In Yang Jicai's view, the current moment is actually not the best opportunity for a tactical counterattack. The real opportunity should appear during the day tomorrow, not today's night. At the moment, the Anti-Japanese Alliance has absolute air supremacy over the battlefield in Western Manchuria, and on the ground
It has an absolute advantage in firepower.
Although there is a certain gap in the strength of the enemy and ourselves, it is not very big. If the 7th Division is lost under the double blow of air strikes and artillery fire, or even the strength gap between the two, there may be further
Zoom out. In fact, for the Aruhorqin Banner battlefield, there is no big difference whether this tactical counterattack is fought during the day or at night.
It can even be said that if the counterattack is carried out during the day, the chances will be greater. Because the support of air and heavy artillery will be more effective and more accurate during the day. Moreover, aerial reconnaissance can be used during the day, which is more conducive to understanding the entire Japanese army.
Action. On the contrary, at night, due to lighting, these advantages will be weakened in disguise.
Yang Jicai believed that if Wang Deyao had been more patient, his results would have been greater. The current situation of focusing on the head but not the butt could be completely avoided. After all, if the Japanese army turned around during the day, it would be easier to touch them if they had a good line of sight.
Knowing the movements of the Japanese army, the troops can adopt mobile defense tactics to cope with the Japanese army's adjustments.
At night now, when the visibility is almost extremely low, it is difficult to find out the specific movements of the Japanese army unless they are close for reconnaissance. At this moment, the Seventh Division has long lost its previous arrogance and domineering. Torches and flashlights have long since
Just pinch it out and throw it away.
Of course, this will result in a large number of stragglers, but for the 7th Division, it is already good to be able to retain the main force. Even now, it is not clear why the Anti-Alliance bombers lingering above their heads can be
There is almost no ground target indication, and there is no visible light guidance on the ground. Why can the bomb be dropped so accurately?
But for Kunizaki Noboru and his men, it is unclear whether they can understand it, but they must not go find bombs by themselves. After the first wave of anti-alliance night air raids, Kunizaki Noboru immediately ordered to extinguish all bombs that could be used.
A light source that guides bombers to their targets. He could not even care about the large number of soldiers who might be lost, separated, or left behind because of this.
Therefore, in Yang Jicai's view, night operations are undoubtedly a dangerous move. Because at night, especially when the enemy is strong and we are weak, who knows how many Japanese troops are around you. From which direction will they come?
Reinforce the target you are attacking? If you had done it during the day, the results would have been greater and the risk would have been lower.
It's just that Wang Deyao, who is too eager to eat meat at the moment and insists on his own ideas, has not considered this at all. In his opinion, when the enemy is strong and we are weak, we can use the spread of Japanese troops and the low visibility at night to fight.
A night battle is a good choice for action.
In fact, some things are not absolute. Wang Deyao believed too much in his past experience and ignored the actual situation on the battlefield. On the battlefield of Aruhorqin Banner, which was not wide, the Japanese army could not defeat them no matter how dispersed their forces were.
It might be possible to widen the distance to the extent he imagined.
Moreover, the low mountains and hills at the southern foot of the Greater Khingan Mountains, where Aruhorqin Banner is located, and the area where grasslands and deserts meet, cannot be like the Greater Khingan Range, Changbai Mountain, Wanda Mountain, and Laoye Ridge deep mountains and old forests, where a division of Japanese troops can be dispersed.
, maybe not even a shadow can be seen. The depth here is too narrow.
Once the Japanese army seizes the fighter opportunity and quickly reinforces it to engage in close combat, it will easily make him passive. Moreover, in the vast darkness and with limited security forces, he cannot place too many peripheral security forces.
Troops. In fact, by doing this, he confuses the originally distinct battle lines. It becomes a chaotic situation where I am among you and you are among me.
If the Anti-Japanese Alliance had no aviation support and no ground heavy artillery cover, this situation would be quite good. But under the current situation, forcing yourself to mix yourself with the Japanese army will actually weaken what you can gain.
Fire support is the situation that the battlefield troops in Guanhai are most willing to see, but it is the most difficult situation in the Northeast.
At the moment, Wang Deyao did not expect that his idea of taking advantage of the darkness and the chaos caused by the air raid would put himself and the entire Aruhorqin Banner battlefield into a dangerous situation where the head and tail could not see each other.
. He also put himself in a very dangerous situation and had a considerable impact on the entire Aruhorqin Banner battlefield.
Yang Jicai could not predict what would happen next. But one thing he knew very well was that the actual night fighting capabilities of the Japanese army were not any weaker than those of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. Moreover, after a long period of rule, they had a good grasp of the terrain here.
It should be much higher than the resistance at the first arrival ramp.
At the same time, in the absence of effective monitoring methods and the fact that the Japanese army has been dispersed, it is difficult to know the movements of each infantry brigade of the Japanese army. The battle line is too long, and the troops in hand are too thin, especially Kunizaki.
It's unclear how strong Den's determination will be, and he knows that today's night will be a difficult night.
Because it is not clear yet that the aviation and ground artillery have already deployed a considerable number of troops from the reconnaissance brigade directly under the military region on the entire battlefield, as well as two reconnaissance companies drawn from the first division to cover the special training at hand. In the absence of military
In the case of dogs, observers and guides are difficult to detect.
