The most critical thing is that in view of the urgent war situation, Commander Chen Hanzhang, who is currently in Fengzhen and can be said to be surrounded by enemies on three sides, has sent three consecutive telegrams to Liu Changshun, asking him to immediately withdraw a division and, under the cover of the 1st Armored Brigade, immediately It passes through Kangbao, Shangyi, Xinghe, and then heads towards Jining and Fengzhen.
The troops mobilized to cooperate with the advancing army, which is currently advancing towards northern Shanxi, as well as the troops mobilized from Beiyue District, will coordinate the operations on the outskirts of Datong, at least before reinforcements from other directions arrive, to make up for the current shortage of troops on the battlefield in Suinan, and strive for In a short period of time, the Sixty-ninth Division was eliminated.
Wang Minggui is still very clear about Commander Chen's character. Before the critical moment, he will not send out three telegrams with increasingly tough wording in a row. Commander Chen can send three telegrams in a row to explain where Commander Chen is now. The most critical moment has been reached.
Kangbao is the only way to reinforce the Jining and Fengzhen front lines on the Western Front battlefield, and it is also the shortest route. If the Kangbao line is not captured, if you want to reinforce Chen Hanzhang on the Western Front front battlefield, you can only go around the north of Yinshan Mountain. Lu, take the route taken by the roundabout troops, but even though the passage over Yinshan Mountain has been identified, the time cannot afford to be delayed.
On the battlefield, time equals victory, and time equals success or failure. Does he understand? OK, even if the passage from Chanan to Suidong has not been completely blocked, the Japanese army still has to mobilize reinforcements from Chanan or northeastern Shanxi to reinforce Sui. There is a possibility of going east, but if you think of it as an advancing army on the Chanan battlefield, a few columns are just decorations there.
The current offensive of the advancing army is indeed not progressing quickly, but it has been fighting steadily, constantly combining small depth with large depth to outflank the Japanese troops in front of them. These days, the entire Japanese army in Cha'nan relies on the defense line formed by the mountains. It has actually been cut into pieces.
The forward part has already reached the outskirts of Zhangjiakou. The Japanese troops in Chanan are now too busy to take care of themselves. They still have the energy to mobilize troops to reinforce the battlefields in northern Shanxi and Suidong. The current situation can be said to be a rare one for the entire Western Front. opportunities to expand results.
Faced with the great opportunity at hand, this man stubbornly insisted on eating the remnants of the 26th Division first, and then attacked westward, completely ignoring the only remaining regiment of the 26th Division. , there is no ability to carry out any counterattack at all. With the strength of five regiments, it is a bit embarrassing and necessary to attack a division whose backbone has been broken.
The most important thing is that after the reinforcements arrive at the 110th Division on the front line of Huade and Shangdu, even if you want to solve it together with the 110th Division, you can't just advance head-on little by little, even one It is a waste of force to use seven regiments and four tank battalions to attack the 110th Division in addition to the two regiments in reserve.
But no matter what Wang Minggui said, or what the telegrams from the headquarters and Chen Hanzhang requested, Liu Changshun refused to change his deployment before completely encircling and annihilating the 26th Division. When pressed, he just said, if all the troops in my hand are put into front-line combat, And distribute it evenly, so what if the Japanese army in Chanan deploys one unit to outflank my flanks.
The headquarters' orders take the overall situation into consideration, and may not be so comprehensive on local battlefields. However, he is currently the military commander of the entire Suidong and Chaxi battlefields. He has to consider many things carefully. Every decision is not only We must consider the overall situation, and more importantly, the development and changes of the battlefield we are responsible for.
It is true that the superiors had orders, but the key thing at the moment is that the 26th Division is still resisting stubbornly. The 110th Division is still full of energy and is still fighting fiercely with the troops and has not been defeated. The Japanese army has inspected The passage to the south to reinforce the Suidong battlefield has not been completely blocked.
The current Japanese army can still mobilize new divisions at any time if needed, passing through Shangyi to reinforce the Suidong and Chaxi battlefields. The Suidong and Chaxi battlefields are now the key points of the overall situation and bear the flanks of the entire Chanan battlefield. The cover is in a key strategic position.
Under such circumstances, once any accident occurs, the entire Suidong battlefield has paid a heavy price, and the favorable situation created will be wiped out in an instant, and may even affect the Chanan battlefield. At that time, this responsibility and Who will be responsible for the consequences?
Commander Chen has to face the First Shanxi Army, and what I have to face here is the main force of the entire Japanese North China Front. It is no problem for me to send reinforcements now. As long as the advancing army can capture Zhangjiakou and completely cut off the Pingsui Railway, I can mobilize my troops to attack immediately.
But now that the Pingsui-Sui Railway has not been cut off, the Japanese army can use the railway to reinforce the Suidong battlefield from other areas in North China at any time. Wanquan and the Zhangbei line are still in the hands of the Japanese army. The Japanese army can easily mobilize reinforcements to arrive here through the railway. Don’t forget According to the intelligence just received, the 15th Division, which the Japanese army has deployed from East China, has arrived in the Pingjin area.
What if the Japanese army chooses to attack from these two places after new reinforcements arrive, outflank my flanks in a roundabout way, and throw all the reserves in. What will I do if I have no more troops to mobilize? Commander Chen will be responsible for the roundabout troops. I, Liu Changshun, He is responsible for the entire war situation on the Western Front.
Faced with this acting commander who was either too cautious or stubborn, Wang Minggui had no choice but to return without success. On the way back, Wang Minggui made up his mind to directly encircle and annihilate the 26th Division without going through Liu Changshun. On the battlefield, a regiment and no less than one tank battalion were transferred to reinforce Yang Jicai.
