At the same time that Su Yingqi was commanding the troops to carry out the final attack on the divided Japanese army, he was still thinking about the follow-up reactions of the Japanese troops in other directions. He was commanding the troops to fight tenaciously against the 7th Division on the Bala Chirud front line.
Yang Jicai, who was on the offensive with the 27th Regiment, lost contact with Wang Deyao for an hour and a half. After finally receiving the battle report from the front line of Zagastanor, he slapped his hand heavily on the table.
Looking at the livid-faced Yang Jicai, who was worried about the safety of his artillery because Wang Deyao had lost contact for an hour and a half. Qiu Jintang, who was also waiting impatiently, couldn't help but froze after receiving the telegram.
The troops who touched the night screw of the 28th Regiment suffered heavy losses. The news of Wang Deyao's sacrifice undoubtedly made Qiu Jintang a little dazed.
He did not expect that this night battle would lead to such a result. Wang Deyao's death also caused the entire Aruhorqin Banner battlefield to lose its highest military officer. Putting down the telegram in his hand, Qiu Jintang looked at Yang Jicai, who looked ashen-faced.
He said: "What do you think we should do? Do you think the retreat route sent by Su Yingqi is okay?"
Regarding Qiu Jintang's question, Yang Jicai couldn't help but said with a headache: "I tried to persuade him at first, but he didn't listen at all. Now it has resulted in such a result, and it has also affected myself. What else can be done? Report it to the column and let Wang
Commander Guangyu decides how to deal with it. Can we conceal the death of a deputy division commander?"
"Also, Commander Wang has died now, and the entire Aruhorqin Banner front line is already leaderless. If we don't report it, the new commander will be delayed. What should we do next? Should we continue to fight as chaotically as now? Still
Is the army torn apart like it is now?"
"As for the retreat route that Su Yingqi chose, I'm afraid it is the only one that can be said to be safe. If he chooses another route, he will have to fall into an ambush. And if he chooses another route, the infantry he leads will be ambushed.
, but it’s not a big problem.”
"Even if the Japanese set up an ambush, they won't mobilize too many troops. He can still be quite confident in bringing the troops out. But it will be difficult to bring out your heavy artillery. If you take other routes, these artillery will probably be destroyed."
It will be lost. The route he has chosen now will also encounter a small Japanese force. But he will definitely not encounter a large Japanese force."
"Is this Su Yingqi very famous? He was actually able to choose such a safe route for the retreat of the troops in such a short period of time after Commander Wang's death, without even having a reconnaissance force. If nothing else,
, From this point alone, if Zagastanor has him to replace Commander Wang, there won’t be any big mistakes.”
Listening to the intensive gunfire coming from the forward position, Qiu Jintang looked at Yang Jicai's young and resolute face, hesitated for a moment and said: "I think the top priority now is how to withdraw them safely. As for my heavy artillery,
, the rocket launcher is vehicle-mounted and can be maneuvered quickly, so there is no big problem.”
"The most difficult thing is that the two legal 155 howitzers are too bulky. If it doesn't work, let them dismantle the two 155 howitzers and bury them. As for the field artillery battery, I want to dismantle and replace them.
It won't affect the movement of the troops too much because of the piggyback load. Xiao Yang, I think you should give them an order to dismantle the heavy artillery and bury it."
"Without these two heavy cannons, it will indeed affect the deployment of firepower, but it won't have a big impact. Burying them is not a permanent loss, so I don't need to feel too bad. The most important thing now is how to save Zagath The troops on the front line of Tainore were safely withdrawn."
Seeing Qiu Jintang's expression of pain when he said these words, Yang Jicai forced a smile and said: "Chief, you don't need to enlighten me. These are the two legal 155 heavy howitzers with the best performance we have now." , if you just bury it like this, I will feel sorry for you even if you don’t feel sorry for me.”
"It is easier to dismantle and bury it. But if the key component is lost, the artillery will be scrapped. How many legal-made large-caliber howitzers do we have in total in the entire army? If two of them are scrapped at once, I'm afraid You and I are going to get beat up at the headquarters."
"Don't worry, I believe that Su Yingqi will be able to bring these two heavy artillery back. As for the troops, I believe he can also bring them back safely. Didn't you see that this guy has been testing us on the telegram? ?I guess he has clearly seen my trump card, so he arranged the furthest but safest route."
"Although this route is a little further, it is still much closer than turning back through Kundu. Moreover, although they chose this route, although they cannot reach the main battlefield, they can just detour back to the flank of the Japanese army in front of us. , it happened to be the place where the Japanese army had to rescue."
"As long as he reaches the front line of Bayannuoer, no matter how reluctant the Japanese troops in front of us are, they can only deploy troops from our front to defend them. But when Kunisaki wanted to ambush their back road, the troops sent out could not come back for a while. Under this situation, we can only mobilize troops from our front. Invisibly, it also reduces considerable pressure on our front battlefield."
"And their route is not far from the Baichengzi line. The little Japanese are afraid that they will give themselves a black tiger when they retreat, so they must send troops back to defend. Because I judge that Kunizaki Noboru's 7th Division The department is probably on the front line of Baichengzi. In this way, our pressure will be even lighter."