In addition to the radio signal monitoring aircraft in the sky, in fact, the actions of the 7th Division on the Aruhorqin Banner battlefield, even at night, could not be hidden from the eyes of the anti-union forces on the Linxi battlefield at this moment. No matter whether it was at night
Neither heaven nor earth can hide it.
The reason why Wang Deyao and Yang Jicai were not told about this incident at the beginning was because the task given to them by Wang Guangyu was to keep the 7th Division within the borders of Alukorqin Banner as much as possible and weaken the aviation and heavy artillery groups to a certain level.
To such an extent, the main force can ensure the safety of the entire Linxi battlefield flank before the seventh division can be eliminated in the shortest possible time.
To put it bluntly, Wang Guangyu has no intention of letting them achieve much results. In a word, he just wants them to adopt defensive tactics. For a commander at Wang Guangyu's level, what he needs more now is a stable flank defense line. This is the overall situation.
Need is also an independent need on the battlefield of Alhorqin Banner.
Tactical counterattack is a tactic used in defensive warfare. And Wang Guangyu cannot allow his troops to be beaten passively without fighting back at all. But in Wang Guangyu's view, with the cooperation of the heavy artillery troops commanded by Qiu Jintang, Aru
The firepower of the troops in Horqin Banner is sufficient for tactical counterattacks. As for counterattacks across the board, that is a matter for the large forces.
In the plan formulated by the headquarters, the main method is to use sea of fire to deal with the Japanese army's superiority of human sea on a single battlefield. The main combat methods are air strikes and heavy artillery coverage. These reconnaissance guides only need to be responsible for their superiors in a single line.
That's okay. Because their main task is defense, and when operating together with the artillery commander, there is no need to master too many things.
And there are some things that should not be known to the following, or should not be known to the following. Just like the artillery observers and aviation bombing guides sent out, they only know their own positions. As for the other people who do the same job as themselves, they are sent to
They don't know that direction at all.
It is enough for the intelligence system to be in the hands of the respective military chiefs. There is no need to tell the commanders below all the intelligence sources on the entire battlefield. This is also a means of keeping the battlefield secret. And in Wang Guangyu's view, if he is
Wang Deyao, a restless guy, will only become more restless after knowing these situations.
Wang Guangyu, who is currently facing the attack of the two divisions from the front, needs a stable flank. Therefore, he cannot tell this restless subordinate all his methods. But Wang Guangyu did not expect that it was precisely his
The decision actually prompted Wang Deyao to take action.
As Yang Jicai judged, this night was not only a difficult night for the Japanese army, but also a difficult night for almost everyone on the Aruhorqin Banner battlefield. Lieutenant General Noboru Kunizaki and his men
The battlefield judgment level and ability of those staff officers were quite accurate, just as Yang Jicai expected.
This night attack, which Wang Deyao decided rather hastily, almost ruined his entire campaign plan. On the Aruhorqin Banner battlefield, the Seventh Division almost failed to achieve a full-line breakthrough by taking advantage of Wang Deyao's division of troops.
Almost the entire Linxi battlefield flank was shaken.
After the explanation, Gou then reorganized his tactical deployment and turned his attention back to the map. The red and blue pencils in his hands continued to mark his subsequent thoughts on the map, and Yang Jicai was thinking about contingency measures for possible changes in the situation. His subsequent considerations were not maintained.
After too long, his train of thought was interrupted by Qiu Jintang on the other side.
Yang Jicai was explaining the latest deployment adjustments to Gou Zaihe. Although he did not express any opinions, the expression on his face revealed that he was very interested and worried about Yang Jicai's deployment plan. However, he never interrupted Yang Jicai and Gou Zaihe.
conversation.
After Gou Zaihe left, Qiu Jintang, with a hint of worry on his face, said: "Xiao Yang, I think your deployment is very meaningful. You want to make up for the lack of troops with tactics. Judging from the strength of your troops,
Looking at the deployment plan, the central idea is to drag it out as long as it takes."
"And to be honest, with your adjustment plan, even a veteran like me has a feeling that you are taking a gamble. Now you are focusing your troop deployment on the distance from the 7th Division.
If the main force turns around, its marching route will be the nearest southeast direction. Doing so can indeed effectively delay the Japanese army's follow-up movements, but your center line will be wide open."
"If the main force of the 7th Division does not act according to your judgment, then the entire Aruhorqin Banner defense line will be completely broken through by the Japanese army. Not only will your defense line collapse, but you yourself will also be divided into two.
Xiao Yang, you are taking a risk. I, a veteran like you, would never dare to think of your style of play. However, Xiao Yang, have you considered the consequences of doing this?"
"As Wang Deyao is not in this period of time, he is the actual military commander. Now you have become the highest commander of this possible defensive war. You must consider the consequences once the situation develops and it is not as you expected.
?You are not Noboru Kunizaki, let alone the Chief of Staff of the 7th Division. You cannot know the next move of the Japanese army so well. Without the confirmation of tactical intelligence, your judgments can only be judgments. You