Having said this, Yang Zhen looked at the battlefield outside, pondered for a moment, then turned around and said: "Remember, your posture must be strong. You must frighten the Japanese and puppet troops in Fengtian. When necessary,
They must not be allowed to send a single soldier to march westward. As for the Japanese troops in Jilin, you don’t need to worry about them for the time being."
"I know that you are currently operating without a rear and have no direct connection with the rear supply line. There may be some gaps in ammunition, especially the urgently needed artillery shells. Hasn't the headquarters already flown some of the ammunition to Linxi Airport? The forced
We will give priority to supplying artillery shells and mountain artillery shells to you."
"As for light weapons and ammunition, I will communicate with Zhang Zhenhua and increase the amount of air transportation. The ammunition on the advancing army's side should be able to last for a while. In addition to food and medicine, the remaining tonnage will be given priority to you for air transportation of ammunition. At least to ensure that you
There is a base reserve of artillery shells."
Hearing Yang Zhen's order, Wang Guangyu thought about it for a while. He had not gnawed down half of Linxi's outer fortifications in three days, but now the headquarters requires that the core of the Japanese 23rd Division be captured within three days.
The position is in Linxi County. According to the current turtle tactics of the 23rd Division, this is somewhat difficult.
Looking at Wang Guangyu with a somewhat troubled expression, Yang Zhen shook his head. He was somewhat dissatisfied with Lin Xi's current situation. Indeed, Wang Guangyu's military strength did not have an absolute advantage compared to the Japanese army in front of him.
.But in terms of equipment, it is not comparable to the Japanese army.
In particular, the number of various lightweight small-caliber direct-aimed artillery and rocket launchers is not comparable to that of the Japanese army, which only has grenadiers and infantry guns as artillery below battalion level. No matter how many bunkers the Japanese army builds, it is not without solutions.
After three days of fierce fighting, Yang Zhen was somewhat dissatisfied with the result.
In fact, what was wrong with Wang Guangyu's fighting like this? Yang Zhen had already seen it. In addition to the defensive posture adopted by the Japanese army, they adopted multiple directions of cooperation, a combination of exposed and concealed forts, and anti-tank firepower far exceeded
Generally speaking, Japanese divisions had a large number of new anti-tank weapons and were unable to take advantage of the armor advantage of outflanking troops. Another point was that Wang Guangyu was a little too cautious in using troops.
During the battle with the 23rd Division, he blindly pursued stability. He would rather attack the surrounding hills one by one. He did not dare to take drastic measures. After opening the route to Linxi County, he set up the outer perimeter.
Ignoring the Japanese and puppet troops on the ground, they concentrated their main force and attacked the county town.
This kind of deployment is normal for Liu Changshun, who has always been relatively conservative, but it is a bit surprising when it appears on Wang Guangyu. When Yang Zhen chose the commander of this roundabout force, he also carefully considered it and chose the immediate choice.
Wang Guangyu is both steady and flexible on the battlefield.
I just didn't expect that this kind of situation would happen to Wang Guangyu. Of course, Yang Zhen still knew the reason. He detoured his troops and fought without a rear. No matter what method was adopted, it would be gratifying to win. But if he lost, wait
Their only hope is that their entire army will be destroyed.
Under this situation, Wang Guangyu adopted a gradual cannibalization tactic, trying to eat up as much of the 23rd Division's effective forces as possible to prevent them from getting bitten by the Japanese once they penetrated too deep before destroying too many Japanese troops. Three
After the battle, Wang Guangyu probably had the impression that the 23rd Division was too cunning. Faced with such an opponent, it would be more appropriate to adopt a steady and steady strategy as much as possible.
In fact, if this tactic is adopted, the progress will be slower, but if the Mongolian garrison troops in Chahar do not intervene, it is understandable that he adopts this tactic. But now it is so slow, I am afraid it will not work.
Linxi is the core location of the entire defensive zone of the 23rd Division.
As long as Linxicheng is captured, not to mention the 23rd Division adopting tortoise tactics, or other ostrich, tortoise, and hedgehog tactics, I am afraid that the situation will be in chaos. Only then can we have the opportunity to severely damage them and establish Xing'anxi Province in one fell swoop.
The battle situation. And as long as the 23rd Division withdraws from the battlefield, the entire battle situation will be alive.
Facing two tank brigades of Chen Hanzhang and Wang Guangyu, two cavalry brigades, plus two reinforced divisions, nearly 400 tanks and armored vehicles, tens of thousands of cavalry, and a large number of attached artillery, no matter what conspiracy the Japanese army plays, I am afraid they will have to
Consider whether the entire Western Front will collapse. But the most important thing now is whether Wang Guangyu can seize Linxi County before the Japanese army takes action. In addition, it is the Japanese army's conspiracy, when exactly they plan to start taking action.
Thinking of this, Yang Zhen turned his head and looked at the Linxi battlefield situation map that corresponded to the situation map of the entire Northeast battlefield. After weighing it for a long time, Yang Zhen turned his head and said: "Old Wang, you must change your tactics now.
If you continue to fight like this, even if you are given five more days, let alone three days, you may not be able to capture Linxi County."
"In the next step of the battle, you give up the original plan of annihilating the Japanese army in the outer positions. Divide the troops on hand into two, except leaving one regiment with two cavalry battalions to watch the Japanese troops on the outer perimeter.
