He had not considered this issue before. Yang Jicai had always believed that after the 28th Regiment was defeated by Wang Deyao, the remnants were more likely to retreat across the Siramulun River. However, after the troops led by Su Yingqi appeared on the battlefield, it seemed that The troops that Su Yingqi showed up were quite a bit less than what he reported during the retreat. It could even be said that they were less than one-third.
Even if he wants to leave some of his troops to protect the artillery, which is not very convenient for operations, if he does not encounter Japanese obstruction along the way, he will not be short of so many troops all of a sudden, even if it is convenient all the way from Bayannuoer. They started a forced march, but they wouldn't be able to get rid of so many people at once.
Although his unit is a newly trained unit, Yang Jicai is still aware of the actual training level. Continuous marching and combat will cause considerable fatigue in the unit. It is an indisputable fact that there are a lot of new recruits in the unit who have never been on the battlefield. However, The troops have completed full training. It is absolutely impossible to lose one-third of the troops at once.
According to the training level of the Anti-League recruits and the relatively sufficient physical fitness of the soldiers after passing the recruit training, this situation of too many soft-footed shrimps will not occur. If the training level of the Anti-League and the physical fitness of the soldiers are at this level , how can we talk about expelling the Japanese pirates and recovering the mountains and rivers?
It was precisely when he saw that Su Yingqi's troops were too few on the battlefield that Yang Jicai thought that judging from the marching situation of the 28th Regiment last night, after the main force was defeated, it was very likely that there would still be a considerable number of residual soldiers left in the camp. To the east of Gastinore, even due to the melee at night, they were unable to discern their direction and were scattered across the entire Aruhorqin Banner battlefield.
At night with extremely low visibility and in the chaos of a chaotic battle, the two parties participating in the war will definitely not only lose contact with their own troops. This will happen even to the well-trained Japanese troops. In fact, It is not a low-level mistake, especially when the 28th Regiment is still organized as a squadron and the marching distance is too wide.
You must know that although the weapons and equipment of your army are not as good as those of the old army, the communication equipment is completely equipped according to the establishment of the main force. The standard of walkie-talkie equipment is the same as that of the main force, which is up to the company level. With such complete communication equipment, your own army, There was a situation where three companies could not be contacted, not to mention that the communication equipment was far inferior to that of the Japanese army that was fully equipped with the Anti-Resistance Alliance.
Dispersed marches in unfamiliar terrain at night, especially when large-scale lighting cannot be used on the battlefield, the chaos caused by such marches cannot be avoided by any army. Even if there is a map to use, but under the darkness of night Who knows where to find the coordinates marked on the map.
If one or even several Japanese squadrons turn around and run in the wrong direction with their heads covered, or even cross the entire Aruhorqin Banner from Zagastanol, and suddenly appear on the Balaqirud battlefield due south, It is definitely not impossible. Su Yingqi may have encountered a similar situation on his way to Bayannuoer.
If he encountered the remnants of the 28th Regiment on the way back, that would not be the worst, but if he was attacking from Bayan Noor towards Bala Qirud, there really would be a remnant of the 28th Regiment. If the team is broken up or the remnants of the 28th Regiment run away, it means that there will definitely be the remnants of the 28th Regiment running away around here.
After making this judgment, Yang Jicai immediately felt an invisible and huge pressure. However, when Yang Jicai thought of this, it was already too late. All his troops had already been mixed with the enemy. He said that all the troops he can mobilize have been put in, and the troops that cannot be mobilized have also been put in.
Right now, not only is the fighting in the southeast of Balaqirude in full swing, not to mention withdrawing, even temporarily breaking away from the consolidation is impossible, even in the west at Aohan Camp, there is also a burst of gunfire. After a while, it can be said that the entire front line from Balaqirude to Aohan Yingzi has been launched.
After the battle on Bala Qirud's side, the enemy forces in front of Aohan camp seemed to have a clear understanding of each other. Regardless of the defenders' continuous tactical counterattacks, they concentrated their forces and retreated to the northeast. The political commissar of the first regiment and the deputy commander of the second regiment commanded the operation. The two regimental commanders, in desperation, risked all of their less than one battalion to fight back.
They tried their best to entangle the enemy troops tightly, trying to prevent the enemy in front of them from leaving the battlefield, because they were ordered to entangle the enemy troops at all costs before reinforcements arrived, even if they could not delay it. Reinforcements arrived, but under no circumstances could they allow the enemy troops in front of them to cross the Zhangjiayingzi line and move closer to the front of Bala Qirude.
And not only all the troops from the direction of Aohan Camp were invested. In order to stabilize the battlefield on the western front and ensure that the enemy troops could be successfully eliminated without any worries, after receiving a report from the direction of Aohan Camp, Yang Jicai sent Zhangjiaying to The few troops on the front line were all deployed in the direction of Aohan Camp, except for leaving one platoon as a guard.
At this moment, except for the company around him, Yang Jicai no longer had any troops in his hands. He could not mobilize even a squad. After hesitating for a long time, Yang Jicai looked at the Japanese positions that were still shrouded in poisonous gas. The last company dispatched a strengthened platoon and rushed to Su Yingqi to put it under his command, responsible for the defense facing the northeast.