"No matter what this guy's real ability is, from this point of view, it can be seen that this guy still has something in his belly. I am very lucky now that Commander Wang brought the second regiment. If he brought It's a group, and according to Gou Zaihe's somewhat rigid character, he probably can't even think of an ambush."
"When I first arrived at the front line of Alukorqin Banner, I really didn't realize that this guy who looked extremely rude actually had such a hand, and his mind was quite extraordinary. His nose was actually more sensitive than a dog's, and he could taste We can figure out the abnormality behind us. Leave it to him, I think we can rest assured."
"The top priority now is to immediately report the news of Commander Wang's sacrifice to our superiors, so that they can send us a new commander immediately. I just don't know if Commander Wang Guangyu still has this person that can be sent here. I'm afraid. This time we have to ask the headquarters to come forward."
Resisting a trace of anger in his heart, Yang Jicai shook his head and sighed: "I'm afraid No. 1 and Commander Wang Guangyu will be furious after receiving tonight's report. He has repeatedly warned us before that we must not attack without authorization. , relying only on favorable terrain to fight continuously, the task of weakening the Japanese Seventh Division will be left to you and the aviation force."
"It's not just to preserve strength, but also because the column currently puts its main force in front of Linxi and cannot put too much energy on the front line of Alukorqin Banner. It's also because in the next counterattack, our two regiments
They are all important forces.”
"I'm afraid that in the superior's plan, the position is quite important. Now Commander Wang's unauthorized actions have disrupted the entire plan of the column, and it has ended up like this. Commander Wang Guangyu is furious.
Weird. The most important thing is that he was personally selected by Commander Wang Guangyu to come to Alhorqin Banner."
Regarding these things, Yang Jicai, who did not want to say too much, ended the topic at the right time. He turned to the combat staff beside him and said: "Tell Su Yingqi that I will give him command of all the troops on the Zagastanol front line. I don't care about him.
What to do? Bring me all the troops and equipment in no small quantities. In addition, report the situation here to the headquarters immediately."
After the staff officer turned around and left to execute the order, Yang Jicai looked at the map, shook his head slightly, and secretly felt a trace of regret in his heart. He originally thought that the troops might suffer certain losses or be stuck. However,
But he did not expect that the losses of the troops would be so great, and even Wang Deyao himself died in this battle.
If I had insisted on my opinion at that time, even if I had reported to Commander Wang Guangyu to stop his actions, I am afraid that the current problem would not have arisen. I could not stop Wang Deyao from going his own way, but Commander Wang Guangyu certainly could. And Yang Jicai was sure of it.
, Commander Wang Guangyu’s thoughts are definitely the same as mine.
After receiving his report, Wang Deyao will definitely be stopped. Because Commander Wang has the overall situation in mind, not the single battlefield. Although it is not clear what Wang Guangyu's entire battle plan is, it is certain that the Alukorqin Banner
This is definitely an important location.
Otherwise, Commander Wang Guangyu would not have warned him again and again before he came. But there is no use regretting it now. His most important problem at the moment is not to let the situation worsen before a new commander is in place.
At least the line from Balaqirude to Aohan Yingzi must not be lost.
Regarding Yang Jicai's sigh, Qiu Jintang shook his head and didn't know what to say. He knew the character of his old superior, Wang Guangyu. This time Wang Deyao disobeyed orders and attacked, not only resulting in his own death, but also disrupting the entire operation of the column.
Plan, I'm afraid Wang Guangyu will be very angry.
In fact, neither of them expected that after receiving Yang Jicai's telegram, Wang Guangyu was so angry that he simply flew into a rage. The fact that Wang Guangyu, who has always been very patient, could be so angry was enough to show that Wang Deyao's action had a profound impact on the entire society.
The overall harm caused is huge.
Here we are facing a fierce attack by two Japanese divisions. Although with the full support of aviation and artillery, the battle is not too difficult. But facing two divisions, the pressure can be imagined. At this time
, he simply could not allocate troops to strengthen the front-line battlefield of Alukorqin Banner.
Moreover, in his next battle plan, as Yang Jicai guessed, the positions of these two regiments on the Aruhorqin Banner battlefield were quite critical. The strong defense on the frontal battlefield gave the Japanese army maximum damage.
On the flanks, after first using aviation and heavy artillery to weaken the strength of the 7th Division to the maximum extent, the 7th Division will face the first target among the three Japanese divisions.
Under the circumstances where too many troops could not be deployed on the frontal battlefield to implement this counterattack plan, the two regiments deployed on the front line of the Aruhorqin Banner became a very important card in Wang Guangyu's hand. According to the original
The plan was to draw the Japanese troops as deep as possible toward the Alukorqin Banner so as to prevent the Japanese troops who were too close to the rear from noticing something unusual and quickly retreating.
After the main force of the Seventh Division crosses the Tianshan line and is weakened to a certain extent, the main force of the armored brigade will be strengthened, the cavalry brigade will be strengthened, and a main force regiment will be transferred from the first division to be assigned to the two regiments in the Alukorqin Banner.
Encircle and annihilate the 7th Division as quickly as possible.