The same scene was being staged in the entire triangle area from Sumuyintala, Sarulatala to Shizuishi at the same time. The various artillery groups participating in the war used artillery shells to form walls of fire, going back and forth across this area like a big net. The small triangular area was swept away. As long as the Japanese army encountered this fire net, they would be shattered to pieces.
Originally thinking that they could flex their muscles, they mobilized a large number of troops to break into the depths along the direction of the stone table, trying to break through Sumuyintala's anti-alliance defenses as soon as possible with the absolute advantage of troops, so as to make breakthrough progress and strive to complete the victory in one go. Defeat the anti-Union resistance.
The Japanese 7th Division, which was preparing to either outflank Bala Qirude and Aohan Yingzi, or move south to directly insert the Balin Right Banner to cooperate with frontal combat, suffered heavy losses in the sudden artillery fire. Previously, it was thought that a breakthrough across the entire front was in sight. The Japanese troops, whose morale seemed to be extremely high, were turned away by the bombing. Groups of Japanese troops were reduced to parts piece by piece.
The one-two-two rocket launchers above their heads dragged their long tail flames across the triangle area that had become a purgatory on earth, and hit the area between the front of Bala Qirud and Hunte Aotel. Trying to take advantage of the breakthrough in the direction of Shizuishi, they desperately attacked Bala Chirud with the intention of completely defeating the remaining Japanese troops defending the front.
Yang Jicai's deployment was actually very simple. He divided all the artillery units assigned to his command by Qiu Jintang into three echelons, focusing on four field artillery batteries and four 100mm howitzer batteries with relatively short range but high accuracy, plus There is one 155 Howitzer Battery and 122 Rocket Launcher Battery each, as well as two 107 Rocket Launcher Batteries that although the firepower density is high, but the range is not as good as the 122 Rocket Launcher, they cover the artillery group with firepower.
According to the different ranges of various artillery, with Sumoyintala where they are located as the southern edge and the stone table as the boundary, certain fire coverage areas are divided. The only thing they need to do is to use as many artillery shells in their hands as possible. , smashing into the combat area assigned to you.
At the same time, a 75mm field artillery battalion, a 107 rocket launcher battalion, and a 155 howitzer battery were strengthened to form interdicting firepower to specifically block the direction of Shizui, cutting off the retreat route of the Japanese troops in the triangle area and from Shizui and beyond. Contact between Japanese troops in the North.
Two 122 rocket launcher companies, a 155 howitzer company, and the only independent field artillery company equipped with 91-type 105 cannons on the entire Aruhorqin Banner battlefield formed interdiction firepower. With the cooperation of artillery fire from the Rude garrison, the Japanese troops were suppressed from Bala Chirude to Hunte Aoter.
As for the Japanese army in front of him, for Yang Jicai, it is enough to deploy a 107 rocket launcher to fire a salvo. The firepower of a 107 rocket launcher battery covers an area of thousands of square meters, but only one Japanese soldier It's just to strengthen the squadron, one company is enough.
At the same time that the battle started here, Qiu Jintang deployed a 75th field artillery battalion on the Bayanbaote front line, a 105th independent heavy mountain artillery company, plus a 155th howitzer company, and a 122 rocket launcher. With the cooperation of the company, fire suppression was also carried out in the direction of Zhangjiayingzi.
After each artillery group bombarded its intended target for fifteen minutes, in accordance with the battle plan issued by Yang Jicai, each artillery group formed a wall of fire together, starting from Sumuyintala and Sarulatala in a row to the north. The platoon used artillery shells to measure the land. This triangular area was blown into a honeycomb, with rows of craters as if they had been measured in advance.
After the firepower of the main artillery group left the death triangle formed by Yang Jicai's artillery shells and extended to the north of Shizui, Yang Jicai concentrated all the 122 rocket launchers and fired the special air-fuel shells in his hands towards the death triangle in one breath. The area and the front north of Balachirud were all destroyed.
The Japanese soldiers who had luckily escaped the bombardment before and thought they had escaped when they heard the sound of the bombardment stopped. Now they are really lying on the ground and do not dare to get up. In the large vacuum zone created by more than a hundred air-fuel bombs, the Japanese army Inside, a large number of people died from suffocation caused by the vacuum.
A reinforced company temporarily formed by personnel transferred from the artillery guard unit by Yang Jicai, under the command of the deputy commander of the second regiment specially transferred by Yang Jicai, launched an operation to recover Zhangjiayingzi, striving to regain this commanding height in one go. , and then pulled up the artillery to carry out fire strikes at the Japanese army from far and deep.
This plan was a revised battle plan after Yang Jicai received the artillery assigned to him by Qiu Jintang. He made full use of all the resources he could mobilize, and even exceeded his authority by passing the artillery assigned to him by Qiu Jintang. Because of his relationship as an old classmate and fellow countryman, even part of the artillery deployed in Bayanbaote that Qiu Jintang did not give him command was involved.
At this time, under his planning, the dozens of square kilometers of land starting from Balaqirud in the east, Bayanbaot in the west, Sumoyintala in the south, and Hunte Aoter in the north were filled with artillery bombs. The smoke from the gunfire and the violent explosions produced by various artillery shells could be heard clearly from more than ten kilometers away.
During the first five minutes of all the artillery fire, the Japanese artillery still had the courage to fight back. Although the artillery shells were very sparse, they still had the ability to fight back. After the artillery fire lasted ten minutes, the Japanese artillery was invariably All fell silent.