At the same time, the limited number of artillery shells from the 100 grenades and 107 rocket launchers, which have few remaining artillery shells, are concentrated into two companies each. These four artillery companies are combined with the two field artillery groups that currently have the most abundant artillery shells. The company was transferred to the southeast of Bala Chirud as a fire reserve. Once new Japanese troops did appear, fire interception methods would be adopted.
The remaining field artillery force, a mountain artillery company with only 70 rounds of artillery shells, and a group of original infantry artillery and mortars formed a new artillery group, and the remaining two platoons formed a frontal defense of Bala Chirud. As the main strength of the army was insufficient, and the firepower was also insufficient, Yang Jicai could only use his limited artillery resources to make up for it as much as possible.
In fact, Yang Jicai's worry was not unnecessary. After the fierce battle last night, the 28th Regiment, in addition to part of its troops withdrawing to Shaogen, there were also several Japanese squadrons scattered east of Baichengzi after their contact with the main force was broken by Wang Deyao. On the battlefield, one of the Semi-Japanese Army squadrons ran to a place less than ten kilometers southeast of the Bala Chirud battlefield in a daze.
It's just that the Japanese squadron leader who led the team was a little too stubborn. After identifying the direction at dawn and found that he was running in the wrong direction, and the deviation was so ridiculous that not even a shadow of his own team could be seen around him, he took the remaining people with him. , turned around and returned to Zagastanol, preparing to continue marching westward according to the route originally planned by the regiment.
As a result, this one and a half squadron, plus the other squadrons on the battlefield that he gathered after arriving at Zagastanor, were defeated. He just gathered four to five hundred Japanese troops, but he did not expect that at the Haihar River An ambush force was encountered nearby and was attacked by tanks and cavalry. In less than an hour, not even the bones and dregs were left.
The original decision of this hard-headed Japanese squadron leader was undoubtedly a very lucky thing for Yang Jicai, who was already deployed in full force at this moment. If this man hadn't turned around and walked a few kilometers forward, I'm afraid this would have been a very lucky thing. The result of the battle was very different. This result was undoubtedly extremely lucky for Yang Jicai.
Although this one and a half squadron of Japanese troops is not that large, on the battlefield, such a small number of troops can often be the straw that breaks the camel's back. However, things on the battlefield are often so sinister sometimes. By some chance, this man who had just missed the God of Luck would never know until his death that he had a chance to change at least one partial battle situation.
In fact, even if Yang Jicai had already thought of his omission, would he have terminated the counterattack when the enemy army had begun to retreat? I am afraid that based on his character, he would rather take this risk than sit back and watch what is in front of him. The Japanese troops evacuated smoothly.
This is his character. He will never change his decision just because of any changes on the battlefield. Not to mention that the situation at that time has been placed in front of him. Even if there is no opportunity for him to passively respond, it is definitely not his style. Let him just do it. It was beyond his power to let the Japanese troops escape in front of him because of possible dangers.
However, although Yang Jicai didn't know that he was almost on the verge of failure, the arrival of the reinforcement troops promised by Yi Jianping finally made a big stone hanging in his heart fall to the ground. Although there were almost no infantrymen who arrived for reinforcements, they rushed over The incoming mobile firepower reduced his risk to a considerable extent.
Those 57mm recoilless cannons are just that, but the twin 14mm high-level and flat dual-purpose machine guns are a very powerful weapon. With this thing, Yang Jicai believes that even if new Japanese troops appear on the battlefield, as long as there is no artillery , one of his platoons was strong enough to fight against a Japanese squadron.
While Yang Jicai was observing the battle situation, he was thinking about what method he could take to annihilate all the Japanese troops in front of him here as quickly as possible without damaging his bones before his superiors gave him the final answer. At that time, the column still had not given him a reply, so he had to be prepared with both hands.
As the people around him moved over, the field telephone set up together suddenly rang. When he took off his gas mask and picked up the phone, he was stunned. This call was actually made by Commander Wang Guangyu himself. He picked it up. On the phone, Yang Jicai faced Wang Guangyu's inquiry about the changes in the situation and replied directly: "Commander, I have launched a full-scale counterattack in front of Bala Qirud. Our troops are now concentrating our forces and are engaged in a fierce battle with a part of the retreating Japanese army. .”
When Wang Guangyu on the other side of the phone heard that Yang Jicai had launched a counterattack without any orders, although he didn't get angry on the phone, he was somewhat upset in his heart because of Yang Jicai's unauthorized actions. Seems a little dissatisfied.
He doesn't have to pursue what he usually does, but this time Wang Guangyu was really angry because he didn't know the importance of the Balaqirude line to the entire Linxi battlefield. The comparison of forces was not favorable and the artillery shell consumption was too large.
, unable to support long-term fire support, this guy couldn't even wait for an hour.
Doesn't he know how much impact it will have on the entire Linxi battlefield if he agrees to his request? His superiors must carefully consider his request. Since one move can affect the whole body, he really
Don’t you understand? When we don’t have enough troops, do we really not consider the consequences of taking risks?