmate of Yang Jicai when they were in high school in Kaiyuan, Puppet Manchuria. After joining the Anti-Japanese Alliance, they joined the Staff Cadet Team of the Military Region Training Team at that time. In fact, the batch of puppet soldiers who joined the army with Yang Jicai Most of the high school students in the Manchu Army were assigned to study in various teaching teams after strict review.
Among the newly captured Puppet Manchukuo recruits, the national high school graduates were relatively highly educated among the Anti-Japanese Alliance at that time. Facing the development and growth of the army, there was an urgent need for talents with relatively high educational levels, especially qualified combat personnel. After careful consideration of staff and technical personnel, Yang Zhen decided to send those who passed the extremely strict political review to the teaching team for further training.
At that time, there were no current military schools, and all military education was conducted in various teaching teams. After graduating from the teaching teams, a considerable number of these national high school students were assigned to serve as staff officers in various units. Go to the artillery, which is in urgent need of talents, as well as tanks and armored vehicles from the Soviet Union, aviation and other majors for the next step of study.
There are not many people who are actually assigned to lead the front-line troops. After graduation, his classmate was assigned to the artillery unit, which was most urgently needed at the time. Unlike Yang Jicai, who was first assigned to the combat unit to lead troops and was later transferred back. The headquarters serves as combat staff, but because the Anti-Japanese League attaches great importance to staff work, when assessing military ranks, these people are basically one level higher.
At work, as long as you have the ability, promotion is not slow. Except for Yang Jicai, who was promoted to the main regiment because Wang Guangyu looked at him differently, most of them are now deputy battalion level, or even the main battalion level.
There are not many first-level officers, and although his current position is deputy battalion, he should be awarded the rank of lieutenant.
But it was because the Anti-Japanese Alliance attached great importance to staff work, so he wore the rank of captain, which was awarded only when he was in the battalion. This standard was generally set very low when the military ranks were awarded, and only those at the regimental level were awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel.
, the deputy division commander, and even quite a few division commanders are at the colonel level, it can be said to be very unusual.
It was precisely because of being an old classmate and fellow countryman for many years that Yang Jicai was able to persuade him to act according to his own will. Otherwise, as a major chief of staff, he would not be able to convey the orders even if he had the intention. Those artillerymen would really hate him.
, they cooperated with him in fighting, but they did not assign it to him.
It was after persuading this classmate and fellow countryman that his orders were truly implemented. However, even though he cooperated with Yang Jicai, this staff officer also knew that Deputy Chief of Staff Qiu would have to deal with himself well when he returned, because if this happened in another way
To put it another way, it is nothing more than disobedience on the battlefield, or even mutiny.
Looking at his classmate with a wry smile, Yang Jicai touched his nose and didn't know how to comfort him, because he didn't know yet whether he would be held accountable after this battle. He knew that even Commander Wang Guangyu and Yi
Political Commissar Jianping did not hold himself accountable, but his eldest brother would never forgive him.
Although Yang Jicai talks about being gentle now, in fact he doesn't have much confidence in his heart. If even he is punished by then, why should he take responsibility for others? But now that he has done so, he
There is no way out, we can only "press forward".
After thinking for a while, Yang Jicai said: "We have no intention of turning back now. No matter how our superiors deal with us, that will happen after the war. As for now, brother, you should send out the coordinates first and tell them to wait for us.
Signal, three flares, two red and one green."
"As soon as the signal flares on my side were launched into the sky, they opened fire to cover the fire. They fired all the shells on hand at me, trying to work hard to completely defeat this force in front of us before the Japanese army could react.
The Japanese army laid the foundation for the superiors to completely annihilate the 7th Division."
Yang Jicai shook his head with some regret and said: "Actually, if Political Commissar Yi promised me to dispatch aviation troops to cooperate with us in fighting, why should I adopt this passive tactic of luring the emperor into a trap? If we can fight again with the cooperation of aviation troops today,
One day, wait until tomorrow to completely solve the problem, the result will be better."
"It's a pity that the entire combat plan this time was formulated by the headquarters. According to the rules of our Anti-Japanese Alliance, Political Commissar Yi does not have the final decision-making power on military issues. Even if he wants to agree to us, he does not have that right. Wait until he and Commander Wang
After the communication is completed, I will ask the headquarters for instructions. I am afraid that the day lily will be cold long ago."