The Kangbao front line is the only way for troops on the frontal battlefield of the Western Front to reinforce the enemy's rear and make rounds. No matter when Commander Liu plans to reinforce Commander Chen, unless he captures Huade and goes straight to the Shangyi front line, Kangbao is the only way to pass. Road, taking Kangbao or solving most of the independent mixed ninth brigade will create conditions for the next move.
No matter when Commander Liu plans to carry out the orders from the headquarters, Kangbao will be a very important position, and the most critical thing now is Yang Jicai, who is in urgent need of reinforcements. It is no longer whether he can stick to the independent ninth hodgepodge The brigade, but whether it can persist until the moment when the main reinforcements arrive.
After returning to the headquarters of the 17th Division, Wang Minggui, after a brief discussion with Ouyang Jishan, immediately adjusted his deployment according to his own thoughts, and transferred the 61st Regiment of the 21st Division from the relatively stable eastern front. The third battalion of the regiment is equipped with a 155 howitzer company in the artillery regiment directly under the division, a 122 howitzer company in the artillery regiment directly under the division, and a 75mm field gun company.
And strengthen the two tank companies of the 1st Armored Brigade, and the 3rd Tank Company of the 1st Independent Tank Battalion, and immediately pass east of Taodun and forcibly advance towards Ciying Temple. In order to increase the speed of action, Wang Minggui will not wait for the rest of the troops to complete their assembly.
The reserve force's 3rd Battalion of the 63rd Regiment, and the 1st Battalion and 3rd Company of Independent Tanks, first penetrated into Kangbao territory.
Before the operation started, Ouyang Jishan personally talked to the leader and political commissar of the 61st Regiment, asking him to arrive at the outer battlefield of Kangbao before tomorrow morning at all costs. Even if dozens of cars overturned, he
As long as you can get to Kangbao on time, it is a great achievement.
In addition to privately mobilizing reinforcements for Yang Jicai from his own front, Wang Minggui also adjusted his own deployment in response to the encirclement and annihilation of the 26th Division. Facing the remnants of the 26th Division who were still resisting stubbornly in the fortification area,
Wang Minggui also issued a general attack order.
Concentrate the three infantry regiments and two tank battalions at hand, and under the cover of most of the artillery fire, adopt the tactic of simultaneous attacks from three sides to launch the final offensive. The order he issued to the two division commanders on the front line was that no later than noon tomorrow
, be sure to cleanly and thoroughly eliminate the remaining enemies in front of you.
At the same time, with the strength of a regiment, two companies of the second independent tank battalion, one company each of 100mm howitzers and 76mm cannons, and a double 23mm anti-aircraft gun company, immediately flanked the 110th Division in the southwest direction.
The Ulan and Hatabeng front lines attacked and advanced, directly outflanking the Huade line.
This order for the general attack and the flanking operation to outflank the 110th Division was also issued by Wang Minggui behind Liu Changshun's back. Of course, this was with the support of political commissar Ouyang Jishan, otherwise he, the chief of staff, would not have the approval of the military chief.
Under such circumstances, it is also difficult to mobilize troops.
Because according to Liu Changshun's idea, the distance between the 110th Division and Shangdu is not far enough away from Huade. If the 26th Division is completely eliminated immediately, the troops dispatched by the 110th Division will probably be withdrawn.
Huade and Shangdu are on the front line, which will affect his entire battle plan of luring the snake out of its hole and defending and counterattacking.
Therefore, although the remnants of the 26th Division have been compressed into a narrow strip of less than one kilometer long from east to west and less than four kilometers wide from north to south, Liu Changshun has been slow to order the final general attack. He is still waiting for the 110th Division
Regiment, put the last field regiment on the battlefield, and then launch a general offensive across the board. As for now, he is not in a hurry to deal with the remnants of the 26th Division first.
Reinforcement is like putting out fire. Faced with the current war situation, Wang Minggui, who is anxious and hasty, does not have so much time to persuade Liu Changshun's overly stable Buddha. The key is that he also knows that it is difficult for him to do the job of communicating with Liu Changshun.
Instead of just paying lip service to the lawsuit, it would be better to use the opportunity of commanding the battlefield with the white flag hoisted to find a way to make amends.
Without the order from the headquarters to immediately mobilize a division to advance to Jining and Fengzhen, Ouyang Jishan and Wang Minggui would not have done so. At least Ouyang Jishan, who has strong principles, would not have done so.
In doing so, according to the regulations and doctrines of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, political commissars have no right to interfere with the battlefield command of military chiefs without orders from superiors.
But the current situation is that the superiors have orders, but the military chief is hesitant to move because of some concerns. As the political commissar, Ouyang Jishan has to consider taking some alternative methods without the full authorization of his superiors.
, at least to recover a certain amount of losses before it has a big impact on the battle situation.
After the adjustment was completed, Ouyang Jishan did not involve Wang Minggui. He personally drafted an urgent telegram and gave a complete report to the headquarters on the details of the matter. He also made private adjustments to the deployment. And reported it to the headquarters. In the telegram, Ouyang Jishan took over all the responsibilities.
Unlike Yi Liangpin, who has been a military officer since he joined the Red Army and was the commander of the main force of the Fourth Front Army during the Red Army period, although Ouyang Jishan also served as the commander of the 115th Division in a short period of time, he was mostly Part of the time, he was still a political worker, and his early experience in the Red Army made him extremely principled.
If there were no orders from his superiors, he would not easily interfere with the command of the military chief. But for a political worker like him who came from the old Red Army, orders from his superiors must be carried out vigorously and resolutely. When Liu Changshun was executing the orders from the headquarters, The procrastination and even disguised perfunctory situation made him extremely dissatisfied, so he agreed to Wang Minggui to adjust the deployment privately.