You gather the two regiments, as well as the main force of the armored brigade, and forcefully advance towards Linxi County with the four stones of Caojiatun that has been captured now, and the front line of Jilinba."
"Give up the fight for the outer line of Moon Valley and San Lengzi Mountain. But Fulingou Nao, the commanding height of the entire southwestern Linxi County, must be taken. As long as this commanding height overlooking the entire Linxi County is in hand, even if Moon Valley and San Lengzi Mountain are in hand,
You don’t have to worry about what the Japanese troops in Lengzi Mountain might do."
Regarding Yang Zhen's deployment, Wang Guangyu somewhat disagreed and said: "On the 1st, the Japanese troops ignored the surrounding areas and concentrated the main force to attack Linxi County. Under the situation where our army has an absolute advantage, it is understandable to do so.
, it can also be said to be a quite clever tactic.”
"But our military strength is only a relative advantage now, and this advantage only refers to our combatants. At the same time, this advantage is not obvious. If combined with auxiliary forces such as non-combatants and baggage troops, our military strength is still
Less than nearly one-fifth of the Japanese army."
"This does not include the more than 3,000 Japanese expatriates in the city who are ready to be armed to participate in the war. And No. 1, although the Japanese engineers and baggage soldiers generally do not participate in battles, their combat effectiveness is not inferior to that of the Japanese combat troops.
.The Japanese army often puts these auxiliary units into front-line battles when necessary."
"With the Japanese army's strength not being severely damaged, it is really too dangerous to leave only one regiment on the perimeter to monitor the rest of the Japanese army. You must know that the Japanese army can invest far more troops in the perimeter than ours.
It is difficult for this regiment to simply control the front line of Fulingou Nao to prevent the Japanese counterattack. In particular, the main force of the 23rd Division is not deployed in the southwest area of Linxi. The Japanese army has only one regiment in the southwest.
troops."
"No. 1, when we do not have an advantage in terms of military strength. Once our attack on Linxi County is blocked and the Japanese troops on the periphery counterattack, we are likely to fail to attack and be surrounded by the Japanese army. In Linxi County, there are four Japanese troops
The strength of the infantry brigade, plus the engineers who can be converted into combat soldiers at any time, and the main force of the baggage regiment. With the addition of artillery, armed expatriates and other personnel, Linxi County is a strong backbone."
"With just the strength of our two regiments, it is difficult to complete the encirclement of Linxi County. If we do not complete the encirclement of Linxi County, we will not be able to cut off the 23rd Division from mobilizing troops from the southeast of Linxi to reinforce Linxi County.
Route. In that case, our previous situation can be easily replicated in Linxi County. But once we reach the outskirts and the Japanese army ignores it and attacks the county with all its strength, this situation will be even more unfavorable to us."
"With roughly equal forces, whether we can capture Linxi County in three days is a key issue. If Linxi County cannot be captured for a long time and there are not enough troops to control the periphery, we may be in danger.
Jing. No. 1, as a forward commander, I cannot help but consider the follow-up response to the war."
Yang Zhen was very cautious about Wang Guangyu's objections. He did not get angry because the plan formulated by the headquarters was opposed. For him, it is necessary to be arbitrary in command. When he is commanding operations, he does not tolerate outsiders.
Interference. But he still has to listen to the suggestions of frontline commanders. For him, the reports of frontline commanders can more truly reflect the situation on the battlefield.
After looking at the map and being silent for a long time, Yang Zhen turned to Wang Guangyu and said, "Then what's your idea? We don't have much time to delay. The Linxi battlefield is always in such a stalemate, which is definitely not going to work. Right now the whole situation is
The battle situation is an overall chess game. If any part of it is not progressing smoothly, it will affect the overall situation. How the battle situation is against the 23rd Division here will directly affect the next deployment of the headquarters."
In response to Yang Zhen's rhetorical question, Wang Guangyu did not answer immediately. Instead, he walked to Lin Xi's map and pondered for a while, and then straightened out the ideas that he had already had some ideas about before saying: "No. 1, this tactical adjustment of the headquarters.
It is not very conducive to our current situation. If the 23rd Division suffers heavy casualties, this may be a clever move for us."
"But now the 23rd Division's manpower has not suffered much loss. Although its artillery has suffered certain losses, its overall strength is still there. If we abandon the perimeter and attack Linxi County, the Japanese troops on the perimeter will inevitably attack our army.
Carry out counter-encirclement. Whether our regiment's strength can withstand the Japanese counterattack from the outside is still unknown."
"My idea is to use a strengthened regiment with two cavalry battalions and a tank battalion according to the headquarters' deployment. Get out of the way on both wings and attack Linxi County. Control Moon Valley with a regiment with one cavalry battalion.
, Erlangzi Mountain, Dayingzi Line.”
"The remaining regiment plus the main force of the tank brigade will be used as mobile forces. With the strength of one regiment, we will clamp down on the first section of Lin Dongzhi's 23rd Division. If we talk about our previous actions on the periphery, we have not yet come into contact with the core of the Japanese army.
The fortifications are not enough to attract the Japanese army to leave their permanent fortifications. Then we abandon the periphery and go straight to Linxi County, the core area of the Japanese army's entire defense, and the Japanese army can't figure it out."