"Forget it, let's rely on our existing strength. Political Commissar Yi has already given us too much help. Without Political Commissar Yi to speak, do you think your Deputy Chief of Staff Qiu is so easy to talk to? It will take a lot of effort to convince him.
There are some things that we have to rely on ourselves. If the mountain doesn’t come, it’s me. Then I have to go and leave it.”
Having said that, Yang Jicai shook his head. Although he was very dissatisfied with the political commissar's decision, he also knew that political commissar Yi alone could not decide this kind of matter. Adjusting the entire aviation combat plan within the Aru Horqin Banner required approval from the headquarters. Yes, and the political commissar is now in his own place, so even if he wants to kill him first, he has no choice, let alone the right.
Thinking of this, Yang Jicai shook his head, grabbed the telescope and looked outside, calculating the scale of the enemy's mobilization in front of him. Although he also knew that his front was straight to the stone table, and the front was a bit too narrow. If Kunizaki ascended to the center There will never be a moment of all-or-nothing action, and you will never give it your all.
Although the front of the stone table is a bit narrow, for the Seventh Division, it is the starting point for leveraging the entire front line from Balaqirude to Aohan Yingzi, and it is also the only breakthrough so far. Although the Japanese army has occupied Zhangjiayingzi, but the terrain there is destined to be unable to bear this responsibility.
Compared with the direction of Zhangjiayingzi, what is more important in the direction of Shizuishi is that it is very close to Sumoyintala, and one of the most important supporting points, Balaqirud, can outflank the entire defense line. As long as it is captured Sumoyintara, his entire defense line was deeply wedged.
And if Bala Qirud is outflanked, then the resistance forces there will be surrounded by the Japanese army. Once the resistance forces there are surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese army, then the entire flank of the resistance forces on the Linxi battlefield will completely collapse. At that time, the Seventh Division will be able to fight however they want.
Therefore, in Yang Jicai's view, even if Kunizaki Noboru knew that the front of the attack would be a bit narrow with the Shizuo table as the focus, the direction of the Shizuo table was in line with Zhangjiayingzi. If the focus of troop deployment was in this direction, then For the Seventh Division, even though the casualties are higher, it is currently the most appropriate choice.
Maybe Kunizaki Noboru is not crazy yet, but the current situation is forcing him to go crazy, unless he really feints and takes advantage to retreat. Last night's offensive, and this morning's attack in the direction of Stone Table The attack was all to cover up his true intention. If Kunizaki Noboru invested so much effort just to cover his retreat, then Yang Jicai would be really speechless.
However, the 28th Regiment is currently suffering heavy losses. The remaining two regiments also suffered heavy losses during the bombing and artillery attacks during the day and night yesterday. How will Noboru Kunisaki defeat Zhangjiayingzi and Shizuishi? Yang Jicai is waiting to see how many troops will be invested at the breakthrough point.
While observing the battle that was happening right in front of him, Yang Jicai was calculating how many Japanese troops were rushing towards him before he could calculate this blow. At the same time, he was considering that the multi-company troops in front of him were lacking heavy machine guns. How long can it last?
As he said, the tactic he formulated was to attract the Seventh Division to invest more troops into his fire trap. But if he was captured or died in battle because of his plan, Here, doesn’t it really follow the old saying and it’s self-defeating?
However, in front of him, the defense troops were still fighting hard. Although they were still persisting desperately, Yang Jicai's eyes were so vicious. He could see at a glance that it would be difficult for his troops to be unable to hold on in the face of more and more Japanese troops. Half an hour, that is to say, if you don't make up your mind, your headquarters will be taken away in half an hour, and even Yi Jianping and Qiu Jintang in the reserve headquarters 700 meters behind will be implicated.
However, even though he had estimated that his troops could hold on for at most half an hour, Yang Jicai still did not give any order to fire. He was still waiting for Gou Zai, who was on the front line of Bala Qirude, to report the latest enemy situation. For him, since he was here In such a short period of time, after all the efforts were made to set up such a large net, how could the enemy army be satisfied with the small amount in front of them.
As for Yang Jicai, who was a combat staff officer, he also knew how much effort and expense it would take to transport artillery shells from the rear to Linxi. Moreover, before being transferred to Aruhorqin Banner, he also had a certain knowledge of the current artillery shell reserves in the entire Linxi battlefield. Understandably, under the situation where it is relatively difficult to replenish artillery shells, how to ensure a successful hit and achieve maximum results is what he should consider most at the moment.