Faced with the overwhelming artillery shells of the Anti-Alliance, the artillery pieces lost in the air raids and shellings the day before were thrown out. At this moment, even the infantry artillery and the attached mortar squadron, all the artillery pieces combined were less than fifty, and the number of artillery shells The artillery of the 7th Division, which is even more lacking, still has the courage to fight back reciprocally.
I fired one round myself, and five rounds were fired back from the other side. Before ten rounds were fired here, hundreds of shells were fired from there, especially in the direction of Zhangjiayingzi where the main artillery firepower of the Japanese army was deployed. The counterattack started. After that, under the full suppression of the artillery in the direction of Bayanbaot, they were either blown up or busy moving their positions, let alone fighting back.
Added up, after nearly an hour of shelling, not only did the Japanese troops that broke into what was later called the Death Triangle survive, almost no one survived, even the Japanese troops in front of Bala Chirud suffered heavy casualties, and were under the dense bombardment. Flesh and blood flew everywhere under the rain.
Not only did the Japanese troops participating in the war suffer heavy casualties, but even the captain of the 26th Regiment, Tatsuo Uchida, and the captain of the 27th Regiment, Atsushiro Yasunaga, who were on the front line to command the battle, were all killed. As for the officers below the commander, the casualties were even greater. Seriously, all the officers of the 26th Regiment that broke into the direction of Shizuishi, from the commander down to the commander, survived.
For the Seventh Division, this loss can basically be said to have completely crippled it. The Seventh Division made an all-out effort after opening the direction of the stone table. In the end, not only did it not take any advantage, but it also He lost all his teeth and became paralyzed except for his brain.
Except for the Japanese troops facing Aohan Yingzi and the surviving combat effectiveness of two squadrons, except for the rest of the Japanese troops who were defeated in the night battle, all participating troops were blasted to pieces, and even Among them, the twenty-seventh regiment can be said to have been completely destroyed.
And Zhangjiayingzi, the commanding height of the entire line from Balaqirude to Aohanyingzi, was also taken back at a certain price under the command of the deputy commander of the Second Regiment. The Seventh Division now not only lost money. Madam lost her troops again and even lost her family fortune.
While listening to Gou Zaihe of Bala Qirude constantly reporting on the results of the bombardment, and observing the battle situation ahead, Yang Jicai didn't show it on his face, but he was still quite satisfied with the result in his heart, because this was what he wanted most. The result means that all the hard work was not in vain.
Judging from the results of this battle, after luring the 7th Division into taking the bait yesterday, Yang Jicai only used the artillery and team-affiliated artillery first assigned by his superiors, and consciously asked Qiu Jintang to weaken the intensity of the artillery fire, as long as the forward positions were not occupied by the Japanese. The danger of a breakthrough across the entire front, or the heavy artillery unit's decision to fire as little artillery fire as possible if the Japanese army did not continue to advance westward, was still very prescient.
As for why he made this request in the first place, it's not that Yang Jicai really had the ability to predict the future and knew that the Japanese army would do something like this. It was that Yang Jicai had a plan at the time, but it was just that the Japanese army did it before it was fully considered. Everything was destroyed.
Although the original plan was not used, the current situation can be regarded as a mistake. Another kind of success, no one else would be able to do better under this situation. Of course In Yang Jicai's view, if political commissar Yi Jianping also handed over the aviation force to him, the results might be even greater.
Yang Jicai was really happy with the fight. Qiu Jintang, who finally figured out what this guy meant, couldn't help but secretly applaud him. Thinking of the scenes from yesterday when Wang Deyao insisted on attacking until now, Qiu Jintang was very impressed by Yang Jicai's performance and ability. , cheered loudly.
Qiu Jintang knew that this night's battle of wits had come to an end. In this night's battle of wits, Yang Jicai not only won, but also won quite brilliantly. It completely broke the backbone of the Seventh Division. As of now, there is no possibility for the Seventh Division to recover its losses.
The moves this boy played were really beautiful. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, it would be hard to believe that this scene in front of me was just a soldier with less than three years of military experience, and he was almost ten years younger than me. This was done by a young man aged 60 years. After this battle, Qiu Jintang knew that the 7th Division was no longer a threat.
Today's scene, coupled with the results of Wang Deyao's attack last night, have broken the backbone of the entire 7th Division. No matter what tricks they play, they can't make waves. But for Qiu Jintang, The only thing I'm not satisfied with is that this guy's skill is indeed beautiful, but the consumption of the shells is too shocking.
Not counting the consumption during the day and night yesterday, it took less than an hour from the time the first artillery shell exploded to the end of the full-scale bombardment. According to Qiu Jintang's estimate, tens of thousands of artillery shells could be fired. And in this short one-hour bombardment, the ammunition The consumption is almost equivalent to the consumption of artillery shells during the day yesterday.
This does not include the loss of life caused by such intense shooting to the second-hand artillery under his command. According to his method of play, the life of his artillery may be reduced by half. In a short time In just thirty minutes, so many artillery groups fired tens of thousands of shells. This person was even more prodigal than himself.
According to Qiu Jintang's estimation, his artillery reserves may be at the bottom after this battle. If his superiors do not replenish them as soon as possible, then if there is any follow-up movement from the Japanese army, at least his artillery will no longer be able to provide ammunition. With that little guy, there is enough fire support.